# Kate Whitney — The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes character guide

> Kate Whitney in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Kate, Kate⁠—poor little Kate, Whitney

**First appearance:** 0008-the-man-with-the-twisted-lip

## Who they are

Isa Whitney's wife and an old school friend of Watson's.

## In the story

### [The Man with the Twisted Lip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/the-man-with-the-twisted-lip)

Appears at Watson's home in distress, seeking help to retrieve her husband Isa from the opium den. Her plea sets the chapter's events in motion.

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