Author's Note

Forty years ago I called him the best and wisest man I had ever known. And he was. But as I think back on my life with him, I regret that my great literary undertaking – a well-intentioned amalgamation of fact and fantasy – may have sullied his reputation. I have, therefore, written out this story which may be a shock to some, but will hardly surprise my more perceptive readers – the story of my life as the wife of one of England’s greatest heroes, Mr Sherlock Holmes.

-CWH 1932