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Mary Morstan - Biography
Mary Morstan (later Watson) is the wife of Dr. Watson. She is first introduced in The Sign of the Four, where she and Watson tentatively become attracted to each other, but only when the case is resolved is he able to propose to her. She is described as blonde with pale skin. At the time she hires Holmes she had been making a living as a governess. Although at the end of the story the main treasure is lost, she has received six pearls from a chaplet of the Agra Treasure.Her father, Captain Arthur Morstan, was a senior captain of an Indian regiment and later stationed near the Andaman Islands. He disappeared in 1878 under mysterious circumstances that would later be proven to be related to the mystery, The Sign of the Four. Her mother died soon after her birth and she had no other relatives in England, although she was educated there (in accordance with the received wisdom of the time about children in the colony of India) until the age of seventeen. Shortly afterwards her father disappeared and she found work as a governess. Watson and Mary marry in 1889.Mary Morstan is mentioned in passing in "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" and "The Boscombe Valley Mystery", but by the time of "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder" (after Holmes's return) Mary Morstan has died and Watson has returned to his former lodgings in Baker Street. Her cause of death is never mentioned.Amanda Abbington in the third season of Sherlock played Mary. She is the real-life partner of the show's Watson, Martin Freeman. She is first introduced in "The Empty Hearse" when Watson is attempting to propose. However, Sherlock interrupts and surprises John to let him know that he is not dead. This backfires as Watson is angry with Sherlock. However, Mary likes Sherlock and agrees to talk to Watson. After getting married, however, it is revealed she was an assassin in the past with the initials A.G.R.A., Sherlock admitting that he had deduced some degree of her secret due to her past only extending back a few years, musing that Watson would have only married a woman who appealed to his subconscious 'need' for danger. She and Watson are reconciled, and they are expecting a daughter as of the last episode of the series. In a subsequent special, Mary is shown to be less guarded about her past, using her skills from her former profession to assist Sherlock and vex Mycroft.
