Mary's Nineteenth Century

A rumor will always be covered by another rumor.

More than 20 days have passed since the Big Ben crash.

One week people were still thinking about killing Baldur on the street, and the next week people were dumbfounded that the real culprit was Saul Andrew.

Due to the up-and-down activities of the Andrew family, the truth of Saul's identity as a man disguised as a man was finally controlled to a small area, and only the fact that Saul was the real murderer of several murders was published.

No one strongly objected to this.The only possible objection was Sol's own sister, Tina, but the 11-year-old girl's opinion was ignored.

"Grenny Andrew will never cover up the murderer for Saul. 』

"In order to eliminate the crime of killing caused by Sol, Miller Andrew proposed to establish the Angel Relief Society. 』

"Fred Andrew proposed to remove the murderer Saul from the family tree. The Andrew family is a peace-loving family. 』

Reports like these began to replace sensational murders.

At first glance, it seems that the offshoot of the Andrew family is trying their best to make up for Saul's crimes, but who can tell whether it is all business behind it?Thor was deprived of his ill-gotten title. As long as the hereditary title is not abolished, the side branches can compete for it.

What was the rest of Tina going to do?

Whoever takes over the Andrew family will assume the responsibility of raising Tina.Whether Tina can live a happy life depends entirely on her own choices.

In fact, even Sol, who involuntarily embarked on the road of disguised as a man, can have different choices.

For example, choose a reliable lover and maintain an underground relationship.But he chose to gain pleasure by murdering and torturing innocent people.

Not worthy of sympathy.

Mycroft put all the newspapers related to the case in the newspaper circulation room of the Diogenes Club.For the future development of Andrew's family, he has completely lost interest in paying attention.

If it weren't for the sudden death of Boulder, the festival arrangement on May 5 should start with admiring the rowan wood cross outside the door.

Maybe, I will go out in the morning and watch the hip-hop parade in strange costumes from a distance.That scene was too noisy, but to appreciate the rare middle-aged and elderly Cupid dancing, the noise is bearable.

Street dancing is very boring, but the two of them went to watch Matthew dance together, and the boring thing became very interesting.

Mycroft felt that Mr. Minton would feel the same way.It's a pity, Wu Shuo

The festival's entertainment plans are disrupted by the deaths.

Later, when he rarely ignited his enthusiasm for maintaining law and order, London fell silent.All the cunning criminals seemed to have made an appointment, and no more bizarre cases occurred in late May.

Are people getting ready for the racing season?

From mid-June to mid-July, several famous horse races in England take turns, such as Royal Marseille, Derby and so on.

However, there are still 20 days before the start of the latest game.

Mycroft looked at the calendar. Could it be that he had to wait half a month before he had a serious reason to ask Mr. Mington to go to Marseilles?

Half a month, how can it pass by in a blink of an eye?Or there is no need to control the flow of time, every night you can see the dim butter lamp next door.

A night light, on and off.Across the wall, it's almost like accompanying each other through the moon and sun rising night after night, that's not bad.

'Button—'

There was a knock on the door of the reading room of the club.

The waiter made a gesture, and there was a visitor in the "Stranger Room".

It wasn't a stranger who came, but the owner of the pet shop in Yamlach whom he met in early April.

"My dear Mr. Holmes, good afternoon."

The owner of the Tanner shop bluntly said, "I got a few tickets for special exhibitions at the Westminster Aquarium. I want to ask if you are interested?"

Aquariums and pet stores are easy to do business with.

However, due to the limitation of scientific and technological equipment in the [-]th century, deep-sea fish cannot be kept in the aquarium.Not only deep-sea fish, but also freshwater fish in different countries require different living environments, and it is difficult for aquariums to accurately simulate them.This also results in not many fish to watch.

In order to balance expenses, aquariums often rent out exhibition halls and performance halls.

Most of them are strange performances, sometimes there are freak shows, and sometimes there are circus performances from other countries, but this time it is even more special.

"'The Art of the Skeleton', this is the theme of the exhibition in early June."

Tanner said roughly, "At that time, during the day, the exhibition hall of the aquarium will display skeletons collected from different regions, and at night there will be a special choreographed play-"A Day in the Jungle Native". It is said that the simulation restores the real jungle life, including production life. paraphernalia, ceremonial dancing, and hunting scenes.”

Having said that, the shopkeeper Tanner took out the brochure.

"There are specific performance content and schedule on it. I glanced at it, and there was actually a performance of cannibal sacrifices.

Stimulate!Mr. Holmes, if you are interested, I have reserved a VIP seat for you. "

The question is, what exactly makes you think a Sherlock Holmes would appreciate such a performance?

Mycroft did not refuse, "Thank you, this exhibition just adds some fun to the boring time before the racing season."

"As long as you like it."

Shopkeeper Tanner knew that the sale would be successful. Since Mycroft was going to the X Forest to catch suspects, he presumably would be interested in human skeletons. "How many sets of tickets do you want? Would you like to send one to Mr. Minton?"

Having said that, Tanner's shop owner also wanted to sell tickets to Mr. Minton.He knew that the person was doing field research in the East District, but he couldn't block anyone at all.

The terrain of the slums is complicated, and Mr. Minton's whereabouts are uncertain. Yesterday, he heard that he was in the red light district, and today he heard that he was at the unloading dock.

Mycroft handed over the money with a smile, "Thank you for thinking about Mr. Minton, I'll help you bring one set. Just need two sets of tickets in total."

As for whether to help with purchasing, or to buy and invite Mr. Minton to visit the exhibition, there is no need to let the shopkeeper Tanner know about such details.

"Deal. Next time you encounter an interesting exhibition, I will keep an eye on it for you."

The Tanner shopkeeper was delighted to close a deal.Before leaving, he glanced back at Mycroft, hesitated to speak, but finally said nothing.

Collecting skeletons, especially collecting skulls, is one of the current unpopular but fanatical collection items.

Tanner is in the animal business, and humans are animals, but he is not in the business of selling human corpses.

I always feel that there is something unspeakable bad luck about selling someone's body.For this special exhibition, he invested some money in it and helped to contact the exhibition venue.

Today I came here to sell tickets, not because no one cares about the skeleton exhibition.On the contrary, it should be described as hard to get a vote.

Since you don't have to worry about selling tickets, why do you have to make a trip in person?Of course, it is to win over valuable customers with purchasing power, but that is not the main reason.

The shopkeeper Tanner didn't express his faint worries. Hundreds of dead people's skeletons gathered in the same exhibition hall, wouldn't they attract Death God's attention?

Regardless of whether the god of death will come or not, he can plan ahead and invite experts who investigate death cases to sit in charge.In case of emergencies, you will not be caught off guard.

Today is also a shrewd businessman.

Owner Tanner left the Dionysian Club satisfied.

At eight o'clock at night, Mycroft was slightly

He also left the club half an hour early.

Exit the gate and look diagonally across the road.The light in Mr. Minton's room had been turned on to show that he had gone home.

Then don't wait any longer, invite to see "The Art of Skeleton" together as early as possible.

Mycroft was ninety-nine per cent sure that Mr. Minton would agree to go with him.

If he is not rational, he will narcissistically think that it is because his charm is large enough, or the relationship between the two is deep enough.But his sanity was on the line, and he knew what really got Mr. Minton's attention.

The second half of the "Red Shoes Nursery Rhyme" has not been heard yet, and the investigation into the Scarab Club is at a standstill.

Skeletons from all over the place, simulated cannibal performances, these will definitely make Mr. Minton go to watch in case he can find clues.

Two or three minutes later, Mycroft knocked on the door of Minton's house.

The servant opened the door, but said apologetically, "Mr. Holmes, it's an unfortunate time for you to come. Mr. Minton just went to the bathroom not long ago. The master explained that if you come to visit, you can browse the books in the living room and wait for a while. Or, After half an hour, the master went to the next door for a return visit."

"Don't bother Mr. Minton, I'll just wait a while."

Only then did Mycroft belatedly realize that at some point in time he had gotten used to visiting without an appointment.Unless you're a close enough relative, it's rude to show up without an appointment.

Perhaps, if another person came to visit at this moment, the servant would excuse that Mr. Minton had to leave the house temporarily.

Mycroft thought uncertainly, picking up the magazine on the coffee table.

It was not an academic journal, but an advertising magazine "Happy Places in London June".The magazine had been flipped through, and the creased page was an introduction to the skeleton exhibit at the Westminster Aquarium.

Had Mr. Minton bought tickets elsewhere?

Mycroft thought a little further. If Mr. Minton bought a ticket, did he only buy one ticket?

After thinking about it wildly, half an hour passed quickly.

Mary went downstairs fully dressed, only her hair was still wet.

She did her best.In the era without a hair dryer, after wiping it many times with a dry towel, it can only be dried naturally or dried by the brazier.

"Mr. Holmes, I hope you don't mind my talking to you with my wet hair."

Mary sat down casually, "June is coming, and I don't want to dry my hair on the stove. I'm being rude in front of you."

I'm sorry too. "

"Of course I don't mind. In fact, I was rude first. I came to the door without an appointment. I should say sorry first."

Mycroft apologized, but he didn't want to change at all.Changing it means that the relationship between the two has returned to the point where they are not familiar with each other.

Mary smiled, "Don't be sorry, I don't have a curfew for you. You know how important you are to me."

What about the second half of the sentence?

Mycroft waited patiently.

He was used to Mr. Minton's teasing half-sweet talk, which was often followed by serious supplementary explanations.

Mary didn't make any supplements, but instead asked directly, "Are you here today to chat at night, or do you have something important to do?"

Huh?Huh?

Mycroft was slightly taken aback.No, why didn't you add any explanation tonight?

Seeing this, Mary suppressed the corners of her upturned lips, "Mr. Holmes, did I guess wrong, did you come here tonight to watch me in a daze?"