Приключения Шерлока Холмса
A Scandal in Bohemia
Therewasagroupofshabbilydressedmensmokingandlaughinginacorner,ascissors-grinderwithhiswheel,twoguardsmenwhowereflirtingwithanurse-girl,andseveralwell-dressedyoungmenwhowereloungingupanddownwithcigarsintheirmouths.
"Yousee,"remarkedHolmes,aswepacedtoandfroinfrontofthehouse,"thismarriagerathersimplifiesmatters. Thephotographbecomesadouble-edgedweaponnow. ThechancesarethatshewouldbeasaversetoitsbeingseenbyMr.GodfreyNorton,asourclientistoitscomingtotheeyesofhisprincess. Nowthequestionis,Wherearewetofindthephotograph?"
"Where,indeed?"
"Itismostunlikelythatshecarriesitaboutwithher. Itiscabinetsize.Toolargeforeasyconcealmentaboutawoman’sdress. SheknowsthattheKingiscapableofhavingherwaylaidandsearched. Twoattemptsofthesorthavealreadybeenmade. Wemaytakeit,then,thatshedoesnotcarryitaboutwithher."
"Where,then?"
"Herbankerorherlawyer. Thereisthatdoublepossibility. ButIaminclinedtothinkneither. Womenarenaturallysecretive,andtheyliketodotheirownsecreting. Whyshouldshehanditovertoanyoneelse? Shecouldtrustherownguardianship,butshecouldnottellwhatindirectorpoliticalinfluencemightbebroughttobearuponabusinessman. Besides,rememberthatshehadresolvedtouseitwithinafewdays. Itmustbewhereshecanlayherhandsuponit. Itmustbeinherownhouse."
"Butithastwicebeenburgled."
