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Prologue Two

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“I knew I shouldn’t have followed you.”

“Always follow your heart, John.”

“Now you tell me.”

“Ow!”

“Sorry, John, but I warned you to follow me closely.”

“I did, drat it all!”

“But not that closely.”

Sigh. Sometimes a day just doesn’t go the way you want, Watson thought as he looked at his right ankle, which was turning a dark purple.

“Well, at least we caught the confounded criminal.”

Holmes looked over as Constable Evans put an arm around a man and they walked up laughing.

“Perhaps not.”

Watson looked too.

“What!”

“Not all games are a win, Watson.”