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001 - Story 1 The Field Bazaar · Four Noncanonical Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

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  Speaker 1: Four non canonical Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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  Speaker 1: This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in
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  Speaker 1: the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please
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  Speaker 1: visit LibriVox dot org. Dramatis Persona Sherlock Holmes read by
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  Speaker 1: Peter Yearsley Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Watson read by David Purdy.
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  Speaker 3: Here Bier de Lernach read by L. G. Peg. James
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  Speaker 3: Bland read by Lewis West Potterhood read by James Curry,
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  Speaker 3: Inspector Collins read by Our Mapstone.
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  Speaker 1: James McPherson read by Charles Conover.
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  Speaker 2: Saint Helen's Stationmaster read by Rob.
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  Speaker 1: Marland, Manchester Stationmaster read by Lary.
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  Speaker 2: Wilson, Collins Green Stationmaster read by Twinkle Earlston station Master
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  Speaker 2: read by Adrian Stephens. Station Master read by Lauren Emma
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  Speaker 2: Kenyon Junction station Master read by Thomas Peter bart and Moss.
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  Speaker 2: Station Master read by Marvin Bonarescue.
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  Speaker 3: James read by Noel Vox. Edward read by Thomas Peter.
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  Speaker 2: Sparrow, McCoy read by Adrian Stephens, John Palmer read by
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  Speaker 2: Brent Burgess. John read by Charles Carnover, Coroner read by
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  Speaker 2: Lauren Emma Dude, read by James Curin.
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  Speaker 1: Narrator read by Michelle Eaton. Chapter one of four non
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  Speaker 1: canonical Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. This
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  Speaker 1: is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the
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  Speaker 1: public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit
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  Speaker 1: LibriVox dot org. Chapter one, The Field Bazaar.
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  Speaker 2: I should certainly do it, said Sherlock Holmes. I started
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  Speaker 2: at the end, for my companion had been eating his breakfast,
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  Speaker 2: with his attention entirely centered upon the paper, which was
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  Speaker 2: propped up by the coffee pot. Now I looked across
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  Speaker 2: at him to find his eyes fastened upon me with
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  Speaker 2: the half amused, half questioning expression which he usually assumed
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  Speaker 2: when he felt he had made an intellectual point. Do
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  Speaker 2: what I asked, he smiled, as he took his slipper
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  Speaker 2: from the mantelpiece and drew from it enough shagged tobacco
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  Speaker 2: to fill the old clay pipe with which he invariably
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  Speaker 2: rounded off his breakfast.
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  Speaker 3: A most characteristic question of yours, Watson said, he You
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  Speaker 3: will not, I am sure be offended if I say
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  Speaker 3: that any reputation for sharpness which I may possess, has
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  Speaker 3: been entirely gained by the admirable foil which you have
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  Speaker 3: made for me. Have I not heard of debutantes who
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  Speaker 3: have insisted upon plainness in their chaperones? There is a
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  Speaker 3: certain analogy.
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  Speaker 2: Our long companionship in the Baker Street rooms had left
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  Speaker 2: us on those easy terms of intimacy, when much may
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  Speaker 2: be said without offense. And yet I acknowledged that I
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  Speaker 2: was nettled at his remark. I may be very obtuse,
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  Speaker 2: said I, but I confess that I am unable to
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  Speaker 2: see how you have managed to know that I was.
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  Speaker 3: I was asked to help in the Edinburgh University Bazaar precisely.
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  Speaker 2: The letter has only just come to hand, and I
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  Speaker 2: have not spoken to you since.
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  Speaker 3: In spite of that.
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  Speaker 2: Said Holmes, leaning back in his chair and putting his
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  Speaker 2: finger tips together.
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  Speaker 3: I would even venture to suggest that the object of
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  Speaker 3: the bazaar is to enlarge the university cricket field.
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  Speaker 2: I looked at him in such bewilderment that he vibrated
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  Speaker 2: with silent laughter.
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  Speaker 3: The fact is, my dear Watson, that you are an
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  Speaker 3: excellent subject, said he. You are never blase. You respond
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  Speaker 3: instantly to any external stimulus. Your mental processes may be slow,
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  Speaker 3: but they are never obscure. I found during breakfast that
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  Speaker 3: you were easier reading than the leader in the times
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  Speaker 3: in front of me.
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  Speaker 2: I should be glad to know how you arrived at
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  Speaker 2: your conclusions, said I.
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  Speaker 3: I fear that my good nature in giving explanations has
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  Speaker 3: seriously compromised.
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  Speaker 2: My reputation, said Holmes.
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  Speaker 3: But in this case the train of reasoning is based
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  Speaker 3: upon such obvious facts that no credit can be claimed
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  Speaker 3: for it. You entered the room with a thoughtful expression,
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  Speaker 3: the expression of a man who is debating some point
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  Speaker 3: in his mind. In your hand you held a solitary letter. Now,
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  Speaker 3: last night you retired in the best of spirits, so
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  Speaker 3: it was clear that it was this letter in your
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  Speaker 3: hand which had caused the change in you.
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  Speaker 2: This is obvious.
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  Speaker 3: It is all obvious when it is explained to you.
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  Speaker 3: I naturally asked myself what the letter could contain which
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  Speaker 3: might have this effect upon you. As you walked, you
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  Speaker 3: held the flap side of the envelope towards me, and
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  Speaker 3: I saw upon it the same shield shaped device which
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  Speaker 3: I have observed upon your old college cricket cap. It
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  Speaker 3: was clear then that the request came from Edinburgh University
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  Speaker 3: or from some club connected with the university. When you
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  Speaker 3: reached the table, you laid down the letter beside your plate,
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  Speaker 3: with the address uppermost, and you walked over to look
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  Speaker 3: at the framed photograph upon the left of the mantelpiece.
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  Speaker 2: It amazed me to see the accuracy with which he
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  Speaker 2: had observed my movements. What next, I asked.
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  Speaker 3: I began by glancing at the address, and I could tell,
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  Speaker 3: even at the distance of six feet, that it was
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  Speaker 3: an unofficial communication. This I gathered from the use of
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  Speaker 3: the word doctor upon the address, to which, as a
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  Speaker 3: bachelor of Medicine, you have no legal claim. I knew
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  Speaker 3: that university officials are pedantic in their correct use of titles,
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  Speaker 3: and I was thus enabled to say with certainty that
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  Speaker 3: your letter was unofficial. When on your return to the table,
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  Speaker 3: you turned over your letter and allowed me to perceive
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  Speaker 3: that the enclosure was a printed one. The idea of
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  Speaker 3: a bazaar first occurred to me. I had already weighed
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  Speaker 3: the possibility of its being a political communication, but this
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  Speaker 3: seemed improbable in the present stagnant conditions of politics. When
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  Speaker 3: you returned to the table, your face still retained its expression,
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  Speaker 3: and it was evident that your examination of the photograph
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  Speaker 3: had not changed the current of your thoughts. In that case,
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  Speaker 3: it must itself bear upon the subject in question. I
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  Speaker 3: turned my attention to the photograph therefore, and saw at
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  Speaker 3: once that it consisted of yourself as a member of
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  Speaker 3: the Edinburgh University eleven, with the pavilion and cricket field
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  Speaker 3: in the background. My small experience of cricket clubs has
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  Speaker 3: taught me that, next to churches and cavalry ensigns, they
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  Speaker 3: are the most debt laden things upon earth. When upon
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  Speaker 3: your return to the table, I saw you take out
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  Speaker 3: your pencil and draw lines upon the envelope, I was
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  Speaker 3: convinced that you were endeavoring to realize some projected improvement
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  Speaker 3: which was to be brought about by a bazaar. Your
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  Speaker 3: face still showed some indecision, so that I was able
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  Speaker 3: to break in upon you with my advice that you
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  Speaker 3: should assist in so good an object.
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  Speaker 2: I could not help smiling at the extreme simplicity of
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  Speaker 2: his explanation. Of course, it was as easy as possible,
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  Speaker 2: said I. My remark appeared to nettle him.
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  Speaker 3: I may add, said he that the particular help which
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  Speaker 3: you have been asked to give was that you should
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  Speaker 3: write in their album, and that you have already made
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  Speaker 3: up your mind that the present incident will be the
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  Speaker 3: subject of your article.
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  Speaker 2: But how I cried, it.
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  Speaker 3: Is as easy as possible, said he, and I leave
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  Speaker 3: its solution to your own ingenuity.
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  Speaker 2: In the meantime, he added, raising his paper, you.
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  Speaker 3: Will excuse me if I returned to this very resting
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  Speaker 3: article upon the Trees of Cremona and the exact reasons
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  Speaker 3: for the pre eminence in the manufacture of violins. It
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  Speaker 3: is one of those small, outlying problems to which I
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  Speaker 3: am sometimes tempted to direct my attention.
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  Speaker 1: End of Chapter one