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(Cut-away shot of Small arranging a group of five wedding guests – one of whom is Sholto – for
a formal photograph. He is moving the people around so that they can all be seen by the
camera which is on a tripod in front of them.)
SHERLOCK: ... an invitation to a wedding – the one time Sholto would have to be out in public.
So, he made his plan ...
(Cut-away shot of Small, wearing casual clothes and a cap, outside the gates of the barracks.
He moves to stand beside Bainbridge and then holds up a smartphone as if he’s about to take a
selfie of himself with the Guardsman.)
SHERLOCK: ... and rehearsed the murder ...
(Cut-away shot of Small with the wedding group, moving to take Sholto by the shoulders to
move him into position.)
SHERLOCK: ... making sure of every last detail.
(Standing behind Sholto, Small holds his shoulder with one hand and puts his other hand down
to the back of his belt. We can’t see what he’s holding but we hear a sharp noise as the slender
blade punches through the belt and into Sholto’s back.
Outside the barracks, still holding his phone up with one hand, Small stands slightly behind
Bainbridge and we hear the sharp noise of the blade stabbing through the Guardsman’s belt.
Bainbridge jolts slightly and blinks.
At the photoshoot, Sholto sways slightly and looks a little uncomfortable. Small glares
murderously at him from behind, withdraws his hand and then puts it into his jacket’s inside
breast pocket, tucking the blade out of sight.
At the barracks, Small walks away from Bainbridge.
At the photoshoot, Small gives Sholto one last glare from behind, then walks forward to his
camera.)
(Back in the reception foyer, Small looks calmly at Sherlock.)
SHERLOCK: Brilliant, ruthless, almost certainly a monomaniac – though, in fairness, his
photographs are actually quite good.
(He tosses his phone to Greg.)
SHERLOCK: Everything you need’s on that. You probably ought to ... arrest him or something.
(Nearby, Mary comes into view, apparently looking for John. She spots him, smiles and hurries
towards him. Janine, standing beside Sherlock, leans closer and speaks quietly without looking
at him.)
JANINE: Do you always carry handcuffs?
SHERLOCK: Down, girl.
MARY (holding out her hand to John): Come on, quick!
(She reaches his side and John puts his arm around her as she turns and sees Small nearby. He
is looking at Sherlock fixedly.)
SMALL: It’s not me you should be arresting, Mr Holmes.
SHERLOCK: Oh, I don’t do the arresting. (He nods towards Greg.) I just farm that out.
SMALL: Sholto – he’s the killer, not me. I should have killed him quicker.
(He grins manically, then his smile fades and he shakes his head.)
SMALL: I shouldn’t have tried to be clever.
SHERLOCK (softly): You should have driven faster.
(He takes his hands from behind his back and crooks one arm to Janine. She takes it and they
walk away. John and Mary follow them. Greg looks down at Sherlock’s phone, then looks at
Small.)
LESTRADE: Right ...

In the reception room, the tables have been cleared away. Looking into each other’s eyes, Mary
and John are dancing a slow waltz in the middle of the room to the sound of a single violin while
all the guests stand around the edge of the room and watch them. On a low stage at the end of
the room Sherlock is playing his violin. The tune is the same one we heard at the beginning of
the episode. He sways gently while he plays, his eyes fixed on the newlyweds. As the tune
draws to an end, John shifts one hand to Mary’s back, holds her by the waist with the other and
starts to dip her backwards. Mary gasps.
MARY: Really?!
(Chuckling, he bends her backwards as she giggles. He kisses her as the tune ends. The guests
break into applause and some of them cheer. Everyone is looking at the happy couple except
Janine who directs her applause towards Sherlock. She whoops at him.)
JANINE: Yeah!

Transcripts by Ariane DeVere (arianedevere@livejournal.com)