1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,039 You'll be moving to the ambassador's household 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:08,279 as chaperone to his daughter. 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,440 Clara is our best connection to the thread. 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,000 She was released in exchange for keys, but keys to what? 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,760 Your position in the ambassador's household 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:18,239 increases our reach. 7 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:20,439 It took me 14 months to escape and change 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:21,800 my name to Michael Wylie. 9 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:25,200 Since my father had not found me, I resolved to find him. 10 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:29,159 Professor James Moriarty was not teaching mathematics, 11 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,119 but is the master of a vast criminal empire 12 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:32,279 and sentenced to prison. 13 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,959 Where he insists you visit him. 14 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,959 Men believe they control the world, 15 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,880 but we will control them. 16 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:39,160 One step forward. 17 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:42,520 I can't get the sight of Emma out of my head. 18 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,439 Dad, and Lady Violet seem so indifferent. 19 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:46,799 Be careful, little girl. 20 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,839 Like the lion in the jungle, We did not turn the 21 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,200 world into an empire without very sharp claws. 22 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:59,039 Help! Come on! 23 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,119 Who on earth do you think you are? 24 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:18,720 Issuing orders on my property. 25 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,399 I forbid you to keep important members of London society 26 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:23,519 from taking their own carriages. 27 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:27,480 I apologize, Lady Violet, but a man has been shot, 28 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,080 and there was an attempted kidnapping. 29 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:31,760 How ridiculous! 30 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,640 Why would anyone abduct a foreign chaperone? 31 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,519 How much inconvenience must we endure 32 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,159 over some quarrel between servants? 33 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:41,960 Chief Inspector? 34 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,040 Pardon my interruption, Lady Violet. 35 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:47,600 One moment, milady. 36 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,080 Mr. Holmes. 37 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,399 You are, of course, in charge, and I may only offer my advice, 38 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,799 but under no circumstances should you let any 39 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,080 of these carriages go. 40 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,640 Mr. Holmes, consider no one attending the ball. 41 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:04,679 No, no, no, no, no. 42 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,800 Forget the guests. 43 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,959 A coachman, now deceased, kidnapped the American 44 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:12,159 ambassador's daughter. 45 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,639 A coachman now deceased was part of the murder-suicide 46 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:17,600 at Lord Withers' Richmond estate. 47 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,999 And a coachman, now deceased, was just 48 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:22,599 shot to death in the middle of committing 49 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:23,800 another heinous crime. 50 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,599 Surely you would not suggest a conspiracy? 51 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:26,839 I suggest nothing. 52 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,520 I point out the obvious. 53 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,400 Two dead coachmen could be a coincidence. 54 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:33,240 Three is a pattern. 55 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,639 Do not let any of these drivers depart without questioning 56 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:37,520 them closely. 57 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:38,920 Dammit, Holmes. 58 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,760 Who would bother kidnapping an ordinary maid? 59 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:43,839 She's not just an ordinary maid. 60 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,240 She's... 61 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,199 She is the chaperone to the daughter of the 62 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:50,800 American ambassador. 63 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,399 Who suffered a theft of 50,000 pounds worth of 64 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,599 jewelry stolen by a coachman. 65 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:57,599 You guessed it. 66 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:58,600 Now deceased. 67 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,639 Yes. Thank you, Bertie. 68 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:02,280 Now, I must soon leave if I, uh... 69 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:05,679 I might make one more suggestion about what 70 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:06,880 to do with the killer. 71 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:22,840 I don't know how to thank you. 72 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:25,400 Mr. Holmes must be given the credit. 73 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,160 He stopped the coach with his own body. 74 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:30,960 Very daring. 75 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:32,520 Are you all right? 76 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:33,880 I think so. 77 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,120 It's just I've fired my weapon many times 78 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,119 but I've never killed anyone before. 79 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,040 I understand better than you think. 80 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,240 Well, I would like to thank you. 81 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,680 I'm not sure how that's done in London. 82 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,159 I hardly dare but are you free 83 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:55,000 for dinner tomorrow? 84 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:57,800 Oh. 85 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,120 If my employer's let me, then I'd love to join you. 86 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:03,560 Pardon me, sir. 87 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,479 You must accompany these men while we satisfy ourselves in 88 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:07,999 the details of this shooting. 89 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,959 Might I suggest the young man be held at Newgate Prison 90 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,640 until you can question him properly? 91 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:13,880 Excellent idea. 92 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:15,240 All right, men. 93 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,719 See that he gets there in good order. 94 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,119 But I save Amelia, and you're having 95 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:20,960 me taken to prison? 96 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,239 You'll be free by tomorrow afternoon. 97 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,360 In the meantime, you could always visit your father. 98 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:32,200 Another button from Watson's waistcoat 99 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:33,840 found on the floor of the carriage 100 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:35,800 used in your attempted abduction. 101 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:37,280 But whose carriage was it? 102 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,879 No one claims it, nor recognizes the driver, 103 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,359 nor even notice the other fellow who escaped. 104 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,039 The police have agreed to take the vehicle 105 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,080 to an associate of mine who specializes in such problems. 106 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:49,160 How are you holding up? 107 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:50,120 Me? 108 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:52,879 I'm furious. 109 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:54,720 Lady Violet just tried to have me kidnapped. 110 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,280 Yes. She was certainly involved. 111 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,519 Her butler would never have denied you entry 112 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:00,559 without her orders. 113 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,360 And this bench on which you are seated outside, 114 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,799 though situated on gravel, it has mud and ivy, 115 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,999 a dearly helix, if I'm not very much mistaken, 116 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,479 clinging to its frame, proving it was very recently moved 117 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,240 from the garden, probably, to its present position 118 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:16,240 just so you could sit on it. 119 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,159 Right, I'd like to go find Lady Violet 120 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,839 and punch her in her stupid face. 121 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:21,320 Right, in that case, we should leave. 122 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:23,559 Scotland Yard will be here for the next few hours, 123 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,119 and I have contrived to have Bertie, 124 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,319 that is, Mr. Birtwistle, add our inquiries to his own 125 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,599 so that my hand in these affairs remains invisible. 126 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,439 Now, he will report what he learns of the Coachman to you 127 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:34,880 tomorrow at the Ambassador's house. 128 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,000 He already has a midday appointment. 129 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,000 In the meantime, we now have, if anything, 130 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:41,960 Too many clues. 131 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,480 I have one more to add to the list. 132 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,359 Ah, poor Emma, who will no longer be 133 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,160 requiring her debutante ball. 134 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,239 Is it possible Lady Violet arranged this young girl's death 135 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,800 just to open up a date for Clara Anderson's debut? 136 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,679 Yeah, that's what happened. 137 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,799 Clara's ball will take the place of Emma's. 138 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:06,959 Let's forget about Lady Violet for the moment. 139 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,559 Do you recall any distinguishing feature of this driver 140 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:11,840 who tried to kidnap you? 141 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,999 He had an accent that I didn't recognize. 142 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,840 Could you give it a try? 143 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,640 Help... help me in the... 144 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:27,880 for the love of God, my chest... chaste... my chaste... 145 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:29,200 my chaste. 146 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:30,080 South Africa? 147 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,080 I said it was rather good. 148 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:36,639 Thanks. So, not only do we have 149 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,199 three dead coachmen, they all hail from three 150 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,439 different countries. 151 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:42,999 And what about this other fellow who tried to kidnap you 152 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,880 and jumped off the carriage and ran away? 153 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:46,960 He took me completely by surprise. 154 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,800 I didn't see him or hear him. 155 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:51,920 Can we go back to Lady Violet, please? 156 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,160 This jade-handled knife left in Mama's body, 157 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,160 it came from the set of weapons on display 158 00:06:58,400 --> 00:06:59,560 in Lady Violet's parlor. 159 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,359 She's responsible for Emma's death. 160 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,000 She tried to have me kidnapped. 161 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:05,080 And there's more. 162 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,720 It pertains to motive in an important aspect of this case. 163 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:16,879 Of the many mechanical designs stolen after your 164 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:17,960 mother's murder, 165 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,560 I'm convinced one was a blueprint 166 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,280 for a fearsome weapon of war. 167 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:27,920 How do you know that? 168 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:34,320 You said you never met her. 169 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,320 Well, I did. 170 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:46,120 But you said that her name meant nothing. 171 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,680 When we first spoke, you referred to her as Lucia. 172 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:55,960 And when in London, she called herself Little Dove. 173 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:01,040 Look. 174 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,319 Amelia. Look here. 175 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:14,839 See there? 176 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:15,520 That's me. 177 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,960 And next to me, the woman I had been asked to escort. 178 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:22,759 Lady Violet? 179 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:24,560 The daughter of the Duke of Somerset, 180 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,840 for whom I'd done a small favor. 181 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,240 Yes, Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. 182 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,720 It really was the theatrical event of the century. 183 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,399 And after this command performance, 184 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,760 there was a garden party. 185 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,320 With further presentations of sharp shooting, 186 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,559 Roman riding, hog tying, all of which I found 187 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:48,920 completely exhausting. 188 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,760 So I escaped, and I wandered into a tent 189 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,119 displaying the most amazing part of the show. 190 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:02,640 Because for me, nothing exceeded the genius of the scenery. 191 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,640 All designed by the most unlikely person on earth. 192 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:09,000 Mama. 193 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:10,440 As you say. 194 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,800 These are not mere theatrical backdrops. 195 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,519 These are feats of modern engineering. 196 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,160 Is there any chance I could meet their creator? 197 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:29,240 That would be me. 198 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,280 Oh, these are your designs? 199 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,199 Well, they're remarkable. 200 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,280 Where did you learn these construction techniques? 201 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:41,760 My grandfather was a military engineer. 202 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,680 Lacking any male descendants, he imparted his skills to me. 203 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,480 The blending of machinery and art is my own innovation, 204 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:51,920 Mr. Holmes. 205 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,039 Made necessary by our show's epic scale. 206 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:58,439 Now you have me at a disadvantage. 207 00:09:58,440 --> 00:09:59,400 You know my name. 208 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:00,719 Who in London would not? 209 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:01,720 Well, very true. 210 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:06,200 But, you know, your name should be equally celebrated. 211 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:08,799 I'm Little Dove of the Apache tribe, 212 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,640 though I now reside in a state called California. 213 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:13,799 In addition to the show, will you be treating 214 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:14,439 us to a travelogue? 215 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:16,999 There you are, Lady Violet. 216 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,399 I was just admiring the handiwork of 217 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,520 our scenic designer, Little Dove. 218 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,960 What an ordeal it must be to imagine backdrops 219 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,439 commemorating the defeats of America's native tribes. 220 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,279 You must have arrived after the reenactment 221 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,799 of Little Bighorn, but I thank you for acknowledging 222 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,759 the attempts at annihilating my people. 223 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,439 That's so well spoken too, isn't she? 224 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,080 Why, you are a marvel of the Savage West. 225 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,840 I can't wait to tell my friends all about you. 226 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:46,320 Don't linger here. 227 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:48,639 The festivities are winding down, 228 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,640 and Her Majesty will need us in our seats before sundown. 229 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:53,679 I'll join you at the table in a moment. 230 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:54,360 Thank you. 231 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:57,560 As you wish. 232 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,160 I must apologize for the dullness of court customs. 233 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:08,640 May I? 234 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:14,360 Oh, uh, of course. 235 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:15,360 Ingenious. 236 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,240 Really. Do you have any more of these? 237 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:20,240 I do. 238 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,719 This invention I call the mechanical earth mover. 239 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,279 To clear land for cultivation or powering the earth 240 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,000 mover using liquid gas. 241 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:33,040 Liquid gas? 242 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,040 That's a contradiction in terms, surely. 243 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:38,320 Oh. 244 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,160 I never thought of it like that. 245 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:42,840 What's this one? 246 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,440 A cannon mounted atop an armored vehicle, 247 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,040 entirely covered in metal and driven from within, 248 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,759 capable of moving through difficult terrain while 249 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,239 remaining on the offensive, and also able to withstand 250 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,200 direct hits from any rifle. 251 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,039 England's current Secretary of War 252 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,159 just happens to be the father of Lady Violet, 253 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,999 that rather patronizing young lady to whom I introduced you 254 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,880 at the command performance of the show. 255 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:10,679 Her Majesty's government would want to control 256 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:11,760 a weapon such as this. 257 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,560 So Lady Violet knew this weapon existed 258 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:18,440 and that my mother designed it. 259 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:19,520 Wait. 260 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,960 No, don't say another word until you've explained 261 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:27,480 why you denied knowing my mother. 262 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,160 What proofs did you offer? 263 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,200 A portrait you might have drawn of a passerby, 264 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,399 a letter on the back of a photograph 265 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,559 you referred to her as Lucia Rojas, 266 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:41,960 and I'd only ever known her as Little Dove. 267 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:45,600 You see, Amelia, over the years I have been mobbed 268 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,519 by pretenders posing as my children, 269 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,559 my siblings and other distant relatives, 270 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:53,439 some of whom presented far more compelling evidence 271 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,120 than I have thus far seen from you, to be brutally frank. 272 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,759 You cannot even verify, beyond question, 273 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,839 that you are indeed the real Amelia Rojas 274 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,440 and not just some clever imposter. 275 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,040 So then why bother with me at all? 276 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,039 Because I was able to corroborate 277 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,080 the story of Lucia's murder. 278 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:13,280 And having come to know you, 279 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,520 I would rather err on the side of good faith than suspicion. 280 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:21,280 But as to who I am... 281 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,520 I am in want of facts, Amelia. 282 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:30,080 I do not draw conclusions based on my feelings or my hopes. 283 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,880 Right. You never guess. 284 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:39,480 So you shared this story with me because these weapon designs 285 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,760 give Lady Violet a motive for murdering my mother. 286 00:13:45,680 --> 00:13:47,000 Exactly. 287 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,799 In two decades, this weapon has gone from theoretical 288 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:53,519 to possibly indispensable. 289 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,840 It could determine the outcome of a battle or even a war, 290 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,760 which, of course, makes it enormously valuable. 291 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:04,919 But what do these designs have to do with the 292 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:06,759 Ambassador's missing jewels? 293 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,040 And to Emma's death? 294 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,039 Or to your kidnapped friends? 295 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,119 It's not I, but the red thread that binds 296 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:15,440 these crimes together. 297 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:18,960 And now we know how the thread communicates. 298 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,280 But how do we get them to talk to us? 299 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,919 I may have a partial solution to that, 300 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,559 but first you must return to the Ambassador's residence 301 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:28,920 to meet Bertie Birtwistle. 302 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,559 And I must pay another visit to Professor Moriarty 303 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,280 to see how he's getting on with his son 304 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,919 and return to a very special carriage shop. 305 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:42,200 And before tomorrow is done, I too must be kidnapped. 306 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,519 I'm sure her hair could benefit from some serious 307 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,879 professional attention, and of course she'll 308 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:58,720 require a gown. 309 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,079 Though she can't wear white, someone might 310 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:02,280 mistake her for a lady. 311 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,360 That's very unlikely. 312 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,279 Clara will have a dress that can be refitted for her. 313 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,279 Well, if you want to meliorate your own daughter's ball, 314 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,200 it will be remarkable for the guests 315 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,559 to witness in person this quaint custom 316 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:17,680 of Americans sticking together despite vast social differences. 317 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,000 Maybe it's a preview of the future 318 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,520 where notions of class are based on character. 319 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,920 And good breeding only refers to horses and dogs. 320 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,560 Then you would no longer need cross the ocean 321 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,319 in search of noble husbands. 322 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,120 Yet, while aristocracy still matters, 323 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,199 I've arranged a special guest for Clara's debut. 324 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:41,840 Oh? 325 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:43,279 And who might that be? 326 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:48,040 Lord Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoigne Cecil, 327 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,639 Third Marquis of Salisbury, and the current Prime Minister 328 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:54,440 of Her Majesty's Government. 329 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:56,599 Oh, how wonderful! 330 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,320 Lord Salisbury's the most famous man in the world. 331 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,719 Now everyone will come to my ball. 332 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,399 You are as ever fixated on the wrong things. 333 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,319 A practice which caused me years of suffering 334 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:08,879 directly attributable to your neglect. 335 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:10,000 You disobeyed me. 336 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:12,879 Whilst I was away in business, you went to and 337 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,319 from your school, ignoring the young woman who 338 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:16,559 I had hired to care for you. 339 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,360 That woman was a drunk. 340 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:20,199 Intoxicated from morning till night 341 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:21,839 and capable of looking after herself, 342 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,040 much less a child of nine. 343 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:24,800 Men must work. 344 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,239 I had both my profession as a mathematician 345 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,360 and my greater enterprise to maintain. 346 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,079 Greater enterprise? 347 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,719 Well, by which you mean the exploitation of human weakness 348 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,840 through opium dens, gambling, and houses of ill repute. 349 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:42,279 Run by men for whom loyalty is a vice best remedied by greed. 350 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,600 Profit, not morality, is a pursuit of business. 351 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,400 Well, what a heartwarming chat. 352 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,079 I'm sure Inspector Bullivant will be calling. 353 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,280 We need to get Dan back into his own cells. 354 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,320 Silence! 355 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:01,080 I have waited 15 years to lay eyes on my son again. 356 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:02,959 And in the lengthy period of my absence, 357 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,720 he seems to have fallen victim to the pedals of idealism. 358 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,039 Idealism? Or hope for a better world. 359 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,119 The same hope that sees me saving a small sum of my salary 360 00:17:11,120 --> 00:17:13,399 every month to appeal your sentence. 361 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,279 What? I beg your pardon? 362 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:16,559 An appeal? 363 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:18,400 Are you as foolish as you are naive? 364 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:19,799 No, no, no, no, no, no. 365 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,080 An appeal would bring heightened scrutiny to your father's 366 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:24,799 various intrigues. 367 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,000 This is so, Father. 368 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,159 Oh, you've not already made enough money 369 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,639 to live comfortably for the rest of your life? 370 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:32,479 It's not about the money. 371 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:33,839 Well, it's a bit about the money. 372 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,399 It's quite a lot about the money. 373 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:36,959 Do you seriously suppose that I could 374 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:38,680 be held here against my will? 375 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,600 I endure prison for another year and two months, 376 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:43,479 after which I receive my parole license 377 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:46,079 I can go free with no further obstacle to my endeavors. 378 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,440 And yet again you choose a life of crime. 379 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,399 A life of crime over your family. 380 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,800 That is unfair! 381 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:56,799 I spent a fortune searching for you everywhere! 382 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:57,960 And yet you failed. 383 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:04,919 Since I am not cause enough for you to desire freedom, 384 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:05,960 I better leave to go. 385 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:13,960 We can... 386 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:16,960 regain our family, boy. 387 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,680 You need merely to return here for visits. 388 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:27,319 I will not return... 389 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:31,040 except to escort you from this wretched place. 390 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,320 And since you would rather stay, 391 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:36,840 I ask again to be excused. 392 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,760 I cannot believe you are my son. 393 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,000 Feel free to continue to ignore me. 394 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:45,640 I'll return the favor. 395 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,840 Is it possible he failed to inherit any of my abilities? 396 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:05,040 Perhaps he prefers to employ his talents to improve the world. 397 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,479 Improve? We are the greatest 398 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:08,640 empire in history. 399 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,279 Whatever alters the status quo will always be worse 400 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:12,480 than what came before. 401 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,480 Therefore, it's imperative that we change as little as possible. 402 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,440 Another good reason to fight the red thread, 403 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,280 which would upend the world as we know it. 404 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,159 By kidnapping your former maid. 405 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:23,999 What nonsense? 406 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,400 Why would they not just kill you? 407 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,639 How goes your own struggle with the Thread? 408 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,320 They have slowed their advance into my territory. 409 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,439 Perhaps one day, you could go back to hiding 410 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:37,799 from me instead of them. 411 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,760 Oh, it would be a relief to resume our former animosity. 412 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:44,760 Until then, I must ask you for another favor. 413 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,320 Oh, my favors do not come free. 414 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,679 Whatever your former mate knows, Dan killed an agent 415 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:50,799 of the Thread to save her. 416 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,039 I demand to be protected from retaliation. 417 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,400 I'll do what I can. 418 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,919 Perhaps you should not take Dan's harsh 419 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:01,759 words so much to heart. 420 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:05,319 Your consolation is worse even in our temporary alliance. 421 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,599 Instead of your loathsome pity, ask your favor, 422 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:09,960 whatever it may be. 423 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:20,680 Thanks very much for helping me out. 424 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,879 Oh, do you want the chicken or a block of cheese? 425 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,400 They're both a day from going off. 426 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,519 Um, I'll have whatever you don't want. 427 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,400 Hmm, cheese it is then. 428 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:33,240 Hey, don't worry about that fireplace. 429 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,560 I don't mind laying to the end, 'cause we'll get more staff. 430 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,240 But we ain't chimney sweeps, eh? 431 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,120 Are you coming or what? 432 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:53,880 See, the cheese is good. 433 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:56,680 I wouldn't mind eating it all 434 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,320 We'll take our main meal tonight for a change. 435 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,520 Oh, I'm going out this evening. 436 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,160 Oh, what a life you lead. 437 00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:08,560 Balls and kidnappings and now dinners. 438 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:09,960 Where is it, this dinner? 439 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,200 And who's paying the freight? 440 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:13,599 One moment. 441 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,480 That terrible insurance investigator is back. 442 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:17,199 I don't want him bothering Clara. 443 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:22,560 What an odd little man he is. 444 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,280 How quickly you rise. 445 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:29,799 Only in England could trading one servant's job 446 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,639 for another be considered a promotion. 447 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:32,520 Nonsense. 448 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:35,919 You're better settled than my own children. 449 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,719 And despite appearances, we both know you 450 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,639 still work for Holmes. 451 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:46,999 Did you find anything out from the coachman 452 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:47,799 after we left? 453 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:48,560 I did. 454 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,640 There were two sullen drivers from New Zealand. 455 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,319 One working for no lesser personage 456 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,719 than the Duke of Leicester, owner of the world's 457 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:57,639 largest shipyard. 458 00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,159 Those companies fallen in hard times. 459 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,320 The other driver was employed by Sir Nigel Parks, 460 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,720 a broker who suffered staggering losses during the panic. 461 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,760 So men like Lord Withersea, titled without cash, 462 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,999 both of whom might have been interested 463 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,680 in sharing the proceeds from Mrs. Anderson's jewels. 464 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,999 One would have to sell the gems to split the money. 465 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,640 A fence would pay but 30% of their value. 466 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,160 So very little to be shared among so many. 467 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,800 The insurance company has to pay the ambassador in full. 468 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,720 Unless I find the jewels by tomorrow afternoon, 469 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:46,160 the ambassador collects 50,000 pounds of fortune, 470 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,439 equal to his losses, in the Railroad Bank rhapsody 471 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,280 Excuse me, Amelia. 472 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,400 Is there a reason you delay Mr. Birtwistle 473 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:57,959 from our appointment? 474 00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:59,680 I beg your pardon, sir. 475 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,080 I was just trying to talk him out of questioning Clara again. 476 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,639 Mr. Ambassador, if the girl were any more protective 477 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,880 of your daughter, she'd be one of your Pinkertons. 478 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,080 Delay is a familiar tactic of insurance companies. 479 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:14,720 Or so I hear. 480 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,920 This way, sir, if you please. 481 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,720 Not unreasonable, Ambassador Anderson. 482 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,599 Especially considering the vast sum involved 483 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,160 that I be allowed to interview everyone at least twice. 484 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,359 Nevertheless, I demand all inquiries 485 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:08,040 from my family come through me. 486 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,520 And now, I believe if you cannot find the jewels, 487 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,440 it is time to arrange restitution. 488 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,520 Or shall I call my American lawyers? 489 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:26,919 No, such a mess. 490 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,039 I'm sorry, I came in to see if the room needed 491 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:30,159 straightening and... 492 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,200 These buttons go up the side of my new frock. 493 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:34,160 Let's not lose any of them. 494 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:36,960 What happened here, I wonder? 495 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,279 Can't tell you everything, Mr. Holmes, 496 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,480 but this carriage that was used to kidnap your maid, 497 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:47,760 this is a new construction, not built to last the ages. 498 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,080 I guess it wouldn't stick out on the streets, 499 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:53,039 but I've not seen their light before. 500 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,919 Even if this carriage displays inferior workmanship, 501 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,079 the lamps on the outside door handles 502 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,039 are perfectly shaped and exactly alike. 503 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,359 Now, would that not indicate the use of a mold? 504 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:07,600 And would one create molds for a single carriage or even two? 505 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,280 Bless me, sir, but you're right. 506 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,639 Still, I would want a fleet of carriages like this 507 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:14,320 with no... 508 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:16,719 I don't think it's on the inside. 509 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,799 I believe we'll find its legitimate purpose 510 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,279 was as an ambulance for the patients of the Green and Crest 511 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:23,879 Asylum for the criminally insane. 512 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,999 But these carriages could serve in other capacities. 513 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,560 Now, is this a false bottom? 514 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:32,320 It is. 515 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:33,800 Added after manufacture? 516 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:35,679 Part of the original design. 517 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:36,960 This is fantastical. 518 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,000 Surely they didn't mean for me to see this, did they? 519 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:41,000 They? 520 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:43,559 Who would they? 521 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,799 A criminal consortium of unrivaled malice. 522 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,680 I must stop them, Clarence, and you must help me. 523 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,200 Tomorrow night, in fact. 524 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:50,640 Perhaps the following morning. 525 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,239 Shall we say 20 pounds? 526 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:53,680 10 for you, 10 for your men? 527 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:55,359 20 pounds? 528 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:56,200 Its that dangerous? 529 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:58,199 I don't know, Mr. Holmes. 530 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,760 For queen and country, Clarence. 531 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:05,320 Thank you. 532 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,960 I'll send my man, Shaw, around with directions. 533 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,160 Oh, and Clarence. 534 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:11,959 Yes, Mr. Holmes? 535 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,440 Be on your guard, especially around any coachman, 536 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:15,360 You might see. 537 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,799 Before we have dinner, I thought you might be interested 538 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,440 in a project I've been working on. 539 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:55,439 But first, let's talk about yesterday. 540 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,639 Did anyone discover why the driver tried to kidnap you? 541 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:58,520 No idea. 542 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,280 And there was another man involved who got away, 543 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:03,280 which is curious. 544 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,719 Honestly, I think men are only interested in me 545 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,160 because I worked for Mr. Holmes. 546 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,719 That may be how we first met, But I think we've moved 547 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:13,960 past that, have we not? 548 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,240 Well, saving someone's life changes things a bit. 549 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,800 This is a club I joined recently, 550 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,839 made up of men and women working to obtain the vote 551 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,759 for all adult citizens of the British Empire, 552 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,440 including ladies who have never had a voice in government. 553 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:31,839 Careful, Mr. Wylie. 554 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:33,839 You don't want to sound as if you're hauling a guillotine 555 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:34,760 to Piccadilly. 556 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:38,879 Besides, one cannot decapitate the entire upper class 557 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,000 and their gentry accomplices. 558 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:42,119 That has been tried. 559 00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:43,600 Pay no attention to Herr Bernt. 560 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:45,919 Our club offers a peaceful alternative 561 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:47,360 to violence and revolution. 562 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,039 I only want the right to vote. 563 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,319 Once we have universal suffrage, I know righteousness 564 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:53,200 will prevail. 565 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,120 How good to see you all again. 566 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,600 We begin this evening by announcing 567 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,720 our petition for universal suffrage 568 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:06,959 has reached the Prime Minister with nearly 50,000 signatures. 569 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:14,080 To celebrate, I shall read our petition out loud. 570 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,759 Given the major improvements to Birmingham's welfare, 571 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,039 we humbly request the expansion of Home Rule 572 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,359 to encompass every city, county, and colony 573 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:23,640 of Her Majesty's Empire. 574 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,800 Tell me, Jeremy, what do you make of this petition's request? 575 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,000 Me, Prime Minister? 576 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,560 Well, I know it'll be the devil to make six copies of it. 577 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,079 But what about extending Home Rule? 578 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:36,920 Oh, sir, that... 579 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,839 that could never pass Parliament. 580 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,559 Congratulations, Jeremy, on twice refusing to 581 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:45,679 answer the question. 582 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:46,919 That shows great promise. 583 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,199 Thank you, Prime Minister. 584 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:53,400 Let us see who signed this damnable appeal. 585 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,920 I suspect it's the usual Fabians and rabble-rousers. 586 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:02,239 My lord, Salisbury. 587 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,520 Sir, excuse me, but... 588 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,320 were you expecting a large rug to be brought here this evening? 589 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,719 I had a request from a boy this afternoon suggesting 590 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:10,920 just such delivery. 591 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:15,200 This way. 592 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,200 Ah, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. 593 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:28,400 Welcome, and meet my private secretary, Mr. Jeremy Stevens. 594 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,280 Otherwise, we're quite alone, as requested. 595 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:32,280 Thank you, Prime Minister. 596 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,040 It's an honour to meet you, Mr. Stevens. 597 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,960 Just... just a moment. 598 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,679 You will inform the professor of my profound irritation 599 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,839 and the roughness with which his favor was executed. 600 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:46,240 Now, get out! 601 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,320 Just be glad I have no time to pursue you. 602 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:50,960 Go on! 603 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:52,040 Thank you. 604 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,919 Prime Minister, I, uh, thank you for making time 605 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,439 in your very busy schedule, and I do apologize 606 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,439 for the rather theatrical nature of my entrance, 607 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,239 but it was vital I not be seen visiting you. 608 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,079 You have been so useful to Her Majesty 609 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,680 in our various governments that I dare not refuse your appeal. 610 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:11,800 Just a little bit on your left there. 611 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:14,120 Thank you. 612 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,079 Now, without wishing to alarm you, 613 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,439 I have a serious problem that only you can solve. 614 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:21,480 What do you require? 615 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,480 Only that you be helpful and frank. 616 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:25,960 Only helpful and frank? 617 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,800 These are no small requests for a career politician. 618 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:35,959 Yes, yes, I understand, and I do hesitate to ask. 619 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,759 It's just I'm in the midst of solving a crime 620 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,519 of enormous magnitude, not to mention the 621 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,919 dismantling of a secret cabal representing the worldwide 622 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,760 industrialization of crime. 623 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,839 Our Prime Minister is completely untrustworthy. 624 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,679 But once women get the vote, all that will change. 625 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:55,360 That is the hope, Mrs. Mawson. 626 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:00,720 So, what did you think? 627 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:04,599 I don't know much about politics. 628 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,720 But surely you see the fairness of home rule. 629 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,039 Do you think that the United States would give 630 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:10,200 the Apache tribe home rule? 631 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,519 When you demand home rule for Australia, 632 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:14,800 is it for the natives? 633 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:16,439 Or is it for the colonizers? 634 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:20,040 I see your point. 635 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,559 The injustice goes deeper than we can address all at once, 636 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:27,040 but I believe a fairer world would make fairer choices, 637 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:28,800 and I am committed to a better world. 638 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,760 And lately, my idea of a better world includes you. 639 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,199 I don't see how. 640 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:38,080 Do you not? 641 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:46,760 I'm sorry. 642 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:47,760 I forget myself. 643 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:48,880 It's OK. 644 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,039 It's a lot more fun than listening 645 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,240 to petitions being read. 646 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:55,040 Is it? 647 00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:01,999 It's no use creating taboos. 648 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,479 Criminals will not abide by them, 649 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,359 and they hinder our pursuit. 650 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,679 And I infer from the size of the conspiracy, 651 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,359 the crime I'm trying to solve is one 652 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,120 of international significance. 653 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:12,879 I offer you a compromise. 654 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,960 Compromise? I expected this. 655 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,280 You must use your skills, Mr. Holmes, and I must use mine. 656 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,279 The information produced from this... this instance 657 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:26,799 of state-approved eavesdropping must be handled 658 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,400 by an officer of the court. 659 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:33,320 The conversation can never be used in evidence. 660 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:34,440 That's fair. 661 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,480 I believe you have deduced my predicament. 662 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,360 Right at the moment, I am more in the business 663 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:44,400 of identifying criminals rather than bringing them to justice. 664 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:47,480 Jeremy, prepare to write a warrant for... 665 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:48,880 what do you call it? 666 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,559 A wiretap, my lord. 667 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,680 Wiretap is how they secretly refer to it in New York. 668 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,520 Wire tap. 669 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,799 It's marvelous, isn't it? 670 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,519 How technical terms drain all the outrage out of 671 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,200 questionable activities. 672 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,039 Yes, well, begin the document as per usual, Jeremy, 673 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,720 and Mr. Holmes here will help you word the rest. 674 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,439 If you could tell me the name and position of the 675 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:12,520 person whose telephone you intend to monitor. 676 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,000 Yes, indeed, I have it here. 677 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,720 Dear God. 678 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,200 Steady on, Jeremy. 679 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,760 This request is from Sherlock Holmes. 680 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,640 So, do you think you could summarize 681 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,719 everything we have left to do in order to solve the case of 682 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,640 the Red Thread in its entirety? 683 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,199 As I see it, we have to figure out 684 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,239 how these coachmen from different countries 685 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,920 all became accomplices to their bosses, 686 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:50,119 Determine what keys Ambassador Anderson was forced to give up 687 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,360 in exchange for Clara. 688 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:55,680 Solve the mystery of why Weems and Maggott were murdered. 689 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,119 Name the person at Scotland Yard using Chief Inspector 690 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,160 Whitlock's telephone. 691 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,280 Find the missing jewels, locate the hostages. 692 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,879 Figure out what a fleet of new ambulances 693 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,039 for the criminally insane are supposed to be carrying 694 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:10,799 in their false bottoms. 695 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,080 Connect all of that to my mother's murder 696 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,559 and bring Lady Violet to justice. 697 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:16,520 Yes, yes, yes, yes. 698 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:19,520 You left three questions unasked. 699 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:21,320 Number one, why the attempted abduction 700 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:22,920 of the Italian ambassador's son? 701 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,320 Done after the murder of your maid, 702 00:34:25,720 --> 00:34:27,640 to see if you would back off after finding a red threat. 703 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:29,480 Excellent. Superb. 704 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,079 My deduction precisely attests to make sure 705 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,559 I will not break from their distractions again. 706 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,360 Number two, during your attempted abduction, 707 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,359 a man jumped from the carriage and raced away to 708 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,759 a waiting coach, while the driver who kidnapped 709 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,359 you chose to stay behind and missed a chance to get away. 710 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,840 Now, why did he do that? 711 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:49,159 I have no idea. 712 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:50,360 No, nor I. 713 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:55,160 Now, number three, a little more serious. 714 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,279 Before Lord Withersey killed himself, 715 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,800 he went so far as to suggest that the Red Thread were 716 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,239 planning a crime beyond my imagination. 717 00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:03,760 And I fear he may have been right. 718 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:05,679 Oh, sorry, hydrogen sulfide. 719 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,480 That's a necessary evil, I'm afraid. 720 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,480 If you say so. 721 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,679 Maybe if we just answer one or two of these questions, 722 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,480 then the thread would unravel. 723 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:16,999 Yes, but don't forget, the thread would have 724 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,199 killed me long ago were I not somehow 725 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:20,519 vital to their success. 726 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:21,840 So how am I supposed to help them? 727 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:23,879 We're not stopping until we can figure that out, are we? 728 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:24,920 No, no, no, no, no, no. 729 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,199 We will soldier on, and once we have rescued 730 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,719 Watson and Mrs. Hudson, then the true power of 731 00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:32,999 my genius can be put back to its proper use. 732 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,440 And then let the thread beware. 733 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,159 Now, what do you think of my work with the telephone calls 734 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:39,320 made during our rescue of Clara Anderson? 735 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:40,719 Mm-hmm. 736 00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:41,919 That's very good. 737 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:42,800 Thank you. 738 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,400 A few minutes after I reported Charlie the Coachman, 739 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:49,959 someone at Chief Inspector Whitlock's office 740 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:51,160 called the Coffin Factory. 741 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,239 Then Whitlock's office immediately rang 742 00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:55,559 up Lord Withersea. 743 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,399 Warning him he was about to welcome Watson and Mrs. Hudson, 744 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,160 not to mention the ambassador's jewels. 745 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,239 Well, now that you have all these names and addresses, 746 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:06,640 it seems perfectly reasonable to assume 747 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:11,120 that Dr. Watson and Mrs. Hudson must be at one of them. 748 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,399 I guess you can't ask Scotland Yard for a search warrant 749 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,080 because someone there is involved. 750 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:18,840 Exactly. 751 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:23,240 Well, you've arranged the telephone numbers 752 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:27,520 between the members of the thread in the shape of a tree. 753 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,359 Why not shake it, see what falls out? 754 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,320 Superb suggestion, yes. 755 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,279 An excellent description of my plan. 756 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,999 Shake the tree, but first we must move beyond 757 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:39,919 how the thread communicate with each other 758 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:41,560 and get them to talk to us. 759 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:45,160 I've found a place in Ambassador Anderson's house 760 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,760 where I can hear every word he says in his study. 761 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,200 Amelia. 762 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:52,560 I'm so proud of you. 763 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,199 Listening to criminals without their knowledge 764 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,200 can be key to solving a mystery. 765 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:02,239 So after we shake the tree, as you so vividly put it, 766 00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:05,360 the kidnappers must communicate with each other. 767 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,600 And then Watson and Mrs. Hudson will once more be on the move. 768 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,799 Our allies and friends are already strategically placed. 769 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,599 And I will light up the sky with two signals. 770 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,599 One color, representing where Watson and Mrs. Hudson 771 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,360 have been kept, and the other color, 772 00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:22,400 representing where they are going. 773 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,400 So it will be red, the Earl of Dorchester, 774 00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:28,200 where Clarence waits. 775 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,039 Green, the Dowager Duchess of Lincolnshire, 776 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,720 where the big street irregulars are on watch. 777 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:35,999 Orange, the Brokers and Nigel Parks, 778 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,400 where the Halligans have parked my carriage. 779 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:42,760 Yellow, the Duke of Leicester, where Bertie guards the drive. 780 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:46,839 And Violet, well, Lady Violet, who I will place in 781 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:48,200 your capable hands. 782 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:52,399 And whilst you go about unnerving her, 783 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,599 I will journey to Scotland Yard and bait the red thread into 784 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,240 helping us rescue my friends. 785 00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:12,520 Swann, I trust I'm not too early. 786 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,239 No, sir, you are just in time to witness the end of my career. 787 00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:18,479 Nonsense, you're not old enough to have a career. 788 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:19,919 Did you see the name on the warrant, 789 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:21,839 signed by Lord Salisbury himself? 790 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,079 Yes, and I obeyed it, sir, certain in the knowledge 791 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:25,679 that no gentleman shall ever speak to me again. 792 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,719 Nonsense. You should not be so lucky. 793 00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:29,960 Now, does this contraption work? 794 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:31,479 Yes, sir. 795 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:34,319 I can hear and record every conversation 796 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:35,840 from the telephone of the chief inspector. 797 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:37,399 Wonderful. Wonderful. 798 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,239 Wonderful. Now, all that remains 799 00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:41,279 is for me to go and give one of the most 800 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,679 amazing performances in theatrical history. 801 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:47,199 I regret you cannot attend, but the audience for this spectacle 802 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:48,320 must be very small. 803 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,559 Afterwards, someone will pick up the telephone 804 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,079 in Chief Inspector Whitlock's office 805 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,159 and ask the operator to dial a number. 806 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:55,680 You must write this number down, yes? 807 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:56,600 Yes, sir. 808 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:58,759 And then, while still recording the conversation, 809 00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:00,479 you must compare this number to all the other numbers 810 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:01,999 on the list to see to whom they belong. 811 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:02,760 Do you understand? 812 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:04,240 The Duke of Leicester? 813 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:06,759 The Dowager Duchess of Lincolnshire, sir? 814 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:08,360 This... Don't fret. 815 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:09,880 Don't fret. 816 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:11,120 It will all be over soon. 817 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,080 And now to go upstairs and provoke your superiors. 818 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:18,560 You are moving up in the world. 819 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,600 Last week you were a scullery maid. 820 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:25,679 Now, suddenly, dropping in on the daughter of a duke 821 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,760 without so much as an appointment. 822 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:29,680 I wouldn't dream of disturbing you. 823 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,600 But during the ball for the Italian ambassador's daughter, 824 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,919 Clara misplaced her fan, And some silly girl told 825 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:38,200 her that you picked it up. 826 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:40,280 I'm not a housekeeper. 827 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:42,920 That's more your line of work. 828 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:45,239 Never mind. 829 00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:46,560 Describe this fan, if you will. 830 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,720 Well, it's very unique. 831 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:55,280 It... It unfolds into the designs of a weapon. 832 00:39:56,920 --> 00:40:01,160 A strange armored vehicle with a cannon on top. 833 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:03,840 The drawing is very detailed. 834 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:06,840 Almost like a blueprint. 835 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,400 Clara was certain that it would be here. 836 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,040 I am equally certain it is not. 837 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,239 But the fan does sound unique. 838 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:22,160 If we find it, I will secure it. 839 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,559 Well, you could always tie it shut with a red thread 840 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:26,760 and call me to pick it up. 841 00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:32,800 Oh, I shall try very hard to see that you get it. 842 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,319 Allow me to have Mr. Hopper show you to the door. 843 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:41,000 No need. 844 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:42,600 I know where the door is. 845 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:49,080 Hopper, have my carriage brought around immediately. 846 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,399 You should have reported these kidnappings to the police. 847 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:55,959 Happily, I am only an hour or so 848 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,079 from locating Watson and Mrs. Hudson 849 00:40:58,080 --> 00:40:59,760 and ending this dreadful ordeal. 850 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:00,920 Thank God. 851 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:02,960 How may we help? 852 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:04,879 Well, once again, Chief Inspector, you anticipate me. 853 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,719 First, I must return to Baker Street 854 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:08,279 and await the call of my informant. 855 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:10,119 In the meantime, if you could have a few 856 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:11,919 six-man squads standing by. 857 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:13,720 Surely we should be working together. 858 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:15,999 I can assume... - Nonsense, Bullivant. 859 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,399 Why would you demand control over an investigation 860 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:19,600 you know nothing about? 861 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:21,120 Of course. 862 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,800 How... How foolish of me. 863 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,559 Rest assured, Mr Holmes, we will put teams of 864 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,119 officers all over the city that we might instantly 865 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:31,400 respond to your summons. 866 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:32,959 My thankfulness knows no bounds. 867 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,040 Now that I have your support, Chief Inspector, 868 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,320 our success is assured. 869 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:38,560 Expect my call shortly.