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The Set-Up

Jay glared up at him, and Sebastian couldn’t help but smile. He’d held a knife to this man’s throat not half an hour ago, and yet he had the brass not only to order Sebastian around, but to sass him in the process.
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Moriarty

Arthur Cadogan West, executive assistant, was accustomed to running errands with his employers after-hours. But Arthur Cadogan West was an identity that had been constructed only two weeks ago. Jay Moriarty, the man who’d constructed it, was about ready to stab his temporary “boss.”
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Moran

Sir James Walter, CEO of Bruce-Partington Aerospace, arrived at the Bagatelle Club around 8:30 in the evening—half an hour late. In that half-hour, Sebastian Moran had successfully cheated the Bagatelle’s poker group out of nearly £600.
