Even while sick, several reasons why they needn't be concerned sprang to mind almost instantly. He takes the soup and has a bite as he considers a reason why they ought to be concerned that she might know.
"A good doctor would sleep near his patient," he points out. "And if she found anything troublesome with that, she wouldn't have provided you with your nightclothes without prompting." He has another bite of soup, mentally rifling through his files on Mrs. Hudson.
"Mycroft is the one that recommended these rooms to me; he wouldn't have recommended someone who -- " He stops, the spoon halfway to his mouth. "Mycroft. He informed me that she would be an adequate housekeeper; I suspect he spoke to her. She may be a better actor than you, my dear boy."
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"A good doctor would sleep near his patient," he points out. "And if she found anything troublesome with that, she wouldn't have provided you with your nightclothes without prompting." He has another bite of soup, mentally rifling through his files on Mrs. Hudson.
"Mycroft is the one that recommended these rooms to me; he wouldn't have recommended someone who -- " He stops, the spoon halfway to his mouth. "Mycroft. He informed me that she would be an adequate housekeeper; I suspect he spoke to her. She may be a better actor than you, my dear boy."