A Final Illumination on the Lucca Code

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“One A, two B, and so on. You will hear soon.” [REDC]  </h4> <div> <div>The secret code that Genarro and Emilia Lucca shared for passing messages to each other in "The Red Circle" was straightforward. Or was it?</div> <div> </div> <div>In 1956, Donald Yates—then a 26 year-old budding Sherlockian—made an observation about the code, the alphabet(s), and the credit that was due to Sherlock Holmes for his invisible but lightning-quick analysis. It's just a Trifle.</div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><strong>ATTENTA</strong>: Don't forget: if you're interested in receiving some free back issues of <em>The Baker Street Journal</em>, we hold a drawing every month for our Patreon supporters. To be eligible to participate in this monthly drawing, go to <a href= "http://patreon.com/trifles">patreon.com/trifles</a>. </div> <div> </div> <div> <div> <h4><strong>Sponsor: </strong><a href= "https://ihose.co/BSIPress" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The BSI Press</em></a></h4> <h4>Full show notes: <a href= "https://ihose.co/trifles266">https://ihose.co/trifles266</a></h4> <div> </div> <div>--</div> </div> </div> <div> </div>