Shoscombe Old Place: Beating The Odds

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Canon Story: Shoscombe Old Place
Title: Beating The Odds (the serialisation of the Private Journal of Dr Watson)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

I can understand the thrill of trying to beat the odds; it is something I have indulged in often.  There remains the risk of over-stretching oneself, and losing everything one holds dear.  The police and coroner were lenient, but a man who is prepared to deny the death of a loved one has already begun to lose touch with humanity.

Comments

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the whole business is sort of fishy.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

It really wasn't the action of a loving brother.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

You'd think that if he truly loved his sister, her death would have made everything else seem insignificant, at least for a while. But no - he still put himself and his own situation first.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Exactly. But instead he rapidly comes up with a way round 'his' problem.

[debriswoman]

A point well made, Watson.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I imagine Watson, even though a betting man, must have been shocked at Sir Robert's behaviour.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Let's put it this way - he would have been a hell of a lot more upset if the HORSE had died instead of his SISTER.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

So very true.