Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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2,747 appearances
5 recordings
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 1 Aug
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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but I returned by the 2.40 instead of the 3.36, which is my usual train.
As I entered the house, the maid ran into the hall with a startled face.
"'Where is your mistress?'
I asked.
"'I think that she's gone out for a walk,' she answered.
My mind was instantly filled with suspicion.
I rushed upstairs to make sure that she was not in the house.
As I did so, I happened to glance out of one of the upper windows—
and saw the maid with whom I had just been speaking running across the field in the direction of the cottage.
Then, of course, I saw exactly what it all meant.
My wife had gone over there, and had asked the servant to call her if I should return.
Tingling with anger, I rushed down and hurried across, determined to end the matter once and for ever.
I saw my wife and the maid hurrying back along the lane, but I did not stop to speak with them.
In the cottage lay the secret which was casting a shadow over my life.
I vowed that, come what might, it should be a secret no longer.
I did not even knock when I reached it, but turned the handle and rushed into the passage.
It was all still and quiet upon the ground floor.
In the kitchen a kettle was singing on the fire, and a large black cat lay coiled up in the basket, but there was no sign of the woman whom I had seen before.
I ran into the other room.
it was equally deserted.
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