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Mr.
Frankland, elderly legal enthusiast whom you can also
find in his own digs at Lafter
Hall, can also be seen in these previous issues of Electro-Graphic
Monthly courtesy of his literary agent David Richardson:
January
2004 . . .
Mr. Frankland's Letter of Introduction
February
2004 . . .
Mr. Frankland disagrees with Dr. Watson
April
2004 . . .
Mr. Frankland regarding love and marriage
July
2004 . . .
Mr. Frankland regarding Dr. Mortimer's Acquisitions
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A
Letter From Mr. Frankland
Regarding Oscar Wilde
Lafter
Hall
Dartmoor
October 18, 1889
Dear Dark
Lantern Leaguers
I must say
I have the strangest feelings when I write from Lafter Hall to the
Dark Lantern League ... I have no memory after that October when
Dr. Watson visited us. Strange, very strange. (And, alas, not much
before.) I have to confess that the name of Oscar Wilde was not
familiar to me, but I have asked some friends of mine, and they
tell me that he is the editor of a woman's magazine (called, appropriately
enough, Woman's World), and is an advocate for something called
the aesthetic movement, which seems to involve holding lillies as
one speaks. (There is, of course, a Lillie I'd like to hold, but
I fear this is the wine speaking.) I look forward to what our other
members can say about this person.
Mr. Frankland
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