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Well, now we get into today's episode of Sherlock Holmes. After the forty
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Eric Snowden I played Doctor Watson right of course, was a well known character
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actor, but he did have a couple of starring roles, this being one
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of them, and this is a different characterization of Holmes. We only have
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one episode of this series. This is from March twenty second of nineteen fifty
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time to keep our weekly doctor's appointment. Good evening, doctor, one evening,
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mister allan, draw up your usual chair and set of yourself down.
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That's it, thank you, And now doctor, are you all ready with
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the night new Sherlock Holmes story. Yes, my boy, it began us
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so many of our adventures did at our rooms at two twenty one b Bakers.
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And I suppose it was a foggy November evening at the turn of the
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century. No, mister Allah, this is a lazy, hot day in
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August. Through your suggestion as to the period of the story is approximately correct.
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Holmes and I had just completed a late breakfast. I remember when we
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heard the sharp sound of horses hoofs approaching along the street outside. I deduced
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a quiet elementary, my dear boy element See it was a Claire, and
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a very impressive one too, as we were able to observe. When our
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visitor stood the forest. He was a distinguished looking man, about fifty five,
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dressed in the height of statorial elegance. I can almost hear him now
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as he said, I'm in trouble with Holmes, a very serious trouble.
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Need your help. That's why I'm here. But then sit down, went
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to a son, and this is my friend and colleague, doctor one.
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Oh, how do you do? How do you know? Mister My name
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is Smith. Don come your grace if you feel it necessary to call here.
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Are you using an alien Surely you can be a little more inventive than
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that, your grace, Anti correct and presuming it would be his grace,
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the Duke of Hollywell, quite correct, amazing, quite extraordinary. I can't
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see how you knew it. Well, it's really very simply, your Grace.
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I observed your coach and Paris who arrived us. Now, the distinctive
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Hollywell monogram on the door of the coach was unmistakable. And when I see
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the same quest on your couplings and on the golden oup at your cane,
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and I recall the obsequious way your portman bied you out of the coach,
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then it required no uncanny parts the deduce that I'm being honored with a personal
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that it's from the Duke and Kenny positively be uncanny, who very obviously know
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your true identity. Suppose you tell us your proper it's a bad business,
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very bad business. If her Grace ever found out about this, my cruise
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would be cooked because the Duchess is violently jealous, violently When I supposing it
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was staked, your case, sir, Case, oh oh, Case says
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it seems funny when you put it that way. Well, here's the thing.
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In a nutshell, in a very show, we say confidential nutshell.
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I've been in the street, cabulishly in the street with a with a certain
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actress in London. Somebody has found out about his un They've been blackmailing made.
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Have you any idea who that somebody is? No, no homes,
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But it's somebody who knows my movements. And I've been careful, tabolishly careful,
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haven't been near the theater a little tougher parties of the show, a
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cold burden of bottle, you know, really really quite innocent. But I'm
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afraid the Duchess would would never see it that way. And what form has
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this blackmail taken? There is notes demanding money and threatening to inform my wife
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if I don't pay. But here's the funny thing, Homes. No matter
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how carefully I've chosen an unobtrusive restaurant for our meetings, these notes have been
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delivered to me by a waiter within half an hour after entering the restaurant.
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You kept the notes, of course, sir folk could heavens no tore'em
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up. Far too incriminating to to have the moment. You know, that's
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not unfortunate, it's very posibly have given a clue to the identity of the
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cinder. How many notes if you see three three? They've cost me over
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five thousand pounds, and that they're trying to beat me die. That's what
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and that's why I've come to you, homes or here's this envelope, it's
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for you? And then what does it contain? Areas thousand pounds in bank
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notes yours? If you can find the leaders who are after me where that's
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a very generous feed by. If I have to take the cake, I'd
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like some more facts. Now, what is the name of this actress with
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whom you're inbard? I caught but I couldn't tell you that. Well,
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how can't my friend help you if he doesn't know the fact. I couldn't
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mention a woman's name. Shocking, bad form, shocking. Only a beastly
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cat would do a thing like that. But then, good morning, you're
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best permit me. You're okay, bro You're okay, you're glad broke,
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and your thousand facts. I'll see you at the door. Oh well,
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you'll do mean you'll refuse the case, I do, sir, hmm,
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mystery at one end of my cases I expect, but at bot them no,
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But by your best and good luck. Hm, you're an odd fellow.
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Home is very harder. I don't think I understand who As a matter
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of fact, A thousand pounds is a thousand pounds in the old But yes,
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you definitely un understand it. The day you're best well on myself Homely
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may be the Duke of the Hollywell or whatever it is that I think he's
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one of the stupidest men I ever met. If he's an art, isn't
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gil chat Well a thousand pounds and the Duke of Hollywell, no doubt that
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is the last we shall yell at him, just how stupid. Whilst the
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Duke I figure your pardon, madam, you walk in here on a nuance.
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Yes, and it's very obvious you've been following our previous visitor. I
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have, and I need to. Holly shouldn't be allowed out without a keeper.
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Holly you mean that, I mean my husband, the Duke of Hollywell.
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What a ductress. Your sense of logic is inescapable, mister Holmes.
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You've been following your husband obviously. I waited in a handsome down the street.
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As soon as I saw him leave, I came up here. Why
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did Holly come to you, mister Holmes? I'm afraid that professional epics prevents
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me. He came to you because he was being blackmails didn't he blackmail because
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it is interesting a certain so called actress at the get at his theater.
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Well, how much did the upp a thousand? Yes, as a matter
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of fact, he did. I'll make it two thousands. This is most
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unusual. I don't think I want to understand your attitude. Now, it's
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simple enough. I want this blackmailing to stop, and I want Holly to
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learn a lesson. He's terrified at my finding out the next just the way
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I want him to remain the heads One good scare will make him a little
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more amenable in future. That silly old things got to realize that he's no
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longer the dashing locking arb he was in my days of the theater. Well,
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mister Holmes, do you undertake the case? Yes, yes, I
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think I will. It's most intrigued. Your husband was remarkably glut. Yes,
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you sus to give me the lady's name. I've no such scropeos.
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The woman is Plurene Clauren la Burne. That's her stage name. She's really
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Amy Thomas from Brixton. She changed her name and the color of her hair
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when she left the chorus line at the Gaiety and in what show as she
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appearing, No, your grace, she's still breath in the French Maid at
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the Gaiety Theater, and I'm very bad to bread. She is too.
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She's singing one of my old numbers and singing it atrociously. You think that
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she's behind the blackmail black Oh, I don't think it, my dear man,
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I know it. I'm too familiar with the type. She smothered herself
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in down at this hard at expense, and now she's trying blackmail. Why
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not go backstage as imaginate this afternoon and see her. We will, you
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are great, We certainly will good. And don't let those google eyes up
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hers fool you, doctor Bason. You're looking at me very strangely. Well,
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you mentioned being in the sater just now. You know you're facing the
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author familiars. You came in, aren't you? I mean, weren't you.
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I'm a Victoria, of course I enjoyed seeing you many a china bed.
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Will watch her famous number you're saying, the same one you'll hear Florine
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Laverne singing Tonight waiting at the churney is the one? How did it go
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again, your grace? Well, I hardly expected a thing when I came
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in here, but I'll see what I can do. There was I waiting
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at the church, waiting at the church, waiting at the church, wearing
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I dount to get me in the list. And I don't think she's nearly
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as good as a duchess. Home. I can't get away to marry you
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today. My wife like that's her huh. Yes, they were in the
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wind's watching her. It's hard to believe he's a black man. An,
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yes, it comes down, miss that down? Oh oh, you gent
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have been waiting for me? Yes we will. He's like a word with
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who you don't mind? But please comes my dressing room. I don't think
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we've met before, have we. I'm generally so awfully good. I'm faces
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no, always have said. My name is Holmes and this is my old
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friend doctor one. Oh, how do you do well? Here's my dressing
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room. Come in, won't you do? Sit down? Mister Holmes.
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You're not Sherlock Holmes, the detective, are you? Yes, Miss Lavena,
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I am where. It's mess exciting. My friend's here on business,
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Miss Love. What could you possibly want with me? I'm here as well?
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Be etiquette facts. You are a close friend of the Duke of Hollywood,
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aren't you. I know him. Yes, he's been very kind to
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me. He sent me to singing teachers, and well, he's almost been
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like a father to me. I see that I must be fangou. The
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cladon the information that I have leads me to believe that your relationship with the
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Duke is very far from paternal. However, I am not a monolist.
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The reason that I am here is that his grace is being blackmail blackmail me.
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Yes, mister lavone over you. He's been receiving letters threatening to tell
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his wife unless money was paid. But why didn't Harry tell me? Oh,
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the poor boy. You have The reason he didn't tell you, mis
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lather and is that unconsciously he thinks you may be connected with its blackmailing me.
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Oh, you're not serious, mister home I am you deny that you
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receive presents a valuable juris from the Duke? No, but why shouldn't I
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He admires me. And he's a wealthy man. It's quite customary the ladies
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in the theater to receive presents from wealthy is madyest, but less mail,
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mister Holmes. I'm very angry with you. How could you even think such
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a thing of me, because despite your rather ingenuous manner, you're obviously a
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Verish food woman. You know that the Duke is not exactly a mental child.
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We'd be one of the easiest men in England or woodwink and blackmails is
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the form of foodwinking. Get out of here, punse of you. I'm
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not gonna sit here any longer being in South. He's gone, Get out,
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tiger. Get when she drops her mask, doesn't she hear? Ther?
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Cap We can move no further in this case until we get some concrete
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facts, and there's only one place we can get them. I mean the
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Duke, I do We'll call on him at once. Well, well,
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I'm glad you've changed your mind. Homes are very glad. We've not only
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done that, your grace, we've actually done some preliminary investigation on the case.
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Yes, we've just left miss Labourne's dressing room. Oh dear, oh
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jeremy, Well how did you know it was her? I didn't tell you.
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Oh, I have my methods and now your grace to business. Business,
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Oh, oh, year business. I need your co operation, and
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the only clue you've given me is the fact that these blackmail notes have always
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been received within half an hour or so if you're keeping a roundebus witness Laven.
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But oh on earth did you know that you've called? Is that yourself?
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Your Grace? I don't well, well, go on home, go
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Have you made any roundevus witness laved and for tonight? No? Nos,
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matter of fact, if I thought I wouldn't see her anymore, the whole
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things upset me, dreadful red place in me. If I applaud you're to
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see from your bit. But I must ask you to see mis Laven once
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more. I have a plant. I want you to rent a roundevous with
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her after the show tonight tonight, But tonight's Wednesday. Impossible to see her?
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Oh why for Wednesday's chest Night at the Gards Club, have mister chest
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night there in twenty four years, always play with the earl of Sheppy,
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Oh, always beat the old Devil two? And then tonight chair Grace,
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you must forgo your weekday riot. I want you to take mis lavedare on
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to sud at Gatti's restaurant. Oh no where goes to Gatty's own rendy of
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five years of the night there but Piston under glass. I'm afraid I must
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insist your its very well, Gatty's owner, rend we shall be their tool
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court home, we shallow Jeff. If the previous pattern of these milk is
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followed, there'll be another one received tonight, and you and I, my
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dear Watson, will be there to intercept it. So you and Holmes went
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Watson, what happened when you and Sherlock Holmes waited a Daddy's restaurant that night?
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Did miss Laverne keep her rundevout with the Duke? She did, mister
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Allam. Shortly off to midnight, she was ushered into a private room where
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the Duke was waiting without seeing you and mister Holmes. Of course, naturally,
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my boy. And how long did you have to wait before another blackmail
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note arrived? Doctors? Or they've never did arrive on that occasion, mister
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Avon Finally about one fifteen Homes squibbled a note himself and had his sentence of
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the Duke. As we waited for his grace to join us, Holmes turned
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to me with a book of priet excitement, said, interesting case, isn't
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it? What then? I don't see that we have any case, see
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no blackmail notes. Personally, I think we've made blooming fools of ourselves.
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Oh no, no, eel chap no, we're doing spendidly. The fact
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that no notice arrived is most encounaging and very clear. Pattern begins to emerge
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from my rangy wagons. I'm saying, hello, here comes the Duke.
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I got evening your grade. I ought perhaps I should say good morning,
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hello Holmes. Evening doctor having a shocking supper party. Can't eat a thing,
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level thing or the young media so much distray the stray. She is
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living about what you said to her the latinae and she said I didn't think
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I did that, visited yours. I'm having a dreadful time with her.
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Dreadful left her crying into a terif in soup. It'll be ruined about the
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soup may be ruined your grace, but you kept my confidence. Confidence so
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well what confidence? You didn't tell me, NaZn that we organize this nibus
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to night. Oh oh that? Oh no, no, I didn't know
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that. I spend it. Now you're grade. Tell me when you pay
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these black nail notes in the path. How was the transaction conducted? I
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took the bank joch in playing on brope and handed them to old flower seller
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who sits just be over stax reviewers and take it alas or at what time
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of day, sir, close noons? That was my instructions, whether that's
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what they were in the notes, or do you know the name of the
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flower seller Rosie? I think it was, Yes, yes, yes,
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Rosie, that's it. But then tomorrow at noon, your grace, you
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will repeat the procedure. I will, I mean well, I mean while
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doctor Watson and I will be mingled in the usual clouds and take it in
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the circus at that time of the day, and we shall be watching your
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grade. We shall be watching closely. Are you paying no attention to us?
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And walk up into the crowd as soon as you have handed over the
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mission. I shall be curious to see what Rosie does with that money,
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in deblishly curious. That must be Rosie the blousy or girl but the baskets
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sitting on the steps, since she's the only flower seller in the fight,
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Old Chap, I can hardly regard your deduction of totally amazing. Really,
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he'll come to do for Hollywood. He's stopping, he's handing an envelope to
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Rosie. Yeah, now he's walking away, and he's not looking round to
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see that we're in you and brave, oh gres, the gray matter is
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positively feeding this morning. Rose is putting a shawl over her head as since
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she's tacking up her bucket, that's excellent. You keep your eyes skindl,
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chap, and don't let her get away from up in this car. We've
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got to keep her in sight. She went into the bay eston and a
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dirty gust with this window right or she's she's filling in a form now she's
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handing into the cash r. All the things she's coming out now, scrap
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her no, no normal once she's obviously only in intermediary. In any case,
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she has no reason to be suspicious, and I'm quite sure that we
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can find her later if we need to. At the flot then les she
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gives us, Come on up, chap, excuse many have you? That
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old lady that just made a deposit at your window? In whose name of
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the deposit made? I'm sorry, says that the bank can't give up private
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information like that. Well, my friend is mister sher ut home as the
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detective to show up? Who will that's different with? Then you don't mind
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telling me into who's the contact? Money was paid not to hold, mister
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for doctor Watson. As soon as you discovered that the Duke was apparently blackmailing
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himself, I suppose you and mister Holmes dashed off to see him. That
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was my instinct at at times to allen, But to my surprise, my
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old friend insisted that they call on the ductors instead. I must say,
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my boy, I was utterly flabaghasted when he turned to her and said,
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why did you do it? Your briss give it? Give up at the
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hand. Why have you been backmailing your own husband? Why is he being
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born? I don't understand the duchess does. Don't do your place. Yes,
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I understand that you've discovered my little plot. I was quite intrigued to
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see whether you would. You're a very terrible man, mister Holmes. Thank
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you, you're good. And now I repeat my question, why have you
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been blackmailing your husband to teach Holly a lesson? With high time? He
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got thoroughly frightened. He's too old and too gallible to continue his gallivantics,
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and so I approached him through one of his most volantle book. But his
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pocket book author solib eyes nomily don't understanders, it's very simple, oneson't The
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duchess wrote the blackmail notes, her husband paid them to Rosie. Why wrote
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it? By the way of this, Oh, Rosie's an old dresser's mine.
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She'd do anything for me. See and then Rosie paid the money back
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into your husband's car. And you can't I imagine yes, I opened it
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recently. Holly wouldn't have known about it until he was over this infatuation,
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and it learned his lesson. But you're grace, if you were behind this,
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brind why did you come to your work at home? I didn't,
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I pollied har And then I thought it might be that a good pretty ego
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to have the great Sherlock Holmes working for him. And also, quite frankly,
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I was curious to see where the light because how did he catch me,
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mister Holmes? Or it was a question of patterners. Every one of
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the original blackmail notes was received when the Duke was on his regular schedule.
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At the moment I ordered that schedule by rendering last night's meeting at gut Is,
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no note was received, and it was then not just to me that
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the blackmailer was someone who knew the Duke habits intimately, and Holly is a
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man of habits. Friday is the night forgetis Monday that the boy saturdays carriages.
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It's just the way he caught me, and Wednesday is in the area
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place with the Earl of Shetty of the Guard. But the where did you
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point her suspicion toward miss love in the hopes of misleading you both, and
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in the bay sincere hope of frightening her to death. I'm really quite fond
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of Holly. You know, he's a silly old man, but I do
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love him. Well, it may interest you to know, your Grace,
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that he's already decided to see no more than mislam. I'm delighted to hear
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it. Well, you should get the two thousand I promised him. Now
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I've decided to lower my feet personally after I don't think you should take a
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fee at all home, Oh rubbish, I I've earned it, and I
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demanded, well, what is it could be? Then, miss town We
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the lathern girl really sang. You're a number of bomber. I wonder if
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the American Broadcasting Company Welcome back. While this is a different take on
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Sherlock Holmes, for one thing, Ben Wright was not trying to sound like
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Basil Rathbone. This is uh. This is of course noteworthy because I think
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you could say that every single actor after Rathbone, both Tom Ponwayne John Stanley
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for three seasons, really had that rathbon Esque sound going on. Here a
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Ben Right, it's more of a relaxed, relaxed role and devinely I think,
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pretty likable and warm as a Sherlock Holmes, So definite departure from John
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Stanley. Of course, not sounding like or trying to sound like Basil Rathbone
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may have been what doom. The series second season over Mutual had a six
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point five Hooper rating. This one had a rating about half that, so
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into the threes. And so this would be the very last season of the
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New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes the few years off since it's premier nineteen thirty was
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then canceled. I really would like to hear more of this ben right series.
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This episode somewhat a typical it's from the twenty seventh of thirty nine episodes
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and probably a little lighter in tone and a typical episode. But this would
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not be the end of Sherlock Holmes in the United States. Tower of London
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would produce a s in England would produce a syndicated program which would come to
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the US over the NBC network, And we will bring you that one as
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our asked Sherlock Holmes series. So be sure and join us next week for
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that. All right, now to listener comments and feedback, Valerie says,
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