THE DEVIL’S FOOT – Page Four

Something happens. Holmes experiences some mild

effects from the poison when the lamp heats it up.

Holmes apologizes to Watson for subjecting him to

this experiment, which almost drove them both insane.

Holmes confronts Sterndale with the evidence of his crime

and Sterndale, to Watson’s horror, reacts with a threatening

gesture. Note Holmes’ stance of pugnacious defiance.