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Entry tags:
The Red Circle/Gen
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.”