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Lestrade

A Scotland Yard detective who assists at the end.

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First appearance: XIII: Fixing the Nets

Lestrade shows up with force in XIII: Fixing the Nets. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Telegrams Holmes that he is coming down with a warrant.
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In XIII: Fixing the Nets: Telegrams Holmes that he is coming down with a warrant. Later, in XIV: The Hound of the Baskervilles: Assists in…

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SHSherlock HolmesSHSir Henry Bask…DWDr. WatsonMSMiss StapletonMEMeyersLELestrade

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  • Other

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  • Main Cast and Suspects
  • Protagonist
  • Background and Off-Stage Figures

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Lestrade in XIII: Fixing the Nets