SPEC: A Fit of Anger

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Canon Story: The Speckled Band

Author: Chess Ka

Title: A Fit of Anger

Rating: PG

Characters: Doctor Roylott, unnamed butler.

A/N: I always felt awful for the butler that Roylott beat to death, who gets no more than a passing mention. A friend who speaks Bengali very kindly gave me the phrases I was looking for - I hope they're accurate! A translation is after the fic.

"In a fit of anger, however, caused by some robberies which had been perpetrated in the house, he beat his native butler to death and narrowly escaped a capital sentence..."

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“Doya kore!” I begged, backing away from his fearsome wrath. “Naa, doya kore! D-Doctor Roylott, I did not - Ami dukkhito, thamun!”

I begged and wept, to no avail. Blows rained down. My nose burst under his fist, my ribs cracked, I could not breathe. I thought of my beautiful Ajanta. My eyes darkened. There was no pain.

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Doya kore - please

Naa - no

Ami dukkhito - I'm sorry

Thamun - stop

Comments

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Ooh, this one is dark and well-done. The Bengali is a perfect touch to honor this poor character so often forgotten.