A Higher Calling

[rabidsamfan]

Mary came with me. It would have been cruel to leave her behind, with both our fortunes hanging in the balance. But I was not glad of her presence until she asked after Holmes, and listened with perfect understanding as I enumerated all his symptoms and spun out wild and wilder theories concerning possible treatments Anstruther might undertake. When at last we reached the courthouse I helped her down, and then reached for my medical bag out of habit. It was not there, of course. I turned to go inside, feeling as if I had left my arm at home.