The Sign of the Four Playbook 2 · The Trail of the Wooden Leg Adapted by Kateule Sydney from the Original work by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · Public domain (1890) Holmes and Watson follow the trail of the wooden leg through the foggy London docks. Chapter 7 · The Episode of the Barrel The morning light was grey and cold as I descended to the breakfast room of 221B Baker Street. To my astonishment, I found Holmes already dressed and fully alert, his long, thin fingers drumming impatiently upon the table. A half-finished cup of coffee stood at his elbow, and his eyes had that sharp, penetrating gleam that I had come to recognise as the prelude to action. “The launch, Watson! We must find the steam launch with the single funnel — that is our quarry. I have no doubt that...
The Sign of the Four Playbook 1 · The Science of Deduction Adapted by Kateule Sydney from the Original work by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · Public domain (1890) “The Sign of the Four” — the adventure begins at 221B Baker Street. Chapter 1 · The Science of Deduction Sherlock Holmes lay upon the sofa, his long, gaunt form curled into a posture of deep reflection. His dressing-gown of blue flannel hung loosely about him, and his pipe, heavy with the dregs of a morning's smoke, rested upon the corner of the mantelpiece. I, Dr. John Watson , had just returned from a visit to a patient in the outer suburbs, and I found my friend in a state of unusual abstraction. "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive," said Holmes, without turning his head from th...