The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

What is the meaning of treachery in paragraph 23?

Paragraph 23

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And yet it would be the blackest treachery to Holmes to draw back now from the part which he had intrusted to me.

In context, treachery can be defined as "breach of trust".

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