Dr. John H. Watson
speaker
3,490 appearances
15 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 31 Jul
Dr. John H. Watson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well, you take good care of yourself, Doctor.
Oh, I'm very glad to hear that.
Thank you, Mr. Bartow.
And now settle yourself down, and I'll get on with tonight's new Sherlock Holmes adventure.
Where did it take place?
You may not be familiar with the names of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, but those are the four principal islands that make up the group known as the Channel Islands.
That's quite right, my boy, though I very much doubt if you ever heard of the tiny island on which this story happened.
It was the island of Garth, a minute but self-contained spot with a population of just under a thousand inhabitants, subsisting, and from what I saw of the island in those days, subsisting very well on its dairy products.
No, Mr. Bartow, not exactly.
You see, the island belonged to a family by the name of Horn, the head of the family, who was known as the Senior of Garth,
was an independent ruler owing nominal allegiance to the King of England.
That allegiance was expressed by one of those traditional ceremonies in which the seigneur annually presented one pound of freshly churned butter to a representative of the British crown.
Well, I just
Let me do that, my boy, if you'll give me a minute.
It was in the summer of 1896 when, to my utter amazement, Holmes informed me that we were going to the island of Garth as the official representatives of the British Crown to accept the annual presentation of butter.
At the time, I must confess, I couldn't see why Holmes wanted to accept such a ridiculous mission.
It was only as we approached the island in a small fishing boat that he told me a great deal more was at stake than a pound of butter.
Unfortunately, Mr. Bartell, I'm not much of a sailor, and as the wind was blowing hard and the sea racing, I'm afraid I wasn't a very intelligent companion.
Shut up, Watson.
We'll soon be there.
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