“It was you who chose the restaurant, and the time, and who began this course of conversation. You, for that matter, who pulled be half way around the planet on this most-improbable ‘vacation’. So I ask again. Why are we interested in two inoffensive British travelers?”
“ Very well. The blond gentleman is a Mr. Bertram Wilberforce Wooster. His companion is one Reginald Jeeves. At the time of their departure from England – and here I must grant you had your timeline well set - Mr. Jeeves was the valet to Mr. Wooster.”
And so, John realized, very poor. He had missed the mark by a country mile. He said as much to Sherlock, ending with “I’m shocked you did not mock me for my misgauge.”
“I did not count it one,” Sherlock countered. “It is generally granted that the modesty of an impecunious fiancée is forever unrelated to the privilege of a wealthy married woman – and I can not see the rule much changes when the wife in the case in a man. The pair are just as clearly joined in community property, even if not documented by the clerks of the state.”
“You do not make deductions. You came in with that information.”
“Gained via telegraph, and before we even left London. I have a commission from the blond one’s Aunt to discover…”
“No! Sherlock. No.” John Watson’s palm slapped the table. “I can not believe you would consider betraying them. Not after…”
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Date: 2013-06-02 06:10 pm (UTC)“It was you who chose the restaurant, and the time, and who began this course of conversation. You, for that matter, who pulled be half way around the planet on this most-improbable ‘vacation’. So I ask again. Why are we interested in two inoffensive British travelers?”
“ Very well. The blond gentleman is a Mr. Bertram Wilberforce Wooster. His companion is one Reginald Jeeves. At the time of their departure from England – and here I must grant you had your timeline well set - Mr. Jeeves was the valet to Mr. Wooster.”
And so, John realized, very poor. He had missed the mark by a country mile. He said as much to Sherlock, ending with “I’m shocked you did not mock me for my misgauge.”
“I did not count it one,” Sherlock countered. “It is generally granted that the modesty of an impecunious fiancée is forever unrelated to the privilege of a wealthy married woman – and I can not see the rule much changes when the wife in the case in a man. The pair are just as clearly joined in community property, even if not documented by the clerks of the state.”
“You do not make deductions. You came in with that information.”
“Gained via telegraph, and before we even left London. I have a commission from the blond one’s Aunt to discover…”
“No! Sherlock. No.” John Watson’s palm slapped the table. “I can not believe you would consider betraying them. Not after…”