Sherlock Holmes - Italian ecclesiastic
18/08/08 18:00 Filed in: Disguises and deceptions
I found that the porter, in spite of the ticket, had given me my decrepit Italian friend as a travelling companion. It was useless for me to explain to him that his presence was an intrusion, for my Italian was even more limited than his English, so I shrugged my shoulders resignedly, and continued to look out anxiously for my friend.
The aged ecclesiastic had turned his face towards me. For an instant the wrinkles were smoothed away, the nose drew away from the chin, the lower lip ceased to protrude and the mouth to mumble, the dull eyes regained their fire, the drooping figure expanded. The next the whole frame collapsed again, and Holmes had gone as quickly as he had come.
He rose, and throwing off the black cassock and hat which had formed his disguise, he packed them away in a hand-bag.
He rose, and throwing off the black cassock and hat which had formed his disguise, he packed them away in a hand-bag.