2019 Watson's Woes - July 1 - Priorities

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Title: Priorities

Author: Pompey

Universe: late-era ACD

Warnings: mentions of Edwardian terrorism

Word count: 100

Summary:  Sherlock is a detective, Mycroft is a politician, and Watson is a doctor.

Author’s note: The Clerkenwell Prison explosion occurred in 1867; IRB members had tried to free another member from the prison by using a barrel of gunpowder. (It didn’t end well.)

Prompt: July 1 – explosion

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“The boots, the cigar end, the barrels, the location – it all points to the Irish Republican Brotherhood,” Holmes concluded. 

Mycroft nodded and sighed heavily.  “It is the Clerkenwell explosion all over again.   Why these Fenians feel such violence is the way to obtain Home Rule I cannot understand.  Irish relations are strained enough as it is and this will only make things worse.  Sherlock, you must find them before they can cause any more intranational damage.” 

 “And before any more lives are lost,” Watson added tightly, the bloody images of the most recent bombing victims still fresh in his mind.