![]() ![]() ![]() It was on a bitterly cold and frosty morning during the winter of ’97 that I was awakened by a tugging at my shoulder. From there, Holmes is able to track down the sailor who claimed Lady Brackenstall’s heart, and although he lets the man go, it is not without first demanding the man’s story in full detail. A third wine glass, filled with beeswing, is what eventually leads him to uncover the truth of Lady Brackenstall’s mistreatment at the hands of her husband. ![]() Holmes, however, is not satisfied by this solution, and soon finds himself investigating the case behind Scotland Yard’s back. His arrival, however, comes as Inspector Hopkins is about to close the case, for the murdered man’s wife, Lady Brackenstall, was able to identify her killers a gang consisting of a father and two sons, operating under the name of Randall. It appears as though there has been a murder at Abbey Grange, and Holmes is bent on heading out to give Inspector Stanley Hopkins a hand. Watson awakes one morning to find Sherlock Holmes standing next to his bed. The story was first published in September of 1904.ĭr. Watson tells us that it is the winter of 1897, and as Lady Brackenstall, the murdered man’s wife, tells Holmes that she has been married exactly a year, January, we have no reason to question Baring-Gould’s date. Baring-Gould dates The Adventure of the Abbey Grange in January of 1897. ![]()
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