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And now tonight's story.

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most popular series that we have on the podcast,

and because of Sleep Awareness Week

and our fifth anniversary celebrations, I'm going to revisit one of the first stories

of Sherlock Holmes that I read on the podcast. A scandal in Bohemia.

So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story.

One.

To Sherlock Holmes, she is always the woman.

I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.

In his eyes, she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.

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