When Arthur heard this, he took out the pocket watch that the murderer was carrying from his pocket.

He stared at the portrait of the woman on the inner wall of the pocket watch for a long time, and then he found some similarities between the eyebrows and eyes of the portrait.

"The craftsmanship of this painting is so bad that if you had not told me, I would not have seen that the protagonist of this portrait, Mrs. Agnieszka, is the Polish teacher Defina hired by Mr. Harrison."

Arthur closed the lid and suddenly asked, "However, if Miss Duffina is Agneszka, then ...... Fiona, should you explain to me why she has two names? Were you deceived by her, or was I deceived? ”

Fiona opened the document in her hand and said, "This matter can't be called who was deceived by whom. It's normal for someone to do this with a pseudonym. Not everyone can afford to use their true identity to do the leather business, and many of the girls here have the idea of saving some money while they are young, and then returning to their true identity to live a normal life. I respect their ideas and generally don't ask about their past, which is why the girls are willing to work for me. ”

Arthur leaned back in his chair with his wine glass: "Fiona, I have no intention of snooping on your trade secrets. But out of curiosity, I still want to ask, although their ideas are very good, but in the end, many people have succeeded in realizing them? ”

"You're asking me this? I thought you would know better than I did. In the statistics of Scotland Yard, is the number of wandering warblers in London increasing or decreasing? ”

Arthur took a sip of wine, looked at the clear wine, and said, "Maybe you should change your career to become a journalist." Alternatively, if Scotland Yard is willing to recruit women, I might consider hiring you as a press spokesperson. Answering questions with questions is a pretty good language habit. ”

Fiona rolled her eyes, "yes! At least I'm going to be much more honest than you, and I even think I can go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If I were to be Foreign Secretary, I would tell the Poles plainly to stop daydreaming, that Britain would not help you in any way. Instead of privately sending diplomats to the Russian embassy to communicate, and after the commissioner's assassination, he pretended to send someone over to comfort our Superintendent Hastings. ”

"Huh?" When Arthur heard this, his eyes suddenly locked on Fiona's eyes: "How did you know that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent someone to Liverpool?" ”

Fiona replied angrily, "I'm not a blind man, the guy who just walked out of the hotel, I saw him when I was a maid in the Russian embassy. It's just that the guy had apparently forgotten me, and it must be difficult for him to associate a beautiful lady with a lowly servant. ”

"He went to the Russian embassy?" Arthur pondered for a moment, "When?" ”

Fiona said angrily, "It seems that you are indeed more interested in diplomats than in beautiful ladies. ”

Arthur began, "Fiona, I don't mean to offend, but I have to say that I was able to talk to the diplomat better because we spoke a similar language. Therefore, it is not so troublesome to deal with it. ”

"Oh?" Fiona held back the fire in her belly: "Isn't I speaking English?" Or do you despise my Russian ancestry? ”

"No, no, no, Fiona, don't get me wrong. The Russian girls are beautiful, at least much more beautiful than the German ones. But the language of the girls is indeed different from that of the diplomats. ”

Fiona asked angrily, "Would you rather deal with a diplomat who is full of lies than communicate with the girls?" ”

Arthur asked, "Why do you think diplomats are not trustworthy?" ”

"Quite simply, this is what I observed when I was a maid in the embassy."

Fiona began: "When a diplomat says 'yes,' it means 'probably.' When they say 'maybe', it means 'no'. If they just say 'no,' then he's not a diplomat." ”

When Arthur heard this, he nodded with relief: "Fiona, I knew it was right to send you to work in the embassy, but not all girls can be as perceptive as you. You're absolutely right, but you obviously don't notice that the girls' language habits are almost the exact opposite of those of diplomats, and when they say 'no', they mean 'probably'. When they say 'maybe,' it means 'yes.'" If they do say 'yes,' then she's not a woman." I know it's difficult, but I hope that at least you can communicate with me in the language of a diplomat. ”

"There are no doors!"

"Why?"

"Because you're absolutely right, too." Fiona glared at Arthur, "If I really say that, then I'm not a woman." ”

"Okay then." Arthur lifted the bottle and filled her glass: "It seems that you can't accommodate me, so let me accommodate you as much as possible." After all, I'm interested in a lot of your secrets, and when it comes to important information, it's almost always a seller's market. ”

After a few words back and forth, Fiona only felt as if her emotions were almost vented.

When her mind returned to calm, she finally started her logical process again.

Her interests are highly tied to Arthur, both on a practical level and in her future plans, and Miss Fiona will not watch this small hill that has the potential to grow into an Alpine be flattened with explosives.

She spoke: "That diplomat has not come to the Russian embassy very often, but not too often. I met him once before I resigned from the embassy in December. ”

When Arthur heard this, he suddenly frowned: "Wait...... You resigned from the embassy? So who's working there now? ”

When Fiona heard this, she just said stupidly: "You may not believe it, but it was such a coincidence that I resigned and sent three girls to the embassy, one of whom was Agneszka, or rather, Defina. ”

"You sent her to the Russian embassy?" Arthur only felt that his scalp was tingling: "Don't tell me, she's gone now." ”

Fiona defended weakly: "Honey, you must know that girls who can speak Russian are not so easy to find, and even fewer work under me. And since Defina was a Polish girl, and Scotland Yard had previously provided legal aid to her and Harrison's lawsuit, I thought she would be a reliable informant. ”

Arthur took a deep breath: "Why didn't you ask me before you did this?" ”

Fiona cried out, "Of course I asked you, but when I went to look for you, you had only the new laundry maid at home, and she told me that you had gone to Liverpool early in the morning. ”

"Oh......"

Out of nowhere, Agares took out a fan and fanned Arthur, smirking as he fanned it, "This little girl is too hungry for me." Is it any wonder that she seduces you from the moment you enter the door? Arthur, if you don't hold back, I guess you won't be able to criticize her at this time, right? ”

Arthur didn't rush to get angry, he just covered his head and thought about it for a while.

Although he was indeed annoyed that Fiona had given him a prelude, if Fiona did ask him about the transfer of the embassy, he would most likely approve it.

After all, judging from Defina's background, it is indeed unlikely that she will take the initiative to surrender and confess her identity to the Russians.

After all, the attitude of the Russians towards these Polish exiles is well known.

However, if the worst is prepared, and Defina really falls on the side of the Russians, and tells all the secrets to the embassy, then Arthur and Scotland Yard will be in a very dangerous situation.

If Defina is willing to come out and point out Scotland Yard to make a fairy dance for the MPs, although the Tory leader, Sir Peel, has decided to distance himself from Mr. Harrison because of the recording issue.

But on the bright side, in order to maintain the unity of the party, the Tory Party will certainly still hold Scotland Yard accountable in the House of Commons. Even if they don't play on the topic, at least Arthur, the master of the fairy jump, must be to blame.

However, the Russian embassy has not sent Devina to complain about it now, and they have not even released the slightest rumor about it.

Then, there are only three possibilities left.

Either Defina didn't surrender to the Russians at all, and the Russians didn't know the twists and turns of the Harrison incident, they just happened to hire Defina's husband to assassinate Arthur.

Either Defina has defected to Russia, and the Russians know her identity, as evidenced by the pocket watch left by the murderer at the scene of the crime. The Russians knew that Arthur would definitely notice it, and followed the clues to investigate until they found the Russian embassy.

The Russians did not let Defina make accusations in order to keep a back hand and warn Arthur not to come nonsense. They did not want to target Scotland Yard, but simply to give the British government enough reason not to continue to intervene in Poland.

Of course, there is a third possibility, and that is that Defina did surrender to someone. And the real murderer behind the scenes left such a clear clue in order to let Arthur find out about the Russians' heads, so as to frame the Russians to hide his true purpose.

Arthur thought about it, and suddenly turned his gaze to the uneasy Fiona: "Ma'am, what was your momentum just now?" Successful people are not afraid of such small things. Having said that, although you poked the basket, at least you didn't hide your mistakes, which made me form a bigger miscalculation, which is quite commendable. ”

Fiona bowed her head and blushed, "Is what you said true?" ”

"What are you shy of? Your skirt is still on your ass. It's useless for me to pretend to be a girl here who is ignorant, what I need is your remedy later. ”

Arthur leaned back in his chair and asked, "I'm sure with your ingenuity, you must have found out about Defina's background early in the morning, right?" ”

"Hmm......" Fiona stood beside Arthur with the document in her hand, and asked in a kind voice, "Do you need me to read it to you?" ”

"You're much better behaved now than you were before."

Arthur glanced at her, "Keep it up, if you can maintain this high standard of service all the time, maybe I can consider setting up a health care fee for the Criminal Investigation Department." ”

Fiona was relieved to hear this, but she was still a little frustrated that her performance was recognized.

She gritted her teeth unwillingly and said, "Actually, long before you were attacked, Defina had already disappeared. It's just that because she works as a maid in the Russian embassy, I don't dare to go to Scotland Yard casually to report the crime, but to observe whether the embassy will report the case for her. But after two days of waiting, the embassy still didn't move, so I asked the other two girls who worked in the embassy to inquire.

As a result, they told me that the housekeeper had told them that Defina had resigned and returned to her hometown. But we all know in our hearts that Defina's hometown is in Poland. Therefore, what the housekeeper said was all nonsense, and something must have happened to her. So, that night I sent my 'locksmith' to Duffina's house.

The bedroom was messy, with a mess on the table and in the cupboards. The whole room looked like it belonged to a family that had been given a short notice to flee as soon as possible. We found almost nothing there except for a few changes of clothes. However, after some rummaging, we still found something interesting. ”

Arthur asked, "What is it?" ”

Fiona confessed: "More than a dozen pawn shop mortgage tickets, the mortgaged items include gold and silver jewelry, books and all kinds of scattered things that can be exchanged for money. The 'locksmith' was worried that I would be angry if I didn't bring anything back, so he got all the bills back for me. ”

"Pawnshop bills, this can be the official investigation results......"

Arthur groaned for a while and asked, "You didn't throw them away, did you?" ”

"Honey." Fiona said angrily: "I'm not that stupid, the first time you sent someone to tell me to investigate Defina, I ransomed everything from the pawn shop out of my own pocket." However, most of the ladies' favorite jewelry you don't like, and I know that you like books, so I brought them to you. ”

Arthur pointed to the corner of his eye and asked, "Can reading a book cure hanging eyes?" ”

"Of course not, but the book may be able to open up some of the clues."

Fiona turned around and took out the book with "Napoleon's Biography" written on the cover from her bag, carefully opened the title page, pointed to the passage on it, and said, "Honey, what do you look at here?" ”

Arthur glanced down, only to see Fiona's fingertips written in French:

To my friend Mr. Cheslav Kovarchik.

- Alexander Kolona Valevsky

It was a typical Polish name, and Arthur briefly recalled it in his mind, and found that he did not have any impression.

He asked, "So, who is this Valevsky?" ”

Fiona pursed her lips and whispered in Arthur's ear, "My dear, he, like the male secretary next to you, is a member of the Bonaparte family, the illegitimate son of Napoleon and the Polish Countess. Are you sure that Officer Louis Bonaparte next to you is really reliable? ”

(End of chapter)