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Dr. John Watson
The King of Bohemia, and Sherlock Holmes’s client in this case. He is currently engaged to the Princess of Scandinavia, but reveals to Holmes and Watson that years ago, while in Warsaw, he had a relationship with Irene Adler, an opera singer and “well-known adventuress.” Irene has a number of letters and photos that would serve as proof of this indiscretion, and that information would likely jeopardize the King’s current engagement. He will do anything to obtain and destroy this evidence, but Irene refuses to hand it over, and she has outsmarted the King’s men more than once. He still admires Irene and notes that she would make an excellent queen, but he is more focused on maintaining his respectability and royal status. The King seems to be unaware of his surroundings and ignorant of his effect on others: when he arrives at 221B Baker Street in a mask, he believes himself to be incognito, despite the fact that Sherlock knows exactly who he is. He is also completely ignorant to Sherlock’s general disdain for him, and when the King mentions that Irene is not on his level, he does not recognize it as an insult when Sherlock responds that she “seems indeed to be on a very different level to your Majesty.”
Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein Quotes in A Scandal in Bohemia
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There will call upon you to-night, at a quarter to eight o’clock… a gentleman who desires to consult you upon a matter of the very deepest moment… Be in your chamber then at that hour, and do not take it amiss if your visitor wear a mask.
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“Your Majesty had not spoken before I was aware that I was addressing Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein, and hereditary King of Bohemia.”
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“The facts are briefly these: Some five years ago, during a lengthy visit to Warsaw, I made the acquaintance of the well-known adventuress, Irene Adler. The name is no doubt familiar to you.”
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I wish she had been of my own station! What a queen she would have made!
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“From what I have seen of the lady she seems indeed to be on a very different level to your Majesty”
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“Your Majesty has something which I should value even more highly,” said Holmes. “You have but to name it.” “This photograph!”
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Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein Quotes in A Scandal in Bohemia
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There will call upon you to-night, at a quarter to eight o’clock… a gentleman who desires to consult you upon a matter of the very deepest moment… Be in your chamber then at that hour, and do not take it amiss if your visitor wear a mask.
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“Your Majesty had not spoken before I was aware that I was addressing Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein, and hereditary King of Bohemia.”
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“The facts are briefly these: Some five years ago, during a lengthy visit to Warsaw, I made the acquaintance of the well-known adventuress, Irene Adler. The name is no doubt familiar to you.”
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I wish she had been of my own station! What a queen she would have made!
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“From what I have seen of the lady she seems indeed to be on a very different level to your Majesty”
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“Your Majesty has something which I should value even more highly,” said Holmes. “You have but to name it.” “This photograph!”
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