Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
speaker
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.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 5 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 4.
Appearances
Our visitor sprang from his chair.
"'What?'
he cried.
"'You know my name?'
"'If you wish to preserve your incognito,' said Holmes, smiling, "'I would suggest that you cease to write your name upon the lining of your hat, or else that you turn the crown towards the person whom you are addressing.
I was about to say that my friend and I have listened to a good many strange secrets in this room,'
and that we have had the good fortune to bring peace to many troubled souls.
I trust that we may do as much for you.
Might I beg you, as time may prove to be of importance, to furnish me with the facts of your case, without further delay?'
Our visitor again passed his hand over his forehead, as if he found it bitterly hard.
From every gesture and expression I could see that he was a reserved, self-contained man, with a dash of pride in his nature,
more likely to hide his wounds than to expose them.
Then suddenly, with a fierce gesture of his closed hand, like one who throws reserve to the winds, he began.
"'The facts are these,' said he.
"'I am a married man, and have been so for three years.
During that time my wife and I have loved each other as fondly and lived as happily as any two that ever were joined.
We have not had a difference, not one, in thought or word or deed.'
And now, since last Monday, there has suddenly sprung up a barrier between us, and I find that there is something in her life and in her thought of which I know as little as if she were the woman who brushes by me in the street.
We are estranged, and I want to know why.
Now there is one thing that I want to impress upon you before I go any further.
Showing 101–120 of 2,747 · page 6 of 138
← Previous
Next →