Fic for inamac: The Strange Affair of the Unwanted Emeralds; PG

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Title: The Strange Affair of the Unwanted Emeralds

Recipient: inamac

Author: blueonblue

Beta: Thanks for this - it really is appreciated.

Rating: G

Word count: 3,000

Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson, Lord Peter Wimsey, Marjorie Phelps, Harry “Bunny” Manders, the third Mrs Watson

Warnings: Some period attitudes towards colonialism and women

Summary: Crossover between Dorothy Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey stories and Sherlock Holmes. 1899 as narrated by Miss Marjorie Phelps in 1921.

Author's Notes: Marjorie Phelps is Lord Peter Wimsey’s artist friend from The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club and Strong Poison. Bunny Manders is from E.W. Hornung’s Raffles stories, Allan Quatermain and She are from H. Rider Haggard, and Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are from London (by way of Conan Doyle).

( Perhaps his long association with Mr Sherlock Holmes gave my uncle a greater understanding… )