IRENE ADLER SHERLOCK LUPIN ME THE DARK LADY by Irene Adler Illustrations by Jacopo Bruno capstone young readers
TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 THREE FRIENDS Chapter 2 THE ART OF ESCAPE Chapter 3 ASHCROFT MANOR Chapter 4 DO YOU PLAY Chapter 5 THE CASTAWAY Chapter 6 THE BEACH TERROR Chapter 7 THE TALKING WARDROBE Chapter 8 A STRANGE GUEST Chapter 9 A DEAD MAN S SECRET Chapter 10 HOTEL DE LA PAIX Chapter 11 VOICES IN THE NIGHT Chapter 12 THE DARK LADY Chapter 13 HOTEL DES ARTISTES Chapter 14 AN EVENTFUL DAY Chapter 15 A MESSAGE Chapter 16 THÉOPHRASTE Chapter 17 ALL FOR ONE Chapter 18 A WALK IN THE DARK Chapter 19 BEYOND THE DARKNESS Chapter 20 A GENTLEMAN S MEETING Chapter 21 MOONLIGHT ACROBATS Chapter 22 6 RUE DE MÉZIÈRES Chapter 23 PARIS Chapter 24 A MAN WITH MANY NAMES Chapter 25 THREE LADIES Chapter 26 THE FINAL MYSTERY
Chapter 1 THREE FRIENDS Would you believe that I was the first and only girlfriend of Sherlock Holmes the famous detective When we met though he wasn't a detective yet And he wasn't famous I was twelve and he was only a little older than me It was summer the sixth of July to be exact And I can still remember perfectly the time I first met him He was sitting in a corner on top of the city walls his back up against the creeping ivy In the sky above him seulls circled in slow spirals There was nothing beyond him but the sea an endless expanse of dark and sparkling blue Sherlock had his chin resting on his knees and he was completely absorbed in reading a book He was almost scowling at it as if the world depended on him finishing it I don't think he would have even noticed me if I hadn't spoken to him Since I'd just come to Saint Malo I asked him if he lived here No he said without even taking his eyes off his book I live in a house Forty nine Rue Saint Sauveur What a strange sense of humor I thought Of course he didn't live on top of a wall by the sea I knew that a battle of wits had just begun between us
