Sherlock Holmes in 2012: Timeless Duel
“Hudson? Mrs. Hudson!” Holmes yelled through the open door of the apartment he rented from his landlady.“Mr. Holmes, you do not have to shout,” the ageing lady replied, climbing the flight of stairs that separated her dwelling from that of Holmes. “I told you before now; all you need doing is to pull on the bell cord by your desk...,” she said, when she reached the upper landing.“I don’t have time for this sort of thing, Mrs. Hudson. I need this morning’s papers.. Would you be so kind to fetch t...hem for me?”“But, Mr. Holmes.,” the landlady began.“No buts, Mrs. Hudson,” Holmes shouted again, flailing his arms in visible annoyance. “Don’t you see I need something to occupy my mind? I can not live without having some item-anything-to stoke the fire amid the dying embers of my brain.” He looked at the woman standing in the embrasure, as if he had seen her for the first time that day. “Well.? Don’t just stand there and get me those newspapers..” He spun on his heels and plopped down in his favorite chair by the fireplace.Knowing Holmes the way she did, Mrs.MoreLess
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