![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The original text leaves the reader blind to what happens to Holmes during the ordeal (though Watson describes his friend as looking “drawn with horror”), and even though Holmes says, “It was an unjustifiable experiment even for one’s self, and doubly so for a friend,” there is no way to know for certain what he went through. So, we walk away from this scene knowing that Holmes is a haunted man, not immune to fear, as we may have thought (or want to believe, your choice). Holmes, or be trodden under foot” ( FINA). ![]() And behind it all, is the specter of Professor Moriarty saying, “You must stand clear, Mr. There is blood, and churning water, and ghastly, religious-themed images. There is endless running, across endless fields, and the ghost of a child in a mirror. But in this televised version, we see Holmes’s vision, and it is nightmarish, gruesome. ![]()
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