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Rain hammered the windows of the Pall Mall townhouse. Mycroft stood motionless, a single vein pulsing at his temple. The oversight was inconceivable. Rosie was John's daughter, not his. Yet a cold, sharp panic had lodged itself in his chest. He gave a sharp, silent signal to his driver. 'Proceed. Immediately. It is half past four.'