Douglas to return to her room, and she readily agreed. Through interviews with others in the house, Sherlock learns that Cecil found the body and rang the bell, summoning Mrs. Holmes observes that Douglas had only one dumbbell, which he thinks is strange. Douglas has a brand on his arm, but it’s not new, and his wedding ring was taken. Next to the body, there’s a card with “V.V.” written on it. Blood on the window sill suggests someone climbed through the window Cecil maintains the intruder must have waded through the moat, but can’t explain how said intruder got into the house in the first place. He says he rushed downstairs and saw the drawbridge was up, and lowered it so help could come. Barker claims he was upstairs when he heard the gunshot. A sawed-off shotgun was discovered at the crime scene. Douglas-Cecil Barker-was staying Birlstone on the night of the murder. The manor house is surrounded by a moat and drawbridge, and a regular guest of Mr. Douglas was shot in the head at close range near midnight. He accompanies Sherlock and Watson to Birlstone. Holmes responds that Moriarty owns a painting worth more than forty-thousand pounds, which is suspicious, despite his seven-hundred-pound annual salary. Sherlock expresses his suspicions that Moriarty was behind Douglas’s murder, but MacDonald doesn’t agree and reminds Sherlock that Professor Moriarty is both respected and educated. Douglas of Birlstone Manor was found murdered. Soon after, Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard informs Sherlock and Watson that Mr. Watson, to decode Porlock’s message from it, they learn that the life of John Douglas, who resides at Birlstone, is in danger. Sherlock enlists the help of his friend and sidekick, Dr. Despite the fact that the law sees Moriarty as innocent, Sherlock firmly believes him to be the puppet master of a criminal underworld. From time to time, Porlock sends Sherlock inside information about Moriarty’s endeavors. At the beginning of this novel, Holmes gets a message from one of Professor Moriarty’s agents-Fred Porlock. The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle is one of many stories about Doyle’s famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.

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