Some days he grew violent and once he shot several bullets into the walls of his room. He also began to use cocaine. Does my reader know about cocaine, I wonder? Perhaps it is no longer used in the world of 1976. It is a useful medicine, and doctors rightly give it to patients who are in pain. But Holmes had no disease of the body. He used cocaine as a drug, because he enjoyed it. It made the long days seem more exciting. Soon he needed it every day, and could not live without it. I told him to stop, but he only laughed at me. My dear fellow I wish I could! Only bring me an interesting case, a difficult problem, and I shall forget my cocaine! One day in 1888 a note arrived from Scotland Yard. When Holmes opened it, he laughed and jumped to his feet. "Inspector Lestrade wishes to see me, he said. The police