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Twenty years ago
Doctor Merrivale
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was a famous surgeon
on Harley Street.
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Can't be so very famous,
I never heard of him.
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Oh but he was.
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His main claim to
distinction, of course,
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was the unnecessarily
brutal murder
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of a young bride.
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Really?
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However, he testified
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so brilliantly
on the witness box
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that he was acquitted
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after which he dropped
completely out of sight.
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And you think that
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he was most probably
responsible
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for the death of these
two Good Comrades?
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Well I don't
say that he was
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but I do say that
he could have been.
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Murder is an
insidious thing, Watson.
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Once a man has dipped
his fingers in blood
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sooner or later he'll feel
the urge to kill again.
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Oh gracious me
very unpleasant.
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Funeral home.
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You suppose were too late?
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Oh I think your
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unnecessarily
suspicious, Watson.
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One of the villagers hey?
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Aye sir.
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Mr. MacTavis
the blacksmith.
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Now daughter, don't be
talking to strangers.
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Wasn't her fault.
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I asked your daughter
whose funeral it was.
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Andy MacTavis,
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cut down in the
flower of his manhood.
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What a pity.
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A young fellow huh?
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Just seventy-two.
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Seventy-two?
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Flower of his manhood,
trying to be funny?
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Come on, Watson.
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Oh seventy-two,
flower of his manhood.
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I've seen about
forty men...
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Can I help you gentlemen?
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I telegraphed for
reservations from London.
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Name sir?
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Sherlock Holmes
and Doctor Watson.
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We have your
rooms ready then.
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Thank you.
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Sign there gentlemen.
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Yes indeed.
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Are you staying
long gentlemen?
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No, not long.
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We just came up here
to look into the...
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we just came up here
for the shooting.
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Shooting?
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Yes grouse of course.
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No grouse here sir
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for the last forty years.