This was so engrossing, and so well-paced. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Your use of clues and deductions in the case is so satisfying.
It’s so poignant that through his confusion Professor de Leighton still knows the truth, and that Holmes understands this and believes him. I love as well Watson’s compassion for the professor. I love that as a doctor he treats the professor as a vulnerable human being, rather than a ‘madman’ to be controlled - refusing to force an unlabelled sedative on a frightened man. And it's such a wonderful use of the King Arthur myth - the way the professor views Holmes allows us to see him with a fresh pair of eyes too. It’s oddly appropriate: Holmes is a kind of magician and hero - finding out the truth when no-one else can see it, and saving the innocent. And he has indeed become a mythical character for us, reinterpreted over and over again in many different physical forms.
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It’s so poignant that through his confusion Professor de Leighton still knows the truth, and that Holmes understands this and believes him. I love as well Watson’s compassion for the professor. I love that as a doctor he treats the professor as a vulnerable human being, rather than a ‘madman’ to be controlled - refusing to force an unlabelled sedative on a frightened man. And it's such a wonderful use of the King Arthur myth - the way the professor views Holmes allows us to see him with a fresh pair of eyes too. It’s oddly appropriate: Holmes is a kind of magician and hero - finding out the truth when no-one else can see it, and saving the innocent. And he has indeed become a mythical character for us, reinterpreted over and over again in many different physical forms.