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Jun 2023
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832. Sherlock Holmes: The Red-headed Lea...

Luke Thompson
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Let me read you a classic Sherlock Holmes detective story, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

I'll read the original text and stop regularly in order to explain what is happening so you can follow the story.

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