#acd!canon

'You have heard me speak of Professor Moriarty?' 'The famous scientific criminal, as famous among crooks as —' 'My blushes, Watson!' Holmes murmured in a deprecating voice. 'I was about to say, as he is unknown to the public.'

and regarding that insurance company, I desperately Want To Believe that Joan is completely aware of the person she's going to work for and has set this whole thing up to take him down. It's too coincidental for her to just happen to end up working with him, although I suppose the show is more likely to have her be hired as a means to get close to someone she knows.

"There was a curious secretive streak in the man which led to many dramatic effects, but left even his closest friend guessing as to what his exact plans might be. He pushed to an extreme the axiom that the only safe plotter was he who plotted alone. I was nearer him than anyone else, and yet I was always conscious of the gap between." —Watson on Holmes, "The Illustrious Client"

sanguinarysanguinity replied to your post: anonymous said:But the final choi...

One day in early spring he had so far relaxed as to go for a walk with me at the Park, where the first faint shoots of green were breaking out upon the elms, and the sticky spearheads of the chestnuts were just beginning to burst into their fivefold leaves. For two hours we rambled about together, in silence for the most part, as befits two men who know each other intimately. it was nearly five before we were back at Baker Street once More.