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As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes who sits in a cocaineinduced haze at 221B Baker Street His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman Mary Morstan whose father vanished ten years before Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year a large lustrous pearl Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her And in the ensuing investigation which involves a wronged woman a stolen hoard of Indian treasure a woodenlegged ruffian a helpful dog and a love affair even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim Isnt it gorgeous