The Crooked Man: Inequality, G

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The Adventure of the Crooked Man

Title: Inequality

Author: tweedisgood


In every pair, must it be so? One, more stricken with love than the other: an eternal beggar of largesse from a greater soul, the leavings of the feast of life?

If so, then what when a third is added? Bachelor ties cut away by matrimony, itself only to be pierced by the eternal lure of “half-sporting, half-intellectual pleasure”?

Discussion Post: The Adventure of the Crooked Man

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Can't wait to hear everyone's thoughts about The Adventure of the Crooked Man! Here are a few questions to get you started and feel free to add your own!

- What did you think of the midnight meeting of Holmes and Watson? How did that come about exactly? It seems beyond reason to think that Holmes merely happened to be in the neighborhood or had no way to make it back to Baker Street that night. And what did Watson really think of it? It's a quarter to midnight and Holmes shows up at his door, makes a couple deductions, then abruptly asks to stay the night.

- Holmes describes this case as "one of the strangest cases which ever perplexed a man's brain". Would you agree with him? Or do you think that he's merely exaggerating to encourage Watson to accompany him?

- What exactly is brain fever? Is this a real illness, a temporary form of insanity, or is it purely fiction?

The Adventure of the Crooked Man: Watch

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Canon Story: The Adventure of the Crooked Man
Title: Watch
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG

The candle illuminating the bedroom window finally blinked out, leaving only the room beneath lit. Holmes checked his watch and noted the time. An average woman takes ten to twenty minutes to fall asleep; he’d give it a round half-hour, then. Exactly thirty minutes and four cigarettes later, he stepped to the threshold, smoothed his hair, and rang the bell.

The Adventure of the Crooked Man: Bathsheba

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Canon Story: The Adventure of the Crooked Man
Title: Bathsheba
Author:  thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

You tricked me.  Just like David you sent the man I loved to his death.  But I am no Bathsheba.  I didn’t consent to be your wife until he was gone and never coming back.  But today he came back and I now know the truth.  You are no longer fit to be my husband.  I wish you were dead.

The Adventure of the Crooked Man - Needed

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Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Doctor John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Summary: Holmes comes to a conclusion. 
Warnings:  Some spoilers for The Adventure of the Crooked Man, so if you haven't read that, you might not want to read this.
Word Count: 60
Author's Notes:  60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own them.

CROO -- The Adventure of the Crooked Man

Theories buzzed in his brain, clattering like his train did upon the rails. Why had Mrs. Barclay accused Colonel Barclay so viciously and how did Henry Wood fit into all of this?

He needed someone to talk to, to listen as he theorized.

He needed someone to bear witness to what was likely an ugly, tragic tale.

He needed Watson.