1 00:02:57,970 --> 00:03:00,890 You may inform the Secretary of the Royal Society 2 00:03:01,557 --> 00:03:04,143 that I have entitled my lecture 3 00:03:05,019 --> 00:03:08,063 Darwin's Fundamental Error. 4 00:03:09,148 --> 00:03:10,691 That'll raise a few hackles, sir. 5 00:03:12,067 --> 00:03:12,860 Will it not? 6 00:03:13,777 --> 00:03:14,653 I must be off. 7 00:03:15,779 --> 00:03:19,408 You can acknowledge all of these. 8 00:03:20,117 --> 00:03:22,369 There's a good chap. Thanks. 9 00:03:23,162 --> 00:03:23,746 Father? 10 00:03:24,038 --> 00:03:24,580 My dear? 11 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:29,084 Did you hear how Roy barked last night? It was dreadful. 12 00:03:29,877 --> 00:03:33,088 No, no I didn't. Did you hear him Bennett? 13 00:03:33,255 --> 00:03:34,256 I can't say I did, sir. 14 00:03:34,715 --> 00:03:38,052 He kept on and on. He howled too. 15 00:03:39,428 --> 00:03:41,096 I'm sure someone got into the garden. 16 00:03:41,764 --> 00:03:42,890 An intruder? 17 00:03:43,766 --> 00:03:44,975 Well yes, because... 18 00:03:46,310 --> 00:03:47,436 Oh father. 19 00:03:48,604 --> 00:03:52,399 Someone looked in at me, at my window. 20 00:03:52,691 --> 00:03:57,488 Impossible. You must have been dreaming. 21 00:03:58,030 --> 00:04:01,450 Oh, Edith nobody could reach your window. 22 00:04:01,617 --> 00:04:03,577 It's far too far off the ground. 23 00:04:04,161 --> 00:04:06,538 I'm sure I wasn't dreaming. 24 00:04:08,082 --> 00:04:09,375 Bennett, you take charge 25 00:04:09,667 --> 00:04:11,460 or I shall be late for the faculty meeting. 26 00:04:11,961 --> 00:04:14,296 I leave you in your fiancé's care my dear. 27 00:04:14,421 --> 00:04:15,756 If he proves as good a husband to you as 28 00:04:15,881 --> 00:04:18,717 he has amanuenses to me, you'll be a fortunate woman. 29 00:04:20,636 --> 00:04:22,638 Allay her fears Bennett, I know you can. 30 00:04:23,889 --> 00:04:24,807 Can you believe me? 31 00:04:25,808 --> 00:04:28,185 Not easily, no. I mean as your father said. 32 00:04:28,310 --> 00:04:29,270 Come and look. 33 00:04:29,979 --> 00:04:33,107 I'm awfully busy with these notes on Simia Satyrus to type, 34 00:04:33,232 --> 00:04:34,108 and then the proof of your father's... 35 00:04:34,233 --> 00:04:38,112 Jack, I know I wasn't dreaming 36 00:04:38,821 --> 00:04:40,990 and you know Roy doesn't bark at nothing. 37 00:04:41,907 --> 00:04:46,036 I want you to see for yourself. You must. Please. 38 00:04:47,871 --> 00:04:51,000 And then after the barking woke me I heard another sound 39 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:52,668 from just below here. 40 00:04:53,335 --> 00:04:54,169 From below? 41 00:04:54,378 --> 00:04:57,840 There and there, do you see? The ivy's pulled away. 42 00:04:59,341 --> 00:05:02,636 I must have fainted. The next thing I knew it was dawn. 43 00:05:10,602 --> 00:05:12,855 You're quite, quite certain you didn't dream this, Edith? 44 00:05:13,814 --> 00:05:14,648 Quite. 45 00:05:17,526 --> 00:05:20,112 Jack, I insist you believe me. 46 00:05:22,364 --> 00:05:22,948 Very well. 47 00:05:23,365 --> 00:05:25,451 And that you inform Sherlock Holmes of the facts. 48 00:05:25,576 --> 00:05:26,618 Oh, darling. 49 00:05:27,536 --> 00:05:29,913 Or I shall reconsider our engagement. 50 00:05:30,998 --> 00:05:31,999 But why? 51 00:05:33,459 --> 00:05:37,129 I could not give my hand to a man who doubts my word. 52 00:06:36,188 --> 00:06:38,649 Watson, come at once if convenient. 53 00:06:41,443 --> 00:06:43,278 If inconvenient come all the same. 54 00:06:48,951 --> 00:06:51,286 Holmes, I got your note 55 00:06:52,454 --> 00:06:55,666 and it is inconvenient. Damned inconvenient. 56 00:06:55,791 --> 00:06:57,251 Your old wound is troubling you. 57 00:06:58,460 --> 00:06:59,128 No. 58 00:06:59,253 --> 00:07:01,630 I prefer to differ, your step was uneven on the stairs. 59 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:04,341 I have a full surgery Holmes. 60 00:07:04,466 --> 00:07:07,970 You must excuse a certain abstraction of mind, Watson. 61 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:09,513 I see. 62 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:10,806 It's a tangled scheme. 63 00:07:12,433 --> 00:07:14,935 I've been looking for the loose end which might unravel it. 64 00:07:16,019 --> 00:07:18,397 One such might reside in the question 65 00:07:19,481 --> 00:07:23,610 does Professor Presbury's daughter wake or dream. 66 00:07:26,113 --> 00:07:28,365 I'm summoned here for no more than this? 67 00:07:29,908 --> 00:07:31,160 You've heard of Presbury? 68 00:07:32,578 --> 00:07:33,787 Of course, who hasn't? 69 00:07:34,288 --> 00:07:37,207 He's our most distinguished natural scientist. 70 00:07:37,332 --> 00:07:38,917 He's a widower with one daughter. 71 00:07:39,585 --> 00:07:42,629 She insists someone appeared at her window last night. 72 00:07:46,175 --> 00:07:49,052 Miss Presbury's bedroom is on the second floor 73 00:07:50,137 --> 00:07:53,557 and is completely inaccessible to even the most agile cat burglar. 74 00:07:53,682 --> 00:07:57,019 Read this. It arrived by the 1:00 post. 75 00:08:02,191 --> 00:08:04,401 The author already arrives ahead of his time, 76 00:08:04,526 --> 00:08:06,153 a most precipitant young man. 77 00:08:06,695 --> 00:08:08,906 Mr. Bennett, my friend and colleague Dr. Watson. 78 00:08:09,323 --> 00:08:10,866 How do you do? Mr. Bennett. 79 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:11,700 Please sit down. 80 00:08:11,867 --> 00:08:13,118 No, forgive me. 81 00:08:13,994 --> 00:08:16,288 Mr. Holmes, I fear I've made a grave error of judgment. 82 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:18,582 I should not have been in touch with you at all. 83 00:08:19,583 --> 00:08:21,168 I've wasted your time entirely. 84 00:08:21,710 --> 00:08:24,254 It is not a rational reason for Miss Presbury's fears. 85 00:08:24,379 --> 00:08:26,089 No, no I can't say that. 86 00:08:26,215 --> 00:08:28,342 Well it's, it's a delicate matter but I, 87 00:08:29,051 --> 00:08:32,930 I must beg you to proceed no further. I can of course recompense you. 88 00:08:37,601 --> 00:08:41,230 Mr. Bennett, your letter was less than frank, was it not? 89 00:08:42,105 --> 00:08:43,232 I set out the facts. 90 00:08:44,566 --> 00:08:45,901 Not all I suspect. 91 00:08:46,735 --> 00:08:49,488 Probably out of loyalty to your fiancé, Miss Presbury? 92 00:08:49,905 --> 00:08:50,739 You're aware of that? 93 00:08:50,906 --> 00:08:54,076 As I am of your employer's engagement to Miss Alice Morphy, 94 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:57,412 the daughter of the famous comparative anatomist. 95 00:08:57,829 --> 00:09:00,040 She resides next door to the Presburys, does she not? 96 00:09:00,666 --> 00:09:02,084 How do you know of the engagement? 97 00:09:02,501 --> 00:09:05,754 The Times, July the 1st September the 5th respectively. 98 00:09:07,756 --> 00:09:10,717 Mr. Holmes' memory is of a photographical order. 99 00:09:11,134 --> 00:09:11,760 Quite so. 100 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:14,388 Oh, dear. 101 00:09:16,598 --> 00:09:18,684 Mr. Bennett, I do appreciate your predicament. 102 00:09:19,726 --> 00:09:21,353 As a scientist and a rationalist yourself. 103 00:09:21,478 --> 00:09:24,147 I dare say you're reluctant to accept the evidence 104 00:09:24,398 --> 00:09:26,191 insisted upon by Miss Presbury. 105 00:09:26,316 --> 00:09:28,527 Further, as a father's trusted assistant 106 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:31,280 to have recourse to me must smack to you of disloyalty. 107 00:09:31,405 --> 00:09:34,866 Exactly, I'm part of the family except that Edith... 108 00:09:35,534 --> 00:09:37,661 Miss Presbury, she was so upset that she... 109 00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:40,372 Mr. Bennett, who would you prefer to alienate, 110 00:09:40,998 --> 00:09:43,292 your perspective wife or her celebrated father? 111 00:09:43,625 --> 00:09:46,336 You give me a choice of evils, neither. 112 00:09:46,753 --> 00:09:49,464 Then furnish me with the facts and I will see how I can help you. 113 00:09:50,966 --> 00:09:52,884 You may rely on the discretion of both of us. 114 00:09:55,846 --> 00:09:56,430 Well... 115 00:09:57,389 --> 00:10:00,475 Would you for example, describe Miss Presbury, 116 00:10:01,476 --> 00:10:03,770 as an impressionable fanciful girl? 117 00:10:06,023 --> 00:10:07,274 No, quite the reverse. 118 00:10:07,774 --> 00:10:10,652 Miss Alice Morphy? Perhaps Professor Presbury's- 119 00:10:10,777 --> 00:10:12,988 engagement to her came to you as something of a surprise. 120 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:16,575 He is after all three times her age. 121 00:10:17,909 --> 00:10:18,744 And this velour? 122 00:10:20,162 --> 00:10:22,998 I prefer that one, with the osprey feathers. 123 00:10:26,335 --> 00:10:27,753 Could you ask him, do you think? 124 00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:31,632 Father's extremely proud of his orchids. 125 00:10:32,674 --> 00:10:33,592 I hate them. 126 00:10:35,177 --> 00:10:40,515 They're so, oh I don't know, so impure somehow. 127 00:10:42,434 --> 00:10:44,227 Do please ask him not to send them anymore. 128 00:10:44,353 --> 00:10:46,521 There's a sweet friend, Edith, please? 129 00:10:46,647 --> 00:10:47,606 Can you not ask him? 130 00:10:47,731 --> 00:10:48,857 I couldn't. 131 00:10:49,733 --> 00:10:51,943 I dare not. I'm such a coward. 132 00:10:53,612 --> 00:10:57,074 Oh, please. You've got so much more character than me. 133 00:10:57,366 --> 00:10:58,533 You're as strong as he. 134 00:10:58,742 --> 00:11:03,163 But Alice, if you dare not ask this of my father, 135 00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:05,957 how will you ever manage those deeper conflicts 136 00:11:06,083 --> 00:11:08,752 that occur even in the happiest of marriages? 137 00:11:09,378 --> 00:11:10,212 Oh, I don't know. 138 00:11:12,881 --> 00:11:13,965 I'm so frightened. 139 00:11:14,383 --> 00:11:15,717 Of marrying my father? 140 00:11:16,718 --> 00:11:17,469 I wish... 141 00:11:19,054 --> 00:11:22,391 No, please don't ask. Let's not speak of it. 142 00:11:27,187 --> 00:11:28,480 What do you think of this one? 143 00:11:29,439 --> 00:11:31,566 Neither Miss Presbury nor I consider her father's- 144 00:11:31,733 --> 00:11:35,737 infatuation with Miss Morphy to be entirely appropriate. 145 00:11:36,655 --> 00:11:37,572 Rather excessive. 146 00:11:37,989 --> 00:11:40,200 And her parents have no objections to the marriage? 147 00:11:41,618 --> 00:11:43,704 The professor is a respectable widower. 148 00:11:44,121 --> 00:11:45,205 And a wealthy man. 149 00:11:52,003 --> 00:11:52,921 When may I call? 150 00:11:53,588 --> 00:11:54,423 Call? 151 00:11:55,465 --> 00:11:56,967 To view Miss Presbury's window, 152 00:11:57,676 --> 00:11:59,428 to determine for myself its accessibility 153 00:11:59,553 --> 00:12:02,222 and otherwise to an intruder. Shall we say 11:00 tomorrow morning? 154 00:12:02,347 --> 00:12:04,182 Professor Presbury will be at his college. 155 00:12:04,307 --> 00:12:07,686 That's of no matter. At present my inquiries are purely logistical. 156 00:12:07,936 --> 00:12:10,564 I have never had any secrets from the professor. 157 00:12:10,939 --> 00:12:11,690 Mr. Bennett, 158 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:16,153 let me refer you to your first question which you have in fact answered. 159 00:12:17,362 --> 00:12:19,740 You're more inclined to Miss Presbury's party 160 00:12:19,865 --> 00:12:21,283 than you are to your employer's. 161 00:12:24,578 --> 00:12:25,871 Yes, yes, I dare say. 162 00:12:26,288 --> 00:12:28,457 Thank you. Good day. 163 00:12:31,293 --> 00:12:31,835 Good day. 164 00:12:42,304 --> 00:12:45,682 Holmes, you're prying into the affairs of a perfectly respectable family. 165 00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:48,393 Why is Bennett so reluctant to tell the truth? 166 00:12:48,685 --> 00:12:50,645 Loyalty. It is as plain as a pack staff. 167 00:12:50,771 --> 00:12:53,857 Let us hope so. Yet he wrote to me under duress. 168 00:12:54,691 --> 00:12:55,984 You notice his handwriting, 169 00:12:56,902 --> 00:12:59,196 the crossing of the T's with such deep indentation? 170 00:12:59,654 --> 00:13:02,115 And then upon his arrival his endeavors to call the whole thing off, 171 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:03,784 no, there's more to this than meets the eye. 172 00:13:03,992 --> 00:13:07,162 I do not agree. This case is unworthy of you. 173 00:13:10,540 --> 00:13:12,000 I must return to my surgery. 174 00:13:13,585 --> 00:13:14,878 Maybe I'll see you tomorrow. 175 00:13:54,668 --> 00:13:55,252 Father? 176 00:13:56,336 --> 00:14:00,048 My dear. I trust you slept better? 177 00:14:00,298 --> 00:14:03,385 Oh, yes. Last night I moved to the guest bedroom. 178 00:14:03,885 --> 00:14:07,806 Oh, no need surely. It was but an ugly dream. 179 00:14:08,849 --> 00:14:11,560 Father, Alice has asked me... 180 00:14:12,811 --> 00:14:13,395 Yes? 181 00:14:14,896 --> 00:14:17,440 The truth is she does not care for orchids. 182 00:14:19,860 --> 00:14:21,069 She doesn't? 183 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,073 Well, why did she not say so? 184 00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:26,908 Well, she was afraid to. 185 00:14:27,742 --> 00:14:30,412 You forget how formidable you are father. 186 00:14:32,497 --> 00:14:33,874 The silly girl. 187 00:14:34,749 --> 00:14:39,754 Well, then she shall have roses. Yes, two dozen red roses. 188 00:14:47,512 --> 00:14:49,347 Roy was quiet enough last night. 189 00:14:50,432 --> 00:14:51,725 Not to rouse him, sir. 190 00:14:52,017 --> 00:14:53,393 Docility itself... 191 00:14:56,938 --> 00:15:00,775 Aye, he's grown accustomed to his shackles. 192 00:15:01,860 --> 00:15:02,777 The poor beast. 193 00:15:12,787 --> 00:15:13,496 Shall we go up? 194 00:15:14,122 --> 00:15:15,916 If Miss Presbury has no objection. 195 00:15:16,124 --> 00:15:17,667 I understand the necessity. 196 00:15:18,501 --> 00:15:19,794 Let us lead the way my dear. 197 00:15:24,299 --> 00:15:26,676 I'm glad you're more yourself today, Watson. 198 00:15:27,010 --> 00:15:29,137 You were a veritable bear yesterday. 199 00:15:29,554 --> 00:15:31,264 A touch liverish perhaps. 200 00:15:37,145 --> 00:15:38,313 This is where the figure appeared? 201 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:38,980 Yes. 202 00:15:39,648 --> 00:15:42,150 There's no ladder on the premises that could reach this height? 203 00:15:42,525 --> 00:15:43,109 No. 204 00:15:44,486 --> 00:15:45,570 Was the window ajar? 205 00:15:45,695 --> 00:15:47,864 Yes, I keep the door locked. 206 00:15:50,367 --> 00:15:51,826 Did the hand touch the windowpane? 207 00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:54,746 I don't know. I fainted. 208 00:15:55,664 --> 00:15:56,998 Of course you did. Of course you did. 209 00:16:01,711 --> 00:16:03,588 Well, that's a formidable elevation, 210 00:16:06,383 --> 00:16:12,889 yet the ivy's strong, Hedera algeriensis, torn away just here. 211 00:16:18,937 --> 00:16:21,189 Miss Presbury, your father has returned prematurely. 212 00:16:21,439 --> 00:16:24,109 Oh, no. He mustn't know you're here Mr. Holmes. 213 00:16:24,234 --> 00:16:27,654 That can scarcely be avoided. However, let us go down. 214 00:16:27,904 --> 00:16:28,905 The backstairs? 215 00:16:29,364 --> 00:16:30,198 Certainly not. 216 00:16:36,371 --> 00:16:39,708 Bennett, what did you do with my lecture? 217 00:16:42,085 --> 00:16:44,546 Who the devil are you, sir? 218 00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:47,298 Father, I'm sorry. 219 00:16:47,549 --> 00:16:48,758 Mr. Sherlock Holmes. 220 00:16:49,592 --> 00:16:50,260 Who? 221 00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:52,178 The detective. 222 00:16:52,303 --> 00:16:55,932 Professor Presbury, my card. 223 00:17:01,229 --> 00:17:04,691 221B, 224 00:17:05,608 --> 00:17:08,153 hardly an address to inspire confidence. 225 00:17:09,863 --> 00:17:11,740 I have never sought to inspire confidence in others. 226 00:17:11,906 --> 00:17:13,158 I have quite enough of my own. 227 00:17:13,283 --> 00:17:14,784 May I introduce my colleague Dr. Watson? 228 00:17:14,909 --> 00:17:16,661 Certainly not, you may leave at once the pair of you. 229 00:17:16,786 --> 00:17:19,205 Father, they are here at our request. 230 00:17:19,539 --> 00:17:22,417 But not mine, Edith. And you Bennett, 231 00:17:23,251 --> 00:17:25,879 you should have consulted me before resorting to such methods, 232 00:17:26,463 --> 00:17:30,091 a common detective and his accomplice, really. 233 00:17:31,051 --> 00:17:34,054 Now, sir, allow me to escort you from the premises. 234 00:17:36,347 --> 00:17:37,599 My assistant had no authority 235 00:17:37,766 --> 00:17:40,435 to engage you in this matter. kindly inquire into it no further. 236 00:17:40,935 --> 00:17:43,938 Should you persist I shall have no hesitation in calling the police. 237 00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:46,316 Lestrade of Yard is well known to me so beware. 238 00:17:46,441 --> 00:17:48,818 I would hesitate in calling Lestrade, professor, 239 00:17:48,943 --> 00:17:50,445 if you wish to have the mystery solved. 240 00:17:51,112 --> 00:17:53,656 There is no mystery, sir, none. 241 00:17:54,657 --> 00:17:57,535 Now be gone with you or would you have me release my dog? 242 00:17:58,328 --> 00:17:59,704 Believe me he'll not distinguish 243 00:17:59,829 --> 00:18:03,291 between a hired snoop and an intruder. 244 00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:07,295 Will you be gone, sir, will you? 245 00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:09,464 We shall, sir, we shall but you are over the mark. 246 00:18:09,631 --> 00:18:10,882 Kindly watch your words. 247 00:18:11,549 --> 00:18:12,467 As a breed. 248 00:18:12,801 --> 00:18:16,054 Despite their ferocious appearance these dogs are seldom vicious. 249 00:18:17,889 --> 00:18:19,933 I'm surprised that Roy needs chaining at all 250 00:18:21,142 --> 00:18:23,311 unless it is for your safety as much as ours. 251 00:19:03,685 --> 00:19:06,396 The dog reflects family life Watson. 252 00:19:06,938 --> 00:19:08,064 Does it indeed. 253 00:19:10,316 --> 00:19:12,318 Whoever heard of a frisky dog in a gloomy home 254 00:19:13,236 --> 00:19:14,654 or a sad dog in a happy one? 255 00:19:16,614 --> 00:19:18,700 Snarling people have snarling dogs. 256 00:19:20,243 --> 00:19:23,288 You observed the Presbury's Irish Wolfhound as well as I. 257 00:19:23,413 --> 00:19:25,790 He growled quite as much at his master as it did at us, 258 00:19:25,915 --> 00:19:27,083 two complete strangers. 259 00:19:27,208 --> 00:19:30,670 That animal did not reserve its animosity solely for the professor. 260 00:19:30,879 --> 00:19:33,882 We'll seek verification from young Bennett when he arrives. 261 00:19:34,507 --> 00:19:36,384 I sent word by way of Jock MacPhail 262 00:19:36,718 --> 00:19:38,511 after our meeting at the Goat and Compasses. 263 00:19:40,221 --> 00:19:41,806 Another of your agents Holmes? 264 00:19:41,931 --> 00:19:45,310 The Presburys' coachman. He has charge of Roy. 265 00:19:46,936 --> 00:19:49,606 I joined him last night for what he calls a wee Goldie. 266 00:19:49,731 --> 00:19:52,525 Here's Bennett, precipitous as ever. Come in. 267 00:19:54,485 --> 00:19:55,236 Good morning. 268 00:19:57,906 --> 00:19:59,824 Mr. Holmes, Dr. Watson, 269 00:20:00,742 --> 00:20:04,954 I must apologize for your unfortunate encounter yesterday, but also... 270 00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:06,080 There's no need. 271 00:20:06,623 --> 00:20:10,460 In fact, it has provided the very first clue to this odd affair. Do sit down. 272 00:20:11,336 --> 00:20:11,920 Thank you. 273 00:20:13,755 --> 00:20:16,591 Mr. Holmes, I cannot pretend that I am happy to have answered your summons. 274 00:20:16,758 --> 00:20:21,304 Of course and I continue to appreciate the division of your loyalties. 275 00:20:21,429 --> 00:20:24,307 It's no small wonder that you've withheld so much. 276 00:20:30,104 --> 00:20:32,023 Roy first attacked his master on the evening 277 00:20:32,148 --> 00:20:33,900 of September the 2nd, did he not? 278 00:20:34,776 --> 00:20:35,610 How can you know that? 279 00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:39,197 As the professor came from his study into the hall, he restrained the dog. 280 00:20:39,864 --> 00:20:42,033 On this occasion he was merely shut up in the scullery. 281 00:20:42,784 --> 00:20:45,536 The next morning he was as right as rain or so MacPhail informs me. 282 00:20:46,746 --> 00:20:47,497 MacPhail? 283 00:20:47,789 --> 00:20:48,915 Who better than the family coachman 284 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,376 to advise me how matters might truly stand? 285 00:20:54,295 --> 00:20:56,506 Forgive me Mr. Holmes, I should have told you myself but... 286 00:20:56,631 --> 00:20:57,632 But you didn't. 287 00:20:58,633 --> 00:21:01,177 The second attack occurred 13 days later. 288 00:21:01,928 --> 00:21:03,596 Again, the professor was in the hall. 289 00:21:03,721 --> 00:21:06,140 Fortunately this time he was able to put the study door between himself 290 00:21:06,307 --> 00:21:08,059 and the altered animal, was he not? 291 00:21:08,726 --> 00:21:10,687 Edith wanted Roy chained from that moment. 292 00:21:11,020 --> 00:21:12,563 But her father overruled her. 293 00:21:13,231 --> 00:21:15,775 He insisted that he was still a dear affectionate dog, 294 00:21:16,150 --> 00:21:17,652 that he wasn't congenially vicious. 295 00:21:17,986 --> 00:21:19,654 But not after the third attack? 296 00:21:20,863 --> 00:21:23,241 No, he did agree then that he had to be restrained. 297 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:26,828 And Roy was banished to the chain in the stable yard. 298 00:21:27,495 --> 00:21:28,079 Yes. 299 00:21:28,204 --> 00:21:30,498 MacPhail believes that the change in Roy's behavior 300 00:21:30,665 --> 00:21:32,333 stems from about two months ago? 301 00:21:33,418 --> 00:21:35,878 I think it may have. I, I didn't keep a straight note of it, 302 00:21:36,045 --> 00:21:38,214 Consult your fiancé Bennett and MacPhail. 303 00:21:38,631 --> 00:21:41,509 A precise log of these events may yet prove pertinent, 304 00:21:41,676 --> 00:21:46,014 I observed that the professor lectures at the university at 2:00 this afternoon. 305 00:21:46,264 --> 00:21:47,223 I shall call then. 306 00:21:48,182 --> 00:21:51,102 No, I couldn't possibly agree, no. 307 00:21:51,311 --> 00:21:54,856 Bennett, Miss Presbury did not dream. 308 00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:58,109 Someone or something looked in upon her. 309 00:21:59,027 --> 00:22:02,030 It is my conviction that your fiancé is in grave danger. 310 00:22:03,489 --> 00:22:04,198 From whom? 311 00:22:04,907 --> 00:22:09,370 No, sir, from whom or from what. 312 00:22:16,377 --> 00:22:19,047 As secretary you handle the professor's correspondence. 313 00:22:19,213 --> 00:22:21,424 Oh yes, it's my responsibility to open every letter. 314 00:22:23,051 --> 00:22:24,761 Has it always been Miss Presbury's habit 315 00:22:24,886 --> 00:22:26,637 to lock her bedroom door at night? 316 00:22:29,599 --> 00:22:34,187 Urn, no, well it, well she told me that... 317 00:22:34,937 --> 00:22:35,730 Yes? 318 00:22:36,356 --> 00:22:38,566 It was after Roy began to behave so strangely. 319 00:22:39,108 --> 00:22:40,985 That she too became afraid of the dog? 320 00:22:41,819 --> 00:22:43,279 Mr. Holmes, you mustn't touch his desk. 321 00:22:43,404 --> 00:22:44,030 Bennett! 322 00:22:45,406 --> 00:22:45,990 Thank you. 323 00:23:01,089 --> 00:23:02,256 Inform me of the correspondence 324 00:23:02,423 --> 00:23:07,053 the professor had with someone called Dorak 325 00:23:09,430 --> 00:23:13,267 inhabiting "Cornmead". 326 00:23:15,395 --> 00:23:16,229 No,no,no, 327 00:23:17,522 --> 00:23:20,233 Commercial Road of course E.C. 328 00:23:22,276 --> 00:23:23,986 It would appear that the professor answers 329 00:23:24,112 --> 00:23:25,947 such correspondence himself. 330 00:23:27,448 --> 00:23:28,658 Well, again... 331 00:23:28,783 --> 00:23:31,160 Again, you've been reluctant to speak. 332 00:23:32,370 --> 00:23:32,995 Yes. 333 00:23:34,539 --> 00:23:37,083 Some eight weeks ago he told me that 334 00:23:37,208 --> 00:23:39,085 certain missives might arrive from East Central 335 00:23:39,210 --> 00:23:41,045 marked by a cross under the stamp. 336 00:23:41,546 --> 00:23:42,338 A code? 337 00:23:44,966 --> 00:23:47,135 And did they regularly? 338 00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:48,511 Irregularly, 339 00:23:49,011 --> 00:23:51,222 I was to leave them unopened and speak of them to no one. 340 00:23:51,389 --> 00:23:53,808 You said missive. They were not letters. 341 00:23:54,308 --> 00:23:56,185 Well, some were, others were small packets. 342 00:23:56,936 --> 00:23:58,938 And did you observe Professor Presbury's replies? 343 00:23:59,063 --> 00:24:01,357 No. They didn't pass through my hands. 344 00:24:01,649 --> 00:24:03,860 Yet the evidence would suggest that he did respond. 345 00:24:05,153 --> 00:24:08,448 To the Hindu the dog is a traditional enemy of the monkey. 346 00:24:09,073 --> 00:24:10,158 What was that Watson? 347 00:24:11,492 --> 00:24:13,161 What? Nothing. 348 00:24:13,536 --> 00:24:14,454 Jack? 349 00:24:16,289 --> 00:24:18,749 Oh, I, I wasn't aware. 350 00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:21,752 No, I couldn't tell you, you'd already gone out. 351 00:24:22,003 --> 00:24:22,628 I see. 352 00:24:24,547 --> 00:24:26,674 I've invited Alice to take tea with us. 353 00:24:26,883 --> 00:24:29,677 Do not be too severe upon your fiance Miss Presbury. 354 00:24:29,969 --> 00:24:31,512 He has acted for the best. 355 00:24:32,346 --> 00:24:35,892 And please will you continue to lock your door at night. 356 00:24:36,517 --> 00:24:39,020 The prowler who looked in upon you is no ordinary creature. 357 00:24:39,187 --> 00:24:39,854 Good day. 358 00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:47,361 Jack, you shouldn't have brought him in here. 359 00:24:47,528 --> 00:24:51,365 I didn't want to but he insisted. He says there's grave danger. 360 00:24:52,033 --> 00:24:53,784 Was that Sherlock Holmes? 361 00:24:54,744 --> 00:24:56,537 The Sherlock Holmes? 362 00:24:58,498 --> 00:25:00,958 Your observation goes to the very heart of this business Watson. 363 00:25:01,083 --> 00:25:01,834 Observation? 364 00:25:01,959 --> 00:25:03,961 Considering the monkey and the dog, the very heart of it. 365 00:25:04,086 --> 00:25:05,046 Oh, you think so? 366 00:25:05,171 --> 00:25:07,840 Now if you'd be so kind as to accompany me to the university, 367 00:25:07,965 --> 00:25:11,802 you can drive on to the Commercial Road, inquire after Dorak. 368 00:25:12,220 --> 00:25:13,804 That's not an address Holmes. 369 00:25:13,930 --> 00:25:16,140 The Commercial Road is a mile long from Aldgate east to Limehouse. 370 00:25:16,265 --> 00:25:18,559 We'll ask a custom monger where Dorak's shop. 371 00:25:18,726 --> 00:25:19,393 Shop? 372 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,729 Come on Watson, I'm going to be late. 373 00:25:27,818 --> 00:25:34,492 The equatorial rain forests of Africa, Asia and Southern America 374 00:25:34,617 --> 00:25:35,409 are filled with the sound and movement 375 00:25:35,576 --> 00:25:39,288 of a multitude of species from the primate family. 376 00:25:42,041 --> 00:25:46,587 ...therefore, this physical activity the swinging amongst branches, 377 00:25:46,754 --> 00:25:52,760 the flying leaps from treetop to treetop and loud raucous calling 378 00:25:52,969 --> 00:25:57,765 not only defines territorial rights in the forest. 379 00:25:57,932 --> 00:25:59,767 For example for food gathering, 380 00:26:00,101 --> 00:26:04,689 the tender shoots of tree and shrub are particularly prized 381 00:26:04,814 --> 00:26:11,404 but also is frequently among the males a ritual display 382 00:26:12,446 --> 00:26:15,616 either to ward off unwelcome intruders 383 00:26:15,741 --> 00:26:18,661 or to impress a particular female 384 00:26:19,036 --> 00:26:22,123 with a sexual potential of the performer. 385 00:26:23,416 --> 00:26:24,875 Thank you, gentlemen. 386 00:27:35,863 --> 00:27:38,115 Good afternoon, looking for somebody are ya? 387 00:27:38,658 --> 00:27:41,452 I believe there's some livery stables here or nearby. 388 00:27:41,619 --> 00:27:44,872 No, no, we got a knacker's Yard next door, that's all. 389 00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:46,582 Oh, right, right you are. 390 00:27:48,417 --> 00:27:49,877 It's a dead end. 391 00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:51,837 Oh, I could see a way through, yes. 392 00:27:52,046 --> 00:27:53,422 You're a nark or what? 393 00:27:53,547 --> 00:27:54,423 Not at all. 394 00:27:55,675 --> 00:27:56,467 Out. 395 00:27:57,510 --> 00:27:58,094 I'm sorry. 396 00:27:58,219 --> 00:27:59,887 I said out. 397 00:28:12,233 --> 00:28:14,485 You just can't take it in, can you? 398 00:28:14,610 --> 00:28:15,569 I beg your pardon? 399 00:28:15,736 --> 00:28:20,324 I said out and I meant out. No admittance, mate. 400 00:28:20,908 --> 00:28:22,159 These are commercial premises. 401 00:28:22,284 --> 00:28:23,411 What do you mean by that? 402 00:28:23,536 --> 00:28:24,954 I mean it's a shop. 403 00:28:25,413 --> 00:28:27,873 It must be early closing day. 404 00:28:28,416 --> 00:28:29,917 This is ridiculous. 405 00:28:31,293 --> 00:28:32,044 Is it? 406 00:28:38,342 --> 00:28:40,845 My dear Lestrade, I'm astonished that you- 407 00:28:40,970 --> 00:28:44,265 a man of your standing should call upon so petty an errand. 408 00:28:44,432 --> 00:28:46,934 Professor Presbury objects most strenuously 409 00:28:47,059 --> 00:28:49,061 to your investigations, Mr. Holmes. 410 00:28:49,437 --> 00:28:53,149 His complaint is that of unjustified harassment. 411 00:28:53,649 --> 00:28:55,568 The justification has yet to be proved. 412 00:28:55,985 --> 00:28:57,695 Has Presbury informed you of the facts? 413 00:28:57,945 --> 00:28:58,779 Of course. 414 00:28:58,946 --> 00:29:00,114 And your conclusions? 415 00:29:01,824 --> 00:29:03,826 A girl half asleep, 416 00:29:04,326 --> 00:29:08,164 mistook a cat or a bird or both for an intruder. 417 00:29:08,873 --> 00:29:10,458 That's all. It's trifle. 418 00:29:12,752 --> 00:29:14,295 Such a simple explanation, 419 00:29:15,421 --> 00:29:18,632 however, it begs the question of the family dog, does it not? 420 00:29:19,759 --> 00:29:21,927 Does it? What dog? 421 00:29:22,344 --> 00:29:25,681 Presbury did not mention Roy's part in this affair is strange. 422 00:29:25,973 --> 00:29:28,809 Clearly a partial witness. I suggest you ask him. 423 00:29:28,934 --> 00:29:31,729 You're not in full possession of the facts of this complex case. 424 00:29:31,854 --> 00:29:35,107 Trust you to say there's more to it than meets the eye, Mr. Holmes. 425 00:29:35,232 --> 00:29:37,818 I never concern myself in anything without that stimulus. 426 00:29:38,986 --> 00:29:41,614 If you persist you may find yourself at the wrong end 427 00:29:41,739 --> 00:29:43,449 of a private prosecution you know. 428 00:29:44,325 --> 00:29:46,786 Professor Presbury is a determined man. 429 00:29:47,578 --> 00:29:49,413 Then we're fairly matched, are we not? 430 00:29:50,623 --> 00:29:55,920 I knew it. Well, I've said my say. Mr. Holmes. 431 00:29:56,378 --> 00:29:57,171 Lestrade. 432 00:30:17,942 --> 00:30:18,692 Right, you can do it? 433 00:30:18,818 --> 00:30:20,778 Yeah, easier than Maidstone, 434 00:30:22,154 --> 00:30:23,155 poor old fellow. 435 00:31:00,109 --> 00:31:01,735 144, 436 00:31:04,488 --> 00:31:05,698 Commercial Road. 437 00:31:05,906 --> 00:31:07,616 Oh, you located, Dorak, good. 438 00:31:08,617 --> 00:31:11,287 He appears to run a general store as far as I can tell. 439 00:31:12,413 --> 00:31:14,915 Sells everything from flatirons to fishhooks. 440 00:31:15,416 --> 00:31:16,542 Can you be more specific? 441 00:31:16,667 --> 00:31:20,254 Well, can't be a very prosperous business. 442 00:31:20,629 --> 00:31:21,213 Why not? 443 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:23,257 Because the general public are not allowed in. 444 00:31:25,885 --> 00:31:27,052 Did you discover anything else? 445 00:31:28,429 --> 00:31:30,431 Apart from being threatened by an unhelpful brute 446 00:31:30,556 --> 00:31:32,266 in an alley at the side, very little. 447 00:31:33,309 --> 00:31:35,060 He obviously works there because he followed me back 448 00:31:35,185 --> 00:31:36,520 to the shop and threatened me again. 449 00:31:37,146 --> 00:31:39,273 Oh, there was another fellow sharply dressed, 450 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,775 a waistcoat with a mustache. 451 00:31:42,610 --> 00:31:43,360 A Cheroot? 452 00:31:44,612 --> 00:31:46,280 Yes, yes, he did. 453 00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:47,823 Sounds like Harry Wilcox, 454 00:31:48,532 --> 00:31:51,577 more usually of Soho Square than the East End. Anything further? 455 00:31:52,036 --> 00:31:55,831 Not really except the smell. 456 00:31:57,541 --> 00:31:59,126 There was a very odd smell about the place. 457 00:31:59,668 --> 00:32:00,377 Of what? 458 00:32:00,794 --> 00:32:04,965 Well it's not easy to say. It belonged to the animal kingdom. 459 00:32:05,466 --> 00:32:07,217 Straw or stables? 460 00:32:08,802 --> 00:32:09,845 More like a zoo. 461 00:32:30,366 --> 00:32:31,158 You're still up. 462 00:32:31,325 --> 00:32:33,994 Yes, sir, I thought I might finish these proofs. 463 00:32:34,662 --> 00:32:37,414 Very conscientious of you but no, no, you get to bed. 464 00:32:37,748 --> 00:32:39,583 I'd rather not, sir, I should like... 465 00:32:39,708 --> 00:32:42,586 Get to bed. Go on with you. 466 00:32:45,339 --> 00:32:47,591 Yes, sir, very well. 467 00:32:56,475 --> 00:32:57,059 Good night, sir. 468 00:32:58,185 --> 00:32:58,852 Good night. 469 00:33:45,024 --> 00:33:46,358 Darling wake up, it's me. 470 00:33:49,403 --> 00:33:50,070 Edith? 471 00:33:50,487 --> 00:33:51,071 Who is it? 472 00:33:51,196 --> 00:33:52,239 It's me, open the door. 473 00:33:57,286 --> 00:33:57,911 What is it? 474 00:33:58,203 --> 00:34:00,998 I saw. I can't describe. 475 00:34:01,665 --> 00:34:02,583 Oh, the intruder. 476 00:34:02,708 --> 00:34:03,917 We must rouse your father. 477 00:34:10,758 --> 00:34:11,800 Professor Presbury? 478 00:34:13,218 --> 00:34:13,927 Father? 479 00:34:16,263 --> 00:34:17,514 Sir, sir. 480 00:34:20,267 --> 00:34:21,185 Both of you, what is it? 481 00:34:22,561 --> 00:34:23,437 Jack thought he saw... 482 00:34:23,604 --> 00:34:26,398 I fancied I, I heard an intruder, sir. 483 00:34:26,648 --> 00:34:27,316 You did? 484 00:34:28,817 --> 00:34:33,072 Yes, Roy too was exercised but when I looked out just now there was- 485 00:34:33,197 --> 00:34:35,324 nothing and he since quieted down. Listen. 486 00:34:38,786 --> 00:34:40,079 But you thought you saw... 487 00:34:40,204 --> 00:34:41,747 Yes, I thought I saw... 488 00:34:42,998 --> 00:34:43,582 Yes? 489 00:34:46,168 --> 00:34:46,919 An animal. 490 00:34:49,588 --> 00:34:50,339 An animal? 491 00:34:52,716 --> 00:34:55,135 No, it must have been a trick of the light, sir. 492 00:34:55,552 --> 00:35:01,642 Must have been, yes, sir, I was mistaken. My apologies. 493 00:35:04,103 --> 00:35:04,645 Good night. 494 00:35:07,606 --> 00:35:08,273 Bennett. 495 00:35:09,358 --> 00:35:09,983 Yes, sir. 496 00:35:10,692 --> 00:35:13,320 Get some sleep. There's a good chap. 497 00:35:14,279 --> 00:35:14,863 Yes, sir. 498 00:36:20,137 --> 00:36:21,680 Of course. 499 00:36:22,973 --> 00:36:23,849 Watson. 500 00:36:26,852 --> 00:36:27,603 Watson. 501 00:36:30,022 --> 00:36:30,731 Watson. 502 00:36:48,457 --> 00:36:50,292 Unofficially a gang is at work. 503 00:36:50,584 --> 00:36:53,086 Other zoological gardens have reported similar thefts? 504 00:36:53,253 --> 00:36:56,465 Oh, yeah, my colleagues in Driscoll are investigating the theft of- 505 00:36:56,590 --> 00:37:00,552 two rhesus monkeys and a baboon removed only last week. 506 00:37:01,678 --> 00:37:05,933 A traveling menagerie in Oxfordshire lost a prized chimpanzee 507 00:37:06,141 --> 00:37:08,268 and Maidstone, their finest gorilla. 508 00:37:09,102 --> 00:37:11,855 Big Charlie? Delightful chap. I knew him well. 509 00:37:13,690 --> 00:37:16,151 Well, they've all disappeared without a trace. 510 00:37:16,276 --> 00:37:18,737 And Mr. Holmes, what's his interest? 511 00:37:19,613 --> 00:37:21,949 He insisted to me that this may have relevance 512 00:37:22,115 --> 00:37:23,700 to another case he has in hand. 513 00:37:23,909 --> 00:37:25,994 We like to indulge him when we can. 514 00:37:27,287 --> 00:37:29,164 Find anything to the purpose, Mr. Holmes? 515 00:37:29,289 --> 00:37:30,082 Nothing much. 516 00:37:30,791 --> 00:37:33,585 I warned you, my men have been through it with a tooth comb. 517 00:37:34,253 --> 00:37:36,755 The lock was released by Jenkins of Stepping Green. 518 00:37:37,547 --> 00:37:40,842 The primate was quieted with a pad of chloroform 519 00:37:40,968 --> 00:37:43,136 administered by someone who lavishes their hair 520 00:37:43,804 --> 00:37:46,473 with Mr. Brewster of Jermyn Street's Pomade. 521 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:50,477 This would suggest that he also sports a waxed mustache, 522 00:37:50,811 --> 00:37:53,855 Mr. Brewster being celebrated for his cosmetic wax for gentlemen. 523 00:37:53,981 --> 00:37:55,649 If this was so Lestrade, 524 00:37:56,441 --> 00:37:59,569 you could do worse than have a word with Harry the Tech Wilcox of Soho. 525 00:38:00,570 --> 00:38:01,655 Good lord Holmes, 526 00:38:01,822 --> 00:38:04,408 you're nothing much would be anyone else a great deal. 527 00:38:04,533 --> 00:38:06,368 Yes, well I'm sure my men will arrive 528 00:38:06,493 --> 00:38:08,912 at the same conclusion once their reports are in hand. 529 00:38:09,037 --> 00:38:10,831 You will also naturally have noticed Lestrade 530 00:38:10,998 --> 00:38:12,833 that this is the sixth reported theft 531 00:38:12,958 --> 00:38:15,168 of a mature male primate in as many weeks. 532 00:38:15,335 --> 00:38:18,839 Is it six? Good lord, exceptional. 533 00:38:19,339 --> 00:38:23,427 The gender of the animals removed is I suggest of the essence. 534 00:38:24,845 --> 00:38:25,554 Good day. 535 00:38:45,699 --> 00:38:46,700 Come in. 536 00:38:51,371 --> 00:38:53,540 My dearest Alice. 537 00:38:54,624 --> 00:38:56,126 I'm not interrupting your work? 538 00:38:56,251 --> 00:38:59,546 No, no. I wasn't seriously engaged, 539 00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:02,466 just some notes of future inquiry, nothing more. 540 00:39:04,051 --> 00:39:05,719 Shall we go to the drawing room? 541 00:39:06,345 --> 00:39:08,388 This is hardly the place to entertain a young lady. 542 00:39:08,513 --> 00:39:09,181 No. 543 00:39:11,975 --> 00:39:12,851 Oh, dear. 544 00:39:13,894 --> 00:39:16,229 My dear child, what is the matter? 545 00:39:17,606 --> 00:39:19,191 I ought to have said before. 546 00:39:20,233 --> 00:39:22,486 Ought to what? 547 00:39:24,613 --> 00:39:27,240 There, you must take it back. 548 00:39:30,243 --> 00:39:31,620 But Alice... 549 00:39:31,953 --> 00:39:33,330 I can't marry you. 550 00:39:34,081 --> 00:39:36,541 I shouldn't have said I would, but I was afraid to say no. 551 00:39:38,001 --> 00:39:39,086 Please take it back. 552 00:39:40,253 --> 00:39:41,588 Nonsense, this is simply... 553 00:39:41,713 --> 00:39:44,007 No, you must take it. 554 00:39:44,299 --> 00:39:46,301 There, I'm sorry. 555 00:39:48,220 --> 00:39:49,012 Alice. 556 00:39:49,137 --> 00:39:54,559 No, you're old. You're too old. 557 00:40:00,857 --> 00:40:03,985 So, Bennett actually saw the intruders shadow inside the house. 558 00:40:05,278 --> 00:40:07,322 But upon investigation could find no further trace. 559 00:40:07,447 --> 00:40:09,449 You must get this to him by way of the butcher's boy. 560 00:40:09,616 --> 00:40:10,492 Are you coming? 561 00:40:11,243 --> 00:40:11,827 Where to? 562 00:40:11,952 --> 00:40:14,246 Dorak's Emporium, especially those parts 563 00:40:14,371 --> 00:40:17,999 where Jenkins took such pains to guard against you. Are you game? 564 00:40:18,125 --> 00:40:18,959 Delighted. 565 00:40:20,961 --> 00:40:21,837 You go armed? 566 00:40:22,796 --> 00:40:25,382 Always carry a firearm east of Aldgate, Watson. 567 00:41:44,085 --> 00:41:45,378 It's as I feared. 568 00:41:57,766 --> 00:41:59,684 He was reckoning on a visit, Mr. Holmes. 569 00:41:59,809 --> 00:42:00,477 Wilcox! 570 00:42:05,106 --> 00:42:06,191 And Jenkins. 571 00:42:33,009 --> 00:42:35,178 By heavens Holmes, this is what I smelt. 572 00:42:35,845 --> 00:42:39,266 These are Dorak's patients, poor abused creatures. 573 00:42:40,183 --> 00:42:42,769 Have you observed the experiments that Dorak performs on them? 574 00:42:42,894 --> 00:42:44,896 Oh, no that's none of our business he says. 575 00:42:45,021 --> 00:42:46,398 Well count yourself fortunate 576 00:42:46,773 --> 00:42:48,775 that the process has been kept from you. 577 00:42:51,736 --> 00:42:54,281 Now gentlemen in you go. 578 00:42:54,406 --> 00:42:56,241 In there with him? Why? 579 00:42:56,366 --> 00:42:58,868 To await the police. In gentlemen. 580 00:43:00,787 --> 00:43:03,873 I should advise Inspector Lestrade at once. 581 00:43:03,999 --> 00:43:05,625 You can't leave us in here. 582 00:43:06,126 --> 00:43:08,628 Remember the gorilla is a social animal 583 00:43:09,254 --> 00:43:12,340 and if you both mind your manners you will do well enough I dare say. 584 00:43:29,024 --> 00:43:30,817 Mr. Bennett and Miss Presbury. 585 00:43:31,151 --> 00:43:31,693 Yes. 586 00:43:31,818 --> 00:43:33,486 I decided I had to accompany Jack, Mr. Holmes. 587 00:43:33,653 --> 00:43:35,697 I'm delighted. Have you brought the list of missing dates? 588 00:43:36,156 --> 00:43:40,368 Yes, Roy also barked on these nights. 589 00:43:40,660 --> 00:43:42,537 Please never mind that Mr. Holmes. 590 00:43:42,704 --> 00:43:44,706 We have far more urgent matters to impart. 591 00:43:44,831 --> 00:43:45,665 Is that so? 592 00:43:45,999 --> 00:43:48,001 Miss Morphy has renounced my father. 593 00:43:49,002 --> 00:43:50,337 She's returned his ring? 594 00:43:50,462 --> 00:43:53,214 Today. Since when he has remained locked in his study. 595 00:43:53,340 --> 00:43:56,176 Every time I've knocked he's shouted abuse at me, we fear... 596 00:43:56,301 --> 00:43:59,429 The logic of it Watson, of this progression, do you see it? 597 00:43:59,596 --> 00:44:00,347 Please. 598 00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:02,766 The first three occasions are self-evident. 599 00:44:03,141 --> 00:44:05,268 We know of those. What happened on the 5th of October? 600 00:44:06,770 --> 00:44:10,148 Roy barked all night, on the 12th too. 601 00:44:11,524 --> 00:44:12,984 They're also days upon which the professor 602 00:44:13,109 --> 00:44:14,944 received packages from London East Central. 603 00:44:15,070 --> 00:44:17,072 This is the date on which the face appeared 604 00:44:17,197 --> 00:44:18,823 at the window four nights ago? 605 00:44:18,948 --> 00:44:19,616 Yes. 606 00:44:19,741 --> 00:44:23,036 And this is where the shadow appeared last night. 607 00:44:24,245 --> 00:44:25,705 Of course! 608 00:44:27,499 --> 00:44:32,253 The common factor is two. Always the gap decreases by two days. 609 00:44:32,379 --> 00:44:33,880 Numskull, Holmes. 610 00:44:34,964 --> 00:44:38,927 And today is the 21 st of October. 611 00:44:43,056 --> 00:44:43,765 Did? 612 00:44:45,266 --> 00:44:48,895 Yes, a package arrived this morning. 613 00:44:51,481 --> 00:44:55,652 And the crisis is upon us. Last night was but the precursor. 614 00:44:56,403 --> 00:44:57,737 Come, we must go at once. 615 00:44:58,321 --> 00:45:00,490 Come along, come along, I'll explain on the way. 616 00:45:13,420 --> 00:45:14,629 The front door is open. 617 00:45:20,051 --> 00:45:21,428 Bennett, examine upstairs. 618 00:45:21,553 --> 00:45:22,262 Watson. 619 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:38,528 I thought as much. 620 00:45:41,823 --> 00:45:42,615 Did you hear Mr. Holmes? 621 00:45:42,741 --> 00:45:44,826 Too well, Miss Presbury, too well. 622 00:45:50,165 --> 00:45:51,458 Up there, look. 623 00:45:57,464 --> 00:46:00,633 My heavens Holmes, you were right. 624 00:46:30,497 --> 00:46:32,332 He's headed across to Miss Morphy's house. 625 00:46:32,457 --> 00:46:34,876 Bennett stay here and protect Miss Presbury. 626 00:47:11,287 --> 00:47:12,705 He's aiming for that balcony. 627 00:47:15,792 --> 00:47:16,417 It's locked. 628 00:47:16,543 --> 00:47:17,710 Then, we must housebreak. 629 00:47:33,810 --> 00:47:35,228 The dog Watson, the dog. 630 00:47:46,281 --> 00:47:49,659 Stay away. Please keep away. 631 00:48:10,805 --> 00:48:14,601 It was a close thing. Just missed the carotid artery. 632 00:48:15,018 --> 00:48:15,894 Is he all right? 633 00:48:16,561 --> 00:48:17,312 He'll live. 634 00:48:18,688 --> 00:48:22,108 A reformed man I have no doubt after his experience. 635 00:48:24,485 --> 00:48:26,988 My dear Lestrade. I quite intended you to have the credit 636 00:48:27,113 --> 00:48:30,450 but to complete the case against Dorak, Wilcox and Jenkins, 637 00:48:30,909 --> 00:48:32,118 you'll need this. 638 00:48:32,368 --> 00:48:34,454 Here is the incontrovertible proof 639 00:48:35,204 --> 00:48:37,123 that those animals you've rescued from degradation 640 00:48:37,290 --> 00:48:40,126 were stolen for the sake of their glands. 641 00:48:40,668 --> 00:48:42,962 The animal extract was sold at an enormous profit 642 00:48:43,087 --> 00:48:46,466 to those foolish or desperate enough to imagine that a course of serum 643 00:48:46,591 --> 00:48:50,553 could restore their lost vitality without any other effects. 644 00:48:51,137 --> 00:48:52,972 I am grateful to you Mr. Holmes. 645 00:48:53,431 --> 00:48:56,059 Thanks to you we've traced the evil to its source. 646 00:48:56,184 --> 00:48:58,436 Perhaps, but poor Presbury. 647 00:49:00,146 --> 00:49:04,275 When one tries to rise above nature, one is liable to fall below it. 648 00:49:05,401 --> 00:49:08,988 The highest type of man may revert to the animal 649 00:49:09,155 --> 00:49:11,491 when he leaves the straight road of destiny. 650 00:49:13,076 --> 00:49:16,412 Yes, well I'll leave the philosophy to you Mr. Holmes. 651 00:49:16,537 --> 00:49:18,665 Quite the best Lestrade, I always do. 652 00:49:19,958 --> 00:49:21,542 Is the Wolfhound to be destroyed? 653 00:49:21,668 --> 00:49:22,251 Oh, no. 654 00:49:23,628 --> 00:49:25,797 No it was the monkey that Roy attacked, not the man. 655 00:49:25,922 --> 00:49:28,549 But the dog will be himself again quite as much as his master. 656 00:49:30,593 --> 00:49:34,722 Well, thank you both. Good clay, gentlemen. 657 00:49:34,847 --> 00:49:36,307 Good day Lestrade. 658 00:49:39,352 --> 00:49:40,645 If I my say so Holmes 659 00:49:40,770 --> 00:49:44,107 I think you went a little too far in allowing Lestrade all the credit. 660 00:49:44,315 --> 00:49:45,274 Not all Watson. 661 00:49:46,693 --> 00:49:48,820 You can file it away in our archives. 662 00:49:49,445 --> 00:49:51,614 One day the entire truth can be told.