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CBS Mystery Theater-Sherlock Holmes-Gloria_Scott · Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson

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  Speaker 1: Come in.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome.
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  Speaker 1: I'm E.G.
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  Speaker 3: Marshall.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, it's dark in here, but there is no need
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  Speaker 1: to be alone. I will be your friend. And on
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  Speaker 1: the subject of friendship, I'll give you some invaluable advice.
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  Speaker 1: The philosopher Delisle once said, chance makes our parents, but
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  Speaker 1: choice makes our friends. With that in mind, I advise
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  Speaker 1: you to choose your friends carefully. Do not make the
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  Speaker 1: mistake the young man in our story is about to make.
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  Speaker 3: He will choose foolishly.
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  Speaker 1: And soon learn that one should not make the choice
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  Speaker 1: of a friend a matter of life or death.
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  Speaker 4: You can't keep us chained below ditch forever.
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  Speaker 3: I'll pay you back for every lash and a whip.
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  Speaker 3: I swear I will. The guards, they'll hear you. Who
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  Speaker 3: are you? My name's Armitage. James Armitage. Ah, you're just
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  Speaker 3: a boy. What are you doing on this godforsaken convict ship? Penance,
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  Speaker 3: just as you are. Well, you won't be doing it
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  Speaker 3: for long. I'll be getting us all out of here,
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  Speaker 3: I will.
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  Speaker 2: How?
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  Speaker 3: Leave that to me. The name's Hudson. Mark it well, lad.
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  Speaker 3: You'll learn to bless it before I'm done with you.
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  Speaker 1: Our mystery drama, The Glorious Scott, was adapted from the
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  Speaker 1: Sherlock Holmes classic by Ralph Goodman, especially for the Radio
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  Speaker 1: Mystery Theater, and stars Kevin McCarthy. It is sponsored in
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  Speaker 1: part by Buick Motor Division and Exlax. I'll be back
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: shortly with Act One. Sherlock Holmes looked upon the sea
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  Speaker 1: as a vast open expanse of hypnotic tranquility, a contrast
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  Speaker 1: to the wheels within wheels that turn the deductive turbine
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  Speaker 1: of his analytical mind. But the sea is not always tranquil.
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  Speaker 1: There are times of violence, and when the churning ceases,
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  Speaker 1: the open expanse buries its secrets, shrouding them from the
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  Speaker 1: eyes of man. It was a time such as this
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  Speaker 1: of which Sherlock Holmes' creator, A. Conan Doyle, speaks in
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  Speaker 1: this story. faithfully and fully depicted by the admirable Watson.
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  Speaker 3: Early in the winter of 1886, I was returning from
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  Speaker 3: a medical symposium eager to see my good friend and companion,
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  Speaker 3: Sherlock Holmes. I soon found myself at the familiar door
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  Speaker 3: on Baker Street. My friend was obviously in the study
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  Speaker 3: playing on his violin. Holmes was a man of many talents.
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  Speaker 3: I decided not to disturb him and started upstairs to
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  Speaker 3: my room only to find my way blocked by the
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  Speaker 3: very friend I didn't wish to disturb.
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  Speaker 1: Watson, this is a surprise.
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  Speaker 3: No greater than mine at seeing you coming down the stairs, Holmes,
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  Speaker 3: with your violin.
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  Speaker 1: Ah, coming from the den, of course.
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  Speaker 3: But I don't understand. How is it possible?
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  Speaker 1: For me to be here on the stairs and in
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  Speaker 1: the den at the same time. Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Oh.
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  Speaker 1: All very simply explained. If you will follow me, Watson. Now,
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  Speaker 1: take a look at the den.
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  Speaker 3: It's empty.
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  Speaker 1: On the table in the far corner.
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  Speaker 3: Oh. What a strange-looking contraption.
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  Speaker 1: Newly arrived from America, Watson. A gift of a dear friend.
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  Speaker 1: You remember Miss Adler?
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  Speaker 3: Irene Adler, yes, of course.
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  Speaker 1: On a world tour with her new production, The Grand Deception.
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  Speaker 1: And as a token of her friendship, and perhaps to
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  Speaker 1: symbolize the play, she has sent me a working model.
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  Speaker 1: of Mr. Edson's experimental voice recorder. I merely substituted the
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  Speaker 1: violin for the voice.
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  Speaker 3: You mean that music is coming from that little gadget?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, Watson. I went up the stairs to see how
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  Speaker 1: far the sound would travel, and I was just descending
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  Speaker 1: as you came in. Here, let me turn this off.
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  Speaker 3: I say, I am glad to be back. Oh, by
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  Speaker 3: the way, I stopped off to pick up the post... Now,
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  Speaker 3: there's a package here somewhere for you.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, sir, I see, Watson. It's a small one.
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  Speaker 3: Some circulars, advertisements. Ah, my medical journals.
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  Speaker 1: A small one, Watson.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, why, yes, so it is. And how did you
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  Speaker 3: know that?
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  Speaker 1: A small one has been sent by registered mail. The
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  Speaker 1: one I'd been expecting was to be sent by registered mail. Elementally,
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  Speaker 1: my dear Watson.
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  Speaker 3: You've been expecting this parcel?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, Watson. Now, if you'll hand me those scissors, I'll
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  Speaker 1: snip this twine and we'll have a look-see at the
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  Speaker 1: contents of the mysterious oblong box.
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  Speaker 3: Mysterious oblong box?
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  Speaker 1: Mysterious to the gentleman who first received it. He has
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  Speaker 1: asked me to have a look at it. Hmm. Interesting.
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  Speaker 1: A tarnished silver cylinder containing a single sheet of slate
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  Speaker 1: gray paper.
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  Speaker 3: Well, there's something written on it.
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  Speaker 1: Bring the lamp a little closer, will you, Watson?
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  Speaker 3: Written by an old man, I should say. Wouldn't you
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  Speaker 3: hold rather a feeble hand?
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  Speaker 1: Not feeble. Unskilled in the art of writing. There is
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  Speaker 1: a difference. Notice the spelling of the words believe and receive.
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  Speaker 1: The sender is unfamiliar with the simple rule of I
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  Speaker 1: before E except after C. But you are right about
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  Speaker 1: his age.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, well, I.
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  Speaker 1: In his fifties, I would say.
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  Speaker 3: Well, now, how would you know that?
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  Speaker 1: The style of penmanship. This form of calligraphy went out
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  Speaker 1: of fashion 30 years ago.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yes, yes, yes, of course. Can you make it out, Holmes?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, now that we have sufficient light, it says, Head
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  Speaker 1: Keeper Hudson, we believe, has now been told to receive
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  Speaker 1: all orders for flypaper and for the preservation of your
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  Speaker 1: hen pheasant's life.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. Go on.
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  Speaker 1: That's it, Watson.
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  Speaker 3: The entire message?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Are you sure you read it correctly? Positive. Oh, that
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  Speaker 3: is strange.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, doesn't seem threatening at all. I wonder why that
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  Speaker 1: worries my friend Trevor so much. An easygoing young man,
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  Speaker 1: not easily disturbed.
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  Speaker 3: Trevor? Victor Trevor? The young friend you introduced me to
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  Speaker 3: during your stay at college?
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  Speaker 1: That's the one. I met him accidentally one morning on
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  Speaker 1: my way to chapel when his bull terrier froze to
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  Speaker 1: my ankle. You recall the incident, don't you, Watson?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, ridiculous. The stubborn dog was determined to become your
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  Speaker 3: permanent companion.
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  Speaker 1: Didn't seem amusing at the time. Laid me up for days.
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  Speaker 1: But Victor came around often to apologize, and by the
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  Speaker 1: end of the fall term, we'd become close friends. I
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  Speaker 1: hate to see a good friend in a dilemma. Victor's
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  Speaker 1: worried enough about this package he received in the post
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  Speaker 1: to send it on to me just as he received it.
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  Speaker 3: He has no idea who sent it?
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  Speaker 1: Not an inkling. Here enclosed is the original wrapping. No
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  Speaker 1: return address, which of course does not help to enlighten
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  Speaker 1: us as to the name of the sender. There is
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  Speaker 1: one small clue, however, conveniently provided by the postal service.
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  Speaker 3: Oh?
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  Speaker 1: Origin of mailing, place, time, date.
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  Speaker 3: Of course. The postmark, yes.
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  Speaker 1: King's Cove. The 25th of last month, 10 a.m.
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  Speaker 3: King's Cove. I don't believe I've ever heard of it.
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  Speaker 1: Nor I, nor I. Perhaps it'll mean something to Victor Trevor.
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  Speaker 1: I think at best I pay that young man a visit.
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  Speaker 3: You're right, Holmes, yes.
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  Speaker 1: First thing in the morning, we leave for Donningthorpe in Norfolk.
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  Speaker 1: Can you make it?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'll telegraph Victor and let him know we're coming.
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  Speaker 1: Bully for you, Watson. And if I can somehow decipher
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  Speaker 1: this innocent-sounding missive, I have a feeling that you and
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  Speaker 1: I won't be bored much longer. You know, we should
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  Speaker 1: reach our destination shortly, Watson. How are you bearing up
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  Speaker 1: under the journey?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, dear, oh, dear. As well as can be expected, Holmes.
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  Speaker 3: I do wish we'd waited for another carriage. I dare
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  Speaker 3: say this one's seen better days, I tell you, Holmes.
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  Speaker 3: It wasn't for my curiosity over the contents of that
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  Speaker 3: tarnished cylinder. Oh, I see. You did bring the cylinder
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  Speaker 3: and the message.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yes, of course.
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  Speaker 3: Have you made anything at all of all that gibberish?
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  Speaker 1: Working on it, Watson. Working on it.
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  Speaker 3: Excellent work.
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  Speaker 1: Ah, there up ahead. We're being welcomed. See there? Beyond
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  Speaker 1: those manicured gardens, the Trevor Estate.
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  Speaker 3: I see. I had no idea young Trevor had such wealth.
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  Speaker 1: Family wealth. Victor's father, Sir James Trevor, is the lord
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  Speaker 1: of this manor. Victor lives with his father.
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  Speaker 3: Just the two of them in that spacious mansion?
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  Speaker 1: Three quarreling servants, as I recall.
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  Speaker 3: This is getting more intriguing every moment. Hurry the driver along,
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  Speaker 3: will you, Holmes? Both my back and my curiosity can
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  Speaker 3: take it no longer. We were soon at the imposing
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  Speaker 3: entrance to Trevor Manor. Holmes and I stepped down from
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  Speaker 3: the carriage and moved toward the massive entrance door. It
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  Speaker 3: was made of solid oak, ornately carved to a depth
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  Speaker 3: of at least two or eight inches, inlaid with sections
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  Speaker 3: of highly polished, impenetrable ironwood, obviously chosen with great care.
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  Speaker 3: And yet, I couldn't help wondering why a simple manor
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  Speaker 3: house had the appearance of a veritable fortress.
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  Speaker 1: Charles, Charles, how good to see you. Would you tell Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Victor that his guests have arrived?
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  Speaker 3: Holmes, Holmes, how good of you to come.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, you don't know how.
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  Speaker 1: Pleased I am to see you. And I too, Victor,
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  Speaker 1: to see you. That's all right, Charles.
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  Speaker 2: I'll welcome them. You may prepare their rooms. Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 2: And there's no need to disturb Father.
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  Speaker 5: I'll inform him of our guests' arrival after they're settled.
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  Speaker 3: As you wish, Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Victor.
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  Speaker 3: Come in, come in.
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  Speaker 1: This is my good friend and companion, Dr.
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  Speaker 3: Watson.
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  Speaker 1: I believe you two have met. We have? Briefly, when
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  Speaker 1: Watson came to examine my injury at college.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, yes, that unfortunate incident.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, dear. When your bull terrier froze to Holmes' ankle
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  Speaker 3: on the way to chapel. Ridiculous situation.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, those were happy days, weren't they, Holmes?
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  Speaker 1: Happy for your bull terrier, I wager. At any rate,
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  Speaker 1: it's good to see you smiling. You looked so grim
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  Speaker 1: when we first entered. Did I?
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  Speaker 2: As you know, I.
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  Speaker 5: have been concerned about the package. It was sent to Father, actually,
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  Speaker 5: and I intercepted it.
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  Speaker 2: He hasn't been well.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Peter!
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  Speaker 3: Whom are you conversing with?
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  Speaker 1: Do we have guests?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, Father, distinguished guests. Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Sherlock Holmes is here with his friend, Dr.
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  Speaker 3: Watson.
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  Speaker 1: Sherlock Holmes.
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  Speaker 3: The Sherlock Holmes, the celebrated detective about whom one hears
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  Speaker 3: so much these days?
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  Speaker 1: You are much too kind, Sir James.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 1: Sir James.
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  Speaker 3: You've heard about the recent honor bestowed upon me by
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  Speaker 3: the Crown.
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  Speaker 1: And deservedly so. You have been one of His Majesty's
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  Speaker 1: most distinguished jurists.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yes, indeed.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, allow me to introduce my good friend, Dr.
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  Speaker 3: Watson. An honor, sir. I do hope our untimely arrival
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  Speaker 3: has not disturbed your rest. Untimely? Unexpected is more like it. Oh,
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  Speaker 3: I see. You did receive our wire, Victor?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I'm sorry. I neglected to inform Father.
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  Speaker 1: No matter.
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  Speaker 3: You are here, and I'll have Charles prepare your room.
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  Speaker 2: That's all taken care of, Father.
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  Speaker 3: I see. You can't wait to take charge here.
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  Speaker 1: Can you, Victor?
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  Speaker 3: Father, I'm not dead and gone yet.
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  Speaker 1: Feed your guests.
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  Speaker 3: I have an important matter to attend to. If you
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  Speaker 3: will forgive me, gentlemen, I'll see you at dinner.
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  Speaker 2: Let me help you to your room.
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  Speaker 3: Leave me alone, Victor. I'll manage to stay alive without
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  Speaker 3: your help. Oh, dear. Feisty old gentleman, isn't he?
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  Speaker 1: Quite changed since I saw him last. I wonder what
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  Speaker 1: he's afraid of.
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  Speaker 3: He did have a strange look.
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  Speaker 1: Did you notice his walking stick, Watson?
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  Speaker 3: Walking stick?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, and a rather unusual brass club head.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, nothing unusual about that, Holmes. I understand it's the
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  Speaker 3: latest fashion.
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  Speaker 1: True, but if you were to examine this one a
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  Speaker 1: bit more closely, you will find that Sir James has
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  Speaker 1: taken pains to bore the head and pour lead into
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  Speaker 1: the hole to make it a formidable weapon.
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  Speaker 2: Gentlemen, I'll show you to your rooms.
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  Speaker 5: I suggest we save all discussion about the packet and
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  Speaker 5: its contents for later, after Father has gone to sleep.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it seems Sherlock Holmes is not unfamiliar with the
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  Speaker 1: face of fear, having unmasked.
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  Speaker 3: It on many a previous occasion.
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  Speaker 2: What will he.
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  Speaker 1: Find beneath the mask this time? We'll learn shortly when
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  Speaker 1: I return with Act Two. Act Two The mystery of
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  Speaker 1: the glorious Scott is one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's
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  Speaker 1: most unusual tales. It is unique in that of all
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  Speaker 1: the tales of Sherlock Holmes, as recorded by his good friend, Dr. Watson,
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  Speaker 1: there is no other adventure in which fear proves to
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  Speaker 1: be as strong as death. And the mystery that shrouds
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  Speaker 1: that fear, as silent as a grave. But it is
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  Speaker 1: best we let Watson continue with the story.
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  Speaker 3: That evening, we dressed for dinner, Holmes and I, in
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  Speaker 3: hopes of learning more about the packet Victor had sent
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  Speaker 3: to Holmes for his perusal. Our hopes were in vain, however,
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  Speaker 3: for during dinner, both Victor and his father remained silent.
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  Speaker 3: Holmes' attempt to chit-chat was failing miserably.
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  Speaker 1: Marvelous dinner, Sir James.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, it'll do.
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  Speaker 1: I had almost forgotten the magnificent table you spread, sir.
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  Speaker 1: It's been some time since my visit here with you
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  Speaker 1: and your son. Yes, of course.
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  Speaker 3: Some time. First, the salt, Victor.
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  Speaker 5: You recall, Father, it was three summers ago we went
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  Speaker 5: fishing on the lake.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Holmes doesn't have time for such frivolity these days.
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  Speaker 2: He's become quite a celebrated figure.
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  Speaker 1: We read about you all the time, Holmes.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, well, then, you've read the account of the Hound
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  Speaker 3: of the Baskervilles, eh? If it wasn't for Holmes' amazing
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  Speaker 3: deductive powers.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, Watson. I'm sure Sir James is not
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  Speaker 1: the least bit interested.
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  Speaker 3: As a matter of fact, I found it all quite
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  Speaker 3: hard to believe. Father, had those fabled deductive powers of yours, Mr. Holmes,
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  Speaker 3: would you care to put them to a test?
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  Speaker 1: A test, sir?
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  Speaker 3: Here. Here. At the dinner table.
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  Speaker 2: Father, I'm sure Mr. Holmes is.
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  Speaker 1: I'd be pleased to oblige you, Sir James. But in
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  Speaker 1: order to perform, I... I need a subject. May I
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  Speaker 1: use you, Sir James?
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  Speaker 3: Me? Why not?
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  Speaker 1: But I must warn you. All my life, I've been
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  Speaker 1: an island unto myself.
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  Speaker 3: We have spoken very little since your arrival here.
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  Speaker 1: There's no need for you to say anything. Your hands
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  Speaker 1: speak for you, Sir James.
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  Speaker 3: My hands? Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 1: Outwardly, you are a landed gentry, and yet you have
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  Speaker 1: the hands of a laborer, calloused, hard, worn in the
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  Speaker 1: days of your youth.
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  Speaker 3: True, I worked the gold mines as a boy.
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: Then you've been to Australia.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, I've been to many a foreign port.
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  Speaker 1: Then the initials J.A. belong perhaps to someone you met
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  Speaker 1: on a voyage, someone whom afterwards you were most eager
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  Speaker 1: to forget.
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  Speaker 3: How could you possibly know that?
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  Speaker 1: Forgive me, forgive me, sir.
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  Speaker 3: Not until you tell me how much you know.
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  Speaker 1: Father, are you all right?
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  Speaker 2: His heart, Holmes. The doctor said that.
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  Speaker 3: No, damn that doctor. I've asked you a question, Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Holmes. I know nothing, really, sir. Only that during my
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  Speaker 1: sabbatical here, that day we went fishing on the lake,
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  Speaker 1: I saw the initials J.A. tattooed on your arm.
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  Speaker 3: I see.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, Watson. At the time, it struck me as being unusual, too,
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  Speaker 1: for a gentleman.
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  Speaker 3: But you said this J.A. person was someone Sir James
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  Speaker 3: was eager to forget. On what did you base that conclusion?
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  Speaker 1: The staining of the skin around the letters, Watson. It
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  Speaker 1: was obvious from the blurred appearance of the tattoo that
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  Speaker 1: its wearer had tried but failed to eradicate the memory
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  Speaker 1: of J.A.
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  Speaker 3: I've heard enough. It is true. I once knew a J.A.,
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: But we will talk of it no more.
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  Speaker 5: But, Father, if you are in some sort of danger, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Holmes here is a good friend.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure he'd be more than willing to.
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  Speaker 3: I said I will speak of this no more.
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  Speaker 1: Forgive me, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Holmes, but the past is a closed chapter of my life. Charles,
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  Speaker 3: you may serve the brandy now.
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  Speaker 2: None for me.
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  Speaker 3: Prepare my room. If you'll excuse me, I'd best get
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  Speaker 3: to bed now. Not that I'll sleep tonight. Of all
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  Speaker 3: the ghosts of the past, the ghosts of the sea
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: are the worst. And so, once again, there was silence
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: in the great hall. Sir James had retired and we
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: moved to the sitting room with our brandies. Ah, the
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: warmth of the wine was most welcome. It helped stave
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: off the chill brought on by Holmes' uncanny disclosures of
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: Sir James' secret. As we sat there, each engrossed in
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: his own thoughts, Holmes pressed his investigation further.
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: And you say, Victor, that your father never spoke of
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: his past to you?
• 19:03
  Speaker 5: No, Holmes, your amazing deductions came as a complete surprise.
• 19:06
  Speaker 5: The gold mines, the sea. I've seen the tattoo on occasion,
• 19:10
  Speaker 5: but dismissed it as a.
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: Folly of youth.
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: Perhaps.
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: But not likely, Holmes. Did you see the sudden flush?
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: The advance of pulse rate at the mention of J.A.?
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: Sir James is not a well man.
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: Father refuses to see a doctor. He remains locked in
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: the house in contact with no one.
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: Except by mail, obviously. I say, was there a mention
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: of anyone with the initials J.A. in that message you
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: received in the post?
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: No, I'm afraid not, Watson. The only name mentioned was
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: someone named Hudson. Hudson, as I recall.
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: Hudson?
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: Don't you know someone named Hudson?
• 19:47
  Speaker 5: Yes, I do.
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: I do know a Hudson.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: or.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: Did know him.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: Think, Victor. Now, this could be most important.
• 19:53
  Speaker 5: The man I refer to had no title. Certainly was
• 19:56
  Speaker 5: not responsible enough to be a headkeeper.
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: He was a common sailor.
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: A sailor?
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Interesting. This could possibly lead us to the sea and
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: to the initials J.A.
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: Yes, but... Go on, Victor.
• 20:10
  Speaker 5: Well, one morning after Holmes' visit here on holiday, Father
• 20:13
  Speaker 5: and I were sitting out on the terrace taking the
• 20:16
  Speaker 5: sun when Charles announced that a man arrived insisting on
• 20:21
  Speaker 5: talking to Father. I remember at the time, Father had
• 20:26
  Speaker 5: many friends, but one look at this unannounced visitor would
• 20:29
  Speaker 5: assure you that he was not one of them. It
• 20:31
  Speaker 5: was a small, wizened man who approached father with a
• 20:35
  Speaker 5: shambling style of walk and a cringing manner.
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: It's generous of you to see me, governor, once again.
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: Once again, sir? I'm afraid I don't recall our previous meeting.
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: If you'll refresh my memory. Don't you recognize me? I
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: dare me. It is truly Mr. Hudson. Right you are.
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: That'd be my name, sir. Good of you to recall.
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: It's been so many years. Thirty-two, to be exact. Thirty-two
• 21:11
  Speaker 3: years since we saw each other last. Yes, yes, of course.
• 21:15
  Speaker 3: And here you are, sir, in your big house. And me...
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: Still picking salt meat out of a harness cart. You'll
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: find I've not forgotten old times, Hudson. You do look
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: rather hard-pressed. I'm just off a two-year stint in an
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: eight-knot tramp. And I could use a place to stay.
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: I see. Well, we... I was sure after the hard
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: days we shared on His Majesty's ship, the glorious Scott...
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: I could put up with either you or Mr. Beddows. Beddows.
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: I was sure you'd recall him. Yes, yes. Of course
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: you can stay here.
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: We're in need of a gardener.
• 22:04
  Speaker 3: I'd rather work inside the house if it's all the
• 22:08
  Speaker 3: same to you, sir. In the house?
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: Yes, of course.
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: Charles, take this man to the kitchen. See then he
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: gets food and drink. I'll be by later to explain
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: his duties.
• 22:23
  Speaker 5: And so that is how this man Hudson entered our lives.
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: Oh, that cheeky sort of.
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: Fellow, isn't he? Yes, obvious from his brash manner that
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: he felt on safe grounds. I believe you said he
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: mentioned the glorious Scott.
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: Ah, glorious Scott. It seems I've heard that name somewhere.
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Undoubtedly, Watson. The fate of the bark Gloria Scott caused
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: quite a stir in its day. As I recall, let's see,
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: the Gloria Scott left Thelma's on the 8th of October, 1853,
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: sailed to her destruction in north latitude 15 degrees west,
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: longitude 25 degrees on November 6th of the same year.
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: What? The Crown believed the incident stemmed from a mutiny
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: of some sort, but never proved, Watson.
• 23:08
  Speaker 5: The mention of the glorious cop by Hudson had a
• 23:10
  Speaker 5: hypnotic effect on Father. He did everything Hudson demanded. He
• 23:15
  Speaker 5: soon elevated Hudson to the position of butler, replacing Charles
• 23:19
  Speaker 5: in authority over the household.
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: I see.
• 23:22
  Speaker 5: And the man was drunk most of the time, difficult
• 23:24
  Speaker 5: to deal with, lording it over the servants and insulting
• 23:27
  Speaker 5: Father's guests.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: And Sir James put up with his boorish behavior?
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: Well, not for long.
• 23:32
  Speaker 5: One evening, he'd had enough, took the insolent cur by
• 23:34
  Speaker 5: the nape of the neck, and turned him out of
• 23:36
  Speaker 5: the house.
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: Good for him.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: We never heard from him again.
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: Until the mention of his name in the message you intercepted.
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: Yes. Now, why would the words headkeeper precede the name Hudson? Why, yes,
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: of course.
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: You have something, Holmes?
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: I believe so, Watson. It is a code of some sort.
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: I must admit, on first examination, I was quite baffled.
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: Oh, understandably, Holmes. Silliest message I've ever heard. Something about
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: Head Keeper Hudson ordering flypaper to preserve a hen pheasant's life. Well,
• 24:13
  Speaker 3: it was gibberish. Simply gibberish.
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: Of course, if the message was meant to convey that thought.
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: But you've left out a number of key words, each
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: of them very important to the final meaning.
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: I'm afraid I don't follow you.
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: Just before dinner, I was examining the message again in
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: my room.
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: Holmes, I do hope you have it hidden away. I'd
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: rather Father didn't... No, no.
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: No, no.
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: I've concealed the packet in my luggage, Victor. Since it
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: was meant for your father, I'm sure he knows the
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: code we are groping for. There's no need for the original.
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: I have a copy of it right here. Words removed,
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: phrases eliminated, letters superimposed.
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: Good heavens. You've tried just about everything, haven't you?
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: Yes, without success, as you can see. But now that
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: we've ascertained that Hudson was merely a seaman, we can
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: conclude that the first two words, head keeper, have no meaning.
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: Possibly.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: Therefore, we merely underline every third word of the message,
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: beginning with the word Hudson, thusly, and there we have it.
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: You're right, Holmes. Yes. Yes. It now makes sense.
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: Yes, Watson. This message was obviously meant for Sir James.
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: Only he would know the dark meaning behind this cryptic warning,
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: which now reads, Hudson has told all, fly for your life.
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: What's this? It came from upstairs. My room, I believe. Quick, Watson,
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: follow me. If the cause of that gunshot is what
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: I think it is, I'm afraid we are already too late.
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: Oh!
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: Trevor Manor has always been a quiet residential country estate.
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: But in the very few minutes, that quiet is to
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: be shattered by a shocking incident. One that will even
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: baffle the master of the unexpected, Sherlock Holmes. We will
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: share with Holmes the horror of a shocking discovery when
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: we return.
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: Shortly with Act Three.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: Act Three Monuments, what are they? The very pyramids have
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: forgotten their builders. Words, not stones, are the true monuments
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: to the great. Listen then to the words of Sir
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: Arthur Conan Doyle, a tribute to the man.
• 26:35
  Speaker 3: And his creation.
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: The fabled detective, Sherlock Holmes.
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: Within seconds after hearing the shot, Holmes raced for the stairs.
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: Victor Trevor and I were not far behind. As we
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: reached ahead of the stairs, we could see Mrs. Henshaw,
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: the Trevor housekeeper. It was she who had screamed at
• 26:55
  Speaker 3: the sight of something in Holmes' room. We entered cautiously
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: behind Holmes and were shocked to see the body of
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: a man lying on the floor.
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: Good Lord. It's Sir James. Father.
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: Your father is dead, Victor?
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: By his own hand, I'm afraid.
• 27:13
  Speaker 3: Oh, God.
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: Shot through the temple. Telltale powder burns, gun still clutched
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: in his right hand, and here, crumpled in his left hand.
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: The slate's gray paper.
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: Despite our efforts to conceal it from him. He has
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: finally seen and read the warning message.
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: Poor father. This man Hudson must certainly have had a
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: terrible power over him.
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: I wonder what ghastly secret they shared.
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: I fear we'll never know, Holmes. The secret, whatever it was,
• 27:47
  Speaker 3: died with Sir James.
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: No, I'm not so sure, Watson. Secrets have a way
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: of turning up even after death. Whatever it was that
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: haunted Sir James all these years could turn up even now.
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: Tell me, Victor, do the words Shambo Deuce mean anything
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: to you?
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: Shambo Deuce? Here, squirreled on.
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: The bottom of this page, I found it in your
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: father's clenched hand. There are two words, Shambo and Deuce.
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: I assume they go together and have some meaning. Yes,
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: they do.
• 28:18
  Speaker 5: Chamborduce is a rare vintage wine, a favorite of my father's.
• 28:21
  Speaker 5: Do we keep a large cask of the brew in
• 28:24
  Speaker 5: the wine cellar?
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: I fail to see.
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: We'll look at that in a moment, but first I
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: think that we had best notify the police.
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: Must we, Holmes?
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: The scandal.
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: I'm sure they will be discreet, but there will be questions.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: Yes, and so many we cannot answer.
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: Not as yet. But while the police are on their way,
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: we'll pay a visit to your father's wine cellar. I
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: have a feeling that we'll find that cask of chambeau
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: douce holds more than vintage wine. Stand over that candle, Watson. Ah,
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: here's the door to the wine cellar. The key is
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: just above your head, Holmes. Here, allow me.
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: I haven't been down here in months.
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: There we are.
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: Now, if you gentlemen will step aside.
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: Oh, dear.
• 29:15
  Speaker 3: I must agree with you, Victor, when you say you
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: haven't been down here in months. I don't believe anyone has.
• 29:20
  Speaker 3: Look at those ugly spiderwebs.
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: Yes, but someone has been here not too long ago.
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: See there? A recently broken web in the far corner.
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: Well, that's where Father stores his keg of chambeau douce.
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: If you will lead the way, Watson.
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: There in the far corner, Doctor. We're right behind you.
• 29:41
  Speaker 3: Yes, yes. It's a rather large cask. Quite old, I'd say.
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: Yes, yes, and very interesting. A sea-going cask at that.
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: Quite right, Holmes.
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: I never noticed.
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: Bring the light a little closer, would you please?
• 29:56
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: The cask is rather large. Large enough to contain a
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: man's body, wouldn't you say, Watson?
• 30:04
  Speaker 3: Good heavens, Holmes! You're not suggesting... No, no, no.
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: Of course not, Watson. Merely making a passing observation.
• 30:10
  Speaker 3: Oh, well, I suppose anything is possible, Holmes, but I
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: fail to see how one is able to stuff a
• 30:17
  Speaker 3: man's body through a three-inch bunghole. If you examine the
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: structure of the barrel, you'll find it's quite sturdy. Impenetrable.
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: The seal hasn't been broken?
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: Quite good, Watson, quite good. Actually, I did not expect
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: to find anything in the cask, but perhaps behind it.
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: Behind it?
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Look at the floor, gentlemen. These track marks. This cask
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: has been moved from time to time and returned to
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: its original position.
• 30:46
  Speaker 3: Why, you're right, Holmes. But how anyone without the strength
• 30:51
  Speaker 3: of a Hercules... is able to accomplish such a feat
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: as beyond me.
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: I've never seen it move from this position, Holmes.
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: There's something behind that cask that your father wants us
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: to see. If you gentlemen will step aside.
• 31:07
  Speaker 3: Here it is.
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: A dust-free corner at the top of the casing. I
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: wager if one were to apply pressure to this point.
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: I say, it's moving.
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: So it is, Watson.
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: And.
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: What have we here?
• 31:23
  Speaker 5: A small recessed compartment in the wall.
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: A candle, if you please. Your father took great pains
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: to conceal whatever he has placed in here, Victor. Have
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: you any idea what it could be?
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: No, none at all.
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: We have a wall safe in the house.
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: All our valuables are kept in there.
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: Both father and I have a key.
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: Ah, but this, Victor, this was not meant for your
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: eyes until now.
• 31:44
  Speaker 3: A sealed oil skin packet.
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: May I? Yes, yes, of course. It's rather sturdy, but
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: with this pocket knife of mine, sure.
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: There. There we are.
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: Well, what have we here?
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: A book of some sort.
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: Yes. Almost destroyed with age and exposure to the elements.
• 32:07
  Speaker 3: I say, it looks like a ship's log.
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: That is exactly what it is, Watson. The log of
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: the ill-fated bark. Gloria Scott.
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: The one Hudson mentioned.
• 32:15
  Speaker 3: I wonder how father.
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: This may explain, Victor, a letter addressed to you.
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: For my son, Victor Trevor. be opened in the event
• 32:25
  Speaker 3: of my death.
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: Read it, would you, Holmes? My hands are much too shaky.
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: As you wish, Victor. My dear son, now that approaching
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: disgrace begins to darken the closing years of my life,
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: I must record the truth.
• 32:40
  Speaker 3: Of my shame.
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: Our family name, dear son, is not Trevor.
• 32:45
  Speaker 3: Aye, sir.
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: I was known as James Armitage in my younger years.
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: Years that brought shame and disgrace. For as Armitage, I
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: entered a London banking house. And as Armitage, I was
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: convicted of using bank funds for my own purpose.
• 33:02
  Speaker 3: Good heavens.
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: The funds were used to pay a debt of honor.
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: but illegally come by. And so I soon found myself
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: chained as a felon aboard the convict ship Lloyd Scott,
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: bound for Australia. The hold below deck was black as pitch,
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: and the stench was more than one could bear. There
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: were others like me who bore their miserable lot in silence,
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: while some shouted their defiance to the high heavens.
• 33:29
  Speaker 4: You can't keep us! Chain below deck forever! I'll pay
• 33:35
  Speaker 4: you back for every lash of the whip.
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: I swear I will. Shh. The guards. They'll hear you. Huh?
• 33:42
  Speaker 3: Who are you? My name's Armitage. James Armitage. Why, you're
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: just a lad. What are you doing on this godforsaken
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: convict ship? Penance. Just as you are. Well, you won't
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: be doing it for long. I'll be getting us all
• 33:59
  Speaker 3: out of here, I will.
• 34:00
  Speaker 5: How?
• 34:01
  Speaker 3: You just leave it to me. My name is Hudson.
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: Mark it well, lad. You'll learn to bless it before
• 34:10
  Speaker 3: I am done with you. I murdered a man, I did.
• 34:17
  Speaker 3: Even in this blackness, I can see you remember my case.
• 34:22
  Speaker 3: My partner and I got away with over a million
• 34:24
  Speaker 3: in cold hard cash. Yes, I've heard. The money was
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: never found. And where do you suppose it is, lad?
• 34:33
  Speaker 3: I'm sure I don't know. My partner. He's holding it
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: for me. And where do you think he is? Right
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: here on this ship. That's the devil's honest truth. He's topside. Respectable, right?
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: He's the ship's chaplain, no less. Satan himself. Dressed as
• 35:06
  Speaker 3: a man of God. Why so? We worked it all out, lad.
• 35:12
  Speaker 3: A way for him to come aboard with enough money
• 35:15
  Speaker 3: to buy the crew. By now... This floating coffin is
• 35:23
  Speaker 3: ours from keel to main truck.
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: And so, as Hudson had promised, all went as planned.
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: One evening, about the third week, we had an unexpected
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: visit from the ship's chaplain. He had come to give
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: the last rites to a dying prisoner. And when he left, Hudson,
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: freed of his chains, soon freed us all. We fought
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: our way to the upper deck, and soon a roar
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: of muskets were in our ears.
• 35:58
  Speaker 3: Hudson and the.
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: Sound captain led the bloody movement. Believe me, my son,
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: when I say there was never a slaughterhouse like that ship.
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: The captain was killed in the fight. Others were falling
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: all around. Only three of us escaped the Holocaust. Hudson, myself,
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: and a young seaman named Beddows.
• 36:28
  Speaker 3: Beddows? I say, Holmes, wasn't that the man.
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: Yes, the one mentioned by Hudson the day he came
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: to see Sir James. Go on, Holmes.
• 36:37
  Speaker 5: Perhaps we'll learn more of Beddows and this devil Hudson.
• 36:40
  Speaker 5: As we pulled away from the Gloria.
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: Scott, Hudson, Beddows, and I could hear the sounds of
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: mutiny fade away.
• 36:48
  Speaker 3: We could still see.
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: The faint outlines of the ship when suddenly, without warning,
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: a cloud of black smoke shot up from above. And
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: within moments, a great explosion blew her apart from stem
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: to stem. Hudson, Beddows, and I pulled for safety with
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: all our strength. And as later recorded in maritime records,
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: all hands were lost. Such, in a few words, my
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: dear lad, is the history of the terrible business in
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: which I was involved as a youth. I am sure
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: you can now understand the reason I had for changing
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: my identity. As you know, I have since led a
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: respectable life. Imagine then my feelings when, in the seaman
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: who came to see us, I recognized instantly Convict Hudson,
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: the man who led the mutiny.
• 37:41
  Speaker 3: Oh, dear. Chilling tale, indeed.
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: Young Beddoes was a hired hand aboard ship and completely
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: innocent of wrongdoing. Beddoes and I have been in touch
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: with each other from time to time. I pray this
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: confession will keep him safe.
• 37:57
  Speaker 3: I say, of course. It was Beddoes who sent the
• 38:01
  Speaker 3: warning to Sir James.
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: Yes, Watson.
• 38:04
  Speaker 3: Yes. I do hope this man Beddoes is safe and well. Fortunately,
• 38:10
  Speaker 3: no one knows his identity.
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: One man still does, Watson. A man I'm sure we
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: have not heard the last of. A scoundrel named Hudson....
• 38:23
  Speaker 3: As it turned out, Holmes was right. After a police
• 38:27
  Speaker 3: investigation of Sir James' suicide, we returned to London. Holmes
• 38:32
  Speaker 3: delivered the log of the Gloria Scott and the letter
• 38:36
  Speaker 3: written by Sir James in hopes of clearing the seaman
• 38:39
  Speaker 3: Beddows of any charges. After reading the evidence, the court
• 38:44
  Speaker 3: agreed to record Beddows' innocence and seal all records against
• 38:49
  Speaker 3: the possibility of public scandal. Well, some months went by...
• 38:53
  Speaker 3: and Holmes had forgotten all about it... when a reminder
• 38:58
  Speaker 3: turned up in the post.
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: I've just received a letter from Victor Trevor. Would you believe, Watson,
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: he's in India.
• 39:04
  Speaker 3: India? Oh, really? Yes.
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: Says he sold the Trevor estate... and is trying his
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: hand at tea planting, of all things. Doing rather well
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: at it.
• 39:13
  Speaker 3: Good for him. Strange case, the glorious Scott.
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: Yes, you know, I checked with the local police. No
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: word on Hudson... And they haven't had any success in
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: locating this man Beddows. Both men seem to have vanished
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: into thin air.
• 39:28
  Speaker 3: Hmm. Unusual to say that. least.
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: I think it most probable that Beddows, having heard of
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: Sir James' demise, revenged himself upon Hudson and fled the
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: country with as much money as he could lay his
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: hands on.
• 39:40
  Speaker 3: But Beddows was a poor seaman, as was Hudson. Where
• 39:45
  Speaker 3: would he get the money?
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: From the sale of the Trevor estate.
• 39:49
  Speaker 3: You mean he was given the money by Victor Trevor?
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: Yes, Watson. A sympathetic ally whom he knew would say nothing,
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: not even to his closest friends. And what better choice
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: could Bedos make than Victor Trevor? A young man who
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: learned firsthand what it means to be haunted by the past.
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: The case of the glorious Scott was an early one
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: in the long and distinguished career of Sherlock Holmes. His creator,
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, dates the adventure for us, but.
• 40:28
  Speaker 3: The late H.W.
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: Bell suggests it took place close on the heels of
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: another fascinating adventure, the Musgrave Ritual. The writer of these
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: unusual mysteries was.
• 40:38
  Speaker 3: Quite prolific and had his favorite characters.
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: One of them was the seaman Hudson, of whom we
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: shall hear more when I return shortly. It was suggested
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: that the seaman Hudson was at one time the husband
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: of the fabled Mrs. Hudson, who was Holmes' housekeeper. This
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: was denied by the feisty woman herself, who in the
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: movie Mrs. Hudson Speaks says, I never saw that bad
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: Hudson and never wanted to. My Hudson was a respectable tradesman,
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: and he died when I was barely 25 years old.
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: And so it seems, dear listeners, we have another mystery.
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: Our cast included Kevin McCarthy, Court Benson, William Griffiths, and
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: Paul Hecht. The entire production was under the direction of
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: Hyman Brown. And now, a preview of our next sale.
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: They have to make an example of someone. They need
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: a human sacrifice. In what better time than the Jubilee?
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: They're here. Open this door at once. Well, Leta, release
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: the auto lock and let the gentleman in.
• 41:58
  Speaker 3: Otto, you can still get away. This is the elite guard.
• 42:02
  Speaker 3: Open this door immediately.
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: Please, Otto, what if the plan doesn't work?
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: We have to take that chance.
• 42:08
  Speaker 3: Open immediately or we'll blast the door open.
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: You want the chance too, don't you, Leta?
• 42:12
  Speaker 3: What it could mean to all of us. Otto, what
• 42:15
  Speaker 3: if the general doesn't agree to your plan?
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: Open the door, Leta.
• 42:20
  Speaker 3: I suspect such a sweet little old lady. Oh, come now. Oh,
• 42:24
  Speaker 3: it could all be for nothing.
• 42:26
  Speaker 1: For nothing.
• 42:27
  Speaker 3: We're coming in, Professor.
• 42:34
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• 42:37
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• 42:38
  Speaker 3: This is E.G.
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: Marshall inviting you to return to our mystery theater for
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: another adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: THE END