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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Volume 5 Page 23


  “Exactly!” I waved a bit of buttered toast. “He might have released a contagion that would wipe humanity from the face of the earth.”

  We sat quickly for a moment, contemplating the horrific possibility.

  “Still,” I ventured, “he is dead, and that should be an end to the entire matter.”

  Holmes paused. “Is it?”

  Unsettled, I looked at him. “What on earth do you mean?”

  “There were one or two moments,” he replied slowly, “when I glimpsed a malevolent force behind Knox’s actions. A presence I thought was checked.”

  “I do not understand, Holmes.”

  He gave me a smile, almost kindly, and poured another cup of tea. “Do not ‘fash yerself,’ as the Scots say. No doubt I am fretting over spectres.”

  I buttered another slice of toast. “If you say so.”

  “I suppose I do.” Holmes flicked his cigarette into the flames. “After all, fire is a great purifier.”

  DR. WATSON’S BLUES, by Len Moffatt

  (Tune: Blue Prelude)

  Let me sigh, let me cry ’cause I’m blue …

  Holmes has gone from this London town!

  Won’t be long ’til my stories are through …

  That fight at the Falls put him down!

  ~

  All the plots I could steal, beg or borrow

  Would not sell without Holmes in his role.

  Without Sherlock to peddle tomorrow

  Agent Doyle may have to go … on the dole!

  ~

  Here I go, now you know why I’m grieving:

  I have the blues, money to lose … Good Bye …

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