large/9146/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox_64kb_mp3/troubledmarriages_04_various_64kb_231
large/9146/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox_64kb_mp3/troubledmarriages_04_various_64kb
English
9146
He was all honey when first we met him  only eighteen months ago, and we both feel as if it were eighteen years. She had only just arrived in London. Yes, it was her first voyage  she had never been from home before. HE WAS ALL HONEY WHEN FIRST WE MET HIM ONLY EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO AND WE BOTH FEEL AS IF IT WERE EIGHTEEN YEARS SHE HAD ONLY JUST ARRIVED IN LONDON YES IT WAS HER FIRST VOYAGE SHE'D NEVER BEEN FROM HOME BEFORE
re to get the information which we want.' She was an interesting person, this stern Australian nurse--taciturn, suspicious, ungracious, it took some time before Holmes's pleasant manner and frank acceptance of all that she said thawed her into a corresponding amiability. She did not attempt to conceal her hatred for her late employer. 'Yes, sir, it is true that he threw the decanter at me. I heard him call my mistress a name, and I told him that he would not dare to speak so if her brother had been there. Then it was that he threw it at me. He might have thrown a dozen if he had but left my bonny bird alone. He was forever ill-treating her, and she too proud to complain. She will not even tell me all that he has done to her. She never told me of those marks on her arm that you saw this morning, but I know very well that they come from a stab with a hatpin. The sly devil--God forgive me that I should speak of him so, now that he is dead! But a devil he was, if ever one walked the earth. OR A WHILE IF WE ARE TO GET THE INFORMATION WHICH WE WANT SHE WAS AN INTERESTING PERSON THIS STERN AUSTRALIAN NURSE TACITURN SUSPICIOUS UNGRACIOUS IT TOOK SOME TIME BEFORE HOLMES'S PLEASANT MANNER AND FRANK ACCEPTANCE OF ALL THAT SHE SAID THAWED HER INTO A CORRESPONDING AMIABILITY SHE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL HER HATRED FOR HER LATE EMPLOYER YES SIR IT IS TRUE THAT HE THREW THE DECANTER AT ME I HEARD HIM CALL MY MISTRESS A NAME AND I TOLD HIM THAT HE WOULD NOT DARE TO SPEAK SO IF HER BROTHER HAD BEEN THERE THEN IT WAS THAT HE THREW IT AT ME HE MIGHT HAVE THROWN A DOZEN IF HE HAD BUT MY LEFT MY BONNIE BIRD ALONE HE WAS FOR EVER ILL TREATING HER AND SHE TOO PROUD TO COMPLAIN SHE WILL NOT EVEN TELL ME ALL THAT HE HAS DONE TO HER SHE NEVER TOLD ME THOSE MARKS ON HER ARM THAT YOU SAW THIS MORNING BUT I KNOW VERY WELL THAT THEY CAME FROM A STAB WITH A HATPIN THE SLY DEVIL GOD FORGIVE ME THAT I SHOULD SPEAK OF HIM SO BUT NOW THAT HE IS DEAD BUT A DEVIL HE WAS AND IF EVER ONE WALKS THE EARTH
large/9146/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox_64kb_mp3/troubledmarriages_04_various_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/9146/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox_64kb_mp3/troubledmarriages_04_various_64kb.flac