Swimming in the Styx

I was wrong.  While in parts of the Holmes canon all it says is Watson’s injury is caused by a bullet thru his leg, in The Sign of Four Holmes is referring to a chase he and Watson are having and refers to it as  a “six-mile limp for a half-pay officer with a damaged tendo Achillis” [emphasis added].  So is is one of us.  Add him to the celebrity list (although, since he still has a limp years later, presumably he didn’t follow his PT routine appropriately.)

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