Watson's Woes

Disclaimer - If I owned them, I'd be dead!

See bottom of last chapter for authors notes explaining the 'thinking' behind this fic…

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The following account follows on directly from my last tale of Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls. I make it at the insistence of my friend, who has stated to me in no uncertain terms that he found the fictitious accounting of his capture of Colonel Moran to be a most odious lie. For myself, I would never have recounted this particular tale as it serves to highlight actions and events that I would rather forget. There was some delay in my publication of the falsehood, simply because I was not sure how far the truth of the matter had spread. However, my friend is so insistent that I have given in and will pen this tale for him to be included with his most secure papers in the old tin box. Make what you will of it Holmes, I can see no good in preserving this shameful truth - I suppose I must consider it my penance for my foolish pride.

My tale begins, oddly enough, in my front garden…

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