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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo – Part 2

by Tom Hayes 73 sections about 43 minutes to read

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CROYDON AERODROME
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After the cutscene, brandish the sword. Break down the sword to find a formula. 
Talk to Colonel Moellendorf and say "I know you recently witnessed the murder 
of Thomas Pratt. Why was he killed? Who pulled the trigger?". Talk to 
Moellendorf again and say "The Imperial Chancellor will be censured and 
ridiculed when his treachery is revealed.".

The Colonel will drop a flask. Smell the flash. Smash the flask. Extract the 
spike which the small piece of rope is wrapped around. Examine the shed. 
Examine the lock on the shed. Use the iron spike with the lock. Wiggins will 
emerge, and Holmes will automatically exit to the city.

221B BAKER ST.
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Open the door to enter 221B. Mrs. Hudson will deliver a note from Dewar. 
Analyse the formula at the lab table. Use the scissors with the photo. Use the 
piece with the beaker. Use ammonia hydroxide with the beaker. Use chloroform 
with the beaker. Use the glass rod with the beaker. Exit the lab table. Open 
the door to exit 221B. Exit to the city.

DEWAR'S LABORATORY
==================

Talk to Dewar and say "Professor, what did your analysis of the clock spring 
reveal?". Lloyd-Jones's Bungalow will appear on the map. Exit to the city.

LLOYD-JONES'S BUNGALOW
======================

Talk to David Lloyd-Jones and say "I'm sorry we find you feeling poorly, sir.". 
Talk to Lloyd-Jones again and say "Would you answer some questions about your 
former speciality.". Talk to Miss Lloyd-Jones and say "You've received no 
visitors recently, Miss?". Talk to Watson and say "Without a lever I fear we'll 
get nothing substantive from him.". Exit to the city, and then return to Lloyd-
Jones's Bungalow to find him sleeping on the couch.

Wake Lloyd-Jones. Look at the player piano. Play the pedals. Open the player 
piano. Remove the cigar box. Examine the bank notes. Confiscate the bank notes. 
Talk to Lloyd-Jones and say "This packet of fivers is more than enough to ruin 
you.". Talk to Lloyd-Jones and say "To whom did you sell the recipe for the 
bomb?". Talk to Lloyd-Jones again and say "This vincent, you saw him just the 
once?". Talk to Lloyd-Jones again and say "I want to take this money to an 
expert. You may have received both more and less than you thought.". Holmes 
will leave his card. Exit to the city.

RUMSEY'S HABERDASHERY
=====================

Talk to the woman and say "I beg your pardon, Madame. Might I have a brief word 
with Mr. Rumsey?". Talk to Ethlebert Rumsey and say "If you might spare me a 
moment, Stitch. I would appreciate it.". Talk to Watson and say "I'll grow grey 
before Mrs. Rowbottom is satisfied.". Talk to Watson and say "I've decided on a 
strategy to shift La Rowbottom.". Talk to the woman and say "The fabric on your 
frock has become a favourite of the diamonde.". The woman will leave. Show the 
bank notes to Rumsey. Examine the buttons on the desk. Pick up the buttons. 
Exit to the city.

BURLINGTON JEWELRY
==================

Show the ring to the clerk. Examine the ring case. Compare the ring case. 
Inspect the strong room door. Purchase the knickknacks to get a toothpiock. 
Talk to the clerk and say "I presume these rings are merely representative of 
your collection. Might I see more?". Close the strong room door. Peruse the 
register. Exit to the city.

LLOYD-JONES'S BUNGALOW
======================

Talk to Miss Lloyd-Jones and say "Hello, Miss. Might we speak to your 
brother?". Holmes will give her the bank notes. Exit to the city.

ST. JAMES PARK
==============

Talk to Wilbur Heywood and say "Have you spoken with Sir Avery Fanshawe 
recently?". Buy bird food. Go right to the park lake. Attempt to speak to 
Fanshawe. Talk to Hodgkins and say "Might I have a word with Sir Avery?". Talk 
to Hodgkins again and say "Your dedication to Sir Avery does you credit, but I 
have official business to discuss...". Talk to Watson and say "I believe 
Hodgkins has the werewithal to deliver on his threats.". Go left to the park.

Look at Fred. Talk to Heywood and say "Does Fred take instructions, Birdy?". 
Fred will distract Hodgkins. Use the bird feed on the birds. Talk to Fanshawe 
and say "Sir Avery, my name is Holmes. My brother is Mycroft...". Give the bird 
feed to Fanshawe.

Talk to Fanshawe and say "I have some questions about the termination of the 
investigation into the stolen formula.". Talk to Fanshawe again and say "Would 
it surprise you to learn that Thomas Pratt has been murdered?". Talk to 
Fanshawe again and say "Sir Avery, where might I find the reading room char, 
Mrs. Ratchett?". Spitalfields will appear on the map. Go left to St. James 
Park. Exit to the city.

SPITALFIELDS
============

Enter the Phrenologist's studio. Talk to Totman and say "Can you direct me to a 
family named Ratchet?". Talk to Watson and say "The road is filled with 
obstacles, Watson. Your assessment?". Rose Hinchen will appear. Talk to Hinchen 
and say "Hello! It's Rose Hinchen isn't it?". Talk to Hinchen again and say 
"We're looking for the Ratchet family. No one seems able or willing to help 
us.". Exit the studio. Walk right and enter the greengrocer's.

Look at the security guard. Look at the copy book. Look at the shelves. Attempt 
to open the copy book. Talk to Watson and say "Watch my back, Watson. Will you 
do that?". Talk to the proprietor and say "Mrs. Ratchet lives hereabouts, I'm 
told you might know where. Do you?". Talk to Watson and say "I'd lay odds the 
proprietor knows her, Watson. Perhaps she stops here.". Talk to Watson again 
and say "Might you occupy the proprietor's attention? I want to look inside 
that copy book.". Talk to the proprietor and say "I'd like some marmalade from 
the top shelf.". Read the copy book. Exit the greengrocer's. Walk left and exit 
to the city.

221B BAKER ST.
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Talk to Wiggins and say "I want you to find a Mrs. Ratchet. Older party, lives 
off Bishopsgate near the Spitalfield Markets.". Exit to the city and return to 
221B. Exit to the city again and return to 221B to find that Wiggins has 
returned. Talk to Wiggins and say "Wiggins, what news of Mrs. Ratchet? Old 
Frying Pan pay off?". Open the door to enter 221B. Walk right and open the 
bedroom door. Open the wardrobe door. Change into the labourer's costume, and 
Holmes will automatically return to the greengrocer's.

SPITALFIELDS
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Talk to the proprietor and say "Hello, comrade. Might I pop up and see your 
mum?". Enter the door on the right. Show the snuff box to Mrs. Ratchet. Reveal 
the signet ring to Mrs. Ratchet. Look at the coffee pot in the fireplace. Talk 
to Mrs. Ratchet and say "Might you send out Mr. Ratchet, so we can talk?". Talk 
to Mrs. Ratchet and say "Do you have some coffee or strong tea, Madame?".

Exit the room. Talk to the proprietor and say "I saw some ersatz coffee on the 
shelves. If you have the real thing, I'd like a quarter pound. Your pa needs 
the caffeine.". Enter the door on the right. Talk to Mrs. Ratchet and say "In 
lieu of conversation, may I look around your premises?". Use the kindling near 
the fireplace. Fill the coffee pot with coffee. Use the coffee pot, and Mr. 
Ratchet will fall asleep. Dump the workbox on the table to reveal a wax seal. 
Compare the sealing wax with the wax seal.

Talk to Mrs. Ratchet and say "My brother has been incapacitated, Mrs. Ratchet. 
You may speak to me as you would him.". Talk to Mrs. Ratchet and say "You were 
difficult to find, Mrs. Ratchet. Is that by design?". Talk to Mrs. Ratchet and 
say "This wax is a part of the seal from the stolen formula. How did you come 
by it?". Talk to Mrs. Ratchet and say "Tell me what you know of Pratt, Mrs. 
Ratchet?". Talk to Mrs. Ratchet and say "How did you return the formula to the 
Ministry reading room?". Exit the greengrocer's to return to 221B.

221B BAKER ST.
==============

Open the door. Walk left and open the door to exit 221B. Exit to the city.

NEVILLE'S BATHS
===============

Walk right to the baths. Talk to Whitney and say "Thomas Pratt has been found 
dead, Mr. Whitney.". Talk to Whitney and say "It seems you have not been 
completely forthcoming with me, Whitney.". Talk to Whitney and say "What is the 
connectio between Pratt's murder and the return of the formula?". Exit to the 
bath entry. Exit to the city.

MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
===================

Show the summons to Eldridge Whitney. Examine the document on the desk. Talk to 
Whitney and say "What is the condition of the Dewar document, Mr. Whitney?". 
Talk to Whitney again and say "The formula is alledged to have disappeared from 
this room. May I examine the premises?". Walk left and fill the dustbin. Ignite 
the dustbin, and Holmes will get the document from the desk and leave.

221B BAKER ST.
==============

Open the door to enter 221B. Examine the formula at the lab table. Taste the 
document. Smell the document. Analyse the document. Use the scissors with the 
formula. Use the piece with the beaker. Use the distilled water with the 
beaker. Use ferric sulphate with the beaker. Use iron nitrate with the beaker. 
Exit the lab table. Open the door to exit 221B. Exit to the city.

HARGROVE STUDIOS
================

Holmes will get a card. Talk to Hargrove and say "Mr. Hargrove, my name is 
Holmes. I'd like to ask you a few questions.". Talk to Hargrove and say "I saw 
the portrait you did for myfriend Lord Lawton and his fiance.". Talk to 
Hargrove and say "most studios now use the collodian development process, do 
they not?". Talk to Hargrove and say "I believe I've happened upon a sample of 
your work, Mr. Hargrove.".

Draw the curtain to enter the next room. Move the camera. Examine the rug. Move 
the rug. Use the business card on the cabinet to open it, which will reveal a 
folder. Peruse the cabinet. Confiscate the folder. Use the folder with the 
telephone. Use the telephone. Exit the room. Exit to the city.

MINISTRY IMPORT/EXPORT
======================

Rip the calendar. Slide the calendar under the door. Use the hat pin with the 
lock. Retrieve the calendar to collect a brass key. Unlock lock with the brass 
key. Inside, get the ledger on the desk. Look at the desk. Attempt to open the 
secure drawer. Look at the secure drawer. Look at the aquarium, and the 
Managing Director will drop a trident into it. Look at the trident.

Attempt to break the aquarium. Shoot the pistol at the aquarium. Get the 
trident. Unlock the secure drawer with the trident. Get the german bank notes. 
Get the negative. Get the new fivers. Talk to the Managing Director and say 
"This string is played out, Misteray. Where is the scurrilous composite of Lord 
Lawton and Princess Alexandra? Does Vincent Scarrett have it?".

Talk to Watson and say "The connection between Scarrett and Pratt is finally 
clear, Watson. They were opium eaters.". Talk to Watson and say "You stay here. 
I will sieze Scarrett in his den or know the reason why.". Holmes will 
automatically exit to the city.

THE WEARY PUNT
==============

Talk to the barman and say "May I purchase a packet of matches, for my pipe?". 
Talk to the barman and say "Did you know Thomas Pratt?". Open the door to exit 
to the city.

RUMSEY'S HABERDASHERY
=====================

Look at the blue costume. Talk to Rumsey and say "I need a nautical ensemble, 
Stitch. Can you help?". Exit to the city. Holmes will automatically return to 
The Weary Punt.

THE WEARY PUNT
==============

Show the match packet to the barman. Give money to the barman. Look at the 
beaded curtain. Talk to the barman and say "Gim'me a place in the back, mate.". 
Talk to the barman and say "You've got your lucre; the matches is my bonafides. 
All right?". Talk to the parrot until he says "Going East?". Talk to the barman 
and say "I think I remember the words you're looking for.". Enter 'Going East'. 
Enter the beaded curtain. Look at Scarrett to complete the game.

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3.                                Item List

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Blankie
  Found in the Silverbridge Residence. It is shown to Toby in St. James Park.

Box
  Found on the floor near the bar in the Diogenes Club. It is shown to Mrs. 
  Ratchet in the greengrocer's at Spitalfields.

Bull's-eye Lantern
  Found in the desk while playing as Holmes at the left side of 221B Baker St. 
  It is used to illuminate the wreckage at the Diogenes Club. It is also used 
  to light the stairs at Cleopatra's Needle.

Card
  Found in Hargrove Studios. It is used to open the cabinet in the studios.

Clock Face
  Found in the Diogenes Club. It is analysed at the lab table at 221B Baker St.

Document
  Found on the desk in the Ministry of Defense. It is analysed at the lab table 
  at 221B Baker St.

Envelope
  Found in the reticule of the house in St. James Park.

Folder
  Found in the cabinet in Hargrove Studios. It is used on the telephone in 
  Hargrove Studios.

Foolscap
  Found in Mycroft's flat. It is analysed at the lab table in at 221B Baker St.

German Bank Notes
  Found in the secure drawer at the Ministry Import/Export.

Handkerchief
  Found on the table of the house in St. James Park.

Handle
  Found on the floor near the clock face in the Diogenes Club.

Hat
  Found in the cabinet of the morgue in St. Bart's Hospital after the rose 
  tattoo has been discovered.

Hat Pin
  Found on the table in Thomas Pratt's Loft. It is used to clean the hookah in 
  Thomas Pratt's Loft. It is used to collect the key in the mail slot of the 
  house near St. James Park. It is also used with the lock at the Ministry 
  Import/Export.

Lead Pencil
  Found on the floor in the Silverbridge Residence. It is used to rub the 
  description in Hepplethwaite's room.

Ledger
  Found on the desk at the Ministry Import/Export. It is not used.

Match Packet
  Bought in The Weary Punt. It is given to the barman in The Weary Punt near 
  the end of the game.

Mug Shot
  Nigel Hemmings will make the mug shot for Holmes when he talks to Needhem at
  Hemming's Digs. It is shown to Freedman at The Daily Telegraph. It is also
  shown to the kaiser in A Suite at Kensington Palace.

Negative
  The negative is found in the secure drawer at the Ministry Import/Export. It 
  is not used.

New Fivers
  The new fivers are found in the secure drawer at the Ministry Import/Export. 
  They are not used.

Pebbles
  Found near the kiosk at 221B Baker St. They are not used.

Photograph
  Found on the desk in Thomas Pratt's Loft. It is not used.

Pistol
  Found by using the gaff hook at Cleopatra's Needle. It is used to shoot the 
  aquarium at the Ministry Import/Export.

Red Cloth
  Found in the fireplace in Thomas Pratt's Loft. It is not used.

Ring
  Found in Mycroft's ward in St. Bart's hospital. The ring is shown to 
  constable Daley at the Diogenes Club and Mrs. Ratchet in the greengrocer's
  at Spitalfields.

Sealing Wax
  Found in the basket in Thomas Pratt's Loft. It is compared with the wax seal.

Sheet Music
  Found near the piano in Lady Lockridge's Town House. It is played on the 
  violin at 221B Baker St.

Spring
  Found after sifting through the wreckage in the Diogenes Club with the 
  bull's-eye lantern. It is given to the professor in Dewar's laboratory.

Sweet
  Found in the bowl in the Silverbridge Residence.

Trident
  Found in the aquarium at the Ministry Import/Export. It is used to unlock the 
  secure drawer in the Ministry Import/Export.

Wax Seal
  Found in the workbox upstairs from the greegrocer's in Spitalfields. It is 
  compared with the sealing wax.

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4.                          Copyright Information

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This document is Copyright 2002-2004 Tom Hayes. It is not to be distributed in 
any form without the permission of the author. The author of this document is 
not affiliated with the creators of this game in any way. The latest version of 
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