The Adventure of the Second Stain: The Nameless Decade

[vaysh]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Second Stain
Title: The Nameless Decade
Author: vaysh
Rating: G
Words: 60
Author's Note: This drabble is set on the evening of 1 August 1914, when Germany declared war on Russia.


This Saturday evening, I go through my old notes. A slip of paper falls from the diary marked 1881 - 89. In my friend's unmistakable hand it has the Kaiser written on it. For twenty-six years I held on to this memento from Holmes' most distinguished case. Today, with Europe on the brink of war, his supposition seems like prophecy.

Comments

[vaysh]

Thank you so much. I was very much intrigued that in the ACD story, Holmes writes the name of the foreign potentate on a slip of paper whereas in the Granada film adaptation, we never know for sure whether Holmes guessed who he was. I found several sources that agree that William II is the most likely candidate.