The Red Circle/Gen

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Story: The Red Circle

Rating: Gen

Note: “Here are the Daily Gazette extracts for the last fortnight…’Every day my heart longs—‘ Bleat, Watson—unmitigated bleat!”

“I see Wagner has not improved your humour, Watson.”

I grunted.

“Come, tell me what’s got you sore.”

“Can’t you deduce it?”

“Bricks and clay, my dear man. A clue, please.”

“How about two? Unmitigated bleat!”

“Oh, that,” Holmes said, smiling. “When printed in the Gazette, it’s one matter, but when whispered softly in the ear, it’s most assuredly another.”