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Hansom
03/06/11 13:09 Filed in: Additional Information
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
21/05/11 16:20 Filed in: Main Characters
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.
"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
11/08/09 14:09 Filed in: Locations
Scotland Yard, London
06/08/09 15:20 Filed in: Locations
Inspector Lestrade
06/08/09 14:10 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“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
31/07/09 15:09 Filed in: Additional Information
“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
30/07/09 17:43 Filed in: Locations
Forged cheque on the Credit Lyonnais
26/07/09 14:05 Filed in: Untold Cases
“Here is the forged cheque in the same year on the Credit Lyonnais.” (Sherlock Holmes)
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Hansom
19/07/09 16:24 Filed in: Additional Information
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.
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Turkish bath, Northumberland Avenue
18/07/09 14:45 Filed in: Locations
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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- Turkish bath
- Map (Bottom lefthand corner)
- Northumberland Avenue
Chloroform
05/07/09 14:37 Filed in: Additional Information
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
05/07/09 14:36 Filed in: Additional Information
“A sovereign if the lid comes off in a minute!” (Sherlock Holmes)
- A former British gold coin worth one pound sterling.
Big Ben
05/07/09 14:34 Filed in: Additional Information
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
05/07/09 14:33 Filed in: Additional Information
Workhouse
05/07/09 14:31 Filed in: Additional Information
“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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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
05/07/09 14:30 Filed in: Additional Information
“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
05/07/09 14:25 Filed in: Additional Information
Salver
05/07/09 14:23 Filed in: Additional Information
Honourable Philip Green
05/07/09 14:19 Filed in: Additional Information
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
05/07/09 14:16 Filed in: Additional Information
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
05/07/09 14:13 Filed in: Additional Information
Governess
05/07/09 14:11 Filed in: Additional Information
Mob cap
05/07/09 14:04 Filed in: Additional Information
Turkish bath
05/07/09 14:01 Filed in: Additional Information
“Why the relaxing and expensive Turkish rather than the invigorating home-made article?”
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Sherlock Holmes quotation
05/07/09 13:57 Filed in: Additional Information
‘Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just.’ Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
05/07/09 13:53 Filed in: 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...
“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
05/07/09 13:49 Filed in: 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...
“The bath!” he said; “the bath! Why the relaxing and expensive Turkish rather than the invigorating home-made article?” Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
05/07/09 13:46 Filed in: Sayings
“The situation strikes me as so desperate that the most extreme measures are justified.” Read More...
Dr Shlessinger and his wife - Holy Peters
05/07/09 13:44 Filed in: Disguises and deceptions
“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)
05/07/09 13:25 Filed in: Disguises and deceptions
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.
In the disguise of a workingman he had sat in the cabaret waiting for my appearance.
£50 cheque
05/07/09 13:23 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
Cheque for £50 given by Lady Frances to her maid Marie Devine as a wedding present.
Monograph supposedly being written by Dr Shlessinger
05/07/09 13:20 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
Map of the Holy Land with special reference to the kingdom of the Midianites.
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Coffin built to unusual specifications
05/07/09 13:18 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
‘It took longer, being out of the ordinary.’ Read More...
Spanish Jewellery
05/07/09 13:15 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
Spanish jewellery belonging to Lady Frances Carfax.
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Telegram from Sherlock Holmes to the manager of the Englischer Hof
04/07/09 17:34 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
“I sent a duplicate to the manager of the Englischer Hof, whose answer lies here.” (Sherlock Holmes)
“Jagged or torn.”
“Jagged or torn.”
Telegram from Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson
04/07/09 17:32 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
I had a telegram asking for a description of Dr. Shlessinger’s left ear.
Further Report from Dr Watson
04/07/09 17:31 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
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
04/07/09 17:29 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
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
04/07/09 17:28 Filed in: Untold Cases
“You know that I cannot possibly leave London while old Abrahams is in such mortal terror of his life.” (Sherlock Holmes)
Brixton Workhouse Infirmary
04/07/09 17:19 Filed in: Locations
“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
04/07/09 17:17 Filed in: Locations
“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
04/07/09 17:14 Filed in: Locations
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.
He had rung loudly at the door of a great dark house in the centre of Poultney Square.
Stimson & Co, Kennington Road
04/07/09 17:09 Filed in: Locations
Undertakers shop in the Kennington Road. Read More...
Bovington's, Westminster Road. (Pawnbrokers)
04/07/09 17:07 Filed in: Locations
A silver-and-brilliant pendant of old Spanish design had been pawned at Bovington’s, in Westminster Road.
Adelaide, Australia
04/07/09 17:05 Filed in: Locations
Rev. Shlessinger aka Holy Peters he was badly bitten in a saloon-fight at Adelaide in ‘89.
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Langham Hotel, London
04/07/09 16:58 Filed in: Locations
London address of the Hon. Philip Green. Read More...
Englischer Hof, Baden
04/07/09 16:55 Filed in: Locations
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
04/07/09 15:40 Filed in: Locations
Address of Marie Devine since she left the service of Lady Frances Carfax.
Credit Lyonnais Bank, Montpellier
04/07/09 15:36 Filed in: Locations
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
04/07/09 15:33 Filed in: Locations
“She banks at Silvester’s. I have glanced over her account.” (Sherlock Holmes)
Hotel National, Lusanne, Switzerland
04/07/09 15:28 Filed in: Locations
Lady Frances Carfax stayed there for several weeks with her maid. Read More...
Latimer's, Oxford Street, London
04/07/09 15:26 Filed in: Locations
Barberton
04/07/09 15:24 Filed in: Locations
“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
04/07/09 15:20 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“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
04/07/09 15:17 Filed in: Incidental Characters
A sergeant and a constable stood in the doorway.
Dr Horsom
04/07/09 15:14 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“....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
04/07/09 15:12 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“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
04/07/09 14:39 Filed in: Incidental Characters
One of the head waiters at the Hotel National, Lausanne and engaged to Marie Devine, maid of Lady Frances Carfax.
Monsieur Moser
04/07/09 14:36 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Manager of the Hotel National at Lausanne.
Miss Marie Devine
04/07/09 14:34 Filed in: Incidental Characters
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
04/07/09 14:32 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“Old Susan Dobney with the mob cap! I remember her well.” (Hon. Philip Green) Read More...
Dr Watson's unknown companion
04/07/09 14:30 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“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
04/07/09 14:25 Filed in: Main Characters
He was an Englishman, though of an unusual type. Read More...
Wife of Dr Shlessinger
04/07/09 14:22 Filed in: Main Characters
Annie his so-called wife, an Englishwoman named Fraser, is a worthy helpmate.
A tall, pale woman, with ferret eyes.
A tall, pale woman, with ferret eyes.
Dr Shlessinger
04/07/09 14:12 Filed in: Main Characters
A Dr. Shlessinger and his wife, a missionary from South America. Read More...
Lady Frances Carfax
04/07/09 14:00 Filed in: Main Characters
“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
02/10/08 14:39 Filed in: Main Characters
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
23/08/08 15:57 Filed in: Main Characters
“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
21/08/08 23:30 Filed in: Incidental Characters
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
10/08/08 21:01 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“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
31/07/08 15:25 Filed in: Main Characters
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
19/07/08 15:51 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
221b Baker Street, London
13/07/08 15:58 Filed in: Locations
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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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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- 221b Baker Street
- Wikipedia
- Victorian London Map (1)
- Victorian London Map (2)
- Layout of 221b Baker Street
Inspector Lestrade
10/07/08 17:08 Filed in: Main Characters
A lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking.... Read More...
Scotland Yard, London
07/07/08 15:01 Filed in: Locations
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
05/07/08 14:44 Filed in: Locations
Here the King of Bohemia stayed during his visit to London to consult with Sherlock Holmes. Read More...
Mrs Hudson
02/07/08 16:41 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Long sufferring Landlady of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Sherlock Holmes
30/06/08 14:14 Filed in: Main Characters
“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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