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Canon Story: A Scandal in Bohemia
Title: The Persistence of Memory
Author: [livejournal.com profile] tripleransom
Rating: G


The Persistence of Memory

Her photograph sits upon my desk, the sovereign she gave me is on my watch chain. Watson referred to her as 'the late Irene Adler of dubious and questionable memory.'

I take up my violin and play the song I heard her sing as I posed as an ostler.

I very much regret that our paths can never cross again.

Date: 2015-02-08 02:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jcporter1.livejournal.com
Doyle knew how to make Holmes deliciously human yet out of reach of human entrapment.

Date: 2015-02-08 02:15 pm (UTC)
debriswoman: (cat and mouse)
From: [personal profile] debriswoman
So sad
Very well put.

re: The Persistence of Memory

Date: 2015-02-08 04:16 pm (UTC)
vaysh: (Holmes/Watson canon)
From: [personal profile] vaysh
I love how you pick up on the two mementos that Holmes kept of Irene Adler, the sovereign and the photograph. An wonderfully melancholy drabble.

Date: 2015-02-08 05:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
I suspect Holmes would have enjoyed another encounter with Mrs Norton - he wasn't often bested.

Date: 2015-02-08 06:00 pm (UTC)
ext_1620665: knight on horseback (Default)
From: [identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com
So poignant. A wonderful friendship that never was.

Date: 2015-02-08 07:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mundungus42.livejournal.com
I love that in the Granada version we get to hear her sing, which makes me particularly love that you put it at the heart of your ficlet. What poignant tributes to a worthy adversary! Well done, and thank you!

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