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The Adventure of the Field Theorems by Vonda N. McIntyre This story copyright 1997 by Vonda N. McIntyre. This copy was created for Jean Hardys personal use. All other rights are reserved. Thank you for honoring the copyright. Published by Seattle Book Company, . * * * Holmes laughed like a Bedlam escapee. Considerably startled by his outburst, I lowered my Times, where I had been engrossed in an article about a new geometrical pattern discovered in the fields of Surrey. I had not yet decided whether to bring it to Holmess attention. What amuses you so, Holmes? No interesting case had challenged Holmes of late, and I wondered, fearfully, if boredom had led him to take up, once again, the habit of cocaine. Holmess laughter died, and an expression of thoughtful distress replaced the levity. His eyes revealed none of the languorous excitement of the drug. I am amused by the delusions of our species, Watson, Holmes said. Amusing on the surface, but, on reflection, distressing. I waited for his explanation. Can you not discern the reason for my amusement, Watson-- and my distress? I should think it perfectly obvious. I considered. Should he encounter an article written particularly for its humorous content, he would pass straight over it, finding it as useless to him as the orbits of the planets. The description of some brutal crime surely would not amuse him. A trace of Moriarty would raise him to anger or plunge him into despair. Ah, I said, certain I had divined the truth. You have read an account of a crime, I beg your pardon, the resolution of a crime, and you have seen the failings in the analysis. But, I pointed out, somewhat disturbed by my friends indifference to the deeper ramifications, that would indicate the arrest of an innocent victim, Holmes. Surely you should have some other react