Holmes and Watson - The Case of the Six Knives
Sherlock Holmes puffed on his pipe as he scrutinized the scene.
The
naked man lay face down on The Ritz London hotel's bed as if sleeping
on his stomach. Six knives were sticking out his back.
"Murder
most foul," said Holmes shaking his head. He turned to his
companion, "My dear Watson, what do you see?" pointing at
the bed with his pipe.
"A
puzzle," replied Joan Watson looking around the room. "A
locked room and no disturbance to the body."
"Use
your nose, woman and all is revealed," said Holmes.
Watson
sniffed and sniffed. "I smell some," sniff, sniff,
"sulfur?"
"Surely
now it is quite clear to one as dense as you how this crime was
done."
"Well
no," replied Joan in a quiet voice.
"Sulfur
is the body odor of a demon. A demon appeared over the sleeping body
and thrust the knives into the man's back."
"You
have overthought this, Holmes. The sulfur smell comes from the rotten
eggs over by the kitchen sink," said Joan, tilting her head
towards the counter.
"Bah,"
Holmes puffing on his pipe for a moment. "The demon showered
before coming here."
Joan
picked up a pillow from the bed with a gloved hand and pushed it into
Holmes' face, "And the lipstick on the pillow near the victim’s
head?"
"Have
you not learned anything? It is obvious Watson, a lady demon of
course."
"Why
would a lady demon kill this man?" asked Watson slamming the
pillow on the bed.
Homes
fell into a deep thought, mumbling, "he is naked, so there was
physical intimacy." He puffed furiously on his pipe. Holmes
pointed his pipe at the body declaring, "Clearly the demon was
frustrated and angry at the murdered man's lack of intimate skills."
"But,
said Joan, "six knives in the back? Who travels with six knives
to an intimate rendezvous?"
Holmes
looked at Watson and shook his head. Putting his pipe into his mouth,
he spoke out of the side of his mouth, "This was a group thing,
one knife from each lady demon."
"Holmes,"
said Watson, "you are quite annoying," as she waved her
hand to conjure a seventh knife.
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