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The return of Sherlock Holmes I

In The adventure of the empty house: In disguise, Sherlock Holmes returns from his supposed death at the hands of Moriarty, much to the astonishment of his friend, Dr. Watson. After explaining where he's been for three years, Holmes leads Watson to an empty house where they find Moriarty's second in command, Sebastian Moran, firing his air rifle across the street at a moving silhouette of Holmes in the study of 221B. Moran is captured and revealed as the murderer of an innocent man who was about to expose his cheating at cards. In The adventure of the Norwood builder: Holmes and Watson are engaged in clearing a young man from a charge of murder against a builder who has mysteriously disappeared. In The adventure of the six Napoleons: Holmes and Watson are called upon to solve the mystery of why busts of Napoleon are being smashed all over London. In The adventure of the three students: Holmes and Watson are in one of the great university towns to research early English charters when they are engaged by a professor of Greek concerning the rifling (and possible copying) of the proofs for a scholarship exam.

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