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This letter was written by [[Adrian Malcolm Conan Doyle]], third son of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], on 7 july 1954, to Mrs. F. Pepys Cockerell.


== Letter ==

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE ESTATE
: Box 180
:: British P.O.
::: Tangier, Morocco

July 7th, 1954.

Mrs. F. Pepys Cockerell,<br />
The Brook House,<br />
Aldermaston,<br />
READING, Berks.

Dear Mrs. Pepys Cockerell,

I must indeed apologise for the long delay in replying to your kind letter, but I have been away in Austria for the past two months.

I am deeply appreciative of your kind words apropos my Sherlock Holmes stories. As you can imagine, it was an exacting undertaking to even attempt a continuation of the original Saga, but I felt that it had to be done under the Conan Doyle banner rather than risk that sooner or later some stranger should try to do the same thing.

Working with [[John Dickson Carr]] on the first four stories was very helpful, but unfortunately my collaborator became extremely ill and so I found myself with the alternative of either giving up the project or of carrying on single-handed. I decided on the latter course but I will not pretend that it was an easy task.

However, a letter like yours makes it all worth while.

Thank you again,

Yours sincerely,

Adrian M. Conan Doyle






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