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Characters: Sherlock Holmes and Mr Leverton Fandom: ACD and Granada (Red Circle) Notes/Warnings: none Word Count: 221
"The Long Island case was twelve long years ago, Mr Holmes."
Leverton's eyes had not left the turning where the Maria had disappeared.
"Good money there, too, but it was what one man could afford. A year before Homestead, that still happened, sometimes. Even so, Teddy Marvin had stepped out by then; I guess he knew which way the wind was blowing."
Holmes threw his head back in a short bark of hilarity. "Ha! - in a manner of speaking."
Leverton grinned for a flash. "Always did wonder. But as to Gorgiano - " - his face was somber again - "we'd never have given him a glance if half the businessmen in New York hadn't asked us."
He turned back to the window.
"A policeman might live with the Law more than with Justice, as you say; but at the Agency these days, we only know Clients With Large Accounts. Well! they were in the right, this time, and I've met Sherlock Holmes into the bargain. Good send-off for me, I think."
Sherlock Holmes' guidance often shone forth to great effect in these final moments, but never so luminously upon a fellow investigator.
"I've followed this case clear to London. If your pursuits, Mr Holmes, should ever lead you to Chicago in turn - seek me out. An ex-Pinkerton can comfortably set up his own business."
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Fandom: ACD and Granada (Red Circle)
Notes/Warnings: none
Word Count: 221
"The Long Island case was twelve long years ago, Mr Holmes."
Leverton's eyes had not left the turning where the Maria had disappeared.
"Good money there, too, but it was what one man could afford. A year before Homestead, that still happened, sometimes. Even so, Teddy Marvin had stepped out by then; I guess he knew which way the wind was blowing."
Holmes threw his head back in a short bark of hilarity. "Ha! - in a manner of speaking."
Leverton grinned for a flash. "Always did wonder. But as to Gorgiano - " - his face was somber again - "we'd never have given him a glance if half the businessmen in New York hadn't asked us."
He turned back to the window.
"A policeman might live with the Law more than with Justice, as you say; but at the Agency these days, we only know Clients With Large Accounts. Well! they were in the right, this time, and I've met Sherlock Holmes into the bargain. Good send-off for me, I think."
Sherlock Holmes' guidance often shone forth to great effect in these final moments, but never so luminously upon a fellow investigator.
"I've followed this case clear to London. If your pursuits, Mr Holmes, should ever lead you to Chicago in turn - seek me out. An ex-Pinkerton can comfortably set up his own business."