There's something magical about the number seven. Whether or
not it appears more than other numbers in the Sherlock Holmes canon
is beyond our research capabilities.
However, there are some interesting and memorable associations
with the number seven that we thought worth noting, thanks to a
clever identification by Ruth Buchholtz in "Seventy-Seven Canonical
Sevens" (BSJ, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1958). It's just a
Trifle.
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You know the plots, but what about the minutiae? We delve into the Sherlock Holmes stories and provide answers to questions that arise, clarify muddy details, and look into some of the period terminology in this weekly podcast.