Thank you! I'm really glad you liked the deductions -- they're fun to do, yet it's hard to predict whether they're going to come off well. Though I was terribly looking forward to getting to use the Violin Finger Dent of Pain.

And thanks for thje kind words on this chapter too! Even though Watson is a bit taken aback and exasperated at just how seriously Holmes takes the whole chloral thing, I think he's quite pleased to have Holmes watching out for him on this.