The Engineer's Thumb: Those who don't learn from [Watson's] history...

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Title:..are doomed to repeat it.
Canon Story: The Engineer's Thumb
Summary: Holmes makes a deduction.

“So, in summary, you accepted a suspiciously exorbitant fee from a person of suspicious character for work of an even more suspicious character and took a journey alone with this person to an unknown destination in the middle of the night?”

“Yes.”

“And you were surprised when something grievous occurred?”

“Yes!”

“Mister Hatherley’s not familiar with your earlier works, Watson.”

Comments

[debriswoman]

Indeed:-)

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

I think the point was made by others this week. In various ways.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

A very, very good point ^__^

I always have a fair bit of sympathy for Hatherley. He acts foolishly but I can understand why he overrides his common sense and blindly hopes everything is kosher.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Well, he doesn't have our collective wisdom.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Mr Hatherley under no circumstances get on a boat!

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

HA! Best line ever! Bummed I didn't think to include it somehow. Brava!

[garonne.livejournal.com]

Love it!

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

There's got to be a Group gathering in London for the victims of "Duped by My Suspiciously-Generous and Bizarre Employer."

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Suckers Born Every Minute Anonymous!