The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax | 
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Thoughts, Sherlockians?
Daisey, erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, StayCurious, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Fr3NcHtOaSt, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02eeclayton I wasn't happy with this ending at all. The lady clearly made a choice and it should have been respected. 3w
CogsOfEncouragement Yeah…Almost like Doyle met his word count and said That‘s it for me! From other stories of how SH has acted, I fully expected him to stick around long enough to make sure she was set up safely somewhere again. This seems out of character to me. 3w
Librarybelle Agreed, @eeclayton . This set off so many alarm bells. 3w
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Cuilin At this point in the cannon I‘ve become accustomed to Sherlock‘s frantic energy in an investigation and then leaving at the end. It‘s not justice or closure he is interested in but the solving of a puzzle. 3w
AnneCecilie I agree @eeclayton and @Librarybelle 3w
eeclayton @Cuilin That's a great point. 3w
dabbe @eeclayton @CogsOfEncouragement @Librarybelle @Cuilin @AnneCecilie ... all excellent points. The frustrating thing is that we only know Green's side of the story of his and L. Carfax's relationship. We never get to hear a peep from her, and we leave her in a drugged state with her STALKER! 😱 This is beyond brutal for Holmes, but I agree, @Cuilin, his only interest is the puzzle itself. Once it's solved, time to move on. Cold machine indeed. 3w
CogsOfEncouragement @Cuilin @dabbe I always think of The Adventure of the Copper Breeches, about the governess who could find no work, so takes a horrible placement…and at the end of everything Watson accuses SH of not caring once the puzzle is solved, but then immediately mentions she found employment as head of a private school with considerable success. ⬇️ 3w
CogsOfEncouragement IMO we are to conclude SH situated her there and took no credit for the doing so. This is for us to be “smarter than Watson” again to know this. I like to think that is how SH behaves. I respect your view on him as well. 3w
Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement that‘s so interesting, he often has information that he does not share with Watson therefore doesn‘t make it on the page then this is absolutely plausible. The question becomes why would Doyle not have his hero shine in this way? 3w
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Excellent point. In that story, it is highly plausible that Holmes did find a placement for her in BEECHES. In many other stories he shows acts of goodwill as well. IMO, though, not in this one. At all. Perhaps even our hero detective can have a bad hair day or story. 🤣 And my overall view of Holmes is that I am completely #sherlocked and always will be. I adore him, just not in this story. 3w
CogsOfEncouragement @cuilin Do you think the original readers read the stories over and over, waiting for the next? Subscription wide book club? Doyle knew this? He dropped a couple hints about SH doing nice things and let the reader enjoy being in on the secret? Just like his relationship with Mrs. Hudson. I think SH did a BIG thing for her and SH & Hudson have a relationship W doesn‘t quite understand - but the reader can. Maybe? 3w
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement I truly love to think and believe that and it continues to this day! All the Sherlockian clubs around the world prove that. And a lot of them reread the stories (as if they were real) and discuss every minute detail. I'd love to be a wallflower at a meeting of the Baker Street Irregular Society! 🤩 3w
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