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THE ADVENTURE OF THE TWISTED PIPE

SHERLOCK HOLMES SMOKED a pipe, kept his tobacco in a Persian slipper, and certainly knew his tobacco ashes: “To the trained eye,” he told chronicler Dr. John H. Watson, “there … Continue reading →

January 24, 2021 · 1 Comment

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