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Title:  A Bard by Any Other Name
Author: [info]capt_facepalm
Rating:
PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Lestrade
Summary: A vignette
Warnings: (Och! Dialogue!)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 22nd prompt: (The Bard)

‘Good morning, Mr Holmes. I just popped by to see how your doctor is faring.’

‘He’s out of pain. The opiates have seen to that, but in his delirium he has been regaling the household with passages from The Bard.’

‘No wonder you look like hell. That’s the trouble with the educated: full of “Once more unto the breach” and “What a piece of work is a man!” Now, take your working class: he’d be “Ow, me ‘ead! Ow, me ‘ead!” or such like.’

‘Alas, Lestrade, you forget that Watson is a Scot, and as such, his Bard is Burns.’

.oOOo.

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Date: 2013-07-22 02:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com
I'd feel bad for Holmes here, but I kind of assume however Watson got injured he had something to do with it...

Date: 2013-08-05 04:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
You know my methods.
Of course Holmes is to blame!

Date: 2013-07-22 03:38 pm (UTC)
monkeybard: (Default)
From: [personal profile] monkeybard
Of course it is Rabbie Burns! LOL!

Date: 2013-08-05 04:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
He is who comes to my mind when you mention The Bard!
Thanks!

Date: 2013-07-22 07:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
Clearly Holmes is suffering too!

Date: 2013-08-05 04:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Holmes was likely the cause in the first place.
I refuse to feel sorry for him.
And, I'm evil that way.
*see user icon*

Date: 2013-07-22 10:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wirral-bagpuss.livejournal.com
Awwwwwh! That is lovely! And as always so very well written! :) Watson would love this I think ;)

Date: 2013-08-05 04:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Thank you for your kind words!

Date: 2013-07-22 10:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wirral-bagpuss.livejournal.com
PS Sir ACD would also give you a pat on the back for this, being Scottish himself :D I am sure he would be raising a glass of spirit to you in salute and acknowledgement to you ;)

Date: 2013-08-05 04:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
My headcanon always features Watson as originally a Scot.
Usually it only shows up when he swears (or is delirious).

Date: 2013-07-22 10:50 pm (UTC)

Date: 2013-08-05 04:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Heh heh heh!
Poor Holmes probably caused the trouble in the first place!

Date: 2013-07-22 10:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wirral-bagpuss.livejournal.com
Double PS, thinking about it Sir ACD believed in spiritualism so it would not be surprising if he were looking over your shoulder when you wrote this ;)

Date: 2013-08-05 04:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Actually, I think I hear him turning in his grave!

Date: 2013-07-23 03:01 am (UTC)
methylviolet10b: a variety of different pocketwatches (Default)
From: [personal profile] methylviolet10b
Ha ha ha, of course Burns is what a delirious Watson would quote! Although I think Lestrade wins with "Ow, me 'ead! Ow, me 'ead!" Brava!

Date: 2013-08-05 04:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Thank you!
This was one of my favourites this month!

Date: 2013-07-23 12:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maestress83.livejournal.com
How many times has Holmes heard "Address To A Haggis"?

Date: 2013-08-05 04:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Too many times, he thinks.
Poor Holmes!

Date: 2013-08-08 11:41 pm (UTC)
med_cat: (Default)
From: [personal profile] med_cat
Haha! Poor Holmes, subjected to "If a body meets a body, coming through the rye, if a body kiss a body, should a body cry?" etc. ;)

Date: 2013-08-08 11:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Poor Holmes.
Totally deserved whatever he gets.
:-D

Date: 2013-08-08 11:48 pm (UTC)
med_cat: (Default)
From: [personal profile] med_cat
I agree, esp. given that, as you point out, Watson probably sustained his injury whilst helping Holmes with a case...
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