The Copper Beeches: Dr Holmes

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Canon Story: The Copper Beeches
Title: Dr Holmes
Author: Mary Sutherland
Rating: PG


I would not wish a sister of mine to take up the position offered at The Copper Beeches, but what occupation would be suited to such a hypothetical maiden if she possessed the same analytical mind and unsocial temperament as myself and Mycroft? Hardly headmistress material, like Miss Hunter. Yet I believe lady doctors now exist: perhaps that might suit.

Comments

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

This is a very apt thought: what would a woman with Holmes' intellect do in his world? And I love the answer -- be a doctor, making connections and leaps of logic with symptoms rather than clues. That's something I always think about with Watson, and it works so beautifully here too.