[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

Neither Souvarin nor Mr. Franz Harvey lied?

This... Mary couldn't quite understand it.Holmes walked downstairs to her apartment: "I need you to lead the way, Mary."

Mary: "Where are you going?"

Holmes: "The Fu'an Coal Mine."

She nodded: "Wait a minute."

Now that Sherlock Holmes has returned and given up his disguise in the town of Marchena, it proves that he wants to reveal the truth tonight.However, Mr. Holmes was not there when the coal miners rioted, and now the town is under martial law again.It is easy to come in, but it is really difficult to leave the town and go to the mine.

Fortunately, Mary was prepared.

Staying in the town for the past two days, it is inconvenient for her to go out, but Katrin can.With the help of Katrin, the two girls have figured out the frequency and movements of the police patrols. If they want to sneak to the Fu'an Mine, they just need to avoid the patrols and leave the town.

Mary changed her clothes, told Katrin a few words, and then tiptoed out of the apartment.

"We have to be careful," Mary said. "The workers have erected barriers around the mine. I can't see anyone coming at night. I'm afraid they will attack."

"do not worry."

Holmes said as he picked up a black object from his feet: "I have brought a miner's lamp."

Mary: "..."

Taking a closer look, isn't this the same one Holmes took to Paris before!Mary couldn't laugh or cry: "If you have a way, it will be much more convenient."

The two of them carefully avoided the patrolling police and walked all the way towards the Fu'an Mine.

Walking to the place close to the rampart, as Mary expected, there were workers on guard patrol even in the middle of the night.When Holmes noticed the figure, he directly turned on the miner's lamp, the moonlight was bright, coupled with the light, the workers behind the barrier immediately spotted the two walking away.

"Who is it?" The worker in charge of the sentry asked vigilantly.

"Holmes."

"F—Holmes?"

It wasn't until this moment that Mary realized why Sherlock Holmes didn't work in the mine when he came to the Monsour Coal Mine. Instead, he chose to pretend to be a unloader looking for a job.

The workers of all the mines are scattered in various miner villages. If you want to find out the clues of all the villages, you have to choose the place where they will all stay - the town of Massena.Although Holmes is not a real unloader, this identity is very suitable for him to move around, and it has brought a lot of convenience.

Just like now, any worker in charge of sentry knows Holmes.

Mary followed the detective to the rampart, and the sentry workers froze when they saw Sherlock Holmes in a long black trench coat.

"Where did you go," the worker asked in surprise, "change into this clothes?"

Holmes made no reply.The detective first raised his hand and glanced at his watch, and then said, "Someone will explain everything to me in a moment."

"Who?"

Without using any words as an answer, the "someone" that Holmes spoke of came slowly from the darkness.

It was Shawar, a tall and burly young man escorting a thin man over.Mary didn't see clearly until she got close...it turned out to be Suvarin!

This was unexpected not only by her, but also by the sentry workers.

You must know that since the strike began, Shawar's series of actions can be said to have completely ruined his image in the eyes of his companions.When the Fuan Mine decided to strike, he apparently agreed with the decision called by Etienne, but secretly let "his woman" Catherine go to work in another mine for food and drink.When other mines went on strike one after another, Catherine was helpless, and begged Mrs. Enebeau to let her be Miss Mary Bennet's maid.

Chaval even went to jail for arguing in the street.He doesn't know what is good or what is bad, and is neither serious nor important. Compared with Etienne, who is eloquent and literate, he is far behind.

But now, it was obvious that Holmes entrusted Shaval to assist in tracking Suvarin.

Not surprising when you think about it.

No wonder Holmes chose to take the initiative to break and enter the police station on the night Etienne was shot.Needing a little independent spatial thinking is one of them, and actively convincing Shawar, a tall man, to assist in the investigation is the key point.

"Suvarin!"

The workers also reacted: Suvarin never showed up when the riots broke out.After realizing this, the worker in charge of guarding immediately connected everything together: "Holmes, are you and Shaval going to catch Suvarin?"

"Yes."

The tall young man said unhappily: "It was he who released the news of Etienne's injury and caused the commotion!"

The worker was speechless for a moment.

Etienne was shot, the masses have been kept in the dark.Everyone understands the reason why Mr. Franz Harvey and Miss Mary Bennet chose to conceal the news—to prevent the police from discovering his whereabouts and to panic everyone.Although the news that Etienne was shot became the fuse to ignite the smoke of resistance, as Mr. Harvey said, "It doesn't matter who spread the news", because it became a good thing instead.

But even so, Suvarin's betrayal cannot be lightly exposed.

"I need to see Franz Harvey," said Holmes. "I have something to say to him."

In this case, the workers have no reason to stop.

He took Holmes and Mary to the Fu'an Mine. The mine that was shut down two days ago was still in a desolate and guarded state. Two days later, the workers had moved in from the miners' village with only inorganic food and clothing left. , tied up the roof.At the place where the miners' lights gathered most, they found Mr. Harvey. The reporter was discussing something with several young workers.

Seeing Holmes, Mr. Franz Harvey was startled, and then stood up excitedly.

"Holmes!"

He hurried forward: "You are finally back, where have you been these few days? I thought—"

The following words came to an abrupt end when I saw Suvarin who was half-carried by Shaval.

Franz Harvey figured everything out almost immediately.

"You have gone after him," said the reporter, "Souvarin is indeed a traitor!"

"Not only that."

Saying this, Chaval dropped the bag on the floor that he had been carrying in his other hand.

Mary couldn't see exactly what it was in the dark, and both she and Franz Harvey responded by stepping forward.The reporter squatted down, opened the bag, and what Mary saw was a whole bag full of heavy...

Dynamite.

Subconsciously, she held her breath and looked up at Holmes.

The detective sensed Mary's gaze, and he turned his head, a bit of emotion appeared on his stern face.

"I think," he said, "that we should find a quiet place to talk, Mr. Reporter."

By the time she saw the explosives, Mary couldn't concentrate.

Workers' resistance is resistance, demonstrations are demonstrations, and even riots to snatch police guns are still within the scope of small-scale conflicts.But once there's such a thing as dynamite...it's not just "conflict".

That's war.

Reporter Franz Harvey found a quiet corner. He put the miner's lamp on the ground, held up the bag of explosives, and said with a very solemn expression, "What's going on here? Holmes, don't tell me about these things and Suvarin. There are relationships!"

Holmes: "Whether it matters or not, you can judge for yourself."

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to the reporter.Mary keenly noticed that the letters hadn't had time to be postmarked, but had been opened.

So Sherlock Holmes actually worked as a postman.

"Three days ago I noticed that Souvarin had left the town secretly," said Holmes, "so I called up Chaval and followed. He left the town of Massena and went straight to the provincial capital. He met someone secretly and got Dynamite and this letter. You know Russian, Mr. Harvey?"

"I know a little bit."

Mr. Harvey took out the letter, and after halfway through reading it, his expression suddenly changed.

"You," Mr. Harvey took a deep breath, "what do you want to do with these explosives?!"

Suvarin laughed a few times upon hearing this.

He finally spoke: "Didn't you say everything in the letter? Professor Moriarty wants me to blow up the Fu'an Mine once the situation is not good for the workers after the army arrives."

what?

Mary's eyes widened in disbelief.

Was Suvarin really James Moriarty's man? !

Although this has been guessed a long time ago, it is precisely because of the guess that Mary will be shocked when the hypothesis comes true-they got a clue in Paris and immediately found the corresponding character in the Montsour Coal Mine.Isn't such a clue too simple and crude?Throughout the several fights with Professor Moriarty, the people who work for him have always been low-key and secretive.In the case of the cotton industry, even Sherlock Holmes had never found a useful lead, were it not for a slight mishap with his men at Longbourn.

Holmes understood Mary's expression, and he said calmly: "Yes, I didn't expect it to be so simple. However, I think there is a reason for Professor James Moriarty's bold confession this time. .”

of course.

Even though he doesn't quite understand what Professor Moriarty wants Suvarin to do, but his behavior of withdrawing investment on the capitalist side...is completely reasonable and legal, so what if he said that his purpose is not to make money?It cannot be used as evidence of a professor's crime at all.

"You have another discovery," Mary faintly realized, "do you, Sherlock?"

Holmes did not answer at once.

His piercing eyes flicked past Mary, glanced at Suwarin, and finally settled on Mr. Franz Harvey.

"I'm surprised, too, Mary," he said, "that you ask me who the hell is lying, and it seems to me that none of them are. Mr. Harvey, you also know Professor James Moriarty and have You have received a letter from him, why didn't you tell me?"

What? ? ? ? ? ?

When Holmes' words fell to the ground, there was silence.

Mary completely lost her ability to speak.She opened her mouth, completely speechless.

After a long time, Franz Harvey let go of the deeply frowned eyebrows, and he let out a long sigh: "How do you know this, Holmes?"

Until Mr. Reporter admitted, Holmes raised an almost nasty smile.

Under the moonlight, Holmes spread his hands almost complacently, and he tilted his head: "Actually, sir, I don't know. You just told me yourself."

—Holmes is deceiving him.

The author has something to say: surprises or surprises.jpg

I found that everyone seemed to have misunderstood my description yesterday, so I can't laugh or cry!It's me talking to myself that made everyone misunderstand my pot!The "superfluous people" I said don't mean that Mary is superfluous. This is a proper term in Russian literature, which comes from Turgenev's "Diary of a Superfluous Man", which does not contain derogatory meanings.And this phenomenon exists not only in Russia, but also in every era of changing times. In my personal opinion, Werther who committed suicide in Goethe's works, René of Chateaubriand, Byron's "Byronic hero", even looking at World War II The images in some of the postmodernist works later have some similarities with "superfluous people": everyone is a young man with a decent background, a clear mind, accepting advanced ideas and trying to make a difference, but in the torrent of history, individuals Their actions have too little impact on society, and whether they can find or find their place in the changing current situation is just a speck of dust in the torrent of time.What I want to express is that because of her class and experience, Mary is destined to be unable to become a member of the working class. In my opinion, she is not considered a member of the country gentry, because she has no land, and her income depends on manuscript fees and solving cases. Maintenance is considered a special class [? 】Yes, but it’s either the working class or it’s not, and there’s no denying her in it.Her inability to actually participate in the movement does not mean that she has done nothing, and her ineffectiveness is also limited to the current situation. Turgenev himself said that "saying a useful word is also considered doing something."I have to say, I think Byron himself is this kind of person. He went to Greece to help the Greek people to fight but still failed, and he couldn’t integrate into the existence of the people, but no matter what Byron’s personal character is, no one will Negate Byron's achievements, right?Besides, I'm my own mother, do I look like someone who looks down on my daughter so much!