Charles Augustus Milverton - Revision history

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	* According to [[Sherlock Holmes]], Charles Augustus Milverton was the "king of all the blackmailers" ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|26}}), and even the "worst man in London" ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|14}}).		* According to [[Sherlock Holmes]], Charles Augustus Milverton was the "king of all the blackmailers" ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|26}}), and even the "worst man in London" ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|14}}).

	* He ~~was~~ was a man of fifty, with a large, intellectual head, a round, plump, hairless face, a perpetual frozen smile, and two keen grey eyes, which gleamed brightly from behind broad, golden-rimmed glasses. There was something of [[Samuel Pickwick\|Mr Pickwick]]'s benevolence in his appearance, marred only by the insincerity of the fixed smile and by the hard glitter of those restless and penetrating eyes. His voice was as smooth and suave as his countenance, as he advanced with a plump little hand extended, murmuring his regret for having missed us at his first visit ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|57}}).		* He was a man of fifty, with a large, intellectual head, a round, plump, hairless face, a perpetual frozen smile, and two keen grey eyes, which gleamed brightly from behind broad, golden-rimmed glasses. There was something of [[Samuel Pickwick\|Mr Pickwick]]'s benevolence in his appearance, marred only by the insincerity of the fixed smile and by the hard glitter of those restless and penetrating eyes. His voice was as smooth and suave as his countenance, as he advanced with a plump little hand extended, murmuring his regret for having missed us at his first visit ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|57}}).

	* [[Lady Eva Brackwell]] asked [[Sherlock Holmes]] to negotiate on her behalf with Charles Augustus Milverton to retrieve some letters, in vain, so the detective decided to burgle Milverton's safe ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|177}}).		* [[Lady Eva Brackwell]] asked [[Sherlock Holmes]] to negotiate on her behalf with Charles Augustus Milverton to retrieve some letters, in vain, so the detective decided to burgle Milverton's safe ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|177}}).

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	* He was was a man of fifty, with a large, intellectual head, a round, plump, hairless face, a perpetual frozen smile, and two keen grey eyes, which gleamed brightly from behind broad, golden-rimmed glasses. There was something of [[Samuel Pickwick\|Mr Pickwick]]'s benevolence in his appearance, marred only by the insincerity of the fixed smile and by the hard glitter of those restless and penetrating eyes. His voice was as smooth and suave as his countenance, as he advanced with a plump little hand extended, murmuring his regret for having missed us at his first visit ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|57}}).		* He was was a man of fifty, with a large, intellectual head, a round, plump, hairless face, a perpetual frozen smile, and two keen grey eyes, which gleamed brightly from behind broad, golden-rimmed glasses. There was something of [[Samuel Pickwick\|Mr Pickwick]]'s benevolence in his appearance, marred only by the insincerity of the fixed smile and by the hard glitter of those restless and penetrating eyes. His voice was as smooth and suave as his countenance, as he advanced with a plump little hand extended, murmuring his regret for having missed us at his first visit ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|57}}).

	* [[Lady Eva Brackwell]] asked [[Sherlock Holmes]] to negotiate on her behalf with [[Charles Augustus Milverton]] to retrieve some letters, in vain, so the detective decided to burgle Milverton's safe ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|177}}).		* [[Lady Eva Brackwell]] asked [[Sherlock Holmes]] to negotiate on her behalf with Charles Augustus Milverton to retrieve some letters, in vain, so the detective decided to burgle Milverton's safe ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|177}}).

	* After [[Charles Augustus Milverton]] was shot by another woman, [[Sherlock Holmes]] burned all the packets from the safe, thereby preventing Lady Eva's letters from ever being used ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|394}}).		* After Charles Augustus Milverton was shot by another woman, [[Sherlock Holmes]] burned all the packets from the safe, thereby preventing Lady Eva's letters from ever being used ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon\|CHAS\|394}}).

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[[File:The-strand-magazine-1904-04-p374-chas-illu.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Charles Augustus Milverton ([[The Strand Magazine]], april 1904)]]

Fictional character.

== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==

* According to [[Sherlock Holmes]], Charles Augustus Milverton was the "king of all the blackmailers" ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon|CHAS|26}}), and even the "worst man in London" ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon|CHAS|14}}).

* He was was a man of fifty, with a large, intellectual head, a round, plump, hairless face, a perpetual frozen smile, and two keen grey eyes, which gleamed brightly from behind broad, golden-rimmed glasses. There was something of [[Samuel Pickwick|Mr Pickwick]]'s benevolence in his appearance, marred only by the insincerity of the fixed smile and by the hard glitter of those restless and penetrating eyes. His voice was as smooth and suave as his countenance, as he advanced with a plump little hand extended, murmuring his regret for having missed us at his first visit ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon|CHAS|57}}).

* [[Lady Eva Brackwell]] asked [[Sherlock Holmes]] to negotiate on her behalf with [[Charles Augustus Milverton]] to retrieve some letters, in vain, so the detective decided to burgle Milverton's safe ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon|CHAS|177}}).

* After [[Charles Augustus Milverton]] was shot by another woman, [[Sherlock Holmes]] burned all the packets from the safe, thereby preventing Lady Eva's letters from ever being used ([[CHAS]] {{refcanon|CHAS|394}}).

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