The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (2012)
“If this were one of A.C.D.’s tales you may be sure the action would follow fast and furious. If my notes showed that such-and-such a case took three months to complete, why! a slip of the pen would make it three days, and a much more satisfying story. But this is not a story, and I do not undertake to satisfy those seeking light relief from their daily cares. I must therefore record that during the two weeks immediately following the events just described, Holmes and I had nothing more to do wi...th the mystery of the Whitechapel murderer. The reason, to quote another proverb, is that it never rains but it pours. From the 2nd until the 12th of October, Holmes was unexpectedly occupied with two brief and perhaps rather superficial cases. These were, respectively, the circumstances surrounding the disappearance and recovery of the famous racehorse Silver Blaze, and the bizarre business of Lord Robert St Simon’s illusory wedding. A.C.D. later included both cases in his collection of stories based on my notes, and since the events are in any case quite extraneous to my present purpose I do not propose to dwell on them any further.MoreLess
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