Sherlock Holms Short Stories-1 (1) .PDF Edit
Sherlock Holms Short Stories-1 (1) .PDF Edit
1. Sherlock and his friend were talking when he receives a visit from a masked man,
whom he deduces is actually Wilhelm von Ormstein , the king of Bohemia.
2. He asks for Holmes’s help retrieving a very valuable set of photographs.
3. The King is engaged to a Scandinavian princess, but is worried that the princess’s
family would disapprove of his previous relationship with a young American opera
singer named Irene Adler.
4. Adler has evidence of this Relationship ( photographs of two of themtogether ) His
several attempts to steal it were unsuccessful.
5. He went to Holmes and luckily he agreed to do his work.
6. He dressed as an out of work groom and went to Irene Adler’s house and gathers
valuable information from her workers.
7. A lawyer named Godfrey Norton soon arrived at Ms. Adler’s house and then they both
left for St. Monica’s Church, followed by Holmes.
8. He was swept into the church to witness the marriage of Ms. Adler and Mr. Norton.
9. Holmes stages a fight with some men on the street and Irene brings him in to tend to
his injuries.
10. Once inside, he signals to Watson, who throws a small rocket into the house and yells
“Fire!”.
11. Irene runs to a panel in her sitting room to protect the photographs
12. Holmes observes this, and know knows where the photographs are hidden; he
informs her that the fire was a false alarm.
13. As the two men walk back to 221B Baker Street, a young person walks by and says
“Good-night Mister Sherlock Holmes,” in a voice that is familiar to Holmes.
14. At Irene Adler’s home, the men find that she has already left England, but has
addressed a letter to Sherlock.
15. She congratulates him for tricking her into letting him in her home. She also reveals
that it was she, dressed as a young man, who greeted him the night before.
16. She and her new husband ,Mr. Norton, have left England permanently, taking the
photographs with them.
17. The King need not worry, however, because she loves her new husband and has no
desire to impede the King’s royal wedding.
18. The King is satisfied and offers Sherlock an emerald snake ring as payment. Sherlock
refuses the ring and instead requests a photo of Irene as a memento of the most
remarkable womanhe has ever met.