That one is not quite correct, I'm afraid. What a shame. You almost had three consecutive right answers, there.

[He wags a finger, absentmindedly slipping the flute into a handy holster-like contraption by his waist.]

Sherlock Holmes is not just a character in a novel. He is both a character and a real person, for the novels were based on true mysteries which I solved in my youth. Well, that is to say, my partner and I solved them. What a grand old time that was!