Hitting the Books

[capt_facepalm]

Title: Hitting the Books
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Dr Watson, others mentioned
Summary: Research has just gone meta
Warning: (none)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 20th 2017 prompt: Time For a Little Research

.oOOo.

‘Watson, could you look into…’ was a familiar request. Sherlock Holmes often needed an extra set of eyes to examine old records. I was grateful for these opportunities and spent many hours in the British Museum Reading Room and the General Registry Office at Somerset House.

As a mere physician, the Public Records Office was closed to me and therefore I enlisted the aid of Maurice Faber who possessed the necessary law degree that afforded him entry, and at the London Library, I had an ally in the sub-librarian Lomax. All of us enjoyed our minor roles in Holmes’ adventures.

.oOOo.

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Author's Note: A little research into some of the places where Watson would have done his research. Maybe. There were more but the word count is cruel.

Comments

[gardnerhill]

Lomax returns!

Yes, the truncated word-count of a drabble is a harsh taskmaster when you've got an ocean of info and can only share a shot-glass of it.

[(Anonymous)]

Excellent...a familiar figure and a pleasant occupation for Watson:-)

[smallhobbit]

There is so much which can be used when you start hunting for it. Which is why I went for a 221b and not a drabble.

[capt_facepalm]

Thanks! In some ways, these drabbles act as bookmarks in my mind which I can use to expand into larger chapters in my stories.

[capt_facepalm]

Thanks! I imagine in the early days that Watson would enjoy these tasks as it would give him a reason to get out of Baker Street, take in some physical exercise, and especially for the opportunity to use his brain.

[capt_facepalm]

Thanks! My headcanon has Lomax being similar to Stamford, someone Watson knew in London before Afghanistan, and with whom he was reacquainted with after his return.

Probably a few years later, on a research mission for Holmes, "Why if it isn't John Watson! I barely recognise you with that moustache."

"SHUSHHH!" says the rest of the library patrons. (This being a time when shushhing was still a thing in libraries.)

[med_cat]

Makes sense :)

[capt_facepalm]

Thanks!
Researching libraries was a bit meta!

[med_cat]

Yes, I should imagine it was :)