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 Hound of the Baskervilles, Third of the Four Sherlock Holmes Novels
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Das römische Konklave : Der Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalender
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William K. Stewart
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Die Reise nach Jerusalem : Der Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalender
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William K. Stewart
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Die Ankunft des Erlösers : Der Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalender
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Der Frauenmord von Whitechapel (Der Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalender: Die sieben Todsünden, Folge 6)
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Das letzte Abendmahl (Der Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalender: Die sieben Todsünden, Folge 5)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William K. Stewart
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Wie ein Phantom (Der Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalender: Die sieben Todsünden, Folge 4)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William K. Stewart
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In Gesellschaft Jesu (Der Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalender: Die sieben Todsünden, Folge 3)
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Faulheit (Der Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalender: Die sieben Todsünden, Folge 2)
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