1 00:01:12,281 --> 00:01:13,281 Come here, lad. 2 00:01:25,419 --> 00:01:28,089 What are you doing on my property? 3 00:01:29,757 --> 00:01:31,801 I've come to claim back what's rightfully mine, sir. 4 00:01:32,551 --> 00:01:35,304 That thieving young rascal made off with some horseshoes and 5 00:01:35,471 --> 00:01:36,972 a bag of nails from my smithy. 6 00:01:44,647 --> 00:01:45,981 Where is your proof? 7 00:01:48,567 --> 00:01:50,319 The proof is, I'll find them there. 8 00:01:51,987 --> 00:01:54,573 Now, I don't want to be forced to call the police. 9 00:01:57,326 --> 00:02:03,332 These people are guests of mine, but you are trespassing, Mr. Thorn. 10 00:02:06,043 --> 00:02:07,670 I'm not afraid of you, Doctor. 11 00:02:09,088 --> 00:02:10,506 Get off my land! 12 00:02:41,495 --> 00:02:43,038 Please, come back soon. 13 00:02:43,539 --> 00:02:46,375 My dear, there is nothing whatever to worry about. 14 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:49,128 We should be married in a few weeks, 15 00:02:51,547 --> 00:02:53,215 I'm just on my way back to London. 16 00:02:55,301 --> 00:02:56,301 Goodbye, sir, 17 00:02:57,553 --> 00:02:59,889 and thank you for a most pleasant weekend. 18 00:03:00,890 --> 00:03:03,559 I mean to improve my game of chess before my next visit. 19 00:03:05,144 --> 00:03:09,398 Oh, yes, I see. You weren't an unworthy opponent. 20 00:03:10,065 --> 00:03:11,065 Thank you, sir. 21 00:03:15,070 --> 00:03:16,950 I'm just seeing Percy down to the gates, Father. 22 00:03:30,461 --> 00:03:32,421 Drive on and wait for me by the gate, will you. 23 00:03:56,445 --> 00:04:00,407 The fellow was trespassing, he had a dunking, and that is all. 24 00:04:02,618 --> 00:04:04,954 Father, I cannot believe that Thorn would deliberate- 25 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:06,455 Dammit, woman 26 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,960 Are you part of the conspiracy against me, too? 27 00:04:15,297 --> 00:04:17,758 No, Father, I live here. 28 00:04:24,598 --> 00:04:25,975 But not for much longer, eh, 29 00:04:27,851 --> 00:04:30,813 once you marry that fellow Armitage. 30 00:05:03,178 --> 00:05:04,638 Yes, what is it? 31 00:05:07,683 --> 00:05:10,853 Father, what has happened to my room? 32 00:05:11,478 --> 00:05:13,647 The builders found a fault in the structure, 33 00:05:13,772 --> 00:05:17,151 better sleep in your sister's room till they've finished working on it. 34 00:05:18,027 --> 00:05:22,364 Julia's room, I can't sleep in there. 35 00:05:23,907 --> 00:05:24,950 Why not, Pray? 36 00:05:26,368 --> 00:05:27,536 I can't. 37 00:05:28,746 --> 00:05:31,206 What is the matter, it's a perfectly good room. 38 00:05:31,415 --> 00:05:33,268 I've instructed the housekeeper to prepare it for you. 39 00:05:33,292 --> 00:05:35,544 Now run along, your baggage, and goodnight. 40 00:06:49,118 --> 00:06:55,207 Hello there young beauty, good night, good night. 41 00:07:57,644 --> 00:07:58,854 I'm very sorry, Watson, 42 00:08:00,105 --> 00:08:02,191 but it seems to be the common lot this morning. 43 00:08:05,235 --> 00:08:05,694 What? 44 00:08:06,236 --> 00:08:10,699 Mrs. Hudson has been roused, she retorted on me, and I on you. 45 00:08:12,034 --> 00:08:16,538 But it's only a quarter past seven. what is it, a fire? 46 00:08:17,539 --> 00:08:20,209 No, No, a client. 47 00:08:22,544 --> 00:08:24,880 This will take a moment to draw, sir. 48 00:08:25,589 --> 00:08:26,965 But only a moment, 49 00:08:27,799 --> 00:08:30,552 Mrs. Hudson is a mistress of the art of fire lighting. 50 00:08:30,802 --> 00:08:34,389 Ah, this is my intimate friend and associate, Dr. Watson, 51 00:08:34,556 --> 00:08:38,060 before whom you may speak as freely as before myself. 52 00:08:39,061 --> 00:08:40,061 How do you do? 53 00:08:41,230 --> 00:08:43,732 Mrs. Hudson, do you think you could bring this young lady 54 00:08:43,899 --> 00:08:47,402 a hot cup of coffee, for I observed you are shivering, 55 00:08:49,279 --> 00:08:51,490 It is not cold which makes me shiver. 56 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:53,866 What, then? 57 00:08:56,328 --> 00:08:58,080 It is fear, Mr. Holmes. 58 00:08:59,540 --> 00:09:00,540 It is terror. 59 00:09:01,333 --> 00:09:02,333 You must not fear, 60 00:09:03,627 --> 00:09:06,088 we shall set matters right, have no doubt. 61 00:09:09,925 --> 00:09:11,760 You have come by train, I see, this morning. 62 00:09:13,095 --> 00:09:14,096 You know me, then? 63 00:09:14,596 --> 00:09:17,266 No, but I observed the second half of a return ticket 64 00:09:17,432 --> 00:09:18,934 in the palm of your left glove. 65 00:09:20,310 --> 00:09:22,563 You started early, but you had a drive 66 00:09:23,272 --> 00:09:26,942 in a dog-cart, along heavy roads, before you reached the station. 67 00:09:27,818 --> 00:09:29,194 There is no mystery, my dear lady, 68 00:09:29,861 --> 00:09:31,947 the left arm of your jacket is spattered with mud 69 00:09:32,114 --> 00:09:35,951 in no less than seven places. the marks are fresh. 70 00:09:36,743 --> 00:09:41,456 There is no vehicle save a dog-cart which throws up mud in that particular way, 71 00:09:41,623 --> 00:09:45,127 and then only when you sit on the left-hand side of the driver. 72 00:09:46,420 --> 00:09:48,130 You are perfectly correct. 73 00:09:49,339 --> 00:09:53,135 Sir, I can stand the strain no longer. I shall go mad if it continues. 74 00:09:55,887 --> 00:09:57,931 I have heard of you from Mrs. Farintosh, 75 00:09:58,473 --> 00:10:00,225 whom you helped in the hour of her sore need 76 00:10:02,311 --> 00:10:03,312 Farintosh. 77 00:10:13,155 --> 00:10:14,156 My dear Helen, 78 00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:18,160 it is difficult for me to advise you since you present so few facts, 79 00:10:18,660 --> 00:10:21,246 but I know you to be a sensible girl, not prone to hysterics. 80 00:10:21,622 --> 00:10:24,625 I was one of your poor, dear mother's oldest friends. 81 00:10:25,334 --> 00:10:28,253 I can only suggest that if your fears persist, 82 00:10:29,004 --> 00:10:31,632 you should contact Mr. Sherlock Holmes. 83 00:10:33,342 --> 00:10:37,012 221 B Baker Street. 84 00:10:39,181 --> 00:10:43,018 Farintosh, oh, yes, I do remember the case. It concerned an opal tiara. 85 00:10:43,185 --> 00:10:45,354 I think it was before your time, Watson. 86 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:47,689 Thank you, Mrs. Hudson. 87 00:10:49,358 --> 00:10:51,526 Sir, do you not think you could help me, too? 88 00:10:52,194 --> 00:10:54,780 At present it is out of my power to reward you, but 89 00:10:55,030 --> 00:10:57,866 in a few weeks I should be married with control of my own income. 90 00:10:57,991 --> 00:11:00,535 I shall be happy to devote the same care 91 00:11:00,702 --> 00:11:02,996 to your case as to that of your friend. 92 00:11:03,830 --> 00:11:09,002 As to reward my profession is its own reward, but you are at liberty to defray 93 00:11:09,127 --> 00:11:12,964 whatever expenses I may be put to at the time which suits you best. 94 00:11:13,090 --> 00:11:17,052 And now I beg you, lay everything before us 95 00:11:17,219 --> 00:11:19,888 which may help us form an opinion upon the matter. 96 00:11:22,891 --> 00:11:24,393 My name is Helen Stoner. 97 00:11:25,268 --> 00:11:27,896 I live with my stepfather. Dr. Grimesby Roylott, 98 00:11:28,230 --> 00:11:31,692 who is the last survivor of one of the oldest Saxon families in England, 99 00:11:32,109 --> 00:11:35,070 The Roylotts of Stoke Mo ran, the name is familiar to me. 100 00:11:36,279 --> 00:11:39,241 He is a doctor by profession, a skilled one. 101 00:11:40,325 --> 00:11:44,162 For some years he had a large and flourishing practice in India, in Calcutta. 102 00:11:46,665 --> 00:11:50,377 Dr. Watson has also practiced medicine in India. 103 00:11:50,794 --> 00:11:54,256 Yes, attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers. 104 00:11:55,424 --> 00:11:56,925 Pray continue, Miss Stoner. 105 00:11:58,593 --> 00:12:00,429 In Calcutta, he married my mother. 106 00:12:01,638 --> 00:12:04,933 She was the young widow of Major General Stoner of the Bengal General artillery, 107 00:12:06,727 --> 00:12:09,438 I was only two at the time of mother's remarriage, 108 00:12:09,604 --> 00:12:12,357 and my sister, Julia, was five years older. 109 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:18,029 Our mother had a considerable sum of money not less than a thousand a year, 110 00:12:18,405 --> 00:12:21,950 and this she bequeathed to Dr. Roylott entirely while we resided with him. 111 00:12:22,117 --> 00:12:24,202 Forgive me, your mother has passed on? 112 00:12:26,163 --> 00:12:29,040 Shortly after our return to England she was killed 113 00:12:30,792 --> 00:12:32,461 in a railway accident near Crewe. 114 00:12:35,630 --> 00:12:39,634 My stepfather then abandoned his attempts to establish himself in practice in London 115 00:12:39,885 --> 00:12:42,166 and took us to live in his ancestral house at Stoke Moran. 116 00:12:42,304 --> 00:12:45,140 But the money your mother left you was enough for all your wants, 117 00:12:45,307 --> 00:12:47,809 so that was no obstacle to your happiness? 118 00:12:49,644 --> 00:12:51,980 A terrible change came over my stepfather, 119 00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:56,151 instead of making friends and exchanging visits with our neighbors, 120 00:12:56,318 --> 00:12:59,654 who at first were overjoyed to see a Roylott back in the family seat, 121 00:13:00,822 --> 00:13:03,825 he shut himself up in the house and indulged in ferocious quarrels. 122 00:13:04,493 --> 00:13:07,954 At times it was and still is hard to keep him out of the police courts. 123 00:13:08,830 --> 00:13:10,266 He's become the terror of the village. 124 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:12,000 Does he permit any visitors? 125 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:17,088 No, except my fiance and some wandering gypsies. 126 00:13:17,631 --> 00:13:18,673 Gypsies? 127 00:13:18,924 --> 00:13:22,177 Vagabonds, whom he has given leave to encamp on his land. 128 00:13:23,804 --> 00:13:26,014 Sometimes he goes away with them for days at a time. 129 00:13:29,017 --> 00:13:31,520 You can imagine from what I'm saying that my- 130 00:13:32,270 --> 00:13:35,524 poor sister Julia and I had no great pleasure in our lives. 131 00:13:37,359 --> 00:13:40,529 No servant would stay long so we did all the work of the house. 132 00:13:43,782 --> 00:13:45,659 She was but 30 when I lost her, 133 00:13:47,536 --> 00:13:50,539 but already her hair had begun to whiten, even as mine has. 134 00:13:51,957 --> 00:13:53,124 Your sister is dead? 135 00:13:54,084 --> 00:13:58,672 Just two years ago. It is of that I wish to talk to you. 136 00:14:06,221 --> 00:14:08,014 Living the life we did, 137 00:14:08,139 --> 00:14:11,518 we were little likely to see anyone of our own age and position, 138 00:14:13,019 --> 00:14:15,355 but we were occasionally allowed short visits. 139 00:14:16,565 --> 00:14:17,566 Two years ago, 140 00:14:17,732 --> 00:14:21,987 Julia met a half-pay major of marines, to whom she became engaged. 141 00:14:23,864 --> 00:14:25,824 Your stepfather approved of the match? 142 00:14:27,909 --> 00:14:29,661 He raised no objection at all. 143 00:14:32,247 --> 00:14:33,707 A fortnight before the wedding 144 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:38,712 a terrible event occurred which deprived me of my only companion. 145 00:14:39,170 --> 00:14:43,258 Pray be precise as to details. 146 00:14:46,261 --> 00:14:47,261 It is easy, 147 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:51,933 every event of that night is seared into my memory. 148 00:14:55,061 --> 00:14:57,105 It was late, about 11:00. 149 00:14:58,315 --> 00:14:59,900 Julia had come into my room, 150 00:15:09,451 --> 00:15:11,411 He's smoking those awful cigars again. 151 00:15:14,456 --> 00:15:16,496 Perhaps you should have this room until the wedding. 152 00:15:24,507 --> 00:15:29,930 Oh, Helen, oh, I feel so happy. 153 00:15:33,683 --> 00:15:36,561 And yet wretched that I'm leaving you here alone. 154 00:15:36,895 --> 00:15:38,229 My turn will come. 155 00:15:39,439 --> 00:15:40,649 I shall miss you. 156 00:15:41,983 --> 00:15:44,653 No, you won't, I'll come and stay. 157 00:15:45,987 --> 00:15:50,951 Besides, your major has promised to find me a brother officer of equal rank. 158 00:15:51,326 --> 00:15:53,161 And infinitely better looking. 159 00:15:59,918 --> 00:16:01,336 My darling, what is the matter? 160 00:16:05,006 --> 00:16:09,511 Helen, have you ever heard anyone whistle in the dead of night? 161 00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:15,517 I suppose you couldn't possibly whistle yourself, in your sleep? 162 00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:18,687 Certainly not, why? 163 00:16:21,856 --> 00:16:23,191 The last few nights, 164 00:16:24,192 --> 00:16:29,280 always about 3:00 in the morning, I've been woken by a low, clear whistle. 165 00:16:30,073 --> 00:16:32,873 I can't tell where it's coming from. I thought you might have heard it. 166 00:16:33,994 --> 00:16:35,537 I sleep more heavily than you. 167 00:16:39,374 --> 00:16:40,934 It was probably those wretched gypsies. 168 00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:48,717 Well, never mind. 169 00:17:07,819 --> 00:17:10,905 Was it your custom always to lock yourself in at night? 170 00:17:11,322 --> 00:17:16,161 Always, my stepfather has a passion for Indian animals. 171 00:17:17,412 --> 00:17:20,582 A leopard and baboon wander freely over the grounds. 172 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:26,379 Julia and I had no feelings of security unless our doors and windows were locked. 173 00:17:30,925 --> 00:17:32,093 I couldn't sleep. 174 00:17:34,095 --> 00:17:38,099 I had a vague feeling of misfortune. 175 00:17:44,022 --> 00:17:45,022 Julia! 176 00:18:10,965 --> 00:18:12,550 Please help me. 177 00:18:18,973 --> 00:18:20,975 Oh, my God. 178 00:18:22,477 --> 00:18:27,649 Helen, It was the band... 179 00:18:30,151 --> 00:18:33,571 the speckled band. 180 00:18:36,032 --> 00:18:37,032 I'll get father. 181 00:18:37,534 --> 00:18:38,534 NO! No! 182 00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:45,166 Go into your room child, I'll deal with this. 183 00:19:06,312 --> 00:19:07,981 I am sorry, gentlemen. 184 00:19:09,691 --> 00:19:11,526 My sister and I were very close. 185 00:19:13,027 --> 00:19:14,027 Yes indeed. 186 00:19:16,865 --> 00:19:18,950 What a mournful experience. 187 00:19:25,290 --> 00:19:27,375 And you've no idea what might have caused- 188 00:19:27,542 --> 00:19:32,213 This whistle and metallic sound, you can swear to it? 189 00:19:34,549 --> 00:19:38,887 It is my strong impression, I may possibly have been deceived. 190 00:19:39,971 --> 00:19:41,222 Was your sister dressed? 191 00:19:41,514 --> 00:19:42,974 No, she was in her night dress. 192 00:19:44,058 --> 00:19:48,021 Uh, on the floor there was a candle and the charred stump of a match. 193 00:19:48,313 --> 00:19:50,732 Which means, something must have woken her up, 194 00:19:51,399 --> 00:19:54,694 and she struck a light to see what the matter was. 195 00:19:56,738 --> 00:19:58,740 What conclusions did the coroner come to? 196 00:19:58,907 --> 00:20:00,575 He investigated the case with great care, 197 00:20:00,742 --> 00:20:03,745 but he was unable to find any satisfactory cause of death. 198 00:20:04,746 --> 00:20:06,106 And your evidence would have shown 199 00:20:06,164 --> 00:20:08,082 that the door was fastened on the inner side, 200 00:20:08,666 --> 00:20:11,711 the windows blocked by shutters, secured every night. 201 00:20:11,836 --> 00:20:15,256 It is certain, therefore, that your sister was alone 202 00:20:17,091 --> 00:20:18,218 when she met her end. 203 00:20:19,594 --> 00:20:20,594 Yes. 204 00:20:21,179 --> 00:20:23,765 Besides, there were no marks of violence upon her. 205 00:20:26,601 --> 00:20:27,727 What about poison? 206 00:20:30,563 --> 00:20:32,607 The doctors examined her for it, without success. 207 00:20:37,403 --> 00:20:41,616 What do you think this unfortunate lady died of, then? 208 00:20:44,702 --> 00:20:48,456 It's my belief that she died of pure fear and nervous shock, 209 00:20:50,333 --> 00:20:53,127 though what it was which frightened her I cannot imagine. 210 00:20:54,796 --> 00:20:57,966 What do you gather from the allusion to a band, a speckled band? 211 00:20:58,549 --> 00:20:59,549 Delirium. 212 00:21:01,344 --> 00:21:05,265 Or some band of people, 213 00:21:06,975 --> 00:21:09,227 The gypsies at the plantation have- 214 00:21:10,561 --> 00:21:12,647 spotted handkerchiefs they wear around their necks. 215 00:21:17,318 --> 00:21:20,446 These are very deep waters. 216 00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:24,993 What happened after your sister's death? 217 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:27,787 My life was lonelier than ever 218 00:21:29,247 --> 00:21:30,331 until a month ago, 219 00:21:30,957 --> 00:21:33,584 when a dear friend of mine, whom I have known for many years, 220 00:21:33,751 --> 00:21:35,920 did me the honor to ask for my hand in marriage. 221 00:21:36,671 --> 00:21:38,464 His name is Mr. Percy Armitage. 222 00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:41,009 And you are to be married within a few weeks. 223 00:21:43,428 --> 00:21:46,347 So what prompted you to come here when your life seems set so fair? 224 00:21:48,558 --> 00:21:52,478 Yesterday, some repairs were started and my bedroom wall was pierced 225 00:21:52,729 --> 00:21:56,607 so that last night I was forced to move into the chamber in which Julia died, 226 00:21:56,858 --> 00:21:58,943 to sleep in the very bed in which she slept. 227 00:21:59,694 --> 00:22:01,946 Imagine my terror when I was woken by the same 228 00:22:02,071 --> 00:22:04,532 low whistle which had been the herald of her own death. 229 00:22:06,242 --> 00:22:07,242 You lit a lamp? 230 00:22:07,368 --> 00:22:10,872 Yes, but nothing was to be seen. I was too shaken to sleep, 231 00:22:11,456 --> 00:22:14,376 I dressed and slipped out of the house. I got a dog-cart at the Crown Inn, 232 00:22:14,542 --> 00:22:17,670 and came to London with one objective, asking your advice. 233 00:22:20,423 --> 00:22:21,423 You did wisely. 234 00:22:26,637 --> 00:22:27,889 But have you told me all? 235 00:22:28,806 --> 00:22:29,806 Yes. 236 00:22:30,475 --> 00:22:32,226 You have not, Miss Stoner. 237 00:22:35,313 --> 00:22:36,898 You are shielding your stepfather. 238 00:22:40,109 --> 00:22:41,569 He is a hard man, 239 00:22:42,820 --> 00:22:44,906 but he's still the only father I have known. 240 00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:49,577 I'd say it was time for some breakfast. 241 00:22:50,203 --> 00:22:52,580 There are a thousand details I desire to know 242 00:22:52,747 --> 00:22:54,874 before I decide on a course of action. 243 00:22:54,999 --> 00:22:57,418 If we were to come to Stoke Moran today, 244 00:22:58,419 --> 00:23:01,219 could we see over these rooms without the knowledge of your stepfather? 245 00:23:02,423 --> 00:23:04,983 As it happens, he spoke of coming to town today on some business. 246 00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:06,009 And the workmen? 247 00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:07,052 I have seen none. 248 00:23:07,387 --> 00:23:10,407 We have a woman who comes to clean from the village, but only in the morning. 249 00:23:10,431 --> 00:23:11,742 There should be nothing to disturb you. 250 00:23:11,766 --> 00:23:13,935 Excellent. Watson, you are not averse to this trip? 251 00:23:14,811 --> 00:23:15,811 By no means. 252 00:23:16,813 --> 00:23:18,940 Then we will be with you in the early afternoon. 253 00:23:19,232 --> 00:23:20,775 I shall be there for your arrival. 254 00:23:23,945 --> 00:23:25,863 You'll stay for some breakfast, surely? 255 00:23:27,198 --> 00:23:28,198 Thank you, no. 256 00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:35,289 My heart is lightened already. 257 00:23:47,969 --> 00:23:51,097 Ah, Mrs. Hudson, thank you. 258 00:23:53,474 --> 00:23:57,645 But when you combine the ideas of whistles at night, 259 00:23:58,479 --> 00:24:01,816 the presence of a band of gypsies on intimate terms with the doctor, 260 00:24:02,483 --> 00:24:07,238 the dying allusion to a speckled band, well, 261 00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:11,659 there's good ground to believe that the mystery may be cleared along those lines. 262 00:24:18,082 --> 00:24:20,501 Which one of you is Holmes? 263 00:24:21,836 --> 00:24:26,007 My name, sir. but you have the advantage of me. 264 00:24:27,175 --> 00:24:30,178 I am Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of Stoke Moran. 265 00:24:35,683 --> 00:24:38,186 Indeed, Doctor, please take a seat. 266 00:24:38,352 --> 00:24:39,937 I shall do nothing of the kind. 267 00:24:41,189 --> 00:24:44,275 I know that my stepdaughter has been here this morning. 268 00:24:44,942 --> 00:24:46,222 What has she been saying to you? 269 00:24:47,528 --> 00:24:50,865 It is a little cold for the time of the year. 270 00:24:51,908 --> 00:24:53,534 What has she been saying to you? 271 00:24:53,659 --> 00:24:56,037 But I have heard that the crops promise well. 272 00:24:56,787 --> 00:25:02,460 Ah, you put me off, do you? You scoundrel, sir. 273 00:25:03,085 --> 00:25:04,712 I've heard of you before. 274 00:25:05,630 --> 00:25:08,883 You are Holmes, the meddler, Holmes the busybody. 275 00:25:09,050 --> 00:25:12,386 Holmes, the Scotland Yard Jack-in-office. 276 00:25:14,388 --> 00:25:18,184 Your conversation really is most entertaining, if you would close the door. 277 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:22,396 On your way out, as there is a decided draft. 278 00:25:22,939 --> 00:25:25,149 I will go when I have said my say, 279 00:25:25,983 --> 00:25:28,736 Don't you dare to interfere in my affairs. 280 00:25:29,278 --> 00:25:32,240 I know that Miss Stoner has been here. 281 00:25:47,088 --> 00:25:49,757 I am a dangerous man to fall foul of. 282 00:25:58,724 --> 00:26:01,394 Thank you, Mrs. Hudson, just another client. 283 00:26:07,316 --> 00:26:11,362 What a very amiable person. I may not be quite so bulky, but- 284 00:26:18,619 --> 00:26:23,040 fancy his having the insolence to confound me with the official detective force. 285 00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:27,878 Ah, this incident gives zest to our investigation. 286 00:26:28,212 --> 00:26:31,132 I only hope our friend won't suffer from her imprudence in 287 00:26:31,257 --> 00:26:33,217 allowing that brute to trace her here. 288 00:26:33,551 --> 00:26:38,139 One thought keeps nagging at me, Watson, Roylott's professional life in India, 289 00:26:38,639 --> 00:26:41,309 if it was so successful, why would he exchange it 290 00:26:41,475 --> 00:26:43,894 for a life of aristocratic penury? 291 00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:46,063 My friend Cooms would know. 292 00:26:46,814 --> 00:26:49,650 Cooms was in Calcutta around that time. 293 00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:52,987 Find your friend Cooms and see what you can get from him. 294 00:26:54,989 --> 00:26:58,909 I shall walk down to Doctors' Commons. where I hope to get some data 295 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:00,786 which may help us in this matter. 296 00:27:00,911 --> 00:27:06,334 Let us meet again at 1:00 under the clock at Waterloo Station. 297 00:27:07,043 --> 00:27:09,337 That is, if you've finished your breakfast by then. 298 00:27:09,503 --> 00:27:11,797 Oh, and your revolver. 299 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:14,985 I would be obliged if you would slip it into your pocket. 300 00:27:15,009 --> 00:27:17,178 An Eley 301 00:27:17,303 --> 00:27:20,473 against gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots. 302 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,018 That, and your toothbrush, are I think all we need. 303 00:27:27,730 --> 00:27:29,523 I've seen the will of the deceased wife. 304 00:27:30,691 --> 00:27:34,695 Her annual income at the time of her death was a little short of 1100 pounds, 305 00:27:35,196 --> 00:27:39,700 but, due to the fall in agricultural prices, there's now no more than 750 pounds. 306 00:27:40,034 --> 00:27:43,162 Each girl in case of marriage, could claim 250 pounds. 307 00:27:43,287 --> 00:27:46,040 So, if both girls had married, ah, beauty, 308 00:27:46,499 --> 00:27:49,710 Grimesby Roylott would have had a mere pittance. 309 00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:52,046 And even one marriage would ruin him. 310 00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:55,883 The strongest possible motive. 311 00:28:00,137 --> 00:28:01,722 Oh, did you manage to find Cooms? 312 00:28:01,889 --> 00:28:02,889 Yes, I did. 313 00:28:03,766 --> 00:28:05,226 He proved rather hard to locate, 314 00:28:05,393 --> 00:28:08,062 but I finally managed to get him through Swanson at Bards. 315 00:28:09,313 --> 00:28:11,732 He did know Roylott in Calcutta, 316 00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:17,571 confirmed what the girl had said and added one intriguing fact. 317 00:28:18,030 --> 00:28:21,909 Now, it seems that a series of robberies had been perpetrated in his house. 318 00:28:22,326 --> 00:28:27,873 And suspicion fell on his native butler. Roylott promptly seized the man, 319 00:28:28,499 --> 00:28:31,544 and in a fit of anger beat the poor fellow to death, 320 00:28:32,753 --> 00:28:37,591 narrowly escaped a capital sentence. but suffered a long term of imprisonment, 321 00:28:38,342 --> 00:28:42,430 and returned to this country a morose and disappointed man. 322 00:28:45,725 --> 00:28:49,937 Ah, Watson, it's a wicked world. 323 00:28:51,439 --> 00:28:54,567 And when a clever man turns his brain to crime, 324 00:28:56,527 --> 00:28:57,611 it's the worst of all. 325 00:29:15,963 --> 00:29:18,466 On holiday, are you, gentlemen? 326 00:29:19,091 --> 00:29:20,760 No, we're architects, 327 00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:23,304 taking a look at some of the local houses. 328 00:29:23,471 --> 00:29:26,307 Ah, that's why you're wanting Stoke Moran. 329 00:29:26,474 --> 00:29:29,059 I didn't think it was for social reasons. 330 00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:32,480 You'll be, doing business with Dr. Roylott then? 331 00:29:33,773 --> 00:29:35,816 Yes, I believe that was the name. 332 00:29:36,484 --> 00:29:40,279 If you don't mind a word of warning, you want to take care with him, sir. 333 00:29:40,863 --> 00:29:43,741 There are some round these parts say he's not right in the head. 334 00:29:44,617 --> 00:29:45,617 Really? 335 00:29:45,743 --> 00:29:48,746 Only yesterday, Mr. Thorn, the blacksmith, 336 00:29:48,954 --> 00:29:51,832 had a most nasty experience with the Doctor 337 00:29:52,458 --> 00:29:56,003 because of those thieving gypsies who are camped in the grounds. 338 00:29:56,670 --> 00:30:00,007 Oh, yes, we've heard about the gypsies and the leopard. 339 00:30:00,633 --> 00:30:04,845 The story goes, the Doctor threw Mr. Thorn in the stream 340 00:30:05,012 --> 00:30:09,517 in a fit of uncontrollable temper. And that Thorn, he's not a small man. 341 00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:13,646 Good Lord, is he bringing a charge of assault? 342 00:30:13,771 --> 00:30:17,942 He was going to, but Miss Stoner, the Doctor's young stepdaughter, 343 00:30:18,192 --> 00:30:21,695 paid him some of her own money to keep it quiet. 344 00:30:22,029 --> 00:30:23,155 Well, that's what I heard. 345 00:30:23,906 --> 00:30:25,115 Well, I never. 346 00:30:26,534 --> 00:30:27,618 Did you hear that, Holmes? 347 00:30:28,202 --> 00:30:30,496 The more I see and hear of that young lady, 348 00:30:30,788 --> 00:30:32,706 the more my admiration increases. 349 00:30:33,123 --> 00:30:35,042 Young woman of commendable spirit, 350 00:30:36,043 --> 00:30:37,378 You can pull up here, driver. 351 00:30:39,088 --> 00:30:40,088 Who do you mean? 352 00:30:41,882 --> 00:30:45,135 Well, Miss Stoner, of course. Most admirable. 353 00:30:45,803 --> 00:30:47,555 Ah, Miss Stoner. 354 00:31:11,704 --> 00:31:14,206 Everything worked splendidly. Dr. Roylott has gone to London 355 00:31:14,331 --> 00:31:15,891 and he won't be back before the evening. 356 00:31:16,417 --> 00:31:19,378 But we have already had the pleasure of Dr. Roylott's acquaintance. 357 00:31:20,170 --> 00:31:21,255 Goodness, he followed me? 358 00:31:21,422 --> 00:31:24,049 Yes, he turned up just after you left, 359 00:31:24,174 --> 00:31:26,719 but Holmes sent him off with a flea in his ear. 360 00:31:27,011 --> 00:31:29,930 He's so cunning, I never know when I'm safe from him. 361 00:31:30,681 --> 00:31:32,099 Well then, he must guard himself, 362 00:31:32,975 --> 00:31:36,687 or he may find someone more cunning than himself upon his track, shall we? 363 00:31:37,938 --> 00:31:38,938 Holmes, 364 00:31:39,315 --> 00:31:42,067 don't you think we ought to get Miss Stoner away from here tonight? 365 00:31:42,192 --> 00:31:43,192 And arouse suspicion? 366 00:31:43,277 --> 00:31:44,612 But if he's violent. 367 00:31:44,778 --> 00:31:45,778 We shall be here. 368 00:32:04,465 --> 00:32:07,092 So this is Dr. Roylott's room, 369 00:32:07,593 --> 00:32:10,804 this formerly your sister's, and this your room? 370 00:32:10,971 --> 00:32:12,932 Yes, I am now sleeping in this one. 371 00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:15,476 Ah, pending the alterations. 372 00:32:16,852 --> 00:32:18,646 Miss Stoner, may I ask something? 373 00:32:19,605 --> 00:32:22,650 That's unusual, isn't it. Bedrooms on the ground floor? 374 00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:24,836 The bedrooms were moved downstairs 375 00:32:24,860 --> 00:32:26,500 when so much of the house fell into decay. 376 00:32:26,570 --> 00:32:28,989 Oh, yes, of course, how sad. 377 00:32:33,744 --> 00:32:37,331 There seems little need for repairs to this end of the house. 378 00:32:37,498 --> 00:32:41,293 There are none. I believe it was an excuse to move me from my room. 379 00:32:42,503 --> 00:32:45,422 Ah, that is suggestive. 380 00:32:47,841 --> 00:32:51,136 Miss Stoner, would you be so kind as to go into the room 381 00:32:51,261 --> 00:32:54,348 in which you are now sleeping and bolt the shutters. 382 00:33:07,695 --> 00:33:08,775 What are you doing, Watson? 383 00:33:12,449 --> 00:33:14,451 Well, I'm using your methods, Holmes. 384 00:33:14,576 --> 00:33:16,787 Seeing whether the ground has been disturbed. 385 00:33:18,414 --> 00:33:19,654 And what have you come up with? 386 00:33:21,917 --> 00:33:23,377 Your footprints, I believe, 387 00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:26,213 and mine and Miss Stoner's, 388 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:28,840 and this. 389 00:33:54,908 --> 00:33:57,411 No one could pass these if they were bolted. 390 00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:06,253 Well, let's see if the inside throws any light on the matter. 391 00:34:49,963 --> 00:34:51,757 Where does that bell communicate with? 392 00:34:52,883 --> 00:34:54,468 It goes to the housekeeper's room. 393 00:34:54,802 --> 00:34:56,470 It looks newer than the other things. 394 00:34:57,012 --> 00:34:58,932 Yes, it was only put there a couple of years ago. 395 00:34:59,056 --> 00:35:00,766 Ah, your sister asked for it? 396 00:35:01,183 --> 00:35:02,476 I never heard of her using it. 397 00:35:02,643 --> 00:35:04,728 We used to get what we wanted for ourselves. 398 00:35:05,979 --> 00:35:10,317 Indeed, you will excuse me while I satisfy myself as to this floor. 399 00:35:32,172 --> 00:35:33,172 It doesn't ring. 400 00:35:34,591 --> 00:35:35,801 That's very strange. 401 00:35:50,232 --> 00:35:52,359 A ventilator into another room. 402 00:35:57,030 --> 00:36:01,451 You mean, when it might have communicated with the outside air? 403 00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:03,996 That is also quite modern. 404 00:36:04,371 --> 00:36:05,371 Indeed. 405 00:36:06,874 --> 00:36:07,875 Miss Stoner, 406 00:36:08,542 --> 00:36:12,379 with your permission, we will now carry our research to Dr. Roylott's chamber. 407 00:36:35,736 --> 00:36:36,736 What's in here? 408 00:36:37,529 --> 00:36:38,864 My stepfather's business papers. 409 00:36:38,989 --> 00:36:40,490 Ah, you've seen inside it, then? 410 00:36:40,824 --> 00:36:44,244 Only once, some years ago. I remember it was full of papers. 411 00:36:46,413 --> 00:36:48,040 Is there a cat in there? 412 00:36:49,166 --> 00:36:51,043 No, what a strange idea. 413 00:36:53,045 --> 00:36:55,339 Well, look at this! 414 00:36:57,799 --> 00:36:59,176 No, we don't keep a cat. 415 00:36:59,885 --> 00:37:03,764 Ah, well, a leopard is a large cat, after all. 416 00:37:04,848 --> 00:37:08,393 Yes, but a saucer of milk wouldn't go far in satisfying a leopard. 417 00:37:12,981 --> 00:37:15,067 The leopard is kept on a leash, is it? 418 00:37:15,859 --> 00:37:17,444 This sort of leash, Watson? 419 00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:21,782 What do you make of it? 420 00:37:22,783 --> 00:37:24,910 Well, it's a common enough dog leash but I- 421 00:37:26,495 --> 00:37:28,121 don't know why it should be tied. 422 00:37:29,122 --> 00:37:30,290 We have no dog. 423 00:37:33,627 --> 00:37:37,130 Thank you, Miss Stoner, I have seen enough. 424 00:37:57,985 --> 00:37:59,736 I was going to ask if he'd like some tea. 425 00:38:04,825 --> 00:38:07,911 Miss Stoner, it is very essential 426 00:38:08,036 --> 00:38:11,164 that you absolutely follow my advice in every respect. 427 00:38:11,456 --> 00:38:13,125 Your life may depend on it. 428 00:38:13,834 --> 00:38:15,669 I assure you that I'm in your hands. 429 00:38:16,128 --> 00:38:19,506 In the first place. On the way here we passed a small cottage. 430 00:38:20,841 --> 00:38:21,508 The shill house. 431 00:38:21,842 --> 00:38:25,012 Will the windows of your sister's room be visible from there? 432 00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:26,637 Yes. 433 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:27,680 You are sure? 434 00:38:27,848 --> 00:38:28,848 Yes. 435 00:38:29,474 --> 00:38:30,714 Then we shall make it our base. 436 00:38:31,852 --> 00:38:32,852 Some refreshment? 437 00:38:33,103 --> 00:38:35,689 We shall have dine shalt we, Holmes? 438 00:38:38,567 --> 00:38:39,776 Is there a village inn? 439 00:38:40,694 --> 00:38:41,361 The Crown 440 00:38:41,611 --> 00:38:44,031 Oh, good. Thank you all the same. 441 00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:50,370 Now, Miss Stoner, when your stepfather returns, 442 00:38:50,912 --> 00:38:54,875 you must confine yourself in your room on pretense of a headache. 443 00:38:55,375 --> 00:38:57,878 Then when you hear your stepfather retire for the night, 444 00:38:58,420 --> 00:39:01,965 you must go to the windows, undo the hasp, open the shutters, 445 00:39:03,050 --> 00:39:06,553 and leave your lamp on the window sill as a signal to us. 446 00:39:06,887 --> 00:39:11,058 Then withdraw with anything you may want for the night to your old room. 447 00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:12,869 I have no doubt that, in spite of the repairs, 448 00:39:12,893 --> 00:39:14,394 you could manage there for one night. 449 00:39:14,853 --> 00:39:15,896 Oh, yes, of course. 450 00:39:18,607 --> 00:39:19,733 And now. we must leave. 451 00:39:20,025 --> 00:39:24,988 If Dr. Roylott should return and find us here, our journey would be in vain. 452 00:39:26,740 --> 00:39:29,326 I believe, Mr. Holmes. that you've already made up your mind. 453 00:39:32,412 --> 00:39:34,915 For pity sake, tell me the cause of my sister's death. 454 00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:39,378 Be brave. If you do as I have told you, 455 00:39:39,503 --> 00:39:42,714 rest assured we shall soon drive away the dangers that threaten you. 456 00:40:01,650 --> 00:40:04,111 Yes, it is a clear view. 457 00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:26,383 Are you expecting this to take all night, Holmes? 458 00:40:28,885 --> 00:40:33,306 It's possible, anything's possible. 459 00:40:38,395 --> 00:40:42,899 When a doctor goes wrong he is the first of criminals. 460 00:40:44,401 --> 00:40:46,778 He has nerve, he has knowledge. 461 00:40:48,905 --> 00:40:51,491 Palmer and Pritchard were among the heads of their profession, 462 00:40:52,576 --> 00:40:54,494 this man strikes even deeper. 463 00:40:58,498 --> 00:41:01,626 I really have some scruples taking you tonight. 464 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:05,338 There is a distinct element of danger. 465 00:41:06,339 --> 00:41:08,091 If I can be of assistance? 466 00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:12,803 That's very kind of you. 467 00:41:23,773 --> 00:41:28,195 You evidently saw more in those rooms than was visible to me, Holmes. 468 00:41:28,862 --> 00:41:29,862 No. 469 00:41:31,907 --> 00:41:34,034 I probably deduced a little more. 470 00:41:37,704 --> 00:41:42,209 Do you remember Miss Stoner said that her sister could smell Dr. Roylott's cigar? 471 00:41:45,337 --> 00:41:46,337 Well? 472 00:41:46,505 --> 00:41:49,382 The ventilator, a ventilator made, 473 00:41:49,549 --> 00:41:53,887 a cord hung, and a woman who lies in the bed, dies. 474 00:41:54,846 --> 00:41:56,556 I can't see any connection. 475 00:41:57,557 --> 00:42:00,560 Did you notice anything peculiar about the bed? 476 00:42:05,398 --> 00:42:07,067 It was clamped to the floor. 477 00:42:08,902 --> 00:42:12,572 It could not be moved, had to remain in the same 478 00:42:12,739 --> 00:42:20,247 relative position to the ventilator and the rope, or so we may call it, 479 00:42:21,164 --> 00:42:24,209 since it was clearly never made for a bell pull. 480 00:42:29,589 --> 00:42:31,925 I begin to see dimly what you're driving at. 481 00:42:34,511 --> 00:42:37,013 We're only just in time to prevent some 482 00:42:38,974 --> 00:42:44,020 subtle and horrible crime. 483 00:42:56,616 --> 00:42:59,119 Whoah, boy. 484 00:43:05,625 --> 00:43:07,127 Have a look at it. 485 00:43:08,211 --> 00:43:09,211 Goodnight. 486 00:44:00,347 --> 00:44:01,473 Did you have a good day? 487 00:44:08,313 --> 00:44:09,773 Not without interest. 488 00:44:14,194 --> 00:44:15,695 Where did you get to this morning? 489 00:44:18,531 --> 00:44:20,033 I decided to go to town, too. 490 00:44:22,369 --> 00:44:24,009 I had some shopping to do for the wedding. 491 00:44:28,792 --> 00:44:30,001 You knew I was going up. 492 00:44:31,711 --> 00:44:33,338 We might have traveled together. 493 00:44:35,715 --> 00:44:36,715 I left early. 494 00:44:38,301 --> 00:44:40,345 Yes, I know you did. 495 00:44:43,264 --> 00:44:44,849 So that I should be back by lunchtime, 496 00:44:44,974 --> 00:44:47,394 I had some things to do here this afternoon. 497 00:44:49,896 --> 00:44:51,022 My trip was a whim. 498 00:44:56,444 --> 00:44:59,572 You always were a good little liar. 499 00:45:05,495 --> 00:45:07,580 If you'll excuse me, I have a terrible headache. 500 00:45:14,254 --> 00:45:18,341 Holmes, the meddler, Holmes, the busybody, 501 00:45:19,592 --> 00:45:24,013 Holmes, the Scotland Yard Jack-in-office. 502 00:46:01,801 --> 00:46:02,801 The signal. 503 00:46:32,874 --> 00:46:33,874 Down. 504 00:46:36,544 --> 00:46:37,629 My God, what's that? 505 00:46:40,006 --> 00:46:44,010 It's the baboon. This is a nice household. 506 00:47:10,495 --> 00:47:13,206 We must sit without light. 507 00:47:38,022 --> 00:47:42,527 Do not fall asleep. Your very life may depend upon it. 508 00:49:40,687 --> 00:49:42,522 You see it, Watson, you see it? 509 00:49:53,700 --> 00:49:54,993 What can it mean? 510 00:49:58,579 --> 00:50:02,875 It means it is over, and perhaps, for the best. 511 00:50:05,545 --> 00:50:07,380 Come Watson, bring your pistol. 512 00:50:25,189 --> 00:50:27,900 It's the band, the speckled band. 513 00:50:29,902 --> 00:50:34,323 It is a swamp adder, the deadliest snake in India. 514 00:50:35,575 --> 00:50:38,202 He has died within seconds of being bitten. 515 00:51:23,623 --> 00:51:27,418 Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, 516 00:51:28,377 --> 00:51:32,965 and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. 517 00:51:36,761 --> 00:51:39,972 The idea of a snake occurred to me when I coupled it with the knowledge 518 00:51:40,139 --> 00:51:43,476 that the Doctor was furnished with a supply of creatures from India. 519 00:51:43,643 --> 00:51:44,977 A form of poison, 520 00:51:45,103 --> 00:51:46,312 Rapid and lethal. 521 00:51:46,479 --> 00:51:50,149 Which couldn't possibly be discovered by any chemical test. 522 00:51:50,399 --> 00:51:54,278 It might, or might not bite the occupant of the bed. 523 00:51:54,529 --> 00:51:56,614 She might escape every night for a week, 524 00:51:56,823 --> 00:52:00,243 but sooner or later, she must fall a victim. 525 00:52:00,993 --> 00:52:02,829 Oh, my poor Julia. 526 00:52:06,624 --> 00:52:09,836 The Doctor had trained the snake, probably with the milk, 527 00:52:10,002 --> 00:52:11,671 to return at the sound of a whistle, 528 00:52:12,380 --> 00:52:15,299 the very whistle which you and your late sister heard. 529 00:52:16,592 --> 00:52:19,846 My inspection of the chair in Dr. Roylott's room had shown 530 00:52:20,012 --> 00:52:22,974 that he had been in the habit of standing upon it to reach the ventilator. 531 00:52:24,016 --> 00:52:27,812 Last night when I attacked the snake and drove it back through the ventilator, 532 00:52:28,104 --> 00:52:30,106 I roused its snakish temper, 533 00:52:30,356 --> 00:52:33,442 causing it to turn upon the next person that it saw. 534 00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:35,862 Dr. Grimesby Roylott. 535 00:52:37,822 --> 00:52:42,326 So you, Holmes, were indirectly responsible for his death. 536 00:52:45,246 --> 00:52:49,876 I cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily on my conscience.