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(John smiles and nods his agreement.)
SHERLOCK: ... redeemed only by the warmth and constancy of your friendship. But, as I’m
apparently your best friend, I cannot congratulate you on your choice of companion.
(He looks down for a moment, then smiles a little.)
SHERLOCK: Actually, now I can.
(The guests murmur again, but now their tone is much more approving. John and Mary smile.)
SHERLOCK: Mary, when I say you deserve this man, it is the highest compliment of which I am
capable. John, you have endured war, and injury, and tragic loss ... (he leans closer to John) ...
so sorry again about that last one ... (he straightens up again) ... so know this: today you sit
between the woman you have made your wife and the man you have saved – in short, the two
people who love you most in all this world. And I know I speak for Mary as well when I say we
will never let you down, and we have a lifetime ahead to prove that.
(Mrs Hudson whimpers and holds a tissue to her nose. Molly wipes tears from her eyes with her
serviette. Other guests – even some of the men – sniffle. John turns to Mary and whispers to
her.)
JOHN: If I try and hug him, stop me.
MARY: Certainly not.
(She pats his arm. Sherlock moves on to his next card.)
SHERLOCK: Ah, yes. Now on to some funny stories about John ...
(He trails off as he looks up and sees so many of the guests crying.)
SHERLOCK (quick fire): What’s wrong? What happened? Why are you all doing that? John?
(Molly smiles proudly at him.)
MRS HUDSON (tearfully): Oh, Sherlock!
(Sherlock looks down at John.)
SHERLOCK: Did I do it wrong?
JOHN (standing up): No, you didn’t. Come here.
(He pulls him into a tight hug. The guests break into applause. The fandom goes crazy.)
SHERLOCK: I haven’t finished yet.
JOHN: Yeah, I know, I know.
SHERLOCK (holding up his next card and talking over the applause as John releases him): So,
on to some funny stories ...
JOHN: Can you – can you wait ’til I sit down?
(Sherlock nods as the applause continues. John sits down, clearing his throat, and the applause
finally fades.)
SHERLOCK: So, on to some funny stories about John.
(John chuckles. Sherlock looks at the guests.)
SHERLOCK: If you could all just cheer up a bit, that would ...
(The guests laugh.)
SHERLOCK: ... be better. On we go. So, for funny stories ... (he reaches into his pocket and
takes out his phone) ... one has to look no further than John’s blog.
(He holds up the phone. John laughs and turns to speak quietly to Mary.)
JOHN: Here we go.
SHERLOCK: The record of our time together. Of course, he does tend to romanticise things a
bit, but then, you know ... (he looks down at John and Mary and half-winks at them) ... he’s a
romantic. We’ve tackled some strange cases: the Hollow Client ...

FLASHBACK. John and Sherlock walk up the stairs and into the living room of 221B, then stop
dead at the sight which greets them. In John’s chair which is facing towards the door is a suit,
laid out exactly as it would appear if there was actually anyone inside it and sitting in the chair.
There is even a pair of shoes at the bottom of the trousers.

SHERLOCK: ... the Poison Giant ...

FLASHBACK. A man is running across a rooftop. As he comes into full view we see that he is a
person of short stature. He stops and raises a blowpipe to his lips.
SHERLOCK (offscreen): Get down, John!
(The man blows into the pipe and on the other side of the roof Sherlock and John duck down to
avoid the dart which flies out of it. They immediately jump up again and run on in pursuit of the
man.)

SHERLOCK: We’ve had some frustrating cases ...

Transcripts by Ariane DeVere (arianedevere@livejournal.com)