The Man With The Twisted Lip: Another Set of Vices

[morelindo.livejournal.com]

I apologise for my tardiness with this.

Canon Story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Title: Another Set of Vices
Author: morelindo
Words: 60
Rating: G
Author's Notes: Title is from this canon quote from STUD: "'I keep a bull pup,' I said, 'and I object to row, because my nerves are shaken, and I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy. I have another set of vices when I'm well, but those are the pricipal ones at present.'"

The St. Clair case brought how to me first-hand the potential liberties that a disguise might afford a man. Holmes’ skill at them having been so instrumental in solving the mystery, I could not help but wonder what other places, apart from opium dens, he might gain access to – and whether he had yet another set of vices besides narcotics.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

It is entirely possible this is the case.

[morelindo.livejournal.com]

Which is why Holmes' bolt-holes are one of my favourite things. So many possibilities.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

An intriguing question... I love the way you've got Watson applying his own phrase to Holmes. An elegant reversal - and a reminder that Watson is not as unobservant as Holmes sometimes thinks.

[morelindo.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
Watson definitely observes more than he gets credit for. He's a *writer* after all.

[debriswoman]

There are always possibilities...
Nicely done:-)

[morelindo.livejournal.com]

Indeed, indeed, possibilities are why we're here :)

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

A very good question! We (and Watson) will get to see some of Holmes's other disguises but we never do find out what he might be doing in his "personal" life with them, alas.

[morelindo.livejournal.com]

I love the bit in one of the Russell books where they go to one of his bolt-holes and it's revealed that he keeps not just one but several ladies' dresses that he's clearly worn at one time or another. Such possibilities.