Sherlock Holmes sneaked into Dr. Watson`s house by going through a garden wall. When Watson asked why he did it, Holmes responded that there were criminals with air guns ready to shoot him, and that he couldn’t enter from the door, because he would put his life in danger. Holmes asked Watson that if he had heard of professor Moriarty. Holmes tells him that he is a criminal genius behind an extremely dangerous band. It is like some sort of intellectual equal to him. No one has heard of him because he always hides in the shadows. He is the master of the most deadly criminals in London. Holmes also said that a criminal strain ran in his blood. Holmes went back to his house, and while he was upstairs, he heard footsteps in the stairs. He had his revolver ready. It was professor Moriarty. He came to say that he must stop investigating the criminals, because if he didn’t stop, he would get killed. Holmes refused. Moriarty left, and as soon as he left, an air gun bullet almost hits Holmes. He went to hide downstairs, and heard footsteps coming upstairs, and then he smelled smoke and heard the flickering flames.
He left his house undetected through a window. He saw that his house was on fire. Holmes wrote a letter, and threw it under Watson's door. He was asking him if he wanted to come with him far away in a dangerous trip. When Watson read it, he went to the location Holmes said. While in the train, Watson sits in front of an old man, but he finds out it is Holmes.
He also said that the police arrested all criminals of the band in London, but one escaped, and that he was targeting him. They arrived to Switzerland and decide to take a walk and visit the Reichenbach Falls. Holmes saw a waterfall at a distance, until someone came and said that an English woman at the hotel was so ill, and she wanted and English doctor. Holmes gets suspicious and realized it is a trap, but Watson goes to see her, leaving Holmes by himself. When he realized he was deceived, he rushes to the falls, but finds no one, just Holmes's hat and a letter. When he reads it, he realized Holmes was with Moriarty. He realized that both had had a fight, and had fallen to their deaths in a mortal combat. He saw that the professor’s gun was on the floor, and there were no signs of him, so he thought that Holmes took him with him down the waterfall.
He also said that the police arrested all criminals of the band in London, but one escaped, and that he was targeting him. They arrived to Switzerland and decide to take a walk and visit the Reichenbach Falls. Holmes saw a waterfall at a distance, until someone came and said that an English woman at the hotel was so ill, and she wanted and English doctor. Holmes gets suspicious and realized it is a trap, but Watson goes to see her, leaving Holmes by himself. When he realized he was deceived, he rushes to the falls, but finds no one, just Holmes's hat and a letter. When he reads it, he realized Holmes was with Moriarty. He realized that both had had a fight, and had fallen to their deaths in a mortal combat. He saw that the professor’s gun was on the floor, and there were no signs of him, so he thought that Holmes took him with him down the waterfall.
This chapter was very intense. I didn’t expect that Holmes would die, but at the end apparently he did. I can understand why the queen of England at that time, wanted the writer to bring Sherlock Holmes to life again, as well as all of his readers, because he was a loved character that solved all the problems. It is hard to believe that professor Moriarty could make Holmes fall, but apparently that is what happened. I think Holmes wanted to sacrifice himself for a fair cause, which was to defeat this bad man, who had killed many innocent people.
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