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Title: Farewell
by NAME_2, in the prose of NAME_3

Summary:
NAME_4 returns to the Sanctum Sanctorum at 22b Baker Street after the many day battle with NAME_5 that saw him forced to take his own master's life to stop that ancient evil. Despite the Ancient One's words of forgiveness and comfort, he is wracked with pain and self-loathing at having killed someone he loved as a father. Can NAME_1 help him heal?

Notes:
This work is part of the Doctor NAME_6 in Victorian England AU. Warning, this is a long chapter with lots of detailed descriptions! Some mild NAME_7

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Chapter 1 

It was a dreary storm that night, and the gale pushed sheets of rain against the great study window that had the crosshatch shape of the Seal of the Vishanti. NAME_1 waited fretfully for the master's return, in the room lit only be candles that were growing fainter and fainter. A bolt of lightning dazzled his eyes, and when his vision cleared, the formerly empty rug held a