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for us to take a listen to today's episode of Sherlock Holmes The Elusive Agent
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Part two from New York City. The makers of clipper Craft Clothes for Men
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and more than twelve hundred leading retail stories from coast to coast present Sir Arthur
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Conan Doyle's immortal character, the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, starring
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John Stanley. This week the Adventure of the Elusive Agent Part two. Thereger's
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host twenty seven Ludwig Strauss ugly building. Yes, and there's the front door,
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Watson. Shall we mount the stairs and rings? Who is side al?
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I'd say, But if it's our only chance of finding that enemy agent
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and the plans that is stolen, it is our only chance, and the
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security of the umpire depends on it. So come along. We entered this
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awful building alive and well, although undoubtedly we will not beat this way.
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Come in, mister Holmes and doctor Watson. We've quite a reception prepared for
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you. Who is that handsome looking man? Who is that handsome looking man?
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have done. They can offer you really fabulous values as they do in clipper
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craft clothes. What a well dressed man, What a handsome looking man,
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What a successful looking man. M he's for me. That's you. You,
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You and a new spring clippercraft suit. Better choose yours tomorrow, Doctor
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Watson. Last week, in relating the adventure of the Elusive Agent, you
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left off as you and mister Hawns were pursuing an espionage agent named Amiel Markoff.
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Yes, mister Hennis, shall I recall how we were led to his
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trail? Yes? It was nineteen thirteen. An atmosphere of foreboding gripped the
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cottonent War with Germany was imminent. British plans of priceless value had been stolen
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with the Germans by a young woman named Pamela Norton, a German agent.
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This Norton girl turned over half the plans that she had stolen to a chaplain
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Gustav who was who represented the leader of a huge espionage rig. Following the
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disappearance of the plans, Sir Micoff Hoose asked his brother Sherlock to step in
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in short order. Holmes and I were close to capturing the girl, but
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you may remember, mister Harris, we arrived too late. She had been
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killed by the Master Spire because she refused to turn the other half of the
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plans over to him without receiving a gigantic son. The master Spy then vanished
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without having had time to seize the missing half from the girl's dead Budet,
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you're taking the odor of a rare tobacco about the room where the girl's corpse
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was found. Holmes and I we dashed to the shop and sew her the
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shop of a chap named Grimsby. We'd half the plans, the Germans had
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the other half. Both sides were in a deadlock, for the plans were
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useless unless they were complete. Grimsby the tobaccon has described his client who used
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that tobacco, Eh, mister Amiel Marco, who said tall phil with a
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weird habit of teaching his mouth. We learned that this Amiel Marco the Master
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Spy, who was in Paris at the Hotel Metropole. Shortly thereafter, mister
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Hallis, Holmes and I were aboard the boat train for Dover. On our
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way to Paris. We set together very silent, tense, realizing that every
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moment was vital. Comes your compartment topert name. Yes, we have a
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visitor once. Look, there's a head extinguished the lights in your compartment.
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Homes, We'll do nothing of the sort. I will not enter until you
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have extinguished the lights. Do as he says, Watson, he couldn't possibly
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miss you from there, will well complete dush. I'm sorry it is necessary
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for us to meet under these strange circumstances homes, but it may in the
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future be necessary that you do not recognize me. Therefore my request for that
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short. Oh, I can see your silhouettes. If either of you attempts
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to move or cause for help, I will blow out your brains. What
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is the purpose of this visitor? You are journeying to Paris to find mister
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Amiel Marko Korovis. I can save a great deal of time and trouble for
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you, can you? Yes, I represent mister Marco. As you know,
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he already has half of a set of plans in his possession, but
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his portion is worthless because you have the other half. For indeed, and
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I do not intend to surrender it. Mister Mark was fully prepared to make
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an intriguing offer. What is it? Give me your half of the plans.
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We will pay you twenty thousand pounds rubbish, say thirty thousand polms are
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not for sale, fifty thousand. If you've finished stating the nature of your
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offer, so you may leave. I've never found myself in a situation where
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enough money would not provide a happy solution. You have a price, Holmes,
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I'm sure I most certainly have not. May well be persons of differing
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political views who would betray the British Empire. I'm not want to go comp
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camp Holmes. Very touchy. Would you name your pride? Isn't it?
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Holmes? You are forcing us to take the plans from you if you can
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find my harm, and you are forcing us to kill you. If that
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can be a ring? Might type point out that in our organization we never
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kill our opponents in an ordinary manner, that we prefer to torture them to
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death. I'd accept the money if I were you. My answer is a
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definite and final no. You might inform maybe Marco that I intend to secure
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his half of the plans and return them to Whitehall. Very ambitious, but
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you underestimate the power of Marco's organization, which will now be devoted to securing
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your half of the plans and the conceiving new and exciting torture devices for you
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and doctor Watson. My gentlemen, I planned this as a short and peasant
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visit. Trust that it was well. It was after the rascal homes,
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Suti Watson. He's armed. We're not even in these few seconds. Doubtless
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he disappears into another compartment. Besides, we've no idea what he looks like.
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Miss wake Watson. The Paris the Hotel metrople I loved, I will
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open the girl, ah, Madmoiselle. I am Sherlock Holmes, my colleague,
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doctor Watson. The clock downstairs told us this was Emil Marcos sweet it
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is may come in. Yes, of course, I am Mademoiselle Metal Pig.
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Emily is not here. Make yourselves comfortable, gentlemen, Thank you,
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nay I help you. When when mister Marco returned, Mademoiselle Emily said you
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would return tonight at nine. You are a friend of his. I presume
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I met Emily at the Bove This hotel just a short time ago that we
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are already very close friends, know much about him. I never ask questions.
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What my gentleman acquaintances do is their business? I see this Marco.
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Is he a tall, thin yes, with green eyes? Fascinating, exciting?
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Does he have a curious habit of twitching his mouth? He does?
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He's our man. Helps you? What do you want with you? I
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thought you were more interested in details about your gentleman acquaintances. Very well,
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say the girl. I do not care. Emil has an exquisite suite here.
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He has invited me to enjoy it until he's returned. Would you care
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to wait? Have a clean Perhaps we may become friends too, Thank you.
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No, we've more urgent MAXX at hand. From what's into our room,
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mademoiselle. We shall return at nine shop to meet Emil Marco. He's
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a lovely rooms. They've given us shirt to the hotel. Anyone, yes,
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But obviously then Trudea has chosen to upset the day car Jose. Someone
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has been here to our rooms, made a gostly mess of them. Look,
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they've opened every drawer on the christ yes fosd open, and the contents
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strewn on the floor, I should say, the alluring Deemoiselle was also a
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member of this fantastic ring of spies. It's closing in on us too,
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Do you really think so? Quite? The objective was to laun us to
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Marco's sweet occupiers temporarily while others went through our luggage here and our look but
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the plans? Who was they will hear your volease, then they've stolen your
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half of the press. Cisely why I'm rummaging through the luggage? Well are
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they gone? Yes? What's in the pans are gone? Well? Then
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you've bungled at hose for the first time in your entire career? Was you?
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You've bungled for such high sticks? Have I? Do you hear?
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Do you hear a strange sound? Yes? I do. Coming from that
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closet to your opening, pots and clever, see anything in there? One
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of my traveling that's all. Absolutely, bring the bag here to me quickly.
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There's stiggings coming from inside the bed man instantly, maybe a time bomb
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placed there by Marco's rein box. Yes, just one second. I just
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opened this cat the clothing to take it out. Pots and we will see.
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Yes, the shoes, yes, I see it. Hoses in a
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small black object. To me, what's an open window? Tru and man,
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hurry go on. Homes will be killed, but over the yard we
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will split second away from being blown to bits. It's quite the stairway,
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Watson, follow me, we're too downstairs. I shall speak to the clock
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at the main desk. I don't believe a word that French girl said.
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I do not believe Michael has gone until nine. I do believe that if
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we challenge this spy ring that has us trapped here in the hotel, it
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will be death immediately, either for them or for us. That's just the
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way I wanted. Mister Harris, tell me again about that handsome looking man.
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He's from me. The best dressed man in any crowd is the man
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who wears clipper crack clothes. For spring. You all wool worsted Clippercraft suits
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sue, who's that handsome, successful looking men? Who is for me?
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your suits and top coats. In Manhattan Sacks thirty fourth Broadway of thirty fourth
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John Wannamaker's Men's Stores we at eighth and sixty seven Liberty Street. In Brooklyn,
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Abrahman's Trousse in New York, New Jersey Boulevard Men's Shop Krasnoi, and
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in Jamaica the B and D Clothes Shop one six four o eight Jamaica Avenue
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for doctor Watson. I can't recall you in mister Holmes, being in a
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more baffling and dangerous situation than at the Hotel Metropolitan Paris a few steps behind
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Amiel Marco, the elusive enemy h it was extremely dangerous, mister Harris Marco's
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Germans firing, which seemed to be everywhere we turned, had found Holmes's half
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of the infinitely valuable British war plans and adventised with Holmes and I hurried to
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the front desk of the hotel to question the clock. I understand class at
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mister Emil Marco will return here at ninth this evening, Monsieur Malcol. Yes
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did you go to his sweet earlier this evening? Monsieur Yes, yes,
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yes I did. It was a young lady there. I am saday that
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you went directed to Monsieur Malco's week. If you had stuck to inquire here,
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I might have saved time. Will you you see Monsieur Marco left this
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afternoon permanently well, and the young lady in his sweet Matiel Giaget, the
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mate Boiselle, left just a few moments ago. The universe is gone.
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I beediately said something about the train de Belin. She was in great hurry
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to be Daniel Marcode. What time does the train depart for Berlin? It
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departs in approximately four minutes, as not enough time was to reach the station.
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Perhaps not Watson, but has nothing to prevent our boarding the train after
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it and rushing to Berlin. It did trained after they depart in two hour.
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Monsieur, we should be aboard that train, Watson, makes you part
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a thought disabian? Whose are you? Man the very center of the German
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government? If we've almost been murdered outside of Germany? What on earth might
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happen to us? Will we found in Berlin? Our personal city does not
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matter in this case, Watson, we are on a country espionage assignment for
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the British governor. By all the rules of international intelligence, you and I
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are expendable. My brother Microft made it clear the possession of the pens may
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mean triumph or defeat in a war with Germany. So you and I,
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my dear Watson, are petty and marionettes. Put on lugag and writer Berlin,
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those awful it curd of this Berlin Stationton, Yes, Watson, an
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I dare say this crowd is neatly spiced with Marco's men awaiting an opportunity to
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strike them. Very cool heart at homes to have entered the trappers. Well,
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how the Dickens will you ever find that French girl or Marcus elementary,
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my dear Watson elementary. But in all a berlion were the supert agents at
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every turn scheming about our do I insist as all ways, I have a
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method laid this newspapers by on newspapers first pub Watson will be to leet the
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station alive scribe. Everyone on this crown may be an agent with a knife
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or a gun. Quite keeper writes over newspaper, gentleman, nocker or the
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news gentleman just a finish or ethan You will told you we don't want a
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newspapern We offer you this way, Watson as the exit cuge news vendor back,
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we will shove the newspaper down art products. Yeah, I said,
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it's very dark outside the station. He'll hurts, is it advisable for us
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to step out this way? We cannot remain here at the railway terminal.
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You must find our Coquette and Marco right in as they exited one moment,
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hurts, what is it but newsmender. He seems to be following us,
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just your imagination. No, I don't think, sir. He was at
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the center of the station and we stepped off the trail. He's been right
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behind us in the since. All right, walk through the exit. That's
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it. Watching you still behind us, lock into the doorway. It's as
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black as pitch. We lose this right now. Wait he comes to the
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exit. Will we help us hers? I'm sure he has a judge.
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Wait there is who's looking about? I see you two gentlemen in the doorway.
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We're gonna remain there, please and not move. Gonna speak of a
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gun and coming over to chat with you. Good evenings the horns, doctor
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Watson. If you and tend to kill us, gown shoot be over with
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it as you'd like to introduce myself. My name is Colin Bridgie. Intelligence
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British shouldn't tellig. Then you receive my wire. We did will while the
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moment I knew the French girl a let for Berlin Watson, while you were
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packing our luggage, I sent a wire here to British Intelligence in code.
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My craft had given me the information as to the technique if required. My
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wire described matild in detail. I told British Intelligence to pick her up here
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at the station and keep after her. Then to communicate with us at the
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moment we left the trail, we've spotted her leaving the trail we followed.
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Excellent. I'm sorry if I gave you a bit of a scare following you
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this way. I had no choice in the matter. I had to force
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you to stand here. Might have believed I was a German agent and fled.
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Where is Matilde? She's gone to a building on the outskirts of Berlin,
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O ramshak will building, awful place twenty seven lud Digstas. Thank you
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Collins, you've done a superb job. Are you going to twenty seven?
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Lude? Distlas alw The home's for a minute, just you and doctor Watson,
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just the two of us. The third party might alarm the Germans so
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much that they'd simply fired at us as we approached the building. It must
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be more beguiling, mister Pears. THEO Watson and I are nearly dupes falling
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into their ham homes. How can the two of us possibly hope to overcome
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whatever crew of blasted devils as at twenty seven little extras see rash mister home.
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Nevertheless, it must be done. Watson and I must enter that building.
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If we're to find Marco and the plans, we must enter it alone.
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Alive and well, although we may not leave that way, he dos
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holl twenty seven ludwickxtras un glue building front door. Watson can be month the
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stairs and ring suicidalites. Not if it's our own new chancel. Come along
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then, Monsieur Homes Doctor Watson. I am so happy to see you again,
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mademoiselle. Maybe come in, certainly I will delighted. Won't you make
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yourselves comfortable? Thank you, you've been expecting us. Of course we were
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sorry that time Bern did not kill you. If they will tell me pocol
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we realized you would continue your efforts to find any Marco and the fans arena
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took from your lucky purse. Marco, I am afraid you will not be
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meeting doctor Watson. And why won't we meet this Marco? Oh? Because
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we are going to kill you, Monsieur homes Oh. Oh, I am
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thinking I've forgot If you think we're going to remain secret here doing nothing,
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just accepting misn't anything you can do about it, doctor wise Ah, I
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recognize the voice our visitor in the train compartment. Yes, and introduce myself
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now, and he is Busta like Matilda. I'm an employee. Of em
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Mako is personal represented here and I still had that same gun. You see,
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you've played another deplorable trick on us, mister Holmes. Have I Gustan,
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we wanted your half of the plans. You'll let them in your luggage.
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We examine them carefully. Yes they are false. They're not really your
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half of the plans abroad out it an excellent comforfit. But with its weak
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that's wonderful homes. Then they haven't the real half they wanted it. I
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hardly been stupid enough to have gallivanted about the continent carrying the real half.
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I resent that, Gustav, you've underestimated me. I beg your part.
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Now. As for the business at hand, I'd like you to meet a
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friendly parts. Yeah, there's this mister Holmes and doctor Watts. I see,
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I will take care of them. Boy Peter was arrestler. Unfortunately he
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was dropped. His tactics were illegal. It's too cruel. You may leave,
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yes, sad, good night with your Holmes. Doctor Peter has made
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quite a study of the human body, Holmes. He's a specialist in various
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methods of creating unbearable pain. Ah, I have my own way palms.
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You want to know exactly where the real half of the plans is your half.
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I hadn't the slightest intention of revealing that U stab doctor Watson called Holmes
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have told you a way he has hidden those papers. He did not.
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If he did, I would defy you to learn the where about. I
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was afraid this would be your answer. You're a reckless gentleman, Holmes.
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You forced me to take all sorts of steps that I am most reluctant to
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take. I am a mild man at soul. I believe the problems of
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man versus man can be settled on a cordial level. I dislike animal tactics,
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but since you insist, a yeah, gusta ready, I will make
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them talk very quickly. By taking hold of they are you may recall homes
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on the train compartment. I said, we never kill our opponents, and
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important man, we torture them today. I want to know where the papers
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are homes. But perhaps it will require just a bit of persuasion later.
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Ah loo, I take is horns. Ah ah, that's it. Go
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on persuade them, doctor Watson, Are you going to stop here at this
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crucial point? Well, time will allow no more for this evening, mister
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Harris. However, next week I shall tell you the utterly astonishing in of
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our Sure they elucidated the most surprising development in all of Pomes's adventures. The
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back. Well, this is definitely beginning to have a whole James Bond vibe
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going for it. You know, I almost expected the villains, you know,
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at some point to say, no, mister Holmes, I don't expect
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you to talk. I expect you to die. Though we kind of got
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the opposite here. I love the cheerful female Hinchman. You know, she's
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just so chipper and upbeat and happy, like you know, she like she's
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talking about an evening of shuffleboard and dinner theater rather than about the coming demise
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of Holmes and Watson. I like this serial. I even like the ads
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on this one, you know, in the sense of that whole it's so
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bad, it's a good thing. You know. Sometimes some of the ads
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have just been like, oh, that's just you know, over the line
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or silly. This one really gets into that category with the whole that's for
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me mine And they definitely had a good cliffhanger. So this will be a
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lot of fun to see how this wraps up next Thursday. Now, we
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turned to lessener comments and feedback and Bob comments regarding episode eight to four,
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that's the blue carbuncle more entertaining than the video productions. Thanks well, thanks,
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I'm glad you enjoyed it, Bob, and that will actually do it
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for today. We will be back next Thursday with the conclusion of the Elusive
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Agent. And join us tomorrow for yours truly Johnny doller In on Saturday.
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