The Priory School - Avarice

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Canon Story: The Adventure of the Priory School
Title: Avarice
Author: snycock
Category: gen
Rating: PG
Warnings: spoilers for The Adventure of the Priory School

Holmes put down his bow. “My dear, you are perturbed with me.”

I could not deny it. “I was surprised that you took the duke’s check so… eagerly.”

“I spoke to him in the only language he understood,” Holmes said. “He expected avarice from others, so avarice I gave him. Else he would not have trusted me with his secrets.”