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Canon Story: The Man With the Twisted Lip
Title: Watson, I Need You
Author: [livejournal.com profile] tripleransom
Rating: G



Watson, I Need You

I wondered why Holmes was so insistent that I should accompany him at a moment's notice. Though it was already very late, I followed him as always, without demur. We drove the whole way to Lee in silence.

When we pulled up outside the house and saw Mrs St. Clair waiting eagerly at the door, I suddenly understood his reason.

Date: 2015-03-16 03:58 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com
Oh, yes - I'm aware of this theory ^_^

To be honest, I don't buy it though. I think poor Mrs. St. Clair is being libelled rather. She's seems so fond of her husband - so worried about him and so relieved to have received his note. And planning to commit adultery when her husband was missing, possibly murdered, would be extraordinarily cold behaviour.

I think Holmes is simply missing Watson personally, and also missing him being a conductor of light for his cases.

Date: 2015-03-16 07:14 pm (UTC)
vaysh: (Holmes/Watson canon)
From: [personal profile] vaysh
She's seems so fond of her husband - so worried about him and so relieved to have received his note. That. Mrs St. Clair even goes so far to say she felt her husband cut himself, when he was in another room. Hers is a very intense emotional attachment, I think, to her husband.

I know some readers are keen to attach Sherlock Holmes to a woman, but ACD is very clear that such an arrangement is furthest from Holmes' mind. ;)

Date: 2015-03-16 10:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com
Well, actually the theory is that Mrs. St. Clair is interested in Holmes but the interest is not returned ^^ So Holmes wants Watson there to make sure Mrs. St. Clair leaves him alone.

But as I say, I don't buy it - I really can't see Mrs. St. Clair thinking about an affair in these circumstances ^^

Date: 2015-03-16 10:40 pm (UTC)
vaysh: (Holmes/Watson canon)
From: [personal profile] vaysh
People are odd, is all I am saying. There is not a shred of a hint in the entire story that Mrs Claire wants anything else from Holmes than for him to find her husband. ;)

Date: 2015-03-16 07:10 pm (UTC)
vaysh: (Holmes/Watson canon)
From: [personal profile] vaysh
I've only been made aware of any "theories" regarding Holmes and Mrs St. Clair through scfrankles' comment. :)

I read your drabble - perhaps naively - to mean that Holmes realises he is not as helpful around women as Watson is, and he fears that the case will come to a bad end. He needs Watson at his side to deal with Mrs St. Clair's possible breakdown, should bad news arrive. I really like Holmes' concern for Mrs St. Clair in ACD's story, but to me it's clearly the concern of an acquaintance and not of a lover.

Date: 2015-03-16 11:43 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com
Oh, I see. Yes, I can go with that ^^

I'm really not comfortable about the theory in the New Annotated that Mrs. St. Clair was after Holmes - but I can agree with your idea of Holmes not understanding her motives and getting the wrong end of the stick. Or simply being uncomfortable at the thought of being alone with a young woman.

Date: 2015-03-17 04:09 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] debriswoman
Fascinating...I found the other comments interesting, and lean more towards Holmes discomfort around the opposite sex, than I do to fear of complications.

Date: 2015-03-17 06:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
I'd go with Holmes being grateful for Watson's support, especially as he was much better with potentially tearful clients than Holmes.

Date: 2015-03-23 01:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tardisjournal.livejournal.com
Excellent! Yes, I can well understand why Holmes would be reluctant to face an anxious wife alone, especially because at that point he was fairly certain that St. Clair was dead. He probably was afraid she'd break down, and thought that Waston would be the better man for the job of soothing her.

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