[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

As soon as she saw Irene, Mary suddenly understood everything.

When Mary said that Blackwood could not get any clues about the Illuminati, Ms. Irene Adler offered to help.Mary rejected her because of Irene's own safety, and Irene didn't say much about it at the time. Mary thought she had given up, but she didn't expect Irene to act quietly by herself.

It turned out that the "old gentleman in his 50s" mentioned by the newsboy was referring to Mr. Judge, one of the members of the Illuminati, and the private carriage that Mary saw with her own eyes that day also belonged to him.

"Boris!" Blackwood called.

"Sir," the judge in his fifties was quite surprised when he saw Blackwood. After he said a few words to Mr. Bingley, he brought Irene up to Blackwood, "So you have also received the invitation, this It's...Miss Mary from that day, right?"

"Mr. Nolan." Mary greeted politely.

"Miss Mary."

Almost everyone knows that Sherlock Holmes cut his beard at the banquet that day.Even though he had kicked the iron board, Sir Blackwood still stood with Mary, which caused the old gentleman to smile almost teasingly: "Let me introduce, this is—"

"okay."

Blackwood couldn't help laughing, it seemed that his relationship with the judge was indeed very good.The Sir was always polite, but interrupted the judge very casually: "Miss Mary and Ms. Irene Adler are neighbors. They have known each other since early in the morning."

Boris Nolan himself was a polite and well-spoken old gentleman, and Sir Blackwood was pleasant enough.Just looking at their appearance, it is impossible to imagine that they are members of the Illuminati.

"I didn't expect that!" said Judge Nolan in surprise.

"Miss Mary helped me a lot when I first came to London," Irene said softly, "Forgive me for not telling you in advance, Mary, I also only received news from Judge Nolan today during the day."

"It's ok."

Mary pursed her lips and offered to propose: "Let me introduce my eldest sister and second sister to you."

Erin: "Please."

The two ladies left happily. Before they could walk five steps away, Mary immediately put away her smile and lowered her voice: "This is too risky, Irene! Are you personally in contact with members of the Illuminati?"

"Why," Irene still smiled, "don't you?"

"That's different."

Mary still insisted on her opinion: "I'm not the one who needs the devil's heel drug. What if you let the Illuminati know your motives? Maybe they will take the drug or even threaten you with your lover."

"Don't underestimate me, Mary." Knowing that Mary was genuinely worried about her, Irene's tone was still gentle. "It's true that I'm just a soprano, but I'm not that weak."

As she spoke, she turned her head and glanced at the two Illuminati members intentionally or unintentionally, and also lowered her voice: "On the third day of next month, there will be a meeting among the members of the Illuminati."

Mary Yi Lin: "Judge Nolan told you?"

Irene shook her head, and she lightly touched Mary's hand to comfort her: "I saw it secretly in his study, don't worry, he doesn't know it at all. I've done more dangerous and secretive things than this .”

Mary: "..."

When Irene Adler mentioned the word "secret", Mary was suddenly a little stunned.

The Irene in front of me is beautiful and I feel pity for her. She looks at you with those watery eyes. Even a girl like Mary can't stand it. She subconsciously puts Irene in the ranks that need to be protected and cared for. among.

But Irene in the original "A Scandal in Bohemia" was the one who tricked Mr. Holmes!

I took it for granted. Although in this world, the "lover" mentioned by Irene does not look like the future heir of the Bohemian kingdom, Mary believes that she dares to love, hate, and dare to come to London alone for her lover. , if she had to do it, she could still do things that cheated the king.

Realizing this, Mary was slightly relieved.

"You must be careful," she warned, "Two people have already died. If you go to collect clues alone, no one can guarantee your safety."

"You too."

Irene shook Mary's hand, and then changed her tone: "Take me to meet your two sisters, good Mary, I haven't made friends for so long, I always need to communicate with people."

This is easy.

Mary happily introduced Irene to Jane and Elizabeth. Not surprisingly, the two sisters immediately fell in love with the girl from Paris after talking with Irene for a few words.

"Irene has helped Lydia a lot on weekdays," Mary said to the two sisters. "You all know that Lydia doesn't listen to me, but she especially admires Irene, and she will do whatever she says."

"Are you talking about our Lydia?" Elizabeth covered her mouth. "She still has a day to listen to other people's opinions?"

"That's right," Mary was extremely indignant. Irene's appearance made Mary deeply feel that she had no dignity as an older sister. "Being so obedient earlier, I wouldn't have fallen in love with Wickham at that time."

Seeing her two younger sisters, one was surprised and the other was unwilling, Jane raised the corners of her mouth: "Okay, it's a good thing that she has made progress, and it's great news if she thinks about it, isn't it?"

Eileen also smoothed things over: "Since I'm here, don't mention unhappy things, how about letting me sing a song for everyone?"

"That couldn't be better."

Jane, as the hostess, heard that Irene offered to sing, and immediately set off to inform everyone.

Taking advantage of this time, Irene looked towards the center of the living room: "Why didn't I see Lydia and Catherine?"

"They should be together..."

"Mary?"

Mary's face darkened visibly to the naked eye, and Irene was a little surprised.She followed Mary's line of sight, and was not surprised to see a tall and straight officer in a red uniform talking to Lydia.

And pretty Lydia looked oddly uncomfortable at being treated so courteously by the officer.

"That," said Mary, "is Wickham."

"..."

Irene was stunned.

Lydia mentioned Wickham's existence vaguely, but did not make it particularly clear.But for Irene, she can guess without Lydia making it clear.

It was nothing more than the fact that the country girl was dazzled for a while when she saw the handsome and extraordinary officer, but Lydia was still a single girl, which proved that her "impulse" had no results, and she was afraid that she would be rejected.

Paris is no better than London, and French girls who are romantic by nature can do more exaggerated things than this.Of course, Irene also knew that this would damage the reputation of the girl's family in England, so she didn't ask too much.

But now, Wickham, who rejected Lydia, turned his back on her?Seeing Lydia's embarrassed face, it was obvious that she didn't want to communicate with him anymore, and also thought about how much she had given her feelings, so she was embarrassed to refuse directly.

"Let's go," Irene pulled Mary up without saying a word, "Don't worry, look at me."

Ms. Irene Adler, who has been speaking standard British English, pulled Mary to stand beside Lydia, speaking in a pompous and perfunctory French accent: "voila, mademoisellelydia (Hi, Miss Lydia) , where did you know such a handsome officer?"

Lydia: "..."

Mary: "..."

Isn't she too proficient in her broken French English? !The startled Mary and Lydia didn't react for a moment.

Not only the two of them were surprised, Wickham was also very surprised.A beautiful, richly dressed young girl and Mary came up to him, and Wickham, who was always superficially impeccable, was dazzled.

Moreover, Irene, who switched to the "French mode", was not at all the same as usual, with an exaggerated and dazed expression, her momentum suddenly became stronger.

"Miss Mary, Miss Lydia, this is..." Wickham blinked and asked.

"This is Ms. Irene Adler," returned Mary, "a singer from Paris. Irene, this is Mr. Wickham."

"I am friends with the two Miss Bennets," added Wickham brazenly.

He is good-looking and has a warm attitude. He really can't see any problems just by looking at his reaction.But Irene doesn't like this. As a soprano at the Paris Opera House, what handsome guy has she never seen?

So Irene still put on a curious look, and asked in French English that she could hardly understand: "Then are you as rich as Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy?"

"Of course I'm not as rich as they are," Wickham said with a smile. "I'm just a commoner, but I was invited by Sir Blackwood as his friend."

"Civilian."

I don't know what kind of heartbreaking scene will be for those street teenagers who have been treated favorably by Irene seeing Irene Adler's contemptuous expression at this time.Irene shook her fan, covered her face, and whispered to Lydia in a voice that Wickham could just hear: "Tutrès bien veillante, mademoiselle (you are so soft-hearted, miss). How can you let such a lowlife come near you?" ? You are a popular person around Mrs. Hindley, if you let her know that you are with common people, she will look down on you."

Wickham's smile froze almost immediately.

"This……"

"Come with me," said Irene, who perfectly played the image of a proud Frenchman. She took Lydia's hand, Mary on the left, and Lydia on the right. Dia was rescued from Wickham's entanglement, "Blackwood is really naive, let me take you to meet the judge and the MP."

Lydia was stunned, she had never seen Irene speak like this!

As for Mary, she almost failed in front of Wickham.She finally endured until Irene pulled herself away, and after confirming that Wickham couldn't see it, she burst into laughter.

"You are worthy of being an opera performer," Mary said in admiration, "Irene, your acting skills are really good!"

"Yuan, so you were acting just now?!" Lydia finally realized what happened just now.

"Silly girl."

Irene raised her hand and poked Lydia's forehead: "I know you liked him, even if you don't like him now, you can't bear to think about your past feelings. But if you don't like him, you don't like him. You have to learn to be clear reject."

Lydia was speechless.

Looking at this expression, I knew that Irene had hit her point of view.

"I've already rejected him once, Mary knows," Lydia muttered softly, "I didn't expect him to be so polite. I really can't bear it."

"If you don't like him, you have to be cruel."

Irene restrained her smile: "If you refuse once, just keep refusing. Don't give him any chance."

Lydia: "Okay."

If nothing else, there seems to be no other way.

Lydia really didn't have any feelings for Wickham any more, and only spoke to him out of politeness--by God, she had never seen before that Wickham was so boring when he had nothing to say, Lydia was not at all interested in the topic he had chosen.If you can't bear it once, in exchange for such torture, it's better to refuse cruelly.

Mary's spirits were lifted by this episode.Who doesn't like to watch the fun? Seeing Wickham's extremely embarrassed expression, even the part of the dance she hates the most is not so boring.

After the end, Mary took her two younger sisters and returned to Serpentine Avenue with Irene.

She had just sent Irene away and followed Catherine and Lydia out of the carriage. Before she could stand still, she heard Catherine exclaim: "Doctor Watson?!"

what?

Mary took a closer look and saw two people standing in front of her apartment.

It was Watson and Miss Morstan, who also seemed to have just arrived.After Catherine exclaimed, Watson turned his head. Under the bright moonlight, Mary clearly saw clear bloodstains on Watson's face.

Mary's heart sank suddenly.

"what happened?"

She hurriedly walked over with the hem of her skirt: "Catherine, get the medical kit quickly. Come in with me—"

Watson: "Wait, Miss Mary, I can't stay here long."

Dr. Watson, who is honest and gentle by nature, rarely showed a serious color.

"Miss Morstan is to stay with you tonight," he said. "The slums are dangerous. She cannot be allowed to stay there."