#321 denouement

denouement- the final clarification or resolution of a plot in a play or other work; final outcome, solution

C18 from French, literally an untying from denouer to untie, Old French desnoer, from Latin nodare from nodus a knot

It was not until close upon six o'clock that I found myself free and was able to spring into a hansom and drive to Baker Street, half afraid that I might be too late to assist at the denouement of the little mystery.

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