1 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:13,113 Come here, lad. 2 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:28,087 What are you doing on my property? 3 00:01:29,756 --> 00:01:31,799 I've come to claim back what's rightfully mine, sir. 4 00:01:32,550 --> 00:01:35,302 That thieving young rascal made off with some horseshoes and 5 00:01:35,470 --> 00:01:36,970 a bag of nails from my smithy. 6 00:01:44,646 --> 00:01:45,979 Where is your proof? 7 00:01:48,566 --> 00:01:50,317 The proof is, I'll find them there. 8 00:01:51,986 --> 00:01:54,571 Now, l don't want to be forced to call the police. 9 00:01:57,325 --> 00:02:03,330 These people are guests of mine, but you are trespassing, Mr. Thorn. 10 00:02:06,042 --> 00:02:07,668 l'm not afraid of you, Doctor. 11 00:02:09,087 --> 00:02:10,504 Get off my land! 12 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:43,036 Please, come back soon. 13 00:02:43,538 --> 00:02:46,373 My dear, there is nothing whatever to worry about. 14 00:02:47,041 --> 00:02:49,126 We should be married in a few weeks, 15 00:02:51,546 --> 00:02:53,213 I'm just on my way back to Llondon. 16 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:56,216 Goodbye, sir, 17 00:02:57,552 --> 00:02:59,887 and thank you for a most pleasant weekend. 18 00:03:00,889 --> 00:03:03,557 I mean to improve my game of chess before my next visit. 19 00:03:05,143 --> 00:03:09,396 Oh, yes, l see. You weren't an unworthy opponent. 20 00:03:10,064 --> 00:03:10,564 Thank you, sir. 21 00:03:15,069 --> 00:03:16,904 I'm just seeing Percy down to the gates, Father. 22 00:03:30,460 --> 00:03:32,419 Drive on and wait for me by the gate, will you. 23 00:03:56,444 --> 00:04:00,405 The fellow was trespassing, he had a dunking, and that is all. 24 00:04:02,617 --> 00:04:04,952 Father, I cannot believe that Thorn would deliberate- 25 00:04:05,119 --> 00:04:06,453 Dammit, woman 26 00:04:08,039 --> 00:04:10,958 Are you part of the conspiracy against me, too? 27 00:04:15,296 --> 00:04:17,756 No, Father, l live here. 28 00:04:24,597 --> 00:04:25,973 But not for much longer, eh, 29 00:04:27,850 --> 00:04:30,811 once you marry that fellow Armitage. 30 00:05:03,177 --> 00:05:04,636 Yes, what is it? 31 00:05:07,682 --> 00:05:10,851 Father, what has happened to my room? 32 00:05:11,477 --> 00:05:13,645 The builders found a fault in the structure, 33 00:05:13,771 --> 00:05:17,149 better sleep in your sister's room till they've finished working on it. 34 00:05:18,026 --> 00:05:22,362 Julia's room, l can't sleep in there. 35 00:05:23,906 --> 00:05:24,948 Why not, Pray? 36 00:05:26,367 --> 00:05:27,534 l can't. 37 00:05:28,745 --> 00:05:31,204 What is the matter, it's a perfectly good room. 38 00:05:31,414 --> 00:05:33,165 l've instructed the housekeeper to prepare it for you. 39 00:05:33,291 --> 00:05:35,542 Now run along, your baggage, and goodnight. 40 00:06:49,117 --> 00:06:55,205 Hello there young beauty, good night, good night. 41 00:07:57,643 --> 00:07:58,852 I'm very sorry, Watson, 42 00:08:00,104 --> 00:08:02,189 but it seems to be the common lot this morning. 43 00:08:05,234 --> 00:08:05,692 What? 44 00:08:06,235 --> 00:08:10,697 Mrs. Hudson has been roused, she retorted on me, and l on you. 45 00:08:12,033 --> 00:08:16,536 But it's only a quarter past seven. what is it, a fire? 46 00:08:17,538 --> 00:08:20,207 No, No, a client. 47 00:08:22,543 --> 00:08:24,878 This will take a moment to draw, sir. 48 00:08:25,588 --> 00:08:26,963 But only a moment, 49 00:08:27,798 --> 00:08:30,550 Mrs. Hudson is a mistress of the art of fire lighting. 50 00:08:30,801 --> 00:08:34,387 Ah, this is my intimate friend and associate, Dr. Watson, 51 00:08:34,555 --> 00:08:38,058 before whom you may speak as freely as before myself. 52 00:08:39,060 --> 00:08:39,726 How do you do? 53 00:08:41,229 --> 00:08:43,730 Mrs. Hudson, do you think you could bring this young lady 54 00:08:43,898 --> 00:08:47,400 a hot cup of coffee, for l observed you are shivering, 55 00:08:49,278 --> 00:08:51,488 lt is not cold which makes me shiver. 56 00:08:52,865 --> 00:08:53,406 What, then? 57 00:08:56,327 --> 00:08:58,078 lt is fear, Mr. Holmes. 58 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:00,497 It is terror. 59 00:09:01,332 --> 00:09:02,249 You must not fear, 60 00:09:03,626 --> 00:09:06,086 we shall set matters right, have no doubt. 61 00:09:09,924 --> 00:09:11,758 You have come by train, I see, this morning. 62 00:09:13,094 --> 00:09:14,094 You know me, then? 63 00:09:14,595 --> 00:09:17,264 No, but I observed the second half of a return ticket 64 00:09:17,431 --> 00:09:18,932 in the palm of your left glove. 65 00:09:20,309 --> 00:09:22,561 You started early, but you had a drive 66 00:09:23,271 --> 00:09:26,940 in a dog-cart, along heavy roads, before you reached the station. 67 00:09:27,817 --> 00:09:29,192 There is no mystery, my dear lady, 68 00:09:29,860 --> 00:09:31,945 the left arm of your jacket is spattered with mud 69 00:09:32,113 --> 00:09:35,949 in no less than seven places. the marks are fresh. 70 00:09:36,742 --> 00:09:41,454 There is no vehicle save a dog-cart which throws up mud in that particular way, 71 00:09:41,622 --> 00:09:45,125 and then only when you sit on the left-hand side of the driver. 72 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:48,128 You are perfectly correct. 73 00:09:49,338 --> 00:09:53,133 Sir, I can stand the strain no longer. I shall go mad if it continues. 74 00:09:55,886 --> 00:09:57,929 I have heard of you from Mrs. Farintosh, 75 00:09:58,472 --> 00:10:00,223 whom you helped in the hour of her sore need 76 00:10:02,310 --> 00:10:03,310 Farintosh. 77 00:10:13,154 --> 00:10:14,154 My dear Helen, 78 00:10:14,947 --> 00:10:18,158 it is difficult for me to advise you since you present so few facts, 79 00:10:18,659 --> 00:10:21,244 but I know you to be a sensible girl, not prone to hysterics. 80 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:24,623 I was one of your poor, dear mother's oldest friends. 81 00:10:25,333 --> 00:10:28,251 I can only suggest that if your fears persist, 82 00:10:29,003 --> 00:10:31,630 you should contact Mr. Sherlock Holmes. 83 00:10:33,341 --> 00:10:37,010 221 B Baker Street. 84 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:43,016 Farintosh, oh, yes, I do remember the case. It concerned an opal tiara. 85 00:10:43,184 --> 00:10:45,352 l think it was before your time, Watson. 86 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:47,687 Thank you, Mrs. Hudson. 87 00:10:49,357 --> 00:10:51,524 Sir, do you not think you could help me, too? 88 00:10:52,193 --> 00:10:54,778 At present it is out of my power to reward you, but 89 00:10:55,029 --> 00:10:57,864 in a few weeks l should be married with control of my own income. 90 00:10:57,990 --> 00:11:00,533 l shall be happy to devote the same care 91 00:11:00,701 --> 00:11:02,994 to your case as to that of your friend. 92 00:11:03,829 --> 00:11:09,000 As to reward my profession is its own reward, but you are at liberty to defray 93 00:11:09,126 --> 00:11:12,962 whatever expenses I may be put to at the time which suits you best. 94 00:11:13,089 --> 00:11:17,050 And now I beg you, lay everything before us 95 00:11:17,218 --> 00:11:19,886 which may help us form an opinion upon the matter. 96 00:11:22,890 --> 00:11:24,391 My name is Helen Stoner. 97 00:11:25,267 --> 00:11:27,894 I live with my stepfather. Dr. Grimesby Roylott, 98 00:11:28,229 --> 00:11:31,690 who is the last survivor of one of the oldest Saxon families in England, 99 00:11:32,108 --> 00:11:35,068 The Roylotts of Stoke Mo ran, the name is familiar to me. 100 00:11:36,278 --> 00:11:39,239 He is a doctor by profession, a skilled one. 101 00:11:40,324 --> 00:11:44,160 For some years he had a large and flourishing practice in India, in Calcutta. 102 00:11:46,664 --> 00:11:50,375 Dr. Watson has also practiced medicine in lndia. 103 00:11:50,793 --> 00:11:54,254 Yes, attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers. 104 00:11:55,423 --> 00:11:56,923 Pray continue, Miss Stoner. 105 00:11:58,592 --> 00:12:00,427 In Calcutta, he married my mother. 106 00:12:01,637 --> 00:12:04,931 She was the young widow of Major General Stoner of the Bengal General artillery, 107 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:09,436 I was only two at the time of mother's remarriage, 108 00:12:09,603 --> 00:12:12,355 and my sister, Julia, was five years older. 109 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:18,027 Our mother had a considerable sum of money not less than a thousand a year, 110 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:21,948 and this she bequeathed to Dr. Roylott entirely while we resided with him. 111 00:12:22,116 --> 00:12:24,200 Forgive me, your mother has passed on? 112 00:12:26,162 --> 00:12:29,038 Shortly after our return to England she was killed 113 00:12:30,791 --> 00:12:32,459 in a railway accident near Crewe. 114 00:12:35,629 --> 00:12:39,632 My stepfather then abandoned his attempts to establish himself in practice in Llondon 115 00:12:39,884 --> 00:12:42,135 and took us to live in his ancestral house at Stoke Moran. 116 00:12:42,303 --> 00:12:45,138 But the money your mother left you was enough for all your wants, 117 00:12:45,306 --> 00:12:47,807 so that was no obstacle to your happiness? 118 00:12:49,643 --> 00:12:51,978 A terrible change came over my stepfather, 119 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:56,149 instead of making friends and exchanging visits with our neighbors, 120 00:12:56,317 --> 00:12:59,652 who at first were overjoyed to see a Roylott back in the family seat, 121 00:13:00,821 --> 00:13:03,823 he shut himself up in the house and indulged in ferocious quarrels. 122 00:13:04,492 --> 00:13:07,952 At times it was and still is hard to keep him out of the police courts. 123 00:13:08,829 --> 00:13:10,163 He's become the terror of the village. 124 00:13:10,289 --> 00:13:11,998 Does he permit any visitors? 125 00:13:12,124 --> 00:13:17,086 No, except my fiance and some wandering gypsies. 126 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:18,671 Gypsies? 127 00:13:18,923 --> 00:13:22,175 Vvagabonds, whom he has given leave to encamp on his land. 128 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:26,012 Sometimes he goes away with them for days at a time. 129 00:13:29,016 --> 00:13:31,518 You can imagine from what I'm saying that my- 130 00:13:32,269 --> 00:13:35,522 poor sister Julia and I had no great pleasure in our lives. 131 00:13:37,358 --> 00:13:40,527 No servant would stay long so we did all the work of the house. 132 00:13:43,781 --> 00:13:45,657 She was but 30 when I lost her, 133 00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:50,537 but already her hair had begun to whiten, even as mine has. 134 00:13:51,956 --> 00:13:53,122 Your sister is dead? 135 00:13:54,083 --> 00:13:58,670 Just two years ago. lt is of that l wish to talk to you. 136 00:14:06,220 --> 00:14:08,012 Lliving the life we did, 137 00:14:08,138 --> 00:14:11,516 we were little likely to see anyone of our own age and position, 138 00:14:13,018 --> 00:14:15,353 but we were occasionally allowed short visits. 139 00:14:16,564 --> 00:14:17,564 Two years ago, 140 00:14:17,731 --> 00:14:21,985 Julia met a half-pay major of marines, to whom she became engaged. 141 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:25,822 Your stepfather approved of the match? 142 00:14:27,908 --> 00:14:29,659 He raised no objection at all. 143 00:14:32,246 --> 00:14:33,705 A fortnight before the wedding 144 00:14:35,374 --> 00:14:38,710 a terrible event occurred which deprived me of my only companion. 145 00:14:39,169 --> 00:14:43,256 Pray be precise as to details. 146 00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:47,093 It is easy, 147 00:14:49,179 --> 00:14:51,931 every event of that night is seared into my memory. 148 00:14:55,060 --> 00:14:57,103 lt was late, about 1 1 :00. 149 00:14:58,314 --> 00:14:59,898 Julia had come into my room, 150 00:15:09,450 --> 00:15:11,409 He's smoking those awful cigars again. 151 00:15:14,455 --> 00:15:16,456 Perhaps you should have this room until the wedding. 152 00:15:24,506 --> 00:15:29,928 Oh, Helen, oh, I feel so happy. 153 00:15:33,682 --> 00:15:36,559 And yet wretched that I'm leaving you here alone. 154 00:15:36,894 --> 00:15:38,227 My turn will come. 155 00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:40,647 I shall miss you. 156 00:15:41,982 --> 00:15:44,651 No, you won't, l'll come and stay. 157 00:15:45,986 --> 00:15:50,949 Besides, your major has promised to find me a brother officer of equal rank. 158 00:15:51,325 --> 00:15:53,159 and infinitely better looking. 159 00:15:59,917 --> 00:16:01,334 My darling, what is the matter? 160 00:16:05,005 --> 00:16:09,509 Helen, have you ever heard anyone whistle in the dead of night? 161 00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:15,515 l suppose you couldn't possibly whistle yourself, in your sleep? 162 00:16:17,309 --> 00:16:18,685 Certainly not, why? 163 00:16:21,855 --> 00:16:23,189 The last few nights, 164 00:16:24,191 --> 00:16:29,278 always about 3:00 in the morning, I've been woken by a low, clear whistle. 165 00:16:30,072 --> 00:16:32,699 l can't tell where it's coming from. l thought you might have heard it. 166 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:35,535 I sleep more heavily than you. 167 00:16:39,373 --> 00:16:40,873 It was probably those wretched gypsies. 168 00:16:45,671 --> 00:16:48,715 Well, never mind. 169 00:17:07,818 --> 00:17:10,903 Was it your custom always to lock yourself in at night? 170 00:17:11,321 --> 00:17:16,159 Always, my stepfather has a passion for Indian animals. 171 00:17:17,411 --> 00:17:20,580 A leopard and baboon wander freely over the grounds. 172 00:17:22,374 --> 00:17:26,377 Julia and l had no feelings of security unless our doors and windows were locked. 173 00:17:30,924 --> 00:17:32,091 l couldn't sleep. 174 00:17:34,094 --> 00:17:38,097 I had a vague feeling of misfortune. 175 00:17:44,021 --> 00:17:44,729 Julia! 176 00:18:10,964 --> 00:18:12,548 Please help me. 177 00:18:18,972 --> 00:18:20,973 Oh, my God. 178 00:18:22,476 --> 00:18:27,647 Helen, lt was the band... 179 00:18:30,150 --> 00:18:33,569 the speckled band. 180 00:18:36,031 --> 00:18:36,989 l'll get father. 181 00:18:37,533 --> 00:18:38,074 No! No! 182 00:18:42,788 --> 00:18:45,164 Go into your room child, I'll deal with this. 183 00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:07,979 I am sorry, gentlemen. 184 00:19:09,690 --> 00:19:11,524 My sister and l were very close. 185 00:19:13,026 --> 00:19:13,776 Yes indeed. 186 00:19:16,864 --> 00:19:18,948 What a mournful experience. 187 00:19:25,289 --> 00:19:27,373 And you've no idea what might have caused- 188 00:19:27,541 --> 00:19:32,211 This whistle and metallic sound, you can swear to it? 189 00:19:34,548 --> 00:19:38,885 It is my strong impression, I may possibly have been deceived. 190 00:19:39,970 --> 00:19:41,220 Was your sister dressed? 191 00:19:41,513 --> 00:19:42,972 No, she was in her night dress. 192 00:19:44,057 --> 00:19:48,019 Uh, on the floor there was a candle and the charred stump of a match. 193 00:19:48,312 --> 00:19:50,730 Which means, something must have woken her up, 194 00:19:51,398 --> 00:19:54,692 and she struck a light to see what the matter was. 195 00:19:56,737 --> 00:19:58,738 What conclusions did the coroner come to? 196 00:19:58,906 --> 00:20:00,573 He investigated the case with great care, 197 00:20:00,741 --> 00:20:03,743 but he was unable to find any satisfactory cause of death. 198 00:20:04,745 --> 00:20:06,037 And your evidence would have shown 199 00:20:06,163 --> 00:20:08,080 that the door was fastened on the inner side, 200 00:20:08,665 --> 00:20:11,709 the windows blocked by shutters, secured every night. 201 00:20:11,835 --> 00:20:15,254 lt is certain, therefore, that your sister was alone 202 00:20:17,090 --> 00:20:18,216 when she met her end. 203 00:20:19,593 --> 00:20:20,259 Yes. 204 00:20:21,178 --> 00:20:23,763 Besides, there were no marks of violence upon her. 205 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:27,725 What about poison? 206 00:20:30,562 --> 00:20:32,605 The doctors examined her for it, without success. 207 00:20:37,402 --> 00:20:41,614 What do you think this unfortunate lady died of, then? 208 00:20:44,701 --> 00:20:48,454 It's my belief that she died of pure fear and nervous shock, 209 00:20:50,332 --> 00:20:53,125 though what it was which frightened her l cannot imagine. 210 00:20:54,795 --> 00:20:57,964 What do you gather from the allusion to a band, a speckled band? 211 00:20:58,548 --> 00:20:59,382 Delirium. 212 00:21:01,343 --> 00:21:05,263 Or some band of people, 213 00:21:06,974 --> 00:21:09,225 The gypsies at the plantation have- 214 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,645 spotted handkerchiefs they wear around their necks. 215 00:21:17,317 --> 00:21:20,444 These are very deep waters. 216 00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:24,991 What happened after your sister's death? 217 00:21:26,159 --> 00:21:27,785 My life was lonelier than ever 218 00:21:29,246 --> 00:21:30,329 until a month ago, 219 00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:33,582 when a dear friend of mine, whom I have known for many years, 220 00:21:33,750 --> 00:21:35,918 did me the honor to ask for my hand in marriage. 221 00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:38,462 His name is Mr. Percy Armitage. 222 00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:41,007 And you are to be married within a few weeks. 223 00:21:43,427 --> 00:21:46,345 So what prompted you to come here when your life seems set so fair? 224 00:21:48,557 --> 00:21:52,476 Yesterday, some repairs were started and my bedroom wall was pierced 225 00:21:52,728 --> 00:21:56,605 so that last night I was forced to move into the chamber in which Julia died, 226 00:21:56,857 --> 00:21:58,941 to sleep in the very bed in which she slept. 227 00:21:59,693 --> 00:22:01,944 lmagine my terror when l was woken by the same 228 00:22:02,070 --> 00:22:04,530 low whistle which had been the herald of her own death. 229 00:22:06,241 --> 00:22:07,158 You lit a lamp? 230 00:22:07,367 --> 00:22:10,870 Yes, but nothing was to be seen. I was too shaken to sleep, 231 00:22:11,455 --> 00:22:14,373 l dressed and slipped out of the house. l got a dog-cart at the Crown lnn, 232 00:22:14,541 --> 00:22:17,668 and came to Llondon with one objective, asking your advice. 233 00:22:20,422 --> 00:22:21,380 You did wisely. 234 00:22:26,636 --> 00:22:27,887 But have you told me all? 235 00:22:28,805 --> 00:22:29,388 Yes. 236 00:22:30,474 --> 00:22:32,224 You have not, Miss Stoner. 237 00:22:35,312 --> 00:22:36,896 You are shielding your stepfather. 238 00:22:40,108 --> 00:22:41,567 He is a hard man, 239 00:22:42,819 --> 00:22:44,904 but he's still the only father l have known. 240 00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:49,575 l'd say it was time for some breakfast. 241 00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:52,578 There are a thousand details I desire to know 242 00:22:52,746 --> 00:22:54,872 before I decide on a course of action. 243 00:22:54,998 --> 00:22:57,416 lf we were to come to Stoke Moran today, 244 00:22:58,418 --> 00:23:01,087 could we see over these rooms without the knowledge of your stepfather? 245 00:23:02,422 --> 00:23:04,882 As it happens, he spoke of coming to town today on some business. 246 00:23:05,008 --> 00:23:05,758 And the workmen? 247 00:23:06,051 --> 00:23:06,884 l have seen none. 248 00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:10,096 We have a woman who comes to clean from the village, but only in the morning. 249 00:23:10,430 --> 00:23:11,597 There should be nothing to disturb you. 250 00:23:11,765 --> 00:23:13,933 Excellent. Watson, you are not averse to this trip? 251 00:23:14,810 --> 00:23:15,726 By no means. 252 00:23:16,812 --> 00:23:18,938 Then we will be with you in the early afternoon. 253 00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:20,773 I shall be there for your arrival. 254 00:23:23,944 --> 00:23:25,861 You'll stay for some breakfast, surely? 255 00:23:27,197 --> 00:23:28,030 Thank you, no. 256 00:23:33,578 --> 00:23:35,287 My heart is lightened already. 257 00:23:47,968 --> 00:23:51,095 Ah, Mrs. Hudson, thank you. 258 00:23:53,473 --> 00:23:57,643 But when you combine the ideas of whistles at night, 259 00:23:58,478 --> 00:24:01,814 the presence of a band of gypsies on intimate terms with the doctor, 260 00:24:02,482 --> 00:24:07,236 the dying allusion to a speckled band, well, 261 00:24:07,529 --> 00:24:11,657 there's good ground to believe that the mystery may be cleared along those lines. 262 00:24:18,081 --> 00:24:20,499 Which one of you is Holmes? 263 00:24:21,835 --> 00:24:26,005 My name, sir. but you have the advantage of me. 264 00:24:27,174 --> 00:24:30,176 l am Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of Stoke Moran. 265 00:24:35,682 --> 00:24:38,184 Indeed, Doctor, please take a seat. 266 00:24:38,351 --> 00:24:39,935 l shall do nothing of the kind. 267 00:24:41,188 --> 00:24:44,273 l know that my stepdaughter has been here this morning. 268 00:24:44,941 --> 00:24:46,192 What has she been saying to you? 269 00:24:47,527 --> 00:24:50,863 It is a little cold for the time of the year. 270 00:24:51,907 --> 00:24:53,532 What has she been saying to you? 271 00:24:53,658 --> 00:24:56,035 But I have heard that the crops promise well. 272 00:24:56,786 --> 00:25:02,458 Ah, you put me off, do you? You scoundrel, sir. 273 00:25:03,084 --> 00:25:04,710 l've heard of you before. 274 00:25:05,629 --> 00:25:08,881 You are Holmes, the meddler, Holmes the busybody. 275 00:25:09,049 --> 00:25:12,384 Holmes, the Scotland Yard Jack-in-office. 276 00:25:14,387 --> 00:25:18,182 Your conversation really is most entertaining, if you would close the door. 277 00:25:18,558 --> 00:25:22,394 on your way out, as there is a decided draft. 278 00:25:22,938 --> 00:25:25,147 I will go when I have said my say, 279 00:25:25,982 --> 00:25:28,734 Don't you dare to interfere in my affairs. 280 00:25:29,277 --> 00:25:32,238 l know that Miss Stoner has been here. 281 00:25:47,087 --> 00:25:49,755 I am a dangerous man to fall foul of. 282 00:25:58,723 --> 00:26:01,392 Thank you, Mrs. Hudson, just another client. 283 00:26:07,315 --> 00:26:11,360 What a very amiable person. I may not be quite so bulky, but- 284 00:26:18,618 --> 00:26:23,038 fancy his having the insolence to confound me with the official detective force. 285 00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:27,876 Ah, this incident gives zest to our investigation. 286 00:26:28,211 --> 00:26:31,130 I only hope our friend won't suffer from her imprudence in 287 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:33,215 allowing that brute to trace her here. 288 00:26:33,550 --> 00:26:38,137 One thought keeps nagging at me, Watson, Roylott's professional life in India, 289 00:26:38,638 --> 00:26:41,307 if it was so successful, why would he exchange it 290 00:26:41,474 --> 00:26:43,892 for a life of aristocratic penury? 291 00:26:44,019 --> 00:26:46,061 My friend Cooms would know. 292 00:26:46,813 --> 00:26:49,648 Cooms was in Calcutta around that time. 293 00:26:49,899 --> 00:26:52,985 Find your friend Cooms and see what you can get from him. 294 00:26:54,988 --> 00:26:58,907 I shall walk down to Doctors' Commons. where I hope to get some data 295 00:26:59,159 --> 00:27:00,784 which may help us in this matter. 296 00:27:00,910 --> 00:27:06,332 Llet us meet again at 1 :00 under the clock at Waterloo Station. 297 00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:09,335 That is, if you've finished your breakfast by then. 298 00:27:09,502 --> 00:27:11,795 Oh, and your revolver. 299 00:27:12,839 --> 00:27:14,840 l would be obliged if you would slip it into your pocket. 300 00:27:15,008 --> 00:27:17,176 An Eley 301 00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:20,471 against gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots. 302 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:24,016 That, and your toothbrush, are l think all we need. 303 00:27:27,729 --> 00:27:29,521 I've seen the will of the deceased wife. 304 00:27:30,690 --> 00:27:34,693 Her annual income at the time of her death was a little short of 1 1 00 pounds, 305 00:27:35,195 --> 00:27:39,698 but, due to the fall in agricultural prices, there's now no more than 750 pounds. 306 00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:43,160 Each girl in case of marriage, could claim 250 pounds. 307 00:27:43,286 --> 00:27:46,038 So, if both girls had married, ah, beauty, 308 00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:49,708 Grimesby Roylott would have had a mere pittance. 309 00:27:49,918 --> 00:27:52,044 And even one marriage would ruin him. 310 00:27:53,838 --> 00:27:55,881 The strongest possible motive. 311 00:28:00,136 --> 00:28:01,720 Oh, did you manage to find Cooms? 312 00:28:01,888 --> 00:28:02,554 Yes, I did. 313 00:28:03,765 --> 00:28:05,224 He proved rather hard to locate, 314 00:28:05,392 --> 00:28:08,060 but I finally managed to get him through Swanson at Bards. 315 00:28:09,312 --> 00:28:11,730 He did know Roylott in Calcutta, 316 00:28:13,149 --> 00:28:17,569 confirmed what the girl had said and added one intriguing fact. 317 00:28:18,029 --> 00:28:21,907 Now, it seems that a series of robberies had been perpetrated in his house. 318 00:28:22,325 --> 00:28:27,871 and suspicion fell on his native butler. Roylott promptly seized the man, 319 00:28:28,498 --> 00:28:31,542 and in a fit of anger beat the poor fellow to death, 320 00:28:32,752 --> 00:28:37,589 narrowly escaped a capital sentence. but suffered a long term of imprisonment, 321 00:28:38,341 --> 00:28:42,428 and returned to this country a morose and disappointed man. 322 00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:49,935 Ah, Watson, it's a wicked world. 323 00:28:51,438 --> 00:28:54,565 And when a clever man turns his brain to crime, 324 00:28:56,526 --> 00:28:57,609 it's the worst of all. 325 00:29:15,962 --> 00:29:18,464 On holiday, are you, gentlemen? 326 00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:20,758 No, we're architects, 327 00:29:21,468 --> 00:29:23,302 taking a look at some of the local houses. 328 00:29:23,470 --> 00:29:26,305 Ah, that's why you're wanting Stoke Moran. 329 00:29:26,473 --> 00:29:29,057 I didn't think it was for social reasons. 330 00:29:29,267 --> 00:29:32,478 You'll be, doing business with Dr. Roylott then? 331 00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:35,814 Yes, l believe that was the name. 332 00:29:36,483 --> 00:29:40,277 lf you don't mind a word of warning, you want to take care with him, sir. 333 00:29:40,862 --> 00:29:43,739 There are some round these parts say he's not right in the head. 334 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:45,407 Really? 335 00:29:45,742 --> 00:29:48,744 Only yesterday, Mr. Thorn, the blacksmith, 336 00:29:48,953 --> 00:29:51,830 had a most nasty experience with the Doctor 337 00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:56,001 because of those thieving gypsies who are camped in the grounds. 338 00:29:56,669 --> 00:30:00,005 Oh, yes, we've heard about the gypsies and the leopard. 339 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:04,843 The story goes, the Doctor threw Mr. Thorn in the stream 340 00:30:05,011 --> 00:30:09,515 in a fit of uncontrollable temper. And that Thorn, he's not a small man. 341 00:30:10,308 --> 00:30:13,644 Good Llord, is he bringing a charge of assault? 342 00:30:13,770 --> 00:30:17,940 He was going to, but Miss Stoner, the Doctor's young stepdaughter, 343 00:30:18,191 --> 00:30:21,693 paid him some of her own money to keep it quiet. 344 00:30:22,028 --> 00:30:23,153 Well, that's what l heard. 345 00:30:23,905 --> 00:30:25,113 Well, I never. 346 00:30:26,533 --> 00:30:27,616 Did you hear that, Holmes? 347 00:30:28,201 --> 00:30:30,494 the more I see and hear of that young lady, 348 00:30:30,787 --> 00:30:32,704 the more my admiration increases. 349 00:30:33,122 --> 00:30:35,040 young woman of commendable spirit, 350 00:30:36,042 --> 00:30:37,376 You can pull up here, driver. 351 00:30:39,087 --> 00:30:39,878 Who do you mean? 352 00:30:41,881 --> 00:30:45,133 Well, Miss Stoner, of course. Most admirable. 353 00:30:45,802 --> 00:30:47,553 Ah, Miss Stoner. 354 00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:14,204 Everything worked splendidly. Dr. Roylott has gone to Llondon 355 00:31:14,330 --> 00:31:15,747 and he won't be back before the evening. 356 00:31:16,416 --> 00:31:19,376 But we have already had the pleasure of Dr. Roylott's acquaintance. 357 00:31:20,169 --> 00:31:21,253 Goodness, he followed me? 358 00:31:21,421 --> 00:31:24,047 Yes, he turned up just after you left, 359 00:31:24,173 --> 00:31:26,717 but Holmes sent him off with a flea in his ear. 360 00:31:27,010 --> 00:31:29,928 He's so cunning, l never know when l'm safe from him. 361 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,097 Well then, he must guard himself, 362 00:31:32,974 --> 00:31:36,685 or he may find someone more cunning than himself upon his track, shall we? 363 00:31:37,937 --> 00:31:38,604 Holmes, 364 00:31:39,314 --> 00:31:42,065 don't you think we ought to get Miss Stoner away from here tonight? 365 00:31:42,191 --> 00:31:43,108 And arouse suspicion? 366 00:31:43,276 --> 00:31:44,610 But if he's violent. 367 00:31:44,777 --> 00:31:45,694 We shall be here. 368 00:32:04,464 --> 00:32:07,090 So this is Dr. Roylott's room, 369 00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:10,802 this formerly your sister's, and this your room? 370 00:32:10,970 --> 00:32:12,930 Yes, I am now sleeping in this one. 371 00:32:13,139 --> 00:32:15,474 Ah, pending the alterations. 372 00:32:16,851 --> 00:32:18,644 Miss Stoner, may I ask something? 373 00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:22,648 That's unusual, isn't it. Bedrooms on the ground floor? 374 00:32:23,608 --> 00:32:24,733 The bedrooms were moved downstairs 375 00:32:24,859 --> 00:32:26,443 when so much of the house fell into decay. 376 00:32:26,569 --> 00:32:28,987 Oh, yes, of course, how sad. 377 00:32:33,743 --> 00:32:37,329 There seems little need for repairs to this end of the house. 378 00:32:37,497 --> 00:32:41,291 There are none. l believe it was an excuse to move me from my room. 379 00:32:42,502 --> 00:32:45,420 Ah, that is suggestive. 380 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,134 Miss Stoner, would you be so kind as to go into the room 381 00:32:51,260 --> 00:32:54,346 in which you are now sleeping and bolt the shutters. 382 00:33:07,694 --> 00:33:08,652 What are you doing, Watson? 383 00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:14,449 Well, I'm using your methods, Holmes. 384 00:33:14,575 --> 00:33:16,785 seeing whether the ground has been disturbed. 385 00:33:18,413 --> 00:33:19,621 And what have you come up with? 386 00:33:21,916 --> 00:33:23,375 Your footprints, l believe, 387 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:26,211 and mine and Miss Stoner's, 388 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:28,547 and this. 389 00:33:54,907 --> 00:33:57,409 No one could pass these if they were bolted. 390 00:34:03,249 --> 00:34:06,251 Well, let's see if the inside throws any light on the matter. 391 00:34:49,962 --> 00:34:51,755 Where does that bell communicate with? 392 00:34:52,882 --> 00:34:54,466 It goes to the housekeeper's room. 393 00:34:54,801 --> 00:34:56,468 It looks newer than the other things. 394 00:34:57,011 --> 00:34:58,929 Yes, it was only put there a couple of years ago. 395 00:34:59,055 --> 00:35:00,764 Ah, your sister asked for it? 396 00:35:01,182 --> 00:35:02,474 l never heard of her using it. 397 00:35:02,642 --> 00:35:04,726 We used to get what we wanted for ourselves. 398 00:35:05,978 --> 00:35:10,315 lndeed, you will excuse me while l satisfy myself as to this floor. 399 00:35:32,171 --> 00:35:33,004 It doesn't ring. 400 00:35:34,590 --> 00:35:35,799 That's very strange. 401 00:35:50,231 --> 00:35:52,357 A ventilator into another room. 402 00:35:57,029 --> 00:36:01,449 You mean, when it might have communicated with the outside air? 403 00:36:02,493 --> 00:36:03,994 That is also quite modern. 404 00:36:04,370 --> 00:36:04,995 lndeed. 405 00:36:06,873 --> 00:36:07,873 Miss Stoner, 406 00:36:08,541 --> 00:36:12,377 with your permission, we will now carry our research to Dr. Roylott's chamber. 407 00:36:35,735 --> 00:36:36,568 What's in here? 408 00:36:37,528 --> 00:36:38,862 My stepfather's business papers. 409 00:36:38,988 --> 00:36:40,488 Ah, you've seen inside it, then? 410 00:36:40,823 --> 00:36:44,242 Only once, some years ago. l remember it was full of papers. 411 00:36:46,412 --> 00:36:48,038 Is there a cat in there? 412 00:36:49,165 --> 00:36:51,041 No, what a strange idea. 413 00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:55,337 Well, look at this! 414 00:36:57,798 --> 00:36:59,174 No, we don't keep a cat. 415 00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:03,762 Ah, well, a leopard is a large cat, after all. 416 00:37:04,847 --> 00:37:08,391 Yes, but a saucer of milk wouldn't go far in satisfying a leopard. 417 00:37:12,980 --> 00:37:15,065 The leopard is kept on a leash, is it? 418 00:37:15,858 --> 00:37:17,442 This sort of leash, Watson? 419 00:37:20,571 --> 00:37:21,780 What do you make of it? 420 00:37:22,782 --> 00:37:24,908 Well, it's a common enough dog leash but l- 421 00:37:26,494 --> 00:37:28,119 don't know why it should be tied. 422 00:37:29,121 --> 00:37:30,288 We have no dog. 423 00:37:33,626 --> 00:37:37,128 Thank you, Miss Stoner, I have seen enough. 424 00:37:57,984 --> 00:37:59,734 I was going to ask if he'd like some tea. 425 00:38:04,824 --> 00:38:07,909 Miss Stoner, it is very essential 426 00:38:08,035 --> 00:38:11,162 that you absolutely follow my advice in every respect. 427 00:38:11,455 --> 00:38:13,123 Your life may depend on it. 428 00:38:13,833 --> 00:38:15,667 l assure you that l'm in your hands. 429 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:19,504 In the first place. On the way here we passed a small cottage. 430 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:21,506 The shill house. 431 00:38:21,841 --> 00:38:25,010 Will the windows of your sister's room be visible from there? 432 00:38:25,636 --> 00:38:26,136 Yes. 433 00:38:26,679 --> 00:38:27,595 You are sure? 434 00:38:27,847 --> 00:38:28,346 Yes. 435 00:38:29,473 --> 00:38:30,682 Then we shall make it our base. 436 00:38:31,851 --> 00:38:32,767 Some refreshment? 437 00:38:33,102 --> 00:38:35,687 We shall have dine shalt we, Holmes? 438 00:38:38,566 --> 00:38:39,774 ls there a village inn? 439 00:38:40,693 --> 00:38:41,359 The Crown 440 00:38:41,610 --> 00:38:44,029 Oh, good. Thank you all the same. 441 00:38:46,198 --> 00:38:50,368 Now, Miss Stoner, when your stepfather returns, 442 00:38:50,911 --> 00:38:54,873 you must confine yourself in your room on pretense of a headache. 443 00:38:55,374 --> 00:38:57,876 Then when you hear your stepfather retire for the night, 444 00:38:58,419 --> 00:39:01,963 you must go to the windows, undo the hasp, open the shutters, 445 00:39:03,049 --> 00:39:06,551 and leave your lamp on the window sill as a signal to us. 446 00:39:06,886 --> 00:39:11,056 Then withdraw with anything you may want for the night to your old room. 447 00:39:11,182 --> 00:39:12,724 I have no doubt that, in spite of the repairs, 448 00:39:12,892 --> 00:39:14,392 you could manage there for one night. 449 00:39:14,852 --> 00:39:15,894 Oh, yes, of course. 450 00:39:18,606 --> 00:39:19,731 And now. we must leave. 451 00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:24,986 lf Dr. Roylott should return and find us here, our journey would be in vain. 452 00:39:26,739 --> 00:39:29,324 l believe, Mr. Holmes. that you've already made up your mind. 453 00:39:32,411 --> 00:39:34,913 For pity sake, tell me the cause of my sister's death. 454 00:39:36,332 --> 00:39:39,376 Be brave. lf you do as l have told you, 455 00:39:39,502 --> 00:39:42,712 rest assured we shall soon drive away the dangers that threaten you. 456 00:40:01,649 --> 00:40:04,109 Yes, it is a clear view. 457 00:40:23,921 --> 00:40:26,381 Are you expecting this to take all night, Holmes? 458 00:40:28,884 --> 00:40:33,304 lt's possible, anything's possible. 459 00:40:38,394 --> 00:40:42,897 When a doctor goes wrong he is the first of criminals. 460 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,776 He has nerve, he has knowledge. 461 00:40:48,904 --> 00:40:51,489 Palmer and Pritchard were among the heads of their profession, 462 00:40:52,575 --> 00:40:54,492 this man strikes even deeper. 463 00:40:58,497 --> 00:41:01,624 l really have some scruples taking you tonight. 464 00:41:03,669 --> 00:41:05,336 There is a distinct element of danger. 465 00:41:06,338 --> 00:41:08,089 lf l can be of assistance? 466 00:41:11,802 --> 00:41:12,760 That's very kind of you. 467 00:41:23,772 --> 00:41:28,193 You evidently saw more in those rooms than was visible to me, Holmes. 468 00:41:28,861 --> 00:41:29,319 No. 469 00:41:31,906 --> 00:41:34,032 l probably deduced a little more. 470 00:41:37,703 --> 00:41:42,207 Do you remember Miss Stoner said that her sister could smell Dr. Roylott's cigar? 471 00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:45,793 Well? 472 00:41:46,504 --> 00:41:49,380 The ventilator, a ventilator made, 473 00:41:49,548 --> 00:41:53,885 a cord hung, and a woman who lies in the bed, dies. 474 00:41:54,845 --> 00:41:56,554 l can't see any connection. 475 00:41:57,556 --> 00:42:00,558 Did you notice anything peculiar about the bed? 476 00:42:05,397 --> 00:42:07,065 It was clamped to the floor. 477 00:42:08,901 --> 00:42:12,570 It could not be moved, had to remain in the same 478 00:42:12,738 --> 00:42:20,245 relative position to the ventilator and the rope, or so we may call it, 479 00:42:21,163 --> 00:42:24,207 since it was clearly never made for a bell pull. 480 00:42:29,588 --> 00:42:31,923 l begin to see dimly what you're driving at. 481 00:42:34,510 --> 00:42:37,011 We're only just in time to prevent some 482 00:42:38,973 --> 00:42:44,018 subtle and horrible crime. 483 00:42:56,615 --> 00:42:59,117 Whoah, boy. 484 00:43:05,624 --> 00:43:07,125 Have a look at it. 485 00:43:08,210 --> 00:43:08,751 Goodnight. 486 00:44:00,346 --> 00:44:01,471 Did you have a good day? 487 00:44:08,312 --> 00:44:09,771 Not without interest. 488 00:44:14,193 --> 00:44:15,693 Where did you get to this morning? 489 00:44:18,530 --> 00:44:20,031 l decided to go to town, too. 490 00:44:22,368 --> 00:44:23,951 l had some shopping to do for the wedding. 491 00:44:28,791 --> 00:44:29,999 You knew l was going up. 492 00:44:31,710 --> 00:44:33,336 We might have traveled together. 493 00:44:35,714 --> 00:44:36,506 l left early. 494 00:44:38,300 --> 00:44:40,343 Yes, l know you did. 495 00:44:43,263 --> 00:44:44,847 So that l should be back by lunchtime, 496 00:44:44,973 --> 00:44:47,392 l had some things to do here this afternoon. 497 00:44:49,895 --> 00:44:51,020 My trip was a whim. 498 00:44:56,443 --> 00:44:59,570 You always were a good little liar. 499 00:45:05,494 --> 00:45:07,578 If you'll excuse me, I have a terrible headache. 500 00:45:14,253 --> 00:45:18,339 Holmes, the meddler, Holmes, the busybody, 501 00:45:19,591 --> 00:45:24,011 Holmes, the Scotland Yard Jack-in-office. 502 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:02,633 The signal. 503 00:46:32,873 --> 00:46:33,498 Down. 504 00:46:36,543 --> 00:46:37,627 My God, what's that? 505 00:46:40,005 --> 00:46:44,008 It's the baboon. This is a nice household. 506 00:47:10,494 --> 00:47:13,204 We must sit without light. 507 00:47:38,021 --> 00:47:42,525 Do not fall asleep. Your very life may depend upon it. 508 00:49:40,686 --> 00:49:42,520 You see it, Watson, you see it? 509 00:49:53,699 --> 00:49:54,991 What can it mean? 510 00:49:58,578 --> 00:50:02,873 It means it is over, and perhaps, for the best. 511 00:50:05,544 --> 00:50:07,378 Come Watson, bring your pistol. 512 00:50:25,188 --> 00:50:27,898 lt's the band, the speckled band. 513 00:50:29,901 --> 00:50:34,321 lt is a swamp adder, the deadliest snake in lndia. 514 00:50:35,574 --> 00:50:38,200 He has died within seconds of being bitten. 515 00:51:23,622 --> 00:51:27,416 Vviolence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, 516 00:51:28,376 --> 00:51:32,963 and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. 517 00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:39,970 The idea of a snake occurred to me when I coupled it with the knowledge 518 00:51:40,138 --> 00:51:43,474 that the Doctor was furnished with a supply of creatures from lndia. 519 00:51:43,642 --> 00:51:44,975 A form of poison, 520 00:51:45,102 --> 00:51:46,310 Rapid and lethal. 521 00:51:46,478 --> 00:51:50,147 Which couldn't possibly be discovered by any chemical test. 522 00:51:50,398 --> 00:51:54,276 It might, or might not bite the occupant of the bed. 523 00:51:54,528 --> 00:51:56,612 She might escape every night for a week, 524 00:51:56,822 --> 00:52:00,241 but sooner or later, she must fall a victim. 525 00:52:00,992 --> 00:52:02,827 Oh, my poor Julia. 526 00:52:06,623 --> 00:52:09,834 The Doctor had trained the snake, probably with the milk, 527 00:52:10,001 --> 00:52:11,669 to return at the sound of a whistle, 528 00:52:12,379 --> 00:52:15,297 the very whistle which you and your late sister heard. 529 00:52:16,591 --> 00:52:19,844 My inspection of the chair in Dr. Roylott's room had shown 530 00:52:20,011 --> 00:52:22,972 that he had been in the habit of standing upon it to reach the ventilator. 531 00:52:24,015 --> 00:52:27,810 Llast night when l attacked the snake and drove it back through the ventilator, 532 00:52:28,103 --> 00:52:30,104 I roused its snakish temper, 533 00:52:30,355 --> 00:52:33,440 causing it to turn upon the next person that it saw. 534 00:52:34,359 --> 00:52:35,860 Dr. Grimesby Roylott. 535 00:52:37,821 --> 00:52:42,324 So you, Holmes, were indirectly responsible for his death. 536 00:52:45,245 --> 00:52:49,874 l cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily on my conscience.