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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Nigel Bruce as Dr.
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Watson and Tom Conway Now, once again, it's time to
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renew our weekly visits with that genial host and incomparable storyteller, Dr.
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Watson.
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And here he is, waiting for us in his comfortable
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and familiar study.
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Hello, Dr.
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Watson.
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It's mighty good to see you again.
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Good evening, Mr.
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Bell.
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Good gracious me, it's a long time since you last
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stopped in to see me.
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Too long entirely, but I'm certainly glad to be back.
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I'm glad to have you back, my boy. This seems
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like old times.
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Thank you, sir. By the way, I heard you had
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quite a trip this summer. Went back to England, didn't you? Yes, Mr.
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Bell.
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I must say I had a very delightful time renewing
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old friendships. Incidentally, I think you'll be particularly interested in
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one visit that I made. It was to the vaults
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of Cox's Bank in Charing Cross.
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Cox's Bank?
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Oh, that was the home of your old black tin
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dispatch box, wasn't it? The one that contained all the
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notes on your adventures with the great Sherlock Holmes?
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It was, my boy. You have a very good memory.
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And by any chance, is that the box standing there
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on your table now?
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It certainly is. I brought it back with me.
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You see, I find it contained a veritable treasure trove
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of material.
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Notes on adventures that I'd forgotten.
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And in some cases, stories that Sherlock Holmes insists must
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not be published during the lifetime of.
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certain famous people involved.
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Phew, that certainly is a treasure trove. Do you mind
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if I take a peek in the sacred box, Dr.
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Watson? Not at all, Mr. Bell, not at all.
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Must be papers all tied up in tape. An old
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signet ring.
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Oh, that, just a token of the Duke of Bedford's esteem.
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Never did fit.
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Hey, what's this, Dr. Watson? A small dog collar.
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Yes, my boy, a small dog collar.
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And it brings to mind one of the most exciting
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and bizarre adventures that Sherlock Holmes and I ever encountered.
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I always referred to it as the adventure of the
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Stuttering Ghost.
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Stuttering Ghost. That sounds provocative, Dr.
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Watson.
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I hope you'll find it so, Mr. Bell.
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In just a moment, Dr.
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Watson will tell us the story of the Stuttering Ghost.
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Now, Dr.
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Watson, the floor is yours.
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Well, Mr.
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Bell, the story began on a certain September afternoon in, well,
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more years ago than I like to admit. Holmes and
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I were seated in our Baker Street lodgings, having returned
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a few hours previously from a much-needed.
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Holiday in Devonshire.
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Though our trip had proved far from restful as far
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as I was concerned, I could see that the.
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Change had worked wonders for my old friends. There was a.
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Distinct touch of colour in his usually pale face, and
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I knew by the sparkle in his eye that he
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was happy to be back in harness, as he sat
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there skimming through the letters that had accumulated during his absence.
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Watson, has it ever occurred to you that the entire
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course of history might have been changed, probably for the better,
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if paper and ink had never been invented?
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Oh, rubbish. It's good to be back in Baker Street again, eh, Holmes?
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Hmm, yes.
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Back to the routine of stupid letters from stupid people,
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after two peaceful weeks at the seaside.
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Peaceful?
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And you spent most of your time solving the problem
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of the lifeguard, the calabash, and.
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The dying nursemaid.
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Merely a routine matter, Watson. Though it did have
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its
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points of interest.
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Shh!
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Anything startling in this morning's post?
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The usual trivialities. The Duke of Greenock suspects the Duchess
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of planning to elope with the underfootman.
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Knowing the Duke, I can't say that I blame her. Quite.
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Doesn't anyone use imagination in committing crimes anymore?
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Aha.
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This looks more promising.
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What is it, Holmes?
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I shall present my problem to you at three o'clock
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tomorrow afternoon... It's almost three now, and the letter's dated yesterday.
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It doesn't sound particularly promising to me. Who is it from?
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It's simply signed Ferdinand.
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It's very odd.
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Holmes, it might be royalty.
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Only reigning monarchs sign themselves to strangers simply by their
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first names.
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If you're referring to Ferdinand of Spain, he's dead, you know.
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Oh, you're pulling my leg.
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Still, I can't recall a Ferdinand on any current European throne.
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Nor can I. And yet there is a certain tone
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of royal peremptoriness in the phrasing... There's the front doorbell.
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It's exactly three o'clock. That could be him now. Yes.
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While Mrs.
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Hudson answers the door, suppose we have another look at
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this note. Expensive paper. Written with a quill pen. And
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the presumably august scribe was unfortunate enough to get a
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smear of ink on the outer side of her right
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little finger.
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Why do you say her right little finger?
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It's a woman's writing. Come in. Yes, Mrs.
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Hudson? You have a visitor, Mr. Holmes, and she's got
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a wee dog with her. She said you might be
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expecting her.
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Very well, Mrs. Hudson. Show her up, please.
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Yes, sir.
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A woman and a wee dog. And here we are
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waiting for royalty.
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Watson, I've sometimes observed a distinctly snobbish strain in you.
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Most regrettable in these democratic days.
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Democratic?
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I've voted conservative all my life.
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Oh, Mr.
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Sherlock Holmes, you dear, dear man. Oh, I've heard so
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much about you. Oh, I suppose you're wondering who I am.
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Naturally, madam. Sit down, won't you? May I introduce my friend, Dr.
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Watson? How do you do, madam?
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How do you do? I'm Mrs.
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Frampton. Mrs.
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James Frampton.
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That's the Buckinghamshire Framptons, you know. And I've travelled all
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the way up here with darling little Fuzzly. And he
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does hate trains, don't you, sweetheart?
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By the way, Mrs.
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Frampton, would you mind telling me why you signed your note, Ferdinand?
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Why, Mr. Holmes, whatever makes you think I wrote your note?
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Among other things, the slight trace of an ink stain
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on your right little finger. Oh.
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Oh, dear. It's so simple when you explain it, isn't it?
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Quite.
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Well, since you're so clever, I did write that note.
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But only because Ferdinand here asked me to.
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What?
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Yes, the darling dictated it all by himself.
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And.
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I wrote it all down for him.
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What at the ball is that? Dog writing notes. Don't
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you think, Mrs.
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Frampton, that if your dog has any problems, a veterinary
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surgeon would be the logical person to consult?
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What?
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Oh, dear, now you've upset him. He's so terribly sensitive.
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Dr.
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Watson, I wonder if you'd mind taking him out for
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a little walk.
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Who, me?
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Yes.
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I'd much rather he was out of the way when
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I tell Mr. Holmes about him. He's so human, you know.
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I'm quite sure he understands.
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Every word I say. Oh, please, Dr.
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Watson.
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Come, Watson. Can't you see the little fellow's dying for
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some air? I think a little walk would do you
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both good.
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Well, come along, you little black little fellow.
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Come on. And now, Mrs.
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Frampton, may I ask what has brought you to see me?
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Well, Mr.
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Holmes, two weeks ago, one of Ferdy's gold collars was stolen.
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And a week after that, he was sent back to
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me with a very strange note.
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You have the note with you?
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Yes.
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Yes, it's here in my purse. Put your hands up, Mr.
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Holmes.
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Well.
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That's right.
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Do you mind pointing that revolver another way, Mrs. Frampton?
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I have no intention of pointing it another way. Furthermore,
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you'd be astonished at my skill in using it.
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Not at all. Oh? When a woman has the audacity
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to call on me with the outline of a revolver
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plainly visible through the side of her purse, I naturally
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assume she is able to use it.
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You knew I was armed, and yet you didn't... I regret.
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To say that sometimes my curiosity overcomes my caution. And
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I was very curious as to the purpose of the
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ridiculous ruse of the letter-writing dog. I still am.
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You'll very soon see... Go and sit in that upright
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chair by the desk there.
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Mr.
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Holmes, I assure you I won't hesitate to use this revolver.
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Go over to that chair.
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Very well.
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Sit down in it. With your back to me. That's it.
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I was admiring these handcuffs on your metal piece. They'll
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do very well to fasten you to the chair. Put
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your hands behind you.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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What's the game, Mrs.
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Brampton?
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Daylight robbery?
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Yes.
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Or murder, if you don't help me.
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You realize that my friend is liable to come back
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at any moment?
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Oh, no, Mr.
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Holmes.
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That beastly dog was a deliberate device to separate you
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and your friend.
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A colleague of mine will see that Dr.
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Watson is taken care of as soon as he gets outside.
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And now, Mr. Holmes, I do hope you're not going
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to be too difficult.
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The End.
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Come along, you stupid creature. You don't have to sniff every...
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Come on.
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Playing nursemaid to a Pekingese. I hope I don't run
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into anyone I know.
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Come along, you little brute. Come along.
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Excuse me, Governor.
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Yes, yes. Have you got a match?
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A match?
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Yes, I think I have.
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Oh, you're half a nice little dog, Governor.
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What's his name? His name? Never mind.
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You come here now.
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Why, you scoundrel. Put down that piece of lead pipe.
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Get out there under my feet, you nasty dog. You... Oh,
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you would, would you? Oh, you bloody chameleon.
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Oh.
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Oh.
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Madam, if you'll just tell me what you're looking for,
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I'll be delighted to tell you where to find it.
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There's no sense in messing all my files up.
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I want your records of the Rothier case.
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In the third drawer of this cabinet. Oh.
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Well, here we are.
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N-O-P-Q.
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Randolph.
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Rothier. Well, thank you, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
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Ah, there's the rescue party.
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But it can't be Dr.
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Watson.
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Alfie was to take care of him.
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Dr. Watson has resources that might surprise you. Sometimes they
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surprise even me.
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Well, I've got what I came for.
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Holmes, I had the most amazing experience.
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Yes, yes, you were set upon by a ruffian in
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the street.
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Phil asked for a match, and then... How did you know?
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Elementary, my dear Watson. Now, please get the key off
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the mantelpiece and unlock these handcuffs.
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Good heavens! Who trussed you up like that?
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Mrs. Frampton, at Revolver Point.
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You see? If you hadn't made me go out with
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that silly little dog, you.
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She would never have revealed her purpose in coming here. Watson,
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the whole thing was a plot to gain access to
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my files on the Rothier case.
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The Rothier case? Why, that case.
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Hurry up with that key, will you, old chap?
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Yes, of course. There you are. I say, how did
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that woman get out?
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Obviously down the back stairs, as you didn't pass her
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on the front. I assume her accomplice got away, too.
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Yes, he wouldn't have if I hadn't tripped up over
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the dog leash. I left us a little beast downstairs
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with Mrs.
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Hudson.
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Suppose we see if our caller took anything of any consequence.
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But Holmes.
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Why should anyone go to such fantastic lengths to steal
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the file on a criminal case that happened years ago?
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That's what we have to find out. You recall the
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Rothia affair, Watson?
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Yes, I could do. Something to do with the jewel robbery,
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was it? Yes.
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Rothia and his English accomplice, a gentleman known as Stuttering
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Steve Hacker, stole the famous Shrewsbury Emerald.
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Yes, yes, yes, of course, of course.
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The jewels were never recovered, but I was instrumental in
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bringing the men to justice.
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I remember it now.
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Rothia was killed resisting arrest, wasn't he?
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Yes, and Stuttering Steve Hacker was sentenced to seven years
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in Dartmoor... By George, Watson, I recall reading a small
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item in yesterday's paper that told of Hacker's
death in prison.
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That's the answer.
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You mean that on his deathbed, Hacker might have told
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someone the secret of where the jewelry is hidden?
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Precisely.
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The key to that secret must line these files. Let
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me see.
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Yes.
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Yes, I recall the case vividly now. There was a
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small piece of paper found on Rokey's body. An apparently
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meaningless series of numbers and figures. It was here in
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the file. And now she's got away with it, Watson.
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I deserve to be kicked from here tonight, Holmes.
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Now, listen to me.
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I was going through the file a few weeks ago,
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making some notes for my stories, and I remember coming
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across that set of paper.
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I copied the figures down in my notebook. Bravo, Watson.
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I don't know what I'd.
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Ever do without you. Oh, just a minute, just a minute.
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Here they are. Ah, here we are. Here are the figures. T-2-N-3-O-2-S-5-O.
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What the deuce does it mean, Holmes?
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I don't know, but I think I may have a glimmering.
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Get your coat and hat, old chap. The game's afoot.
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Where are we going?
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To Scotland Yard. And then I hope we'll be on
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the track of the Shrewsbury Emeralds.
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THE END I say, Holmes, if you don't want to talk.
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You might at least tell me why we're driving about
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in this dreary part of London. I don't care for
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it at all, especially at dusk.
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Sorry, Watson.
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I was thinking.
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Inspector Lestrade has just informed me that he's unearthed a
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new clue in the case.
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Oh?
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It seems that when Ruffet was hiding from the police,
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he worked for a time in this neighbourhood.
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Oh, where?
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At a place known as Gaunt's Castle. It's somewhere here
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off the Mile End Road. Apparently it's a sort of
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museum run by a
certain eccentric man named Jezra Gaunt.
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Its main claim to distinction is that it contains a catacomb. Or,
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to be precise, several catacombs.
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Extraordinary things.
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An ideal place to hide stolen jewels, I'd say.
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Catacombs? Here in London? Impossible.
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Not at all, Watson.
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But I thought they were vast underground tombs only found
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in Italy.
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These are reputed to be reproductions of the early catacombs
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of Rome.
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Good gracious me. Apparently, Mr.
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Gaunt found these deep underground caverns some years ago. And
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their natural contours made it possible for him to convert
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them into a modern counterpart of the Italian ones. All right, cabbie.
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This is the place.
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Right-o, cabbie. So this is Gaunt's Castle. A frightening looking place.
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Like a prison. It's getting dark. Why can't we come
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back in the morning, Holmes?
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I think there's somebody watching us through the peephole in
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the door.
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Yes, there would be.
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Uh-huh.
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He's opening it. Good evening, gentlemen.
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You're late.
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I was just locking my museum up for the night.
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You're Mr.
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Jester Gaunt? Yes, sir.
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At your service.
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My name is Sherlock Holmes, and this is my friend, Dr. Watson.
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How do you do, Mr. Gaunt?
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Mr.
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Holmes and Dr. Watson?
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Well, this is a great honor. Please step inside, gentlemen. I'll, uh,
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I'll turn the gas up. There. I, uh, hope you'll
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find the castle, as I call it, interesting.
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Mr.
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Gaunt, time is vitally important. Some three years ago, you
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had a man working for you as a laborer. His
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name was Routhier. I can't recall any man of that name, Mr.
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Holmes.
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He was a Frenchman, Mr. Gaunt. Does that mean anything
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to
you?
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Oh, I'm sorry, but in this part of London, there
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are many foreigners, and many of them have worked for me.
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But, uh.
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This man, Routhier, was a jewel thief. He is known
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to have hidden some very valuable emeralds, and it seems
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quite possible he may have hidden them here. Dear me!
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Stolen jewels in my catacombs, Mr.
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Holmes?
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Oh, no, I.
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I want you to give us your permission to deduct
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a detailed examination of your caves and to take some measurements.
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Ah, yes, of course.
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What an extraordinary coincidence. Coincidence?
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Yes.
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A man and a woman were here a little while ago.
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I didn't pay much attention to them as they entered,
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but I happened to observe them later in the catacombs.
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They were taking measurements. By Jove, Holmes.
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Go on, Mr. Gaunt.
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When they saw I was watching them, they were very
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evasive and left after a few moments. Until you mentioned
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taking measurements, the whole incident seemed unimportant.
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It was far from unimportant, Mr.
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Gaunt.
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They are desperate. We must work fast. May we start
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our search at once?
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Of Of course, of course.
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I'll go and light the gas. Extraordinary business.
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Holmes, Mrs.
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Frampton, that accomplice who attacked me, must have come here
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straight from Baker Street.
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Yes, and they'll be back. Probably tonight. It's a race
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against time.
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Well, so far they apparently haven't succeeded in deciphering the code.
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And neither have we. Watson, it's a battle of wits.
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Oh, really?
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They won the first round. Let's hope we can win
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the second.
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The End.
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Dr.
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Watson will continue his story in just a moment. Well, Dr. Watson,
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how did you and the great Sherlock Holmes make out
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when you explored the underground caves?
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For that first hour, we searched that strange place exhaustively
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without finding a clue. Then I remember we descended into
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one of the deepest and darkest caves. Must have been
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a weird picture as we stood there, our voices echoing hollowly.
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A vast black chasm yawning in front of us and
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a feeble flicker of gaslight throwing a pool of light
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on the piece of paper which Holmes held in his hand.
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Watson, I'm certain the figures on this paper are the
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clue to the missing emeralds. But why can't I get
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the code? T2.
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N-3-O-2-S-5-O.
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They might be pacing directions.
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Obviously, but beginning where?
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I don't know, but 2N could be two places north. Still,
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how about T and O?
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The T being the first letter is presumably the starting point.
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But what does it stand for?
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But of course.
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Here's the answer.
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Look here on the wall. You mean that colored tablet? Yes.
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It's a common early Christian symbol known as St. Anthony's Cross.
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And it's also the Greek letter T. This is our
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starting point. T is the first letter in this code.
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Then comes 2N.
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Let's try it. Two paces north. So.
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Then comes the letter O. Oh, it could mean zero.
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Yes, it could, old chap. Or it might be.
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Oh, no, I have it.
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Remember that Routhier was a Frenchman.
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What's that got to do with it?
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The French word for west is ouest, spelt O-U-E-S-T. French
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compasses have an O where ours have the W. Two
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paces north, three O, three paces west. See if Gont
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will lend us a spade, Watson, dear chap, will you?
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We're getting warm, we're getting decidedly warm.
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Holmes, Holmes, I think we've drawn a blank.
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So do I. Yet the code is a logical one.
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Two paces
north, three west, two south, five west.
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Wait a minute.
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Paces are inaccurate, Watson.
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They vary.
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A man would surely leave his records in carefully measured feet.
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Here's a tape measure. Why don't you try measuring it
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out in feet?
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Thanks. Now, two feet north, three west... Two south and
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five west would be here. Give me the spade, Watson.
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I'll do the digging this time.
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Oh, thanks very much. Holmes, if you dig any deeper,
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you'll come out in Australia.
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And yet I know we're basically on the right track.
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What an unmitigated idiot I am. Watson, look on the
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other side of this tape measure.
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What's on it?
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It's marked in meters. Rote was French. Now we have
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the answer, Watson. Two meters north, three west, two south,
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and five west. Give me the spade again.
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Here I am.
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If I'm wrong this time, I'll retire from my profession.
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What's that?
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It's a metal box. Watson, unless I'm very much mistaken,
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we've found the Shrewsbury Emerald.
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Great Scott!
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The box is a little tarnished, a little rusty. but
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its contents are undamaged. Look at these emeralds, Watson. Aren't
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they exquisite?
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In this gaslight, they look just like liquid jade. Quite
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a poet, aren't you, Dr. Watson? Oh, hello, Mr. Gaunt.
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You've quite startled me. We've found the treasure. I'm so glad, gentlemen.
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You've done the hard work for us.
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Look out, Watson. It's a trap.
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Come back here, Holmes.
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Drop that revolver, Gaunt. I missed your friend, Dr. Watson,
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but I won't miss you. Stand where you are.
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In any case, Mr. Holmes can't get away. Fortunately for us,
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he's run into a cave from which there.
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Is no exit.
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Gertrude!
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Alfie!
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Here we are!
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Did you find it, Jesra? Yes, my dear.
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Clever of them, wasn't it?
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I doubt whether we could have solved the code without
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their help.
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Scoundrels! I wish I could get my hands on you!
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Dr.
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Watson, surely you're in no position to threaten. The three
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of us are armed, and your friend can't help you. Mr.
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Sherlock Holmes, come out of that cave with your hands up.
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We've won the final round.
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Not while I have the emeralds you haven't.
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All round him out of there, blast him.
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It seems to me, Dr.
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Watson, that Mr.
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Holmes is being unusually stupid today.
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Be careful, Holmes. What's got you?
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Holmes! Holmes!
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Dear me, I'm afraid your friend's been injured, Doctor.
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For heaven's sake, let me go to him. I'm a doctor.
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I'm afraid I can't trust you. However, I'll tell Alfie
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to drag his body out here.
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Alfie!
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Never mind about Alfie.
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I just conked him one before I shot Mr.
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Holmes. That voice.
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It's stuttering Steve Hacker.
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But it can't be. Steve Hacker's dead.
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That's what you think. But he ain't dead. I bribed
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the prison doctor in his kite. Remember, I'm in the dark.
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You can't see me, but I can see you. You're
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standing in the light. You'd better do like I say.
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Dr. Watson? Yes, Hacker? What is it? I remember you.
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You ain't a.
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Bad sort of a text assistant. I trust you more
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than these rats. If you don't want me to shoot,
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you'd better drop your.
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Revolvers at Dr. Watson's feet. I'll trust him.
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Go on.
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Drop them. You better do as he says. I think
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he means business. All right, Hacker.
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Here.
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Now yours, Gertrude. There. Pick them up, Dr. Watson. I've
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got them.
Splendid, Holmes. Then hand me one. But, Holmes,
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where's Steve Hacker?
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Aside from the fact that he's dead, I have no idea,
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old chap. I took the liberty of impersonating him, or
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rather his ghost, temporally. You shot Alfie.
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Certainly.
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He was about to shoot me. But he is not
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quite dead, unfortunately. And now, Watson, old chap, I think
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it's about time we turn this unsavory little gathering over
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to the police. Watson, it's rather pleasant to be back
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in Baker Street. It's been a tiring day.
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You know, Holmes, the way you imitated stuttering Steve Hacker
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was amazing.
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Well, thanks, Alfred, old chap.
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Oh, not at all.
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You had them completely fooled. Of course, I saw the
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whole thing immediately.
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Oh, of course.
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You're very clever, though. You shot Alfie and then faked
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your own wounded groans.
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Yes.
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Amazing, whatever.
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It was remarkably effective. And Alfie's subsequent confession confirmed my suspicions. Hacker,
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ill and afraid of dying... talked with Alfie during his
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recent stay in Dartmoor and told him to find the
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booty and share it with Hacker's wife. But Alfie, as
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soon as he was released from prison and thinking Hacker dead,
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decided to get it all for himself and his accomplices.
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As pretty a tangle of criminality as I ever ran into.
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Perhaps your return to practice won't be as dull as
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you think.
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Come in.
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Excuse me, Mr.
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Holmes, but about the dolls. Dog?
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What dog?
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The nice, sweet fellow the lady brought this afternoon.
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He's still downstairs.
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I gave him a bath and a nice, big beef bone. Now,
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what do you want me to do with him?
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Hmm.
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An intriguing problem. Let me see now. He's been cooped
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up a long time.
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Oh, here it comes.
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I think it would be an excellent idea if Dr.
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Watson took him for a nice walk.
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A nice walk? Holmes, I'm very tired. Oh, come, Watson.
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Remember, he's quite a remarkable animal. He wrote a letter.
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He convinced you that he was royalty and then undoubtedly
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saved your life. I think you owe him a little consideration,
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don't you?
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Well, of course, if you put it that way, I
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suppose we've got to.
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And that's how you acquired this little dog collar.
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Eh, Dr.
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Watson?
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That's right, Mr.
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Bell.
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I had that wretched little animal on my hands till
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it died of old age.
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I got quite fond of it, as a matter of fact.
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I see. And what story are you going to tell
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us next week, Dr.
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Watson?
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Well, now, next week I think I'll tell you a
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story I call The Adventure of Black Angus. I always
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think it was one of the most gruesome and macabre
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experiences that Sherlock.
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Holmes and I ever encountered.
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Tonight's new Sherlock Holmes adventure was suggested by an incident
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in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story, The Adventure of
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the Noble Bachelor. Nigel Bruce appeared by permission of California
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Pictures and Tom Conway through the courtesy of Eagle Lion Pictures.
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This is Joseph Bells.
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And inviting you to be with us next week at
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this same time when Dr. Watson will tell us The
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Adventure of Black Angus. This is ABC, the American Broadcasting Company.