The Night Before Christmas (Sherlock Holmes)

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
The journey into the realm of the strange and kidderfi.
I hope you will enjoy the shape.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
That it will trill you a little and kill you
a little. So settle back, get a good grip on
your nerve. Where are we going? You'll find out when
we get there.

Speaker 3 (00:31):
This episode from the Life of Sherlock Holmes will be
transmitted to our men and women overseas by shortwave and
through the worldwide facilities of the Armed Forces Radio Service.

Speaker 4 (00:42):
Petrie Wine brings.

Speaker 3 (00:43):
You Basil Rathbone and Nigel Brutes the new Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes, the Petrie Family, the family that time to
bring you good wine. Invite you to listen to Doctor

(01:03):
Watson tell us another exciting adventure he shared with his
old friend, that master Detective Sherlock Holmes. And now I'm

(01:25):
sure our good friend doctor Watson's waiting for us, So
let's go and enjoy it.

Speaker 5 (01:30):
Come in, come in to it. Oh there you are,
I'm mister.

Speaker 4 (01:34):
Bacool, say doctor.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
I can see you're gonna have yourself quite a Christmas
big tree in the corner with colored lights on it.

Speaker 4 (01:41):
Where do you get those table covered with presents? You
must be mighty popular for.

Speaker 5 (01:47):
Me, my boy.

Speaker 6 (01:47):
You see, I'm heaving a Christmas party tomorrow for my
housekeeper's little niches.

Speaker 5 (01:52):
Oh, I'm going to dress up close for them.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Well, I'm sure you look very convincing in the part.
Oh by the way, doctor, and brought you a little present.

Speaker 4 (02:02):
Here it is. I hope you'll like it.

Speaker 6 (02:06):
But I got one for you too, or you mustn't
open it until tomorrow. Here, I'm a boy.

Speaker 3 (02:12):
Thanks a lot, doctor, And now how's about tonight's story?
Last week you told us you had chosen an adventure
with a lot of Christmas They applogy.

Speaker 6 (02:20):
Yes, it's about My story begins on another Christmas Eve,
many many years ago, the exact in eighteen hundred and
eighty six. Time the adventure occurred. I must confess I
didn't quite understand what was going on myself. In fact,
I never did quite make head of tails of it
until the homes took pity on me later and explain
the whole thing. But I shan't try to confuse you,

(02:43):
mister Bartel. How to the story exactly as it happened?

Speaker 4 (02:47):
Right you are, doctor, Let's go very well.

Speaker 6 (02:50):
On that Christmas Eve in eighty six, I was standing
in our Baker Street rooms, dressed in the costume of
Santa Claus holmes is law, thin fingers pressed together, play
back in an arm chair and gaze let me quizzically
while our housekeeper, Missus Hudson good.

Speaker 5 (03:08):
By the door, and.

Speaker 4 (03:13):
You make a grandsonta clause.

Speaker 6 (03:19):
Chap uncomfortable. Oh, you look.

Speaker 7 (03:26):
Just like the old man on the Christmas cab.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Stop it really becomes you, Jerry, twinkle of the eyes,
the ready complexion and the appropriate girth. A shame we
kind obtain some snow on a sleigh and reindeer for you. However,
I'm sure Missus Hudson's nieces will be very much impressed
the will.

Speaker 7 (03:46):
And it's very kind of you, doctor to offer to
come over to the house with me, her father in
the hospital and my sister at his bedside. It would
have been a very miserable Christmas without enjoy.

Speaker 5 (03:57):
I think I'll take the beer off before we get there.
That's it. Are you ready to leave, Missus Hudson.

Speaker 4 (04:04):
I am, sir. Will I get a cab?

Speaker 5 (04:06):
How far do we have to go?

Speaker 7 (04:08):
Oh, Lexington Gardens number twenty eight. It's just off the
Edgeway Road.

Speaker 6 (04:13):
Doctor far but bearing in mind my costumes, as we'd
better take a cab.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
I said, I'll get one, Holmes, What are you going
to do with yourself?

Speaker 5 (04:22):
I hate leaving you alone on Christmas Eve.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
Oh, non't worry, old Chap. I shall spend a profitable
evening writing on my new monograph.

Speaker 5 (04:30):
What do this one about?

Speaker 1 (04:31):
An analysis of teeth marks on pipe stems with particular
regard to indicated character, which.

Speaker 5 (04:36):
Is very how exciting, well I must be going.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
Don't forget your sack of presents over on. No, no, no,
When you come to distributum, you will find that I
took the liberty of adding a few trinkets on my
own behalf.

Speaker 5 (04:48):
That's very thoughtful of your.

Speaker 7 (04:50):
Excuse me, mister Holmes. But there's a gentleman to see you,
says he's an old friend of yours.

Speaker 4 (04:56):
Here's his card, sir, Oh thank you?

Speaker 1 (04:58):
Oh so will you come splendid? Ask him to come
up with Missus Hudson, and I hope you Our party is.

Speaker 5 (05:06):
A great success.

Speaker 7 (05:07):
Missu Hudson, thank you, said, Are you sure you don't
want me to see now.

Speaker 4 (05:11):
That you have a visitor?

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Oh no, no, no, no, indeed no, missus Hudson, I can
show the gentleman out myself. You go off and have
a good time.

Speaker 5 (05:17):
Thank you.

Speaker 6 (05:18):
I wonder what Lord wants that size would stay.

Speaker 1 (05:21):
Please, my dear fellow. Certainly not. Yeah, you far more
important work to do where he can. Probably wants his
revenge at chess or something equally innocuous. Half with him, right,
my dear felone and enjoy yourself.

Speaker 5 (05:34):
Just to say, I wish you were coming with me.
I'll I'll see you.

Speaker 1 (05:37):
Later there, Come on up when you come. You know,
homes evening Watson, you make a very convincing Santa Claus.

Speaker 4 (05:46):
Are you leaving.

Speaker 5 (05:48):
Good night?

Speaker 4 (05:49):
Then?

Speaker 5 (05:52):
How are you homes all alone.

Speaker 1 (05:54):
On Christmas Eve?

Speaker 5 (05:55):
Eh?

Speaker 1 (05:56):
Yes, I'm glad you came over to see me. Want
to be an evening of chessaw? Have you won earth
some recent pressure of medieval pottery that we can discuss
neither homes. I've come to you in your professional capacity.
I need help now. Will it come to that, after
all these years of quiet friendship, you're going to become

(06:16):
a clientist. I'm afraid their homes. So I doubt if
my problem will problem will interest you very much. It's
hardly up to your rather colorful standards.

Speaker 5 (06:25):
They carefuls a girl.

Speaker 1 (06:26):
Thanks, Now, my dear Willigham quite a trouble well, when
I decided this year to have a little Christmas party
at my townhouse. I'm quite comfortably off, as you know,
and it occurred to me that I have several relatives
and friends who are not as well off. I'm having
a party for them tonight, Homes, and I hope you'd

(06:47):
attend it disguised as Santa Ceuz, My dear fellow, I've
adopted many of these guys, as my time at father
Christmas has never been one of them. Why do you
want me to attend your party in disguise? In any case?
Ashamed of your friendship with a private detective? Or do
you consider my features more acceptable when buried beneath the
depths of a snowy beer. Oh, my dear Homes, do

(07:07):
take me seriously. I'm not joking, I assure your course, not,
of course, aren't you you want me to attend your
party in disguise? Why? Now I'm giving some very valuable
presents a diamond and onyx cuff links in platnum and
ruby earrings and then such like, and I've wrapped each
of the presents in banknotes. Me, well, aren't these presents

(07:28):
now in a sack in charge of my butler? I
was going to dress up a center clause and give
him out myself until I got the warning letter. That's
why I've come to your warning lettery yes, and received
it by this evening's post. This is this, my dear
Lord Whittickumb. Your generosity with Christmas presents borders on ostentation.

(07:48):
We do not approve either. We receive five thousand pounds
in sovereigns at post rest on Box three seven nine
by six o'clock on Christmas Eve. Or I am afraid
to Christmas party, it will be conspicuous by its absence
of presence. You see that note Whigam William He's here
thanks plain paper from a penny notebook. Writing is obviously disguised.

(08:12):
It by George Yes Whittingham. I check the case. I'll
come with you to your party at once, And furthermore,
I shall follow your suggestion regarding the disguise. Dressed as
Santa Claus, I shall be less likely to attract suspicion.

Speaker 4 (08:27):
And delighted homes. But what made you decide so suddenly?

Speaker 1 (08:30):
This writing? My dear fellow, this writing, it's in a
false hand. I know that characteristic m in my dear whittickm.
I've seen it too often at the beginning of the
signature Mariatti Mariotti. Who see oh, one of the cleverest
and most unscrupulous criminals in England. Whittickam. There's no time
to be lost. It's slip me see now six thirty

(08:54):
an beyond the deadline giving you in this letter Mimascuria house. Once.

Speaker 4 (09:14):
This is as far as the cat can take his doctor.

Speaker 1 (09:16):
Are you cab it?

Speaker 5 (09:17):
It's five shillings for a merry Christmas.

Speaker 7 (09:20):
Prebody Christmas to you said you wanted to get into
the house through the back way so that you could
surprise the children.

Speaker 5 (09:28):
Well, come down the kitchen children.

Speaker 4 (09:31):
Oh, you can get to the back of the house.
But going up the alley here, I'll go in the front.

Speaker 7 (09:35):
Door spends which is the house number twenty eight. It's
the third one down the alley.

Speaker 5 (09:40):
Doctor.

Speaker 7 (09:41):
I'll have the back window opening no time and you
can slip in without any of the bear and see.

Speaker 5 (09:46):
Very well, groomy little street. Where's the music coming from?

Speaker 4 (09:54):
Oh, it's from that temple across the seat, doctor.

Speaker 7 (09:57):
The Disciples of the Octagonal Square they call themselves.

Speaker 5 (10:00):
What on earth suppose that means?

Speaker 4 (10:02):
Oh, some new fangled coat heathens most likely?

Speaker 6 (10:07):
Hello all, I'm not the only center close abroad tonight.

Speaker 5 (10:11):
Look at that fellow across the street.

Speaker 4 (10:13):
Oh that's just like yourself, doctor, and carry in a
sack too. Oh he's running up the steps to the temple.

Speaker 5 (10:19):
He slipped on the ice.

Speaker 1 (10:23):
What harry was?

Speaker 5 (10:27):
Doctor?

Speaker 4 (10:27):
Did not trip for yourself?

Speaker 5 (10:29):
Give me your hand, Thank you, sir, fellow of men't
it to help me? Tell you know? Up you comes?

Speaker 4 (10:41):
Oh doctor, I told you to be careful.

Speaker 5 (10:45):
Now you fall into Oh it's just confounded red coat
of mine. It it put me up? Did you have yourself?
I think? How about you?

Speaker 8 (10:54):
Well, I'm all right, thanks felly of me to run
wiping it. He's just well, thank you, good night, and
Mary kras Matt.

Speaker 6 (11:05):
Who knows you went to the temple in a cipro
octagonal square?

Speaker 4 (11:11):
You're sure you know how to do?

Speaker 6 (11:13):
No, no, of course, mister Hudson. Give me my sex please,
thank you. Your sister's houses. The third one down this
otherway is that.

Speaker 4 (11:20):
I'll have you a op in the back window.

Speaker 6 (11:23):
I'll be waiting for him, missus Hudson rather fun the
shame Holmes isn't with us? Well, he's probably happier having
a good game of chess with Lord willikem.

Speaker 1 (11:52):
This is my house, homes number thirty nine for I'm
manson square eh and dear Old Watson is just around
the corner in Lexington guard us and hasn't any idea
that I've left Baker sweet here Caddy, Thank you, sir,
have merry Christmas. Shir uh huh is no man co singers. Yes,
we'll probably have a fill of him before this evening's over.

(12:25):
Good evening, milgue.

Speaker 5 (12:29):
Have the Have the guests arrived? Hard read?

Speaker 1 (12:32):
Most of them are? They're in the library. You brought
another Santa Claus with you? I see belogue, another Santa Claus.
What do you mean the gentleman will ride three quarters
of an hour ago, sir, dressed to Santa Claus. I
took him to your study in the Lord and showed
him the sack of present confounded goodhap of forus? Where's
this study?

Speaker 5 (12:49):
In this way?

Speaker 1 (12:50):
I hope I didn't do wrong. Belod, you told me
that a gentleman dressed to Santa Claus would be coming here.

Speaker 5 (12:58):
Year me.

Speaker 1 (12:59):
The gentleman appears to gone, yes, and the set containing
the peasants with him, But he can't have left the house, milorda.
I've been watching the front doors, and while you were
doing that, he slipped down through the window.

Speaker 5 (13:08):
Here.

Speaker 1 (13:09):
The catch is undone. I'm grave describe this man. I
can't tell you much about his appearance. I'm afraid, sir.
He was dressed to Santa Claus, just like yourself. But
I did notice one thing about him, sir, Oh, what
was that? He lists just quite pronounced? Of course, Lou
the lisper on Earth is Lou the Lisp, one of
Mariati's most trusted accompresses. Fortunately ago, I've had news of

(13:31):
him later through my underworld grapevine.

Speaker 5 (13:33):
You know where he lives.

Speaker 1 (13:35):
He is reputed to have some connections with a new
cut that calls themselves the Disciples of the Octagonal Square.
The headquarters are just around the corner from here. Let's
go there and hungrave. Yes, sir, get a message to
scot and Yard as fast as you can. Ask for
inspectless child and tell him to join me at the
Temple of the Octagonal Square in Lexton Gardens as soon
as possible.

Speaker 7 (14:07):
Who the children are awful excited doctors. I told them
you just getting down.

Speaker 5 (14:10):
The chimney the bed, and then I'll go into them.

Speaker 4 (14:15):
Will I announce you.

Speaker 5 (14:22):
There are no children, clients.

Speaker 4 (14:24):
Santa Claus is coming to see you, and she's brought
your pleasures.

Speaker 7 (14:28):
Hello, Hello, children, Clamy, Jelsey.

Speaker 1 (14:33):
Did you bring me a present?

Speaker 5 (14:37):
A minute? They call me, Bertie.

Speaker 4 (14:41):
Did you come down the chimney? Yeserie, but you had
a time doing it, and you're.

Speaker 7 (14:45):
So fast they Santa Claus won't give you your present?

Speaker 5 (14:50):
And what's your name? Little man?

Speaker 4 (14:52):
My though, I've got a call you have?

Speaker 6 (14:57):
Will children gather around, men, I'll see what I got
for you. The first present is for.

Speaker 5 (15:07):
I'll be right. It says for her Grace, the doctor
Duchess of Bullet.

Speaker 7 (15:14):
Do you suppose mister Holmes has been playing a practical joking,
your doctor?

Speaker 6 (15:17):
I suppose I can't see the point. But he did
say that he'd added a few trinkets of his own.

Speaker 5 (15:23):
I want my pleasure. Then, supposing you take this, Elsie,
thank you? And this one is mark for the Reverend,
off for Carter. What homes it up to?

Speaker 4 (15:35):
Here?

Speaker 5 (15:35):
Your birdy?

Speaker 4 (15:36):
True?

Speaker 5 (15:37):
And this is for you, Lael, because you've been a
good little boy.

Speaker 4 (15:41):
Is a very big is it? I wanted the door because.

Speaker 5 (15:46):
Before hopping you a dog next year Luneld.

Speaker 7 (15:48):
Doctor Watson, Yes, look at the laughing on these presents.
Dr Brother twenty pound notes, Scott, Oh, look.

Speaker 6 (15:58):
What I can Let me see why cutlings and ones?
Unless I'm very much was taken I got let me see,
gracious swell, these are rubies?

Speaker 5 (16:13):
What in thunders going on?

Speaker 4 (16:15):
I'm one?

Speaker 5 (16:17):
Give me that?

Speaker 1 (16:18):
Mind?

Speaker 5 (16:18):
You well? Here you are here?

Speaker 4 (16:20):
Who do you suppose to start you?

Speaker 6 (16:22):
I don't know, missus Hutchson, thats my toys are still
at the bottom of the sack. I can't understand it.
I was Holmes, are here instead of dozing in front
of our far in Baker Street?

Speaker 5 (16:44):
Where are you homes?

Speaker 1 (16:45):
Give for the bed. This is the only room in
the temple that gives in his signs of having been
lived in. I mean, god bird has been here. But
I'm a pretty's flown inspectuless. Time to get here. It's
a match, but right, yeah, here there's a candle on
the table just as Ie Jared look on the bed
a red coat and a beard. Yes, Lula the lispers,

(17:07):
discourage this disguise and gone and with him. I'm afraid
you are valuable pressure. Wait a minute, here's a sack
lying on the floor.

Speaker 4 (17:14):
Oh no, this isn't mine. Look what's in it?

Speaker 1 (17:17):
A toy dog, large box of chocolates, little girls doggy thunder.

Speaker 4 (17:23):
But this is Watson sec But how on earth could
LuSE the Lisper have got hold of it?

Speaker 1 (17:27):
Somewhere? Somehow He and Watson must have made an accidental change,
and Lula Whisper has no doubt trying to track what's
down at this very moment. He must work fast, Wigham
on my friend's life, and those are missus Hudson and
our relatives won't be what I Thinker's damn.

Speaker 4 (17:55):
And now what happened next?

Speaker 1 (17:57):
Doctor?

Speaker 3 (17:57):
We left you at the children's Christmas party and Sherlock
Holmes and Lord weddickm around the corner at the Temple
of the Octagonal Square.

Speaker 6 (18:04):
Yes about, although at the time, of course I had
no idea what was going on there. I was cheerfully
handing out gifts worth worth lot at King's at least
to baron its ransoms. And outside the Temple of the
Octagonal Square homes Lord wiickm we're talking to Inspection the God.

Speaker 1 (18:26):
It seems to me, Lord Whittigm, you'd have been wiser
to get in touch with Scotland the hard when you
have first got the warning note. We could have nabbed
him when he came to your house and pinished the
second prison charge. This is no time for postmoderns. We've
got to reach lou the Lisp be before he finds
doctor Watson.

Speaker 5 (18:40):
Do you suppose he can do that?

Speaker 1 (18:41):
Homes It wouldn't be difficult. Low the Lispers nearly as
clever as his master, Professor Bodyanty. The chance is now
that you were followed when you came to Bigger Street
to night, Wittigam, And it's equally likely that Watson and
Missus Hudson were followed as they left it. Mariunty is
seldom leave to anything to chance? Well, where did Dr
Watson go onny Ate Lexington Gardens? It's just around the
from here work Innisco there at once right, not quite away, No, no, no, no,

(19:04):
Rims use a little subtlety, now, Luga list Bow wishes
to recover that sack of prestons from Watson. How would
he invade the party with the least possible trouble by
dressing up a cent of clothes again. Oh no, I
think he's over played that robal one evening. Well, then
I would he try to get any Miss Jones? Oh
come now, le's drive. What group of people can enter
any house on Christmas Eve without invitation without creating suspicion?

(19:25):
You can't exect you, my dear hellow, I shouldn't be
it all surprised if at this very moment Luga list
burned some of his gang are singing carols outside twenty
eight Lexington Gardens. Well, then what are we going to do?
Former rival Caudl Society. How many of the men did
you bring with you? Three sergeant and two constable? Weren't
great coats? Yes, misters, but why good? They can hide

(19:45):
their helmets and pretend to be singers. Come on, let's
go over there, and while we're walking, we'll rehearse on
carols we used appear reasonably convincing. Sanerre les dard sana.

Speaker 7 (20:14):
No, no, you must make Santa close to your tired That's.

Speaker 5 (20:17):
All right, missus Hudson home on hop on.

Speaker 4 (20:23):
Coleman.

Speaker 6 (20:26):
Of course they can awesome to come in, missus Hudson last.

Speaker 5 (20:30):
Come on, let me get you back to you.

Speaker 4 (20:32):
Oh no, no, take it easy to see your reindeer.

Speaker 5 (20:36):
Say you see my reindeer? Oh poor mother, brother, stop
on the roof.

Speaker 4 (20:40):
I'll time up to see him.

Speaker 5 (20:41):
No, no, no, you must do that. There asleep. Oh,
here are the carol singers. If you get children, we go.
That's it now, Good evening, gentlemen, Good evening, and marry Kresma.
Would you like to sing some carols the children? After then?
I'm sure you drop the some of the warming up.
Thank you, sir.

Speaker 8 (20:59):
We chat like that, but you before somewhere my moon
mo there, I'm sure you haven't. Come on, man, let's
thing good, King went for it.

Speaker 1 (21:09):
Go well. Here we are outside the ousemist room. Now

(21:30):
watch listen, uh huh, Luga whisper, and these men are
already there are we going in now a moment I'm in.
You will have your truncheons, handy, miss rones. We're ready splendid.
Now remember when we're inside and I yelled Merry Christmas
at the top of my voice. You bring out your
truncheons and get luga lisper, and this gain out of
there as quickly as possible. Don't arrest them until you

(21:51):
get them outside again, astride, I don't want to fight
mature write our miss drones. We're ready. Just give us
the word and we'll go in and get them.

Speaker 5 (22:13):
Oh that was very nice singing. And now how about
some of the woomule.

Speaker 8 (22:18):
That won't be necessary, Doctor Watson say to the door, Sammy, now,
all of you stay.

Speaker 5 (22:22):
Right where you are. Who you what do you think
you're up to?

Speaker 1 (22:25):
Please don't be difficult doctor.

Speaker 5 (22:27):
All I want is the jewels out of my fact
that you sold from me. Tonight you try and stop me,
I shall have to hurt you.

Speaker 4 (22:33):
Why do you talk so funny?

Speaker 5 (22:35):
You got a cold like me? Shut up now, doctor?
Where are the jewels? Oh?

Speaker 8 (22:43):
Christen, there are some more Carol fingers outside lot times?

Speaker 1 (22:47):
I do no better let them come in.

Speaker 5 (22:49):
If we don't, they might get suspicious.

Speaker 1 (22:50):
Oh no question, know what you're up to?

Speaker 4 (22:52):
I don't know tricks?

Speaker 5 (22:53):
Doctor. If you try and give an alarm, myself have
to get rough with you.

Speaker 6 (22:57):
Anyone about that partition? Members there children in present man,
you are here before you.

Speaker 5 (23:03):
Right, what you say? We all join an old Carol
for the nippers? All right? What what do you want
to think of the old angels sing. All right, all right,
come on man, let's think, Oh gor you bonking merry Christmas?

Speaker 4 (23:33):
What's happening?

Speaker 5 (23:38):
We're all going away and come home to putting? Fun?
Is going on?

Speaker 1 (23:45):
I'll explain to you later on Jack the start catch me,
take them to scuttling yard and prefer charges. I'll be
over the little while give evidence.

Speaker 5 (23:53):
Right.

Speaker 1 (23:54):
Too bad we didn't catch Professor Moriarty too well. At
least we have some of his cohorts. Sound see you later. Listen,
I'll I knew what was going on.

Speaker 5 (24:02):
Here is my artom mixed up in this business?

Speaker 1 (24:04):
Yes, Watson? Now I'll tell you all about it as
soon as I've straightened this thing out. Now, Wickham, here's home.
The twenty pound notes that you used as wrapping for
your gifts seemed to have been scattered over the house.
Do you want me to recover them too?

Speaker 5 (24:17):
Now?

Speaker 1 (24:17):
From what you've told me of the children, I think
their parents could use the money much more profitably than
my relatives. In any case, I can replace it a
very generous Christmas gift. Well, children, did you enjoy the
little game we staged for you?

Speaker 7 (24:31):
It was yes, I really died laughing when they died.

Speaker 1 (24:35):
Hitney, I'm glad you enjoyed the children, and now I
want you to show me the presence you received. Oh,
they were a part of the game too. A nice
little girl like you just want silly earrings, Elsie, here's
a beautiful doll for you.

Speaker 5 (24:52):
Coot married.

Speaker 1 (24:55):
And what did you get my little man?

Speaker 2 (24:57):
Me?

Speaker 1 (24:57):
Oh? Couplings? Good gracious wh puff links and you can
have a cluck work train. You want to exchange pray?

Speaker 5 (25:04):
Learn of a duck. Yes, I wanted the door. There's
one for you. A nice, nice dog.

Speaker 1 (25:10):
Oh what Jordie has a nice big box of chocolates too.
Get all shoved.

Speaker 7 (25:17):
Oh one night, I ain't had as much more since
Granny got her fingers.

Speaker 5 (25:22):
Stuck in a pluggle.

Speaker 6 (25:25):
I still don't understand what's going on home, I must say,
He says, all your marks have been a happy Christmas.

Speaker 5 (25:33):
This is Hudson.

Speaker 1 (25:35):
How's the hounce of turkey coming home?

Speaker 5 (25:37):
Oh, little Brady.

Speaker 1 (25:38):
In a few minutes, mister blended. And while we're waiting,
perhaps the children will oblige for something we haven't heard
so about.

Speaker 5 (25:44):
This is I know what you mean. Christmas, Carol is
really sounds convincing. How about it? Children?

Speaker 4 (25:50):
All right, come on, Eli, come on.

Speaker 3 (26:32):
Well, doctor, that was really a twelfth Swell story On
a Christmas Eve like this, Do you have a wish
you were back in Baker Street celebrating Christmas?

Speaker 5 (26:40):
There times?

Speaker 6 (26:40):
Yes, But actually, mister Bartell, I'm very happy right here
in my little home. They're on the tables of your
little Christmas tree. There's a fine pie in my fireplace,
my two dogs, Mountain Winnie, a sleeping peace with my feet.
The best of it all, I've got the love of
every child in the neighborhood. Yes, I got a great

(27:01):
deal this Christmas Eve. That's to be thankful for. And
what were the troubles of the world on their way
to being settled? It looks as if this is the
brightest Christmas that I've ever had.

Speaker 4 (27:12):
That's how I feel about it, too, Doctor.

Speaker 6 (27:15):
I hope with all our friends listening in just as
happy as Christmas Eve as we are. And speaking not
only for myself, but I know for all of us
and for the Petrick family too, we wish every one
of you a happy Christmas from the bottom of our hearts.

Speaker 5 (27:30):
God rest you merry gentlemen.

Speaker 3 (27:34):
Well, doctor Watson next Monday is New Year's Eve. What
story do you plan to tell us?

Speaker 6 (27:38):
One that I think verite extremely appropriate, mister Bartow. It
takes place in the Scottish castle near Edinburgh on a
New Year's Eve in nineteen hundred and concerns a pair
of lovers and elderly baron it and a strange iron
box that proved to be more than worth its weight
in gold.

Speaker 1 (28:03):
Tonight.

Speaker 3 (28:03):
Sherlock Holmes Adventure was written by Dennis Green and Anthony
Boucher and was suggested by an incident and the Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle story.

Speaker 4 (28:10):
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle. Music is by Dean Foster.

Speaker 3 (28:15):
Mister Rathbourne appears through the courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayor
and mister Bruce through the courtesy of Universal Pictures, where
they and now starring in the Sherlock Holmes series.