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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>''Sherlock Holmes' Godfather'' is an article written by L. V. published in the [[Weekly Dispatch]] on 2 october 1921.<br />
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== Sherlock Holmes' Godfather ==<br />
[[File:weekly-dispatch-1921-10-02-p7-sherlock-holmes-godfather.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Weekly Dispatch]] (2 october 1921, p. 7)]]<br />
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'''Where [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir A. Conan Doyle]] found Names.'''<br />
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<q>"I don't know where 'Holmes" came from, but 'Sherlock' was an M.C.C. bowler against whom I made thirty runs when playing once for the United Services,"</q> said [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], creator of the famous detective, at a film dinner during the week. <q>"I found names for several other characters of my stories in this way. Even my villains have a taint of cricket.</q><br />
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<q>"I have often suffered from a confusion between Holmes and myself in the minds of the public. During my recent visit to the United States a New York paper wrote: 'As the author advanced to deliver his lecture a thrill of disappointment ran through the audience.' Presumably they had expected to see a thin, cadaverous individual pricked all over with hypodermic needle marks.</q><br />
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<q>" What I consider the greatest compliment Holmes ever won was paid by a party of French schoolboys visiting London. Asked what place of historical interest they would like to see first, they promptly chose 'Baker-street'!"</q><br />
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