Calling and Raising
Dec. 9th, 2009 11:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
"You offer me infamy?" He didn't sound entirely offended, which was promising.
"I offer you immortality, long after you would be forgotten. And a promise, on my honor, not to discuss or testify in the matter of the manuscript until it is published, so long as you make no moves against me or my family. I'll even sweeten the pot by persuading Holmes that the danger to the Baker street boys is too great for him to continue using them in matters concerning you, if you'll leave them alone, and that's as good as tying a hand behind his back."
"I offer you immortality, long after you would be forgotten. And a promise, on my honor, not to discuss or testify in the matter of the manuscript until it is published, so long as you make no moves against me or my family. I'll even sweeten the pot by persuading Holmes that the danger to the Baker street boys is too great for him to continue using them in matters concerning you, if you'll leave them alone, and that's as good as tying a hand behind his back."