Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1

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Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1

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FROM WATSON’S SCRAPBOOK

When it comes to acts of hubris, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine might well earn its staff assignment to the lower ridges and clefts of Mt. Purgatorio. After all, it is published in America, where aficionados of the Great Detective call themselves Sherlockians, not Holmesians, as we do in England. Whereas I have had my share of pleasant encounters socially and profes­sionally with the Baker Street Irregulars (BSI), Holmes bridles at what he has termed “characteristic Yankee familiarities,” and therefore these pages will embrace the adjective employed on this side of the Atlantic pond: Holmesian.

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Have you considered cyanide? I believe there’s a sale on just now at Harrods. And for god’s sake, you sound like an upper class ponce. Try talking like a sensible, normal person and maybe your next lady friend won’t leave you for a scrum half.

Mrs Hudson

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