sherlock60 | The Musgrave Ritual: The Long Game is the Only One Worth Playing (Reply)

Title: The Long Game is the Only One Worth Playing (subtitle: 'Fiery Welsh Temperament' Hides a Multitude of Sins, Or Maybe Just One)
Canon Story: The Musgrave Ritual
Rating: Gen
Summary: 'Beyond the sea' isn't nearly as far as Holmes thinks it is.
Author's Note: Inspired by an exchange of comments on the comm around Christmas about the possiblity of Mr. and Mrs. Moriarty naming all of their offspring James.

“Well, if it isn’t the second house-maid!”
“Hello, Professor.”
“Don’t you have something to sweep?”
“Brunton. Musgrave. Holmes. Predictable. Blind. D’you like Hamlet, Jimmy?”
“Everybody does.”
“Every man thinks he’s a displaced prince. I like Through the Looking-Glass. I’m the only sane one in a mad dream.”
She produced a brilliant stone.
His jaw dropped.
“Mummy’s Christmas gift!” she cried.