The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

I'm off on a little jaunt first thing tomorrow morning, but, uh, but come along into the study.

Does that mean that this is the last of our storytelling evenings?

Oh, for this winter, yes, I'm, I'm afraid it does.

Well, I, I trust I'm not too forward if I hope to be invited back again in the fall.

And now, until fall, it's time for me too to say au revoir and good luck.

You have been listening to a Sherlock Holmes adventure adapted by Kaiser from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story, The Retired Colorman, with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

The Sherlock Holmes series was produced by Tom McKnight.

This program was presented from Hollywood by the makers of Bromo Quinine Coal Tablets, quick relief for colds.

I'm off on a little jaunt first thing tomorrow morning, but come along into the study.

Does that mean that this is the last of our storytelling evening?

For this winter, yes, I'm afraid it does.

Well, I trust I'm not too forward if I hope to be invited back in the fall.

Read by Thomas Copeland.

Story 12, The Adventure of the Retired Colourman.

Sherlock Holmes was in a melancholy and philosophic mood that morning.

His alert practical nature was subject to such reactions.

I'm off on a little jaunt first thing tomorrow morning, but come along into the study.

Does that mean that this is the last of our storytelling evening?

For this winter, yes, I'm afraid it does.

Well, I trust I'm not too forward if I hope to be invited back in