In "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton," Watson tells
us that a woman with a "dark, handsome, clear-cut face" lifted her
veil and "emptied barrel after barrel into Milverton’s body,"
leaving him dead on the floor.
But in the Summer 2024 issue of The Baker Street
Journal (Vol. 74, No. 2), Carla Coupe wonders if Watson
wasn't giving us the whole story. 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.