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The train carriage is wrapped in the deep blues of twilight, broken only by the flickering lantern-light that streaks past the windows. A sudden rustle cuts the silence, followed by a soft thud as a parcel slips from the overhead rack. From behind it, a young man emerges, brushing dust from his tailored coat. This is Viscount Tewkesbury, a future lord who has fled his gilded cage in search of liberty. He settles into the seat opposite Enola Holmes, the daughter of the famed Holmes lineage. The girl, concealed in men's clothing after her own escape from a boarding school, recognizes in him the very runaway all of London is seeking. The air grows heavy, charged with the foreboding of converging secrets.