Telegram! I have no phrase for my amazement. Instructions on the spot and then relent to the tune of this To his face could ring for his man, and give him his brutal Show my nose in that house, I should go out quicker than I came in.Īll this, and more, my least distant relative could tell a poor devil I had made my bed, and IĬould go and lie and die in it. I was a disgrace, qualified byĪn adjective which seemed to me another. Of Vere Street, and who once called me kinsman for his sins. The knighted specialist whose consulting-room is within a cab-whistle In one breath that took away mine but I leave out the initials at I transcribe the thing as I see it before me, all Might suit you earnestly beg try will speak if necessary -" And in that drab region it duly found me, unwashen but at workīefore the day grew hot and my attic insupportable. Morning of May 11, 1897, and received before half-past at Hollowayī.O. It wouldĪppear to have been handed in at Vere Street at eight o'clock in the Telegram calling my attention to the advertisement, or theĪdvertisement itself.
I am still uncertain which surprised me more, the He can imitate the regional speech of many parts of Britain flawlessly, In another name in which he keeps the components of various disguises. One of the things that Raffles has in common with Holmes is a mastery of disguise – during his days as an ostensible man-about-town, he maintains a studio apartment Into situations he cannot get out of on his own. Stories, Manders saves the day for the two of them after Raffles gets Manders' bravery and loyalty are to be relied on utterly.
Sometimes treats him with a certain amount of contempt, he knows that While Raffles often takes advantage of Manders' relative innocence, and Watson to chronicle his adventures, Raffles has Harry "Bunny" Manders – a former schoolmate saved from disgrace and suicide by Raffles, whom Raffles persuaded to accompany him on a burglary. He isĬalled the "Amateur Cracksman", and often, at first, differentiatesīetween himself and the "professors" – professional criminals from theĪs Holmes has Dr. Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate inversion of Holmes – he is a "gentleman thief", living at the Albany, a prestigious address in London, playing cricket for the Gentlemen of EnglandĪnd supporting himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries. Hornung, brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by E. These "Further Adventures" is a collection of stories about the ever-popular amateur thief Raffles, following the success of "The Amateur Cracksman."Īrthur J.
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