The original solution was provided by: Erik Futtrup, Denmark (futtrup@daimi.aau.dk) Twan Lintermans, Holland. It has been subtantially modified with data from another source.

You start outside Holmes' house in response to a call from Mrs Hudson. You're wearing a coat, hat, and have a whistle and black bag. The pocket of your coat contains a #1 note. The bag contains two bottles; a blue one (digitalis leaf for Tachycardia and other accelerated arrhythmias) and a brown one (belladonna for Brachycardia and other decelerated arrhythmias). Remove your hat and examine it to find a stethoscope inside. Get the stethoscope. (+1)

Knock on the door. Mrs Hudson answers it and says Mr Holmes hasn't eaten or slept for three days. A visitor has called on important government business and is waiting in the parlor. She won't let you enter the parlor until you've seen Holmes. Go up, north, into Holmes' room. He's sitting on the sofa holding a phial of colourless liquid and has his hand on a hypo in a morocco case. If you shoot the phial, Holmes licks the drops of liquid from his fingers. If you do this several times, you shoot him! He will not let you take the phial nor the hypo. Take the slipper that's filled with tobacco (+1). Take the pipe (+1), and the newspaper (+1).

"Read newspaper to Holmes". He glances at it and his eye falls on the article about the Tower of London being closed (+5). He calls for a tray of food and sits and looks at you. Mrs Hudson shows the visitor in. He has come from the Tower (as Holmes guesses). The Crown Jewels have been stolen Thursday night. All that was left was a verse. The visitor gives Holmes a piece of paper to look at. Holmes glances at it and gives it to you. "Read paper".

Mortality, behold a fear!
What a change of flesh is here.
Think how many royal bones
Sleep within this heap of stones.
Here they lie, had realms and lands,
who now want strength to stir their hands. 

For two score years, I reigned alone,
A Virgin Queen on England's throne.
My navy caused Armarda's shame
And with me died the Tudor name. 

The apple sorely tempted Eve,
And Tell another tried to cleave
But when one fell, it showed to me
The mighty pull of gravity. 

My father, it was said, would die
Beneath the Holy City's sky.
Jerusalem his body claimed
And it's after him I'm named. 

Oh Stately holmes of England
In Baker Street abide.
For even you must surely fail
To save your country's pride.

"Ask Holmes about paper". He says the references are very obvious. The visitor says the calamity can only be hidden until 9 A.M. on Monday. If the regalia aren't back at Buckingham Palace by then, all's lost. Holmes gets his hat and coat from the bedroom and says he'll wait outside.

Wait until the visitor leaves, then go west into the bedroom, and take the lamp (+5). Take the magnifying glass (+1), and the ampoule. The ampoule is of etherium which is highly volatile and must not be opened in the presence of fire. Go east, south, down, north, to the parlor and take the matchbook (+1). Go south and open the door. Go east and show the ampoule to Holmes. Holmes says we must follow the trail but there will probably be traps. So if you lead the way, he will be thrown off the scent. After a few moves, he tells you to keep the ampoule well hidden. Ttake your hat off. Next take the stethoscope and put the ampoule in the hat and wear the hat. "Light lantern" so you can see where you're going once outside, and go south three times, southeast twice, east twice, to Westminster Abbey and read the sign "7 AM - 6 PM". Wait until it opens at 7 A.M., then go east, south, southeast, and take the packet (+1) and the crayon (+1).

Go northwest, east twice, north, northeast, north, and examine the tomb. Inside the pacquet are sheets of colored paper (brown, green, blue, yellow, orange, white). Having read the verse at the start, you know you must make three brass rubbings. These are of Newton, Queen Elizabeth 1 and Henry V. Open the packet and take the white paper (from another source apparently the color of the paper to be used on the three tombs does not matter). Put it on the tomb and rub it with the crayon. Take the white paper and notice that it's stuck a bit. Go west, south, west, and examine the tomb. Now take the brown paper and put it on the tomb. Rub it with the crayon, then take it. Go south and open the door. Go south, west, and read the sign (It says "Henry V" (Clue!)). Go east, north twice, east, north, east, south, west, and examine Henry's tomb.

Take the green paper and put it on Henry's tomb, then rub it with the crayon. Now take it and go east, north, west, south, west twice, northeast, north three times, northeast, to the British Museum and read the sign "8 A.M. - 6 P.M.". Go north, east, into the manuscript room and just wait and listen to the librarian. The librarian keeps talking and distracts you from whatever you try to do. "Ask librarian to be quiet";. He apologises and leaves the room. "Get old book, examine it". Secret Writing and Invisible Inks. "Open old book" and it falls open at the introduction, "Read it". Invisible writing has a long and honorable history. It's used primarily when it's felt that a code or cypher may be too easily broken. Most invisible inks are somewhat sticky to the touch and virtually all of them become visible when exposed to moderate heat.

Go west, south, southwest, south three times, southwest, east, northeast, east, back to the abbey to the Evangelist chapel. As you enter you are told that you wonder what makes this room seem different from the others. "Examine room" and you see lots of candles and realise the room is warm. "Warm paper (colors you used) with candles". In each case, something appears on the back of the paper. "Read back of (color you used) paper" to read each one of them.

The one from Newton's tomb reads:
London Bridge is falling down.
All that's under it will drown.
With it falls Victoria's reign,
Britannia ne'er to rule again. 

When a number you require,
And you're banking all thereon,
Subtract the conquest from the fire,
Half a league, half a league, half a league on.

"London Bridge", Number in Bank = Conqueror - Fire of London". 

The one from Elizabeth's tomb reads:
Hickory Dickory Dock,
Your enemy is the clock,
When it strikes nine,
The victory is mine,
Hickory, dickory dock.

Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head. 

"Clock = Big Ben", "Chop off Head = Chamber of Horrors"). 

The one from Henry's tomb reads:
Twinkle, twinkle,
Son of Mars,
Fought at sea, midst masts and spars.
Now above the world so high
Looking down with watchful eye.
Twinkle, twinkle, Son of Mars,
England's hero, Prince of Mars. 

Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?
I've been to the tower to look at the queen.
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there?
I left something for you, go back if you dare.

"Nelson's Eye", "The Tower!".

Holmes says Moriarty is responsible. We must solve the clues to see what he has in mind for us.

Go west, southwest, west, northeast, west, to Bird Cage Walk and negotiate with the salesman ("haggle with vendor"). Negotiate again, then "Buy telescope, and he gives you a shilling change (+1). Hint: Nelson's statue, eye!, RUBY. Go south, east, down, and drop the white, green, and brown papers. Take the oar. Go up, west, north, northeast, north, and you'll hear a sound! Wear the stethoscope and listen to the girl. The girl's heartbeat will be randomly fast or slow.

If it's fast, then open the bag and brown bottle. Take the yellow pill and examine the brown bottle. (Decelerated...) Give the yellow pill to the girl.

If it's slow, then open the bag and open the blue bottle. Take the orange pill and examine the blue bottle. (Accelerated...) Give the orange pill to the girl.

Note that another source indicates it's the other way around. She recovers and puts a carnation in your buttonhole before she leaves (+5).

Take off the stethoscope. Go to Trafalgar Square. "Show ruby to pigeon" and it looks interested. Say "Pigeon, get ruby" and it quivers with excitement. "Drop pigeon" and it flies up, gets the ruby and circles. "Ask Sherman for pigeon", but he says it's too young to fly again today but it came back with a ruby and gives it to you (+5). "Examine ruby"; it has a scratch on it. "Examine scratch" and note that it looks like tiny writing. "Examine scratch through (magnifying) glass". It says wear a carnation.

NOTE: if you don't show the pigeon the ruby, it circles, flies back to the shop and Sherman gives you a piece of red glass it picked up but he won't let you take it again.

Holmes says it isn't part of the crown Jewels but was stolen from the Agra Treasure in India many years ago. We are in great danger. He gives you a signet ring and says if anything happens to him, take it to Mycroft at the Diogenes Club. He'll tell you what to do (+1). This happens when you collect the first gem.

Go east, north, west twice, north, west, north, and you'll hear a sound. Take the tobacco and put it in the pipe. Open the matchbook and take and light a match. Light the pipe with the match. Drop the lamp and match. Go north, west, and say "Give me newspaper" to Holmes. Light the newspaper with the pipe. Take the torch and light it with the newspaper. Examine the statues and the Charles (chopping block). Take the wax head and melt it with the torch. Examine the gem, then take the emerald.

Go east, and ask Holmes about the ash. Go south and take the lamp. Go east, south four times, southeast, and open the blue bottle. Drop the crayon and the packet. Take the cotton balls and put them in ears. Go up and wait. The bell must ring at least twice. Take the sapphire and look. Take the sapphire, and go down (+5). "Examine sapphire"to find that there's a scratch on it. "Examine scratch", which looks like writing. "Examine scratch through (magnifying) glass" and you see 2 A.M..

Take the cotton, then drop it, the telescope, and the matchbook. Go to Scotland Yard. If you "search (Bligh's) boat" in the Black Museum, you find an oar (+1). Go to the boat at the Embankment. It only has one oar. To use it, you must "get into boat, lift anchor, launch boat". If you row with one oar, you go in circles. If you "wait", you drift downstream but can land at Traitors' Gate. But the portcullis is lowered and you can't get in. You can also go under London Bridge though you can't land, just "drop anchor" and look up. If you "examine bridge", you see a clump of moss lodged among the supports. "Examine moss"; it's a different color from the other lichens around. If you try to get it, it's too high and if you hit it with the oar, it falls into the water, an opal drops out and vanishes from view. Wait for high tide (i.e. Saturday at 8:38 P.M.). "get moss" and it crumbles and you're left holding an opal. "Examine opal", which has a scratch on it. "Examine scratch with magnifying glass" and you see the words password: swordfish. NOTE: This password isn't the one for the Tower. "Raise anchor, row west" twice until you're back at the embankment. When you arrive, the man whose boat it is turns up grumbling and takes the boat somewhere safe!

Go to Madame Tussauds. If you try to enter with "n", the guard says you may enter but you may not take a light in with you so you must drop the lamp and matchbook. But you need a light inside. To do it, "put tobacco in pipe, open matchbook, get match, light it, light tobacco with match, drop match". You can now use the light of the pipe for a limited time inside. Drop lamp, north (+1). Inside, Holmes notices some ash. "Ask Holmes about ash"; he says to note the texture, it's the ash of a trichinopoly cigar made from the dark tobacco that only grows in the Madras area of India. Our mastermind has an Indian accomplice who does his dirty work for him.

There are several statues. "Examine statues" to see King John, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh and William the Conqueror. Examine John, who's signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede in June 1215. Examine Drake, who's finishing his game of bowls. Examine William, who's kneeling on the sands at Pevensey Beach when he landed before the battle of Hastings in 1066. Examine Walter, who's putting his cloak over a puddle for Elizabeth to cross. Search and look behind each statue but you find nothing.

The sign says Chamber of Horrors and you can only go in if you have a light. Inside are some more statues. "Examine statues". They are of Guy Fawkes, Charles 1 and Thomas a Becket. "Examine Guy", who's carrying a torch as he's waiting for the signal to light the gunpowder. "Get torch". "Examine Charles" and ignore the axe that you see. "Examine Thomas", where the knights are entering with swords drawn. The tobacco isn't hot enough to light the torch and the guard takes the torch and axe from you if you try to leave. So "light clue paper with tobacco, light torch with clue paper".

Back at the statue of Charles, if you try to "remove head", it wobbles slightly. Holmes says his head wasn't screwed on right even when he was alive. "Unscrew head from statue"; you take it. "Melt head with torch" and it melts into a puddle of wax on the floor. You see a gem in it. It's an emerald. Get it and "Examine emerald", which has a scratch on it, "examine scratch with magnifying glass" and you see 20/6/87.

Go to the Bank. The guard is jangling some keys in his pocket while he watches some urchins play. One looks familiar. "Examine urchin" to find that it's Wiggins. If you ask him to do something, he says it's a shilling. He won't move from that location. "Give shilling to Wiggins" and he says what do you want him to do. "Wiggins, get keys." He distracts the guard and gives you something. He says he hopes it's ok but it's all he could get (+1). It's a key. "Examine key"; it says master on it.

If you try to go north, the guard stops you and says not to think about trying to bribe him. "Give ruby to guard" and he takes it and says another would be nice. "Give sapphire to guard". He says it isn't worth the risk for just two gems. "Give emerald to guard" and he says, one more and you're in. "Give opal to guard" and he says you can go in.

Inside, you see a vault door which is locked. "Examine door", there's a dial on it. "Wear stethoscope, listen to dial", then "turn dial right" twice till you hear a click, "turn dial left" till it clicks, "turn dial right" twice, it clicks and opens. Go into the vault. It's full of safety deposit boxes. "Find box 600"; (from the verse, 1666 minus 1066 or from the Charge of the light Brigade poem) it's right in front of you.

"Unlock box with key" and you see a topaz inside. "Get topaz, examine it, examine scratch with magnifying glass" and it says Bar of Gold. Holmes is kidnapped as you leave. Wiggins comes up to you and says he'll do anything to help get him back and follows you from now on.

Go to the Diogenes Club. Inside, the butler asks if he can help. "Ask for Mycroft Holmes" and he leaves, returns and says Mycroft Holmes asked for the token you have to prove you are who you claim to be. Give it to him and he'll take it to him. "Give ring to butler" and he leaves and Mycroft Holmes turns up. He says to solve the mystery, go to the Tower and use the password, Parr.

Go to Tower of London, where a sign outside says it's closed. The yeoman won't let you pass unless you tell him the password. Say "Yeoman, Parr" and he lets you in (+3). Go to the Jewel Room and "examine weapon", which is a mace. Get it (+1).

Go to Bowyer Tower and "examine keg", which is brimming over with malmsey and leaking through the bung hole. You can't get the bung as it's too tight. "Hit bung with mace" and it flies across the room, while the malmsey leaks out on the floor. "Examine keg" and there's a garnet at the bottom. You can't get it as your shoulders are too broad and your arms too short. Ask "Wiggins, get garnet" and he does so and gives it to you (+5). "Examine garnet", has a scratch on it. "Examine scratch with magnifying glass", which says give me to Akbar.

The Yeoman won't let you leave the way you came in so you must leave through Traitors Gate. If you "look through gate", you see the rowing boat the other side. But if you try to pull the chain, it doesn't budge as you aren't heavy enough to raise it. Go to the armor and "wear armour", go back and "pull chain" and the gate raises and stays up (1). "Get paddle" (+1).

The oars are missing from the boat so "paddle west" several times to get back to embankment. The man takes his boat again and vanishes down the river as he has no means of propelling it!

Go to the Bar of Gold. "remove hat, put ampoule in hat, wear hat", while still outside. You need to do this outside because everything will be taken from you inside but you want to retain the ampoule and your hat won't be touched. Wiggins won't enter the Bar of Gold. He waits outside. Wait till 2 A.M.Monday. In the Bar of Gold, "proprietor, swordfish" and he goes into a back room and returns with an Indian in a turban. He glances at your head, says his name is Akbar and asks how he may help. "Give garnet to Akbar", which he takes and examines and asks you to give everything you have to him.

Then he blindfolds you, leads you down some corridors to Moriarty's Lair. He locks the door, puts the key on Moriarty's desk and puts most of what you were carrying on the floor (+5). Holmes is there, tied to a chair. The Crown Jewels are on the desk. He says that Moriarty and he were talking about why he led us on this chase and if you ask him, he'll be pleased to fill you in as well. "Ask Moriarty about the jewels" and he says he stole them at the request of a foreign government to wish to bring down the British Empire.

"Remove hat" and Akbar averts his gaze at this sacrilegious act. You see the ampoule inside. "Hold breath". Holmes sees you do this and does the same, this is so you aren't overcome too. "Get ampoule". Moriarty shouts at Akbar that he should have taken that from you. Akbar comes towards you. "Break ampoule" and everyone except Holmes collapses. "Untie holmes, tie Moriarty and Akbar",then you breathe and collapse. Note you only have two moves and if you don't tie up both of them, you'll fail in your task.

When you recover, it's 8:30 A.M. and Akbar and Moriarty are awake and struggling to get free. "Get key, get whistle, get jewels" (+10). "Unlock door, open door, N" and you are now on London Bridge. "Blow whistle" twice so the hansom cab comes and not the growler cab, which never takes you to the right place. "Enter cab", where the cabbie says "Where to?". Say "Buckingham Palace" and he quickly takes you there. Outside, you see a Palace Guard. "Show jewels to guard". He takes them and you're shown in by the Prime Minister to be congratulated by the Queen (+1)!

NOTE: It was found at one stage that even though the author didn't have the topaz any more, the author still had its scratch. When the author entered the lair, the scratch was dropped on the floor and then any redescription of the scene on restoring caused the game to crash. Without the scratch, this didn't happen so the author concluded the scratch was causing the problem.