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[[File:irene-norton-born-adler-by-allen-st-john.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Illustration of Irene Adler by [[J. Allen St. John]]]] |
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{{Quote|My Dear Mr. Sherlock Holmes,<br>You really did it very well. You took me in completely. Until after the alarm of fire, I had not a suspicion. But then, when I found how I had betrayed myself, I began to think. I had been warned against you months ago. I had been told that, if the King employed an agent, it would certainly be you. And your address had been given me. Yet, with all this, you made me reveal what you wanted to know. Even after I became suspicious, I found it hard to think evil of such a dear, kind old clergyman. But, you know, I have been trained as an actress myself. Male costume is nothing new to me. I often take advantage of the freedom which it gives. I sent John, the coachman, to watch you, ran up stairs, got into my walking clothes, as I call them, and came down just as you departed. Well, I followed you to your door, and so made sure that I was really an object of interest to the celebrated Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Then I, rather imprudently, wished you good night, and started for the Temple to see my husband. We both thought the best resource was flight, when pursued by so formidable an antagonist; so you will find the nest empty when you call to-morrow. As to the photograph, your client may rest in peace. I love and am loved by a better man than he. The King may do what he will without hindrance from one whom he has cruelly wronged. I keep it only to safeguard myself, and to preserve a weapon which will always secure me from any steps which he might take in the future. I leave a photograph which he might care to possess; and I remain, dear Mr. Sherlock Holmes, very truly yours,<br>Irene Norton, née Adler.|Irene Adler' letter of Sherlock Holmes}} |
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'''Irene Adler''' is a fictional character, main adversary of [[Sherlock Holmes (books)|Sherlock Holmes]] in the short-story "[[A Scandal in Bohemia]]" published in June, 1891. She was a former opera singer and a past lover for king of Bohemia [[Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein]], who Sherlock Holmes has been asked to find a compromising photograph of her and the King. |
'''Irene Adler''' is a fictional character, main adversary of [[Sherlock Holmes (books)|Sherlock Holmes]] in the short-story "[[A Scandal in Bohemia]]" published in June, 1891. She was a former opera singer and a past lover for king of Bohemia [[Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein]], who Sherlock Holmes has been asked to find a compromising photograph of her and the King. |
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| " | My Dear Mr. Sherlock Holmes, You really did it very well. You took me in completely. Until after the alarm of fire, I had not a suspicion. But then, when I found how I had betrayed myself, I began to think. I had been warned against you months ago. I had been told that, if the King employed an agent, it would certainly be you. And your address had been given me. Yet, with all this, you made me reveal what you wanted to know. Even after I became suspicious, I found it hard to think evil of such a dear, kind old clergyman. But, you know, I have been trained as an actress myself. Male costume is nothing new to me. I often take advantage of the freedom which it gives. I sent John, the coachman, to watch you, ran up stairs, got into my walking clothes, as I call them, and came down just as you departed. Well, I followed you to your door, and so made sure that I was really an object of interest to the celebrated Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Then I, rather imprudently, wished you good night, and started for the Temple to see my husband. We both thought the best resource was flight, when pursued by so formidable an antagonist; so you will find the nest empty when you call to-morrow. As to the photograph, your client may rest in peace. I love and am loved by a better man than he. The King may do what he will without hindrance from one whom he has cruelly wronged. I keep it only to safeguard myself, and to preserve a weapon which will always secure me from any steps which he might take in the future. I leave a photograph which he might care to possess; and I remain, dear Mr. Sherlock Holmes, very truly yours, Irene Norton, née Adler. — Irene Adler' letter of Sherlock Holmes |
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Irene Adler is a fictional character, main adversary of Sherlock Holmes in the short-story "A Scandal in Bohemia" published in June, 1891. She was a former opera singer and a past lover for king of Bohemia Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, who Sherlock Holmes has been asked to find a compromising photograph of her and the King.
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