109876543 Printed in China ‘This bookis printed on paper from certified and wellmanaged sources cenowusDcemenrs strats ty Giorgio Bacchinfbechive stration. besopimar Fae Undeground/fupangats) 4 Paris Metroiang Eons ywler and Sue Parminter Series Editors: Bi Sherlock Holmes: The Top-Secret Plans Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Text adaptation by Jeremy Page Ilustrated by Giorgio BacchinBEFORE READING Top-s inthe story? What do you think? nt aM Who are the bad poopie 9 Hugo | oberstein rks in an army office. hur Cadogan. was a dark autumn morning in 1895. My friend Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective, and I, Dr Watson, ‘were in the sitting room of our house in Baker Street in London when a telegram arrived. Holmes opened it at once, and laughed. [looked quickly across the room at him. “Why are you laughing, Holmes?’ I asked. Holmes looked back at me with his cold, blue eyes. ‘Because this telegram is from my brother Mycroft,’ he said, ‘He wants to speak to me at once about Mr Arthur Cadogan. Do you know this man, Watson?" ‘Isaw something about hi today’s newspaper. But now I can’t remember the story,’ I answered. ‘And my brother Mycroft - what do you remember about him?’ asked Holmes with a smile. ‘Not much,’ I answered. ‘I met him once —long ago. Tell me more about him.’ The Tess famous newspaper.spo'savery clever andimportant man. He works forthe na government. He knows everything about everything. go gememmert, why does he want to speak to me? Why does he want to = vor home in Baker Street? And who is Mr Cadogan?’ Topened The Times and looked for the story. smdepotnd ee ti! I cred suddenly. 'A worker found Cadogan's Gem goad body near Aldgate Station on the London jawich 1 derground on Tuesday morning, nee “Tell me more, Watson,’ said Holmes. 27 st hogan to read the story in The Times to him. “The dead Sashes 00 man was Mr Arthur Cadogan. He was twenty-seven years old, He lived with his wife, Violet, in Woolwich and he worked at Woolwich Arsenal.’ ‘Now L understand!’ cried Holmes. ‘Mycroft is interested because Cadogan worked for the government!’ “On Monday night,’ I said, ‘Cadogan was in Woolwich with his wife. They had tickets for the theatre. Suddenly he left her in the street, But why? She doesn’t know. At six o'clock the next morning, a worker found his dead body’ ‘Near Aldgate Station,’ said Holmes. ‘I see. ‘And was Cadogan badly injured?” “Yes, he was." “Then he fell from the train — or somebody pushed him. fall ro ‘go down quiy Perhaps he was dead before they pushed him out. Tell me more, Watson.” ‘cadogan's train came from West London, but where did he get on? The police don't know,’ I said. “There was no train ticket in his pockets, only some money, two theatre tickets — and some papers.” “Very interesting,’ said Holmes. ‘How did he get on the train without a ticket? Perhaps somebody took it. But why?’ Holmes stopped and thought. ‘Hmm. Cadogan worked for the government at Woolwich Arsenal, he had some important papers, and my brother Mycroft is interested in this. And so, Watson, I am interested, too. Now, where is Mycroft?” Minutes later, Mycroft Holmes arrived at our door. He was a tall, fat man with a very clever face. With him was our old friend Lestrade, the Scotland Yard detective. Mycroft took off his coat and sat down. bene “This is very bad, Sherlock,’ he said. ‘The government paper isn't happy. Do you know the story?" pone wang “Watson read ittome from The Times, answeredSherlock. nis “What were the papers in Cadogan’s pocket?” pln “They were plans for a new British submarine ~ the yuwree dow Bruce-Partington submarine. They're top-secret, and ssmahngioe must always stay in a safe at Woolwich Arsenal.’ submarine 2 “Then why were they in the pocket of a dead man near niet we ‘Aldgate Station?’ asked Sherlock. tops tt ‘We can’t understand it, Mr Holmes,’ said Lestrade. ‘And it’s worse than that,’ said Mycroft. ‘There were ten ou: safe abo tharpeope put papers in the safe at Woolwich, But we only found seven papers in Cadogan’s pocket. The three most important papers weren't there. Where are they? We don't know!"‘fimm,' said Sherlock, ‘Why did Cadogan have those him? Where are the missing papers? How aig his dead body near Aldgate papers Cadogan die? ‘And why was h Station? Lots of questions, but no answers!" “And so we need you, Sherlock,’ said Mycrott. looked at his brother, and at the police Sherlock | ‘Tell me more,’ he said. Mycroft smiled, and answered. ‘Sir James Walter ig responsible for all the papers at Woolwich Arsenal, He's a good man, Most importantly, he has one of the two keys to the safe. The plans were there when he left Woolwich at three o'clock on Monday afternoon for London. He took his key with him.’ “Why did he go to. London?’ asked Sherlock. ‘He needed to meet someone from the government, oft the man’s London home late that night.” ‘Right. So Sir James didn’t help Cadogan take the plans,’ .erlock. ‘Who has the second key to the safe?" ney Johnson,’ answered Mycroft. ‘He's forty years res near Woolwich Arsenal with his wife and five children. He first worked for the government when he was avery young man, He doesn’t talk much, and people don't , but he's a good worker.’ where was Sidney Johnson on Monday evening?” asked Sherlock. > ‘Athome with his wife all evening, he says. And he had his key with him,’ Lestrade answered. “Tell me about Cadogan,’ Sherlock said. He began working at Woolwich Arsenal ten years ago,’ said Mycroft. ‘He worked with the plans. Johnson didn't.’ ‘Sir James Walter) He ans from the safe,’ said Sherlock. “Perhaps he wanted to sell them to someone. But how did he get the key to the safe?" fight when someone hs ‘And the key to the room, and the key to Woolwich peopieagin Arsenal, too!’ said Mycroft. ‘We don't know.’ sedge 'So what do we know? asked Sherlock. ‘First: Cadogan, left his wife in the street in Woolwich. Second: he didn't go to the theatre that night. Third: he went to London the plans. And fourth: he died, perhaps near Aldgate ion. Did he sell the plans in London? Then why did he finish in Aldgate, and not back in Woolwich?" ‘He wanted to sell the plans but he wanted lots of money for them, we think,’ said Lestrade. “There was a fight over the Ez mney, and Cadogan died. ‘Then his killer took the three most important papers from his pocket.” “But then why did Cadogan haveticketsforthetheatrethat night, and no underground icket?” cried Mycroft. ‘Sherlock, can you help us?” Sherlock looked at his brother for some time. “Yes, I can,’ he end, and stood up. ‘This is all most interesting. And now I must find some answers to all those questions. Come, Watson.”DING CHECK at he right words to finish the sentences: cause a telegram arives ftom... b vision et Mycot- 1 many times before. C] 2 aweekaga. 1 3 alorgtineago. «¢ Arthur Cadogan lived. 2 atWoalwic Arsenal O) 3 with his wien Boker Street. C] 4 An Underground worker 1 inWest London, C] 2 near Woolwich Station. [) 3 near Aldgate Station, C) WORD WORK Find new words in Chapter 1 to complete these sentences. be Wotan reads about Aur Cadogan inthe Reeves ssn Woolwich Arsenal --with someone? im from a tain? seveedwhen he fell 1m Cadogan had wot. tickets on him. 1h Where are the m. papers now? © Did Cadogan want to....... the plans to someone? GUESS WHAT What happens in the next chapter? Write Holmes, Watson, Mycroft, or Lestrade in each space. cS86 -90 to Aldgate Station, eo ttes a telegram to... -- buys two tain tckets.2. The Body on the Railway Line ‘An hour later, I stood by a railway line near Aldgate at Station with Sherlock Holmes and Lestrade. Undergroy und trains came out of their tunnels near Aldgate, and the railway lines there were open to the sky ‘An old station worker with a red face spoke to us, “yg name's Mason,’ he said slowly and carefull And I foung the young man's body here. He fell out of a train at aby . midnight on Monday, we think.’ au “Was there a fight on a train on Monday?" asked Holmes ‘No, answered Mason. ‘We don't know of any fights, And we never found the young man’s train ticket. There were only theatre tickets in his pocket.” id you find any of the trains with an open door?* “Someone in a train from West London heard ist before the train came into Aldgate Station. Holmes. ‘But what are those things over ‘Perhaps, there, Mr Masor ‘Those are pol different railway lines meet here, ‘Suddenly Holmes was very excited. ‘Ah, and when trains go over points, they direction! Hmm. Very interesting. Now, was there any ay line under the body when you found don't see any now. ‘No, Mr Holmes, there wasn't,’ said Mason. ‘But Cadogan was badly injured, we know, so why was there no blood? What do you think, Watson?” Tam a doctor, but I had no answer for my friend. ‘Now I'm very interested, Watson. Come. We must go to Woolwich. Goodbye, Lestrade. And thank you for your hel Mr Mason,’ said Holmes. Iked away, and I went after him. Lestrade began to say something, but then stopped. He wasn’t happy. Mr Holmes,’ answered Mason. ‘Many you see.’ change 2 aieret line direction where something i going ‘ed, you can see itwhen you cut yourhandYr We took a train to London Bridge station, Holmes ped there, and wrote a telegram to his brother, stop uronots TM BEGINNING T0 UNDERSTAND MORE. ae wecan understand more.’ Hooked at my friend’s face. He was now very excited, ‘So why did Cadogan die?" I asked him. moved over those points and changed direction, ‘There was no blood from his body on the railway line because he didn’t die there. We must learn what happened in London on Monday night. “So what do we do next, Holmes?’ I asked my friend. Wweneed two tickets to Woolwich,’ he said. ‘Cadogan hhad no ticket for his journey because he was dead when he began it. But you and I need tickets.’ Tbrought our tickets back from the ticket office. “There'sa train to Woolwich in ten minutes,’ said Holmes. ‘We found our train and got on it. My friend closed his eyes and thought, I looked out of the window at the Station, I thought about Cadogan. He came to London Journey wien Ot Woolwich on Monday night, and never went home again. Then I thought about his wife, Violet. She wanted to go to the theatre with her husband that evening, and never saw him again, Suddenly [felt very angry. ‘We must find Cadogan's killer, Holmes! I cried. ‘We must do it for his wife” Holmes looked at me with his cold, blue eyes, but said nothing, Then he closed his eyes again, After some minutes, our train left London Bridge Station. How much did my friend truly understand about Cadogan's death? At Woolwich Station, we got off, and waited for a cab. “Where are we going now, Holmes?” I asked. “We need to visit many people,’ he answered, ‘but first we ‘must go to the house of Sir James Walter. He's responsible for the submarine plans — or was responsible for them before all this happened! He's a good and important man, ‘my brother tells us. So we must begin with him. Holmes looked at his watch. ‘We can't wait any longer,’ he said. ‘Ineed to talk to Sir James now, Come, Watson!" We walked from the station to Sir James's house. death viten ‘omeane ops Ting cab ataREADING CHECK sentences in the correct order. Number them 1-7, im Put these ‘a Holmes and Watson leave Lestrade at Holmes and Watson take 4 Holmes and Watson go by sain to Woolwich, L] WORD WORK 1 Find new words from Chapter 2 in the letter square. ty als|p|t{R{olo|Fio/a|p f T(@juininfelets) rt] Rt i I/H{M/U/O|T/E;F/F{I|R Ge sloltiFlije/H|T|K{Ple a/s[els[s|t[tlelFlolc S|TIL|D/E/A|T/H]A|W/T f Biriolplole|ni[ulvir[s P[clolw[t[r{a[n|x/olo i CJA|D/DIRIE/S/S/E/SIN s{elalsfolulriniely[r 2. Complete the sentences with the words from Activity 1. Cadogan had ne Cadogan ofa tran nthe. ere was no. 1 of Cadogan’... zd the names and of a b ie d @ Per f 9 h Holmes and Watson want to take 2... GUESS WHAT What happens in the next chapter? Tick one picture. ‘¢ Holmes and Watson meet Walter’ brother «Sidney Johnson shows Holmes the safe at Woolwich Arsenal rains come out of their... TUNYDEIS.... near Aldgate on the underground. under Cadogan’s body when Mason found it the foreign agents in London. from Woolwich Station.3. A Second Death We soon arrived at SirJames Walter's house by the river, ‘The weather was better now, and the sun came out, ‘Abutler opened the door to us. ‘Can [help you?" he asked, ‘We'd like to see Sir James Walter,’ said Holmes. I'm Sherlock, Holmes and this is Dr Watsor The butler’s face went wi ‘Tmsorry,’hesaid, ‘But SirJames is dead. He died this morning.’ ‘Dead!" cried Holmes. ‘How? ‘The butler looked at us with his tired eyes. ‘Please come in,’ he said. ‘You must speak to Sir James's brother, Colonel Valentine Walter’ We took off our hats, and went into the sitting room, Minutes later, a tall man in a black suit came in and sat down. He was about fifty years old, nervous, and he spoke very quickly, ‘My brother was a good man,’ he began. ‘When the plans disappeared, he felt very bad. He felt responsible, you see, bats ems because he had the key to the safe, When this happened, inahoe he didn't want to live any more, He broke down and died.’ ‘Tm very sorry, I said. ‘We wanted to speak to your brother,’ said Holmes, duappenr ogo ‘PeCAUSE the most important plans are now missing, and soyswitey "we need to find them," ‘But why did Cadogan do ‘And how didhetake theplans from the safe at Woolwich |? My brother couldn't dit! you know nothing asked Holmes. answered the “Now, excuse me, but Thave many things to do.’ course, 1es gave Colonel Walter look before we left. In the street, Holmes said, “The colonel is not a happy man, Watson.’ ‘Of coursenott' Isaid. ‘Hisbrother died this morning.” “That's true. But he didn’t tell us everything, I feel. Next we went to visit Violet Cadogan. We found her at home in alittle house with a nice front garden. ‘Tcan’t understand it,’ she told us in her sitting room, ‘Arthur loved his country.” ‘Did he need money?" asked Holmes. ‘No,’ answered Violet. “The government paid him wel opis “Then was he worried about something?’ asked Holmes. R.dmamy tesomeone Violet said nothing for some minutes, but when she orcning spoke, Holmes listened very carefull word ot rope abut “Yes, he was worried about something in the last week of sonatiogand was worried about something at work. ite hatjou neDidhe say any more? to, He talked about foreign ed, They were interested in A agents, said, but I didn’t listen vee Tans, he ‘So he was worried in the ja of hislife, but not before?’ gare Mek “That’: ©?" said That's right,” answered To aa ‘And what hap 4 ‘appened evening?" on Monday, ‘Tdon't know,’ she answered. ‘He didn't say a thi ¢ disappeared into the fog, and I never saw him aid { walked home. On Tuesday morning, someone from Woolwich Arsenal came and asked about Arthur because he wasn't at work. Then, at twelve o'clock, I heard the news: Arthur was dead.’ Holmes looked at me worriedly. ‘Arthur wasn'ta thief,’ Violet told us. ‘He was a good man.’ "Yes, well, thank you for your help, Mrs Cadogan,’ said Holmes. ‘And now we must go,’ We left the house, and took a cab to Woolwich Arsenal. ‘Now let's talk to Mr Sidney Johnson,’ said Holmes. Johnson met us at the Woolwich Arsenal office. He was _ tall man with glasses, and he was about forty years old. ‘Did you hear about Sir James?" he asked nervously. “Yes. We spoke to his brother this morning,’ I answered. yorepsiotep _ Fist Cadogan dies, and now sir James! What is ‘evsectenet “happening? And why did Cadogan take those plans?” “So he took them, you think,’ said Holmes. ‘Why? I never thought badly of him before,’ answered Johnson, ‘but I didn't take those papers ~ and Sir James didn’t take them, So that leaves Cadogan!’ ‘Right. And what time did you close the office on Monday?’ asked Holmes. ‘ALfive o'clock,’ said Johnson. ‘And the plans were in the safe when I left’ ‘Hmm, So the thief needed three different keys for work that evening. Am right?" “Yes.” Johnson answered. ‘The key to Woolwich Arsenal, s office, and the key to the safe.” “But Cadogan didn't have any of those keys, and the police found no keys on his body. So how he take the plans?’ asked Holmes. ‘don't know,’ said Johnson. “My keys were with me, and Sir James took his keys to London when he left.” ‘Right. Now, only seven of the ten papers were in Cadogan’s pockets,’ said Holmes, “Three papers are missing. Can someone make the submarine with those three papers?" ‘No,’ Johnson answered. ‘They I ten of them, I thin} ‘But the missing papers are the ‘most important,’ said Holmes. “They are,’ said Johnson, “Then we must move fast Holmes, ‘Come, Watson.’ the key t aid1 READING CHECK Are these sentences true or false? e Holmes and Watson at we Cadogans evening atthe t needed three diferent keys to take Plans. he ten papers were in Cadogan's pockets, oooo000gF WORD WORK Correct the underlined words in these sentences. Th: ey are all new words in Chapter 3. the plans disapproved, Sir James felt responsible. .. disappears Cadogan walked away in the dog, and Violet never sa € Did the government day Cadogan well? Cadogan didnt havea long lke. He died young. € Did you hear the latest noise about the top-secret plans? again, 0. The bold letters in each sentence come from a new word in Chapter 3. Complete each word with the letters in brackets at the end of the sentence. Imbisbu tier. (etu) ke to Holmes, he wasn_ _v__s. (reuo) € Not long before he died, Cadogan was veryw_ _r__d. (roel) Johnsor dhe wearsg_a___s. ( Who were the top-secret plant_ _ev_s? (ei 0000000 GUESS WHAT ‘What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes. ena, Holmes and Watson go Colonel Walter. C1 om Lestrade. to goto the house ofa foreign agent with Qo son,Eon Before we left Woolwich Arsenal, we went into the garden. There was a tree in front of the office window, and Holmes stopped and looked carefully is important, Watson, but we can learn ing more here today.” He got down from the tree, and we walked back to ion. At the ticket office, we spoke toa young ‘ket office worker. saw Mr Cadogan on Monday evening,’ he told us. ‘He came here at about eight o'clock, and I sold him a ticket to London. He was very nervous when he asked for it. He took the 8.15 train to London Bridge. 4 ‘We thanked the man, and took a train back to London. Holmes said nothing on our journey. in Woolwich, Watso in the last week of his evening. Why? Perhaps a foreign agent wanted the Bruce- Partington plans, but Cadogan didn't want to help him. He |eft home with his wife on Monday evening for the theatre. He the pay ack in London, he asked me, ‘So what did we learn n? Let's think. Cadogan was worried ., and very nervous on Monday had two theatre tickets in his pocket, so why did he isappear? Why did he run away, and leave Violet in the ps he saw the foreign agent again in the fog ‘Cadogan followed the man, and saw him take pers from the safe at Woolwich Arsenal ~ perhaps I said, ‘Why was that?" uestion, Watson,’ answered Holmes. ‘Perhaps n't a foreign agent, but someone important ich Arsenal. Perhaps the important man Cadogan took a train to London because he idress. What happened next? I don’t know. But ater, Mason found Cadogan’s dead body on ‘ground railway line near Aldgate Station.” er Street, we found a message from Mycroft. e names and addresses of the important foreign seape io London at the time: So message you Holmes, write ths 10 Ihave three names for you: = wolfgang Meyer, 13 Great George Street, Wes' Wolfgang ~ Louis La Rothitre, Campden Mansions, Notting Hi — Hugo Oberstein, 13 Caulfield Gardens, Kensington ane twas in London on Monday, but he left the next} Rother, Meyer wolfgea ‘metal Oberst te roca day, The government is very worried. Hugo Oberstein 30 ‘Sostan! Mycroftmap 2pctue fatshows where crowbar 2c! Stet that soreone {resto beak open 3 doer er window lamp 2 hg hat helpsyoutosein theask chisel ato or catng stape, akg Wood Holmes looked at his big map of London, three addresses on it. ‘Good! he said, and smiled. T must go out now, Watag Please wait here.’ n. I waited three long hours. At about nine o'clock arrived with a message from Holmes: and found the a boy Watson, Im having dinner at Goldini’ Italian Restaurant in Kensington. Please come at once. And bring a crowbar, a lamp, anda chisel. SH. I took a cab to the restaurant, and found Holmes at a table by the window. I sat down with him. ‘Do you have everything with you?’ he asked. "Yes," | answered. ‘And nobody in the street saw me with it because it's all under my coat.’ “Very good, Watson. Now listen. Cadogan’s body didn't out of a train but from the roof of a train. This happened when it went over the points at Aldgate and changed direction. So someone put his body on that train roof. But how?” Tcouldn't answer. i me, Holmes,’ I said. ‘Very well. In West London, some of the underground railway lines leave their tunnels and are open to the sky. The back i Kk these open railway .f different houses overlool i ee yps under one of these windows, a s. When a train stoy se vox perhaps two men — can put a body on the roof rains often stop and wait under the back window n Kensington. The address is 13 Caulfield ‘Mr Hugo man of of a house here it A Gardens. It’s the home of a foreign agent, sin —and he left London on Tuesday!’ ere left me at Baker Street for this!" cried. ‘Yee, Watson. Earlier this evening I went and looked way line behind 13 Caulfield Gardens. A train stopped there when I arrived ~ under Oberstein’s back window! Oberstein put Cadogan’s body on the roof of a train through that window!" “But where is Oberstein now?" I asked. ‘We need to find him, and the Bruce-Partington plans!" ‘Oberstein is in Paris,’ Holmes answered. ‘He wants to sell the plans there ~ and he's asking a lot of money for them!’ “So what can we do?’ I asked. “We can break into his house,’ said Holmes. “There's nobody there now, but perhaps there's something interesting in the house. Remember: we know Oberstein killed Cadogan and took the plans. But Oberstein doesn’t know about us.” ‘But do we need to break into his house?’ I asked. ‘Let's talk to Lestrade about this.” “There's no time, Watson,’ said Holmes. "You can wait in the street, but I must get into Oberstein’s house tonight.’ ‘We got up, Holmes paid, and then we left the restaurant. : eae there,’ said Holmes. ‘It's not far. This is going y interesting visit, I think!’ ee overlook t0look futon something (ofa window) break into (past broke into)'0 sgoieo a place by breaking the door cor windowREADING CHECK Correct nine more mistakes in this summary of ch; apter 4, arden at Woolwich Ock Holmes finds safe rom I tree not fong ETI juage does Oberstein usually speak? Read the blue squares down, 2: Which langi and write the language here: b f ; ) GUESS WHAT WORD WORK ‘What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes. 1 Look at the pictures, and co: o! lone OF berstein’ house that night. but he escapes Cadogar's blood in the house. fa Holmes breaks m OOOo0o00#5, Messages from Pierrot We soon arrived at Caulfleld Gardens. The houses there veal very big. Holmes brought me to number 13, ang vrlooked atthe font door. It was big and heavy, “Wean never break in here, Holmes,’ said, ‘You're ight” he answered. ‘People in the street can seg usvery easly here. And any of them can call the police in ‘aminute, Les go down to the basement.” We soon stood by the basement door, ‘I don't like this, Holmes,’ Isaid. ‘We always work with the poli ‘Look, we're doing this for our country,’ answered Holmes coldly. ‘Now give me the crowbar Holmes was right, I knew. We had important work that night, [took the crowbar from under my coat and gave it tohim. [didn’t watch him open the door. [looked up at the street, but saw no police. ‘The door was soon open, and we went into the house. | closed the door behind us, and we went upstairs. Holmes stopped at a window. “Watson, this is wwe looked down at the railway “Was I right?" Holmes asked me. “Yes, Holmes,’ I said. ‘You're always right.’ ‘Not always, Watson, but look: they put the body here before they put it on the roof of the train. There's blood on the window ~ Cadogan’s blood!” It was true, could see the blood on the window. ‘Let’s stay here for a minute or two,’ said Holmes. We didn’t need to wait long. A train arrived and stopped under our window. It was easy to put a body on the roof from here, I could see. cried. He opened the window, and e in front of it. «go Oberstein killed Cadogan and put his dead body out of this window!" ried. “Yes,’ Holmes said. ‘Oberstein is our killer, Watson. ‘And now what more can we find in his house?" We went from room to room, but found nothing, ‘Hmm. Oberstein is cleverer than I thought,’ said Holmes. ‘He took everything to Paris with him.’ ‘No, look,’ I cri ‘There's a money-box on the table over there. Perhaps there's something in it.’ “Very good, my friend,’ said Holmes. ‘We don’t have the key for it, but give me the chisel please, Watson, Tt took some minutes, but in the end my friend opened the box. There were lots of papers in it, with different pictures of a submarine under the sea and lots of numbers allover them, Holmes took the papers out of the box. “Hoow can these help us?" Isai. “They can’t,’ Holmes answered. ‘But what's this? ‘There was an envelope in the box, too. Holmes took this out, and opened it. There were four ‘messages in it. “These are from a newspaper,’ said Holmes. ‘Someone Put these messages in The Times, I think. Look, Watson, janes) here's the first one, and this is the second.’ erPerot jes! yeurrd ges on the table, and I read them; wedid, Lestrade. I'm sorry. But we did it for Brit Holmes put the messas vs . Happy to pay. answered. like to hear from you soon . fee eto me sty ates — HPRSO™ a ‘wel, the police do things differently’ said Lestrade. "You * Must have all papers. Bring them at once, Can p, must be careful, Mr Holm ; you then, ~ PIERROT — n, we wee very careful,’ sald Holmes. ‘What do you i ? ite to me. Then wait for my ink, Mycrof Nel HIERROT a vyery good, Sherlock,’ Mycroft answered with a big message in newspaper. ~ smile. ‘But what now?" lolmes gave The Times to his brother. Today's newspaper hhas a new message from Pierrot —or Sherlock Holmes —in Monday night at nine o'clock. Come to my house.” Kock three times on door. Happy to pay when [ have papers. - PIERROT 3 he said. Mycroft read it to us: Same time, same address. Knock three PIERROT “Pierrot, of course, is Oberstein,’ I said. “yes, Watson,’ Holmes answered. ‘But who read these ‘came here at nine o'clock on Monday night? Perhaps this man took the top-secret plans from Woolwich! Let's go. We can't do any more here tonight.’ We left the house quietly, and soon found a cab. “Tonight. Sar times. Very important. ~ Steet ’ Holmes told the driver, But who's going “Why there, Holmes?" I asked. there?" asked Lestrade. My friend smiled. ‘Pierrot is going to put a fifth message in tomorrow's answered Holmes. ink,’ he sai At eight o'clock that We were not at the newspaper offices for long. Soon I was evening, HolmesandI took back at Baker Street, and in bed. [felt very tired. a cab to Kensington. We ‘The next morning, Holmes and I ate breakfast early. ‘met Mycroft and Lestrade Mycroft and Lestrade arrived at half past eight. near Caulfield Gardens. ‘Good morning, Mycroft," said Sherlock. ‘Good morning, We broke into Oberstein’s Lestrade, Please sit down.’ house again, and waited. ‘Then he told them about our visit to Caulfield Gardens. At nine o'clock, we heard “So you broke into the house, Mr Holmes!’ said Lestrade. three knocks on the heavy He wasn’t very happy. front door,READING CHECK j worDWORK iat do they say Complete the sentences withthe words from the speech buy vi eesertenet ih Sirord in the money BOX. is for our country 1 Wete doing th 2 Tothe offices of The Times. 3 We annever breakin here. come old messages fom Pies oe nee door was So Holmes and Watson couldit break in there. sein : a end, they went into Oberstzins house through the door, ae the name = Pierrot on his new message in The Times. Holmes oe fe At mine otlock, there was 2 at Obersten’ front door 6 Soyou broke into the house! GUESS WHAT a Watson tells Holmes at gas front door sw does the story finish? Tick three boxes. .We.can.never. Break i 1b Holmes says to Watson coldly, Ho ‘€ When they ind nothing important in the house, Holmes dd Holmes says tothe cab driver e When eas of Holmess visit to Caulfield Gardens {Mycroft reas from the newspaper «Colonel Walter goes to France. CI 'b Hugo Oberstein comes back to London. (] ‘€ Mycroft finds the top-secret plans ina French hotel. C) d_Holmes and Watson go to Paris. C] ¢¢ The top-secret plans come back to England. C) The Queen thanks Sherlock Holmes for is good work. C] 3Holmes went downstairs in the dark, and opened the door. ‘Come in,’ he said. We heard someone come upstairs im. When they were in the sitting room, Holmes quietly closed the door behind them. I lit the lamp. ‘The man saw us, pushed past Holmes, and began to run away across the room. Suddenly he fell over something, and hit his head on the door. He gave a cry, closed his eyes at once, and fell back at our feet. ‘Sherlock, who is this?" asked Mycroft. ‘Colonel Valentine Walter, Sir James's brother,’ answered Sherlock. “You see, Watson, the colonel didn’t tell us everything! I felt it. Do you remember?" ‘Tdo,'I answered, ‘And you were right estrade to put Colonel Walter on a chair, After pelped rene open se some Mned nervously at us al. ‘What's happening?’ he ai srorriedly. Twanted to see Mr Oberstein’ aske Perrot, perhaps! sad Holmes. ‘Colonel Walter, we OF everything. You took the Bruce-Partington plans. ow 7 sell them, and Arthur Cadogan died here!” you wanted t " ‘the colonel said nothing. tellus your story’ said Holmes. ‘Perhaps can help’ ‘the colonel put his hea hands, but didn't speak. then I'm going to tell the story.’ sald Holmes. "You needed money quickly because you had money troubles. Soyou made copies of your brother’ keys —to Woolwich “Arsenal, to the office, and to the safe. “you wrote to Oberstein, and he put messages in The ‘Times for you. On Monday night, you went to Woolwich ‘Arsenal in the fog. You wanted to take the plans from the safe, but Cadogan saw you in the street and came after you. Perhaps he knew something ‘of your money troubles. ‘At Woolwich Arsenal, he watched you open the safe from a tree in front of the office. You took the papers, left Woolwich, and took a train to London. Cadogan went after you, and took the same train. In London, you walked to Kensington - or perhaps you took a cab —and you came to this address; 13 Cat ld Gardens. When Cadogan arrived some minutes later, you killed him! ‘No!’ cried Walter. ‘I’m not a killer. I took the papers from the safe, it’s true, and I came here with them on Monday It, but I didn’t kill Cadogan.’ “Then what happened?” asked Holmes. ‘How did he die before you put his dead body on the roof of a train?” troubles bad times when ings se notesy copy (ue! coples when {ecard thirg hs Resonating: towteardaw someting 2530_ ick 2th jean Colonel Walter was now happy to ‘ell Us everyth ing: a {had money troubles, and Cadogan bney on ou were right there, Mr Holmes. 1 came (hepa Gardens, and 1 knocked tne times on the rg Oberstin opened the door. Cadogan arrived 1 mana very -aime, and Oberstein suddenly hit him over thea a ag heavy sek. Cadogan fll at our fet, dead. But wn oun do with the body? We didn’t know. ia Then Oberstein remembered somethin, there lin wer my back window Soest the odo the roof ofa train," he said “But first I want to see those top- secret plans from Woolwich Arsenal. Give them to met" I gave him the papers. He looked throug need to take these three papers from you. “You can't,’ Lanswered. ‘You must ‘copy them. Then I can take all ten papers back to Woolwich and put them in the safe again, ‘Nobody must know of this.’ Oberstein said, ‘Look, I can't copy these three papers because they're very detailed,’ then, Cautfeig 9. ‘Trains often stop op tem, and said, sm with me tonight,’ 1tld kim. or a minate, ard sti, ‘No, 'm going to ad we're going to put those seven man’s pocket. When the police find the aor going tobe te tien ther eyes! iA eee this, but I id ‘yes’ to it. What Cs ae half an hour a the window before a train 1 Cadogan on the rf of Thre was a cial saw us. Then T left this house, and went Arner sw Obescn ati i ked at Colonel Walter coldly ormespat about your brother ~ Sir James Walter ‘An oust seep these ree Baers: papers plans o” a el's eyes were suddenly old and tired. rae cai with his keys once, some weeks ago, and he ie my money troubles. With my copies of his keys, { went and took those plans for Oberstein. Did ™ brother know about that, too? Perhaps. But he never spoke James was a very good man, Mr Holmes, to me about and this broke him. He died soon after. Nobody spoke for some minutes. ‘Then Mycroft said, ‘Colonel Walter, you must help us. ‘We need to find Oberstein. Where is he? Do you know?” “In France,’ answered the colonel. ‘I have the address of a hotel in Paris. Oberstein gave it to me before he left. could write to him there when I needed, he s ‘Then you must write to him now,’ said Holmes, ‘and he must come back to London. Are you going to help us?” ‘Tam,’ answered Colonel Walter. I didn’t plan Cadogan’s death, you know. I needed money badly - that was all!’ ‘Then take this pen and write,’ said Holmes. He gave abrother's death, t00. And he couldn't live with that, forhis' ; thanked Sherlock and me for our work. Then he al od from our lives again for a very long time, ee a gun aie heed aging morning, Sherlock ee went to Buckingham Palace, and met the Queen ve spe thanked him for hs clever detective work, and ot for some time. Before Holmes left the palace, the Queen gave him a beautiful tie-pin. So when he wears that tle-pin now. perhaps he thinks back to the dark autumn of 1895 and our work for Mycroft and the British government, How could he forget the top-secret Bruce-Partington submarine plans, and their journey out of Britain for a time before they came back home again? Very clever, Mr Holmes," said Lestrade. morning we're going to get our man, For once, Lestrade was ri London ‘On Saturday ight. Oberstein came back to after he read Colonel Walter's letter, He arrived at the Charing Cross Hotel on Si ‘aturday morning. The colonel wasn't there, but Lestrade and three big, young men from the London Police were. Oberstein couldn't escape. Lestrade arrested him, and he found all three of the missing papers in his bag. Soon after that, Oberstein went to prison. He stayed there for fifteen years, and when he came out of prison, he left Britain, and never came back. Colonel Walter went to prison, too, and he died there a wrong months later. He felt responsible for Cadogan’s death, anREADING CHECK Correct the mistakes inthe sentences, Colonel Waiter © Hugo Qbertenre COMES Upstairs after Holmes. 1 The colonel wanted to see Holmes at the house, the sentences. bet vane inthe submarines to complete arnt the lamp, Colonel Walter sees. ‘Holmes, oe OF ma ante ead with aE) DEY coe allthe opsecet ns, a> Oberstein, he finds the miss : _ he goes away from back aan 1 She esa Deol. en ese t0 the famous detective “psitenip—> GUESS WHAT What happens after the story finishes? Tick your favourite sentences, and add ideas of your own, ' After they finish the Bruce-Partington submarine, Holmes Goes and sees it. (] ' The Btsh govemment gives money to Violet Cadogan. Volet martes again, © Oberstein meets Holmes wi 4 The Queen goes on a ‘© Mycroft Holmes wi # DrWatson leaves E a. hen Holmes visits Germany, Journey under the sea in her "esa book about his life. C) gland and goes to India, ‘new submarine, ()ded ra.) Underground railwa; ys 1 Read about th }e London Underground. Complete the info Matton ta ble bel low, ‘The London Underground opened in 1863 after the Met Company built the first line. It is the oldest underground ‘a The first line ran from Paddington to [im ee Farringdon. It carried 38,000 people | on its first day. More lines opened between 1868 and 1904. Today London has eleven underground lines, and these run for over 400 kilometres. More than 1.2 people take the underground every year and there are 270 stations! The Jongest tunnel is nearly 28 kilometres but 55% of the London Undergroun ead Station in North London is the deepest London Underg long, sky. Hampst It is 58 metres under the ground! peeked aac Nios Rete Perrot a Tee Pee eke ecu) | repos after the French Metropolitan is Métro opened in ere ight more lines pened between 1900 and 1920. Today has. : ‘underground lines, and the: . More than. people take the Metro every stations! The sse run for over year and there are. longest tunnel is nearly. long, but of the Paris Métro is overground, and open to the sky. Station in.....sseceeeeee IS metres under the ground! station. the deepest Paris Me 3 Write about the underground railway in a different city. Use London Underground and Paris Métro to help you. BerlinU-Bahn © Moscow Metro TOKYO METRC Buenos Aires Metro New York Cily Subway the texts about thecadogan’ Sherlock Holmes i Points, but why i that. nee doesnt want tote ne Testis ~ Perhaps he's goin, Im angry 9 to tel Dr Ws about fatson, “ ve tell us everything 7 colonel Walter a ‘unhappy about Sit James's death, but | it. He more. He was 4) 7-77" him. He's going to ing to come f) ret plans. I'm yy something too. Now we have | and Oberstein is gol La happen? Oa cde auntie My brother's very clever. I'm pleased with him. And { are going to be very happy. Cinthe morning Cin the afternoon eae / Cadogan didn't take the h)................+. « Sherlock knew | that all along. Colonel Walter took them because he needed »... ) sossosss «Lan see that now, But the colonel isn't a Killer. | can see that, too. ymplete the different characters’ thoughts from the scene in. Sir James Walters use with the words In the box. fad back government troubles _arrest_pl money _newous desGRAMMAR CHECK present Simple and Present Continuous imple for things that are true in general, er ‘lonaeeeemnens regenera or things that happen ie use the resent Continuous to talk about things happening now. We make wth bec the-ing form of the verb. Holness opening ateeqomin tonto owns emake the Ing fom by adding ~ing tothe nitive without. When a verb ends Jreweremovetheeandadd-ing. —wrte-witng ve hung When sort verbs end in consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the final consonant andadding. hit Look at the picture. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous. Put the words in order. Write Present ‘Simple or Present ‘Continuous sentences. 2 MycroftS/avisfHolmes/aughing/telegram Holmes. is. laughing at. Mycroft's telegram. b “Mycroft/for/the/works/government/British 6 Work in pairs. Read your character's thoughts aloud to your partner. Can he /she ‘guess the story scene and the character? 4sGRAMMAR CHECK a ‘Simple: information question; In Past Simple questions, most verbs How did Watson kn pean ~~ In know his oa tr sen fo 5a? aren 'nfinitive without to, ing to find the | killer. W7 Near Nd With the verb be, cee *, We put the subject after the Wty were the paper in Hispoclt Someone putthon i PRS us wties Different question words before dd or be ak or difere 3 aie ferent where (= the ), why (= the reason), wha information: ) what (= the thing), who (cm row th who (= the person) Mh n). logan’s death. Write cone gil 3. Holmes is beginning to think about Cadi dagen at home and did, was or were in his questions. 4 : let Cat 5 a ..how. id... Cadogan get on the train withouta ticker? . spe Mag ler Me ich ASE We don't know. pind Sir ame yghnson at sp sidney dresses oF all is an b coseresesses+Cadogan's body near Aldgate Station?, . Perhaps it fll from a train « -sssssseeathe papers in Cadogans pocket? 5 The top-secret submarine plans. 4 _..(Cadogan go to London that night? es aps he saw someone with the plans. "aman pcos rah inorder and make sentenct Holmes tells ssssesCadogan see in the fog? 5 Ho are or On ae using the going Perhaps Ie aw someone from Woolwich Asenat aoa to tsapel9ng® canis odogans body il fom the roof ofan? eteade ionct. going. 28 he. happy.abeut.this.- bb obestens howse/wete/lean more/going tin t points, andit changed direction When the train went over the fe at Woolwich . -- Pe t« take the eee «¢ mymesagereadisin the newspaper/goingto/the thi 7 fe, the office, and t! iS ee casters They had keys t0 the f° ; ¥ 4. everything/us/tell/Colonel Walter/going to/is S insay in the newspape? eyiaN be € the colonel’ ltter/answer/Oberstein/going to/is reve were some pape’ Cadogan’ pocket.Adjecti ves and adver “ rb = Se adjectives tog Of manner /e use adj lescrbe peo : verbs of ait : = “ = = ; yre able to do, or that For adje * of manner from aq A a ectives th | ‘ = : pout things that we ave not able to do, oF that stevercleveriy) happily th "e the adjective or ad ere a pout things that We think are necessary OF ; 1k about thi ihout 101018 ies... Clever F. = * brother ~Y---PUIS a message j ces. b \Ycroft is a ver 49@ in The Ti 7 a Yo PEE ag, Pe oni : | sidney Johnson. a She nes mTOR? ey b Cadogan cant opening the: safe without a key. soca seth aay ne fm OBES window. stson,’ says Holmes «we mus ding hs for our county, Wat Holmes"You dont can do this fe lestade scceeeeneen ef Watson, cantor must to complete Lestrade's words to Sherlock Holmes. 8 Usecan, ‘You. .,0HSt..find the plans. They‘ very important. vist people when they're at home. Thats OK. 1) Watson -ePut the crowbar ii) Lestrade is a very ‘and lamp under his coat. a. detective e 1) Cadogan’s body fel fro cer ym the roof of a train. You, break into, ; ‘ ing peoples houses, That's wo Wi) Obersteins house had a thick,......se1+++++-d00% au # (angry/angrily) You. tell me everything. wa 1)'You broke into the house!'said Lestrade... fies. .2ka lot of questions. That’ all ight. A Sir James Walter was. aie ie, rf ight. * vant to arrest him, ‘when Holmes broke into Ot -sa'Did you hear about Sr James” 2 nenousnereny ‘Watson J Sidney Johnson asked...GRAMMAR CHECK Past Simple Yes/No questions ar ind short answers — —eatter action) Was Oberstein fe - oe " : 2in at home when Sherlock Holmes ‘broke in? Inintive ve tht ts later action) Did vi : ts ie Cadogan go tothe theatre inthe end? or spore let codogan. ( Jo not use question wor ae a Dating aon ution word nso qustons We sre net inte pvaction happens In the short answer, we re-use was/were mintormaton co tonden pyaar © 0r the auxiliary verb, comma. = (was not). No, she cic. (= did not) : esos re ye ime cise FS i i im. 9 Write answers for Lestr fe see se Ce eae ade's questions to Oberstein, Use the short Ven bersen ve the top-secret plans with before, answers in paper story about g NNo,he didnt. Yes,he could. Meytaient> Yes Iwas ae z THANKS HOLMES ‘ous detective, met peo Holmes the famous Oe detective work, and ‘Buckingham Palace beautiful tie-pin- Vs wpefor’....he left the palaces ‘a Did you break into Woolwich Arsenal? wos. Z. didn't. b Could Colonel Walter What did Mr Foolmes 40? B) os the government ee e | find the top-secret Bruce-Partington submarine plans, he was appy : telp..6) Sevoice-oce the Plane disappeared from Woolwich Arsenal, | London pice found the dead body of an office worker, Arthur Cadogan, | near Aldgate Station, Did he take the plans? ‘No,’ thought Holmes. a) he learnt the name of Cadogan’s killer, he knew the ‘answer at once. Hugo Oberstein, a foreign agent, had the plans. But | Oberstcin was in Paris! e) . save the police could arrest hi Holmes needed to bring Oberstein back to London. _ Did you put messages in The Times for Colonel Walter? ‘e Were you at Caulfield Gardens when Cadogan arrived? {9 Was Colonel Walter there when you killed Cadogan? fy Could you sel the top-secret plans in London? g He oo is oie ‘as very clever, and Oberstein eame back with the plans +~--the police arrested him, he went to prison for a long time. te