Call Them Cross Purposes

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We spoke a while longer – I told Mycroft Holmes about the nature of the truce I had negotiated with Professor Moriarty and he informed me in no uncertain terms how differently that conversation would have gone had I consulted with his brother beforehand.

"I would have," I said, with some asperity, "if I'd had reason to suppose that Moriarty had anything to do with the matter. But I didn't want to worry him."

Mycroft tugged a red silk handkerchief out of his pocket and used it to hide his amusement. "And he, my dear doctor, didn't want to worry you."