The Sign of Four, Chs. 9-??: Workhouse Cough

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Title: The Sign of Four, Chs. 9-??: Workhouse Cough
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: Angst
Summary: A rare actor indeed.

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It was easy enough to portray the old mariner – simple observation of such fellows at the docks, coupled with deduction of what came from seamanship and what from a lifetime of poverty.

But to act pleased for Watson, who exhibited all the signs of falling irrevocably in love with a girl who offered a life of respectability and romance? Impossible.