the second part of this story! Holmes is being blackmailed and plans to get his compromising letter back. Obviously I’ve had artistic license with this - in the original story, he’s acting on behalf of a woman who is the blackmailer’s target - but in this update almost all of the scenes I’ve drawn are from the original story. they really are that silly.
how Holmes managed to flirt with a woman is a mystery left unexplored by arthur conan doyle
this story was published after the Raffles stories, a series of short novels written by Doyle’s brother-in-law, E. W. Hornung, about two gentlemen thieves who are clearly modeled after Holmes and Watson. I’m forced to conclude that Doyle, in turn, was inspired by the Raffles stories and made his characters become gentleman thieves in turn…making this story really recursive and weird and fun!
holmes has them dress as if they’d just been to the theater, ostensibly so they won’t look suspicious being out late at night, but I think he just wanted to look cool while robbing a house
If Doyle was reacting to Hornung, Hornung clearly reacted to Doyle creating Raffles. Raffles is a criminal version of Holmes, well versed in his "trade" of burglary, and Bunny Manders is probably Watson's biggest rival in terms of literary hero-worship!
If Doyle was reacting to Hornung, Hornung clearly reacted to Doyle creating Raffles. Raffles is a criminal version of Holmes, well versed in his "trade" of burglary, and Bunny Manders is probably Watson's biggest rival in terms of literary hero-worship!
I commend your restraint, I would totally have drawn their fingers intertwined...