Wednesday, December 5th.

Doyle got up early in the morning, had a few bites of food with his beloved wife, Hawkins, and headed for Strand Street.

On the way, he lifted the curtains of his car from time to time to look out.

Although Hawkins was used to it, he still couldn't help but tease her husband and said, "What? Looking for a newsboy to buy The Scotsman? ”

Doyle's old face flushed,

"There is an old Chinese saying, 'Know yourself and know your opponent, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles'."

"Poof~"

Hawkins laughed out loud and complained, "You, how come you even know this old Chinese saying?" Is it to study the opponent, but also to study the cultural background of the opponent? ”

Doyle glared at his wife, but couldn't argue with anything.

Hawkins laughed and laughed,

In fact, she has a trace of gratitude to Lu Shi in her heart.

During this time, Doyle continued to write, as if he had regained the passion for creation back then, and Hawkins, as his wife, was naturally extremely happy to see her husband have such a change.

"It's good that you keep creating," Hawkins said. ”

Doyle sighed helplessly,

A beloved wife is like this, what you say focuses on the process, and the result is not important.

But Doyle really cares about results!

He doesn't want the Sherlock Holmes series to be surpassed by other suspense works, and he doesn't want his reputation to be surpassed by Lu Shi, a hairy boy.

Just then, the voice of the newsboy came from outside:

"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! ”

Doyle quickly stopped the carriage, then beckoned to the newsboy, and said, "Son, bring me a copy of The Scotsman." ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a fivepence coin.

Unexpectedly, the newsboy shook his head,

"Excuse me, but ...... Not...... Mr. Doyle? ”

Doyle hurriedly covered his face,

"Well, give me the newspaper."

Every time he bought The Scotsman, he would try his best to cover his face and save gossip news, with the headline "Detective Folded? Doyle was impressed by other novels.

The newsboy didn't know what he was thinking, but looked at him curiously, and then said, "I'm sorry, the Scotsman is sold out." ”

Doyle was slightly surprised,

Since the Manchester Guardian's book review edition, The Scotsman has been reprinted in the support of fans, and the circulation has reached a terrifying 33,000 copies every Wednesday, which is very abundant.

And it's early in the morning, there's no reason to run out of stock.

Doyle asked, "How so?" ”

The newsboy shook his head and said, "I don't know. When we went to pick up the goods today, we only gave each of us 10 copies, and we used to get 30 copies. ”

Roughly calculated, the print run is only one-third of what it used to be, that is, 10,000 copies.

Hawkins next to him was puzzled,

"Could it be that something is wrong with the printing shop in Edinburgh?"

Doyle pondered for a moment and speculated, "It was probably a temporary revision of Lu Shi, which caught Cooper off guard...... Hahaha, good! During a previous visit, Lu Shi said that he didn't like to make an outline when he was creating, and eighty percent of it was because of this habit that the content of the novel went wrong! ”

Hawkins shook his head,

"Arthur, your eyes are shining."

Doyle did not pick up, but urged the coachman to set off and find a newsboy to buy newspapers along the road.

Finally, after asking the newsboy three times in a row, Doyle finally received the newspaper for a shilling, and then eagerly flipped to the supplement.

But the expected scenario did not happen,

Lu Shi's world is not inconsistent, and the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of "No One Survives" are the climax of the novel, which is perfect, with various suspense layers and ending with the last inevitable death.

“

She put the noose around her neck.

Hugo watched her there, watching her walk on the path she had destined for.

She kicked the chair away......

”

After reading the last paragraph, Doyle had a feeling of loss, as if he was saying goodbye to an old friend.

The same goes for Hawkins, who even feels a little out of strength,

She couldn't help but praise: "Wonderful! It's so exciting! Arthur, do you remember the last line of the nursery rhyme? 'A little Indian boy came back alone; The hanging beam committed suicide in this life, and there was no one left. ’”

Doyle said, "This is the end of the book. However, in the end, there is "Epilogue", which should be revealed from the perspective of a third person. We ......"

Before the words fell, the voice of the coachman came from outside,

"Sir, ma'am, it's here."

In fact, it has arrived a long time ago,

But the coachman looked at the face of Doyle's tip, and did not urge just now,

Now I heard Doyle say that "this book is actually over here", and then he reminded him.

Hawkins took out his small purse, tipped some more to the driver, and said to Doyle, "Arthur, you keep reading." ”

As a result, Doyle just frowned and didn't speak.

Hawkins was surprised,

"What's wrong?"

Doyle whispered, "'The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to find light. ’…… Well...... Although it is only two simple sentences, is this a poem? ”

……

"In this article, I would like to pay tribute to Mr. Oscar Wilde."

The queen put down her teacup.

Wilde......

This surname exudes a bit of déjà vu.

The queen asked, "Do you have any impression of this Wilde?" ”

Margarita on the side said: "Mr. Wilde is a great playwright, and some time ago his 'Lady Windermere's Fan' was performed at the Royal Theatre. ”

Stephenson, on the other side, said, "Wilde is a ...... Forehead...... The dangerous prisoner was sentenced to two years of forced labour and was held in Bentonville Prison, Wandsworth Prison and Reading Prison in London. ”

The two spoke almost at the same time.

The queen raised her hand,

"Stop! Let me think about ......"

Margarita couldn't help but look at Stephenson and said silently, "Sir, please pay attention to your demeanor." ”

Stephenson touched his nose in embarrassment.

After a while, the queen seemed to remember something, and said, "Ah, I seem to know. Wilde...... Wilde...... It's the 'posing good man' that the Marquis of Queensberry accuses, isn't it? ”

The case can reach the heavens, which shows how sensational it was at that time.

The queen smiled and said, "I remember that Mr. Wilde later went to Paris, and Mr. Lu should not have had a chance to meet him." ”

Margarita nodded,

"Professor Lu has publicly admitted to admiring Mr. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray."

The queen looked at the poem again,

"That's so well written. It's just that I'm afraid I'm going to make some people unhappy~"

The other two people present naturally knew who the queen was referring to,

The answer is simple,

Conservatives.

The queen said: "It doesn't matter, our British Empire is the most open country in the world, otherwise Wilde's work would not have been performed at the Royal Theatre." ”

Is there a half-dime relationship between the British Empire and the Opening?

Margarita tilted her head to the side, trying to hold back the urge to complain.

Stephenson on the side said: "Your Majesty is right, our British Empire is the most open country in the world. ”

The queen sighed "um", looked at the poem again, and sighed again: "What a good ...... written."