tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post1847193669502484736..comments2024-03-19T05:28:00.356-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Dr. Watson Had How Many Wives?Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-24288560347235579242023-01-23T21:23:00.238-05:002023-01-23T21:23:00.238-05:00Following upon Eve's comment, why assume a fai...Following upon Eve's comment, why assume a faithless Watson abandoned Lucy? Who's to say Lucy (or any other woman of Watson's acquaintance) didn't leave Watson? Among a hundred reasons, it can't have been easy for a wife to compete with the likes of Holmes.<br /><br />During hurricanes and floods, I lost a LOT of books, but my double volume edition of Baring-Gould's master work along with a 3-volume OED (with magnifying glass!!!) probably hurt the most. But I am shocked he fabricated Constance from whole cloth.<br /><br />Most enjoyable and educational, Michael, the perfect SleuthSayers article.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-2371806102101068942023-01-23T11:19:55.328-05:002023-01-23T11:19:55.328-05:00I love it. BTW, I think part of the reason so man...I love it. BTW, I think part of the reason so many of us believe Dr. Watson had a wilder private life than he wrote of is this quote from the canon, "The Sign of Four": "In an experience of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents..." (And it was Dorothy Sayers who responded in "Busman's Honeymoon", "Why separate? Do ordinary continents come blended, like teas?" which made me spit-take my tea the first time I read it.) <br />Granted, I think more than two marriages for the good Doctor are uncanonical, but that doesn't mean he didn't dally and occasionally even dilly...Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-60146951529403504152023-01-23T07:03:59.525-05:002023-01-23T07:03:59.525-05:00A most enjoyable blog that suggests a livelier Dr....A most enjoyable blog that suggests a livelier Dr. Watson.Janice Lawnoreply@blogger.com