Thank you all for reading the start of an "unended" mystery.
Queenie, I fear that you are absolutely right, at least for me. I'm glad you liked my first response to your challenge. And thank you for giving me the opportunity to liberate these story pieces.
Cuidadora, I've been a Sherlockian since junior high school, several decades ago. My understanding is that Holmes was patterned after one particular doctor who had been Doyle's teacher. One exercise Doyle related of his teacher was that one day, the teacher brought a powdered substance into the classroom, dipped a finger into it, put his finger in his mouth, and then passed around the powder's container, instructing the class to do likewise. When everyone had done so, he pointed out that the finger he had dipped was not the same one he had put in his mouth, and had he been malicious, his students' lack of observation might have proven lethal to them. I can see how such a teacher would leave quite an impression on young Doyle.
I hope your plot bunny fully forms.
DC, thank you for the compliments. I very much hope someone picks up where I left off. I've love to see what happens when L&C get plopped into this X-Files-ish situation.
Joy,
Lynn
