Twenty euros down the drain.

Would it be absolutely horrible of me to confess that I had the exact same thought slightly before Sherlock did? All that bargaining . . . oh, well.

Really sucks for Sherlock that he doesn't have pianist fingernails. I haven't been a serious pianist in years -- I'm more a string player and singer now -- but I still keep my nails shorn right down to the quick. Has the advantages of not clicking on piano keys and not being easily graspable with pliers.

I suspect that Ian's help is going to come at a steep price, and he won't be so easily bargained down as that ring salesman was.