Prompt 4: use an alliterative phrase
Title: Titles Are Hard
Word count: 100
Universe: Canon/Doyle
Summary: Watson needs a title. Holmes helps.
"The Adventure of the Harried Heiress."
"I beg your pardon?" Holmes asked, unsure he had understood Watson's mutterings.
"I'm trying to find a title for the Violet Smith case."
"And 'The Harried Heiress' is the best you could think of?"
Watson grimaced. "It was better than 'The Secret in Surrey' or 'The Case of the Carousing Carruthers.'"
"Yes, the former is vague and the latter is inaccurate. But 'The Harried Heiress' rather gives away the ending."
Watson sighed. "I have nothing else."
"What about 'The Solitary Cyclist'?"
" 'Solitary'? There were two cyclists, counting Miss Smith."
Holmes shrugged. "Suit yourself."