Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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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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There, I hear him come down the companion.
And he has locked himself up in his room.
Which shows that he is still in an unamiable mood.
And so to bed.
As old Peeps would say, for the candle is burning down.
We have to use them now, since the nights are closing in.
And the steward has turned in, so there's no hopes of another one.
September twelfth calm, clear day and still lying in the same position.
What wind there is comes from the southeast, but it is very slight.
Captain is in a better humor and apologized to me at breakfast for his rudeness.
He still looked somewhat distraight.
However, and retains that wild look in his eyes which in a Highlander would mean that he was Fay.
At least so our chief engineer remarked to me, and he has some reputation among the Celtic portion of our crew.
as a seer and expounder of omens.
It is strange that superstition should have obtained such a mastery over this hard headed and practical race.
I could not have believed to what extent it is carried had I not observed it for myself.
We have had a perfect epidemic of it this voyage.
Until I have felt inclined to
To serve out rations of sedatives and nerve tonics with the Saturday allowance of grog.
The first symptom of it was
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