Don't Call it Goodbye

"Holmes hasn't asked for my help, but I think he's going to need it, all the same." She smelled of vanilla and flour and soap, my Mary, and I held her all the closer, breathing in that scent of our home and our life together. "I never bargained for my own safety, and I'm afraid that if I leave London with you, Moriarty will feel obliged to send someone after me, to make certain of my silence. But if you go alone, you might be safe. If Moriarty's a man of his word. And I might be safer with Holmes."

Don't Call it Goodbye

"Holmes hasn't asked for my help, but I think he's going to need it, all the same." She smelled of vanilla and flour and soap, my Mary, and I held her all the closer, breathing in that scent of our home and our life together. "I never bargained for my own safety, and I'm afraid that if I leave London with you, Moriarty will feel obliged to send someone after me, to make certain of my silence. But if you go alone, you might be safe. If Moriarty's a man of his word. And I might be safer with Holmes."