Chapter 48: The Secret in the Boudoir
"Miss Audrey has been restless lately, for sure, she has not been able to hide her emotions well at gatherings with friends, she seems to be suffering from something, and her preference for colour may be heavier...... That's not a good word. ”
Sharing the information he had just obtained, Donald opened the bedside table, which was filled with necklaces, bracelets and other items, most of which were colorful, symbolizing a sexy and hot red gemstone necklace, and a purple spar bracelet representing charm, which was still this kind of item in the cabinet on the second floor, but compared to the first layer, it was stored in a box.
Two weeks ago, there was a new teacher in town, three years older than Miss Audrey, who was said to have come to the town to exercise, and who would return to Pston in a year to teach. ”
The profession of a teacher is respected everywhere, not only with a high salary, but also with a high status, with a higher education, respect for the wife, and a good candidate for a husband.
"However, our Miss Audrey didn't seem to be so lovely, and she just put a picture in her room, or a family photo. ”
Picking up a picture frame from the bedside table on the other side, inside was a group photo of the Bartlets, which was somewhat inconsistent, mainly because the contrast between father and daughter and mother was too strong.
Donald could finally understand why Goren had to mention a long and unpleasant addition to Audrey's kindness, which was ...... That's not good!
Small eyes, thick lips, flat nose......
"Madame Bartlet's a stepmother, isn't she?"
Otherwise, how could he not inherit any bloodline?
"This has nothing to do with kidnapping, our topic seems to be a little off, speaking of which, I have another piece of information here, some time before the disappearance, Miss Audrey had entrusted her friends to buy some items in the town one after another, most of them are medicinal herbs and plants, and Lanffindor Farm has mountains and forests, which is easy to get. ”
Sherlock pulled out the drawers, and there was nothing special in them.
"It may be to recuperate the body, or beauty or something, the congenital conditions are insufficient, and the acquired efforts may also make up for some of the defects. ”
It's too troublesome to find this, and at the same time as a simple response, Donald began to mobilize his spiritual power and turn on his spiritual vision.
According to the maid, few people had come in this room since Audrey's disappearance, and the tracer powder could see the traces of the last few days, and quietly twisted some between his fingers and sprinkled them on the edge of the bed, as expected, in addition to the footprints he had just left, there were indeed other lighter marks.
Starting from the side of the bed, the footprints continue to the large wardrobe opposite the bed, is this the trace of getting dressed in the morning...... Since he had started, Donald simply cast a simple circle around the room and turned on his vision again.
Because the amount is relatively small, many of the footprints are mutilated, but this does not affect the general identification of the footprints.
Recently, there are a lot of traces pointing to the wardrobe, Donald leaned in, closed the vision, and opened the cabinet door first, the inside was full of clothes, most of them were plain clothes, but not entirely, there were several sets of clothes similar to dresses inside, the fabric was thin, and the cutting method was also figure-showing.
Donald quickly noticed that there were two more rows of drawers on the lower level of the cabinet, the top of which was a long cabinet for clothes, and below it was supposed to be underwear, a corset, and something like that.
Although this was somewhat offensive, he did not hesitate to extend the "gentleman's hand".
Soon, Donald noticed something unusual in the third drawer, which contained a pile of women's underwear, and as he pulled the drawer out as far as he could, his fingers down to see if there was a foreign object, he pressed a hard object.
A palm-sized brown wooden box with metallic gray lines outlining a creature with two tusks.
"Open it and take a look. ”
Sherlock took the box from Donald and opened it directly.
Inside was a folded old yellow photograph, but nothing else.
Thundered!
The white thunder exploded in the clouds, and after the thunder, the sound of rain hitting the glass could be heard outside the window, and the rain was very strong, if nothing else, it should be a thundershower.
Fortunately, the windows in Audrey's house were closed, and the wind and rain outside could not affect the inside, and the light on the chandelier had made the room very bright.
Squeak~
The door to the room was abruptly pushed open, and Fran Chazzo stood in the doorway, while Donald and Sherlock were in the center of the room, looking at the chandelier overhead. ”
"Two gentlemen, have you found any important clues?"
The maid's gaze wandered over the two of them, and as Mrs. Barrett's personal maid, she expressed concern and concern about the situation of her master's house, and there was no problem.
"It's just a small gain, that's all for today, I have to go with my assistant to sort out the information I have collected, and continue the search tomorrow. ”
Sherlock held the wooden box in his hand behind his back, quietly tucked it into the cuffs, and then pretended to insert it into his pockets at will, fortunately he wore a trench coat for the convenience of moving around the country, and if the cuffs of the formal suit could not hide a box.
"If there's anything you need help with, just let me know, Lord and Madame are looking forward to making progress for both of you. ”
"Of course, Donald, let's go, don't you want to learn how to shoot? ”
Sherlock answered, winking at Donald, and the two walked around the maid.
At the corner of the stairs, Donald, who was walking behind, narrowed his eyes, suddenly turned his head, and looked at the maid who was entering Audrey's room to close the door, but only glanced at it in a hurry, and stopped looking.
Find the butler, learn from him that Lanffindor Farm also has a special shooting range, and take them there personally.
"Mr. Housekeeper, you go back first, let's practice for a while and then go back to the main house, if you can, please help me make the quilt thicker, this thunderstorm is very cooling." ”
At the door of the shack, they found a butler who opened the house, and the two crossed the stone arch and entered the shooting range.
It is said to be a shooting range, but in fact, it is a relatively empty abandoned shack with a road from the main house, with entrances and exits all around, and there is not even a door, just a stone arch left on the wall.
It was divided into two sections, with nearly ten tables on one side, bullets and eggshells scattered on drawers and the floor, and a large number of iron discs on the other, with distances drawn on the floor.
"Let's see what Miss Audrey is hiding so deeply. ”
As the others left, Sherlock took out the box again.