The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes · Character
Godfrey Emsworth
The colonel's son, presumed dead after a night of violence, whose reappearance raises more questions than it answers.
supporting
Also known as young Godfrey
First appearance: The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
As a supporting figure in The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Godfrey Emsworth is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Colonel Emsworth's only son, Dodd's close friend, who disappeared after being wounded in the Boer War.
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Godfrey is a popular, athletic young man whose sudden disappearance during a trip abroad shatters his family and baffles the authorities. When he resurfaces, he is not the same person — pale, secretive, and unwilling to…
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Character groups
- Blanched Soldier mystery
- Shoscombe Old Place suspects
- Protagonist
- Gruner's web of victims
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Sir Robert Norberton
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