Chapter 7 The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton It is years since the incidents of which I speak took place, and yet it is with diffidence that I allude to them. For a long time, even with the utmost discretion and reticence, it would have been impossible to make the facts public; but now the principal person concerned is beyond the reach of human law, and with due suppression the story may be told in such fashion as to in - jure no one. It records an absolutely unique experience in the career both of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and of