Fic for thesmallhobbit: The Adventure of the Notorious Canary-Trainer, Holmes/Hopkins, R

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Title: The Adventure of the Notorious Canary-Trainer
Recipient: thesmallhobbit
Author: [redacted]
Rating: R, for sexual content and mature subject matter
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Stanley Hopkins. Holmes/Hopkins.
Warnings: mentions of child prostitution in a non-graphic manner
Summary: In the opening of The Adventure of Black Peter Watson mentions, "In this memorable year ’95, a curious and incongruous succession of cases had engaged his attention … down to his arrest of Wilson, the notorious canary-trainer, which removed a plague-spot from the East End of London." This is the tale of that case.
Wordcount: 8,370
Notes: Thank you to [redacted] for the beta and cheerleading, also for helping me decide exactly what a canary trainer was. And thank you to [redacted] for the Brit-pick, beta, historical references, gentle admonishments over bad characterizations, and helpful suggestions all delivered with patience and good humor.

( "It was with great amusement that I read Watson's account..." )