The Ectoplasmic Man (2010)
“The front doors were heavily secured and the entire building was dark. This cheerless atmosphere was deepened by the few remaining Houdini posters, which were either torn or patched with cancellation notices.
We made our way down the side alley and found the stage door bolted as well. “How shall we get in?” I whispered, though in truth there could not have been anyone there to hear me.
“Let us try to be as resourceful as our thief, Watson,” said Holmes, extracting from his pocket a leather case... which he opened to display a shining row of metal tools.
“Good heavens, Holmes! Those are burglars’ tools! Lock picks!”
“Quite right,” he said, bending over the door lock. “Though I may not cause Houdini to look over his shoulder, I do have a certain facility with the common lock. Hold the lantern just there, Watson. This shouldn’t take but a moment.”
Holmes could not be accused of false modesty in assessing his own locksmithing skills, for the detective spent nearly a quarter of an hour working at that lock, grunting all the while, until at long last we heard a sharp click and the door swung inward.MoreLess
We made our way down the side alley and found the stage door bolted as well. “How shall we get in?” I whispered, though in truth there could not have been anyone there to hear me.
“Let us try to be as resourceful as our thief, Watson,” said Holmes, extracting from his pocket a leather case... which he opened to display a shining row of metal tools.
“Good heavens, Holmes! Those are burglars’ tools! Lock picks!”
“Quite right,” he said, bending over the door lock. “Though I may not cause Houdini to look over his shoulder, I do have a certain facility with the common lock. Hold the lantern just there, Watson. This shouldn’t take but a moment.”
Holmes could not be accused of false modesty in assessing his own locksmithing skills, for the detective spent nearly a quarter of an hour working at that lock, grunting all the while, until at long last we heard a sharp click and the door swung inward.MoreLess
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