Editing Sherlock Holmes (section)

==={{anchor|Financial affairs}}Finances===
Holmes is known to charge clients for his expenses and claim any reward offered for a problem's solution, such as in "[[The Adventure of the Speckled Band]]", "[[The Red-Headed League]]", and "[[The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet]]". The detective states at one point that "My professional charges are upon a fixed scale. I do not vary them, save when I remit them altogether." In this context, a client is offering to double his fee, and it is implied that wealthy clients habitually pay Holmes more than his standard rate.<ref>Klinger II, p. 1609—"The Problem of Thor Bridge"</ref> In "[[The Adventure of the Priory School]]", Holmes earns a £6,000 fee<ref>Klinger II, p. 971—"The Adventure of the Priory School"</ref> (at a time where annual expenses for a rising young professional were in the area of £500).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/economics/wages2.html|title=Wages and Cost of Living in the Victorian Era|website=The Victorian Web|access-date=13 March 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062554/http://www.victorianweb.org/economics/wages2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Watson notes that Holmes would refuse to help even the wealthy and powerful if their cases did not interest him.<ref>Klinger II, p. 976—"The Adventure of Black Peter"</ref>