Indeed! Watson mentions in NORW about this.

"A young doctor, named Verner, had purchased my small Kensington
practice, and given with astonishingly little demur the highest price
that I ventured to ask–an incident which only explained itself some
years later, when I found that Verner was a distant relation of
Holmes, and that it was my friend who had really found the money."

So Holmes played his little game with the help of his relative Verner to
get Watson back to his favorite chair in 221 B. Very shrewd indeed.

-Anand


On 1/30/07, Tim <tim.symonds@...> wrote:
> Indeed, SH without Dr Watson at his side is unthinkable! And where would Dr
> Johnson have been without his Boswell.
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> I am sure you are right if you imply that SH put some money into the offer
> to buy Watson's practice 'at a very high price' with a hidden agenda to get
> Watson back! It's one of Conan Doyle's most amusing little sub-plots.
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> From: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
> [mailto:SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...] On Behalf Of sumalsn
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> Subject: [sherlock holmes society of india] Re: On Sherlock Holmes and Women
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> Dear Tim and Holmesians,
> I do not think that Dr Watson was doing very well as a doctor. Refer
> to his remarks about Dr Verner buying his practice at a very high
> price. Probably he did not expect so much for his meagre practice.
> Remember, Sherlock Holmes also put up the money for his distant
> relative, Dr Verner to buy Dr Watson's practice.
> Had Dr Watson continued with his practice, Holmes would have been
> wothout his Boswell. A considerable loss to all of us!
> sumalsn
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-Anand