I am sending this post to address the queries that some of you have made which in the impending difficulties I had not discussed properly, so let me be clear.
First of all, some of you seem to believe that my client was called Arthur Moore, but he was not. He was a Dutchman, not an Englishman, and he spoke in a capable accent. I addressed him as Mr. Stein, although I recall his first name to be Elias. I met him only once, as he directed me to meet him in the Cheshire Pub. The lighting was poor and his features were obscured with his dark clothing, bowler hat, tinted spectacles and a great orange beard. He did not go into many details about himself, and I must confess at the time I didn’t care to discover them; I was desperate enough to trust this man and come upon a case of some intrigue. More than that upon meeting me he was clearly frightened despite a demeanor which struck me as usually calm and collected, so I trusted he was in some duress.
In retrospect perhaps I should have been more suspicious; I recognized that his suit was bought perhaps the day before and that his hands were gloved. But my capacity of suspicion has been terribly harmed in the week or so of forced habituation with your future society. The only further detail I noticed was his occasion to wipe his lips with a napkin from the Cafe Nero. Had I been wise I would have asked my roommate James whether he recognized the man; yet what more could I have done? Accuse the man before his face and cause him to run off? Again, I only succeeded in meeting him once; he told me that he was properly busy and was going to fly to America in the next couple days on more official business, that this case was only to avenge a friend and colleague.
Yet it is one thing to say that this man is suspicious and another to accuse him of being the infamous Professor Moriarty! I do not know by what method I have come into your world, but to believe that such a method would pick up Moriarty as well indiscriminately? And that he should have collected himself well enough to commit such a plot the likes of which you have described… I find it rather unbelievable myself! I have sat around wondering – wishing even – to find a face that I recognize, but believing so has led me only to be disappointed. My brother Mycroft, Mrs. Hudson, my friend Dr. Watson – I found satisfaction only in admitting to myself that they are back where I came from and that I must commit my energy to returning where I belong!
And let me further the point; even IF I was eager after your queries to follow up on this Mr. Stein, even if I was convinced of the possibility that Mr. Stein was Professor Moriarty in disguise and to believe that it was worth a follow-up, such a concern would be for naught. The man has left for America, and I am stuck in London. I am wanted by the police, and I have neither the legal nor the financial means to follow up on such an investigation. It is a dead end, and I must move forward, and the only way forward is with this man Poirot, who seems as keen to evade me as I am to find him. His efforts to evade me however have only emboldened to find out more about him!
So unless you happen to know some sort of benefactor, some powerful figure who can transcend the rules and has the capacity to deliver me across country borders in the interest of discovering more about who this Mr. Stein is, I have only one path forward, and that path is Poirot!
With great annoyance,
Sherlock Holmes
Thank you very much for your information, Mr. Holmes. You do not need to worry about your former employer. I will bring these details before my compatriots at once and begin tracking him as soon as possible. Your description has been most useful in confirming what I suspected; namely, that you were employed by someone different that Poirot.
I apologize if at any time I came off as annoying. However, this whole situation is very dire, and I am attempting to keep up with emergencies similar to yours from all around the globe. I’m afraid it has stretched me rather thin.
Still, do not worry, at this time, about having to discover a way home yourself. Your offhand comment was, in a way, correct. My compatriots and I do indeed have a powerful benefactor, and though we do suspect that there are things he isn’t telling us, we are reasonably confident that, in the end, he intends to resolve this whole situation as best as possible. Please just continue giving us what information you think may be relevant, and we will do everything we can to assure that you return home.
I agree that you should gain some form of communication with Poirot, however, please be cautious. Our job is also to return him to his home as well, so I would appreciate it if you would avoid doing something that would make that impossible.
Sincerely,
~Sicon112
Yes, Poirot is a definite lead, but he is by no means the reason for your current predicament. Read over Poirot’s blog for the mention of Arthur Moore, he may not be related to you, but it was that man who accused you of the murder of Okogwu. It is the reason Poirot is suspicious of you like you’re suspicious of him.
Hmmm… I was speaking in jest about the benefactor but in truth if you know such a man, then I would be most grateful to contact him. Do not be concerned, I have dealt with many of the discreet variety; the Grand Duke Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein comes to mind. Let him know that I am willing to do an compensatory investigative service for him if he should agree to help with the logistical concerns.
I shall relay your offer to him immediately. As we speak I am uncovering leads on your former employer and have multiple suspects, though most are of dubious quality as of yet. All the fragments of this chaos have yet to be revealed…
On a separate note, did you survey the information I sent to you in the comments section of your previous post? It may be very beneficial to your current hunt for clues.
I cannot remain here long, I must get back to work on the leads you have given me. I believe I have found something of great import. If any of my discoveries concern you, I shall be sure to relay them.
Sincerely,
~Sicon112
My apologies, I misspoke. The information was not on your previous post, but on this one:
http://londontales.ezblog.twwf.info/?p=78#comments
I think you are going in the right direction, but I think you both are being play one against the other.
You do know he has a blog like you do don’t you?
http://belgianamongtheenglish.wordpress.com/
Mr. Holmes,
If you’ll recall I was more concerned with “jmartysknight2e4″ than your employer (though I admit I did find your silence strange), unless you believe the two to be one and the same?
That being said, an extensive number of us are, in fact, in America. If there is a starting place you can offer us, we can look for Mr. Stein while you follow your Poirot lead.
Relieved,
Wysp
Mr. Holmes, you’ve mentioned that you could ask your friend James about that suspicious person. You still can do that, even though you are apart. I believe this is his blog:
http://raikespeare.wordpress.com/
It is private, so I can’t contact him, but he may have whitelisted you, as your friend, and that would be useful in our investigation.
Holmes the benefactor you seek is commonly referred to as Mr. Administrator. He’s deeply involved in your situation. Poirot’s situation too! He may not have a way home for you but speaking to him will give you a better idea of how to proceed. He can be contacted here https://twitter.com/YouHaveFailedUs .
But I also suggest finding Poirot, as I hope find out his mind to be as sharp as yours. The two of you dealing with Mr. Administrator would be most beneficial.
I hope you can be reunited with your friends and family soon. It’s nice to know your ego and smoking jacket aren’t the only things important to you.
This doesn’t seem to be heading down any path but destruction if you both refuse to listen to us. Must you continue to ignore what we say?
Mr. Kestral,
I hope you do realize that Mr. Holmes is, in fact, listening to what we say? He doesn’t seem to consider Poirot to be as heinous as he originally described him.
Sincerely,
Wysp
Ms, but that’s besides the point. He’s still going after him with ill intent. They have given no thought to working together, only finding each other to confront about the other’s ‘crimes.’
Mr. Holmes-
POIROT IS NOT AN ENEMY.
Don’t you see what is happening?
MORIARTY IS TURNING YOU AND POIROT AGAINST EACH OTHER, WHEN IN FACT, IN OUR WORLD, YOU TWO ARE THE TWO GREATEST FICTIONAL DETECTIVES OF ALL TIME, AND SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO STOP THE NAPOLEON OF CRIME!
He’s using you as a puppet!
Please, for your life’s sake, get to France, and meet up with Poirot there. Please!
To find out more about Hercule Poirot, go into the nearest bookstore and find the books of an very famous author known as Agatha Christie, and get these three if you can find them:
Murder on the Orient Express
Death in the Clouds
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
As well as that, look at his blog:
http://belgianamongtheenglish.wordpress.com/
And this site.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot
Look at these, and i hope to see that you see that Poirot is NOT A VILLAIN at all, but a harmless detective trying to solve a case.
The Wild West Pyro
As to this Moriarty ploy, I must confess that it does not make sense to me.
Yet it seems as if this was Moriarty we are talking about, then it would seem that his plot to incarcerate Poirot and me failed. Perhaps he succeeded in causing us to distrust each other for a while, but such a victory would be small on its own. And if this were some stage in a larger plot, what could such a large plot be? If the plot truly was to eliminate Poirot and me, and the efforts to get us to work against each other was just a gambit in case we began to suspect our own framing, then why has the plot against us so suddenly halted? Professor Moriarty does not give up on his plan; he always moves forward, he always tries again. Yet if he has come in to this place with some greater plot, and his interest in the two of us is only a way to prevent inspection of it, then what could such a plot possibly be? How could he possibly be doing it on his own in such a short time? Or if he isn’t working on his own, why hasn’t he been noticed? And furthermore, if I am to believe that this man in the pub was Moriarty and the man who hired Poirot was the same, why did he choose to do this part of his grand scheme entirely on his own rather than using a henchman?