“Come, Watson, come!”
he cried. “The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!”
--Sherlock Holmes, “The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
Leigh: *Rummages through
boxes. Clears away dust. Comedic coughing ensues.*
There it is!
Hey, did you
know we have a blog? I know, I was as surprised as you are! But here it is! We
do! We have a blog! And I've even been told it's about Sherlock Holmes so...We
should probably talk about that. Right. Yeah.
The latest
adventure of the World's Greatest Detective that we're looking at is the
Adventure of Abbey Grange. It starts off with Holmes saying one of his most
famous lines, telling Watson he sucks, and leaving London for Downton Abbey.
Holmes tells
Watson, not for the first time, that he over sensationalizes the stories and
adds too many romantic details and doesn't stick to the facts of the mystery at
hand. So Watson, after having his feelings obviously hurt, says, "FINE!
YOU write your own damn stories then!" And Holmes responds, "FINE! I
WILL." And that is the end of that. I don't know if it's me just wanting
more interpersonal drama between the detective and his biographer, but I wish
this had been brought up more or even again. Watson is an important part of the
duo but Holmes often times just pushes him to the side and only talks to him
when he's retelling what he did when trying to figure out a mystery.
When the duo
finally arrive at Downton Abbey, the mystery isn't actually a mystery. The lady
of the house's husband is killed and she says that it was a group of well known
robbers who have been burgling houses all across the country. She provides
numerous details that all point to the fact that this is true and that she
didn't make it up at all.
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| "You're right. The murderer is definitely not someone in the house." |
