# Sarah Cushing — The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes character guide

> Sarah Cushing in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Miss Cushing, Miss Sarah Cushing, Miss Sarah, Sarah Cushing, Miss S. Cushing, Miss Susan Cushing

**First appearance:** 0001-the-cardboard-box

## Who they are

A Croydon spinster whose quiet lodgings are shattered when the post delivers a small cardboard box containing two freshly severed human ears.

## Relationships

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_professional_

Sarah Cushing is a client who seeks Holmes's help after receiving mysterious packages containing severed ears.

### [Jim Browner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/jim_browner)

_psychological_

Jim Browner is Sarah Cushing's brother-in-law, and he manipulates and terrorizes her in a fit of jealous rage.

### [Mary Browner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mary_browner)

_family_

Mary Browner is Sarah Cushing's sister, and their relationship is strained by Mary's secret affair.

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_professional_

Sarah Cushing is a client who seeks Holmes's help after receiving mysterious packages containing severed ears.

### [Mary Browner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mary_browner)

_family_

Mary Browner is Sarah Cushing's sister, and their relationship is strained by Mary's secret affair.

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_professional_

Sarah Cushing is a client who seeks Holmes's help after receiving mysterious packages containing severed ears.

### [Jim Browner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/jim_browner)

_psychological_

Jim Browner is Sarah Cushing's brother-in-law, and he manipulates and terrorizes her in a fit of jealous rage.

### [Mary Browner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mary_browner)

_family_

Mary Browner is Sarah Cushing's sister, and their relationship is strained by Mary's secret affair.

## In the story

### [The Cardboard Box](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-cardboard-box)

The recipient of the gruesome package; a placid-faced, retired woman living quietly in Croydon.

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