the manager, in kilts, is just opening the curtains -- disclosing a view of the mist-shrouded lake through the window.
in the half-light, gabrielle can be seen asleep in her bed. she is wearing the pink negligee with the maribou feathers, which has slipped halfway off her shoulders. the other bed has not been slept in.
holmes withdraws from the window , looks at the sleeping gabrielle, then casually swings the parasol, hitting a metal lamp-shade overhead. gabrielle sits up abruptly in bed, clutching her negligee around her.
as holmes continues opening and closing the parasol, gabrielle gets out of bed, comes up beside him. holmes finishes the message, shuts the parasol, draws it back into the room. then he looks out the window.
holmes steps back from the window, faces gabrielle.