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(She takes a drink from her wine glass, then grimaces.)
MARY: Urgh. I chose this wine. It’s bloody awful.
SHERLOCK: Yes, but it’s definitely him that he talks about?
MARY: Mm-hmm.
(At the entrance)
JOHN: I’m very, very glad to see you, sir. I know you don’t really do this sort of thing.
SHOLTO: Well, I do for old friends, Watson ... John. It’s good to see you.
JOHN: You too.
(Sholto nods, then looks around the room.)
SHOLTO: Civilian life suiting you, then?
JOHN: Er, er, yes, well ... (he gestures towards Mary) ... I think so, sir.
SHOLTO: No more need for the trick cyclist?
JOHN: No, I-I go now and then. Sort of a top-up.
(Sholto nods.)
JOHN: Therapy can be very helpful.
(Sholto awkwardly looks away.)
JOHN: Where are you living these days?
SHOLTO: Oh, way out in the middle of nowhere. You wouldn’t know it.
(Back at Sherlock and Mary)
SHERLOCK: I’ve never even heard him say his name.
MARY: Well, he’s almost a recluse – you know, since ...
SHERLOCK: Yes.
MARY: I didn’t think he’d show up at all. John says he’s the most unsociable man he’s ever met.
SHERLOCK: He is? He’s the most unsociable?
MARY: Mm.
SHERLOCK: Ah, that’s why he’s bouncing round him like a puppy.
(Mary grins and hugs his arm.)
MARY: Oh, Sherlock! Neither of us were the first, you know.
(He looks round at her.)
SHERLOCK: Stop smiling.
MARY (indignantly): It’s my wedding day!
(Rolling his eyes, Sherlock pulls free and walks away. She takes another drink from her wine
glass, then pulls a disgusted face at the taste.)

Elsewhere, the camera pans across the interior of a grand building and into a room with a large
old painting on the wall and a suit of armour standing nearby. A steady regular thumping sound
can be heard. The camera pans around the corner and reveals a running machine. Mycroft –
dressed in gym clothes – is jogging on the machine. After a while he switches it off and jumps
off, breathing heavily. He walks a few paces away, then stops and lifts his top to examine his
stomach, patting it reflectively and looking quite pleased with himself. On a nearby table, his
phone rings. He picks it up and answers.
MYCROFT (breathlessly): Yes, what, Sherlock?
SHERLOCK (walking through the wedding reception room as he talks into his phone): Why are
you out of breath?
MYCROFT: Filing.
SHERLOCK: Either I’ve caught you in a compromising position or you’ve been working out
again. I favour the latter.
MYCROFT: What do you want?
SHERLOCK: I need your answer, Mycroft, as a matter of urgency.
MYCROFT: “Answer”?
SHERLOCK: Even at the eleventh hour it’s not too late, you know.
MYCROFT (sighing): Oh, Lord.
SHERLOCK: Cars can be ordered, private jets commandeered.
MYCROFT: Today. It’s today, isn’t it? No, Sherlock, I will not be coming to the “night do,” as you
so poetically put it.
SHERLOCK (insincerely): What a shame. Mary and John will be extremely d...
MYCROFT: ... delighted not to have me hanging around.
SHERLOCK: Oh, I don’t know. There should always be a spectre at the feast.
MYCROFT (picking up a glass of juice from the table): So, this is it, then. The big day. (He sits
down in an armchair.) I suppose I’ll be seeing a lot more of you from now on.
SHERLOCK: What do you mean?

Transcripts by Ariane DeVere (arianedevere@livejournal.com)