The Three Students: Playing the Three-Card Trick

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Canon Story: The Three Students
Title: Playing the Three-Card Trick
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine… [STUD] I will endeavour in my statement to avoid such terms as would serve to limit the events to any particular place, or give a clue as to the people concerned.


Holmes was reading Watson’s draft. “...in the year '95… spend some weeks?” He snorted.

“52 weeks is ‘some’ weeks,” said Watson primly.

Holmes raised an eyebrow. “And ‘one of our great university towns’..?”

“I received just as excellent an education as you, Holmes.”

Watson grinned.

“And it uses my readers’ assumptions against them. They’ll never guess we never left London!”

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Explains why the landlady was so annoyed with them too!

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Yes, I thought that too ^_____^

Though looking at 3STU again... I think for this 60 to work, they'd have to be in London - but still away from Baker Street.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Interesting twist on the 'reasons' speculation.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I thought it was just about possible ^__^ (Though I'm mainly just relieved to have finally come up with any idea for a 60 for 3STU ^^")

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Not unlike the speculation among many Sherlockians that Holmes never left London during the Great Hiatus - that he was undercover, using his brain work to bring down Moriarty and keeping an eye on his heartbroken friend.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed ^^ At least this bit of misdirection is less traumatic all round though ^^"

[debriswoman]

Very clever:-)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you, madam ^__^