The Resident Patient May 2026

Holmes’s loyal companion and the story's narrator.

The "resident patient" and former member of the Worthingdon Bank Gang who lives in terror of his former associates. The Resident Patient

Two men posing as a Russian Count (suffering from catalepsy) and his son visit the doctor. While the son "waits," he explores Blessington’s private rooms upstairs. Holmes’s loyal companion and the story's narrator

Blessington finds footprints in his room and appeals to Holmes for protection, though he remains untruthful about his past. The Resident Patient

A specialist in nervous maladies and catalepsy who seeks Holmes’s help after his practice is "intruded" upon.

The Resident Patient by Arthur Conan Doyle - short-stories.co

After years of stability, Blessington becomes a nervous wreck upon reading news of the early release of his former gang associates.