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Even now, there is hardly a corner of London that does not remind of my old friend. I never walk down Baker Street where we shared rooms for so many eventful years without it reminding me only too keenly of the past and the loss of one I shall ever regard as the best and wisest man I have ever known. - The Empty House, Sherlock Holmes Granada
I saw him fall for a long way. Then he struck a rock, bounded off, and splashed into the water… I am not a fanciful person, but I give you my word that I seemed to hear Moriarty’s voice screaming at me out of the abyss. - SH, The Empty House.
"You’ll come with me to-night?"
”When you like and where you like.”
——The Adventure Of The Empty House
"I came over at once to London, called in my own person at Baker Street, threw Mrs. Hudson into violent hysterics…" —The Empty House
And so it was that I found myself in my old rooms, sitting in my old chair, and only wishing that I could have seen my dear friend Watson sitting in the other chair, which he has so often adorned. —"The Empty House"
Things I didn’t notice until in the middle of making this set: the second and third moments. He spots the picture of Reichenbach Falls and notices that it’s hung with black drapery (Victorian mourning, as there was no body to bury). Crossing the room, he caresses the black cloth—and then looks at John Watson’s empty chair.
“I had imagined that we were bound for Baker Street, but Holmes stopped the cab at the corner of Cavendish Square. I observed that as he stepped out he gave a most searching glance to right and left, and at every subsequent street corner he took the utmost pains to assure that he was not followed. Our route was certainly a singular one.”
——The Empty House
Of course Watson offering Holmes his bed is a delight, but let’s just take a moment to appreciate how adorably, smugly pleased he is at being described as an “old friend."
“You’ll come with me to-night?”
“When you like and where you like.”
―The Adventure of the Empty House
