The Man with the Twisted Lip: Not 'but,' 'with'

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Rating: Gen
Summary: Sherlock Holmes and opium are two helluva drugs.

“I knew what he was when I married him: a man whose heart would never be wholly mine. I married him anyway. Why…” Kate shook her head. “I know you pity me; I know you say, ‘There but for the grace of God…”

Mary covered Kate’s trembling hand with her own.

“Not ‘but,’ ‘with.’ There with God’s grace, go I.”

Comments

[debriswoman]

Subtle and sad.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I think that's rather lovely. Mary's acceptance of Watson's relationship with Holmes.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

It's all I got today. Thanks for reading.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

It's open to a lot of interpretations, but hurray for a positive one! Thanks.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

A poignant story. As you say, it's open to different interpretations but whatever the interpretation, at least Kate and Mary have each other. And I'm glad you were able to write something today.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Yes, Kate was expecting sympathy but got empathy, which is usually more comforting, when it's a situation open to harsh judgment.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Yes - they're both bereft by their loved ones' addictions to outside influences.

There is the hope they will turn to each other.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Yes, there is some comfort in empathy, I hope.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Very moving. Well thought, too.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much.

[sanguinity]

So poignant. There are times that so much is said in just a few words -- it's true of Mary's with and your sixty, both.

I am sorry it took me so long to make my way here (life has been pressing of late!), but this is lovely.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Also inspired by your fic. And it is lovely when one anticipates judgment and it doesn't come. [And no one need apologize to me for life these days. Within (based on your journal post) and without (based on the world) are enough to leave you breathless, for very different reasons]