While Francine isn't quite the marquise, she is not one to be trusted. More bite than bark. Trains shudder in her wake all across the globe.

Holmes really does have no idea what he's inspiring here. Children always have escaped him.

"Ah! The name is Holmes. Sherlock Holmes, that is." Even as she is, she introduces herself as everyone else has - the first name first and foremost, an intimate introduction. "'AC'," he repeats, and after taking a second or two to briefly rifle through all possible combinations of names it could be an abbreviation for, "standing for-?"