“Exactly!” I waved a bit of buttered toast. “He might have released a contagion that would wipe humanity from the face of the earth.”
We sat quickly for a moment, contemplating the horrific possibility.
“Still,” I ventured, “he is dead, and that should be an end to the entire matter.”
Holmes paused. “Is it?”
Unsettled, I looked at him. “What on earth do you mean?”
“There were one or two moments,” he replied slowly, “when I glimpsed a malevolent force behind Knox’s actions. A presence I thought was checked.”
“I do not understand, Holmes.”
He gave me a smile, almost kindly, and poured another cup of tea. “Do not ‘fash yerself,’ as the Scots say. No doubt I am fretting over spectres.”
I buttered another slice of toast. “If you say so.”
“I suppose I do.” Holmes flicked his cigarette into the flames. “After all, fire is a great purifier.”
DR. WATSON’S BLUES, by Len Moffatt
(Tune: Blue Prelude)
Let me sigh, let me cry ’cause I’m blue …
Holmes has gone from this London town!
Won’t be long ’til my stories are through …
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All the plots I could steal, beg or borrow
Would not sell without Holmes in his role.
Without Sherlock to peddle tomorrow
Agent Doyle may have to go … on the dole!
~
Here I go, now you know why I’m grieving:
I have the blues, money to lose … Good Bye …
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