A Case of Identity: Reality Check

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Canon story: A Case of Identity
Title: Reality Check
Author: morelindo
Rating: G
Author's Notes: "I forgot that I had not seen you for some weeks."

Were it not for the elaborate items of jewellery, Watson might have been inclined to consider Holmes' outlandish tales mere fabrication - the kind of thing one might tell a friend to disguise the fact that one has spent two weeks indoors, oscillating between the cocaine bottle and the hair-trigger.

But the trinkets existed, and so, he supposed, all was well.

A Case of Identity: Motto of the Firm

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Canon story: A Case of Identity
Title: Motto of the Firm
Author: tripleransom
Rating: G



Motto of the Firm

"Holmes, shall you inform Miss Sutherland of her stepfather's deception?" I enquired.
"She will not listen," he said indifferently. "Women of her sort never do."
"Nonetheless, it seems an unnecessary cruelty not to tell her. I believe you should make the attempt."
"If it will make you happy," he responded.
"It will," I said. "After all, you can but try."