This was the organization which I deduced, Watson, and which I devoted my whole energy to exposing and breaking up.” But the central power which uses the agent is never caught–never so much as suspected. In that case money is found for his bail or his defence. Is there a crime to be done, a paper to be abstracted, we will say, a house to be rifled, a man to be removed–the word is passed to the Professor, the matter is organized and carried out. But his agents are numerous and splendidly organized. He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city. The reason for this is that Holmes has met his match.
Have you any objection to my closing your shutters?” “Yes, I have been using myself up rather too freely,” he remarked, in answer to my look rather than to my words “I have been a little pressed of late. He’s been beaten up, and Holmes himself remarks upon his mental state: He’s showing cracks – Watson notices his looking run down. It’s a story that hits home hard for any fan of the series, not just because of the ending, but also because we see Holmes pushed to the edge. The Final Problem is a tough story to review.
REVIEW SHERLOCK HOLMES THE FINAL PROBLEM PROFESSIONAL
The author had grown tired of the Consulting Detective taking up all of his focus as a professional author, and tried to free up his time and his mind for more worthy projects.Īt least, ACD created a fitting final appearance for Holmes. The Final Problem was published in 1893 and was meant to be ACD’s last Holmes story.
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