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sherlock60Canon Story: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Title: Watson’s Diary
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Rating: G
Author's Notes: You are aware that I am not a very sound sleeper… (Chap. 8) A companion piece to my previous HOUN 60.
Monday
Exhausted. Woken four times last night by Holmes’ experiments.
Will experiment myself— with earplugs.
Tuesday
Plugs useless. Will try bandages around ears.
Wednesday
Bandages kept noise out. Unfortunately didn’t keep Holmes out.
Roused at 3 for case.
Thursday
Six blissful hours of slumber.
Wonder how often I can get away with “accidentally” locking Holmes in Mrs. Hudson’s broom cupboard.
Title: Watson’s Diary
Author:
scfranklesRating: G
Author's Notes: You are aware that I am not a very sound sleeper… (Chap. 8) A companion piece to my previous HOUN 60.
Monday
Exhausted. Woken four times last night by Holmes’ experiments.
Will experiment myself— with earplugs.
Tuesday
Plugs useless. Will try bandages around ears.
Wednesday
Bandages kept noise out. Unfortunately didn’t keep Holmes out.
Roused at 3 for case.
Thursday
Six blissful hours of slumber.
Wonder how often I can get away with “accidentally” locking Holmes in Mrs. Hudson’s broom cupboard.
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Date: 2014-05-11 11:38 am (UTC)Mrs Hudson complaining of lack of sleep.
Will have to find alternative cupboard.
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Date: 2014-05-11 07:20 pm (UTC)Holmes has got wise to the cupboard trick and has gone back to the all-night experiments. Am considering marriage as an act of self-defence. Or perhaps I could share lodgings with that nice Inspector Lestrade...
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Date: 2014-05-11 07:31 pm (UTC)Lestrade extremely sympathetic to my plight and would be happy for me to stay. The bed in his spare room is quite small, but we established that it would be sufficient for the purpose.
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Date: 2014-05-11 07:42 pm (UTC)Haven't been out of bed for two days. In order to catch up on sleep. Obviously.
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Date: 2014-05-11 08:15 pm (UTC)Received a telegram from Holmes, saying COME AT ONCE.
Sent one back saying NOT CONVENIENT
Received a reply saying COME ANYWAY
Ignored it.
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Date: 2014-05-11 08:29 pm (UTC)Lestrade had to return to work. Though naturally that is no concern of mine.
Went to visit Mrs. Hudson. While trying to find my erstwhile landlady, I somehow became locked in her broom cupboard myself.
Monday
Holmes is quite right - a concentrated atmosphere does helps a concentration of thought. I was still pretty happy though when Mrs. Hudson returned from her weekend at her sister's and let me out again. Sucking on a damp mop for sustenance can become tiresome after a while.
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Date: 2014-05-12 07:38 am (UTC)The carrier arrived for my belongings today. Mrs Hudson sorry to see me leave. Holmes ignoring me.
Wednesday
Disorientated when I woke up to find Holmes telling me about an urgent case. Not entirely sure he believed me when I said it was a bolster next to me in the bed.
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Date: 2014-05-12 02:54 pm (UTC)Managed to get Holmes to leave by telling him I would follow him immediately, once I was dressed. Then barricaded the front door and went back to bed.
At day-break I engaged a locksmith and, at my own expense, had new locks fitted on the front and back doors, and a double lock fitted on my bedroom.
Thursday
Awoke to the unmistakable sounds of Holmes doing experiments in Lestrade's sitting room. There was a huge explosion and I had to throw myself on the bolster to protect
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Date: 2014-05-12 05:44 pm (UTC)Holmes appeared unperturbed if slightly singed. When I remarked that his presence at that time in the morning was unwelcome, he raised an eyebrow (at least I think that's what he was doing, since he didn't actually have one to raise). And said that he was merely occupying himself until such time as I should rise.
I told him that I would join him once I was dressed, but he appeared not to believe me and insisted on waiting just outside the bedroom door. At one point he asked me what I was doing with the bolster, but I was unable to answer as I had my nightshirt over my head.
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Date: 2014-05-12 07:42 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-05-12 09:38 pm (UTC)Finally got out of the bedroom, only slightly out of breath. Holmes was staring over my shoulder but I slammed the door, and I'd hidden the bolster under the bed anyway.
Then Holmes suddenly declared that he had to speak to Lestrade and headed for Lestrade's chamber. In desperation, I told Holmes he was a genius and asked him to relate all his deductions so far for the current case. We were halfway to the scene of the crime before he remembered that Lestrade existed.
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Date: 2014-05-12 10:22 pm (UTC)Went back to Baker Street with Holmes. Left whilst he had gone into his room to retrieve some newspaper cuttings, locking the doors as I went. Discovered I had used Holmes' keys once I was back at my new lodgings.
Looking forward to an undisturbed night.
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Date: 2014-05-13 10:33 am (UTC)As it turned out, I didn't get much sleep in the end.
Thank heavens Holmes wasn't there to disturb us.
Sunday
I'm sleeping so well now I'm away from Baker Street. Utter bliss.
Monday
Baker Street! Oh, dear God. I never went back to unlock Holmes.
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Date: 2014-05-14 09:03 pm (UTC)Turns out that Holmes hadn't realised that there was a problem until Sunday, since he hadn't needed to go out. He only noticed when Stanley Hopkins called round with something he wished to consult Holmes about. Hopkins climbed in through the window, apparently ripping his trousers in the process.
Not sure why he remained in 221B rather than just repairing them.
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Date: 2014-05-15 07:15 pm (UTC)Popped round to Baker Street to see how Holmes was doing. Hopkins was still there, and was still without any trousers! I offered to go round to his lodgings and get a fresh pair for the poor chap myself. He was greatly pleased and enthusiastic about the idea--practically pushed me out the door, he was so keen for me to go.
When I got back to Baker Street, Hopkins was nowhere to be found. So I put my head round the door of Holmes' bedroom. He'd already retired to bed but said I could leave the trousers on top of his chest of drawers.
Oddly, Holmes has started sleeping with a bolster. He said he was encouraged by my example.
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Date: 2014-05-16 07:44 am (UTC)Happened to mention the bolster to Lestrade when we were having breakfast together. Also the strange case of Hopkins' trousers.
Lestrade laughed so much he dropped toast crumbs
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Date: 2014-05-16 07:00 pm (UTC)I was scrubbing marmalade off the bed sheets when Lestrade popped in to have the last of the cold beef as his midday meal.
As he ate, he told me that he'd invited Holmes and Hopkins over to take dinner with us. I paused in the midst of the laundry, and informed him that it was a nice idea but surely Hopkins would be getting a little tired of Holmes' company by now. Inexplicably, Lestrade had another attack of laughter, and I ended up with chewed boiled beef in the sink.
"You've got such a wonderful sense of humour," he said, and leaned over to give me a-- Very hearty handshake.
Cannot help but feel I'm missing something important.
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Date: 2014-05-16 09:42 pm (UTC)Dinner yesterday was a very pleasant affair. Holmes and Hopkins didn't stay very late, saying that they had something they needed to check up on. I was almost jealous that they were doing something without me, until Lestrade pointed out that we too needed to do something.
Slept late this morning. Lestrade's landlady concerned that I may not have been able to sleep well during the night, as she was sure she had heard my bed creaking in the night. Assured her that it was okay, just a recurrence of something that had happened occasionally when I was in Afghanistan.
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Date: 2014-05-18 09:29 am (UTC)Friday
Decided to write up an old case for publication but realised I had left the relevant notebook at Baker Street. When I went to retrieve my notes, I found Holmes absent but I pottered back downstairs to exchange a few pleasantries with Mrs. Hudson before I returned to my lodgings.
As I passed by her broom cupboard, I was startled to hear muffled cries coming from within. Naturally I immediately pulled on the handle--the door gave a little but appeared to be jammed. There was a brief tug-of-war with the wretched thing and then I managed to wrench the door fully open. Inside the cupboard I found Holmes and Hopkins--apparently that faulty lock had struck again!
My heart went out to my two friends. They looked so rumpled: red in the face and perspiring profusely. Though it was strange. They aren't usually the kind of men to panic so easily.
And does Hopkins ever go home? Anyone would think that young man lived at Baker Street.
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Date: 2017-08-06 10:02 pm (UTC)You are just wonderful:-p
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Date: 2014-05-11 07:05 pm (UTC)He's probably well known for snoozing at the baths and his club.
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Date: 2014-05-11 07:26 pm (UTC)That's probably why Watson joined the club - just so he could go and have a nap from time to time ^^
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Date: 2014-05-11 07:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-11 07:53 pm (UTC)re: Watson’s Diary
Date: 2014-05-12 07:44 pm (UTC)And this is obviously why Watson needs to be a member of a club.
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