4.8 • 666 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2021
⏱️ 93 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hello there and welcome to Down to Sleep. |
0:03.5 | This is the podcast of softly spoken stories to help you get a good night's rest. |
0:08.7 | This episode is a collection of my readings of Sherlock Holmes. |
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0:29.0 | and begin. The Red-Headed League |
0:33.3 | I had called upon my friend Mr Sherlock Holmes one day in the autumn of last year and found him in deep conversation with a very stout, florid-faced elderly gentleman with fiery red hair. |
0:47.2 | With an apology for my intrusion, I was about to withdraw when Holmes pulled me abruptly into the room and closed the door behind me. |
0:55.7 | You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear Watson, he said cordially. |
1:00.6 | I was afraid that you were engaged, so I am, very much so. Then I can wait in the next room. |
1:07.3 | Not at all. This gentleman, Mr. Wilson, has been my partner and helper in many of my most successful cases, |
1:13.5 | and I have no doubt that he will be of the utmost use to me in yours also. |
1:18.7 | The stout gentleman half rose from his chair and gave a bob of greeting, with a quick little |
1:24.0 | questioning glance from his small, fat, encircled eyes. |
1:28.0 | Try the settee, said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together, |
1:32.6 | as was his custom when in judicial moods. |
1:35.6 | I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions |
1:40.0 | of humdrum routine of everyday life. |
1:43.2 | You have shown your relish for it by the enthusiasm, |
1:46.1 | which has prompted you to chronicle, |
1:47.6 | and if you will excuse me saying so, |
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