The Crooked Man: Biblical References

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Title: Biblical References
Author: rachelindeed
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: Hmmm, technically I guess this has a very minor spoiler for The Man With the Twisted Lip.
Summary: A minor domestic mystery solved.


Mary thought the ‘David’ puzzle extremely clever. “I’m almost tempted to drop some similar allusion into our conversations as a badge of mystery!”

“Oh, marvelous! But what name would serve?”

“It is the second letter of James that tells us ‘faith without works is dead.’ If ever you hesitate to take another case with Mr. Holmes, I shall remind you.”

Comments

[methylviolet10b]

Ha! Very clever, and a great explanation for that bit of strangeness. Brava!

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thank you :) I love the thought that John and Mary have in-jokes about the cases.

[debriswoman]

Excellent explanation of canon variation:-)

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I did think it was funny that the first case after Watson's marriage had a mystery about a wife who called her husband by the wrong name! :)

[debriswoman]

Well...there's a lot to remember as a new bride:-p

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

That is such a creative connection to make - I love it! ^_^ I'm definitely keeping that as my headcanon ^^

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Ha ha! I'm so glad you liked it :)

And maybe it doubly fits, because James was John's brother in the Bible, and their nickname was supposedly "the sons of thunder." A good name for when Watson goes adventuring!

I do like the thought that he and Mary had in-jokes about the cases, and picked this little momento from their first one as a married couple :)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Another mystery solved!

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

The work is its own reward :)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! Mary knows and understands the work.

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I've always thought so. She has 'a decided genius' for it, Holmes says, and I suspect a sly sense of humor in there as well :)

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent! Thank you so much for sharing. And very convincing, too.

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad you like the idea :)