“I believed that The Adventure of Abbey Grange would be the last of the investigations of my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes that I would tell the public. This decision of mine was not due to a lack of material for the story - I have notes on hundreds of cases that I have never even mentioned - nor was it at all due to the waning interest on the part of my readers in the amazing personality and unique methods of this extraordinary man. The real reason was Mr. Holmes's unwillingness to have his triumphs continued to be published..."