Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope

Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope (The Strand Magazine, december 1904)

Fictional character.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

• Lady Hilda was Trelawney Hope's wife and the Duke of Belminster's youngest daughter (SECO 223).

• She had a subtle and delicate charm and a beautiful, exquisite head (SECO 225).

• Under Eduardo Lucas's blackmail, she stole the State letter but later courageously recovered it to save her husband and country (SECO 574).

• Sherlock Holmes restored the letter and concealed Lady Hilda's involvement, never exposing her to her husband or the Prime Minister (SECO 558).

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