The Priory School: An Innocent

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Canon Story: The Priory School
Title: An Innocent (the serialisation of the Private Journal of Dr Watson)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

We journeyed back from Mackleton in silence.  That a man, devoted to one son, could allow the innocent younger half-brother to be treated in this way appalled me.  My only hope was the love of the returning mother, and the obvious care of the school, would help to heal the child’s mental distress.  He could expect none from his father.

 

Comments

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

...and the obvious care of the school... Dr. Huxtable does seem like a far better father figure to be honest. I really hope the certainty that his mother loves him is going to be enough for young Arthur.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Quite - not an ideal existence by any means.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Very true. A disturbing end. The father's lack of moral fibre is unsettling.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Exactly - whatever his feelings for the older son, the younger boy deserved better.

[debriswoman]

It is such a sad situation.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

We never even meet that poor kid in the story - like Moriarty, talked about but never seen.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

One hopes Holmes had seen enough to be sure there were people who would care for the boy.

[sanguinity]

That father is a piece of work.

Dr. Huxtable was greatly concerned for the child (even beyond the reputation to the school, it seemed to me), and the German master laid down his life for the boy -- I sincerely hope that both are suggestive of the character of the staff as a whole. Because that child needs a loving refuge that he clearly isn't getting at home.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I imagine Dr Huxtable would take care in choosing his staff that they reflect his ethos.