The Final Problem: The End

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Canon Story: The Final Problem
Title: The End
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G



I kept both notes: Holmes’s amongst my personal possessions; Moriarty’s thrust deep into my late friend’s records.

When Holmes returned, I reread his ‘last’ message with a mixture of sadness and joy.

And I read Moriarty’s final words with almost pity. As he wrote the lies about the dying woman, he himself was approaching his end.

Did he know? Perhaps.

Comments

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Poignant. Interesting that he kept both notes.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

My thoughts are that Watson, consciously or unconsciously, was following Holmes' lead when he kept the fake letter from Moriarty. Watson saw it as part of the 'case' and believed it should be preserved in the records - even though he thought at that point Holmes would never be looking through the records ever again.