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Welcome to Sherlock Holmes short stories.

I'm Hugh Bonneville and from the Noiser podcast network,

this is The Adventure of the Creeping Man, part two. Last time, Holmes received an urgent visit

from Trevor Bennett, the assistant and future son-in-law of the renowned Professor Presbury

of Camford University. Bennett described how the professor, a dignified academic in his 60s,

had recently pursued a much younger woman. Shortly after being rejected due to his age,

Presbury made a secretive journey to Prague, returning with a mysterious

wooden box that no one was permitted to touch. Since then, the professor had undergone alarming

changes in behaviour. He received strange letters marked with a cross, kept secrets from his

once-trusted assistant, and exhibited sudden bursts

of anger. Most disturbing of all, the professor's loyal wolfhound, Roy, had twice attacked him,

despite having been a devoted companion for years. As Bennett finished his account, he was joined by

Edith Presbury, the professor's daughter,

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