The Dancing Men: The Only Way to Win…

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Title: The Dancing Men: The Only Way to Win…
Author: gardnerhill           
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: …is not to play.

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“A wise decision not to invest, Watson – as your poor friend Thurston must agree.”

I gaped at Holmes for a moment. No chalk on my fingers. What then...?

I smiled sadly. “Of course. You smell his bourbon on my breath – which Thurston only takes when he’s melancholy.”

“And losing so much money to an empty gold-mine would make anyone melancholy.”

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

A very wise decision on Watson's part.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Poor guy was never very good with money - doing nothing in this case was probably a good deal safer than doing anything.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

You've got to feel for Thurston, even though it was a lucky escape for Watson.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

It was a time of wild scary speculations - Mark Twain made and lost several fortunes investing in stuff like this.

[debriswoman]

Neatly deduced:-)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

I do adore Granada's Watson - who gradually begins to pick up on Holmes' methods and soon does about half the deductions (as in the beginning of RESI or SOLI).

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

Lovely. Also, my heart goes pit-a-pat imagining how close Holmes must be standing in order to smell Watson's breath.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

"Holmes," Watson purrs, "how close must you be to deduce what year Thurston's bourbon was bottled?"

"Extremely close, dear fellow," Holmes breathes.

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

I might have danced around the room cackling "Someone else is a shipper!" when I read this. But only Mr. 42 and the dogs bore witness, so nobody on LJ can prove anything.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

D'you know, when I first read gardnerhill's 60, I assumed Watson's breath smelled of Thurston's whiskey because he'd been snogging Thurston ^^" One of the rarer ships there... ^^"

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

Heee!!! Watson's moustache appeals to all, apparently :D

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

It was when Holmes found the red hairs in Watson's 'stache that he forbade Watson to have affairs with their former clients.