[Mind's Eye] Re: The return of Sherlock Heretic

Intrigue aside, welcome back, Allan.

On Oct 3, 12:54 am, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I saw only a fleeting glimpse pass in the shadows.  SH himself had
> taught me gait analysis and I was stunned.  Hadn't I seen him fall at
> Reichmodator Falls on that dark day of English mid-summer?  I followed
> immediately, expecting the shambling figure to stop at one of the many
> opium dens in Deadwood's dockland.  In one bound he was aboard a
> steamer heaving away from an old broken jetty and I raced to join him
> hoping my special senior citizen footware would cushion me when I hit
> the deck.  My knees were still issuing severe pain messages to my
> brain as Heretic whispered 'have you got your revolver Watson, the
> game's afoot'.  It later transpired that Moriarty had slipped to his
> doom at Reichmodator owing to his criminal failure to wear the stout,
> cushion-soled brogues all grumpy old crimefighters have as standard
> issue.  Seizing on the moment, Heretic had removed the Professor's
> brothel creepers and gone undercover as a night-soil operative in
> Deadwood's tenderloin.  We were now on the trail of a vicious gang of
> Chinese talcum powder smugglers ...
>
> Welcome back Allan.