Sherlock rolled his eyes. "Not even very interesting crime," he sighed. "What a pity. And you are in no way ignorant, Matilda, you are a very clever girl. Not many your age would ever have noticed things like that."
"We'll come up with a plan to sort out your father," he said. He calculated back to the year she was speaking of, would his past self be able to help her? Most likely not, it was before Carl Powers and the police hadn't listened to him then. "And I know a policeman here, he's one of the better ones, even if he's from my time as well."