August 15, 2025 • 26 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
That's it's your photograph tall and yes new today there
some something's way.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
He sent it to me with his cush on the morning.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Of the wedding.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
To mister mcfilone, have.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
You ever toach up Salon?
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Why?
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Because if the police were alone that you can, they would.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Mark it down as providing an additional merchant for him
to a murdered dismay. But no case was too hopeless
of my friend Sherlock Holmes when he was defending the
life of an innocent man.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
My name is Watts, doctor Watson.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
And it was my privilege to show the adventures of
Sherlock Holmes. I will tell you what happened in the
case of the Norwood builder. Hardly any case began more abruptly, as.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
You may judge yourself in the boat what mister Hops,
don't blame me, un.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Lily Marth, mister Holmes, I am the unhappy John Hector mcfarth.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Have a cigarette, mister McFarlan.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
I'm sure that with your symptoms, my friend doctor Watson
here would prescribe as sdity.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
Oh mister honer, I do beg your pardon that the
young gentleman else.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Man on the head of me Missus Hudson just leaves
lease very well, sir. Now, mister mcfarloy, you mentioned your
name as if I should recognize it, but I assure
you that beyond the obvious facts that you are a bachelor,
a solicitor and a free mason, I know nothing whatever
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about you. But if you know, all those things are
purely from observation, I assure you.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
He may I say it.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
The untidiness of your attire, the chief of legal documents
protruding from the jacket pocket, the Masonic watch charm quite straightforward,
he wasn't quite quite. I'm all of that, and in addition,
on the most unfortunate man in London at this moment.
I appeal to you, mister Holmes. If they come to
arrest me before I finished telling you my story, makes
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them give me time to tell you the whole truth.
Arrest you on what your for the murder of mister
Jonas old Acre.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Of lad Well Home through Watson's. It was only a
moment ago, mister.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
MacFarland, that I was remarking to my friend that sensational
cases had quite disappeared out of our newspapers. Is that
so that you haven't looked very closely at that one
there see on the.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Very front page. Indeed, Watson, if you'd be so good,
that's having a.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
Mysterious of her learn nor Wood suspicion of murder and usten.
About twelve o'clock last night an alarm was given it
a stack of timber was unfired the yard of mister
Jonas Oldacre, a well known builder of learn nor Wood.
The engines were soon up on the spot, but it
was impossible arrest the conflagration until the stack had been
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entirely consumed. Surprise was expressed to the absence of the
owner of the establishment, and investigations revealed that a murderous
struggle had apparently taken place in his study, where slight
traces of blood were found. An open walking stick funder
or bloodstained on its handle, and a safe have been opened,
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and papers scattered about the room. It is known that
mister oday Ha received a visitor yesterday evening, a young
London solicitor named John Hector McFarlane, who is now being
sought by the police for his help in their inquiry.
You see now we got the stop press there below here. Yes, yes,
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police say victim was come to death. News room papers
rifled and dead body dragged across the woodpile, which was
then ignited as to hide.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
All traces of the crime.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Great Heavens, Yes, the case has certainly some points of interest. Nay,
I ask mister mcfolland, how it is that you're still
at liberty. I lived with my parents at Blackheath, but
last night, having to do business with mister o'dacre, late
in the evening, I stayed in a.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Hotel at Norwood.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
I knew nothing of les affair until I read that
newspaper account of the train to the city. Why had
it at once to put the case in your hands?
As a matter of fact, I swear a man followed
me out of Plunderbridge station.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
No, no, I'll leave the homes. John Hector mcfallan.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
I arrass you for the wilful murder of mister Jones Oldeggin.
Oh thank you, missus Hudson.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Very good.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Now, McFarland, it's my duty to warn you that anything
you say will be taken down and maybe put.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
In evidentle less trade.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
This gentleman is on the point of giving us an
account of the affair which my daid in hearing it.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Done all right, McFarlan, get on with this story.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
I must explain first that I knew nothing of Jonas
except that my parents.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Had been acquainted with them many years ago.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
So I was very much surprised to get a request
to go out to his home yesterday evening and advise
him on a legal matter. I got to his house
soon after line and was let in by a middle
aged woman. His housekeeper actual w to bed. My dear
young sir, do come in?
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Thank you, sir?
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Beg pardon? Shall I sir?
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Supper now in a few minutes, missus Rixington.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
I'll just acquaint my young friend here with the business
I have for him, and then we can discuss.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
It further over the meal.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
The will that suit you, mister McFarland, anything you say,
mister Olding, very good, sir, Very good of you to
come all this way. Mister McFarland, I knew your parents
many years ago.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
You know I have heard your name. No Doug, No Doug.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
Will Now to come straight to the point I asked
you here this evening to attend to my will. I
see if you'll read the will for yourself cover why
I said for you very well? Here it is thank
you Jonus's shortened to the point you see Hi. But
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mister Olyker, this will leave your entirestat to me. I'm
the most deserving recipient, so my inquire is a firm
But I don't understand it's quite straightforward, My dear young sir,
I am a bachelor with hardly a living relation in
the world.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
I knew your parents in my youth.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
As to yourself, I have always heard it said that
you are diligent and thoroughly deserving. Therefore I choose to
make you my heir.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
I don't know what to say.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Now. Simply assure me as a lawyer that the will
is in proper for I shall sign it. Missus Lexington
shall witness, and then we'll.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Have supper with the greatest pleasures. There are a number
of papers title, deeds, mor whig is, script and so
on which I should like to examine. You will inherit
them all someday, and a few words of clarification now
will save you endo searching when that time comes.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
May that time belong the late?
Speaker 1 (07:10):
I share your wish, mister Begbie.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
I think everything is taken into account.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Now I'll put all these.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Papers back in the safe.
Speaker 4 (07:21):
When you've gone. Oh goodness me, it's nearly midnight. It's
been a pleasure, sir. Indeed, oh, don't go that way
if you don't mind, or as the doors creak, and
I shouldn't wish to disturb missus Lexington. Unnecessary, lads, if
you wouldn't mind the French window, of course not. I
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did have it here somewhere. I have you mislaid something?
Speaker 3 (07:50):
My stick is? I'm sure I had it with me?
Speaker 4 (07:54):
You did I don't recall. Well, my boy, I shall
see a good deal of you. I hope if your
stick turns up, I'll keep it here until you can
come back to clean it. It'll be a great pleasure.
I left you the safe, open, the papers and packets
on the table. It was too late to get home,
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so I spent the night on hortaven Norwood. I knew
nothing more until I've read of this horrible affair in
the morning paper. All right then, and Armster elves anything
you'd like to ask? Not until I've been to black Heath. Oh, yes,
no doubt, that is what I must admit.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Consort the ball. Consort the ball, sir, take him away.
I'll follow later.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Mister mister Holmes I shall do everything I can, mister McFarland, Thank.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
You, sir. I put my fast in you this way.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Well, mister Elmes, the case is not clear to me
yet the trade, what about you, Watson, Well, looks pretty
clear cut to me. I'm afraid exactly, Docter. What's my goodness?
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Trade?
Speaker 4 (09:01):
You don't add imagination to your other great qualities. But
if you could, for one moment put yourself in this
young man's place, would you choose the very knight the
will had been signed to commit your crime? Wouldn't it
seem dangerous to you to make so very close a
relation between the two incidents?
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Well?
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Would you choose an occasion when you are known to
be in the house by the servant.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Who'd let you in?
Speaker 4 (09:21):
And would you really take the greatest pains to conceal
the body and yet leave your own stick lying about
as a sign that you were the criminal? Confess the strade.
It's all very unlikely if you know as well as
I do that the criminal is often.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Flooded and does things that cool memer a void.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
Suppose some tramp lurking in the garden had seen the documents,
stare in the room with a safe wide open and
papers all over the table except the solicitor enter the tramp.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
He seizes the stick, which.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
He finds there kills Oldacre, burns his body and the pasts.
But why should a tramp burn the body? Why should
not fall in?
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Yet? It is some evidence.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Possibly the tramp wanted to conceal the fact that anym
that all had been committed. Why did the tramp take
nothing because he found they were just papers?
Speaker 3 (10:04):
He couldn't negotiate. Well, mister Holmes, you look for your tramp.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
Just remember one thing, though, so far as is known,
none of those papers were removed. And our prisoners the
one man in the world who had every reason to
leave them all their intact, since he's soon inherit them. Anyway,
I don't deny that the evidence papers your theory is
strongly in this trade.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
I only wish to point out that there are other
theories possible.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
Well, honest, be going really looking at norwad if you're passing,
and see how we're getting on.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
Good Bye gentlemen, goodbye trade.
Speaker 4 (10:41):
Well he's got a strong case home, how Watson, if
you're kindly help me with my coat?
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Oh certainly where you going?
Speaker 4 (10:50):
As I said, Well, I just get my court and no, no, no,
my dear fell I.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
I don't think you can help me.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Oh well, there's no prospect of danger. I should dream
of starring without you. I trusted when I see you
again this evening, I shall have been able to do
something for this unfortunate young.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Long ago. It's all going wrong. Whats real?
Speaker 4 (11:31):
British juries have not yet attained that pitch of intelligence
where they'll give preference to my theories.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Over the strains.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Facts.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
Did you go to beg you? I did?
Speaker 4 (11:41):
Young mcparland's father was away, but his mother was at
home a little fluffy blue eye first, I.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Do not give you, mister Holmes.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
I won't just be receive him the possibly as to
Julie Olday for static, neither surprises nor distress me.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
You like I'm alignant and funny than a human being, always,
even of a young man. Had that man, had he
gone in his dead as a blessing?
Speaker 3 (12:09):
You knew him from his youth?
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (12:11):
I knew him well.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
He was asking me to marry him, Thank.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Heaven, I had this asus.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
What was his answer today?
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Yes, I'll sure you I had been the thorn. Now
what do you think of that?
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Home.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
That's your photograph tone and yes mutilated to su sharp
instrument hy.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
He sent it to me with his cush on the
morning of my wedding, to mister.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
McFarlan es see, have you ever told your son of me?
Speaker 3 (12:48):
I don't know what he called, because it's a policeman
to learn that you had.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
They would mark it down as providing an additional merchant
for him to have murdered this man revenge for his
past crows has.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Who my son did not chill Jonah's old dager?
Speaker 4 (13:04):
Well, at least it could be argued that he was
scarcely wait until the insult was wiped out before.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
Doing Oldacre had left old his capability of son.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
Neither my son nor I want tennessee from joinas Old
Acre dead nor alive. Nothing nothing.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
The warning got was more evidence against your cloud, nothing
to help our own hypothesis.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
What did you do off there? I went to Old
Acres lace. They just made a great.
Speaker 4 (13:32):
Treasure trove of what kind of treasure? Trouser button houser buss.
They'd spent the morning raking among the ashes of the
burnt wood pile, and a.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Number of trouser buttons had come to light. This is Lexington.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
The housekeeper swore they were once she'd sewn on for oldacre.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
This is Lexington. Eh, did you have a word with
her home?
Speaker 4 (13:51):
I did, Botson, and I'm convinced that she could tell
us something if she wanted to a little dark womans
as wet.
Speaker 5 (14:03):
Joke before our past night, Joe, and I wish now
my hand had with it that when I could turn
the door not to any issues.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
This is Nextington. I quite appreciate your distress, the poor
dear master. And this is Nexington. What handed you yourself?
Retired a bit o past tender? After I hear where
there's some things that washed up?
Speaker 2 (14:24):
And where is your woman?
Speaker 3 (14:26):
A relation of mister dass suddenly and.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Then there I heard nothing of what happened to me?
Speaker 3 (14:32):
What work you a ben?
Speaker 4 (14:34):
The people hanging on the door with the enarmed fire,
I'd dressing a bitself. I could smell the flesh, but sop.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
You was.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
Super quind amazing to think of her sleeping right to
a death struggle. And they're true, Watson. I feel it
in my bones that there's something that can come out.
I could read it in her eyes, that sort of
sulky defiance, which only goes with a guilty knowledge. But
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unless some lucky chance comes our way, I fear that
the case of the Norwood Builder will not figure in
the chronicle of our successes. That's true, I wish I
could suggest something Halms. There is one curious little point.
I examined Odata's bank book amongst the other papers. His
balance struck me as rather small for a man, as
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such means. So I looked back to the entries during
the last year. I found that a number of large
checks had been made out of a mister Cornelius who
he I don't know. His name doesn't appear in any
of the documents.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Kelly, But what is it?
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Does it?
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Hudson?
Speaker 2 (15:45):
A telegram for you at homes?
Speaker 3 (15:47):
Oh? Thank you? Hm? Is there a reply, sir, h No, no,
thank you. Well that appears to be that from the trade.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
Yes, important fresh evidence to hand. Mcfarlin's gilt definitely established.
Advise you to abandon the cases. It's Lustrade's little cocker
doodle of victory. Serious and yet it may be premature
to abandon the case. Important fresh evidence could be a
two edged thing. It may just possibly cut in a
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very different direction from the onedustraded magion. Coming on, My
dear fellow, I feel in need of your company and
model support. Today we will go out to Norwood and
see what we can do. I formed no conclusion or
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ever austrade.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
Instead, this way, gentlemen, I think I could convince you
once and for all. See this headback, Yes, well, where
young m Farler must have come out to get.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
His hat after the crime was done. Now I'll strike
a light so gloomy and here.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
Now look at this.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
A fingerprint eat blood, actually a thumb print, doctor, look
at it through your limbs and stones.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
Yes, I'm doing so. You are aware that those two
thumbprints are alike. I have said something of the kind.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
I let's hold this next to it, the wax impression
of mcfallen's thumb, taken by my orders this morning.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Hmm, that's final. Yes, that's final. It did final. But
what a providential thing that this young man.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
Should press his right thumb against the wall and taking
his hat from the bags. A bit natural action too. Oh,
by the way, he who made this remarkable discovery? It
was a housekeeper, missus Lexington. But why didn't the police
see this mark earlier? I suppose there is no doubt
that it was there earlier.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
Eh. Oh, well, I'll be about the place if you
want me. I've got a report to get on.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
With the points about this development that hold us some
new hopes for him. What I'm like to hear that
you see there's one really serious flaw in this new discovery.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
What is it on? It is?
Speaker 4 (18:31):
But I know that thumb print was not there when
I examined this hall earlier.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Good question, Now come along. I wish to inspect this
whole house inside.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
And out, and then we'll trouble the straight to grant
us one final indwn, you like, miss Holmes, I understood
that you were writing a report of this case, So
I am suppose you think it might be a little premature.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
I can't help thinking that your evidence is not completing.
Well you mean, mister.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
Holmes, only that there's an important witness whom you have
not seen.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Who can you produce him? I think I can?
Speaker 4 (19:05):
Oh how many constables said you two wooden call.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Both large able bodied men with powerful voices. But what
the wishes got to do with this kind?
Speaker 4 (19:16):
You some on them here and tell them to bring
a considerable quantity of straw. Straw there's plenty in the
outhouse that two bungles will do. Oh and a couple
of buckets of water downs. If you know something you
can say without all this tompuri, I assure you, my
goodness tray, that I had an excellent reason for everything
I do. Kindly ask the constables to bring the things
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to the top landing of the house as.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Soon as.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
I'll just pile the straw together.
Speaker 4 (19:50):
Here, my good man, about yourself, Now we have the
buckets of reddin.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Capital. Will one of you open death window? Peace? Is
it Watson?
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Yes, Scooms if you.
Speaker 4 (20:08):
Are boxing matches about you, of course, yes, sir you are.
Now kindly put a match to the edge of that straw. What, oh,
profably wilcome now as the glass from the window carries
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the smooth down the corridor, might I ask you all
to join into the cry of fire?
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Yes now lady one, two, three, I probably once again?
Speaker 4 (20:47):
Just once more, gentlemen, then all together Watson, Hello, what
the love of Heaven save you? Come on, Watson, a
back of the water over that spot you be, Thank
you Watson.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
Now that's straight.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
Allow me to present you with your missing witness, mister
Jonas Oldaker.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
Hey, what, old acre, I've done no harm. You've got
nothing against me, no harm.
Speaker 4 (21:19):
You've done your best to get an innocent man hanged
presently by my practical joke.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
Oh joke, what is?
Speaker 4 (21:27):
You won't find a laugh on your side. I promise
you comes to board. Eh taking downstairs in the sitting
room until I come. Mister Holmes's eye, you've saved an
innocent man's life, and you've prevented a skill that well,
but I'll ruin my reputation in the force.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
Cheer up the tread.
Speaker 4 (21:45):
Instead of being ruined, you'll find your reputation enormously enhanced.
Speaker 3 (21:49):
You mean, you know what's your name to appear? Not
at all? The work is its own reward. Well, let's
see where that rest.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Has been lurking and said joys they came out of
I never noticed it, no, because they were so well concealed.
He's a builder, remember, Yeah, see here, this little partition
is almost impossible to distinguish. He was able to fix
up his own little hiding place without any confederate, save
that precious.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
Housekeeper of his.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
By the way, I should lose no time in any
thirty or beg less trade.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
Don't worry if she won't get far. But Holmes, how
on earth did you know he was in the house
at all.
Speaker 4 (22:27):
The thumb mark. I'd examined the hall the day before
and the mark had not been there. Therefore it had
been made since. But McFarland was under lock and key
when they were sealing those documents. Old Acre got mcfarden
to secure one of the sealers by pressing his thumb
into the hot wax.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
Perhaps it wasn't.
Speaker 4 (22:44):
Even contrived deliberately, but later, brooding in that hiding place
of his old Acre remembered it, and it suddenly, fucking
what absolutely damning evidence he could make against macpardy.
Speaker 3 (22:55):
By using that thumb mark.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
It was the simkest thing in the world to get
his housekeeper fetch him the sealance of wax from which
he made an impression. Then all he had to do
was to moistnage was as much glad as he could
get from a thin prick in his own finger, and
get her to impress the mark on the wall when
nobody was about. It's wonderful, clear as crystal. Will you
put it like that? But what you all about, mister Holmes,
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ah a very deep, malicious vindictive person as a gentleman
who is now awaiting his downstairs. You know that he
was once refused by McFarland's mother.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
No, no, I didn't know that. You didn't.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
I told you to go to black Heath first, nor
would have to, oh jars Well. This injury, as he
would consider it, has rankled in his wicked, scheming brain
all his life. He's long for vengeance, had never seen
his chance, and now he suddenly finds himself in a
bad way financially. To save himself, he pays large checks
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to a mister Cornelius, whom I've no doubt is himself.
He intended to disappear under that name, thus escaping his
creditors once and for.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
All, and contrived his death to put them off. A simpert,
he didn't know where to stop. Eh No, that supreme
gift of the artist was lacking.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
He wished to improve what was already perfect, to draw
the rope tight a yet round his victim's neck, and
in so doing he ruined all.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
Diabolical Mister Holmes, I congratulate you.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
Now let us descend the strade. There are one or
two questions I would ask him.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
With a duke my good sir. I'm sure that you
wouldn't be so unjust as to imagine that I would
have allowed any harm to befall poor young mister McFarlane.
As for the jury to aside, and you will probably.
Speaker 4 (24:44):
Find that your creditors will impound the banking account of
mister Cornelia. I have to thank you for a good deal,
mister Holmes. Perhaps I will pay my debt someday. I'll
say that for some few years you will find your
time very fully occupied by the way. What was it
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you put into the wood pile beside the trouser buttons
a dead dog? Or read it?
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Or what all?
Speaker 4 (25:13):
You won't tell hear me, how very unkind of it? Well, well,
if ever you write an account.
Speaker 3 (25:21):
Watson, you can make ready serve yourself.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
The case of the Norwood Builder was one of the
Sherlock Holmes stories, the inspired Kennis Ralph Conan Doyle.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
My name, my real name is Norman Shedding.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
My friend calls in Hobbspeade Sherlock Holmes, and I was
doctor Watson. Michael Hardwick wrote the script for this lead
see production from London, and I look forward to the
pleasure of your company again soon For more of the
Adventures of Sherlock Holme
That's it's your photograph tall and yes new today there
some something's way.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
He sent it to me with his cush on the morning.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Of the wedding.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
To mister mcfilone, have.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
You ever toach up Salon?
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Why?
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Because if the police were alone that you can, they would.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Mark it down as providing an additional merchant for him
to a murdered dismay. But no case was too hopeless
of my friend Sherlock Holmes when he was defending the
life of an innocent man.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
My name is Watts, doctor Watson.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
And it was my privilege to show the adventures of
Sherlock Holmes. I will tell you what happened in the
case of the Norwood builder. Hardly any case began more abruptly, as.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
You may judge yourself in the boat what mister Hops,
don't blame me, un.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Lily Marth, mister Holmes, I am the unhappy John Hector mcfarth.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Have a cigarette, mister McFarlan.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
I'm sure that with your symptoms, my friend doctor Watson
here would prescribe as sdity.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
Oh mister honer, I do beg your pardon that the
young gentleman else.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Man on the head of me Missus Hudson just leaves
lease very well, sir. Now, mister mcfarloy, you mentioned your
name as if I should recognize it, but I assure
you that beyond the obvious facts that you are a bachelor,
a solicitor and a free mason, I know nothing whatever
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about you. But if you know, all those things are
purely from observation, I assure you.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
He may I say it.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
The untidiness of your attire, the chief of legal documents
protruding from the jacket pocket, the Masonic watch charm quite straightforward,
he wasn't quite quite. I'm all of that, and in addition,
on the most unfortunate man in London at this moment.
I appeal to you, mister Holmes. If they come to
arrest me before I finished telling you my story, makes
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them give me time to tell you the whole truth.
Arrest you on what your for the murder of mister
Jonas old Acre.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Of lad Well Home through Watson's. It was only a
moment ago, mister.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
MacFarland, that I was remarking to my friend that sensational
cases had quite disappeared out of our newspapers. Is that
so that you haven't looked very closely at that one
there see on the.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Very front page. Indeed, Watson, if you'd be so good,
that's having a.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
Mysterious of her learn nor Wood suspicion of murder and usten.
About twelve o'clock last night an alarm was given it
a stack of timber was unfired the yard of mister
Jonas Oldacre, a well known builder of learn nor Wood.
The engines were soon up on the spot, but it
was impossible arrest the conflagration until the stack had been
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entirely consumed. Surprise was expressed to the absence of the
owner of the establishment, and investigations revealed that a murderous
struggle had apparently taken place in his study, where slight
traces of blood were found. An open walking stick funder
or bloodstained on its handle, and a safe have been opened,
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and papers scattered about the room. It is known that
mister oday Ha received a visitor yesterday evening, a young
London solicitor named John Hector McFarlane, who is now being
sought by the police for his help in their inquiry.
You see now we got the stop press there below here. Yes, yes,
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police say victim was come to death. News room papers
rifled and dead body dragged across the woodpile, which was
then ignited as to hide.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
All traces of the crime.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Great Heavens, Yes, the case has certainly some points of interest. Nay,
I ask mister mcfolland, how it is that you're still
at liberty. I lived with my parents at Blackheath, but
last night, having to do business with mister o'dacre, late
in the evening, I stayed in a.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Hotel at Norwood.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
I knew nothing of les affair until I read that
newspaper account of the train to the city. Why had
it at once to put the case in your hands?
As a matter of fact, I swear a man followed
me out of Plunderbridge station.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
No, no, I'll leave the homes. John Hector mcfallan.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
I arrass you for the wilful murder of mister Jones Oldeggin.
Oh thank you, missus Hudson.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Very good.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Now, McFarland, it's my duty to warn you that anything
you say will be taken down and maybe put.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
In evidentle less trade.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
This gentleman is on the point of giving us an
account of the affair which my daid in hearing it.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Done all right, McFarlan, get on with this story.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
I must explain first that I knew nothing of Jonas
except that my parents.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Had been acquainted with them many years ago.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
So I was very much surprised to get a request
to go out to his home yesterday evening and advise
him on a legal matter. I got to his house
soon after line and was let in by a middle
aged woman. His housekeeper actual w to bed. My dear
young sir, do come in?
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Thank you, sir?
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Beg pardon? Shall I sir?
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Supper now in a few minutes, missus Rixington.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
I'll just acquaint my young friend here with the business
I have for him, and then we can discuss.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
It further over the meal.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
The will that suit you, mister McFarland, anything you say,
mister Olding, very good, sir, Very good of you to
come all this way. Mister McFarland, I knew your parents
many years ago.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
You know I have heard your name. No Doug, No Doug.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
Will Now to come straight to the point I asked
you here this evening to attend to my will. I
see if you'll read the will for yourself cover why
I said for you very well? Here it is thank
you Jonus's shortened to the point you see Hi. But
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mister Olyker, this will leave your entirestat to me. I'm
the most deserving recipient, so my inquire is a firm
But I don't understand it's quite straightforward, My dear young sir,
I am a bachelor with hardly a living relation in
the world.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
I knew your parents in my youth.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
As to yourself, I have always heard it said that
you are diligent and thoroughly deserving. Therefore I choose to
make you my heir.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
I don't know what to say.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Now. Simply assure me as a lawyer that the will
is in proper for I shall sign it. Missus Lexington
shall witness, and then we'll.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Have supper with the greatest pleasures. There are a number
of papers title, deeds, mor whig is, script and so
on which I should like to examine. You will inherit
them all someday, and a few words of clarification now
will save you endo searching when that time comes.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
May that time belong the late?
Speaker 1 (07:10):
I share your wish, mister Begbie.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
I think everything is taken into account.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Now I'll put all these.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Papers back in the safe.
Speaker 4 (07:21):
When you've gone. Oh goodness me, it's nearly midnight. It's
been a pleasure, sir. Indeed, oh, don't go that way
if you don't mind, or as the doors creak, and
I shouldn't wish to disturb missus Lexington. Unnecessary, lads, if
you wouldn't mind the French window, of course not. I
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did have it here somewhere. I have you mislaid something?
Speaker 3 (07:50):
My stick is? I'm sure I had it with me?
Speaker 4 (07:54):
You did I don't recall. Well, my boy, I shall
see a good deal of you. I hope if your
stick turns up, I'll keep it here until you can
come back to clean it. It'll be a great pleasure.
I left you the safe, open, the papers and packets
on the table. It was too late to get home,
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so I spent the night on hortaven Norwood. I knew
nothing more until I've read of this horrible affair in
the morning paper. All right then, and Armster elves anything
you'd like to ask? Not until I've been to black Heath. Oh, yes,
no doubt, that is what I must admit.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Consort the ball. Consort the ball, sir, take him away.
I'll follow later.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Mister mister Holmes I shall do everything I can, mister McFarland, Thank.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
You, sir. I put my fast in you this way.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Well, mister Elmes, the case is not clear to me
yet the trade, what about you, Watson, Well, looks pretty
clear cut to me. I'm afraid exactly, Docter. What's my goodness?
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Trade?
Speaker 4 (09:01):
You don't add imagination to your other great qualities. But
if you could, for one moment put yourself in this
young man's place, would you choose the very knight the
will had been signed to commit your crime? Wouldn't it
seem dangerous to you to make so very close a
relation between the two incidents?
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Well?
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Would you choose an occasion when you are known to
be in the house by the servant.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Who'd let you in?
Speaker 4 (09:21):
And would you really take the greatest pains to conceal
the body and yet leave your own stick lying about
as a sign that you were the criminal? Confess the strade.
It's all very unlikely if you know as well as
I do that the criminal is often.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Flooded and does things that cool memer a void.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
Suppose some tramp lurking in the garden had seen the documents,
stare in the room with a safe wide open and
papers all over the table except the solicitor enter the tramp.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
He seizes the stick, which.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
He finds there kills Oldacre, burns his body and the pasts.
But why should a tramp burn the body? Why should
not fall in?
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Yet? It is some evidence.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Possibly the tramp wanted to conceal the fact that anym
that all had been committed. Why did the tramp take
nothing because he found they were just papers?
Speaker 3 (10:04):
He couldn't negotiate. Well, mister Holmes, you look for your tramp.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
Just remember one thing, though, so far as is known,
none of those papers were removed. And our prisoners the
one man in the world who had every reason to
leave them all their intact, since he's soon inherit them. Anyway,
I don't deny that the evidence papers your theory is
strongly in this trade.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
I only wish to point out that there are other
theories possible.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
Well, honest, be going really looking at norwad if you're passing,
and see how we're getting on.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
Good Bye gentlemen, goodbye trade.
Speaker 4 (10:41):
Well he's got a strong case home, how Watson, if
you're kindly help me with my coat?
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Oh certainly where you going?
Speaker 4 (10:50):
As I said, Well, I just get my court and no, no, no,
my dear fell I.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
I don't think you can help me.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Oh well, there's no prospect of danger. I should dream
of starring without you. I trusted when I see you
again this evening, I shall have been able to do
something for this unfortunate young.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Long ago. It's all going wrong. Whats real?
Speaker 4 (11:31):
British juries have not yet attained that pitch of intelligence
where they'll give preference to my theories.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Over the strains.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Facts.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
Did you go to beg you? I did?
Speaker 4 (11:41):
Young mcparland's father was away, but his mother was at
home a little fluffy blue eye first, I.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Do not give you, mister Holmes.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
I won't just be receive him the possibly as to
Julie Olday for static, neither surprises nor distress me.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
You like I'm alignant and funny than a human being, always,
even of a young man. Had that man, had he
gone in his dead as a blessing?
Speaker 3 (12:09):
You knew him from his youth?
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (12:11):
I knew him well.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
He was asking me to marry him, Thank.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Heaven, I had this asus.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
What was his answer today?
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Yes, I'll sure you I had been the thorn. Now
what do you think of that?
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Home.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
That's your photograph tone and yes mutilated to su sharp
instrument hy.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
He sent it to me with his cush on the
morning of my wedding, to mister.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
McFarlan es see, have you ever told your son of me?
Speaker 3 (12:48):
I don't know what he called, because it's a policeman
to learn that you had.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
They would mark it down as providing an additional merchant
for him to have murdered this man revenge for his
past crows has.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Who my son did not chill Jonah's old dager?
Speaker 4 (13:04):
Well, at least it could be argued that he was
scarcely wait until the insult was wiped out before.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
Doing Oldacre had left old his capability of son.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
Neither my son nor I want tennessee from joinas Old
Acre dead nor alive. Nothing nothing.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
The warning got was more evidence against your cloud, nothing
to help our own hypothesis.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
What did you do off there? I went to Old
Acres lace. They just made a great.
Speaker 4 (13:32):
Treasure trove of what kind of treasure? Trouser button houser buss.
They'd spent the morning raking among the ashes of the
burnt wood pile, and a.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Number of trouser buttons had come to light. This is Lexington.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
The housekeeper swore they were once she'd sewn on for oldacre.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
This is Lexington. Eh, did you have a word with
her home?
Speaker 4 (13:51):
I did, Botson, and I'm convinced that she could tell
us something if she wanted to a little dark womans
as wet.
Speaker 5 (14:03):
Joke before our past night, Joe, and I wish now
my hand had with it that when I could turn
the door not to any issues.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
This is Nextington. I quite appreciate your distress, the poor
dear master. And this is Nexington. What handed you yourself?
Retired a bit o past tender? After I hear where
there's some things that washed up?
Speaker 2 (14:24):
And where is your woman?
Speaker 3 (14:26):
A relation of mister dass suddenly and.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Then there I heard nothing of what happened to me?
Speaker 3 (14:32):
What work you a ben?
Speaker 4 (14:34):
The people hanging on the door with the enarmed fire,
I'd dressing a bitself. I could smell the flesh, but sop.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
You was.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
Super quind amazing to think of her sleeping right to
a death struggle. And they're true, Watson. I feel it
in my bones that there's something that can come out.
I could read it in her eyes, that sort of
sulky defiance, which only goes with a guilty knowledge. But
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unless some lucky chance comes our way, I fear that
the case of the Norwood Builder will not figure in
the chronicle of our successes. That's true, I wish I
could suggest something Halms. There is one curious little point.
I examined Odata's bank book amongst the other papers. His
balance struck me as rather small for a man, as
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such means. So I looked back to the entries during
the last year. I found that a number of large
checks had been made out of a mister Cornelius who
he I don't know. His name doesn't appear in any
of the documents.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Kelly, But what is it?
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Does it?
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Hudson?
Speaker 2 (15:45):
A telegram for you at homes?
Speaker 3 (15:47):
Oh? Thank you? Hm? Is there a reply, sir, h No, no,
thank you. Well that appears to be that from the trade.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
Yes, important fresh evidence to hand. Mcfarlin's gilt definitely established.
Advise you to abandon the cases. It's Lustrade's little cocker
doodle of victory. Serious and yet it may be premature
to abandon the case. Important fresh evidence could be a
two edged thing. It may just possibly cut in a
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very different direction from the onedustraded magion. Coming on, My
dear fellow, I feel in need of your company and
model support. Today we will go out to Norwood and
see what we can do. I formed no conclusion or
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ever austrade.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
Instead, this way, gentlemen, I think I could convince you
once and for all. See this headback, Yes, well, where
young m Farler must have come out to get.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
His hat after the crime was done. Now I'll strike
a light so gloomy and here.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
Now look at this.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
A fingerprint eat blood, actually a thumb print, doctor, look
at it through your limbs and stones.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
Yes, I'm doing so. You are aware that those two
thumbprints are alike. I have said something of the kind.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
I let's hold this next to it, the wax impression
of mcfallen's thumb, taken by my orders this morning.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Hmm, that's final. Yes, that's final. It did final. But
what a providential thing that this young man.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
Should press his right thumb against the wall and taking
his hat from the bags. A bit natural action too. Oh,
by the way, he who made this remarkable discovery? It
was a housekeeper, missus Lexington. But why didn't the police
see this mark earlier? I suppose there is no doubt
that it was there earlier.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
Eh. Oh, well, I'll be about the place if you
want me. I've got a report to get on.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
With the points about this development that hold us some
new hopes for him. What I'm like to hear that
you see there's one really serious flaw in this new discovery.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
What is it on? It is?
Speaker 4 (18:31):
But I know that thumb print was not there when
I examined this hall earlier.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Good question, Now come along. I wish to inspect this
whole house inside.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
And out, and then we'll trouble the straight to grant
us one final indwn, you like, miss Holmes, I understood
that you were writing a report of this case, So
I am suppose you think it might be a little premature.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
I can't help thinking that your evidence is not completing.
Well you mean, mister.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
Holmes, only that there's an important witness whom you have
not seen.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Who can you produce him? I think I can?
Speaker 4 (19:05):
Oh how many constables said you two wooden call.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Both large able bodied men with powerful voices. But what
the wishes got to do with this kind?
Speaker 4 (19:16):
You some on them here and tell them to bring
a considerable quantity of straw. Straw there's plenty in the
outhouse that two bungles will do. Oh and a couple
of buckets of water downs. If you know something you
can say without all this tompuri, I assure you, my
goodness tray, that I had an excellent reason for everything
I do. Kindly ask the constables to bring the things
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to the top landing of the house as.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Soon as.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
I'll just pile the straw together.
Speaker 4 (19:50):
Here, my good man, about yourself, Now we have the
buckets of reddin.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Capital. Will one of you open death window? Peace? Is
it Watson?
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Yes, Scooms if you.
Speaker 4 (20:08):
Are boxing matches about you, of course, yes, sir you are.
Now kindly put a match to the edge of that straw. What, oh,
profably wilcome now as the glass from the window carries
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the smooth down the corridor, might I ask you all
to join into the cry of fire?
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Yes now lady one, two, three, I probably once again?
Speaker 4 (20:47):
Just once more, gentlemen, then all together Watson, Hello, what
the love of Heaven save you? Come on, Watson, a
back of the water over that spot you be, Thank
you Watson.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
Now that's straight.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
Allow me to present you with your missing witness, mister
Jonas Oldaker.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
Hey, what, old acre, I've done no harm. You've got
nothing against me, no harm.
Speaker 4 (21:19):
You've done your best to get an innocent man hanged
presently by my practical joke.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
Oh joke, what is?
Speaker 4 (21:27):
You won't find a laugh on your side. I promise
you comes to board. Eh taking downstairs in the sitting
room until I come. Mister Holmes's eye, you've saved an
innocent man's life, and you've prevented a skill that well,
but I'll ruin my reputation in the force.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
Cheer up the tread.
Speaker 4 (21:45):
Instead of being ruined, you'll find your reputation enormously enhanced.
Speaker 3 (21:49):
You mean, you know what's your name to appear? Not
at all? The work is its own reward. Well, let's
see where that rest.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Has been lurking and said joys they came out of
I never noticed it, no, because they were so well concealed.
He's a builder, remember, Yeah, see here, this little partition
is almost impossible to distinguish. He was able to fix
up his own little hiding place without any confederate, save
that precious.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
Housekeeper of his.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
By the way, I should lose no time in any
thirty or beg less trade.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
Don't worry if she won't get far. But Holmes, how
on earth did you know he was in the house
at all.
Speaker 4 (22:27):
The thumb mark. I'd examined the hall the day before
and the mark had not been there. Therefore it had
been made since. But McFarland was under lock and key
when they were sealing those documents. Old Acre got mcfarden
to secure one of the sealers by pressing his thumb
into the hot wax.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
Perhaps it wasn't.
Speaker 4 (22:44):
Even contrived deliberately, but later, brooding in that hiding place
of his old Acre remembered it, and it suddenly, fucking
what absolutely damning evidence he could make against macpardy.
Speaker 3 (22:55):
By using that thumb mark.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
It was the simkest thing in the world to get
his housekeeper fetch him the sealance of wax from which
he made an impression. Then all he had to do
was to moistnage was as much glad as he could
get from a thin prick in his own finger, and
get her to impress the mark on the wall when
nobody was about. It's wonderful, clear as crystal. Will you
put it like that? But what you all about, mister Holmes,
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ah a very deep, malicious vindictive person as a gentleman
who is now awaiting his downstairs. You know that he
was once refused by McFarland's mother.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
No, no, I didn't know that. You didn't.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
I told you to go to black Heath first, nor
would have to, oh jars Well. This injury, as he
would consider it, has rankled in his wicked, scheming brain
all his life. He's long for vengeance, had never seen
his chance, and now he suddenly finds himself in a
bad way financially. To save himself, he pays large checks
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to a mister Cornelius, whom I've no doubt is himself.
He intended to disappear under that name, thus escaping his
creditors once and for.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
All, and contrived his death to put them off. A simpert,
he didn't know where to stop. Eh No, that supreme
gift of the artist was lacking.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
He wished to improve what was already perfect, to draw
the rope tight a yet round his victim's neck, and
in so doing he ruined all.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
Diabolical Mister Holmes, I congratulate you.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
Now let us descend the strade. There are one or
two questions I would ask him.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
With a duke my good sir. I'm sure that you
wouldn't be so unjust as to imagine that I would
have allowed any harm to befall poor young mister McFarlane.
As for the jury to aside, and you will probably.
Speaker 4 (24:44):
Find that your creditors will impound the banking account of
mister Cornelia. I have to thank you for a good deal,
mister Holmes. Perhaps I will pay my debt someday. I'll
say that for some few years you will find your
time very fully occupied by the way. What was it
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you put into the wood pile beside the trouser buttons
a dead dog? Or read it?
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Or what all?
Speaker 4 (25:13):
You won't tell hear me, how very unkind of it? Well, well,
if ever you write an account.
Speaker 3 (25:21):
Watson, you can make ready serve yourself.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
The case of the Norwood Builder was one of the
Sherlock Holmes stories, the inspired Kennis Ralph Conan Doyle.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
My name, my real name is Norman Shedding.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
My friend calls in Hobbspeade Sherlock Holmes, and I was
doctor Watson. Michael Hardwick wrote the script for this lead
see production from London, and I look forward to the
pleasure of your company again soon For more of the
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