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🧮 Analysis tool — freeThe Fence's Ledger
A hundred-thousand-pound diamond is worth almost nothing to the man who stole it. Do the Count's arithmetic.
The Mazarin stone is priced at a hundred thousand pounds — but a famous stone cannot be sold, only cut down and fenced abroad. Work the thief's real ledger and see why Holmes could offer the stone for his liberty with a straight face.
Drawn from The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, 1921) — read the summary & analysis, or try The Evening of the Empty Chair, this story's game. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.