ext_12197 ([identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] sherlock602018-09-23 12:10 am
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The Stockbroker's Clerk: Verbatim

Title: The Stockbroker's Clerk: Verbatim
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: Half of this is ACD.
Summary: It's a valuable skill to be multi-lingual.

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"…lost my crib…"

"…came a nasty cropper."

"…when the smash came…"

"…other chaps on the same lay as myself, and it was a perfect frost for a long time."

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Holmes read my notes aloud, enunciating young Hall Pycroft's phrases in a pitch-perfect cockney accent. Then he eyed me.

"Watson. You will translate this into English before you publish, won't you?"

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