The course of events
in London did not run so well as I had hoped, for the trial of
the Moriarty gang left two of its most dangerous members, my own
most vindictive enemies, at liberty. I travelled for two years
in Tibet, therefore, and amused myself by visiting Lhassa and
spending some days with the head Llama. You may have read of
the remarkable explorations of a Norwegian named Sigerson, but
I am sure that it never occurred to you that you were receiving
news of your friend. I then passed through Persia, looked in at
Mecca, and paid a short but interesting visit to the Khalifa at
Khartoum, the results of which I have communicated to the
Foreign Office. Returning to France I spent some months in a
research into the coal-tar derivatives, which I conducted in a
laboratory at Montpelier, in the South of France. Having
concluded this to my satisfaction, and learning that only one of
my enemies was now left in London, I was about to return when my
movements were hastened by the news of this very remarkable Park
Lane Mystery, which not only appealed to me by its own merits,
but which seemed to offer some most peculiar personal
opportunities.
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