The first story is that of "The Man With the Twisted Lip."
There are
differing opinions, for a number of reasons, as to why and
how the Brett
series differs from the original Conan Doyle writings.
However, the
Conan Doyle writings do not, IMHO, lend themselves to the
interpretation
indicated by the above writing. Inspector Bradstreet is the
person who
tells Hugh Boone (aka Neville St. Clair) that he must never
again assume
the identity of a beggar. Holmes merely "solves" the case and
does not
offer a normative judgement.
As far as the Brett series, I think "most" followers of the
series and
the writings agree that as Brett's health failed, the
producers of the
series took more liberties with the stories because Brett
could not,
physically, dominate the stories in the same way in which
Conan Doyle
wrote the stories.
Bill Harker
wharker@ix.netcom.com
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