23 The Naval Treaty from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) Audiobook

The Adventure of the Naval Treaty by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is read by Greg Wagland.
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[@scoutrifle6827]

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[@deonfitzgerald2604]

Indeed, Mr Greg Wagland is arguably one of the best narrator's period . Cheers

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Thanks BonnetBee. Kind of you!

[@GeldardtheGrey]

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[@helenamirian908]

Finally looked it up, because I wondered why they would consult "the well-known specialist of dancing". 😅

[@pirateboyfearless]

Careful navigation of the usage of "her rich tints" there, could have all gone wrong. Top work.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Tints up, perhaps?

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[@Gilespargiter]

Pray tell me, who on earth would take the trouble to listen then give a thumb's down?

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Well, Giles. It's a bit of a mystery. I guess it's people with time to spend doing something they dislike, or alternatively...

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I have done that before. Giving a thumbs down. But i didn't have my glasses on and thought it was a thumbs up lol Error was corrected when the specs were back on lol Love your work mate. Keep it up!!!!

[@SuperBartles]

The generic "how could anyone dislike this" comment. Up there with "129 professor Moriartys [mutatis mutandis] disliked this video", "who's watching in 2019" and other popular favourites. I have a channel elsewhere with 30 videos, a mere 4000 views and only 2 dislikes - but if I hit the big time, I'm perfectly prepared for it not being some people's cup of tea. Though I hope the likes outweigh the dislikes, as they generally do on these channels

[@sylvainnouet6447]

maybe moriarty ' s friends!

[@barbarawhittall2311]

Thanks for all been enjoying!!

[@wratched]

Ah brain fever. What men got instead of hysteria.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Yes, much more manly!

[@thomasstevens1436]

Seems a lot of people had brain fever back then.

[@jdenmark1287]

Hysteria was diagnosed for mature females and was relieved by doctors using an electric vibrator or manual digitation to bring the patient to a climax. "Brain Fever" was diagnosed for both males and females, young and old, and covered everything from "nervous breakdown" (psychotic episode) to meningitis.

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[@carlstevens4981]

Mr wagland, do you do podcasts? Personally I think that would be a great hit. Your voice is perfect for listening to and relaxing.

[@jorobinson8835]

Hi Greg, Your own Holnes/ACD podcast (with guests) would be great. And/or a listeners Q & A. Any plans for this in the future? Thanks! Jo

[@myriaddsystems]

The best spoken version

[@sivanlevi3867]

Hmm, a surprisingly long one. The Naval Treaty sure carried a lot of weight with it.

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

Perfect narration!

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You are most welcome, Bree!

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[@noahway13]

Odd that there are dislikes, but no negative comments. Very mysterious.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Yes. The oddest dislikes are those on Part Two or Three of something. You would have thought they might have made up their minds on Part One. As for negative comments there are some here if you seek them out, but I don't get many (which is nice - Fast Show)! And any that I consider over the top, or containing words and thoughts I find beyond the pale, I simply bin.

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[@veritas6335]

I’ve never once in my many decades of life seen a grown man “draw up his knees until his fingers clasped around his long thin.shins.” Or his fat shins, or any other kind of shins. Must be an English thing.

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[@blex5579]

i can`t help but picture Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes whilst listening. -Just figured it`s actually YOU reading, dear Sir. Amazing effort, indeed! from germany

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Blex. I like Peter Cushing, but I prefer Christopher Lee. Thanks for your comments and support!

[@veritas6335]

Doyle was forever using "brain fever" as a convenient literary device. He did so in half a dozen stories. As did many other authors. The term showed up frequently in Victorian literature and characters were always being afflicted by it, like Catherine Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights as well as Emma Bovary and Pip in Great Expectations. (See the write ups In Wikipedia, among other sites.). Evidently the term referred to encephalitis or meningitis, but the Victorians were so ignorant of disease pathology and medical practice was so rudimentary that they actually thought that these bacterial and.viral diseases were brought on by emotional distress and even "excessive intellectual activity." In any case, this ignorance and the resulting misconceptions made for fanciful literary flights employed by innumerable authors from Alexander Dumas to Bronté to Conan Doyle.

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14:22 Charring - lady in charge of cleaning a house/ a British term

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[@helenamirian908]

WHEN did Holmes have occasion to make inquiries about Joseph and Annie Harrison? They went directly to Woking, as far as I can tell, without time for him to send telegrams, let alone receive replies, and immediately after their meeting Holmes furnishes Watson with background information.

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Ok, Holmes does say that he sent telegrams from the train station. And now I am wondering what was going on when he was making that speech about roses and goodness. Was he stalling for some reason? They never say what that was all about.

[@markhiteshew276]

@@helenamirian908 I actually was half asleep when I heard that part and was wondering if i dreamed that uncharacteristic speech . I'll have to listen again. And im one of the many who use these readings to fall asleep. I actually look at the click to see if it's near bedtime to start listening . Sometimes I can't wait and turn it on on the way to the bedroom . Thank you so much with helping with my insomnia. That may not sound flattering to the performance, I know . And it's frustrating to not know the endings or even the titles , which are hard to read the way the list is set up , like " Sherlock Holmes and the .. " , being unfinished . If you hit on that it starts up instead of completing the title . What a waste of timt hunting thru dozens of titles . At least a few have them on the image above .

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Yes!

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Tints! 😅

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Learning British accent is way too much easier with you being narrator. I don't want to speak American English, at all. But may someone please explain what does, "Pray, what did you do then?" mean exactly? I couldn't get, why the word 'pray' was used there. Love from Turkey💜💜💜

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Pray. It's like saying Pray tell me. Please tell me. I pray that you tell me. In older language it might be ' I prithee'. Thank you.

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@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Thanks❤ you're so kind.

[@seeingimages]

The word "pray" comes from the Latin "praedicare." Like the other Latin word for "pray" that came from Latin into Spanish, "orare," both words can in context mean to beg or ask for something. This sense of "pray" differentiates it from a recitation of a formulaic statement, such as the Nicene Creed. People are usually asking God for something when they address him. Thus "pray" means "to ask for" or "beg." To inject the word "pray" into an utterance today is considered archaic. It was not an especially archaic expression among the educated of late-nineteenth-century England, nor was it associated with religion. "Pray" was used in its etymological sense of "beg, beseech, ask for." The question, "Pray, what did you do then," simple means, "[I] pray [that you tell me]: What did you do then?" I hope this clarifies the usage of "pray" in the context you provided.

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Nice one!

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Thank you, John. Appreciated!

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It Happened One Night in Woking

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A particularly lengthy Holmes short story.

[@helenamirian908]

Oh, Watson. Surely the July immediately succeeding your marriage was made memorable by...your new marriage? No??

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"Joseph and the groom found Marx on the bed of flowers outside of the window." -- then why wasn't Marx charged with the crime?

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Greg, you're the best! I have revisited many of your works 4 or 5 times, no others can compare, and I just appreciate the superb quality. I wonder if you might consider a reading in your style explaining the turbo encabulator?

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Tell me more about the turbo encabulator! What's that?

[@MajorDan1138]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio see British Institute of Electrical Engineers, Quick, John H. (1944). "The turbo-encabulator in industry". Students' Quarterly Journal. 15 (58): 22. doi:10.1049/sqj.1944.0033.

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Awesome!!

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Thanks Will Icarus!

[@rcheeks8963]

I wonder if I could get a doctor's note for brain fever 🤔 and a prescription for brandy 😂

[@pitaespinoza1474]

Brain fever much? Any comments on the STORY PLEASE? Ok so we all love Mr Narrator buy I’m looking for any input on the story, please. Now I’ve got to see what all the hoopla is.......=)

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

I'm the narrator. Don't stop the praise... it might never start up again ;-)

[@moviemad56]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Ha! It will never stop, Mr Wagland. ^_^

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Why on earth do these have so many dislikes?

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That is a very good question. I must be doing something right ;-)

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“Do you have a desk?”. “No”. “Alright, thank you Phelps. Please ask Smithers to come and see me. I have a job for him.” 😂

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right, why would he not have a desk? 😅

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well read matey

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Good show olde chap.

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👍🧐

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Back to reality ❣️.

[@SlayerzAngel]

Hi Greg did you know that this story is posted elsewhere by Ernie Koppes not sure if it's a tribute or plagiarism especially after all the trouble you've had recently. Keep up the good work All the best👍😎📕

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Good of you to let me know. Was aware of this and know that this cut and paste operation is tolerated by KZbin. Happy to terminate and demonetize me but allow direct clones which then attempt to monetize and bizarrely have succeeded in the past. Go figure. It's all part of the same picture. The process of getting these things taken down is Byzantine in its complexity. But if you are a corporation it's automated 😎 Getting to be untenable.

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John Miller & Associates Ltd?

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At the end of the letter. You may well be right. I'm afraid I said it and moved on. Cheers Yvonne.

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Fruitful gaiety can lead to lemonentry.

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21min 22sec.

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A man has to sleep, Shilpa !!!

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Visto 1/11/20

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the end.,.,...

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Xq❤😊

[@sakbarhussain1]

At a certain place, u read 'Percy' as 'Philips.' I have to revise to know the exact timing. Anyway, nice discourse!

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It was Percy's last name, Phelps (not Philips).

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36:32

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57:59

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[@yvonnereyes9954]

An exceedingly disappointed listener.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Happy Xmas

[@keithcrooks7217]

Some constructivism alongside the barbs of your critique would, perhaps, be more welcome.

[@drummerboy1390]

As an exceedingly disappointed listener you are entitled to a refund.

[@helenamirian908]

While I don't like the idea that Watson was helping to bully another child at his school, when you meet Percy, you do also sort of want to hit him with a wicket.

[@helenamcginty4920]

Schools in those days, especially boys' schools were vicious places. The teachers usually led the way.Doyle was sent to boarding school as a child.

[@NickDiFroscia]

Back to reality ❣️.

[@Perktube1]

The Adventure of the Troubled Night. This is one of the shortest cases that my dear friend Holmes ever had to deal with. Indeed, it would have gone unnoticed save for the particulars I had jotted down on a breakfast napkin. Holmes and I had just finished a wonderful breakfast afforded us by Mrs. Hudson, when a slightly bedraggled old fellow came to our door asking for our help. "Do come in, Mr. Grey. I received your note yesterday afternoon." said Holmes. "Watson, allow me to introduce the Earl of Grey. Now, sir, please have some tea. How do you like it? " "Black please. " said Mr. Grey. "Very well. Now sit down in that corner chair if you please. Now sir, you say you've had something stolen from you?" Yessir I have. Or I think I have. For the past three nights I've noticed certain hours of sleep missing from my schedule. You see sir, I am in the habit of watching KZbin videos late at night. It's the usual sort, try not to laughs, cats being funny, etc. But lately I've been catching up on your stories. In audio form. Your stories are most intriguing, but the voice telling them is so soothing, that I cannot tell if I'm actually listening to them or dozing off in the middle. Indeed, if I am listening, then I am robbed of sleep. But if I fall asleep at some time, then I am robbed of your exploits. " I started. "Audio form?", I thought. "I've only recorded my friend's adventures by hand, not by voice on any Victrola cylinder. " Holmes thought for a minute. "I deduce that you are listening to the recitations of a Mr. Greg Wagland. He is well known for having an engaging and yet soothing voice. I advise that you must listen to my memoirs at an earlier time of day. Let Mr. Wagland's voice occupy your attention then. As for sleep, a warm glass of low-fat milk should suffice. There now, you're all sorted out." Mr. Grey rose and thanked Holmes and shook our hands, and quickly departed. "I must confess, Watson, that that man was not the real Earl of Grey. " "How do you know, Holmes?" I said. "I happen to be an acquaintance with Mr. Grey. Plus he is often seen with his good friend Mr. Twining. No, that poor fellow was just a bored KZbin viewer who needed to know how to sleep. Now let us peruse the morning paper for items of interest."

[@ebethlouise2201]

I say, I have the same affliction!

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[@loismanda7254]

And I thought I was the only one who put on an audio book to fall asleep by!

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Well done! Accurate, too!

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I read all the Sherlock Holmes stories over seventy years ago We had a copy of Study in Scarlet at home-the others I borrowed from the public library .I have never enjoyed the books as much in other versions-until now Thank you so much!

[@patriciajrs46]

Tis the wonderful voice of Greg Wagland. Capitol. Such a treasure to serenade the ear whilst my hands create a filet thread treasure. Merci.

[@willmccormick947]

Another great story and great listen! Thank you!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Ta Will

[@moviehoofd]

What a pleasant and smooth voice! The accent also suits this type of audiobook perfectly. Thank you ever so much!

[@saudwolf9226]

And that's the power of storytelling.

[@mondomacabromajor5731]

brilliant ... as usual ...

[@helenamirian908]

So, why was Percy in danger of losing his job when the commissionaire was the one sleeping on the job? isn't he the building's security? Percy is a diplomat. Sure, he could have taken the papers with him to the bathroom or wherever but he still could have been mugged, he's a wimp.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Good point! Cheers!

[@veritas6335]

A “Thumbs down” among these readings is only a comment on the success of the author’s work, the story. Not a comment on the reader’s performance, which is always perfectly executed. Some of Doyle’s stories are better than others. Some are splendid, some less so.

[@MoivinSulunker]

rhododendrons! surprise. They abound in the mountains of Appalachia. "Rhododendron is a very large genus of about 1,024 species"

[@keithcrooks7217]

As narrator of these excellent stories you, sir, are the nonpareil.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thank you kindly, Keith. Nonpareil is one of those words I have to look up, to check the pronunciation.