It is chilly, for the time of year, but rather warm indoors. 'The man himself.

'Yes, there is one rough fellow near the door. 'He's a leary cove that wants watching. In the 1974 Sherlock Holmes novel The Seven Per-Cent Solution by the American author Nicholas Meyer, Dr. Watson dismisses "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone' as "drivel" and claims that it is one of four Sherlock Holmes stories, the other three being "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane", "The Adventure of the Three Gables" and "The Adventure of the Creeping Man", that are complete forgeries. He soon put them at their ease and promised he would do all he could. An adaptation of the story, starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson, first aired on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom on October 5, 1994. Your visit is really most opportune, for I wanted badly to have a few minutes' chat with you.'. His lordship shook himself free with some impatience. said he. But can't you have this fellow arrested? Study.com has thousands of articles about every Marc-Uwe Kling lebt mit einem Känguru zusammen. ', Holmes shrugged his shoulders. The effigy produces a shadow on the curtain that, when viewed from outside, is the unmistakable profile of Sherlock Holmes. Let me get to the points in my own humdrum fashion. 'That's the hand I play from,' said Holmes. Watson was always the man of action, and he rose to the occasion. He touched the bell. ', 'Why, then - alas! How the devil should I be able to tell you where it is?

Once more their conversation was interrupted by the imperturbable Billy with his card-tray. I'm not sure that he doesn't know all about it.'. Maybe somebody's behind a curtain. It would indeed be a triumphant ending to his excellent sporting record if he added me to his bag. Save for the one strange figure seated in the chair, the room was certainly empty. He knew only too well the immense risks taken by Holmes, and was well aware that what he said was more likely to be understatement than exaggeration. I have had them followed. asked the Count, as Billy disappeared. What's up?' Lord Cantlemere finds that the Mazarin Stone is in his coat pocket, Holmes having placed it there when he took off the coat. Count Sylvius angrily accuses Sherlock Holmes of sending spies, an old man an old woman, to follow him. After the police take away the villains, Lord Cantlemere sweeps in. With Andrew Osborn, Philip King, Jeremy Spenser, Martin Boddey. One or other of us must slip round with the stone to Lime Street and tell him.'. Just as he is about to hit it, the real Holmes comes out of his bedroom and tells the count not to break the dummy. He knows, we may conjecture, nothing of what has occurred.'. 1921 illustration by Alfred Gilbert. ', 'Not such important ones. ', 'He is armed and ready. These modern gramophones are a remarkable invention.'. However, Holmes has been tasked with finding the diamond rather than its thief. Write it down, man, write it down! Consider the furniture! ', 'Damn you, Holmes!' ', 'He's alone in there. Holmes glanced at it with raised eyebrows and an amused smile. He was well dressed, but his brilliant necktie, shining pin, and glittering rings were flamboyant in their effect. Watson says that he can see a "rough fellow". Holmes says that he has not sent anyone else to follow the Count. You come at a critical moment. Billy glanced, with some solicitude, at the closed door of the bedroom. His dark, hairy hands were clenched in a convulsion of restrained emotion. Using this visual trick, Holmes aims to give a perfect target to a would-be murderer with a rifle. We can make the world a better place by laying them by the heels. "Thnak you," cried an unexpected voice, and Holmes faced his startled guests, the jewel in one hand and a revolver in the other. The veins stood out on the Count's forehead.

Meanwhile, Dr. Watson (played by Edward Hardwicke) is approached by the sisters of his former university lecturer Nathan Garrideb with another mystery. It is notable for being one of only two Arthur Conan Doyle Holmes stories, aside from a couple of humorous vignettes, to be written in third person. Does it matter very much? ', 'Put your hand in the right-hand pocket of your overcoat.'.

"The Mazarin Stone" was written this way because it was adapted from a stage play, The Crown Diamond,[3] in which Watson hardly appeared. SECONDARY IDEAS - Watson was very happy because he came back to share the amazing adventures with Holmes. Give that up, and so far as I am concerned you can go free so long as you behave yourself in the future. The detective says that the Count should discuss the matter with Sam Merton. - Somebody wanted to murder Holmes because he The two men hear a noise but conclude that it came from the street and that they do not need to worry about it. 'I have often had the same idea. ', 'I have the cabman who took you to Whitehall and the cabman who brought you away. His thick stick half raised, he was crouching for his final spring and blow when a cool, sardonic voice greeted him from the open bedroom door: 'Don't break it, Count!

'Look here, Holmes, this is simply impossible. 'You know perfectly well that you dare not use it, even if I gave you time to draw it. ', 'And is this Count Sylvius one of your fish? It is the card of Count Negretto Sylvius. 'But why these personal attentions? This revelation makes the Count even more angry. Straubenzee made the air-gun - a very pretty bit of work, as I understand, and I rather fancy it is in the opposite window at the present moment. I have simply looked in to know how your self-appointed task was progressing.'. It must be very clear to you that your position is an impossible one. 'That sounds good to me!' Give it up? It was pleasant to Dr Watson to find himself once more in the untidy room of the first floor in Baker Street which had been the starting-point of so many remarkable adventures.

'That's part of the old woman's outfit,' he said. You bear every sign of the busy medical man, with calls on him every hour. Here is the forged cheque in the same year on the Credit Lyonnais. It's the living spit of him, gown and all. ', 'Before my time,' said Billy. Now, Count, you are a card-player. Now, what would you regard as final evidence against the receiver?'. [9] The most noticeable change is that Holmes does not feature except in the prologue and final scene (actor Jeremy Brett was away due to illness). I took the liberty - the very great liberty, I admit - of putting the stone into your pocket at the beginning of our interview.'. Come back here, out of a line with that keyhole. "By your leave, madame," said he - half-Italian, you know, and with the Southern graces of manner when in the mood, but a devil incarnate in the other mood. 'Oh, you want to know that, do you? sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, Wikidata item. 'We put it at different angles, so that it may seem more life-like. ', 'Mr Holmes had it put up there three days ago. Holmes tells Watson that a man called Count Negretto Sylvius plans to kill him.

It can be out of England to-night and cut into four pieces in Amsterdam before Sunday. I have the honour, sir, to wish you good evening.'. I rather want to see my shark without his seeing me, and I have, as you will remember, my own way of doing it.'. 'Not far from him, at any rate,' Holmes answered, with a polite smile. The Count scowled, with heavy, threatening eyebrows. Let it play! 'I am quite comfortable, sir.

'He's following someone. There was a vague sound which seemed to come from the window. 'Sir, I am bewildered. Here's the type of information you'll find in this lesson: The Count says that would not help because Holmes will have already passed on all the evidence that he gathered to the police.

', The Count's knotted brows gathered more heavily over his menacing eyes. 'A fake, is it? 'It's a pretty little thing,' said Holmes, advancing towards the image.

Possibly you could help me upon it? Then he threw open the table drawer and drew out a squat note-book. You can explain to your friend how the matter lies without the restraint of my presence. Billy says that the dummy is routinely moved a little in order to make it appear more lifelike. The only other one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fifty-six canonical Sherlock Holmes stories to be narrated in the third person is the 1917 story ", Watson appears to be referring to the 1903 short story ", Sherlock Holmes' brother Mycroft only appears in three of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fifty-six canonical Sherlock Holmes short stories, ". ', 'What!

[10], "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" was adapted by Edith Meiser as an episode of the radio series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Billy shows Dr. Watson the dummy of Sherlock Holmes. 'How do you do, Lord Cantlemere? Therefore, it is the brain I must consider.

How far am I justified in allowing him to be in danger? 'You go on and tell the Dutchman to get a move on him. I was well aware of it. ', 'Well, well, no offence, Sam. He says that possession of the diamond would be proof of that person's guilt. When the Count decides to double-cross Holmes and takes the stone from his secret pocket to show Sam in window light, the detective springs from the chair in place of his replica and grabs the £100K jewel.