Saturday 3 March 2018

A Scandal in Bohemia: Chapter 1, part 15

ˈwaɪ ɪnˈdiːd ˈmɜːməd ˈhəʊmz || jɔː ˈmæʤəsti ˈhædn̩ ˈspəʊkən | bɪˈfɔːr aɪ wəz əˈweə | ðət aɪ wəz əˈdresɪŋ ˈvɪlhelm ˈɡɒtsraɪk ˈsɪɡɪsmənd ˈvɒn ˈɔːmstaɪn | ˈɡræn ˈʤuːk əv ˈkæsl̩ ˈfelstaɪn | ən həˈredətri ˈkɪŋ əv bəˈhiːm

bəʧu kən ˈʌndəˈstænd ˈsed ɑː ˈstreɪnʤ ˈvɪzɪtə | ˈsɪtɪŋ ˈdaʊn ˈwʌns ˈmɔːr | əm ˈpɑːsɪŋ ɪz ˈhænd | ˈəʊvər ɪz ˈhaɪ ˈwaɪt ˈfɔːhed | ju kən ˈʌndəˈstænd | ðət aɪm ˈnɒt əˈkʌstəmd | tə ˈduːɪŋ sʌʧ ˈbɪznəs | ɪm maɪ ˈəʊm ˈpɜːsn̩ || jet ðə ˈmætə wəz ˈsəʊ ˈdeləkət | ðət aɪ ˈkʊɡŋ̩ kənˈfaɪd ɪt tu ən ˈeɪʤənt | wɪðˈaʊp ˈpʊtɪŋ maɪˈself ɪn ɪz ˈpaʊə || aɪv ˈkʌm ˈɪŋkɒɡˈniːtəʊ | frəm ˈprɑːɡ | fə ðə ˈpɜːpəs əv kənˈsʌltɪŋ ju

ðem ˈpreɪ kənˈsʌlt ˈsed ˈhəʊmz | ˈʃʌtɪŋ ɪz ˈaɪz ˈwʌns ˈmɔː


“Why, indeed?” murmured Holmes. “Your Majesty had not spoken before I was aware that I was addressing Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein, and hereditary King of Bohemia.”

“But you can understand,” said our strange visitor, sitting down once more and passing his hand over his high white forehead, “you can understand that I am not accustomed to doing such business in my own person. Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power. I have come incognito from Prague for the purpose of consulting you.”

“Then, pray consult,” said Holmes, shutting his eyes once more.

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