Canon Discussion Post: The Stockbroker's Clerk

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It's canon discussion time! What did you all think of The Stockbroker's Clerk? As always, I've written up a few of my own random thoughts and questions, which are behind the jump. Add your own in the comments!

There's no Granada episode to discuss this week, but we'll have one next week.

( Onward to canon talk - The Stockbroker's Clerk )

The Stockbroker's Clerk: Awake

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Canon Story: The Stockbroker's Clerk
Title: Awake
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: G
Author's Note: I love the beginning of this story. Holmes and Watson are both so adorably excited to be working together again. I had this mental image of Watson bounding up the stairs to tell his wife before he left.


She was still asleep, so Watson whispered into the darkness. "Mary? Blossom, are you awake?"

"Mmm. What is it? A patient? What time is it?"

"It's only half six. No, please, stay in bed. I'm going out today, but I should be home tonight."

"Should be? Oh." Mary smiled against the pillow. "Give my best to Mr. Holmes, won't you?"

The Stockbroker's Clerk: Right Enough

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Canon Story: The Stockbroker's Clerk
Title: Right Enough
Author: tripleransom
Rating: G


That Doctor Watson, he's a good bloke. Spoke up for me in that nasty business with Beddington , he did. Said how me coming to Mr. Holmes was what put the Yard on the track to solving the crime.
He and Mr. Holmes got Mawson's to take me back. It's not 500 quid a year, but it'll do, right enough.

The Adventure of the Stock-broker's Clerk: The Wrong Moustache

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Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Sherlock Holmes, Hall Pycroft, Doctor John Watson
Summary: Holmes has an interesting new case, but something is missing. 
Warnings:  Mild spoilers for STOC.
Word Count: 60, plus an extended-play version, plus the quote from the story that inspired this in italics.
Author's Notes:  60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own them.

"The man whom I found myself facing was a well built, fresh-complexioned young fellow, with a frank, honest face and a slight, crisp, yellow moustache."

STOC – The Wrong Moustache

The case seemed promising, yet something was missing. I kept expecting to see another face, one with eyes alight with curiosity, his fuller, military moustache twitching with each change of mood.

It had been three months since I had seen him.

“We will detour on our way to the station, Mr. Pycroft. My associate might be helpful in your case…”

Extended-play version (100 words):

The case seemed promising, exactly what I wanted to relieve the tedium.

Yet something remained missing, incomplete. My client sat in the chair opposite, and I could not help seeing the other man who had often sat there, his eyes alight with curiosity, his fuller, military moustache twitching as he smiled or grew thoughtful.

It had been three months since I had seen him. And although time was pressing, I suddenly resolved not to let another hour pass.

“We will detour on our way to the station, Mr. Pycroft. I believe my associate might be substantially helpful in your case…”

The Stockbroker's Clerk: The Watson's Cat

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Canon Story: The Stokebroker's Clerk
Title: The Watson's Cat (part of The Ocelot Tales)
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

The good doctor had indeed had a severe chill for a few days the previous week.  Had Mr Holmes come to see him sooner he would have been able to deduce this not just from the doctor’s scorched slippers but also from my rather yellowed paws, where I too had fallen asleep with my legs too close to the fire.

The Stockbroker's Clerk: Reading the Account

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Canon Story: The Stockbroker’s Clerk
Title: Reading the account
Author: trillsabells
Rating: G

It was with a certain amount of horror that he discovered Watson had published the case of Hall Pycroft. Surely there could be nothing but condemnation in Watson’s retelling. He would certainly be painted as a fool for rushing off to Birmingham and the death of the watchman placed on his shoulders. He could not bear to read Watson’s disappointment.

The Copper Beeches: No Fool

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Canon Story: COPP
Title: No Fool
Author: Chess Ka
Rating: G
A/N. Just catching up! This is Mr Fowler's POV.

Rucastle thought he was clever. He thought that beautiful auburn hair, a slim figure and a blue dress would fool me. To him, Alice was a doll, a prize, no more than her pretty features.

I knew her, though, and she was not the girl in the window. I had to do something. I would not be kept from Alice.

The Stockbroker's Clerk: Separation

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Canon Story: The Stockbroker's Clerk
Title: Separation
Author:1 hisietari
Rating: G
Author's Notes: What happened so far: James Moriarty's youngest sister Mercy plants her spy Mary Morstan on Doctor Watson. Sherlock Holmes, backed by Mycroft, starts to investigate against the professor, while the eldest Moriarty sister Jane supports the Holmes brothers.
- I was looking for an explanation as to why SH was so sparse in contacting his best friend, apart from butthurt and wife-o-phobia.


“Why would your sister be interested in weakening Sherlock’s deductive strength?” Mycroft asked.
“Maybe she doesn’t like her opponents to grow too powerful, or maybe her plan to spy on him through Mary Morstan failed.” Jane said. “No matter what, we must make sure John Watson doesn’t learn anything about the actions against my brother.”
Mycroft nodded.
“We’re too close.”