Laura Lyons

Laura Lyons (The Strand Magazine, january 1902)

Fictional character.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

aka L.L.

• Laura Lyons was Mr. Frankland's daughter from Coombe Tracey (HOUN 2386).

• She married an artist named Lyons, who proved to be a blackguard and deserted her (HOUN 2393).

• She set up in a typewriting business (HOUN 2403).

• She had written to Sir Charles Baskerville and made an appointment with him at the very place and hour that he met his death (HOUN 2470).

• Jack Stapleton promised marriage to manipulate Laura Lyons — so she would lure Sir Charles Baskerville to the gate (via her letter) and then be kept away, giving Stapleton the opportunity to act (HOUN 3704).

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