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A Look at Weddings and Marriages in the Sherlock Holmes Stories

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It's wedding fever as William and Kate enter into holy matrimony today at Westminster Abbey. And while the British, for the most part, are yawning their way through this one, there's always some intrigue around a well known couple that ties the knot in a very public way.<br />
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While not every wedding in the Sherlock Holmes stories was public, there are a few mentions of weddings and marriages in the Canon that are worth noting here. Let's take a look at some wedding-related items, shall we?<br />
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"<a href="http://www.ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/iden.htm">A Case of Identity</a>" involved the courtship and engagement of Mary Sutherland and Hosmer Angel, leading to the subsequent disappearance of the groom on the morning of the wedding. The relationship didn't have a happy ending, but Holmes managed to use a hunting crop to threaten justice.<br />
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Sherlock Holmes himself (under the guise of Escott) became engaged to <a href="http://www.ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/chas.htm">Charles Augustus Milverton's</a> housemaid in an effort to stop Milverton from blackmailing Lady Eva Blackwell, who was engaged to the Earl of Dovercourt. Their wedding, a fortnight away, was in jeopardy if the stolen documents came to light.<br />
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Other engagements include Percy Phelps and Annie Harrison (NAVA); Richard Brunton and Rachel Howells (MUSG); the Hon. Ronald Adair and Miss Edith Woodley (EMPT); Mrs. McFarlane and Jonas Oldacre (NORW); Elsie Patrick and Abe Slaney (DANC); Trevor Bennett and Edith Presbury (CREE); and Maud Bellamy and Fitzroy McPherson (LION).<br />
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Probably one of the most famous marriage situations in the Canon was the polygamous relationship that Lucy Ferrier was forced into the Enoch Drebber and Joseph Stangerson in <i><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Study-Scarlet-Illustrated-Classics-Sherlock/dp/1402770820?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">A Study in Scarlet</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1402770820" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b></i>. The two used their authority in the Mormon church to abduct her from her father's house and away from Jefferson Hope. It was a transcontinental trip ending in London that made Sherlock Holmes famous in his first public appearance.<br />
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Oh, the things they'll do for...money. Violet Smith's rich uncle passed away in South Africa and two money-seeking colleagues wanted to marry her for the inheritance in "<a href="http://www.ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/soli.htm">The Solitary Cyclist</a>." They played cards to determine who would be the suitor, and then she was abducted and held at gunpoint through a ceremony in the woods. "But in any case, a forced marriage is no marriage," determined Holmes, and Miss Smith was free to see her fiancé Cyril Morton once again.<br />
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In "<a href="http://www.ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/copp.htm">The Copper Beeches</a>," Jephro Rucastle had good reason to want keep Mr. Fowler away from his daughter Alice. So he found a stand-in and prevented the courtship from continuing. Or so he thought.<br />
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The Stoner sisters didn't have much luck when it came to weddings. First, after Julia announced her engagement and pending wedding, she died mysteriously in the night amid the sounds of clanking metal and a whistle, shrieking about "<a href="http://www.ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/spec.htm">The Speckled Band</a>." Then, two years later, the same scenario presented itself to her sister Helen, who heard the same ominous noises.</div>
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Sherlock Holmes himself was hired to stop the wedding of Baron Gruner and Violet DeMerville in "<a href="http://www.ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/illu.htm">The Illustrious Client</a>." Having been met with "calm aloofness and supreme self-complacence of the woman [he was] trying to save," Holmes had to resort to more devious methods.</div>
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In "<a href="http://www.ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/scan.htm">A Scandal in Bohemia</a>," we come across not one, not two, but three marriages. We first find that Watson has married Mary Morstan, the damsel in distress in <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sign-Four-Illustrated-Classics-Sherlock/dp/1402780036?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Sign of Four</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1402780036" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>, as Holmes remarks, "Wedlock suits you." Then we discover that the King of Bohemia is about to be married to Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen, second daughter of the King of Scandinavia. A threat to this marriage is a certain photograph that Irene Adler has in her possession. It is her marriage to Godfrey Norton that sets things right.</div>
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The spoiler "The Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination," opens "<a href="http://www.ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/nobl.htm">The Noble Bachelor</a>." We learn of a down-on-his-luck nobleman who marries the daughter of an American millionaire. Only the marriage is not to be. The young lady disappears, her wedding gown left floating in the Serpentine. If there were one story you read today regarding weddings in the Canon, this should be the one.</div>
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And when weddings actually do occur, it's customary to have gifts. Dr. Mortimer received his walking stick (the one he left behind at 221B Baker Street) "From one or two friends on the occasion of my marriage," in <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hound-Baskervilles-Illustrated-Classics-Sherlock/dp/1402770006?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1402770006" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>.<br />
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We'd be remiss if we didn't mention the downside of marriage. In the area of divorce, we know that Laura Lyons was trying to get a divorce from her husband so she could marry Stapleton [HOUN]. And also that in "<a href="http://www.ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/devi.htm">The Devil's Foot</a>," Dr. Leon Sterndale and Brenda Tregennis were in love, but were in a tough situation: "I could not marry her, for I have a wife who has left me for years and yet whom, by the deplorable laws of England, I could not divorce."<br />
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Finally, we can think of no better example of a couple at odds with each other than the one that Holmes used in "A Case of Identity."<br />
Watson relates:<br />
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"Here is the first heading upon which I come. 'A husband's cruelty to his wife.' There is half a column of print, but I know without reading it that it is all perfectly familiar to me. There is, of course, the other woman, the drink, the push, the blow, the bruise, the sympathetic sister or landlady. The crudest of writers could invent nothing more crude."</blockquote>
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"Indeed, your example is an unfortunate one for your argument," said Holmes, taking the paper and glancing his eye down it. "This is the Dundas separation case, and, as it happens, I was engaged in clearing up some small points in connection with it. The husband was a teetotaler, there was no other woman, and the conduct complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of winding up every meal by taking out his false teeth and hurling them at his wife, which, you will allow, is not an action likely to occur to the imagination of the average story-teller. Take a pinch of snuff, Doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example."</blockquote>
Ah, marriage. Sometimes the mundane is exciting enough.<br />
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The man who never in his life<br />
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~Christopher Morley, Washing the Dishes</blockquote>
Are there other favorite wedding, marriage or engagement connections in the Canon you think we should have covered? Leave us a comment below.<br />
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Muppet Sherlock Holmes — A Review

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My introduction to Sherlock Holmes came...well, via two sources. One was the well-worn copy of <i><b><a href="https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DDoyle%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-Advs-_-Result%26ds%3D30%26prc%3DUSD%26recentlyadded%3Dall%26rgn%3Dww%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DBoys%2527%2520Sherlock%2520Holmes%26xdesc%3Doff%26xpod%3Doff" target="_blank">Boys' Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0060217359" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /></b></i> at a library near my grandmother's; the other was through constant repeats of the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce films on Sunday afternoons. In short, perhaps like many people my age, my introduction to Sherlock Holmes was rather age-appropriate, and the heady atmosphere of Doyle's stories captivated me because I was exposed to adaptations which mixed that atmosphere with other, more contemporary elements.<br />
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Almost one year Ago, <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/05/were-equally-puppets-in-his-hands-soli_4.html">Boom Studios announced that it was releasing a four issue mini-series entitled <b>Muppet Sherlock Holmes</b></a>. Fortunately, that four-issue series has been released as a trade paperback, and quite frankly, it is not only a great introduction for future Sherlockians, but a great addition to any current Sherlockian library.<br />
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Or in other words, there is no age limit to the readership of this book.<br />
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Patrick Storck deftly adapts four stories from the canon - "Speckled Band", "A Scandal in Bohemia", "Red Headed League" and "Musgrave Ritual" - but provides them with the kind of humor that is noted with the Muppets. It also strikes a tender balance, finding the humor in the characters without making them parody or cliche. In addition, there are some deft contemporary references (including what I believe to be a punk rock reference) that manage to avoid the trap of taking the reader out of the story. These are simply entertaining for readers of all ages.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1608866130" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" />But quite frankly, it's Amy Mebberson's artwork that really gives the series a lift. It would have been easy to make the art look overtly like a cartoon (after all, we are talking about the Muppets), but Mebberson manages to give it a slight Victorian sheen - not enough to take away form the humor, but plenty to give it a lift. This is as much a comic that is enjoyable to look at as it is to read.<br />
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Reading the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3ZpQUC8" target="_blank">Muppet Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1608866130" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /></span> trade has made me more than eager to revisit the canon - although I've been making my way through, this is a must read not just for present scholars of the Great Detective...but for their descendants.<br />
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Episode 32: Untitled Les Klinger Sequel

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In our <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2011/03/episode-31-chat-with-les-klinger.html">previous episode</a>, we spent time with author Les Klinger discussing his evolution as a Sherlockian, author and editor, covering a wide variety of topics and publications.<br />
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In this episode, we continue the conversation, but we turn towards Hollywood instead. Les was an official consultant for the initial Robert Downey, Jr. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Robert-Downey-Jr/dp/B001OQCV6A?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001OQCV6A" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />," and he now returns to Warner Bros. to consult on the second installment, which until just prior to the recording of this episode was called "Untitled Sherlock Holmes Sequel." Of course, now we know it's called "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/">Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</a>."<br />
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Les gives a great background on what it takes to become an advisor to a major Hollywood franchise, as well as what an advisor of this sort actually does. It's a fascinating look behind the scenes of the making of "Sherlock Holmes" that only I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere brings you.<br />
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This edition of the Editor's Gas-Lamp comes to you from the Autumn 2010 issue (Vol. 60 No. 3)  of the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/"><i>Baker Street Journal</i></a>.<br />
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<b>Links:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2011/03/episode-31-chat-with-les-klinger.html">Episode 31: A Chat with Les Klinger</a><br />
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/">Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (IMDb)</a><br />
<i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Aaron-Campbell-Cover/dp/B004PLSNHM?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes: Year 1</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004PLSNHM" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i> (Dynamite Publishing)<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004PLSNHM" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Ian Edgington's <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crime-Classics-Valley-Sherlock-Graphic/dp/1906838054?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Valley of Fear</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1906838054" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i><br />
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"As Cool as Ice" [ABBE]

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Hello thirsty friends-- and welcome to the latest entry in the Sherlock Holmes Drinking Game! I am excited to be bringing this intensely researched treatise (i.e., enormously fun drinking game) to you this week at our new home on the internet!<br />
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As the Sherlock Holmes Drinking Game is new to The Baker Street Blog, let me take a moment and run down the rules so all of you who are of age can play along. They are as follows:<br />
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<li>Take one drink every time Holmes makes an amazing deduction</li>
<li>Take one drink every time Holmes speaks badly about the police</li>
<li>Take one drink every time Holmes lets a perpetrator go free</li>
<li>Take one drink every time Holmes chastises Watson for not 'observing'</li>
<li>Take one drink every time someone rushes into the rooms at 221B</li>
<li>Take one drink every time Holmes and/or Watson dash off in a hansom cab</li>
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You can also check out the beginning of the Game and my first nine entries to The Sherlock Holmes Drinking Game <a href="http://www.examiner.com/sherlock-holmes-in-national/sherlck-holmes-fans-21-up-the-sherlock-holmes-drinking-game-has-arrived">by clicking here</a>.<br />
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We're so excited to be sipping a cocktail in our new home here at the Baker Street Blog, so get ready for an epic and delicious time! This week's tale is "<b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Coronet-Sherlock-Mystery-ebook/dp/B003IHVZV0?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003IHVZV0" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>," a work of love, deception, jewels, and royal heads of state. In honor of the snowy location of the story, assemble the following:<br />
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<u>Beryl Coronet Cocktail</u><br />
2 parts vodka<br />
1 clementine slice<br />
2 cranberries<br />
Ginger ale <br />
Shaved ice<br />
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Muddle the fruit and shake with the vodka. Pour over shaved ice (the snow!) and add a splash of ginger ale. Top with three cranberries (one for each of the missing beryls). You are now ready to enjoy your Beryl Coronet cocktail!<br />
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We'll be following The <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2011/03/the-sherlock-holmes-drinking-game.html">Sherlock Holmes Drinking Game rules</a> as always, but this tale needs a little added extra. For "The Beryl Coronet," take a drink every time the word 'beryl' or 'coronet' is mentioned. Ready? Off we go!<br />
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<b>Number of Drinks Taken: 32</b><br />
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<li>Take one drink for Alexander Holder dashing in to 221B.</li>
<li>Take one drink for Holmes and his amazing deduction ("And he is a man with a wooden leg?")</li>
<li>Take one drink for the attempted thief getting away from Holmes in the end.</li>
<li>Take 29 drinks for the word beryl or coronet being used in this short story.</li>
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Sober up from that and plan to meet me back here next time as I continue to drink my way through the Canon. After all, it's no fun to be drinking alone!<br />
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<i style="font-style: normal;">Editor's note: </i><i>This is Jill Brumer's first post for the site. Jill Brumer is a small business owner, college drama professor, and all around creative type who has lived all over the States. She has her father to thank for purchasing her first Sherlock Holmes story when she was twelve years old- the fascination has never stopped!</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><i><b>NB: the Baker Street Blog does not advocate the consumption of alcohol. Please behave responsibly and take heed of all local laws and ordinances. Know your limits and don't overimbibe.</b></i></span><br />
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