The Adventure of the Abbey Grange: "I trust your judgment."

[methylviolet10b]

Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Sherlock Holmes, Doctor John Watson
Summary: Holmes reacts to Watson's words.
Warnings: Mild spoilers for ABBE.
Word Count: 60, plus an extended-play version (100 words). The title is a quote from the story.
Author's Notes: 60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own them.

ABBE – "I trust your judgment."
Four little words, and an apt summation of a cornerstone of our relationship. My Watson does trust my judgment, and so I wake him before dawn; pull him off trains at the last moment; fill his ears with my conjectures; count on his support without explaining myself.

He trusts my judgment. It is a priceless gift, and a heavy responsibility.

Extended-play version (100 words):
Four little words, a simple phrase, but as apt a summation of one of the cornerstones of our relationship as could ever be expressed in language. My Watson does trust my judgment, and so I wake him at the crack of dawn; pull him off of a homeward train at the last moment; fill his ears with my conjectures; count on his support even when I fail to explain myself. He extends this trust unhesitatingly, even when circumstances – and in some cases, past actions – logically argue otherwise.

He trusts my judgment. It is a priceless gift, and a heavy responsibility.

Comments

Sunday, 23 June 2013

[livejournal.livejournal.com]

User thisprettywren referenced to your post from Sunday, 23 June 2013 (http://holmesian-news.livejournal.com/296217.html) saying: [...] by (Holmes, Watson | G | ACD) I Trust Your Judgment [...]

[debriswoman]

Nicely done:-)
And very perceptive:-)

[methylviolet10b]

Thank you! That line really jumped off the page at me this week - and really, it explains a lot.

[debriswoman]

It does indeed:-)

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

He extends this trust unhesitatingly, even when circumstances – and in some cases, past actions – logically argue otherwise.

So true. It's a great allusion to Reichenbach and becomes lovely foreshadowing for their next case: The Devil's Foot.

Well done.

[methylviolet10b]

You attribute more cleverness to me than I can truthfully claim (particularly since it had totally slipped my mind that DEVI was next), but I'm delighted you liked this. Thank you!