The Adventure Of The Copper Breeches
A woman working as a governess gets a job offer from a husband and wife living out in the country. They're willing to pay her twice what she usually makes. But something seems off when they insist that she cut her long, pretty hair short. What's going on?
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“The Adventure Of The Copper Breeches.” Sherlock Holmes. Radio broadcast, August 11, 1959.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
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CCarleton Hobbs
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Eva Stuart
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FFanny Carby
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Frederick Treves
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MHilda Schroder
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Michael Hardwick
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NNorman Shelley
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Frederick Bradnum
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