The Case Holmes Wrote Himself

No Watson this time — Holmes narrates, and expects you to keep up with the method.

James Dodd wants to know why his war comrade Godfrey Emsworth is hidden at the family estate — glimpsed once at a window, face white as fish-belly. Holmes tells this one himself; answer as he would.

Drawn from The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, 1926) — read the summary & analysis, or try The Diagnosis Bench, this story's analysis tool. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.