The Five Orange Pips: Taking Tea

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Five Orange Pips
Title: Taking Tea
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: My wife was on a visit to her mother's… “…it is more likely to be some crony of the landlady's."


“Your husband’s latest story is splendid,” said Mrs. Hudson.

“Yes, apart from the printers’ errors…” Mrs. Watson sipped her tea. “‘1887’, and myself at my ‘mother’s’. And poor Mama dead for twenty years! I was visiting my mother country—Scotland. Where I was born and went to school.”

She sighed.

“They’ll start to think John had more than one wife...”

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

So that's how the rumours began ;)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

From these small beginnings huge discussions grow... ^^

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

A very satisfying explanation.

I aso love the pictures of Mrs Hudson and Mrs Watson having tea together, and young Mary in Scotland.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

I like to think that Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Watson were friends to a certain extent ^_^ And Mrs. Watson must surely have had friends in Scotland from when she was at school. She'd want to go back from time to time ^^

[debriswoman]

Good save...I hope ACD was grateful:-p

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^_^ (And I doubt it. *looks grumpy*)

re: Taking Tea

[vaysh]

I simply love the imagine of Mary Watson and Mrs Hudson taking tea together and together about John Watson's stories about his detective adventures. :) (It totally sounds like a wonderful scenario for a Sherlock spin-offs :)). You explained the riddles of the story very well. :)

Re: Taking Tea

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^^ (I have actually written a rather daft little story in which Mrs. Hudson and Miss Morstan are the detectives in 221B, and Holmes and Watson are the landlords ^_^)

Re: Taking Tea

[vaysh]

Oh, this sounds awesome. Do you have a link? :)

And my apologies about this comment riddled with SpaG. I was shocked when the notification email just dropped into my mailbox. I definitely should not leave comments late at night.

Re: Taking Tea

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Here's the link: The Case Book of Mrs. Hudson (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1505969). (But I warn you - it's very, very silly ^^")

And really don't worry about the comment - I'm well aware of your normal high standard of English ^_^ (And you'd be most amused if I ever tried to leave you a comment in German ^^")