The Initiation (2016)
“At the time, he had no idea James had been there only twenty-four hours earlier.
It was not an invitation Sherlock could refuse or reschedule. Mrs. Furman made it exceptionally clear Sherlock was not to be tardy. “Headmaster does not tolerate tardy,” she said.
Sherlock arrived to the Victorian’s front door precisely at 9:45 p.m., as instructed.
“Come in,” said Dr. Crudgeon. He wore a cardigan sweater over a shirt and school tie, pressed trousers, and tasseled loafers. He received Sherlock in the sitting room, as he had James.
Sherlock wore a black bow tie, a black shirt, blue jeans, and a navy blue school blazer. He accepted the offer of tea. The most interesting accessory in the room was a leather globe that had to be several hundred years old. It was cradled in a brass floor stand that was dressed in a charcoal-flecked patina of old age. Sherlock couldn’t take his eyes off the thing, mainly because what he could see of Europe, the Mediterranean, and Africa had it all wrong.
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