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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"'Watson, a bucket of water over the straw?'
"'That will do.
Lestrade, allow me to present you with your principal missing witness, Mr. Jonas Oldacre.'
The detective stared at the newcomer with blank amazement.
The latter was blinking in the bright light of the corridor and peering at us and at the smouldering fire.
It was an odious face, crafty, vicious, malignant, with shifty light grey eyes and white lashes.
"'What's this, then?'
said Lestrade at last.
"'What have you been doing all this time, eh?'
Oldacre gave an uneasy laugh, shrinking back from the furious red face of the angry detective.
"'I have done no harm.'
"'No harm.
You've done your best to get an innocent man hanged.
If it wasn't for this gentleman here, I'm not sure that you would not have succeeded.'
The wretched creature began to whimper.
"'I'm sure, sir, it was only my practical joke.'
"'Oh, a joke, was it?
You won't find the laugh on your side, I promise you.
Take him down, and keep him in the sitting-room until I come.'
"'Mr.
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