The Speckled Band: Dishonourable Conduct

[castiron.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Speckled Band
Title: Dishonourable Conduct
Author: Castiron
Rating: G
Author's Notes: After the half-pay Army major reads Watson's story....

The Roylott affair first shocked, then shamed me.

I was an officer, willing to lay my life down for Queen and country. And yet, I dismissed the fears of my own affianced, which led to her death -- death avenged by a discharged army doctor and his detective friend.

I pray I never meet them, who acted as I should have.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Definitely a nasty shock for the Major. Great take on the story.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this excellent sidelight. Very good work on the major in 60 words.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Very nice view of a minor character. One does wonder what he thought of the whole affair and your take is very plausible.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

What an interesting POV to choose. And it's rather a truthful reaction that the major has - his guilt is so great that he can't face Holmes and Watson, when your first thought is that he might have wanted to thank them.

[debriswoman]

Oh...that rings true
He won't find the guilt easy to carry.

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a wonderful angle to take -- this story carries even more hidden tragedies than I ever realized.

[sanguinity]

That's going to be a tough, tough thing for him to carry. :-(

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Poor chap. Yes, we never do find out his reaction to the death.