The Empty House: Empty Houses

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Canon Story: The Empty House
Title: Empty Houses
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: The Honourable Ronald Adair was the second son of the Earl of Maynooth, at that time governor of one of the Australian colonies. Adair's mother had returned from Australia to undergo the operation for cataract, and she, her son Ronald, and her daughter Hilda were living together at 427, Park Lane.


“Thank you again, Mr. Holmes.” The Countess turned away.

Holmes bowed and we left, Holmes raising a quizzical eyebrow at me. He was puzzled by the suppressed anger that had accompanied the gratitude but I understood, of course. Dear God, I even sympathised with Moran a little!

All three of us had lost someone who would not be miraculously returning.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

And all three would live with the grief.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

I feel especially for Ronald Adair's family - that's not something they're ever going to get over completely.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

And the aristocrats are doubly burdened with that ingrained training against expressing any strong emotions like grief, even in private. Lower-classes can cry; we have an Empire to maintain.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Yes, very true.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

What an excellent sidelight to the main story!

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^^ It always makes me angry - Ronald Adair's murder. He was so young and honest, and he was killed just because Moran considered him a nuisance.

[debriswoman]

Really quite poignant.
Nicely done.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much ^^