A Servant Finds Out
When I arrived the next day, Holmes was not there, so
I waited in his room. At four o'clock the door opened,
and a very strange servant came in. He wore old, dirty
clothes, and I had to look very hard before I saw that it
was my old friend.
'Holmes!' I cried. 'Where have you been?'
'I've had a very good day,' he replied with a smile.
'I've been outside Miss Irene Adler's house. Servants
are always happy to talk, and so I have heard a lot
about the young woman. For example, she has a goodlooking
man friend called Godfrey Norton, a lawyer,
who often visits her. Now why? If he's her lawyer,
perhaps she's already given him the photograph. But if
he loves her, she won't show him the photograph.'
'Most interesting, Holmes!' I said.
'While I was there, Mr Norton himself suddenly
arrived. I watched them through the windows. When
he left, he jumped into a taxi. "To the church of St
Monica, as fast as you can!" he shouted. Two minutes
later Miss Adler ran out of her house, jumped into
another taxi and called, "To the church of St Monica,
quickly!" I couldn't miss this, Watson, so I jumped
into a third taxi. When I arrived, I went into the
church. Godfrey Norton looked round and saw me