The Boscombe Valley Mystery: A Woman's Intuition

[vaysh]

I am much delayed in posting this drabble.

Canon Story: The Boscombe Valley Mystery
Title: A Woman's Intuition
Author: vaysh
Summary: Alice Turner is fastening upon Holmes.
Words: 60
Rating: G
Author's Note: The drabble references this line from the story: "Oh, Mr. Sherlock Holmes!" she cried, glancing from one to the other of us, and finally, with a woman's quick intuition, fastening upon my companion, "I am so glad that you have come.


"Oh, Mr Sherlock Holmes!"

Two gentlemen, so Mr Holmes has brought along his friend, the doctor. The younger, stouter man keeps to the shadows, eyes trained on his leaner, older companion. Is the great detective such a humble man? But his shirt collar is rucked up; the buttons to keep the points attached are left unfastened. For a stethoscope, presumably, slung around the neck –

"I am so glad that you have come."

Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Bravo! And thanks.

[vaysh]

Thank you. :)

[minervas-eule.livejournal.com]

*gg* - she has Mr. Holmes gift of keen observation and drawing the right conclusions, it seems ;-)
Very nice!!

[vaysh]

Let me say this: It was not easy to come up with a detail that Alice could observe that was as absurdly minute and yet somewhat plausible as the details ACD kept coming up for Holmes. :)

Thank you!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Excellent - an observer Holmes could approve of.

[vaysh]

I agree. :)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

That's such a great moment you've chosen to home (or indeed Holmes :P) in on.

The line is almost a backhanded compliment from Watson to Miss Turner. The implication is: men use reason, women use intuition. (Though intuition should never be knocked.) It's rather lovely that you have Miss Turner completely aware of her deductive process ^^

[vaysh]

*grins* I found it very funny how Watson will see "woman's intuition" when the same glance from Holmes would be "masculine powers of deduction". :) Intuition is sorely underrated in the ACD worlds.