The Sign of Four

The Sign of Four

A new case

The story begins when Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are approached by a young lady, Miss Mary Morstan, who seeks for their help

Be outside the Lyceum Theatre tonight at 7 o'clock, if you feel safer, bring two friends. You deserve justice and you shall have it. Do not bring the police. YOUR UNKNOWN FRIEND

Thaddeus Sholto

"A small man with a bald head. Although he was bald he did not look old; he was in fact thirty years old"

Murder at Pondicherry House

When the group arrives at Pondicherry House they find Bartholomew Sholto dead in a locked room, with a poisoned dart in his neck and a note reading "The Sign of the Four”

Athelney Jones

"well well" he said looking at the body

"The police came into the room. One of them was a very fat, red faced man"

following the scent

Sherlock and Watson, with the help of a dog named Toby, manage to track down the murderers since they stepped in a strong smelling substance on the crime scene.

chasing the Aurora

The chase culminates in a dramatic pursuit on the Thames, where Holmes, Mr. Jones and Watson manage to approach the suspects’ steamboat.

Jonathan Small and Tonga

"He was a tall powerful man and I saw that he had a wooden leg. Next to him, a small man stood up, the smallest I have ever seen"

Back to Baker street

The suspect confessed and explained the story behind the treasure and the alliance "the sign of the four". In the end Watson informs Holmes that Miss Morstan has agreed to marry him but Holmes doesn’t share his enthusiasm

“love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.”