1 00:01:05,690 --> 00:01:08,025 And this is where the Prince is stabled. 2 00:01:09,402 --> 00:01:11,278 Oh, Sir Robert. 3 00:01:11,821 --> 00:01:13,280 Sorry to disturb you. 4 00:01:13,406 --> 00:01:17,117 This is Joe Barnes. Josiah's boy. 5 00:01:17,285 --> 00:01:19,578 I know who he is, Mason. What's he doing here? 6 00:01:19,954 --> 00:01:22,414 He's keen to race horses. 7 00:01:22,707 --> 00:01:25,459 I can ride, Sir Robert, I'd love to be a jockey. 8 00:01:26,294 --> 00:01:27,086 Would you? 9 00:01:27,253 --> 00:01:28,587 More than anything in the world. 10 00:01:28,713 --> 00:01:32,883 Well, that's good, very good. But what has it got to do with me? 11 00:01:33,593 --> 00:01:35,385 I, I thought I could work for you. 12 00:01:35,804 --> 00:01:37,387 I have all the jockeys I need. 13 00:01:39,724 --> 00:01:41,475 Please give me a chance, sir. 14 00:01:41,810 --> 00:01:44,645 I'll muck out the stables, clean the yard, 15 00:01:45,146 --> 00:01:46,313 anything you want. 16 00:01:47,148 --> 00:01:48,148 I'll think about it. 17 00:01:48,525 --> 00:01:49,817 Thank you, Sir Robert. 18 00:01:50,527 --> 00:01:53,278 Sir, at the house, you better come quick. 19 00:01:53,404 --> 00:01:54,154 Why? 20 00:01:54,322 --> 00:01:55,614 There's trouble, sir. 21 00:02:01,204 --> 00:02:05,833 I told you Lady Beatrice is unwell and does not wish to be disturbed. 22 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,627 I think she'll make an exception in my case. 23 00:02:08,795 --> 00:02:10,170 I'm sorry, sir, 24 00:02:11,422 --> 00:02:13,674 I have strict instructions. 25 00:02:15,051 --> 00:02:17,469 Are you going to let me speak to Lady Beatrice 26 00:02:18,012 --> 00:02:20,180 or will I have to use force? 27 00:02:22,684 --> 00:02:24,935 You'll answer to me first, Brewer. 28 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,857 This gentleman is most insistent upon speaking to her ladyship, sir. 29 00:02:34,821 --> 00:02:36,196 I warned you never to come here 30 00:02:36,364 --> 00:02:38,949 our business can be discussed at your office, not here. 31 00:02:39,325 --> 00:02:41,702 I've tried to settle this matter on many occasions. 32 00:02:41,828 --> 00:02:43,704 As you well know, Sir Robert. 33 00:02:44,205 --> 00:02:46,707 You've got a nerve coming here after New Market. 34 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:49,168 I'm leaving nothing to chance this time. 35 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:53,630 Perhaps Lady Beatrice will be more prepared to listen to reason. 36 00:02:53,756 --> 00:02:56,717 Your grievance is with me, Brewer, and with no one else. 37 00:02:56,885 --> 00:02:59,887 It would certainly be of concern to Lady Beatrice. 38 00:03:02,599 --> 00:03:07,060 Robert, who are these people? And what do they want? 39 00:03:07,604 --> 00:03:09,188 I'll tell you what I want, Lady Beatrice. 40 00:03:09,314 --> 00:03:09,897 Get him out of here. 41 00:03:10,064 --> 00:03:11,982 I want what's rightfully mine. 42 00:03:12,942 --> 00:03:17,237 Get out, go while you can still walk. 43 00:03:18,615 --> 00:03:21,742 I'll be back, Lady Beatrice. Good day to you. 44 00:03:32,670 --> 00:03:34,755 I'm sorry you've been upset, my dear. 45 00:03:35,089 --> 00:03:38,425 What did he mean, Robert, what's rightfully his? 46 00:03:38,801 --> 00:03:40,594 Nothing for you to worry about. 47 00:03:41,262 --> 00:03:45,599 But I do worry, Robert. I know you too well. 48 00:03:57,737 --> 00:03:59,404 He won't bother us again. 49 00:04:11,542 --> 00:04:14,086 What should we do if he does come back, sir? 50 00:04:14,754 --> 00:04:18,757 If he does come back, I'll deal with him myself. 51 00:05:12,061 --> 00:05:14,021 Watson, do you know a bit of racing? 52 00:05:14,814 --> 00:05:19,026 I ought to, I paid for it with about half my wound pension. 53 00:05:19,193 --> 00:05:22,821 Then I make give you my handy guide to the turf. 54 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:23,822 Your what? 55 00:05:23,948 --> 00:05:27,159 Does the name Sir Robert Norberton recall anything? 56 00:05:27,368 --> 00:05:28,368 Careful. 57 00:05:29,871 --> 00:05:32,289 He's got a horse running in the Champion Stakes. 58 00:05:32,790 --> 00:05:34,624 He lives at Shoscombe Hall. 59 00:05:34,751 --> 00:05:37,294 His stables are known locally as Shoscombe Old Place. 60 00:05:37,545 --> 00:05:39,046 But you don't know the man himself? 61 00:05:39,213 --> 00:05:41,048 I never met him if that's what you mean. 62 00:05:42,258 --> 00:05:45,177 He has a reputation of being rather a dangerous man. 63 00:05:45,303 --> 00:05:46,470 How dangerous? 64 00:05:46,763 --> 00:05:47,888 I remember an instance some months ago 65 00:05:48,056 --> 00:05:50,307 when he horsewhipped a man on New Market Heath. 66 00:05:50,433 --> 00:05:53,393 Samuel Brewer, the Carson Street moneylender. 67 00:05:53,561 --> 00:05:55,395 What was the reason for this assault? 68 00:05:55,563 --> 00:05:58,732 Well, I imagine that Sir Robert had a grudge against moneylenders. 69 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:00,067 Or is heavily in their debt. 70 00:06:00,234 --> 00:06:01,902 Well, by all accounts he's so far down Queer Street, 71 00:06:02,111 --> 00:06:03,570 he may never find his way back again. 72 00:06:03,738 --> 00:06:06,531 I received a letter from John Mason, 73 00:06:07,283 --> 00:06:10,410 the head trainer at Shoscombe. It arrived an hour ago. 74 00:06:12,038 --> 00:06:13,538 "Dear Mr. Holmes," 75 00:06:13,831 --> 00:06:15,499 "you will no doubt have read of the-" 76 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:19,086 "disappearance a number of days ago of Samuel Brewer." 77 00:06:19,754 --> 00:06:21,088 "In the interests of my employer," 78 00:06:21,255 --> 00:06:23,757 "Sir Robert Norberton, I should like to visit you" 79 00:06:23,925 --> 00:06:26,385 "to discuss a matter of the utmost urgency." 80 00:06:26,511 --> 00:06:29,763 He suggests a convenient time? And already is several minutes late. 81 00:06:30,556 --> 00:06:32,599 Samuel Brewer's disappeared. 82 00:06:33,434 --> 00:06:36,436 The newspapers make a lot of it, but let's hear more about Shoscombe. 83 00:06:36,604 --> 00:06:38,397 Well, the Shoscombe spaniels, 84 00:06:38,523 --> 00:06:40,857 special pride of the lady of Shoscombe Place. 85 00:06:40,983 --> 00:06:43,110 The wife of Sir Robert Norberton I presume. 86 00:06:43,277 --> 00:06:47,114 No, no. He never married. He lives with his widowed sister, 87 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,116 Lady Beatrice Folder. 88 00:06:49,283 --> 00:06:50,283 You mean she lives with him? 89 00:06:50,451 --> 00:06:54,246 No, no, the place belonged to her late husband, Sir James. 90 00:06:55,206 --> 00:06:57,249 What should be amiss at Shoscombe? 91 00:06:57,375 --> 00:06:58,792 What indeed? 92 00:06:59,585 --> 00:07:01,461 And here I expect is the man who can tell us. 93 00:07:01,587 --> 00:07:02,546 Yes? 94 00:07:04,632 --> 00:07:06,299 My eggs were hard boiled. 95 00:07:07,176 --> 00:07:09,136 There's a Mr. Mason to see you, sir. 96 00:07:09,303 --> 00:07:10,971 Thank you, Mrs. Hudson, show him in. 97 00:07:11,139 --> 00:07:12,139 Sir. 98 00:07:13,641 --> 00:07:14,808 Come this way. 99 00:07:18,938 --> 00:07:20,647 You got my note, Mr. Holmes? 100 00:07:20,815 --> 00:07:21,648 Yes. 101 00:07:22,316 --> 00:07:23,817 But it explained nothing. 102 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:27,904 It was too delicate a thing for me to put the details on paper. 103 00:07:28,364 --> 00:07:29,990 It was too complicated. 104 00:07:30,992 --> 00:07:32,242 You may rely on the discretion 105 00:07:32,368 --> 00:07:34,578 of my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson. Please sit down. 106 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:36,121 Thank you. 107 00:07:44,505 --> 00:07:45,755 Mr. Holmes, 108 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:49,926 I think Sir Robert Norberton has gone mad. 109 00:07:50,344 --> 00:07:54,347 Please, this is Baker Street not Harley Street. Why do you say so? 110 00:07:54,807 --> 00:07:56,516 I believe Shoscombe Prince 111 00:07:56,684 --> 00:07:59,352 and the Champion Stakes have turned his brain. 112 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:01,605 Shoscombe Prince? 113 00:08:04,984 --> 00:08:07,277 Watson, you're invaluable. A horse? 114 00:08:07,737 --> 00:08:09,446 The finest in England, sir. 115 00:08:09,572 --> 00:08:13,492 The truth is Sir Robert has got to win this race. 116 00:08:13,618 --> 00:08:16,286 He's up to his neck, and it's his last chance. 117 00:08:16,913 --> 00:08:19,539 He's wagered everything he could raise or borrow on the horse, 118 00:08:19,707 --> 00:08:22,959 and he's holding off his creditors till after the big race. 119 00:08:23,878 --> 00:08:26,713 Oh, if the Prince fails him, he's done for. 120 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:29,716 And you're assuming there's a connection between Sir Robert's debts 121 00:08:30,343 --> 00:08:32,385 and the disappearance of Samuel Brewer. 122 00:08:32,678 --> 00:08:35,305 He's Sir Robert's principal creditor, 123 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:39,017 and I don't mind admitting there's no love lost between them. 124 00:08:39,435 --> 00:08:43,355 Well, after what happened at New Market. I'm not surprised. 125 00:08:43,481 --> 00:08:45,190 But that was just the start. 126 00:08:45,399 --> 00:08:47,150 Brewer showed his face at the hall last week, 127 00:08:47,276 --> 00:08:50,237 and Sir Robert flew at him like a man possessed. 128 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:53,240 Said he'd deal with him if he ever showed his face there again. 129 00:08:53,407 --> 00:08:55,242 I presume he has not returned. 130 00:08:55,910 --> 00:08:57,202 I don't know, sir. 131 00:08:58,037 --> 00:08:59,162 Not for sure. 132 00:08:59,497 --> 00:09:00,539 I see. 133 00:09:00,790 --> 00:09:03,917 In the event of financial catastrophe, 134 00:09:04,335 --> 00:09:07,087 would Sir Robert have any claim on his sister's estate? 135 00:09:07,213 --> 00:09:09,506 None at all as far as I know. 136 00:09:09,757 --> 00:09:13,260 She only has a life interest in it. It reverts to her husband's brother 137 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:14,719 after her death. 138 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:19,266 In the meantime, her ladyship draws the rents every year. 139 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:20,850 And her brother spends them? 140 00:09:21,936 --> 00:09:23,353 That's about the size of it. 141 00:09:23,938 --> 00:09:27,107 He must lead a most uneasy life. 142 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,110 Well, maybe so, but they've always been the best of friends. 143 00:09:30,611 --> 00:09:32,112 They have the same tastes. 144 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:34,948 She loves the horses as much as he does. 145 00:09:36,742 --> 00:09:38,952 Or at least she did. 146 00:09:42,123 --> 00:09:45,458 Every day at about 12:00 she'd ride down to the stables to see them. 147 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:49,546 And above all, she loved the Prince. 148 00:09:53,968 --> 00:09:55,468 Good morning, Beatrice. 149 00:09:59,181 --> 00:10:00,599 I can't wait to see their faces 150 00:10:00,725 --> 00:10:03,101 when this delightful creature is first past the post. 151 00:10:03,227 --> 00:10:04,769 What say you, Mason? 152 00:10:04,895 --> 00:10:06,396 The others won't stand a chance, sir. 153 00:10:06,522 --> 00:10:08,315 A three-length win, wouldn't you say? 154 00:10:08,649 --> 00:10:10,317 Three and a half, at least. 155 00:10:11,944 --> 00:10:14,988 Just beware of raising your hopes too high, Robert. 156 00:10:15,156 --> 00:10:18,950 You're not the only one who'd like to see his horse win the Champion Stakes. 157 00:10:19,660 --> 00:10:22,495 I'm the only one with a horse like Shoscombe Prince. 158 00:10:23,331 --> 00:10:24,664 Why he's on such good form 159 00:10:24,832 --> 00:10:27,125 you could ride him to victory yourself, my dear. 160 00:10:27,335 --> 00:10:31,296 I think not, Robert. Our riding days are over. 161 00:10:48,230 --> 00:10:50,148 You should be resting, my dear. 162 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:53,860 No, I'm fine, Robert. Really, I'm fine. 163 00:10:54,028 --> 00:10:55,612 You know what the doctor said. 164 00:10:56,030 --> 00:10:58,615 You fuss even more than he does. 165 00:11:01,535 --> 00:11:03,953 Jasper, good dog. 166 00:11:06,290 --> 00:11:07,957 And how's Carrie today? 167 00:11:09,418 --> 00:11:12,462 Oh, very well, thank you, Sir Robert. 168 00:11:20,221 --> 00:11:23,390 But for the past week, her ladyship has driven past the stables 169 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:25,392 with never so much as a good morning. 170 00:11:26,936 --> 00:11:29,312 Do you think there's been some sort of quarrel? 171 00:11:30,147 --> 00:11:33,358 And a bitter, savage, spiteful quarrel at that. 172 00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:35,568 Now, he never goes near her. 173 00:11:35,778 --> 00:11:39,906 She hardly leaves her room except to take her daily drive. 174 00:11:40,074 --> 00:11:42,534 And I assume that you have witnessed such a disagreement? 175 00:11:43,244 --> 00:11:45,745 Well, no, not exactly. 176 00:11:46,956 --> 00:11:50,500 But why else would he give away her pet spaniel, Mr. Holmes? 177 00:11:50,918 --> 00:11:53,378 She loved that dog as if it were her child. 178 00:11:55,297 --> 00:11:57,424 Can you think of any reason why- 179 00:11:57,591 --> 00:12:01,428 Sir Robert would wish to upset his sister in this fashion? 180 00:12:01,804 --> 00:12:05,849 None at all. It's a cruel way to treat a woman with a weak heart. 181 00:12:05,975 --> 00:12:07,600 It's damn rotten. 182 00:12:09,937 --> 00:12:11,271 I must say he does not appear 183 00:12:11,397 --> 00:12:14,190 to be committing any crime that I recognize. 184 00:12:17,403 --> 00:12:20,280 So why did Sir Robert leave the house at the dead of night, 185 00:12:21,282 --> 00:12:22,907 and who was the man he met? 186 00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:24,284 Go on. 187 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:27,954 Well, it was Stephens, the butler, 188 00:12:28,122 --> 00:12:30,707 who saw him leave, and he told me about it. 189 00:12:31,667 --> 00:12:35,211 So the next night we followed him. 190 00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:09,996 So who was it? 191 00:13:11,665 --> 00:13:13,082 Samuel Brewer? 192 00:13:14,084 --> 00:13:16,461 It was too dark to see his face. 193 00:13:17,463 --> 00:13:19,756 When did Sir Robert give away his sister's dog? 194 00:13:19,965 --> 00:13:21,466 A week ago today. 195 00:13:22,343 --> 00:13:25,678 Jasper was howling like a banshee at the mill house, 196 00:13:26,013 --> 00:13:28,848 but that was no good reason for the master to do what he did. 197 00:13:40,027 --> 00:13:41,152 Sir Robert. 198 00:13:41,862 --> 00:13:43,446 I want it off this estate. 199 00:13:44,615 --> 00:13:45,990 I don't care what you do with it 200 00:13:46,116 --> 00:13:48,201 just as long as I never have to see it again. 201 00:13:50,746 --> 00:13:51,788 Yes, sir. 202 00:13:53,207 --> 00:13:56,960 I gave the dog to Sandy Bain, the jockey. 203 00:13:57,253 --> 00:13:58,962 Right then, Jasper. 204 00:13:59,964 --> 00:14:03,883 Let's you and I go for a drink, hey. Come on. 205 00:14:04,176 --> 00:14:06,010 Next morning, he took it to Josiah Barnes, 206 00:14:06,136 --> 00:14:08,680 the landlord at the Green Dragon in Crendall. 207 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:12,684 Does Lady Beatrice have a companion? 208 00:14:13,018 --> 00:14:14,561 Her maid, Mr. Holmes. 209 00:14:14,728 --> 00:14:15,645 Just the one? 210 00:14:15,771 --> 00:14:19,232 Carrie Evans, but she's been with her this five years. 211 00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:20,984 And is no doubt devoted? 212 00:14:21,569 --> 00:14:24,863 She is devoted enough, and I won't say to whom. 213 00:14:27,324 --> 00:14:29,826 I can't tell tales out of school. 214 00:14:31,287 --> 00:14:33,997 Sir Robert is something of a lady's man? 215 00:14:35,374 --> 00:14:38,668 Do you not think the quarrel between brother and sister may lie there? 216 00:14:39,086 --> 00:14:41,713 Oh, that scandal has been pretty clear for a long time. 217 00:14:41,839 --> 00:14:43,214 But Lady Beatrice may not have seen it before. 218 00:14:43,340 --> 00:14:46,593 Let us suppose that she suddenly found it out, 219 00:14:47,219 --> 00:14:49,387 and she wants to be rid of the hated maid. 220 00:14:49,513 --> 00:14:52,765 He will not permit it, She refuses to speak to him. 221 00:14:52,933 --> 00:14:56,436 And Sir Robert in his anger gives away her dog. 222 00:14:56,937 --> 00:14:59,439 There's more to it than that, Mr. Holmes. 223 00:15:00,316 --> 00:15:03,943 Mr. Mason, you have the advantage of us. 224 00:15:06,614 --> 00:15:10,241 Perhaps there is something that you have not told us. 225 00:15:15,372 --> 00:15:18,124 There's a central heating furnace in the cellar. 226 00:15:28,969 --> 00:15:33,640 It's been off for some time, but Sir Robert complained of cold. 227 00:15:34,141 --> 00:15:38,645 And had it on again. Harvey runs it, he's one of my lads. 228 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:43,232 He didn't like the look of it, Mr. Holmes. 229 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:47,779 And he brought it to me last night. 230 00:15:48,906 --> 00:15:50,949 How often does Harvey attend the furnace? 231 00:15:52,076 --> 00:15:54,494 He makes it up every evening, and then he leaves it. 232 00:15:54,662 --> 00:15:56,829 So anyone can visit it during the night? 233 00:15:57,665 --> 00:16:01,334 I suppose so. But the lad has the key to the outer door. 234 00:16:01,502 --> 00:16:02,502 I see. 235 00:16:03,671 --> 00:16:07,006 What is the name of that tavern you spoke of? 236 00:16:07,174 --> 00:16:08,341 Green Dragon. 237 00:16:08,509 --> 00:16:10,843 Is there any good fishing in that part of Parkshire? 238 00:16:12,846 --> 00:16:16,099 There's trout in the millstream and pike in the lake. 239 00:16:16,225 --> 00:16:18,476 That's good enough. What do you make of it, Watson? 240 00:16:18,769 --> 00:16:21,604 It's the upper contour of a femur. 241 00:16:32,324 --> 00:16:33,366 Human? 242 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:35,284 Without a doubt. 243 00:16:44,628 --> 00:16:47,380 Ah... It's a bluff, sir. 244 00:16:49,049 --> 00:16:51,884 Anyone could have sent it. It could be a tout. 245 00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:53,553 I don't care who it is. 246 00:16:54,346 --> 00:16:56,514 I need to know if there's any truth in what he's written. 247 00:16:58,934 --> 00:17:01,477 Carrie will be in charge of the house while I'm away. 248 00:17:03,147 --> 00:17:04,063 Carrie, sir? 249 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,733 Your concern must be for the Prince's training. 250 00:17:08,610 --> 00:17:10,403 Nothing is more important than that. 251 00:17:11,739 --> 00:17:17,910 Fifty-three. Fifty-four. Fifty-five. 252 00:17:19,413 --> 00:17:20,538 Yes, ma'am? 253 00:17:20,706 --> 00:17:23,082 Thank you, Stephens, please take the tray now. 254 00:17:26,128 --> 00:17:27,754 Fifty-six. 255 00:17:33,927 --> 00:17:35,261 I leave at dawn. 256 00:18:48,502 --> 00:18:49,669 Two rooms is it then, sir? 257 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:50,962 And two glasses of your best ale. 258 00:18:51,088 --> 00:18:52,004 Right, sir. 259 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:56,342 Holmes? 260 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,013 Good day, gentlemen. 261 00:19:01,682 --> 00:19:03,516 Hello, old fellow. 262 00:19:03,684 --> 00:19:05,977 Oh, ladies, I'm so sorry I didn't see you sitting there. 263 00:19:08,188 --> 00:19:10,148 There's quite a bite in the air, isn't there? 264 00:19:10,399 --> 00:19:12,859 Oh, you'd much rather be free, wouldn't you? 265 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:19,866 Landlord, is it really necessary to keep this dog tied up like this? 266 00:19:20,033 --> 00:19:22,702 If I didn't, sir, it'd be off back to the owner in a jiffy. 267 00:19:22,870 --> 00:19:25,204 You see, sir, Jasper's a Shoscombe spaniel. 268 00:19:25,372 --> 00:19:28,541 Oh, I should have known. You see, I'm quite a dog enthusiast myself. 269 00:19:30,335 --> 00:19:33,880 Wait, be careful with that luggage or I'll skin you alive. 270 00:19:37,718 --> 00:19:39,385 Don't you mind him, sirs? 271 00:19:39,887 --> 00:19:41,554 He takes after his mother. 272 00:19:45,851 --> 00:19:47,476 Out for a bit of fishing, hey? 273 00:19:47,603 --> 00:19:50,479 We thought we might try and land a pike or two at the Hole Lake. 274 00:19:50,606 --> 00:19:53,691 You might find yourselves in the lake before you were through. 275 00:19:57,029 --> 00:19:58,070 Why is that? 276 00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:59,906 That Sir Robert is terrible jealous of anyone 277 00:20:00,073 --> 00:20:02,408 who might be spying on his stables. 278 00:20:02,659 --> 00:20:03,910 Well, we're not touts. 279 00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:07,997 He's the sort that strikes first and speaks afterwards. 280 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:13,920 Watson, I think we should take a little walk before lunch. 281 00:20:15,005 --> 00:20:17,840 Well, that's a splendid idea. 282 00:20:19,259 --> 00:20:21,260 Do you think we could take the dog with us, Landlord? 283 00:20:22,137 --> 00:20:25,890 By all means, gentlemen, but mind what I said about Sir Robert. 284 00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:33,606 It's this way, Watson. 285 00:20:54,378 --> 00:20:55,795 What about Sir Robert? 286 00:20:56,046 --> 00:20:58,881 By my estimate, he should be well on his way to York by now. 287 00:20:59,007 --> 00:21:00,132 How do you know that? 288 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:02,093 Because I had a telegram sent to him. 289 00:21:02,219 --> 00:21:04,303 Holmes, what have you been up to? 290 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,974 Of course, Palmer's the Favourite is stabled somewhere near York. 291 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,475 I merely advised him that the horse has shown 292 00:21:09,643 --> 00:21:11,310 much improvement in the last few days. 293 00:21:11,478 --> 00:21:13,437 He won't be pleased when he finds he's been duped. 294 00:21:13,563 --> 00:21:15,147 I'm sure he'll be furious. 295 00:21:16,984 --> 00:21:19,902 Jasper. Jasper. 296 00:21:20,445 --> 00:21:24,824 Come on boy, hello boy. How are you aye, hello. 297 00:21:24,992 --> 00:21:26,742 Jasper. Here. 298 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:34,250 Do I know you? 299 00:21:34,376 --> 00:21:36,502 No, but evidently, Jasper knows you. 300 00:21:38,255 --> 00:21:39,839 You must be Sandy Bain. 301 00:21:40,674 --> 00:21:41,507 Yes, sir. 302 00:21:41,633 --> 00:21:44,302 It was you that brought Jasper to the tavern last week. 303 00:21:44,428 --> 00:21:45,511 That's right. 304 00:21:46,471 --> 00:21:47,847 You're fond of animals? 305 00:21:47,973 --> 00:21:51,350 They're all God's creatures, sir, I won't see no harm come to them. 306 00:21:51,601 --> 00:21:54,854 Mr. Mason seemed to think that Jasper had a lucky escape. 307 00:21:55,439 --> 00:21:57,648 He must have had a reason for behaving like he did. 308 00:21:57,774 --> 00:22:00,109 I'm sure Sir Robert had the best of motives. 309 00:22:00,235 --> 00:22:04,113 No, I'm talking about Jasper. He's always such a quiet dog. 310 00:22:05,365 --> 00:22:07,199 Well, something must have happened to him. 311 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:08,367 At the millhouse? 312 00:22:08,535 --> 00:22:09,327 No, sir. 313 00:22:09,453 --> 00:22:10,536 The cellar? 314 00:22:10,704 --> 00:22:13,039 No, sir, at the old church. 315 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:16,667 It was the same morning I brought him to the Green Dragon. 316 00:22:18,378 --> 00:22:20,004 It's an old ruin chapel 317 00:22:20,714 --> 00:22:23,549 and under it there's a crypt which has a bad name among us. 318 00:22:28,221 --> 00:22:29,221 Jasper. 319 00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:35,895 Not that way, Jasper. Jasper, come back. 320 00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:44,570 Jasper, come back. 321 00:22:45,238 --> 00:23:08,761 Jasper. 322 00:23:12,099 --> 00:23:15,267 Come on, boy, come on, I'm not playing games now. 323 00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:35,955 Jasper. 324 00:24:16,329 --> 00:24:18,831 How far are we away from the hall? 325 00:24:19,875 --> 00:24:21,834 About a quarter of a mile, sir. 326 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:26,338 I'm correct in thinking that Lady Beatrice takes a drive about midday? 327 00:24:26,798 --> 00:24:27,506 Yes, sir. 328 00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:29,175 Thank you, we've not a moment to lose. 329 00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:32,261 Come Jasper, come Watson, come. Goodbye... 330 00:25:15,722 --> 00:25:18,224 Stop the carriage, Watson, stop the carriage. 331 00:25:23,688 --> 00:25:24,730 Excuse me. 332 00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:32,905 Could you direct us to the Green Dragon in town? 333 00:25:38,453 --> 00:25:40,412 Drive on, drive on. 334 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:45,000 Stay, stay there. Stay there. 335 00:26:03,061 --> 00:26:03,769 Well, there's nothing we can do 336 00:26:03,937 --> 00:26:06,605 until Lady Beatrice takes her drive again tomorrow. 337 00:26:07,607 --> 00:26:10,609 You still haven't explained why I risked my life this afternoon. 338 00:26:10,819 --> 00:26:11,610 To test a theory. 339 00:26:11,778 --> 00:26:14,446 You must be very disappointed. I was almost killed instead. 340 00:26:14,614 --> 00:26:17,116 On the contrary, I think my little experiment was quite successful. 341 00:26:17,284 --> 00:26:18,784 I fail to see how. 342 00:26:19,536 --> 00:26:22,454 The dog, Watson, the dog. 343 00:26:24,207 --> 00:26:26,083 Did that suggest nothing to you? 344 00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:28,419 Well, Carrie Evans is determined 345 00:26:28,545 --> 00:26:30,963 to keep the dog and her mistress apart so. 346 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:32,131 There is an alternative? 347 00:26:32,299 --> 00:26:35,050 Yes, that Sir Robert has done away with the moneylender, 348 00:26:35,176 --> 00:26:37,261 Samuel Brewer. Don't forget... 349 00:26:38,471 --> 00:26:41,223 Don't forget the human bone that was found. 350 00:26:41,349 --> 00:26:42,474 I haven't forgotten. 351 00:26:42,642 --> 00:26:46,312 It's perfectly clear to me. They've crossed swords before. 352 00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:48,480 It's possible that Sir Robert has gone too far this time, 353 00:26:48,648 --> 00:26:50,983 and is guilty of murder, what a boy... 354 00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:53,819 What the boy found 355 00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:56,405 is all that remains of the unfortunate moneylender. 356 00:26:56,531 --> 00:26:59,158 Oh, no, no, thank you. I'm famished. 357 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,412 A fresh catch, Mr. Holmes. 358 00:27:04,998 --> 00:27:07,499 Best I've seen in a long time. 359 00:27:11,838 --> 00:27:13,672 These are deep waters, Watson. 360 00:27:15,759 --> 00:27:17,468 Deep and rather dirty. 361 00:27:21,848 --> 00:27:24,016 I would like to borrow the key to the cellar. 362 00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:25,517 For what purpose, Mr. Holmes? 363 00:27:25,685 --> 00:27:26,977 To get inside. 364 00:27:28,396 --> 00:27:29,480 Where is Sir Robert? 365 00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:31,940 Well, Sir Robert left for York. 366 00:27:32,233 --> 00:27:35,694 Early yesterday morning. He isn't expected back till some time tonight. 367 00:27:36,154 --> 00:27:41,033 I'd show you around the house myself, but master left Carrie in charge, 368 00:27:41,201 --> 00:27:43,035 and she won't let anyone past the door. 369 00:27:43,203 --> 00:27:45,120 He left a maid in charge of the house? 370 00:27:46,039 --> 00:27:48,999 I told you things were bad between master and her ladyship. 371 00:27:50,043 --> 00:27:52,711 Whereabouts is Lady Beatrice's room? 372 00:27:53,004 --> 00:27:55,881 It's on the ground floor, Mr. Holmes, on account of her ladyship's heart. 373 00:27:56,049 --> 00:27:58,008 Precisely on the ground floor where? 374 00:27:58,968 --> 00:28:02,471 Second room in the corridor beside the cellar passageway. 375 00:28:03,223 --> 00:28:04,556 Has there been any change in the running of the house 376 00:28:04,724 --> 00:28:06,558 since we spoke at Baker Street? 377 00:28:07,394 --> 00:28:10,312 None that I can think of, apart from the fact that 378 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,731 I had to dismiss Harvey, one of my stable lads. 379 00:28:12,857 --> 00:28:15,067 Wasn't he the one that found the bone in the furnace? 380 00:28:15,235 --> 00:28:16,318 That's right. 381 00:28:16,611 --> 00:28:18,529 What is the reason for his dismissal? 382 00:28:18,988 --> 00:28:23,158 Well, he'd stolen some money from somebody on the staff and so. 383 00:28:23,576 --> 00:28:26,745 Ah, here's the Prince himself, Mr. Holmes. 384 00:28:32,502 --> 00:28:34,712 Every inch a champion, wouldn't you say? 385 00:28:35,004 --> 00:28:38,549 Yes, he's a very fine creature, but you're the expert, Watson. 386 00:28:39,342 --> 00:28:40,843 Hardly an expert, Holmes. 387 00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:43,554 I am aware of the Prince's bursts of speed 388 00:28:43,722 --> 00:28:46,098 over a final furlong but the fact is- 389 00:28:46,516 --> 00:28:48,016 he hasn't yet won a major race. 390 00:28:48,143 --> 00:28:50,602 Do you think he's still in with a good chance? 391 00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:52,938 If he's given the ground, then yes. 392 00:29:30,018 --> 00:29:34,646 All right, all right, hold your horses. I'm coming, I'm coming. 393 00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:40,486 Good afternoon. You must be Stephens. 394 00:29:41,696 --> 00:29:42,738 That's right, sir. 395 00:29:42,864 --> 00:29:44,239 I'm a doctor. 396 00:29:45,158 --> 00:29:46,825 Well, Sir Robert asked me to call on his sister 397 00:29:46,993 --> 00:29:48,994 at the first opportunity. I'm new to the area. 398 00:29:49,162 --> 00:29:51,288 Well, he said nothing about it to me, sir. 399 00:29:51,414 --> 00:29:52,831 Well, he must have forgotten. 400 00:29:52,999 --> 00:29:55,501 Hardly surprising for a man as busy as Sir Robert. 401 00:29:55,668 --> 00:29:57,753 I m afraid her ladyship is out 402 00:29:57,879 --> 00:30:00,172 taking her carriage exercise at the moment. 403 00:30:00,298 --> 00:30:02,090 How long is she likely to be? 404 00:30:02,509 --> 00:30:05,010 Well, no more than half an hour, sir. 405 00:30:05,595 --> 00:30:07,679 Well, in that case I don't mind waiting. 406 00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:15,479 You appear to be in some pain yourself. 407 00:30:15,605 --> 00:30:18,774 Well, it's the rheumatics, sir. 408 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,361 These old bones have taken a pounding in their time. 409 00:30:22,529 --> 00:30:23,779 Health's not what it was. 410 00:30:23,905 --> 00:30:25,781 Now, why don't you tell me about it? 411 00:30:26,699 --> 00:30:27,491 Beg pardon, sir? 412 00:30:27,617 --> 00:30:30,494 Well, now that I'm here, I might as well make myself useful. 413 00:30:31,204 --> 00:30:33,872 Oh, that's very kind of you, sir. Thank you. 414 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:38,544 Well, it starts in the bottom of my wrist. 415 00:30:38,711 --> 00:30:40,504 And then it goes up... 416 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,047 In your shoulder? 417 00:31:45,653 --> 00:31:48,447 S. B. 418 00:32:02,503 --> 00:32:06,298 Of course, the worst time is first thing in the morning. 419 00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:10,969 My back and my legs oh, stiff as a board. 420 00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:17,434 And my feet... did I tell you about my feet? 421 00:32:18,811 --> 00:32:19,478 No. 422 00:32:19,646 --> 00:32:21,438 Oh, I'll tell you about my feet. 423 00:32:21,981 --> 00:32:26,276 Blocks of ice, like blocks of ice. Can't feel them sometimes. 424 00:32:26,402 --> 00:32:30,948 Your blood's not circulating properly. It's a common problem. 425 00:32:31,407 --> 00:32:36,119 And then... there's the other trouble. 426 00:32:39,374 --> 00:32:40,666 The other trouble? 427 00:32:42,001 --> 00:32:44,753 You know, the other trouble. 428 00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:07,753 I've tried everything but it doesn't make any difference at all. 429 00:34:08,129 --> 00:34:11,173 I'm in just as much agony now as I ever was. 430 00:34:27,690 --> 00:34:29,191 Roll it right up. 431 00:34:30,985 --> 00:34:35,197 Oh, that'll be her ladyship. She's back early. 432 00:34:36,616 --> 00:34:41,411 Please excuse me, but I'm afraid. I have another urgent appointment. 433 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,069 Almost there, my lady. 434 00:35:14,487 --> 00:35:16,905 Thank you, Stephens, we'll be all right now. 435 00:35:18,825 --> 00:35:20,992 Thank you, Stephens. 436 00:35:22,703 --> 00:35:24,162 Right you are, Miss. 437 00:35:43,182 --> 00:35:44,599 Strange. 438 00:35:55,528 --> 00:35:57,112 Holmes, thank goodness. 439 00:35:57,238 --> 00:35:59,030 Fortunately, the bedroom is on the ground floor. 440 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:00,448 Did you have any luck? 441 00:36:00,575 --> 00:36:02,701 A few things are still unclear, but before the night is out, 442 00:36:02,869 --> 00:36:06,788 I hope to have solved the mystery of Shoscombe Old Place. 443 00:36:23,890 --> 00:36:27,017 If Samuel Brewer returned to the hall to demand his money 444 00:36:27,143 --> 00:36:30,061 he might have done so at night. He could have been the man- 445 00:36:31,063 --> 00:36:33,356 that Sir Robert met at the old church. 446 00:36:35,401 --> 00:36:38,904 Perhaps Sir Robert flew into one of his rages, and killed him 447 00:36:40,489 --> 00:36:42,741 and in a moment of sheer panic 448 00:36:43,075 --> 00:36:45,744 tried to dispose of the body by putting it into the furnace. 449 00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:48,205 Hence, the note case. 450 00:36:49,248 --> 00:36:51,249 Watson, the vibrations. 451 00:36:54,128 --> 00:36:56,087 If perhaps maybe I admit all the evidence we have so far 452 00:36:56,255 --> 00:36:58,048 is purely circumstantial. 453 00:37:27,870 --> 00:37:28,912 Resin. 454 00:37:30,373 --> 00:37:31,414 Resin? 455 00:37:37,964 --> 00:37:39,631 On an alcohol base. 456 00:37:42,468 --> 00:37:48,139 Traces of it on a few strands of hair found in Lady Beatrice's room. 457 00:37:51,310 --> 00:37:55,063 Come, Watson. The telegram will not keep Sir Robert away much longer. 458 00:37:55,189 --> 00:37:56,481 Where are we going? 459 00:38:13,165 --> 00:38:14,249 Sir Robert. 460 00:38:20,715 --> 00:38:22,507 What happened while I was away? 461 00:38:23,968 --> 00:38:24,592 Nothing, sir. 462 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:28,513 Don't lie to me, Mason. Something's been going on behind my back. 463 00:38:33,436 --> 00:38:35,854 Has anyone been around here asking questions? 464 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:37,105 No one, sir. 465 00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:42,861 Apart from some people I met near Crendall. 466 00:38:45,781 --> 00:38:47,198 I don't know their names. 467 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:49,701 What did you talk about? 468 00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:53,872 Nothing much. They were interested in the old church. 469 00:38:56,292 --> 00:38:57,334 Fool. 470 00:39:06,594 --> 00:39:09,554 Well, if Samuel Brewer was not the victim, 471 00:39:10,389 --> 00:39:13,391 why was his note case found in the cellar of the hall? 472 00:39:13,559 --> 00:39:16,728 Who else in the household has the initials S. B? 473 00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:18,897 S. B., S. B. 474 00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:21,232 Sandy Bain. 475 00:39:22,443 --> 00:39:25,070 Harvey was dismissed 476 00:39:25,404 --> 00:39:28,073 for stealing from other members of the household. 477 00:39:29,075 --> 00:39:32,077 One of his duties was to tend to the furnace in the cellar. 478 00:39:32,578 --> 00:39:36,498 Well, the fact remains that the body was burned. If it wasn't Brewer's- 479 00:39:36,916 --> 00:39:38,083 then whose was it? 480 00:40:16,831 --> 00:40:17,914 Holmes. 481 00:41:15,723 --> 00:41:18,683 What could you possibly be able to find in a place like this? 482 00:41:21,854 --> 00:41:24,314 The lead lining's been cut. 483 00:41:37,203 --> 00:41:38,536 Just as I thought. 484 00:41:39,663 --> 00:41:41,539 The bolts have been loosened. 485 00:41:45,419 --> 00:41:49,047 Watson, I'm going to need your help to open this. 486 00:41:49,215 --> 00:41:51,299 Holmes, that's desecration. 487 00:42:19,745 --> 00:42:23,248 Who are you? What are you doing on my property? 488 00:42:24,166 --> 00:42:28,211 Do you hear? Who are you? What are you doing here? 489 00:43:05,165 --> 00:43:07,709 Ah, Mr. Holmes, what's happened? 490 00:43:07,835 --> 00:43:11,296 A good question, Mr. Mason. One that should be directed at Sir Robert. 491 00:43:13,674 --> 00:43:15,758 Disgusting contraptions. 492 00:43:18,304 --> 00:43:20,263 How dare you? Get out. 493 00:43:20,431 --> 00:43:23,808 I was going to join you for tea, but I see I'm too late. 494 00:43:24,143 --> 00:43:26,477 Get out this instant or I'll call for Sir Robert. 495 00:43:26,645 --> 00:43:29,981 Sir Robert knows that I'm here. Please, Miss Evans, will you sit down? 496 00:43:33,819 --> 00:43:35,737 I felt I couldn't visit Shoscombe Old Place 497 00:43:35,863 --> 00:43:38,489 without paying my respects to Lady Beatrice. 498 00:43:41,493 --> 00:43:43,494 Oh, you have brandy with your tea? 499 00:43:45,664 --> 00:43:48,166 For medicinal purposes, of course. 500 00:43:48,334 --> 00:43:49,751 Yes, of course. 501 00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:53,338 But is it enough, I wonder? 502 00:43:53,505 --> 00:43:55,006 Enough for what? 503 00:43:55,174 --> 00:43:57,842 Brandy revives the spirits. 504 00:43:59,178 --> 00:44:02,180 I hardly think it is sufficient to raise the dead. 505 00:44:03,515 --> 00:44:06,768 Don't move, Miss Evans. 506 00:44:51,188 --> 00:44:55,566 That should be comfortable enough until your own doctor arrives. 507 00:44:55,734 --> 00:44:56,818 Thank you. 508 00:44:57,486 --> 00:45:00,488 I am Sherlock Holmes. Perhaps my name is familiar to you. 509 00:45:02,741 --> 00:45:04,909 I know appearances are against me, 510 00:45:05,244 --> 00:45:07,912 but you must believe that I could act in no other way. 511 00:45:08,330 --> 00:45:10,081 I'm very happy to hear you say so. 512 00:45:10,708 --> 00:45:13,376 But I fear your explanations must be for the police. 513 00:45:15,003 --> 00:45:16,379 Please, Sir Robert. 514 00:45:17,005 --> 00:45:19,924 The responsibility for what has been done is entirely mine. 515 00:45:20,592 --> 00:45:24,095 Miss Evans and Joe Barnes were merely following my instructions. 516 00:45:24,263 --> 00:45:26,013 You must promise that they will come to no harm. 517 00:45:26,140 --> 00:45:27,598 I can promise you nothing. 518 00:45:29,685 --> 00:45:32,270 But I will hear a plain statement of the facts. 519 00:45:33,564 --> 00:45:37,942 Very well, you've clearly gone pretty deeply into my affairs 520 00:45:38,110 --> 00:45:40,403 otherwise I should not have found you where I did. 521 00:45:42,322 --> 00:45:45,450 I've always known that if Beatrice died, 522 00:45:46,410 --> 00:45:49,245 the estate would revert to my brother-in-law's family. 523 00:45:49,621 --> 00:45:54,751 Everything would be seized, including the stables and the horses. 524 00:45:56,628 --> 00:46:01,132 Well, Mr. Holmes, my sister did die, just a week ago. 525 00:46:01,300 --> 00:46:03,134 And you told no one? 526 00:46:03,469 --> 00:46:07,638 I had little alternative. If I told the truth, I faced absolute ruin. 527 00:46:07,973 --> 00:46:10,308 But if I could stave things off until the race, 528 00:46:11,477 --> 00:46:13,227 I knew all might be well. 529 00:46:15,647 --> 00:46:18,816 Beatrice died of the heart condition that had long afflicted her. 530 00:46:19,359 --> 00:46:21,986 That will be for a coroner to decide. 531 00:46:22,154 --> 00:46:23,905 Her own doctor would certify that for months, 532 00:46:24,031 --> 00:46:26,824 her symptoms had threatened such an end. 533 00:46:29,661 --> 00:46:32,663 Joe Barnes came to see me in search of work 534 00:46:33,248 --> 00:46:35,166 a day or two before Beatrice died. 535 00:46:36,835 --> 00:46:38,795 He seemed a trustworthy lad, and, 536 00:46:38,921 --> 00:46:43,174 it came into my mind that he might for a short time- 537 00:46:43,675 --> 00:46:45,593 impersonate my dear sister. 538 00:46:46,136 --> 00:46:48,971 It was but a case of appearing daily in her carriage 539 00:46:49,097 --> 00:46:52,517 for no one need enter her room save Miss Evans. 540 00:46:52,935 --> 00:46:55,353 Of course, I had to take her into my confidence. 541 00:46:57,439 --> 00:46:59,607 The whole deception distressed me greatly, 542 00:47:00,359 --> 00:47:02,360 but I could see no other course to take. 543 00:47:03,529 --> 00:47:05,947 Naturally, the body couldn't remain in the bedroom. 544 00:47:09,827 --> 00:47:14,163 On the first night, Joe and I carried it out to the old mill house. 545 00:47:14,957 --> 00:47:17,333 We were followed by her pet spaniel 546 00:47:17,876 --> 00:47:20,711 which afterwards howled continually at the door. 547 00:47:21,588 --> 00:47:24,715 So I felt some safer place was needed. 548 00:47:28,720 --> 00:47:30,054 I got rid of the dog, 549 00:47:30,722 --> 00:47:33,391 and we carried Beatrice to the crypt of the church. 550 00:47:35,269 --> 00:47:37,645 It seemed to me to be no unworthy resting place 551 00:47:37,771 --> 00:47:42,066 if we put her for a time in the coffin of one of her husband's ancestors 552 00:47:43,068 --> 00:47:45,736 lying in what is still consecrated ground 553 00:47:47,406 --> 00:47:49,907 I paid my respects to her there every day. 554 00:48:45,172 --> 00:48:48,132 As to the old relics which we took from the coffin, 555 00:48:48,592 --> 00:48:50,301 Joe and I removed them. 556 00:48:50,844 --> 00:48:52,929 He descended from the bedroom at night, 557 00:48:53,805 --> 00:48:55,723 and burned them in the furnace. 558 00:49:00,687 --> 00:49:03,814 Was it necessarily to lay that monstrous trap? 559 00:49:04,483 --> 00:49:07,985 I was determined that no one should disturb my sister's rest. 560 00:49:09,571 --> 00:49:12,239 But how you suspected her death, I cannot imagine. 561 00:49:12,532 --> 00:49:16,661 Well, yesterday, when Miss Evans ordered the carriage to drive on, 562 00:49:17,663 --> 00:49:19,664 I concluded that she was afraid of something. 563 00:49:19,831 --> 00:49:23,417 I suspected that something was Jasper. 564 00:49:25,504 --> 00:49:28,005 Miss Evans knew that dogs do not make mistakes. 565 00:49:29,257 --> 00:49:31,342 He would have known that it wasn't his mistress. 566 00:49:32,052 --> 00:49:33,803 But we must leave all this for the police. 567 00:49:33,929 --> 00:49:35,012 But why? 568 00:49:36,014 --> 00:49:40,017 A day or two is all I need. Say nothing yet I beg of you. 569 00:49:40,811 --> 00:49:45,439 The race will have been run, and my nightmare might be over. 570 00:49:47,401 --> 00:49:49,652 I loved Beatrice with all my heart, 571 00:49:50,696 --> 00:49:52,655 and there was no indignity or irreverence. 572 00:49:52,781 --> 00:49:54,699 I don't feel I have wronged the dead. 573 00:49:56,410 --> 00:49:58,661 I realize that my motives were selfish, 574 00:50:00,038 --> 00:50:02,873 but my sister would not have wished to see me destroyed. 575 00:50:12,968 --> 00:50:15,302 That does not entitle you to break the law. 576 00:50:26,481 --> 00:50:27,898 Listen to this, Holmes. 577 00:50:29,276 --> 00:50:31,485 "Following the success of Shoscombe Prince" 578 00:50:31,611 --> 00:50:33,904 "in yesterday's Champion Stakes," 579 00:50:34,197 --> 00:50:40,244 "Sir Robert has received sufficient winnings to settle all his debts" 580 00:50:40,495 --> 00:50:44,081 "with enough left to reestablish him in a fair position in life." 581 00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,754 "However, the victory was marred" 582 00:50:49,921 --> 00:50:54,759 "by the sudden death of Sir Robert's sister, Lady Beatrice Folder-" 583 00:50:55,010 --> 00:50:58,721 "whose love of horses was at least as great as his own." 584 00:51:03,143 --> 00:51:05,436 "Even the elusive Samuel Brewer" 585 00:51:05,645 --> 00:51:08,105 "has returned from his hideaway in France" 586 00:51:08,231 --> 00:51:12,443 "to send a telegram of congratulations to Sir Robert on his win." 587 00:51:13,612 --> 00:51:16,530 It transpires that even creditors have their creditors. 588 00:51:17,157 --> 00:51:20,367 It explains why Samuel Brewer was so anxious to get his money back. 589 00:51:20,494 --> 00:51:25,372 But to send a telegram, such a bare faced hypocrisy. 590 00:51:26,917 --> 00:51:29,126 So how much did you win on Shoscombe Prince? 591 00:51:31,254 --> 00:51:32,296 Twenty guineas. 592 00:51:32,464 --> 00:51:33,714 That's disgraceful. 593 00:51:38,095 --> 00:51:39,970 Champagne, Mrs. Hudson? 594 00:51:40,472 --> 00:51:43,474 Of course, in the circumstances. 595 00:51:43,683 --> 00:51:46,477 Well, that's very good of you, but I've only won 20 guineas. 596 00:51:46,645 --> 00:51:48,479 Plus my ten. 597 00:51:49,564 --> 00:51:51,148 You're not the only one that likes a plunge 598 00:51:51,316 --> 00:51:53,776 on the horses from time to time, Doctor.