The Dying Detective: The Long Suffering Landlady

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Canon Story: The Dying Detective
Title: The Long Suffering Landlady
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

“Mr Holmes, you have tried my patience too far this time.”

The furious tones of our landlady reached me as I started upstairs towards our rooms.  I opened the door carefully, prepared to make a hasty exit should that prove necessary.  The greater part of our sitting room, together with Holmes himself, was covered in soot.  I tiptoed quietly away.


And this one I blame scfrankles for:

“Mr Holmes, my broom cupboard is for brooms.  If I open it once more and find somebody else in there I shall store my brooms in your bed, next to the bolster.  And can you tell me why your bolster unexpectedly sneezed when I went into your bedroom to dust this morning?  You presume upon my good nature too much.”

Comments

[debriswoman]

Discretion seems wise, Watson...
Mrs Hudson is a saint:-)

:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

re: The Long-Suffering Landlady

[vaysh]

Ah, the trials and tribulations of Mrs. Hudson. These are wonderful and hilarious. Mrs Hudson really has a lot to put up with from Holmes, his experiments, his visitors, his antics. :) And his sneezing bolster! Never forget that one.

Re: The Long-Suffering Landlady

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Poor Mrs Hudson - I felt sorry for her when Watson listed what she had to cope with.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Thank you for these Mrs Hudson vignettes.

I love the sneezing bolster. And of the first, truly, there are some times when even Watson won't back Holmes.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

My pleasure. Watson knows when spending a few hours at his club would be a very good idea ;)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see you finally came up with a way to continue "Watson's Diary" :P (Just been working on it a bit myself ^_^) Very amusing - I would imagine Mrs. Hudson has had more than enough of men playing hide and seek in her cupboard ^_^ (And I would imagine that Mrs. Hudson does indeed know what Holmes and Hopkins are up to but she's a tolerant woman ^^)

And I really don't think Mrs. Hudson can be as passive as Watson makes her out to be. Holmes is lucky to get away with just being covered in soot *giggles*

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

After everything else, there are men in the broom cupboard - how is a poor landlady to get anything done!

I had to resort to Mrs Hudson though, rather than Watson, so it didn't really count as "Watson's Diary".