His Last Bow · Character
Lady Frances Carfax
The last of the Rufton line, she drifts through Europe's grand hotels with her jewels sewn into her clothes and her letters home suddenly stopped.
supporting
Also known as the Lady Frances Carfax, Lady Frances, Frances Carfax
First appearance: The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
As a supporting figure in His Last Bow, Lady Frances Carfax is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The missing woman, held captive and nearly buried alive by the criminals.
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Lady Frances is a woman of precise habits and limited means, the sole survivor of an earldom whose estates passed to the male line. She clings to her old Spanish silver and curiously cut diamonds with a devotion that…
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Character groups
- Lady Frances Carfax Case
- Protagonist
- Bruce-Partington Plans Case
- Cornish Mystery Cases
- Red Circle Gang Case
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- Sherlock Holmes
professional · positive
Lady Frances Carfax is a missing person whom Holmes is hired to locate and protect. How this plays out →
- Dr. Watson
professional · positive
- Dr. Watson
professional · positive
- Sherlock Holmes
professional · positive
Lady Frances Carfax is a missing person whom Holmes is hired to locate and protect. How this plays out →
- Sherlock Holmes
professional · positive
Lady Frances Carfax is a missing person whom Holmes is hired to locate and protect. How this plays out →
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