The Great Game
“—Alexander Pope Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson had adjoining rooms on the second floor of the Hotel Leopold, a solidly built, modern edifice which took up one square block on the Schwarzenbergplatz, about as central a location as one could get in the spread-out city that was Fin de Siècle Vienna. It was shortly before dinner time Thursday evening, and Holmes sat at the small writing desk in his room jotting down the day's notes in the next empty page in his notebook. Through the... connecting door he could hear Watson whistling "A Wandering Minstrel" from The Mikado as he dressed for dinner.
"Spent the afternoon concealed in the waiters' pantry at the Danube Cafe," Holmes wrote. "Could hear the conversation in the private back room clearly, but could not always tell who was speaking. Much discussion of the 'great event' that is to take place in the near future. There were at least three groups represented that one would not think were related, or even amicable, and that certainly would not be expected to make common cause.MoreLess
"Spent the afternoon concealed in the waiters' pantry at the Danube Cafe," Holmes wrote. "Could hear the conversation in the private back room clearly, but could not always tell who was speaking. Much discussion of the 'great event' that is to take place in the near future. There were at least three groups represented that one would not think were related, or even amicable, and that certainly would not be expected to make common cause.MoreLess
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