Thaddeus notes that his father had a fear of men with wooden legs. His father fell ill a few years previously after receiving a letter from India that caused him a great shock. Thaddeus explains that this treasure, part of which he says is rightfully is Miss Morstan’s, is an immense collection of jewels. Thaddeus explains that Captain Morstan is dead he died from a heart attack when arguing with Major Sholto about the Agra treasure. Beside the cross, the paper reads: “the sign of the four – Jonathan Small, Mahomet Singh, Abdullah Khan, Dost Akbar.” At the Lyceum Theater a carriage is waiting for them and takes them to the house of the anxious Thaddeus Sholto, the son of Major Sholto, who was Captain Morstan’s friend and colleague in India. It appears to be a map, with a red cross drawn on it. On their way, Miss Morstan shows Holmes a paper she found in her father’s desk. Later that evening, Holmes, Watson and Miss Morstan head to the meeting point. Throughout Miss Morstan’s story, Watson can’t help but admire her.

Holmes and Watson agree to accompany her. The pearl she has recently received came with a note, instructing her to go to the Lyceum Theater in London’s West End that evening, where somebody will come to meet her. A few years ago, she started receiving pearls in the mail once a year after answering an advert in the paper calling for her address.

Ten years ago, he came back on leave, but as soon as he arrived in London he disappeared without a trace. Her father, Captain Morstan, had been an officer in the British Army and was stationed in India she was at boarding school in Scotland. Soon enough, the beautiful Miss Mary Morstan arrives at the flat asking for Holmes’ help. Holmes is a little bored, having no case to work on, and is injecting himself with cocaine-Watson disapproves of this bad habit. The Sign of the Four begins at the Baker Street home of the infamous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, Dr.

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