The Speckled Band: Hidden Depths

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Title: The Speckled Band: Hidden Depths
Author: gardnerhill               
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Do not anger a houseproud woman.
                                                                                       
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“Mr. Holmes!”

A clatter. She’d found the damaged poker.

I turned to her. “I’m afraid that visitor–”

The tiny woman snapped the poker true to form, with nary a twist. “Hmph! Next time call me instead of mucking with it yourselves!”

We gaped as she went downstairs.

I cleared my throat. “We’d… best pay our rent on time, Holmes.”

Comments

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Very good idea, Watson ^_^

Mrs. Hudson - what a woman. I love that image of Holmes and Watson staring after her in stunned silence ^_^

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

If only Mrs. Hudson hadn't been away at her sister's when Professor Moriarty came to call - she'd have left him bound and gagged on Holmes' doorstep like a proud kitten displaying its first mouse, and the whole Reichenbach tragedy could have been averted.