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Sherlock Holmes Radio The Night Before Christmas Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruc · Sherlock Holmes

• 0:01
  Speaker 1: And now I'm sure I have good friend doctor Watson's
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  Speaker 1: waiting for us, So let's go and join me.
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  Speaker 2: Come in, Come in, do ith? There you are, mister cool,
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  Speaker 2: say doctor.
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  Speaker 1: I can see you're gonna have yourself quite a Christmas
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  Speaker 1: big tree in the corner with colored lights on it.
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  Speaker 1: Where'd you get those table covered with presents? You must
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  Speaker 1: be mighty pocket.
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  Speaker 2: For me, my boy.
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  Speaker 3: You see, I'm having a Christmas body tomorrow for my
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  Speaker 3: housekeeper's little nieces.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm going to dress up to send close for him.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm sure you look very convincing in the park. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, doctor, I brought you a little present.
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  Speaker 4: Here it is.
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  Speaker 2: I hope you'll like it.
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  Speaker 3: I got one for you too. Oh you mustn't open
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  Speaker 3: it untill tomorrow. Here, I'm a boy.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks a lot, doctor, And now how's about tonight's story?
• 0:51
  Speaker 1: Last week you told us you had chosen an adventure
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  Speaker 1: with a lot of Christmas ey apples.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, my story.
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  Speaker 3: Begins on another Christmas Eve, many may years ago, to
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  Speaker 3: the exact in eighteen hundred and eighty six. Time the
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  Speaker 3: adventure occurred, I must confess I didn't quite understand what
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  Speaker 3: was going on myself In fact, I never did quite
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  Speaker 3: make head of tails of it until till Holmes took
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  Speaker 3: pity on me later and explain the whole thing. But
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  Speaker 3: I shan't try to confuse you, mister Battle. I'll tell
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  Speaker 3: little story exactly that happened.
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  Speaker 2: Right you are, Natty, Let's go on that Christmas Eve
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  Speaker 2: in eighty six.
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  Speaker 3: I was standing in our Baker Street rooms, dressed in
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  Speaker 3: the costume of Santa Claus.
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  Speaker 2: Holmes is long, thin.
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  Speaker 3: Fingers pressed together, laid back in an armchair and gazed
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  Speaker 3: at me quizically, while our housekeeper, Missus Hudson, stood.
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  Speaker 2: By the door.
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  Speaker 5: And what you make a grand Santa Claus chap is
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  Speaker 5: a little uncomfortable. Just look, oh, you look just like
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  Speaker 5: the old man on the Christmas cards.
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  Speaker 6: Doctor, it really.
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  Speaker 7: Comes Jerry Drinkle, the eyes, the ready complexion, and the
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  Speaker 7: appropriate girth for a shame we can't obtain some snow
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  Speaker 7: and a sleigh and reindeer for you, However, I'm shureing
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  Speaker 7: Missus Hudson's nieces will.
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  Speaker 6: Be very much impressed.
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  Speaker 4: The will that, sir.
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  Speaker 8: And it's very kind of you, doctor to offer to
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  Speaker 8: come over to that house with me, the father in
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  Speaker 8: the hospital and my sister at his dead side. It
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  Speaker 8: would have been a very miserable Christmas without you.
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  Speaker 3: Enjoy But I think i'll take this beer off before
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  Speaker 3: we get there.
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  Speaker 2: That's it? Are you ready to leave, missus Hudson?
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  Speaker 8: I am, sir. Will I get a cab?
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  Speaker 2: How? Father? We have to go?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, Lexington Gardens, number twenty eight. It's just off the
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  Speaker 8: Edgeware Road.
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  Speaker 2: Doctor far. But bearing in mind my costume masters, we'd
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  Speaker 2: better take a cab.
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  Speaker 8: Hi, sir, I'll get on, Holmes.
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  Speaker 2: What are you going to do with yourself? I hate
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  Speaker 2: leaving you alone on Christmas?
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  Speaker 9: Oh no, borry old chap.
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  Speaker 7: I shall spend a profitable evening writing on my new monograph.
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  Speaker 2: What just went about?
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  Speaker 9: An analysis of.
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  Speaker 7: Teeth marks on pipe stems with a particular regard to
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  Speaker 7: indicated character.
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  Speaker 2: Which is very how exciting? Well I was.
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  Speaker 7: Begging, don't forget your sack of presents over. When you
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  Speaker 7: come to distribute them, you will find the die of
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  Speaker 7: the liberty of adding a few trinkets on my own behalf.
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  Speaker 2: That's very thoughtful of you.
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  Speaker 8: Excuse me, mister Holmes. But there's a gentleman to see you,
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  Speaker 8: says he's an old friend of yours. Here's his character.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, thank you, it's all wready, come splendid ask him
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  Speaker 7: to come up bus, Missus Hudson.
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  Speaker 9: And I hope your party is a great success. Missus Hudson,
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  Speaker 9: Thank you, sir.
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  Speaker 8: Are you sure you don't want him to stay now
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  Speaker 8: that you have a visitor?
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  Speaker 7: Oh no, no, no, no, indeed no, Missus Hudson. I
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  Speaker 7: can show the gentleman out myself. You go off for
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  Speaker 7: a good time, Thank you, sir.
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  Speaker 2: I wonder what Lord will want?
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  Speaker 9: Pepsiz should stay, please, my dear, certainly not you? Are
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  Speaker 9: you far more important?
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  Speaker 2: What to do?
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  Speaker 7: W he can probably wants his revenge at chess or
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  Speaker 7: something equally innocuous.
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  Speaker 9: Off with you, all right, my dear fellow, and enjoy
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  Speaker 9: yoursel just the same.
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  Speaker 2: I wish you were coming with me.
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  Speaker 4: I'll see you later there, Come on up when you come. Hello,
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  Speaker 4: homes evening, Watson. You make a very convincing Santa Claus.
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  Speaker 1: Are you leaving.
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  Speaker 2: Good night? Then? How are you home all alone.
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  Speaker 4: On Christmas Eve?
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  Speaker 6: Yes?
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  Speaker 9: Come, I'm glad you came over to see me. What's
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  Speaker 9: it to be an evening of chess? Or have you
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  Speaker 9: on earth?
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  Speaker 7: Some recent treasure of medieval pottery that we can discuss
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  Speaker 7: neither homes.
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  Speaker 4: I've come to you in your professional capacity.
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  Speaker 7: I need help now, will it come telling me that,
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  Speaker 7: after all these years of quiet friendship, you are going
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  Speaker 7: to become a client.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm afraid their homes.
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  Speaker 4: Though, I doubt if my problem will problem will interest
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  Speaker 4: you very much. It's hardly up to your rather colorful standards.
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  Speaker 4: Carefuls to girls.
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  Speaker 9: Now, my dear William, what's your trouble?
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  Speaker 2: Well?
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  Speaker 4: I decided this year to have a little Christmas party
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  Speaker 4: at my townhouse. I'm quite comfortably officing on to me
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  Speaker 4: that I have several relatives and friends who are not
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  Speaker 4: as well off. I'm having a party for them tonight,
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  Speaker 4: homes and I hope you'd attend it disguised as a
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  Speaker 4: Santa Claus.
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  Speaker 7: My dear fellow, I've adopted many of these guys as
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  Speaker 7: my time a farther Christmas has never been one of them.
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  Speaker 9: Why do you want me to attend your party in disguise?
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  Speaker 6: In any case?
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  Speaker 9: A shamed if you have friendship a private detective? Or
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  Speaker 9: do you consider my.
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  Speaker 7: Features more acceptable when buried beneath the depths of a
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  Speaker 7: snowy beer.
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  Speaker 4: Oh my dear homes do take me seriously.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not joking, and I assure your caution not a caution,
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  Speaker 2: right you?
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  Speaker 9: Weren't you want me to attend your party in disguise?
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  Speaker 4: Why I'm giving some very valuable presents diamond and onyx
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  Speaker 4: cuff links in platlum and ruby earrings and then such like.
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  Speaker 4: And I've wrapped each of the presents in banknotes. Jure me, well,
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  Speaker 4: aren't these presents now in a sack in charge of
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  Speaker 4: my butler. I'm going to dress up a Santa clause
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  Speaker 4: and give him out myself. Until I got the warning letter.
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  Speaker 4: That's why I come to you warning letterary, Yes, I'm
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  Speaker 4: received it by this evening's post.
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  Speaker 2: This, my dear lord Whittickomb.
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  Speaker 4: Your generosity with Christmas presents.
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  Speaker 2: Borders on ostentation. We do not approve either.
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  Speaker 4: We receive five thousand pounds in sovereigns at post rest
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  Speaker 4: ont Box three seventy nine by six o'clock on Christmas Eve.
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  Speaker 4: Or I'm afraid a Christmas party will be conspicuous by
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  Speaker 4: its absence of presents.
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  Speaker 7: I see that note wig will do he is here
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  Speaker 7: thanks m plain paper on from a penny notebook.
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  Speaker 9: Writing is obviously disgui, isn't it.
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  Speaker 6: Why George, Yes, whitting Com, I accept the case.
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  Speaker 7: I'll come with you to your party at once. And furthermore,
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  Speaker 7: I shall follow your suggestion regarding the disguise rest as
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  Speaker 7: Santa Claus, I shall be less likely to attract suspicion.
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  Speaker 4: And delighted homes. What made you decide so suddenly? This writing,
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  Speaker 4: my dear fellow, this writing, it's in a false hand.
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  Speaker 4: I'd know that characteristic m in my dear Whittam. I've
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  Speaker 4: seen it too often at the beginning of the signature.
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  Speaker 7: Mariotti, Mariotti, one of the cleverest, must unscrupulous criminals in England.
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  Speaker 2: We come.
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  Speaker 7: There's no time to be lost. It's sliped me see
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  Speaker 7: now six thirty. I've an not found the deadline given
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  Speaker 7: you in this letter. We'mascaria house once.
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  Speaker 8: This is as far as the cab can take us,
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  Speaker 8: don't you can?
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  Speaker 2: It's five sillings for you. Merry Christmas, pleasure.
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  Speaker 10: Merry Christmas.
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  Speaker 8: You said you wanted to get into the house through
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  Speaker 8: the back way so that you could supprise the children.
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  Speaker 2: Come down the kitchen. Children.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, you can get to the back of the house.
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  Speaker 8: But going up the alley. Here, I'll go in the
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  Speaker 8: front spend missus. Which is the house number twenty eight.
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  Speaker 8: It's the third one down the alley. Doctor, out of
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  Speaker 8: the back window opening no time, and you can slip
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  Speaker 8: in without any of the beer and see.
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  Speaker 2: Well, gloomy little street. Oh that was where's the music
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  Speaker 2: coming from?
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  Speaker 8: Oh it's from that temple across the seat, doctor, the
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  Speaker 8: Disciples of the Octagonal Square.
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  Speaker 2: They call themselves. What on earth I suppose that means?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, some new fangled cult heathens? Most likely?
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  Speaker 3: Hello, I'm not the only to close abroad tonight. Look
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  Speaker 3: at that across the street there.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, there's just like yourself, doctor, And carry in a
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  Speaker 8: sack too. He's running up the steps to the temple.
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  Speaker 2: He slipped on the eyes, was.
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  Speaker 8: Doctor, Do not trip for yourself?
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  Speaker 2: Give me your hand. Thank you, sir, fellow of men
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  Speaker 2: who have to help me. Tell you know you come
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  Speaker 2: dot that. I told you to be careful. Now you
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  Speaker 2: fall into it's just confounded red coat of mine. It
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  Speaker 2: it tripped me up.
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  Speaker 8: Did you have your son?
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  Speaker 2: I think? How about use it? Well?
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  Speaker 9: I'm all right, thanks sell you have me to run?
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  Speaker 2: Why isn't it here's your sex?
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  Speaker 3: Thank you?
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  Speaker 2: Good night and marry Christmatt.
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  Speaker 3: You went into the temple, must be disciple of the
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  Speaker 3: octagonal square.
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  Speaker 2: You're sure you know how to do? No, no, of course,
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  Speaker 2: mister Hudson, give me my sex please, thank you. Your
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  Speaker 2: sister's houses the third one down this alleyway.
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  Speaker 8: Is that I'll have you know in the back window.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, I'll be waiting for him, Missus Hudson. Rather fun
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  Speaker 3: the shame homes isn't with us? Well, he's probably happier
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  Speaker 3: having a good game of chess with Lord will Com.
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  Speaker 4: This is my house, homes number thirty nine at an I'm.
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  Speaker 9: Conson square eh and dear Old Watson is just around the.
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  Speaker 6: Corner in Lexington.
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  Speaker 7: Gardens and hasn't any idea that I've left Baker Spears
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  Speaker 7: here you are, Caddy.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, sir.
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  Speaker 6: Have merry Christmas their.
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  Speaker 9: Uh huh, there's no carol singers.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, we'll probably have our fill of them before this
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  Speaker 4: evening's over.
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  Speaker 10: Good evening, milone.
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  Speaker 4: Have the have the guests arrived?
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  Speaker 2: Hard read?
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  Speaker 9: Most of them are?
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  Speaker 6: They're in the library.
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  Speaker 10: You brought another Santa Claus with you?
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  Speaker 9: I see, mild another Santa Claus?
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  Speaker 2: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 10: The gentlemen arrived three quarters of an hour ago, sir,
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  Speaker 10: dressed as Santa Claus. I took him to your study
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  Speaker 10: in the Lord and showed him the sack of present.
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  Speaker 6: Some found it got here before us? Where's this study
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  Speaker 6: in this way?
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  Speaker 9: I hope I didn't do long bedow.
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  Speaker 10: You told me that a gentleman dressed to Santa Claus
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  Speaker 10: would be coming here. Dear me, the gentleman appears to
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  Speaker 10: have gone, yes, and the sack containing the presence with him.
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  Speaker 10: But he can't have left the house, milorda.
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  Speaker 4: I've been watching the front door, yes, and while you were.
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  Speaker 9: Doing that, he slipped down through the window.
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  Speaker 6: Here the catches, and I'm grave describe this man. I
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  Speaker 6: can't tell you much about his appearance.
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  Speaker 10: I'm afraid, sir. He was dressed to Santa Clauss, just
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  Speaker 10: like yourself. But I did notice one thing about him, sir, Oh,
• 11:32
  Speaker 10: what was that he lisped? Was quite pronounced?
• 11:35
  Speaker 7: Of course, Lou the Lisper on Earth is Lou the Lisper,
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  Speaker 7: one of Mariati's most trusted the compasses. Fortunately, though I've
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  Speaker 7: had news of him later through my underworld grapevine.
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  Speaker 4: You know where he lives.
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  Speaker 9: He's reputed him. Have some connections with a.
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  Speaker 7: New cut that calls themselves the Disciples of the Octagonal Square.
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  Speaker 9: The headquarters are just around the corner from here.
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  Speaker 7: Let's go there, cos And yes, sir, get a message
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  Speaker 7: to Scotland Yard as fast as you can. Ask for
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  Speaker 7: inspectorless Chard until and joined me at the Temple of
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  Speaker 7: the Octagonal Square in Lextant Gardens as soon as possible.
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  Speaker 8: Well, the children are awful excited doctors.
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  Speaker 2: I told them you're just skin down, slip the bed on,
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  Speaker 2: and then I'll go into them.
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  Speaker 8: Will I announce you.
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  Speaker 2: Have no children?
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  Speaker 8: Clients. Santa Claus is coming to see you, and he's
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  Speaker 8: brought your own presence. Hello, Clammy, Jasey, did you bring
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  Speaker 8: me a present?
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  Speaker 2: A minute?
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  Speaker 8: They call me Bertie. Did you come down the chimney? Yes,
• 12:52
  Speaker 8: that you had a time of doing it. You're so fast.
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  Speaker 8: Santa Claus will give you your present, and.
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  Speaker 2: What's your name? Little man by?
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  Speaker 8: Though I've got a cold, you have, will children.
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  Speaker 2: Gather around men, I'll see what present I got for you.
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  Speaker 2: The first present is I'll be right, It says for
• 13:16
  Speaker 2: her Grace, the doctor Duchess of Buller.
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  Speaker 8: Do you suppose mister Holmes has been playing a practical
• 13:23
  Speaker 8: joking doctor.
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  Speaker 3: I suppose that I can't see the point, but he
• 13:27
  Speaker 3: said he'd added a few trinkets of his own.
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  Speaker 2: I want my pleasure. Then, supposing you take this else?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you?
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  Speaker 3: And this one is mark for the reverence off the
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  Speaker 3: Carter Holmes it up to here you are, bady true say,
• 13:43
  Speaker 3: and this is for.
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  Speaker 2: You, Nad, because you've been a good little boy.
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  Speaker 8: Very big, is it? I wanted the dog.
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  Speaker 2: Because we're flopping you a dog next year, Larnald, Doctor Watson.
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  Speaker 8: Yes, look at the rapping on these presents. Dr Brother
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  Speaker 8: twenty five notes.
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  Speaker 2: Scott, Oh look what I can. Let me see why, cutlings,
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  Speaker 2: I'm very much was taken. You have it? I swear
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  Speaker 2: that these are just rubes. What in thunder's going on?
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  Speaker 2: I'm give me bad mind you as well? Here you
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  Speaker 2: are here after you?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know, missus Hutson. Perhaps my toils are still
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  Speaker 3: at the bottomless sack.
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  Speaker 2: I can't understand it.
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  Speaker 3: I was homes are here instead of dozing in front
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  Speaker 3: of our far in Baker Street?
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  Speaker 2: Where are you homes.
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  Speaker 6: Here for the bed?
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  Speaker 7: This is the only room in the temple that gives
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  Speaker 7: any signs I been living our bird has been here,
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  Speaker 7: but I'm afraid flown which inspected les start to get here?
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  Speaker 6: It struck a match, will you wim right?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, here's a candle on the table.
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  Speaker 6: Just a side feared got on the bed, a big
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  Speaker 6: coat and a beard.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, lu the lippers discarages disguised and gone and with him.
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  Speaker 7: I'm afraid you are valuable person.
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  Speaker 10: To wait a minute.
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  Speaker 2: Here's a sack lying on the floor. Oh no, this
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  Speaker 2: isn't mine. Look what's in it?
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  Speaker 4: A toy dog, large box of chocolates.
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  Speaker 6: Little girls do worry thunder, but this is watson sack.
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  Speaker 4: But how on earth could lose the Lisper have got hold.
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  Speaker 7: Of it somewhere somehow he Watson must have made an
• 15:30
  Speaker 7: accidental change and lure. The Lisper has no doubt trying
• 15:32
  Speaker 7: to track Wat's and done at this very moment. He
• 15:34
  Speaker 7: must work fast. Willingham on my friend's life and those
• 15:37
  Speaker 7: are missus Hudson and our relatives won't be what I
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  Speaker 7: Thinker's damn.
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  Speaker 1: Doctor, you can't break off your story there before I
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: go on, I.
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: Thought we'd never glass port to the Freshman's up. Oh
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: well that's riff, that's something different. Instead of talking about
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: port as I sometimes do. It'll be nice to drink
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  Speaker 2: some change. Merry Christmas too, the same to you.
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  Speaker 4: And now what happened next?
• 16:12
  Speaker 6: Doctor?
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: We left you at the children's Christmas party in Sherlock
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  Speaker 1: Holmes and Lord Weddick around the corner at the Temple
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  Speaker 1: of the Octagonal Square.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, though at the time, of course, I had no
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  Speaker 3: idea what was going on there. I was cheerfully handing
• 16:25
  Speaker 3: out gibbs Worth.
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: Will it not at King's at.
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  Speaker 3: Least to baron its ransom while outside the Temple of
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: the Octagonal Square Homes, Lord Wiickam, we're talking to inspectionless.
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  Speaker 7: Strad Yes, it seems to me, Lord Whittikem, you'd have
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  Speaker 7: been wiser to get in touch with Scotland Yard when
• 16:44
  Speaker 7: you first got the warning Loot if we could have
• 16:47
  Speaker 7: nabbed him when he came to your.
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  Speaker 6: House and pinched the second presence.
• 16:50
  Speaker 7: Art is no time for person modems. We've got to
• 16:52
  Speaker 7: reach Lou the Lisper before he finds doctor Watson.
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  Speaker 6: You suppose he can do that at homes.
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  Speaker 9: It wouldn't be difficult.
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  Speaker 7: Lou the Lisper is nearly as clever as his masterp
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  Speaker 7: offer somebody out the chances are that you were followed
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  Speaker 7: when you came to bag the street to night Whittingham
• 17:04
  Speaker 7: pequally likely that Watson and missus Hudson were followed as
• 17:06
  Speaker 7: they left it. My artist seldom leaves anything to once.
• 17:09
  Speaker 9: Well, where did Doc Watson?
• 17:10
  Speaker 7: Gold and Lexington Gardens? It's still around the corner from here,
• 17:13
  Speaker 7: work in this go there at once?
• 17:15
  Speaker 6: Might not quite away?
• 17:16
  Speaker 7: No, no, no, norim use a little subtlety now Lula
• 17:19
  Speaker 7: list Fer wishes to record that sack of persons from Watson.
• 17:22
  Speaker 9: How would he invade the party with the least possible trouble.
• 17:25
  Speaker 4: By dressing up a center clothes again?
• 17:27
  Speaker 9: No, no, I think he's over played that role for
• 17:29
  Speaker 9: one evening. Well, then I would he try to get
• 17:31
  Speaker 9: in Miss Drones?
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: Oh?
• 17:32
  Speaker 6: Come now, as drive.
• 17:33
  Speaker 9: A group of people can enter any house on Christmas.
• 17:35
  Speaker 6: Eve without invitation, without creating suspicion.
• 17:37
  Speaker 9: You care exactly?
• 17:39
  Speaker 7: I shouldn't be at all surprised if at this moment
• 17:41
  Speaker 7: lu the Lisper and some of his gang are singing
• 17:43
  Speaker 7: carols outside twenty eight Lexington Gardens.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: Worth, then what are we going to do?
• 17:46
  Speaker 9: Former rival Caudl Society? How many of the men to
• 17:49
  Speaker 9: bring with you?
• 17:49
  Speaker 7: Three sergeant and two constable weren't great coats, Yes, miss rolls,
• 17:54
  Speaker 7: but why work they can hide their helmets and pretend
• 17:57
  Speaker 7: to be singers. Come on, let's go over there, and
• 18:00
  Speaker 7: while we're walking we'll rehearse on carols, he mused.
• 18:02
  Speaker 9: Appear reasonably been.
• 18:04
  Speaker 7: Saying, sandere, let's start sanders.
• 18:24
  Speaker 8: No, no, you must make downe to close to child.
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: Hurtlesus Hudson hop on, l hop on.
• 18:34
  Speaker 8: The come in sign.
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: Of course, they can ask him to come in. Missus Hudson.
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: Come on, let me get you back to Oh no, no,
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: take it.
• 18:43
  Speaker 8: Let me see your reindeer, said, see.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: My reindeer stap on the roof. I climb up to
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: see him. No, no, no, you must do that. There asleep,
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: Here are the carol singers. If you get your we
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: go that's it.
• 18:57
  Speaker 11: Good evening, gentlemen, Good evening, and marry Chris mat Would
• 19:00
  Speaker 11: you like to sing some.
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: Carols for the children after that? I'm sure you'd like
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: a drop of some of the woman up well, thank you, sir.
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: We chill like that. Let you before somewhere my month mother.
• 19:12
  Speaker 11: I'm sure you haven't.
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: Come on, man, let's sing. Good King went for it.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: God well here.
• 19:35
  Speaker 9: We are outside the osmist room.
• 19:37
  Speaker 6: Now listen, uh huh, Luba Lisper and these men are
• 19:42
  Speaker 6: already there are we going in?
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: Now I'm in.
• 19:45
  Speaker 7: You will have your functions, Handysmas robes. We're ready spend
• 19:48
  Speaker 7: it now. Remember when we're inside and I yelled Christmas
• 19:51
  Speaker 7: at the top of my voice. You bring out your
• 19:53
  Speaker 7: truncheons and get Luga Lisbern his gang out of there
• 19:55
  Speaker 7: as quickly as possible. Don't arrest them until you get
• 19:57
  Speaker 7: them outside again, Astrade, I don't want to fight mature
• 20:00
  Speaker 7: watch your armistroms.
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: We're ready.
• 20:01
  Speaker 9: Just give us the word and we'll go in.
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: And oh that was very nice thing.
• 20:20
  Speaker 11: And know how about some of the woom you'll that
• 20:23
  Speaker 11: won't be necessary, Doctor Watson say to the door Sammy,
• 20:27
  Speaker 11: Now all of you stay right where you are.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: Who you what you're up to?
• 20:30
  Speaker 11: Please don't be difficult doctor. All I want is the
• 20:33
  Speaker 11: jewels out of my fact that you sold from me tonight.
• 20:35
  Speaker 11: If you try and stop me, I shall have to
• 20:37
  Speaker 11: hurt you.
• 20:38
  Speaker 8: Why do you talk so funny?
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: You got a cold like me? Shut up now?
• 20:43
  Speaker 9: Doctor?
• 20:44
  Speaker 6: Where are the jewels?
• 20:47
  Speaker 11: Oh, Chris, there are some more carol fingers outside.
• 20:52
  Speaker 6: No better as them come in. If we don't, they
• 20:54
  Speaker 6: might get the fishes.
• 20:54
  Speaker 11: Oh person, you know what you're up to now, no
• 20:57
  Speaker 11: tricks doctor, If you try and give an alarm, I
• 21:00
  Speaker 11: have to get rough.
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: With you anyone about that. But just remember that there
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: are children present. You're heving for you? Right?
• 21:08
  Speaker 6: What you say?
• 21:08
  Speaker 9: We all joined an old carol for the nippers?
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: All right? What what do you want to say? The
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: old angels sing? All right? All right? Come on man,
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: let's think all.
• 21:26
  Speaker 12: You merry Christmaster, watching what's happening each other with.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: We're all going away the boom I'm putting funding on.
• 21:47
  Speaker 6: I'll explain to you later.
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: For Jack the Stride, I take them.
• 21:50
  Speaker 9: To scutsand yard and prefer charges. I'll be over in
• 21:53
  Speaker 9: the little found give evidence.
• 21:55
  Speaker 7: Right. It too bad we didn't catch Professor Moriotty too well.
• 21:59
  Speaker 7: At least we have some of his cohorts. Iun'd see
• 22:01
  Speaker 7: you later. Listen, I'll showing you what.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: Was going on. Here is my artom mixed up in
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: this business?
• 22:05
  Speaker 7: Yes, Watson, Now, I'll tell you all about it as
• 22:07
  Speaker 7: soon as I've straightened this thing out.
• 22:09
  Speaker 9: Wickham.
• 22:10
  Speaker 7: The twenty pound notes that you used as rapping for
• 22:13
  Speaker 7: your gifts seemed to vince capital.
• 22:15
  Speaker 6: Of the house.
• 22:16
  Speaker 9: Do you want me to recover them too?
• 22:18
  Speaker 4: Now? From what you've told me of the children, I
• 22:20
  Speaker 4: think their parents produce the money much more profitably than
• 22:23
  Speaker 4: my relatives.
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: In any case, I can replace it.
• 22:25
  Speaker 7: A very generous Christmas gift. Well, children, did you enjoy
• 22:29
  Speaker 7: the little game we staged for you?
• 22:33
  Speaker 4: Yes?
• 22:33
  Speaker 8: I really died laughing when they stared hitty.
• 22:37
  Speaker 7: I'm glad you enjoyed the children, And now I want
• 22:41
  Speaker 7: you to show me the presence you received.
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: Pretty.
• 22:44
  Speaker 7: Oh, they were a part of the game too. A
• 22:46
  Speaker 7: nice little girl like you just want silly earrings? Elsie,
• 22:49
  Speaker 7: here's a beautile doll for you.
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: Don't married?
• 22:54
  Speaker 9: And what did you get my little man?
• 22:56
  Speaker 6: These all coughlings? Good gracious?
• 22:59
  Speaker 9: Who wants puffling? And he can have a truck work train?
• 23:02
  Speaker 6: Do you want to exchange brand?
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: Lord of a duck? Yes, I wanted the door. There's
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: one for you, Ladel a nice, nice worry dog.
• 23:09
  Speaker 7: Oh, Julie has a nice big box of chocolates too.
• 23:15
  Speaker 6: Get all shoved me one night.
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: That as much nonsense.
• 23:19
  Speaker 13: Granny got her finger stuck in a pluggle.
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: I still don't understand what's going on home, I must say,
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: He says, all your marks been a happy Christmas.
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: Missus.
• 23:32
  Speaker 5: Hudson's the turkey coming home Little Bay in a few
• 23:36
  Speaker 5: minutes blended.
• 23:38
  Speaker 7: And while we're waiting, perhaps the children will oblige me.
• 23:40
  Speaker 7: We haven't heard so is I know what you mean?
• 23:43
  Speaker 7: Christmas Carol? That really sounds convincing.
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: How about it? Children?
• 23:47
  Speaker 8: All right?
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: Come on, He's come on, Lael.
• 24:00
  Speaker 13: On his pride, rid West aside A
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: S