Mary's Nineteenth Century

A well-crafted pocket watch should not only have a beautiful body, but also a matching watch chain.

For nearly 20 years of top watch chains, the double-headed Albert style occupies a place, which originated from the design of Prince Albert of England.

A precious watch chain, made of precious metals, and made of pure hand-carving.

On the watch chain, there are often small pendants or small nameplates, which become the finishing touch on men's clothing.

At present, the bracelet worn by Bentley is missing the pendant, which does not meet the conventional wearing standards.

Mycroft merely glanced at it.

The absence of this ill-conceived fob-chain, combined with the unfavorable looks of Bentley and his friend, no doubt suggested that they were in some trouble.

However, there are some questions that are not suitable for Mrs. Roman to ask.

The next moment, it seemed that there was a tacit understanding, and Mary asked on her behalf without hiding her concern:

"Mr. Bingley, please forgive my quick words. Look at your appearance, are you in any trouble? You seem to be in a hurry early in the morning, and you didn't even have time to eat breakfast."

Christmas is approaching, and we are in Salem again.

Life here should be leisurely, but Bingley and his friends are not looking good.

'Cuckoo—'

As if confirming the speculation, Bentley and Anfinsen's stomachs let out hunger gurglings in unison.

Bentley looked at Anfinsen and got a look that was okay, so he didn't hide the bad things that happened to them in the morning.

"Come on, it's terrible. It's literally the worst morning I've ever had. I'm sorry, but personally I think it's worse than the morning on the Diamond."

Aboard the Diamond, someone went missing early one morning and was found dead.

Bentley was very honest. Although people died on the cruise ship, the victims were strangers after all.He lamented the impermanence of life for the victim's experience, but he really didn't feel pained by it.

"More than an hour ago, Anfinsen and I had no time to sit at the dinner table, and we were considered thieves who stole the collection."

Bentley confessed the disappearance of the Crystal Skull, and then pointed to the watch chain on his clothes.

"No wonder there is a saying that if you are unlucky, drinking cold water will clog your teeth. I just bought a watch chain not long ago, and the decorative pendant also fell off. Maybe it was lost at Curator White's house, but under the current situation, I really don't want to Go back and search again."

At this time, Mycroft seemed to casually say, "A watch chain without a pendant is not perfect. I wonder what the original pendant looks like? Mr. Bingley, your watch chain is engraved with sea waves, and now you are planning to remake a pendant." Is it? Handmade products, I am afraid it is difficult to find exactly the same."

"Yes, the original pendant has a fish engraved on it."

Bentley was distressed about the loss of the pendant, and it would be natural to say it all.

"I was in Salem five days ago and I found this watch chain at a little shop. I bought it because I thought the pendant would suit me."

Bentley is a Pisces.

Although there is only one fish engraved on the pendant silver plate, I think that fish has a lot of personality.

Anfinsen was in the antique business. Although the watch chain was not an antique, it was enough for him to judge the uniqueness of the pendant.

"It looks like the 'King of the Deep Sea', the 'centipede whale' mentioned by Long Laide in "The History of Fish", a very imposing strange fish. This kind of inscription is very rare, and I don't know it How could it flow into second-hand stores. It may be very difficult to find a similar pendant.”

Mary listened, seemingly looking at Mrs. Roman unintentionally.

This person said that he came to Witch Town to buy a pocket watch that is pleasing to the eye, and perhaps the legendary "King of the Deep Sea" is very suitable.

Mycroft seemed oblivious to the glance, and continued the conversation about pocket watches with Bentley.

"In this way, you bought the watch chain separately, and didn't buy the pocket watch together. Is it a bit regrettable? I don't know which store in the city I bought it from. I am also a little interested in pocket watches. I want to find some interesting stores. Take a stroll."

"Oh! I also want to buy a set. Unfortunately, "Alchemy Stone House" did not purchase a matching pocket watch. "

Bingli directly reported the name and address of the store, "I plan to go and have a look again in the afternoon. The missing pendant is just as if it has no fate with me."

Bentley can ignore lost things, but someone has to ask.

Without a doubt, Mycroft was one of them.

Instead of going back to the hotel, I turned around and went directly to the second-hand store "Alchemy Stone House", and asked where the special watch chain came from.

Not to mention Bentley and Anfinsen who went to the restaurant first, these two are nothing to be afraid of.

It was another that Mycroft needed to take care of.Even if he cooperates to find the mystery of the diamond linen, he can't reveal the missing intelligence personnel. "Mr. Minton, you..."

"I'm a little tired, and I'm going back to the hotel for a short rest."

Mary spoke almost at the same time, rubbing the space between her brows tiredly, and said apologetically, "Sorry, what did you want to say just now?"

Mycroft was a little surprised, what else could he want to say, but he just wanted to find an excuse to leave alone.

I didn't expect Mr. Minton to be so talkative today. This energetic person has nothing to do with being tired. He immediately knew that the so-called need to rest was an excuse.

"In this case, I will go to the "Alchemy Stone House" first, and please take care of yourself. "

Mycroft took a deep look at the person in front of him. Does Mr. Minton really have the potential to become a considerate gentleman in the traditional public sense?

Mary: Look, that uncertain look, can't she be understanding?

Proper advance and retreat, master of propriety, these are the invisible halos and titles on her head.Isn't that obvious enough?

"The carriage is here, I wish you a smooth trip."

Mary didn't say much, she just smiled and saw everything in her smile. "Please keep in mind that today I am reasonable and grasp the measure of curiosity. In the future, it may be an object worthy of your reference and study."

Mycroft nodded slightly, and got into the carriage.At this moment, of course I understood the words hidden in the smile, but I didn't take it to heart.

It doesn't matter whether he is curious or not, because he knows how lazy he is and will not take the initiative to verify the conjecture, so there will be no future to analyze Mr. Minton's secrets.

At this time, it is obvious that the two have different perceptions on one thing-never say never, correct?

Mary is very confident, but she has learned to leave a way out for herself;

Mycroft still doesn't think there are many uncontrollable variables in life. Even though he has been tricked to the United States by His Excellency Matthew, work is work and will not affect his private life choices.

Who is right and who is wrong, time will tell everything.

Now, Mycroft went to the second-hand store.

I learned from the owner that he bought the pocket watch from a local fisherman six days ago.

Not only income watch chain, but also income pocket watch.However, the hands stopped after the dial was soaked in water, and it has not been repaired yet.

It doesn't matter whether the hands can move or not.Importantly, where was its original owner?

Mycroft bought the broken pocket watch.After tossing and turning, I found the fisherman who picked it up, and confirmed that the pocket watch was found on the beach.There were no traces of fighting left on the beach, and the pocket watch seemed to have been washed ashore with the tide.

How low is the chance that an intelligence agent will lose the joint token?

Take a closer look with a magnifying glass.There is a deep scratch on the surface of the crystal cover of the pocket watch, as if injured by a sharp weapon.In the scratches, there is still a trace of soil particles, which is not the soil quality of the beach where the pocket watch was found.

Particles are black.

As the sharp object scratches the cover, it remains in the gap where the crystal is cracked.

On the other side, in the broom hotel, those who really wanted to take a good rest didn't get to take a nap.

Bingley was approached by curator White.

The missing fob pendant is indeed in the Whites' home, but it's left in a subtle location, right in the study where the crystal head was lost.

"I found it in the gap between the display case and the floor."

Curator White brought the pendant, "This unique engraved pattern should be exactly what you lost, not just anyone who has the same pendant, which can be 'accidentally' lost in my study. I Your crystal head disappeared into the study room with the window half open, but your pendant fell under the cabinet."

Bingley held back his anger. He didn't think the curator returned the pendant with good intentions, let alone being so stupid that he couldn't hear the insinuation of a needle hidden in cotton.

Don't say that Americans are careless, what White means is that he sneaked into the study last night and stole the crystal head.

Because to keep track of time, he must carry a pocket watch with him, but he hastily dropped the pendant.As for why the lost Crystal Skull was not found in the morning, because it was thrown out of the window.

"White! You really have too many associations!"

Bentley sneered, "Alluding to me stealing the crystal and throwing it out the window, who would do such a sick thing! Aside from the meaning attached to the crystal skull by those mysterious rumors, you can't even prove that it must be the Mayan civilization The product of it. Without those added values, how much is a fist-sized black crystal worth, and is it worth my reputation?"

Bentley is no idiot.How could it be possible not to have heard that a counterfeiting gang broke out in Boston, USA in early December, and organizations like the Hermes Society are not rare.

Nowadays, cultural relics and antiques are popular all over the world, and there are also various prehistoric fossils collected, but the true and false are confusing and complicated.What was lost was just a piece of black crystal, not a piece of top-quality ruby. There was no mysterious legend shrouded in it, and it was only the price of a boat ticket.

Is that worth stealing?

Director White blushed when he was blocked. He admitted that Bentley's words made sense, but the time when the Crystal Skull disappeared out of thin air was too coincidental.

As the owner, it was a normal choice for him to want to retrieve the crystal. "Let's be frank, Mr. Bingley, I suspect that you were brought together by chance. I was drunk with you, and your pendant was in the study, and the crystal disappeared at this time. If it were you, you Don't you think there's something wrong with it?"

"What exactly do you want?"

Bentley admitted it was a little too coincidental, but he couldn't have been so stuffed that he stole the crystal and threw it out the window.

Curator White has no evidence to say that Bentley is jealous that he has the Crystal Skull.

Stealing doesn't have to be about owning something, it can be about destroying it.This reason, on the surface, has nothing to do with Bentley's character.

"I just want to get back the Crystal Skull."

Director White has only one appeal, and he is now learning to retreat. "I think you must want it back, too, because that's the most favorable way of clearing yourself."

If you didn't drink together, if you weren't drunk, there was no need to prove your innocence.

Bentley regretted his imprudence in acting outside.It's too late to regret.

After hesitating for a while, he finally knocked on the door of the guest room upstairs.He's sure he didn't do the theft, but he's at a loss when it comes to solving the mystery.

"Mr. Minton, would you like to go to White's house to check?"

Bingley explained directly why he came, and knew that his request would disturb normal people's expectations of spending Christmas peacefully.At this time, he said very apologetically, "If you don't want to get into this kind of trouble, please reject me directly."

The Mayan crystal skull is said to hide the mysteries of human life and death and origin.

In her previous life, Mary had heard similar rumors, and with the development of technology, professional organizations detected the so-called crystal skull.

With the identification of scientific instruments, it was confirmed that the so-called mysterious skulls were not the product of the Mayan civilization, they were just one of the forgeries that were popular among antiques in the 19th century.

Having said that, is the Crystal Skull purchased by Director White in South America real or fake?Even if it is genuine, is it related to the so-called mystery of life and death?

From a rational point of view, 90.00% of Mary can be sure that the crystal head has no mysterious power.

But there is no absolute in everything, just take her own resurrection as an example, so there must be a slight possibility of accident.There are always things in the world that cannot be explained by known knowledge.

Right now, it is pointed to the Witch Town where the "∞" symbol exists, the Mayan crystal skull that disappeared out of thin air, and the clues related to Mrs. Roman's search for the pocket watch.

When all the factors are brought together, it becomes a very interesting thing.Have fun, how can you miss it.

"Mr. Bingley, how can I have the heart for you to be wronged as a thief."

Mary said righteously and categorically, "Compared with your reputation, there is no need to compare the importance of the Christmas holiday. It is right for you to come to me. Helping each other is what a gentleman does."

With that said, Mary stood up one step ahead of Bentley.

"What are you waiting for, hurry up to Director White's house, and let us catch the real thief."

Good man!

A good man with a holy and righteous heart like an angel!

At this moment, Bentley unilaterally announced one thing.

No matter whether he can find the crystal head or not, Mr. Minton is his good partner.Such a truly good person is rare, and the first one he identified was Darcy.For a person like this, he must cherish it even more.

Mary instantly felt the strange eyes falling on her, and when she turned around, she saw Bingley's shining eyes. This man seemed to have made some kind of strange decision.

Well, how should I put it?Does she want to laugh at herself because she is often out of tune with this world because she is too normal and rational?