Excerpt From Sherlock Holmes
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Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
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This is demo number one Sherlock Holmes, uh, Mason Huli. He flicked the horse with his whip, and we dashed away through the endless succession of sombre and deserted streets, which widened gradually until we were flying across a broad ballast rated bridge with the murky river flowing sluggishly beneath us. Beyond lay another Dole wilderness and brick and mortar. It's silence, broken only by the heavy regular footfall of the policemen or the songs and shouts of some belated party of revelers. A dull rack was drifting slowly across the sky and a star to twinkle dimly. Here and there, through the riffs of the clouds, Holmes drove in silence with his head sunk upon his breast and the air of a man who is lost in thought while I sat beside him, curious to learn what this new quest might be, which seemed to tax his powers so sorely and yet afraid to break in upon the currents of his thoughts. We had driven several miles, and we're beginning to get to the friend of the belt of suburban villas when he shook himself, shrugged his shoulders, lit his pipe with the air of a man who has satisfied himself that he is acting for the best. You have a grand gift of silence, Watson said. He it makes you quite invaluable. Is my companion part in my word. It is a great thing for me to have someone to talk to for. My own thoughts are not pleasant. I was wondering what I should say to this dear little woman tonight, when she meets me at the door, you forget I know nothing about it. I shall just have to tell you the facts of the case before we get to lead. Then it seems absurdly simple. And yet somehow I can get nothing to go upon. There's plenty of thread, no doubt, but I can't get to the end of it in but in my hand. Now I'll state the place clearly and concisely to you. Awesome. And maybe you can see a spot where all this dark to me proceed, then