bbcbees:

i should know my watson by now…quick man, if you love me…..he broke into a low laugh and put his lips to my ear….it was worth a wound, it was worth many wounds…..dr watson is my friend and partner…you are not coming….then you are not going……you won’t fail me, you never did fail me…something in his eyes which was nearer to tenderness than I had ever seen…i felt holmes’ hand steal into mine….for two hours we rambled about together, in silence for the most part, as befits two men who know each other intimately….when you like and where you like….and believe me to be, my dear fellow, very sincerely yours….