Call Her the Doctor
Jan. 17th, 2010 06:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rabidsamfanEnough. Holmes wasn't there to be shouted at, and neither Mary nor Alfie deserved to be abused in his place.
The boy's uncertainty waned with my fading temper, but he didn't leave Mary's side. "I could go and look for him, if you like," he offered. "How far away is Gravesend?"
"You'll do nothing of the sort," I said, appalled at the very notion. "You'll have something to eat and then get some rest."
"Me?" Alfie exclaimed. "What about you?"
"Oh, he's going to have something to eat and then get some rest too," Mary said sweetly. "Aren't you, dear?"
The boy's uncertainty waned with my fading temper, but he didn't leave Mary's side. "I could go and look for him, if you like," he offered. "How far away is Gravesend?"
"You'll do nothing of the sort," I said, appalled at the very notion. "You'll have something to eat and then get some rest."
"Me?" Alfie exclaimed. "What about you?"
"Oh, he's going to have something to eat and then get some rest too," Mary said sweetly. "Aren't you, dear?"
