#i feel like everyone's entitled to at least one point where they just reject doyle's chronology

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My biggest quarrel with Holmes Canon chronology is that Sign of the Four does not FEEL like it's six or seven years after Study in Scarlet, and still less does it feel like it takes place after the various pre-marriage short stories. It has the vibes of Early Friendship about it too strongly.

Blatantly against Doyle's stated dates, I maintain in my head that SIGN takes place within a year of STUD, and Mary and Watson just have a very long engagement due to their mutual state of Absolutely No Money.