A Scandal in Bohemia: Her Notice

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Title: A Scandal in Bohemia: Her Notice
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: There were other women in this story besides the woman.
                                                                                       
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“Oh, miss, must I?” Tears in the slavey’s eyes.

“Very much so, Mary Jane.” Mrs. Watson smiled at the girl. “I’ll give you notice, of course, but you’ll go with an excellent reference straight to my friend Mrs. Pendleton. Now scrape.”

She’d see what kind of mud those slits picked up, and know when John abandoned her for Mr. Holmes.
 

Comments

[debriswoman]

Neatly turned around:-)
And, yes, Mary Jane struck you too::-p

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Poor Mary Jane. At least she got a reference here.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

She might be better off in her next job - working in a doctor's household must have meant very irregular hours.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Funny how many women noticed the plight of that poor servant girl.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

That poor kid was a pawn in Mrs. Watson's subterfuge - but at least she landed on her feet.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Right. Not to mention that Mrs. Pendleton is lonely and something of a gossip, so she's friendlier with her female staff than is strictly proper for that time. (Mrs. Pendleton has popped up in another of my stories, The Lighthouse Keeper (https://archiveofourown.org/works/880214).)

[sanguinity]

What was it Holmes said of her? The makings of a detective in her own right.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Poor Mary Jane must have been relieved to get out of the insane Watson household ^__^

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Maybe in another time - and another telling where she's allowed to bloom a bit, and not just make her an "of course I'm evil, I'm a woman who isn't subservient to men" character (coughBBCSherlockcough).

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

At this point, accepting employment overseas with that nice Morticia Addams' household would look more inviting.