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Hansom

I asked him to lunch with me at the Holborn, and we started off together in a hansom. (Dr John Watson)
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Inspector Lestrade

There was one little sallow, rat-faced, dark-eyed fellow.

"A well-known detective. He got himself into a fog recently over a forgery case, and that was what brought him here.” (
Sherlock Holmes)

(
Lestrade) lean and ferret-like as ever, was standing by the doorway, and greeted my companion and myself.

Scotland Yard

“I’d rather have you than Scotland Yard, Mr. Holmes.” (Sergeant Coventry)
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Scotland Yard, London

“I have been down to see friend Lestrade at the Yard.” (Sherlock Holmes)
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Inspector Lestrade

“I have been down to see friend Lestrade at the Yard. There may be an occasional want of imaginative intuition down there, but they lead the world for thoroughness and method.” (Sherlock Holmes)

Chloroform

“I was conscious for a moment of the chloroform rag which was thrust over my mouth.” (Mary Maberley)
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Scotland Yard, London

“Stop! Where are you going?”
“To Scotland Yard.” (Sherlock Holmes)
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Forged cheque on the Credit Lyonnais

“Here is the forged cheque in the same year on the Credit Lyonnais.” (Sherlock Holmes)
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Hansom

I need not say that my eyes had hardly glanced over the paragraph before I had sprung into a hansom and was on my way to Baker Street.
HansomCab
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Turkish bath, Northumberland Avenue

Both Holmes and I had a weakness for the Turkish bath. It was over a smoke in the pleasant lassitude of the drying-room that I have found him less reticent and more human than anywhere else. On the upper floor of the Northumberland Avenue establishment there is an isolated corner where two couches lie side by side, and it was on these that we lay upon September 3, 1902, the day when my narrative begins.
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Chloroform

With a united effort we tore off the coffin-lid. As we did so there came from the inside a stupefying and overpowering smell of chloroform. A body lay within, its head all wreathed in cotton-wool, which had been soaked in the narcotic.
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Sovereign

“A sovereign if the lid comes off in a minute!” (Sherlock Holmes)
  • A former British gold coin worth one pound sterling.

Big Ben

But even so it was twenty-five to eight as we passed Big Ben, and eight struck as we tore down the Brixton Road.
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Hansom

Five minutes had not passed before we were flying in a hansom down Baker Street.
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Workhouse

“Rose Spender by name, whom we found in the Brixton Workhouse Infirmary.” (Dr Shlessinger)

First we drove to Brixton Workhouse Infirmary, where we found that it was indeed the truth that a charitable couple had called-some days before, that they had claimed an imbecile old woman as a former servant, and that they had obtained permission to take her away with them.
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Warrant

“We can do nothing legal without a warrant, and you can serve the cause best by taking this note down to the authorities and getting one.”
  • A document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice.

Pawnbroker

We have just passed the pawnbroker’s.
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Salver

A tray, typically one made of silver and used in formal circumstances.
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Honourable Philip Green

He was, I may mention the son of the famous admiral of that name who commanded the Sea of Azof fleet in the Crimean War.
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Cudgel

French ouvrier in a blue blouse darted out from a cabaret opposite, with a cudgel in his hand, and struck my assailant a sharp crack over the forearm, which made him leave go his hold.
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Cook's local office

This much I gathered from the manager of Cook’s local office.
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Governess

Miss Dobney, her old governess.
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Mob cap

“Old Susan Dobney with the mob cap!" (Hon. Philip Green)
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Turkish bath

“Why the relaxing and expensive Turkish rather than the invigorating home-made article?”
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Sherlock Holmes quotation

‘Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just.’ Read More...

Sherlock Holmes - Deductions

“But why Turkish?” asked Mr. Sherlock Holmes, gazing fixedly at my boots. I was reclining in a cane-backed chair at the moment, and my protruded feet had attracted his ever-active attention.
“English,” I answered in some surprise. “I got them at Latimer’s, in Oxford Street.”
Holmes smiled with an expression of weary patience.
“The bath!” he said; “the bath! Why the relaxing and expensive Turkish rather than the invigorating home-made article?” Read More...

Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations

Holmes smiled with an expression of weary patience.
“The bath!” he said; “the bath! Why the relaxing and expensive Turkish rather than the invigorating home-made article?” Read More...

Sherlock Holmes - Sayings

“The situation strikes me as so desperate that the most extreme measures are justified.” Read More...

Dr Shlessinger and his wife - Holy Peters

“The Rev. Dr. Shlessinger, missionary from South America, is none other than Holy Peters, one of the most unscrupulous rascals that Australia has ever evolved. His particular specialty is the beguiling of lonely ladies by playing upon their religious feelings, and his so-called wife, an Englishwoman named (Annie) Fraser, is a worthy helpmate.” (Sherlock Holmes)

Sherlock Holmes - French Ouvrier (Worker)

An unshaven French ouvrier in a blue blouse darted out from a cabaret opposite, with a cudgel in his hand, and struck my assailant a sharp crack over the forearm, which made him leave go his hold.
In the disguise of a workingman he had sat in the cabaret waiting for my appearance.

£50 cheque

Cheque for £50 given by Lady Frances to her maid Marie Devine as a wedding present.

Monograph supposedly being written by Dr Shlessinger

Map of the Holy Land with special reference to the kingdom of the Midianites.
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Coffin built to unusual specifications

‘It took longer, being out of the ordinary.’ Read More...

Spanish Jewellery

Spanish jewellery belonging to Lady Frances Carfax.
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Telegram from Sherlock Holmes to the manager of the Englischer Hof

“I sent a duplicate to the manager of the Englischer Hof, whose answer lies here.” (Sherlock Holmes)
“Jagged or torn.”

Telegram from Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson

I had a telegram asking for a description of Dr. Shlessinger’s left ear.

Further Report from Dr Watson

To Holmes I wrote showing how rapidly and surely I had got down to the roots of the matter.

Report from Dr Watson to Sherlock Holmes

So to Baden I went, after dispatching to Holmes an account of all my proceedings and receiving in reply a telegram of half-humorous commendation.

Abrahams

“You know that I cannot possibly leave London while old Abrahams is in such mortal terror of his life.” (Sherlock Holmes)

13 Firbank Villas

Residence of Dr Horsom.

Brixton Workhouse Infirmary

“Well, if you really must know, she is an old nurse of my wife’s, Rose Spender by name, whom we found in the Brixton Workhouse Infirmary.” (Dr Shlessinger)

Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge

“Let us try to reconstruct the situation,” said he as we drove swiftly past the Houses of Parliament and over Westminster Bridge.
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36 Poultney Square, Brixton

Residence of Dr. Shlessinger and his wife.

He had rung loudly at the door of a great dark house in the centre of Poultney Square.

Stimson & Co, Kennington Road

Undertakers shop in the Kennington Road. Read More...

Bovington's, Westminster Road. (Pawnbrokers)

A silver-and-brilliant pendant of old Spanish design had been pawned at Bovington’s, in Westminster Road.

Adelaide, Australia

Rev. Shlessinger aka Holy Peters he was badly bitten in a saloon-fight at Adelaide in ‘89.
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Langham Hotel, London

London address of the Hon. Philip Green. Read More...

Englischer Hof, Baden

Lady Frances stayed at the Englischer Hof for a fortnight and met Dr Shlessinger and his wife there.
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11 Rue de Trajan, Montpellier

Address of Marie Devine since she left the service of Lady Frances Carfax.

Credit Lyonnais Bank, Montpellier

Marie Devine cashed her cheque for £50 at the Credit Lyonnaise Bank. The cheque had been given to her as a wedding present by Lady Frances Carfax.

Silvester's Bank

“She banks at Silvester’s. I have glanced over her account.” (Sherlock Holmes)

Camberwell

Where Miss Susan Dobney lived.
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Hotel National, Lusanne, Switzerland

Lady Frances Carfax stayed there for several weeks with her maid. Read More...

Latimer's, Oxford Street, London

Where Watson bought his latest pair of boots.
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Barberton

“When the years had passed and I had made my money at Barberton I thought perhaps I could seek her out and soften her. I had heard that she was still unmarried.” (Hon. Philip Green)
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Late Earl of Rufton

“Lady Frances,” he continued, “is the sole survivor of the direct family of the late Earl of Rufton.” (Sherlock Holmes)

Police Sergeant and Police Constable

A sergeant and a constable stood in the doorway.

Dr Horsom

“....and had her (Rose Spender) carefully tended, as Christian folk should. On the third day she died — certificate says senile decay — but that’s only the doctor’s opinion, and of course you know better.” (Dr Shlessinger) Read More...

Rose Spender

“She is an old nurse of my wife’s, Rose Spender by name, whom we found in the Brixton Workhouse Infirmary.” (Dr Shlessinger)

Jules Vibart

One of the head waiters at the Hotel National, Lausanne and engaged to Marie Devine, maid of Lady Frances Carfax.

Monsieur Moser

Manager of the Hotel National at Lausanne.

Miss Marie Devine

The maid of Lady Frances Carfax, and engaged to one of the head waiters of the Hotel National at Lausanne. Read More...

Miss Susan Dobney

“Old Susan Dobney with the mob cap! I remember her well.” (Hon. Philip Green) Read More...

Dr Watson's unknown companion

“You observe that you have some splashes on the left sleeve and shoulder of your coat. Had you sat in the centre of a hansom you would probably have had no splashes, and if you had they would certainly have been symmetrical. Therefore it is clear that you sat at the side. Therefore it is equally clear that you had a companion.” (Sherlock Holmes)

Hon. Philip Green

He was an Englishman, though of an unusual type. Read More...

Wife of Dr Shlessinger

Annie his so-called wife, an Englishwoman named Fraser, is a worthy helpmate.

A tall, pale woman, with ferret eyes.

Dr Shlessinger

A Dr. Shlessinger and his wife, a missionary from South America. Read More...

Lady Frances Carfax

“Lady Frances,” he continued, “is the sole survivor of the direct family of the late Earl of Rufton. The estates went, as you may remember, in the male line. She was left with limited means, but with some very remarkable old Spanish jewellery of silver and curiously cut diamonds to which she was fondly attached — too attached, for she refused to leave them with her banker and always carried them about with her. A rather pathetic figure, the Lady Frances, a beautiful woman, still in fresh middle age, and yet, by a strange chance, the last derelict of what only twenty years ago was a goodly fleet.” Read More...

Inspector Lestrade

Thin and austere.

Inspector Lestrade

It was no very unusual thing for Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, to look in upon us of an evening, and his visits were welcome to Sherlock Holmes, for they enabled him to keep in touch with all that was going on at the police headquarters.

Inspector Lestrade

“The conduct of the criminal investigation has been left in the experienced hands of Inspector Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, who is following up the clues with his accustomed energy and sagacity.”

Mrs Hudson

Mrs. Hudson has made some change in that figure eight times, or once in every quarter of an hour. She works it from the front, so that her shadow may never be seen.

Mrs Hudson

“Mrs. Hudson has risen to the occasion,” said Holmes, uncovering a dish of curried chicken. “Her cuisine is a little limited, but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchwoman.” (Sherlock Holmes)

Inspector Lestrade

Lestrade, as wiry, as dapper, and as ferret-like as ever, was waiting for us at the station. Read More...

Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard

Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.

221b Baker Street, London

Home of Sherlock Holmes and at times Dr John Watson.
They (the rooms) consisted of a couple of comfortable bedrooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows.
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Inspector Lestrade

A lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking.... Read More...

Scotland Yard, London

Scotland Yard, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London. Founded on 29th September 1829, on a street off Whitehall, near to the Houses of Parliament, London.
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Langham Hotel, London

Here the King of Bohemia stayed during his visit to London to consult with Sherlock Holmes. Read More...

Dr John Watson

Companion and chronicler of Sherlock Holmes.

Mrs Hudson

Long sufferring Landlady of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Sherlock Holmes

“Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I’m a consulting detective, if you can understand what that is. Here in London we have lots of government detectives and lots of private ones. When these fellows are at fault, they come to me, and I manage to put them on the right scent." (Sherlock Holmes) (Study in Scarlet)
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