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OMG! I'M LATE! Trying to fit in "The Hobbit" (which I never got around to reading before) was a bad idea. I didn't get much reading done in DitWC, But here's a basic update: Holmes has finished his hotel, wich has a sound-proof kiln in the basement and an airtight storage vault with a gas nozzle. Creepy! He kept the workers from noticing by having them build it in sections, then firing them without paying them. Actually, he does this a lot; He has thousands of dollars worth of debts to various factories whose products he sells. Also, because he is a doctor after all, he has opened a pharmacy on the first floor, where he sells crack-pot stuff like wonder-cures and hair-tonics. He has already seduced several women, even though he married the first one, and obviously has some evil plan for them. I'm beginning to think that he, considering his business expertise, might be planning to sell the remains as pies, a la Sweeny Todd. We'll see...