The Honourable Christopher Sykes

“Sykes used to submit, with a frozen impassivity that only more excited the Tudor mirth, while the Prince, amid the yelps of his sycophantic entourage, would pour brandy over his head, burn his hand with a cigarette, or shove him under the billiard table and poke him with a cue.”

• Louis Auchincloss, Persons of Consequence

“Sykes is believed to have gone through a fortune entertaining the prince and his cronies: It is said that his sister one day appeared at MarlboroughHouse to inform the prince that his friend was on the verge of bankruptcy, and he was persuaded to clear up the most pressing debts.”

• Edward Hanna, The Whitechapel Horrors, 383 (see SherlockHolmesPastiches).

-- ChrisLehrich^? - 29 Dec 2004

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