Steadies the Nerves

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Title: Steadies the Nerves
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters:Mr Sherlock Holmes,Dr John H. Watson
Summary: Holmes and Watson at an arson investigation
Warnings: Smoking is bad for your health
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 3rd 2015 Picture prompt: A leaf superimposed with a death's head

.oOOo.

The reporters outnumbered the policemen at the burnt-out warehouse.

Watson had seen enough and withdrew from the grisly remains while I continued to make observations.

The next thing I heard was a commotion behind me.

Someone had fainted. I dismissed the distraction.

‘Weak stomach,’ a constable sniggered.

‘Thought a doctor would be made of sterner stuff,’ another added.

The hairs on the back of my neck bristled. Watson!

My fellow lodger twitched and struggled to breathe.

No one remembers who offered him the tainted cigarette, but had he taken a deeper draw, the Folium dilectus mortis would have killed him.

.oOOo.

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Comments

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ACD liked to invent is own poisons, so the precedent has been set. Need a drug to do something specifically nasty? No time for research? Artistic Licence and Google Translate to the rescue!