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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Hints
How can I leave Holmes' apartment?
1 of 12: Looking around, you'll see three doors in the apartment's main room.
2 of 12: The door that's just to the right of the large brown wardrobe cabinet is the exit door.
3 of 12: However, Holmes won't let you open that door at first.
4 of 12: Notice what he says when you try.
5 of 12: He asks where his matches are.
6 of 12: They must be somewhere in the apartment, since you can't leave without them.
7 of 12: Go around and look at everything up close, watching for the hand-shaped "pick up object" cursor to appear on something.
8 of 12: Try scanning the writing desk.
9 of 12: It's a bit to the left of the left window.
10 of 12: When you see the hand cursor appear on the desk, click to pick up the matches.
11 of 12: Now you can open the exit door and go through it.
12 of 12: Past that are some stairs that you can descend to reach the building's exit door.
