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Welcome everyone to the

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new 1001 Sherlock Holmes

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stories podcast. Here you'll

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find a collection of

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Sherlock Holmes adventures as well as the

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best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.

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Some from our archives at 1001 classic

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short stories and 1001 stories for the

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road and some newly produced all here

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for your entertainment. Welcome back

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Sherlock Holmes fans to 1001

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Sherlock Holmes stories and the best of

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This

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is your host John Hagidorn and

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it's great to be with you today on

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this continuing journey of Arthur Conan Doyle's works.

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Some time ago we discussed Sherlock

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Holmes pastiches which defined our stories

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that use Sherlock Holmes in his

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role as a detective which are

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written by other authors. It

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might surprise you or maybe not to note

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that many many people have tried to cash

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in on the popularity of Sherlock Holmes. I'm

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not saying that they were strictly motivated by money because

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I don't know. I tend

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to believe that they've been so inspired by

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the stories that they wanted to see them

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continue long after Doyle stopped writing them. I've

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read some of the pastiches and some are

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interesting. Some aren't that great. However,

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only a few are in the public domain where

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I can share them. Many

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radio versions of which I've been sharing

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every other week are very well done.

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Since we just wrapped up ACD's

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favorite 18 I thought it might

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be time for a pastiche and this one

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has an interesting backstory. The

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story is called Footprints on the Ceiling and

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it was published by Herbert Jenkins in 1920

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written by Jules Castier when

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he was a World War One prisoner in Germany. He

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actually wrote a collection of pastiches or

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parody. of 34

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of the most famous British and American writers

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of the day. It's

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titled, Rather Like Some

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Endeavors to Assume the Mantle of the Great,

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published by Herbert Jenkins, Ltd., in 1920. And

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get this! Jenkins

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sent each parody to the author-parodied and asked

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them to write a foreword. Eighteen

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of 34 answered and were reproduced

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in the book Preface. Unfortunately,

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Conan Doyle didn't answer. I

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could not discover who else did not answer.

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Here's a list of all the authors he

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parodied. Of course, you'll have

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to get the book to find out which authors wrote

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forwards. The authors

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parodied are F. Anstey, Arnold

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Bennett, Hall Kane, G.K.

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Chesterton, that's the Father Brown author,

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Joseph Conrad, we've got a couple of Conrad

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stories in our short stories, Marie

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Corelli, Arthur Conan Doyle, John

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Galzworthy, Charles Garves,

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Sir H. Ryder Haggard, great

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stories from that guy. At

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1001 Stories for the Road and at

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1001 Love and Love Stories, where he

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did Marie, fantastic story. Henry

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Harland, Maurice Hewlett, Robert

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Hitchens, E.W. Good morning. W.W.

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Jacob, saw the monkey's paw. Henry

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James, Jerome K. Jerome,

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Rudyard Kipling, William LeCue,

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W.J. Locke, Jack

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London, there's the American, Leonard

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Merrick, Henry Seat Merriman,

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Henry Newbolt, Eden Philpott,

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R.W. Service, George Bernard

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Shaw, Robert Louis Stevenson,

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Elizabeth Bonarnham, E. Temple

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Thurston, Horace A. Vachel, H.G.

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Wells, Oscar Wilde, and

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C.N.M. Williamson. What

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a great period of time for classical

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authors. What a list. It's

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a rare book and I've seen prices from $25 to $103.

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If you do decide to get it, email me the authors

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who wrote the forwards and I'll see you next And

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I'll share it with the

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group, I promise, at [email protected].

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Meanwhile, here's Footprints on the

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Zee-Link by Jules Castier. Hope

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you enjoy it. And now,

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Footprints on the Zee-Link from

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Jules Castier's collection called Rather Like

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Some Endeavors to Assume the Mantle of

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the Great. Being

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an account of an adventure of Professor

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George E. Challenger, Lord

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John Rockston, Mr.

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Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, M.D., and

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Mr. E. D. Malone. When,

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some years ago, I attempted to

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chronicle the stupendous adventure of our little

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group in the lost world of South

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America, and some time later,

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it's still a more amazing episode when the

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Earth was passing through the poison belt of

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aether. I little thought it might be my

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lot to relate another marvelous occurrence some of

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us were to go through, and I feel

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it my duty to set it down at once,

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while most of the details are still fresh in

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my memory. It was

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a warm day in June, the fourteenth, as

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I make out by an entry of my notebook that

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the adventure may be said to begin. I

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had just come out of Mr. McCardle's office. The

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kind-hearted old Scott was about to retire from

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the post he had occupied so long, that

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of news editor to the daily exet to

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which the proprietors had decided to promote me.

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Old McCardle had given me a few parting

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words of sound advice, and I was still

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meditating his well-meant remarks while I sat down

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in my own little office, which I

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was to leave so soon. My

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brain was full of lingering thoughts of

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the past, mingling with vague plans for

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the future, when the office boy came

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thundering in, bearing a visiting card between

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his none-too-clean fingers. A

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gentleman to see you, Mr. Malone, he

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cried, banging the door. You

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sure it's me he wants to see? And

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not McCardle? I cautiously demanded, not

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wishing to be disturbed uselessly. He

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said, Mr. Malone, sir. The boy

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assured me. Well, show him

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in," I said, looking at the

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card, which bore the printed inscription,

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Dr. Watson, below which I read,

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in a barely legible handwriting, requests

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the favor of a few minutes' interview with

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Mr. Malone. Here

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were the tables turned, indeed. I

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was all the more puzzled, as I knew nothing

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of this Dr. Watson. I

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was revolving in my mind to several doctors,

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and the many Watsons, with whom I was

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more or less acquainted, when the

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door opened again, and a plain-faced man,

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evidently a physician, was ushered in

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by the irrepressible office-boy. How

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do you do, Mr. Malone? he said,

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in a singularly oppressed-sounding voice, anxiously

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seeming to pierce through his open lips and

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sallow cheeks. Good

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afternoon, Dr. Watson. I rejoined. What may I

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do for you? I'm afraid

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you must have made a mistake as ... I

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think not, he hastily interrupted.

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I must ask you to excuse me, but

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you are THE Mr. Malone,

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Professor Challenger's friend. Indeed,

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I have the honor of his acquaintance, said

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I, although friendship is, I fear,

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too presumptuous a word, on

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my part at least. Well,

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Mr. Malone, he continued, in

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goping torrents of words, I

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must intrude upon your time to the extent

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of asking you for an introduction to Professor

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Challenger's. It is a matter of

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life and death. I know the

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eminent scientist and his wife do not care to

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be interviewed by strangers, and that is the reason

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why I appeal to you. Indeed,

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Dr. Watson, I replied, I

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doubt whether Professor Challenger would consent to see you

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at all, even if I were to

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introduce you to him. He

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is your friend, and what I ask is

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on behalf of a friend of mine, Mr. Sherlock

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Holmes, of whom you have doubtless heard. I

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must apologize for my ignorance, I

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replied. However, I am quite willing

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to answer your urgent appeal to friendship, although

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have very little confidence in my power to help.

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The best I can do would be,

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I suppose, to accompany you myself to

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Professor Challengers. You might explain the

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matter to me on the way." "'Ah,

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Mr. Malone,' he answered, heaving a deep

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sigh of relief, I shall indeed

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be greatly indebted to you, if you can spare

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the time." "'Ah,

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let me see,' I mused. There

8:21

is a train from Victoria, but

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he interrupted me at once. I

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have a forty-horsepower humber waiting outside, which will

8:27

take us to Rotherfield before we can get

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there by train." "'Very

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well,' I replied. "'Pray excuse me

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a moment while I see my assistant, and

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I shall be quite ready for you.' "'I

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found Harper, my assistant, smoking his pipe

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in the passage, and hurriedly told him

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of my unexpected mission. After

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which, putting on my cap and coat, and throwing

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a couple of rugs over my arm, I

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rejoined Dr. Watson and was conducted to

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his car, which a smart chevour said

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in motion at once, without even waiting

8:58

for any direction from his master. We

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had hardly set off, however, when I heard

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my name shouted by a voice I could

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not fail to recognize instantly. While

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I turned to gaze at a tall, thin

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figure clad in a gray tweed shooting suit

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that emerged from a motor-car just a few

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yards behind ours. "'Buh-hello,

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young fella,' cried Lord John

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Rockston. Beside him was

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sitting another tall man, though he had nothing

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in common with his companion, silent

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and absorbed. He looked more like a

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human mummy than a living being, and the

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slow beating of the temples was the only sign of

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life he seemed to give. I

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was waving my hand in reply to

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Lord John, when my companion suddenly sprang

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up in his turn and, pointing towards

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the second car, crawled out excitedly. "'What?

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Holmes! You don't mean to say you—"

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"'My dear Watson,' calmly

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replied my friend's fellow-passenger. "'Since

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we are obviously bound for the same destination, I

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think we could do no better than to use

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the same car.' Lord

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John," he continued. Turning

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to his companion, shall we join

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our friends? I'm sure Dr. Watson's

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car will be more comfortable and faster than

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a taxi." "'Right

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you are,' said Lord John.

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Besides, the more the merrier." Accordingly

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both vehicles were stopped. Lord

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John paid his chauffeur, and the little

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party of four were soon seated in

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the capacious forty horsepower, smoothly

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running southwards. After

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a few exuberant remarks in Lord

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John Rockston's most characteristic manner, his

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companion, looking keenly at me, began

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speaking in a marvelously even and

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passionless voice. "'Good

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day, Mr. Malone.'" "'Indeed,

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Holmes,' interrupted Watson. "'I'm

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afraid I should have introduced you. Pray

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excuse my carelessness, though how

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you immediately hit on Mr. Malone's name. Sheen,

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you don't know him, and absolutely ignored what I

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was about to do. I really fail

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to see.' "'Marvelous,'

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exclaimed Lord John Rockston. "'Most

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dishonesty, I call it.' "'It's

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the simplest thing imaginable,' Holmes

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calmly proceeded, turning to me. "'It

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is obvious you are a journalist. Your

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pockets are crammed with notebooks, and I see

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a waterman peeping out of your waistcoat pocket.

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The second finger of your right hand is somewhat horny

11:17

on the left side, an evident

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sign of active use of pen and pencil. There

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are few ink stains on your coat sleeves,

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where occasionally you daub your pen to rid

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it of any small encumbrance it might have

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caught. You are

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somewhat short-sainted, a sign of much

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reading or writing. Moreover,

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I see copies of the daily gazette protruding

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not only from your coat, but also between

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the rug over your arm, which

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makes it quite evident that you're on the staff of

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that paper. Now

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I see you with my friend Watson,

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who is greatly concerned with the fate

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of Professor Challenger. Roger has very

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few journalist friends. In fact, the only

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one is Mr. Malone. A

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child would deduce your identity." Absolutely

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rippin'!" exclaimed Lord

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John. Well, I was too much amazed

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for words. Oh, and

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by the way," continued this

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remarkable man, turning to my companion,

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"'Let me congratulate you on your movements,

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my dear Watson. It was indeed

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most thoughtful of you to enlist the services of

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Mr. Malone, who is one of the

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two only men now in England with the power

12:22

of securing an introduction to Professor Challenger. I

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was about to look him up myself in his office, when,

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by a lucky chance, I met Lord

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John Rockston, whom, of course, I instantly

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recognized from the description given in Mr.

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Malone's narratives. We'll

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return with Putprints on the Ceiling by

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Jules Castier right after these sponsor

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messages.' And

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now back to my story. Yes,"

12:50

put in my friend, "'extraordinary it was,

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too, seen as you had never even set

12:54

eyes on me.' "'A

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simple instance of deduction, aided by

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memory,' explained Sherlock Holmes.

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Now, however, I turned to him and his

13:05

friend with questioning eyes. "'Perhaps,'

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said I, "'you can now explain the object of

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your mission, for I cannot conceal

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my astonishment.' "'For right

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you are, young fellow,' echoed

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Lord John. "'Come now, gentlemen, will

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you kindly explain?' "'You

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have a perfect right to know everything,' answered

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Dr. Watson. "'And as we have

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some time before us, I think there is no

13:29

reason whatever for withholding the explanation any longer. You

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must know, then, that Professor Challenger has

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disappeared.' The

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effect of this revelation was startling on both of

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us." "'What?' exclaimed

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Lord John. "'A man of his

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size, disappearing in the middle of

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a civilized country?' "'It is

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indeed incredible,' I cried out.

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"'I received the news from his old chaper','

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Holmes said quietly, and immediately started

13:57

on my investigation. I

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have written off your data different the case.

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For. Instance a person who are suspected

14:06

of having of school did with the

14:08

pressure is a small man would want

14:10

here and loan fingernails. He must be

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some great distress and was formerly a

14:15

creature of higher standard. Know.

14:17

Evidently Poland someone in the social and

14:20

moral still. I hope to

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lay my hands on him at Newbury future

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date. Would. Notice a do so.

14:26

I must examine Professor Challengers a

14:28

bone with some terror. That is

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why should have performed you Mr.

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Malone. Little. Dreamy. but

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I should first meeting or John

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Ralston and still less that my

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friend Dr. Watson would be simultaneously

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and successfully engaged on the same

14:43

quest. Homes.

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Excited! They explained Dr. Watson accustomed

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to you detective methods as I am.

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I'm quite overwhelmed by all this information about

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the unknown Blinkered on who's track, We all

14:55

of us are no set. Hell

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on Earth has been possible for you to get at

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it. Have you discovered some new

15:02

clues as I left you? Non.

15:06

Whatever. Calmly. Rejoinders Remarkable

15:08

man, I know nothing more than

15:10

you. We were together when the

15:12

chauffeur rushed into my room and

15:14

Baker Street and related his master

15:16

Springs disappearance. What?

15:18

Does should all. Were Jean

15:20

Claude out? It came in was.

15:24

Indeed, And he says he added.

15:27

You. Might do to be with explaining something

15:29

of your process. Mr. Holmes. It

15:33

is the simplest thing imaginable. He

15:35

answered. All. The data weren't

15:37

bird from Austin's visit. Your.

15:39

May read like the men of middle

15:42

height not too strong though it do

15:44

but avoid tough. An eminently impressive. From

15:47

these characters is evidence that the kidnappers

15:49

a small man. My.

15:51

Dear Homes. Ejaculate

15:53

the doctor. Of

15:55

course, or her fellow. Continued.

15:58

His friend. if we have been tall

16:00

and strong, or only of medium height and strength,

16:03

he would certainly have seen to it that Austin

16:05

be removed and put out of the possibility of

16:07

telling tales. Austin

16:09

was left free. Ergo, the

16:11

kidnapper, is physically his inferior. The

16:15

color of his hair and the abnormal length

16:17

of his fingernails were immediately deduced by a

16:19

casual glance at the cap Austin wore. It

16:22

was not his own, as I had once remarked.

16:25

You may recollect, he said, in reply

16:27

to one of my questions. It was one of

16:30

his masters. Well, the

16:32

cap was strewn with long, fair,

16:35

reddish hairs, and wore masks

16:37

of tearing which could only have been accomplished

16:39

by fingernails. I have

16:41

studied the question in some detail. The

16:43

technicalities may, of course, be found in my

16:45

pamphlet on the subject, and I

16:47

am perfectly sure of my conclusion. Rippin!

16:52

exclaimed Lord John Rockston. And

16:55

how could you deduce the moral and social part

16:57

of your inference? I asked,

16:59

admiration for this deductive genius not yet

17:01

quenching my thirst for his secrets. Equally

17:05

simple, Mr. Malone. He answered,

17:07

smaling. First of all, it

17:09

is quite clear no one would dream of

17:11

sconding with a man like Professor Challenger if

17:13

he could possibly do otherwise. Hence

17:16

the great distress. Moreover,

17:18

the fact of kidnapping a man

17:20

of such acknowledged genius points to

17:22

a certain intellectual and moral standard.

17:25

The common criminal would kidnap a millionaire and

17:27

hold him to ransom, but not

17:29

a scientist. And last of all, our

17:32

man has certainly fallen rather low in the

17:34

moral and social scale, else he

17:37

would visibly not have reverted to such extreme measures.

17:40

You see, it's all perfectly simple. You

17:44

beat Euclid Hollow! word

17:46

Lord John. Don't you think so,

17:48

young fella? As

17:51

far as I can remember, I answered,

17:53

smiling movefully, Euclid only

17:55

deduces things that everybody knew already or

17:58

ought to know. as

18:00

Mr. Holmes makes the whole invisible effect

18:02

appear under the full limelight of the

18:04

cause. "'Very

18:06

neatly put, I'm sure,' added

18:08

Dr. Watson. "'But here, unless I'm

18:11

mistaken, we are at our journey's end.' At

18:15

some distance behind us, peering

18:17

over a clipped hedge, was

18:19

Professor Challenger's so unhospitable notice-board.

18:23

We were passing between the posts of a gate, and

18:25

at the end of a drive hedged in with

18:27

rhododendron bushes, the familiar brick-house

18:29

peered smiling meannas, that

18:32

is, at least at two of us. Entering

18:35

the house, we were met by little Mrs.

18:37

Challenger, as dainty as ever, though her eyes

18:40

were red with recent crying, and her

18:42

whole face bore the masks of the anxiety

18:44

and sorrow she had undergone. She

18:47

came up to Lord John and myself, while

18:49

a look of gratitude and hope passed for an

18:51

instant across her care-worn features.

18:55

"'Oh, Lord John, and you, Mr.

18:57

Malone,' she exclaimed, in a

18:59

voice bordering between tears and joy. "'How

19:02

kind of you to come to me in my distress! I

19:05

would not have dared to trouble you myself, but

19:08

I cannot express my relief of seeing you here.'

19:11

"'It's all right, my dear Mrs.

19:14

Challenger,' jokingly replied Lord John Rockston. "'Although

19:16

Malone and I are a little good, I'm

19:18

afraid we brought you a rippin' friend in need.

19:21

If you will find the Professor in half the time, it

19:23

will take me to Stockham Buffalo. May

19:26

I introduce you to Mr. Sherlock Holmes and

19:28

to Dr. Watson, his fool? Gentlemen,

19:32

Mrs. Challenger.'" She

19:35

shook hands gratefully with both of them, and

19:37

was speaking some words of welcome to the

19:39

latter, when I noticed that Holmes had disappeared.

19:42

Dr. Watson immediately excused his friend's apparent

19:44

impropriety on the plea that he was

19:46

already following some clue to the mystery.

19:49

All three of us then followed her into

19:51

the cozy boudoir where we had passed such

19:53

memorable hours while the world was passing through

19:55

the poison belt. She

19:58

had begun to relate her husband's strange disappearance

20:00

which had occurred on the preceding day. The

20:03

professor had retired to his study after

20:05

breakfast, as usual, and when Austen,

20:07

as was his habit, knocked at the door

20:10

to announce lunch, he had

20:12

received no answer. The faithful

20:14

chauffeur had finally entered the study only

20:16

to find himself in an empty room. His

20:20

master had said nothing of leaving, or even of

20:22

going out. Indeed, nobody

20:24

had left the house through the door at any rate.

20:28

When he reached this point of her narrative,

20:30

Mrs. Challenger broke down, and it

20:32

was only by our combined efforts that she

20:34

finally managed to recover her composure, though

20:36

her eyes filled with tears. Suddenly

20:40

the door was thrown open, and Sherlock

20:42

Holmes, keen and alert, burst into the

20:44

room, walking straight up to Dr. Watson.

20:47

Watson! he said, in

20:49

that calm and passionless voice of his, though

20:52

it was easy to see he was tingling with excitement. Would

20:56

you be so kind to give

20:58

me some information concerning Zeman's phenomenon?

21:00

I have myself dabbled somewhat in science,

21:03

but I am afraid I have no

21:05

recollection of this apparently recently discovered notion,

21:08

and I apply to you as to the scientist

21:10

at our party. My

21:13

dear Holmes! replied Watson,

21:15

visibly disappointed. I

21:17

am sure I utterly fail to see what Zeman's

21:20

phenomenon has to do with your case. Indeed,

21:22

I am afraid it is somewhat

21:24

outside the range of a mere position. Nevertheless,

21:29

I may tell you broadly what it is. Zeman

21:32

was the first to discover that

21:34

all the colors and lines revealed

21:36

by spectral analysis are actually deviated

21:38

by some influences, amongst others, by

21:40

a strong magnetic field. Then

21:43

I have it! exclaimed Holmes,

21:45

himself moved to some display of

21:47

excitement, his voice no longer suppressed.

21:51

What? Mrs. Challenger

21:53

cried out. You mean you have found?

21:56

Professor Challenger will be amongst us within a few

21:58

minutes. resumed and tones

22:01

once more void of any emotion. Gentlemen,

22:04

I request you to follow me into the

22:06

science's steady. Pray

22:08

excuse us, madam. The

22:10

four of us found ourselves in the familiar

22:12

steady, a look of amazement on the faces

22:15

of all save Sherlock Holmes, who began in

22:17

an even voice. I

22:19

must first of all confess that I was completely wrong

22:21

about the results I told you of on the way

22:24

here. I was completely misled

22:26

by appearances, which only proves

22:28

that one should never work on

22:30

preconceived ideas. However,

22:33

I am happy to say I discovered my mistake

22:35

as soon as I entered this room." How

22:38

on earth could the simple aspect of this room

22:41

account for such a change?" muttered

22:43

Dr. Watson, turning his puzzled face towards

22:46

his friend. "'Look!"

22:48

replied Holmes, pointing first

22:50

to the ceiling and then to a mass

22:52

of papers strewn about the scientist's desk. The

22:56

ceiling unquestionably bears footprints, and

22:59

these papers all contain diagrams

23:01

and rough jottings where the

23:03

words, "'Zeman's Phenomenon' ever recur.'"

23:07

Here, he pointed towards a little

23:09

case attached to the wall, is

23:11

an electric switch commanding an electromagnet

23:13

in the laboratory, as

23:15

the inscription says. You may

23:17

notice the current is now on. On

23:20

further investigation, I ascertain that

23:22

the current consumed since the company's last

23:24

visit, which happens to have been

23:26

yesterday, is no less than two

23:28

thousand kilowatt hours. The

23:31

missing link in this remarkable chain of evidence

23:33

was given to me just now by Watson's

23:35

explanation of Zeman's Phenomenon, and

23:38

now Professor Challenger will instantly

23:40

return. All

23:43

three of us were too dumbfounded to understand. But

23:46

Sherlock Holmes, called a chain of evidence, was

23:48

an inextricable labyrinth to me, and I

23:50

was just about to set a question when I

23:53

saw him jump forward and calmly switch off the

23:55

electric current. Immediately,

23:57

the silence seemed intensified. We

24:00

gazed spellbound at one another, and

24:02

suddenly a massive form was visible,

24:05

apparently dropping out of nowhere in the region of

24:07

the ceiling. Holmes was

24:10

the first to act. He sprang forth and

24:12

clutched at the apparition, from which a bellowing

24:14

yell issued at the same time. I

24:17

came nearer in my turn and was able to make

24:19

out a black beard, a huge

24:21

head with a broad forehead and

24:23

a dark plaster of black hair,

24:25

then two clear gray eyes with

24:27

their insolent eyelids, and suddenly I

24:29

recognized the missing man. Holmes

24:33

lied as a panther, caught him in his arms,

24:35

and instantly set him on his feet. Well,

24:39

hello! What the devil do you mean? Now

24:41

my young friend, what's all this? How

24:44

inexpressibly glad I was to hear the familiar

24:47

voice. Why,

24:49

air-propressor! cried out Lord

24:51

John. Yes,

24:53

himself! came Challengers Sonorous

24:55

Bass, and suddenly perceived him to

24:58

two others. He went on. And

25:00

may I ask who these intruders are? Dear

25:04

Professor Challinger, I tried to calm him.

25:07

These gentlemen came here with Lord John and myself,

25:10

and have just solved the mystery of your disappearance. My

25:13

disappearance? He vigorously

25:15

interrupted. How can I

25:17

have disappeared without simply trying a little

25:20

experiment on Xemon's phenomenon? Pre-answer

25:22

that, sir. Yes, you. And

25:26

he turned savagely toward Sherlock Holmes. Our

25:29

remarkable friend calmly met his gaze. May

25:33

I ask you what day you make it out to

25:35

be, Professor Challinger? He inquired.

25:38

What day? Tell you what day

25:40

it is? Yes, sir, I

25:43

can. It's the 13th of June, and

25:45

it also happens to be... And here

25:47

he looked at his watch. 3.35 p.m. As

25:52

a matter of fact, in played Holmes, you

25:54

happen to be wrong, which is

25:57

only natural after your adventure. It

25:59

is not the 13th. However, but the

26:01

fourteenth. Given absent from

26:03

our planet for something over twenty seven

26:05

hours. Extraordinary.

26:09

muttered. Lord John Ralston. Incredible.

26:14

I could not help exclaiming. Would.

26:17

You mind explaining your meaning which appears

26:19

someone were to my feeble little it.

26:22

As challenger. Taking. Up as

26:24

thunder and irony. Nothing

26:26

is easier. Since. You're

26:28

like homes. Yesterday morning you came

26:31

under study the started experimenting about

26:33

Siemens phenomenon switched occurred at all

26:35

hyper powerful electromagnet. Evidently not thinking

26:37

of the enormous amount of fire

26:39

a human body of your dimensions

26:41

must obtain or have a tremendous

26:43

effect the magnetic field might have

26:45

upon the spectrum such a body

26:48

would absorb. It short

26:50

siemens phenomena, deviated that spectrum

26:52

further than you could have

26:54

expected, and you fall on

26:56

it quite unconsciously into space.

26:58

For. It to eat or. Oh

27:01

to the praises of your passage. He

27:03

added went into the put marks on the

27:05

scene. And is quite

27:07

simple Accuracy or your watson. And

27:10

now gentlemen, Let. Us return.

27:13

That Mrs. Juncture. We.

27:17

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