The Musgrave Ritual: The Balkan Blend

[vaysh]

Canon Story: The Musgrave Ritual
Title: The Balkan Blend
Author: vaysh11
Rating: PG (for smoking)
Author's Notes: I researched what type of tobacco Holmes would smoke but found nothing. (We know that Watson liked to smoke a blend called 'Arcadia'.) 'Lewis' in the drabble refers to Robert Lewis, a tobacco retailer who during the late 19th century owned one of the biggest cigar shops in London.


The evening came when Holmes searched the flat for Lewis' latest shipment, a special Balkan blend.

I wordlessly handed him the instructions I had prepared.

After much stepping around the flat, counting and measuring, the sweet smell of tobacco finally wafted upwards from the settee.

"'Beside the pipe-rack'," Holmes muttered, in a tone of disgruntled affection, "would have quite sufficed."

Comments

[marta-bee.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's quite funny! I can imagine John taking advantage of Sherlock's obsessive puzzle-solving drive and quite enjoying it. Nice one.

[vaysh]

Thank you so much. I am quite pleased that you see the humour in this. The story the drabble refers to has the same kind of boys-treasuring-hunting quality. :)