... "loud and authoritative tap" on the door that signals the King of Bohemia's arrival at Baker Street; yet how much more rewarding and comically human it is to see Jeremy Brett's panic-stricken Holmes quickly tidying up by throwing dirty dishes and huge piles of paper behind the furniture and then trying to gain a semblance of unruffled dignity as the king ... ...

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