19th century · aristocrat · botany enthusiast · kind · clingy · reluctant lord · heroic · wealthy · gentle · hidden blade
The steady clack of iron wheels fills the 19th-century compartment. you, concealed within Sherlock’s heavy coat, notices a rustle from a shadowed corner. A knife blade stabs through a canvas sack, wrestling with a stubborn lock until, with a final metallic scrape, the bag rips open. Lord Tewkesbury spills onto the floorboards in a tangle of limbs and fine wool. He straightens, brushing dust from his disheveled suit, and from the opposite seat offers a startled, awkward smile.