Norman Shelley
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480 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 25 Jun
Norman Shelley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I thought of the assistant's fondness for photography and his trick of vanishing into the cellar.
Then I made inquiries as to this mysterious assistant and found, as I suspected, that I had to deal with one of the coolest and most daring criminals in London.
He was doing something in the cellar, something which took many hours a day for weeks on end.
What could it be?
I could think of nothing, save that he was running a tunnel to some other building.
Now I see.
When you beat the pavement with your stick, you were testing for a hollow sound.
To be more precise, I was ascertaining whether the cellar stretched out in front of Wilson's house or behind.
It was not in front.
Then you knocked at Wilson's door.
As I'd hoped, his assistant answered it.
I hardly looked at his face.
You wanted to see his knees, you said.
You must have noticed yourself how worn, wrinkled, and stained his trousers were.
Yes.
Yes, yes, I did.
They spoke of those hours of burrowing.
The only remaining point was, what was he burrowing for?
The city and suburban bank.
Right around the back.
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