An Earl who is against votes for women becomes a casualty of the suffragette movement.
The Earl dies by a bomb shaped like a ball. The bomb was to damage a statue of a lion and was meant to raise awareness for the women's cause.
The suffragette and the anarchist who supplied the mob are arrested by Inspector Lestrade.
Sherlock Holmes is a believer in female emancipation. He also believes that the dead Earl was a target not because of his opposition to women having the vote. It was inheritance that was the main motive.
Very much a comedic episode and at one point I wondered if there was going to be a mystery. When it does turn out to be murder, only Sherlock could solve it as he is the only one who has the clues.
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