Baker Street Charterers

"Then?"

Apparently, no one present here has the slightest interest in this bloody love story, and Holmes is more concerned about the situation on the day of the murder.

Clydia tried her best to maintain an elegant posture, but the anger and gloom couldn't go away in her eyes, and she couldn't help lowering her voice slightly, "I asked Krez to warn that kid—"

"I beg your pardon," interrupted Holmes. "Kretz is—"

Clydia was stunned, as if she realized something was wrong, she smiled apologetically, "Krez is our housekeeper, he was my servant before I got married, his loyalty is beyond doubt."

Holmes smiled noncommittally.

Clydia continued, "I thought this was the end of the matter, who knew Julie... my Julie, a girl in love is so unreasonable, she compromised us on the surface, but secretly sold herself Jewelry, and even secretly exchanged the jewelry at home for money—"

Clydia's chest kept rising and falling, and she suppressed her anger, "She actually wants to elope with that poor boy, even if she comes from a bad background, she is still my daughter, I can't bear this kind of scandal—"

Holmes curled his lips, and Nora saw his little movement, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"I ordered Krez to put her in solitary confinement - I'm sure any mother would do that, and she's finally going to be honest, honest like she's never done anything like that -"

Lucia clenched her hands tightly, her face was blue and white, as if she was holding back something, and her eyes showed a look of resentment.

Nora subconsciously looked at Holmes, but unexpectedly, the other party also glanced at her. Both of them were taken aback for a moment, and then turned their faces away, continuing to listen to the case as if nothing had happened.

Clydia's emotions gradually calmed down, but after she was extremely angry, she showed a tired and sad expression instead. The pain of losing her daughter dimmed her soft colors, "I didn't expect Julie to be so determined...she She has always been my good child, I never thought...she would run away from here desperately."

She fell into memories, "I remember that day...she was as well-behaved as usual, and she even ate in the room. I thought she finally thought about it, and there would be no good results with such a family...I thought She thought about it..."

Her fingers were clenched, "In the middle of the night... I heard the sound of the window being smashed. I woke up from my dream and hurried to her room. Guess what I saw?"

"The battened windows were smashed open, the glass was shattered everywhere, the curtains were pulled and fell, and my Julie ... she ran away, she ran away from this house."

Nora frowned slightly.

Clydia stared at Holmes and paused every word, "It was he, the baker's son, who took Julie away from me and never came back. Even when she died, he never appeared again." Pass."

Faced with the other party's painful and cold expression that was almost cursed, Holmes just raised his eyebrows lightly, and said in a calm tone, "Maybe you can tell me his name?"

"Mike Adam Baker," Clydia said.

Holmes nodded. "If you don't mind, I would like to have a word with your butler."

What else did he want to say, Nora suddenly leaned into his ear and said something, Holmes paused, and then said politely, "My assistant wishes to have a chat with this Miss Lucia Brown, maybe Madam ..."

Clydia showed a surprised expression, but she quickly relaxed and nodded wearily, "Please feel free, I have never doubted the ability of Sherlock Holmes, I hope you can find the murderer who killed Julie - as soon as possible."

"no doubt."

……

Krez is a healthy man in his prime, with brown hair, a serious and thin face, wearing the most common white shirt and black tuxedo, walking very steadily, and looks taciturn and difficult to get along with.Holmes called him aside for questioning, but he just nodded and occasionally said "yes" or "no", as if he couldn't ask anything.

Nora's side was far more exciting.

This Miss Lucia Brown made no secret of her fear and dislike for her. Probably in her impression, Nora was just a vain woman who clings to her rich cousins. ".From the very beginning, her tone of voice was quite condescending, full of impatience.

"I don't know how you got dressed like this, and what's the purpose of coming here." Lucia leaned on the porch pillar, and sneered at her polite question, "But your thoughts are destined to be in vain, the Brown family There never was a Cousin named Sharp—”

Nora smiled and didn't take it seriously, "I don't think it is suitable to make a judgment about the authenticity of this matter, Miss Lucia Brown, if this is your attitude as the victim's family, then I think I will ask you directly mother would be more suitable."

Lucia's face turned pale, she straightened up, stared at her for a few seconds, bit her lip, her eyes were filled with a look of extreme hatred, but in the end she gave in to the threat in her tone, and said coldly ,"What do you want to know?"

Nora showed a businesslike attitude, "May I ask when did you know that Julie is Mrs. Brown's illegitimate daughter?"

Lucia's chest rose and fell, "... half a month before she was brought into the house."

"Will Mr. Brown welcome her?"

Lucia sneered, "What do you think?"

"Please answer my question, Miss Brown."

"...No, of course not, an illegitimate daughter who can't see the light, only a soft-hearted person like my mother would—"

"Are you getting along well?"

Lucia, who was interrupted, showed an angry expression. She tried her best to suppress it, her eyes mocking, "...happy? Huh—of course."

Nora paused, "Then you don't pay attention to her at home, do you?"

"No." She answered quickly.

"I don't know that she will elope with someone?"

"……Do not."

Nora stared at her intently, "So have you seen that Mr. Baker before?"

"No, such a humble status—"

Nora raised her eyebrows, "But I just heard from his father that he seems to have seen you go there..."

Lucia's face paled suddenly, and she blurted out, "How is it possible—he can't see me——"

When she saw a meaningful smile on Nora's face, she snapped her mouth shut, exasperated, and screamed, "You... you—you dare to lie to me?!"

"Well, Miss Brown." Nora closed the notepad in her hand, narrowed her eyes, and the almost cold sharpness in those pupils of the same color gave Nora, who was wearing men's clothing, a shocking feeling at this moment. The pressure on her face was full of interest, but the corner of her mouth was half a smile, she said softly, "Since we don't want to spend too much time with each other, I think 'quick resolution' is a good way, what do you think? "

Lucia bit her lip, the answer was self-evident.

"Very good." Nora smiled. "Since we have initially reached a consensus, let's make things simpler—what do you know about this murder case?"

There was still a hesitant expression on the other party's face, Nora added again, "If you lied to us and the Metropolitan Police know all about it - hmm, people are responsible for what they say, Charges like obstructing a police investigation never bothered the Browns, did they?"

This sentence finally became the last straw that overwhelmed the girl's fragile resistance. Lucia took a deep breath with a pale face, subconsciously glanced at the window, was silent for a while, and finally said in a low voice, "This matter It has nothing to do with me...I just know that...Julie is not doing well here...very badly."

Nora raised an eyebrow.This is a bit different from the guess. After all, according to Mrs. Brown's tone, Julie should be loved very much.

"I did sneak a peek at that baker's son... I just wanted to see what her lover was like, and I swear I didn't do anything!"

Lucia's expression was very anxious, as if she was afraid that she would not believe it and took a step forward.Nora looked at her carefully and nodded, "Then?"

Lucia breathed a sigh of relief, "I went to her room that night - I just wanted to warn her not to embarrass the family again, Brown can't stand a scandal like elopement... She didn't say anything, just like usual Same, loathsome, stagnant silence."

Her expression doesn't seem fake, and she doesn't hide the condescending and contemptuous disgust in her tone when talking about her sisters. Maybe Julie's "very bad" situation in this family also has her "help". Know.

"Then?"

"After that? Just like what mom said, she didn't know how to get in touch with that kid. She broke the window and ran out, and who knew that she died there? Heh—self-inflicted." Lucia shook her head, very Disdainful behavior for sisters.

Nora snorted, "Don't you have anything else to say?"

Lucia looked at her in surprise, "No—what do you mean?"

Nora showed that lazy, grin that made the teeth itch, "I have to remind you, Lucia Brown, you probably haven't noticed these problems yourself—"

"You knew about Julie's existence half a month before she entered the house. I thought you would behave more accustomed to it than now. What's more, she is a maid. Even if she is an illegitimate daughter, she still can't threaten your heir at all. Status, Miss Brown, why do you hate her so much?"

Lucia remained silent.

"The next one is even more confusing to me - you say you don't pay attention to Julie, but you go to her room at night to 'warn her', sneaking with her to see that Mr. Baker... In my opinion Don't you hate her so much that you don't want to pay attention to her, or do you not dislike Julie so much?"

Lucia opened her mouth to speak, but Nora gestured for her to stop, "Of course these are not the point, I'm curious, since Miss Julie is in confinement, who can contact the baker's son, and a And how does a weak and quiet lady manage to break through a 'battened' window and escape undetected?"

Nora made a puzzled expression, "Tell me, who would stalk, rape and kill such a harmless woman?"

She raised her head, smiled slightly, but her eyes were actually compelling, and she said softly, "Maybe you know the answer, my dear... sister?"

This address made Lucia's face turn pale.