The Golden Pince-Nez: Coda

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Title: The Golden Pince-Nez: Coda
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: One silver lining.

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After delivering the packet to the Russian Embassy, Holmes and I gave the sad case no more thought.

But one day in mid-April Mrs. Hudson announced a visitor – a gaunt man in his forties wearing an ill-fitting suit, who fell to his knees to kiss Holmes’ hand.

“Mr. Alexis Petrikov, I only carried out Anna’s wishes.” But Holmes blinked hard.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Excellent coda - good to see something positive at the end.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Now Alexis can start writing his version of The Gulag Archipelago.

[debriswoman]

Poignant in so few words.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

The right verb can convey 100 words of explanation. (One of the most famous examples in science-fiction is the three-word sentence that immediately catapults you onto a space station: "The door dilated.")

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Yes, the story would've done well with a happy ending tacked to the end--to counter all those perilous storms.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

At at least poor Anna's travails were not in vain.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Lovely coda. I do find it very touching that Holmes immediately and personally makes sure the papers reach the Embassy - the case may have been over but he still cared about the people involved.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Holmes' passion for justice - including justice that bypasses the law (BLUE, ABBE) - is all part of his great heart.