Holmes is hired by the King of Bohemia to recover blackmail evidence, held by the woman whom the king once promised to marry, but who he abandoned for a woman of noble birth.
And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honourable title of the woman.
anastasiasharayahas quoted7 years ago
“You see, but you do not observe.
Aleksandr Efimovhas quoted6 years ago
is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. But the note itself.