The current (and final) Roylott, seeing that there's nothing left of his inheritance, goes to India to make his fortune on his own.The Roylotts once controlled huge tracts of land, but after generations of spending lots of money, nothing is left of the estate except an old house, heavily mortgaged. This stepdad is the last living member of a great English family, the Roylotts.The lady's name is Helen Stoner, and she's living with her stepdad.He's in this business for the pleasure of the hunt, though he'll be happy to let her pay him back for any expenses he works up, at her convenience. So she's good for the money, if he'll give her time. She's desperate for help, and promises Holmes that, while she can't pay him anything now, she'll be married soon and have control of her own income. She is pale and drawn, and her hair has strands of premature grey. And indeed, in the sitting room is a lady of around thirty, dressed in black with a black veil, who's shaking with fear.Watson sets the stage: it's early April 1883, and Holmes wakes Watson at the ungodly hour of 7:15am to tell him that a young lady has come to Holmes with a case.Now we go back even further in time, says Watson, to a case that Holmes investigated while he and Watson were still bachelor-ing it up together at the 221B Baker Street apartment.
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