In the Adventure of the Mazarin Stone Holmes says to Lord Cantlemere: 'In that case, my dear sir, I shall be under the painful necessity of advising your arrest.'
Does that mean that he would arrest him by himself, or that he would inform the authorities to arrest him?
It means he would inform the police, and recommend that they arrest him.
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It means he would inform the police, and recommend that they arrest him.