The Detective Always Rings Twice

Oh ******!!!!
Why, it's nice to see you, again, too, Dan Harrison.
Holmes, you're an idiot. if you came alone to rescue the broad! Me and Tiny Tom will...
Do nothing to me or to Terry O'Mulligan...
Who's that?
Blonde girl, early twenties, came into this room wearing that dress that I see torn in little shreds over there? I believe that you and Tiny had at least the decense of letting her keep her underwear as you bound and gagged her...
Holmes... what are you trying to pull? The broad that you KNOW it's about to be sealed in that box behind me is none other than Lady Emily Bonton...
No, it's Terry, from Thereza, O'Mulligan... notorious thief who is specialized in capturing her targets and leave them bound and gagged, in their... shall I say... 'birthday suit'..., as she wearing their faces...
Come again? 'Wearing their faces'?
She's the greatest impersonator that has ever lived! If she was interested in political espionage I am really sure that she could be, right now, in Paris or Berlin or Moscow posing as some local power-that-be's mistress, secretary, daughter or even wife! (While the real one was 'absent for the moment') And with that new 'face' she could be able to have access to Heavens only knows what kind of secrets! But alas...
Yes...?
About an hour ago, while Terry was emptying the safe of Lady Bolton's manor, the real one and a couple of friends were being unbound by yours truly... Why she came to this place is, still, a mystery to me, but if you allow me to take a look around I might be able...
If you let me escape with the jewels...
By all means my good Dan...
Tommy!!!! Let's scram with the jewels!!!!

FOUR MINUTES LATER
There, Lady Bonton, it's what I could find in such a short notice...
Thank you Mr. Watson... Mr. Holmes?
Fear not, Lady Bolton, I took the precaution of... providing very good copies of your personal jewels and substituting them with those copies...
When????
Why, a week ago...
A week ago? Then... you know...
Everything, fear not I said, and I meant it, while I was here fooling those two idiots hired by your cousin Louise...
LOUISE!!!!
...Watson was providing that those letter burned completely, and that the blackmailer that gave so much fear got a lesson that he will never forget...
Then you do know everything.... But how?
Elementary, milady, it was all really... elementar, shall we leave this awful place?


story by capitaosete