As I waited for Holmes to finish his private conversation with his brother Mycroft, I observed some of the other members of the Diogenes Club. Two of them, a bearded fellow in a black overcoat and a white-haired gentleman in a frock coat of striking plum velvet, were occupied in staring at each other.
The bearded man scribbled on a piece of paper and waved the result at his fellow. STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TEMPORAL LOCATORS, DOCTOR?
The white-haired man dashed off a note of his own and displayed it with a hand that shook with fury. IMPUDENT JACKANAPES!!!
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