The Priory School.
The case begins Thursday, May 16, 1901.
Why?
FROM HOLMES’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA:
"’Holdernesse, 6th Duke, K.G., P.C.’—half the alphabet! ‘Baron Beverley, Earl of Carston’ — dear me, what a list! ‘Lord Lieutenant of Hallamshire since 1900. Married Edith, daughter of Sir Charles Appledore, 1888. Heir and only child, Lord Saltire. Owns about two hundred and fifty thousand acres. Minerals in Lancashire and Wales. Address: Carlton House Terrace; Holdernesse Hall, Hallamshire; Carston Castle, Bangor, Wales. Lord of the Admiralty, 1872; Chief Secretary of State for — —’ Well, well, this man is certainly one of the greatest subjects of the Crown!"
"’Holdernesse, 6th Duke, K.G., P.C.’—half the alphabet! ‘Baron Beverley, Earl of Carston’ — dear me, what a list! ‘Lord Lieutenant of Hallamshire since 1900. Married Edith, daughter of Sir Charles Appledore, 1888. Heir and only child, Lord Saltire. Owns about two hundred and fifty thousand acres. Minerals in Lancashire and Wales. Address: Carlton House Terrace; Holdernesse Hall, Hallamshire; Carston Castle, Bangor, Wales. Lord of the Admiralty, 1872; Chief Secretary of State for — —’ Well, well, this man is certainly one of the greatest subjects of the Crown!"
HUXTABLE AND SALTIRE FIRST CROSS PATHS:
"On May 1st the boy arrived, that being the beginning of the summer term."
"On May 1st the boy arrived, that being the beginning of the summer term."
AND THEN THEY PART WAYS:
"He was last seen on the night of May 13th — that is, the night of last Monday."
"His absence was discovered at seven o’clock on Tuesday morning."
"He was last seen on the night of May 13th — that is, the night of last Monday."
"His absence was discovered at seven o’clock on Tuesday morning."
THE DAY HOLMES TAKES THE CASE:
"Now, on Thursday morning, we are as ignorant as we were on Tuesday."
"Now, on Thursday morning, we are as ignorant as we were on Tuesday."
WHAT THE BARING-GOULD ANNOTATED SAYS:
May 16, 1901.
May 16, 1901.
WHAT ZEISLER, THE KING OF CHRONOLOGY, SAYS:
May 17, 1900.
May 17, 1900.
THE BIRLSTONE RAILWAY TIMETABLE:
May 13th occurs on a Monday during Holmes’s Canonical period activity in 1889, 1895, 1901, and 1907, and 1912. The latter two years are easily dismissed as Holmes is well known to have been in Sussex and America, respectively. As Holmes’s encyclopaedia refers to "1900," one can hardly place the case before that year, which leaves us with 1901.
May 13th occurs on a Monday during Holmes’s Canonical period activity in 1889, 1895, 1901, and 1907, and 1912. The latter two years are easily dismissed as Holmes is well known to have been in Sussex and America, respectively. As Holmes’s encyclopaedia refers to "1900," one can hardly place the case before that year, which leaves us with 1901.
While Zeisler may dispute such hard evidence, being a bit over-enthralled with subjective statements about the moon, few other chronologers have, and I find myself inclined to agree with the pack on this one: This case began on Thursday, May 16, 1901.
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