Holmes and Watson End Peace

1915. Sherlock Holmes to Watson: 'Stand with me here upon the terrace for it may be the last quiet talk that we shall ever have'. 1929. A small hospital somewhere in Dorset. An ante-room off a dimly lit corridor. It is night and there is not even the smallest amount of light penetrating the room. In the room itself a dim light enables us to see a figure in a bed. The pipes tubes and all the trappings we associate with keeping someone alive have been removed. The man for it is a man lies prone and still. Still but not silent. 1929 The last quiet talk.