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Watson instantly drops the telegram onto the table, stands up and hurries away.)

A spinning globe can briefly be seen on the screen, then the scene resolves into a hansom cab
carrying Holmes and Watson.
WATSON: The what of the what?
HOLMES: The obliquity of the ecliptic.
WATSON: “Come at once,” you said. I assumed it was important.
HOLMES: It is. It’s the inclination of the Earth’s equator to the path of the sun on the celestial
plane.
(Watson scoffs.)
WATSON: Have you been swotting up?
HOLMES: Why would I do that?
WATSON: To sound clever.
HOLMES: I am clever.
WATSON: Oh, I see.
HOLMES: You see what?
WATSON: I deduce we’re on our way to see someone cleverer than you.
HOLMES (after a slight pause): Shut up.

A little later, the pair of them approach a building which we instantly recognise, and the sign at
the side of its entrance confirms that this is THE DIOGENES CLUB. Inside, a glass sign hangs
above the reception desk stating, “ABSOLUTE SILENCE”. Holmes and Watson walk in and
approach the desk, and Holmes smiles at the elderly uniformed gentleman standing behind it,
who raises an acknowledging finger to him. Holmes puts his gloves into his coat pocket, then
uses sign language to communicate with the receptionist, signing:

Good morning, Wilder.
Is my brother in?

(Wilder nods and signs back:)

Naturally sir.
It’s breakfast time.

(Holmes signs:)

The Stranger’s Room?

(Wilder nods, implying:)

Yes, sir.

(Holmes gestures towards Watson, then signs:)

This gentleman is my guest.

(Wilder looks at Watson and signs:)

Ah Yes!
Dr Watson, of course.
Enjoyed ‘The Blue Carbuncle’, sir.

(Holmes looks towards Watson and rolls his eyes, then elbows him and nods. Looking a little
nervous, Watson signs to Wilder:)

Thank you. I...am...glad
...you...liked it.
You are very...ugly.

(Holmes does a double-take in his direction, and Wilder frowns and signs:)

Transcripts by Ariane DeVere (arianedevere@livejournal.com)