The Case of the Woman at Margate with no Powder on her Nose

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

Fictional case.


In the Sherlock Holmes stories

Untold Story

  • Sherlock Holmes mentioned the case where he suspected a woman at Margate which has no powder on her nose which proved to be the correct solution. (SECO, 289)


« And yet the motives of women are so inscrutable. You remember the woman at Margate whom I suspected for the same reason. No powder on her nose - that proved to be the correct solution. » — Sherlock Holmes.