“When this damnable business is done, Watson, I shall be glad of it,” said Holmes.<\/p>\n
“The state visit?”<\/p>\n
“Naturally.” London’s papers were filled that spring with news of the impending state visit by the Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.<\/p>\n
“I should think this a time for celebration, Holmes, not exasperation.”<\/p>\n
“Were it not for my brother, I would be inclined to agree.”<\/p>\n
“Mycroft? Whatever has he done?”<\/p>\n
“He has me chasing after a band of Serbian anarchists, Watson.”<\/p>\n
“They mean to disrupt the visit?”<\/p>\n
“Indeed, and I shall not rest until they are caught. They call themselves the ‘Daleks.’”<\/p>\n
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