Shoscombe Old Place: Do the Right Thing

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Title: Shoscombe Old Place: Do the Right Thing
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: If only he had.

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LADY BEATRICE DIED BEFORE RACE STOP SH

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"Foreclosure, prison, debt, disgrace, infamy." Watson lowered the Times; the lurid headline blaring of "Ghoul" Norbertson summarised the man's descent.

"Roylott. Rucastle. Windibank. Blackguards abound who maltreat or kill women for their money." Holmes made a contemptuous gesture. "Bob Norbertson didn't even let her death stop him from feeding on his sister's corpse!"

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Another ending corrected.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

"Mr. Norbertson? There's a representative of the Jewish Anti-Defamation League here to see you..."

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hate this ending almost as much as A Case of Identity.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Normally this is the kind of guy Holmes throws the book at - or chases with a riding crop out the door.

[debriswoman]

Much more reasonable ending.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Arthur, what gives? In earlier stories Holmes would have chased this guy out of Baker Street with a horsewhip.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Holmes and Watson do both seem oddly impressed for once, regarding Sir Robert's background of 'honourable stock'. The man certainly didn't deserve that canon happy ending.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Arthur was asleep at the wheel when he wrote this one. THis was in the 20s he was probably thinking "F**k it, these idiots will be happy if I write one about Holmes reading the damn dictionary," and scribbled this one off in 3 days to fund his Fairy expedition.