Of Politicians and Cormorants...
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rabidsamfan"Another break-in attempt, Holmes. That's the third one this month."
"Yes, and I'm afraid you're going to have to do something about it, Watson."
"At last! Just let me find my cane and I'll be off to London. That scoundrel deserves a proper thrashing!"
"That scoundrel is barely thirty-two, and you, my dear fellow, have passed your seventieth birthday. I suggest that you add a preface to the story you have on your desk, warning him off."
"Actions speak louder than words, Holmes."
"But the pen is a much more precise weapon than the sword. Especially when it is yours."
For the July 5th prompt at Watson's Woes. With reference to The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger which was published in 1927.
"Yes, and I'm afraid you're going to have to do something about it, Watson."
"At last! Just let me find my cane and I'll be off to London. That scoundrel deserves a proper thrashing!"
"That scoundrel is barely thirty-two, and you, my dear fellow, have passed your seventieth birthday. I suggest that you add a preface to the story you have on your desk, warning him off."
"Actions speak louder than words, Holmes."
"But the pen is a much more precise weapon than the sword. Especially when it is yours."
For the July 5th prompt at Watson's Woes. With reference to The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger which was published in 1927.
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Date: 2011-07-06 03:02 am (UTC)Also, the teasing/truth/double meaning/whatever you want to call it in that last line is masterful.
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Date: 2011-07-06 03:34 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-06 05:31 am (UTC)I can see them in front of my inner eye.