A would be politician finds himself being blackmailed. So he consults Sherlock Holmes.
He went to see a marriage broker. As the man has good prospects, he was matched up with a suitable bride. Only later to find himself embroiled in a potential scandal and now he faces blackmail demands.
So Sherlock Holmes takes Dr Watson along to the same marriage broker. Holmes makes out he is a man of means and they are immediately introduced to ladies.
On a later date at a tea rooms. A man walks in claiming that he is the husband of one of the ladies and that Holmes is trying to break up the marriage.
Holmes is arrested and the overzealous Inspector Mason will not let him out of jail. Despite protests that he is on an important case.
So it is up to Dr Watson and Inspector Lestrade to break up the blackmailing scammers.
An interesting story goes downhill very quickly. It gets silly and Inspector Mason has no idea the importance of Sherlock Holmes. Or that the marriage bureau is a sham. There is a race against time to clear the would be politician's name.
He went to see a marriage broker. As the man has good prospects, he was matched up with a suitable bride. Only later to find himself embroiled in a potential scandal and now he faces blackmail demands.
So Sherlock Holmes takes Dr Watson along to the same marriage broker. Holmes makes out he is a man of means and they are immediately introduced to ladies.
On a later date at a tea rooms. A man walks in claiming that he is the husband of one of the ladies and that Holmes is trying to break up the marriage.
Holmes is arrested and the overzealous Inspector Mason will not let him out of jail. Despite protests that he is on an important case.
So it is up to Dr Watson and Inspector Lestrade to break up the blackmailing scammers.
An interesting story goes downhill very quickly. It gets silly and Inspector Mason has no idea the importance of Sherlock Holmes. Or that the marriage bureau is a sham. There is a race against time to clear the would be politician's name.