The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb: Part Two

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Noiser

Books, Arts, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Holmes and Watson race to Berkshire with Scotland Yard hoping to uncover the secret of the mysterious hydraulic press. A dangerous conspiracy is revealed, a country house burns, and the true purpose of Colonel Lysander Stark's midnight engineering work comes to light - but will justice catch up with the criminals before they slip away? Narrated by Hugh Bonneville Produced by Katrina Hughes and Addison Nugent Sound Design and Audio Editing by Miri Latham, Anisha Deva and George Tapp Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines Mix & Mastering: Liam Cameron Series Consultant: Dan Smith For ad-free listening and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.6	Welcome to Sherlock Holmes short stories.
0:35.6	I'm Hugh Bonneville and this is The Adventure of the
0:38.9	Engineer's Thumb, Part 2. Last time, a desperate young engineer named Victor Hathley
0:45.4	arrived at Dr. Watson's surgery with his thumb violently severed. He told a strange tale.
0:52.3	A mysterious German colonel named Lysander Stark had offered him 50 guineas to examine a hydraulic press under cover of darkness.
1:01.0	The colonel's explanation seemed innocent enough. He claimed to have discovered deposits of Fuller's earth on his property,
1:08.0	and was using the press to compress this valuable clay for sale.
1:12.9	After a midnight journey by train and carriage, Hathalie found himself at an isolated country
1:18.0	house, where he encountered a frightened young woman who pleaded with him to leave at once.
1:24.6	Now Hathalie is explaining to Holmes and Watson that he did not heed her warning,
1:30.3	a mistake which cost him dearly.
1:37.3	But I am somewhat headstrong by nature, and the more ready to engage in an affair when there is some obstacle in the way.
1:49.3	I thought of my fifty-gginnie fee, of my wearisome journey, and of the unpleasant night which seemed to be before me.
1:57.6	Was it all to go for nothing?
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