Eleanor Vance swayed. I caught her arm.
As the handle turned, Sherlock Holmes’s eyes flashed with that unique, terrifying joy—the joy of the hunter who has finally found a worthy quarry. The fog swirled at the window, the clocks of London ticked on, and the game was, once again, beautifully, dangerously, afoot . jeremy brett sherlock holmes episodes
He spun on his heel, snatched his deerstalker and Inverness cape from the stand. “The game is no longer afoot, Watson. It is airborne. Miss Vance, we are going to your father’s house. And I suggest you pray we are not too late.” Eleanor Vance swayed
She opened the velvet box. Inside, nestled on a bed of white silk, was a pocket watch. It was an exquisite thing of gold and enamel, but it was not the casing that drew our attention. It was the sound. The fog swirled at the window, the clocks