In the first episode of season 3 of Sherlock named as "The Empty Hearse". We can see that Mary received a message from the John's kidnapper(s). Mary said it's a skip code and Sherlock told that the formula to decrypt is
First word, then every third
The message after decryption was like
Save souls Now!
John or James Watson!
Saint or Sinner?
James or John?
The more is less?
But according to Sherlock's theory how is it possible? As Saint
is just after Watson
. So what am I missing?
Also picture of the scenes