A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA

Sherlock Holmes never loved a woman, but after meeting Irene Adler he
never forgot her. One night Watson went to visit him and he showed his
assistant a letter with no date, name or address which said that somebody
would visit him to talk about business.
Some time later a tall strong man, wearing exensive clothes and a
mask went in. Sherlock Holmes immediately recogni!ed him. He was the "ing
of #ohemia, who told him he had met a beautiful woman called Irene Adler
some years before. She was a singer who lived in $ondon, but he had left her.
Sherlock guessed he had written letters to her, and the "ing added she also
had a hotograh of both. %he "ing also told him that his men had tried to get
the hotograh back but they couldn&t. He was worried because he was going
to get married and he didn&t want his future wife to know about his a'air. He
wanted to ay Sherlock Holmes to (nd the hotograh and give it back to him.
%he following day Sherlock dressed as an old man and went to Irene&s
house. %here, he saw her and a young lawyer called )r. *orton. He followed
them to a +hurch. %hey were going to get married and as they needed a
witness they asked Sherlock who was dressed as a servant. $ater, Sherlock
asked Watson to hel him get into Irene&s house. %hat night they went to her
house, this time dressed with di'erent clothes and a large black hat. Some
eole started (ghting and Sherlock was hurt. Irene saw this and took him
inside her house. At that moment Watson threw a smoke,stick and cried -.ire/
very loudly, so everybody ran away. Sherlock and Watson met in the street and
the assistant wanted to know if Sherlock had the hotograh. He answered he
didn&t have it but he knew where it was.
%he next day Sherlock, Watson and the "ing went to Irene&s house but a
servant told them Irene and her husband had left 0ngland. %hey went into the
sitting room1 Sherlock Holmes oened a cuboard and found the hotograh
and a letter. %hey read the letter which said that Irene knew what had
haened, that she loved her husband who was a better man than the king and
that she would never show the hotograh. She left another hotograh for the
"ing. %he "ing asked Sherlock how he could thank the detective so he asked
him for the hotograh. So there was no scandal and Sherlock still kees the
hotograh of the woman who was cleverer than he was.