If BBC did my favourite Sherlock story… I would hope it’d go something like this. Sherlock dragging John all over the big estate as he tried to solve the riddle and pointing with his riding crop (although Jeremy Brett’s cane was much more intimidating). XD
I used a reference for the dialogue from Brett’s version of this story. In that interpretation, the starting point was the oak weathervane, not the old, ancient oak tree on the property.
I love Sherlock confusing the crap out of John.
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For reference, here’s the riddle, as printed in the book (not original magazine publish):
‘Whose was it?’
‘His who is gone.’
‘Who shall have it?’
‘He who will come.’
‘Where was the sun?’
‘Over the oak.’
‘Where was the shadow?’
‘Under the elm.’
‘How was it stepped?’
‘North by ten and by ten, east by five and by five, south by two and by two, west by one and by one, and so under.’
‘What shall we give for it?’
‘All that is ours.’
‘Why should we give it?’
‘For the sake of the trust.’
