http://godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] holmes_minor2016-06-23 01:47 pm

Fic: A cacophony of literary devices

Title: A cacophony of literary devices
Form/Wordcount: 182
Characters/Pairings:  Dr John Watson; Mrs. Hudson, Mary Morstan, Sherlock Holmes, Lestrade
Rating: G
Warnings/Content: If only Mrs. Hudson could talk.  Allusions to BBC's "Abominable Bride"


“It’s elementary, really, Mrs. Hudson.  All one has to do is to bend slightly….” Dr. Watson emitted a muffled grunt as his back locked into place.

“Oh dear, that is unfortunate,” said Mrs. Hudson to Miss Morstan, who was too engaged in stifling her giggles to respond.  “Too bad I can’t help.  What with me not talking in these stories and all.”

“Mrs. Husdon, I really am in too much pain to dicker over the whys and wherefores of literary devices.”

“It is all a bit ‘meta,’ you must admit, Mrs. Hudson,” Miss Morstan choked out.  Mrs. Hudson pulled a contract out of a pocket.

“It’s the principle of this thing, Miss Morstan.  Women should have something  intelligent to say.”

“I could not agree more.”

“Now just sign here, dear, and I’ll fetch a real doctor.”

Holmes was annoyed for weeks afterward at the interruption of his brilliant deductions by the cocophany of painful howls, giggles, and indignant demands for dialogue coming from the far side of the door.  He never suspected that Lestrade had helped his landlady with the legal language.
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[identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com 2016-06-23 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee hee. The minor characters go on strike! Poor Holmes! Hope Watson eventually got straightened out.

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2016-06-23 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
A splendid story! The last line is brilliant :)
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[identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com 2016-06-23 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a feeling Miss Morstan should have had her part of the contract checked a little more closely - after she became Mrs. Watson those lines really dried up ^^"

Very nice ^_^ I particularly liked: “Mrs. Hudson, I really am in too much pain to dicker over the whys and wherefores of literary devices.”