Realizing Bennett has left a kerosene fire burning in the basement, Holmes and Watson hustle Mrs. Holmes and Watson lie in wait at the hideout, actually the run-down home of Bennett's mother, who is blind and semi-deranged (from her ramblings, Holmes and Watson guess that Edward's madness resulted from his abusive father and that Edward turned on his father and killed him when Edward was still a child). They return home demoralized but receive a lucky break when Bennett's newspaper contact arrives on their doorstep in a panic, admitting that he followed Bennett to his current hideout, seeing gruesome relics that confirm he is the Ripper. The Ripper decided that it was vitally important to neutralize Holmes as a threat to him, but by going to such lengths to do so, he has inadvertently revealed his own identity.ĭespite this breakthrough, Holmes and Watson's stakeout only leads them to the site of Mary Jane Kelly's murder, with no clues as to Bennett's current whereabouts. Patient investigation leads Holmes to an elementary solution that horrifies Watson, Monk, and Lestrade: the Ripper is a policeman, Constable Edward Bennett, able to escape the scenes of his crimes by re-donning his uniform and able to anonymously supply the newspapers with credible tips about Holmes's whereabouts and activities that make him look guilty. Holmes also receives another anonymous note from the killer, identifying himself as "Jack the Ripper." Worse, newspaper stories suggest that Holmes himself is the killer, based on his proximity to each of the murder scenes. Holmes interrupts the killer in the process of murdering Stride and suffers a near-fatal stab wound without being able to catch the man. After a few nights, she excitedly claims to have identified the killer from tavern gossip as a soldier named Johnny Blackstone, on leave from his regiment.ĭespite their efforts, Holmes, Watson, and the police, are unable to prevent the murders of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. Investigating the murder scenes in Whitechapel, Holmes and Watson meet Mary Ann Monk, a casual friend of Mary Nichols, who agrees to spy on their behalf. However, when Annie Chapman is murdered in a similar manner, and Inspector Lestrade asks for help, Holmes is forced to notice the similarities between the two killings and predicts that more will follow if the killer is not stopped. Returning to Baker Street, Holmes receives an anonymous threatening note.Ī few months later, Watson is horrified by the news of Mary Ann Nichols's murder and mutilation, but Holmes dismisses it as an isolated incident. Holmes claims to Gregson that the case is unsolvable while planning to return the ring anonymously in the mail, but is nonplussed when one of Gregson's young constables points out clues that Holmes himself took pains to conceal from Gregson. When confronted, the Baron surrenders the ring, then kills himself in shame. The "solution" is unsatisfactory: Holmes deduces the Baron himself stole the ring, having already pawned several items of value to pay for his brother's gambling debts, and even being forced to rob the grave of his prematurely deceased wife. Holmes and Watson are called to the countryside by Inspector Gregson to look into the disappearance of a valuable ring from the home of a Baron's family. The account was confidential until then, but Watson feels its important that the facts be known, since the deceased Sherlock Holmes, for once in his life, was wrong when he predicted that "the world has already forgotten. Watson decides to leave his manuscript account of the Ripper killings to his estate for publication after his death. In a foreword, writing in 1939, the elderly Dr. The book takes its name from Horace's epigram, "We are but dust and shadow" ( Pulvis et umbra sumus), which Holmes quotes in the novel. The book is Faye's first novel and it has the blessing of Conan Doyle's heirs. Watson is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Lyndsay Faye which pits Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper. Somewhere in the far north, the Three-Eyed Raven blinks and tilts his head in curiosity as the Aberration returns magic to Westeros.Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. She grows up with magic on her fingertips and a dagger up her sleeve. R Plus L Equals J | Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen are Jon Snow's ParentsĪster Potter closed her eyes and dies a death of her own making at the hand of Lord Voldemort.Ī world away, Alysanne Baratheon opens her eyes.Pulvis et umbra sumus (we are but dust and shadow)ĭrifting_melody Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, Harry Potter - J.
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