Sarah Cushing
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Fictional character.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- Sarah Cushing was the sister of Susan Cushing and Mary Cushing (CARD 207).
- Sarah developed feelings for Jim Browner (Mary's husband), but when he rejected her, her affection turned into hatred. Sarah then poisoned Mary's mind against Browner (CARD 417).
- She was always meddlesome and hard to please (CARD 229), and she quarrelled with Jim Browner (CARD 230).
- Sherlock Holmes deduced that the cardboard box was actually intended for Sarah, not Susan Cushing. The gruesome "gift" being Jim Browner's revenge for her role in the events leading to the murders of Mary Cushing and Alec Fairbairn (CARD 290).
