Audiobook Dictation: “Mr. Soames was a tall, spare…”

Mr. Soames was a tall, spare man, of a nervous and excitable temperament. "I trust, Mr. Holmes, that you can spare me a few hours of your valuable time. "I should much prefer that you called in the aid of the police." I beg you, Mr. Holmes, to do what you can." My friend's temper had not improved since he had been deprived of the congenial surroundings of Baker Street. Without his scrapbooks, his chemicals, and his homely untidiness, he was an uncomfortable man. He shrugged his shoulders in ungracious acquiescence, while our visitor in hurried words and with much excitable gesticulation poured forth his story. "I must explain to you, Mr. Holmes, that to-morrow is the first day of the examination for the Fortescue Scholarship. I am one of the examiners. "To-day, about three o'clock, the proofs of this paper arrived from the printers.