Lady Frances.ppt

1、Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,英教6班 李莹,Contents,1.Characteristics,2.Plot,3.Exercises,Characteristics,Sherlock Holmes, a deceive in this story.,Watson, the deceive friend and he suffering all the thing.,The disappearance lady called Carfax, and she has some jewellery.,Marie Devine, the maid of

2、Lady Frances.,Mr. Philip Green, he is a ugly man, and very suspicious.,Dr. Schlessinger, he was a religious man, and he was fallen ill now.,Wife Annie Fraser,Plot,talk,He received a new thing to find a woman.,The reason is,Plot,letter,Regular: Lady France has written a letter every two weeks to her

3、old teacher for four years.,Now: not written to her nearly five weeks the lady left without telling anybody her new address,Plot,Ask help.,Miss. Dobney,Holmes wanted Watson to Switzerland to help him search some information about this thing.,Mr. Moser, the International Hotel manager.,conversation,1

4、.Lady France was very happy in Lausanne 2.Everyone had expected her to stay for several months. 3.She had a lovely room and even paid a week rent for nothing.,The biggest mystery: What was the reason for the lady sudden to leave?,seen,Jules Vibart, the waiter who was going marry Marie Devine give so

5、me useful information.,1.A day or two before Lady France left a tall ,dark man with beard had visited the hotel ,the sort of man that you would think twice before offending.,The man looks like a wild animal!,2.Him by the lake with Lady France, taking very earnestly her. 3.The next time the man came

6、to the hotel, lady refuse to meet him.,It seems that Lady France left Lausanne immediately about the ugly man.,I went to Baden-Baden to search information.,met,At Baden-Baden.,She was a very religious woman.,He was a religious man who had been working in South America.,Ask the manager.,1.Marie Devin

7、e, Lady Frances maid. She went to England ,and she was crying she told she never want to work servant again. 2.About a week ago another Englishman came here asking questions about Lady Frances.,The Englishman looks like a wild animal.,A telegram .,He replay: Describe Dr. Schlessingers left ear, plea

8、se.,Next I went to Montpellier to see Marie Devine.,She said: 1.recently Lady Frances had not been kind to her, and even once accused her of stealing. 2.The lady give her 55 pounds for a present. 3.She saw a strange man seize Lady Frances by the wrist, and hurt her by the lake at Lausanne.,The lady

9、must escape the man cause the sudden journey.,Through the window.,I run out of the house and spoke to him angrily.,I ask some questions for him, he dont want speak to me and very rude to me.,A workman help me avoid me to be attacked by this man.,Asking me did not answer the telegram about Dr. Schles

10、singers ear.,His name is Henry Peters, or Peters the Priest, from Adelaide in Australia. He is specially skilful at robbing lonely ladies by making use of their religious feelings. His helper is a woman called Annie Fraser, who pretends to be his wife.,Holmes Two ideas: 1.Perhaps she is already dead

11、. If she is alive, she is certainly a prisoner somewhere. 2.He believe that Lady Frances is here in London ,where it is easy to keep a person a prisoner in complete secrecy.,Measures 1.The police did not manage to discover anything. 2.Advertised in newspapers, but that failed. 3.The police watched a

12、ll Peters and Priests old friends, but he did not visit them.,After a week of waiting ,something happened.,Received by pawnbroker in Westminster Road.,Wait him in shop.,On the third day, Green rushed into our sitting room.,Take the jewellery.,Taking a carriage.,Ask Green to arrange the court order.,

13、Holmes and I take a carriage to search Lady Frances to Peters house.,The door opened by a tall woman, she was very rude and not make us come into this room.,When Holmes says “I want to see the man who lives here. I dont care what he calls himself.” She thought for a moment .Then she pulled the door

14、wide open.,We meet him.,Peters answered calmly: She borrowed nearly 100 pounds from me, and not paid it back. All I have until she pays her debt is some almost worthless jewellery. We lost her at Victoria Station.,Before the court order come, we search the house to find the coffin to find Lady Franc

15、es.,Holmes had pushed him out of the way .We together into the next room.,We found the coffin.,She wasnt Lady France. She is an old nurse looks like very thin, very small.,The police arrived , we left Peters house, and went to the hospital.,To know the old age was the cause of death. There was nothi

16、ng suspicious about it at all.,Finally we went to Scotland Yard. We were told that the court order allowing a search of the house would probably not been signed until next morning at about nine.,At twenty past seven in morning Holmes rushed in my room. And he told me everything just become clear. So

17、 we were in a hurry to went to Peters home.,This coffin must remain in this house until the court order come. The firmness in Holmess voice had effect on the undertakers man. Peters has suddenly disappeared, and they obey the new instructions.,We manage to open it, a strong smell of chloroform came

18、out . There was a body in the coffin. The head was wrapped in bandages, which were still wet with the chloroform. Holmes unwrapped the bandages and there was the face of an attractive middle-age woman.,For half an hour our efforts to bring the lady back to life were successful. Her breathing returned; her eyes began to open. But the Peters the Priest and Annie Fraser have already escaped.,After this thing, Holmes s