She knows John Watson well, better than he thinks - knows the way he gets when he's around Holmes, certainly - and she outright refuses to be the third wheel while out to dinner with her own husband, so, through some mixture of badgering and coercion, John convinces Holmes to bring along a lady friend to the Cafe Royal.
The woman introduces herself, in an American accent, as Irene, and converses animatedly through the soup course, dark hair and dark eyes shining in the low light, after which Holmes and her husband are called away by the police inspector to advise on an earlier incident, leaving the two women alone at the table.
Mary finds herself somewhat lost for words, intimidated, perhaps, by this young woman's beauty and wit, and excuses herself: "I won't be a moment," to which Irene replies with a bold wink, "Care for a hand powdering your nose?" and frankly, Mary knows her husband well, well enough to know he takes his comfort elsewhere sometimes; tonight, she decides, returning Irene's coy smile and leading the way away from the table, she and this fiery American beauty shall do the same themselves.
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on 2010-01-09 03:33 am (UTC)The woman introduces herself, in an American accent, as Irene, and converses animatedly through the soup course, dark hair and dark eyes shining in the low light, after which Holmes and her husband are called away by the police inspector to advise on an earlier incident, leaving the two women alone at the table.
Mary finds herself somewhat lost for words, intimidated, perhaps, by this young woman's beauty and wit, and excuses herself: "I won't be a moment," to which Irene replies with a bold wink, "Care for a hand powdering your nose?" and frankly, Mary knows her husband well, well enough to know he takes his comfort elsewhere sometimes; tonight, she decides, returning Irene's coy smile and leading the way away from the table, she and this fiery American beauty shall do the same themselves.