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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Hints
What is Watson supposed to do to help?
1 of 14: Talk to Holmes to see if he'll tell you.
2 of 14: He won't, so remember that the whole idea here is to use the rope-and-hook thingy to unlatch the doors from the inside. But Holmes can't see to do that!
3 of 14: Watson will have to find a way to see into the building so he can guide Holmes in unlatching the doors.
4 of 14: Go around the right side of the building and check along the wall for anything you can see through.
5 of 14: There are some short, dirty little windows that you can click on for a close-up.
6 of 14: After you do, you can hold down the left mouse button and move the hand cursor around to clear off the middle window.
7 of 14: When it's mostly cleared off, your view will change to an inside view of the warehouse, and you'll need to work the rope-and-hook gadget to get the doors unbolted.
8 of 14: Notice the horizontal metal latch on the doors, just above the bolt. You need to knock that latch up, but the hook by itself isn't going to be able to do that.
9 of 14: Look down on the floor underneath where the rope is hanging.
10 of 14: You see that large padlock down there? The first thing you need to do is hook it.
11 of 14: To do that, move your mouse up and down to get the rope to bobbing up and down hard. Try not to move your mouse left and right much yet.
12 of 14: Do move it left a little if the hook is going down to the right of the padlock, since it needs to swing in from the left to snag it.
13 of 14: After you manage that, start moving your mouse left and right to swing the padlock at the metal latch.
14 of 14: It shouldn't take much time or effort to get the latch hit, which will retract the bolt and render the doors openable.