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capt_facepalm ([personal profile] capt_facepalm) wrote2020-07-26 09:19 pm
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R is For Rat

Title: R is For Rat
Author: [personal profile] capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Dr Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Summary: Sherlock Holmes keeps an index
Warning: (none)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 26th 2020 prompt: Good Old Index


.oOOo.

It took years for my fellow-lodger and London’s most effective consulting detective to realise that he needed a system to organise his case notes and that task fell to me. Of course, some of the more sensitive material had to be encrypted and that brings me to the Giant Rat of Sumatra.

Not a case of a rodent of unusual size, it actually referred to a large diamond which had been amongst the spoils from the Empire’s conflict with the Dutch in Indonesia. Any gem which earns a nickname often comes with a curse (in the form of men’s greed).

.oOOo.

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Supplementary Notes: The Giant Rat of Sumatra is mentioned in The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire.