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Colonel Emsworth

A stern retired colonel whose son's disappearance from a locked room forces him to confront secrets he would rather keep buried.

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First appearance: The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier

As a supporting figure in The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Colonel Emsworth is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Godfrey's father, a harsh martinet and Crimean VC, who is hostile to Dodd and evasive about his son's whereabouts.
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Colonel Emsworth presides over a crumbling family estate with the rigid discipline of a man who has spent his life in the army. When his son Godfrey vanishes under impossible circumstances, the colonel's refusal to…

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SRSir Robert Nor…GEGodfrey EmsworthSHSherlock HolmesMKMr. KentOROld RalphCEColonel Emsworth

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Blanched Soldier mystery
  • Shoscombe Old Place suspects
  • Protagonist

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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