Moviefic: Virtues

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"I should have warned you," Watson said, as he joined Mary under the canopy. "I'm sorry."

She shook her head to dismiss the apology, but he could see the tears glittering on her eyelashes. "You said he wasn't an easy man to like."

"True enough," Watson said, proffering his handkerchief. "I don't suppose if I'd had the means to live elsewhere I'd have stayed at Baker Street long enough to discover his better qualities."

"Name one," Mary dared him.

"Holmes can never resist a challenge."

She smiled and took Watson's arm. "Then it's just as well that neither can I."