Monthly Meeting Minutes – 13th January 2021

  The Shingle of Southsea Holmesian Society

Monthly Meeting Minutes

Date of Meeting: 13th January 2021

Location of Meeting:

The Sherloft, My House, Portsmouth, UK

Attendees:

"The Entire Canon" (Paul Thomas Miller)

Apologies:

I should think so.

Presentation:

The main presentation this week was by "The Entire Canon" (Paul Thomas Miller) who has made some startling discoveries about Holmes's last words.

Famous Last Words

by Paul Thomas Miller

I noticed recently that if you list the last word of every story in The Canon in publication order you get the following enigmatic paragraph:

Arca it woman sand world past star breakfast feature conscience existence evenings punishment success you ever you police service seas to-morrow Samuel print avenged trust known way presents turn estate justice pocket later window solution rise embassy day night door horrible plans speech act career place veil can possible taught it Holmes emerged dock hands shock yard told it age

Now, that does not seem terribly impressive, but I tried adding some punctuation convinced that this would produce a secret sixty-first story. Here's how it turned out:

"Arca it, woman!"

Sand-world past star-breakfast.

Feature conscience, existence evenings, punishment success.

You. Ever you.

Police service seas to-morrow.

Samuel print avenged.

Trust known way presents turn.

Estate justice; pocket later.

Window solution. Rise embassy.

Day, night, door. Horrible plans.

Speech act? Career-Place-Veil can!

Possible? Taught it.

Holmes emerged! Dock-hands shock yard. Told it age.

Nope. Still made no sense.
But then I tried shuffling the words up and I got a poem which is so deep I don't understand it. Proof, if it were needed that The Canon is a work of genius.

Acra Yard

(A hidden poem found by Paul Thomas Miller)

Embassy told police

"Trust punishment"...

Pocket woman emerged avenged.

It taught service.

You print "Shock!"

It hands justice.

You can dock.

Possible night past horrible day,

To-morrow ever presents evening's later way.

Rise star!

Turn seas!

Breakfast world!

Conscience speech:

Feature sand success.

Estate plans career window,

Place it, Samuel Holmes.

Act. Age.

Veil existence.

Acra Yard.

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