A Lively Corpse
- Holmes isn't supposed to see the article about the discovery of Alice and Nellie, for the district attorney was hoping to deliver the news in person in order to analyze Holmes' reaction.
- But it's too late. Holmes has read of the discovery.
- He's sitting at his table reading the news "as calmly as if reading about the weather" (4.4.2).
- In his memoir, Holmes writes that the news did shock him. But it is Holmes…so who knows if this is even true.