Originally Posted by lorax

ACD - Author Charles Dickens?

or do you mean Arthur Conan Doyle, of Sherlock Holmes fame?

The both of them make me think of cold fog, Limehouse, and the pitter-patter of little rats.....

Of course, my imagery is largely due to Oscar Wilde, but that's another story entirely.

If that is indeed the answer and I win a pup, I regret that I am outside of your shipping range. I default my banana pup to whoever can tell me who illustrated the English version of Oscar Wilde's opera, and what other opera he illustrated.