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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I confess that I was myself surprised, both at his hilarious manner and at his rather wild observation.
"'I don't know whether you think that Macfarlane came out of jail in the dead of the night in order to strengthen the evidence against himself,' said Lestrade.
"'I'll leave it to any expert in the world.'
"'whether that is not the mark of his thumb.'
"'It is unquestionably the mark of his thumb.'
"'Yeah, that's enough,' said Lestrade.
"'I'm a practical man, Mr. Holmes, "'and when I've got my evidence I come to my conclusions.
"'If you have anything to say, "'you'll find me writing my report in my sitting-room.'
"'Holmes had recovered his equanimity, "'though I still seemed to detect gleams of amusement in his expression.'
"'Dear me, this is a very sad development, Watson, is it not?'
said he.
"'And yet there are singular points about it which hold out some hopes for our client.'
"'I'm delighted to hear it,' said I heartily.
"'I was afraid it was all up with him.'
"'I would hardly go so far as to say that, my dear Watson.
"'The fact is that there is one really serious flaw in this evidence "'to which our friend attaches so much importance.'
Indeed, Holmes, what is it?
Only this, that I know that that mark was not there when I examined the hall yesterday.
And now, Watson, let us have a little stroll round in the sunshine."
With a confused brain, but with a heart into which some warmth of hope was returning, I accompanied my friend in a walk round the garden.
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