It was on a night like this that Holmes first told me of the Adventure of the Silver Band. He had filled the bowl of his Meerschaum full to over-brimming with a quantity of Old Irish, a particularly strong and pungent blend of tobacco which he made to order from a store in the Strand, and had Mrs. Hudson prepare a giant flask of coffee and savories, when he sat esconced and puffing the pipe to life, and handing me a slice of Welsh Rarebit, began his tale…..
