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"In any case, Mr. Holmes, one of our aides once suggested that 'some sinister force' might be responsible."
"Nothing and everything," Holmes assured him. "The white rim of Alka-Seltzer around your lips informs me of your gastric distress; the dark circles under your eyes broadcast sleeplessness; the shiny knees of your trousers bespeak prayer in the office."
Holmes shot me a look of concentrated venom. Strange chap, Sherlock, skittish as an undergraduate sometimes.
"Feel free to speak in front of Dr. Watson," Holmes assured him. "He's been dead for 50 years. I myself am a living legend."
Holmes took down his violin and played an air that fortunately our guest did not recognize: Berlioz's March to the Scaffold. Then he brightened. "I have but one motto, Watson."