Sherlock Holmes

'Fatal night' is the phrase Helen Stoner used to describe the night her sister, Julia, died.

It is called "Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows" and it is likely to be in theatres December 2011.

Alastor (People just call him Mad-Eye)

Holmes turned to his desk, and unlocking it, drew out a small case-book which he consulted. -- John H. Watson, MD in 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band'

"I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon." -- John H. Watson, M. D. IN THE 2ND SENTENCE OF THE STORY!

No, the fictional character Sherlock Holmes is not a schizophrenic. In the recent series with Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock Holmes is presented as a sociopath.

edit- Not true! In the beginning of the series, he claims to be a sociopath and has many tendencies thereof, but it is later shown that he does, in fact, care. He has many deep seeded emotions and cares deeply for many people. It is, however, very likely that his is schizophrenic. He sees things that no one else sees and can fabricate entire worlds inside his own head, on top of the facts that he had difficulty socializing and reacting with proper emotional output.

Protagonist in the story The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet.

Afganistan then it goes into London then to united states and then back to london.

Sherlockians.

"Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else." -- Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson, The Red-Headed League

Watson and Sir Henry dine there the night of their arrival in Chapter 6

Well, his hobbies included playing the violin, sword fighting, singlestick and boxing along with a mixture of some martial arts. In later times he became a beekeeper. That was definitely surprising to me!

In the coal scuttle -- 'The Musgrave Ritual'

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In chapter 5, according to Dr. Mortimer, a distant cousin of the Baskervilles named James Desmond, an elderly clergyman in Westmorland, would inherit the estate, but it turned out that there was an unknown Baskerville who would have had a delicate time proving his rights and his innocence in the matter.

James Ryder with the accomplice of Catherine Cusack

No. Although he does recreationally and legally use cocaine, he is not a junky.

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"The family was at one time among the richest in England, and the estate extended over the borders into Berkshire in the north, and Hampshire in the west. In the last century, however, four successive heirs were of a dissolute and wasteful disposition, and the family ruin was eventually completed by a gambler, in the days of the Regency. Nothing was left save a few acres of ground and the two-hundred-year-old house, which is itself crushed under a heavy mortgage. The last squire dragged out his existence there, living the horrible life of an aristocratic pauper; but his only son, my stepfather, seeing that he must adapt himself to the new conditions, . . ." -- Helen Stoner, 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band'

The chair indicates that someone had to reach something. And the milk indicates some sort of animal being fed. The whistle and some of the other items were also clues. Holmes put it together and was able to deduce what was going on.

Ryder gets information of The Blue Carbuncle from the Countess of Morcar's hotel maid. From then on, they try and plan to steal it together.

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Women! He distrusted the entire gender. Though he was extremely courteous, he always left the consoling, comforting, or handling to Watson (who is seemed to be a lady charmer) and others.

Most likely both were short of hearing.

It means that the answer is obvious and that it shouldn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure it out. It is a longer way of saying 'Hello, Captain Obvious!'