The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: the Whitechapel Horrors
“— A Study in Scarlet The fingerprint under Holmes’s magnifying glass was large and well defined, the loops and whorls sharply distinct from one another with very little of the smudging one would expect to find in a print accidentally applied in the normal course of events. No, this one was purposely imprinted upon the small rectangular piece of pasteboard being scrutinized by Holmes, an ordinary postcard received at the Central News Agency only the day before and promptly turned over to Scotlan...d Yard. It was apparent that the fingerprint was that of a thumb — a left thumb, Holmes decided. It was imprinted in red. The message above it was brief and was also in red, but of a different hue than that of the fingerprint: I was not codding, dear old Boss, when I gave you the tip. You’ll hear about Saucy Jacky’s work tomorrow. Double event this time. Number one squealed a bit. Couldn’t finish straight off. Had no time to get ears for police. Thanks for keeping last letter back till I got to work again.MoreLess
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