What are the characteristics of the most evil woman in the Canon?
Sandy Kozinn She acts vilely to her own father. She is inflexible in her behavior. She is obdurate in her views. She is loath to listen to others. She is egocentric in her concerns. She is trusting of the wrong person. She is determined to have her own way. She is educated, but not contemplative. She is maddening at times. She is extravagant in her emotions. She is rational, but not reasonable. She is very singleminded. She is intelligent, but not sensitive. She is loving only in the wrong direction. She is lacking the ability to sense hypocrisy. She is extraordinarily unaware of character. Good reasons, perhaps, but not definitive. Nevertheless, we know this is the most evil woman in the Canon because Watson, in choosing a name to disguise the real woman in the story, told us so. The letters of the name of the most evil woman form an anagram for the words of an introduction: Evil, meet evil Lord. And Baron Gruner bowed to Violet de Merville. EVIL Warren Randall Here live forever those
