1 00:02:57,969 --> 00:03:00,888 You may inform the Secretary of the Royal Society 2 00:03:01,556 --> 00:03:04,141 that I have entitled my lecture 3 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:08,061 Darwin's Fundamental Error. 4 00:03:09,147 --> 00:03:10,689 That'll raise a few hackles, sir. 5 00:03:12,066 --> 00:03:12,858 Will it not? 6 00:03:13,776 --> 00:03:14,651 I must be off. 7 00:03:15,778 --> 00:03:19,406 You can acknowledge all of these. 8 00:03:20,116 --> 00:03:22,367 There's a good chap. Thanks. 9 00:03:23,161 --> 00:03:23,744 Father? 10 00:03:24,037 --> 00:03:24,578 My dear? 11 00:03:25,079 --> 00:03:29,082 Did you hear how Roy barked last night? It was dreadful. 12 00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:33,086 No, no I didn't. Did you hear him Bennett? 13 00:03:33,254 --> 00:03:34,254 I can't say I did, sir. 14 00:03:34,714 --> 00:03:38,050 He kept on and on. He howled too. 15 00:03:39,427 --> 00:03:41,094 I'm sure someone got into the garden. 16 00:03:41,763 --> 00:03:42,888 An intruder? 17 00:03:43,765 --> 00:03:44,973 Well yes, because... 18 00:03:46,309 --> 00:03:47,434 Oh father. 19 00:03:48,603 --> 00:03:52,397 Someone looked in at me, at my window. 20 00:03:52,690 --> 00:03:57,486 Impossible. You must have been dreaming. 21 00:03:58,029 --> 00:04:01,448 Oh, Edith nobody could reach your window. 22 00:04:01,616 --> 00:04:03,575 It's far too far off the ground. 23 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,536 I'm sure I wasn't dreaming. 24 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:09,373 Bennett, you take charge 25 00:04:09,666 --> 00:04:11,458 or I shall be late for the faculty meeting. 26 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,294 I leave you in your fiancé's care my dear. 27 00:04:14,420 --> 00:04:15,754 If he proves as good a husband to you as 28 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,715 he has amanuenses to me, you'll be a fortunate woman. 29 00:04:20,635 --> 00:04:22,636 Allay her fears Bennett, I know you can. 30 00:04:23,888 --> 00:04:24,805 Can you believe me? 31 00:04:25,807 --> 00:04:28,183 Not easily, no. I mean as your father said. 32 00:04:28,309 --> 00:04:29,268 Come and look. 33 00:04:29,978 --> 00:04:33,105 I'm awfully busy with these notes on Simia Satyrus to type, 34 00:04:33,231 --> 00:04:34,106 and then the proof of your father's... 35 00:04:34,232 --> 00:04:38,110 Jack, I know I wasn't dreaming 36 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:40,988 and you know Roy doesn't bark at nothing. 37 00:04:41,906 --> 00:04:46,034 I want you to see for yourself. You must. Please. 38 00:04:47,870 --> 00:04:50,998 And then after the barking woke me I heard another sound 39 00:04:51,582 --> 00:04:52,666 from just below here. 40 00:04:53,334 --> 00:04:54,167 From below? 41 00:04:54,377 --> 00:04:57,838 There and there, do you see? The ivy's pulled away. 42 00:04:59,340 --> 00:05:02,634 I must have fainted. The next thing I knew it was dawn. 43 00:05:10,601 --> 00:05:12,853 You're quite, quite certain you didn't dream this, Edith? 44 00:05:13,813 --> 00:05:14,646 Quite. 45 00:05:17,525 --> 00:05:20,110 Jack, I insist you believe me. 46 00:05:22,363 --> 00:05:22,946 Very well. 47 00:05:23,364 --> 00:05:25,449 And that you inform Sherlock Holmes of the facts. 48 00:05:25,575 --> 00:05:26,616 Oh, darling. 49 00:05:27,535 --> 00:05:29,911 Or I shall reconsider our engagement. 50 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:31,997 But why? 51 00:05:33,458 --> 00:05:37,127 I could not give my hand to a man who doubts my word. 52 00:06:36,187 --> 00:06:38,647 Watson, come at once if convenient. 53 00:06:41,442 --> 00:06:43,276 If inconvenient come all the same. 54 00:06:48,950 --> 00:06:51,284 Holmes, I got your note 55 00:06:52,453 --> 00:06:55,664 and it is inconvenient. Damned inconvenient. 56 00:06:55,790 --> 00:06:57,249 Your old wound is troubling you. 57 00:06:58,459 --> 00:06:59,126 No. 58 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:01,628 I prefer to differ, your step was uneven on the stairs. 59 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:04,339 I have a full surgery Holmes. 60 00:07:04,465 --> 00:07:07,968 You must excuse a certain abstraction of mind, Watson. 61 00:07:08,719 --> 00:07:09,511 I see. 62 00:07:09,679 --> 00:07:10,804 It's a tangled scheme. 63 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:14,933 I've been looking for the loose end which might unravel it. 64 00:07:16,018 --> 00:07:18,395 One such might reside in the question 65 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,608 does Professor Presbury's daughter wake or dream. 66 00:07:26,112 --> 00:07:28,363 I'm summoned here for no more than this? 67 00:07:29,907 --> 00:07:31,158 You've heard of Presbury? 68 00:07:32,577 --> 00:07:33,785 Of course, who hasn't? 69 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:37,205 He's our most distinguished natural scientist. 70 00:07:37,331 --> 00:07:38,915 He's a widower with one daughter. 71 00:07:39,584 --> 00:07:42,627 She insists someone appeared at her window last night. 72 00:07:46,174 --> 00:07:49,050 Miss Presbury's bedroom is on the second floor 73 00:07:50,136 --> 00:07:53,555 and is completely inaccessible to even the most agile cat burglar. 74 00:07:53,681 --> 00:07:57,017 Read this. It arrived by the 1:00 post. 75 00:08:02,190 --> 00:08:04,399 The author already arrives ahead of his time, 76 00:08:04,525 --> 00:08:06,151 a most precipitant young man. 77 00:08:06,694 --> 00:08:08,904 Mr. Bennett, my friend and colleague Dr. Watson. 78 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:10,864 How do you do? Mr. Bennett. 79 00:08:10,990 --> 00:08:11,698 Please sit down. 80 00:08:11,866 --> 00:08:13,116 No, forgive me. 81 00:08:13,993 --> 00:08:16,286 Mr. Holmes, I fear I've made a grave error of judgment. 82 00:08:17,079 --> 00:08:18,580 I should not have been in touch with you at all. 83 00:08:19,582 --> 00:08:21,166 I've wasted your time entirely. 84 00:08:21,709 --> 00:08:24,252 It is not a rational reason for Miss Presbury's fears. 85 00:08:24,378 --> 00:08:26,087 No, no I can't say that. 86 00:08:26,214 --> 00:08:28,340 Well it's, it's a delicate matter but I, 87 00:08:29,050 --> 00:08:32,928 I must beg you to proceed no further. I can of course recompense you. 88 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,228 Mr. Bennett, your letter was less than frank, was it not? 89 00:08:42,104 --> 00:08:43,230 I set out the facts. 90 00:08:44,565 --> 00:08:45,899 Not all I suspect. 91 00:08:46,734 --> 00:08:49,486 Probably out of loyalty to your fiancé, Miss Presbury? 92 00:08:49,904 --> 00:08:50,737 You're aware of that? 93 00:08:50,905 --> 00:08:54,074 As I am of your employer's engagement to Miss Alice Morphy, 94 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:57,410 the daughter of the famous comparative anatomist. 95 00:08:57,828 --> 00:09:00,038 She resides next door to the Presburys, does she not? 96 00:09:00,665 --> 00:09:02,082 How do you know of the engagement? 97 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:05,752 The Times, July the 1 st September the 5th respectively. 98 00:09:07,755 --> 00:09:10,715 Mr. Holmes' memory is of a photographical order. 99 00:09:11,133 --> 00:09:11,758 Quite so. 100 00:09:13,719 --> 00:09:14,386 Oh, dear. 101 00:09:16,597 --> 00:09:18,682 Mr. Bennett, I do appreciate your predicament. 102 00:09:19,725 --> 00:09:21,351 As a scientist and a rationalist yourself. 103 00:09:21,477 --> 00:09:24,145 I dare say you're reluctant to accept the evidence 104 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:26,189 insisted upon by Miss Presbury. 105 00:09:26,315 --> 00:09:28,525 Further, as a father's trusted assistant 106 00:09:28,734 --> 00:09:31,278 to have recourse to me must smack to you of disloyalty. 107 00:09:31,404 --> 00:09:34,864 Exactly, I'm part of the family except that Edith... 108 00:09:35,533 --> 00:09:37,659 Miss Presbury, she was so upset that she... 109 00:09:38,244 --> 00:09:40,370 Mr. Bennett, who would you prefer to alienate, 110 00:09:40,997 --> 00:09:43,290 your perspective wife or her celebrated father? 111 00:09:43,624 --> 00:09:46,334 You give me a choice of evils, neither. 112 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:49,462 Then furnish me with the facts and I will see how I can help you. 113 00:09:50,965 --> 00:09:52,882 You may rely on the discretion of both of us. 114 00:09:55,845 --> 00:09:56,428 Well... 115 00:09:57,388 --> 00:10:00,473 Would you for example, describe Miss Presbury, 116 00:10:01,475 --> 00:10:03,768 as an impressionable fanciful girl? 117 00:10:06,022 --> 00:10:07,272 No, quite the reverse. 118 00:10:07,773 --> 00:10:10,650 Miss Alice Morphy? Perhaps Professor Presbury's- 119 00:10:10,776 --> 00:10:12,986 engagement to her came to you as something of a surprise. 120 00:10:14,113 --> 00:10:16,573 He is after all three times her age. 121 00:10:17,908 --> 00:10:18,742 And this velour? 122 00:10:20,161 --> 00:10:22,996 I prefer that one, with the osprey feathers. 123 00:10:26,334 --> 00:10:27,751 Could you ask him, do you think? 124 00:10:29,128 --> 00:10:31,630 Father's extremely proud of his orchids. 125 00:10:32,673 --> 00:10:33,590 I hate them. 126 00:10:35,176 --> 00:10:40,513 They're so, oh I don't know, so impure somehow. 127 00:10:42,433 --> 00:10:44,225 Do please ask him not to send them anymore. 128 00:10:44,352 --> 00:10:46,519 There's a sweet friend, Edith, please? 129 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:47,604 Can you not ask him? 130 00:10:47,730 --> 00:10:48,855 I couldn't. 131 00:10:49,732 --> 00:10:51,941 I dare not. I'm such a coward. 132 00:10:53,611 --> 00:10:57,072 Oh, please. You've got so much more character than me. 133 00:10:57,365 --> 00:10:58,531 You're as strong as he. 134 00:10:58,741 --> 00:11:03,161 But Alice, if you dare not ask this of my father, 135 00:11:03,579 --> 00:11:05,955 how will you ever manage those deeper conflicts 136 00:11:06,082 --> 00:11:08,750 that occur even in the happiest of marriages? 137 00:11:09,377 --> 00:11:10,210 Oh, I don't know. 138 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:13,963 I'm so frightened. 139 00:11:14,382 --> 00:11:15,715 Of marrying my father? 140 00:11:16,717 --> 00:11:17,467 I wish... 141 00:11:19,053 --> 00:11:22,389 No, please don't ask. Let's not speak of it. 142 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:28,478 What do you think of this one? 143 00:11:29,438 --> 00:11:31,564 Neither Miss Presbury nor I consider her father's- 144 00:11:31,732 --> 00:11:35,735 infatuation with Miss Morphy to be entirely appropriate. 145 00:11:36,654 --> 00:11:37,570 Rather excessive. 146 00:11:37,988 --> 00:11:40,198 And her parents have no objections to the marriage? 147 00:11:41,617 --> 00:11:43,702 The professor is a respectable widower. 148 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:45,203 And a wealthy man. 149 00:11:52,002 --> 00:11:52,919 When may I call? 150 00:11:53,587 --> 00:11:54,421 Call? 151 00:11:55,464 --> 00:11:56,965 To view Miss Presbury's window, 152 00:11:57,675 --> 00:11:59,426 to determine for myself its accessibility 153 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:02,220 and otherwise to an intruder. Shall we say 11:00 tomorrow morning? 154 00:12:02,346 --> 00:12:04,180 Professor Presbury will be at his college. 155 00:12:04,306 --> 00:12:07,684 That's of no matter. At present my inquiries are purely logistical. 156 00:12:07,935 --> 00:12:10,562 I have never had any secrets from the professor. 157 00:12:10,938 --> 00:12:11,688 Mr. Bennett, 158 00:12:13,065 --> 00:12:16,151 let me refer you to your first question which you have in fact answered. 159 00:12:17,361 --> 00:12:19,738 You're more inclined to Miss Presbury's party 160 00:12:19,864 --> 00:12:21,281 than you are to your employer's. 161 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:25,869 Yes, yes, I dare say. 162 00:12:26,287 --> 00:12:28,455 Thank you. Good day. 163 00:12:31,292 --> 00:12:31,833 Good day. 164 00:12:42,303 --> 00:12:45,680 Holmes, you're prying into the affairs of a perfectly respectable family. 165 00:12:46,098 --> 00:12:48,391 Why is Bennett so reluctant to tell the truth? 166 00:12:48,684 --> 00:12:50,643 Loyalty. It is as plain as a pack staff. 167 00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:53,855 Let us hope so. Yet he wrote to me under duress. 168 00:12:54,690 --> 00:12:55,982 You notice his handwriting, 169 00:12:56,901 --> 00:12:59,194 the crossing of the T's with such deep indentation? 170 00:12:59,653 --> 00:13:02,113 And then upon his arrival his endeavors to call the whole thing off, 171 00:13:02,239 --> 00:13:03,782 no, there's more to this than meets the eye. 172 00:13:03,991 --> 00:13:07,160 I do not agree. This case is unworthy of you. 173 00:13:10,539 --> 00:13:11,998 I must return to my surgery. 174 00:13:13,584 --> 00:13:14,876 Maybe I'll see you tomorrow. 175 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:55,250 Father? 176 00:13:56,335 --> 00:14:00,046 My dear. I trust you slept better? 177 00:14:00,297 --> 00:14:03,383 Oh, yes. Last night I moved to the guest bedroom. 178 00:14:03,884 --> 00:14:07,804 Oh, no need surely. It was but an ugly dream. 179 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:11,558 Father, Alice has asked me... 180 00:14:12,810 --> 00:14:13,393 Yes? 181 00:14:14,895 --> 00:14:17,438 The truth is she does not care for orchids. 182 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,067 She doesn't? 183 00:14:23,279 --> 00:14:25,071 Well, why did she not say so? 184 00:14:25,364 --> 00:14:26,906 Well, she was afraid to. 185 00:14:27,741 --> 00:14:30,410 You forget how formidable you are father. 186 00:14:32,496 --> 00:14:33,872 The silly girl. 187 00:14:34,748 --> 00:14:39,752 Well, then she shall have roses. Yes, two dozen red roses. 188 00:14:47,511 --> 00:14:49,345 Roy was quiet enough last night. 189 00:14:50,431 --> 00:14:51,723 Not to rouse him, sir. 190 00:14:52,016 --> 00:14:53,391 Docility itself... 191 00:14:56,937 --> 00:15:00,773 Aye, he's grown accustomed to his shackles. 192 00:15:01,859 --> 00:15:02,775 The poor beast. 193 00:15:12,786 --> 00:15:13,494 Shall we go up? 194 00:15:14,121 --> 00:15:15,914 If Miss Presbury has no objection. 195 00:15:16,123 --> 00:15:17,665 I understand the necessity. 196 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:19,792 Let us lead the way my dear. 197 00:15:24,298 --> 00:15:26,674 I'm glad you're more yourself today, Watson. 198 00:15:27,009 --> 00:15:29,135 You were a veritable bear yesterday. 199 00:15:29,553 --> 00:15:31,262 A touch liverish perhaps. 200 00:15:37,144 --> 00:15:38,311 This is where the figure appeared? 201 00:15:38,437 --> 00:15:38,978 Yes. 202 00:15:39,647 --> 00:15:42,148 There's no ladder on the premises that could reach this height? 203 00:15:42,524 --> 00:15:43,107 No. 204 00:15:44,485 --> 00:15:45,568 Was the window ajar? 205 00:15:45,694 --> 00:15:47,862 Yes, I keep the door locked. 206 00:15:50,366 --> 00:15:51,824 Did the hand touch the windowpane? 207 00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:54,744 I don't know. I fainted. 208 00:15:55,663 --> 00:15:56,996 Of course you did. Of course you did. 209 00:16:01,710 --> 00:16:03,586 Well, that's a formidable elevation, 210 00:16:06,382 --> 00:16:12,887 yet the ivy's strong, heders alegriensis, torn away just here. 211 00:16:18,936 --> 00:16:21,187 Miss Presbury, your father has returned prematurely. 212 00:16:21,438 --> 00:16:24,107 Oh, no. He mustn't know you're here Mr. Holmes. 213 00:16:24,233 --> 00:16:27,652 That can scarcely be avoided. However, let us go down. 214 00:16:27,903 --> 00:16:28,903 The backstairs? 215 00:16:29,363 --> 00:16:30,196 Certainly not. 216 00:16:36,370 --> 00:16:39,706 Bennett, what did you do with my lecture? 217 00:16:42,084 --> 00:16:44,544 Who the devil are you, sir? 218 00:16:45,337 --> 00:16:47,296 Father, I'm sorry. 219 00:16:47,548 --> 00:16:48,756 Mr. Sherlock Holmes. 220 00:16:49,591 --> 00:16:50,258 Who? 221 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:52,176 The detective. 222 00:16:52,302 --> 00:16:55,930 Professor Presbury, my card. 223 00:17:01,228 --> 00:17:04,689 221 B, 224 00:17:05,607 --> 00:17:08,151 hardly an address to inspire confidence. 225 00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:11,738 I have never sought to inspire confidence in others. 226 00:17:11,905 --> 00:17:13,156 I have quite enough of my own. 227 00:17:13,282 --> 00:17:14,782 May I introduce my colleague Dr. Watson? 228 00:17:14,908 --> 00:17:16,659 Certainly not, you may leave at once the pair of you. 229 00:17:16,785 --> 00:17:19,203 Father, they are here at our request. 230 00:17:19,538 --> 00:17:22,415 But not mine, Edith. And you Bennett, 231 00:17:23,250 --> 00:17:25,877 you should have consulted me before resorting to such methods, 232 00:17:26,462 --> 00:17:30,089 a common detective and his accomplice, really. 233 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:34,052 Now, sir, allow me to escort you from the premises. 234 00:17:36,346 --> 00:17:37,597 My assistant had no authority 235 00:17:37,765 --> 00:17:40,433 to engage you in this matter. Kindly inquire into it no further. 236 00:17:40,934 --> 00:17:43,936 Should you persist I shall have no hesitation in calling the police. 237 00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:46,314 Lestrade of Yard is well known to me so beware. 238 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,816 I would hesitate in calling Lestrade, professor, 239 00:17:48,942 --> 00:17:50,443 if you wish to have the mystery solved. 240 00:17:51,111 --> 00:17:53,654 There is no mystery, sir, none. 241 00:17:54,656 --> 00:17:57,533 Now be gone with you or would you have me release my dog? 242 00:17:58,327 --> 00:17:59,702 Believe me he'll not distinguish 243 00:17:59,828 --> 00:18:03,289 between a hired snoop and an intruder. 244 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:07,293 Will you be gone, sir, will you? 245 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:09,462 We shall, sir, we shall but you are over the mark. 246 00:18:09,630 --> 00:18:10,880 Kindly watch your words. 247 00:18:11,548 --> 00:18:12,465 As a breed. 248 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,052 Despite their ferocious appearance these dogs are seldom vicious. 249 00:18:17,888 --> 00:18:19,931 I'm surprised that Roy needs chaining at all 250 00:18:21,141 --> 00:18:23,309 unless it is for your safety as much as ours. 251 00:19:03,684 --> 00:19:06,394 The dog reflects family life Watson. 252 00:19:06,937 --> 00:19:08,062 Does it indeed. 253 00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:12,316 Whoever heard of a frisky dog in a gloomy home 254 00:19:13,235 --> 00:19:14,652 or a sad dog in a happy one? 255 00:19:16,613 --> 00:19:18,698 Snarling people have snarling dogs. 256 00:19:20,242 --> 00:19:23,286 You observed the Presbury's Irish wolfhound as well as I. 257 00:19:23,412 --> 00:19:25,788 He growled quite as much at his master as it did at us, 258 00:19:25,914 --> 00:19:27,081 two complete strangers. 259 00:19:27,207 --> 00:19:30,668 That animal did not reserve its animosity solely for the professor. 260 00:19:30,878 --> 00:19:33,880 We'll seek verification from young Bennett when he arrives. 261 00:19:34,506 --> 00:19:36,382 I sent word by way of Jock MacPhail 262 00:19:36,717 --> 00:19:38,509 after our meeting at the Goat and Compasses. 263 00:19:40,220 --> 00:19:41,804 Another of your agents Holmes? 264 00:19:41,930 --> 00:19:45,308 The Presburys' coachman. He has charge of Roy. 265 00:19:46,935 --> 00:19:49,604 I joined him last night for what he calls a wee Goldie. 266 00:19:49,730 --> 00:19:52,523 Here's Bennett, precipitous as ever. Come in. 267 00:19:54,484 --> 00:19:55,234 Good morning. 268 00:19:57,905 --> 00:19:59,822 Mr. Holmes, Dr. Watson, 269 00:20:00,741 --> 00:20:04,952 I must apologize for your unfortunate encounter yesterday, but also... 270 00:20:05,078 --> 00:20:06,078 There's no need. 271 00:20:06,622 --> 00:20:10,458 In fact, it has provided the very first clue to this odd affair. Do sit down. 272 00:20:11,335 --> 00:20:11,918 Thank you. 273 00:20:13,754 --> 00:20:16,589 Mr. Holmes, I cannot pretend that I am happy to have answered your summons. 274 00:20:16,757 --> 00:20:21,302 Of course and I continue to appreciate the division of your loyalties. 275 00:20:21,428 --> 00:20:24,305 It's no small wonder that you've withheld so much. 276 00:20:30,103 --> 00:20:32,021 Roy first attacked his master on the evening 277 00:20:32,147 --> 00:20:33,898 of September the 2nd, did he not? 278 00:20:34,775 --> 00:20:35,608 How can you know that? 279 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:39,195 As the professor came from his study into the hall, he restrained the dog. 280 00:20:39,863 --> 00:20:42,031 On this occasion he was merely shut up in the scullery. 281 00:20:42,783 --> 00:20:45,534 The next morning he was as right as rain or so MacPhail informs me. 282 00:20:46,745 --> 00:20:47,495 MacPhail? 283 00:20:47,788 --> 00:20:48,913 Who better than the family coachman 284 00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:51,374 to advise me how matters might truly stand? 285 00:20:54,294 --> 00:20:56,504 Forgive me Mr. Holmes, I should have told you myself but... 286 00:20:56,630 --> 00:20:57,630 But you didn't. 287 00:20:58,632 --> 00:21:01,175 The second attack occurred 13 days later. 288 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:03,594 Again, the professor was in the hall. 289 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,138 Fortunately this time he was able to put the study door between himself 290 00:21:06,306 --> 00:21:08,057 and the altered animal, was he not? 291 00:21:08,725 --> 00:21:10,685 Edith wanted Roy chained from that moment. 292 00:21:11,019 --> 00:21:12,561 But her father overruled her. 293 00:21:13,230 --> 00:21:15,773 He insisted that he was still a dear affectionate dog, 294 00:21:16,149 --> 00:21:17,650 that he wasn't congenially vicious. 295 00:21:17,985 --> 00:21:19,652 But not after the third attack? 296 00:21:20,862 --> 00:21:23,239 No, he did agree then that he had to be restrained. 297 00:21:23,699 --> 00:21:26,826 And Roy was banished to the chain in the stable yard. 298 00:21:27,494 --> 00:21:28,077 Yes. 299 00:21:28,203 --> 00:21:30,496 MacPhail believes that the change in Roy's behavior 300 00:21:30,664 --> 00:21:32,331 stems from about two months ago? 301 00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:35,876 I think it may have. I, I didn't keep a straight note of it, 302 00:21:36,044 --> 00:21:38,212 Consult your fiancé Bennett and MacPhail. 303 00:21:38,630 --> 00:21:41,507 A precise log of these events may yet prove pertinent, 304 00:21:41,675 --> 00:21:46,012 I observed that the professor lectures at the university at 2:00 this afternoon. 305 00:21:46,263 --> 00:21:47,221 I shall call then. 306 00:21:48,181 --> 00:21:51,100 No, I couldn't possibly agree, no. 307 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:54,854 Bennett, Miss Presbury did not dream. 308 00:21:55,939 --> 00:21:58,107 Someone or something looked in upon her. 309 00:21:59,026 --> 00:22:02,028 It is my conviction that your fiancé is in grave danger. 310 00:22:03,488 --> 00:22:04,196 From whom? 311 00:22:04,906 --> 00:22:09,368 No, sir, from whom or from what. 312 00:22:16,376 --> 00:22:19,045 As secretary you handle the professor's correspondence. 313 00:22:19,212 --> 00:22:21,422 Oh yes, it's my responsibility to open every letter. 314 00:22:23,050 --> 00:22:24,759 Has it always been Miss Presbury's habit 315 00:22:24,885 --> 00:22:26,635 to lock her bedroom door at night? 316 00:22:29,598 --> 00:22:34,185 Urn, no, well it, well she told me that... 317 00:22:34,936 --> 00:22:35,728 Yes? 318 00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:38,564 It was after Roy began to behave so strangely. 319 00:22:39,107 --> 00:22:40,983 That she too became afraid of the dog? 320 00:22:41,818 --> 00:22:43,277 Mr. Holmes, you mustn't touch his desk. 321 00:22:43,403 --> 00:22:44,028 Bennett! 322 00:22:45,405 --> 00:22:45,988 Thank you. 323 00:23:01,088 --> 00:23:02,254 Inform me of the correspondence 324 00:23:02,422 --> 00:23:07,051 the professor had with someone called Dorak 325 00:23:09,429 --> 00:23:13,265 inhabiting Cornmead. 326 00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:16,227 No, no, no, 327 00:23:17,521 --> 00:23:20,231 Commercial Road of course E.C. 328 00:23:22,275 --> 00:23:23,984 It would appear that the professor answers 329 00:23:24,111 --> 00:23:25,945 such correspondence himself. 330 00:23:27,447 --> 00:23:28,656 Well, again... 331 00:23:28,782 --> 00:23:31,158 Again, you've been reluctant to speak. 332 00:23:32,369 --> 00:23:32,993 Yes. 333 00:23:34,538 --> 00:23:37,081 Some eight weeks ago he told me that 334 00:23:37,207 --> 00:23:39,083 certain missives might arrive from East Central 335 00:23:39,209 --> 00:23:41,043 marked by a cross under the stamp. 336 00:23:41,545 --> 00:23:42,336 A code? 337 00:23:44,965 --> 00:23:47,133 And did they regularly? 338 00:23:47,592 --> 00:23:48,509 Irregularly, 339 00:23:49,010 --> 00:23:51,220 I was to leave them unopened and speak of them to no one. 340 00:23:51,388 --> 00:23:53,806 You said missive. They were not letters. 341 00:23:54,307 --> 00:23:56,183 Well, some were, others were small packets. 342 00:23:56,935 --> 00:23:58,936 And did you observe Professor Presbury's replies? 343 00:23:59,062 --> 00:24:01,355 No. They didn't pass through my hands. 344 00:24:01,648 --> 00:24:03,858 Yet the evidence would suggest that he did respond. 345 00:24:05,152 --> 00:24:08,446 To the Hindu the dog is a traditional enemy of the monkey. 346 00:24:09,072 --> 00:24:10,156 What was that Watson? 347 00:24:11,491 --> 00:24:13,159 What? Nothing. 348 00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:14,452 Jack? 349 00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:18,747 Oh, I, I wasn't aware. 350 00:24:19,499 --> 00:24:21,750 No, I couldn't tell you, you'd already gone out. 351 00:24:22,002 --> 00:24:22,626 I see. 352 00:24:24,546 --> 00:24:26,672 I've invited Alice to take tea with us. 353 00:24:26,882 --> 00:24:29,675 Do not be too severe upon your fiancé Miss Presbury. 354 00:24:29,968 --> 00:24:31,510 He has acted for the best. 355 00:24:32,345 --> 00:24:35,890 And please will you continue to lock your door at night. 356 00:24:36,516 --> 00:24:39,018 The prowler who looked in upon you is no ordinary creature. 357 00:24:39,186 --> 00:24:39,852 Good day. 358 00:24:44,816 --> 00:24:47,359 Jack, you shouldn't have brought him in here. 359 00:24:47,527 --> 00:24:51,363 I didn't want to but he insisted. He says there's grave danger. 360 00:24:52,032 --> 00:24:53,782 Was that Sherlock Holmes? 361 00:24:54,743 --> 00:24:56,535 The Sherlock Holmes? 362 00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:00,956 Your observation goes to the very heart of this business Watson. 363 00:25:01,082 --> 00:25:01,832 Observation? 364 00:25:01,958 --> 00:25:03,959 Considering the monkey and the dog, the very heart of it. 365 00:25:04,085 --> 00:25:05,044 Oh, you think so? 366 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:07,838 Now if you'd be so kind as to accompany me to the university, 367 00:25:07,964 --> 00:25:11,800 you can drive on to the Commercial Road, inquire after Dorak. 368 00:25:12,219 --> 00:25:13,802 That's not an address Holmes. 369 00:25:13,929 --> 00:25:16,138 The Commercial Road is a mile long from Aldgate east to Limehouse. 370 00:25:16,264 --> 00:25:18,557 We'll ask a custom monger where Dorak's shop. 371 00:25:18,725 --> 00:25:19,391 Shop? 372 00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:21,727 Come on Watson, I'm going to be late. 373 00:25:27,817 --> 00:25:34,490 The equatorial rain forests of Africa, Asia and Southern America 374 00:25:34,616 --> 00:25:35,407 are filled with the sound and movement 375 00:25:35,575 --> 00:25:39,286 of a multitude of species from the primate family. 376 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:46,585 ...therefore, this physical activity the swinging amongst branches, 377 00:25:46,753 --> 00:25:52,758 the flying leaps from treetop to treetop and loud raucous calling 378 00:25:52,968 --> 00:25:57,763 not only defines territorial rights in the forest. 379 00:25:57,931 --> 00:25:59,765 For example for food gathering, 380 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:04,687 the tender shoots of tree and shrub are particularly prized 381 00:26:04,813 --> 00:26:11,402 but also is frequently among the males a ritual display 382 00:26:12,445 --> 00:26:15,614 either to ward off unwelcome intruders 383 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:18,659 or to impress a particular female 384 00:26:19,035 --> 00:26:22,121 with a sexual potential of the performer. 385 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:24,873 Thank you, gentlemen. 386 00:27:35,862 --> 00:27:38,113 Good afternoon, looking for somebody are ya? 387 00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:41,450 I believe there's some livery stables here or nearby. 388 00:27:41,618 --> 00:27:44,870 No, no, we got a knacker's Yard next door, that's all. 389 00:27:44,996 --> 00:27:46,580 Oh, right, right you are. 390 00:27:48,416 --> 00:27:49,875 It's a dead end. 391 00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:51,835 Oh, I could see a way through, yes. 392 00:27:52,045 --> 00:27:53,420 You're a nark or what? 393 00:27:53,546 --> 00:27:54,421 Not at all. 394 00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:56,465 Out. 395 00:27:57,509 --> 00:27:58,092 I'm sorry. 396 00:27:58,218 --> 00:27:59,885 I said out. 397 00:28:12,232 --> 00:28:14,483 You just can't take it in, can you? 398 00:28:14,609 --> 00:28:15,567 I beg your pardon? 399 00:28:15,735 --> 00:28:20,322 I said out and I meant out. No admittance, mate. 400 00:28:20,907 --> 00:28:22,157 These are commercial premises. 401 00:28:22,283 --> 00:28:23,409 What do you mean by that? 402 00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:24,952 I mean it's a shop. 403 00:28:25,412 --> 00:28:27,871 It must be early closing day. 404 00:28:28,415 --> 00:28:29,915 This is ridiculous. 405 00:28:31,292 --> 00:28:32,042 Is it? 406 00:28:38,341 --> 00:28:40,843 My dear Lestrade, I'm astonished that you- 407 00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:44,263 a man of your standing should call upon so petty an errand. 408 00:28:44,431 --> 00:28:46,932 Professor Presbury objects most strenuously 409 00:28:47,058 --> 00:28:49,059 to your investigations, Mr. Holmes. 410 00:28:49,436 --> 00:28:53,147 His complaint is that of unjustified harassment. 411 00:28:53,648 --> 00:28:55,566 The justification has yet to be proved. 412 00:28:55,984 --> 00:28:57,693 Has Presbury informed you of the facts? 413 00:28:57,944 --> 00:28:58,777 Of course. 414 00:28:58,945 --> 00:29:00,112 And your conclusions? 415 00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:03,824 A girl half asleep, 416 00:29:04,325 --> 00:29:08,162 mistook a cat or a bird or both for an intruder. 417 00:29:08,872 --> 00:29:10,456 That's all. It's trifle. 418 00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:14,293 Such a simple explanation, 419 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:18,630 however, it begs the question of the family dog, does it not? 420 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:21,925 Does it? What dog? 421 00:29:22,343 --> 00:29:25,679 Presbury did not mention Roy's part in this affair is strange. 422 00:29:25,972 --> 00:29:28,807 Clearly a partial witness. I suggest you ask him. 423 00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:31,727 You're not in full possession of the facts of this complex case. 424 00:29:31,853 --> 00:29:35,105 Trust you to say there's more to it than meets the eye, Mr. Holmes. 425 00:29:35,231 --> 00:29:37,816 I never concern myself in anything without that stimulus. 426 00:29:38,985 --> 00:29:41,612 If you persist you may find yourself at the wrong end 427 00:29:41,738 --> 00:29:43,447 of a private prosecution you know. 428 00:29:44,324 --> 00:29:46,784 Professor Presbury is a determined man. 429 00:29:47,577 --> 00:29:49,411 Then we're fairly matched, are we not? 430 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:55,918 I knew it. Well, I've said my say. Mr. Holmes. 431 00:29:56,377 --> 00:29:57,169 Lestrade. 432 00:30:17,941 --> 00:30:18,690 Right, you can do it? 433 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:20,776 Yeah, easier than Maidstone, 434 00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:23,153 poor old fellow. 435 00:31:00,108 --> 00:31:01,733 144, 436 00:31:04,487 --> 00:31:05,696 Commercial Road. 437 00:31:05,905 --> 00:31:07,614 Oh, you located, Dorak, good. 438 00:31:08,616 --> 00:31:11,285 He appears to run a general store as far as I can tell. 439 00:31:12,412 --> 00:31:14,913 Sells everything from flatirons to fishhooks. 440 00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:16,540 Can you be more specific? 441 00:31:16,666 --> 00:31:20,252 Well, can't be a very prosperous business. 442 00:31:20,628 --> 00:31:21,211 Why not? 443 00:31:21,379 --> 00:31:23,255 Because the general public are not allowed in. 444 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:27,050 Did you discover anything else? 445 00:31:28,428 --> 00:31:30,429 Apart from being threatened by an unhelpful brute 446 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:32,264 in an alley at the side, very little. 447 00:31:33,308 --> 00:31:35,058 He obviously works there because he followed me back 448 00:31:35,184 --> 00:31:36,518 to the shop and threatened me again. 449 00:31:37,145 --> 00:31:39,271 Oh, there was another fellow sharply dressed, 450 00:31:39,439 --> 00:31:41,773 a waistcoat with a mustache. 451 00:31:42,609 --> 00:31:43,358 A Cheroot? 452 00:31:44,611 --> 00:31:46,278 Yes, yes, he did. 453 00:31:46,404 --> 00:31:47,821 Sounds like Harry Wilcox, 454 00:31:48,531 --> 00:31:51,575 more usually of Soho Square than the East End. Anything further? 455 00:31:52,035 --> 00:31:55,829 Not really except the smell. 456 00:31:57,540 --> 00:31:59,124 There was a very odd smell about the place. 457 00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:00,375 Of what? 458 00:32:00,793 --> 00:32:04,963 Well it's not easy to say. It belonged to the animal kingdom. 459 00:32:05,465 --> 00:32:07,215 Straw or stables? 460 00:32:08,801 --> 00:32:09,843 More like a zoo. 461 00:32:30,365 --> 00:32:31,156 You're still up. 462 00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:33,992 Yes, sir, I thought I might finish these proofs. 463 00:32:34,661 --> 00:32:37,412 Very conscientious of you but no, no, you get to bed. 464 00:32:37,747 --> 00:32:39,581 I'd rather not, sir, I should like... 465 00:32:39,707 --> 00:32:42,584 Get to bed. Go on with you. 466 00:32:45,338 --> 00:32:47,589 Yes, sir, very well. 467 00:32:56,474 --> 00:32:57,057 Good night, sir. 468 00:32:58,184 --> 00:32:58,850 Good night. 469 00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:46,356 Darling wake up, it's me. 470 00:33:49,402 --> 00:33:50,068 Edith? 471 00:33:50,486 --> 00:33:51,069 Who is it? 472 00:33:51,195 --> 00:33:52,237 It's me, open the door. 473 00:33:57,285 --> 00:33:57,909 What is it? 474 00:33:58,202 --> 00:34:00,996 I saw. I can't describe. 475 00:34:01,664 --> 00:34:02,581 Oh, the intruder. 476 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:03,915 We must rouse your father. 477 00:34:10,757 --> 00:34:11,798 Professor Presbury? 478 00:34:13,217 --> 00:34:13,925 Father? 479 00:34:16,262 --> 00:34:17,512 Sir, sir. 480 00:34:20,266 --> 00:34:21,183 Both of you, what is it? 481 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:23,435 Jack thought he saw... 482 00:34:23,603 --> 00:34:26,396 I fancied I, I heard an intruder, sir. 483 00:34:26,647 --> 00:34:27,314 You did? 484 00:34:28,816 --> 00:34:33,070 Yes, Roy too was exercised but when I looked out just now there was- 485 00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:35,322 nothing and he since quieted down. Listen. 486 00:34:38,785 --> 00:34:40,077 But you thought you saw... 487 00:34:40,203 --> 00:34:41,745 Yes, I thought I saw... 488 00:34:42,997 --> 00:34:43,580 Yes? 489 00:34:46,167 --> 00:34:46,917 An animal. 490 00:34:49,587 --> 00:34:50,337 An animal? 491 00:34:52,715 --> 00:34:55,133 No, it must have been a trick of the light, sir. 492 00:34:55,551 --> 00:35:01,640 Must have been, yes, sir, I was mistaken. My apologies. 493 00:35:04,102 --> 00:35:04,643 Good night. 494 00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:08,271 Bennett. 495 00:35:09,357 --> 00:35:09,981 Yes, sir. 496 00:35:10,691 --> 00:35:13,318 Get some sleep. There's a good chap. 497 00:35:14,278 --> 00:35:14,861 Yes, sir. 498 00:36:20,136 --> 00:36:21,678 Of course. 499 00:36:22,972 --> 00:36:30,729 Watson. 500 00:36:48,456 --> 00:36:50,290 Unofficially a gang is at work. 501 00:36:50,583 --> 00:36:53,084 Other zoological gardens have reported similar thefts? 502 00:36:53,252 --> 00:36:56,463 Oh, yeah, my colleagues in Driscoll are investigating the theft of- 503 00:36:56,589 --> 00:37:00,550 two rhesus monkeys and a baboon removed only last week. 504 00:37:01,677 --> 00:37:05,931 A traveling menagerie in Oxfordshire lost a prized chimpanzee 505 00:37:06,140 --> 00:37:08,266 and Maidstone, their finest gorilla. 506 00:37:09,101 --> 00:37:11,853 Big Charlie? Delightful chap. I knew him well. 507 00:37:13,689 --> 00:37:16,149 Well, they've all disappeared without a trace. 508 00:37:16,275 --> 00:37:18,735 And Mr. Holmes, what's his interest? 509 00:37:19,612 --> 00:37:21,947 He insisted to me that this may have relevance 510 00:37:22,114 --> 00:37:23,698 to another case he has in hand. 511 00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:25,992 We like to indulge him when we can. 512 00:37:27,286 --> 00:37:29,162 Find anything to the purpose, Mr. Holmes? 513 00:37:29,288 --> 00:37:30,080 Nothing much. 514 00:37:30,790 --> 00:37:33,583 I warned you, my men have been through it with a tooth comb. 515 00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,753 The lock was released by Jenkins of Stepping Green. 516 00:37:37,546 --> 00:37:40,840 The primate was quieted with a pad of chloroform 517 00:37:40,967 --> 00:37:43,134 administered by someone who lavishes their hair 518 00:37:43,803 --> 00:37:46,471 with Mr. Brewster of Jermyn Street's Pomade. 519 00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:50,475 This would suggest that he also sports a waxed mustache, 520 00:37:50,810 --> 00:37:53,853 Mr. Brewster being celebrated for his cosmetic wax for gentlemen. 521 00:37:53,980 --> 00:37:55,647 If this was so Lestrade, 522 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,567 you could do worse than have a word with Harry the Tech Wilcox of Soho. 523 00:38:00,569 --> 00:38:01,653 Good lord Holmes, 524 00:38:01,821 --> 00:38:04,406 you're nothing much would be anyone else a great deal. 525 00:38:04,532 --> 00:38:06,366 Yes, well I'm sure my men will arrive 526 00:38:06,492 --> 00:38:08,910 at the same conclusion once their reports are in hand. 527 00:38:09,036 --> 00:38:10,829 You will also naturally have noticed Lestrade 528 00:38:10,997 --> 00:38:12,831 that this is the sixth reported theft 529 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:15,166 of a mature male primate in as many weeks. 530 00:38:15,334 --> 00:38:18,837 Is it six? Good lord, exceptional. 531 00:38:19,338 --> 00:38:23,425 The gender of the animals removed is I suggest of the essence. 532 00:38:24,844 --> 00:38:25,552 Good day. 533 00:38:45,698 --> 00:38:46,698 Come in. 534 00:38:51,370 --> 00:38:53,538 My dearest Alice. 535 00:38:54,623 --> 00:38:56,124 I'm not interrupting your work? 536 00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:59,544 No, no. I wasn't seriously engaged, 537 00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:02,464 just some notes of future inquiry, nothing more. 538 00:39:04,050 --> 00:39:05,717 Shall we go to the drawing room? 539 00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:08,386 This is hardly the place to entertain a young lady. 540 00:39:08,512 --> 00:39:09,179 No. 541 00:39:11,974 --> 00:39:12,849 Oh, dear. 542 00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:16,227 My dear child, what is the matter? 543 00:39:17,605 --> 00:39:19,189 I ought to have said before. 544 00:39:20,232 --> 00:39:22,484 Ought to what? 545 00:39:24,612 --> 00:39:27,238 There, you must take it back. 546 00:39:30,242 --> 00:39:31,618 But Alice... 547 00:39:31,952 --> 00:39:33,328 I can't marry you. 548 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:36,539 I shouldn't have said I would, but I was afraid to say no. 549 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,084 Please take it back. 550 00:39:40,252 --> 00:39:41,586 Nonsense, this is simply... 551 00:39:41,712 --> 00:39:44,005 No, you must take it. 552 00:39:44,298 --> 00:39:46,299 There, I'm sorry. 553 00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:49,010 Alice. 554 00:39:49,136 --> 00:39:54,557 No, you're old. You're too old. 555 00:40:00,856 --> 00:40:03,983 So, Bennett actually saw the intruders shadow inside the house. 556 00:40:05,277 --> 00:40:07,320 But upon investigation could find no further trace. 557 00:40:07,446 --> 00:40:09,447 You must get this to him by way of the butcher's boy. 558 00:40:09,615 --> 00:40:10,490 Are you coming? 559 00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:11,825 Where to? 560 00:40:11,951 --> 00:40:14,244 Dorak's Emporium, especially those parts 561 00:40:14,370 --> 00:40:17,997 where Jenkins took such pains to guard against you. Are you game? 562 00:40:18,124 --> 00:40:18,957 Delighted. 563 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:21,835 You go armed? 564 00:40:22,795 --> 00:40:25,380 Always carry a firearm east of Aldgate, Watson. 565 00:41:44,084 --> 00:41:45,376 It's as I feared. 566 00:41:57,765 --> 00:41:59,682 He was reckoning on a visit, Mr. Holmes. 567 00:41:59,808 --> 00:42:00,475 Wilcox! 568 00:42:05,105 --> 00:42:06,189 And Jenkins. 569 00:42:33,008 --> 00:42:35,176 By heavens Holmes, this is what I smelt. 570 00:42:35,844 --> 00:42:39,264 These are Dorak's patients, poor abused creatures. 571 00:42:40,182 --> 00:42:42,767 Have you observed the experiments that Dorak performs on them? 572 00:42:42,893 --> 00:42:44,894 Oh, no that's none of our business he says. 573 00:42:45,020 --> 00:42:46,396 Well count yourself fortunate 574 00:42:46,772 --> 00:42:48,773 that the process has been kept from you. 575 00:42:51,735 --> 00:42:54,279 Now gentlemen in you go. 576 00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:56,239 In there with him? Why? 577 00:42:56,365 --> 00:42:58,866 To await the police. In gentlemen. 578 00:43:00,786 --> 00:43:03,871 I should advise Inspector Lestrade at once. 579 00:43:03,998 --> 00:43:05,623 You can't leave us in here. 580 00:43:06,125 --> 00:43:08,626 Remember the gorilla is a social animal 581 00:43:09,253 --> 00:43:12,338 and if you both mind your manners you will do well enough I dare say. 582 00:43:29,023 --> 00:43:30,815 Mr. Bennett and Miss Presbury. 583 00:43:31,150 --> 00:43:31,691 Yes. 584 00:43:31,817 --> 00:43:33,484 I decided I had to accompany Jack, Mr. Holmes. 585 00:43:33,652 --> 00:43:35,695 I'm delighted. Have you brought the list of missing dates? 586 00:43:36,155 --> 00:43:40,366 Yes, Roy also barked on these nights. 587 00:43:40,659 --> 00:43:42,535 Please never mind that Mr. Holmes. 588 00:43:42,703 --> 00:43:44,704 We have far more urgent matters to impart. 589 00:43:44,830 --> 00:43:45,663 Is that so? 590 00:43:45,998 --> 00:43:47,999 Miss Morphy has renounced my father. 591 00:43:49,001 --> 00:43:50,335 She's returned his ring? 592 00:43:50,461 --> 00:43:53,212 Today. Since when he has remained locked in his study. 593 00:43:53,339 --> 00:43:56,174 Every time I've knocked he's shouted abuse at me, we fear... 594 00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:59,427 The logic of it Watson, of this progression, do you see it? 595 00:43:59,595 --> 00:44:00,345 Please. 596 00:44:00,679 --> 00:44:02,764 The first three occasions are self-evident. 597 00:44:03,140 --> 00:44:05,266 We know of those. What happened on the 5th of October? 598 00:44:06,769 --> 00:44:10,146 Roy barked all night, on the 12th too. 599 00:44:11,523 --> 00:44:12,982 They're also days upon which the professor 600 00:44:13,108 --> 00:44:14,942 received packages from London East Central. 601 00:44:15,069 --> 00:44:17,070 This is the date on which the face appeared 602 00:44:17,196 --> 00:44:18,821 at the window four nights ago? 603 00:44:18,947 --> 00:44:19,614 Yes. 604 00:44:19,740 --> 00:44:23,034 And this is where the shadow appeared last night. 605 00:44:24,244 --> 00:44:25,703 Of course! 606 00:44:27,498 --> 00:44:32,251 The common factor is two. Always the gap decreases by two days. 607 00:44:32,378 --> 00:44:33,878 Numskull, Holmes. 608 00:44:34,963 --> 00:44:38,925 And today is the 21 st of October. 609 00:44:43,055 --> 00:44:43,763 Did? 610 00:44:45,265 --> 00:44:48,893 Yes, a package arrived this morning. 611 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:55,650 And the crisis is upon us. Last night was but the precursor. 612 00:44:56,402 --> 00:44:57,735 Come, we must go at once. 613 00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:00,488 Come along, come along, I'll explain on the way. 614 00:45:13,419 --> 00:45:14,627 The front door is open. 615 00:45:20,050 --> 00:45:21,426 Bennett, examine upstairs. 616 00:45:21,552 --> 00:45:22,260 Watson. 617 00:45:37,359 --> 00:45:38,526 I thought as much. 618 00:45:41,822 --> 00:45:42,613 Did you hear Mr. Holmes? 619 00:45:42,740 --> 00:45:44,824 Too well, Miss Presbury, too well. 620 00:45:50,164 --> 00:45:51,456 Up there, look. 621 00:45:57,463 --> 00:46:00,631 My heavens Holmes, you were right. 622 00:46:30,496 --> 00:46:32,330 He's headed across to Miss Morphy's house. 623 00:46:32,456 --> 00:46:34,874 Bennett stay here and protect Miss Presbury. 624 00:47:11,286 --> 00:47:12,703 He's aiming for that balcony. 625 00:47:15,791 --> 00:47:16,415 It's locked. 626 00:47:16,542 --> 00:47:17,708 Then, we must housebreak. 627 00:47:33,809 --> 00:47:35,226 The dog Watson, the dog. 628 00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:49,657 Stay away. Please keep away. 629 00:48:10,804 --> 00:48:14,599 It was a close thing. Just missed the carotid artery. 630 00:48:15,017 --> 00:48:15,892 Is he all right? 631 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:17,310 He'll live. 632 00:48:18,687 --> 00:48:22,106 A reformed man I have no doubt after his experience. 633 00:48:24,484 --> 00:48:26,986 My dear Lestrade. I quite intended you to have the credit 634 00:48:27,112 --> 00:48:30,448 but to complete the case against Dorak, Wilcox and Jenkins, 635 00:48:30,908 --> 00:48:32,116 you'll need this. 636 00:48:32,367 --> 00:48:34,452 Here is the incontrovertible proof 637 00:48:35,203 --> 00:48:37,121 that those animals you've rescued from degradation 638 00:48:37,289 --> 00:48:40,124 were stolen for the sake of their glands. 639 00:48:40,667 --> 00:48:42,960 The animal extract was sold at an enormous profit 640 00:48:43,086 --> 00:48:46,464 to those foolish or desperate enough to imagine that a course of serum 641 00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:50,551 could restore their lost vitality without any other effects. 642 00:48:51,136 --> 00:48:52,970 I am grateful to you Mr. Holmes. 643 00:48:53,430 --> 00:48:56,057 Thanks to you we've traced the evil to its source. 644 00:48:56,183 --> 00:48:58,434 Perhaps, but poor Presbury. 645 00:49:00,145 --> 00:49:04,273 When one tries to rise above nature, one is liable to fall below it. 646 00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:08,986 The highest type of man may revert to the animal 647 00:49:09,154 --> 00:49:11,489 when he leaves the straight road of destiny. 648 00:49:13,075 --> 00:49:16,410 Yes, well I'll leave the philosophy to you Mr. Holmes. 649 00:49:16,536 --> 00:49:18,663 Quite the best Lestrade, I always do. 650 00:49:19,957 --> 00:49:21,540 Is the wolfhound to be destroyed? 651 00:49:21,667 --> 00:49:22,249 Oh, no. 652 00:49:23,627 --> 00:49:25,795 No it was the monkey that Roy attacked, not the man. 653 00:49:25,921 --> 00:49:28,547 But the dog will be himself again quite as much as his master. 654 00:49:30,592 --> 00:49:34,720 Well, thank you both. Good day, gentlemen. 655 00:49:34,846 --> 00:49:36,305 Good day Lestrade. 656 00:49:39,351 --> 00:49:40,643 If I my say so Holmes 657 00:49:40,769 --> 00:49:44,105 I think you went a little too far in allowing Lestrade all the credit. 658 00:49:44,314 --> 00:49:45,272 Not all Watson. 659 00:49:46,692 --> 00:49:48,818 You can file it away in our archives. 660 00:49:49,444 --> 00:49:51,612 One day the entire truth can be told.