Ferguson found out about the bloodsucking incidents. She also demands her child, who has been with the nurse, Mrs. He finds an agitated woman in the room upstairs – she speaks of all being destroyed, and of sacrificing herself rather than breaking her husband's heart. Ferguson's maid announces that her mistress is ill, and Dr. Holmes's trip is made simply to observe and confirm what he has already deduced. Ferguson's house in Sussex, Holmes has worked out what is going on, and it has nothing to do with vampires. Ferguson her meals.Įven before Holmes and Watson set off for Mr. Only her Peruvian maid, Dolores, is allowed in. Ever since being found out by her husband, she has locked herself in her room and refused to come out. Since the start of the bloodsucking, Jack has unaccountably been struck twice by his stepmother, although Mr. By his first wife, he has a 15-year-old son named Jack, who suffered an unfortunate accident as a child and now, although he can still walk, does not have full use of his legs. Robert Ferguson, who comes to 221B Baker Street the next morning, has become convinced that his Peruvian second wife has been sucking their baby son's blood. Holmes receives an odd letter that makes reference to vampires. An illustration from Strand Magazine in 1924 from Howard Elcock
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