Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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2,747 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
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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Never for an instant did I dream of disowning her as my child.
But when chance threw you in my way, Jack, and I learned to love you, I feared to tell you about my child.
God forgive me!
I feared that I should lose you, and I had not the courage to tell you.
I had to choose between you, and in my weakness I turned away from my own little girl.
For three years I have kept her existence a secret from you,
but I heard from the nurse, and I knew that all was well with her.
At last, however, there came an overwhelming desire to see the child once more.
I struggled against it, but in vain.
Though I knew the danger, I determined to have the child over, if it were but for a few weeks.
I sent a hundred pounds to the nurse, and I gave her instructions about this cottage, so that she might come as a neighbour, without my appearing to be in any way connected with her.
I pushed my precautions so far as to order her to keep the child in the house during the daytime, and to cover up her little face and hands, so that even those who might see her at the window should not gossip about there being a black child in the neighbourhood.
If I had been less cautious, I might have been more wise."
but I was half crazy with fear that you should learn the truth.
It was you who told me first that the cottage was occupied.
I should have waited for the morning, but I could not sleep for excitement, and so at last I slipped out, knowing how difficult it is to awake you.
But you saw me go, and that was the beginning of my troubles.
Next day you had my secret at your mercy, but you nobly refrained from pursuing your advantage.'
"'Three days later, however, the nurse and child only just escaped from the back door "'as you rushed in at the front one.
"'And now, to-night, you at last know all, "'and I ask you what is to become of us, my child and me?'
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