The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Released in 1892, it is the tenth short story in the anthology The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and tells of Holmes unravelling the mystery of a vanishing bride.
Characters[]
- Sherlock Holmes
- Dr John Watson
- Lord St. Simon
- Hatty Doran
- Inspector Lestrade
- Mr Moulton
Synopsis[]
The brilliant consulting detective Sherlock Holmes is contacted by the nobleman Lord St. Simon. Lord St. Simon became engaged to a wealthy American woman named Hatty Doran. On their wedding day, shortly after the ceremony, Hatty disappeared. Once he has heard all the known facts of the case, Sherlock Holmes quickly solves the mystery
Plot[]
One day, Sherlock Holmes receives a letter from a certain Lord St. Simon saying that he will call upon him later that day about a matter that concerns his wedding. Holmes and Watson research the event before the client arrives, and find out that the man has married an American named Hatty Doran. However, she disappeared during the wedding breakfast after another woman by the name of Flora Millar had interrupted it, but got thrown out.
The Lord arrives, and details the case to Holmes, who states that he solved it, but doesn’t know the location of the missing lady. Inspector Lestrade later shows up, having found the wedding dress which contained a note from Millar written on a hotel bill, and suspecting her to have lured Doran away after her wedding. Holmes leaves to also do some ‘’outdoor work’’.
Later, Lord St. Simon, Holmes, and Miss Doran all arrive at Baker Street. It turns out that the lady was a widower at the time of the recent wedding, and saw her assumed-dead old husband, Mr Moulton, during the ceremony. She made the decision to run away, Moulton throwing her clothes into a lake where Lestrade later found them. However, Holmes discovered the pair in a hotel, deduced via the note that was, in fact, not written by Millar, but by the husband, and brought them to his apartment. After all is explained, Doran, her husband, Watson and Holmes have dinner together.
Holmes explains his thought process solving the case to Watson, and ends the story by asking him to hand over his violin.