The Blackmailing of One of the Most Revered Names in England
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Fictional case.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
Untold Story
- Sherlock Holmes mentioned that one of the most revered names in England was being besmirched by a blackmailer, and only he could stop a disastrous scandal. (HOUN, 1010)
- « 'If matters came to a crisis I should endeavour to be present in person, but you can understand that, with my extensive consulting practice and with the constant appeals which reach me from many quarters, it is impossible for me to be absent from London for an indefinite time. At the present instant one of the most revered names in England is being besmirched by a blackmailer, and only I can stop a disastrous scandal. You will see how impossible it is for me to go to Dartmoor.' » — Sherlock Holmes.
