The Reigate Squires: A Puzzling Dream
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sherlock60Canon Story: The Reigate Squires
Title: A Puzzling Dream
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Rating: G
Author's Notes: ”…an odd volume of Pope's 'Homer,' two plated candlesticks, an ivory letter-weight, a small oak barometer, and a ball of twine are all that have vanished."
Watson dreamt of the burglars’ haul,
Trying to make sense of it all:
A weight doing work to the letter,
Though it’s long in the tooth.
A Pope and a glass of wood.
Sticks illuminating the truth.
What’s behind this extraordinary thing?
How long is a piece of string?
(“Watson. The burglars’ haul?
“The answer: it’s worth nothing at all.”)
A/N: Btw, a “glass” is a barometer. I'm not sure if this alternative term is still in common usage. Then again, I used to have a younger colleague who didn’t know what a barometer was…
Title: A Puzzling Dream
Author:
scfranklesRating: G
Author's Notes: ”…an odd volume of Pope's 'Homer,' two plated candlesticks, an ivory letter-weight, a small oak barometer, and a ball of twine are all that have vanished."
Watson dreamt of the burglars’ haul,
Trying to make sense of it all:
A weight doing work to the letter,
Though it’s long in the tooth.
A Pope and a glass of wood.
Sticks illuminating the truth.
What’s behind this extraordinary thing?
How long is a piece of string?
(“Watson. The burglars’ haul?
“The answer: it’s worth nothing at all.”)
A/N: Btw, a “glass” is a barometer. I'm not sure if this alternative term is still in common usage. Then again, I used to have a younger colleague who didn’t know what a barometer was…
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