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SHERLOCK

PUBLISHER
Melbourne House

AUTHOR
Beam Software

YEAR

CATEGORY
Text Adventure

INSTRUCTIONS

HINTS/TIPS
This is the complete solution.

Monday 8.00am: Sherlock's Sitting Room
OPEN PLAIN DOOR, N, TAKE CHINA MANS DISGUISE,
WEAR CHINA MANS DISGUISE, TAKE OFF CHINA MANS
DISGUISE, WEAR OLD MANS DISGUISE, TAKE OFF OLD
MANS DISGUISE, S, SAY TO WATSON "HELLO" (it is better to
greet a character first, before you ask him or her what to do, or else
they will ignore you), WAIT (until Watson tells you about 2 murders in
Leatherhead), TAKE LAMP, SAY TO WATSON "DROP
CHRONICLE", SAY TO WATSON "FOLLOW ME", OPEN MY
DOOR, W, D, OPEN FRONT DOOR, S

To Leatherhead Station
HAIL CAB, SAY TO CABBIE "HELLO", CLIMB INTO CAB
(Watson follows you), SAY TO CABBIE "GO TO KINGS CROSS
ROAD", WAIT (until you reach there at 8.45am), GIVE MONEY TO
CABBIE (he pays you ú5/4- shillings!), CLIMB OUT OF CAB, NE,
NE, NE, NE (at Platform 3 of Kings Cross Station with Inspector
Lestrade), SAY TO LESTRADE "HELLO", WAIT (until the train
arrives at about 9.16am), WAIT (until Lestrade climbs into the train),
CLIMB INTO TRAIN, WAIT UNTIL 10.00, WAIT (until train arrives
at Platform 1 of Leatherhead Station at 10.25am), CLIMB OUT OF
TRAIN (Lestrade goes south), FOLLOW LESTRADE (you see
Straker), SAY TO STRAKER "HELLO" (you MUST greet him or else
the local policeman at Brown's Front Gate will not let you into Brown's
house. Straker tells Lestrade about the two murders), S, W, SAY TO
POLICEMAN "HELLO"

Brown's House
S, SW, S, SW, E (at east side with Lestrade), CLOSELY EXAMINE
CORPSE (body of a middle aged woman. The policeman says that he
hasn't found the gun yet), CLOSELY EXAMINE NOTE (tells you of a
meeting by the bridge & signed by P.F. - stands for Patricia Fender, not
Percival Ffoulkes), CLOSELY EXAMINE BRIDGE, W, N, N, NE, S,
OPEN OAK DOOR, S, OPEN HEAVY DOOR, E (in sitting room
with Daphne and Basil), WAIT (until Lestrade enters at 11.45am),
WAIT (until Lestrade interrogates Daphne and Basil, who gives his alibi
that he was in his rented house, playing Chopin on the piano, during the
night of the murders), SAY TO DAPHNE "HELLO", SAY TO
DAPHNE "TELL ME ABOUT TRICIA FENDER" (she was Mrs
Brown's secretary, and she lives in Portman Street, London), SAY TO
BASIL "HELLO", SAY TO BASIL "TELL ME ABOUT YOUR
ADDRESS" (he lives in Camden Street in London and has a rented
home in Cobden Lane, down the road), OPEN DININGROOM
DOOR, S, OPEN PLAIN DOOR, W (in the kitchen with Lestrade.
You can see the gardener, the cook and the maid. The maid and the
cook relate what happened), SAY TO COOK "HELLO", SAY TO
COOK "TELL ME ABOUT BASIL", SAY TO GARDENER
"HELLO", SAY TO GARDENER "TELL ME ABOUT MAJOR",
OPEN PLAIN DOOR, E, OPEN DININGROOM DOOR, N, OPEN
HEAVY DOOR, W, S, OPEN WOODEN DOOR, W, EXAMINE
DESK, OPEN DRAWER, CLOSELY EXAMINE DRAWER, OPEN
FALSE BOTTOM, LOOK (you see a bank account book and a note),
EXAMINE BOOK (Mrs Brown has been withdrawing large amounts
recently - someone is blackmailing her), EXAMINE NOTE (tells you of
a meeting and signed by Tricia Fender), E, N, OPEN LARGE DOOR,
N, N, N, E, E (Jones's Front Gate)

Jones's House
S, OPEN FRONT DOOR, S, OPEN SITTINGROOM DOOR, W,
OPEN SOLID DOOR, S, CLOSELY EXAMINE BODY (that of a
woman shot in the head), CLOSELY EXAMINE BOOKCASE (you
reveal a secret room behind the wall), LOOK (an exit west), W,
CLOSELY EXAMINE CLOTHES (labelled Tricia Fender), SAY TO
WATSON "GET CLOTHES", E, N, WAIT (until you see Lestrade
and Major at 1.30pm), FOLLOW LESTRADE (into library), WAIT
(until Lestrade interrogates Major, who gives his alibi that he was in
London all that night and says he lives in Sidmouth Street, London),
LOOK (make sure you see Watson), SAY TO WATSON "FOLLOW
ME", OPEN SOLID DOOR, N, OPEN SITTINGROOM DOOR, E,
OPEN FRONT DOOR, N, N, W, S,S

Basil's Rented House
OPEN BACK GATE, E, OPEN BACK DOOR, N, OPEN PLAIN
DOOR, W, OPEN SITTINGROOM DOOR, W, U, CLOSELY
EXAMINE BED (you see a small tear of the sheet), CLOSELY
EXAMINE WINDOW (a piece of cloth is caught on the window
frame), CLOSELY EXAMINE GRAMOPHONE (a record of
Chopin), CLOSELY EXAMINE PIANO (the music sheet is Baroque,
not Chopin - Remember that Basil earlier said that he was playing
Chopin on the piano - he was obviously lying), D, OPEN FRONT
DOOR, W

To Tell Lestrade: Major Percival Is Innocent
N, N, N, N, (platform 2 of Leatherhead Station), WAIT (till you see
Lestrade at 2.50pm), SAY TO LESTRADE "THE MAJOR IS
INNOCENT" (he asks you what proof do you have and leaves)

To Sidmouth Street: Major's House
WAIT (until train arrives at 3.15pm), CLIMB INTO TRAIN, WAIT
(until train arrives at Platform 4 of King's Cross Station at 4.30pm),
CLIMB OUT OF TRAIN, SW, SW, SW, SW, SW, WAIT (Lestrade
asks the cabbie to go to Parliament Street), WAIT (so as to let the
Lestrade cab away first. If there are 2 cabs there will be some confusion
in communication), HAIL CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB, SAY TO
WATSON "CLIMB OUT OF CAB" (you have to leave him here for a
while), SAY TO CABBIE "GO TO SIDMOUTH STREET", WAIT
(until you get there), CLIMB OUT OF CAB, LOOK, OPEN OAK
DOOR, NW, WAIT, SE, WEAR CHINA MANS DISGUISE (make
sure you do this now), HAIL CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB, WAIT
UNTIL 9.00 (save game now. You most probably have to use this
saved data pretty soon!), WAIT UNTIL 10.00, WAIT UNTIL 10.30
(press ENTER key when the time reaches exactly 10.28pm. You
MUST stop the time at EXACTLY 10.28pm. If not, try again), WAIT
(until you see the Major enter at 11.02pm), WAIT (until Major enters
his house), WAIT (he comes out and hails a cab), WAIT (he tells the
cabbie to go to Slater Street. This time should now be EXACTLY
11.25pm or before. If it's after 11.25pm, LOAD saved game and try
again)

To Prove Major's Innocence To Lestrade
(You now have a limited number of moves to prove Major's innocence
before Tuesday morning - TIMING IS ESSENTIAL) SAY TO
CABBIE "GO TO SLATER STREET", WAIT (until you get there at
exactly 11.51pm or before), CLIMB OUT OF CAB, N (in opium den
with Major. You need to be carrying the lamp to see), TAKE OFF
CHINA MANS DISGUISE (Major confesses he is an opium addict
and he was here on the night of the murder), S (you MUST see
Lestrade at exactly 11.57pm or before), SAY TO LESTRADE
"MAJOR VISITED THE DEN" (Lestrade says he'll return to
Leatherhead TOMORROW ie TUESDAY to have a look)

     1) The time now must be at or before 11.59pm, Monday. If it's
     Tuesday 12.00am or past, you'll have to LOAD the saved game
     and try again. This is the first frustrating bit and you might have to
     try at least 10 times before you get the correct time. If you carry
     on after Tuesday 12.00am you won't see Lestrade again until
     Wednesday morning and there may be a shoot-out.
     2) If Lestrade is not convinced of the Major's innocence, there'll
     be a shoot-out in which Lestrade kills the Major. The game will
     then end. If the shoot-out occurs, LOAD saved game and try
     again

Tuesday Morning: To Basil's Rented House
HAIL CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB (Lestrade tells Major that he is free
to go), DROP CHINA MANS DISGUISE, SAY TO CABBIE "GO
TO KINGS CROSS ROAD", WAIT (until you get there at 12.26am),
CLIMB OUT OF CAB, LOOK (you see Watson), SAY TO
WATSON "FOLLOW ME", NE, NE, NE, NE (at Platform 3 of Kings
Cross Station), WAIT UNTIL 1.00, WAIT (until train arrives at
1.45am), CLIMB INTO TRAIN, WAIT (until train arrives at
Leatherhead Station at 3.00am), CLIMB OUT OF TRAIN, S, S, S, S,
OPEN BACK GATE, E, OPEN BACK DOOR, N, OPEN PLAIN
DOOR, W, S, OPEN SAFE, LOOK (you see the letters), EXAMINE
LETTERS (blackmail letters from Tricia to Mrs Brown), CLOSE
SAFE, N, OPEN SITTINGROOM DOOR, W, OPEN FRONT
DOOR, W, N

To Prove Mrs Brown Killed Herself
W, S, SW, S, SE, E, WAIT UNTIL 9.00, WAIT (until Lestrade
arrives at 9.20am Tuesday. If you had proved Major's innocence after
Tuesday morning, Lestrade won't be arriving until Wednesday morning
at 9.20am), SAY TO LESTRADE "MRS BROWN KILLED
HERSELF" (Lestrade asks what proof do you have), SAY TO
LESTRADE "EXAMINE STREAM" (you find the gun and Lestrade
congratulates you), W, N, N, NE, N, E, N, N, N, N (Platform 2 of
Leatherhead Station. SAVE game now)

To Portman Street: Tricia's House
WAIT (until train arrives at 10.45am. Lestrade congratulates you again),
CLIMB INTO TRAIN, SAY TO LESTRADE "TRICIA
BLACKMAILED MRS BROWN" (Lestrade asks what proof do you
have), WAIT UNTIL 12.00 (the train arrives at Platform 4 of Kings
Cross Station at 12.00pm), CLIMB OUT OF TRAIN, SW, SW, SW,
SW, SW, WAIT (until Lestrade goes away in his own cab), HAIL
CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB, SAY TO CABBIE "GO TO PORTMAN
STREET", WAIT (until you get there), CLIMB OUT OF CAB,
LOOK, OPEN FRONT DOOR, S, OPEN HEAVY DOOR, S (at
Tricia's lounge and you see Tricia Fender), OPEN SAFE, LOOK (you
see an unfinished note and a folder), READ NOTE, EXAMINE
FOLDER (empty - someone has stolen the secret plans), SAY TO
WATSON "GIVE ME CLOTHES", SAY TO TRICIA "HELLO",
SAY TO TRICIA "TELL ME ABOUT BLOODSTAINED
CLOTHES" (she confesses that she is really Mrs Jones and she killed
the real Tricia when she found out she was blackmailing her friend Mrs
Jones), LOOK (you now see Mrs Jones instead of Tricia), SAY TO
MRS JONES "HELLO", SAY TO MRS JONES "FOLLOW ME"
(make sure she is here or else go back for her), SAY TO MRS JONES
"FOLLOW ME" (repeat this command if she says she cannot do that
now), N (if you haven't followed everything correctly, Mrs Jones might
leave the house and lock you in. If so, LOAD saved game)

Take Mrs Jones To Scotland Yard
HAIL CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB, SAY TO MRS JONES "CLIMB
INTO CAB", LOOK (to see she's in the cab with you and Watson),
SAY TO CABBIE "GO TO PARLIAMENT STREET" (repeat until
you're moving), WAIT (until you get there), CLIMB OUT OF CAB,
SAY TO MRS JONES "CLIMB OUT OF CAB" (repeat until she
actually climbs out. If you haven't done everything correctly, she may
either refuse to leave the cab or get out of the cab herself and go east,
disappearing for good. If that happens, LOAD saved game), SAY TO
MRS JONES "FOLLOW ME", E (in Scotland Yard and you see
Lestrade), SAY TO LESTRADE "MRS JONES KILLED TRICIA"
(he asks what proof do you have), GIVE CLOTHES TO LESTRADE,
SAY TO LESTRADE "EXAMINE CLOTHES", SAY TO MRS
JONES "TELL LESTRADE ABOUT THE CLOTHES", SAY TO
LESTRADE "MRS JONES KILLED TRICIA" (Lestrade says brilliant
and calls a constable who takes Mrs Jones away), W

To Camden Street: Basil's House
HAIL CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB, SAY TO CABBIE "GO TO
CAMDEN STREET", WAIT (until you get there), CLIMB OUT OF
CAB, WEAR OLD MANS DISGUISE (Watson will stay here - he
won't follow you if you are wearing the disguise), E (you see the
window), OPEN WINDOW (it's locked), WAIT UNTIL 9.00, WAIT
(until someone opens the window at 10.00pm), NE (you need to be
carrying the lamp. You see Basil - ignore him), NW, NE, OPEN
HEAVY DOOR, SE (at Basil's library), TAKE NOTE (do not examine
it yet), NW, LOOK, OPEN PLAIN DOOR, NE, OPEN BACK
DOOR, NE (at Basil's Yard with a trash pile), CLOSELY EXAMINE
PILE, LOOK (you see a torn note), TAKE NOTE (do not examine it
yet), SW, SW, SW, SE, SW, W (at Camden Street), TAKE OFF
OLD MANS DISGUISE

To Decipher Coded Notes
EXAMINE TORN NOTE (in code: VAKS USH KNWH UL UNMH
YWNQH UNMH QNTH FTK RTLVBK GHNUS SNK
KUNTUHG USH YLWAQH BLKABP NTLEBG; decipher as:
WISH THE SALE TO TAKE PLACE. TAKE CARE MRS BROWN
DEATH HAS STARTED THE POLICE NOSING), EXAMINE
RIPPED NOTE (in code: A BLV SNIH USH YWNBK. XLET
YTAQH AK NQQHYUNRWH. WHU FH MBLV VSHTH XLE;
decipher as: I NOW HAVE THE PLANS. YOUR PRICE IS
ACCEPTABLE. LET ME KNOW WHERE YOU; the code for both
these notes is: A=I, B=N, E=U, F=M, G=D, H=E, I=V, K=S, L=O,
M=K, N=A, P=G, R=B, S=H, T=R, U=T, V=W, W=L, X=Y, Y=P)

To Scotland Yard To Tell Lestrade About The Plans
HAIL CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB, SAY TO CABBIE "GO TO
PARLIAMENT STREET", WAIT (until you get there), CLIMB OUT
OF CAB, E (at Scotland Yard), WAIT UNTIL 6.00 (Wednesday
6.00am), WAIT (until Lestrade enters at 7.00am), SAY TO TRAIN
(you MUST do this before Lestrade climbs out of the train or else try
again by LOADing the game you just saved), S, S (at the Main Street
where you see the police cab), CLIMB INTO CAR (you MUST climb
into the cab before Lestrade, Straker and the local policeman -
otherwise there is no room for you), WAIT (Lestrade will ask the cab to
furiously go to OLD MILL ROAD), WAIT UNTIL 3.00, WAIT (until
you arrive at OLD MILL ROAD at 3.15pm. You'll see Basil whip his
horse and speed down the road DO NOT get out of the cab), WAIT
UNTIL 4.00, WAIT UNTIL 4.30 (Press ENTER key when the time is
4.28pm. You must stop the time at exactly 4.28pm), WAIT (until
4.46pm when you arrive back at Main Street and you see Lestrade has
already got out of the cab), CLIMB OUT OF CAB (once out of the
cab you MUST see Basil and the German agent going north; if not, try
again from saved game), N, N, N (at Platform 2 of Leatherhead Station.
Basil and the German agent have just managed to get away in the train.
You MUST see Lestrade remark that Basil has eluded us), SAY TO
LESTRADE "FOLLOW ME", S, S, S (at Main Street), CLIMB INTO
POLICE CAB (Lestrade and Watson follow you. The time should now
be exactly 5.05pm or before), SAY TO POLICE "FURIOUSLY GO
TO KINGS CROSS ROAD" (repeat until you're moving speedily
down the lane), WAIT (until you arrive at Kings Cross Road at
EXACTLY 6.20pm or before), CLIMB OUT OF CAB (if you got it
right, you'll hear the German agent remark to the cabbie to go to
Parliament Road), NE, NE (Platform 1 and you see the underground
train. If the train leaves or is not here, you'll have to try again). CLIMB
INTO TRAIN, WAIT (you're travelling underground. Do NOT get out
at Paddington Station), WAIT (until you arrive at Victoria Station. If you
got it right, Basil will be arrested by Lestrade. You'll be the world's
greatest detective)

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GENERAL FACTS

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