sherlock60 | The Illustrious Client

Canon Story: The Illustrious Client
Author:

flawedamythyst
Rating: PG
A/N: Two related ones this week, because I wanted both of them to get a say.

I am not a suspicious man by nature, but association with Sherlock Holmes has given me cause to be so on more than one occasion. Thus, the first thing I did once I had rushed to his sick room was to examine his wounds closely in order to make sure that they were real, and as bad as he claimed.

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I must confess that I did consider deceiving Watson as to the severity of my injuries, but the painful memory of his hurt reaction to the incident with Mr. Culverton Smith kept me from doing so. His honest relief every morning as he found me better than reported in the newspapers assured me that I had made the right decision.

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