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The so-called "Radcliffe rapist" showed up again last night in Holmes Hall.
"Good show, Holmes," said I, reaching for the tantalus and the gasogene.
"Holmes, it is only a film."
"Sacrilege! Infamy! Libel!" I slashed the teacup to the floor. "Good grief, Holmes! Even during those lonely days in Afghanistan, I never so much as glanced at a subaltern!"
"Quite,"said Holmes drily. "Personally, I admire parody - when it pinks the host, not the parasite. Wilder never understood his subjects well enough to satirize us. He is even off in his details - my brother, for instance, is played by the lean Christopher Lee. As you have noted in The...