Sublime

It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.”

a trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

Arthur Conan Doyle had given the world precisely three facts about Sherlock Holmes’ background. First, that he had an older brother named Mycroft, who was something high and enigmatic in the British government (read: a spymaster). Next, that the Holmes family were English “country squires” (that is, not quite aristocracy). Finally, that his grandmo