Perhaps the name Grant Munro is a compound name similar to Conan Doyle? It’s curious that in the text of the story Effie is never referred to as Mrs—only “the lady” and “she”.
About ACD’s compound name, from A Life in Letters: “He had some memory of his grandfather, but not of his paternal grandmother, Marianne Conan, who had died at the end of 1839. Her brother, Michael Conan, a journalist who lived in Paris much of his life, was godfather to Arthur and his older sister Annette, with his surname being added to theirs at the baptismal font to form the compound name Conan Doyle. This name was not held by their parents’ subsequent children.“
Regarding Effie’s signing off all her property to her husband: mb it was a gesture to show the degree of trust she had in him. It’s also a plot device, of course. Otherwise Grant Munro would have more difficulties in getting an inkling about her secret.
Holmes jumping to conclusions: mb that’s why he doesn’t like voicing his theories before he gets evidence supporting them. In this story Holmes became overconfident, mb that’s why he went against his own methods and learned his lesson as a result.
And yes, casual racism, period-typical.
“Kindly whisper Norbury”: in the Bert Coules adaptation he did :D
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Date: 2019-02-21 07:13 pm (UTC)About ACD’s compound name, from A Life in Letters: “He had some memory of his grandfather, but not of his paternal grandmother, Marianne Conan, who had died at the end of 1839. Her brother, Michael Conan, a journalist who lived in Paris much of his life, was godfather to Arthur and his older sister Annette, with his surname being added to theirs at the baptismal font to form the compound name Conan Doyle. This name was not held by their parents’ subsequent children.“
Regarding Effie’s signing off all her property to her husband: mb it was a gesture to show the degree of trust she had in him. It’s also a plot device, of course. Otherwise Grant Munro would have more difficulties in getting an inkling about her secret.
Holmes jumping to conclusions: mb that’s why he doesn’t like voicing his theories before he gets evidence supporting them. In this story Holmes became overconfident, mb that’s why he went against his own methods and learned his lesson as a result.
And yes, casual racism, period-typical.
“Kindly whisper Norbury”: in the Bert Coules adaptation he did :D