![]() Holmes admits his defeat but keeps Adler's photo, while the King is satisfied that Adler will not use his photograph against him. However, when the two, along with the King, go to Adler's apartment to retrieve the photograph, they discover that it is gone and that Adler has left a photograph of herself and a note to Holmes explaining that she caught onto his plan and escaped with the treasured object. Holmes slips out and informs Watson of his victory. In the confusion, Adler rushes to secure the photograph, as Holmes had surmised she would, inadvertently revealing its location to the detective. ![]() Pretending to have been injured in a fight in front of Adler, he gains entrance to her house then, at his signal, Watson throws in a smoke-rocket and yells that there is a fire. Learning that Adler has just married Godfrey Norton, a lawyer, in a quick and inconspicuous ceremony, Holmes concocts a plan to determine where she has hidden the photograph of the King. He pleads for Holmes to retrieve the photograph. The King explains that five years ago he became involved with Irene Adler now that he is engaged to be married, he fears that she will use a photograph showing him and her together as blackmail against him. The writer of the letter appears in disguise, but Holmes recognizes him as the King of Bohemia. Watson visits Sherlock Holmes, who shows him a letter he has received asking for his assistance.
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