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Tonight, we'll be reading the red-headed League, a short story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,

written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1892.

In this story, which Doyle ranked as number two of his favorite top 12 Sherlock stories,

the focus is on Jibez Wilson, the owner of a pawnbro brokers who sports ahead of bright red hair.

Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Relax your body and the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

The red-headed league.

I'd 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, floored-faced elderly gentleman with fiery red hair.

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.

You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear Watson, he said cordially.

I was afraid that you were engaged. So I am. Very much so.

Then I can wait in the next room. Not at all. This gentleman, Mr Wilson, has been my partner and

helper in many of my most successful cases and I have no doubt that he will be of the utmost use to me in yours also.

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