Elsewhere in the city, a hooded figure with a blowgun shoots two men, Bently Bobster and Duncan Nesbitt, with hallucinogenic thorns, which cause them to have vivid, nightmarish, hallucinations, resulting in their deaths. Holmes suspects foul play but is rebuffed by Scotland Yard detective Lestrade. Holmes is expelled from Brompton after a rival frames him for misconduct. As he prepares to leave, Waxflatter is shot with a thorn and the resulting hallucinations cause him to stab himself. As Waxflatter dies he whispers the word "Eh-tar" to Holmes.