 Oh, the most dreadful sound, Mr. Holmes. Plainly news on your own doorstep, Mr. Harker. As a reporter, I should have thought you would have welcomed such a diversion. Oh, I couldn't. I was too unnerved. I don't mind telling you. I see. Anyway, I pulled myself together a bit and I got hold of a poker and came down. When I got in here, the window was open, sir. And the first thing I saw was that the Napoleon bust had gone from the mantelpiece. Intriguing. Most intriguing. I'm sure my monomaniac theory is the only