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'What's wrong with him?' I said. looking at the Ah yes,' said Holmes. 'One of the oldest banks in
numberson all the houses.' London.'
'Watson,'saidHolmes.'He'scoming here,I think.' 'I'm sorry,sir,' saidHolder.'They told me about you and
'Here?'Iasked. said, "You must speakto SherlockHolmes.He can help
'Yes,'saidHolmes.'He'svery unhappy aboutsomething, you!" I came to seeyou at once. I ran from Baker Street
and he wants my help.' station to get here more quickly.It lookedstrange,I know
lust then, the man stoppedat our front door. becauseI don't usuallygorunning. Thank you for waiting.
'There . . . I told you, Watson,'saidHolmeswith a smile. I am readynow to begin.'
'He'shereto seeme.' Holderthen startedto tell us his story:
Not long afterthat, the maid brought the man up to our
room. Soonhe stoodin front of us. His head movedfrom Yesterday I wasin my officeat the bankwhena man
morninEi
left to right, and he put his hand up worriedly and pulled cameto seeme.WhenI sawhim,I wasverysurprised. Hewas
his hair from time to time. His mouth opened,but he a veryfamousman.l'm sorry,but I can'ttell youhis name-
couldn't speak. becausehe'soneof the Britishroyalfamily.
hesaid,'people
'Mr Holder,' I
cometo youto borrowmoney,
Holmes took him by the arm and smiled. 'Pleasesit
down.'he said.and he took him acrossthe room to one of hear.'
the chairs, and sat down next to him. 'You'd like to tell us 'Yes, iveit to themwhenwe
theydo,'I said,'andwe always
your story. Is that right? You are tired. We can wait a c an . '
minute, and when you are ready,we can begin.' 'l See,'saidthe man.'Well,I needto borrowfiftythousand
The man sat for a minute or two. Holmes and I waited pounds fromyouat once.'
quietly.Then, when he was ready,the man looked up and 'Fiftythousand?'I said.
began.'I look very strange,I know' he saidqietly. 'Yes.I can borrowthat moneymanytimesoverfrom my
'No, no,' said Holmes. 'You want to tell me something friends, ButI wanted
of course. to cometo a bankfor it' lt'snot
station people
important, that's all.' goodto borrowfromfriends. Afteryouf ivethe moneybackto getonandoff
maid a woman transhere
whoworksna 'Why did this happento me?It's the worst thing . . . the them,theyalways askyoufor thinfslaterto say"thankyou".'
surprised
richperson's 'Andhowlon$doyouneedthismoney?' I asked. feelingthat
house very worst,' saidthe stranger. something very
pull to move 'Pleasetell me your name, sir, and then you can tell me saidtheman.'someone
'Forsixdays,' is olnto $ivemea lot newis suddenly
someth ing happenng
stronglytowards your story,'saidHolmes. of moneyon Monday, so I can Sivebackthe fiftythousand
royal family the
y0u
'Perhapsyou know my name,' said our visitor slowly.'I poundsto youthen.ButI needthe moneynow.' famly ofthekng
bank people
put 0rqueen
'Well,
for thebankto $iveoutfiftythousand pounds, youneed
moneyand am Alexander Holder of the Holder and StevensonBank borrow to taKe
things
expensive for a shorttime
here of ThreadneedleStreet.' to leavesomething withus,'I said.
expensive
 Th emanthentook0uta bigblackb o xa n dp u tit o nt h et a b le . Hetold me,'Please be verycarefulwith it, anddon'ttakeit
I wa sverysurprisedwhenhe0pened it . awayfromthe bank.'
'Doyouknowthe Emerald Crown?'
hesaid. Hea ls osa i d ',P l e a sdeo n ' t e l l a n yo f y o u rf r i e n d so r f a m i l y
'l t'soneofthe mostfamous
crown sin E n g la n dI a, 'n s we re d . aboutit.'
Well,this mantookthe E merald
Cro wno u t o f t h e b o x .lt ' s Hewasafraidof a scandal for the royalfamily,I think.
oldwiththirty-nine - all of the mostbeautiful
larf,eemeralds We ll,I ga v et h e m a nt h e f i f t yt h o u s a n pd o u n d sH. et h a n k e d
g r e e nc olour. me ,a n d qu i c k l yl e f tt h e b a n k .H e ' sg o i n gt 0 c o m eb a c ko n
'Dogouknow
Mo n d am
y o r n i n fgo rt h ec r o w n .
theEmerald But then I startedto feel womied.Onenight last week
Crown?' s o me b o dwye n ti n t oa b a n kn o t f a r f r o m u s i n T h r e a d n e e d l e
S t n e eat ,n dt o o ka h u n d r etdh o u s a npdo u n dfsr o mt h eb u i l d i n g .
I wa su n h a p payb o ulte a v i ntfh eE m e r a lC
dr o w n
a tt h eb a n kS. o
la s tn iS htI t o o ki t h o m ew i t hm e "
I leftworkat aboutsixo'clock. I closed
the doorof the bank
b e h in dme a n d I l o o k e dc a r e f u l luyp a n dd o w nT h r e a d n e e d l e
S t re e tI .nth ed a r kn o b o dsya wm e p u tt h eb l a c kb o xu n d e rm y
coat.I thentooka camiagebackto my housein Streatham. lt
was,of c0urse, a cold,snowyevening andthe carriaf,e drove
a lo n gv e rys l o w l yT.h e r e
w a so n l yo n em a ni n t h ec a r r i a gw
e ith
ffis mea n dh ed i d n ' st e e t h eb o x l,k n o w :l h a d i t u n d e rm yc o a ta l l
scandal
'tr* 3 t h et ime . s omethi ngthat a
$;;; l ot of peopl etal k
3'{f,; "d I feltpleased
whenI arrivedhome.I ranupstairs
to myoffice about,i n an angry
or interestedway
put
and theblackboxintothedeskthere.I lockedthedeskwith
carriale an old
a key and then went overto the window.Justthen,I saw k i ndof c ar that
hors espul l
somebody- a stranf,er
- in thefrontgarden.
Streatham
emerald a very lc o u ld n'st e eh i sf a c e H
. ew o r ea h a ta n da l o n gc o a tW
. h e n/'stretem /
ex pens ivgr
e een
stone h e s a w m e a t t h e w i n d o w ,h e s u d d e n l yw a l k e da w a y .I des k a tabl e i n a
s tudyor i n an
crown a king re me mb eorn et h i n ga b o uht i m : w h ehnew a l k e do,n eo f h i sl e S s offrce
wearst his o n h i s l oc k to c l os e
nea0 movedstnangely. with a key
tlold an I t h e nra nq u i c k ldy o w n s t a i a
r sn do u ti n t ot h eS a r d e n . ' H e l lkoey. y ouc an open
ex pens ivyee l l o w or c l os ea l oc k
met al Wh o 'tsh er e ?I 'c a l l e d . w i th thi s

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Are these sentencestrue or false? Tick the boxes. True False a It w asa coldday,andt her ewasa lot of . . . . . . . . . on t he r oad.
b Theroyalfam ilyhada bi. . . . . . . . . wit h sixwhit ehor ses
a l t w asa c olddayin Fe b ru a ryw,i th s n o wo n th e ro a d . trl T
G W hentheyar nivedat t hehouse, .t .he
.. . . . . . answer edt hedoor
b Mr Holden look edwo rri e dw h e nh e s p o k eto H o l me s. T fl
banks. T d W henyoul eave,
please t he f r ontdoorwit ht his bi . . " . .
c Th eHolderandS t ev e n s oBna n ki s o n eo fth e n e w e sLondon t T
a penandsom epapef so
e S heneede d , shelookedin t he . . . . . . . f or t hem
d A manf r omt he S pa n i s h ro y a lfa mi l yc a met0 th e b a n k. T T
e Th em anwasaf r aido f a s c a n d a l . T T j A nastasiwor
a ea beaut if ul on her head.lt hada br ggneen
at t he f r ont .
f Th em anbor nowed f i v eh u n d re do o u n d sfro m H o l d e r . T T
g H eboughtan expensive wat chf or "hiswif elastChr ist m as
g H o l dert ookt he E m e ra l Cd r" o wton hishouse. T I
h S hel ookedver y. . . . . . . . . whenwe suddenly
ar r ivedat her house.
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Yesor No.

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2 e me ra r0
6 c a rrage
7 s u rp ri sed
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the garden .. . . . .
4 maid I o l d
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 tu ChapterTw0
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And did you giveit to him?' I asked
McFarlane's
story interestedly.
continue to start [ nd did you find this man in the long coat and hat?' I 'Yes,'said Holder.Arthur often
a gainaf t er
st opping f}.asked. told me, "Father, I'm going to
wld ex c it e dn; o t 'No,' answeredHolder. 'I looked in the front and back leavethe club!" And from time to
d oingwhat
som e0ne wa n t s garden,but nobodywas there.' time he stoppedgoing there. But
llamblinlclub a He stoppedtalking, and thought for a minute. 'But he always went back after a week
p rac ewnerey 0 u
can playgam e s beforeI continue with my story, I must tell you about my or two. There was one friend at
a ndwrn mo n e y
play cards to
family,and all the differentpeoplein the house.' the club with a lot of power over
playa game( l i k e Ah yes,'saidHolmes,and he movedhis chair nearer.
pok er)wit h a
Arthur, an olderman - Burnwell.'
pac kof c ard s 'My family isn't very big,' saidHolder.'My wife died ten 'Burnwell?'askedHolmes. Burnwell
years ago and I've got only one son, Arthur. I'm sorry to 'Yes,Sir GeorgeBurnwell. Do you know him?'
sayit, but he isn't a very goodson. 'I know his name. I think,' said Holmes. He looked pow er bei nf abl e
to mak es omebody
'When my wife died, Arthur was the most important quichly over at me. or s omethi ng
do
what you want
thing for me. I wanted to make him happy,so when he 'When Burnwell first came to our house, I liked him,'
handsome
askedfor something,I gaveit to him. I was wrong to do it. continuedHolder.'He's a tall. handsome man. When he goodl ook i ng

I know that now.
'I wanted Arthur to work with me at the
banh,but he was no goodwith money.He
was a wild young man. When he was
eighteen, he started going to a
gambling club. He made friends
there - all rich young men with a
lot of time and money.With these
- tJ
new friends he learned to play
cards but, of course,he often
lost. He came to me nearly
every week and asked,"Can I
borrow some more money
lrom vou lather?"'
'He wasawildyoung man.
walks into a room, everybody looks at him. He's a ni ec e y our
s i s ter' s(or
wonderful talker: he can tell the most interesting stories bnother' s )
daughter
for hours and hours.
'But he has a coldlook in his eyes, '-1*.*
ti ' s $
said Holder slowlv. 'For me
there's something strange ',fu'q
about him. And my Mary
thinks this. too. I can see
it in her eyes.'
'Who'sMary?' I asked.
'Mary is my niece,'
said Holder. 'When my
brother died flve yearsago,
shecameto live with us.
Mary
 'Lucy,our most important maid.' 'She'sa wonderfulgirl,' Crown. Lucy was out of the room at this time, I think, but surewhen
vou
*
I continued Holder, 'and I'mnotsure. l'.'Jl?Ln',,,.,.
ffi she does everything for whenI said,"The
Arthur andMary wereverysurprised lli:lJi':"'
me at home.I call her my famous crown is upstairs in my desk." Of course, they person
who
"right hand", you know.' wantedto seeit but I said"no". Arthur wasveryworried ffi:Jil,l:.-
Holder looked out of the about housethieves. But I told him, "Everytling'sall lrT'io;;iiil"
window and smiled. But right because there's a good lock on the desk." But he housewherevou
putthinss
the smile suddenly left his laughed and said, 'Any key opens that desk. I opened it
Iace. with the key to the attic when I was a child."
'Only one thing makesme unhappy,'saidHolder.Arthur 'I didn't listenmuch to Arthur.'
lovesMary very much. Lastyear,he askedMary to marry said Holder. 'He often talhs
him, but shesaid"no". I feelvery sorry aboutthis, because wildly about things. And by
Arthur needsa goodwife.And Mary is the mostwonderful this time I was tired, so I
girl.' went upstairsto bed.
Holder stoppedtalking and then, after a minute or two, After about ten minutes,
beganagain.'Now wherewasI?'he asked.Ah, yes. . .yes. Arthur came to my room.
Of course,there are the maidsin the housetoo. There are He asked, "Can I borrow
three of them - goodyoung girls, and all of them started some money, father? I
with me a number of yearsago.And then there'sLucy,our needtwo hundred pounds
most important maid. She came to us two months ago. this time - to giveback to
We're very happy with her.But the only thing is . . .' my friends at the
'What'sthat?'I ashed. gamblingclub!" I felt very
'She's very beautiful, and she has many admirers. angry: he wanted money
marry to make Sometimes they come to the kitchen door in the for the secondtime in a
s0 me0ne y0ur
wif e or hus b a n d evening . . .'Holder then stopped.'Well, that's everybody week.When I said "no",
adm irer an o l d he startedto cry. He then
word f or a p e r s o n
at home,I think.'
who lik esor l o v e s And what about yesterdayevening?'askedHolmes. walked slowly to the door
anot herper s o n ,
oftensecretly 'Oh, yes,my story,'saidHolder.'When I cameback into and closed it angrily
kitchen the behind him.'
roomnt he h o u s e
the house,it was time for dinner. And after dinnet Lucy
w nerepe0p r e brought in some coffeefor Arthur, Mary, and me. Over
mak et hingst o
eat coffee, I told Arthur and Mary all about the Emerald 'When I said"no" he startedto uu,

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Match the tyvo parts of these sentences. a 'Shall theguitarnow?'

I stopplaying
a Al ex ander
Holder . t hasa lot of poweroverArthur. ' N o.P l ease . . . . . . . .. . '
Holder 'w
b Al ex ander s i fe ... 2 c ometo the ki tchendoor. 'Where's
your room?'

c Ar" t hur
Holder . . . 3 tel l sA rthurandMaryaboutthe ' l t' supstair sin t he .

d M ar y . . . 4 i s dead. ' W ho'that

s lit t legir l overt her ewit hyourbr ot her ?'

e Si nG eor ge
B ur nw e l l ... 5 doesn'twantto mannyArthur. 'That'smy

f Art hur ' sf niendsat th e S a m b l i ncgl u b ... 6 i s verybeauti ful . ' W oul d
youliket o . . . . . . . . . wit h us?'
g L u c yt he m aid. . 7 oftenwantsto bomowmoney. 'l'm not . I haven'tgot a lot of time.'

h L u c y ' sadm ir ens.. . 8 h avea l ot of ti meandmoney. ' E mi l y, Doesyoursist erhavean . . . . .

that boycan'tst oplookingat Vict onia.
' Y es,shedoes,Char lot t e. ver y. . .
Hisnam e'sAlber tHe's
. . . . . . . , I t hink. '
,,jfilil{t$} i:H{1$,fH ' Look!A js t akingt hat wom an'sbag. '
1 Find ten more wonds fnom Ghapter 1 in the wordsquare. ' Qui ck,
phonet he police. '
' Thatfi l m star is Soingt o . . . . . . . . . his gir lf r iendnextweek. '
' l t can' tbet r ue.He'sa r eally youngm anandhe goesoutwit h
di fferent w o m anever ynight ! '
h ' W oul dyouliket o be r ich?'
' Y es,of cour se.M oneyf ivesyou .

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t l t o n s LMA RRY W G
What is it? Tick one box.
w R u FE B X Ol{IT
E Y R Y P MA HITG .tf a [] A wom anis cr "ying
downst air s.
GY GTS E DR b I is br eaking
Som ebody a window.
?rH r E FJT0CV T c I is closinga doorona window
Som ebody
vzx A DMIRE RS d I Twopeoplear et alkingin t he f ar "den.
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.- ChapterTHREE*.
fnthenght Artl"tur!
Youthief!

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Beforer sot intobedrast

nifht,,ooked rntoa, the
r00msin the houseI went different
firstto theofficenextto
lookedintothedeskThe myroom.I
Emerald Crownwasthere,andit was
safe.I thenlocked
thedeskagancarefully
Afterthat I wentd
Marynexr
toan
open
ffi:i::J,n:,iffi:ilJillJffi:
wtndow whenshesawme.
'Uncle,'
shesaid.,Fi mnrresago
Lucycamein throughthe
kitchen door.She*uruu
,No, lane Didvouknowrhat?'
I didnot,,I said;Trl;"t
'Shewaswithone
of heradmirersagain,I think,'
'lt isn'tsafe. saidMary.
Wedon,rwantstrangemen theoffice,
andslowlyopened
thedoor.
n e a rt h e h o u s ea t
night.' I n t h e h a l f - l i s hrtc o u r d s e eA r t h u ri n o n r yh i s s h i r " at n d
'No,wedon,t. I musttalkto he rin t h emo rn ln g t r, u s e rs.H eh a dn o s h o e so n .T h eE m e r a rcdr . o w w n a si n h i s
,Did a b o utth is A. nd
M ary,' I said. youlockallth e h a n d sa, ndh ep u l l e da t i t w i l d l yH. ew a n t e tdo b r e a ki t ,l t h i n k .
d o o rs ? ,
' yes,I did,,she 'Arthur!'I cried.'What you
safe in no
saio. ar.e doingwith the cr.own? you
dang e r 'Areyousure?, t h ie f Y
! o ut h i e f ! '
hall a r o o m i n 'Yes, l'msure., Wh e nh eh e a r dm e ,t h ec o l o u lre f th i sf a c ea, n dt h ec r o w nf e l l
rne m i d d l eo f t h e
housef r o m w h i c h ThenI wentupstairs to bed.l,m not usuailya good f ro mh ish a n d s .
y ou c a n g 0 t o a l l
anosometimes sleeper t ra n o v e na n dl o o k e d
t ne ot h e rr o o m s I Setup in the niSht.Well, a t i t . O n eo f t h e c o r n e r so f t h e c r . o w n ,
ar ab'ut 2 o,clock in
unc le t h e themorninfI suddenly opened wilht h re ee m e r a l dosn i t ,w a sm i s s i n g .
brot h e ro f y o u r myeyeswhenl hearda strange fall (pasffell) to
father (or n 0 tse. ' A rlh u r I! 's a r d' W h e raer et h em i s s i n g
m ot he r )
emer"alds?, go dow ns uddenl y

It wasn'ta loudnoise. ,ls ' lh rlrt rnc r l l rhl sc?a' s k r l r l u i c f l y corner where
lane a narrow some' n ec lo s inagwin d o w
road perhaps?' o na d o o r ' Y cl ;,'I si lir l 'lhc cnlr t r 'r lr'ls
the tw o s i desof
I thoufht.I satup in bed s omethi ng meet
loud m a k j n ga
andlistened
Everything ' l i rrl r;rrl clyI hr : yir r c ; r ll ms s i ng not n
lot of n o i s e n
; ot was quietfor a minutcor llclc, ' llc ; r nliwr lr r lr l
quiet
lwo,but thenI heard l hr:us rralpl ac r:
somebody ' l rl 0l i . l l l c |c; il'0 llr r r : r , r : r lcr , ; r lr il;
rnmyoffice. r fertafraic,
irrrrrg,r outof bed.r went t t r l; l; t t t 1il) o I ncr lr ilr t r : ; t llygt t l i ttr ;r rc l t;ort
to ; l i l r;rrrl ; llllr r : li, l r ; l'llr l w l rol ;ry l l l rrtrl l r;
llrirl ,il r' Ilrl lIlr,

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 'Liar?Thief?'said n o t g o in gt o lis t e nt o
A rthurang rily . ' l' m c rie dA rt hu ra, n dh i sf a c ew a sr e da n da n g n y .
y0unnames.' Therewasnothin$ moreto say.I called thepoliceofficers into
'ButI saw you with the crownin your hands,'I said.'you
the room and f,aveArthurto them.'Lookoverthe house
wantedto breakit!' n tooe v e r yr o o m . 0 n lsyt o p
a n dd o w n s t a i r s ! ' l s a i d . i' G
u o s t a irs
'You'rewrong!Youdon'tunderstand!' saidArthur.'l-' He $ e ny o uf i n dt h em i s s i ne$m e r a l d s ! '
lo o k inwh
thenstopped andsa id'.l' mn o tg o in gt o s a yo n emo re
suddenly, Thepolice wereinthehouse for hours,buttheyfoundnothin$.
word aboutanyof this.l'm go in ft o le a v et h e h o u s ein t h e AndArthur? Hedidn'topenhismoutha$ain. Hedidn'tsaya word.
monning,andnevercomebac k ! ' Hesattherewithhisheadin hishands.
'Y ou're
goingto leave
thishou s ein t h e h a n d so f t h ep o lic e I, ' Early thepolice
thismorningi, tookArthuraway.I wentwithhim,
cried. andthentalkedto the headofficerat the policestation.He cpol
as e w henthe
i c ew ork to
'Callthepolice
then,'saidA r t h u r.' lt d o e s n ma
' t t t etro me . ' couldn'tunderstandthe case.He $aveme your nameand f nd ans w ers
B ythistimeeverybody
in theh o u s e
wa so u to f b e d Ma
. ryra n address, andsoI camequickly hereto BakerStreet.
intotheroom.Whenshesawth e c ro wna n dA rt h u r'fsa c es, h e lb a d lyn e e dy o u rh e l p M , r H o l m e sL.a s tn i f h t ,l l o s t
u nderstood everythingWitha cry ,s h ef e lls u d d e nin
lyt oa c h a ir. e v e ry t h i nt$h:e e m e r a l d sm, y s o n ,a n d m y g 0 0 d
I calledfor oneof the maidsa n dt o ld h e r,' G e tt h e Do lic e ! '
Whentwo policeofficens arrivedat the door,Arthurlooked
n a meY. o um u s th e l pm et o $ e tt h e mb a c k . ffiffi
whiteandill.Hestoodwithhish e a dd o wn . ' A r.
y oeure a llyf o in g
to give
meto the police,
fathe r?h'ea s k e d .
'Yes,' 'You
I answered. knowthe crownis the royalfamily's.
Thepoliceneedto investigate this crimecar"efully. Wemust
fi ndthe missingemeralds or"th e re ' sg o in St o b e a s c a n d ain l
thiscountry.'
Arthurlistened
andthenloo k e d u p a t me . ' Ca Ina s kf o r o n e
thing,father?CanI leave the housefor fiveminutes?'
pol i c e t h e yf r n d
peo p l ew h o d o
'Leavethe housefor fivemin u t e s ! ' ls a id . ' L e ayvoeuf re et o
s om e t h i n g
bad
nunawayor putthemissing
em e ra ldsso me wh esrea f e ?
No !No ,
rea l l y t r u l y
you
o f course can't.'
investlate to
f ind o u t a b o u t Ithen startedto talk quiet ly . ' P le a A
s ert,h u r.l' m a f a mo u s
s om e t hin g
c rim e k i l l i n g
banker.
I havea lot to losehere G . iv eme b a c kt h e e me ra ld s
s om e o n e0 T now,andwe canforgeteverythinS.'
t ak n gs o m e t h i n g
f rom s o m e o n e 'Andfongetyounnamesfor me - "liar"and "thief"?Never!' liarly this morning,thepolicetookArthur away.

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I t*o policeofficers
arriveat thehouse.
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n I UotOenhearsa noiseattwoo'clock walksfor a longtimeinthe. . .
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c I J Marycomes ntotheoffice.
Shefallssuddenly intoa chair
i A I HotOenlooksintothedesk. Thecrownis safe.
e I Rrtnrrwantst0 leavethe house for fivemtnutes.
t I HotOerseesMany nextto anopenwindow
g I fne police
takeAnnuraway.
l n ! HotOer
seesAnthur
withthecnown.
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is missin.
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brother.
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FOUR
Thehouse
inStreattram Holmes. And perhaps we can find the answer to that
question.Comealong too, Watson.'
older sat and closedhis eyes.
He movedin his chair I was, of course,happy to go with them to investigate
unhappily. Holmes looked out
of the window into this strangecase.
Baker Street.I waited for him
to speak about this most
interestingcase.
'Do you have a lot of Holmesdidn't speakin the carriage.He sat with his hat
visitors?,Holmes asked Holder
suddenly. overhis eyes.When we arrivedin Streatham,he stoodand
'Not many,' said lookedup at Holder'shouse.
Holder. ,stevenson,lrom the
bank The banker'shome was an old white building with a big
comes to the house sometimes.
And there,s Arthur,s front garden.On the left of the house,there was a small
friend,Sir GeorgeBurnwell.,
And do you go out often?,asked lane to somestables. On the right, therewas a path to the
Holmes. kitchen door. Holmes looked carefully at the snowy front
Arthur does,'saidHolder.,But
Mary and I stay at home., garden.After that he walked down the path to the back of
And is Mary worried about the
case?,askedHolmes.
'Yes,'saidHolder.,She the house,and then into the stablelane.
didn,tsleepat all last night.,
Holmesmoved nearer to Holder. ,But Holder and I soon got cold, so we went into the house.
is your son really We waitedin silencein the warm room. Suddenly,a young
guilty? How can you be sure
of it?,he asked.
'I saw him with the crown woman came in. She had dark hair and big brown eyes.
in his hands!,saidHolder.
'That looks bad, it's true,, But her face was deadlvwhite, and the whites of her eyes
said Holmes..But the young
man is innocent, I believe., were red.
'Innocent?' said Holder. ,Then 'Uncle,'she said.'Is Arthur going to be freesoon?Please
why did he have the say "yes"!'
crown?And why did he saynothing?,
guilty doing
'His silence is very 'No, Mary. He must stay in the hands of the police for
s om e t h i n w
g rong interesting,, said Holmes.
An now' answeredHolder.
nnocent doing innocent man speaksa lot
and tells you everything. A
not h n gw r o n g
guilty man speaksa lot, but 'But he'sinnocent.I'm sure of it,' saidMary.
believe to think he is a liar. But to saynothing
t hat s o m e t h n gs is most unusual. Did Arthur really 'Then why doeshe continue with his silence?'
t rue go to your office,break 'Perhapshe's angry becauseyou calledhim a thief and
off a corner of the crown, go put
silence when a to it in a sal.eplace,and
pers o nd o e s n , t then come back to the office didn't believehim,' saidMary.
stables a
s peaK with the remainder of the
crown?I can't believeit!' Holder then lookedover at me. 'Mary, there is a detective bui l di nlw here
remander what hofs esl i v e
is t he r ew h e ny o u 'But then what really here to investigatethe crime.' path a way
raKeawaypart of happenedlast night?,askedHolder.
s ome t h ing 'Well, let's go to your 'This man here?'askedMary. ac ros sa garden
house in Streatham now, said w nerepe0prec an
'No, this is his friend, Dr Watson.The detectiveis in the W A IK

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 stablelane.'
Holmeslookedback at Mary, but there was no smile on
'The stablelane?'sheasked,and shelooked
worried. his face.
]ust then, Holmes walked in. ,Good
morning,, he said. 'I need to see the downstairs windows,' said the
'MissMary Holder?My nameis sherrock
Hormes.I'd like to detective.He went and looked carefully at the window in
ask you one or two questions.'
the hall nearestthe stablelane.
Holmesand Mary sat at a table.,Didyou hear anv
noises 'Well, well,' he said quietly. 'Now, Mr Holder, Watson -
last night?' askedHolmes.
let's go upstairsto the offlce.'
'No,'saidMary. 'Nothingat all.'
In the offlceHolmes went to the desk' 'Which key did the
And did you closeall the windows?'askedHolmes.
thief openthe deskwith?' he asked.
'Yes.I did.' saidMary.
'The key to the attic,' said Holder. 'You know Arthur
'NoW you have a maid, Lucy.Is that right?,
talked about it at dinner.'
'Yes,'saidMary. And you needto know
somethingabout 'I remember,'saidHolmes.
her.Sheheard us talk aboutthe crown at dinner,
I believe., And here is the famousEmeraldCrown,' saidHolder.He
'f see,'said Holmes.And did Lucy meet
her admirer at took it out of the box and put it on the table.We all stood
the kitchen door last night?'
in silenceand lookedat the beautiful emeralds.
'Yes,when I went to lock the door,Lucy
camein.I saw a 'Now Mr Holder,'saidHolmes.'I want you to break off
man behind her in the dark. It was Francisprosper,
the a secondcorner of the crown here.'
greengrocer. When we buy things in his
shop,he brings 'No!' saidHolder.
them up to the house,and he likesto meetLucv.,
'Well,watch me do it,' saidHolmes.He quickly pulledthe
'Doeshe have a falseleg?'
corner of the crown, but nothing happened.'Do you see?
askedHolmes.
I'm a big man, but I can't break it. And think about it, Mr
Mary lookedafraid. ,yes,
Holder,when gold breaks,it makesa loud noise.Did you
How did you know that?'
hear a loud noiselast night?'
sheasked.Then she
'No,' saidHolder.'No,I didn't.'
smiled.'You'rea verv
'Good.That'sall then,' saidHolmes.
gooddetective,
'But where are the missingemeralds?'askedHolder.And
Mr Holmes.'
what's going to happento Arthur.'
lreengrocer 'I can't say now,' saidHolmes.
s 0m e 0 n e wh0
s ellsf r u i t a n d 'But what really happenedlast night? Pleasetell me!'
vegetables
'Come to my house tomorrow between nine and ten.
'Doeshe havea PerhapsI can tell you then. Goodbye.'
false leg?,

26
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the right wordsto finishthe sentences.
a Holder"
andMaryoften. . . d Many
wantsArthurto . . "

il
1 I playcands. I I oefreesoon.
2 [l stayat home. 2 f staywiththepolrce.
3 I goout. 5 I goandlivein a different
house.

b Arthur"
is . . . Holmesbelieves. e Atthekrtchen
doorlastniSht,Lucy
1 J uilty ofthecrime met.. .
2 tr innocent ofthecrlme prosper,
1 ff Fr"ancis thegreengrocer
5 I sorryabout
thecnme 2 Il tnegneengfocer's
son.
3 fl a manwithtwofalseleSs.
c WhenHolmes arnivesat Holder,s house,
hestaysfor a longtimein the. . " f WhenHolmes pullsat theFmerald
1 I canniage. Crown,he...
2 E stables 1 f slowlybreaks it.
5 n arden andstable rane. 2 I can'tbr.eak
it.

lill
3 fJ qurckly
breaks it andmakes
a
loudnoise.
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25
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FIVE
'You
arenearfte
endofyourtrouble.' afternoon.Goodbye.'He pulled his hat down overhis face,
and went out into the street.
olmesand I took a carriageback to Baker Street.
He
talked about the weatherbut, of course,I wanted It was nearly six o'clock when Holmescameback. 'Hello,
to
know more about the case. I asked him a number
of Watson,'he said happily.'Can you take this?' He gaveme
questions:'Is Arthur guilty, do you think?' ,Where
are the an old black shoe.
missing emeralds?'But every time Holmes went 'But what's it for?'I asked.
back to
the weather.So I stoppedaskingmy questions,and 'I can't explain now' he said. 'I'm going out again.To
looked
out of the window.
the WestEnd this time. I'm going to be late home,I think,
It was three o'clock when we arrived at Baker so don't wait for me.'
Street.
Holmeswalked quickly into the house. ,I have a lot And how'sit all going?'Iasked.
more
work to do on this case,'he said. And with that,
he ran AII right. I went overto Streathamagain this afternoon,
upstairsto his room.
but I didn't call at the house,' he said' 'But I mustn't sit
After someminutes,he camedownstairsin an old here and talk. I must take off theseold things. I needto be
coat,
a black hat, and somedirty brown shoes.He looked
in the SherlockHolmesonce again.'
hall mirror. 'What do you think, Watson?'heasked.
Holmes was very pleasedwith his work that day,I could
'Verygood,Holmes,'I answered.,you're the picture
of a see.He went upstairs,and fiveminutes later,the front door
working man.'
closedbehind him. He was out on his detectivework once
'Thank you, Watson,'smiledHolmes.,I'm
sorry but you again.
can't come with me this time. Well, see you later
this I sat and waited all evening for Holmes to come back.
'What do you
think, Watson?' When it was midnight, I went up to bed. I wasn't
surprised. Holmes was often out late. When he
investigateda case, he was sometimes away for days
and nights.

What time did he comein? I don't know, but he was there

at breakfast.He had a coffeein one hand, and a big smile
on his face.
ex pl antotal k to
'Good morning, Watson,' he said. 'Sorry to start s omeoneand
mak ethem
breakfastwithout you. But Holder is coming here at nine. unders tand
s ometh ing
You rememberthat, surely.'

27

,
 'But it's after nine now' I answered. And I heard 'Do you know somethingaboutthe emeralds,Mr Holmes?' chequea pece
of paperfroma
someoneat the front door a short time ago.' askedHolder. bankthat
promises to
lust then, the maid brought in our friend,Mr Holder.He 'Perhaps,'said Holmes.'Is three thousand pounds a lot paymoney t0
walkedslowly into the room. I pulled out a chair for him, s0me0ne
to get the emeraldsback, do you think?'
truth whatis
and he fell into it. I wasvery surprisedwhen I sawhim. His 'No,' saidHolder.'Threethousandis nothing!' true
hair was whiter than before,and his facelookedvery tired. 'Well, write me a cheque for three thousand pounds
'Why is this happeningto me?'he asked.'Only two days then,' saidHolmes.
agoI was a happy man. Now everything in my world looks Holder wrote the cheque,and gave it to Holmes' The
black.This morning one more terrible thing happenedin detectivesuddenly took out the missing corner of the
my house.My niece,Mary, left me.' crown from his pocket.
'Leftyou?' askedHolmes. 'You haveit!' shoutedHolder.
'Yes.She wasn't at breakfastthis morning, and there 'Yes,I do. And now you needto do one more thing for
was this letter for me on the hall table.' somebody,'saidHolmes.
Holderread the letter to us: And what's that?' askedHolder.
'You needto saysorry to your son,Arthur,' saidHolmes.
'Is he innocent then?' askedHolder.
'I told you this yesterday,'saidHolmes,'and I sayit again
today.'
t"-?* *
4 -*. 'l1.r.rt'+e+or"'W ond ru*e'r fT Are you sure of it now?' askedHolder.
ha+r.e. ru^.e{,lzaLre qa& :ome 'Yes,I am,' saidHolmes.
'Then let's go and tell
Arthur at once.'
did
t-cl{" 'It's all right. He knows,'
Thor^Jsr*,p+- alf {h+lnings
saidHolmes.'When I learned
the truth, I went to talk to him.
I told him my story, and he said,
"You'reright, Mr Holmes!"'
'Well, Holmes,' cried Holder.
'What is this letter all about?'askedHolder. 'Sowhat really happenedon
terrble verybad
'This is all for the best,I'm sure,'saidHolmes.'you know, that terrible night? You
in trouble with
pr0Dems Mr Holder,you are near the end of your trouble,I believe.' must tell me now.' 'Youhaveit!'
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a W hoar e lover s?
Holm es
andW at s o n
S ob a c kto B a k e rS tre e ta t n i rc o ' cl ockH ol mesputson the cl othesof

a ric h m an.T henhe g o e so u t.H ec o m e sh o mew i than ol d bl ackbag,andhe grvesrt

t0

w at s on.Holm es
t he ng o e s0 u t a g a i n a, n dh e a rri v e shomebeforemi dni ght.

Thenex tday ,Holm e sa n dw a ts o na re h a v i n gl u n c hw henH ol dercomesto the house

Holden
s howst hema l e tte rfro m h i s s o n ,Arth u r
z [l varyandFrancrs f I LucyandArthur
Holm es
as k sHoldefo
r r a c h e q u ea, n d H o l d e q
r u i c k l yw ri tesa chequefor threehundr" ed Prosper

p o undsHolm
. es
t he nta k e sOu tth e mi s s i n sc o rn e ro f the E meral d nightofthecrime?
crow n.

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a I need youa*JffiLhbecause
to wr"ite allmymoney
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b Don'tgoto seethatnewilm - it's..i@

isat home.

W' *i
Ar t hurand 2T Francis
Prosper E lnttrurand
Fr ancisPnospen andBurnwell Burnwel I

c Myfriend becaush
e e w a s l a tefo r schoolthi s m0rnn c W hot ookt he cnown?

,#tu
d Ourteachen
sometimesffifu4
newwor.ds
to usinclass

e I don'tbelieve
herbecause
shenever
tellsthfu
rn LucyandFr ancis
Pr osper
2E M ar yand
Bunnwel I
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Burnwel
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51
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six-:
'On the night of the crime,' continued Holmes, 'Mary
Allina day'swork
nrct Burnwell by the window and told him about the
lt fr Holder.beforeI explain things,' said Holmes. 'I lirnerald Crown. Burnwell thought, "I can get a lot of
lVlmust tell you something.It's not going to be easy nroneyfor this crown!" So he askedMary, "Can you bring
for me to sayit, and it's not goingto be easyfor you to hear il to me later this evening?"And shesaid,"Yes."
it. Your niece,Mary, and Sir GeorgeBurnwell are lovers. 'When you came downstairs,Mary stoppedspeakingto
Yesterdaysheran away with him.' llurnwell and quickly closedthe window. She then told
'My Mary?'saidHolder.'I don't believeyou.It isn't true!' you about Lucy meetingher admirer'That was the truth,
'I'm sorry, but it is,' said Holmes.'When Burnwell first of' course,but it happenedearlier.
visitedyour house,you didn't know much about him. But Arthur went to bed after his angry talk with you. He
he is one of the worst men in England- a liar and a thief. sleptbadly,and got up in the night when he heard a noise.
He lost all his money years ago in the gambling clubs of Ile looked out of his door, and saw Mary go into your
London. office. She came out with the crown, and took it
'Mary loved this handsome downstairs. Arthur went after her, and saw more.
man. She met him every l)ownstairs Mary gave the crown to somebodythrough
night at the window by the open stablelane window After that, shewent back to
the stable lane. Mary her room.
knew nothing of Arthur loved Mary, and he didn't want peopleto know
men, and shewas outher crime. But he neededto get the crown back, so
soon under his he dressedquickly,and went downstairs.He jumped out of
terrible power. the window without any shoeson, and ran after a man in
the stablelane. It was, of course,our friend Burnwell.
Arthur pulledBurnwell down into the snow.Then he hit
Burnwell above the eye. The men pulled at the crown
betweenthem. Suddenlysomethingbroke,and the crown
was in Arthur's hands.
'He went bach into the house,closedthe window behind
him, and ran upstairs to your office' The crown was
twisted, he could see,and he wanted to put it right.
And then Mr Holder,you camein,' saidHolmes' twisted when
has
s omethi ng
'Shemet him everp
night at the window by the stablelane.' 'Yes,'criedHolderunhappily.'I saw Arthur pull wildly at the w rongs hape

52 33
 the crown with his hands.Now I understand.' camefromthewindowoutintothe lane.Theytoowentdownto bl ood thi s i s red;
Y ouc an s eet
'You then madeArthur angry.you calledhim a liar and thetree.In the snowI couldseethe storyof a fiht w neny ou c ut y our
nan0
a thief! And he couldn't explain. He didn't want you to betweenthetwo men.I foundsomebloodthene
know aboutMary's crime.' Thenthe first set of footprintswent off
And Mary fell down when she saw the crown,' said d o wn t h e l a n e .T h e s e c o n ds e t o f
Holder. 'Now I understand that too. And Arthur asked, footorints camebackto thewindow.
"Can f go out for flve minutes?" That was becausehe Y o u re m e m b e w r h e n , n Y o u r
wanted to look for the missingemeralds.' at the
house,I lookedcarefully
Holder looked unhappy. 'Oh, Mr Holmes, I was very windowby the lane.I saw a.
wrong about my son.But how did you learn all this?' footprintof the manwith no
'Well,' said Holmes, 'the snow was a big help to me. s h o e st h e r e , s o h e c a m e
Rememberwhen I went out and looked at the garden at b a c k in t h r o u $ h t h e
your house?' window, I knew"
'Yes,'saidHolder. I startedto understand
'I could seemuch of the story of that terriblenight in the the casebetter.Theman
snow,' he explained.'When I walked up the path, I saw withnoshoes wasArthur.
footprints near the kitchen door.They were the footprints ButI hadtwo questions.
of a young woman and a man with a falseleg.' Wh owa st h e m a ni n t h e
Ah yes,Lucy and FrancisProsper,'saidHolder.And was la n e ?A n dw h o b r o u $ h t
he the man in the gardenon the night when I cameback t h ec ro w nt o t h i sm a n ?
home with the crown?' Well,it wasn'tArthur,
'Yes,that was Prosper.He cameto meet your new maid s o Ma ryo r o n e o f
Lucy,' said Holmes. He then explained more about the t h e ma i d s w a s
case. t h eg u iltyo n e .

footprint the
Thereweretwosetsoffootprints inthesnowinthestablelane.
*ffi" ""..-.
holet ha t Thefirstsetwasof a manin bigshoes. These footprints were i'6
?
s om eon e 'fso o t
m ak esin s o f t ne)dt0 thestablelanewindow, andthe manwaitedtherefor a
groundw h e n
t heywal k l on gtime,I couldsee.Thefootprin t sh e nwe n td o wnt h e la n e '4FS ;r'+j+'r:er-'

s et a nu m b e ro f to a tree.
t hngst h a t g o
t oget he r Thesecond setof footprints
wasof a manwithnoshoes. Thev I [ound somebloodthere.

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protect to save
s 0m eon e0 r
s om et h nfgr o m
danger
c ut a pl a c e
wherebl o o d
c om esf r o m y o u r
bodyafter
s omeon eh i t s i t
f it t o be t h e r i f h t
s iz e
pistol a person
c an k ill s o m e o n e
wit h t his
Ar thur'ssilencewas importa n tHe . wa n t e dt o p ro t e c t mo n e yB. utI a l s od i d n ' wt a n th i mt o t a l ka n dm a k ea s c a n d a l .
so m ebody.
lt wasn'tLucyor the yo u n r id s- it wa sMa ry ,
g ema SoI wrotea cheque, tookthe box,andleft.| otto bedat two
be cause
he lovedher k t h em o r n i n $l t.w a st h ee n do f a v e r yl o n $d a y ' sw o r k .
o ' c lo cin
Butwhohelped Marywiththecr ime ? Ma rywa sa g o o dy o u n g
w0 man.B utpenhaps a loverhadpo we o r v e rh e ra n dma d eh e r A day when you stopped a terrible scandal from
d othisterriblething.S owhowash e rlo v e r? happening!'saidHolder.'I can't flnd words to thanh you,'
0n lyoneortwovisitors cameto y o u rh o u s ey,o us a id0" n eo f and he stood up to go. 'Now I must find my son and say
th o sewasB urnwell.
Myfniends toldmea b o u h t ims 0 mey e a rs sorry for not believing him. Goodbye,Mr Holmes, Dr
a So- hehada badnamewithwome n t h e na, n dh eh a sa wo rs e Watson.'Andwith that, he left.
n a m ewithwomennow. I looked at Burnwell's old shoe on the table in front
Bu twasB unnwellreallythe thi e f ?| wa n t e dt o b e s u re .S o , of me.
aftermyvisitto yourhouseyester.day, I wenthomeandputon 'You alwaysfind the answerin the end,Holmes,'I said.
an o ldworkingman'scoat.lthenv is it e d
B u rn we ll'hso u s ea n d 'It's all in a day'swork, Watson,'smiledHolmes.
spo keto hismaid.S hetoldme so mein t e re s t int hgin g sa, n dI I tookout my
pistol andput
soo nleanntabouta cut overB urnwe ll'esy e .
it to his head.
I alsotoldthemaid,'l don'thavea n ymo n e yb,u tI n e e ds o me
ne w s hoes.'S hefelt sorryfor me , a n d g a v eme s o meo f
Bu r nwell's
oldshoes.
I th enwentbackto yourhousewit ho n eo f t h e s h o e sI .wa s
verypleased whenit fittedthefootprintin thesnow.
Aftenthat, l camebacktoBakerStreet, puton myusualcoat,
a n dwentoverto B urnwell's hou s ea g a inI. b a d lywa n t e dt h e
e m e raldsback.B ut I didn'twan ta n y s c a n d aflo r t h e ro y a l
-
fa m ily s0 n0 policemen, n0openin v e s t ig a t io n .
I spoketo B urnwell at his hous ef o r s o met ime .A t f irs t h e
'l
sa id , know nothinSof the E m e ra ldCro wn .B' u t wh e n I
e xp lainedall aboutthe crime,he b e c a me a n g ryHe
. s t a rt e dt o
h it m e,butI tookoutmypistolandp u tit t o h ish e a d .
H e thenfounda box,and open e dit a n S rilyT. h emis s in f
em e raldswere in it.'Giveme thre et h o u s a n dpso u n d sf o r
the m,'he said.0f course,I didn' twa n tt o g iv et h e ma na n y
37
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l fri c n u i s .
a Mar yandS inG e o n gBeu r" n w ealre
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b Bur nwellis oneo f th e b e s tm e ni n th e c o u n try .
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c M ar ym et B ur nw e lal t th e d o o rb yth e s ta b l el a n e
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d Arthursaw Marygo downstairswith the key.

e I nt he f i htA r t hu rh i t B u rn w e lal b o v eth e mo u th .

f Holm es
f oundt wo s e tso f e m e ra l d si n th e s n o wi n the stabl el ane.

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v is it edB u n n w e l lh' so u s ea n ds p o k eto h i sfardener. ,,.:,#-
t ookout h i s k n i fea n dp u t i t to B u rn w e l l 'head.
h Holm es s

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e h i ss o n

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a PeopleheanaboutthecaseoftheEmerald Crown.There's
a [[
bigscandal.
to wonkat hisfather's
b Arthurbegins bank. TN
c MaryandBur"nwellmarry,butthey veryunhappy.
are trT
d Marycomes backto Holder''s
houseandshema^riesAnthur. n il
e Burnwell
comes backto Holder'shouseandasksfot"m0rem0ney.n tl
themaidmarries
f Lucy andtheyaneveryhappy.
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Crown jewels
W hataret he jewelscalled?
1 Readabout the British Grown Jewels. Gompletethe table.
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H owcanyouf , ett her e?

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a n d I1 emeral dsi n i t!
n ineo' c loc kt o ha l fp a s tfi v efn o m
Tuesday to Satur"day andfr"omten
o' c loc kon S und a yas n dMo n d a y s .

W hatar et heje w e l sc a l l e d ?
W her ec any ouf i n dth e m t
Howc any ouge tth e re ?
W henc any ouv i s i t?
W hic hbuildinga n eth ej e w e l si n ?
W hatc any ouse eth e n e ?
W hic his t he m o s tfa mo u sc ro w n ?
Cany oudes c r i b ei t?

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My friend, the famousdetectiveSherlockHolmes,got up
slowly from his chair.He stoodbehind me, with his hands
in his pockets,and lookeddown into BakerStreet'It was a
cold February morning, and the snow of the day before
was on the road.
The man in the street was about flftY,
tall, and fat. He wore exPensive
clothes - a long black coat, a *m
tall hat and dark trousers. fl{t
Holdera,
a Al ex ander Mn
Holden,
b Ar"thur Burnwell,
c SirGeorge
banker son
Holder's friend
Holder's
Anthur He ran along the street, and
he looked very worried. His
hands went up and down
quickly, and his head moved
from left to right.

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d Ma r yHolden, r"H o l d e r'm

s aid Prosper,
f Francis
Mr Holder ' niec
s e friend
Lucy's
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Whatdoesthe criminaldo with the crown? strange

not us ual
Thecriminal... s now s omethl ng
a I takesthecnown country.
to a different s oft,c ol d,and
w hi te
b I breaks thecrownand takessome rt
fr"om
oftheemeralds
worried not
c I sellsthemownfor a lotof money. happyabout
s omethi ng and
d I hides thecrownin a treefor"manyyears. thi nk i nga l ot
'There'sa very stranentanin our street. aboutt
Ilhat do youthnk happensat the endofthe story?
GUE]D S,herlock
Holmes'sntebook
Sherlock Holmeswrote notes about the
night when a corner of the Emerald
I fornd sonenterestinj
::l

Grown went missing, Match them with

'i{ootprints- theyare Francis
one of the maps on paEe45.
I think'
Prosperb,
He went alongtheroad,
Readthe notes again. Followthe
down the
footprints on the correct map. |th*"/, thelate,
Find and correct two mistakes in oathand ro^'d lhe tree'He
the notes. i;the,stoppe/at thektchen
he
doorftora lory tme'Then
Sherlock Holmesalso wrote notes about
Mary. Where did she gloon the night of backuPthePath,Past
"',came
the crime? look at the correct map and l:|tlre bed,acrossthe
fo*er
completethe notes with the words in
the box. lawn, throuih theYte and

across along at ilown to out past into through up

on thenght of thecruneMary wenttobel. tate4 shebrt her

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