It was the very night on which I had shared here on this blog the story of the lost boot which had run off within the realms of my book when I discovered another such precarious shoe in a most unexpected place.
It might have been a thing not at all worth mentioning if the topic of lost boots was not one which had been greatly on my mind.
I was reading The Hound of the Baskervilles when, almost like an afterthought, Henry Baskerville mentioned to Sherlock Holmes that he hopes that losing a single boot is not part of the ordinary routine of life.
It immediately peeked my interest, for the casualness with which it was mentioned struck me as strange.
I of course knew due to recent experiences that losing one boot was indeed out of the ordinary, for boots don't often walk off alone, when they walk at all.
Naturally, Sherlock Holmes knew this as well and proceeded to inquire about the boot of interest.
Rarely has a clue so interested me on such a personal level. I made it my private mission to keep my eyes peeled for it.
I am happy to say that I have since found sir Baskerville's boot, though I certainly won't give away its location to the unknowing readers out there.
As of yet, the boot of my book is still quite content to remain missing. But even so, I could not help but feel that the immortal and ingenious Sherlock Holmes was talking to me when he remarked on page thirty-five with an air of great reassurance that "it will not be long before the missing boot is found."
It was not an altogether unusual thing to say at the time. Yet if anyone could transcend from fiction's shadows and say with utter confidence that a missing boot he could not possibly have known about will be found shortly, well, then that someone can only be Sherlock Holmes.
I would not expect it of any other. And although I confess that I myself expect that the missing boot will soon be found, it was nice to have a word of encouragement from the ultimate expert.
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