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His Virtues by NimWallace
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
19 May 2019
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In which Holmes lists Watson's virtues.
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I have complained to him before of his writing in “The Three Garridebs”. One of his best-loved stories, with a large part missing. I thought I had read it wrong at first, but he had, indeed, left out perhaps his most selfless act in his service and friendship to me.
You see, when Garrideb pulled out his gun and shot, it was very deliberately meant to hit me. It wasn't just that he missed, however. I was in the direct path of the bullet's flight.
This prompted Watson to shove me to the ground, the bullet grazing his leg in the process. If he had fallen a different way, he could have been shot in the head. The day Watson took a bullet for me was the day I understood what true terror felt like. The sheer possibility that my friend had been injured by a bullet meant for me was utterly terrifying. Watson was generously soft in his description of me, but in reality, I was a tearful mess, nearly weeping at the possibility that he had been hurt. It was merely a flesh wound, not life-threatening, but that day still shocked me to my core. I never did learn why Watson left out how he had saved my life, but I never asked, either. -
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