The Norwood Builder: Look a gift-horse in the mouth

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Author: rachelindeed
Canon Tale: The Norwood Builder
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Summary: Watson is skeptical.
Author's note: Includes references to The Red-Headed League as well.


“Dr. Verner has accepted my starting bid.”

“Congratulations!”

Watson smiled grimly. “Naturally, I cannot accept.”

My throat seized. How could he have seen my hand in the affair so quickly?

“A man who pays full price for real estate is as rare and sinister as a shop assistant who accepts half-pay. We should warn the nearest bank, don’t you think?”

Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Bravo! Excellently done, both Watson and rachelindeed.

[debriswoman]

Holmes' plan may be scuppered by a wiser Watson

Nicely done:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Nice one! Watson has a very good point.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Oops.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

So lovely to see another story from you here ^^

And this is something I'd never considered. Of course a man that had been friends and colleagues with Sherlock Holmes for many years would be suspicious of Dr. Verner's behaviour ^^ It's rather sweet in a way that Holmes didn't imagine this happening - he just wanted to help his friend as much as possible.

[methylviolet10b]

BWHAHAHAHA!!! Oh, well played!

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Thank you! <3 <3

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Suspicious!Watson is on the case!

Thank you :)

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

It's always something.

:)

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

Yes, as that line from HOUND that we were recently chuckling over said, "I have not lived for years with Sherlock Holmes for nothing."

Of course, Watson does not guess the correct solution to the puzzle, because Watson is contractually obligated not to get the right conclusion, but he recognizes that there is a puzzle here, which is one of the things that generally makes him an excellent conductor of light, though he is not in himself luminous :)

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thank you :)