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प्रश्न
Why didn't John Garrideb like the idea of including Holmes in the hunt for the third Garrideb?
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उत्तर
Holmes was a detective and a renowned one. John Garrideb was afraid that Sherlock Holmes and his partner Watson will suspect his motives and will jeopardise his plan. Involving a detective in a plan that had a fake story, other than the fact that Garrideb, alias Killer Evans, who had a criminal background was not safe.
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