The Little Affair of the Vatican Cameos
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Fictional case.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
Untold Story
- Sherlock Holmes mentioned that he was exceedingly preoccupied by that little affair of the Vatican cameos, and in his anxiety to oblige the Pope he lost touch with several interesting English cases. (HOUN, 275)
'I must thank you', said Sherlock Holmes, 'for calling my attention to a case which certainly presents some features of interest. I had observed some newspaper comment at the time, but I was exceedingly preoccupied by that little affair of the Vatican cameos, and in my anxiety to oblige the Pope I lost touch with several interesting English cases.' - Holmes
