"Sherlock ...es — his limits
1. Knowledge of L... — Nil.
2. " " P...osophy. — Nil.
....tronomy. — Nil.
4. " " Politics. — Feeble.
5. " " Botany. — V...able.
Well up in b.......m, and poisons generally.
Knows no...g of practical gardening.
6. Knowledge of Geology. — Pra...but limited. Tells at a g.......ent soils from each other. After walks ha...hown me splashes u...his trousers, and told me by their colour and consis......hat part of L...d them.
7. Knowledge of Ch...istry. — Profound.
8. " " Anatomy. — Accurate, but unsystematic
9. " " Sensati....terature. — Immense. He appears to know every det...f every horror perpetrated in the century.
10. Plays the violin ...
11. Is an expert si...ick player, ... a...d swordsman.
a goo...tical knowledge of British...aw."
It had taken Holmes some time to piece together the (admittedly still incomplete) list from fragments recovered from the grate on a particularly slow day, but the effort had been worth it, she was certain. The gaps were not difficult to fill in after she had done so.
As a list it was by no means accurate- indeed, she almost found herself laughing aloud at least once, though she stopped herself in time to protect her dignity- but nonetheless its level of perception surprised her. Doctor Watson had, it seemed, considerably more intelligence than she had given him credit for... something she admitted only grudgingly and privately, for overlooking things was hardly something to advertise in her business.
Yes, she would need to keep an eye on him, situations considered. Perhaps engineer some way to test him. Not out of any anxiety, of course. Simply... curiosity. Yes, indeed.
A/N: As I realised I never mentioned! These drabbles shall all be chronological, with the exception of perhaps a few detours.