Sub Rosa

[prof_pangaea]

Title: Sub Rosa
Author: Professor Pangaea
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes
Disclaimer: Mr. Holmes and sundry other characters are now in the public domain, but of course I give ultimate credit and thanks for their existence to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Summary: "One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve. The truly beautiful and noble puts its lover, as it were, at an infinite distance, while it attends him more strongly than ever." -- Henry David Thoreau
























































































































































































Note: The full quote of the text "High and mighty" etc. is from Hamlet, Act IV, scene vii. It is a letter from Hamlet to Claudius, and reads: "High and Mighty,-You shall know I am set naked on your kingdom. To-morrow shall I beg leave to see your kingly eyes; when I shall (first asking your pardon thereunto) recount the occasion of my sudden and more strange return."


EDIT: I want to sincerely thank everyone who has commented, both positively and critically -- I am very pleased at the amount of response that has resulted from this piece. I'm afraid that there were so many comments initially that I wasn't able to reply to each individually, as I usually do, but be assured that I have (and continue to) read and appreciate every single comment.

Comments

[swissmarg]

Here via 221b_recs. Wonderful, wonderful work! The graphics are marvellous, the text looks like it is really printed on the papers. And the story of course, that you were able to tell so much in so few words. I am suitably impressed and enjoyed this very much.

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

This is fabulous. I love the brotherly banter, Mycroft's ridiculously overblown language (esp. for a telegram), and the way that each telegram's provenance tells so much of the story without words.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

This made me smile - despite the situation there's still the brotherly responses to each other.

[jesse_the_k]

Just like Holmes & Watson, the attention persists for a long time.

An excellent work, funny and sad and exhibiting an awesome familiarity of and research into telegram papers.

Huzzah!