Against the wishes of her stepfather, Mary Sutherland has become engaged to Hosmer Angel. On the morning of their wedding Hosmer elicits a promise that Mary will remain faithful to him "even if something quite unforeseen" occurs, then mysteriously disappears en route to the church. Holmes deduces that Hosmer was Mary's stepfather in disguise, the charade a bid to keep Mary a spinster and thus maintain access to her inheritance. Holmes does not reveal the truth to Mary because "There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman"; he had already advised her to put the matter behind her, though she responded that Hosmer "shall find me ready when he comes back."
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
audiobook
The Ring of Thoth
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
audiobook
Elias B. Hopkins, the Parson of Jackman's Gulch
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
audiobook
John Barrington Cowles
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
audiobook
Cyprian Overbeck Wells - A Literary Mosaic
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
audiobook
John Huxford's Hiatus
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
audiobook
The Valley of Fear : A Sherlock Holmes Novel
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
audiobook
Sherlock Holmes and the Sultan's Gift (The New Adventures, Episode 8)
William K. Stewart, F. E. Patzak, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
audiobook
That Little Square Box
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
audiobook
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
audiobook
The Man from Archangel
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
audiobook
The Great Keinplatz Experiment
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
audiobook