[this takes place between the train and the final confrontation at the falls, which wasn't in the movie.]
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Part 5
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In the End
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In the end, he thought he should have known. Hadn't it been leading up to this? Hadn't it been obvious? Of course it was. It was so obvious that everyone could see it but Sherlock Holmes. But he was still young at heart, and arrogant, and why hadn't he listened to Watson after he'd died in the train and just gone home? Watson had seen it, but he was too loyal and too trusting, trusting that Holmes would find some way to cheat his way out. They just couldn't take life seriously, could they? But then, what was the fun in that?
Mycroft had seen it, but he hadn't known what it would lead to. He was so obsessed with the forest that he couldn't see the trees.
He should never have trusted Mycroft.
Irene would have told him at once, but she was dead.
The gypsy woman? How could she know? She was a bit player in this strange play.
Mary had known. She always knew. Maybe Watson had made a good choice with her after all.
Moriarty had known, though not the whole picture, because he had underestimated Sherlock Holmes.
And wasn't this just another war?
And like all wars, it would end with death.
So he told Watson everything was all right and pretended there was nothing wrong in the world and all the while, they got closer to the man who had engineered it all.
He only hoped they would survive.
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