Sherlock Holmes in Washington Page #2

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circumstances.

John Grayson,

senior clerk in the firm

of Farlow Nash and Farlow,

solicitors,

Chancery Lane,

has not arrived

at his firm's

representatives

in Washington.

Foul play is suspected.

Deplorable,

simply deplorable.

It's the sort of thing

that shakes your

faith by George.

I say, Holmes, shake

your faith in everything.

You alarm me Watson.

I've never seen you

affected by the news

however startling.

Startling, my dear

fellow, it's devastating.

Seen the scores?

The Navy got four

hundred and twenty-eight

for six wickets.

Against the Army at Lords.

May I draw your

attention to the fact

that really

momentous things

are happening in

the world today?

I know all about that.

I'll get to them later on.

Excuse me.

Mind my egg old boy.

Oh I'm sorry.

With your consuming

interest in the game

I'm surprised that you've

changed your mind

about running up to Lord's

cricket grounds this afternoon.

Well it can't be helped.

I had to put it off...

how did you know

I'd changed my mind?

Elementary my dear Watson.

Invariably when you

go to a cricket match

you fill your flask

with my best whiskey.

Just now I

noted in passing

that the flask was empty.

A single whiff informed me

that it had been

recently filled,

obviously

after filling it,

you would

pour the contents

back into the bottle,

therefore you would

have changed your mind

about a cricket match.

You amaze me Holmes.

You're positively amazing.

Come in Mrs. Hudson.

Oh excuse me, Mr. Holmes,

there's a gentleman

and he's very insistent.

Well I do declare

he followed me

right up the stairs.

Didn't I ask you to wait?

My good woman you

may ask me to wait

but not the

British Empire.

Mr. Holmes, I must talk

to you immediately.

How are you Mr. Ahren?

That will be all now

thank you Mrs. Hudson.

My good woman indeed.

Ahren?

I seem to know that name.

Don't tell me,

my dear Watson,

that you don't recognize

Mr. Ahren of

the home office.

Why yes of course.

I knew you the

moment you came in.

How are you Ahren?

Did you see what the

Navy did to the Army

at Lords yesterday?

All right Watson, go

on with your breakfast.

Mr. Holmes, I am

here on a matter

of the utmost secrecy.

I assure you Mr. Ahren

that Doctor Watson is the

very sole of discretion.

Won't you sit down?

By the by Watson

please be so

good as to keep

tapping on the table

with your knife.

Tapping on the

table with a knife?

It will break

the wavelength

if by any chance there's a

dictograph in the walls.

All really.

Cigarette?

No thank you.

You can stop now Watson.

Well Mr. Ahren

I take it you

have called on me

in connection

with the kidnapping

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