Toil and Trouble

[capt_facepalm]

Title: Toil and Trouble
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Constable John Rance, Inspectors Lestrade and Gregson (others mentioned but not by name)
Summary: Have three characters - and ONLY three - appear in your work today.
Warning: (cussing)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 3rd 2018 prompt: When Shall We Three Meet Again?

.oOOo.

‘What now?’ John Rance scowled at the frantic knocking at his door. Why couldn’t a poor copper get some sleep? The night shift was hard enough and last night’s rain, although not a downpour, had been light but constant; the type that, over time, erodes mountains.

It was those two inspectors, the pointy-faced Lestrade and the ham-handed Gregson, wanting to know what he had told the consulting detective about the Drebber murder. Apparently, they had been made fools of in the press and shite like that flows downhill.

Well, at least I got a half-sovereign out of it, Rance mused.

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Supplementary Notes: Disclaimer: I have read more than STUD. Honest!

Comments

[gardnerhill]

Good - that idiot Rance really needed a dressing-down after that boneheaded move.

[bwblack]

last night’s rain, although not a downpour, had been light but constant; the type that, over time, erodes mountains.

NICE description!

[capt_facepalm]

Aww... Rance is just a poor copper. His inspectors didn't do much better than he did. (Thanks!)

[capt_facepalm]

Thanks! Whilst working out of doors for days I have experienced such rain. It makes everything quite dreary.

[med_cat]

A fresh take on the prompt

[capt_facepalm]

Thanks! I did not want to use one of the standard triumvirates (Holmes, Hudson, Watson, or Holmes, Watson, Lestrade) but I did want to use canon characters.

[pompey_01]

Oh nice! Rance did eff up the case but, like you said, at least he made a little money off it.

[capt_facepalm]

Rance is no great intellect, but his inspectors could have done better themselves, especially if they were working together and not competing against each other for kudos.
Thanks!