That was the last they saw of Mycroft. The sun dipped below the horizon and London blackness rose. The express rolled passed St Paul’s and finally came to a rest at Bishopsgate. A carriage awaited Holmes and Watson off to the trade’s district with little time to spare.
It was darker yet when the hackney pulled in front of the soot-laden brick three story. A shield showing the four suits with an upright hand holding an ace of hearts. The motto below ‘Corde Recto Elati Omnes’ meaning ‘with an upright heart all will be exalted”
“I seek a single man.”