I had been not long returned from Switzerland when, one afternoon after making my rounds, my travels brought me by Holmes’ old lodgings in Baker Street.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Hudson, our former landlady, greeted me warmly and we spoke for some time.<\/p>\n
“I began to tidy up his things,” said she, “until a telegram arrived from his brother.”<\/p>\n
I had not spoken with Mycroft since Holmes’ death.<\/p>\n
“Might I show you this?” She handed me a box, clearly aged. Inside was a school jacket of burgundy.<\/p>\n
“A preparatory school, most likely.”<\/p>\n
Stitched onto the breast was the school’s crest.<\/p>\n
Hogwarts, it read.<\/p>\n
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