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Commissionaire
03/06/11 15:16 Filed in: Additional Information
“Commissionaire, sir,” he said, gruffly.
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Scotland Yard
11/08/09 14:09 Filed in: Locations
Scotland Yard, London
06/08/09 15:20 Filed in: Locations
Scotland Yard, London
30/07/09 17:43 Filed in: Locations
Commissionaire
26/07/09 12:48 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“I have the commissionaire who saw you near the case.” (Sherlock Holmes)
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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.
Stormy Petrel
13/08/08 16:33 Filed in: Additional Information
Holmes refers to Watson as ‘the stormy petrel of crime.’
- One who brings discord or appears at the onset of trouble.
List Slippers
11/08/08 15:07 Filed in: Additional Information
A list was the border or edging of a piece of cloth, its selvage, woven in a slightly different way from the body of the material so that it would not fray or unravel. List slippers were made of material woven in this way.
List slippers were often worn when quiet was needed, say when somebody in the house was ill and people walking about in ordinary shoes on bare floors would disturb them.
List slippers were often worn when quiet was needed, say when somebody in the house was ill and people walking about in ordinary shoes on bare floors would disturb them.
- List slippers were soft-soled shoes worn in the navy by the gunner and his mates. When a ship went into action, anyone who went in and out of the room where gunpowder was kept had to wear list slippers, to avoid striking a spark from spilled powder on the floor.
Board Schools
11/08/08 14:59 Filed in: Additional Information
“Look at those big, isolated clumps of buildings rising up above the slates, like brick islands in a lead-coloured sea.”
“The board-schools.”
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“The board-schools.”
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Bertillon
11/08/08 14:49 Filed in: Additional Information
His conversation, I remember, was about the Bertillon system of measurements, and he expressed his enthusiastic admiration of the French savant.
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Iron master
11/08/08 14:44 Filed in: Additional Information
“She and her brother are the only children of an iron-master somewhere up Northumberland way.”
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Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
11/08/08 14:38 Filed in: Deductions
“But the writing is not his own.”
“Precisely. It is a woman’s, and a woman of rare character.” Read More...
“Precisely. It is a woman’s, and a woman of rare character.” Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
11/08/08 14:35 Filed in: Character Illustrations
So moved was I that even had it been a difficult matter I should have tried it, but of course I knew well that Holmes loved his art, so that he was ever as ready to bring his aid as his client could be to receive it. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
11/08/08 14:29 Filed in: Sayings
“You see, at the commencement of an investigation it is something to know that your client is in close contact with someone who, for good or evil, has an exceptional nature.” Read More...
Instructions to Miss Harrison
11/08/08 14:27 Filed in: Disguises and deceptions
“Miss Harrison,” said Holmes, speaking with the utmost intensity of manner, you must stay where you are all day. Let nothing prevent you from staying where you are all day. It is of the utmost importance.”
“Certainly, if you wish it, Mr. Holmes,” said the girl in astonishment .
“When you go to bed lock the door of this room on the outside and keep the key. Promise to do this.”
“Certainly, if you wish it, Mr. Holmes,” said the girl in astonishment .
“When you go to bed lock the door of this room on the outside and keep the key. Promise to do this.”
Knife
11/08/08 14:26 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
“Well, he has rather more viciousness than I gave him credit for, has Master Joseph. He flew at me with his knife, and I had to grasp him twice, and got a cut over the knuckles, before I had the upper hand of him.” (Sherlock Holmes)
Naval Treaty
11/08/08 14:24 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
“Without going into details, I may say that it defined the position of Great Britain towards the Triple Alliance, and foreshadowed the policy which this country would pursue in the event of the French fleet gaining a complete ascendency over that of Italy in the Mediterranean. The questions treated in it were purely naval.” (Percy Phelps)
Advertisement
11/08/08 14:22 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
Advertisement which Holmes placed in all the evening papers.
‘10 pounds reward. The number of the cab which dropped a fare at or about the door of the Foreign Office in Charles Street at quarter to ten in the evening of May 23d. Apply 221B, Baker Street.’
‘10 pounds reward. The number of the cab which dropped a fare at or about the door of the Foreign Office in Charles Street at quarter to ten in the evening of May 23d. Apply 221B, Baker Street.’
Letter from Percy Phelps
11/08/08 14:21 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
Briarbrae, Woking.
MY DEAR WATSON:
I have no doubt that you can remember “Tadpole” Phelps, who was in the fifth form when you were in the third. It is possible even that you may have heard that through my uncle’s influence I obtained a good appointment at the Foreign Office, and that I was in a situation of trust and honour until a horrible misfortune came suddenly to blast my career.
There is no use writing the details of that dreadful event. In the event of your acceding to my request it is probable that I shall have to narrate them to you. I have only just recovered from nine weeks of brain-fever and am still exceedingly weak. Do you think that you could bring your friend Mr. Holmes down to see me? I should like to have his opinion of the case, though the authorities assure me that nothing more can be done. Do try to bring him down, and as soon as possible. Every minute seems an hour while I live in this state of horrible suspense. Assure him that if I have not asked his advice sooner it was not because I did not appreciate his talents, but because I have been off my head ever since the blow fell. Now I am clear again, though I dare not think of it too much for fear of a relapse. I am still so weak that I have to write, as you see, by dictating.
Do try to bring him.
Your old school-fellow,
PERCY PHELPS.
MY DEAR WATSON:
I have no doubt that you can remember “Tadpole” Phelps, who was in the fifth form when you were in the third. It is possible even that you may have heard that through my uncle’s influence I obtained a good appointment at the Foreign Office, and that I was in a situation of trust and honour until a horrible misfortune came suddenly to blast my career.
There is no use writing the details of that dreadful event. In the event of your acceding to my request it is probable that I shall have to narrate them to you. I have only just recovered from nine weeks of brain-fever and am still exceedingly weak. Do you think that you could bring your friend Mr. Holmes down to see me? I should like to have his opinion of the case, though the authorities assure me that nothing more can be done. Do try to bring him down, and as soon as possible. Every minute seems an hour while I live in this state of horrible suspense. Assure him that if I have not asked his advice sooner it was not because I did not appreciate his talents, but because I have been off my head ever since the blow fell. Now I am clear again, though I dare not think of it too much for fear of a relapse. I am still so weak that I have to write, as you see, by dictating.
Do try to bring him.
Your old school-fellow,
PERCY PHELPS.
Three reigning houses of Europe
11/08/08 14:18 Filed in: Untold Cases
To my certain knowledge he has acted on behalf of three of the reigning houses of Europe in very vital matters. (Dr John Watson)
The Adventure of the Tired Captain
11/08/08 14:07 Filed in: Untold Cases
Sherlock Holmes Journal, Winter 1958, Spring 1959. ©Alan Wilson, 1958, 1959
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
11/08/08 14:04 Filed in: Canon Cross References
- One of the earlier stories in the Canon. See The Adventures.
The Adventure of the Second Stain
11/08/08 13:56 Filed in: Canon Cross References
- One of the later stories in the Canon.
Ripley, Surrey
10/08/08 22:08 Filed in: Locations
“I went for a charming walk through some admirable Surrey scenery to a pretty little village called Ripley, where I had my tea at an inn and took the precaution of filling my flask and of putting a paper of sandwiches in my pocket.” (Sherlock Holmes)
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- Talbot Inn (Could this have been ‘the’ Inn?)
- Wikipedia
Downing Street, London
10/08/08 22:02 Filed in: Locations
Charles Street, London
10/08/08 21:39 Filed in: Locations
This second one leads by means of a second small stair to a side door, used by servants, and also as a short cut by clerks when coming from Charles Street.
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)
Dr Ferrier
10/08/08 20:58 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“....who lives near me, was going down by that very train. The doctor most kindly took charge of me, and it was well he did so, for I had a fit in the station, and before we reached home I was practically a raving maniac.” (Percy Phelps)
Inspector Forbes
10/08/08 20:57 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“A small, foxy man with a sharp but by no means amiable expression. He was decidedly frigid in his manner to us, especially when he heard the errand upon which we had come.” (Dr John Watson) Read More...
Commissionaire - Mr Tangey
10/08/08 20:55 Filed in: Incidental Characters
An old soldier from the Goldstream Guards.
Mrs Tangey
10/08/08 20:52 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Wife of the Commissionaire, Mr Tangey. Read More...
Charles Gorot
10/08/08 20:47 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Charles Gorot who worked in the same room as Percy Phelps.
“His people are of Huguenot extraction, but as English in sympathy and tradition as you and I are.” (Percy Phelps)
“His people are of Huguenot extraction, but as English in sympathy and tradition as you and I are.” (Percy Phelps)
Lord Holdhurst
10/08/08 20:44 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Uncle of Percy Phelps.
Lord Holdhurst, the cabinet minister and future premier of England. Read More...
Lord Holdhurst, the cabinet minister and future premier of England. Read More...
Annie Harrison
10/08/08 20:37 Filed in: Main Characters
Fiancée of Percy Phelps and sister of Joseph Harrison. Read More...
Percy (Tadpole) Phelps
10/08/08 20:28 Filed in: Main Characters
“He was a very brilliant boy and carried away every prize which the school had to offer, finishing his exploits by winning a scholarship which sent him on to continue his triumphant career at Cambridge.” Read More...
Whitehall, London
09/08/08 16:34 Filed in: Locations
Stormy petrel
02/08/08 17:08 Filed in: Additional Information
“I am afraid, my dear Colonel, that you must regret the hour that you took in such a stormy petrel as I am.”
- One who brings discord or appears at the onset of trouble.
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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Mrs Watson
04/07/08 17:54 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Dr Watson’s wife. Formerly Miss Mary Morstan (Sign of Four).
Mrs Hudson
02/07/08 16:41 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Long sufferring Landlady of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Waterloo Station, London
02/07/08 16:21 Filed in: Locations
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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