Friday, 23 March 2018

A Scandal in Bohemia, Chapter 3, part 1

aɪ ˈslept əp ˈbeɪkə ˈstriːt ˈðæt ˈnaɪt | ən wi wər ɪŋˈɡeɪʤd əˈpɒn ɑː ˈtəʊst əŋ ˈkɒfi | ɪn ðə ˈmɔːnɪŋ | ˈwen ðə ˈkɪŋ əv bəˈhiːmiə ˈrʌʃt ɪntə ðə ˈruːm

juv ˈrɪəli ˈɡɒt ɪt i ˈkraɪd | ˈɡrɑːspɪŋ ˈʃɜːlɒk ˈhəʊmz | baɪ ˈaɪðə ˈʃəʊldər | ən ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈiːɡəli ˈɪntu ɪz ˈfeɪs

ˈnɒt ˈjet

bəʧu ˈhæv ˈhəʊps

aɪ ˈhæv ˈhəʊps

ðeŋ ˈkʌm || aɪm ˈɔːl ɪmˈpeɪʃn̩s tə bi ˈɡɒn

wi ˈmʌst ˈhæv ə ˈkæb

ˈnəʊ | maɪ ˈbruːəmz ˈweɪtɪŋ

ðen ˈðætl̩ ˈsɪmpləfaɪ ˈmætəz || wi dɪˈsendɪd | ən ˈstɑːtɪd ˈɒf ˈwʌns ˈmɔː | fə ˈbraɪəni ˈlɒʤ

ˈaɪriːn ˈædləz ˈmærid rɪˈmɑːkt ˈhəʊmz

ˈmærid || ˈwen

ˈjestədeɪ

bət tə ˈhuːm

tu ən ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ˈlɔɪə | ˈneɪmd ˈnɔːt

bət ʃi ˈkʊd ˈnɒt ˈlʌv ɪm

aɪm ɪn ˈhəʊps ðət ʃi ˈdʌz

ən ˈwaɪ ɪn ˈhəʊps

bɪˈkɒz ɪt əd ˈspeə jɔː ˈmæʤəsti | ˈɔːl ˈfɪər əv ˈfjuːʧər əˈnɔɪəns || ɪf ðə ˈleɪdi ˈlʌvz ɜː ˈhʌzbənd | ʃi ˈdʌzn̩ ˈlʌv jɔː ˈmæʤəsti || ɪf ʃi ˈdʌzn̩ ˈlʌv jɔː ˈmæʤəsti | ðəz ˈnəʊ ˈriːzn̩ | ˈwaɪ ʃi ʃʊd ˈɪntəˈfɪə | wɪð jɔː ˈmæʤəstiz ˈplæn

ɪts ˈtruː || ən ˈjet | ˈwel || aɪ ˈwɪʃ ʃib ˈbiːn əv maɪ ˈəʊn ˈsteɪʃn̩ || ˈwɒt ə ˈkwiːn ʃid əv ˈmeɪd || hi rɪˈlæpst ɪntu ə ˈmuːdi ˈsaɪləns | wɪʧ wəz ˈnɒp ˈbrəʊkən | ənˈtɪl wi ˈdruː ˈʌp | ɪn ˈsɜːpəntaɪn ˈævənjuː


I slept at Baker Street that night, and we were engaged upon our toast and coffee in the morning when the King of Bohemia rushed into the room.
“You have really got it!” he cried, grasping Sherlock Holmes by either shoulder and looking eagerly into his face.
“Not yet.”
“But you have hopes?”
“I have hopes.”
“Then, come. I am all impatience to be gone.”
“We must have a cab.”
“No, my brougham is waiting.”
“Then that will simplify matters.” We descended and started off once more for Briony Lodge.
“Irene Adler is married,” remarked Holmes.
“Married! When?”
“Yesterday.”
“But to whom?”
“To an English lawyer named Norton.”
“But she could not love him.”
“I am in hopes that she does.”
“And why in hopes?”
“Because it would spare your Majesty all fear of future annoyance. If the lady loves her husband, she does not love your Majesty. If she does not love your Majesty, there is no reason why she should interfere with your Majesty's plan.”
“It is true. And yet—Well! I wish she had been of my own station! What a queen she would have made!” He relapsed into a moody silence, which was not broken until we drew up in Serpentine Avenue.

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