Shoscombe Old Place: Mrs Hudson is Not Amused (Again)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: Shoscombe Old Place
Title: Mrs Hudson is Not Amused (Again)
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

Mrs Hudson did not appreciate Holmes’ experiments with different types of glue.  It did not help that when she complained about the fresh marks on the carpet Holmes had tried to explain to her the significant differences between them.  That might have been why she told him to remove the fishing gear before she found an alternate use for it.

Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Well pointed out; and his offering to explain must indeed have been the final straw.

I hope he did bring her some fresh trout sometime.

[winryweiss.livejournal.com]

I hope he did bring her some fresh trout sometime.
A peace-offering?
... Actually ... I think Holmes does this a lot.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I suspect it was.

He did, although Watson had caught it ;)

[winryweiss.livejournal.com]

I'm rather curious what exactly would Mrs. Hudson do with the fishing gear ...
:D

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I believe she was planning to catch him in the keep net and then pushing him into the basket.

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

And here I was imagining something painful involving the hooks. I guess that would be a little extreme for such kindly lady, even as "not amused" as she was. :-p

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

That was an entirely practical consideration. The hooks might have involved blood, which would have dripped on the carpet, which would have been counter-productive :)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Little worried how much thought you've given this...

[godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com]

On a less grisly note (not the the gristle isn't highly amusing), those baskets and rods could make excellent kindling. Or perhaps the gear could be traded to a carpet merchant?

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

Good point! Can't have bloodstains on that poor abused carpet as well. It's suffered enough!

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

For some reason it was the "(again)" in the title that reduced me to helpless laughter :P

Oh, bless Holmes - thinking that Mrs. Hudson would share his scientific interest in glue ^_^ You'd think he'd have a better sense of self-preservation by this point ^^

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately it would appear not - Watson meanwhile had made a strategic withdrawal.

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

Glue? Oh dear. No wonder she was not amused!

Interestingly enough, Holmes's next project was the development of a solvent that could safely remove glue from carpets. Coincidence?

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Have you any idea how much glue has to go on a carpet before you can deliver a reliable solvent for it?

^Points to title^

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. There's no way this is going to end well, is there?

[godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com]

Poor Mrs. Hudson. I'm sure it didn't help when she discovered that the carpet had been glued over the spots where the floor had been damaged.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Indeed not. Holmes was forced to buy a rug to cover it up.