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| Title: | The Adventure of the Resident Patient | Collection: | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes |
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| Year published: | 1893 (August) | Year set in: | |
| Mystery: | Why is a man terrified of intruders? | ||
| Apparent crime: | Murder | Actual crime: | Shown below (possible spoiler) |
| Summary: | A doctor is set up in practice by a man who becomes terrified of intruders. | ||
- Introduction
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A poor doctor, Percy Trevelyan, is expectantly set up in practice by a man called Blessington who remains in the building as a resident patient. Some years later, he is visited by a Russian pair who take the opportunity to sneak into Blessington's room. He is terrified by the event so Trevelyan consults Holmes.
- Actual crime
- Murder
- Explanation (spoiler alert)
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Blessington was actually Sutton, a member of a criminal gang. He had betrayed his companions and, when they were released from prison, they came looking for him, disguised as Russians.
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- Characters in this story (3)
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Surname First name Title Holmes Sherlock Trevelyan Percy Doctor Watson John Doctor
- Locations in this story (1)
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Location Town/City County 221b Baker Street London
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- Keywords
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Doctor Percy Trevelyan Lanner Biddle Hayward Moffat Sutton Cartwright Tobin Brook Cavendish Blessington Worthingdon Russian catalepsy