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Shoscombe Old Place

Even though it is the last in a series of six, there’s nothing to indicate that “Shoscombe Old Place” was supposed to be the final Holmes tale. Perhaps Watson, now probably in his mid 70s, felt rather daunted by the “mass of material” he still had at his disposal, and it is just as well that he decided to finally retire from his biographical duties to enjoy what, we hope, was a well-deserved rest after a successful forty-year-long writing career.

Ilya vs Shane on his phone (¬`‸´¬)

bonus:

Yes, yes, let's show that William is just as capable of ferreting out a perpetrator and bringing them to justice as the Great Detective is. Yes, yes, let's show that Sherlock is just as capable of digging up an abusive asshole and committing a Perfect Crime to murder him as William is.

And, in fact, The Two Detectives ends with William getting the upper hand on Sherlock and (via trickery) managing to catch the perpetrator where Sherlock stalled out. And in The Two Criminals, Sherlock murdered Milverton before William could even get around to pulling the trigger.

Oh, oh I love them.

a private lesson 📚