In 192x, Doris was struggling to make ends meet in London. Fortunately, a classmate's butler recommended a little "side business": private detective work.
She also discovered that no one in the world remembered The xxxx Casebook, and that there was now a 221B on Baker Street.
This was completely different from what Doris remembered!
Doris suddenly realized that she and Sherlock Holmes had both graduated from Oxford, and had never appeared at the same time... and that she had never denied being Sherlock Holmes... Her hands trembled as she thought about it... The more she thought about it, the more terrifying it became...
She understood. The Sherlock Holmes of the twentieth century was Doris Hollis!
And so, using the name Sherlock Holmes, Doris handled her cases flawlessly and became popular among the detective community, which only made her more enthusiastic about playing the part.
Once she had a little money, she rented a place on Baker Street. But she was still missing a doctor, so she put an ad in the paper looking for an assistant.
And a Mr. Watson actually showed up for an interview?!!!
Sherlock Holmes should have been at home waiting for a lodger to arrive, not in London forty years later.
He saw a world unlike any he knew: people communicated by telephone, lit their homes with electric lights, and traveled by car. And more importantly, there was Miss Holmes.
She had a short bob that reached her ears and wore a loose dress that fell just below her knees. She wore no corset or hoop skirt, and she was eloquent and quick-witted.
Sherlock applied to be her assistant under the name "Watson," and at first, everything went smoothly.
"Watson": Miss Doris Hollis, why do you call yourself Holmes?
Doris: It's my stage name. If my enemies ever come looking for me, I can loudly say, "That was Holmes's doing. Doris Hollis had nothing to do with it."
Sherlock Holmes silently added The Art of Being a Scapegoat to his reading list.
[Highlights]
1. Sorry for any out-of-character moments.
2. There are two accounts of which school Holmes attended. This story goes with Oxford.
3. The heroine's name is tentative.
Theme: Optimism.
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