Perhaps Holmes felt constrained by the Christmas season - especially in front of Watson.
I admit the Catherine part isn't very tidy. To me it would seem in character for Holmes to drop a word of warning in Catherine's ear. It's more likely to take than with Ryder.
If the diamond continue to be considered stolen, Ryder is going to find it difficult to get a job. He might live with his sister and brother in law, and even do a bit of work for them. On the other hand, the police probably will be looking for him, they're not that dense. Being desperate, and having at least one friend who's a crook, I'm not sure at all Ryder wouldn't end up a career crook. Safe, weaselly, little jobs, of course; but he thought this one was safe.
Holmes does seem to know quite a bit about the Countess. Maybe he can arrange for the diamond to have only been lost? For all we know, the Countess might feel Christmassy, too; once she has the stone back.
Being insufficiently timid in drawing my inferences, I'll guess from a purple dressing gown, that the dressing gown was new, from not being his purple..., and that it was definitely purple. Now, Holmes doesn't seem the sort to buy purple, and clients don't give detective dressing gowns. Snuff boxes, yes; but not dressing gowns. Considering who was on clothes giving terms with Sherlock Holmes, and who very well might have a running joke with him about hand me downs, this could be considered the first intimationWatson received of Mycroft.
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Date: 2015-03-22 04:29 pm (UTC)I admit the Catherine part isn't very tidy. To me it would seem in character for Holmes to drop a word of warning in Catherine's ear. It's more likely to take than with Ryder.
If the diamond continue to be considered stolen, Ryder is going to find it difficult to get a job. He might live with his sister and brother in law, and even do a bit of work for them. On the other hand, the police probably will be looking for him, they're not that dense. Being desperate, and having at least one friend who's a crook, I'm not sure at all Ryder wouldn't end up a career crook. Safe, weaselly, little jobs, of course; but he thought this one was safe.
Holmes does seem to know quite a bit about the Countess. Maybe he can arrange for the diamond to have only been lost? For all we know, the Countess might feel Christmassy, too; once she has the stone back.
Being insufficiently timid in drawing my inferences, I'll guess from a purple dressing gown, that the dressing gown was new, from not being his purple..., and that it was definitely purple. Now, Holmes doesn't seem the sort to buy purple, and clients don't give detective dressing gowns. Snuff boxes, yes; but not dressing gowns. Considering who was on clothes giving terms with Sherlock Holmes, and who very well might have a running joke with him about hand me downs, this could be considered the first intimationWatson received of Mycroft.