1 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:06,920 The murder weapon. 2 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:08,920 Wise of you to keep it. 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:12,200 Lucia Rojas, my mother, she was another victim of the Red Thread 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,640 We are preparing to commit the greatest offense ever conceived. 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,000 Now that our Lordship is gone, my lady, perhaps we can 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,000 think of a better way to get acquainted. 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,160 He tried to... 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:26,799 It is telephony that I wish to study. 9 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,240 Telephones serve no useful purpose in detection. 10 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,480 Take my rescue of the American ambassador's daughter. 11 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,920 You also recovered the ambassador's stolen jewels? 12 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:36,280 Not yet, no. 13 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,719 I am personally taking over this investigation, 14 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:40,920 so I'm confident the jewels will be found. 15 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:42,319 I'm Michael Wylie. 16 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,600 Alias adopted by the son of a very dangerous criminal, 17 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,960 also known as Dan Moriarty. 18 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:48,440 I think spying's an ugly word. 19 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:49,960 What are you interested in then? 20 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,319 Your employer's relationship to Professor Moriarty. 21 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,320 If you could find out, I'd be very grateful. 22 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,639 I'll wait for you tomorrow at Mrs. Bailey's tea 23 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,000 house on Park Road. 24 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,400 Come in, Mrs. Halligan, and bring Detective Swan 25 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,160 and his friend with you. 26 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,040 Sorry, Mr. Holmes, but how did you know who was visiting? 27 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,560 I heard three sets of feet on the stairs, 28 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,280 and it took no great effort to deduce that the telephone 29 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:27,240 installer, Detective Swan, promised 30 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,880 will be here by 9 AM, has inexplicably arrived 31 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,240 at half past 3 in the afternoon. 32 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,840 Good day, Mr. Holmes, and allow me to introduce you to... 33 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:39,000 Mr. Pete Pound, at your service. 34 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,480 I suppose in the future, whenever you're delayed, 35 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,680 you could always call ahead on my new telephone. 36 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:46,839 As you say, sir. 37 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,840 Now, where do you want the device installed? 38 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,360 Somewhere over here by the desk. 39 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,720 Mr. Holmes, reconsider. 40 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,360 Bringing that contraption into your rooms will be 41 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:57,680 the end of your privacy. 42 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,680 No, no, no, Mrs. Hulligan. 43 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:02,040 Imagine connecting to the whole wide world while sitting 44 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:03,320 comfortably in your parlor. 45 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,599 Why, you could summon the police or a doctor 46 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,639 or even speak to distant relatives and friends. 47 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:10,800 It's quite marvellous. 48 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:11,920 Excuse me, sir. 49 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,720 I just need to make some measurements. 50 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:16,320 Sorry, sir. 51 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:17,920 When I opened the door, these 52 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:19,360 hoodlums ran past me. 53 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:20,520 No problem, Mr. Halligan. 54 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:21,720 I was expecting these young 55 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:22,439 men. Yes, sure. 56 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:23,439 What is it? 57 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:24,560 Sorry to come unannounced, Mr. Holmes, but we 58 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,200 found that Michael Wylie you were looking for. 59 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,760 Wonderful. Wonderful. 60 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:29,720 Detective Swan. 61 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,200 I assume you can finish this installation without me? 62 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:34,520 Yes, of course, Mr. Holmes. 63 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,440 And, uh, Mr. and Mrs. Halligan, I will leave you in command. 64 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,280 And now, Shaw, if you and your friends 65 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,040 could please introduce me to Mr. Wylie. 66 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,880 I began to think you weren't going to come. 67 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,000 Am I permitted to say how much I was 68 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:55,080 looking forward to seeing you? 69 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:56,400 You can keep your flowers. 70 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,440 I'm only here to say that I won't tell 71 00:02:58,560 --> 00:02:59,760 you anything about Mr. Holmes. 72 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,959 But I thought we'd agreed that... No, no, my agreement was with 73 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,080 someone called Michael Wylie. 74 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,800 Your name is Dan Moriarty, and your father is 75 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:10,840 a dangerous criminal who's tried to kill Mr. Holmes, 76 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:12,640 who was talking about you as I walked out the 77 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:13,559 door this morning. 78 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:14,560 Please, please, people will hear. 79 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,720 That's how you begin an apology, for lying? 80 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,679 No, no, no, no, of course, I regret very much 81 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:20,639 that I lied, but... 82 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,920 Mrs. Halligan, please make sure that neither Detective 83 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,280 Swan nor Mr. Pound enter this room for the next few minutes. 84 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,760 Of course, sir. 85 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:47,960 Now, I demand an explanation for your reprehensible behavior. 86 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,520 I didn't... Not you, the Moriarty. 87 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,279 Now, on our journey over here, Miss Rojas 88 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,920 claimed that you pressured her into spying on me. 89 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:57,999 Do you deny it? 90 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,800 And I warn you, sir, this is not mere curiosity. 91 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,319 Before you leave here today, I must 92 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,600 be satisfied with your answers. 93 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,919 It's a long story, Mr. Holmes. 94 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:08,880 Well, feel free to summarize. 95 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:10,679 As your father has learned to his cost, 96 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,680 my ability to extrapolate from limited information 97 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:14,840 may surprise you. 98 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:16,800 It's with my father the story begins. 99 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,880 After my mother died, my father was consumed 100 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,959 with grief and work, left to my own devices, 101 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,880 I was adopted by a band of thieves 102 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,360 who tricked me into picking people's pockets 103 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:30,399 for their benefit. 104 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,320 Another missing chapter from Oliver Twist. 105 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,600 I had little skill as a thief, and at the age of 106 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:36,560 nine I was arrested. 107 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:37,960 But you were just a child. 108 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:39,840 The Crown saw it differently. 109 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,520 They bundled me off to Australia, 110 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,040 and I was sold as an indentured servant 111 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:45,840 to an isolated sheep farm. 112 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:47,400 How could they do such a thing? 113 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,159 There was a plague of juvenile delinquents in London 114 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:51,920 and a labor shortage in Australia, 115 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,080 and the decision to solve one of these problems 116 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:58,999 with the other was both inhumane and extremely popular politics. 117 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,920 They emptied the jails, yes, but they also emptied the poor 118 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:03,320 houses and the orphanages. 119 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:07,720 Little kids torn from their families, 120 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,800 Exiled halfway around the world in conditions 121 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,680 it would be improper for a young lady to hear. 122 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,560 I know a lot about forced child labor. 123 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,600 Maybe the British got the idea from California's missions. 124 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,359 Surely you were never treated so badly. 125 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:23,200 I could have been. 126 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:26,160 If my mother and I had not had our own ranch. 127 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,680 How long were you living in forced servitude? 128 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,360 Took me 14 months to escape and change my name to Michael Wylie. 129 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,439 And 14 years of constant application in order to obtain 130 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,720 a position in a trading company with a branch here in London. 131 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:49,560 Since my father had not found me, I resolved to find him. 132 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,840 Not long after arriving here, however, I discovered that 133 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,199 Professor James Moriarty was not teaching mathematics, 134 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,520 but is the master of a vast criminal empire 135 00:05:58,640 --> 00:05:59,599 and sentenced to prison. 136 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,400 Where he insists you visit him. 137 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:04,359 One day, once he's paid his debt to society, 138 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,840 I hope that Father and I will be reunited. 139 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,919 But should I visit him under his current circumstances, 140 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,000 my employer might discover who I really am and... 141 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,039 Your job and your future would be forfeit. 142 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,160 Imagine, abandoned by your father, 143 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,359 growing up the child of a man who didn't seem to 144 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:21,240 know you existed. 145 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:22,840 Yes, how awful. 146 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,880 Amelia, please go upstairs and pack your belongings. 147 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:27,759 What? Why? 148 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:29,800 Well, as we discussed, you'll be moving 149 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,520 to the ambassador's household as chaperone to his daughter. 150 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,839 But I thought... We will review this great good change 151 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:38,760 in your personal fortunes once you have packed. 152 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,920 Mr. Holmes, please, I beg you, hear me out. 153 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:52,280 Ah, hello. 154 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,520 Detective Swan of the Scotland Yard Scientific Division. 155 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,119 Um, nice to meet you. 156 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:58,200 I'm Amelia Ross. 157 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:00,120 Are you here to consult Mr. Holmes? 158 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:01,480 No, I work for him. 159 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,920 Well, I'm here to supervise the installation 160 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:06,639 of his new telephone. 161 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:07,680 Have you ever used one before? 162 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:08,960 No, not yet. 163 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:11,400 Oh, well, if you'd ever like to practice, 164 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,280 just call this number. 165 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,280 I've just had it connected, so I will answer. 166 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,800 I spend most of my days in my office, all hours. 167 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:22,840 Can I just? 168 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:24,040 Oh, yes, of course. 169 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:26,120 Sorry to delay you. 170 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,200 And since visiting him in prison is out of the question, 171 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,200 I'm worried my father's release could be further delayed, 172 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,520 should you bring more accusations against him, 173 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,840 which I believe you would, if you could. 174 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:42,720 On that point, you speak truthfully? 175 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:44,960 If the law allowed, I would keep the professor 176 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:45,960 behind bars forever. 177 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,439 That, alas, is beyond my ability. 178 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,400 What I can do, however, is demand that you stay as far 179 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,239 away from Amelia as possible. 180 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:54,560 You have no right to make a demand like that. 181 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:56,800 Now, listen to me very carefully, Mr. Moriarty. 182 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,359 I am ordering you... - Under what authority? 183 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:00,040 You just released her from your appointment. 184 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,000 I will not argue the point! 185 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:06,480 A foreigner of mixed heritage without rank or position 186 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,599 cannot afford to associate herself with a man who 187 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,280 uses an alias, Mr. Wylie. 188 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,399 Besides, you can no longer keep your father at a distance. 189 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:15,720 He insists you visit him. 190 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,720 I am only a clerk on the exchange. 191 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,920 My hours are determined by Sir Nigel Parks, my employer. 192 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,119 If you can find the time to take tea with my maid, 193 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:25,840 you can manage to see your father. 194 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,279 Sir, I told him to stay outside. 195 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:30,720 Perhaps I should finish another day. 196 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:32,879 I'll be available again three weeks from tomorrow. 197 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,479 This is preposterous that a paying customer 198 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:36,960 should be so ill-used. 199 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,000 Very well, Mr. Pound, continue your work. 200 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,520 Any last words, Mr. Wylie? 201 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,400 I'm surprised to find someone of your intellect, Mr. Holmes. 202 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:53,840 Mistaking current circumstances for future prospects. 203 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:55,920 Perhaps time will reveal just how much 204 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,520 you underestimated my abilities. 205 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,640 Oh, before I take my leave, Mr. Holmes, 206 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,200 I should like to say that Amelia refused 207 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,680 a considerable sum to spy on you. 208 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,599 Well, that's just exactly what I would expect you 209 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,280 to say under the circumstances. 210 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,599 Mrs. Halligan, please show our guest out. 211 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,280 Yes, sir, Mr. Holmes. 212 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,480 You nearly finished, Mr. Pound. 213 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:26,999 Oh, sure. 214 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:27,840 Extremely close. 215 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,080 I told Mr. Halligan you're sending me away. 216 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,000 It's completely unfair. 217 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:57,360 Just because I didn't tell you that Dan was following me? 218 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,079 You keep things from me all the time. 219 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,279 Your move to the Ambassador's household was settled 220 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,440 long before I discovered you with Mr. Moriarty, 221 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:06,239 about whom I will say only this. 222 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,560 You're newly arrived in London, and young men will 223 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:11,359 take ruthless advantage of naive young girls. 224 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,360 I beg you, do not encourage his attentions. 225 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,760 I'm a stranger to London, not boys. 226 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,919 I know we talked about me working with the Andersons, 227 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:21,719 but this just feels like you're punishing me 228 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:23,199 for jumping down after you told me 229 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:24,960 not to confront anyone for following me. 230 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:26,759 You disobeyed me. 231 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,360 True. And you should not have, 232 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:30,080 and you ought to have admitted it sooner. 233 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,080 But your new job as Clara's chaperone 234 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:33,560 is not a punishment. 235 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:35,399 It is an accommodation with the Andersons 236 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:36,680 that I could not refuse. 237 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,319 Once you're inside the Ambassador's household, 238 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,560 then you will no longer be overtly connected to me, 239 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:43,119 and the risk to your life should diminish. 240 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:44,439 I can take care of myself. 241 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,400 Can Clara. 242 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,160 Now remember, she was released by her kidnappers 243 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,600 in exchange for keys, but keys to what? 244 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,960 Now we must protect Clara. 245 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,319 We don't know which keys the ambassador traded 246 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:57,680 for her return. 247 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,439 Now Charlie the coachman is lost to us, 248 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,480 so Clara is our best connection to the thread. 249 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,080 And if we want to find Watson and Mrs. Hudson 250 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:07,639 and identify your mother's killer, 251 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,480 then we must seize every opportunity thrown our way. 252 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,479 And your position in the Ambassador's household 253 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:14,920 increases our reach. 254 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:19,079 Now, this will be my telephone number 255 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,800 whenever this interminable installation ends. 256 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,080 If you learn anything new about the Thread, 257 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,560 you can call me at once. 258 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:30,000 Alright. 259 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:32,159 I'll do what I can. 260 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:33,199 Thank you. 261 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:34,040 And, Amelia, 262 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,239 remember Lord Withersea killed himself to escape the Red Thread 263 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:39,680 and to spare his family. 264 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,680 So please, please stay on your guard. 265 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,200 Each of you is either a foreigner 266 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:03,640 or a merchant's daughter, disadvantaged by 267 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:04,799 birth and class. 268 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,759 You may depend on it when I tell you posture is 269 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,720 synonymous with nobility. 270 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,720 Men of rank can spot a slumped shoulder from across a ballroom. 271 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,720 Everyone, one step forward, two steps back. 272 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,000 Again. Head erect, faint smile. 273 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,760 One step forward, two steps back. 274 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,160 This is what it means to be a lady. 275 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:31,040 Now. 276 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:38,960 Now, while maintaining your balance, 277 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,760 suggest a suitable topic for a lady to discuss 278 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:47,280 with the gentleman. 279 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:48,280 Clara? 280 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:49,240 Art. 281 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:52,440 Good. Especially if you never take too strong an opinion. 282 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,640 The gentleman may disagree with what you like. 283 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:55,479 Emma? 284 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,239 Politics? 285 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:58,600 Absolutely not. 286 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:00,960 The gentleman might share his opinions. 287 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:01,920 They often do. 288 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,280 Ladies are above these mundane concerns. 289 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,080 Over brandy and cigars, men believe they control the world, 290 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,840 but we will control them, ladies. 291 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,720 And that is our path to power. 292 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:20,799 God. That will be all 293 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:21,999 for the day, Clara. 294 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,080 I should like to talk with you privately for a moment. 295 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,360 Someone gather up all the books and put them back 296 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:27,120 where they belong. 297 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:28,680 Where would you like them? 298 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:30,840 Those go on the top shelf. 299 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,919 My dear girl, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news. 300 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,760 Though you are still first in line in case one appears 301 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,799 and the season might extend, but we don't yet have 302 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:43,440 a date for your ball. 303 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:45,680 I have a plan. 304 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:49,320 Oh my gosh. 305 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:50,400 Clara, help me! 306 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:52,880 Please! 307 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:54,560 Somebody help! 308 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,360 Clara! She's dead. 309 00:13:57,480 --> 00:13:58,479 Oh my gosh. 310 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,600 Please! Clara, why? 311 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,160 I'm not surprised you want to share evidence. 312 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,120 For your interest in this case is well known to me. 313 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:16,440 Oh, how so? 314 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:19,039 The young woman who helped rescue the ambassador's daughter 315 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:20,520 is none other than your maid. 316 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,799 You don't deny she was following your orders. 317 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,320 She pursues a personal cause in connection with the case. 318 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,160 What could Miss Rojas possibly have to do with 50,000 pounds 319 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:30,440 worth of stolen jewels? 320 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,679 And you asked the same question of Lord Withersea 321 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,160 a few days ago, and three murders and one suicide later. 322 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:40,079 I had no idea Withersea was in financial distress. 323 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,919 Today, I'll admit his involvement 324 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,360 seems more probable. 325 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,480 Withersea's complicity was never less than conspicuous, 326 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,880 but I hardly think he killed three men 327 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,000 before shooting himself. 328 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:57,280 It's a pity his coachman, Rolirio Belfast, was murdered. 329 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,280 He would have made an excellent suspect. 330 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,399 The police say he's a revolutionary, dedicated 331 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,040 to overthrowing the crown. 332 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,760 That's an odd sort to be employed by a lord. 333 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,040 Did you find the missing jewels at Withersea's estate? 334 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,720 Alas, I did find two clues that might interest you. 335 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,760 However, you suggested we share information. 336 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:18,680 Yet I've done all the talking, and you've 337 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:19,799 done nothing but listen. 338 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,280 As a habit, you would do well to cultivate, Bertie. 339 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,200 Nevertheless, I'll take my turn. 340 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,520 Well, the two other dead men you found at the Withersea 341 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:28,439 estate, Misters. 342 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,960 Weams and Magott, were not, in fact, 343 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:32,880 Clara Anderson's fellow hostages, 344 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,680 but accomplices to her kidnapper, 345 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,000 all murdered by the largest and most nefarious 346 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,000 criminal syndicate I have yet to encounter, 347 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,320 attempting a crime which appears to be, 348 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,200 absurd as it may sound, beyond my imagination. 349 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,640 This is the same syndicate with whom your maid 350 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:50,760 has some personal enemies? 351 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,200 They also murdered her mother whilst the two of them 352 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:54,600 were living in California. 353 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:58,040 By the way, I don't suppose during your search 354 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,640 for the missing jewels you have ever come 355 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:04,640 across a weapon such as this? 356 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,240 I'm afraid not. 357 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:09,920 Why haven't you followed up these allegations yourself? 358 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:12,160 People are watching me, Bertie. 359 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,000 If I'm seen to meddle in these affairs, it could cost lives. 360 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,600 Suddenly, my clues no longer seem quite so thrilling. 361 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:21,600 Well, they are to me. 362 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:23,440 I can't stay long. 363 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:24,360 What have you discovered? 364 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:26,759 Five pairs of footprints and a button. 365 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,240 Well, that sounds, uh, promising. 366 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:32,999 Uh, may well be, Mr. Holmes. 367 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:33,559 May well be. 368 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:34,119 Follow me. 369 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,920 I understand the wilderness was poor 370 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:44,599 training for civilization, but a servant may never 371 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,640 demand help of an employer. 372 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,200 Emma just died. 373 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,200 Be careful, little girl. 374 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,640 Like the lion in the jungle, we did not turn the 375 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,160 world into an empire without a very sharp claws. 376 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:21,360 You may want to remember that when next you cry for help. 377 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,520 You can see the first set of prints 378 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:28,719 belonged to a man with a slight limp. 379 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:30,160 The second set belonged to a woman 380 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,319 who stumbled once or twice in her journey. 381 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,119 These two sets of prints vanished next to the 382 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:38,559 tracks of a large carriage which rolled out of the 383 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:39,920 driveway headed to London. 384 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:41,440 I think this button 385 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:44,320 was lost by the gentleman en route, 386 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:45,600 but there's no way to tell. 387 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:47,160 Oh, but there is. 388 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:48,760 The button is not weathered. 389 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:50,360 Yes. So freshly lost, 390 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:51,800 but not by accident. 391 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:53,720 Note how the thread broke. 392 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:55,360 This has been yanked deliberately 393 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,960 from a man's waistcoat and left behind as a talisman 394 00:17:58,080 --> 00:17:58,880 for us to follow. 395 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:01,840 Well done, dear old friend. 396 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:02,919 Well done. 397 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:04,160 It's kind of you to say. 398 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,520 I'm happy the button tells us more of what happened. 399 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,680 Not what, but whom. 400 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:13,039 You see how the button is mother of pearl, 401 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,920 and the fabric to which it was sewn was broadcloth. 402 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,480 So this comes from the wardrobe of a professional fellow. 403 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,120 And you see how there is a dent across the front 404 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,760 where it is regularly bumped against metal, such as one 405 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:25,199 might find on a stethoscope. 406 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,560 This, button, Bertie, is proof of life. 407 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,079 And I shall regard the moment you gave it to me 408 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,440 as the first truly hopeful sign in many weeks. 409 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,600 So this investigation is big enough for the both of us. 410 00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:38,600 Shall we proceed together? 411 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,959 If whilst continuing your search for the missing jewels, 412 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:46,080 you could quickly verify the recent murder of Lucia 413 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,680 Rojas outside the city of Los Angeles 414 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,599 and confirm that Amelia is indeed her daughter, 415 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,800 I'll share more with you on this case tomorrow. 416 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,839 Until then, I suggest you carry a revolver 417 00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:59,040 with you at all times. 418 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:03,719 And on that note, I bid you farewell. 419 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,280 Good day to you, Mr. Holmes. 420 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:07,280 Good luck. 421 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,160 Friends with Sherlock Holmes, eh? 422 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,400 Imagine that. 423 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,560 I can't get the sight of Emma out of my head. 424 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:26,800 Dead, just like that. 425 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,400 And Lady Violet seemed so indifferent. 426 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:31,000 Did she dislike Emma? 427 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,400 No, not at all. 428 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:35,160 Emma was better at her lessons than the rest of us, 429 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:36,360 and at dancing, too. 430 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:42,119 I've saved my invitations for every ball of the season 431 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:43,760 so I can one day show my own daughter. 432 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,399 Emma's was quite beautiful, and she was so looking 433 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:47,400 forward to the 18th. 434 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:48,280 Now... 435 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,080 I did not ask you to grease the top step 436 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,039 of your library ladder so the girl would slip and fall. 437 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:07,920 Clara could wait another year to debut, 438 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,520 except for your intrigues, which I have advised against. 439 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:13,279 No, you listen to me. 440 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,680 My daughter will not have her ball on the 18th. 441 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,679 Unless I have received the full settlement 442 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,320 for the jewels two days prior. 443 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,360 I am focused on my part of this enterprise. 444 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,040 Use your authority so that the insurance company 445 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,040 pays me immediately for my losses, 446 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,280 or I'll suffer the consequences. 447 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:31,320 I bid you goodnight. 448 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,200 Hello, operator? 449 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,200 Can you ring Mar-Mar-Le-Beau 15? 450 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:25,000 You mean Mar-Le-Beau? 451 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:26,999 Yes, yes. 452 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:27,880 One moment. 453 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:30,880 I'm sorry, the telephone you're trying to call 454 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,839 is not a working number. 455 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:44,400 Mr. Pound, I must demand an explanation. 456 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,400 You told me this telephone would be operational yesterday. 457 00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:49,320 If you don't want me to finish, 458 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:50,760 call the other telephone company. 459 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,800 Oh wait, there is no other telephone company. 460 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,600 Your friend seems to take great pride 461 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:03,880 in ridiculing his customers. 462 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,240 Oh, I don't think he is any worse 463 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:06,080 than the other installers, sir. 464 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,159 While he finishes, let us compare 465 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,439 these two telephone bills, one listing calls to and from 466 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,720 the late Lord Withersea, and the other documenting 467 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,479 all the calls in Chief Inspector Whitlock's office. 468 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,080 Now, we will cross-reference the numbers to see which 469 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:24,239 appear on both, and perhaps we can begin to identify 470 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:25,959 some of our conspirators. 471 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,640 But, sir, should we not have a warrant to study 472 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,360 private telephone bills? 473 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,440 As to that, Swan, I am not an officer of the court. 474 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,600 I recognize no authority higher than my own curiosity. 475 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,159 And this bill was handed to me by Chief Inspector 476 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:40,280 Whitlock himself. 477 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,720 We are on firm legal ground. 478 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,079 One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, 479 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,120 two, three, one, two, three. 480 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:53,079 Very good. 481 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:54,360 Or good enough. 482 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,760 Now, as you know, the residence of the Italian ambassador 483 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:01,400 lacks a proper ballroom. 484 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,080 So his daughter's debut will be held here tomorrow, 485 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,400 starting in the late afternoon, due to the 486 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,480 ambassador's inability to comprehend our customs. 487 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,600 For now, however, I have invited some young men 488 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,240 with whom you might practice what we shall 489 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:20,680 charitably refer to as your dancing. 490 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:25,400 While these boys are not marriageable in any sense, 491 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,200 on the floor of the ballroom and to the proper music, 492 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:35,640 They know the steps. 493 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:37,400 Come. 494 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,520 Like this, see? 495 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:45,760 Isn't it lovely? 496 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,999 Eleanor, please hold your head up when you move 497 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,800 so your chin doesn't spread out over your neck. 498 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:59,520 Deborah, you are supposed to be led, not dragged. 499 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,800 Clumsy oaf. 500 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,480 I did not ask you to grease the top step 501 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,120 of your library ladder so the girl would slip and fall. 502 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:31,680 All done, sir. 503 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,280 You may now use your telephone at your leisure. 504 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:35,319 Thank you. 505 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:36,439 Oh, Mr. Pound. 506 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,240 You've been so very, um, helpful. 507 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:40,160 I have. 508 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,559 Yes, and it occurs to me with such specialised knowledge, 509 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,919 you might know how to identify a customer from 510 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:47,680 their telephone number alone. 511 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,000 As it so happens, I can do that. 512 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:50,880 Ah, wonderful. 513 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:51,919 Please, explain. 514 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:53,880 Just call them up and ask their name. 515 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,760 Will there be anything else, sir? 516 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:00,599 Apparently not. 517 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:01,760 See yourself out. 518 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,119 Some inconvenience, but think, sir, you will be the first 519 00:25:08,120 --> 00:25:09,560 to use a telephone like this. 520 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:14,119 Hello. Operator, could you please connect 521 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:16,120 me to Belgravia 483? 522 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,440 I cannot believe I have paid a company to treat 523 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:19,799 me with such incivility. 524 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,400 This decline in decorum will be the end of common decency. 525 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:23,319 Oh, hello. 526 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,239 This is the Department of Lost Property 527 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:26,559 at Paddington Station. 528 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,080 I was calling about that three-volume novel what 529 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:30,360 you reported missing. 530 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:32,600 Mr. Holmes! 531 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:34,160 Oh, who have I called then? 532 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,520 No, the Dowager Duchess of Lincolnshire. 533 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,319 Well, how about that? 534 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:40,200 Mr. Holmes! 535 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,239 Sir! You've just complained about 536 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,639 the decline of common decency, and here you are, lying 537 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:45,800 to a complete stranger. 538 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:47,159 It wasn't a lie. 539 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,040 It was a simple misdirection. 540 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:49,760 A note. 541 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:51,800 It yielded the information we seek. 542 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,800 A name attached to one of the many telephones 543 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,960 used to call both Withersea and the Chief Inspector's office. 544 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:58,000 Let's try again. 545 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:01,440 Uh, no. 546 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:07,120 Yes, operator, could you please, uh, connect me to East 31? 547 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,120 Those of a delicate sensibility might want to leave the room. 548 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,039 Oh, yes, yes. 549 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,120 Hello. Oh, am I speaking to the 550 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,320 head of the household? 551 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,560 Well, you see, I did speak to Sir Thomas last year 552 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,960 about cleaning his carpets with my new patented... 553 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:24,160 Hello? 554 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,480 They're both called the same stockbroker. 555 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:30,600 The game's afoot. 556 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,599 Justice is no game, Mr Holmes. 557 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,320 You've taken an invention designed to more 558 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,399 closely connect the world and you've abused its purpose 559 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,080 with more lies and deceit. 560 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,760 Criminals have already corrupted your precious telephone. 561 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:43,480 With lives at stake, I have little choice 562 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,040 but to follow their example. 563 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:49,319 Yes, hello, operator. 564 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:53,480 Could you please connect me to Kensington 19? 565 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:55,840 Go and prepare yourself for greater shocks. 566 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:56,760 There is worse to come. 567 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,199 Go on. 568 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:36,360 Dr. Kalia. 569 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:38,160 Wait, there's more. 570 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,080 If you did subscribe to "Horse and Hound," 571 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,599 we would have the strength to have quite the 572 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,240 eclectic waiting room. 573 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,080 What? Oh. 574 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:52,200 Green and Crest Asylum for the Criminally Insane. 575 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:53,120 Sorry, Doctor. 576 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:58,319 Well, perhaps for visitors. 577 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,600 Amelia, there you are. 578 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,760 I want to introduce... Michael Wylie. 579 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:09,640 I've already had the pleasure. 580 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:12,640 Nice to see you again, Miss Rojas. 581 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:15,480 I bet there's a story here. 582 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:17,480 Excuse me. 583 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:19,600 I want to go see if Eleanor has her ostrich feathers yet. 584 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,519 I'm surprised you can get away from your busy job 585 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,719 in exchange for this weird dancing. 586 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,680 My employer is friends with that witch, Lady Violet. 587 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,719 She offered two shillings for young men 588 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,800 to dance with these, these snobby girls, 589 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:44,959 along with a free dinner, if we come for 590 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:45,720 the ball tomorrow. 591 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,640 I only accepted for a chance of seeing you, 592 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:52,080 and then you left. 593 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:55,640 You upset with me? 594 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,240 Upset because Mr. Holmes has lost his trust in me? 595 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,679 Upset because I've lost a job that I love 596 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,960 in order to play nursery maid to a boy crazy girl? 597 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,400 I only asked for what I thought was a small favor 598 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,360 without considering it could do you harm. 599 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,000 I offer my sincerest apologies. 600 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:16,119 Are you at least better paid than when you were 601 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:17,000 with Mr. Holmes? 602 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,760 Not everybody chooses their job based on their salary. 603 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,280 Besides, I work too much to spend it. 604 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:27,680 Hello? 605 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:30,240 I said hello. 606 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:32,160 Oh, hello, Mom. 607 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:36,120 I represent the Fund for Police Widows and Orphans, 608 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,720 and I was wondering if you might offer... 609 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,200 Why, Sherlock Holmes, you rascal. 610 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,120 I was about to hang up until I realized it was you. 611 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,440 Oh, how annoying. 612 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,159 I was hoping my vocal disguise would hold up long enough 613 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,159 to receive one of your legendary reprimands. 614 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,920 I should tell you off, but I'm more interested in why 615 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:57,160 you really called. 616 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,599 Well, to say how wonderful it was to see 617 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:01,920 you in person last week. 618 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,160 Oh, how very kind. 619 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,639 Also, to ask if Miss Rojas has been a suitable chaperone 620 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,040 to the ambassador's daughter. 621 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,239 I would hardly describe the girl as sophisticated, 622 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,840 but she does take her responsibilities seriously. 623 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,479 Would you care to see your former maid in action? 624 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,999 I'm throwing an afternoon ball for the daughter of the 625 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,480 Italian ambassador's debut. 626 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,480 I will send you an invitation at once. 627 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,240 An afternoon ball? 628 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:27,800 Come, please. 629 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:29,399 Very well, I'll come. 630 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,880 Do you not find these debutante balls to be a 631 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,760 series of pretentious bores? 632 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,080 How else to prepare young girls to be the wives of aristocrats, 633 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,200 except by surrounding them with pretentious bores? 634 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:41,160 Now, I must go. 635 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:42,479 I look forward to seeing you, Sherlock. 636 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:43,920 4pm please, au revoir. 637 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,279 It might seem strange being dressed up in broad daylight, 638 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,719 but it'll do you good to be amongst the quality 639 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,640 for an afternoon, Mr. Holmes. 640 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,320 Dancing, music. 641 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,399 Yes, without stimulating conversation perhaps, 642 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,760 because the afternoon will be spent without it. 643 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,240 Mr. Halligan, I will want you to drop me at the gate 644 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,600 come back one hour later if you don't mind. 645 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,039 I don't believe it would be proper for me 646 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:44,280 to mind, Mr. Holmes. 647 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,479 Ah, that will be Mr. Birtwistle. 648 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:49,320 Please show him up. 649 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:11,320 Good afternoon, Sherlock. 650 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:12,960 Ah, Bertie. 651 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,560 You seem a little overdressed to receive my report. 652 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:18,040 Yes, yes. 653 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,200 Sadly, I have been asked out for the afternoon. 654 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,040 Yes. Perhaps you have been up to something of more interest. 655 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:25,560 Indeed I have. 656 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,600 First, there was a notice for Lucia Rojas's murder, 657 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:31,719 though no official investigation followed. 658 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,520 And the poor woman did have a girl. 659 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:34,999 Farther unknown. 660 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,200 Possibly an Englishman. 661 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,159 I suppose since the girl was born six months 662 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,840 after the Wild West show completed its London run. 663 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:41,840 Six months? 664 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,320 Are you certain? 665 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:44,080 Quite certain. 666 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,360 I was able to determine the date through an exchange 667 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:50,199 with no lesser personage than Buffalo Bill himself, 668 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,560 though he did not refer to the mother as Lucia Rojas, 669 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:54,520 but as... - Yes. 670 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:55,760 Yes. Little Dove. 671 00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:00,160 It was her Wild West show nom de guerre. 672 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,480 Excuse me. 673 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:07,720 Whether Amelia is, in fact, Lucia Rojas's daughter, 674 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:09,359 I cannot say. 675 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,560 You must at least consider her to be an imposter. 676 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,880 For a near penniless girl, she did quite well 677 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,440 out of all these arrangements. 678 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,759 Nevertheless, I'm grateful to you 679 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,520 for establishing as many of these facts as possible. 680 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:23,799 Very grateful. 681 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:24,720 Oh, it's my pleasure. 682 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,920 And there was also a series of telegrams sent overseas. 683 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:30,640 Yes. 684 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:34,040 Oh, yes. 685 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:36,480 There we go. 686 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,760 Thank you. 687 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:41,800 You learned anything else? 688 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,919 No, just that there is some connection 689 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:46,720 between the theft of the jewels and someone 690 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,120 of rank at Scotland Yard. 691 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:49,720 Well, I'm not surprised. 692 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:51,639 With 50,000 pounds to distribute, 693 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,599 I mean, one could bribe the entire police force, 694 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:54,480 couldn't one? 695 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:56,560 Yes. You're holding out 696 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:57,320 on me, Sherlock. 697 00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:58,400 I am. 698 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,240 No others might consider you a pompous windbag. 699 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:07,520 I know you to be an extremely serious would-be investigator. 700 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:09,040 Well, thank you. 701 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:09,880 I think. 702 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:10,720 Yes. Come along. 703 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,680 The jewels will only be found by bringing down the criminal 704 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,319 syndicate that has stolen them. 705 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,720 So I say to you advisedly, Bertie, watch your step, 706 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:20,559 dear fellow, 707 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:21,680 watch your step. 708 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,120 Oh my goodness, Amelia. 709 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:38,120 Isn't it beautiful? 710 00:34:38,720 --> 00:34:39,920 It's like a fairy tale. 711 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,040 Only you, Miss Anderson, not your servant. 712 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:46,440 She's not my servant. 713 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:47,680 She's the chaperone. 714 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,240 Foreign girl must stay outdoors during the ball. 715 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:52,840 I'd like her to come inside with me. 716 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:53,999 Miss Anderson. 717 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,080 No, I'd like her inside. 718 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,320 If you would be so kind, Miss Anderson, please. 719 00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,880 Please. But I need her. 720 00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:02,160 Just don't draw attention to yourself, Clara. 721 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:03,399 It's just a party. 722 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,120 Just don't dance with the same boy twice 723 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:06,640 or get pulled away from the crowd. 724 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:08,119 Okay? 725 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:08,960 Okay. 726 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:09,439 Come inside. 727 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:10,160 It's fine. 728 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:15,359 There's a bench over there. 729 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:16,040 Go. Go. 730 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,640 The daughter of the American ambassador to 731 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,800 the court of St. James, Miss Clara Anderson. 732 00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,360 That's the least of it. 733 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:01,720 Wait until you hear what I found out about Lady Violet. 734 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:04,639 She's deeply... Deeply involved with 735 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:05,720 the Red Thread, yes. 736 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:06,680 I know. 737 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:07,760 No, it's much more than that. 738 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:11,040 Come. 739 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:29,800 Miss Anderson. 740 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,199 We meet again. 741 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:33,839 We do indeed. 742 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:34,960 Mr. Wylie, was it? 743 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:37,320 How kind of you to remember. 744 00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:40,280 May I be allowed to write my name on your dance card? 745 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:41,280 Of course. 746 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:43,480 But only one dance. 747 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,120 I've been ordered to mingle. 748 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,600 And you're certain about the weaponry 749 00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:50,919 in Lady Violet's parlor, the same design as the knife left 750 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:52,280 behind in your mother's body? 751 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,079 As certain as you are that the button found by Mr. Birtwistle 752 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:56,200 belongs to Dr. Watson. 753 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,520 We're closing in on them, Amelia. 754 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:04,040 Perhaps separating you from Clara 755 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:05,920 was more than just snobbery. 756 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,200 You always said they would try to approach her again. 757 00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:09,920 Clara is... 758 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:13,879 so impressionable. 759 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,240 Do I detect a growing fondness for your young charge? 760 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,240 Now that I'm seeing how she was brought up, 761 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,440 I know it's not Clara's fault she is the way she is. 762 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,080 She was really kind to me when we met. 763 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,360 Maybe I'm just jealous that she still has a mother to talk to. 764 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:33,480 I'd give anything to speak to mine again. 765 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,160 Even if it was just for a minute. 766 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,480 Even if it was just to tell her I'm doing what she wanted. 767 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:45,120 Anyway... 768 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:54,520 Amelia, I wanted to tell you that if I seemed distant 769 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,880 when I sent you to the ambassador's house, I am sorry. 770 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:01,560 Extremely sorry. 771 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:04,360 It's all right, Mr. Holmes. 772 00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:09,400 I'm still getting to know you, so I didn't take it personally. 773 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:15,800 Also, you told me someone needs to keep watch over Clara, 774 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:17,360 and I can't now. 775 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:21,320 Your mind never strays far from the case. Commendable. 776 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,400 You will save the subject of Lady Violet for later. 777 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,119 Meanwhile, I will look after the young lady in your absence. 778 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,960 These people don't spend time talking to servants, Mr. Holmes. 779 00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:31,120 And I'm sure someone's watching us. 780 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,480 There's more I want to tell you, but later. 781 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:36,399 Quite right. 782 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:37,320 It won't be long. 783 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,360 Mr. Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street, London. 784 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,520 You arrived on time. 785 00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:12,680 I had hoped to surprise you. 786 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:14,240 Well done. 787 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:15,600 Now, excuse me briefly. 788 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,280 I must check the ballroom and chide my students 789 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:19,800 on their wretched dancing. 790 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:21,160 Chase me down later. 791 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:22,840 On that, you have my word. 792 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:34,119 I'm dying! 793 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:34,960 Help me! 794 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,600 Help! In the name of God, someone! 795 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:38,920 Are you okay? 796 00:39:39,240 --> 00:39:41,120 Shall we visit the ballroom and take your first waltz? 797 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:42,960 Thank you, Mr. Wylie. 798 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,600 I will always remember you were the first to ask me to dance, 799 00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:48,480 but I'm afraid my principles do not allow me to stay. 800 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,760 Miss Anderson, you cannot be leaving so quickly. 801 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,640 Mr. Holmes, how lovely it is to see you, 802 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,320 but I'm afraid I must say farewell. 803 00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,560 My chaperone was forced to remain with the carriages, 804 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,080 and I cannot enjoy myself inside while my friend is 805 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:02,960 outside in the cold. 806 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:04,760 Are you okay? 807 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,000 Oh, no! 808 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:23,320 What do you mean Amelia was denied entry? 809 00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:27,520 Unacceptable. Excuse me, I just spoke to... 810 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:28,439 I just spoke to... 811 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:29,240 Wait. 812 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:30,640 I beg your pardon, Miss Anderson. 813 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:33,799 Help! 814 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,760 Help me! 815 00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:39,640 Help! 816 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:44,520 Help! Hey! 817 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:46,600 Anyone, please! 818 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:47,679 Help! 819 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,080 Come on!