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In this episode, we dive into a thrilling Sherlock Holmes adventure set in the foggy alleyways of Limehouse, London. The story unfolds with Dr. Watson recounting a mysterious case involving opium dens, a potential murder, and the cunning disguises of Sherlock Holmes. As Holmes and Watson navigate the dangerous underworld, they encounter a cast of intriguing characters, including businessmen embroiled in a deadly rivalry over a lucrative guano concession. Holmes' keen observation skills and Watson's steadfast support are put to the test as they unravel the mystery and prevent a murder.

Listeners are taken on a suspenseful journey as Holmes employs his Baker Street Irregulars to shadow suspects and uses his mastery of disguise to infiltrate the opium dens. The episode is filled with unexpected twists, including a dramatic confrontation and a clever deduction that leads to the capture of the culprit. With its rich atmosphere and engaging narrative, this episode captures the essence of a classic Holmes mystery, leaving listeners on the edge of their seats.

(00:34) The Avengers in South Africa

(01:21) Sherlock Holmes Broadcast to Troops

(03:04) Doctor Watson's New Adventure

(07:28) Holmes' Disguise and Investigation

(14:08) The Rival Businessmen

(19:12) The Opium Den Mystery

(24:05) The Confession and Arrest

(27:36) Conclusion and Next Week's Teaser

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And now for our weekly doctor's visit. Let's see No, no, no, Mr. Bartel. Don't say let's see if he's expecting us. You know, I always expect   you this time on Monday evenings, my boy. So draw up your usual chair and settle down. Thanks, doctor.   That's it.   All alone this evening, doctor? Where are the puppies? Out on the patio. They had a most   always.  

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In that case, doctor, perhaps we better change the subject.  

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So suppose I ask you about tonight's new Sherlock Holmes adventure. Well, my boy, as I told you last week, the story took place in the foul alleyways of Limehouse.   It was there on a foggy December evening in 1890   that my story began.   An old friend and patient of mine, Aysa Whitney, had disappeared, and his distraught wife had come to me for help, knowing   shocking   habit of taking opium, I suspected that I might find him in one of the vile dens inhabited   by the dregs of the waterfront.   And so, mister Bartell, about 05:00 on that December evening, I began my search. Bartell, about 05:00 on that December evening, I began my search.   After an hour of fruitless wanderings,   I find myself in a vile alley called Upper Swandam Lane.  

I could hear the distant moans of the riverboats   as I walked eyes alert, and hand on the revolver in my coat pocket.   Suddenly, I saw a steep flight of steps leading down to a black gap like a mouth of a cave.   I walked down.   The steps were worn hollow in the center by the ceaseless tread of stumbling feet. I reached the bottom. A door faced me and above it, a flickering oil lamp   winked warning exactly.   I found the latch and lifted it.   The door squeaked open protestingly,   and I entered.  

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There  

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was a tinkle of Chinese wind bells as I walked towards a long, low room.   A strange sight met my eyes.   Through the gloom, thick and heavy with the brown opium smoke,   I saw that the room was terraced with wooden berths, like the forecastle of an emigrant ship.   Out of the shadows there glimmered little red circles of light, now bright,   now faint, as the burning poison waxed or waned in the metal pipes.   Bodies lay in strange,   fantastic poses.   Loud shoulders,   bent knees,   head thrown back. The attendant came up to me with a pipe and beckoned me to an empty berth.   I haven't come here to smoke your filthy drug. I'm looking for a friend, mister Isaac Whitley. No. Mister Whitley here. I'm going to search the place. You must not disturb the prince. I'm carrying a revolver, so you'd better not argue with me, my good man, out of the way.  

I searched that filthy den, but found no trace of my missing friend.   As I was leaving despair,   a long shaking hand reached out and plucked at my sleeve.   I turned,   and there sprawling a birth was the wreckage of a man. His gaunt face yellow and twitching, his clothes filthy and ragged, and the pupil of his eyes   like pinpoints.   He spoke to me in a thin,  

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quavering voice.   Mister,   Reverend's sake, get me out of here. Now look here, my man. Don't say you won't help me, governor.  

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Ain't you got an out? Please help me, governor. Take me out of here. Strike your pink, I'm gone for me, I tell you. Well, what must you expect if you indulge in this filthy habit? Take me out of here, governor. I'll go straight this time. Cross me out, I will. Oh, very well. Come along with me. I suppose it's my duty to help you. Ah, bless you, governor. Here, now give me your arm. You cannot take him away. He owe me money. That's a bleeding lawyer. I paid him when I come in. I did. He cannot go with you, mister. Do you remember what I said about my revolver, you blackguard? If I have any more trouble with you, I'll I'll fetch the police. Come along. He owe me money. He owe me money. You fellasconer   owe me money. Tell him all the proper gun. I'd hope you didn't.  

Now look here, my good man. I'll give you a square meal, some advice, and some medical attention. But the rest You don't mind the advice, Watson, but I'll take you up on that square meal.  

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Holmes. Yes. Very glad to see you, old fellow. What brought you for that filthy den of iniquity? Oh, precious  

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me. I want to find a friend. And I, an enemy.  

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Your disguise is wonderful. It completely fooled me. But I'm afraid the proprietor was beginning to   penetrate it. That's why I staged the little rescue scene. Had I been recognized, my life wouldn't have been a worth worth an hour's purchase. How long have you been there? Why were you there? Come on, Holmes. Tell me all about it. It's a pleasure, old chap. But first, let's find a a top house. I want that square meal you promised me.   Excellent meal, Watson. Yes.  

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Good for such a shoddy looking place. Well, Holmes, now perhaps you'll tell me what you were doing in that opium den. I've already told you my story. I'm shadowing a most unusual criminal.  

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A man who haunts the opium dens, yet I know that he himself is not an addict. No. I don't see anything of a criminal about that. He might be looking for a thrill, or perhaps he's one of those writer fellows or something. But this man pretends to be an addict. I watched him closely. He fakes his smoking, and grease paint has enabled him to simulate the characteristic color of a drug victim.   He even affects the typical mannerism of nose scratching. But it's his eyes that give him away.  

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Mhmm. Pupils are wide open, I suppose. Exactly, old fellow. Whereas,  

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if he were really addicted to the drug, they would, as you know, be contracted. I myself always treat my eyes with a special, well, a special kind of drop on the occasion when, when I have to enter these steps. Why does a man haunt an opium den in order not to smoke? That, my dear Watson, is the problem that I intend to solve. Perhaps a fellow's a policeman or a private detective like your cell phone. I've already checked on those possibilities. No, Watson. I believe   there is only one answer. I believe   the man is planning a murder.  

A murder? It's a tempting setting for a murder. Your victim is an addict,   drugged and helpless. Your witnesses   are in an equal state of defilement. The proprietor is anxious to cover up the crime because of the police. That's you. Yes, hon. Now, the question is,   who is the intended victim? That, my dear Watson, is why I've been shadowing this man. Unfortunately, he was not present in the den we just left, but I intend to continue my search. Holmes,  

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can can I help you? My my wife's away, you know. You know, it's  

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a long time since we were on a case to be Much delighted, my dear chap. I've missed you sadly during the past few months. And are you, Holmes?   What's the next move? Back to Baker Street, Othello. My disguise is wearing thinner, and I must contrive a new one.   New disguise,  

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Well, which one should it be, Watson? Well, how about the old flower seller?   I love that one. Well, it's pretty It's  

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Oh, no. No. No, my dear fellow. No. Hardly appropriate for an opium dinner. In any case, the clothes are so wretchedly uncomfortable. Well, how about the music hall song? Oh, where, Chappie? Oh, I don't want to be beside the seaside. Oh, I don't want to be beside the sea. I don't want to struggle on the prom prom prom where the brass band plays tiddly oh, can't found it. Who can that be? You weren't expecting anyone, Will? No. So this is just like the old days. The doorbell ringing, missus Hudson toddling off and bringing up some poor devil in trouble and Says it rather wistfully, old fellow.  

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Don't tell me that you repent of marriage. No. Of course not, Holmes. Mary's a perfect darling and I couldn't be happier. Just the same.   It is rather fun to be back here again. Come in.  

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Yes, Mrs. Hudson? It's a gentleman, sir. He gave me this card. Says he's very anxious to see you.  

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Wayne J. Layton, president, Layton Corporation, Chicago of United States. Ask him to come up with you, Mrs. Hudson. Aye, sir. Well, it's quite recalled times to see you back here, doctor Hudson. Just what I was saying myself, missus Hudson.   Mister Layton scribbled a message on the back of this card. If a thousand pounds for a week's work interests you, you'll see me. A thousand pounds? Big fish, Watson. Very big fish. This week, sir. Thank you.   Oh,   how do you do,  

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mister Layton? I guess you're Sherlock Holmes?   You guessed correctly, sir. Excuse me. Oh,  

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mister Hutson. Hi, mister Holmes.  

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Sit down, won't you, Sladen? My name is Watson, doctor Watson. I am Sherlock Holmes' colleague. Yes. I've I've heard about you too. Like a cigar, doctor, it's a good one. Send me back 3 shillings. Oh, 3 shillings. Oh, thank you. That's very nice. You can just put one. Oh, no. I Speak to yourself.  

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Spend it. And now, mister Layton, may I ask what brings you here? I'll talk fast and to the point. I'm a businessman. I like to do things in a business way. I have a chance to control the guano deposits at the Republic Of San Pedro.   Their minister will be in London tomorrow, and if it weren't for one thing, I know that I could swing the deal and get the concession. And what is that one thing, mister Layton? The deal is secrecy.   I thought no one knew about it, but when I got here, I found out that my biggest business rival has gotten wind of what's going on.   He's an Englishman. I've never met him, but, he's right here in London. Now I am not going to tell you his name. Not until you give me your word that you'll work for me. Just what you wish me to do, mister Layton. Get this rival of mine and keep him out circulation for a week. I don't care how you do it and I won't ask. In a week's time, I'll give you the other half of this £500 I brought with me. Oh, good, Scott. What kind of What's the news to Layton, his hat and gloves?  



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That's   it. Thanks, old fellow.   Goodbye, sir.   What are you doing? Throwing me out? I can't think where you, gathered the impression that I indulged in kidnapping.  

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Once again, goodbye, sir. And here, sir, you can take back your cigar. Hell, if you don't want some easy money, I'll soon find someone else that does. This is the last you'll see of me, mister Holmes. Life is full of little consolations.  

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Some people seem to think that money can run. The gains of foot. Mister Maikness, the man I've been seeking, the man who pretends to be an opium smoker. Why invasive? You let him get away. Here, I'll go after him. No. No. No. No. Don't worry. I've already arranged for that. Oh, how? When I left the room just now to talk to missus Hudson, I was intending to tell her to summon some of my band of street urchins, you know, the Baker Street Irregulars.   When she informed me that half a dozen of them were in the kitchen at this very moment, by taking one of her incomparable steak and kidney pies. The rest should be obvious. You left instructions for one of them to shadow, mister Layton, when he left her. Elementary, my dear Watson. Oh, don't tell me that Layton back again. No. I think not. I should say that at the moment, he's just about to walk out of the front door. No. I think we shall have another visitor.   And judging by the commotion, the incoming and the outgoing visitors know each other and are not on the best terms. Well, it sounds to me as if they're having a fight.  

Here comes missus Hudson to tell us about it.   Come in. Come in.  

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Oh, mister Holmes, you've got another visitor. And so I gathered. Missus Hudson, you gave my instructions to one of the boys? I did that, sir. Young Wiggins was going to follow the gentleman. Missus Hudson, what was all that commotion about downstairs, your son? Son? It was the two gentlemen shouting at each other, him that was leaving and the one that was waiting on the doorstep. And who is our new visitor, missus Hudson? Here's his card, sir. Oh, thank you. Linton Cholmondeley, nine Bellgrave Square.  

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Well,   ask him to come up. Will you, missus Hudson? Very well, mister Holmes. Oh, one thing more. Yes, sir. Please instruct another of the Baker Street regulars to follow this Linton Cholmondeley when he leaves here and report to me. Alright,  

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Alright, sir. You're taking no chances, Holmes?   You're having this fellow shadow too?  

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Layton is a potential murderer. Of that, I'm convinced.   This mister Cholmondeley might possibly be his intended victim.   While we are talking to him, Watson Orville, I want you to be sure to look at the condition of his eyes. Certainly will. Come in.   Oh, good evening, miss Cholmondeley. How are you, mister Sherlock Holmes? I am. This is my colleague, doctor Watson. How do you do, sir?  

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That was Wayne Layton that we just left here, wasn't it? Now, won't you sit down, sir? Thank you. I don't want to sit down. Alright. You needn't answer my question, but I know it was Layton. I have never met him, but I've seen his picture in the newspapers. Very well meant, sir. It was Wayne Layton. I know why he came to you. He's he's trying to have me put out of the way while he closes that deal on the San Pedro And Guana concession.   Now look here, Holmes. You've got to be on my side. Whatever fee he offered you to dispose of me, I'll double it if you take care of him for a few days. Oh, dear me. This is becoming monotonous. Watson? The hat and gloves? Thank you, old chap.  

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That's fine.   Good night, mister Cholmondeley. Look here, Holmes. I'll I'll treble his fee. I'll quadruple it. My dear, mister Chumley, I have accepted no fee from mister Layton. I don't propose to accept one from you.  

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Your hat and glove, sir? That man is out to kill me, Holmes.   Well, if you won't help me, I'll go to the police. That's an excellent idea, mister Chumley. Again, good night.  

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Did you notice his eyes, Watson? Yes. The pupils were contracted. He's obviously a hope for you now. And also a potential corpse. What do we do now? Wait for the irregulars to report? No. You'll return home for your medical bag. I have a feeling that you'll need it before the night is out, then come back here. I've gone before you return. I'll send one of the irregulars to bring you to wherever I may be. Wait until you receive a message from me. On your way, old chap. There's work ahead of us.  

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Wiggins, you're certain that this is the place that mister Holmes told you to bring me to? Oh, yes, doctor Watson. The corner of Swanham Line and Brixell Street, mister Holmes said. Yeah. Well, this is a spot alright. I don't see any sign of him.   Hello? This old woman coming towards us.  

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So that's the disguise he chose. Oh, spare me a few coppers, really, mister.   My feet are something awful and I ain't had a bite of food all day.  

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Oh, you don't, Rose. You can't fool me this time. As a matter of fact, your makeup isn't very convincing.   You hardly look like a woman and nobody's nose could be quite as red as that. Don't look like a woman, shall I? My nose is too red, is it? I'll state that. Well, no. Steady. Look, I'm making fun of a poor old woman that is poised to me. Fine, hon. Sorry, madam. I I didn't mean to insult you.   Well, matey, she gave you a bit of work for all right, didn't she? I boxed your ears. And I must stay about it. You must do own business. Why aren't you aboard your ship at this time of night? Because I'm not a sailor, Watson. It's mister Holmes. Oh my heavens, Holmes.   I wish you you wouldn't confuse me like this.  



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I've never recognized you. My dear Watson, when you're able to recognize me, it will indeed be the beginning of the end. When your eagle eye penetrates my disguise, I shall realize that my retirement is imminent. But enough of this. See that house opposite? You mean the ramshackle place with the broken tiled roof? Yes. I gave you a rigorous instructions to let me know at once. If our two quarries ever enter the same house at the one time, they're inside there now. I'm going in after them. Be careful, Holmes. I better come along with you. Can't I come too, mister? No. No. Certainly not.   We'll keep watch outside.  

If I need any help, I'll smash one of the windows, and then you can come in after me. Wait here for me. I don't expect I'll be very long. I'll be here, Holmes. Don't worry about me. Just take good care of yourself.  

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It's 01:00, Don't you? Yes. I know Wiggins. He's been in there half an hour. I'm beginning to get worried. Start going off, please. No. No. No. Wiggins. You know, mister Holmes, when he gives orders, he likes some   They'll have signal for help. Keep watching, House Wiggins. I'll be out for five minutes.   Go for the police. Right your arm, sir. Alright, Holmes. Alright. I'm coming.  

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You have searched my house from basement to attic.  

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Why do you not give up? I'll tell you again there has been no one here tonight. But my friend came in here half an hour ago. I saw him. Him. And before that, two other men are known to have come in here. If that is so, then where are they? Three men cannot vanish. That's just the point, you scoundrel. Out of the way. I'm going to search this hovel again. I'm not leaving here until I find mister Sherlock Holmes.  

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And now back to doctor Watson and tonight's story,   the eyes of mister Layton.  

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Well, what happened next, doctor? When you searched the house for the second time, did you find any trace of Sherlock Holmes or the two rival businessmen? No. It's about till I'm afraid I didn't. What did you do? I told Wiggins to report the matter to the nearest police station and then rattle back to Baker Street in a handsome cab as fast as I could. When I arrived at the old familiar doorstep,   I wrenched at the bell in a frenzy of anxiety.   Finally, the door opened.   There stood missus Hudson.  

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Doctor Watson, what is it, sir? Why you're as white as a ghost. Mister Holmes,   is he here? Aye, sir. Came in half an hour ago. He was dressed as a sailor and was half carrying some drunken friend of his. Oh, thank heavens he safe. I'll go up. Alright, sir.  

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How about Snow Jet? There you are. Holmes, I can't tell you how glad I am to see you.   Who's that,   that lying on the sofa?  

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Well, I'll put you back, Watson.   Oh, I'm afraid the poor devil's done for her. Great Scott. It's Wayne Layton, the American feller. With a knife wound between his ribs. See what you can do for him, will you? Right. That's extraordinary, Holmes. You said that Layton was a potential murderer,  

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and now he's a victim himself. A biter bit, old chap?  

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Yes. He's still breathing, but he he hasn't a chance. I'll try him with an injection of strychnine. Holmes, how did you get his body out of the house? I I searched the place from top to bottom. I I found no trace of any of you. When I went in, I found the stabbing had already taken place. The proprietor then bribed me, or rather the broken down cell that he took me for, to smuggle the body out through the secret stairway leading to the walls of the back of the house. No trace of Chumley there? No. He must have left before me by the same exit. And then you smashed the window and vaulted? Yes. I knew that I could count on you to hold the fort while I was getting the body away.  

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Mhmm. I was trying to say something, Watson.  

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Yes. The injection's beginning to take effect.  

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Yes, mister Layton?   What are you trying to say?  

[00:22:34] Unknown:

Tell us who stabbed you, sir.  

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Lips are moving.  

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Mandala.  

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He's dead, Holmes. Yes. But he gave us the clue to the murderer's identity.   How? In the word he mumbled just before he died. Sounded to me as if he said mandolin. Precisely, old fellow. Never did a corpse give us a clearer instruction as to our next and final move. And that is? Back to Limehouse, Watson. Back to Limehouse.   Here we are. Listens to the place. What's this? Another opium, Dan? Yes. I knew that since Cholmondeley refrained from smoking earlier on in the night, in order to keep his faculties alert for murder, that an enormous reaction would set him.   You'd have to find a den at once and beyond question a different one from that in which the murder was committed. Well, how do you know that he's inside here? Well, just before you return to Baker Street tonight, I had a message from one of my regulars.  

He tracked him here after he escaped from the scene of the stabbing. That was a couple of hours ago. He might have slipped away again. Oh, Watson. Tonight, he came to drown his senses with a wretched drug. He'll be here. Come on.  

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That second injection of caffeine should bring him round.   He's heavily drugged, but I think it'll work. Supposing what a £5 note will do, isn't it? Yes. The proprietor, let us bring Cholmondeley into his private room, and he   He he's coming through. Who  

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who who are you? Who   what what do you want? You remember me, sir? I'm Sherlock Holmes. Oh, yes.   Yes. Yes. I I remember you. You're in serious trouble, mister Chobney. Very serious trouble.   Trouble?   What   what trouble?   Wayne Layton didn't die. Oh. He's badly wounded, but he's going to live. He's at Baker Street now.  

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He wants to go to the police and give evidence. You've you've got to get me out of this, Holmes. I'll I'll pay you anything,   10,025.   Why did you stab me? He he was in my way. I wanted the San Pedro concession. I I meant to kill him, but we can fix it up now. Can't we, Holmes? We can fix it up now. Yes. We can fix it, you're the prisoner. As neat a murder confession as ever I listen to, Holmes. Exactly. Come along, mister Chumley. I think some night air will be good for you. We'll take you for a nice drive to Scotland Yard.  

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I brought you some kippers, gentlemen. You've both been up all night, and I'm sure you can do it. That's very thoughtful of you, missus Hudson. Indeed. It is. What is missus Watson going to say when she finds you've been out all night? Oh, don't you worry about that, missus Hudson. She's very understanding.  

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It's lucky for you that she is.   Well, I'll go and leave you to your breakfast.  

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Holmes. Yes, dear fellow? Is there any one thing that puzzles me about this case? Oh, what's that? When Layton was dying, he muttered the word Manderley.   How did that give you the key to the murderer's identity? Oh,  

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the dead American had never met mister Chumbley, you remember, except when they bumped into each other in our hallway. Yes. He told us that he recognized him from the newspaper photographs. Being an American, he had no reason to know that the name Cholmondeley is in no way pronounced  

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the way it is spelt. Oh, Joe. I've never thought of that.   Cholmondeley.   That name is spelt c h o l, Chow,   m o n, Mon,   d e, Dur,   l e y.   Chow Mondelez.   Mondelez.  

[00:26:32] Unknown:

Precisely, Othello.   What you thought to be Manderley was really Chow   Mondelez,  

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the name of the murderer. What an amazing case. You did a remarkable job, Holmes.   I'm I'm beginning to be  

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confidedly sleepy. Why not sleep, old chap? Your old room's all ready for you. Are you gonna take a nap? Oh, dear me, no. I No. I have much too too busy a day ahead of me. Let me look at my engagement book.   Baxter Square Murder. Mhmm.   I put the police on the track. The Duchess of,   Ferrers, and I got her material.   The princess was about to run away from home. Good gracious me, let her run.   The pope's cameos.   Ah, yes. Yes. His holiness must not be kept waiting.  

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Can, can I help you again, Holmes?   Mary doesn't return   until tomorrow. But I thought you were sleepy, old fellow. Sleepy? Rubbish. I never felt more wide awake in my life.  

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That was a swell story, doctor. I'm glad you enjoyed it. And it was really funny when you mistook that old lady for Holmes and she slapped your face. It wasn't really funny at all.  

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I sure it was. Come on, admit it, doctor. Well, she did look like Holmes in disguise, you know, and you would have made the same mistake that I did. Okay. Okay. Her nose was ridiculously red, and she did look like a man. Look, doctor. Forget I ever said anything. What? I won't say another word. I I'll keep my mouth closed forever.   Oh, come I wouldn't do that. Mister Barto?   Mister Barto?   Won't you even open your mouth to   finish your wine?   Your your petri wine?  

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Okay. You win. You know I'll open my mouth for Petri wine anytime.   That Petri wine is always good wine and for good reason too.   The Petri family has always owned and operated the Petri business.   They've been making fine wines for three generations,   since way back in the eighteen hundreds.   That adds up to a lot of experience.   Experience handed on down from father to son,   from father to son.   The Petri Petri family really knows how to turn luscious California grapes   into fragrant delicious wine.   And that's why, no matter what kind of wine you want, I'm sure you'll like it better if it's a Petri wine. Because Petri took time   to bring you good wine.  



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And now doctor Watson, what story are you going to tell us next week? Well, now next week, mister Bartell, I'm going to tell you a most unusual adventure that Holmes and I had in the heart of the English countryside.   It concerns a corpse,   a missing revolver,   and and a beautiful   girl who was frightened   of her own shadow.  

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Tonight's Sherlock Holmes adventure is written by Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher, and is based on an incident in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story, the man with a twisted lip. Mister Rathbone appears through the courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, and mister Bruce through the courtesy of Universal Pictures where they are now starring in the Sherlock Holmes series.   The Petri Wine Company of San Francisco, California   invites you to tune in again next week, same time, same station.  

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Oh, the Petri family took the time to bring you such good wine. So when you eat and when you cook, remember Petri Wine.  

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To make good food taste better, remember.  

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Pet, pet,  

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pet, petri.  

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This  

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is Harry Bartel saying good night for the Petri family. Sherlock Holmes comes to you from our Hollywood studios.   This is the mutual   broadcasting system.