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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:32, 17 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:the-critic-1902-05-p390-houn-facsimile-letter.jpg|thumb|250px|right|]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:the-critic-1902-05-p390-houn-facsimile-letter.jpg|thumb|250px|right|]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This letter dictated by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] and written by <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">another person </del>(signing "<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">T</del>" <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">below A. Conan Doyle</del>) on 26 january 1902 from Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere, to [[Bertram Fletcher Robinson]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This letter dictated by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] and written by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">his secretary [[Charles Terry]] </ins>(signing <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with monogram </ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">CT</ins>") on 26 january 1902 from Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere, to [[Bertram Fletcher Robinson]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The letter was published in [[The Critic]] in may 1902 (see [[Letter to Fletcher Robinson (The Critic)|article]]).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The letter was published in [[The Critic]] in may 1902 (see [[Letter to Fletcher Robinson (The Critic)|article]]).</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l18">Line 18:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 18:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Yours most truly</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Yours most truly</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: A. 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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:the-critic-1902-05-p390-houn-facsimile-letter.jpg|thumb|250px|right|]]<br /> <br /> This letter dictated by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] and written by another person (signing &quot;T&quot; below A. Conan Doyle) on 26 january 1902 from Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere, to [[Bertram Fletcher Robinson]].<br /> <br /> The letter was published in [[The Critic]] in may 1902 (see [[Letter to Fletcher Robinson (The Critic)|article]]).<br /> <br /> <br /> == Letter ==<br /> <br /> 26. 1. 1902<br /> <br /> My dear Robinson<br /> <br /> It was your account of a west country legend which first suggested the idea of this little tale to my mind.<br /> <br /> For this, and for the help which you gave me in its evolution, all thanks.<br /> <br /> : Yours most truly<br /> :: A. Conan Doyle<br /> ::: T<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Letters|Back to Conan Doyle&#039;s letters]]<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]</div>

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