Helen Stoner
speaker
193 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 18 Jul
Helen Stoner’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's not the cold which makes me shiver, Mr. Holmes.
It's fear.
Terror.
I can stand this strain no longer.
I shall go mad if it continues.
I've no one to turn to.
Even my fiancée believes it's only my imagination.
My name is Helen Stoner, and I'm living with my stepfather, who was the last survivor of one of the oldest families in England, the Royal Up of Stoke Moran on the western border of Surrey.
The family used to be very rich.
Now there's nothing left save a few acres and an old house crushed under a heavy mortgage.
Eight years ago, my mother died.
She had a fortune of some thousand pounds a year, which she bequeathed to Dr. Roylott entirely so long as we resided with him, with the provision that a certain annual sum should be allowed to both Julia and myself if either of us should marry.
No, not after the death of my mother.
He took my sister and me to live with him at Stoke Moran, and for a time we were quite happy together.
But a terrible change began to come over our stepfather.
He shut himself up and only came out to indulge in violent quarrels with his neighbours.
He's ended by becoming dreadfully feared in the village.
He has no friends at all but the wandering bands of gypsies that he allows to camp in his grounds.
He's a collector of strange animals.
He has an Indian cheetah and a baboon which wander freely over the estate and is feared by the villagers almost as much as he is.
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