I Wouldn't Send a Dog Out...

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Title:  I Wouldn't Send a Dog Out...
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom:  Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters:  Dr. John H. Watson
Summary:  Rainy picture prompt drabble for the July 18th 2012 writing prompt
Warnings:  (Severe Weather Warning)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: 

.oOOo.

What a downpour, noted Dr Watson from the window of his consulting room. His last patient of the day had left and he pitied anyone forced out in such awful weather.

At the doorbell’s ring, the maid admitted a caller. A drenched messenger-boy stood be-puddling the doctor’s foyer. Shivering, he delivered up a scrap of paper containing familiar scrawl:

Watson,

The Anchor, Ratcliff Highway
Come tonight if convenient — if inconvenient (You know the rest!)
Inquire of Captain Basil’s advertisement for crew
Do dress the part

Tarantara, tarantara!

SH

PS. Would you be so kind as to bring a spare umbrella?

.oOOo.

Please sign the guestbook...

Comments

[hagstrom]

Well...I really hope Watson has the required clothing to actually dress the part!
Lovely ficlet BTW =)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

You raise a valid point. Would post-hiatus Watson have a trunk of old clothes to go skulking about London in? Certainly not immediately after Holmes's return, but perhaps after a few adventures in which his own clothes become less presentable.
Thanks for commenting!