The Valley of Fear: Book

[grrlpup]

Canon story: The Valley of Fear
Title: Book
Author: grrlpup
Rating: G
Author's Note: "He lent me a book, but I don't mind saying that it was a bit above my head, though I had a good Aberdeen upbringing."

"I'll return this by post then," the Inspector said. "Too rich for my head."

Holmes glanced-- Dynamics Of an Asteroid-- and sighed. "Moriarty taunts us both, Mr. Mac," he said. "To Birlstone!"

He was relieved, Holmes confided later, to seek a foothold against Moriarty outside London-- his efforts in town felt, as he put it, useless as a waist-deep moat.

Comments

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Very nice. Moriarty never misses a chance to make a jab. And a waist deep crocodile-less moat really isn't a moat at all, no?

[grrlpup]

thank you! I would quite like a moat like that around my house this summer, for wading purposes. :)

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

A nice bit of background, and I love the last phrase.

[grrlpup]

thank you! I think I'll always crave more background between Holmes and Moriarty.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Faced with the book, I suspect the inspector probably felt he was drowning in the moat.

[grrlpup]

Oh, to have a brilliant book to hand about, that no one else is smart enough to understand! (Or the power to get such a book published.)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

A code: D.O.A.? Or am I reading too much into it? ^^

[grrlpup]

ooh, I like that. Perhaps Moriarty keeps several copies to lend here and there. :)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Considering what was in real moats, you'd wish for something as harmless as a crocodile in that muck.

[grrlpup]

depressing but true... the lily-pads need their fertilizer I suppose.

[debriswoman]

Interesting background detail:-)