The Golden Pince-Nez: All Virtuous Folk
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Title: The Golden Pince-Nez: All Virtuous Folk
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: Crackish postulation. Possibly more than two people involved.
Summary: “All virtuous folk have been long in bed” – and these two are still up. Hmmm….
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“Watson, the Yoxley case…” Holmes glared over my manuscript. “Your description of Hopkins’ visit.”
“Yes?” I said blandly.
“Stressing his youth? My hoping Hopkins had ‘no designs upon us’ even as I make him welcome like an intimate? A subtle attack on his virtue?”
“Should I have told the whole truth?” I drawled.
“…We’d all be in Reading,” Holmes conceded.
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: Crackish postulation. Possibly more than two people involved.
Summary: “All virtuous folk have been long in bed” – and these two are still up. Hmmm….
***
“Watson, the Yoxley case…” Holmes glared over my manuscript. “Your description of Hopkins’ visit.”
“Yes?” I said blandly.
“Stressing his youth? My hoping Hopkins had ‘no designs upon us’ even as I make him welcome like an intimate? A subtle attack on his virtue?”
“Should I have told the whole truth?” I drawled.
“…We’d all be in Reading,” Holmes conceded.