The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez: Thread

[methylviolet10b]

Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson
Summary: Watson reflects on certain cases from 1894.
Warnings: I'm in the midst of NaNo, so this probably makes even less sense than usual. On the plus side, there's really no spoilers here.
Word Count: 60
Author's Notes: 60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own them.

GOLD -- The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez

A casual reader might wonder why I began my account with a list of other cases from that landmark year. Indeed, I have been taken to task by some readers, their appetites whetted by the few details I provided, demanding to hear more. A pity, as I will never publicly publish them.

Only Holmes knew, and understood, the common thread.

Discussion Post: The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Hey, everybody! What did you all think of The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez? It's a good case, with bizarre characters and an excellent deduction and experimentation process by Sherlock Holmes. Here are a few questions/thoughts to get you started. Please add your own!

- As in some other cases, we get introduced here to a number of intriguing cases that Watson mentions only in passing. Those are always fun. Every reader gets to imagine something different from tidbits like "the red leech" or "the Boulevard assassin".

- FYI (thank you, Wikipedia!):
"A palimpest is a manuscript page from a scroll or book from which the text has been scraped off and which can be used again."
"Pince-nez are a style of spectacles, popular in the 19th century, which are supported without earpieces, by pinching the bridge of the nose."
A Chubb lock is "a type of lever tumbler lock with an integral security feature which frustrates unauthorised access attempts and indicates to the lock's owner that it has been interfered with."

- No wonder Professor Coram in an invalid! He says he gets a shipment of 1000 cigarettes every fortnight. That works out to 71.4 cigarettes a day, or roughly 3 cigarettes per hour, every hour. And that's if he never stops to sleep!

- I love that when Holmes makes a deduction he still has some level of doubt in, he says he doesn't "insist upon the point". I also love that he's right on those points anyway.

- Does Doctor Watson just watch this woman Anna die? Is that possible? Let's say any intervention he provided was omitted here to keep the story moving quickly. Because read as is, Watson comes across as a remarkably bad doctor here to see a person obviously severely ill and in pain and do nothing.

The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez: Weaponry

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
Title: Weaponry
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG-13
Author's Note: Thankfully got this done between NaNoWriMo stints. Brain... slow...

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The first time the detective came into the room, Anna nearly fainted behind the bookcase. Breathing shallowly for silence as he paced and smoked, she was almost undone in the fearful toxic atmosphere.

The detective finished the job upon his return, armed with his most deadly weaponry.

"I have solved it."

Like champagne, the poison tingled on Anna's tongue.

The Golden Pince-Nez: Freedom

[castiron.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure Of The Golden Pince-Nez
Title: Freedom
Author: Castiron
Rating: G


I am a free man again.

I do not know what turning of fate brought this about; I have only my release papers and a letter from an Englishman, Sherlock Holmes, telling me that my dear friend Anna died retrieving the documents that proved my innocence.

He writes his hopes that I will do honour to her memory. I shall.

The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez: Letter from a Mother

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
Title: Letter from a Mother
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

Dear Inspector Hopkins,

Thank you for your kind letter.  In the midst of my grief at the loss it gives me some comfort to know that my son died in the service of his employer.  We were all very proud of Willoughby and are glad to hear how highly he was valued by all who knew him.

Yours

Miriam Smith

The Golden Pince-Nez

[flawedamythyst.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure Of The Golden Pince-Nez
Author: flawedamythyst
Rating: PG
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
A/N: Because you know that's not the kind of ejaculating that Watson wanted to be doing.


Typical. A day spent waiting for Holmes to lose interest in his ancient document and turn his attention to me instead, in order to indulge in the only proper occupation for such a wet night, then Hopkins arrives, sets Holmes's brain onto a puzzle, and falls asleep, most inconveniently, on our sofa. I shall expire from frustration at this rate.


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