Watson is introduced to Holmes’ mentor, Rupert T. Waxflatter , a retired schoolmaster and (a)   .

Waxflatter's (a)   Elizabeth is also Holmes’ close friend

Holmes (a)   for her affections with fellow student Dudley , though she shows a marked preference for Holmes.

Meanwhile, a hooded figure uses a (a)   to shoot Bentley Bobster and Reverend Duncan Nesbitt with thorns.

The effects of which lead to their (a)  

Holmes is unjustly (a)   from the Academy due to Dudley’s machinations.

Before he leaves, Holmes has one last with his instructor Professor Rathe but loses after becoming distracted by a light reflected from Rathe’s ring

(a)  

The (a)   hooded figure strikes again, shooting Waxflatter with a hallucinogenic thorn, causing him to stab himself as he fends off imagined gargoyles.

As he (a)   , Waxflatter's last words to Holmes are “Eh-tar.”