The Three Gables: Felony

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Canon Story: The Three Gables
Title: Felony
Author: winryweiss
Rating: G
Notes: Watson's PoV.

Many thanks to hardboiledbaby for her useful suggestions and help with proofreading.


Sherlock Holmes shrugged his shoulders. "Well, well," said he, "I suppose I shall have to compound a felony as usual."


I didn’t even bat an eye after Holmes’ statement.

Nevertheless, I tried to count the occasions we became criminals in the eyes of the law. If memory serves, that would be at least 39 cases of breaking and entering and 24 of suppressing the evidence.

And once we locked Lestrade in a pantry.

Needless to say, the Inspector wasn't amused.


100 words extension.

In my mind I tried to count all those occasions we became criminals in the eyes of the law. If memory serves, there were at least 39 different cases of breaking and entering, 24 of suppressing evidence, and two times we deemed the culprits to be justified in their actions and allowed them to escape.

Oh, and once we locked Lestrade in a pantry so that our informer could depart safely.

Needless to say, the Inspector was not appeased by our apologies for our 'carelessness.' "Ought to arrest the pair of you for interfering," he'd grumbled.

If he only knew.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Nice one. I'm sure Lestrade had his suspicions as to what was going on ;)

[winryweiss.livejournal.com]

Oh, he certainly did. ^^
Though I'm afraid he will rather never voice them.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

And once we locked Lestrade in a pantry. The amount of laughter forthcoming after this brief statement nearly edged over into hysteria ^__^ I was almost sorry to get the explanation as to why they'd done it ^^ And I love how calm Watson is about the fact he and Holmes are habitual criminals.

[winryweiss.livejournal.com]

^^
When it serves the greater good, Holmes & Watson won't restrict themselves by the limitations of the law. Even if it means temporarily clearing away its representatives. ^.~

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Thanks for 2 good fics. I admit I did prefer the 100 with the explanation, but the 60 has its own zing.

(A bit surprised the scores were so low, especially the last.)

[winryweiss.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm afraid that despite the enormous temptation, locking up the good Inspector into confined spaces would have no great purpose. ... Most of the time. ^^

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

LOL! Those numbers sound about right. Maybe even a little low given Holmes's single-minded propensity to go after what he needs and not care about the pesky restrictions of the law. ;)

Great job making the difficult cuts to get this down to 60 words! I think I prefer the shorter one, actually. The economy of words leaves a lot to the imagination. :)

[winryweiss.livejournal.com]

And Watson didn't even deemed necessary to count all those other minor offences. ^^

[godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com]

Thanks for a much-needed giggle.

I'm surprised Lestrade was locked in a pantry only the once.

[winryweiss.livejournal.com]

^^ You're welcomed.
And don't be surprised. Lestrade simply paid more attention afterwards.