The Solitary Cyclist: Bob Carruthers

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Solitary Cyclist
Author: scfrankles
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: “…I loved her, Mr. Holmes, and it is the only time that ever I knew what love was…”


Bob Carruthers
Said he’d never loved others.
Can’t have been much of a life
For his late wife.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

My thoughts entirely. I wonder what happened to her?

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

My guess is that she'd died young due to illness. Or perhaps in childbed? I hope that Carruthers was at least fond of her. Maybe it was a happy marriage in its way - it was just that neither spouse was experiencing a grand passion.