CHAPTER 34 THE WHIP HAND Spargo, almost irritable from desire to get at close grips with the objects of his long journey, shook off Breton's hand with a growl of resentment. And how on earth can I waste time guessing? he exclaimed. Who is he? Breton laughed softly. Steady, Spargo. Steady, he said. It's Maist, the safe deposit man. Maist! Spargo started as if something had bitten him. Maist! he almost shouted. Maist! Good God! Why did I never think of him? Maist! Then! I don't know why you should have thought of him, said Breton, but he's there. Spargo took a step towards the cottage. Breton pulled him back. Wait, he said. We've got to discuss this. I'd better tell you what they're doing. What are they doing then? demanded Spargo impatiently. Well, answered Breton, they're going through a quantity of papers. The two old gentlemen look very ill and very miserable. Maist is evidently laying down the law to them, in some fashion or other. I formed a notion, Spargo. What notion? Maist is in possession of whatever secret they have, and he's followed them down here to blackmail them. That's my notion. Spargo thought a while, pacing up and down the river bank. You dare say you're right, he said. Now, what's to be done? Breton, too, considered matters. I wish, he said at last, I wish we could get in there and overhear what's going on. But that's impossible. I know that cottage. The only thing we can do is this. We must catch Maist unawares. He's here for no good. Look here. And reaching round to his hip pocket, Breton drew out a browning revolver and wagged it in his hand with a smile. That's a useful thing to have, Spargo, he remarked. I slipped it into my pocket the other day, wondering why on earth I did it. Now it'll come in handy. For anything we know, Maist may be armed. Well, said Spargo, come up to the cottage. If things go out as I think they will, Maist, when he's got what he wants, will be off. Now, you shall get where I did just now. Behind that bush, and I'll station myself in the doorway. You can report to me, and when Maist comes out, I'll cover him. Come on, Spargo, it's beginning to get light already. Breton cautiously led the way along the river bank, making use of such cover as the willows and olders afforded. Together he and Spargo made their way to the front of the cottage. Arrived at the door, Breton posted himself in the porch, motioning to Spargo to creep in behind the bushes and to look through the window. And Spargo noiselessly followed his directions and slightly parting the branches which concealed him, looked in through the uncurtained glass. The interior into which he looked was rough and comfortless in the extreme. There were the bare accessories of a moorland cottage, rough chairs and tables, plastered walls, a fishing rod or two piled in a corner, some food set out on a side table. At the table in the middle of the floor, the three men sat. Cardal Stone's face was in the shadow. Maist had his back to the window. Old Elfic, bending over the table, was laboriously writing with shaking fingers, and Spargo twisted his head round to his companion. Elfic, he said, is writing a check. Maist has another check in his hand. Be ready.  Breton smiled grimly and nodded. A moment later Spargo whispered again, look out Breton, he's coming. Breton drew back into the angle of the porch. Spargo quitted his protecting bush and took the other angle. The door opened and they heard Maist's voice threatening, commanding in tone. Now remember all I've said and don't you forget, I've the whip hand of both of you, the whip hand. Then Maist turned and stepped out into the grey light, to find himself confronted by an athletic young man who held the muzzle of an ugly revolver within two inches of the bridge of his nose and in a remarkably firm and steady grip. Another glance showed him the figure of a second business-like-looking young man at his side whose attitude showed a desire to grapple with him. Good morning, Mr. Maist, said Breton, with cold and ironic politeness. We are glad to meet you so unexpectedly and I must trouble you to put up your hands quick. Maist made one hurried movement of his right hand towards his hip but a sudden growl from Breton made him shift it as quickly above his head wither the left followed it. Breton laughed softly. That's wise, Mr. Maist, he said, keeping his revolver steadily pointed at his prisoner's nose. Discussion will certainly be the better part of your valour on this occasion. Spargo, may I trouble you to see what Mr. Maist carries in his pockets? Go through them carefully, not for paper or documents just now. We can leave that matter with plenty of time. See if he's got a weapon of any sort on him, Spargo, that's the important thing. Considering that Spargo had never gone through the experience of searching a man before, he made sharp and creditable work of seeing what the prisoner carried and he forthwith drew out and exhibited a revolver whilst Maist, finding his tongue, cursed them both heartily and with profusion. Excellent, said Breton, laughing again, sure he's got nothing else on him that's dangerous, Spargo? All right, now, Mr. Maist, right about face. Walk into the cottage, hands up, and remember there are two revolvers behind your back. March! Maist abased its peremptory order with more curses. The three walked into the cottage. Breton kept his eye on his captive. Spargo gave a glance at the two old men.  Elfic, scarcely less alarmed, had risen and was coming forward with trembling limbs. Wait a moment, said Breton soothingly. Don't alarm yourself. We'll deal with Mr. Maist here first.  It's the heaviest the place affords. Into it now. Spargo, you see that coil of rope there. Tie Maist up, hand and foot, to that chair, and tie him well, all the knots to be double, Spargo, and behind him. Maist suddenly laughed.  If you put a rope round me, you're only putting ropes round the necks of these two old villains. Mark that, my fine fellows. We'll see about that later, answered Breton. He kept Maist covered while Spargo made play with the rope. Don't be afraid of hurting him, Spargo, he said. Tie him well and strong. He won't shift that chair in a hurry. Spargo spliced his man to the chair in a fashion that would have done credit to a sailor. He left Maist literally unable to move either hand or foot, and Maist cursed him from crown to heel for his pains. That'll do, said Breton, at last. He dropped his revolver into his pocket and turned to the two old men. Elfic averted his eyes and sank into a chair in the darkest corner of the room. Old Cardelstone shook us with palsy, and muttered words which the two young men could not catch. Guardian, continued Breton, don't be frightened, and don't you be frightened either, Mr. Cardelstone. There's nothing to be afraid of, just jet, whatever there may be later on. It seems to me that Mr. Spargo and I came just in time. Now, Guardian, what was that fellow after? Old Elfic lifted his head and shook it. He was plainly on the verge of tears. As for Cardelstone, it was evident that his nerve was completely gone, and Breton pointed Spargo to an old corner cupboard. Spargo, he said, I'm pretty sure you'll find whiskey in there. Give them both a stiff dose. They've broken up. Now, Guardian, he continued when Spargo had carried out this order. What was he after? Shall I suggest it? Was it black mail? Cardelstone began to whimper. Elfic nodded his head. Yes, yes, he muttered, black mail. That was it, black mail. He, he got money, papers from us. They're on him. Breton turned on the captive with a look of contempt. I thought as much, Mr. Meist, he said. Spargo, let's see what he has on him. Spargo began to search the prisoner's pockets. He laid out everything on the table as he found it. It was plain that Meist had contemplated some sort of flight or a long, long journey. There was a quantity of loose gold, a number of banknotes, of the more easily negotiated denominations, various foreign securities, realisable in Paris, and there was an open cheque signed by Cardelstone for ten thousand pounds and another with Elfic's name at the foot, also open for half that amount. Breton examined all these matters as Spargo handed them out. He turned to old Elfic. Guardian, he said, why have you or Mr. Cardelstone given this man these cheques and securities? What hold has he on you? Old Cardelstone began to whimper afresh. Elfic turned a troubled face on his ward. He threatened to accuse us of the murder of Marbury, he faltered. We didn't see that we had a chance. What does he know of the murder of Marbury and of you in connection with it? demanded Breton. Come, tell me the truth now. He's been investigating, so he says, answered Elfic. He lives in that house in Middle Temple Lane, you know, in the top floor rooms above Cardelstone's. And he says he's the fullest evidence against Cardelstone and against me as an accessory after the fact. And it's a lie, asked Breton. A lie, answered Elfic. Of course it's a lie, but he's so clever that you don't know how you could prove it otherwise, said Breton. And so this fellow lives over Mr. Cardelstone there, does he? That may account for a good many things. Now, we must have the police here. He sat down at the table and drew the writing materials to him. Look here, Spargo, he continued, I'm going to write a note to the superintendent of police at Hawes. There's a farm half a mile from here where I can get a man to ride down to Hawes with the note. Now if you want to send a wire to the watchman, draft it out and he'll take it with him. Elfic began to move in his corner. Must the police come? he said, must. The police must come, answered Breton firmly. Go ahead with your wire, Spargo, while I write this note. Three quarters of an hour later, when Breton came back from the farm, he sat down at Elfic's side and laid his hand on the old man's. Now, Guardian, he said quietly, you've got to tell us the truth. End of Chapter 34 Chapter 35 of the Middle Temple Murder by J. S. Fletcher. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter 35 Maest explains It had been apparent to Spargo from the moment of his entering the cottage that the two old men were suffering badly from shock and fright. Cardelstone still sat in his corner shivering and trembling. He looked incapable of explaining anything. Elfic was scarcely more fitted to speak. And when Breton issued his peremptory invitation to his guardian to tell the truth, Spargo intervened. Far better leave them alone, Breton, he said in a low voice. Don't you see the old chaps done up? They're both done up. We don't know what they've gone through with this fellow before we came, and it's certain they've had no sleep. Leave it all till later. After all, we found them and we found him. He jerked his thumb over his shoulder in Maest's direction, and Breton involuntarily followed the movement. He caught the prisoner's eye and Maest laughed. And I dare say you two young men think yourselves very clever, he said sneeringly. Don't you now?  Oh! said Maest, with another sneering laugh. And on what charge do you propose to hand me over to the police? It strikes me you'll have some difficulty in formulating one, Mr. Breton. We'll see about that later, said Breton. You've extorted money by menaces from these gentlemen at any rate. Have I? How do you know they didn't entrust me with these checks as their agent? exclaimed Maest. Answer me that. Or rather, let them answer if they dare.  Speak up now, and quick! Spargo, watching the two old men, saw them both quiver at the sound of Maest's voice. Cardelstone, indeed, began to whimper softly. Look here, Breton, he said, whispering. This scoundrel's got some hold on these two old chaps. They're frightened to death of him. Leave them alone. It would be best for them if they could get some rest. Hold your tongue, you, he added aloud, turning to Maest. When we want you to speak, we'll tell you. But Maest laughed again. All very high and mighty, Mr. Spargo, of the watchman, he sneered. You're another of the cocksure lot. And you're very clever, but not clever enough. Now, look here, supposing. Spargo turned his back on him. He went over to old Cardelstone and felt his hands. And he turned to Breton with a look of concern. I say, he exclaimed. He's more than frightened. He's ill. What's to be done? I asked the police to bring a doctor along with them, answered Breton. In the meantime, let's put him to bed. There are beds in that inner room. We'll get him to bed and give him something hot to drink. That's all I can think of for the present. Between them they managed to get Cardelstone to his bed and Spargo, with a happy thought, boiled water on the rusty stove and put hot bottles to his feet. When that was done, they persuaded Elfic to lie down in the inner room. Presently both old men fell asleep and then Breton and Spargo suddenly realised that they themselves were hungry and wet and weary. There ought to be food in the cupboard, said Breton, beginning to rummage. They've generally had a good stock of tin things. Here we are, Spargo. These are tongues and sardines. Make some hot coffee while I open one of these tins. The prisoner watched the preparations for a rough and ready breakfast with eyes that eventually began to glisten. I may remind you that I'm hungry too," he said as Spargo set the coffee on the table, and you've no right to starve me, even if you've the physical ability to keep me tied up. Give me something to eat, if you please. You shan't starve," said Breton carelessly. He cut an ample supply of bread and meat, filled a cup with coffee and placed a cup and a plate before Maist. Untie his right arm, Spargo, he continued. I think we can give him that liberty. We've got his revolver anyhow. For a while the three men ate and drank in silence. At last Maist pushed his plate away. He looked scrutinisingly at his two captors. Look here, he said. You think you know a lot about all this affair, Spargo, but there's only one person who knows all about it. That's me. We're taking that for granted, said Spargo. We guessed as much when we found you here. You'll have ample opportunity for explanation, you know, later on. I'll explain now if you care to hear, said Maist, with another of his cynical laughs. And if I do, I'll tell you the truth. I know you've got an idea in your head that isn't favourable to me, but you're utterly wrong, whatever you may think.  There are some cigars in my case there. Give me one, and mix me a drink of that whisky. A good one. And I'll tell you what I know about this matter.  The two young men looked at each other, then Breton nodded. Let him talk if he likes, he said. We're not bound to believe him. And we may hear something that's true. Give him his cigar and his drink. Maist took a stiff pull at the contents of the tumbler which Spargo presently set before him. He laughed as he inhaled the first fumes of his cigar. As it happens, you'll hear nothing but the truth, he observed. Now that things are as they are, there's no reason why I shouldn't tell the truth. The fact is, I've nothing to fear. You can't give me in charge, for it so happens that I've got a power of attorney from these two old chaps inside there to act for them in regards to the money they entrusted me with. It's in an inside pocket of that letter case and if you look at it Breton, you'll see it's in order.   But that's a fact. And if anybody's got a case against anybody, I have against you two for assault and illegal detention. But I'm not a vindictive man and Breton took up Mayas' letter case and examined its contents and presently he turned to Spargo. He's right, he whispered. This is quite in order. He turned to Mayas. All the same, he said addressing him. We shan't release you because we believe you're concerned in the murder of John Marbury. We're justified in holding you on that account. All right, my young friend, said Mayas.  But I said I'll tell you the plain truth. Well the plain truth is that I know no more of the absolute murder of your father than I know of what is going on in Timbuktu at this moment. I do not know who killed John Maitland. That is a fact. It may have been the old man in there who's already at his own last gasp. Or it mayn't. I tell you, I don't know. Though like you, Spargo, I've tried hard to find out. That's the truth. I do not know. You expect us to believe that? exclaimed Bretton incredulously. Believe it or not as you like. It's the truth. answered Mayas. Now look here. I said nobody knew as much of this affair as I know. And that's true also. And here's the truth of what I know. The old man in that room whom you know as Nicholas Cardelstone is in reality Chamberlain the stockbroker of Market Milcaster whose name was so freely mentioned when your father was tried there. That's another fact. How, asked Bretton sternly, can you prove it? How do you know it? Because, replied Mayas with a cunning grin, I helped to carry out his mock death and burial. I was a solicitor in those days. And my name was something else. There were three of us at it. Chamberlain's nephew, a doctor of no reputation and myself. We carried it out very cleverly. And Chamberlain gave us five thousand pounds of peace for our trouble. It was not the first time that I had helped him and been well paid for my help. The first time was in connection with the Cloudhampton Half and Home Mutual Benefit Society Affair. Ailmore, or Ainsworth, was as innocent as a child in that. Chamberlain was the man at the back. But unfortunately Chamberlain didn't profit. He lost all he got by it pretty quick. That was why he transferred his abilities to Market Milcaster. You can prove all this, I suppose, remarked Sparger in every word, in every letter, but about the Market Milcaster Affair. Your father, Bretton, was writing what he said about Chamberlain, having all the money that was got from the bank. He had, and he engineered, that mock death and funeral so that he could disappear. And he paid us who helped him generously, as I told you. The thing couldn't have been better done. When it was done, the nephew disappeared, the doctor disappeared, Chamberlain disappeared. I have bad luck to tell you the truth. I was struck off the rolls for a technical offence. So I changed my name and became Mr. Meist and eventually what I am now. And it was not until three years ago that I found Chamberlain. I found him in this way. After I became Secretary to the Safe Deposit Company, I took chambers in the temple above Cardal Stones and I speedily found out who he was. Instead of going abroad, the old fox, though he was a comparatively young man, had shaved off his beard, settled down in the temple and given himself up to his two hobbies, collecting curiosities and stamps. There he'd lived quietly all these years and nobody had ever recognised or suspected him. Indeed, I don't see how they could.  But I knew him. And you doubtless profited by your recognition, suggested Bretton. I certainly did. He was glad to pay me a nice sum every quarter to hold my tongue, replied Meist, and I was glad to take it, and naturally I gained a considerable knowledge of him. He had only one friend, Mr. Elfik in there. Now I'll tell you about him. Only if you're going to speak respectfully of him, said Bretton sternly. I've no reason to do otherwise.   Elfik never knew until last night that Cardelstone is Chamberlain. Even the biggest scoundrels have friends. Elfik's very fond of Cardelstone. He... Spargo turned sharply on Meist. You say Elfik didn't know until last night, he exclaimed. Why then, this running away? What were they running from? With no more notion than you have, Spargo, replied Meist. I'll tell you one or other of them knows something that I don't. Elfik, I gather, took fright from you and went to Cardelstone. Then they both vanished. It may be that Cardelstone did kill Meitland. I don't know. But I'll tell you what I know about the actual murder. For I do know a good deal about it, though as I say I don't know who killed Meitland. Now first you know all that about Meitland's having papers and valuables and gold on him. Very well, I've got all that. The whole lot is locked up safely and I'm willing to hand it over to you, Bretton, when we go back to town and the necessary proof is given, as it will be, that you're Meitland's son. Meist paused to see the effect of this announcement and laughed when he saw the blank astonishment which stole over his hearer's faces. And still more, he continued, I've got all the contents of that leather box Meitland deposited with me, that safely locked up too, and at your disposal I took possession of that the day after the murder. Then for purposes of my own I went to Scotland Jard as Spargo there is aware. You see, I was playing a game and it required some ingenuity. A game! exclaimed Bretton. Good heavens, what game! I never knew until I had possession of things that Marbury was Meitland of Market Milcaster, answered Meist. When I did know, then I began to put things together and to pursue my own line, independent of everybody. I tell you, I had all Meitland's papers and possessions by that time, except one thing, that packet of Australian stamps. And I found out that those stamps were in the hands of Cardal Stone. End of Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 36 The final telegram Meist paused to take a pull at his glass and to look at the two amazed listeners with a smile of conscious triumph. In the hands of Cardal Stone, he repeated, Now, what did I argue from that? Why, of course, that Meitland had been to Cardal Stone's rooms that night. Wasn't he found lying dead at the foot of Cardal Stone's stairs? Ah, but who found him?   In the silence that followed, Spargo, who had been making notes of what Meist said, suddenly dropped his pencil and thrusting his hands in his pockets, sat bolt upright with a look which Breton, who was watching him seriously, could not make out. It was the look of a man whose ideas and conceptions are being rudely upset. And Meist, too, saw it, and he laughed more sneeringly than ever. That's one for you, Spargo, he said. That surprises you. That makes you think. Now, what do you think, if one may ask?  I can lie when it's necessary, retorted Meist. Just now it isn't necessary. I'm telling you the plain truth. There's no reason why I shouldn't. As I've said before, although you too young bullies have tied me up in this fashion, you can't do anything against me. I've a power of attorney from those two old men in there, and that's enough to satisfy anybody as to my possession of their checks and securities. I've the whip hand of you, my son, in all ways. And that's why I'm telling you the truth to amuse myself during this period of waiting. The plain truth, my sons. In pursuance of which, observed Bretton dryly, I think you mentioned that you were the first person to find my father lying dead. I was. That is, as far as I can gather. I'll tell you all about it. As I said, I live over Cardelstone. That night I came home very late. It was well past one o'clock. There was nobody about. As a matter of fact, no one has residential chambers in that building, but Cardelstone and myself. I found the body of a man lying in the entry. I struck a match and immediately recognised my visitor of the afternoon, John Marbury. Now, although I was so late in going home, I was as sober as a man can be, and I think pretty quickly at all times. I thought at double extra speed just then, and the first thing I did was to strip the body of every article it had on it, money, papers, everything. All these things are safely locked up. They've never been trapped. Next day, using my facilities as secretary of the safe deposit company, I secured the things in that box. Then I found out who the dead man really was, and then I deliberately set to work to throw dust in the eyes of the police and of the newspapers, and particularly in the eyes of young master Spargo there. I had an object. What! asked Bretton. What! Knowing all I did, I firmly believed that Marbury or other Maitland had been murdered by either Cardelstone or Elphic. I put it to myself in this way, and my opinion was strengthened as you, Spargo, inserted news in your paper. Maitland, finding himself in the vicinity of Cardelstone after leaving Aylmore's rooms that night, turned into our building, perhaps just to see where Cardelstone lived. He met Cardelstone accidentally, or he perhaps met Cardelstone and Elphic together. They recognized each other. Maitland probably threatened to expose Cardelstone, or rather, Chamberlain. Nobody, of course, could know what happened, but my theory was that Chamberlain killed him. There, at any rate, was the fact that Maitland was found murdered at Chamberlain's very threshold. And in the course of a few days I proved to my own positive satisfaction by getting access to Chamberlain's rooms in his absence, that Maitland had been there, had been in those rooms, for I found there in Chamberlain's desk the rare Australian stamps of which, quite dear, told at the inquest. That was proof positive. Spargo looked at Breton. They knew what Maist did not know, that the stamps of which he spoke were lying in Spargo's breast pocket, where they had lain since he had picked them up from the litter and confusion of Chamberlain's floor. Why, asked Breton after a pause, why did you never accuse Cardelstone or Chamberlain of the murder? I did. I have accused him a score of times, and Elfic, too, replied Maist with emphasis. Not at first, mind you. I never let Chamberlain know that I ever suspected him for some time. I had my own game to play. But at last, not so many days ago, I did. I accused them both. That's how I got the whip hand of them. They began to be afraid. By that time, Elfic had got to know all about Cardelstone's past as Chamberlain.  It's queer, but he is. He wants to shield him. What did they say when you accused them, asked Breton? Let's keep to that point. Never mind their feelings for one another. Just so. But that feeling's a lot more to do with this mystery than you think, my young friend, said Maist. What did they say, you ask? Why they strenuously denied it. Cardelstone swore solemnly to me that he had no part or lot in the murder of Maitland. So did Elfic. But they know something about the murder. If those two old men can't tell you definitely who struck John Maitland down, I'm certain they have a very clear idea in their minds as to who really did. They... A sudden sharp cry from the inner room interrupted Maist. Breton and Spargos started to their feet and made for the door. But before they could reach it, Elfic came out, white and shaking. He's gone, he exclaimed in quavering accents. My old friend's gone. He's dead. I was asleep. I woke suddenly and looked at him. He... Spargos forced the old man into a chair and gave him some whisky. Breton passed quickly into the inner room only to come back, shaking his head. He's dead, he said. He evidently died in his sleep. Then his secrets gone with him, remarked Maist calmly. And now we shall never know if he did kill John Maitland or if he didn't. So that's done with. Old Elfic suddenly sat up in his chair, pushing Spargos fiercely away from his side. He didn't kill John Maitland, he cried angrily, attempting to shake his fist at Maist.  He is as innocent as I am. You've tortured and tormented him to his death with that charge, as you're torturing me, among you. I tell you, he had nothing to do with John Maitland's death. Nothing. Maist laughed. Who had, then? he said. Hold your tongue, commandee Breton, turning angrily on him. He sat down by Elfic's side and laid his hand soothingly on the old man's arm. Guardian, he said. Why don't you tell what you know? Don't be afraid of that fellow there. He's safe enough. Tell Spargo and me what you know of the matter. Remember, nothing can hurt Cardelstone or Chamberlain or whoever he is or was, now. Elfic sat for a moment, shaking his head. He allowed Spargo to give him another drink. He lifted his head and looked at the two young men with something of an appeal. I'm badly shaken, he said. I've suffered much lately. I've learned things that I didn't know. Perhaps I ought to have spoken before, but I was afraid for—for him. He was a good friend, Cardelstone, whatever else he may have been. A good friend. And I don't know any more than what happened that night. Tell us what happened that night, said Breton. Well, that night I went round, as I often did, to play pique with Cardelstone. It was about ten o'clock. About eleven, Jane Baylis came to Cardelstone's. She'd been to my rooms to find me, wanted to see me particularly, and she'd come on there knowing where I should be. Cardelstone would make her have a glass of wine and a biscuit. She sat down and we all talked. Then about, I should think, a quarter to twelve, a knock came at Cardelstone's door. His outer door was open and, of course, anybody outside could see lights within. Cardelstone went to the door.  Then the voice added that cry dear the stamp dealer had advised him to call on Mr. Cardelstone to show him some rare Australian stamps and that seeing a light under his door he had not. Cardelstone asked him in. He came in. That was the man we saw next day at the mortuary. Upon my honour we didn't know him either that night or next day. What happened when he came in? asked Breton. Cardelstone asked him to sit down. He offered and gave him a drink. The man said cry dear had given him Cardelstone's address and that he'd been with a friend at some rooms in Fountain Court and as he was passing our building he just looked to make sure where Cardelstone lived and as he'd noticed a light he'd made bold to knock. He and Cardelstone began to examine the stamps. Jane Baylis said good night and she and I left Cardelstone and the man together. No one had recognised him, said Breton. No one. Remember I only once or twice saw Maitland in all my life. The others certainly did not recognise him. At least I never knew that they did if they did. Tell us said Spargo joining in for the first time. Tell us what you and Miss Baylis did. At the foot of the stairs Jane Baylis suddenly said she'd forgotten something in Cardelstone's lobby as she was going out to Fleet Street and I was going down Middle Temple Lane to turn off to my own rooms, we said good night. She went back upstairs and I went home and upon my soul and honour that's all I know. Spargo suddenly leapt to his feet. He snatched at his cap, a sodden and bidraggled headgear which he had thrown down when they entered the cottage. That's enough he almost shouted. I've got it at last. Breton wears the nearest telegraph office. Horses straight down this valley, then here's for it. Look after things till I'm back or when the police come join me there. I shall catch the first train to town anyhow after wiring. But what are you after Spargo? exclaimed Breton. Stop, what on earth? But Spargo had closed the door and was running for all he was worth down the valley. Three quarters of an hour later he startled a quiet and peaceful telegraphist by darting breathless and dirty into a sleepy country post office snatching a telegraph form and scribbling down a message in shaky handwriting. Rathbury, New Scotland Jard, London Arrest Jane Baylis at once for murder of John Maitland coming straight to town with full evidence. Frank Spargo. Then Spargo dropped on the office bench and while the wandering operator set the wires ticking strove to get his breath utterly spent in his mad race across the heather and when it was got he set out again to find the station. Some days later Spargo having seen Stephen Elmore walk out of the Bow Street dock cleared of the charge against him and in a fair way of being cleared of the affair of twenty years before found himself in a very quiet corner of the court holding the hand of Jesse Elmore who he discovered was saying things to him which he scarcely comprehended. There was nobody near them and the girl spoke freely and warmly. But you will come. You will come to-day and be properly thanked, she said. You will, won't you? Spargo allowed himself to retain possession of the hand. He also took a straight look into Jesse Elmore's eyes. I don't want thanks, he said. It was all a lot of luck and if I come today it will be to see just you. Jesse Elmore looked down at the two hands. I think, she whispered, I think that is what I really meant. End of chapter thirty-six End of the Middle Temple Murder by J. S. Fletcher


Aloha, and welcome to Talk Story with John Waihei. We are so glad to have you all today because I think this is going to be a very special show. And it's special because it is so current with what is happening in our world. And I have with as our special guest this afternoon, Robert Riley, Ambassador Robert Riley, who is the Director of Management Operations at the East West Senate. And so welcome, Bob. We're really pleased that you could be here. For the sake of our audience, tell us a little bit about yourself. I know that prior to coming to the East West Center that you spent a lot of time with the State Department, the United States State Department. Yeah, tell us a little bit about your career and the rest of it. Absolutely. Thank you very much for having me on the show, Governor. It's a pleasure being here. I actually spent about 40 years overseas internationally with the U.S. government, starting off in the Peace Corps as a Peace Corps volunteer, then I was Peace Corps staff. And then after that, subsequently, I entered the U.S. Foreign Service with the Department of State and spent 28 years in the Foreign Service in a variety of posts around the world, starting in Africa, went through Europe, through Iraq and Pakistan, and then Southeast Asia, did it quite a long time in Southeast Asia. So I've kind of been around the world with the Foreign Service. As the governor mentioned, I ended up as the U.S. Ambassador of the Federation of the States of Micronesia, which is not too far from here in the light. But you spent time in terms of our show today, you spent time in Pakistan, right? That is correct, yes. Got to know what America was doing there, essentially. Yeah, I mean, I was working at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad in Pakistan, and we had a number of missions there. One chief mission, though, was to support the International Security Assistance Forces, or ISAF, in Afghanistan. So ISAF was the Coalition Force responsible for training Afghan military and police. And there are a number of reasons why we need to help them with that from Pakistan. It was actually a pretty complex operation. So this is an area of the world which you have some familiarity. That's right, yes. We're not just sitting here discussing something in theory.  You've been, you know, at least dealing with the issues, if not all of the characters involved. Now, why would the East, why is the East West Center involved with Afghanistan? Well, you know, the East West Center is actively engaged in assisting, well, East West Center students and scholars come from all over the Indo-Pacific area, which includes Afghanistan. So we do have students and scholars from Afghanistan. And some of them are currently caught behind the lines in Afghanistan under the Taliban. So when you say caught behind the lines, you mean these are people that find themselves that are not popular. I don't know how to say it, but the Taliban- Yes, they're at risk. They're at risk. In fact, I would say they're at high risk because the East West Center is affiliated with US government in some ways. They get appropriate money from the US government. So the Taliban considers students and scholars who are part of the East West Center as adversaries because they're affiliated with the United States. Well, and also, I just, anything seems like the Taliban seems to be against anything dealing with any kind of Western education or Western thought. Yeah, it's, the Taliban has quite a long list of folks they're not terribly keen about, don't really like. Obviously, US affiliated is a major one, probably Western in general, but in particular, US affiliated. There are some ethnic groups in Afghanistan, as are in particular, for example, that the Taliban suppressed when they were empowered before and we assume they will probably do the same this time, although their lip service says otherwise, they're saying that they won't do that. But the history in Pakistan is that they, with the Taliban, they do that with the ethnic groups, minority ethnic groups in Afghanistan. In fact, since we're heading in that direction, tell us a little bit about what you know about the Taliban. I mean, who are these people that seem to be jubilantly taking over the country again? And as far as I know, there were the bad people that we went over to among other things to stop. Well, the Taliban are predominantly Pashtun and the Pashtun is an ethnic group from the Eastern and Southern parts of Afghanistan and also Northwestern Pakistan. So, and they cover a lot of Afghanistan close to a half, I would say, in territory. And also probably maybe a fourth of Pakistan. So they have a substantial amount of territory in that area. And they are very, as everybody knows, they tend to be quite militant about Islamic religion and are suppressed in their previous roles in leadership there, suppressed pretty significantly those who did not go along with the Sharia law. So there are others in Afghanistan who are not of that persuasion. They don't believe that they may be Muslims, but they are not for the strict variety of Muslim religion that the Taliban insist on. Now, there's quite a bit, the Taliban tend to be quite mobile. So there was a lot of cross border flow between the tribal districts in Pakistan, which is where most of the Pashtun are located in Pakistan and Afghanistan. And that actually was where a lot of the Taliban were protected before they just took over recently. Well, you know, it's amazing, but in addition to being able to cross the border from Pakistan, I heard that the Taliban also have a large number of foreign volunteers, people who are just committed to most of the most radical forms of the Islamic tradition. So you sort of have a combination of both of these types. I would say that there are some fellow travelers, maybe that's perhaps the way to put it. The Taliban themselves are basically Pashtun, but they do have other radical elements that ride with them. Previously it was the Al-Qaeda. The Taliban insist now they do no longer support Al-Qaeda. They insist that very strongly. We shall see how that turns out as they consolidate their rule there in Afghanistan. So that continues to be the case. But they do attempt to show a more moderate side than they had previously. Again, it's hard to say whether this is lip service or if in reality they will be a more moderate force than they were when they were ruling previously. Which brings us to, I guess, today and the crisis. And so over the course of the number of years, I'm assuming have been in touch with people and scholars from Afghanistan. And how, where and how, how does all of this fit together? I mean, how do we, do we have any idea of who we, without naming any individuals, do we know somewhat how many people are from the East West Center, might be in Afghanistan, might need our help? And what can we do about it? We don't, I don't wanna give any specifics on this, but we do know some, yes, absolutely. So you know that, you know in fact, that there were people there that were in danger so far. And in fact, we are actively engaged in assisting some of those East West Center students in color. The scholars caught behind Taliban line. So we're working with them now and trying to help them in their current situation. Again, I can't give too many specifics on what we're doing because the Taliban is scouring the internet for information about people they consider adversaries in Afghanistan. So I do need to be careful about any details, but I think that will be, you will see a lot more once this is all over, you'll be hearing more about what we have been doing with some of these students and scholars. Well, when you say we, I'm assuming that you are, there are other institutions. Absolutely, oh yeah, I'm not working alone. We have a whole team here at the East West Center that's working this very hard. It's a really tough job. We're working 24 seven basically. We're in Afghanistan, Afghanistan day is our night. So a lot of the activity is happening late at night. People are up late at night working with these folks. And in addition to that, in addition to our great team here at the East West Center, we're coordinating with a number of US governments and non-US government agencies. There's a lot of people working this issue. Well, it's an amazing, whole amazing network of folks. We're actually doing an incredible job with the evacuation, quite honestly. It's in terribly difficult and complicated, complex situation. Well, you know, just for, what is the situation? I mean, did the United, what is the United States? Are we just like walking away? I mean, what is it like on the ground there? Before we get to any... Yeah, well, okay. You know, I guess the best way to put it is certainly outside the gates. It's pandemonium. I mean, the Kabul airport is basically an island surrounded by the Taliban. So it's an island of US forces and coalition forces. And it's from that island that that evacuation is occurring. So it's quite, it's a very tenuous situation, very difficult. So this is an island in the center of a country that is controlled essentially, or in the center of a city that's controlled by the Taliban. And that's the airport. Now, are the regular flights going in and out or? Yeah, so we've been watching this over the last week or so, a week to 10 days. And it's been quite irregular, especially at the beginning. At the beginning, there were not many flights and they had a lot of logistical problems. For example, at the transit points, in particular Qatar, where a lot of these folks are going to transfer to other countries, they are processed in Qatar or one of these other transit points that they've since developed. And I think there's one in Madrid, there's one in Paris, there are others around. But they were getting overloaded. And so they couldn't bring any more people in. But now, you've probably heard this in the news. The US government has asked the US commercial air carriers to help relieve that bottleneck of Afghan refugees at the transit points. And this in turn has allowed more people to be evacuated from Kabul. So the situation in Kabul is better. There are more people being taken out by plane. Okay, we got a break coming up right now and we'll be right back. And I want to start bringing this conversation more directly into what East West Center is doing. So we'll be right back. Thank you. Aloha, my name is Mark Shklov. I am the host of Think Tech Hawaii's Law Across the Sea program. Being a lawyer has many aspects and I try to cover them every time I do a program of law across the sea. Not everything has to do with law or being a lawyer per se. Some of it has to do with the people you meet, the things you see, the places you visit. And that's what I try to combine in Think Tech Hawaii's Law Across the Sea. Thank you for watching. Aloha. Welcome back to Talk Story with John Waihei. Aloha again. And we and our guest this afternoon, Ambassador Robert Riley, who is the director of management operations at the East West Center. And he is describing for us the East West Center's involvement in a very large and very current operation, which is to doing its best to get people who are not wanted in Afghanistan back here where they might be safe, or at least back to someplace that's safe. So Bob, we were talking about the fact that there is this network of people that are involved in all of this. And you were describing what it was like on the ground in Kabul at an airport. So why don't you continue with that description? But just to give a little bit more kind of flavor to what's happening on the ground. You know, I'm sure a lot of you folks have seen the airport, the pictures of the airport, lots of people outside. It's quite, as you've probably heard, it's quite difficult to enter the airport right now, or since the beginning really. Even for those who are non-U.S. citizens but have visas, and there are a fair number of those. They're having enormous difficulty getting in. Some are getting, I would say, probably the majority who go there do get in, but some are not getting. And it's a very kind of inconsistent sort of process. So that's been difficult to deal with. There are also lots of bottlenecks around Kabul. Bottlenecks getting in the airport.  The, of course, at the entrance, there's a bottleneck because there are people trying to, a lot of people trying to get in through these gates at the same time. And some of them really are not eligible to be evacuated. We're looking at people who are at high risk from the Taliban, because it's been particular. Can you give us a broader explanation of what who's eligible and who's not? There are some people who have been working directly with the US government. They are getting special immigrant visas or SIVs. They are probably the highest priority for Americans to be evacuated. So I mean, I'm assuming the first priority would be US citizens, right? Well, of course, yes. US citizens, NATO citizens and green card holders, are there the first priority? And that's a given. They, in fact, when it comes to US citizens, we have a, the US government has a legal obligation to get all those US citizens out. So that's something they have to do, and it is the number one priority. But in terms of the Afghan folks, which are the folks we're working with, these center folks are all Afghani. The at-risk folks are those who are affiliated with the United States, or United States entities, such as us. Then of course, the non-post-tune ethnic groups are at higher risk. Women, especially those who promote human rights are at high risk. And other human rights defenders of NGOs are at high risk. And finally, journalists are at high risk. So anyway, the gates are open and closed at randomly.  Yesterday, they were closed for the entire day. And then why was that? That was because they were prioritizing, just as you said, US citizens, NATO citizens, and green card holders. So no Afghani has got in yesterday, or very, very few. Now, we think that's gonna change today, but we're not really sure. We're working on a couple of cases here. We'll see how that works. But- So how do you communicate?  The people who are in charge, to let them know that I'm assuming that there is some kind of communication with people who are affiliated with the East West Senate. But what about just the people in charge of the effort? Yeah, let me kind of, I can't give you all the details because I don't even know all the details. But there really is a whole amazing network of government and non-government folks who are doing an incredible job with this evacuation. We are, we initially started with the US government. We provided, we had to provide letters saying that they would support these folks. But we were also working with private entities, some of whom we don't know who they're working for, I'll be honest. And they're doing an amazing job. Well, so the point being that this just didn't start like two days ago. I mean, in order to have been working with some of these people, you must have started earlier. We've been working since a week ago yesterday. We've been working on this. So it's been, and it's been 24 seven since it started. So tell us about these amazing organizations. Yeah, I mean, so, well, I can't say a lot because I don't know much, but we have people that we're going to, we're saying, okay, we're concerned about this particular person, can you help? And then they find somebody in Afghanistan who is, who then helps? Someday, I've been assured, someday their story will be shared, will be told and we'll know a lot more about it. But right now, we don't know very much. It's actually- So we got, you've got an angel network, essentially. I said, you're essentially tapped into an angel network, a network of- Exactly correct. An angel network. People who you would describe, at least I would describe as angels, you know? Yes, it is exactly that. And it's just, they're doing a fantastic job. I mean, it's just amazing. What about people that are, I mean, you've had a great State Department career. I mean, is there any kind of like little network where you call somebody that you worked with and said, hey, Victoria, I got, you know, I need some help in Kabul and they call somebody and is there anything like that? I did know a couple of people at the embassy in Kabul, but they have left. The actual, the numbers of people left at the embassy when it was evacuated was pretty small. And I didn't know any of those folks. However, since then they brought in other consular officers to help with this huge and long as effort. But I am not aware that there are any of my acquaintances in that group, I don't know that. So unfortunately, I don't have any contacts there in the embassy. But, you know, the foreign service is huge. It's huge. There are some like 10 or 15,000 people in the foreign service. So, you know, it's, I do, I did know a few people at the Kabul embassy, but they were evacuated early. So I was not able to. But they might know somebody and everybody, who knows who's the angel out there and who might come through. Yes, and again, I think a lot of these cases, they don't want to be known right now for a variety of different reasons. And I, Absolutely.  And I don't want to, I really don't want to talk much about it. So tell us, I mean, the involvement of the East West Center is because our, I'll use this phrase, our people are at risk. People who have been part of the East West Center family are there at risk. And you've been working on it for about a week now. I know that it's difficult to share specific information, but tell us if you can, to the extent you can, a little bit about excessive, about your successes in the past week. And maybe some of what you hope might happen in the days to come. Hey, I, yes, I can say that in a very general terms, we've had, we have had some successes. And, you know, it's, it's because of the efforts of many different people, including the angel network you mentioned. A lot of people here at the East West Center have been working very hard. We have a whole team here that has been working this issue for more than a week. And it's been, it's been grueling. It really has, but we have had some successes. So it's, it's worth it. We have got much more to do and we don't have much time. So it's going to be, it's going to continue to be quite grueling until the very end. I can see that now. But that's, that's, it's a, it's such a worthwhile cause. And I guess the East West Center is taking the stance of not no one left behind, you know? I mean, we're going to go after everybody. We're doing everything we can to get the part of our family. And so every, for every single person we know of in Afghanistan, yes. Well, you know, it's, it's amazing because for a lot of people, the East West Center may be seen as some kind of stodgy research institution. But what you're talking about is an institution that actually has the ability to help those that are part of the family or put, you know? Absolutely. I mean, the amount of concern that has been expressed by every member of the East West Center, we're getting an incredible amount of support on this. And, you know, it's, it's really tremendous. I think, you know, I think that the East West Center has been just tremendous in its support of these efforts and I think, honestly, I think the East West Center will be proud of the results when it's all over. Well, that's fantastic. And I'm sure that when you say East West Center, we're also talking about that network of alumni that you have out there. That at some point. That angel network though, the angel network has many more clients than us. They're dealing with many, many different organizations and they're doing it very well. So that, they are the stars in the effort. Are we, are we? Well, you know, I wanna first of all congratulate you and congratulate your team for the work that you're doing and to tell you that it's heartwarming to know that there are people out there who are willing to put it all on the line so that somebody else, in this case, a member of our family can have a better situation than where they are. So first of all, thank you very much. And for the listeners out there, I hope you get a sense of what, first of all, the East West Center is about in a special way, in addition to all of the academic things that it does. It does have a network that on time to time, may be well used. So congratulations, Bob. Thank you very much and good luck. And our prayers are with you and with all the people who are involved. Thank you very much. Aloha. Thank you. Aloha.


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I'm Barb Mitchell coming to you today from the floor of Data Cloud Global Congress here in beautiful Monaco. And joining me is Marcus Bickerman, SVP of Stationary Hydrogen at Bosch. Welcome. It's an honor to have you here. We're excited to chat with you. Can we start just by hearing from you a little bit on let's just start and dive right in into some of your Stationary Hydrogen solutions. Absolutely. Well, first of all, it's a pleasure for me to be here. Thank you very much for the invitation. Well, yes, I mean, most of you will know Bosch as one of the largest tier one automotive suppliers, yet hydrogen is truly one of our main growth fields for the future. And Bosch is driving the development of the hydrogen economy overall, truly with conviction. So from the production of hydrogen with our PEM electrolysis stacks and smart modules through the transport of hydrogen storage of hydrogen, where we offer compressor solutions to make in use of hydrogen, our mobile and stationary fuel cells. So for Bosch, hydrogen truly is one of the main growth fields. And we want to develop into one of the main technology providers for the newly emerging hydrogen economies. And as a matter of fact, for us specifically, when we look into stationary fuel cells, data centers are one of our main use cases that we see. And that is why we're so happy to be here today. Yeah, and I think it is a big topic. There's so much talk around sustainability and new energy sources for data centers. Tell us a little bit about this Stationary Hydrogen and how it will, why it's important to the data center industry, first of all, and then what it will take for the industry to adopt this. Absolutely, love to. Well, first of all, I think what is generally an important topic for the data center industry is to truly leverage renewable energies. And when I say leverage, it's not only certificates or PPAs, but truly making sure the energy really comes from green resources. Now, hydrogen in this context plays a vital role because it can be fully produced from green resource, so fully green hydrogen, it can be transported, it can be stored, so from that perspective, making a lot of sense, and it can be used onsite to really produce energy. Now, for the data center industry, when you produce energy onsite, there's a couple of benefits. On the one hand side, it makes you independent of the traditional grid. So if this falls out, you don't have an issue. Secondly, you are not having transformation losses that you have when you have long transport routes. On the modular side as well, so to say, the more you can modularize data centers and make sure that you are not using resources you don't need from the beginning because you only scale to the amount you truly have. That goes true for both the data center itself as well as power generation. Also there, I think there's huge benefits in this regard. So hydrogen from our perspective is truly a very good mean to decarbonize data centers. Right, yeah. I mean, I think that that's such a big topic for people just in terms of, how are we getting to net zero in on all of this and part of that is this decarbonization. But so how do we apply this to data centers in terms of potentially other energy sources? Well, I think overall there is, of course, a couple of different energy sources you could use. I know when I look here at the fair, you also have these small, medium reactors, SMRs and so on and so forth. I think there's always discussions also about, for example, water positivity because I need cooling water and when it goes back to the rivers, what temperature does it have and so on and so forth. These are all things you don't have with hydrogen. Now, when we talk about, how do we apply this? For us, it's a lot about de-central energy generation. So really taking the power generation to the data center and a set that gives you a couple of benefits. On the one hand side, it makes you independent of the main grid. So it really prevents you from outages. On the other hand side, it gives you a lot of operational benefits in terms of not having transformational losses and so on and so forth. And that is something that you can do with hydrogen because it is not like other renewable energies. It is just there or it is not, but you can store it. You can actually then sort of say transport it. So it is exactly where you need it. Yeah, I mean, I think that for a lot of data center operators that we speak to, it's, there's a lot of desire to move in this direction. And then the question is how and how will we measure success and what will that look like for us as a business? So if you could, if there's not to put you on the spot, but do you have any suggestions for where people can start with this in order to decarbonize their data center? What's the best way to get started? Well, I think first of all, what I think many of the data centers provided today face and that's what we see in our discussions is generally a strong customer demand for actually really green energy that is being used. And we're not talking certificates or PPAs, but truly green. So from that perspective, when you think about, okay, how can I sort of say make use of that? When you think about asset, for example, the edge data center industry, modular data centers that are coming up more and more today, then you of course have, have always the benefit that you can say, okay, when I think about power generation for this, I set this up, I really go into power generation on site. And we are more than happy here at the fair or also actually through our other means of communication to help providers with TCO calculations, how to set this up, what can we offer? So the solutions we offer today are easily scalable. They come in a hundred kilowatt sizes. So you can easily scale them up according to your demand. You don't have to oversize from the beginning. You don't need high investments to actually start with. And actually we're more than happy to join you with you, develop a program actually as to how you can adopt this. That's perfect. Thank you for that. That was so clear and such a good roadmap. And I would anticipate that many of our viewers will want to connect with you and have further conversations and carry this on. Where can they connect with you? How can they find you? Well, the good thing is we're here at the fair. So whoever is here actually, of course, please feel free to come by. We're more than happy to see you. Secondly, we have a very good website set up. It's actually www.bosh-hydrogen-energy.com. So you can go there, actually you find the right contact person within our organization. And I said, I think the best thing always is because every site is different to actually join, to come together and really make a TCO calculation and talk about what can we offer? How can we do it? Yeah, build the roadmap together. Absolutely. Yeah, I love that. Thank you so much. Thank you for joining us today. It's been a pleasure speaking with you. Hopefully we get to talk again soon. And thank you viewers for tuning in to JSA TV Live coming to you today from the floor of DataCloud Global Congress. Until next time.


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Let's go Congrats All they got to do is be organ and then they're in the playoff I feel like that's the that's the one where like winner goes to the playoff loser doesn't make it Which is weird because Washington be organ already extra factor Chris Hilton Jr. We're talking about that somewhere earlier the committee There's a lot of things that could cause chaos like a Bama Beach, Georgia, then they're gonna put Bama in And Georgia purple mini diamond first bowman of Jam Griffin Jam Griffin number to 399 Dante more early risers first refractor Michael Pratt purple mini diamond of Devin Mockaby Kobe Mockaby to 399 so base shoulder sanders Last pack has a SMA 55 bowman. All right Sal appreciated man pretty solid couple boxes. We'll get those out to you


As I was reading at what kept coming to my mind, I remember when I first started on this path and got interested in a course, I was introduced to a book by Gary Renard called The Disappearance of the Universe. And it took a lot of the confusion that I was having with some of the words and wording in the course. Well, David's done exactly that with this book. It's gonna be a classic book.


When Athens was not even thought of, when Egypt did not exist, when Rome did not even exist in people's minds, Kashi was, it is older than legend, that ancient. Kashi is a phenomenal yantra like never before or never after. The city was not just a dwelling place, it was a mechanism to go beyond all limitations for this tiny little organism to connect with the larger organism of the cosmos. The basic temples are 54 for Shiva, 54 for Shakti. Because in the human body itself, we see that one half is Pingala, other is Heda. So, they created the whole city like this body. This was a center for music, arts, craft, educational center and a commercial center. Albert Einstein said, the western sciences couldn't take a single step without the basis of Indian mathematics and that mathematics came from this place. People have been traveling here from across the world for thousands of years. Gautama came here to give his first teaching and if you're born in India, your only dream is to go to Kashi.


quirS- we were doing inferential statistics and in our last lecture we did a sampling distribution or sampling distribution Ko samples were not possible to study the entire population because it is a very big population, what we do is we draw a sample from a population and we estimate the population parameter of the rate of calculate of theuinely calculated अगर हम किसी भी देफाँईट पापूलेशन में से, अगर हम किसी भी एन साइस के all possible samples draw करें, और फिर उन सब का मीन निकालें, और वो मीन पापूलेशन मीन से different होगा, लिकिन अगर हम उन सारे मीनस का again mean calculate करें, तो फिर वो population mean के exactly equal होगा, you remember in the last example we did a very small population of 3, अखर हम नहीं उस 2 2 के samples निकालें और फिर उन 2 2 के samples में हर samples का मीन निकालां, और फिर उन सारे मीनस को एक अद्ता करें, उन सारे मीनस का एक मीन निकालां, और अगर फिर शामपल मीन जाए, मीन of all sample means would be equal to population mean. Imagine, अगर तहीं अगर after us करें, अगर हम नहीं लास इसका होगा के n factorial और n minus r factorial और r factorial और अगर हम इसको n हमारा 25 हैं और हमारा जो r है वो 5 हैं if we put the values in the formula अगर हम इसको solve करें तो you remember के factorial का मतलब यह होता है के हम उसको descending order में multiply करते जाते तो हम करेंगे 25 multiplied by 24 multiplied by 23 multiplied by 22 multiplied by 21 multiplied by 20 n minus r i.e. 25 में से हम 5 minus करेंगे तो it will be 20 factorial तो 20 factorial और 20 factorial क्रोस हो जाएगा और r factorial को आपने फिर दबारा कोलने है 5 multiplied by 4 multiplied by 3 multiplied by 2 और अगर हम इसको solve करेंगे तो possibly में खयाल से इसके आपके 53136 all possible samples बनेंगे तो 53136 samples के आप 5-5 के निकालने है आप हर सामपल की मीं निकालेंगे और फिर उन सारी 53,000 means को एकटा जब हम कंबाइन करेंगे तो हम ये कहेंगे को उन सारे मींस का जो total mean होगा, that will be equal to the population mean. तो this is a very golden rule in statistics क्यो? क्यो के वी know के अगर हमारे पास all possible samples निकालेंगे और हम उनको plot करेंगे तो हमारी जो distribution की शेप होगी वो normal होगी and mean of all sample means would be equal to population mean. तो this is actually the central limit theorem central limit theorem क्यो के अगर अगर किसी भी population में से अगर अगर अप एक सामपल निकालें उसका mean निकालेंगे और उसको plot करेंगे distribution की अपर अप again a sample drop करेंगे उसी population से उसका mean निकालेंगे और उसको plot करेंगे तो आप का जो distribution of means होगा that will approximate normal distribution. उसकी वो shape होगी उसकी normal distribution की तरां बनेगी और जा वो normal distribution की तरां बनेगी तो mean of all sample means would be equal to population. फिर आप को 53,000, 54,000 सामपल लेके हरे की mean निकालेंगे अगर निकालेंगे उसरत निकालेंगे अगर अगर निकालेंगे तो हमारे लिए possible भी अजीली हम पापलेशन में से एक सामपल निकालते है और उसी सामपल से हमने population parameter को अस्टिमेट करनाउते है लेकिन once we know the rule once we know the law the central element theorem तो हमारे लिए चीसे बड़या सान हो जाएंगी किं कि अगर आगर चलके मैंगाई अपको तो हमने normal distribution पे हमें पता है कि हम किसी भी चीस को जब normal distribution भी लेजाते है और उसका mean standard deviation पाईंडोड कर लिते है तो हम उसका z पाईंडोड कर सकते है और उस z से हम पिर उसका area find out कर सकते है and we remember that area is equal to the probability of any event occurring in that particular region. So what is the central limit theorem? Just I will read it for any population with the mu and standard deviation the distribution of sample means for sample size n will have a mean of population mean and the standard deviation of that sampling distribution will be equal to standard deviation under... So mean of all sample means will be equal to mu and standard deviation of the sampling distribution of means will be equal to sigma over n under root of population standard deviation or n under root So this is our sampling distribution Just like normal distribution in which we found out the mean of standard deviation we have a sampling distribution where instead of x values we have the means or standard deviations and then we take out the mean or standard deviation. So central limit theorem mean of all sample means and the standard deviation of sampling distribution of mean would be equal to sigma over n under root Central limit theorem describes the distribution of sample means by identifying the three basic characteristics that describe any distribution meaning shape of the distribution central tendency and variability Shape of the distribution the distribution of sample means tends to be normal distribution in fact this distribution is almost perfectly normal just like our n size increase means if you have taken out 2 sample size or 5 sample size but we increase n if n is greater than 30 then our distribution would be exactly normal distribution and its shape would be perfectly normal the population from which this sample was taken out is already normally distributed so when we take out different samples and plot them then the distribution would be approximately normal but if you increase n size means the size of every sample would be approximately normal but if you increase n size means the size of every sample would be approximately normal and if you increase the size of every sample and take out samples and take out the mean of every sample and plot the means then the distribution would be perfectly normal because its n size is bigger and last time we did two examples if you remember in sampling distribution we took out 2 samples and then we took out 2 samples from the 4 population but when we increase sample size then our distribution when we plot the means then it is perfectly normal distribution the mean of distribution of sample means is the expected value of mean and the mean of distribution of sample mean is equal to the population mean if our n size is bigger then the mean of sampling distribution would be equal to the population mean and remember whenever we are making sampling distribution of means or of proportions or standard deviations we will always remember that all possible samples means would be of the population mean and this is the central limit theorem and it is also called expected value of m and the standard deviation of our sampling distribution would be standard deviation of the population divided by n under root as soon as we make sampling distribution of means similarly we make sampling distribution of proportions and we make standard deviations and our central limit theorem also says that if we have the sampling distribution of proportions i.e we have calculated instead of means proportions which I will talk shortly about we will do this that our mean of sampling distribution of proportions will be equal to population proportion and the standard deviation of sampling distribution of proportions will be equal to we will put a formula which is p 1 minus p and we will square it divided by n we will do it shortly sampling distribution of proportions