The Resident | Patient

Holmes dismisses the suicide theory after examining the scene, noting that the cigars found in the room and the complexity of the hanging required multiple participants. He deduces the following:

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

After years of stability, Blessington becomes a nervous wreck upon reading news of the early release of his former gang associates. Holmes dismisses the suicide theory after examining the

Blessington sets up Trevelyan in a Brook Street practice, taking residency to monitor his "investment". Blessington sets up Trevelyan in a Brook Street

The narrative follows Dr. Percy Trevelyan, a talented but penniless physician who enters into a singular business arrangement with a mysterious benefactor named Mr. Blessington. Blessington funds a prestigious practice for Trevelyan in exchange for a large share of the profits and a room in the house as a "resident patient". The case shifts from a medical curiosity to a capital crime when Blessington is found dead under suspicious circumstances, eventually revealed by Holmes as a calculated act of revenge.

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

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