[Sherlock frowns when John asks him, then he adjusts the way he's crouching down so Alice is facing her father.]
Look at me, John. No. Look at your daughter.
[He'll let him do as he asks.]
If you hadn't gone back to Mary, where would Alice be now?
[Really, he'd assumed that Mary was telling the truth about changing her ways and giving up her past. Then again, Sherlock could never tell when Mary was lying, yet Mary seemed to always be able to tell with him.]
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Look at me, John. No. Look at your daughter.
[He'll let him do as he asks.]
If you hadn't gone back to Mary, where would Alice be now?
[Really, he'd assumed that Mary was telling the truth about changing her ways and giving up her past. Then again, Sherlock could never tell when Mary was lying, yet Mary seemed to always be able to tell with him.]