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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes Hints

How can I help out the prison guards?

  • 1 of 8: You start out right next to the alarm that they want you to sound, so click on its hand icon.
  • 2 of 8: It doesn't work, so go talk to the guy who's on the other side of the barred door.
  • 3 of 8: He says to grab the keys and go check on O'Sullivan.
  • 4 of 8: Select the bunch of keys in inventory, then exit the room and turn left.
  • 5 of 8: Go down the "High Security Level" corridor until you reach a barred door, then try to open it.
  • 6 of 8: Someone on the other side of the second barred door will yell at you to throw him the keys.
  • 7 of 8: Do so by talking to him while the bunch of keys is still selected. That'll prompt Holmes to show up and say that the alarm needs to be fixed.
  • 8 of 8: Walk over to the alarm and use its hand icon to bring up the alarm-fixing puzzle.