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.