Silver Blaze and The Beryl Coronet

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I'm still to catch up on the stories I missed in the last few months, so here are a couple more very late entries:

Canon Story: Silver Blaze
Title: Notes on the Prerequisites for Deductive Success
Author: Mary Sutherland
Rating: PG

The ideal investigator must possess the ability to ascertain facts correctly, in order to provide a solid base on which to erect his theories. He also needs the imagination to search for those facts which his hypotheses imply, followed by the discipline to discard any theories which later discoveries contradict. Above all, however, he requires Watson as a sounding board.

Canon Story: The Beryl Coronet
Title: Cherchez la femme
Author: Mary Sutherland
Rating: PG-13

When a beautiful orphan remains unmarried for five years, the most likely problem is a lack of fortune. Yet Mary Holder refused to marry her cousin, despite his fine prospects. Surely one should hypothesise the existence of another beau, who sought hard cash as well as Miss Holder's love. And who might that suitor plausibly be but Sir George Burnwell?