1 00:00:48,339 --> 00:00:50,090 Emile my dearest one. 2 00:01:35,678 --> 00:01:36,929 Bien sur, Madame. 3 00:01:46,439 --> 00:01:49,983 "My dearest Emile, my husband has changed his plans." 4 00:01:51,653 --> 00:01:54,071 "There is no other way to say goodbye." 5 00:01:56,241 --> 00:01:57,991 "Remember me in your heart." 6 00:03:06,728 --> 00:03:10,898 Who betrayed me in Paris and why did you wait so long? 7 00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:13,400 I find your ladyship's attitude surprising. 8 00:03:13,651 --> 00:03:17,154 The answers to those questions are no concern of yours. 9 00:03:17,363 --> 00:03:21,408 On my knees l beg you l employ you to show mercy. 10 00:03:21,492 --> 00:03:23,911 I'm not in the business of mercy Madame. 11 00:03:24,037 --> 00:03:26,330 I haven't the money even if I wished. 12 00:03:26,497 --> 00:03:28,749 How could l without my husband knowing? 13 00:03:29,167 --> 00:03:32,920 Oh you'd be exceedingly ill advised not to make an effort. 14 00:03:33,004 --> 00:03:34,379 Do your worst. 15 00:03:39,594 --> 00:03:43,388 You will not have a penny from me, coward! 16 00:04:10,124 --> 00:04:12,960 My grandsons were punished enough. 17 00:04:15,380 --> 00:04:17,881 I hear from them only seldom. 18 00:04:19,050 --> 00:04:21,802 They wish to spare me their misery, l think. 19 00:04:25,014 --> 00:04:28,976 This monster who brought about their downfall? 20 00:04:29,852 --> 00:04:34,564 He lives and breathes, Mr. Holmes, with a smiling face 21 00:04:35,149 --> 00:04:37,317 and a heart of marble. 22 00:04:38,987 --> 00:04:40,570 You should have come to me sooner. 23 00:04:41,823 --> 00:04:43,824 If only I'd known of you sooner. 24 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:46,827 A friend gave me your name. 25 00:04:47,537 --> 00:04:51,999 He has a high regard, for your sense of justice. 26 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,836 Do you read poetry? 27 00:05:00,842 --> 00:05:02,009 Try a leaf. 28 00:05:08,474 --> 00:05:10,934 CAM devil. 29 00:05:11,519 --> 00:05:14,354 This is the only clue I can offer you. 30 00:05:15,356 --> 00:05:16,857 Maybe it will help. 31 00:05:17,859 --> 00:05:20,819 I wish nothing for Myself, Mr. Holmes. 32 00:05:21,946 --> 00:05:24,281 It is too late for that. 33 00:05:25,908 --> 00:05:31,288 l wish only to save others. 34 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:44,634 3:45 for London. 35 00:05:55,563 --> 00:05:57,564 I felt great sadness there. 36 00:05:57,857 --> 00:05:59,983 To think that that house must have reverberated 37 00:06:00,068 --> 00:06:02,152 to the sounds of those boys growing up. 38 00:06:03,237 --> 00:06:05,197 Man who preys upon weakness 39 00:06:05,323 --> 00:06:07,657 with a smiling face and a heart of marble. 40 00:06:15,416 --> 00:06:17,042 A master blackmailer. 41 00:06:18,127 --> 00:06:22,255 I've heard whisper of him, yet no one has put a name to him. 42 00:06:22,590 --> 00:06:24,007 Well there's no mention of blackmail. 43 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:26,218 Even a whisper of a newspaper account. 44 00:06:31,307 --> 00:06:32,599 You have reported it? 45 00:06:33,643 --> 00:06:38,522 Of her two grandchildren, George the elder, 46 00:06:39,315 --> 00:06:42,943 and Vike Kroft was caught in a moment of indiscretion, 47 00:06:43,277 --> 00:06:45,779 referred to the paper as the Badger Game. 48 00:06:46,447 --> 00:06:49,783 It seems to involve a gentleman being lured to the bed of a prostitute 49 00:06:50,284 --> 00:06:53,370 then being discovered Infle Grande Delecto by a third party. 50 00:06:53,538 --> 00:06:55,956 As usual the sensational press has got it wrong. 51 00:06:57,875 --> 00:07:01,294 The lady was an actress that is true but it was no Infle Grande. 52 00:07:01,546 --> 00:07:02,963 Mrs. Hudson. 53 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:05,799 He was married Holmes into one of the highest family's in the land. 54 00:07:05,967 --> 00:07:06,925 The paper's made plenty of that. 55 00:07:07,051 --> 00:07:07,968 And the younger boy? 56 00:07:08,136 --> 00:07:08,760 Edward. 57 00:07:09,470 --> 00:07:14,808 Now, he revenged for his brother, took a revolver to the footman, 58 00:07:15,309 --> 00:07:17,644 who's name was, uh Veitch, 59 00:07:18,771 --> 00:07:20,814 burst in upon him, shot him in the face. 60 00:07:21,190 --> 00:07:23,984 The man lived but was disfigured for life. 61 00:07:24,944 --> 00:07:26,653 After the trial he disappeared. 62 00:07:28,197 --> 00:07:32,659 It is Veitch we must find to lead us to our prize. 63 00:07:33,870 --> 00:07:35,162 Ms. Hudson are you not well? 64 00:07:35,496 --> 00:07:36,329 Of course I'm well. 65 00:07:36,497 --> 00:07:38,165 Then please you know I hate the smell of cabbage. 66 00:07:38,291 --> 00:07:41,126 Surely the brothers would know they're tormentor. 67 00:07:42,670 --> 00:07:45,338 The older brother fled the country in disgrace. 68 00:07:46,299 --> 00:07:48,175 Edward joined him having served his sentence, 69 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:49,926 they're now living richly somewhere in France. 70 00:07:50,011 --> 00:07:52,929 Goodbye Mrs. Hudson. Thank you. 71 00:07:53,181 --> 00:07:55,015 There is one curiosity. 72 00:08:01,689 --> 00:08:03,356 CAM Devil. 73 00:08:05,026 --> 00:08:06,985 Read it for clues if you wish. 74 00:08:09,113 --> 00:08:10,697 l do rather like Tennyson. 75 00:08:12,366 --> 00:08:13,366 But later. 76 00:08:15,786 --> 00:08:20,999 I'd prefer you to direct your energies towards the gossip columns. 77 00:08:24,962 --> 00:08:26,129 The Grasslands. 78 00:08:27,715 --> 00:08:29,674 The Grasslands, Watson. 79 00:08:31,385 --> 00:08:33,720 for which our serpent lies. 80 00:08:40,394 --> 00:08:42,145 Do tell us where you're going Charlotte. 81 00:08:42,271 --> 00:08:43,355 Oh yes, do tell. 82 00:08:43,481 --> 00:08:44,898 Lottie where are you going? 83 00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:47,567 Shall l, dearest. 84 00:08:48,110 --> 00:08:49,236 What's that my love? 85 00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:52,989 Tell them where we're going for our honeymoon. 86 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:54,574 I've no objections. 87 00:08:54,867 --> 00:08:56,493 It's Buddley Solterton. 88 00:09:03,793 --> 00:09:04,918 How romantic. 89 00:09:05,086 --> 00:09:06,378 It is actually very. 90 00:09:06,504 --> 00:09:09,214 I shall have to choose somewhere abroad for a honeymoon. 91 00:09:09,632 --> 00:09:11,424 Paris or Rome. 92 00:09:11,592 --> 00:09:12,592 You may, Daphne. 93 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:17,180 But if one's fate is to marry a soldier, abroad may well be one's whole life. 94 00:09:18,391 --> 00:09:21,601 And your honeymoon, Lady Eva? Have you and Harry decided yet? 95 00:09:23,187 --> 00:09:29,609 Florence, Naples, Constantinople, I think. 96 00:09:30,278 --> 00:09:31,444 Sounds delightful. 97 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:33,113 Now you've made him envious. 98 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:34,281 Not at all. 99 00:09:35,825 --> 00:09:38,743 Charlotte, my dear, I must return to barracks. 100 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:40,453 Shall I see you this evening? 101 00:09:40,830 --> 00:09:45,458 No, duties forbid. Our regimental dinner, alas. 102 00:09:54,051 --> 00:09:54,634 Ladies. 103 00:10:00,057 --> 00:10:02,142 Lottie, he is gorgeous. 104 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:03,435 He's divine. 105 00:10:04,687 --> 00:10:06,771 How'd you get so lucky, Charlotte? 106 00:10:06,897 --> 00:10:08,148 But where is Buddley Solterton? 107 00:10:08,649 --> 00:10:11,318 Oh I'm so happy for you, Lottie. 108 00:12:59,153 --> 00:13:00,111 What is this? 109 00:13:01,489 --> 00:13:03,156 It's not in my hand. 110 00:13:03,908 --> 00:13:08,828 My dear Colonel, you don't expect me to give you the original, do you? 111 00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:11,790 Where did you get this? Who gave it to you? 112 00:13:13,959 --> 00:13:18,338 Oh well, who but the object of your affections. 113 00:13:20,716 --> 00:13:24,844 l don't believe it. It's not possible. 114 00:13:26,388 --> 00:13:27,347 What do you want from me? 115 00:13:27,598 --> 00:13:28,515 Two hundred pounds. 116 00:13:28,682 --> 00:13:29,349 What? 117 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,018 For it all to be blown away. 118 00:13:32,228 --> 00:13:37,023 Never. l won't part with a penny. I'll see you in hell first. 119 00:13:37,149 --> 00:13:39,859 Think of your lovely bride, Colonel. 120 00:13:57,378 --> 00:13:58,711 What have you done to me? 121 00:14:38,586 --> 00:14:41,087 One has to ask oneself how much butter can one eat? 122 00:14:42,590 --> 00:14:46,050 Dotty Martian apparently got seventeen salt and pepper parts. 123 00:14:46,135 --> 00:14:46,759 Seventeen? 124 00:14:46,927 --> 00:14:49,888 It's true. l was thinking of a way of dealing with it was so... 125 00:14:49,972 --> 00:14:51,055 Help me. 126 00:14:51,765 --> 00:14:56,603 It was to murmur politely, always useful until the awful day 127 00:14:56,770 --> 00:14:59,939 when always useless, she said to the Duchess. 128 00:15:00,024 --> 00:15:00,440 No. 129 00:15:00,524 --> 00:15:01,900 Yes, it's true. 130 00:15:03,235 --> 00:15:05,361 Lillie overheard her, didn't you, Lillie? 131 00:15:06,030 --> 00:15:07,071 Yes, my lady. 132 00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:11,451 Harry wanted us to be married at sea 133 00:15:11,535 --> 00:15:13,536 on a pirate ship with only the crew invited 134 00:15:14,204 --> 00:15:15,788 but one really can't, can we? 135 00:15:15,873 --> 00:15:17,540 No, my dear, one really can't. 136 00:15:29,553 --> 00:15:31,804 I made an extremely foolish wager 137 00:15:32,097 --> 00:15:34,974 that l could outbox a young upstart of a dragoon. 138 00:15:42,566 --> 00:15:46,653 And will you mend for the nuptials, my dear fellow, in three days? 139 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,073 You have a small flutter in itself. 140 00:15:50,824 --> 00:15:51,491 Bed socks? 141 00:15:52,284 --> 00:15:53,159 For cold feet. 142 00:15:53,452 --> 00:15:55,161 You can rarely hopes they won't be needed. 143 00:16:12,012 --> 00:16:13,680 Yeah my grandfather fancied himself 144 00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:16,307 as something of a pugilist. He was the fourth Earl. 145 00:16:17,184 --> 00:16:18,685 l remember one summer in Ireland, 146 00:16:19,103 --> 00:16:22,313 l must have been about eight years old l suppose. 147 00:16:22,856 --> 00:16:24,190 He decided to give me a lesson. 148 00:16:24,274 --> 00:16:26,025 I've never been so frightened in my life. 149 00:16:26,527 --> 00:16:27,694 Lottie, what is it? 150 00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:49,215 Lottie? 151 00:16:49,883 --> 00:16:50,550 What's the problem? 152 00:16:51,260 --> 00:16:52,552 There's some letters. 153 00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:04,731 Lottie? 154 00:17:25,419 --> 00:17:29,714 Lover'stiff, or it's goodbye Buddley Solterton. 155 00:17:31,675 --> 00:17:32,258 l must go to her. 156 00:17:32,426 --> 00:17:34,260 No, my angel. 157 00:17:54,031 --> 00:17:57,950 "Prince Muir is about to marry Baroness Haganlod." 158 00:17:58,118 --> 00:18:00,787 "Lost his first wife, Princess Mary Devagram" 159 00:18:01,163 --> 00:18:02,121 "ten years ago." 160 00:18:04,374 --> 00:18:06,626 "Lord Rosebury has accepted an invitation" 161 00:18:06,752 --> 00:18:08,795 "to dine at the Cutler's Feast in Sheffield." 162 00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:10,088 You're not trying Watson. 163 00:18:10,172 --> 00:18:11,130 Well really, Holmes? 164 00:18:12,633 --> 00:18:15,134 I've been reading things out since half past eight this morning. 165 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:16,969 You haven't reacted to a single article. 166 00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:18,888 l shall react l assure you 167 00:18:19,014 --> 00:18:21,933 the moment you read out something which catches my attention. 168 00:18:23,977 --> 00:18:25,311 Oh, this is interesting. 169 00:18:25,979 --> 00:18:28,314 "Lord Hockstein of English Cricketers" 170 00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:31,984 "are leaving next month for Philadelphia and Toronto." 171 00:18:33,570 --> 00:18:35,988 What on earth does that continent know about cricket? 172 00:18:37,825 --> 00:18:40,493 "The honorable Miss Miles has broken off her engagement" 173 00:18:40,619 --> 00:18:42,995 "to Colonel Dorking two days before the wedding." 174 00:18:48,252 --> 00:18:51,295 "The most important item in a woman's appearance this winter" 175 00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:52,672 "will be her headgear." 176 00:20:17,299 --> 00:20:18,090 Yes? 177 00:20:26,642 --> 00:20:28,392 I've come to light the fire for you, sir. 178 00:20:34,483 --> 00:20:36,400 Not at the moment. thank you. 179 00:20:42,491 --> 00:20:43,449 Go away. 180 00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,306 Inspector? 181 00:21:42,217 --> 00:21:43,259 Mr. Sherlock Holmes? 182 00:21:44,052 --> 00:21:44,677 Yes... 183 00:22:10,078 --> 00:22:12,705 It's from Colonel Dorking. Who delivered it? 184 00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:13,539 His batman. 185 00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:17,043 This is Colonel Dorking. 186 00:22:18,378 --> 00:22:21,047 His engagement to the honorable Miss Miles was broken off yesterday. 187 00:22:21,214 --> 00:22:22,631 You see I was listening. 188 00:22:30,474 --> 00:22:31,807 It's Lastrade. 189 00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:40,191 I don't know that he's in. Inspector. 190 00:22:41,401 --> 00:22:43,027 Inspector? 191 00:22:47,574 --> 00:22:50,910 Mr. Holmes, you know what I'm here for. 192 00:22:51,078 --> 00:22:52,244 No, pray tell me. 193 00:22:52,412 --> 00:22:54,246 I've come for the letter, 194 00:22:55,499 --> 00:22:57,500 which arrived in that envelope. 195 00:22:57,793 --> 00:23:00,753 It was stolen from the rooms of Colonel John Dorking 196 00:23:00,879 --> 00:23:04,006 and delivered into the hands of Doctor Watson not twenty minutes ago. 197 00:23:04,716 --> 00:23:06,592 Do you have it? 198 00:23:06,885 --> 00:23:08,427 Delivered, yes but stolen? 199 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:10,930 It was a postal note to me Lastrade. 200 00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:12,515 It's police evidence. 201 00:23:15,685 --> 00:23:17,269 The Colonel is dead. 202 00:23:17,396 --> 00:23:19,772 Yes, we know. By his own hand. 203 00:23:21,483 --> 00:23:23,192 Foul play is not suspected, is it? 204 00:23:23,944 --> 00:23:25,569 How can you be so sure it isn't? 205 00:23:25,654 --> 00:23:27,071 Because the note made it clear. 206 00:23:27,739 --> 00:23:28,364 So, 207 00:23:29,950 --> 00:23:34,120 why should he write to you, if he's topping himself? 208 00:23:36,957 --> 00:23:38,124 Did you know the man? 209 00:23:38,208 --> 00:23:39,417 l had no knowledge of him. 210 00:23:40,335 --> 00:23:45,464 Oh, answer my question or better still... show me the letter. 211 00:23:45,715 --> 00:23:46,757 It will tell you nothing. 212 00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:03,482 Oh, he seems to me on the point of engaging you, 213 00:24:05,527 --> 00:24:06,819 he must have changed his mind. 214 00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:08,404 And took a soldier's way out. 215 00:24:12,409 --> 00:24:14,076 What does he mean by? 216 00:24:15,787 --> 00:24:17,163 We'll never know, Inspector. 217 00:24:18,665 --> 00:24:21,167 But he was engaged to be married, damn it. 218 00:24:23,086 --> 00:24:25,296 Yes, well... 219 00:24:26,423 --> 00:24:30,176 Wouldn't be the first time and it won't be the last. 220 00:24:32,929 --> 00:24:36,849 So it was blackmail, you'd say? 221 00:24:37,684 --> 00:24:38,851 Well done, Lastrade. 222 00:24:39,519 --> 00:24:42,188 No need for sarcasm, Mr. Holmes. 223 00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:46,775 Your as much in the dark, as we are then 224 00:24:48,236 --> 00:24:50,696 about who this blackmailer might be. 225 00:24:52,949 --> 00:24:54,366 You can be sure of one thing. 226 00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:59,497 Colonel Dorking was not his first victim and will not be his last. 227 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:05,544 Goodbye, Lastrade. 228 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,340 You will let me know if you hear of anything? 229 00:25:18,808 --> 00:25:21,352 "I made a hideous mistake. I need your services." 230 00:25:22,646 --> 00:25:25,231 The only pity is he didn't name the blackmailer. 231 00:25:29,778 --> 00:25:30,736 He did. 232 00:25:32,447 --> 00:25:33,697 This came with the letter. 233 00:25:35,951 --> 00:25:38,244 Charles Augustus Milverton, 234 00:25:39,412 --> 00:25:42,414 Appledore Towers, Hampstead, Art Dealer. 235 00:25:42,666 --> 00:25:43,707 Camouflage. 236 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:45,167 C.A.M. 237 00:25:46,461 --> 00:25:47,711 CAM devil. 238 00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:01,684 I've had to deal with fifty murderers in my career, 239 00:26:04,604 --> 00:26:07,189 but the worst of them never gave me this sense of- 240 00:26:08,149 --> 00:26:10,776 revulsion that I feel at this moment 241 00:26:12,153 --> 00:26:14,947 towards Mr. Charles Augustus Milverton. 242 00:26:19,327 --> 00:26:21,120 Milverton's lair. 243 00:26:29,212 --> 00:26:30,296 It's a fortress. 244 00:26:36,011 --> 00:26:37,303 Are you surprised? 245 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:06,165 Charles Augustus. ls he a foreigner? 246 00:27:06,750 --> 00:27:10,753 Roman? Prussian? He's built his own prison. 247 00:27:12,839 --> 00:27:14,840 He's a man who loathes the human race. 248 00:27:15,842 --> 00:27:18,177 What circumstances might bring him to that? 249 00:27:18,511 --> 00:27:23,474 Well, boy brought up in lonely isolation, starved of affection. 250 00:27:24,851 --> 00:27:27,186 Probably in one of London's outer suburbs. 251 00:27:28,146 --> 00:27:30,356 Outer, why not Soho or Lesters Square. 252 00:27:30,523 --> 00:27:32,316 Because, my dear Holmes, those places, 253 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:36,695 with all there vices team like wolves, generosity of spirit and humanity. 254 00:27:37,197 --> 00:27:38,364 That's interesting. 255 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:56,965 Milverton. 256 00:28:00,595 --> 00:28:04,640 Tonight I have an assignment for you, if you're willing to visit an art gallery. 257 00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:06,392 What will you be doing? 258 00:28:08,895 --> 00:28:10,979 Don't you think that the honorable Miss Miles 259 00:28:11,064 --> 00:28:13,982 might be more worth a visit since Dorking wrote to you? 260 00:28:14,067 --> 00:28:15,317 That is past, Watson. 261 00:28:16,403 --> 00:28:19,738 What we must do now is fastened ourselves onto his next victim. 262 00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:24,410 So, this evening I'm to discover all l can about Milverton? 263 00:28:24,619 --> 00:28:27,246 His reputation. His background. And how those perceive him. 264 00:28:30,625 --> 00:28:31,750 Do I engage him in conversation? 265 00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:33,419 Yes, but with caution. 266 00:28:43,513 --> 00:28:46,014 His lordship has taken ill at lunch my lady. 267 00:28:46,266 --> 00:28:47,933 It is feared he may have suffered a stroke. 268 00:28:56,818 --> 00:28:58,193 Oh, poor Uncle Charles. 269 00:28:58,445 --> 00:28:59,945 Her ladyship is with him now. 270 00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:03,574 He should be pleased that you're back. 271 00:30:01,132 --> 00:30:02,841 Oh, Diana. 272 00:30:04,594 --> 00:30:05,677 May I see him? 273 00:30:09,098 --> 00:30:12,518 He's sleeping. Wait a little. 274 00:30:13,686 --> 00:30:14,686 How bad is it? 275 00:30:15,939 --> 00:30:21,527 Doctor Bainey's not optimistic. If he lives, he'll be paralyzed. 276 00:30:24,697 --> 00:30:28,200 Eva, there's a ceremony that l have to attend this evening. 277 00:30:28,451 --> 00:30:30,953 The unveiling of my portrait by a young artist. 278 00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:34,540 Just a brief appearance but l promised him that I'd be there. 279 00:30:34,916 --> 00:30:36,333 Will you come and take care of me? 280 00:30:36,876 --> 00:30:37,876 Of course. 281 00:30:42,549 --> 00:30:44,007 Wait. 282 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:48,846 Yes? 283 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:02,568 Here's a maid. Come about the job, sir. 284 00:31:04,946 --> 00:31:06,238 Well, come in then. 285 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:15,247 So, what have you got to sell me, my dear? 286 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:18,750 What is your name? 287 00:31:19,252 --> 00:31:20,252 Lillie, sir. 288 00:31:23,214 --> 00:31:25,674 Awe, Lady Eva Blackwell. 289 00:31:29,262 --> 00:31:35,267 It occurs to me that l might not have been invited to this viewing Holmes. 290 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:38,520 What if I'm not admitted, huh? 291 00:31:40,940 --> 00:31:41,607 Holmes? 292 00:31:51,534 --> 00:31:52,951 Is that Mr. Holmes just going out? 293 00:31:53,411 --> 00:31:55,621 Not that l recognize, Doctor. 294 00:32:26,819 --> 00:32:29,488 Without more ado ladies and gentlemen 295 00:32:30,323 --> 00:32:33,909 l shall perform the ceremony for which we are gathered. 296 00:32:48,591 --> 00:32:52,803 I think she's gentler and more beautiful than that. 297 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:55,681 I should insist on Whistler painting you. 298 00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:02,688 Formidable. 299 00:33:05,525 --> 00:33:06,817 It was a great honor. 300 00:33:13,449 --> 00:33:14,950 I would like to go soon. 301 00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:42,853 The boy has caught you to Perfection, Lady Swinstead. 302 00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:46,732 I don't believe we've been introduced. 303 00:33:47,817 --> 00:33:51,570 Charles Augustus Milverton at your service. 304 00:33:56,117 --> 00:33:56,908 Excuse me. 305 00:33:58,327 --> 00:34:01,246 Lady Swinstead, I'm afraid. 306 00:34:01,914 --> 00:34:02,998 My husband? 307 00:34:03,791 --> 00:34:04,541 Eva. 308 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:05,584 Forgive me. 309 00:34:22,351 --> 00:34:23,769 A most beautiful lady. 310 00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:25,395 What? 311 00:34:26,105 --> 00:34:29,107 Lady Swinstead. I wonder though- 312 00:34:30,651 --> 00:34:32,694 if he's quite got her mouth right. 313 00:34:36,032 --> 00:34:37,115 Disaster. 314 00:34:57,637 --> 00:34:58,428 Do l know you? 315 00:34:58,513 --> 00:34:59,137 Yeah. 316 00:34:59,472 --> 00:35:01,098 You work for Milverton, don't you? 317 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:03,809 Is he good there? 318 00:35:04,102 --> 00:35:06,103 He would be if weren't for the bloody plumbing. 319 00:35:06,187 --> 00:35:06,770 Plumbing? 320 00:35:07,313 --> 00:35:09,898 Always drippin off the spout and it's always my fault. 321 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:13,819 Robert, look what you've done. 322 00:35:14,654 --> 00:35:16,113 That's my pint, is it? 323 00:35:17,865 --> 00:35:18,990 Now give us a kiss. 324 00:35:20,368 --> 00:35:21,284 Get off. 325 00:35:21,911 --> 00:35:25,330 Get off, Robert. Get off. 326 00:35:32,338 --> 00:35:33,672 We never sent for the plumber. 327 00:35:37,885 --> 00:35:38,844 Oh hello. 328 00:35:44,517 --> 00:35:45,934 It was Stokes. 329 00:35:46,686 --> 00:35:48,270 Oh was it? 330 00:35:57,822 --> 00:36:00,949 Robert this is... what's your name? 331 00:36:01,284 --> 00:36:05,328 Escott. We plumb the depths, it's my firm's motto. 332 00:36:06,622 --> 00:36:08,039 He says you sent for him. 333 00:36:08,207 --> 00:36:09,124 Where's the trouble? 334 00:36:10,042 --> 00:36:11,168 Awe, l see. 335 00:36:21,304 --> 00:36:22,679 What's going on here? 336 00:36:33,482 --> 00:36:34,983 l asked you what's going on here? 337 00:36:35,276 --> 00:36:36,985 He's come about the plumbing, Mr. Hebworth. 338 00:36:37,153 --> 00:36:39,571 I took the liberty of asking him to come and look at it. 339 00:36:40,406 --> 00:36:41,406 Didn't l, Aggie? 340 00:36:41,532 --> 00:36:44,993 You have no right to take liberties. I'm in charge here. 341 00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:46,745 But we do need it done, Mr. Hebworth. 342 00:36:47,079 --> 00:36:49,915 l mean, Mr. Milverton was only saying yesterday. 343 00:36:49,999 --> 00:36:54,252 that there was a very, ugly smell coming from the piping. 344 00:36:56,839 --> 00:36:59,049 Very well. Carry on then. 345 00:37:10,686 --> 00:37:13,396 He came in late and went out early. 346 00:37:14,023 --> 00:37:15,106 Thank you, Mrs. Hudson. 347 00:37:19,946 --> 00:37:21,112 Shame, isn't it? 348 00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:27,118 He was a fine statesmen, Watson. 349 00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:32,791 It was his diplomacy, I'm told, which eased Anglo-French relationships 350 00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:35,293 at a most delicate time some year's back. 351 00:37:36,254 --> 00:37:40,465 To think that l was there with his widow when the news was broken to her. 352 00:37:40,716 --> 00:37:42,050 Milverton. 353 00:37:42,635 --> 00:37:44,302 l exchanged a word with him. 354 00:37:45,304 --> 00:37:50,809 A more calculatingly insincere smile. l never hope to see. 355 00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:53,228 Charles Augustus. 356 00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:57,315 And described to me as a connoisseur in art matters. 357 00:37:57,775 --> 00:38:01,987 A businessman who can make or raise the fortune's of any artist 358 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:03,989 to whom he devotes himself. 359 00:38:04,156 --> 00:38:05,824 Stems of hell. 360 00:38:07,159 --> 00:38:09,995 He's a member of a number of London clubs. 361 00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:15,583 On the basis, l suppose that there are those who do not oppose him. 362 00:38:16,627 --> 00:38:18,003 Not the Diogenes. 363 00:38:18,546 --> 00:38:21,506 l heard my brother Microft that he presented himself, 364 00:38:21,841 --> 00:38:24,009 and was turned away with a flea in his ear. 365 00:38:26,345 --> 00:38:30,849 Your gentleman blackmailer was born in Balum. 366 00:38:32,351 --> 00:38:34,477 The only son of a glazer and his wife. 367 00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:35,854 Your source of information? 368 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:37,814 Oh a variety of sources. 369 00:38:38,733 --> 00:38:42,319 I applied your methods. How have you faired? 370 00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:44,696 I've entered the fortress. 371 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:48,033 I'm a plumber of a rising business. Escotts my name. 372 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:50,827 The butler, who goes under the name of Hebworth, 373 00:38:50,911 --> 00:38:53,538 is none other than Veitch the footman, 374 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,333 who was shot in the face. I'm certain of it. 375 00:38:58,127 --> 00:39:00,211 Perhaps he was employed by Milverton 376 00:39:01,047 --> 00:39:04,299 as a reward for keeping his silence during the Kroft scandal. 377 00:39:05,509 --> 00:39:06,676 l wonder. 378 00:39:12,350 --> 00:39:15,352 You got air compression in your cell pipes, Mr. Hebworth. 379 00:39:15,853 --> 00:39:18,313 That's the cause of the evil smell in this house. 380 00:39:20,649 --> 00:39:24,361 What this warrants is a save all below it 381 00:39:25,654 --> 00:39:28,073 so the dirty water don't get clogged up. 382 00:39:46,092 --> 00:39:47,425 What the devil are you doing here? 383 00:39:49,637 --> 00:39:51,221 It's the plumber sir. 384 00:39:52,014 --> 00:39:55,225 There's no need of a plumber in this room. Get out. 385 00:40:01,857 --> 00:40:04,401 This is master's special room. 386 00:40:04,485 --> 00:40:06,277 And you stay out now... 387 00:40:25,381 --> 00:40:26,131 Aggie. 388 00:40:30,636 --> 00:40:32,637 I'll see you later. It's my plumber. 389 00:40:41,230 --> 00:40:42,147 Aggie? 390 00:40:42,606 --> 00:40:47,110 I don't care if I do make him jealous. Because ideas are... 391 00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:51,656 I don't like your master, Aggie. I think he's a shady character. 392 00:40:51,907 --> 00:40:54,742 You're right, he is. 393 00:41:04,503 --> 00:41:05,670 Oh, God. 394 00:41:30,029 --> 00:41:31,029 Lillie. 395 00:41:31,697 --> 00:41:35,033 She won't come here for that Job. Why would she want to work here for? 396 00:41:35,326 --> 00:41:38,786 She was a real lady's maid, you could tell by her clothes. 397 00:41:38,913 --> 00:41:40,330 What was she after then? 398 00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:45,210 I think you're getting a bit too curious. 399 00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:47,545 Yes, you are. 400 00:41:48,380 --> 00:41:52,050 and I'm getting cold. Snuggling good. 401 00:41:58,474 --> 00:41:59,641 Just a kiss. 402 00:42:05,105 --> 00:42:06,356 I don't know how. 403 00:42:14,573 --> 00:42:16,574 Poor boy. 404 00:42:20,579 --> 00:42:22,914 Holmes, I've had an idea. 405 00:42:25,167 --> 00:42:28,086 A way in which we bring this fellow Milverton within the grasp of the law. 406 00:42:31,173 --> 00:42:33,591 If we could tempt him to blackmail 407 00:42:33,717 --> 00:42:35,927 an innocent person we should have him. 408 00:42:37,596 --> 00:42:38,680 Now suppose... 409 00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:42,433 suppose I was to be the recipient of some indiscreet letters. 410 00:42:42,935 --> 00:42:45,353 You Watson? Who would pray write these letters? 411 00:42:45,688 --> 00:42:47,105 Someone of our acquaintance. 412 00:42:48,065 --> 00:42:50,733 And you and your plumbing persona could offer them for sale. 413 00:42:51,819 --> 00:42:53,278 And at the moment of transaction 414 00:42:53,904 --> 00:42:56,114 Lastrade would be on hand to arrest him. 415 00:42:57,074 --> 00:42:59,617 But legally we cannot move 416 00:43:00,786 --> 00:43:04,080 until some victim is prepared to sacrifice their reputation 417 00:43:04,748 --> 00:43:06,457 by going to the police. 418 00:43:08,127 --> 00:43:10,253 There must be some way we can fight this devil. 419 00:43:10,379 --> 00:43:13,298 There is. 420 00:43:29,023 --> 00:43:31,941 In a mere three weeks, my love, this all will be yours. 421 00:43:33,027 --> 00:43:33,818 l feel unworthy of it. 422 00:43:33,986 --> 00:43:36,487 Nonsense. There's no woman on earth more worthy. 423 00:43:39,783 --> 00:43:40,992 I feel unwell. 424 00:43:42,119 --> 00:43:43,494 l know what it is your feeling. 425 00:43:44,997 --> 00:43:46,831 It's your Uncle Charles, l do understand. 426 00:43:49,293 --> 00:43:50,835 We have our future ahead. 427 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:53,838 We have each other for the rest of our lives. 428 00:44:25,412 --> 00:44:27,038 Where can I find Monsieur Vetron? 429 00:44:45,015 --> 00:44:46,224 Sherlock Holmes. 430 00:44:46,392 --> 00:44:47,558 Good evening, monsieur. 431 00:44:48,977 --> 00:44:51,562 You see I've tried to bring a little bit of Paris to London 432 00:44:53,941 --> 00:44:55,566 Camille's method is simple. 433 00:44:56,902 --> 00:44:57,568 Camille? 434 00:44:57,695 --> 00:44:59,320 C.A.M. CAM. 435 00:45:00,572 --> 00:45:03,866 Watson, you know sometimes you absolutely amaze me. 436 00:45:03,992 --> 00:45:07,995 He allows it to be known that he is prepared to pay very high sums 437 00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:11,916 for letters, which come from wise people of wealth and position. 438 00:45:12,376 --> 00:45:15,586 Do you receive, do you receive these letters from valets and maids? 439 00:45:15,879 --> 00:45:20,591 Not only them. Sometimes, how do you say, gentile ruffians- 440 00:45:20,801 --> 00:45:24,095 who have the confidence and affection of trusting women? 441 00:45:24,722 --> 00:45:27,849 No one knows where Camille's grip may fall. 442 00:45:27,975 --> 00:45:31,728 You are his agent, his conductor? 443 00:45:31,812 --> 00:45:32,437 Me? 444 00:45:33,605 --> 00:45:35,773 No, no, no, we go back a number of years. 445 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:39,777 Rarely people are stupid enough to trust their servants. 446 00:45:44,074 --> 00:45:46,617 Did you help conduct a housemaid to him recently? 447 00:45:46,785 --> 00:45:48,453 And what his your interest, monsieur? 448 00:45:48,537 --> 00:45:50,621 l have a friend who may have something to sell. 449 00:45:50,873 --> 00:45:55,126 Oh, yes? Well, come this way. 450 00:46:05,637 --> 00:46:06,888 Tell me about him. 451 00:46:07,139 --> 00:46:08,973 Well he needs to know the procedure. 452 00:46:09,808 --> 00:46:11,058 The matter is delicate. 453 00:46:11,643 --> 00:46:14,312 Of course. It always is. 454 00:46:15,355 --> 00:46:19,275 He's a personal physician to the Duke and Duchess of Landish. 455 00:46:27,159 --> 00:46:30,161 Now this housemaid who came by recently? 456 00:46:30,579 --> 00:46:34,499 She's here tonight celebrating her birthday. 457 00:46:37,294 --> 00:46:40,797 In a year from now, she'll be on the streets. 458 00:46:45,052 --> 00:46:46,844 At whose expense? 459 00:47:16,291 --> 00:47:18,000 Lady Eva Blackwell. 460 00:47:19,461 --> 00:47:22,129 Engaged to the Earl of Dovercourt, said to be married within weeks. 461 00:47:22,214 --> 00:47:25,383 She must submit herself to our care. 462 00:47:25,717 --> 00:47:29,220 Somehow without delay. 463 00:47:31,098 --> 00:47:33,683 How dare you come into this house! 464 00:47:34,977 --> 00:47:36,352 How dare you! 465 00:47:37,604 --> 00:47:42,817 My dear young lady, a show of temper will avail you nothing. 466 00:47:50,576 --> 00:47:51,909 l can't pay you. 467 00:47:53,328 --> 00:47:55,746 I haven't the money to pay you. 468 00:47:59,501 --> 00:48:01,586 Give me back my letters. 469 00:48:05,591 --> 00:48:09,093 Please, leave me alone. 470 00:48:11,471 --> 00:48:15,433 You must be resourceful in finding the money. 471 00:48:16,018 --> 00:48:19,604 You have influential friends. Surely they'll come to your aid. 472 00:48:19,938 --> 00:48:20,605 No, they won't. 473 00:48:22,816 --> 00:48:24,275 Who can l tell? 474 00:48:25,611 --> 00:48:27,361 That's not my concern. 475 00:48:31,825 --> 00:48:33,034 The Earl of Dovercourt, my lady. 476 00:48:33,368 --> 00:48:35,202 Don't fuss. Oh, there's a good fellow. 477 00:48:36,496 --> 00:48:37,955 Oh darling. 478 00:48:38,665 --> 00:48:40,249 This is Mr. Milverton. 479 00:48:42,794 --> 00:48:44,962 I'm honored to meet you, my Lord. 480 00:48:45,547 --> 00:48:46,964 And what is your business here? 481 00:48:48,133 --> 00:48:49,258 Business? 482 00:48:51,386 --> 00:48:55,806 Shall we share with his lordship our little secret, Lady Eva? 483 00:48:55,974 --> 00:48:56,766 No. 484 00:48:58,644 --> 00:48:59,560 As you wish. 485 00:49:04,066 --> 00:49:05,483 My card, sir. 486 00:49:05,984 --> 00:49:06,651 Thank you. 487 00:49:14,826 --> 00:49:16,160 Good day at you both. 488 00:49:37,683 --> 00:49:40,184 Stokes. What time is it? 489 00:49:40,352 --> 00:49:42,019 Twenty past four. 490 00:49:44,272 --> 00:49:45,982 How much longer, Escott? 491 00:49:46,692 --> 00:49:49,527 Well, if you'll forgive me for saying so, Mr. Hebworth, 492 00:49:50,696 --> 00:49:52,780 you're plumbing's in the shocking stage. 493 00:49:53,490 --> 00:49:55,032 It's the worst I've ever seen. 494 00:50:01,498 --> 00:50:04,291 Two more days, then you're out. 495 00:50:16,596 --> 00:50:18,389 Come and see me tonight. 496 00:50:22,227 --> 00:50:23,394 Oh, Aggie. 497 00:50:24,938 --> 00:50:27,565 I have it under authority that she rides this way 498 00:50:27,691 --> 00:50:30,234 every Sunday afternoon. Would you recognize her? 499 00:50:31,194 --> 00:50:34,071 Well, I've seen her likeness in a magazine 500 00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:37,533 if she's with Dovercourt, l might. 501 00:50:57,888 --> 00:50:58,596 Eva? 502 00:51:01,266 --> 00:51:02,099 Boy, get the horse. 503 00:51:04,853 --> 00:51:05,770 I'm a Doctor. 504 00:51:06,605 --> 00:51:08,522 Her godmother lives just over there. 505 00:51:08,607 --> 00:51:10,274 We could carry her if it's safe to lift her, doctor. 506 00:51:10,358 --> 00:51:12,443 Yes. There's no-injury. Just fainted. 507 00:51:12,778 --> 00:51:13,527 Darling? 508 00:51:44,976 --> 00:51:46,811 I'm so sorry to be of so much trouble. 509 00:51:46,937 --> 00:51:49,563 You lay where you are, my dear. You're in safe hands now. 510 00:51:59,533 --> 00:52:00,825 Lady Swinstead. 511 00:52:12,170 --> 00:52:15,965 All England shares in your grief. 512 00:52:17,425 --> 00:52:19,844 My colleague, Doctor Watson, is attending Lady Eva. 513 00:52:21,638 --> 00:52:26,016 Poor child is very disturbed by the death of my husband. 514 00:52:27,644 --> 00:52:29,019 There's nothing serious Lady Swinstead 515 00:52:29,104 --> 00:52:32,523 but l would advise you to make her rest and get her own doctor to see her. 516 00:52:32,732 --> 00:52:34,692 Of course. Thank you, Doctor Watson. 517 00:52:35,569 --> 00:52:38,362 May Lady Eva need my services, please. 518 00:52:46,037 --> 00:52:47,371 Eva? 519 00:52:47,539 --> 00:52:49,790 It was Milverton who caused her fall. 520 00:52:50,709 --> 00:52:52,042 She saw his carriage. 521 00:53:09,144 --> 00:53:11,562 He rings the nerves of his victims 522 00:53:11,688 --> 00:53:14,565 to add to his already swollen moneybags. 523 00:53:15,192 --> 00:53:17,526 He is the worst man in London. 524 00:53:18,778 --> 00:53:20,905 Seething, slithering and sly. 525 00:53:22,199 --> 00:53:26,702 Yes, is there nothing better we can do than spend our time here, Holmes? 526 00:53:26,828 --> 00:53:28,245 You have any suggestions? 527 00:53:28,997 --> 00:53:30,748 Confront him. Challenge him. 528 00:53:31,208 --> 00:53:33,250 The brain before the cudgel rule. 529 00:53:34,211 --> 00:53:37,338 Meanwhile, just like him, 530 00:53:37,672 --> 00:53:41,091 he'll squeeze his victims till he's drained them dry 531 00:53:41,384 --> 00:53:43,260 and we're doing nothing to stop him. 532 00:53:45,555 --> 00:53:46,430 Holmes? 533 00:53:56,191 --> 00:53:57,942 You must eat, child. 534 00:54:04,532 --> 00:54:05,741 What's troubling you? 535 00:54:10,121 --> 00:54:11,872 Are you expecting someone? 536 00:54:12,832 --> 00:54:13,624 No. 537 00:54:15,961 --> 00:54:17,795 I'm just thinking about my wedding. 538 00:54:23,927 --> 00:54:25,469 Now tell me the truth. 539 00:54:53,915 --> 00:54:54,999 Gotcha. 540 00:55:06,428 --> 00:55:08,804 What time do they go to bed in this house, Aggie? 541 00:55:09,848 --> 00:55:12,933 What do you want to know for? 542 00:55:13,059 --> 00:55:16,020 So I know when it's safe to visit you. 543 00:55:17,397 --> 00:55:20,024 You could always come in over the wall. 544 00:55:20,608 --> 00:55:22,526 Throw pebbles at my window. 545 00:55:24,696 --> 00:55:25,863 Which is your window? 546 00:55:27,866 --> 00:55:30,534 I'll only tell you- 547 00:55:32,704 --> 00:55:34,038 if you marry me, love. 548 00:55:34,164 --> 00:55:35,039 Oh Aggie, I can't. 549 00:55:35,206 --> 00:55:36,123 Then I won't tell. 550 00:55:36,207 --> 00:55:38,500 You have such a way with words. 551 00:55:40,962 --> 00:55:41,712 All right. 552 00:55:42,922 --> 00:55:45,507 I'm at the very, very top on the corner 553 00:55:46,718 --> 00:55:50,721 and Master, he's a floor below but he's next to the garden 554 00:55:51,931 --> 00:55:57,186 and Monsieur Hebworth he's on the ground floor, just across from the study. 555 00:55:58,355 --> 00:56:00,397 Loves his sleep, he does, you can't wake him. 556 00:56:00,565 --> 00:56:02,149 There's a joke in the servant's hall. 557 00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:04,401 Why don't he sleep upstairs? 558 00:56:04,611 --> 00:56:09,198 Because the master wants him on guard. 559 00:56:09,366 --> 00:56:12,242 He's got loads of valuable, valuable stuffs in his study. 560 00:56:12,327 --> 00:56:15,579 Because he's no collector, he's afraid of burglars. 561 00:56:17,749 --> 00:56:19,208 Are you a burglar? 562 00:56:32,180 --> 00:56:36,016 You touched my heart. 563 00:56:41,606 --> 00:56:43,774 l will make you a gift of mine. 564 00:56:58,456 --> 00:56:59,623 Off you go. Off you go. 565 00:57:02,961 --> 00:57:05,379 Maximilian, who let you out. 566 00:57:05,463 --> 00:57:06,755 Stop. Come here. 567 00:57:28,278 --> 00:57:31,155 Stop it. Stop it. 568 00:57:34,742 --> 00:57:36,160 Stop it... 569 00:57:57,599 --> 00:57:59,016 I'll get you, Escott. 570 00:58:04,606 --> 00:58:06,356 He's just around the corner. 571 00:58:15,867 --> 00:58:17,534 What's this bloody racket? 572 00:58:17,702 --> 00:58:19,453 Well, there... 573 00:58:23,208 --> 00:58:26,710 Watson, you'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged to be married. 574 00:58:27,170 --> 00:58:28,879 Oh, yeah. l will. 575 00:58:31,090 --> 00:58:32,883 To the Milverton's housemaid. 576 00:58:36,513 --> 00:58:37,387 Good heavens. 577 00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:39,056 l needed information. 578 00:58:40,975 --> 00:58:42,559 Surely you've gone too far. 579 00:58:44,604 --> 00:58:46,313 It was a most necessary step 580 00:58:48,691 --> 00:58:51,693 I've walked with her, talked with her. 581 00:58:53,363 --> 00:58:54,905 Heaven knows talks. 582 00:58:56,574 --> 00:58:57,407 But the girl? 583 00:58:57,784 --> 00:58:59,076 Can't help it, Watson. 584 00:59:00,245 --> 00:59:01,912 One must play one's cards as best one can 585 00:59:01,996 --> 00:59:03,914 when such a stake is on the table. 586 00:59:05,166 --> 00:59:08,252 However, I rejoice to tell you that I have a hated rival 587 00:59:08,795 --> 00:59:11,255 that will cut me out the moment my back is turned. 588 00:59:16,094 --> 00:59:18,011 What a splendid day it is. 589 00:59:22,433 --> 00:59:23,600 You like this weather? 590 00:59:27,647 --> 00:59:28,855 She's here. 591 00:59:33,695 --> 00:59:36,238 My father died when I was 1 2. 592 00:59:36,781 --> 00:59:38,365 My mother stays in the country. 593 00:59:38,992 --> 00:59:41,410 Lord and Lady Swinstead have made London home to me 594 00:59:41,953 --> 00:59:45,080 but indeed they arranged my season last year. 595 00:59:45,832 --> 00:59:47,040 Give me your gloves. 596 00:59:51,462 --> 00:59:53,630 Oh, Mrs. Hudson, what do you think you're doing? 597 00:59:54,090 --> 00:59:56,300 You haven't been out this morning, Mr. Holmes 598 00:59:56,509 --> 00:59:57,926 and you don't have to be a detective 599 00:59:58,052 --> 01:00:01,221 to see that this young lady is recently up from a sick bed. 600 01:00:01,806 --> 01:00:03,390 Isn't that so, my dear? 601 01:00:04,517 --> 01:00:07,477 You must put some roses back in those cheeks. 602 01:00:07,854 --> 01:00:08,478 Thank you. 603 01:00:08,563 --> 01:00:10,397 The broth is an excellent idea. 604 01:00:10,690 --> 01:00:12,107 Mrs. Hudson, will you vanish? 605 01:00:21,117 --> 01:00:21,825 I said vanish. 606 01:00:26,581 --> 01:00:28,332 He was my first love. 607 01:00:30,293 --> 01:00:33,003 The son of some neighbors of ours in Suffick 608 01:00:34,881 --> 01:00:36,840 but we were ill matched. 609 01:00:37,925 --> 01:00:39,843 He had few prospects. 610 01:00:41,512 --> 01:00:42,929 When I came down to London 611 01:00:43,014 --> 01:00:45,015 last year for the season l broke off with him. 612 01:00:47,226 --> 01:00:49,311 I didn't realize how much I hurt him. 613 01:00:51,898 --> 01:00:53,523 He returned my letters 614 01:00:54,067 --> 01:00:56,318 and I put them away in a trunk, which I keep with me. 615 01:00:58,905 --> 01:01:01,823 Now, the substance of these letters? 616 01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:07,454 They're just a little foolish. 617 01:01:07,664 --> 01:01:10,207 But sufficient to cause your fiance misgiving? 618 01:01:13,544 --> 01:01:15,295 Harry's so proud of me. 619 01:01:17,757 --> 01:01:20,717 It frightens me sometimes that I cannot live up to 620 01:01:20,885 --> 01:01:23,553 his expectation of me. 621 01:01:26,391 --> 01:01:28,183 Was it your maid who found these letters? 622 01:01:28,935 --> 01:01:30,227 Lillie, yes. 623 01:01:31,437 --> 01:01:32,646 l trusted her. 624 01:01:35,566 --> 01:01:38,235 I cannot believe she could have betrayed me like this. 625 01:01:42,198 --> 01:01:45,367 How would this Lillie know about Milverton? 626 01:01:45,451 --> 01:01:46,326 I think- 627 01:01:48,496 --> 01:01:51,331 the idea may have come to her 628 01:01:51,457 --> 01:01:57,421 through a misfortune that befell a friend of mine, Charlotte, 629 01:02:01,926 --> 01:02:04,386 who was to have married a Colonel Dorking. 630 01:02:20,778 --> 01:02:22,112 And Mr. Milverton 631 01:02:23,281 --> 01:02:24,906 sent her some letters. 632 01:02:26,659 --> 01:02:28,201 They were very distressing. 633 01:02:31,789 --> 01:02:34,624 Lillie and I were there when she received them. 634 01:02:39,380 --> 01:02:41,965 To think the same fate has befallen me. 635 01:02:42,300 --> 01:02:44,301 It will be all right, Lady Eva. 636 01:02:44,969 --> 01:02:45,969 What could you do? 637 01:02:47,388 --> 01:02:50,140 My marriage is on the 1 8th. 638 01:02:52,643 --> 01:02:54,311 He's demanding that 639 01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:57,439 the money be paid to him 640 01:02:58,191 --> 01:03:03,069 four days prior to the wedding on the 1 4th, on the day of the dance. 641 01:03:03,321 --> 01:03:04,070 Dance? 642 01:03:04,322 --> 01:03:07,783 Lord Dovercourt has arranged a wedding feast 643 01:03:08,659 --> 01:03:10,494 and invited half of London. 644 01:03:15,208 --> 01:03:16,500 I'm dreading it. 645 01:03:18,252 --> 01:03:20,337 If you will place yourself in my hands, 646 01:03:21,547 --> 01:03:24,800 I'll inform Mr. Milverton that you've commissioned me to meet him 647 01:03:25,176 --> 01:03:27,010 to make the best terms that I can, huh? 648 01:03:27,678 --> 01:03:29,513 I have limited resources, Mr. Holmes. 649 01:03:29,597 --> 01:03:33,016 But enough for me to bargain with l cannot approach him empty handed. 650 01:03:33,559 --> 01:03:34,976 Good. Good. 651 01:03:37,688 --> 01:03:38,605 Thank you. 652 01:03:41,734 --> 01:03:43,860 My best wishes to your Godmother. 653 01:03:49,742 --> 01:03:50,492 Lady Eva. 654 01:03:53,704 --> 01:03:58,041 You must trust Mr. Holmes and his methods. Absolutely. 655 01:03:58,668 --> 01:04:00,502 Mrs. Hudson will see you out. 656 01:04:11,764 --> 01:04:15,684 That young lady, Holmes, must be treated with infinite care 657 01:04:15,977 --> 01:04:17,978 unlike your other recent escapade. 658 01:04:18,104 --> 01:04:22,399 Oh, Watson, it took some nerve for her to come here alone. 659 01:04:27,780 --> 01:04:29,739 It is my belief that Lady Eva 660 01:04:29,907 --> 01:04:32,325 and the Milverton housemaid have something in common. 661 01:04:32,493 --> 01:04:33,660 And what is that? 662 01:04:33,744 --> 01:04:34,578 Juice. 663 01:04:35,913 --> 01:04:37,247 Watson, juice. 664 01:04:38,583 --> 01:04:40,083 In the face of adversity. 665 01:04:41,544 --> 01:04:42,419 Now. 666 01:04:43,754 --> 01:04:44,921 Mr. Milverton. 667 01:05:01,898 --> 01:05:03,106 Well, well, well. 668 01:05:09,322 --> 01:05:31,259 Eva? 669 01:05:47,944 --> 01:05:48,944 Lottie. 670 01:05:58,579 --> 01:06:01,164 I am so glad to see you. 671 01:06:01,874 --> 01:06:03,291 Paris wasn't the answer. 672 01:06:05,127 --> 01:06:06,670 You've been hard to find. 673 01:06:08,923 --> 01:06:09,839 What were you doing? 674 01:06:10,257 --> 01:06:11,299 I fell asleep. 675 01:06:12,635 --> 01:06:16,471 Johnson told me about your Uncle Charles. I'm so sorry. 676 01:06:16,722 --> 01:06:18,515 I stayed here to comfort Diana but 677 01:06:20,393 --> 01:06:22,018 this house is so sad. 678 01:06:45,751 --> 01:06:49,379 We'll call again at 6:30 C. A. M. 679 01:07:27,543 --> 01:07:28,084 You ready? 680 01:07:28,169 --> 01:07:28,752 Yes. 681 01:07:39,930 --> 01:07:41,765 Mr. Sherlock Holmes. 682 01:07:50,566 --> 01:07:53,026 This gentlemen, is it discreet? 683 01:07:53,778 --> 01:07:56,446 Dr. Watson is my friend and partner. 684 01:07:59,408 --> 01:08:04,287 It is purely in the interest of your client that I protest it. 685 01:08:05,247 --> 01:08:07,373 The matter is so very delicate. 686 01:08:08,459 --> 01:08:10,460 Dr. Watson has already thought of that. 687 01:08:14,048 --> 01:08:14,798 May I? 688 01:08:15,800 --> 01:08:16,883 Oh, thank you. 689 01:08:29,647 --> 01:08:31,481 Then we may proceed to business. 690 01:08:31,649 --> 01:08:36,486 You said in your note that you are acting for the Lady Eva. 691 01:08:37,530 --> 01:08:41,324 Are you empowered to accept my terms? 692 01:08:46,831 --> 01:08:48,456 What are your terms? 693 01:08:58,467 --> 01:09:00,135 Seven thousand pounds? 694 01:09:01,512 --> 01:09:02,679 And the alternative? 695 01:09:04,557 --> 01:09:07,684 My dear sir, it is painful for me to discuss it. 696 01:09:08,144 --> 01:09:11,187 But I can say 697 01:09:12,189 --> 01:09:16,025 that all of this is done with most careful consideration. 698 01:09:16,902 --> 01:09:19,028 And if the money is not paid 699 01:09:19,155 --> 01:09:22,198 on the 1 4th then there certainly will be no marriage on the 1 8th. 700 01:09:25,870 --> 01:09:29,372 We are, of course, familiar with the contents of these letters. 701 01:09:30,207 --> 01:09:32,208 We shall advise our client 702 01:09:32,710 --> 01:09:37,672 to tell her future husband the whole story and trust to his generosity. 703 01:09:38,465 --> 01:09:41,217 Well, then you evidently do not know the Earl. 704 01:09:42,887 --> 01:09:44,888 What harm is there in these letters? 705 01:09:45,764 --> 01:09:46,556 They are sprightly. 706 01:09:48,684 --> 01:09:49,851 Very sprightly. 707 01:09:50,477 --> 01:09:52,395 The lady was a charming correspondent. 708 01:09:53,022 --> 01:09:55,064 But I assure you the Earl of Dovercourt 709 01:09:55,232 --> 01:09:57,734 will fail to appreciate them. 710 01:09:58,444 --> 01:10:01,154 However, if you think otherwise, it's purely a matter of business. 711 01:10:01,322 --> 01:10:04,240 If you think it in the best interests of your client 712 01:10:04,867 --> 01:10:07,744 then it would indeed be foolish to pay so large a sum of money. 713 01:10:08,287 --> 01:10:09,746 You go too fast. 714 01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:12,749 We would certainly make every effort 715 01:10:12,833 --> 01:10:15,168 to avoid scandal in so delicate a matter. 716 01:10:16,670 --> 01:10:19,214 I felt sure that you see it in that light. 717 01:10:31,101 --> 01:10:32,268 Damn you. 718 01:10:33,938 --> 01:10:36,397 Lady Eva is not a wealthy woman. 719 01:10:37,358 --> 01:10:40,735 Two thousand pounds would be total drain on her resources. 720 01:10:41,904 --> 01:10:44,614 The sum you named utterly beyond her power. 721 01:10:47,117 --> 01:10:49,535 Return the letters at the price we indicate, l assure you 722 01:10:50,329 --> 01:10:52,080 it is the highest you can get. 723 01:10:53,707 --> 01:10:56,584 What you say maybe true of the lady's resources 724 01:10:56,710 --> 01:10:58,795 but surely the occasion of her marriage 725 01:10:59,505 --> 01:11:01,965 is it not a proper time for her friends and relations to make- 726 01:11:02,132 --> 01:11:04,467 some little effort on her behalf? 727 01:11:08,847 --> 01:11:12,100 They may hesitate as to an acceptable wedding present. 728 01:11:13,477 --> 01:11:16,479 But this little bundle of letters 729 01:11:16,605 --> 01:11:18,773 would bring more joy than all the candelabras 730 01:11:18,857 --> 01:11:21,651 and butter dishes in London, wouldn't it? 731 01:11:24,488 --> 01:11:25,655 It is not possible. 732 01:11:26,740 --> 01:11:29,826 Oh, dear me then. How very unfortunate. 733 01:11:29,952 --> 01:11:35,331 l cannot help feeling that ladies are ill advised in not making an effort. 734 01:11:40,963 --> 01:11:41,838 Look at this. 735 01:11:43,757 --> 01:11:45,133 This belongs to... 736 01:11:49,513 --> 01:11:51,431 Well perhaps it's hardly fair to tell you 737 01:11:51,515 --> 01:11:54,017 to whom it belongs until tomorrow morning 738 01:11:54,435 --> 01:11:57,103 when it will be in the hands of the lady's husband. 739 01:11:57,563 --> 01:12:00,857 And all because she will not find a beggarly sum 740 01:12:00,983 --> 01:12:02,692 which she could easily do 741 01:12:03,736 --> 01:12:06,362 simply by turning some of her diamonds into paste. 742 01:12:06,530 --> 01:12:08,031 It is such a pity! 743 01:12:09,158 --> 01:12:11,159 You may have noticed a small paragraph 744 01:12:11,243 --> 01:12:13,119 recently in the Morning Post. 745 01:12:14,246 --> 01:12:15,705 The sudden end of the engagement 746 01:12:15,873 --> 01:12:18,875 between the Honorable Miss Miles and Colonel Dorking? 747 01:12:19,209 --> 01:12:22,503 Yes, and it's tragic consequences. 748 01:12:22,588 --> 01:12:24,172 That was turned to amount to murder. 749 01:12:24,256 --> 01:12:26,382 How do you answer for that, Mr. Milverton? 750 01:12:28,552 --> 01:12:30,386 How a man conducts himself 751 01:12:30,554 --> 01:12:34,223 under such circumstances is a matter for himself alone. 752 01:12:35,184 --> 01:12:37,060 That is a monstrous accession. 753 01:12:37,394 --> 01:12:40,563 It was you and you alone Who caused his death. 754 01:12:41,273 --> 01:12:43,900 And the sum involved niggardly. 755 01:12:44,985 --> 01:12:47,653 Indeed a mere twelve hundred pounds 756 01:12:47,738 --> 01:12:50,740 would have settled the whole questions. Pitiful, isn't it? 757 01:12:52,409 --> 01:12:55,328 And yet l find you Mr. Holmes, a man of sense, 758 01:12:55,454 --> 01:12:58,247 boggling over terms when the whole future 759 01:12:58,332 --> 01:13:02,585 and honor of your client is at stake. You surprise me. You do really. 760 01:13:05,964 --> 01:13:07,423 The money cannot be found. 761 01:13:09,051 --> 01:13:13,429 Surely it would be better for you to take the substantial sum we offer 762 01:13:14,098 --> 01:13:15,932 than to ruin this young woman's career, 763 01:13:16,016 --> 01:13:17,767 which can profit you in no way. 764 01:13:18,227 --> 01:13:19,227 But you're mistaken. 765 01:13:21,105 --> 01:13:26,275 An exposure would profit me indirectly to a considerable degree. 766 01:13:27,069 --> 01:13:31,197 l have eight or ten similar cases materializing. 767 01:13:32,032 --> 01:13:36,911 If it is circulated that I have made a severe example of Lady Eva. 768 01:13:37,746 --> 01:13:42,375 I'll shall find the rest much more open to reason. Do you see my point? 769 01:13:53,178 --> 01:13:55,138 Let us see the contents of those letters. 770 01:14:05,441 --> 01:14:08,317 Mr. Holmes. Mr. Holmes I've been expecting you 771 01:14:08,444 --> 01:14:09,986 to do something original. 772 01:14:10,571 --> 01:14:13,156 This has been tried so often before. 773 01:14:13,323 --> 01:14:15,158 Young Edward Kroft for one. 774 01:14:16,285 --> 01:14:16,993 Kroft? 775 01:14:17,494 --> 01:14:18,828 The footman Veitch 776 01:14:19,830 --> 01:14:21,998 who took the bullet that was rightfully yours. 777 01:14:22,166 --> 01:14:23,666 You've done some work on me. 778 01:14:24,376 --> 01:14:26,961 So you must know that nothing ever came 779 01:14:27,045 --> 01:14:32,508 of an attack on my person. I'm armed to the teeth at all times. 780 01:14:33,177 --> 01:14:35,511 And I'm perfectly prepared to use my weapons 781 01:14:35,596 --> 01:14:37,597 and knowing that the law will support me. 782 01:14:40,893 --> 01:14:43,519 You may well have your chance to test your assumption. 783 01:14:50,736 --> 01:14:52,778 Mrs. Hudson l am not to be disturbed. 784 01:14:53,447 --> 01:14:53,863 Go. 785 01:14:58,827 --> 01:15:00,369 Mr. Holmes, surely you don't believe 786 01:15:00,454 --> 01:15:04,207 I'd be so foolish to carry my livelihood here in my pocket? 787 01:15:04,333 --> 01:15:06,042 Just making sure, Mr. Milverton. 788 01:15:10,047 --> 01:15:11,506 Well, now gentlemen, 789 01:15:12,591 --> 01:15:16,302 I have one or two little interviews this evening 790 01:15:17,221 --> 01:15:19,472 and it's a long drive to Hampstead. 791 01:15:46,542 --> 01:15:51,254 Now someone has dealt Milverton a blow. 792 01:15:56,260 --> 01:15:57,760 An outraged husband? 793 01:15:59,221 --> 01:16:02,014 Just as there are thousands in this great city 794 01:16:02,558 --> 01:16:04,433 who crave Milverton's destruction 795 01:16:06,270 --> 01:16:07,770 and may yet beat us to it. 796 01:16:13,235 --> 01:16:17,613 Holmes? I'm as fond of art as any man 797 01:16:18,282 --> 01:16:20,741 but don't you think after yesterday's encounter... 798 01:16:20,909 --> 01:16:23,286 Art is bond to the brain 799 01:16:24,663 --> 01:16:26,872 especially in moments of decision. 800 01:16:28,292 --> 01:16:30,459 So we've learned something about Milverton. 801 01:16:30,919 --> 01:16:33,421 That he's ruthless is hardly a revelation. 802 01:16:33,922 --> 01:16:38,801 And that of his vanity and to a certain his vulnerability. 803 01:16:39,469 --> 01:16:41,929 I can see that the damage to his carriage 804 01:16:42,306 --> 01:16:43,639 might have unsettled him. 805 01:16:43,890 --> 01:16:45,641 We must exploit such things. 806 01:16:46,393 --> 01:16:47,476 Wanton vandalism. 807 01:16:47,603 --> 01:16:48,978 Any chink in the armor. 808 01:16:51,690 --> 01:16:52,481 Mr. Holmes. 809 01:16:53,817 --> 01:16:56,235 This is my friend the Honorable Charlotte Miles. 810 01:16:57,070 --> 01:17:00,156 Mr. Sherlock Holmes and his partner Mr. Watson. 811 01:17:00,657 --> 01:17:03,075 Lady Eva, may I speak privately to you? 812 01:17:12,628 --> 01:17:16,922 Mrs. Miles, please accept our sympathy. 813 01:17:17,341 --> 01:17:20,593 Mr. Holmes and I are fully aware of your situation. 814 01:17:20,886 --> 01:17:22,678 That is most kind of you Doctor Watson, 815 01:17:22,763 --> 01:17:25,348 but one has to live with one's mistakes. 816 01:17:28,352 --> 01:17:29,852 He was unyielding. 817 01:17:36,610 --> 01:17:40,821 Now the next move requires your delicate cooperation. 818 01:17:41,531 --> 01:17:42,823 I'll do anything you say, Mr. Holmes. 819 01:17:42,949 --> 01:17:44,533 The dance in your honor? 820 01:17:45,369 --> 01:17:46,452 On the 1 4th. 821 01:17:55,379 --> 01:17:57,713 Good afternoon, Mr. Stokes? 822 01:18:03,637 --> 01:18:06,389 l told you l was not to be disturbed girl, what is it? 823 01:18:07,224 --> 01:18:09,475 It's Mr. Sherlock Holmes to see you, sir. 824 01:18:11,353 --> 01:18:15,064 Oh Aggie, you've touched my heart. 825 01:18:15,482 --> 01:18:16,565 Mr. Holmes? 826 01:18:16,900 --> 01:18:20,403 I'm here to inform you that my client accepts your terms. 827 01:18:21,822 --> 01:18:24,657 She's acted with perspicacity. 828 01:18:25,450 --> 01:18:27,243 She begs one small favor. 829 01:18:27,744 --> 01:18:28,577 What is it? 830 01:18:28,829 --> 01:18:30,913 That the exchange be delayed until the 1 5th. 831 01:18:31,039 --> 01:18:34,083 The Earl has arranged a dance for the previous night 832 01:18:34,710 --> 01:18:36,711 and she is somewhat preoccupied with that. 833 01:18:37,087 --> 01:18:38,421 The dance, yes. 834 01:18:39,297 --> 01:18:43,926 So, 1 0 o'clock the following morning we can do business? 835 01:18:44,553 --> 01:18:45,678 Seven thousand pounds? 836 01:18:46,012 --> 01:18:46,929 As agreed. 837 01:18:47,764 --> 01:18:50,599 Here or at Baker Street? 838 01:18:50,767 --> 01:18:52,017 Here, Baker Street. 839 01:18:52,269 --> 01:18:54,353 Neutral ground perhaps. 840 01:18:56,398 --> 01:18:59,275 The Diogenes club You are a member? 841 01:19:02,738 --> 01:19:03,529 May I? 842 01:19:05,907 --> 01:19:10,536 Tell me, this sudden turnabout, was it on your advice? 843 01:19:12,122 --> 01:19:15,791 I could not abandon my client to her fate. 844 01:19:15,959 --> 01:19:17,793 Mr. Milverton, you are the victor. 845 01:19:23,925 --> 01:19:25,468 What a divine fragrance. 846 01:19:35,812 --> 01:19:38,898 My late husband and l were something of a second family to her 847 01:19:38,982 --> 01:19:40,816 so you see my concern? 848 01:19:43,779 --> 01:19:45,905 This man who is blackmailing her? 849 01:19:46,740 --> 01:19:51,285 Charles Augustus Milverton, he's an arts dealer. 850 01:19:51,828 --> 01:19:54,163 Yes. I've heard of him. 851 01:19:55,248 --> 01:19:58,751 He's well placed to hear the gossip and do his worst. 852 01:20:00,003 --> 01:20:02,004 What view does Mr.Holmes take of it? 853 01:20:02,506 --> 01:20:06,175 Well, I'm sure he has something in mind 854 01:20:06,510 --> 01:20:09,512 but he seldom confides in me till the last minute. 855 01:20:09,846 --> 01:20:11,096 Awe Holmes. 856 01:20:12,098 --> 01:20:14,475 Lady Swinstead is fully primed for the situation. 857 01:20:17,312 --> 01:20:19,480 Time is running out. 858 01:20:21,191 --> 01:20:22,525 Mr. Holmes. 859 01:20:23,860 --> 01:20:25,945 If it is a question of paying the money... 860 01:20:26,696 --> 01:20:28,155 That will not be necessary. 861 01:20:28,490 --> 01:20:29,990 You can give assurance then? 862 01:20:31,034 --> 01:20:33,536 That would be unwise in me, Lady Swinstead. 863 01:20:33,954 --> 01:20:35,037 But I assure you 864 01:20:36,957 --> 01:20:38,624 l will give it my best. 865 01:20:40,043 --> 01:20:42,211 l shall have to be satisfied with that then. 866 01:20:47,717 --> 01:20:48,884 Mr. Holmes? 867 01:20:51,847 --> 01:20:55,391 This man must be silenced. 868 01:21:05,318 --> 01:21:07,736 Does she know about Milverton? A name? 869 01:21:08,321 --> 01:21:11,532 Yes, l told her. Was that wrong of me? 870 01:21:14,661 --> 01:21:18,414 Oh, Watson these bills. They must be paid. 871 01:21:19,040 --> 01:21:20,416 Oh, incidentally l managed to secure 872 01:21:20,542 --> 01:21:23,377 an invitation for us both to the Dovercourt dance. 873 01:21:23,920 --> 01:21:26,255 The house is some miles from London 874 01:21:26,381 --> 01:21:28,424 but in reach for my purposes. 875 01:21:30,176 --> 01:21:31,010 What purposes? 876 01:21:31,136 --> 01:21:35,431 I intend to burgle the Milverton house that night. 877 01:21:37,183 --> 01:21:39,351 For heaven sakes Holmes, think what you're doing. 878 01:21:45,275 --> 01:21:47,860 Well let us look at it fairly and clearly. 879 01:21:48,528 --> 01:21:53,115 You will admit that the cause is morally justifiable. 880 01:21:53,283 --> 01:21:55,284 Yes. Technically criminal. 881 01:21:56,536 --> 01:21:59,455 No more than raiding his pockets 882 01:22:00,206 --> 01:22:02,458 a cause which you were perfectly willing to help me. 883 01:22:02,792 --> 01:22:05,586 That was on the spurt of the moment not on the coal light of reason. 884 01:22:05,670 --> 01:22:06,587 Reason? 885 01:22:09,215 --> 01:22:11,133 Is there reasoning to be done, Watson? 886 01:22:12,093 --> 01:22:15,471 Nothing to test my brain. That's the curse of it. 887 01:22:16,097 --> 01:22:17,056 Think. 888 01:22:21,519 --> 01:22:22,478 If you're caught, 889 01:22:23,730 --> 01:22:27,274 an honored career ending in failure and public disgrace. 890 01:22:27,567 --> 01:22:29,818 What failure? What disgrace? Against defeat. 891 01:22:31,279 --> 01:22:32,821 You know me well enough 892 01:22:33,531 --> 01:22:36,617 that l would never adopt so objectionable a course 893 01:22:36,993 --> 01:22:39,787 if another were possible l must have those letters. 894 01:22:40,997 --> 01:22:42,998 And have the house in the palm of my hand. 895 01:22:43,917 --> 01:22:45,834 The cudgel before the brain. 896 01:22:50,507 --> 01:22:51,840 What of the odious Milverton? 897 01:22:52,008 --> 01:22:55,344 Do you think he's just going to open his gates and invite you to stroll in? 898 01:22:56,262 --> 01:23:00,140 Milverton will be at the dance as the guest of Lady Eva's. 899 01:23:01,351 --> 01:23:03,310 That's monstrous, Holmes. 900 01:23:04,521 --> 01:23:07,940 My self-respect and reputation are at stake, it's the only way. 901 01:23:08,984 --> 01:23:11,276 Well l don't like it, any of it. 902 01:23:26,042 --> 01:23:27,626 You have nothing to fear. 903 01:23:47,856 --> 01:23:49,023 Eva? 904 01:23:55,155 --> 01:23:58,157 Mrs. Hudson, why don't you tidy for me? 905 01:23:58,908 --> 01:24:01,076 Where the hell are my shoes? 906 01:24:30,106 --> 01:24:31,106 Shoes? 907 01:24:31,316 --> 01:24:31,899 Yes. 908 01:24:31,983 --> 01:24:32,775 Masks? 909 01:24:33,276 --> 01:24:34,401 Black silk handkerchief. 910 01:24:34,486 --> 01:24:36,445 l see you have a natural turn for this sort of thing. 911 01:24:36,613 --> 01:24:37,946 l wonder where l learned it. 912 01:24:50,043 --> 01:24:52,628 Take the usual precautions tonight. 913 01:24:53,755 --> 01:24:54,588 Hebworth. 914 01:24:56,382 --> 01:24:57,132 I will. 915 01:24:58,802 --> 01:24:59,968 Enjoy your evening. 916 01:26:31,936 --> 01:26:33,395 The people are at risks here, Holmes. 917 01:26:33,605 --> 01:26:35,814 Yes indeed. We leave in eight minutes. 918 01:26:39,986 --> 01:26:43,322 Excuse me sir, her ladyship would like to see you upstairs. 919 01:26:50,747 --> 01:26:51,413 Harry. 920 01:26:53,458 --> 01:26:54,583 That man- 921 01:26:56,753 --> 01:26:58,587 is he an invited guest? 922 01:26:59,714 --> 01:27:00,714 Milverton. 923 01:27:01,966 --> 01:27:05,260 Yes, it's something Eva schemed. The painting. 924 01:27:05,845 --> 01:27:06,762 The old girl is probably trying to 925 01:27:06,930 --> 01:27:08,847 whittle down the price by inviting him here. 926 01:27:10,892 --> 01:27:14,269 Don't worry yourself, Diana. It's all right. 927 01:27:52,809 --> 01:27:53,934 How strange- 928 01:27:56,771 --> 01:27:58,772 to see you here Mr. Holmes. 929 01:28:02,944 --> 01:28:04,987 Mixing business with pleasure? 930 01:28:06,489 --> 01:28:07,823 There's no doubt you are. 931 01:28:09,158 --> 01:28:11,827 Purely pleasure this evening, Mr. Holmes. l assure you. 932 01:28:13,997 --> 01:28:15,497 You will be keeping our appointment. 933 01:29:17,935 --> 01:29:18,643 Sir. 934 01:29:20,229 --> 01:29:22,689 I am expecting a visitor in half an hour. 935 01:29:22,774 --> 01:29:23,482 Sir. 936 01:30:52,864 --> 01:30:55,157 Servants are playing while the master's away. 937 01:31:20,183 --> 01:31:20,932 Holmes? 938 01:31:26,022 --> 01:31:29,024 That's strange. No time to lose the door. 939 01:35:42,695 --> 01:35:44,946 You made me curtail my evening's entertainment. 940 01:35:45,114 --> 01:35:46,614 I hope you prove worth it. 941 01:35:48,033 --> 01:35:50,577 You couldn't have come at a more sociable time? 942 01:35:51,245 --> 01:35:52,746 Well if you couldn't, you couldn't. 943 01:35:55,416 --> 01:35:58,418 If the Countess is a hard mistress, 944 01:35:58,794 --> 01:36:01,296 you have a chance now to get even with her. 945 01:36:02,256 --> 01:36:04,924 Bless the girl, what are you shivering about? 946 01:36:06,635 --> 01:36:10,430 That's right. Pull yourself together. 947 01:36:11,348 --> 01:36:13,141 Now then, let's get down to business. 948 01:36:15,811 --> 01:36:19,439 You save you have five letters, which compromise- 949 01:36:21,025 --> 01:36:23,109 the Countess D'Albert? 950 01:36:26,489 --> 01:36:28,239 You want to sell them. I want to buy them. 951 01:36:28,532 --> 01:36:32,076 So far, so good. So it remains to fix the price. 952 01:36:33,579 --> 01:36:36,331 Of course l shall want to examine the letters. 953 01:36:36,457 --> 01:36:40,001 If they prove to be good specimens then... 954 01:37:03,526 --> 01:37:05,360 Great heavens, it is you? 955 01:37:10,032 --> 01:37:13,701 A woman whose life you have ruined. 956 01:37:17,248 --> 01:37:20,708 You were so very obstinate. 957 01:37:20,835 --> 01:37:22,794 Paris twelve years ago. 958 01:37:22,920 --> 01:37:25,672 Why did you drive me to such extremities? 959 01:37:25,756 --> 01:37:27,882 An episode long closed. 960 01:37:28,050 --> 01:37:30,718 l wouldn't hurt a fly of my own accord. 961 01:37:30,886 --> 01:37:35,056 You waited for the moment when the stakes was most worth winning. 962 01:37:35,558 --> 01:37:36,724 What was I to do? 963 01:37:37,643 --> 01:37:40,019 Instead you sent the letters to my husband. 964 01:37:41,188 --> 01:37:44,524 A man whose boots I was never worthy to lace. 965 01:37:45,985 --> 01:37:49,737 You broke his gallant heart. 966 01:37:51,323 --> 01:37:53,575 Vial creature! 967 01:37:55,870 --> 01:38:00,707 That day l came here. l prayed, l begged you for mercy. 968 01:38:00,875 --> 01:38:05,253 And you laughed in my face as you are trying to laugh now. 969 01:38:05,337 --> 01:38:08,256 Your coward heart cannot keep you lips from trembling. 970 01:38:08,382 --> 01:38:10,258 Don't imagine that you can bully me. I'm only to raise my voice. 971 01:38:10,384 --> 01:38:15,763 You will ruin no more lives. You will wring no more hearts... 972 01:38:16,265 --> 01:38:20,018 I will make allowance for your natural anger. 973 01:38:20,102 --> 01:38:24,105 Leave the room at once and I'll say no more about it. 974 01:38:25,441 --> 01:38:28,192 l will free the world of a poisonous thing. 975 01:38:49,340 --> 01:38:51,215 You've done me. 976 01:40:01,537 --> 01:40:02,370 The fire. 977 01:40:30,607 --> 01:40:32,025 Lady Swinstead, 978 01:40:33,569 --> 01:40:34,902 you're free. 979 01:40:45,497 --> 01:40:47,582 Run! Run! 980 01:41:23,243 --> 01:41:24,243 Now gentlemen. 981 01:41:24,995 --> 01:41:28,456 The sale of the property of Charles A. Milverton Esquire, deceased. 982 01:41:28,791 --> 01:41:34,295 Lot one, a box of miscellaneous objects, trinkets, correspondence. 983 01:41:35,214 --> 01:41:36,464 Do I hear five pounds? 984 01:41:39,259 --> 01:41:39,801 Thank you, sir. 985 01:41:43,138 --> 01:41:46,808 The steward from the Vetron household, making sure. 986 01:41:51,772 --> 01:41:52,814 Lot two, 987 01:41:54,441 --> 01:41:58,611 bust of Athena, ancient Goddess of wisdom, industry and war. 988 01:41:59,154 --> 01:42:01,322 Now what do I have for this fine marble statue? 989 01:42:01,990 --> 01:42:02,740 Ten pounds? 990 01:42:03,951 --> 01:42:04,784 Twenty? 991 01:42:05,994 --> 01:42:06,661 Twenty pounds. 992 01:42:07,246 --> 01:42:07,662 Thirty? 993 01:42:09,123 --> 01:42:09,997 l have thirty pounds. 994 01:42:12,084 --> 01:42:13,960 Fifty. l have fifty pounds, sir. 995 01:42:20,843 --> 01:42:21,634 Sixty? 996 01:42:23,762 --> 01:42:24,512 Eighty? 997 01:42:25,973 --> 01:42:26,764 Eighty pounds. 998 01:42:29,101 --> 01:42:29,851 Ninety? 999 01:42:30,519 --> 01:42:31,811 Ninety pounds against you, sir. 1000 01:42:32,604 --> 01:42:33,187 At ninety? 1001 01:42:35,149 --> 01:42:36,190 One hundred pounds. 1002 01:42:38,152 --> 01:42:38,693 More, sir? 1003 01:42:42,030 --> 01:42:44,991 Sold to the gentleman over there for one hundred pounds. 1004 01:42:55,794 --> 01:42:57,378 Mr. Holmes. 1005 01:43:05,512 --> 01:43:09,974 Bought it in an auction, Mrs. Hudson. It cost a hundred pounds. 1006 01:43:10,475 --> 01:43:12,518 Why has he smashed it? 1007 01:43:14,521 --> 01:43:16,397 l thought there might be something in it. 1008 01:43:18,150 --> 01:43:20,318 I'm more than happy to say that I was wrong. 1009 01:43:20,944 --> 01:43:22,486 Thank you, Mrs. Hudson. 1010 01:43:32,748 --> 01:43:36,584 Why is a point of interest, Holmes. Did the Frenchman want it? 1011 01:43:39,087 --> 01:43:40,588 Sentimental reasons? 1012 01:43:44,218 --> 01:43:45,509 Just making sure. 1013 01:44:11,411 --> 01:44:12,620 No, Watson. 1014 01:44:20,462 --> 01:44:22,713 There are certain aspects in which I am not proud. 1015 01:44:25,550 --> 01:44:26,300 Please. 1016 01:44:28,053 --> 01:44:31,305 Bury this case. Deep in your pocket.