The Cardboard Box: Karma Houdini
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sherlock60Title: The Cardboard Box: Karma Houdini
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Named for the TV Tropes term for a character that escapes punishment.
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“Jim sent us, Sarah,” Mary said brightly. “He was hanged today.”
Alec Fairbairn nodded, staring at the transfixed woman to whom they’d just appeared. “Yet the one who turned him against his blameless wife escaped punishment.”
“Until now,” Mary said, and her eyes glowed white.
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“Bedlam for this one,” said the constable as the shrieking straightjacketed woman was dragged out.
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Named for the TV Tropes term for a character that escapes punishment.
***
“Jim sent us, Sarah,” Mary said brightly. “He was hanged today.”
Alec Fairbairn nodded, staring at the transfixed woman to whom they’d just appeared. “Yet the one who turned him against his blameless wife escaped punishment.”
“Until now,” Mary said, and her eyes glowed white.
*
“Bedlam for this one,” said the constable as the shrieking straightjacketed woman was dragged out.
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