📄 scandal_in_bohemia.txt
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<s> IF YOUR MAJESTY WOULD CONDESCEND TO STATE YOUR CASE HE REMARKED I SHOULD BE BETTER ABLE TO ADVISE YOU </s><s> THE MAN SPRANG FROM HIS CHAIR AND PACED UP AND DOWN THE ROOM IN UNCONTROLLABLE AGITATION </s><s> THEN WITH A GESTURE OF DESPERATION HE TORE THE MASK FROM HIS FACE AND HURLED IT UPON THE GROUND </s><s> QUOTE YOU ARE RIGHT QUOTE HE CRIED QUOTE I AM THE KING </s><s> WHY SHOULD I ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL IT </s><s> WHY INDEED MURMURED HOLMES </s><s> YOUR MAJESTY HAD NOT SPOKEN BEFORE I WAS AWARE THAT I WAS ADDRESSING WILHELM GOTTSREICH SIGISMOND VON ORMSTEIN GRAND DUKE OF CASSELFELSTEIN AND HEREDITARY KING OF BOHEMIA </s><s> BUT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND SAID OUR STRANGE VISITOR SITTING DOWN ONCE MORE AND PASSING HIS HAND OVER HIS HIGH WHITE FOREHEAD YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT ACCUSTOMED TO DOING SUCH BUSINESS IN MY OWN PERSON </s><s> YET THE MATTER WAS SO DELICATE THAT I COULD NOT CONFIDE IT TO AN AGENT WITHOUT PUTTING MYSELF IN HIS POWER </s><s> I HAVE COME INCOGNITO FROM PRAGUE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSULTING YOU </s><s> QUOTE THEN PRAY CONSULT QUOTE SAID HOLMES SHUTTING HIS EYES ONCE MORE </s><s> THE FACTS ARE BRIEFLY THESE SOME FIVE YEARS AGO DURING A LENGTHY VISIT TO WARSAW I MADE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE WELLKNOWN ADVENTURESS IRENE ADLER </s><s> THE NAME IS NO DOUBT FARMILIAR TO YOU </s><s> KINDLY LOOK HER UP IN MY INDEX DOCTOR MURMURED HOLMES WITHOUT OPENING HIS EYES </s><s> FOR MANY YEARS HE HAD ADOPTED A SYSTEM OF DOCKETING ALL PARAGRAPHS CONCERNING MEN AND THINGS SO THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO NAME A SUBJECT OR A PERSON ON WHICH HE COULD NOT AT ONCE FURNISH INFORMATION </s><s> IN THIS CASE I FOUND HER BIOGRAPHY SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN THAT OF A HEBREW RABBI AND THAT OF A STAFF COMMANDER WHO HAD WRITTEN A MONOGRAPH UPON THE DEEP SEA FISHES </s><s> LET ME SEE SAID HOLMES </s><s> HUM </s><s> BORN IN NEW JERSEY IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT </s><s> CONTRALTO HUM </s><s> LA SCALA HUM </s><s> PRIMA DONNA IMPERIAL OPERA OF WARSAW YES </s><s> RETIRED FROM OPERATIC STAGE HA </s><s> LIVING IN LONDON QUITE SO </s><s> YOUR MAJESTY AS I UNDERSTAND BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THIS YOUNG PERSON WROTE HER SOME COMPROMISING LETTERS AND IS NOW DESIROUS OF GETTING THOSE LETTERS BACK QUOTE </s><s> PRECISELY SO </s><s> BUT HOW </s><s> WAS THERE A SECRET MARRIAGE </s><s> NONE </s><s> NO LEGAL PAPERS OR CERTIFICATES </s><s> QUOTE NONE QUOTE </s><s> THEN I FAIL TO FOLLOW YOUR MAJESTY </s><s> IF THIS YOUNG PERSON SHOULD PRODUCE HER LETTERS FOR BLACKMAILING OR OTHER PURPOSES HOW IS SHE TO PROVE THEIR AUTHENTICITY </s><s> THERE IS THE WRITING </s><s> POOH POOH </s><s> FORGERY </s><s> QUOTE MY PRIVATE NOTE PAPER QUOTE </s><s> STOLEN </s><s> MY OWN SEAL </s><s> IMITATED </s><s> MY PHOTOGRAPH </s><s> BOUGHT </s><s> QUOTE WE WERE BOTH IN THE PHOTOGRAPH QUOTE </s><s> OH DEAR </s><s> THAT IS VERY BAD </s><s> YOUR MAJESTY HAS INDEED COMMITTED AN INDISCRETION </s><s> I WAS MAD INSANE </s><s> YOU HAVE COMPROMISED YOURSELF SERIOUSLY </s><s> I WAS ONLY CROWN PRINCE THEN </s><s> I WAS YOUNG </s><s> I AM BUT THIRTY NOW QUOTE </s><s> IT MUST BE RECOVERED </s><s> WE HAVE TRIED AND FAILED </s><s> YOUR MAJESTY MUST PAY </s><s> IT MUST BE BOUGHT </s><s> SHE WILL NOT SELL </s><s> QUOTE STOLEN THEN QUOTE </s><s> FIVE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE </s><s> TWICE BURGLARS IN MY PAY RANSACKED HER HOUSE </s><s> ONCE WE DIVERTED HER LUGGAGE WHEN SHE TRAVELLED </s><s> TWICE SHE HAS BEEN WAYLAID </s><s> THERE HAS BEEN NO RESULT </s><s> NO SIGN OF IT </s><s> ABSOLUTELY NONE </s><s> HOLMES LAUGHED </s><s> IT IS QUITE A PRETTY LITTLE PROBLEM SAID HE </s><s> QUOTE BUT A VERY SERIOUS ONE TO ME QUOTE RETURNED THE KING REPROACHFULLY </s><s> VERY INDEED </s><s> AND WHAT DOES SHE PROPOSE TO DO WITH THE PHOTOGRAPH </s><s> TO RUIN ME </s><s> BUT HOW </s><s> I AM ABOUT TO BE MARRIED </s><s> QUOTE SO I HAVE HEARD QUOTE </s><s> TO CLOTILDE LOTHMAN VON SAXE MENINGEN SECOND DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF SCANDINAVIA </s><s> YOU MAY KNOW THE STNCT PRINCIPLES OF HER FAMILY </s><s> SHE IS HERSELF THE VERY SOUL OF DELICACY </s><s> A SHADOW OF A DOUBT AS TO MY CONDUCT WOULD BRING THE MATTER TO AN END </s><s> AND IRENE ADLER </s><s> THREATENS TO SEND THEM THE PHOTOGRAPH </s><s> AND SHE WILL DO IT </s><s> I KNOW THAT SHE WILL DO IT </s><s> YOU DO NOT KNOW HER BUT SHE HAS A SOUL OF STEEL </s><s> SHE HAS THE FACE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF WOMEN AND THE MIND OF THE MOST RESOLUTE OF MEN </s><s> RATHER THAN I SHOULD MARRY ANOTHER WOMAN THERE ARE NO LENGTHS TO WHICH SHE WOULD NOT GO NONE </s><s> QUOTE YOU ARE SURE THAT SHE HAS NOT SENT IT YET QUOTE </s><s> I AM SURE </s><s> AND WHY </s><s> BECAUSE SHE HAS SAID THAT SHE WOULD SEND IT ON THE DAY WHEN THE BETROTHAL WAS PUBLICLY PROCLAIMED </s><s> THAT WILL BE NEXT MONDAY </s><s> OH THEN WE HAVE THREE DAYS YET SAID HOLMES WITH A YAWN </s><s> QUOTE THAT IS VERY FORTUNATE AS I HAVE ONE OR TWO MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE TO LOOK INTO JUST AT PRESENT </s><s> YOUR MAJESTY WILL OF COURSE STAY IN LONDON FOR THE PRESENT </s><s> CERTAINLY </s><s> YOU WILL FIND ME AT THE LANGHAM UNDER THE NAME OF THE COUNT VON KRAMM </s><s> THEN I SHALL DROP YOU A LINE TO LET YOU KNOW HOW WE PROGRESS </s><s> PRAY DO SO </s><s> I SHALL BE ALL ANXIETY QUOTE </s><s> THEN AS TO MONEY </s><s> YOU HAVE CARTE BLANCHE </s><s> ABSOLUTELY </s><s> I TELL YOU THAT I WOULD GIVE ONE OF THE PROVINCES OF MY KINGDOM TO HAVE THAT PHOTOGRAPH </s><s> AND FOR PRESENT EXPENSES </s><s> THE KING TOOK A HEAVY CHAMOIS LEATHER BAG FROM UNDER HIS CLOAK AND LAID IT ON THE TABLE </s><s> QUOTE THERE ARE THREE HUNDRED POUNDS IN GOLD AND SEVEN HUNDRED IN NOTES QUOTE HE SAID </s><s> HOLMES SCRIBBLED A RECEIPT UPON A SHEET OF HIS NOTE BOOK AND HANDED IT TO HIM </s><s> AND MADEMOISELLE'S ADDRESS HE ASKED </s><s> IS BRIONY LODGE SERPENTINE AVENUE SAINT JOHN'S WOOD </s><s> HOLMES TOOK A NOTE OF IT </s><s> ONE OTHER QUESTION SAID HE </s><s> WAS THE PHOTOGRAPH A CABINET </s><s> IT WAS </s><s> QUOTE THEN GOOD NIGHT YOUR MAJESTY AND I TRUST THAT WE SHALL SOON HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU </s><s> AND GOOD NIGHT WATSON HE ADDED AS THE WHEELS OF THE ROYAL BROUGHAM ROLLED DOWN THE STREET </s><s> IF YOU WLLL BE GOOD ENOUGH TO CALL TO MORROW AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK I SHOULD LIKE TO CHAT THIS LITTLE MATTER OVER WITH YOU </s><s> AT THREE O'CLOCK PRECISELY I WAS AT BAKER STREET BUT HOLMES HAD NOT YET RETURNED </s><s> THE LANDLADY INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD LEFT THE HOUSE SHORTLY AFTER EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING </s><s> I SAT DOWN BESIDE THE FIRE HOWEVER WITH THE INTENTION OF AWAITING HIM HOWEVER LONG HE MIGHT BE </s><s> I WAS ALREADY DEEPLY INTERESTED IN HIS INQUIRY FOR THOUGH IT WAS SURROUNDED BY NONE OF THE GRIM AND STRANGE FEATURES WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TWO CRIMES WHICH I HAVE ALREADY RECORDED STILL THE NATURE OF THE CASE AND THE EXALTED STATION OF HIS CLIENT GAVE IT A CHARACTER OF ITS OWN </s><s> INDEED APART FROM THE NATURE OF THE INVESTIGATION WHICH MY FRIEND HAD ON HAND THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HIS MASTERLY GRASP OF A SITUATION AND HIS KEEN INCISIVE REASONING WHICH MADE IT A PLEASURE TO ME TO STUDY HIS SYSTEM OF WORK AND TO FOLLOW THE QUICK SUBTLE METHODS BY WHICH HE DISENTANGLED THE MOST INEXTRICABLE MYSTERIES </s><s> SO ACCUSTOMED WAS I TO HIS INVARIABLE SUCCESS THAT THE VERY POSSIBILITY OF HIS FAILING HAD CEASED TO ENTER INTO MY HEAD </s><s> IT WAS CLOSE UPON FOUR BEFORE THE DOOR OPENED AND A DRUNKENLOOKING GROOM ILL KEMPT AND SIDE WHISKERED WITH AN INFLAMED FACE AND DISREPUTABLE CLOTHES WALKED INTO THE ROOM </s><s> ACCUSTOMED AS I WAS TO MY FRIEND'S AMAZING POWERS IN THE USE OF DISGUISES I HAD TO LOOK THREE TIMES BEFORE I WAS CERTAIN THAT IT WAS INDEED HE </s><s> WITH A NOD HE VANISHED INTO THE BEDROOM WHENCE HE EMERGED IN FIVE MINUTES TWEED SUITED AND RESPECTABLE AS OF OLD </s><s> PUTTING HIS HANDS INTO HIS POCKETS HE STRETCHED OUT HIS LEGS IN FRONT OF THE FIRE AND LAUGHED HEARTILY FOR SOME MINUTES </s><s> WELL REALLY HE CRIED AND THEN HE CHOKED AND LAUGHED AGAIN UNTIL HE WAS OBLIGED TO LIE BACK LIMP AND HELPLESS IN THE CHAIR </s><s> WHAT IS IT </s><s> IT'S QUITE TOO FUNNY </s><s> I AM SURE YOU COULD NEVER GUESS HOW I EMPLOYED MY MORNING OR WHAT I ENDED BY DOING QUOTE </s><s> I CAN'T IMAGINE </s><s> I SUPPOSE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE HABITS AND PERHAPS THE HOUSE OF MISS IRENE ADLER </s><s> QUITE SO BUT THE SEQUEL WAS RATHER UNUSUAL </s><s> I WILL TELL YOU HOWEVER </s><s> I LEFT THE HOUSE A LITTLE AFTER EIGHT O'CLOCK THIS MORNING IN THE CHARACTER OF A GROOM OUT OF WORK </s><s> THERE IS A WONDERFUL SYMPATHY AND FREEMASONRY AMONG HORSY MEN </s><s> BE ONE OF THEM AND YOU WILL KNOW ALL THAT THERE IS TO KNOW </s><s> I SOON FOUND BRIONY LODGE </s><s> IT IS A BIJOU VILLA WITH A GARDEN AT THE BACK. BUT BUILT OUT IN FRONT RIGHT UP TO THE ROAD TWO STORIES </s><s> CHUBB LOCK TO THE DOOR </s><s> LARGE SITTING ROOM ON THE RIGHT SIDE WELL FURNISHED WITH LONG WINDOWS ALMOST TO THE FLOOR AND THOSE PREPOSTEROUS ENGLISH WINDOW FASTENERS WHICH A CHILD COULD OPEN </s><s> BEHIND THERE WAS NOTHING REMARKABLE SAVE THAT THE PASSAGE WINDOW COULD BE REACHED FROM THE TOP OF THE COACH HOUSE </s><s> I WALKED ROUND IT AND EXAMINED IT CLOSELY FROM EVERY POINT OF VIEW BUT WITHOUT NOTING ANYTHING ELSE OF INTEREST </s><s> I THEN LOUNGED DOWN THE STREET AND FOUND AS I EXPECTED THAT THERE WAS A MEWS IN A LANE WHICH RUNS DOWN BY ONE WALL OF THE GARDEN </s><s> I LENT THE OSTLERS A HAND IN RUBBING DOWN THEIR HORSES AND RECEIVED IN EXCHANGE TWOPENCE A GLASS OF HALF AND HALF TWO FILLS OF SHAG TOBACCO AND AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I COULD DESIRE ABOUT MISS ADLER TO SAY NOTHING OF HALF A DOZEN OTHER PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD IN WHOM I WAS NOT IN THE LEAST INTERESTED BUT WHOSE BIOGRAPHIES I WAS COMPELLED TO LISTEN TO </s><s> QUOTE AND WHAT OF IRENE ADLER QUOTE </s><s> I ASKED </s><s> OH SHE HAS TURNED ALL THE MEN'S HEADS DOWN IN THAT PART </s><s> SHE IS THE DAINTIEST THING UNDER A BONNET ON THIS PLANET </s><s> SO SAY THE SERPENTINE MEWS TO A MAN </s><s> SHE LIVES QUIETLY SINGS AT CONCERTS DRIVES OUT AT FIVE EVERY DAY AND RETURNS AT SEVEN SHARP FOR DINNER </s><s> SELDOM GOES OUT AT OTHER TIMES EXCEPT WHEN SHE SINGS </s><s> HAS ONLY ONE MALE VISITOR BUT A GOOD DEAL OF HIM </s><s> HE IS DARK HANDSOME AND DASHING NEVER CALLS LESS THAN ONCE A DAY AND OFTEN TWICE </s><s> HE IS A MR. GODFREY NORTON OF THE INNER TEMPLE </s><s> SEE THE ADVANTAGES OF A CABMAN AS A CONFIDANT </s><s> THEY HAD DRIVEN HIM HOME A DOZEN TIMES FROM SERPENTINE MEWS AND KNEW ALL ABOUT HIM </s><s> WHEN I HAD LISTENED TO ALL THEY HAD TO TELL I BEGAN TO WALK UP AND DOWN NEAR BRIONY LODGE ONCE MORE AND TO THINK OVER MY PLAN OF CAMPAIGN </s><s> THIS GODFREY NORTON WAS EVIDENTLY AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE MATTER </s><s> HE WAS A LAWYER </s><s> THAT SOUNDED OMINOUS </s><s> WHAT WAS THE RELATION BETWEEN THEM AND WHAT THE OBJECT OF HIS REPEATED VISITS </s><s> WAS SHE HIS CLIENT HIS FRIEND OR HIS MISTRESS </s><s> IF THE FORMER SHE HAD PROBABLY TRANSFERRED THE PHOTOGRAPH TO HIS KEEPING </s><s> IF THE LATTER IT WAS LESS LIKELY </s><s> ON THE ISSUE OF THIS QUESTION DEPENDED WHETHER I SHOULD CONTINUE MY WORK AT BRIONY LODGE OR TURN MY ATTENTION TO THE GENTLEMAN'S CHAMBERS IN THE TEMPLE </s>
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