[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

Mary's so-called "connections" refer to the young students at the University of Paris.

She didn't know what happened to Professor James Moriarty at school, whether he was almost omniscient even among the students, as if he appeared at the Paris Opera.But it's okay to know, since he never evaded or attacked, Holmes will naturally try his best to track him down.

He had no informants in Paris, and Marie, as it happened, knew where to find out.

"I also thought about starting with the students," said Holmes. "However, Professor Moriarty is very popular at the University of Paris, and almost every student who comes into contact with him loves him very much. It is impossible to know what he is doing." What. Besides, the workers' affairs are too far away from the campus."

Mary just hooked the corners of her mouth: "Anyway, I have no clue now, why don't you come with me?"

The affairs of the workers may not be far from the campus.

The labor movement at the end of the nineteenth century was still repeating failure after failure. Based on experience, Holmes' reasoning is quite reasonable.But Sherlock Holmes in the Victorian era had not experienced the future proletarian revolution, and naturally he would not know that in many revolutionary countries, the most closely related to workers are college students exposed to cutting-edge ideas.

Even if the university students in Paris are far away from Montsou, it does not mean that they know nothing.

Under Mary's persuasion, Holmes still reluctantly agrees to go for a walk together.

The detective made many inquiries and obtained the public class schedule of the University of Paris.Next week there will be another public course for mathematics majors, but this time the lecturer will be changed.

At the same time, at the same location, this time Mary was not accompanied by Irene Adler, a beauty in menswear, but Mr. Holmes who took off his trench coat and suit jacket.

In order to blend in with the group of college students, like other young people studying, he put on a pure cotton shirt and a simple vest with the cuffs rolled up to the elbows, revealing his strong arm lines.Although the thin and tall Sherlock Holmes had left the campus long ago, he stood there in the corridor of the last row of the auditorium. Against the background of the people around him, he actually showed a bit of a vigorous student look.

And standing on his shoulder was a young girl in simple clothes, which inevitably attracted attention again.

A man and a woman stood in the corridor near the gate. There was no intimate communication between the two, except that Mary would occasionally ask the professor in a low voice when she heard something she didn't understand, and Holmes answered them one by one. The tacit understanding is enough for anyone to realize how deep their relationship is.

Such a scene, as Mary expected, made the young students who noticed her and Irene find themselves again.

After the public class ended, some bold students finally stopped Mary and Holmes who were wandering in front of the auditorium.

"See you again, miss."

Two or three young people came over, and a young man with red hair smiled and said, "I stood in front of you last time, do you remember?"

Mary pursed her lips: "I remember you."

"Pierre."

The red-haired young man first stretched out his right hand towards Holmes, then shook Mary's fingertips very politely, looked curiously at Mary, and then at Holmes: "Are you... brother and sister?"

Mary: "..."

Holmes said very calmly: "You are really an optimistic and idealized person, sir."

Pierre: "How?"

Holmes: "If we are brother and sister, you can show your affection to this lady who has met twice by chance—you can imagine the good side, of course it is the work of an optimistic person."

Pierre: "...so you are not brother and sister."

Mary smiled and said, "No."

Pierre sighed.

Not brother and sister, a young man who looks like a college student like him is accompanying a lady to attend an open class, so it is only a couple relationship!Mary gave an affirmative answer, and the two youths behind Pierre also showed disappointment.

But the red-haired young man at the head immediately cheered up: "It's okay, the person who accompanied you last time was a lady disguised as a man!"

Mary: "..."

All right, if you can't pursue this, turn to it immediately, you French youths are really optimistic!Just when Mary was hesitating whether to tell the crueler truth to the young man in front of him, Pierre spoke first, his tone full of envy: "What is your profession, sir?"

Holmes remained expressionless: "Chemistry."

Pierre: "Chemistry! I thought you had such a lover who was interested in mathematics, so she must have studied physics. No wonder I haven't seen you."

After finishing speaking, he looked at his friends behind him, and said sourly: "Miss, if you have other friends, can you bring them with you next time? I will wait at the same place!"

"Yes, I have."

Mary said as a matter of course: "Do you still want to see my girlfriend again?"

Pierre's eyes lit up: "Of course!"

Mary: "Then you have to show your sincerity. There are so many mathematics professors at the University of Paris, and there are also many open classes. I always have to know which classes are worth taking and which are not."

To say anything else, a poor student may not be able to understand it, but they are very familiar with the university schedule and professors.

When Pierre and his friends heard that they could exchange their college life for a date with a beautiful woman, they immediately regained their energy and told Mary all the news about the professor—not only the public class schedule, but even their professional class schedule , as well as the daily life and personality of the professors.

Among them were Professor Moriarty, and others.Mary deliberately concealed her interest in James Moriarty, and chatted with the students, and then got into the detailed information of the professors.

This was not intentional by Mary, but that college students were naturally sensitive to new things. In France in the nineteenth century, apart from the endless stream of scientific knowledge, new theories emerged from time to time in political matters.Students don't get access to real politics, but they get access to professors who hold different schools of thought.

The professors ranged from conservatives to radicals, from poor families to wealthy families, and it was the last time Mary heard Pierre and the others talk about Professor Moriarty.

"If you want to talk about your position," Pierre said, "I really don't see Professor Moriarty's position."

"He's an Englishman," said Mary, "and like me, he shouldn't be involved in Parisian politics."

Pierre scratched his head: "That's true."

As soon as he agreed, the other young people immediately objected: "That's not necessarily the case, there are still quite a few policemen and nobles visiting the professor."

"The professor is so smart. It is said that he has a lot of research on economics and finance, and knows many bosses and landlords."

"Not only French, but also foreign."

After such a discussion, before Mary could open her mouth, the three youths even started arguing on their own whether Professor Moriarty had any political stance.It was entirely out of Mary's interest to intervene, but it played into her and Holmes' favor.

They discussed for a long time, but there was no result. In the end, Pierre, the leader, concluded in a serious manner: "The ideas of such a professor are far beyond those of the politicians in the authority. Whether he has a political stand or not is tenable. No, it means that his eyes are on the farther future."

After finishing speaking, Pierre looked at Mary with a smile: "We were too involved in the chat, and we ignored you. But this is enough to satisfy your curiosity about college life, miss?"

Mary: "Very satisfying, sir, thank you."

Pierre: "The beauty in men's clothing who accompanied you last time..."

"Her, it's so easy to see her." Mary raised a bright smile, "She is the famous soprano Ms. Irene Adler from the Paris Opera House. If you want to see her, go directly to buy a ticket to watch the performance. Is it all right?"

"Varied--"

The three young people would never have imagined that it was Ms. Irene Adler who had met and passed each other that day!When Pierre came back to his senses, Mary had already walked away with Sherlock Holmes with a triumphant smile on her face.

Leaving the vicinity of the Auditorium, stroll through the streets of central Paris.This is obviously an extremely romantic matter, but even though all the familiar scenes came into view, Mary still looked up at Holmes: "Anything to gain, Sherlock?"

Holmes, who was dressed as a college student, looked no different from young people walking on the street—of course, in Mary's eyes, he was much more handsome than other young people, especially because he let down his black hair that was usually pulled back from his forehead.Sherlock Holmes like this was so rare that Mary could not help but take a second look.

She looked at him, and Holmes looked up at Mary.

The four eyes met, and the detective asked without answering: "What do you think?"

"I am very concerned about what some students said," Mary responded, "Well, Professor Moriarty's political stance."

"There is indeed useful information in it."

"Given the case of Milton two years ago," she continued, "Professor Moriarty controlled the overseas cotton raw material market. The so-called 'control' was naturally through purchase or investment. Such behavior made him a bourgeois Our peers. Therefore, I thought that he was on the side of the capitalists and wanted to manipulate the economy as a monopoly higher than ordinary capitalists. But..."

"but."

Holmes continued Mary's words: "Several young college students said that he also entertained anarchists from Russia."

Twenty-first century anarchists are very different from nineteenth century anarchists.Before experiencing the two world wars and the wave of the "Beat Generation" in the West, people who call themselves anarchists are not world-weary or chaotic, and have a firm political goal-to defeat the government.

The current government is naturally a capitalist government that represents the interests of the bourgeoisie.

That is to say, to some extent, they share the same goals as the working class.If Professor Moriarty is doing evil as a capitalist, then it is reasonable for him to disregard the lives of the poor and exploit and squeeze. He did this two years ago, but he suddenly changed his position two years later and participated in the Mengsu strike again. , Still don't take the lives of the poor seriously... Mary doesn't understand.

"What the hell does he want to do?"

Facing Holmes, she was finally able to ask her own question: "At first I thought Professor Moriarty was an arrogant person trying to fight against the torrent of the times, but now I have some doubts."

Holmes thought about it.

He was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Near the miner's village of Fu'an Mine, there lived a mechanic from Russia. I chatted with him. He came here as a political asylum."

Mary became vigilant: "From Russia? It can't be... such a coincidence?"

After learning that Professor Moriarty has contacted people with relevant positions, it sounds strange to contact this mechanic.

"As soon as possible," said Holmes solemnly. "I need to make inquiries in Paris. Mary, I want to ask you again. The situation at Montsou is very serious. Will you go with me?"

Mary's eyes lit up.

finally come!

After waiting so long in Paris, she finally got the chance to go to Montsou.She nodded: "Of course!"

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