Author's Note: Regards "The Adventure of the Final Problem"

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"Days"

"It's not the Old Imperial, eh?"

A short bark of a laugh. "No, my dear friend. Not exactly. It's la Monnaie, or should I say de Munt? Or shall we be German tourists?"

We spent two days in Brussels: Holmes in disguise and both of us with our carpetbags. Hidden away, plainly in sight; I wanted to strategize, but Holmes wanted to enjoy our time there. To see the opera, too, but we could only see the façade.

"The sunsets in Afghanistan burned hot and fast," said I, sipping ale at dusk.

"Your gaze perceives the precise, redemptive brilliance."