shadow of britain

Chapter 158 Boomerang

Arthur walked out of the room, and the roar of the Red Devil hit him wave after wave.

Fortunately, he was very used to this guy's occasional tendency to get sick, so he didn't take it to heart.

After going out, Arthur went straight to a door at the end of the corridor, which was Elder's room.

However, before he could go to knock on the door, he saw Darwin coming out from the next room. The Priest of Cambridge lightly knocked on the door of the bathroom on the second floor and shouted from outside: "Alexander, are you alright?"

Dumas' lazy voice came from inside: "Charles, what's the matter? I guess it will take a while."

Darwin said helplessly: "Didn't you say that you are very good at making friends with ladies? That boy Elder took it seriously. So he asked me to ask you, can you see if he invites you to watch or he takes you to the theater?" For the sake of it, don't be angry with him, and when you are not busy, teach him how to approach a woman he likes."

As soon as Darwin finished speaking, Dumas' voice was heard in the toilet: "Charles, I'm sorry. Please tell him that I'm going to the toilet with all my strength. Due to my limited ability, I can only concentrate on dealing with it. A pile of shit."

Darwin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "If I really reply to him like this, he will have to strangle me to death. You know, that kid just apologized to you for not saving face, but he has already promised me that he will not mess with your nationality and identity again." just kidding."

But when Dumas heard this, he still refused to let go and said: "Charles, you don't understand. He said too much this time, he actually said that I was transformed from a monkey."

After hearing this, Arthur, who was wandering over from the side, couldn't help but condemned: "This is indeed too much! Elder is simply engaging in academic plagiarism!"

When Dumas in the bathroom heard Arthur agreeing with him, he couldn't help complaining: "Is it? Arthur, aren't you a policeman? Elder has behaved like this several times, shouldn't he be locked up in the police station?" Is it? After all, your Scotland Yard arrests even parade workers for blocking the road, so there is no reason to let a guy like Elder, who blocks the brain circuit, get away with it!"

Arthur knew that Alexandre Dumas was taking advantage of Elder's incident to anger him to suppress the workers' demonstration, but he did what he did, and he didn't intend to explain more. Anyway, even if he explained it, Alexandre Dumas might not believe it.

Rather than stating a reason, Arthur was more willing to retort: ​​"Sorry, Alexander, Scotland Yard is different from the French military and police. We will not try two donkeys in idleness."

Unexpectedly, Arthur had just said this, and before Dumas could speak back, Darwin was curious first.

He scratched his 'little Mediterranean' and asked, "Do the French really judge a donkey?"

Arthur nodded and said: "As far as I know, the French did try at least one donkey. The time when that incident happened is not too far away. In 1750 of the last century, a Frenchman named Jacques Phelan was convicted of Having had sex with a female donkey, Paris prosecutors filed a lawsuit demanding the death penalty for the adulterer and adulterer.

But fortunately the parish priest stepped forward in time, and the priest confirmed the good character of the donkey. He said that he had known the donkey for four years. It was a virtuous and well-bred animal and had never made anyone What gossip.

So the court finally sentenced Jacques Phelan to be burned at the stake, and the donkey was released in court because, based on the testimony of the priest, the judge found that it had not voluntarily participated in the crime. "

Darwin couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Thank God, this does sound like a reasonable judgment."

Unexpectedly, when Alexandre Dumas heard this, he couldn't help but said angrily: "It's just a trial of a donkey, what's so surprising? Don't think that you are the only one who knows these things. I am a novelist, and I also like to collect these weird things. news!

As far as I know, Basel, Switzerland once sentenced a rooster to be burned for laying eggs for violating the laws of nature established by God.

Italy also prosecuted a mole on the charge of 'digging soil and destroying crops'. Since the mole failed to appear in court three times in a row, it was eventually sentenced to deportation. At the suggestion of his defense lawyer, the court granted a grace period of 14 days for execution.

And I remember you Brits seem to have tried a monkey once, right?That trial seems to be very recent, probably in the late Napoleonic Wars. "

As soon as Alexandre Dumas said this, Arthur instantly felt driven to a desperate situation. There was no smile on his face, and even his tone became a lot more serious.

"Alexander, are you sure you have to mention that?"

When Dumas heard Arthur's words, he thought he had an advantage. He said disdainfully, "Arthur, didn't you still advertise that Britain is more civilized than France? But in the end, most animal trials in other countries took place in the Middle Ages, but What happened to you in the UK happened more than ten years ago."

Arthur warned again: "Alexander, I didn't mention that case for your own good! You must know that British courts generally judge cases based on past cases!"

Dumas was a little angry when he heard the words: "Arthur, what do you mean? Do you think there is any similarity between me and the monkey on trial, so it is worth asking the judge to take that case as a reference?"

"No, Alexander, of course you are more civilized than monkeys. But..."

"but what?"

Arthur said helplessly: "But according to the records in the archives, the monkey who was sentenced to be burned at the stake can also speak French."

There was only a sound of flushing water, and then the bathroom door was slowly pushed open.

Dumas was standing at the door, pointing his unkempt hair and yelling: "Arthur, do you think I will believe your nonsense?"

Arthur was not angry either: "Alexander, if you knew the actual facts of the case, you wouldn't think I was lying to you.

As you know, it was the time of the Napoleonic Wars, and the monkey, the sole survivor of a wrecked French ship, swam to Hartlepool from the nearby waters.

But the local residents generally think that its twittering sound is very French, so it must be a French spy.

After careful consideration, the local judge finally found the monkey guilty of espionage and hanged him on the beach.

So, do you still think I'm cheating on you? "

When Dumas heard this, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "You british guys are really sick of each other. How on earth do you think monkeys are French spies? Don't the British even know the difference between humans and monkeys?" Can't you understand?"

Arthur heard this, and said sorry, "I'm sorry, Alexander, this is Charles's business scope. If you have any troubles about this, please consult him. I don't know how Charles put the monkey related to people."

When Darwin heard this, he couldn't help complaining: "Arthur, how many times do you want me to say it? I am indeed a Lamarckian, but this does not mean that I think there is any connection between monkeys and humans."

But Arthur didn't take Darwin's protest to heart, and said to Alexandre Dumas, "Speaking of which, what happened to your finished manuscript? Tomorrow is General Codrington's banquet. If you Not ready, don't blame me for not giving you a chance to make a name for yourself in London."

Dumas slapped his chest confidently when he heard the words: "Don't worry, I..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Elder rushing out of the next room holding a manuscript. He read to the manuscript as he walked: "Learning does not mean knowing. Those who are learned and those who can know It’s different, memory makes the former, philosophy makes the latter. Damn it! Alexander, are you really mocking me in your book? Are you implying that I’m the former?”

Arthur, Dumas and Darwin looked at each other, and they almost said in unison: "Elder, I think you think too much. Everyone thinks that you belong to neither the former nor the latter."

Elder frowned and said, "What do you three mean? You are jealous of me!"

Dumas unceremoniously took the manuscript back from Elder's hand, pointed to a sentence on it and said: "I'm not blind enough to envy you, even if I want to set aside some sentences to ridicule others, It's reserved for our Mr Arthur Hastings, too, like this one."

Arthur looked down, and saw that it was written impressively - a police officer wearing a ribbon is no longer a human being, he has become a deaf, dumb, cold statue of the law.Repeating the empty legal code, as if he is actually exercising justice.

Arthur just smiled when he saw this sentence, and he said: "There are no people in politics, only thoughts, no emotions, only interests. Even if you kill someone politically, you can't say that you killed a person, it's just Clearing an obstacle."

When Dumas heard this, his eyes turned cold: "When did you become like this?"

Arthur pursed his lips and took a breath. He stared into Alexandre Dumas' eyes and said seriously, "Alexander, I didn't say that."

Dumas couldn't help but sneered when he heard the words: "Really? Then which cruel and heartless son-of-a-bitch said that?"

Arthur smiled embarrassedly and said, "Alexander, you'd better leave yourself some leeway when you speak in the future. I'm sorry to inform you that the son of a bitch is likely to be yourself."

(End of this chapter)