Leonardo

Fictional character.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

• Leonardo was the strong man of Ronder's circus, and lover of Eugenia Ronder, the veiled lodger (VEIL 229).

• He had a clever, scheming brain (VEIL 239).

• He helped plan the death of Mr. Ronder with Eugenia Ronder (VEIL 239).

• He made the nail-studded club meant to mimic a lion's paw (VEIL 243).

• When the lion bursted out after Mr. Ronder was strucked, Eugenia Ronder said Leonardo could have saved her but panicked and fled (VEIL 255).

• Later, Eugenia Ronder reported that he died recently: "He was drowned last month when bathing near Margate" (VEIL 285).

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