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The Two Lives of Neville St Clair

A gentleman vanishes above an opium den — the questions that undo the neatest disappearance in the canon.

Mrs St Clair saw her husband at a second-floor window in the worst lane by the river; the room held only a crippled beggar. Answer like Holmes.

Drawn from The Man with the Twisted Lip (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1891) — read the summary & analysis, or try The Beggar's Wage, this story's analysis tool. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.