The Sign of the Four (Part Two): Fortune

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Canon Story: SIGN
Title: Fortune
Author: Chess Ka
Rating: G
A/.N: Mary again!

I tightened my hands together as the chest was opened. What would I do with such riches? It could not bring me friendship, or joy, or family. It would be an empty fortune. It was a selfish and unhappy thought, that what was in that box could drive away the golden-hearted man who had chanced to fall into my life.

Comments

[debriswoman]

Nicely done. Mary's POV works very well:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

This is lovely - it's really nice to see Mary longing for Watson and being afraid he would be driven away.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Insightful of Mary, very insightful.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

I wondered what Mary was thinking in the midst of all of this. She's terribly quiet about this monumental thing that will upend her life. It's sweet to hear her voice here, celebrating the loss as a much more worthy gain.