Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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8,885 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 22 Jul
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Be it from the distant haunts of men, or from the leaves of the trees, or the wings of the birds, or even the faint rustle of grass that covers the ground.
One may not actively perceive the sound but
And yet if it were withdrawn, it would be missed.
It is only here in these Arctic seas that stark, unfantable stillness obtrudes itself.
upon you in all its gruesome realities.
You find your Tim Pannon straining to catch some little murmur.
and dwelling eagerly upon every accidental sound within the vessel.
In this state
I was leaning against the bulwarks when there arose from the ice almost directly underneath me a cry sharp and shrill upon the silent air of the night.
Beginning, as it seemed to me, at a note.
Such as prima donna never reached, and mounting from that even higher and higher until it culminated in a long wail of agony.
Which might have been the last cry of a lost soul.
The ghastly scream is still ringing in my ears.
Grief, unutterable grief seemed to be expressed in it, and a great longing, and yet through it all there was an occasional wild note of exaltation.
It shrilled out from close beside me, and yet as I glared into the darkness I could discern nothing.
I waited some little time.
But without hearing any repetition of the sound.
So I came below, more shaken than I have ever been in my life before and
As I came down the companion I met Mr Milne coming up to relieve the watch.
Well, doctor, he said.
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