Inspired by KCS's 221B "Bruised."
Date written: 10-5-12
Practice
Bang!
The old soldier jumped, nearly hitting his head on the mantle, then glanced across the room to where the veteran doctor sat reading in apparent obliviousness to the shots above. He frowned.
Bang!
"Doctor?"
Watson glanced up. "What?"
Bang!
"Does this – " he gestured toward the ceiling – "happen often?"
Bang!
The doctor shrugged, going back to his reading. "Weekly at least – usually when there's no case to be had, his chemicals have run out, and the Yard has banned him from the premises." He glanced up and added sensibly, "Where else would he do it?"
Bang!
Where else, indeed.
