The Stock-broker's Clerk: The Importance of Being Earnest.

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Canon Story:The Stock-broker's Clerk
Title: The Importance of Being Earnest
Author: sherlockholmes
Rating: G

"Where this time, John?"

"Birmingham, Dearest."

"And with reason?"

"Of course!"

"That being?"

"Haven't the foggiest."

"Home for dinner?"

"Unlikely."

"All right, go -- I do expect to hear all about it when you return."

Mary watched her husband leave the room to reunite with Holmes. John would make an excellent father one day. He had the same eagerness and delight for adventure as a child would, after all.