The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Part 3 (1/2)
”My cabby drove fast I don't think I ever drove faster, but the others were there before us The cab and the landau with their stea horses were in front of the door when I arrived I paid the man and hurried into the church There was not a soul there save the thoy with the in a knot in front of the altar I lounged up the side aisle like any other idler who has dropped into a church
Suddenly, to my surprise, the three at the altar faced round toas hard as he could towards me
”'Thank God,' he cried 'You'll do Come! Come!'
”'What then?' I asked
”'Coal'
”I was half-dragged up to the altar, and before I knehere I was I foundresponses which hispered in enerally assisting in the secure tying up of Irene Adler, spinster, to Godfrey Norton, bachelor It was all done in an instant, and there was the gentle yman beamed on me in front It was the most preposterous position in which I ever found ht of it that startedjust now It seems that there had been soyman absolutely refused to marry them without a witness of soroo to sally out into the streets in search of a best n, and I mean to wear it on my watch-chain in memory of the occasion”
”This is a very unexpected turn of affairs,” said I; ”and what then?”
”Well, I found ht take an ietic measures on my part At the church door, however, they separated, he driving back to the Temple, and she to her own house 'I shall drive out in the park at five as usual,' she said as she left him I heard no more They drove away in different directions, and I went off to elass of beer,” he answered, ringing the bell ”I have been too busy to think of food, and I a By the way, Doctor, I shall want your co-operation”
”I shall be delighted”
”You don'tthe law?”
”Not in the least”
”Nor running a chance of arrest?”
”Not in a good cause”
”Oh, the cause is excellent!”
”Then I aht rely on you”
”But what is it you wish?”
”When Mrs Turner has brought in the tray I will rily on the simple fare that our landlady had provided, ”I must discuss it while I eat, for I have not much time It is nearly five now In two hours we must be on the scene of action Miss Irene, or Madame, rather, returns froe to meet her”
”And what then?”
”You ed what is to occur There is only one point on which I must insist You must not interfere, come what may You understand?”
”I a whatever There will probably be some small unpleasantness Do not join in it It will end inconveyed into the house Four or five -room ill open You are to station yourself close to that open ”
”Yes”