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A long-buried secret induces pity and sorrow in the Great Detective. Holmes and Watson learn the truth about the death of a lion tamer many years before, which left his wife horribly mutilated and hidden behind a veil. A tale of abuse and revenge fuelled by the ultimate betrayal of a lover and the physical and emotional scars it has left behind. Taken from 'The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes' published in 1927 some years after Holmes' death at the hands of Moriarty, this a story from the latter period of Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Read by James Nickerson. Producer: Joanne Reardon Made for 91福利社 7 and first broadcast in 2004.
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