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In less than a week, "And And There Were None" made London paper expensive,

In the streets, alleys, and bars, people are basically talking about the nursery rhyme and the fate of the characters in the book.

If this continues, the Sherlock Holmes series may lose its status.

Doyle couldn't sit still.

His train had just arrived in London, and without a break, he drove non-stop in the night to the Strand Street in a carriage.

His wife Hawkins muttered: "Are you too anxious?"

Doyle glared at her angrily, opened the curtain of the carriage,

The sound of discussion outside came into the compartment,

“I’m going to die without watching And There Were None. Oops, it’s only two days until Wednesday.”

"Have you subscribed to the Scotsman, too?"

"of course."

"Who do you think this mysterious author Lu is? Could he be from Scotland? Hey... In this way, I think it is really possible. You should all know that Dr. Doyle was born in Edinburgh."

...

With a swipe, Doyle closed the curtain,

Comparing him with Lu Shi gave him an indescribable feeling, like swallowing a fly, but the fly was fine and kept buzzing in his mouth.

He shrugged unhappily,

"Did you hear that?"

Hawkins didn't know about the quarrel between her husband and Lu Shi, so he could only try to comfort him: "Don't think too much about it. Don't forget, England is Holmes' territory."

This sentence is actually quite awkward.

Doyle would have preferred to hear that "Britain is Arthur Conan Doyle's domain".

He sighed helplessly, closed his eyes and meditated.

Hawkins didn't know that he had slapped the horse's ass on the horse's leg, and he couldn't say anything more when he saw her husband resting.

The interior of the car is quiet.

The carriage galloped toward Strand Street.

Strand Street, which appeared in "Scarlet Study", is the place where Watson and Holmes lived before sharing the rent.

It is located on the Thames River in central London, next to Charing Cross Road, and the southwest corner is Buckingham Palace.

In terms of analogy, Strand Street is equivalent to the core street in the first ring road of the capital. It is no wonder that Watson in the book can't stand the rent and finds a co-renting partner.

Not long after, the carriage stopped in front of a magazine office,

English on the door of the magazine——

Strand Magazine,

In fact, it should be translated as "Strand Magazine", but strand has the meaning of riverside, so many countries translated it as "Seaside Magazine", so that many translators in later generations made mistakes,

Anyway, it's a proper noun, it doesn't matter.

Doyle jumped out of the car, tipped the coachman and asked him to look after the luggage, and then knocked on the door of the magazine.

"Herbert, I know you haven't gone yet."

Herbert Greenhoff Smith is editor of The Shore Magazine.

After a while, the door opened.

A tall and strong white man stood at the door, put his finger on the frame of the glasses, stared wide-eyed, looked Doyle up and down, as if he was taking an X-ray for Doyle,

He said, "My God! Look who's here!"

While talking, the two couldn't help but hug each other.

Smith patted Doyle on the shoulder and said, "Aren't you going to live in Edinburgh for a while? Why did you come back so early?"

His eyes fell on Hawkins, and he nodded in a gentlemanly manner: "This journey is not easy, is it? I heard that some factories in Paris have begun to manufacture cars that do not need to be cranked. We will be able to use them in a few years. Certainly more comfortable than a carriage."

"The Oldsmobile can't go as fast as my horse," murmured the coachman.

Smith didn't think it was disobedient, and laughed.

Doyle is helpless,

"Let's stop talking nonsense, I'm here to see you for business."

Smith, too, gets serious, ushering the two into the gate.

The layout of the magazine is very simple. There are only two editorial rooms and the core office area in the middle. Tables, chairs and narrow aisles are full of manuscript paper and magazines.

Smith moved the chair casually,

"sit."

Doyle sat down, then took out a stack of manuscript paper from his briefcase,

In small print on it:

Chapter One, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

This is clearly a chapter title for a novel.

Smith said in amazement: "Arthur, you weren't... you weren't... didn't you seal your pen?"

He stammered and couldn't speak.

Doyle didn't answer Fengbi's words, and said, "5,000 pounds, the price we negotiated before, you can't bargain."

Smith frowned,

It is impossible for Doyle to be short of money, as the previous manuscript fee could not be spent at all, not to mention that Doyle's own job is still an ophthalmologist, and his income is not low.

smith curious,

"what is going on?"

Doyle was a little annoyed by this sentence, Gu left and right whispered to him: "Don't you read my manuscript?"

This attitude is very strange.

Smith couldn't help being a little alert, carefully picked up the manuscript,

It was a novella called The Hound of the Baskervilles,

After reading ten lines at a glance, Smith feels that the writing style is still Doyle's original style. There is not much difference in the choice of words and sentences, but the way of constructing the story has changed slightly.

He pondered for a moment and said, "It's very interesting, but the idea always gives me a sense of familiarity."

This is actually a first-hand test.

Unexpectedly, Doyle directly and generously admitted: "This "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is influenced and inspired by "Legends of the Western Regions", and you will feel familiar with it for granted."

In fact, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" was considered by many to be Doyle's plagiarized work. What's more, some people speculated that he hired the editor of "Daily Weekly" Fraser Robinson as the gunman to write it.

And Fraser Robinson is the author of "Legends of the Western Regions".

It can only be said that the two books do have similarities.

Smith was silent for a moment, and asked, "Have you got the author of "Legend of the Western Regions"?"

Doyle's expression didn't change.

"As I said just now, it's 'influence and inspiration', not plagiarism, so what do you do with the author?"

This is very artistic.

Smith right as Doyle got it done,

For the editor, the development of the magazine should be the first priority, and the truth is completely irrelevant.

Still, Doyle's rush to submit the manuscript puzzled him.

He bowed his head in thought,

Suddenly, a novel flashed through my mind——

"No Survival".

Smith figured out the joints in an instant, and looked at Doyle, like a mirror in his heart.

But there is no need to get to the bottom of the communication of British gentlemen,

With a half-smile, he brought the topic back to the content of the novel: "It's a good choice to bring Sherlock Holmes back in the form of a memoir. If the sales are still hot, we might as well officially revive him."

In fact, Doyle did just that,

The Hound of the Baskervilles, serialized in August 1901,

The first "The Empty House" of "Return" was first published in January 1903.

It's just that Lu Shi, like a butterfly flapping its wings, used "None Survived" to force Sherlock Holmes to climb up from the Reichenbach Falls earlier.

Smith suddenly clapped his hands,

"Okay, as agreed before, 5,000 pounds."

Publishing was done.

Doyle couldn't help but let out a long breath, his confidence suddenly lifted,

Lu Shi is a Chinese, and his English writing ability is not strong. It is absolutely impossible for "Nor Survival" to maintain a high standard.

Moreover, the Scotsman and the Manchester Guardian just want to use Lu Shi's identity, as long as something goes wrong in the novel, he will definitely be abandoned, like a clown,

The "Times" and "Daily Telegraph", which support the Conservative Party, will also follow suit: "Look, this is the Chinese! The monkey picked up the pen to imitate human writing, but in the end it can only be crowned by the monkey, which is in vain. .”

Since the Chinese are monkeys, the war to colonize China is just,

How can it be unjust to send civilization to barbarism?

Similarly,

The Anglo-Boer war was just,

The Anglo-Afghan war was just,

The Anglo-Mysore War was just,

...

Doyle said: "Tomorrow I will be interviewed by The Times to announce the return of Sherlock Holmes."

Obviously, this is to compete with "And There Were None" and the mysterious author Lu.

Smith is happy to see it happen,

Can promote sales, why object?

He raised Erlang's legs leisurely: "I'm looking forward to it."

Doyle didn't catch the narrowness in the other party's tone, and said to himself: "Don't worry, I'm very good at interviews."

He only thinks about one thing at the moment:

As long as Holmes attacks, everything will be fine.

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