Mary's Nineteenth Century

"Diamond number, 4, #"

Mary memorized this set of code words, and left New York for Boston as scheduled.

It's not that they are not at all interested in the last words of the suspected whale merchant Theon, but the place where Theon jumped off the building was not in New York.

The newspaper published: Theon committed suicide by jumping off a building in Boston.

Why was Theon, who was involved in the cruise ship murder case, arrived in Boston within a week, from a prisoner to be convicted to a free man?

——Climb to the top of the fifth floor of the business building and jump down under the moonlight. Compared with the life in the detention center, it can be called free activities.

As I said earlier, don't have too many illusions about the justice of the American judicial system in 1869.

Even if the time is fast forwarded 200 years later, it is still far from the word justice.

Mary was not surprised that Sean was released on bail, but what puzzled her was the anonymous letter.

During the last four days of the cruise on the Diamond, life at sea became dull as the mystery of Fanny's death was solved.

It is to find some fun in ordinary life. At that time, I also studied the reason why Theon would peep at the music score, but not all things can necessarily find the correct answer.

Until the moment of arriving in New York Harbor, the secret hidden in the score was still not discovered.

Even if we see "4, #" mentioned in the anonymous letter now, combined with the score, we can still say with certainty that they do not represent any known related secret keys.

At least, Mary thinks there is no hidden code in the score.

Captain Bolton also sent a telegram to the composer Farah in London.In reply, Farah didn't know Theon at all.

In other words, Whale Merchant Theon probably misunderstood the code word.

He was looking for something hidden on the cruise ship, and the way he interpreted it himself was very different from the truth.

Does this group of code words really hide a secret?Is the secret really on Captain Bolton's cruise ship?

Even if they wanted to search the whole ship, it was too late. The "Diamond" returned to London the afternoon before the anonymous letter was sent.

Then don't worry about looking for it, the boat has already left anyway.

Mary considers herself safe, and has no curiosity to dig deep to find answers to unknown secrets.

I didn't choose to take a train that was mainly freight and had nothing to do with comfort, but chose to charter a carriage and drive to Boston without haste.

Boston, one of the important cities in the United States in the 19th century.

In a nutshell, it is one of the closest important ports in the United States to Europe.Since the 50s, it has transformed from a maritime trade city to an industrial manufacturing city.

All the way to Boston, there are many factories of garment manufacturing and machinery industry.

In addition, there are some different landscapes, where many well-known universities gather, such as Harvard, MIT, Boston University, Tufts and so on.

Perhaps, when you have leisure time, you can visit the university campus in the 19th century.

Prior to this, Mary wanted to choose a new house as "Mark Minton"'s new home in the United States.

It's time for a follow-up plot to the amnesiac in London that was once fabricated.

Before, the young Mr. Minton woke up from the coffin. Although he successfully subdued the murderer together with the other two victims and escaped from the cruel woods where he was buried alive, he lost his memory.

Minton can only speculate that he may be from the United States and has a weak relationship with his family based on some residual habits of his body. He went to Europe for a study tour in college.

Now you can pick up the book.

When Minton made a little 'little' money, he decided to go back to the United States to find his memory.

After arriving in New York, sporadic memory fragments appeared in his mind, and he should have lived in Boston for a while.

So continue to search for your past.

Boston failed to give him more good news, not without new discoveries, but remembered some regrettable things.

It turned out that Mr. Minton was an orphan who lived with his godfather in Boston for several years when he was young.

Later, the two traveled all the way in the United States from south to north.Regrettably, the Civil War broke out a few years ago, and the godfather was implicated in the war and unfortunately died, leaving only Minton.

Minton lived alone in the United States for a year, but he still decided to live in a new environment.

Then go to Europe. Who would have thought that after arriving in London, he would be kidnapped and buried alive, and even lose his memory.

After losing his memory, Minton has no sense of familiarity with London, and he is sure that he has no relatives and friends to miss.

Which makes sense, since Minton had never been to 19th-century London before, and he doesn't really have any living relatives.

When he returned to Boston, Minton remembered those past events.

Decided to buy a house here, maybe not for a long time, but it can be regarded as leaving a home for him and his godfather.

Mary decided to end the story with an oil painting.

During her stay in the United States, she would paint a portrait of Godfather Minton, which was kept in her residence in Boston, and it was also a memorial to the past.

To buy a house, you need a lawyer.

After experiencing the death of Miss Fanny, it is enough to prove how important a reliable lawyer is.

Before leaving London, Mary asked Attorney Erson to recommend several American lawyer friends whom he thought were reliable.

Although there is no guarantee that the friends recommended by a good lawyer will be equally good and reliable, there are more or less options available.

"Mr. Minton, you want to buy a small villa, focusing on comfort and safety. I think there are several options."

The real estate manager provided some information, including properties with high cost performance but minor defects, and properties with no other problems but high prices.

"Thank you."

After Mary accepted the information, she will do some on-the-spot investigations, and then entrust the messy procedures to the new lawyer Spring to handle.

Looking at a house is not something that can be done in a day.

Some entertainment can be interspersed in the middle, such as going to the morgue of a church to look at the dead body of Theon the Whale.

is suicide.

The Boston police gave the autopsy results, which was mainly to give Theon's creditors an explanation.

The whaling industry has declined, and Theon people are facing industrial transformation in middle age. Even if they start the whale baleen business, they cannot compare with the booming demand for whale oil 20 years ago.

Not difficult to understand.

Back then, whale oil was just in demand, and every household needed to light lamps, but now it is gradually being replaced by oil.

However, whalebone is mostly used in umbrellas and women's plastic clothing inner racks.In recent years, many medical societies have begun to criticize the disadvantages of women's shapewear.

As a result, sales of baleen cannot match that of whale oil in its heyday.

Lawyer Spring, he is Mary's new lawyer.Saying right now, "Theon has a bad habit."

Like a group of business tycoons in Boston, this man is not very interested in the booming financial market in New York in the past 20 years.

Bostonians feel that those rich people in New York who got rich overnight can't remember what happened yesterday, just as New York is a city without a past.

Boston is a very different place, full of down-to-earth business principles, but also rich in memories and traditions.Therefore, there is no need to chase the exciting life of Wall Street's one-night heaven and one night hell. ①

Lawyer Spring went on to explain, "Theon likes to speculate in stocks. His debt crisis did not stem from the decline of the whaling industry, but from the plummet of stocks. The new news from the industry shows that his luck in stocks is very bad. Ten buys Eight losses. Perhaps Sean should be thankful that he was not such a famous person before his death, otherwise other investors might use him as an important indicator to measure the stock index."

That is to say, other shareholders must be cautious in buying the stocks that Theon bought.

This kind of reverse luck indicator occasionally exists.

"You are such a humorous lawyer."

Mary listened to Spring tell the news after Theon's death, which was also within the scope of her commission.The newly hired lawyer is not only responsible for the house purchase, but also to provide her with some 'gossip' information.

According to Spring's knowledge, the whale merchant Theon has no relatives and children alive, and the mansion was sold to other people a month ago.

No one knew why Theon went to London, and when he returned to New York, the last stock he held plummeted, and he completely lost the capital to make a comeback.

Under such circumstances, it is not impossible for Theon to choose to commit suicide by jumping off a building.

Could someone have Josien talk on the rooftop and then push him off the roof?

Mary found no trace of murder on Theon's body.

As for the place where the jumping incident occurred, it started to rain on the night of Theon's death, and the rain for three consecutive days diluted the bloody smell to nothing left.

"Okay. Lunch is over, let's go to the next house."

Mary did not continue to discuss Theon, because there were no more clues to decipher the code word for the time being.Do you want her to buy all the written materials left by Theon just for a letter that is not even signed?

Anyone who likes to do this kind of stupid thing will do it, anyway, she won't do it.

Even if Theon's undeciphered code represents the golden mountain and silver mountain that can save people from bankruptcy crisis, but Mary asks herself, does it have anything to do with her?

If you want money, you can earn it in ordinary ways, why bother chasing vague treasures.

She is not boring.

Treasure hunting, treasure hunting is absolutely impossible.

Leave the restaurant and go to the next property you are interested in renting out.

Lawyer Spring investigated, "Waller Reggie's house on Vanilla Road has nothing wrong with it in terms of hardware and environment, and the listed price is also appropriate."

"but?"

Mary understands that there must be a turning point, "A house with a high cost performance, what are the minor problems?"

"From a legal point of view, I don't think there is a problem, but it's a little troublesome."

Spring explained, "It was not Waller himself who sold the house, but his father old Reggie. Because Waller died half a month ago, due to excessive use of co.. Co., beef water."

Gu.. Co Beef Water, advertised as an affordable alternative to expensive filet mignon, is a beef-flavored drink.

In addition to the beef-flavored seasoning, its ingredients also include alcohol and cocaine-most people did not think it was a highly addictive drug in the 19th century. ②

On the contrary, it can be regarded as a best-selling drink.

Mary can only smile and defame this era of cognitive confusion.

Going back to the choice of buying a house, although she is not superstitious and doesn't mind the house of the dead, what she cares about is whether the original owner who likes beef water will have a whole lot of trouble.

"I think you should be wondering if Waller left a bunch of questions."

Lawyer Spring cannot guarantee that all aspects of the situation have been investigated. "Once, my time frame refers to a year ago. Waller is said to have been working steadily as a typographer at the W newspaper. Later, he got an extra fortune. It is said that he saved a certain rich man for his bravery. After that I bought the house on Herb Road."

After buying a home, life goes on.

Waller, 25, was engaged to his fiancée Bella, but within two months he resigned from the newspaper.

"As I said before, Wall Street in New York will always attract some people. Waller went to New York, and it is said that he also started trading in stocks."

Spring shook his head, "Luckier than Sean, Waller didn't buy anything or lose anything, but he changed from a diligent typographer to a regular customer in major bars. Finally, his body was found in the back alley of the bar. "

When Spring said this, he pointed to the east side, "Waller was buried the day before yesterday. In a cemetery two kilometers away from here."

Mary: It's really...

Should she say something?

Mary glanced at her pocket watch, and there were still two hours before the appointment time to see the house.

"In this case, why don't you go to the cemetery to have a look. I'm going to check the house, and I have to pay a visit to the original owner."

"cough--"

Lawyer Spring almost couldn't maintain his professional expression.Did he hear correctly?What kind of weird door-to-door etiquette is this?Did Earlson introduce him to a strange client?

Five seconds of silence.

Spring said as calmly as possible, "Okay, but I don't know the exact location of Waller's tombstone. It may take a while."

"It's okay, I have more time now."

Mary is just interested, and although she has put Waller's house on the list of never buying if it is not necessary, she is still idle when she is idle.Originally, I wanted to take a look around the surrounding environment of the house, but it is not bad to change it to the cemetery.

What can Spring say?

As long as the request of the paying customer is not excessive, he will comply.

The carriage drove to the cemetery.

One o'clock in the afternoon, the November sun is not warm enough.

The road beside the cemetery is very deserted, and there are few traces of living people.

Today, more than one carriage stopped at the entrance of the cemetery.

Just as Mary was about to step into the cemetery, she heard the sound of a carriage pulling up behind her.Looking back inadvertently, the visitor turned out to be an acquaintance. "Good afternoon, Madame Roman. It was a surprise goodbye."

Mycroft maintained his smile, "This is really surprising, I didn't expect to meet again here."

The two were silent for a while.

Why do people have some bad premonitions when they meet again in front of the cemetery, and what polite greetings should be used now?

quack-

At this time, a crow flew over the sky, as if mocking the weird atmosphere that seemed to exist between the two-legged beasts on the ground.