“Lord Simon's marriage and its strange end have long ceased to arouse interest in the high spheres where the ill-fated newlywed moves. New scandals overshadowed this one, and their more juicy details crowded out the drama of four years ago from the memory of gossips. However, I have reason to believe that not all the facts are known to the general public, and since my friend Sherlock Holmes made a significant contribution to the disclosure of what happened, I feel that his memories will remain incomplete without telling about this remarkable episode ... "