Douglas Maberley

“Dear me! Are you the mother of Douglas Maberley? I knew him slightly. But of course all London knew him. What a magnificent creature he was! Where is he now?” (Sherlock Holmes)
“He was attaché at Rome, and he died there of pneumonia last month.” (Mary Maberley)

“I am sorry. One could not connect death with such a man. I have never known anyone so vitally alive. He lived intensely — every fibre of him!” (Sherlock Holmes)