Friday, December 13, 2013

Journal J


Journal J

 

I read Sherlock Holmes: The Emerald Crown by Conan Doyle. It was published by Oxford.

This story is about Sherlock Holmes who is detective. A man who has some big trouble visited him. The man’s name is Alexander Holder. He is a president of the Holder and Stevenson Bank of Threadneedle Street which is one of the oldest banks in London. One day in the morning, a man who is one of the British royal family came his office at the bank. The man asked him to borrow fifty thousand pound in return for the man give him Emerald Crown. The crown is the most famous crown in England. Then the man said to him, “For six days,someone is going to give me a lot of money on Monday, so I can give back the fifty thousand pounds to you then. But I need the money.” In addition, the man said, “Please don’t tell any of your friends or family about it.” However, he told his niece and son about it. He hid the crown in his office. In the night, he couldn’t sleep well and he heard a strange noise, so he went his office. Then he saw his son there. His son has the crown. One of the corners of the crown, with three emeralds on it, was missing. He suspected his son, but he isn’t a guilty person. Therefore, his son ran away from home. He lost emerald and his son. The real fact of the case is that his niece told a man about the Emerald Crown. A man is one of the worst men in England-a liar and a thief, but his niece knew nothing of man. She was in love with the man. His son found the man had the crown and she told the man about the secret crown. However, his son loved her, so his son didn’t want people to know about her crime. Therefore, his son wanted to take the crown back and the crown was once again it used to be. On the other hand, he found his son having the crown, so he misunderstood. Sherlock Holmes explained clearly.