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The Reigate Squire - Discussion Post

Feb 23, 2011 08:41

This week, Holmes is ill, Watson hovers, and predictably, all is not as it seems. Discuss! (I have a brilliant excuse for being late this week, but I can't tell you what it is - pretend it was deliberate).

( On referring to my notes I see that it was upon the fourteenth of April that I received a telegram from Lyons which informed me that Holmes was lying ill in the Hotel Dulong. )

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mariole February 23 2011, 04:31:50 UTC

1. How sick do you honestly believe Holmes was? There are hints both ways in this - which side do you believe ( ... )

alexcat February 23 2011, 18:19:03 UTC

1. Holmes wasn't sick here but Watson did say he was recovering. It sounded more like Holmes was rather depressed after being sick to me. Of course, it was fairly obvious that his swooning spell during the story was a diversion.

2. Just chance, I expect.

3. I didn't find it boring exactly but it was less forthcoming with details than the ones before it. We still don't know for sure who was in the right over the land because the man who was robbed said if the Cunninghams had found a certain paper then the case for them to claim half of the Cunningham's lands would be weakened... but what was this paper? WAs it because of the information in it or because it was actually evidence itself?

4. Everyone has old friends I think. Though we do see Watson as rather friendless when he and Holmes first meet.

5. Oh yes! That one sounds perfectly wonderful with it taking so long to solve and being so famous! It had to be better than this one!

c0ntrarywise February 23 2011, 19:26:40 UTC

Lol, the caption :D

1. I think he had been pretty bad after the last case, but was on the road to recovery here. Of course, people are rarely too sick for an adventure if the opportunity arises :P The faint was a feint, natch.

2. I must admit, I have a fairly low opinion of ACD as his respect for his character. I totally assume he had a deadline looming and thought "well, last time the butler did it, so now it's the master's turn!"

3. No, you're not alone. They had ~evil faces~ or something right from the start, it took about a page to solve :/

4. I dunno, if Sherlock has friends, it makes way more sense that Watson would. He probably made a number of friends (and "friends" ;D) in the army.

5. Hands! It would have been much better. I assume none of these randomly mentioned cases ever get covered, eh?