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Welcome to send me to sleep,

the place to find relaxing stories for a good night's rest.

My name's Andrew.

Thanks for joining me.

Tonight I'll be reading The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Adventure of the Golden Pinsnez, Part 2.

In the previous part, Sherlock and Watson had been consulted by Inspector Hopkins about the perplexing murder of a young secretary at an old country house.

The only tangible clue left behind was a set of pince-nares in the hand of the victim.

From these, Sherlock determined a profile of the attacker and had then consented to set off to

the scene of the crime in the morning.

Whilst some of the language in this story has been changed to make it more suitable for sleep,

it still contains themes of violence and death, so listener discretion is advised.

Before we begin tonight's story, let's get ourselves ready for sleep.

Start by taking a deep, relaxing bread.

And settle your body in whatever way feels most comfortable.

Now let any thoughts of the day drift away from your mind

and simply follow the sound of my voice.

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