The Return of Sherlock Holmes · Character
Anna
A servant or minor figure in the Second Stain case.
minor
First appearance: the adventure of the second stain
Anna shows up with force in The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The professor's wife, a former revolutionary who accidentally killed Smith while trying to retrieve letters to free her beloved Alexis.
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This excerpt represents the dramatic climax because it marks the psychological peak of Holmes’s dangerous idle…
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See Anna in the adventure of the second stain