Mr. Cyril Overton of Trinity College, Cambridge, comes to Sherlock Holmes seeking his help in Godfrey Staunton's disappearance.

He immediately left the hotel with the bearded stranger; the two of them were last seen running in the direction of the Strand at about half past ten.

He has also wired Lord Mount-James, Staunton's very wealthy uncle and nearest living relative, but has heard no answer.

Staunton is the almost-eighty-year-old Lord Mount-James's heir, but he must meanwhile live in relative poverty owing to his uncle's miserly behaviour.

Holmes learns that Armstrong, although not in actual medical practice, regularly rides in his brougham out into the country somewhere.

After Holmes covertly sprays aniseed oil onto the wheels of the doctor's brougham, Pompey tracks it to a cottage in the countryside.

Holmes tells Armstrong that as long as there is no foul play involved, private affairs are not his business.

[3] It was included in the short story collection The Return of Sherlock Holmes,[3] which was published in the US in February 1905 and in the UK in March 1905.

The episode was adapted by Edith Meiser and aired on 8 June 1931, with Richard Gordon as Sherlock Holmes and Leigh Lovell as Dr.

[8] "The Missing Three-Quarter" was adapted by Felix Felton as a 1955 radio production for the BBC Home Service, as part of the 1952–1969 radio series starring Carleton Hobbs as Holmes and Norman Shelley as Watson, with Felton as Lord Mount-James and Ronald Simpson as Dr Leslie Armstrong.