a coda to A Study in Scarlet
When the knock came, Martha Hudson waited a moment, before remembering that she no longer had a dog to announce her visitor. Poor Towser! He'd so loved being her guardian. But he'd been past mending, and at least he was out of his pain, she reminded herself as she went to the door.
Dr. Watson was waiting for her in the hall, his arms full of adolescent bulldog. "I thought," he said, all in a rush, holding the puppy out to her. "I thought you might like to have Rupert. He'd rather be in your kitchen than my rooms anyway."
Author's Notes: This idea probably needs more than a drabble, but I've got to go to bed now. And yes, it's another prompt from Watson's Woes.
When the knock came, Martha Hudson waited a moment, before remembering that she no longer had a dog to announce her visitor. Poor Towser! He'd so loved being her guardian. But he'd been past mending, and at least he was out of his pain, she reminded herself as she went to the door.
Dr. Watson was waiting for her in the hall, his arms full of adolescent bulldog. "I thought," he said, all in a rush, holding the puppy out to her. "I thought you might like to have Rupert. He'd rather be in your kitchen than my rooms anyway."
Author's Notes: This idea probably needs more than a drabble, but I've got to go to bed now. And yes, it's another prompt from Watson's Woes.
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Date: 2011-07-12 05:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-12 04:44 pm (UTC)