From cjnwriter: "As to my own little practice, it seems to be degenerating into an agency for recovering lost lead pencils..."


I'm afraid this is going to be very short and sweet. I'm coming down with a cold…

Oh, and to anyone who hadn't read Riandra's Starlock crossover last year, you need to go to her "Good Holmesians All, This Christmastide" and read Days 11: Weighing Anchor, 17: Shaken, 18: Best Laid Plans, and 19: Better with Two to meet Moriarty and Watson. Also, on our joint account, Wholmes Productions, there is a prologue posted under the title "Star Crossed, Episode I: A New Path," which is Sherlock Holmes's origin story in the 'verse. Thanks so much for the feedback, and I do think now that I'll definitely try to do one or two more Starlock stories this month!


==Day 6: A Very Small Client==

"Ah, here it is."

"Oh, thank you ever so much, Mr. Holmes! Here!"

"No, please, Miss Henley, keep your penny."

"But I said I would pay you!"

"Oh, very well. Thank you very much, mademoiselle."

"That was very kind of you to help my niece find her pencil, Mr. Holmes, and very kind to take her money, too. I think it made her feel grown-up."

"Mrs. Hudson, please…"