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[Assistant] Shown some irritability of temper towards her during their stay in Baden.


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[Assistant] And had even questioned her once, as if she had suspicions of her honesty.


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[Assistant] And this made the parting easier than it would otherwise have been.


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[Assistant] Lady Francis had given her £50 as a wedding present. Like me.


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[Assistant] Marie viewed with deep distrust the stranger who had driven her mistress from Lausanne.


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[Assistant] With her own eyes she had seen him seize the lady's wrist with great violence on the public promenade by the lake. He was a fierce and terrible man.


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[Assistant] She believed that it was out of dread of him that Lady Frances had accepted the escort of the Schlesingers to London.


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[Assistant] She had never spoken to Marie about it, but many little signs had convinced the maid that her mistress lived in a state of continual nervous apprehension.


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[Assistant] So far she had got in her narrative, when suddenly she sprang from her chair, and her face was convulsed with surprise and fear. See, she cried, the miscreant follows still. There is the very man of whom I speak.


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[Assistant] Through the open sitting-room window I saw a huge swarthy man with a bristling black beard walking slowly down the centre of the street and staring eagerly at the numbers of the houses.


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[Assistant] It was clear that, like myself, he was on the track of the maid.


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[Assistant] Acting upon the impulse of the moment I rushed out and accosted him. You are an Englishman, I said.


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[Assistant] What if I am, he asked, with the most villainous scowl?


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[Assistant] May I ask what your name is? No, you may not, said he with decision. The situation was awkward, but the most direct way is often the best. Where is the Lady Frances Carfax? I asked.


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[Assistant] The fellow gave a bellow of anger and sprang upon me like a tiger. I have held my own in many a struggle.


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[Assistant] But the man had a grip of iron and the fury of a fiend. His hand was on my throat.


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[Assistant] And my senses were nearly gone before an unshaven French ouvrier in a blue blouse darted out from a cabaret opposite with a cudgel in his hand.


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[Assistant] And struck my assailant a sharp crack over the forearm, which made him leave go his hold.


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[Assistant] He stood for an instant fuming with rage and uncertain whether he should not renew his attack. Then, with a snarl of anger, he left me and entered the cottage from which I had just come.


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[Assistant] I turned to thank my preserver, who stood beside me in the roadway. Well Watson, said he, a very pretty hash you have made of it.


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[Assistant] I rather think you had better come back with me to London by the Knight Express.


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[Assistant] An hour afterwards Sherlock Holmes, in his usual garb and style, was seated in my private room at the hotel.


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[Assistant] His explanation of his sudden and opportune appearance was simplicity itself, for finding that he could get away from London


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[Assistant] He determined to head me off at the next obvious point of my travels.


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[Assistant] In the disguise of a working man, he had sat in the cabaret waiting for my appearance.


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[Assistant] And a singularly consistent investigation you have made, my dear Watson," said he.


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[Assistant] I cannot at the moment recall any possible blunder which you have omitted.


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[Assistant] The total effect of your proceedings has been to give the alarm everywhere and yet to discover nothing.


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[Assistant] Perhaps you would have done no better, I answered bitterly. There is no perhaps about it. I have done better. Here is the Honorable Philip Green, who is a fellow lodger with you in this hotel.


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[Assistant] And it was followed by the same bearded ruffian who had attacked me in the street. He started when he saw me. What is this, Mr. Holmes? he asked. I had your note and I have come. But what has this man to do with the matter?


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[Assistant] This is my old friend and associate, Dr. Watson, who is helping us in this affair.


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[Assistant] The stranger held out a huge, sun-burned hand with a few words of apology.


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[Assistant] I hope I didn't harm you. When you accused me of hurting her, I lost my grip of myself.


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[Assistant] Indeed, I'm not responsible in these days. My nerves are like live wires.


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[Assistant] I am in touch with Miss Dobney, Lady Frances's governess.


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[Assistant] Old Susan Dobney with the mob cap. I remember her well. And she remembers you. It was in the days before.


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[Assistant] Before you found it better to go to South Africa,


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[Assistant] Ah, I see you know my whole story. I need hide nothing from you.


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[Assistant] I swear to you, Mr. Holmes, that there never was in this world a man who loved a woman with a more wholehearted love than I had for Francis. I was a wild youngster, I know. Not worse than others of my class. But her mind was pure as snow. She could not bear a shadow of coarseness. So when she came to hear of things that I had done, she would have no more to say to me. And yet she loved me.


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[Assistant] That is the wonder of it loved me well enough to remain single all her sainted days just for my sake alone. When the years had passed, and I had made my money at Barberton, I thought perhaps I could seek her out and soften her. I had heard that she was still unmarried.


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[Assistant] I found her at Lausanne and tried all I knew.


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[Assistant] She weakened, I think, but her will was strong, and when next I called, she had left the town. I traced her to Bardon.


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[Assistant] And then after a time heard that her maid was here. I'm a rough fellow, fresh from a rough life.


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[Assistant] And when Dr Watson spoke to me, as he did, I lost hold of myself for a moment. But for God's sake, tell me what has become of the Lady Frances. That is for us to find out, said Sherlock Holmes, with peculiar gravity. What is your London address, Mr Green? The Langer Motel will find me.


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[Assistant] Then may I recommend that you return there and be on hand in case I should want you? I have no desire to encourage false hopes, but you may rest assured that all that can be done will be done for the safety of Lady Frances.


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[Assistant] I can say no more for the instant. I will leave you this card so that you may be able to keep in touch with us. Now Watson, if you will pack your bag, I will cable to Mrs. Hudson to make one of her best efforts for two hungry travellers at 7.30 tomorrow.


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[Assistant] A telegram was awaiting us when we reached our Baker Street rooms, which Holmes read with an exclamation of interest and threw across to me. Jagged or torn was the message, and the place of origin, Barden.


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[Assistant] What is this? I asked. It is everything. Holmes answered.


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[Assistant] You may remember my seemingly irrelevant question as to this clerical gentleman's left ear. You did not answer it.


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[Assistant] I had left Barden, and could not inquire exactly.


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[Assistant] For this reason I sent a duplicate to the manager of the Englisher Hoff, whose answer lies here. What does it show? It shows, my dear Watson,


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[Assistant] That we are dealing with an exceptionally astute and dangerous man.


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[Assistant] The Reverend Dr. Schlesinger, missionary from South America.


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[Assistant] Is none other than Holy Peters, one of the most unscrupulous rascals that Australia has ever evolved.


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[Assistant] And for a young country, it has turned out some very finished types.


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[Assistant] His particular speciality is the beguiling of lonely ladies by playing upon their religious feelings and his so-called wife


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[Assistant] An English woman named Fraser is a worthy helpmate.


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[Assistant] The nature of his tactics suggested his identity to me, and this physical peculiarity


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[Assistant] He was badly bitten in a saloon fight at Adelaide in 89, confirmed my suspicion.


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[Assistant] This poor lady is in the hands of a most infernal couple who will stick at nothing, Watson.


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[Assistant] The chi is already dead is a very likely supposition.


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[Assistant] If not, she is undoubtedly in some sort of confinement and unable to write to Miss Dobney or her other friends. It is always possible that she never reached London, or that she has passed through it.


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[Assistant] As these rogues could not hope to find any other place where it would be as easy to keep a person under restraint. All my instincts tell me that she is in London.


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[Assistant] But as we have at present no possible means of telling where,


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[Assistant] We can only take the obvious steps, eat our dinner, and possess our souls in patience. Later in the evening I will stroll down and have a word with friend Lestrade at Scotland Yard.


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[Assistant] But neither the official police nor Holmes' own small but very efficient organisation suffice to clear away the mystery.


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[Assistant] Amid the crowded millions of London, the three persons we sought were as completely obliterated as if they had never lived.


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[Assistant] Advertisements were tried and failed. Clues were followed and led to nothing.


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[Assistant] Every criminal resort which Schlesinger might frequent was drawn in vain.


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[Assistant] His old associates were watched, but they kept clear of him.


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[Assistant] And then suddenly, after a week of helpless suspense, there came a flash of light.


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[Assistant] A silver and brilliant pendant of old Spanish design had been pawned at Bevington's in Westminster Road.


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[Assistant] The porno was a large, clean-shaven man of clerical appearance. His name and address were demonstrably false. The ear had escaped notice.


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[Assistant] But the description was surely that of Schlesinger.


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[Assistant] Three times had our bearded friend from the Langham called for news, the third time within an hour of this fresh development.


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[Assistant] His clothes were getting looser on his great body. He seemed to be wilting away in his anxiety. If you will only give me something to do, was his constant wail.


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[Assistant] At last, Holmes could oblige him. He has begun to pawn the jewels. We should get him now.


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[Assistant] But does this mean that any harm has befallen the Lady Francis? Holmes shook his head very gravely.


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[Assistant] Supposing that they have held her prisoner up to now, it is clear that they cannot let her loose without their own destruction. We must prepare for the worst. What can I do? These people do not know you by sight? No.


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[Assistant] It is possible that he will go to some other porn broker in the future.


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[Assistant] In that case we must begin again. On the other hand, he has had a fair price and no questions asked.


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[Assistant] So if he is in need of ready money...


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[Assistant] He will probably come back to Bevington's. I will give you a note to them, and they will let you wait in the shop. If the fellow comes, you will follow him home.


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[Assistant] But no indiscretion, and above all, no violence. I put you on your honor that you will take no step without my knowledge and consent. For two days the Honorable Philip Green


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[Assistant] He was, I may mention, the son of the famous Admiral of that name who commanded the Sea of Azov fleet in the Crimean War. Brought us no news.


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[Assistant] On the evening of the third he rushed into our sitting room, pale, trembling, with every muscle of his powerful frame quivering with excitement. We have him! We have him! he cried. He was incoherent in his agitation.


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[Assistant] Holmes soothed him with a few words and thrust him into an armchair. Come now. Give us the order of events, said he.


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[Assistant] She came only an hour ago, it was the wife this time, but the pendant she brought was the fellow of the other. She is a tall, pale woman, with ferret eyes. That is the lady, said Holmes.


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[Assistant] She left the office and I followed her. She walked up the Kennington Road and I kept behind her. Presently she went into a shop. Mr. Holmes, it was an undertaker's. My companion started.


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[Assistant] Well, he asked, in that vibrant voice which told of the fiery soul behind the cold grey face. She was talking to the woman behind the counter. I entered as well. It is late. I heard her say words to that effect.


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[Assistant] The woman was excusing herself. It should be there before now, she answered. It took longer being out of the ordinary.


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[Assistant] They both stopped and looked at me, so I asked some question, and then left the shop.


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[Assistant] You did excellently well. What happened next? The woman came out, but I added myself in a doorway.


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[Assistant] Her suspicions had been aroused, I think, for she looked round her, then she called a cab and got in.


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[Assistant] I was lucky enough to get another, and so to follow her she got down at last at number 36 Polkney Square, Brixton.


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[Assistant] I drove past, left my cab at the corner of the square, and watched the house. Did you see anyone?


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[Assistant] The windows were all in darkness, save one on the lower floor. The blind was down and I could not see in.


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[Assistant] I was standing there, wondering what I should do next when a covered van drove up with two men in it.


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[Assistant] They descended, took something out of the van and carried it up the steps to the hall door. Mr. Holmes, it was a coffin. Ah, for an instant I was on the point of rushing in. The door had been opened to admit the men and their burden. It was the woman who had opened it. But as I stood there,


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[Assistant] She caught a glimpse of me, and I think that she recognised me. I saw her start, and she hastily closed the door. I remembered my promise to you, and here I am.


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[Assistant] You have done excellent work, said Holmes, scribbling a few words upon a half sheet of paper. We can do nothing legal without a warrant.


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[Assistant] And you can serve the cause best by taking this note down to the authorities and getting one. There may be some difficulty, but I should think that the sale of the jewellery should be sufficient. Lestrade will see to all details.


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[Assistant] But they may murder her in the meanwhile. What could the coffin mean? And for whom could it be but for her?


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[Assistant] We will do all that can be done, Mr. Green. Not a moment will be lost. Leave it in our hands. Now, Watson," he added, as our client hurried away, he will set the regular forces on the move. We are, as usual, the irregulars, and must take our own line of action.


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[Assistant] The situation strikes me as so desperate that the most extreme measures are justified, not a moment is to be lost in getting to Pultenay Square.


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[Assistant] Let us try to reconstruct the situation, said he, as we drove swiftly past the houses of Parliament and over Westminster Bridge. These villains have coaxed this unhappy lady to London.


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[Assistant] After first alienating her from her faithful maid.


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[Assistant] If she has written any letters, they have been intercepted.


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[Assistant] Through some confederate they have engaged a furnished house. Once inside it, they have made her a prisoner.


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[Assistant] And they have become possessed of the valuable jewelry which has been their object from the first.


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[Assistant] Already they have begun to sell part of it, which seems safe enough to them, since they have no reason to think that anyone is interested in the lady's fate.


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[Assistant] When she is released, she will, of course, denounce them. Therefore...


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[Assistant] She must not be released. But they cannot keep her under lock and key forever, so murder is their only solution.


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[Assistant] That seems very clear. Now we will take another line of reasoning.


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[Assistant] When you follow two separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of intersection which should approximate to the truth.


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[Assistant] We will start now not from the lady, but from the coffin, and argue backwards.


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[Assistant] That incident proves, I fear beyond all doubt, that the lady is dead. It points also to an orthodox burial, with proper accompaniment of medical certificate and official sanction.


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[Assistant] Had the lady been obviously murdered, they would have buried her in a hole in the back garden. But here, all is open and regular. What does that mean?


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[Assistant] Surely that they have done her to death in some way which has deceived the doctor and simulated a natural end. Poisoning, perhaps.


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[Assistant] And yet how strange that they should ever let a doctor approach her. Unless he were a confederate.


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[Assistant] This is evidently The Undertaker's, for we have just passed The Porn Broker's. Would you go in, Watson? Your appearance inspires confidence. Ask what hour the Polkney Square funeral takes place tomorrow.


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[Assistant] The woman in the shop answered me without hesitation that it was to be at eight o'clock in the morning. You see, Watson, no mystery. Everything above board.


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[Assistant] In some way the legal forms have undoubtedly been complied with. And they think that they have little to fear.


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[Assistant] Well, there is nothing for it now but a direct frontal attack. Are you armed? My stick. Well, well. We shall be strong enough.


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[Assistant] Thrice is he armed, who hath his quarrel just.


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[Assistant] We simply can't afford to wait for the police, or to keep within the four corners of the law. You can drive off, Cabby. Now, Watson, we'll just take our luck together, as we have occasionally done in the past.


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[Assistant] He had rung loudly at the door of a great dark house in the center of Pulteney Square. It was opened immediately.


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[Assistant] And the figure of a tall woman was outlined against the dim lit hall.


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[Assistant] Well, what do you want? she asked sharply, peering at us through the darkness. I want to speak to Doctor Schlesinger, said Holmes. There is no such person here, she answered, and tried to close the door, but Holmes had jammed it with his foot.


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[Assistant] Well, I want to see the man who lives here, whatever he may call himself, said Holmes firmly. She hesitated.


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[Assistant] Then she threw open the door. Well, come in said she. My husband is not afraid to face any man in the world. She closed the door behind us.


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[Assistant] and showed us into a sitting room on the right side of the hall


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[Assistant] Turning up the gas as she left us. Mr. Peters will be with you in an instant, she said.


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[Assistant] Her words were literally true, for we had hardly time to look round the dusty and moth-eaten apartment in which we found ourselves, before the door opened and a big, clean-shaven, bald-headed man stepped lightly into the room.


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[Assistant] He had a large red face with pendulous cheeks and a general air of superficial benevolence.


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[Assistant] Which was marred by a cruel and vicious mouth.


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[Assistant] We have no time to waste, said my companion firmly. You are Henry Peters of Adelaide, late the Reverend Doctor Schlesinger of Barden and South America. I am assured of that as that my own name is Sherlock Holmes.


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[Assistant] Peter's, as I will now call him, started and stared hard at his formidable pursuer. I guess your name does not frighten me, Mr. Holmes, said he coolly. When a man's conscience is easy you can't rattle him. What is your business in my house?


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[Assistant] I want to know what you have done with Lady Frances Carfax, whom you brought away with you from Barden.


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[Assistant] I'd be very grateful if you could tell me where that lady may be. Peters answered coolly. I've a bill against her for nearly a hundred pounds. And nothing to show for it but a couple of Trumpery pendants that the dealer would hardly look at. She attached herself to Mrs Peters and me at Barton.


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[Assistant] It is a fact that I was using another name at the time.


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[Assistant] I mean to find her, said Sherlock Holmes. I'm going through this house till I do find her. Where is your warrant?


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[Assistant] Holmes half-drew a revolver from his pocket. This will have to serve till a better one comes. Why, you're a common burglar. So you might describe me, said Holmes cheerfully. My companion is also a dangerous ruffian, and together we are going through your house.


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[Assistant] Our opponent opened the door. Fetch a policeman, Annie, said he.


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[Assistant] There was a whisk of feminine skirts down the passage, and the hall door was opened and shut.


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[Assistant] Our time is limited, Watson, said Holmes. If you try to stop us, Peters, you will most certainly get hurt. Where is that coffin which was brought into your house? What do you want with the coffin? It's in use. There's a body in it. I must see that body. Never, with my consent. Then without it.


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[Assistant] With a quick movement, Holmes pushed the fellow to one side and passed into the hall.


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[Assistant] A door half open stood immediately before us. We entered. It was the dining room.


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[Assistant] On the table under a half lit chandelier the coffin was lying. Holmes turned up the gas and raised the lid.


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[Assistant] Deep down in the recesses of the coffin lay an emaciated figure.


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[Assistant] The glare from the lights above beat down upon an aged and withered face.


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[Assistant] By no possible process of cruelty, starvation, or disease could this worn out wreck be the still beautiful Lady Frances. Holmes' face showed his amazement, and also his relief. Thank God, he muttered, it's someone else.


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[Assistant] Ah, you've blundered badly for once, Mr Sherlock Holmes, said Peters, who had followed us into the room. Who is this dead woman?


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[Assistant] Well, if you really must know, she's an old nurse of my wife's. Rose Spender, her name, and we found in the Brixton Workhouse Infirmary.


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[Assistant] We brought around here, called in Dr Horson of 13 Furbank Villas. Mind you take the address, Mr Holmes.


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[Assistant] And had a carefully tended, as Christian folks should,


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[Assistant] On the third day she died. Certificate says senile decay, but that's only the doctor's opinion. And of course you know better.


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[Assistant] We ordered her funeral to be carried out by Stimson and co. of the Kennington Road, that will bury her at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Can you pick any hole in that, Mr Holmes? You've made a silly blunder, and you may as well own up to it.


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[Assistant] I'd give something for a photograph of your gaping staring face when you pulled aside that lid, expecting to see the Lady Frances carfax, and only found a poor old woman of ninety.


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[Assistant] Holmes' expression was as impassive as ever under the jeers of his antagonist.


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[Assistant] These men have forced their way into my house and I cannot get rid of them. Help me to put them out. A sergeant and a constable stood in the doorway.


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[Assistant] Holmes drew his card from his case. This is my name and address. This is my friend, Doctor Watson. Bless you, sir, we know you very well, said the sergeant.


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[Assistant] But you can't stay here without a warrant. Of course not, I quite understand that.


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[Assistant] Arrest him! cried Peters. We know where to lay our hands on this gentleman if he is wanted, said the sergeant majestically. But you'll have to go, Mr. Holmes. Yes, Watson, we shall have to go.


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[Assistant] A minute later we were in the street once more. Holmes was as cool as ever. But I was hot with anger and humiliation.


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[Assistant] The Sergeant had followed us. Sorry, Mr. Owens, but that's the law. Exactly, Sergeant, you could not do otherwise.


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[Assistant] I expect there was a good reason for your presence there. If there is anything I can do, it's a missing lady, Sergeant. And we think she is in that house.


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[Assistant] I expect a warrant presently. Then I'll keep my eye on the parties, Mr. Holmes. If anything comes along, I will surely let you know. It was only nine o'clock.


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[Assistant] And we were off full cry upon the trail at once.


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[Assistant] First we drove to Brixton Workhouse Infirmary, where we found that it was indeed the truth that a charitable couple had called some days before


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[Assistant] And that they had obtained permission to take her away with them.


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[Assistant] He had been called in, had found the woman dying of pure senility, had actually seen her pass away and had signed the certificate in due form.


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[Assistant] I assure you that everything was perfectly normal and there was no room for foul play in the matter," said he. Nothing in the house had struck him as suspicious.


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[Assistant] Save that for people of their class it was remarkable that they should have no servant. So far and no father went the doctor. Finally we found our way to Scotland Yard.


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[Assistant] There had been difficulties of procedure in regard to the warrant. Some delay was inevitable.


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[Assistant] The magistrate's signature might not be obtained until next morning.


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[Assistant] If Holmes would call about nine he could go down with Lestrade and see it acted upon. So ended the day.


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[Assistant] Save that near midnight our friend the sergeant called to say that he had seen flickering lights here and there in the windows of the great dark house, but that no one had left it and none had entered. We could but pray for patience and wait for the morrow.


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[Assistant] Sherlock Holmes was too irritable for conversation and too restless for sleep.


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[Assistant] I left him smoking hard, with his heavy dark brows knotted together and his long nervous fingers tapping upon the arms of his chair.


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[Assistant] Several times in the course of the night I heard him prowling about the house.


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[Assistant] Finally, just after I had been called in the morning, he rushed into my room. He was in his dressing gown.


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[Assistant] It is 7.20 now. Good heavens, Watson. What has become of any brains that God has given me? Quick man, quick. It's life or death. A hundred chances on death to one on life. I'll never forgive myself, never, if we are too late.


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[Assistant] Five minutes had not passed before we were flying in a handsome down Baker Street.


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[Assistant] But even so it was 25 to 8 as we passed Big Ben and 8 struck as we tore down the Brixton Road. But others were late as well as we.


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[Assistant] Ten minutes after the hour, the hearse was still standing at the door of the house.


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[Assistant] What the devil do you mean? Once again, I ask you, where is your warrant? shouted the furious Peters, his big red face glaring over the farther end of the coffin. The warrant is on its way. This coffin shall remain in the house until it comes.


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[Assistant] The authority in Holmes' voice had its effect upon the bearers.


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[Assistant] Peters had suddenly vanished into the house, and they obeyed these new orders. Quick, Watson, quick! Here is a screwdriver! He shouted as the coffin was replaced upon the table. Here's one for you, my man. A sovereign, if the lid comes off in a minute. Ask no questions. Work away. That's good. Another.


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[Assistant] And another. Now pull, all together. It's giving, it's giving! Ah, that does it at last. With the united effort we tore off the coffin lid. As we did so there came from the inside,


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[Assistant] A stupefying and overpowering smell of chloroform. A body lay within. Its head all wreathed in cotton wool, which had been soaked in the narcotic.


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[Assistant] Holmes plucked it off and disclosed the statuesque face of a handsome and spiritual woman of middle age.


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[Assistant] In an instant he had passed his arm round the figure and raised her to a sitting position.


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[Assistant] Is she gone, Watson? Is there a spark left? Surely we are not too late. For half an hour it seemed that we were. What with actual suffocation? And what with the poisonous fumes of the chloroform?


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[Assistant] The Lady Frances seem to have passed the last point of recall.


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[Assistant] And then, at last, with artificial respiration, with injected ether, with every device that science could suggest, some flutter of life, some quiver of the eyelid, some dimming of a mirror, spoke of the slowly returning life.


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[Assistant] A cab had driven up and homes, parting the blind looked out at it. Here is Lestrade with his warrant, said he.


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[Assistant] He will find that his birds have flown and here, he added, as a heavy step hurried along the passage,


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[Assistant] Is someone who has a better right to nurse this lady than we have. Good morning, Mr. Green. I think that the sooner we can move the Lady Frances, the better.


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[Assistant] Meanwhile the funeral may proceed and the poor old woman who still lies in that coffin may go to her last resting place alone.


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[Assistant] Should you care to add the case to your annals, my dear Watson? said Holmes that evening.


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[Assistant] It can only be as an example of that temporary eclipse.


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[Assistant] To which even the best balanced mind may be exposed. Such slips are common to all mortals, and the greatest is he who can recognize and repair them.


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[Assistant] To this modified credit, I may perhaps make some claim.


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[Assistant] My night was haunted by the thought that somewhere a clue, a strange sentence, a curious observation, had come under my notice and had been too easily dismissed.


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[Assistant] Then suddenly in the grey of the morning the words came back to me. It was the remark of the undertaker's wife. As reported by Philip Green she had said, It should be there before now. It took longer.


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[Assistant] It had been out of the ordinary. That could only mean that it had been made to some special measurement. But why? Why?


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[Assistant] Then, in an instant I remembered the deep sides.


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[Assistant] And the little wasted figure at the bottom. Why so large a coffin for so small a body?


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[Assistant] To leave room for another body, both would be buried under the one certificate. It had all been so clear. If only my own sight had not been dimmed.


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[Assistant] At eight the Lady Frances would be buried. Our one chance was to stop the coffin before it left the house. It was a desperate chance that we might find her alive, but it was a chance, as the result showed.


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[Assistant] These people had never to my knowledge done a murder. They might shrink from actual violence at the last.


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[Assistant] They could bury her with no sign of how she met her end. And even if she were exhumed, there was a chance for them.


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[Assistant] I hoped that such considerations might prevail with them.


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[Assistant] You can reconstruct the scene well enough. You saw the horrible den upstairs where the poor lady had been kept so long. They rushed in and overpowered her with their chloroform, carried her down, poured more into the coffin to ensure against her wakening and then screwed down the lid.


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[Assistant] Clever device, Watson. It is new to me in the annals of crime.


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[Assistant] If our ex-missionary friends escape the clutches of Lestrade,


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[Assistant] I shall expect to hear of some brilliant incidents in their future career.


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[Assistant] Why so glum? Something troubling you?


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[Assistant] After my mother died, I married my husband. He's rather old but he said that if I married him, he would take care of me and my younger sister.


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[Assistant] I had my first daughter when I was 23, my second when I was 24, and my third at 25.


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[Assistant] I had to work very hard because I didn't want my children to go hungry.


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[Assistant] The most forbidden day is the birthday of our parents and our parents-in-law.


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[Assistant] We mustn't talk about this topic in the village. It's forbidden.


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[Assistant] Uhm, as well as possible. Uh, with Derek Henry, uhm,


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[Assistant] I think your key, you guys, we're gonna obviously use him in the run game, right?


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[Assistant] Depending on how, how, how it opens up and how the offensive line is. Again, this is a very new, uh, offensive line, uh, very young. So that's, I believe one of the key weaknesses that Tennessee Titans have is that the offensive line. Yeah, we have D-hop.


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[Assistant] The most important thing to stop Derek Henry, which I believe the Bengals did pretty good last year, uh, was basically you can't let him get


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[Assistant] You know, you can't let him get going. Basically, you can't let him get that second step in. Once he gets that second step in, he has enough force, he has enough power, where if you can stop him early,


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[Assistant] Maybe get one guy where before him, him doing that step that second, you know.


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[Assistant] Then, then you should be good, you know, and it's happened before where he's been stuffed a couple of times. And again, he's not the easiest person to tackle. I understand that.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, with our new offensive coordinator, Tim Kelly, that seemed like the philosophy right now is to kind of open up


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[Assistant] And, and have more passing in, you know, the Tennessee Titans, um, Tennessee Titans book, you know.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he was questionable. So he was questionable for tomorrow's, I mean, for Sunday's game, uh, which is a big hit again. He is coming off an injury from last year. So, um, he's been practicing, which the crazy thing was he was practicing all last week.


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[Assistant] And then, then the question, you know, it was questionable, uh, the last two days. So, uh, we'll see, you know, with him, but you know, the defensive front.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it seems like he's a nice, you know, one-two punch, you know.


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[Assistant] Uh, we got a player named Deon Lewis from the Patriots and we try to kind of use them in the same scheme, you know, smaller, shorter, smaller, faster back. Uh, but, um, again, the play calling was just, it was, uh,


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[Assistant] In preseason, so hopefully he can shine and I think it's a good pick up at first. We were all worried about the injury report and the ACL, but he looks like a hell of a player.


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[Assistant] Looking at both sides of the ball, you know, I think obviously you have


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[Assistant] You know, Derek Henry, that's, it's obviously going to be a playmaker, but you know, Westbrook Okina, which is, would be our third wide receiver.


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[Assistant] You could have these sneak players that you know a lot of people wouldn't, you know,


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[Assistant] Pay too much attention to, so he's the third wide receiver. Last year, he, he was the, one of our very highest receiving yards, uh, touchdown, uh, rookie.


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[Assistant] He banged up all year last year, so it was kind of hard to be having him consistent, but he was the guy to go to yet. And uhm, as of right now, I mean, he's not a player that's gonna, you know, break out and, you know,


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[Assistant] And it kinda takes off that pressure off, you know, off him.


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[Assistant] Off trail on Berks. So that's something, something to look forward to.


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[Assistant] On defense, you know, it really depends. Danique Autry is really, really, really underrated. A lot of people don't really get him too much, but I mean, you're going to have to, you're going to have to double, uh, Jeffrey Simmons because it's not, I mean, he's going to be,


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[Assistant] He's going to be coming after you. What does that do when they double up, uh, Jennifer Simmons? Kind of leaves up, it leaves other opportunities for other players to make, um, some noise. Uh, you got Adrian Key that we signed. Uh, I think you'll be a nice little addition. Uh, we could see some.


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[Assistant] Their card has had success over the Tennessee Titans, so that's something I think, uh, you guys can exploit. And I think it comes down to...


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[Assistant] Who has the most knowledge, I think, so we'll see what happens then.


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[Assistant] Jeffrey Simmons is having a game, you know, Pop Tart is going to be right in there, so he's a hell of a player, so I like him a lot.


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[Assistant] So the fact that Mike Raible would appoint this guy as a captain for the defensive side of the ball, uh,


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[Assistant] Get, uh, keep the ball in Derek Henry's hands, uh, run the clock time possession and make sure that Derek Carr sees, uh,


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[Assistant] The field's not too long. That's it. That's pretty much it. I mean...


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[Assistant] And, uh, once we get the run game going, uh, just be careful of...


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[Assistant] Uh, the play action pass, which will happen once in a while.


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[Assistant] But I think for, for the Saints, uh, for the Saints to beat the Tennessee Titans, I mean, they just gotta, they just gotta slow down Derrick Henry. If you could stop the run and try to have Ryan Tannehill, uh, beat them with his arm.


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[Assistant] Uh, for, in my opinion, to, to be teamed with his arms, if he doesn't have their canary, he kind of, he kind of crumbles. So I, I think that's, that's something the Saints need to, uhm, definitely, uh, attack is.


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[Assistant] They have Malik Willis and then they have Will Levis. So that's kind of like the competition they got on kind of grooming, you know, these players. Obviously Malik Willis wasn't going to be a day one starter. He was going to be, uhm,


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[Assistant] Like a fixer upper, he was gonna, he was gonna, he was gonna need some time. Uhm, he's made some progression, saw in preseason, uh, but still makes some mistakes, still needs some more grooming. Uhm, Will Evis, I think in the second preseason game, uh, pulled something and got hurt.


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[Assistant] So we didn't see too much of them on the preseason, unfortunately. So they're keeping those two guys. I think they're gonna, you know,


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[Assistant] Last year, again, that wide receiver cord was, was.


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[Assistant] I, I, so it's kind of like, it's like, it's like back and forth, it's like 50-50, like I kind of understand why his numbers were so bad, cause the players he was throwing hook to, but at the same time, uhm, I'm more of a show me like, hey,


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[Assistant] Keeping him for another year or whatever, but you gotta show me, you gotta show me in playoffs, especially in playoffs. You can't turtle up and, and not perform, especially cause unless you want to be like Dak Prescott.


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[Assistant] And, and, and do great in the regular season and then, and then get bounced out the first game of the season. That doesn't, no, doesn't work like that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, man, if you guys wanna follow me, I mean, hey, I'm not biased. Even listen to this on my pregame show. I picked...


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[Assistant] I picked the Saints to win, actually. And everyone, sometimes they hate that, you know, like,


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[Assistant] I think the Titans are gonna go undefeated. Okay, I'm more realistic on that, on that aspect. Uhm, I, I do think that the Saints are gonna win. Uhm,


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[Assistant] It's gonna be a close, a close, it's gonna be a close matchup, but, you know, unfortunately, I know my Titans, man. I know how they, I know how they work. But, uh, if you want to follow me, uh, the YouTube channel is called Mr. Titan. Uhm, you know, love to have you guys on. I mean, I love.


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[Assistant] I mean, I love New Orleans. Hell, I was supposed to be at that game this weekend. I mean, unfortunately things got, got in the way.


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[Assistant] But, uh, I live in, I live in Dallas, Texas, so I'm only, uh, I'm only a couple of hours away from.


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[Assistant] From New Orleans, and again, let me tell you, I'm a food person, so.


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[Assistant] I'm telling you, like, I'll just go, I, you know, I don't even have to go to the game. I'll just go get some food and I'll come back, man. I love that. I love the city. So it's a great, great little town, man.


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[Assistant] Listen to this, man. This was crazy. This was, I did it last year. This was, uh,


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[Assistant] I had a Buffalo YouTuber, I went on his show, and he, man, Bill's Mafia is crazy, okay? And, I, uh, stubbornly,


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[Assistant] Hey man, let's do a bet. I think, I think we could do a bet. He's like, yeah, what do you want to do as a bet? I go, hey, you know, if the, the Titans, uh, lose, you just gotta, you know, you gotta jump through a table, you know, and if the,


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[Assistant] The people, look at that. Look at that. Look at that. I was so upset. Yeah, man. It was bad. It wasn't even close. They just destroyed us. And I was like, geez, now I really look bad. Cause I was, like I said, I was, I was confident in my team. I was like, yeah, we're, we're going to win. Let's go. Yeah. Let's do the bet.


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[Assistant] And let me tell you, he edited the video and everything and put quotes on like, oh, uhm, it was, it was funny, but.


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[Assistant] I-I'm kinda, it is what it is, you know? If I think my team's gonna win, I think my team's gonna win. If I don't...


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[Assistant] It's pretty funny though, but I layered myself, cause I didn't know, I didn't know if it was gonna hurt.


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[Assistant] The Bills fans do like, some weird shit too, where they like, like, spray like, I think like, ketchup and like, mustard on each other? I don't know, that's that, I don't like that. Yeah, yeah, no, no, they're wild, they're wild. I won't do that. I'll jump through a table, but I'm not doing that, none of the other things, you know? Look, uh, Miss, uh, Miss Crime says she usually dresses out game day. I know I haven't, alright, there we go. That's what's up.


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[Assistant] We had to deal with them twice a year, uh, twice last year. And they're, yeaah, they're terrible, you know.


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[Assistant] It is what it is. But thank you, again, thank you so much for having me on, man. I appreciate it. And look forward to talking to you more, man, alright?


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[Assistant] Welcome to Overboard, Polygon's board game show. Today, we're playing Fauna, the game of approximate animal knowledge. Here's how it's played. The goal in Fauna is to get the most correct


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[Assistant] Or semi-correct answers about animals. Where they live and how big and heavy they are.


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[Assistant] At the start of a turn, players reveal the next animal in this special deck box, which hides the animal facts, showing only an artistic rendition of the fauna and the categories the players will be guessing this round.


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[Assistant] Then players take turns placing their cubes, each player gets their own color, either on locations of the map where they believe the animals live, or on the scales at the bottom of the board, which indicate weight, tail length, and total length.


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[Assistant] Continue placing cubes until every player has passed or run out of cubes. Then it's time to reveal the animal stats. Use these black cubes to mark the correct answers and begin scoring the round.


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[Assistant] Location answers are scored based on this scale in the corner of the board. The more locations an animal is found in, the fewer points a player receives.


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[Assistant] Correct weights and lengths are always scored for 7 points, while adjacent answers receive 3 points.


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[Assistant] That's right, this isn't the typical trivia game where only correct answers are accepted. Players can and should attempt to guess spots adjacent to correct answers because those still award some points.


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[Assistant] It also means, for example, that players can guess aquatic locations for land-based animals if they believe that ocean space borders its habitat.


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[Assistant] It also means that if players believe someone knows the most about an animal, they can draft off that knowledge by picking similar answers. Just be sure they actually know what they're talking about. Once everyone's points are totaled up, have the next player reveal a new animal and begin the round.


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[Assistant] The first player to reach a specified number of points is the winner.


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[Assistant] When we're learning so much about animals, aren't we all winners?


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[Assistant] What's the shop? I'm going to rest for a while.


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[Assistant] It is time for our 14th annual War of Words between me and the winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. And with that said, please welcome Ananya Vinay everybody. Ananya!


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[Assistant] Do you love clicking buttons and subscribing to things? Then click the button to subscribe to my channel and you'll finally be happy.


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[Assistant] I baptize thee, Catherine, in the name of the Father,


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[Assistant] Ah, she looks just as she should. Now, might we make our way, do you think?


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[Assistant] I entertain high hopes of our arriving at the rooms by midnight.


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[Assistant] No, indeed. Well, Catherine, we shall miss you.


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[Assistant] I should be sharp about it. These great folks don't like to be kept waiting.


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[Assistant] Quite a good looking girl. She's almost pretty today.


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[Assistant] Why ever not? Now what could be a more innocent or harmless pastime for a young girl than reading?


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[Assistant] Hello and welcome to Overboard, Polygon's board game show. Today we're playing the symbolic charades game Concept.


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[Assistant] In this game, symbols on a board are used to give clues to other players who are trying to guess a specific word or phrase.


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[Assistant] Before the game begins, nominate two players sitting next to each other to be the first team. These players will draw a card and together pick which prompt they'd like to do. Each card has nine prompts, ranked from easy to difficult, so it shouldn't be too hard to find one that both teammates are comfortable with.


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[Assistant] But once they pick up that card, there's no more talking amongst the teammates. From this point on, the only way they're allowed to communicate to anyone is via the board along with these concept and sub-concept pawns.


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[Assistant] We'll show you an example. Let's say your team's prompt is Bumblebee.


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[Assistant] So you'd place the green question mark on this animal symbol.


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[Assistant] Then you'd use these green cubes to add details to that concept. Small, flying, black, and yellow.


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[Assistant] The rest of the players try to guess what they think the prompt is. This is a free for all. You can make as many guesses as you'd like and there are no penalties for wrong answers. Just keep it polite.


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[Assistant] If the main concept isn't providing enough information, the team can also add sub-concepts.


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[Assistant] Maybe it's connected to a liquid that's yellow? There's absolutely no way anyone could misinterpret that, right?


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[Assistant] You can find ways to get creative with the cubes, like adding two of them to the same icon, or even rearrange your pawns if you feel like you're leading other players down a wrong path.


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[Assistant] All of the symbols are intentionally left open to interpretation.


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[Assistant] But there is a reference sheet players have access to if they need a little more help understanding what certain symbols could mean.


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[Assistant] Winning the game is simply a matter of accruing the most points, which you'll earn by either successfully guessing a prompt or having your prompt guessed by someone else. But like most games of this nature, the score isn't really the point. The fun of the game is in getting people to guess the strangest possible concept. So let's get to it.


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[Assistant] I don't think you should distress yourself too much in this morning. Your brother should be returning to Bath very soon. My brother should be leaving to rejoin his regiment. That will be the end of that.


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[Assistant] Are you and your friends coming back to the beach soon? Jacob asked as he pushed his father over the lip of the threshold. I'm not sure, I hedged. That was fun, Charlie, Billy said. Come up for the next game, Charlie encouraged. Sure, sure, Billy said. We'll be here. Have a good night. His eyes shifted to mine and his smile disappeared. You take care, Bella, he added seriously.


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[Assistant] Thanks, I muttered, looking away. I headed for the stairs while Charlie waved from the doorway. Wait, Bella, he said. I cringed. Had Billy gotten something in before I joined them in the living room? But Charlie was relaxed, still grinning from the unexpected visit. I didn't get a chance to talk to you tonight. How was your day? Good, I hesitated with one foot on the first stair, searching for details I could safely share.


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[Assistant] My badminton team won all four games. Wow. I didn't know you could play badminton.


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[Assistant] Well, actually I can't, but my partner is really good, I admitted. Who is it? He asked with token interest. Uhm, Mike Newton? I told him reluctantly.


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[Assistant] Oh yeah, you said you were friends with the Newton kid. He perked up. Nice family. He mused for a minute. Why didn't you ask him to the dance this weekend? Dad, I groaned. He's kind of dating my friend Jessica. Besides, you know I can't dance. Oh yeah, he muttered. And he smiled at me apologetically. So I guess it's good you'll be gone Saturday. I've made plans to go fishing with the guys from the station.


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[Assistant] But if you wanted to put your trip off till someone could go with you, I'd stay home. I know I leave you here alone too much.


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[Assistant] Dad, you're doing a great job. I smiled, hoping my relief didn't show. I've never minded being alone. I'm too much like you. I winked at him, and he smiled his crinkly-eyed smile.


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[Assistant] I slept better that night too tired to dream again.


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[Assistant] When I woke to the pearl gray morning, my mood was blissful.


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[Assistant] The tense evening with Billy and Jacob seemed harmless enough now. I decided to forget it completely.


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[Assistant] I caught myself whistling while I was pulling the front part of my hair back into a barrette. And later again as I skipped down the stairs, Charlie noticed. You're cheerful this morning, he commented over breakfast. I shrugged. It's Friday. I hurried so I would be ready to go the second Charlie left.


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[Assistant] I had my bag ready, shoes on, teeth brushed, but even though I rushed to the door, as soon as I was sure Charlie would be out of sight, Edward was faster.


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[Assistant] He was waiting in his shiny car, windows down, engine off. I didn't hesitate this time, climbing in the passenger side quickly, the sooner to see his face. He grinned his crooked smile at me, stopping my breath and my heart.


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[Assistant] I couldn't imagine how an angel could be any more glorious. There was nothing about him that could be improved upon. How did you sleep, he asked. I wondered if he had any idea how appealing his voice was. Fine, how was your night? Pleasant, his smile was amused. I felt like I was missing an inside joke. Can I ask what you did, I asked. No, he grinned.


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[Assistant] Today is still mine. He wanted to know about people today, more about Renee, her hobbies, what we'd done in our free time together. And then the one grandmother I'd known, my few school friends, embarrassing me when he asked about boys I dated. I was relieved that I'd never really dated anyone, so that particular conversation couldn't last long.


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[Assistant] He seemed as surprised as Jessica and Angela by my lack of romantic history. So you never met anyone you wanted?


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[Assistant] He asked in a serious tone that made me wonder what he was thinking about. I was grudgingly honest, not in Phoenix. His lips pressed together into a hard line. We were in the cafeteria at this point.


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[Assistant] I took advantage of his brief pause to take a bite of my bagel.


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[Assistant] Were they Cawdor? Greater than both, by the old hill hereafter.


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[Assistant] What not put upon his spongy officers who shall bear the guilt of our great quell?


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[Assistant] Are thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire?


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[Assistant] That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold. What hath quenched them hath given me fire.


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[Assistant] Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers!


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[Assistant] Sleeping on the dead are but as pictures. Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil.


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[Assistant] You lack the season of all natures. Sleep.


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[Assistant] Things without all remedy should be without regard. What's done is done.


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[Assistant] If he had been forgotten, it had been as a gap in our great feast. And all thing unbecoming.


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[Assistant] Gentle, my lord. Sleek o'er your rugged looks. Be bright and jovial among your guests tonight.


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[Assistant] Noughts had, all spent, where our desire is got, without content.


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[Assistant] To safer, to be that which we destroy.


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[Assistant] What? Will these hands ne'er be clean?


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[Assistant] No more of that, my lord. No more of that. You're mar-all with a starting!


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[Assistant] What's done cannot be undone.


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[Assistant] Do you find your patience so predominant in your nature that you can let this go? Why are you so gospel to pray for this good man, and for his issue, whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave and beggared yours forever?


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[Assistant] As hones and grey hones, mongrels, spaniels, kerfs, joffs, water rogues, and demi-wolves are clipped all by the name of dogs. What if you have a station in the file? Ah, the worst rank of manhood.


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[Assistant] Under the shelter of the cafeteria roof's overhang, Jessica was waiting. Her eyes about to bug out of their sockets. Over her arm, bless her, was my jacket. Hey, Jessica, I said when we were a few feet away. Thanks for remembering. She handed me my jacket without speaking. Good morning, Jessica, Edward said politely. Wasn't really his fault that his voice was so irresistible, or what his eyes were capable of. Uh, hi.


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[Assistant] She shifted her wide eyes to me, trying to gather her jumbled thoughts. I guess I'll see you in Trig. She gave me a meaningful look and I suppressed a sigh. What on earth was I going to tell her? Yeah, I'll see you then. She walked away, pausing twice to peek back over her shoulder at us. What are you going to tell her? Edward murmured. Hey, I thought you couldn't read my mind, I hissed. I can't, he said, startled.


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[Assistant] Then understanding brightened his eyes. However, I can read hers. She'll be waiting to ambush you in class.


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[Assistant] I groaned as I pulled off his jacket and handed it to him, replacing it with my own. He folded it over his arm. So what are you going to tell her? A little help, I pleaded. What does she want to know? He shook his head, grinning wickedly. That's not fair.


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[Assistant] No, you not sharing what you know, now that's not fair. He deliberated for a moment as we walked. We stopped outside the door to my first class. She wants to know if we're secretly dating. And she wants to know how you feel about me, he finally said. Yikes, what should I say? I tried to keep my expression very innocent.


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[Assistant] He paused to catch a stray lock of hair that was escaping the twist on my neck and wound it back into place. My heart splattered hyperactively.


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[Assistant] I suppose you could say yes to the first. If you don't mind, it's easier than any other explanation. I don't mind, I said in a faint voice. And as for her other question, well, I'll be listening to hear the answer to that one myself.


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[Assistant] One side of his mouth pulled up into my favorite uneven smile. I couldn't catch my breath soon enough to respond to that remark. He turned and walked away. I'll see you at lunch, he called over his shoulder. Three people walking in the door stopped to stare at me. I hurried into class flushed and irritated. It was such a cheater. Now I was even more worried about what I was going to say to Jessica.


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[Assistant] I looked up to see an odd, almost resigned look on his face. How was Port Angeles? It was, there was no honest way to sum it up. Great, I finished lamely. Jessica got a really cute dress. Did she say anything about Monday night? He asked, his eyes brightening. I smiled at the turn the conversation had taken. She said she had a really good time, I assured him. She did? He said eagerly, most definitely.


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[Assistant] Mr. Mason called the class to order then, asking us to turn in our papers. English and then government passed in a blur, while I worried about how to explain things to Jessica.


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[Assistant] But the day was still dark with low oppressing clouds. I smiled up at the sky. Edward was right, of course.


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[Assistant] Here's the question. You're big, you're strong.


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[Assistant] I think that the American people have a whole lot of questions out there, particularly since you just emphasized the role that Russia played.


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[Assistant] And obviously, she was a candidate for president at the time, so she was clearly involved in this whole situation where


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[Assistant] Lauren said something about you. She was trying to provoke me.


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[Assistant] And an older boy from the tribe said your family didn't come to the reservation. Only it sounded like he meant something different. So I got Jacob alone, and I tricked it out of him, I admitted, hanging my head. He startled me by laughing. I glared up at him. He was laughing, but his eyes were fierce, staring ahead. Tricked him how, he asked. I tried to flirt. It worked better than I thought it would. Disbelief colored my tone as I remembered.


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[Assistant] I'd like to have seen that. He chuckled darkly. And you accused me of dazzling people. Poor Jacob Black. I blushed and looked out my window into the night. What did you do then? He asked after a minute. I did some research on the Internet. And did that convince you? His voice sounded barely interested, but his hands were clamped hard onto the steering wheel. No, nothing fit. Most of it was kind of silly.


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[Assistant] I had finally broken through his carefully composed mask. His face was incredulous, with just a hint of the anger I'd feared. No, I said softly, it doesn't matter to me what you are.


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[Assistant] A hard mocking edge entered his voice. You don't care if I'm a monster, if I'm not human? No. He was silent staring straight ahead again. His face was bleak and cold. You're angry, I sighed. I shouldn't have said anything. No, he said, but his tone was as hard as his face. I'd rather know what you're thinking. Even if what you're thinking is insane.


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[Assistant] So I'm wrong again, I challenged. That's not what I was referring to.


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[Assistant] It doesn't matter, he quoted, gritting his teeth together. I'm right, I gasped. Does it matter? I took a deep breath. Not really, I paused. But I am curious. My voice at least was composed. He was suddenly resigned. What are you curious about? How old are you? 17, he answered promptly.


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[Assistant] Okay. I smiled, pleased that he was still being honest with me.


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[Assistant] He stared down at me with watchful eyes, much as he had before, when he was worried I would go into shock. I smiled wider in encouragement and he frowned. Don't laugh. But how can you come out during the daytime? He laughed anyway. Myth. Burned by the sun? Myth. Sleeping in coffins? Myth. He hesitated for a moment, and a peculiar tone entered his voice.


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[Assistant] I can't sleep. It took me a minute to absorb that. At all? Never. He said, his voice nearly inaudible. He turned to look at me with a wistful expression. The golden eyes held mine and I lost my train of thought. I stared at him until he looked away.


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[Assistant] I was all fit and stuff and I'm not anymore.


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[Assistant] Close minded people in, in music who are, you know, don't wanna, don't wanna listen to this and don't


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[Assistant] Won't listen to this genre, and won't listen to this, and they only... It's the same people like that in real life who...


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[Assistant] Thinking about doing. It's a fantasy like world. And I feel like the cool part about music is that you can just...


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[Assistant] It didn't used to be so easy to just make a song that wasn't categorized as something. All I try now is to just...


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[Assistant] I'm not pop, thank you. I'm not pop and I'm not alternative. What the fu- I don't know what I am. I call myself alternative trap.


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[Assistant] You know, I'll tell you what, this just shows me.


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[Assistant] When they want to make the move, I think, I think Jimmy Haslem said, listen, guys, you good. This is what we wanted to do. We good. Don't even worry about it. And every single quarterback that they continue to talk about bringing in, they're like, I'm good. I know Garoppolo. And I don't really want these other guys. They're telling me, even if you go for something,


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[Assistant] They are looking at this, and they came into it thinking, oh, this is a red shirt. Worst case scenario, red shirt. And, and I know it's here. But foreign something might open that box.


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[Assistant] Why not? Why not? I think, I think Kevin Stefanski doesn't want a new quarterback. I agree. I think you're right. He wants to show people that this is what I, he thinks of himself as the quarterback whisperer. That's his forte, right?


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[Assistant] Uh, and he wants to come out and show. I'm able to call great plays. I'm able to get wins. I'm able to move the ball with a guy that people don't think is very good or backup. And I think he wants a chance to prove it. And guys, what was the Browns?


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[Assistant] They were running the ball with the Ernest Johnson. He got the win. They come back next week against Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh didn't do anything really to win that game. The Pittsburgh kids, Ben was shot. They couldn't throw the ball and I'm like, all you need is a couple more plays to get that done. Both Pittsburgh games. Both Pittsburgh games.


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[Assistant] I agree, I just don't buy the Keenum would have gotten there, but we'll never know. I think the one thing that we consistently miss, we talk about the quarterback and we talk about the roster all the time. Yeah.


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[Assistant] But your coach has to, coaching counts. Bill Belichick, we talk about this AFC, he went to the playoffs with a rookie. Ain't no name running backs. And I don't know who the heck they got to receive. But all I know is they put 40 some odd points on us up in Foxboro. My thing is,


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[Assistant] And they're not very good. And they're not that good. So a coach accounts for certain games. A coach can beat you in a game. I remember it was in 2018 or 2019. I remember the Browns going up to Pittsburgh and they had Doug Hodges.


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[Assistant] Doug Hodges walked wide up and down the field, and I'm like, what? How does this happen? You know, it's, it's, you, it's a fancy game account for two to three games that the Browns weren't supposed to win, just by time management, just by scheming something up or getting out to a good lead in home.


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[Assistant] Okay, say for instance you have bad credit, right? You don't really have a down payment. So you gotta go to the car lot and they tell you what you can get.


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[Assistant] So you sign up for it. You get to 2015, you're going to work. All of a sudden in 2015 breaks two years into your lease, right? Until the deal. Now, guess what? You still got a car payment.


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[Assistant] I still gotta pay that. I'm not gonna fix that. Here's what they'll let you do. They'll say, you know what? Come on back. We'll let you turn that in, right?


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[Assistant] If anything happens in the next two or three years, and you still gotta pay that tag, mmm, you're gonna have to be thinking around like, mhm.


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[Assistant] Creamhunt? I don't know about this. Uh, uh, Amari Cooper? Maybe a couple more years after that. We might get you.


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[Assistant] It's almost like housing markets, right? You think your house is worth $300,000 right now.


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[Assistant] Two, two, three years later, they can come back and say, oh no, that's three hundred thousand, two hundred, two ten. Yeah, not anymore. Now, if you let your guys go to the second level, right, you got them on your team, you now have to evaluate, was it our scheme?


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[Assistant] Was it the coaching? Was it the quarterback? Cause, cause, cause guys out there, who's the kid that went to the Jaguars? Uh, that, uh, Chris and Kurt.


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[Assistant] This is crazy because to me when you hear it, you would swear up and down.


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[Assistant] Right? Everyone says he had a great first year, that second year, I don't know. Now it's like, yeah, like you, you really want to see, you really want to evaluate. Cause you look at these comments, people are telling you he's average to me. He has some stuff that leaves him. But G Bush, is he above average to you?


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[Assistant] To me, if we, I always say it, Baker Mayfield is the new standard, right? No longer could you just say, hey, we ain't never had a coach before, well, we ain't ever had quarterback before, we got rid of him. Now, I keep saying it, this is, Kevin Stefanski either could have you thinking really great about the Cleveland Browns going into next year, or you could be really thinking like, so we ain't got no first round picks?


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[Assistant] I will say this, one of the things you have to take into account for, he does play four weak opponents in the first part of the season. And if they do get to lead, they will be running the ball.


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[Assistant] That's true. So when you have a running quarterback and you're a defensive lineman, a defensive end, you can't just be running around.


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[Assistant] Like, you can't just run down a line and tackle somebody from the backside on a stretch or a zone play. Now, you have to watch all fakes, you have to watch counters, you gotta watch the quarterback, you gotta stay contained. There's so many different things that you gotta watch for, that even when Michael Vick was not a really great passer,


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[Assistant] Yeah, it'll be chub, but it'll be close. It's a clean sweep. I think, I think, I think Green punt does get double digging touchdowns though. I think he gets 10. He's been playing with his hair.


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[Assistant] Look man, if Tampa, if Tom Brady ain't on Tampa Bay, I don't care nothing about the Buccaneers. They don't scare me one licks.


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[Assistant] Even if they didn't. One of us here thinks that they are. That's not silly. I think it's silly. Go ahead. That's not silly. Cause here's the thing, every year we know somebody that is a teen.


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[Assistant] It's good one year and then they're not good the next year. You're correct. That's true. Somebody goes from multiple teams. Multiple. You're like, what happened to that team? We, the NFL, I always say, if you want to lose your house, just bet on the NFL. You're like, you're right.


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[Assistant] Teams take L's like last year. Can you imagine? We looking at Kansas City like, man, they can smoke. They should have lost to the Browns. They lost the next three. We took a look at Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh was 13, 14 and one and then lost the rest of their games. It got smoked.


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[Assistant] I look at it like this. Yeaah. The two years of Cleveland Browns, uh, one year they went to the playoffs, Baker was great. Right. But the year that he wasn't particularly great in 2019 and 2020, ya'll won. They won 7-8 games.


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[Assistant] Right? So my thought process is this. Most games are close.


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[Assistant] It comes down to a lot of different things. If you got your roster where the Browns are in that mix. Right.


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[Assistant] He didn't even, he's off the street. So my thing is, if you got two backs, we just talked about how good the running backs is. Now granted, you're gonna have to win some games that you shouldn't win, but it's not a stretch if you say the Browns win 10 games. I just saw- Percentage chance they win 10 games with Jacoby playing every game. Probably, it's probably 30.


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[Assistant] He's, he's, he's that, he's the star. He is the guy. That's it. He is the guy. Uh, but if you look at it, the Browns, they got a top, they got a top guy.


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[Assistant] They, they, they have the second best receiving corps.


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[Assistant] I like Deontay Johnson, Clay Poole, I like them. I like their receivers too. The receivers is better than the Browns.


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[Assistant] I think, I think this just goes into what Jimmy Haslam is thinking, man. You say, why would you do all this for Deshaun Watsi? Exactly what we said. He tired of taking them L's. You know, I'm not going to let Ben retire right off into the sunset and still let another guy come in and beat me. That ain't happening.


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[Assistant] No, no, no, they want to be, they want to get to the Super Bowl, but the, the, the, the process is the Steelers have always been, they won't die.


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[Assistant] situation, the AFC besides the text don't matter. It'll be all right. Doesn't matter. Here's what here's the problem. Here's the problem. They taking things out of consideration. They're not even factoring this and I'm 40, right?


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[Assistant] That's one time. You got one game on. It glanced him. I mean, this year to be truthful, big, big bend then left, I need the Cleveland Browns to establish something. They gotta kick their ass? They gotta, I think this is the biggest, cause the first four games,


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[Assistant] The Steelers game is the one game that, that is, is, could be an L, if you play around. Because that, that game, they're gonna already come in here with their defense, they're gonna come ready to play. My question to you, Aditi, is,


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[Assistant] Do the Browns have to establish something past Big Ben? Because, you know, that, that record, I, I got tired of seeing the graphic. What is he, 101 or something? He had more wins than any other quarterback in, in, in our stadium than, than our starters. I think Baker finally passed him. It was the all-time win. It was the all-time win. Which is, which is so embarrassing.


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[Assistant] You guys have done that. I was trying to get divorced way early. I didn't have no better option, bro. Right. There you go. Just hang out.


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[Assistant] I said, I don't think the city, all three teams can be supported.


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[Assistant] Hell no, I want them to win a championship every year, all three of them. Bull, you know this, even Ohio State. Ohio State is a brand everywhere.


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[Assistant] But if you turn the radio on and you said, I want to, I want to start, you know this, I want to start with a Buckeyes, they look at you like you crazy. We're not about to start. Ohio state is a good story, but it's not a huge, huge story in this market. It would be interesting.


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[Assistant] If not, there's absolutely no excuse for that. I like where you're going with this. There's some people who do. I get it, but I'm not giving them the pass because I don't know. They present.


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[Assistant] So who, who's, we all in industry kind of some way, shape or form. Is there any person that you would plea bargain down your moral compass to be like, can I get this?


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[Assistant] Pretty cool. Shout out to Statboy. I appreciate that. Yes, well done.


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[Assistant] Well, I'll tell you what man, one of the takes that I get from uh, Deedee is, you know,


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[Assistant] You know, as a fan, at some point in time, we gotta ask ourselves, when are the Cleveland Browns gonna make that step?


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[Assistant] Then the step doesn't really necessarily come on the field between the lines. The step comes and you're making your mind up before you hit the season that we not playing no more games. At some point in time, you gotta stop being stepchildren to the rest of these people in this division.


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[Assistant] This is the reason, and I'll give him credit. I'll give Hasms the credit.


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[Assistant] Because they took a lot of heat, they took a lot of picks, they gave them away and they said, listen, we gonna need y'all to come out here and we gonna go get a franchise quarterback because we didn't think we could compete with the one we had.


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[Assistant] I see a lot of guys getting paid like top-notch ballplayers. Miles Garrett just got the bag. Denzel Warwick got the bag. John Johnson got one of the biggest contracts. You got two guards, you know, that, that we, I'll give it, Mike Polk Jr.


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[Assistant] And uh, Jason, two guards. You getting guards. Guards never got money before. So while your quarterback is out, I need y'all to do something.


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[Assistant] I need you to be dominant. I need your Davian Clowney to get over 10 sacks this year. I need Miles Garrett to have that 20 sack season and we might need Kareem Hunt to have almost a thousand yards and Nick Chubb getting 1200, 1300 yards. The pieces and parts is here.


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[Assistant] It's the mentality that we gotta get to until we make up our mind that we're not about to lose to the Ravens and the Old Browns and the Bangles and the Steelers every single year.


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[Assistant] We got to make it up in our minds that we're going to go out there and we're going to play nasty, we're going to play tough, we're going to play physical every single game because that's what it's going to take to get to the playoffs this year.


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[Assistant] Okay, but again, let's talk about this year right now, okay? They were, they missed the playoffs last year, but they were still in the conversation. They were still in it. What do you mean, wait, they missed the playoffs? They played the Chiefs. What are you talking about? They made the playoffs last year?


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[Assistant] They have the highest paid defense in the NFL. They have a defense that is littered with first round picks and they have improved, they have


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[Assistant] For those outside rushers, for Watt and Highsmith. I like that Steelers defense a lot, and I really love that Terrell Austin and Brian Flores are in that room now. We know that Mike Tomlin calls the defense on game days, but when you have TA and Flores having input,


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[Assistant] Necessarily as seasoned a quarterback as they did as Ben Roethlisberger, but they have two much much much younger, more athletic guys who actually fit


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[Assistant] I'm not saying that they are the kings of the division. Right now, I think it's the Bengals that you have to beat, okay? Obviously. But I also am not willing to write them off and say, oh, the Steelers are definitely going to have a bad year.


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[Assistant] Well, you definitely need it. I mean, the linebacker play in the run defense was atrocious. I started saying horrible.


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[Assistant] Now part of it I think is that Steelers just sold out to stop the pass. They weren't really committed to the run game. I think that they were super hurt by not having Tyson Alualu, their big run stuffer in the middle and not having Stefan to it. So now you've got Alualu back.


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[Assistant] They have some defensive ends that they feel a little bit better about. So let's see what happens there and their inside linebacker play, which obviously.


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[Assistant] Everything in football is a puzzle, right? It's how it fits together. So TJ Watt was so great and people questioned how good is he just because Bud Dupree is on the other side. Similarly,


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[Assistant] The inside linebackers had a very tough task when that defensive front wasn't so great.


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[Assistant] Now let's see, can Devin Bush play better? He's that first rounder that Kevin Colbert traded up for that was a bit disappointing a year ago, but now he's a full year off of that knee surgery. And I was just talking to Bud Dupree about this.


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[Assistant] It does take a full year. That first year back, you're not necessarily 100%. So Devin Bush is playing for a contract.


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[Assistant] No, wait, you don't think that Doug Peterson is fixing Trevor Lawrence?


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[Assistant] I just think that we're kind of undervaluing what


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[Assistant] I think we're just underselling what these dealers are going to get out of that position.


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[Assistant] who was passed up by his home state team, stuck into that home state team every single year. Yeah, it's fun to hear that loud.


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[Assistant] I think Highsmith, I think Alex Highsmith, the young player who plays on the other side, TJ Watt plays one end and Highsmith plays the other outside linebacker. I do think that he's about to have a monster year and I think that


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[Assistant] TJ is ready to have another killer year. I like their pass rush. I really do. And I just think that their pass rush has helped so, so much by having Cam Hayward up there.


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[Assistant] I think Mixon is great, I think Najee Harris is great, and J.K. Dobbins is pretty darn good before he was her too. So I think that everybody's going to run the ball well. Uh, wide receiver.


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[Assistant] You know what's so funny? The NFL is, right now in the sports world, there are only two sports that are seeing viewership and ratings and fan engagement growing. And that's Formula One and the National Football League.


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[Assistant] How could you give this huge guaranteed contract to somebody, especially somebody who has potential baggage or who does have baggage?


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[Assistant] At the time, so many kids just like me were being sent to institutions. It was just a continual struggle.


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[Assistant] This is the one that I've been the most looking forward to, the most excited for just because I love this paint shop, the fabulous Lightning McQueen. Of course I got this from Amaze and Boys Toys Co. As always, thank you very much.


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[Assistant] With the information, and you'll definitely be in luck. And they do ship worldwide, so you're in luck if you're outside of the US. Thanks again guys, and now let's get into the review here of Fabulous Lightning McQueen. Alright, so we have the typical Cars 3 packaging. There's the name tag.


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[Assistant] He will need the help of a young race technician, inspiration from the late fabulous Hudson Hornet, and guidance from a few old friends along the way.


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[Assistant] On the back, we have Cruz Ramirez, S. Francis, Beltline, Sigler, Cal Weathers, Dirt Track Fabulous, Hudson Hornet, Lizzie, and Taco. I reviewed these guys all before. Lizzie, I don't have her on the Cars 3 packaging yet, but since she's the same as previous releases, it doesn't really matter. Taco, I will be reviewing.


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[Assistant] Very, very soon because I just got him today along with Fabulous Lightning McQueen from Amaze and Boys Toys Co. And just so you guys know, Fabulous McQueen here along with Sigler and Taco are the three new cars in Case G for singles. It has been hitting stores worldwide over the past couple weeks. I know people in the Philippines have found Australia.


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[Assistant] Asda, Tesco, if you're in the United Kingdom, and just like any retail store, you guys know what I'm talking about. And guys, this will be one of the most popular, if not the most popular release of the year, just because


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[Assistant] This is so awesome and you definitely want to buy this if you see it in a store. Alright, I'll be right back with this awesome, awesome diecast opened up.


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[Assistant] Now, for the, I believe, Mexican version of Cars 3, the paint job is slightly different. I'm pretty sure it says Fabulous, and then there's a Lightning Bolt McQueen, which is kind of interesting and cool. Obviously, the diecast does not reflect that.


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[Assistant] But it would be kind of cool if they made one just, you know, to reflect the Mexican version. But I do know that some versions that aren't like the US version have that paint job of McQueen. So very interesting there. And speaking of paint jobs, like while we're on the topic here, there has been a huge


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[Assistant] And having Dynaco decals. So everyone's been saying, like, what's going on here? Why on the back of the package, when you see Fabulous McQueen, he has Dynaco logos and the paint job is a little bit different.


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[Assistant] Well that's a prototype image. It was to reflect the original concept ideas of Fabulous McQueen. So my guess is that Pixar and Disney were planning on having McQueen getting sponsored by Dinoco somewhere in the movie. Now I'm just going to say that does not happen. It's not a spoiler because you can clearly see here that he has Rusty's as the sponsor.


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[Assistant] Now to provide some evidence for what I just said so you guys can like definitely believe me, here are some concept pictures from the Arts of Cars 3 book. Now these are probably like some of the exact pictures that


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[Assistant] When it would be released and what not. So you can see the Daico logo on the spoiler there.


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[Assistant] 51 is the number instead of 95 on the official version and you can see like there's another piston cup logo there that's not on the new version here and the Danica logo on the spoiler of course. And if we flip back a couple pages here.


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[Assistant] You can also see this concept here that shows 51 as well.


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[Assistant] And so you're definitely going to have at least a little bit of a hard time finding him. But now that he's being released two different ways, it makes it just a little bit easier. Unfortunately though, so far people have only found this 2-pack at Toys R Us stores in the United States. It was also available on Mattel.com about like 3 weeks ago.


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[Assistant] For around 8 bucks, but it's been out of stock now ever since. It was in stock for a very, very short time. But, yea, anyway.


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[Assistant] Darn it. I forgot. But yea, single, two pack. I'll put a picture on the screen of the two pack I probably already did. Alright, I think we're all good now. Actually, he might be in a like five pack exclusive to online places like


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[Assistant] What's it called? Amazon and Mattel.com as well. I think he will be, unless he got replaced or something, I'm not entirely sure. But anyway, enough talk, let's just get into the review. First off, I love, love the expression. I have to say, I like it more.


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[Assistant] Then this expression, even though it's very similar, you can actually tell that the mouths are different. I feel like that's the biggest difference. You can see that the mouth is like taller and yet shorter there. And if you look at the eyes very closely here, you can see that the eyebrow is more like level. It dips down a little bit there.


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[Assistant] The one on the regular version kinda like has a much steeper curve up, so I like that. I feel like such a subtle change right there made him look so much better. Like this expression, it's grown on me, but...


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[Assistant] It's definitely one of my least favorite expressions on McQueen. I also like the expression more than the super determined expression on Rusty's Racing Center McQueen as well, even though that was an improvement over this McQueen here.


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[Assistant] On the hood, obviously, he has a classic Rusty's logo there, and I like how it's super classic, it looks old style, because you can see on the Cars 3 version here, you have like the circle logo there with all the other information.


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[Assistant] I like this, very retro classic. He has his two iconic lightning bolt stickers on either side there. Headlights.


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[Assistant] I love the red rims because it really breaks up all the blue on him. I mean it's a lot of blue so the red really looks good on him.


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[Assistant] Of course it says Fabulous Lightning McQueen right there, I like that. He has the Lightning McQueen text there on the roof edges as well. 95 in all four corners which mimics Doc Hudson and we'll get to that in a couple moments here because he is obviously based on Doc Hudson.