1 00:00:43,470 --> 00:00:44,930 There's a gentleman downstairs. 2 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,040 Easy. I must apologize. 3 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:07,340 I have been a little overwrought. I am a doctor, sir, and I must insist that you 4 00:03:07,340 --> 00:03:09,880 relax yourself and say nothing until you have eaten. 5 00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:11,100 Thank you. 6 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,260 If I might have a biscuit and a glass of milk, I have no doubt I should soon be 7 00:03:15,260 --> 00:03:17,780 better. Mrs. Hudson is preparing something at this moment. 8 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,480 Please, please forgive this weakness. 9 00:03:22,100 --> 00:03:23,220 I really must. 10 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:25,600 Mr. Holmes. 11 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:27,520 At your service. 12 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:30,760 Master of arts. 13 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:32,800 Doctor of philosophy. 14 00:03:33,780 --> 00:03:34,980 Principal of the priority school. 15 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,500 It is not every day, Dr Huxtable, that so distinguished a castaway as yourself 16 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:40,860 is beached upon the hearthrug. 17 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:45,540 In speculating what storm had blown you hither, I took the liberty of searching 18 00:03:45,540 --> 00:03:47,240 your person. I hope you will forgive me. 19 00:03:47,580 --> 00:03:48,900 Yes, yes, of course. 20 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,320 Please, sit down. 21 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:56,440 Your watch, unblemished for at least 30 years, suddenly this morning. 22 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,900 When you thrust those coins unthinkingly into your waistcoat pocket, the stern 23 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:05,740 habit of a lifetime trampled underfoot. 24 00:04:06,460 --> 00:04:10,760 A small occurrence, perhaps, but only small, I think, in the way that a 25 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,780 vibrating needle may signal an earthquake. 26 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:19,060 The state of your beard demonstrates a considerable disruption to your routine. 27 00:04:19,060 --> 00:04:20,060 Three days ago? 28 00:04:20,740 --> 00:04:22,220 Just so, just so. 29 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,900 Mr. Holmes, I beg you to accompany me north to Mackleton immediately. 30 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,520 A matter of the utmost importance. Ah, I regret. 31 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,500 Dr. Watson and I are extremely pressed just at the moment. 32 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:41,800 I'm retained in the case of the Federal document, and Dr. Watson tells me that 33 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,400 he's run off his feet by this recent epidemic of the scarlet fever. And then, 34 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,700 course, with the Abergavenny murder coming up, only a very important issue 35 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:49,720 call us away at the present. 36 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:51,160 Important, sir. 37 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:53,120 Important. 38 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:56,640 I don't say you've heard of the Duke of Holderness. 39 00:04:58,320 --> 00:04:59,740 The former cabinet minister. 40 00:05:00,580 --> 00:05:02,000 More than that, Watson. 41 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,160 The letters after his name. Ha! Almost half the alphabet. 42 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,840 One of the greatest subjects of the crown. 43 00:05:10,260 --> 00:05:14,560 Eh, Dr. Huxtable? One of the greatest, and probably one of the wealthiest. 44 00:05:15,740 --> 00:05:18,480 He is also, I am proud to say, my neighbor. 45 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:23,640 Holderness Hall, his country seat, is across the valley from the Priory 46 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,380 The Duke is an intensely solitary man. 47 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,860 He abhors the prospect of public scrutiny. 48 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,300 But such is his anxiety in this matter that His Grace is prepared to write a 49 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:43,080 cheque for £5 ,000 to see the business solved and another £1 ,000 to see 50 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:44,500 visited upon the buildings. 51 00:05:47,660 --> 00:05:49,440 That is how important it is. 52 00:05:55,740 --> 00:05:57,400 The Prince left, Dr Huxtable. 53 00:05:59,050 --> 00:06:01,430 You have failed only in describing the villainy. 54 00:06:03,130 --> 00:06:04,530 Forgive me. 55 00:06:06,170 --> 00:06:11,450 Lord Salter, the Duke's son, his only child, has been abducted. 56 00:06:14,750 --> 00:06:16,030 From a private school? 57 00:06:16,450 --> 00:06:17,450 Yes. 58 00:06:18,250 --> 00:06:19,530 Where he was in your care? 59 00:06:21,030 --> 00:06:22,030 Quite. 60 00:06:22,570 --> 00:06:26,270 And this abduction happened three days ago? 61 00:06:26,590 --> 00:06:27,710 Last Saturday night. 62 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,120 Why have you waited so long before consulting me? 63 00:06:30,500 --> 00:06:34,740 His Grace has a deep horror of his family unhappiness being dragged before 64 00:06:34,740 --> 00:06:38,860 world. The police have been requested by the Duke to proceed with such caution 65 00:06:38,860 --> 00:06:40,820 that they... I see. 66 00:06:44,340 --> 00:06:46,480 This affair has been deplorably handled. 67 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,100 I feel it and admit it. 68 00:06:50,340 --> 00:06:52,220 What form did the demand for ransom take? 69 00:06:52,580 --> 00:06:53,660 There has been none. 70 00:06:54,140 --> 00:06:56,120 No demand for ransom? None. 71 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:01,580 It is one of the most perplexing aspects of the business, for the boy was not 72 00:07:01,580 --> 00:07:02,780 alone in his flight. 73 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,940 Herr Heidegger, the German master, is also missing. 74 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,060 As, indeed, by the way, is his bicycle. 75 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:15,700 If he has abducted the boy, why has no demand for money been received? 76 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,160 Heidegger came to me from Switzerland with the very best references. 77 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,440 Was any other bicycle missing? 78 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:23,780 Oh, no. 79 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:25,209 You're certain? 80 00:07:25,210 --> 00:07:27,370 Quite. Mr. Avering checked all the bicycles. 81 00:07:27,670 --> 00:07:31,930 Dr. Huxtable, do you really mean to suggest that this German master rode off 82 00:07:31,930 --> 00:07:35,150 upon his bicycle in the dead of night, bearing the boy in his arms? 83 00:07:35,930 --> 00:07:38,830 No. Then what is this theory in your mind? 84 00:07:39,390 --> 00:07:41,370 The bicycle may have been a blind. 85 00:07:42,470 --> 00:07:45,470 He may have hidden it somewhere, and the pair gone off on foot. 86 00:07:45,870 --> 00:07:49,110 Surely he would have hidden a couple of bicycles if he desired to give that 87 00:07:49,110 --> 00:07:50,110 impression. 88 00:07:50,610 --> 00:07:51,750 Yes, I suppose he would. 89 00:07:51,990 --> 00:07:53,870 Of course he would, Dr. Huxtable. 90 00:07:54,300 --> 00:07:56,640 This blind theory of yours will not do. 91 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,980 All right. 92 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,800 It is an admirable starting point for an investigation. 93 00:08:08,700 --> 00:08:12,000 Watson, would you send for the cab immediately? 94 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:13,840 Now, Holmes. 95 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,080 Set and pack! 96 00:08:18,990 --> 00:08:21,730 We have just enough time to catch the overnight train from St. Pancras. 97 00:08:21,970 --> 00:08:24,210 Dr. Huxtable, I should do a little work at your doors. 98 00:08:24,790 --> 00:08:28,250 Perhaps the train is not so cold, but the two old hounds like Watson and 99 00:08:28,250 --> 00:08:29,470 may get a sniff of it. 100 00:08:30,270 --> 00:08:34,110 I imagine the arrival of Lord Salton at your school must have been quite a 101 00:08:34,110 --> 00:08:35,110 feather in your hat. 102 00:08:35,130 --> 00:08:36,870 My proudest moment, Mr. Holmes. 103 00:08:37,330 --> 00:08:40,510 Ever since Blackwell's published Huxtable Flightlights on Horace. 104 00:08:41,190 --> 00:08:43,490 A notable little success in his day. You may have heard of it. 105 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:45,130 Now, how old is the boy? 106 00:08:46,190 --> 00:08:48,310 Nine. And he's been with you how long? 107 00:08:48,860 --> 00:08:50,640 Since the beginning of the winter term. 108 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,400 An unusual boy. He seemed to be fitting in well. 109 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:58,800 He, uh... Yes? 110 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:04,140 I was about to say, he was not entirely happy at home. 111 00:09:04,740 --> 00:09:07,060 The Duke's marriage had not been a peaceful one. 112 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:10,340 It ended in separation by mutual consent last year. 113 00:09:10,780 --> 00:09:13,900 The Duchess has returned to her father's palazzo in Venice. 114 00:09:14,540 --> 00:09:17,540 This picture of the Duke's marriage... 115 00:09:18,090 --> 00:09:20,330 How did you come by it? Is it common knowledge? 116 00:09:21,430 --> 00:09:25,130 I've had some confidential talks with Mr. Wilder, the Duke's secretary. 117 00:09:25,470 --> 00:09:26,470 He's been most helpful. 118 00:09:26,910 --> 00:09:31,630 And I suppose it has been established that the boy has not returned to his 119 00:09:31,630 --> 00:09:32,630 mother in Italy. 120 00:09:32,730 --> 00:09:33,730 Oh, yes, he has. 121 00:09:34,570 --> 00:09:38,010 I cannot tell you, Mr. Holmes, what a relief it is to me. Watson! 122 00:09:38,590 --> 00:09:40,050 Coming! Your picnic, sir. 123 00:09:40,570 --> 00:09:41,770 Mrs. Hudson! 124 00:09:42,490 --> 00:09:43,490 How did you guess? 125 00:09:44,290 --> 00:09:45,290 Experience, Mr. 126 00:09:45,470 --> 00:09:49,130 Holmes. Well, that means the two doctors can picnic away to their heart content 127 00:09:49,130 --> 00:09:50,130 on the train. 128 00:09:50,870 --> 00:09:55,310 Even I may find my appetite is keener for a few days in the breaking 129 00:09:55,310 --> 00:09:56,570 of the king country. 130 00:10:02,470 --> 00:10:07,130 I think I will do myself no injustice when I say that the Priory School is the 131 00:10:07,130 --> 00:10:08,930 most select preparatory school in England. 132 00:10:09,630 --> 00:10:14,790 Lord Leverstoke, the Earl of Blackwater, Sir Cathcart Solmes. 133 00:10:15,690 --> 00:10:17,730 They've all entrusted their sons to me. 134 00:10:19,510 --> 00:10:24,290 You can't see Holderness Hall from here, but there's a very fine view from the 135 00:10:24,290 --> 00:10:25,290 chapel tower. 136 00:10:26,170 --> 00:10:30,450 I will begin with the boys' room. 137 00:10:58,250 --> 00:10:59,250 From his father. 138 00:10:59,530 --> 00:11:01,450 It arrived on the morning of his disappearance. 139 00:11:05,610 --> 00:11:06,770 Had you received one from Italy? 140 00:11:07,070 --> 00:11:08,070 Not recently. 141 00:11:08,530 --> 00:11:09,570 Where is the letter now? 142 00:11:10,610 --> 00:11:11,650 It cannot be found. 143 00:11:12,430 --> 00:11:14,750 It must have been on the boy's person when he was abducted. 144 00:11:15,470 --> 00:11:16,470 Who speaks? 145 00:11:16,830 --> 00:11:17,830 In the adjoining room. 146 00:11:22,290 --> 00:11:23,530 Shall we, if you just keep your name? 147 00:11:23,770 --> 00:11:25,310 I know this old chap, my dear. 148 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:27,640 He would sleep through a thunderstorm. 149 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:30,860 I don't think he would, sir. 150 00:11:31,180 --> 00:11:33,040 Really? And why is that, do you suppose? 151 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,200 There's a mouse, sir, in the wainscot, sir. 152 00:11:36,940 --> 00:11:38,260 And it wakes us both up, sir. 153 00:11:39,380 --> 00:11:40,480 Sometimes, sir. Mouse? 154 00:11:41,260 --> 00:11:45,000 So any noise from Lord Salter's room... Well, the door creaks, sir. 155 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,760 We always hear the door. On the night of the disappearance. 156 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:50,640 Did you hear anything there? 157 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:52,640 No, sir. 158 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:54,380 We couldn't even hear the crying. 159 00:11:59,170 --> 00:12:00,290 Cry. Yes, sir. 160 00:12:00,670 --> 00:12:02,170 He sometimes cries, sir. 161 00:12:03,310 --> 00:12:04,310 Sometimes, sir. 162 00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:11,630 Thank you. 163 00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:13,140 You have found nothing in the grounds? 164 00:13:16,580 --> 00:13:18,220 There's no knowing what I have found. 165 00:13:19,060 --> 00:13:20,320 The trail is cold. 166 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:22,200 Headmaster! 167 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:27,920 Headmaster, the Duke of Holderness is here, Headmaster. 168 00:13:28,340 --> 00:13:30,060 Thank you, Mr. Avery. Mr. Wilder. 169 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:35,520 Mr. Holmes? 170 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:37,480 Yes. 171 00:13:37,620 --> 00:13:39,440 The Duke is waiting, Mr. Holmes. 172 00:13:41,070 --> 00:13:42,210 That will never do. 173 00:13:59,790 --> 00:14:00,790 Great. 174 00:14:02,790 --> 00:14:05,450 Mr. Wilder? I called yesterday, Dr. Huxtable. 175 00:14:06,090 --> 00:14:08,250 But I was too late to prevent your starting for London. 176 00:14:09,420 --> 00:14:13,600 His Grace is surprised, Dr. Huxtable, that you should have invited Mr. Holmes 177 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,400 undertake an investigation without consulting him first. 178 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,160 Well, I learned that the police had failed. It is by no means certain that 179 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,560 police have failed. But surely, Mr. Wiley... You are well aware, Dr. 180 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,420 how anxious His Grace is to avoid all public scandal. 181 00:14:27,420 --> 00:14:30,180 He prefers to take as few people as possible into his confidence. 182 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:31,940 I'm sorry, Mr. Wiley. 183 00:14:32,260 --> 00:14:33,760 The matter is easily remedied. 184 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,440 Mr. Sherlock Holmes can return to London by the morning train. 185 00:14:37,420 --> 00:14:38,420 Hardly, though. 186 00:14:38,780 --> 00:14:39,780 Hard with that. 187 00:14:40,540 --> 00:14:43,180 I enjoy your invigorating northern air. 188 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,040 I shall spend, at any rate, a few days upon your moors. 189 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,600 Who knows, I may at least find Herr Heidegger's bicycle, if nothing else. 190 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,760 is not a trivial matter, Mr. Holmes. 191 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,340 I am gratified that you think not, Your Grace. 192 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:07,500 If there was meaning in that remark, Mr. Holmes, I'm afraid it escaped me. 193 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:09,920 Your only child has disappeared. 194 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:15,060 Your hopes, your future, your noble family itself is threatened with 195 00:15:15,060 --> 00:15:18,900 dissolution. Your point, sir... I ask your grace. 196 00:15:20,180 --> 00:15:21,620 What is modesty to this? 197 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:24,700 To your child's life? 198 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:28,280 What is reputation? 199 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,760 But then it might be replied, what is continuance? 200 00:15:36,820 --> 00:15:37,820 Without... 201 00:15:38,910 --> 00:15:39,910 However, 202 00:15:41,730 --> 00:15:43,710 I believe you are largely in the right, Mr. Holmes. 203 00:15:44,670 --> 00:15:48,710 If you refer to the constraints I have placed upon the activities of the 204 00:15:48,890 --> 00:15:51,870 then perhaps I have imposed too much. 205 00:15:53,470 --> 00:15:56,910 I have a morbid fear of the public gaze. 206 00:15:59,090 --> 00:16:03,570 It would be foolish not to avail ourselves of Mr. Holmes' services, 207 00:16:03,570 --> 00:16:04,570 that he is here. 208 00:16:05,590 --> 00:16:06,590 Mr. Holmes. 209 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,040 Your Grace. 210 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,980 Perhaps you would like to come and stay with us at Holderness Hall. 211 00:16:12,540 --> 00:16:17,420 I thank your grace, but I think for the purposes of my investigation, it would 212 00:16:17,420 --> 00:16:20,940 be wiser for me to remain here at the scene of the mystery. 213 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,120 As you wish. 214 00:16:23,540 --> 00:16:28,360 Mr. Wilder or myself will be available to provide you with any assistance that 215 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:29,360 you might require. 216 00:16:29,980 --> 00:16:33,820 Might I ask whether you have formed any explanation as to the mysterious 217 00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:35,300 disappearance of your son? 218 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,480 No, sir, I have not. 219 00:16:52,220 --> 00:16:54,040 He is a fine boy, Mr. Holmes. 220 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:56,680 And how long has he been in your class? 221 00:16:57,020 --> 00:16:58,120 Since his arrival here. 222 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,240 Did he speak much of his family? 223 00:17:00,660 --> 00:17:01,660 Not much. 224 00:17:02,110 --> 00:17:05,630 It's my belief that he missed his mother. There's something of his 225 00:17:05,630 --> 00:17:06,849 reticence in him, you understand? 226 00:17:07,069 --> 00:17:09,410 The separation between the Duke and the Duchess, did he talk about that? 227 00:17:09,910 --> 00:17:11,310 Not really. It's a little mysterious. 228 00:17:11,750 --> 00:17:14,430 The boy insisted that they loved each other very much. You don't think that 229 00:17:14,430 --> 00:17:16,450 could be whistling in the wind to cheer him so up? 230 00:17:16,829 --> 00:17:18,609 No, he's a very realistic child. 231 00:17:18,930 --> 00:17:20,609 Ah, but not a very realistic family. 232 00:17:21,310 --> 00:17:23,890 My research shows they once provided a member of the Hellfire Club. 233 00:17:25,349 --> 00:17:28,830 You wouldn't know, I suppose, what time Heidegger retired to his room on the 234 00:17:28,830 --> 00:17:29,830 night of the disappearance. 235 00:17:30,010 --> 00:17:31,170 Not really, but... 236 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:32,820 Quite late. After 11. 237 00:17:33,060 --> 00:17:34,500 He was duty roundmaster that night. 238 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,140 You're quite late, I believe. 239 00:17:37,700 --> 00:17:39,380 Yes. Oh, yes. 240 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:41,960 Did Lord Salter ever accompany you? 241 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:44,860 No, he is not yet able to retain his balance. 242 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,480 You wouldn't, I suppose, 243 00:17:49,180 --> 00:17:52,580 happen to know the make of tyres on Herr Heidegger's bicycle? 244 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,860 Certainly. A lovely bicycle, by the way. Made in Bremen. 245 00:17:57,360 --> 00:17:58,720 The tyres were Palmer. 246 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:00,640 You know, the ones with longitudinal tread. 247 00:18:01,070 --> 00:18:02,070 I know them well. 248 00:18:02,590 --> 00:18:03,590 Thank you. 249 00:18:03,890 --> 00:18:04,890 Doubly helpful. 250 00:18:05,030 --> 00:18:06,030 Pleasure, Mr. Holmes. 251 00:18:11,050 --> 00:18:12,330 Dinner will be at eight. 252 00:18:23,950 --> 00:18:25,510 I beg your pardon? 253 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:41,480 grows upon me, Watson, that are decidedly points of interest in 254 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:42,600 it. Here, look at this map. 255 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,760 There are certain geographical features which may have a good deal to do with 256 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:48,760 our investigation. 257 00:18:48,860 --> 00:18:52,340 This dark square is the Priory School. 258 00:18:53,420 --> 00:18:56,820 This, the main road, with no side -turning for a mile either way. 259 00:18:57,180 --> 00:19:00,180 To the north of the school, the land rises slowly. 260 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:05,200 To the south, a large district of arable land with high walls and hedgerows. 261 00:19:05,610 --> 00:19:07,230 Impossible territory for a bicycle. 262 00:19:07,830 --> 00:19:09,650 What did you discover at Oakbourne? 263 00:19:09,930 --> 00:19:15,390 Well, the police had reports from all over the place on a man and a boy seen 264 00:19:15,390 --> 00:19:18,950 together. They completed their investigation on the sightings only this 265 00:19:19,110 --> 00:19:19,769 With what result? 266 00:19:19,770 --> 00:19:23,430 Useless. None more the sightings resemblance to the boy or the German 267 00:19:25,750 --> 00:19:29,530 This mass of mistaken sightings, Watson. It confirms my suspicion. 268 00:19:30,930 --> 00:19:32,690 I don't believe they used the road. 269 00:19:33,539 --> 00:19:37,960 That powerful curiosity of quiet places would surely have found them out. 270 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:42,380 I don't think they used the road at all. Yes, but the bicycle. 271 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:44,420 A good cyclist does not need a road, Watson. 272 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,600 The moor is intersected with paths. 273 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:49,460 I remember the moon was at the full. 274 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:51,800 No, it is to the north. 275 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:53,420 The dark west must lie. 276 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:54,960 You have done well, Watson. 277 00:19:55,620 --> 00:19:57,100 Dinner soon, you'll be happy to hear. 278 00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:00,540 But I do have just one point on which I need to be satisfied. 279 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,200 Herr Heidegger's room. 280 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:04,720 Ten minutes. 281 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,960 Dr Holmes has been delving into the origins of the Holderness family. 282 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,820 Like many ancient minds, it sprang from a very muddy source. 283 00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:16,260 Muddy, Doctor? 284 00:20:16,460 --> 00:20:20,240 Well, not to be too delicate about it, they were cattle thieves. 285 00:20:22,260 --> 00:20:27,400 A warrior class, ingenious, daring, but the basis of their wealth was running 286 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:28,680 off with other people's cows. 287 00:20:32,610 --> 00:20:36,450 Holmes even tells me that the Holderness has furnished one of the madder members 288 00:20:36,450 --> 00:20:37,870 of the Hellfire Club. 289 00:20:44,370 --> 00:20:47,890 What is the matter, Dr Huxtable? 290 00:20:49,890 --> 00:20:50,890 It is nothing. 291 00:20:51,370 --> 00:20:52,370 Then it's clearly something. 292 00:20:55,770 --> 00:20:57,190 I expect too much, I'm sure. 293 00:20:57,770 --> 00:21:00,170 It is a fault, I'm sure. Tell us your expectations. 294 00:21:02,380 --> 00:21:03,800 I do not expect miracles. 295 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,200 I think I am not a man who demands the miraculous. 296 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,060 But you have discovered nothing. 297 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,340 We have advanced not a jot since the moment we left London. 298 00:21:16,260 --> 00:21:17,560 Although, indeed, that is not true. 299 00:21:18,100 --> 00:21:20,640 You have discovered two things, both falsehoods. 300 00:21:21,180 --> 00:21:23,260 One, a squalid piece of gossip. 301 00:21:24,140 --> 00:21:28,920 And the other, an apocryphal and insulting fancy about the origins of my 302 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:29,920 patron. 303 00:21:31,310 --> 00:21:35,390 I did not implore you to come here to blacken the name of the Holdernesses, 304 00:21:35,510 --> 00:21:36,510 Holmes. 305 00:21:37,470 --> 00:21:39,210 Calm yourself, Dr. Huxtable. 306 00:21:41,750 --> 00:21:43,850 We have, in fact, found some way. 307 00:21:45,110 --> 00:21:48,410 I can, for example, describe to you in some detail what took place at this 308 00:21:48,410 --> 00:21:50,110 school on that fateful night. 309 00:21:51,510 --> 00:21:55,890 Also the behaviour of your excellent and faithful German master. 310 00:21:57,130 --> 00:21:58,350 Faithful? Heidegger? 311 00:21:59,410 --> 00:22:00,410 What, sir? 312 00:22:04,490 --> 00:22:07,450 Herr Heidegger retired to his room soon after 11 o 'clock. 313 00:22:07,870 --> 00:22:09,650 He was the duty master that night. 314 00:22:10,290 --> 00:22:13,210 Now my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson, will impersonate. 315 00:22:16,950 --> 00:22:21,070 Heidegger has still two hours' work ahead of him, and it's been a long day. 316 00:22:22,230 --> 00:22:24,910 He allows himself the comfort of removing his jacket. 317 00:22:26,190 --> 00:22:32,010 He moves across to the chest by the door and pours himself a glass of sherry. 318 00:22:35,810 --> 00:22:38,690 Badly needed fortification for the task that lies ahead. 319 00:22:45,970 --> 00:22:52,510 He collects the candle and moves to his desk to correct 22 exercise 320 00:22:52,510 --> 00:22:58,810 books, which contain not only grammatical exercises, but also a 321 00:22:58,810 --> 00:22:59,810 composition. 322 00:23:02,430 --> 00:23:04,410 You see my point, Dr. Huxtable. 323 00:23:04,970 --> 00:23:07,510 It would have been well after midnight if he had done nothing else. 324 00:23:08,850 --> 00:23:10,650 When his candle failed him. 325 00:23:13,070 --> 00:23:16,050 The candles are kept in the chest by the door. 326 00:23:16,530 --> 00:23:20,810 He rises from the desk to fetch another one, but he cannot see to find them. 327 00:23:22,290 --> 00:23:25,950 So he turns to the window to draw the curtains to see better by the moonlight. 328 00:23:29,950 --> 00:23:31,990 Across the rooftops in the gate tower. 329 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,300 The boy has been waiting for darkness, knowing that his flight must not be 330 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:38,300 observed. 331 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:45,380 Herr Heidegger watches as the boy hurries across the ledge to keep his 332 00:23:45,380 --> 00:23:46,980 prearranged meeting by the river. 333 00:23:50,660 --> 00:23:56,420 Sensing the enormity of what was taking place, Heidegger runs to the door, 334 00:23:56,700 --> 00:24:02,240 knocking over what remains of his glass of sherry, and he goes. 335 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:07,160 I see. 336 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:09,560 Thank you. 337 00:24:10,860 --> 00:24:14,680 It seems I misjudged him. The wisdom of his choice to pursue the boy is 338 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,600 questionable. I believe his fate may be sealed. 339 00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:20,860 You'll love him, Mr. Holmes. 340 00:24:21,940 --> 00:24:25,760 You mean... I hope not, but if my reasoning is correct, then I do fear for 341 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:29,120 And the boy? 342 00:24:30,740 --> 00:24:34,760 The key to that, Dr. Huxtable, remains right there. 343 00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:39,260 Beyond the grove is green. 344 00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,240 Poor beast. 345 00:25:03,220 --> 00:25:04,300 Carrying crows. 346 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:06,360 They've earned their name. 347 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,420 So we're assuming the boy was taken away on horseback, are we not? 348 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,680 Certainly. Otherwise, Heidegger would not have needed a bicycle to pursue 349 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,320 But the only tracks we found, a cattle herd. 350 00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:21,900 Holmes? 351 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:25,560 Holmes? 352 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:27,840 A track, Watson! 353 00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:30,060 A track! 354 00:25:32,060 --> 00:25:37,080 A bicycle? 355 00:25:38,050 --> 00:25:43,190 Certainly a bicycle, but not the bicycle. I'm familiar with 42 different 356 00:25:43,190 --> 00:25:44,290 impressions left by tyres. 357 00:25:44,790 --> 00:25:50,030 This is a Dunlop with a patch upon the outer cover. 358 00:25:51,170 --> 00:25:53,210 Heidegger's tyres were Palmer's. 359 00:25:54,770 --> 00:25:56,330 This is not Heidegger's track. 360 00:25:58,550 --> 00:25:59,409 Who's that? 361 00:25:59,410 --> 00:26:00,410 Who's indeed? 362 00:26:06,410 --> 00:26:07,410 These are parma tracks. 363 00:26:07,570 --> 00:26:08,790 There has been this way. 364 00:26:14,890 --> 00:26:16,010 Absolutely extraordinary. 365 00:26:19,550 --> 00:26:23,810 Dunlop tracks, for 150 yards, they vanish. 366 00:26:24,650 --> 00:26:30,350 And parma tracks, quite clear, leading to these rocks, they vanish too. 367 00:26:32,110 --> 00:26:34,870 Not a sign of a horse anywhere. 368 00:26:35,190 --> 00:26:36,190 Watson, you have a... 369 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,380 Blazing talent for observing the obvious. 370 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:44,580 Should have brought some luncheon. 371 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:50,080 Anyway, what was there Heidegger cycling after? Cows? 372 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,000 Presumably they didn't abduct the child on the back of a cow. 373 00:27:00,260 --> 00:27:02,960 All traces of horses obliterated. 374 00:27:03,850 --> 00:27:07,530 With much evidence, the two bicycles have vanished into thin air. 375 00:27:08,010 --> 00:27:09,010 Impossible. 376 00:27:09,270 --> 00:27:13,350 Precisely. It is impossible as we have stated it. Therefore, in some respect, 377 00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:14,650 must have stated it wrong. 378 00:27:17,150 --> 00:27:18,150 Ah. 379 00:27:19,330 --> 00:27:23,170 There's a hostelry marked on the further edge of the moor. 380 00:27:24,210 --> 00:27:25,210 Holmes? 381 00:27:26,330 --> 00:27:28,230 There's a hostelry on the Chesterfield Road. 382 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,260 Yes, if we keep on this line, we should come up to it. 383 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,140 Well, that's where I'm going to try my luck. 384 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:44,680 I'm hungry. 385 00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:53,100 Oh. 386 00:27:54,460 --> 00:27:58,340 Lunch! Of course, my dear fellow, you must be starving. 387 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:00,360 Now, observe that map. 388 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,800 You will see that there is a hospital there, about three miles in the 389 00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:09,980 We'll need some food if we're going to face the Duke's hold, Miss Nathan. 390 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:29,540 Nothing? 391 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:33,840 I must tell his grave. 392 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:46,920 Nothing? 393 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:49,840 Nothing. 394 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:51,200 I'm sorry. 395 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:30,680 It's locked. 396 00:29:34,260 --> 00:29:35,980 Primitive, but forceful. 397 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:38,220 As sporting portraits go. 398 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,440 Mr. Reuben Hayes? 399 00:29:48,940 --> 00:29:51,940 How do you know my name? It's painted over the door. 400 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,180 We were looking for some refreshment. 401 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:56,880 Were you? 402 00:29:57,270 --> 00:29:59,290 And would be obliged if you could furnish it. 403 00:29:59,990 --> 00:30:00,990 Would you? 404 00:30:02,090 --> 00:30:03,090 We would. 405 00:30:04,290 --> 00:30:05,310 You're a best -ass woman. 406 00:30:13,210 --> 00:30:14,210 Insufferable lout. 407 00:30:16,510 --> 00:30:20,430 If we're going all the way to Holderness Hall this afternoon, let us go the 408 00:30:20,430 --> 00:30:22,030 highest of the run -pieces there can be. 409 00:30:22,850 --> 00:30:23,850 What do you say? 410 00:30:37,420 --> 00:30:38,420 How far are you taking them? 411 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:39,920 Just to the hall and back. 412 00:30:40,660 --> 00:30:41,920 You know the way, I just say. 413 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:44,500 I worked there for 15 years. 414 00:30:49,020 --> 00:30:50,020 Yeah, 415 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:52,400 you can take them. 416 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,080 My work is to hate you. You've injured yourself. 417 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:00,960 Snap. 418 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,160 I am a doctor, Phil, and I assure you it is. You should have it attended. 419 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:06,720 How did you come by it? 420 00:31:07,420 --> 00:31:08,500 One of me dog did it. 421 00:31:11,820 --> 00:31:12,960 What about them? 422 00:31:15,260 --> 00:31:18,480 Well, the judge has announced they were that far apart. 423 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,220 What animal would make such a scrap? 424 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,700 Probably a descendant of champion jerk. 425 00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:30,160 Cockfighting is forbidden by law and has been for 50 years. 426 00:31:30,620 --> 00:31:34,200 Many things are forbidden by law. What law is there in such places as these? 427 00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:39,680 Ah, excellent, Mrs Beckett. Thank you. What have you got? 428 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,540 White pudding, sweets, and this. 429 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:52,040 How is it, Watson? 430 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,180 It is disgusting, Holmes. 431 00:31:57,540 --> 00:31:58,540 That woman. 432 00:32:00,100 --> 00:32:03,420 She's frightened of something, and more than that husband of hers. 433 00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:07,240 Deception upon deception. 434 00:32:08,220 --> 00:32:10,100 What didn't end behind? 435 00:32:44,470 --> 00:32:45,670 That's odd. 436 00:32:53,650 --> 00:32:56,650 Old shoes, new nails. 437 00:33:28,919 --> 00:33:31,300 Gentlemen, His Grace will see you now. 438 00:33:43,820 --> 00:33:45,080 Ah, Mr. 439 00:33:45,580 --> 00:33:47,960 Wilder. Mr. Holmes, Dr. Watson. 440 00:33:48,620 --> 00:33:49,820 Welcome to Holderness Hall. 441 00:33:50,500 --> 00:33:52,120 His Grace will be joining us shortly. 442 00:33:52,460 --> 00:33:55,100 We are placing high hopes on your skills, Mr. Holmes. 443 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,000 Do you bring news? 444 00:33:57,290 --> 00:33:59,550 There is just one point on which I need to be satisfied. 445 00:34:00,030 --> 00:34:01,030 Yes, Mr. Holmes? 446 00:34:01,830 --> 00:34:03,970 It concerns the Duke's private cause. 447 00:34:06,230 --> 00:34:09,469 Earth of Grace's private secretary. Perhaps I can be of some assistance. 448 00:34:09,810 --> 00:34:14,010 I believe His Grace wrote to his son upon the day this incident occurred. 449 00:34:14,790 --> 00:34:17,670 No, I believe he wrote on the day before. Yes, but he would have received 450 00:34:17,670 --> 00:34:18,670 upon that day. 451 00:34:19,050 --> 00:34:20,050 Yes, quite probably. 452 00:34:20,850 --> 00:34:24,350 Might there have been anything in that letter which would have prompted the boy 453 00:34:24,350 --> 00:34:25,350 to run away? 454 00:34:25,409 --> 00:34:26,530 Oh, I hardly think so. 455 00:34:27,380 --> 00:34:29,580 Anyway, he would have run here, if anywhere. 456 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,100 Or to his mother in Italy. 457 00:34:32,420 --> 00:34:33,420 No, sir. 458 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:42,159 Lord Salter would realise the impossibility of achieving such a goal, 459 00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:45,239 if abetted by this German. 460 00:34:46,260 --> 00:34:49,820 He is an intelligent and practical child. 461 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:51,540 And yet he cries in his sleep. 462 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:56,280 Did his grace post the letter himself? 463 00:34:56,969 --> 00:34:59,090 His Grace was not in the habit of posting letters. 464 00:34:59,890 --> 00:35:04,010 The letter was laid with others upon the study table, and I myself put them 465 00:35:04,010 --> 00:35:09,390 there. The only other person who would handle them would be Rivers, who 466 00:35:09,390 --> 00:35:10,610 the daily post to the Lord. 467 00:35:10,890 --> 00:35:12,590 And you're sure this letter was among them? 468 00:35:13,050 --> 00:35:13,649 Oh, yes. 469 00:35:13,650 --> 00:35:14,650 I observed it. 470 00:35:15,570 --> 00:35:17,670 And what have you observed, Mr. Holmes? 471 00:35:19,270 --> 00:35:20,970 How does your investigation progress? 472 00:35:22,290 --> 00:35:23,630 Are you to disappoint me? 473 00:35:24,910 --> 00:35:28,870 I hope still to render your dress a happier and myself a richer man. 474 00:35:29,270 --> 00:35:30,290 But what have you discovered? 475 00:35:32,090 --> 00:35:33,690 It was mostly a matter of clarification. 476 00:35:35,230 --> 00:35:38,710 My belief is that the boy was tempted out of the school by a prearrangement, 477 00:35:38,710 --> 00:35:42,670 I suspect that his mother may have been the bait. 478 00:35:45,130 --> 00:35:48,730 The German master observed his departure and set off in pursuit. 479 00:35:51,530 --> 00:35:55,630 We tracked the passage of his bicycle across the moors with much difficulty. 480 00:35:57,090 --> 00:36:02,150 It is almost as if the tracks were deliberately expunged by someone... 481 00:36:02,150 --> 00:36:05,790 Mr. Holmes? 482 00:36:08,090 --> 00:36:11,730 Someone driving cattle. You don't happen to know if the cattle on the moor... 483 00:36:11,730 --> 00:36:12,730 What about them? 484 00:36:13,050 --> 00:36:14,610 I hope you have seen none. 485 00:36:15,670 --> 00:36:18,990 We cannot winter cattle outside in our upland climate. 486 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,500 They will not be out of the yard for at least another two weeks. 487 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,040 I have been as blind as a beetle. 488 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:32,880 I thank you, Grace. 489 00:36:37,540 --> 00:36:42,120 Old shoes and new nails! Old shoes and new nails! Is there something you should 490 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,480 see? It is a remarkable car that trots, canters and gallops! 491 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,100 Did you see those horseshoes? I saw them! 492 00:37:08,020 --> 00:37:09,480 It's bad, Watson. 493 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:10,840 Bad. 494 00:37:13,980 --> 00:37:16,360 Those vultures of the north mark the spot. 495 00:37:32,010 --> 00:37:33,010 German master. 496 00:37:38,250 --> 00:37:39,450 What left of him? 497 00:38:08,110 --> 00:38:09,110 Skin and blood. 498 00:38:09,590 --> 00:38:11,590 Only a microscope would tell if it's human. 499 00:38:11,810 --> 00:38:15,610 Like a fifth of that eye to scratch it on Hazy's neck. Oh, yes. Cause of death. 500 00:38:16,530 --> 00:38:18,770 Strangulation. The larynx is quite crushed. 501 00:38:19,170 --> 00:38:22,750 That shepherd can be our messenger to the Friday school with the news of this 502 00:38:22,750 --> 00:38:23,750 tragedy. 503 00:38:24,150 --> 00:38:29,170 We must proceed on foot, Watson. I was warm at that inn. 504 00:38:30,110 --> 00:38:31,910 Warm, as the children say. 505 00:38:32,470 --> 00:38:36,190 The trail grows colder every step I take away from it. 506 00:38:54,190 --> 00:38:55,410 It's all over now, Arthur. 507 00:39:04,190 --> 00:39:05,250 Reuben Hayes. 508 00:39:05,690 --> 00:39:06,970 Let's hope we're not too late. 509 00:39:10,330 --> 00:39:12,550 Adonald! With a patch on the outer cover! 510 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:30,160 I'm satisfied that you had no liking for this business and that you acted under 511 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:31,160 coercion. 512 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,420 Someone came for the boy. 513 00:39:36,940 --> 00:39:38,680 The Duke's secretary, Mr. Wilder. 514 00:39:44,740 --> 00:39:45,940 Which way did they go? 515 00:39:48,180 --> 00:39:49,260 Across the moor? 516 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:51,620 Towards the Chesterfield Road. 517 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:53,620 Will Buick come then? 518 00:39:58,890 --> 00:40:03,470 You are now the boy's guardian angel. 519 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:45,520 Come on. 520 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:53,740 I fancy I see your greatest checkbook upon your desk. 521 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,460 I'd be glad if you'd make me out a check for 6 ,000 pounds. 522 00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,820 Perhaps it would be best if you were to cross it. 523 00:41:00,340 --> 00:41:03,500 Capital and Counties Bank, Oxford Street branch are my agents. 524 00:41:03,980 --> 00:41:07,640 I do not possess the temperament, Mr. Holmes, but appreciate the kind of 525 00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:09,900 acidulous pleasantry that clearly amuses you. 526 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:13,480 I am sorry, but I do not see how James... 527 00:41:13,710 --> 00:41:17,450 Mr. Wilder could possibly be implicated in this business, and you have urged no 528 00:41:17,450 --> 00:41:20,030 proof of it. But I present the proof. It is beyond debate. 529 00:41:21,390 --> 00:41:25,370 The mud is scarcely dry upon the cloven horseshoes in your casements. Why do you 530 00:41:25,370 --> 00:41:26,370 doubt my word? 531 00:41:26,830 --> 00:41:30,350 You seem to suffer from a blindness to your own interests, which borders on 532 00:41:30,350 --> 00:41:31,350 madness. 533 00:41:32,330 --> 00:41:33,330 The brave. 534 00:41:34,830 --> 00:41:40,650 Those portraits in the hall of you and your father as young men. 535 00:41:42,410 --> 00:41:44,910 There your family lineaments are very clear. 536 00:41:45,670 --> 00:41:47,130 How long has Mr. 537 00:41:47,370 --> 00:41:48,530 Wilde been in your service? 538 00:41:48,890 --> 00:41:50,470 What is your meaning? 539 00:41:50,850 --> 00:41:53,250 How dare you, sir? 540 00:41:53,530 --> 00:41:59,070 You do not understand. You are a barbarian. You will never... Please 541 00:41:59,070 --> 00:42:02,250 immediately. I will... I... 542 00:42:11,180 --> 00:42:12,220 It is as I suspected. 543 00:42:18,660 --> 00:42:20,920 Mr. James Wilder is your son. 544 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:38,100 When I was a very young man, Mr. Holmes, I loved... 545 00:42:40,590 --> 00:42:44,090 with such a love as comes only once in a lifetime. 546 00:42:46,930 --> 00:42:53,770 I offered the lady marriage, but she refused it on the grounds that 547 00:42:53,770 --> 00:42:58,310 such a match might mar my career. 548 00:43:01,170 --> 00:43:05,990 Had she lived, I would certainly never have married anyone else, but 549 00:43:05,990 --> 00:43:09,310 she died. 550 00:43:11,150 --> 00:43:17,990 And left this one child, James, whom for her sake 551 00:43:17,990 --> 00:43:20,510 I have tended and cared for. 552 00:43:22,010 --> 00:43:28,170 I could not acknowledge paternity to the world, but in all other ways, I have 553 00:43:28,170 --> 00:43:29,470 treated him like my son. 554 00:43:32,430 --> 00:43:38,950 He has required, but not warranted, a father's forgiveness many 555 00:43:38,950 --> 00:43:39,950 times. 556 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:42,640 And I have forgiven. 557 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:45,160 I have forgiven. 558 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:50,500 I have forgiven much. 559 00:43:53,980 --> 00:43:56,540 Your Grace, you have done all you can for Mr. Wilder. 560 00:43:58,420 --> 00:44:00,680 You must realize that he is lost to you. 561 00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:06,140 He is conspired to have died, Lord Salter. He is an accessory to a murder, 562 00:44:06,220 --> 00:44:07,220 however unwittingly. 563 00:44:08,220 --> 00:44:09,460 He must be found. 564 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:13,700 before he's tempted to a crime even more terrible. 565 00:44:15,860 --> 00:44:21,620 He must be found before you lose the son that is left to you. 566 00:44:37,780 --> 00:44:38,780 Reverse. 567 00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:43,540 You are to organize the search of the moor westwards in a line from the temple 568 00:44:43,540 --> 00:44:44,540 to the pavilion. 569 00:44:45,100 --> 00:44:48,020 You are to employ the entire staff without exception. 570 00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:53,740 You are looking for my son, Lord Falter. 571 00:44:56,200 --> 00:45:03,060 If you find Mr. Wilder, please see that he is detained and 572 00:45:03,060 --> 00:45:04,140 brought to me. 573 00:45:16,109 --> 00:45:20,270 Wilder intercepted your letter and substituted a note which deceived your 574 00:45:20,270 --> 00:45:21,930 into believing that he was to see his mother. 575 00:45:22,950 --> 00:45:26,750 The murderous Hayes was his paid accomplice, but the police have been 576 00:45:26,750 --> 00:45:27,750 Hayes will not escape. 577 00:45:27,890 --> 00:45:28,890 What? 578 00:45:30,810 --> 00:45:33,450 I tracked them off into the moor, but they disappeared. 579 00:45:34,010 --> 00:45:38,170 I searched the area, but it's as if the earth just swallowed them up. 580 00:45:39,750 --> 00:45:44,930 With my return to your family history, I seem to recall mention of a huge, 581 00:45:45,370 --> 00:45:48,650 Limestone cavern, where the children's cattle were penned. 582 00:45:49,730 --> 00:45:50,770 The cathedral. 583 00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:29,380 I was disposed to love Francesca, not with a boy's passion, but with a man's 584 00:48:29,380 --> 00:48:30,380 love. 585 00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:39,020 My marriage to her founded on James's jealousy. 586 00:48:45,100 --> 00:48:49,840 As long as I could see his mother's faith and manner in him, 587 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:55,340 James knew he could keep me from the love I owed my wife. 588 00:48:58,980 --> 00:49:02,340 Even his cruelty to Arthur. 589 00:49:04,580 --> 00:49:06,980 I could not send him away even for that. 590 00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:11,460 So I sent Arthur away instead. 591 00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:15,800 What did he hope to achieve by kidnapping his brother? 592 00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:18,040 Money? 593 00:49:21,759 --> 00:49:23,800 Legitimacy? And power. 594 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:26,520 Power over me. 595 00:49:27,940 --> 00:49:34,920 He delighted in exercising power over me, whom he knew to have 596 00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:37,600 denied him power. 597 00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:40,840 But you suspected that he was behind the abduction. 598 00:49:41,380 --> 00:49:43,740 In my darkest moments, yes. 599 00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:48,480 Yet somehow I hoped to... 600 00:49:51,340 --> 00:49:52,340 Save him. 601 00:49:54,980 --> 00:49:58,820 Well, a long penance it has seemed. 602 00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:07,320 I can only hope that Francesca will forgive me. 603 00:50:21,770 --> 00:50:22,850 Thank you, Mr. Holmes. 604 00:50:25,510 --> 00:50:26,510 You're great. 605 00:50:29,550 --> 00:50:32,370 This is a king's ransom. 606 00:50:34,410 --> 00:50:36,310 You have given me back my future.