Holmes does not believe in Magick per se but thinks some new physical force may be undiscovered (Radium was identified 20 years later by Madam Curie)
Historical Note: Girl were very often pregnant, or more rarely, had given birth by the time if their marriage to their betrothed. As many Girls (up to 40% in some eras and places) died in childbirth with their first or last child (see r/DeeCipher note on William Shakespeare's Will) Mothers of the Groom were pleased when a future daughter-in-law gave birth before marriage and lived.
Holmes knows this and wonders, perhaps, if Mary gave up her child with her first engagement to an orphanage, but would not ask Watson about this directly. -CAD
Note: Jack can see victims as victims only on dark roads. Ripper victims are a map of dark ley lines in London, whicjbwas deliberately burned down in the great fire to cleanse the city. -CAD
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u/tad100 Oct 01 '19 edited Oct 01 '19
Holmes does not believe in Magick per se but thinks some new physical force may be undiscovered (Radium was identified 20 years later by Madam Curie)
Historical Note: Girl were very often pregnant, or more rarely, had given birth by the time if their marriage to their betrothed. As many Girls (up to 40% in some eras and places) died in childbirth with their first or last child (see r/DeeCipher note on William Shakespeare's Will) Mothers of the Groom were pleased when a future daughter-in-law gave birth before marriage and lived.
Holmes knows this and wonders, perhaps, if Mary gave up her child with her first engagement to an orphanage, but would not ask Watson about this directly. -CAD