The Resident Patient: Judgement

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Canon Story: The Resident Patient
Title: Judgement
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: PG

“Even at this late hour, you would plead for mercy.  You, who knowingly sent Cartwright to his death, when it was you who murdered the caretaker.  You have two deaths on your conscience; we shall have none.  For this will be a judicial hanging for the murder of our comrade.  And may the Lord have no mercy on your soul.”

Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Thanks for these strong sixty words.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[debriswoman]

Quite a chilling scene...

Well done:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I always felt there had to be more to it than was revealed at the trial.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

That's an excellent interpretation. In the original story the hanging seems straightforwardly gruesome - a group of men getting their revenge. You've given it a bit more moral ambiguity. I didn't think about Blessington/Sutton possibly being the real murderer - that would have been a compelling reason to turn informer and try and pin the blame elsewhere.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Blessington/Sutton was acknowledged as the worst of the gang. No doubt Cartwright protested his innocense, but no-one would believe him when he accused Sutton.

[vaysh]

Wow. A fascinating take on the hanging scene. Just from what Holmes detects in Blessington's room, there seems to have been more going on than just a straightforward hanging out of revenge.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

If Holmes was right and this was a trial where the verdict was death, I think it had to be more than just revenge.

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

This is so powerful, particularly the last line. The bank robbers sentencing their former comrade to death by hanging reminds me of Holmes and Watson exonerating Captain Croker in Abbey Grange. Brilliantly extrapolated and written!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.