So how reliable are they? This is a murky area, made murkier by Arthur “Continuity” Doyle and by Sherlock Holmes himself, the Master Secret-Keeper and Emotion-Repressor, King of All Reticence, Snark Factory, Prankster, Liar, Master of Disguise, Chap Who Employs Aloof Humor as the Ultimate Waterproofing Against Strong Sentiment, Man Whose Childhood Has Been Stricken from the Record Due to Reasons Unknown, Mr. “I Never Knew You Had a Brother” Holmes, Whoops! I Died That One Time, etc., etc.