The Dancing Men: Births, Marriages and Deaths

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Canon Story: The Dancing Men
Title: Births, Marriages and Deaths
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: “I stopped at a boarding-house in Russell Square, because Parker, the vicar of our parish, was staying in it.” “It was only after her marriage to this Englishman that I was able to find out where she was.” Maybe Slaney saw an old newspaper from England..?


“It’s a shame it will be such a quiet wedding,” said Mrs Whittaker. She had grown fond of her American boarder.

“They did not want any fuss,” the Reverend Parker explained.

“I would like to do something to wish them well…” Mrs Whittaker brightened. “I shall put an announcement in The Times!”

The clergyman nodded. “That could do no harm.”

Comments

[vaysh]

Like you, I was wondering why Slaney would only know about Elsie's whereabouts after the wedding. This is a lovely solution to the conundrum.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

It is a slightly ambiguous statement on Slaney's part. I suppose he may not have been saying that it was the marriage that allowed him to find Mrs Cubitt; he may have simply been saying that by the time he found her she was already married to someone else.

But a wedding is a public event - I think it is highly possible that it's what gave Elsie away in some manner.

[debriswoman]

Oh, very well done:-)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much ^_^

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

What could possibly go wrong?
(Famous last words!)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed ^^"

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

How very convincing and likely! Thank you.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Well, thank you too for your kind words ^_^

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

And thus began a tale to tax even Sherlock Holmes.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Yes, unfortunately... *sighs*