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On a channel ferry crossing the famous Borgia pearl is stolen from a courier the thief enlists an elderly clergyman's innocent aid in smuggling the jewel through customs. Naturally the white haired prelate is a disguised Holmes who sees that the pearl is returned to it's proper destination The Royal Regent Museum from where it is stolen again by the arch criminal Giles Canover whom Holmes describes as 'This man pervades Europe like a plague yet no one has heard of him. That's what puts him on the pinnacle in the records of crime. In his whole diabolical career the police have never been able to pin anything on him. Ad yet if there be a crime without a motive robbery without a clue murder without a trace I'll show you Giles Conover!'. Holmes must retrieve the pearl and battle against Conover's associate; 'The Creeper!' a monster whom breaks Conover's enemies backs like twigs upon his command. Holmes declares 'If I could free society of this sinister creature I should feel my own career had reached it's summit'.
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