Summary: Retirement? Not exactly... though that's what they'd have you think.
Date written: 2-2-13
Bees
…The real reason lay in the reluctance which Mr. Holmes has shown to the continued publication of his experiences … but since he has definitely retired from London and betaken himself to study and bee-farming on the Sussex Downs…
"Poppycock."
"What?" Watson glanced up. "Oh – hello, Holmes. What is it?"
Holmes gestured toward the script in exasperation. "Bee-farming?"
"Well, I have to tell them something."
"Such as the truth?"
" 'My dear readers, myself and Mr. Holmes will be on the run for the next few years so I can no longer write.' No, Holmes."
"Hmph."
"It's elementary, Holmes. Elementary."