Sherlock Holmes Stories of Edward D. Hoch
““A terrible night, Holmes,” I said with a shudder. “I would hate to be that poor soul I see walking in it.”
“Come warm yourself by the fire, Watson,” my friend urged.
“I do believe the chap is turning in here! Are you expecting a visitor at this time of night?”
Holmes put down his pipe and brushed some loose tobacco from his dressing gown. “Obviously not, but if he is coming here, we must appear respectable. Pick up those copies of the Times, will you, Watson?”
I had barely done as he instructe...d when we heard Mrs. Hudson’s familiar tread upon the stairs and a knock came at the door. “A gentleman caller to see Mr. Holmes,” she announced, barely hiding her displeasure at the lateness of the hour.
“Send him up, by all means,” Holmes said. “Certainly anyone who would brave this rain deserves a hearing.”
Our visitor arrived moments later, having shed his coat and hat in the downstairs hall. He was a tall, slender man with sideburns and he offered a card upon which I read the name Darrell Z.MoreLess
“Come warm yourself by the fire, Watson,” my friend urged.
“I do believe the chap is turning in here! Are you expecting a visitor at this time of night?”
Holmes put down his pipe and brushed some loose tobacco from his dressing gown. “Obviously not, but if he is coming here, we must appear respectable. Pick up those copies of the Times, will you, Watson?”
I had barely done as he instructe...d when we heard Mrs. Hudson’s familiar tread upon the stairs and a knock came at the door. “A gentleman caller to see Mr. Holmes,” she announced, barely hiding her displeasure at the lateness of the hour.
“Send him up, by all means,” Holmes said. “Certainly anyone who would brave this rain deserves a hearing.”
Our visitor arrived moments later, having shed his coat and hat in the downstairs hall. He was a tall, slender man with sideburns and he offered a card upon which I read the name Darrell Z.MoreLess
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