Sherlockians generally praise two screen incarnations of Holmes: One is British actor Jeremy Brett's portrayal of the sleuth in TV series from 1984 to 1994, and the other is by Plummer in the 1979 film Murder by Decree, which costars James Mason as Watson.

To shed something in two.

Only one way, then, remains by which I can reinstate myself in this tragic atmosphere which I have chickenheartedly avoided;

And if this is so, did my neatly haircutted self have in common with today’s shaggy hairs, not individual bravery, but herd conformity?