Holmes is not well known for taking advice or considering recommendations, so I am afraid the question put forward is somewhat irrelevant, as Holmes is also not very well known for reading literature that does not pertain to his work. However, should he put aside his structured narrow-mindedness for one day, there is one book that I would whole- ( Read more... )

( Doctors are not immune. )

( I swear... )

( Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo.
Ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplar in arca. )

( The definition of the word is in itself, something apparently ungraspable. )

Of course, being from my time and the 19th century being as it is, seduction is only a practice done for the most depraved of people who sell their bodies away for money. A despicable act to be sure, but something that neither Holmes nor I could ever change, no matter how hard we may try to. Not that Holmes had ever even considered the idea or gave ( Read more... )

December 30th, Breakfast, 1889

"I believe applause is in order, Watson." Holmes said cheerfully as he put down his paper on the breakfast table. "Observe."

Slightly bemused, I picked up the paper with a smile, knowing that his merry air could not have appeared without reason.

I knew immediately which story he was indicating, as it was the one we had ( Read more... )

"Evening, Watson." Holmes greeted me as entered through the door, my face flushed from the cold temperatures outside and the exertion in getting home. Unlike most of the people in London who had been sensible enough to call a cab, I had walked the entire way against the freezing wind, having thought that a mile walk from the house of my patient ( Read more... )

November 24th, A quarter to midnight, 1889

I had just returned from the house of Mrs. Willacre, whose husband had been shot in the arm the previous night by a depraved burglar. It had not been a very difficult job, but I had felt compelled to go, as I had not moved much from Baker Street for the past few weeks, preferring my days beside the fire. ( Read more... )