That evening Holmes wore different clothes and a large black hat. He even changed his face and his hair.
"You see." said Holmes to me, "I don't think she wants her new husband to see the photo. But where is it? At her bank? No. Such a woman likes to keep important things herself. I'm sure it's in her house. "
"But the King's men didn't find it!" I said.
"Yes. But they didn't know where to look for it!" said Holmes. "But how will you know it?" I asked. "She'll show me. She'll have to."
Just then Irene's taxi arrived. I waited outside the window and watched. I saw how beautiful Irene was. Then Holmes put up his hand, and I threw the smoke-stick (烟头) into the room. At once, the people in the street and in the house all began to shout "Fire!" very loudly. The house was full of smoke. I walked away, and Holmes came to meet me ten minutes later.
"Well done. Watson." he said. "Have you got the photo?" I asked.
"I know where it is. She showed me." he answered. "But why did she show you?"
"It's easy." he said and laughed. "You saw all those people in the street? I paid them to help us. It wasn't a real fire. When people shout ‘Fire!', a woman runs to the most important thing in her house, her baby, her gold, or...a photo. Irene ran to find her photo which was in a cupboard (柜橱) in the living room. I saw it. But I did not take it. Let's go there and unmask (揭露) the truth tomorrow."
a. Watson threw the smoke-stick.
b. Irene ran to the cupboard.
c. The house was full of smoke.
d. Irene's taxi arrived.
