more than her word. There is no danger for me now. How can I thank you, dear Mr Holmes?''I would like just one thing, Your Majesty.''Tell me at once what it is,' said the King.'This photograph.'The King looked at him in surprise. 'Irene's photo-
graph?' he cried. 'But of course. It is yours.'And so there was no terrible scandal in the royal families of Europe. And SherlockHolmes still has the photograph of the woman who was cleverer than hewas.