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In late Victorian London
lived many detectives
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who were the rivals
of Sherlock Holmes.
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[ Hooves clopping ]
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[ Man shouting indistinctly ]
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Parrot!
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Mrs. Chalmers arrived yet?
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PARROT:
No, sir.
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Well, when she comes,
you're to show her in directly.
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PARROT:
Yes, sir, at once.
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Ah, you got one, I see.
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Well, come in.
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Come in, man.
Let's have a look.
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[ Exhales ]
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Are you thinking of
taking up the sport, sir?
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DORRINGTON:
Whatever gave you that idea?
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Well, I'm told the exercise
is very beneficial, sir.
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Oh, to you, Farrish, that's just
a means of taking exercise.
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Well, that's the difference
between us.
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To me,
that ungainly-looking object
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is something on which fortunes
are made every day of the week!
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Look here.
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This -- or something very like
it, even its components --
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bought this man his yacht,
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that man his villa
in the south of France,
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made this young moron
a millionaire.
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Bigger fools than you, Farrish,
if such a concept's possible,
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have turned these things
into racehorses, titles,
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wealth beyond
the dreams of avarice.
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Prospectuses come thudding in
with every post.
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Why, you can't pick up
a newspaper these days
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without broken columns
screaming at you.
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Tires, bicycles -- I tell you,
they're the new gold rush.
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But caveat emptor, Farrish,
caveat emptor.
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Oh, quite, sir.
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I'm not your ordinary,
gullible member of the public.
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I'll see the goods, thank you,
before I'll commit.
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This, now -- to read about it,
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you'd think it was Mercury's
chariot, wouldn't you?
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"The Avalanche Bicycle and Tyre
Company Limited proudly present
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a new machine, a new champion,
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a brand-new opportunity
for you."
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And what's the truth, eh?
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A very mundane machine,
wouldn't you say?
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Apart from that
rather gaudy transfer,
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I can see nothing
to distinguish it.
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- [ Knock on door ]
- Well?
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Mrs. Chalmers.
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Ah, yes.
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You're handling an inquiry
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from the Indestructible
Bicycle Company, aren't you?
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That's right, sir, yes.
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Why have I not seen your report?
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Well, it's very small beer, sir.
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I just didn't think you'd
want to be bothered with it.
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Not for the first time,
Farrish --
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nor, I daresay, the last --
you're much mistaken.
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Have you delivered it
to the company yet?
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FARRISH:
Not yet, sir, no.
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Good. You will bring it to me
when I've seen Mrs. Chalmers,
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and I shall take it round
myself. Now, out, out.
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Farrish.
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Sir.
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I don't want my office
cluttered up with your junk.
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Kindly remove it!
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- Mr. Dorrington.
- Dear lady.
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- Have you been able to --
- Yes, yes.
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But sit down, please.
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[ Sighs ]
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It is so dreadful.
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Well, pray,
don't distress yourself.
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I cannot imagine how that man
got hold of my letters.
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He stole them.
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It's a nightmare.
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- Now happily...
- You mean --
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DORRINGTON:
...over.
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How can I ever thank you?
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To see your smile restored
is thanks enough.
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CHALMERS:
How did you manage it?
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I'm afraid I had to part
with money for them.
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Oh.
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Well, what does money matter
against my reputation?
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I hate to see
a blackmailer profit,
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but in the circumstances --
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If my husband had found out --
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Quite.
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How much?
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He wouldn't take
less than 200 guineas.
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I'd have paid double gladly.
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- You would?
- Gladly.
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Then there's the matter
of my fee.
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CHALMERS:
Of course.
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So, shall we say 300 guineas,
altogether?
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Will you take a check?
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I shall treasure it.
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Make it out "cash."
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To Dorrington and Hicks?
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Just Dorrington, if you please.
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In a matter of such delicacy,
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I deemed it best not even
to consult my partner.
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You're wonderfully discreet.
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One does one's best.
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- There.
- Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Without you,
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I could never have held up
my head in society again.
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Ah.
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I shall be indebted to you
for the rest of my life.
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Think nothing of it.
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Thank you.
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It has been a pleasure to deal
with you, Mr. Dorrington.
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Dear lady, the pleasure's mine.
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Believe me.
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[ Door closes ]
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Parrot!
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Cash this, and rather quickly,
would you,
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just in case she finds out
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that I stole those letters
from her tormentor.
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You mean you didn't
buy them back?!
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You're pulling faces, Parrot.
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The upshot is that I've rescued
a rather stupid woman
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from the consequences
of her folly,
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and we're both quite happy
about it.
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- [ Sighs heavily ]
- Parrot.
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Ask Farrish to come in,
would you?
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It may require
some explanation, sir,
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if you're not familiar
with the background.
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Oh, good, excellent.
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Come in.
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And be so good
as to close the door.
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So, sit down.
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Calm down.
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Here, have a cigar!
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Oh, thank you, sir.
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- I think I should --
- Shh!
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Yes, well,
that seems clear enough.
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Now tell me
about the background.
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Well, you see, sir,
the first development --
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My dear fellow,
I'm not about to embark
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upon the definitive history
of the wheel.
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So keep it brief
and to the point, will you?
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I merely need to know enough
not to appear a total ignoramus
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when I present this wholly
excellent report of yours
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to the chairman of the
Indestructible Bicycle Company,
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Mr. Paul Mallows.
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Well, this is first-rate.
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Admirable, if I may say so.
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It's clear, concise,
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and tells us just exactly
what we want to know.
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I'm only sorry
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Mr. Mallows wasn't here
to thank you in person.
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DORRINGTON:
Oh, don't say that.
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No, I mean, after you taking
all the trouble
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of coming round here personally.
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Well,
if Mr. Mallows had been in,
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I shouldn't have had
the pleasure of meeting you.
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Well, that's uncommonly handsome
of you.
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Do you?
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Oh, thank you!
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I say!
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That's a handsome case.
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Mm, yes, yes.
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It's a present from a grateful
client -- Faberg�, I believe.
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Ooh, he must have been grateful.
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Oh, he had reason to be,
I assure you.
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I don't think I've seen
this brand before.
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I'd be very vexed if you had.
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They're exclusively imported,
specially rolled for me.
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Well, if you're going to do
things, really indulge yourself,
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there's no sense in doing it
by halves.
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[ Coughs ]
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Slightly fuller leaf
than the general run of Havanas.
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To your liking?
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Oh, yes, indeed.
Very good.
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Good. A little ostentatious
for my taste.
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There it is.
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You know, it's one of
the anomalies of life
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that you can't get a small cigar
which will draw well.
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Ralph, I --
Oh, I beg your pardon.
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I thought you were alone.
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I've just ripped my finger
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against the handle
of my brougham door.
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The screw sticks out.
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Have you a piece
of sticking plaster?
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Well,
here is some court plaster.
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I always carry some.
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It's handier than ordinary
sticking plaster.
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How much do you want?
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Oh, thanks, just an inch or so.
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Ah.
Oh, here you go.
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- There.
- Ah.
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- Oh, allow me.
- Oh.
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Ah.
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Oh, this is Mr. Dorrington of
Messrs. Dorrington and Hicks.
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Mr. Dorrington, our chairman,
Mr. Paul Mallows.
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Oh, sir, I -- uh --
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How do you do?
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[ Laughter ]
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There.
Quite comfortable?
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Thank you, thank you.
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There's a moral in it, you know?
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The bicycle's the safest thing,
after all.
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Dangerous things,
these broughams.
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Ah, you younger men,
you younger men --
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you can afford to be active.
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We elders --
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Can afford a brougham, huh?
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Just so.
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[ Both laugh ]
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Oh, the bicycle does it all.
A wonderful thing, the bicycle.
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[ Laughing ]
Yes.
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You know, Mr. Dorrington's
been kind enough
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to look into that patent
business for us himself.
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Indeed?
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And very thoroughly,
if I may say so.
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Oh, that's very good of you.
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Well, it's the least I could do.
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After all, at the end of the
day, a truly personal service
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is all we can offer that gives
us the edge over our rivals.
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Oh, well, I wouldn't put it
so bluntly,
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but there's something in that.
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All the same, for the senior
partner of a firm such as yours
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to have taken all this trouble
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over what, to you, must be
a relatively trivial matter.
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If the mountain doesn't come
to Muhammad sometimes,
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well, Muhammad might stop
coming to the mountain,
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and then where would we be?
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Quite so, Mr. Dorrington.
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Well, I am extremely obliged by
your careful personal attention
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to this matter of the patent,
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but we may leave it
with Mr. Stedman now, I think.
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In good hands, I'm sure.
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Oh!
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No doubt you will let us have
a note of your firm's charges?
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- In due course.
- Then good day to you, sir.
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And I hope soon to have
the pleasure
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of doing business
with you again.
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DORRINGTON:
So do I, Mr. Mallows.
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Take care of that finger,
won't you?
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Be careful the plaster
doesn't fray,
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when washing your hands,
for instance.
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Ah.
[ Laughs ]
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[ Chuckles ]
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Well...
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Yes, I must be off, too.
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STEDMAN:
Oh, where are you going?
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I mean, I thought perhaps
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we could go part of the way
together.
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Well, why not accompany me?
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It'll do you nothing but good,
I assure you.
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I wouldn't have thought
you went in for this.
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Oh, yes, in my line of country,
one needs to keep in shape.
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I expect you do most of the work
in that office of yours?
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Oh, I wouldn't say that.
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Well, you don't have to.
255
00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:53,324
Mr. Mallows is very highly
regarded in the trade.
256
00:12:53,358 --> 00:12:54,774
Oh, I don't doubt that.
257
00:12:54,808 --> 00:12:56,465
After all, yours is a very
well-established company.
258
00:12:56,499 --> 00:12:57,811
Oh, rather.
259
00:12:57,846 --> 00:13:00,124
Yes, we've been in the
front rank now for, oh --
260
00:13:00,158 --> 00:13:01,919
getting on for 20 years,
I suppose.
261
00:13:01,953 --> 00:13:03,748
- That's quite something.
- Oh, indeed, it is.
262
00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:05,336
Especially with the competition
getting stiffer every year.
263
00:13:05,370 --> 00:13:06,682
Oh, believe me, I didn't mean
264
00:13:06,716 --> 00:13:08,580
to criticize your founder
and chairman.
265
00:13:08,615 --> 00:13:11,825
No, I merely meant that
I imagine he must be content
266
00:13:11,860 --> 00:13:13,827
to be something of a figurehead
these days,
267
00:13:13,862 --> 00:13:15,829
putting a good deal of
the day-to-day responsibility
268
00:13:15,864 --> 00:13:18,038
onto younger heads and
shoulders, I shouldn't wonder.
269
00:13:18,073 --> 00:13:19,557
Well...
270
00:13:19,591 --> 00:13:21,145
Oh, come, Mr. Stedman,
your loyalty does you credit.
271
00:13:21,179 --> 00:13:22,491
I like you the better for it,
272
00:13:22,525 --> 00:13:24,527
but I've knocked about a bit,
you know?
273
00:13:24,562 --> 00:13:28,980
I flatter myself I'm a fair
judge of man, and well.
274
00:13:29,015 --> 00:13:33,364
Well, I won't pretend
I'm not flattered.
275
00:13:33,398 --> 00:13:34,917
But I owe a great deal
to Mr. Mallows.
276
00:13:34,952 --> 00:13:36,091
Oh, I don't doubt it.
277
00:13:36,125 --> 00:13:37,575
He gave me my first job,
you know.
278
00:13:37,609 --> 00:13:39,059
Really?
What did you do before?
279
00:13:39,094 --> 00:13:41,337
Well...
280
00:13:41,372 --> 00:13:43,305
I used to race a bit.
281
00:13:43,339 --> 00:13:46,342
Of course!
I knew the name was familiar.
282
00:13:46,377 --> 00:13:47,827
Oh, do you follow it?
283
00:13:47,861 --> 00:13:49,345
Yes, I was very keen.
As a matter of fact, I still am.
284
00:13:49,380 --> 00:13:50,830
You made quite a name
for yourself, didn't you?
285
00:13:50,864 --> 00:13:52,521
Oh, well, I was never really
in the top rank.
286
00:13:52,555 --> 00:13:54,626
All the same, yes,
it's coming back to me now.
287
00:13:54,661 --> 00:13:57,250
It was a long time ago.
288
00:13:57,284 --> 00:13:59,079
Cycle racing's
a young man's sport.
289
00:13:59,114 --> 00:14:01,116
Oh, come, you're not that long
in the tooth.
290
00:14:01,150 --> 00:14:03,946
Well, perhaps not.
291
00:14:03,981 --> 00:14:05,465
Might have been different
292
00:14:05,499 --> 00:14:07,881
if I thought I was gonna be
a world-beater.
293
00:14:07,916 --> 00:14:10,746
As it was, I chucked it in,
oh, three years ago,
294
00:14:10,780 --> 00:14:12,196
which is when Mr. Mallows
took me on.
295
00:14:12,230 --> 00:14:13,438
I used to ride for him, you see.
296
00:14:13,473 --> 00:14:16,407
And now you're secretary
of the company.
297
00:14:16,441 --> 00:14:20,549
Not such a bad judge of men,
am I, after all?
298
00:14:20,583 --> 00:14:22,275
Oh.
299
00:14:24,725 --> 00:14:28,488
Tell me, what do you know
about the Avalanche Company?
300
00:14:28,522 --> 00:14:30,041
STEDMAN:
They're going public on Monday.
301
00:14:30,076 --> 00:14:31,698
Yes, making quite a splash
about it, too.
302
00:14:31,732 --> 00:14:33,734
I had a copy of their prospectus
in the post this morning.
303
00:14:33,769 --> 00:14:35,219
You and everyone else in town.
304
00:14:35,253 --> 00:14:36,979
You don't think it's all
it's cracked up to be, perhaps?
305
00:14:37,014 --> 00:14:39,395
Well, I can't say.
306
00:14:39,430 --> 00:14:41,639
And of course I don't like
to knock a competitor.
307
00:14:41,673 --> 00:14:43,848
But they seem to have got
a business together in no time.
308
00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:44,987
And that's bad?
309
00:14:45,022 --> 00:14:46,886
They want a rare lot of capital.
310
00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,128
[ Grunts lightly ]
311
00:14:48,163 --> 00:14:49,302
And then that prospectus --
312
00:14:49,336 --> 00:14:50,820
I can't say I was very impressed
313
00:14:50,855 --> 00:14:52,753
with the noble lords
who had lent their names to it.
314
00:14:52,788 --> 00:14:54,755
Yeah, well,
that's just window dressing.
315
00:14:54,790 --> 00:14:57,034
Yes. You'll know more about this
than I would,
316
00:14:57,068 --> 00:14:58,932
but I should imagine
the technical people there
317
00:14:58,967 --> 00:15:00,382
know their job.
318
00:15:00,416 --> 00:15:01,797
Oh, well, I've been
in this business a long time
319
00:15:01,831 --> 00:15:02,936
one way and another,
320
00:15:02,971 --> 00:15:03,903
and I've never heard
of any of them before.
321
00:15:03,937 --> 00:15:05,076
Is that so?
322
00:15:05,111 --> 00:15:06,664
I'll tell you the thing
that surprised me --
323
00:15:06,698 --> 00:15:08,528
those works in Exeter
they advertise.
324
00:15:08,562 --> 00:15:10,979
Well, it's a charming place,
the cathedral especially,
325
00:15:11,013 --> 00:15:12,670
and splendid fishing, too,
326
00:15:12,704 --> 00:15:14,983
but I'd never thought of it as
being a hub of the cycle trade,
327
00:15:15,017 --> 00:15:16,467
if you'll forgive the pun.
328
00:15:16,501 --> 00:15:17,675
[ Both laugh ]
329
00:15:17,709 --> 00:15:19,159
Well,
it hasn't been up till now.
330
00:15:19,194 --> 00:15:21,644
So you wouldn't recommend
your friends to plunge in, eh?
331
00:15:21,679 --> 00:15:22,818
Just so.
332
00:15:22,852 --> 00:15:24,613
Oh, they'll get their capital,
most of it.
333
00:15:24,647 --> 00:15:27,064
Almost any cycle or tire company
can get subscribed just now,
334
00:15:27,098 --> 00:15:28,893
and this Avalanche affair
is both.
335
00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:30,239
And well-advertised.
336
00:15:30,274 --> 00:15:31,827
Well, you know.
337
00:15:31,861 --> 00:15:33,967
The lads pulled up a couple
of races on their machines,
338
00:15:34,002 --> 00:15:35,865
and they've been booming it
for all they're worth.
339
00:15:35,900 --> 00:15:37,729
If they could screw him up
to beat our man Gillet
340
00:15:37,764 --> 00:15:39,179
and win the 50-mile race
on Saturday,
341
00:15:39,214 --> 00:15:40,387
that'd give them a boost.
342
00:15:40,422 --> 00:15:41,837
And just at the right moment,
too.
343
00:15:41,871 --> 00:15:43,666
Yeah, it won't happen, though,
barring accidents.
344
00:15:43,701 --> 00:15:45,634
Gillet's never been beaten
over that distance.
345
00:15:45,668 --> 00:15:47,049
Lant will give him a run
for his money.
346
00:15:47,084 --> 00:15:48,602
It'll be a race worth watching,
I can tell you.
347
00:15:48,637 --> 00:15:50,846
I should like to see it.
348
00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:52,952
Oh, well, why don't you?
349
00:15:52,986 --> 00:15:54,298
Be my guest.
350
00:15:54,332 --> 00:15:56,438
- Work permitting.
- Oh, of course.
351
00:15:56,472 --> 00:15:59,579
- But think about it, do.
- I shall.
352
00:15:59,613 --> 00:16:02,064
In fact, perhaps you'd care
to run down to our track
353
00:16:02,099 --> 00:16:04,618
after dinner this evening
and watch Gillet training.
354
00:16:04,653 --> 00:16:07,587
Awfully interesting with all the
pacing machinery and everything.
355
00:16:07,621 --> 00:16:09,520
What a delightful idea.
Look, I'll tell you what --
356
00:16:09,554 --> 00:16:10,900
why don't you have dinner
with me
357
00:16:10,935 --> 00:16:12,419
and then we can both run out
there together?
358
00:16:12,454 --> 00:16:13,420
STEDMAN:
Oh, no.
359
00:16:13,455 --> 00:16:14,421
As you please.
360
00:16:14,456 --> 00:16:16,009
Oh, it's not that.
361
00:16:16,044 --> 00:16:18,529
It's just -- Well, I didn't
mean to suggest imposing on you.
362
00:16:18,563 --> 00:16:19,944
Well, you didn't, did you?
363
00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:22,119
Shall we say the Garrick
at about 6:00?
364
00:16:22,153 --> 00:16:23,499
STEDMAN:
Well, if you're sure.
365
00:16:23,534 --> 00:16:24,949
There, that's settled.
I look forward to it.
366
00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:27,779
I say, that really is
awfully decent of you.
367
00:16:27,814 --> 00:16:29,989
My pleasure.
368
00:16:35,856 --> 00:16:39,308
Hey, look, here -- you mustn't
overdo this, you know,
369
00:16:39,343 --> 00:16:41,655
not if you're out of practice.
370
00:16:41,690 --> 00:16:43,588
No.
[ Chuckles ]
371
00:16:43,623 --> 00:16:46,591
I think I'll go
and have a shower.
372
00:17:01,710 --> 00:17:03,436
Splendid dinner.
373
00:17:03,470 --> 00:17:06,577
Yes, not bad, as club food goes.
374
00:17:06,611 --> 00:17:09,407
I was mighty impressed.
375
00:17:09,442 --> 00:17:11,754
It does smack of the mausoleum
at times,
376
00:17:11,789 --> 00:17:14,378
but one can't help have
an affection for the place.
377
00:17:14,412 --> 00:17:15,379
[ Chuckles ]
378
00:17:15,413 --> 00:17:17,484
[ Hooves clopping ]
379
00:17:17,519 --> 00:17:19,831
You know, I really think I could
develop a taste for these.
380
00:17:19,866 --> 00:17:20,867
Well, why not?
381
00:17:20,901 --> 00:17:22,420
Well, I can't afford it,
for one thing.
382
00:17:22,455 --> 00:17:24,250
Well, you will be able to.
I'm confident of it.
383
00:17:24,284 --> 00:17:25,665
I wish I were.
384
00:17:25,699 --> 00:17:28,047
Meanwhile, you must allow me
to send you a box.
385
00:17:28,081 --> 00:17:32,189
Oh, dear, you must think
I'm a fearful scrounger.
386
00:17:32,223 --> 00:17:33,983
- Stuff and nonsense!
- I only meant --
387
00:17:34,018 --> 00:17:35,985
No, I insist.
Now, there's an end to it.
388
00:17:36,020 --> 00:17:38,022
Well, that's very kind of you.
389
00:17:40,128 --> 00:17:42,958
So, you don't think
the Avalanche good business
390
00:17:42,992 --> 00:17:44,235
as an investment, eh?
391
00:17:44,270 --> 00:17:45,823
No, no, no,
don't -- don't touch it.
392
00:17:45,857 --> 00:17:47,031
There are better things than
that coming along presently.
393
00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:48,998
I should like to know them.
394
00:17:49,447 --> 00:17:51,622
Oh, well, perhaps I can put you
in for something,
395
00:17:51,656 --> 00:17:52,830
you know, a bit later.
396
00:17:52,864 --> 00:17:53,900
That's very good of you.
397
00:17:53,934 --> 00:17:56,109
But don't be in a hurry.
That's my advice.
398
00:17:56,144 --> 00:17:58,698
What is it exactly you don't
like about this Avalanche issue?
399
00:17:58,732 --> 00:18:00,009
[ Sighs ]
400
00:18:00,044 --> 00:18:02,702
Well, there's too much booming
being done just now.
401
00:18:02,736 --> 00:18:03,703
Booming.
402
00:18:03,737 --> 00:18:05,153
Yeah, all sorts of rumors,
you know,
403
00:18:05,187 --> 00:18:07,051
of their having something
up their sleeve.
404
00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:09,364
Mysterious hints in the papers
and all that,
405
00:18:09,398 --> 00:18:12,160
as to sensational
and revolutionary developments
406
00:18:12,194 --> 00:18:13,851
which they have in hand.
407
00:18:13,885 --> 00:18:15,749
And they're not true?
408
00:18:15,784 --> 00:18:18,407
Oh, perhaps.
Perhaps not.
409
00:18:18,442 --> 00:18:21,238
[ Birds chirping ]
410
00:18:29,936 --> 00:18:32,904
[ Hooves clopping ]
411
00:18:38,738 --> 00:18:40,257
Ah, here we are.
412
00:18:40,291 --> 00:18:42,707
- Oh, after you.
- Oh, no, after you.
413
00:18:42,742 --> 00:18:43,743
Here, cabby!
414
00:18:43,777 --> 00:18:44,882
Oh, let me.
415
00:18:44,916 --> 00:18:46,711
Oh, it's done now.
416
00:18:46,746 --> 00:18:48,023
Keep the change!
417
00:18:48,057 --> 00:18:49,576
[ Chuckles ]
418
00:19:04,281 --> 00:19:05,903
Those are the pacers.
419
00:19:05,937 --> 00:19:07,284
Five against one, eh?
420
00:19:07,318 --> 00:19:08,906
Seems a trifle unfair
on your man.
421
00:19:08,940 --> 00:19:09,976
Oh, it's not a race.
422
00:19:10,010 --> 00:19:12,565
You'll see how it works
when they start.
423
00:19:12,599 --> 00:19:14,049
Hello!
424
00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:19,365
Gentlemen,
may I introduce my guest,
425
00:19:19,399 --> 00:19:22,057
Mr. Horace Dorrington
of Dorrington and Hicks?
426
00:19:22,091 --> 00:19:23,645
- Good evening.
- Evening.
427
00:19:23,679 --> 00:19:25,129
STEDMAN: This is Johnny Fielder,
our groundsman and trainer...
428
00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:26,303
Good evening to you.
429
00:19:26,337 --> 00:19:27,856
Pleased to meet you, I'm sure.
430
00:19:27,890 --> 00:19:29,064
...and Robin Sparks,
431
00:19:29,098 --> 00:19:30,893
the sporting correspondent
on the Gazette.
432
00:19:30,928 --> 00:19:32,412
Hello, old man.
433
00:19:34,138 --> 00:19:35,588
Good evening, young man.
434
00:19:35,622 --> 00:19:38,211
STEDMAN: And Arthur Barratt
of the Cyclists' Union.
435
00:19:38,246 --> 00:19:39,247
How do you do?
436
00:19:39,281 --> 00:19:40,696
Come to see fair play, eh?
437
00:19:40,731 --> 00:19:42,802
Well, there are rules
and regulations, you know.
438
00:19:42,836 --> 00:19:45,460
Ha! Don't be such
a stuffed shirt, Arthur.
439
00:19:45,494 --> 00:19:47,565
"Arthur," indeed.
Young pup.
440
00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,258
Yes, he does seem to be
the embodiment of the adage
441
00:19:50,292 --> 00:19:52,398
that the fact
that they'll grow out of it
442
00:19:52,432 --> 00:19:54,676
is all there is to say
in favor of some youths.
443
00:19:54,710 --> 00:19:55,987
[ Laughter ]
444
00:19:56,022 --> 00:19:57,748
Where is the great Gillet?
445
00:19:57,782 --> 00:20:00,475
Demonstrating the fact
that he is the great Gillet.
446
00:20:00,509 --> 00:20:02,960
Yes, keeping us hanging about
here half the night.
447
00:20:02,994 --> 00:20:04,099
Well, he won't be
exercising tomorrow.
448
00:20:04,133 --> 00:20:05,100
Thank God.
449
00:20:05,134 --> 00:20:06,515
This will be his last real spin.
450
00:20:06,550 --> 00:20:08,345
He'll be resting up tomorrow
for Saturday's race.
451
00:20:08,379 --> 00:20:09,794
MALLOWS:
That'll do. That'll do!
452
00:20:09,829 --> 00:20:11,555
Hello.
Here comes the governor.
453
00:20:11,589 --> 00:20:13,591
He doesn't often come down here
these days.
454
00:20:13,626 --> 00:20:14,696
- Ah, Fielder.
- Sir.
455
00:20:14,730 --> 00:20:15,800
- Arthur.
- Paul.
456
00:20:15,835 --> 00:20:16,939
Now, let me see.
457
00:20:16,974 --> 00:20:19,494
Mr. Sparks, isn't it,
from the Gazette?
458
00:20:19,528 --> 00:20:20,805
That's right.
459
00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:22,462
Still keeping an eye
on the old firm, are you?
460
00:20:22,497 --> 00:20:24,119
Well, I only asked.
461
00:20:24,153 --> 00:20:25,465
- Hello, my boy.
- Evening, sir.
462
00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:27,571
You remember Mr. Dorrington,
don't you, sir?
463
00:20:28,192 --> 00:20:29,573
Yes, indeed.
464
00:20:29,607 --> 00:20:32,265
Mr. Stedman was kind enough
to invite me down
465
00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:33,991
to watch your man in training.
466
00:20:34,025 --> 00:20:35,130
MALLOWS:
Good.
467
00:20:35,164 --> 00:20:36,165
You don't object?
468
00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,512
Well, no, why on earth should I?
469
00:20:37,546 --> 00:20:39,410
On the contrary,
I hope you find it interesting.
470
00:20:39,445 --> 00:20:40,825
DORRINGTON:
Thank you.
471
00:20:40,860 --> 00:20:42,758
You don't need any more
court plaster, do you?
472
00:20:42,793 --> 00:20:44,519
[ Laughter ]
473
00:20:44,553 --> 00:20:45,796
Oh, no, thank you.
474
00:20:45,830 --> 00:20:48,247
It seems to be standing up
remarkably well.
475
00:20:48,281 --> 00:20:50,594
Well, what are we waiting for,
hmm?
476
00:20:50,628 --> 00:20:52,251
Oh, it's the usual, sir.
477
00:20:52,285 --> 00:20:53,493
Oh, dear me.
478
00:20:53,528 --> 00:20:56,324
Well, the man is an artist
in his own field.
479
00:20:56,358 --> 00:20:58,187
I suppose we have to bear
480
00:20:58,222 --> 00:21:01,812
with these occasional displays
of temperament, hmm?
481
00:21:01,846 --> 00:21:03,779
Occasional?
482
00:21:03,814 --> 00:21:06,092
- That's all he knows.
- Now, then. Now, then.
483
00:21:06,126 --> 00:21:07,611
- Well, if you want my opinion --
- We'll ask for it.
484
00:21:07,645 --> 00:21:09,026
When it comes to bitching,
485
00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:11,649
the sporting fraternity
leave actresses standing.
486
00:21:11,684 --> 00:21:13,030
Only, in my experience,
487
00:21:13,064 --> 00:21:15,239
outdistanced by the gentlemen
of the press.
488
00:21:15,274 --> 00:21:17,414
- [ Laughter ]
- Thanks very much.
489
00:21:17,448 --> 00:21:19,657
I say.
That was telling him.
490
00:21:19,692 --> 00:21:23,040
Ah. At last.
491
00:21:23,074 --> 00:21:26,043
Let's have you on your marks,
then, lads.
492
00:21:29,218 --> 00:21:31,531
Well, well,
if it isn't the governor.
493
00:21:31,566 --> 00:21:33,775
We don't often see you
slumming these days.
494
00:21:33,809 --> 00:21:35,570
Protecting your investment,
are you?
495
00:21:35,604 --> 00:21:36,674
Or couldn't you sleep?
496
00:21:36,709 --> 00:21:38,193
A simple gesture of solidarity.
497
00:21:38,227 --> 00:21:40,506
I tell you one thing --
I'll be in to see you on Monday,
498
00:21:40,540 --> 00:21:42,749
and we'll have a little chat
about upping my retainer
499
00:21:42,784 --> 00:21:44,199
when I've broken
the 50-mile record.
500
00:21:44,233 --> 00:21:45,200
No messing about.
501
00:21:45,234 --> 00:21:47,754
- Hello, Sparkie.
- Cheers.
502
00:21:47,789 --> 00:21:49,411
What are you doing down here?
503
00:21:49,446 --> 00:21:51,240
Come to write your story of how
I won the big race in advance?
504
00:21:51,275 --> 00:21:54,485
I'll do that when I've seen you
first past the post on Saturday.
505
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:56,073
What do you think I'm gonna do,
fall off?
506
00:21:56,107 --> 00:21:57,695
[ Laughter ]
507
00:21:57,730 --> 00:22:00,215
This is Mr. Horace Dorrington,
of Dorrington and Hicks, Frank.
508
00:22:00,249 --> 00:22:02,597
- Is it, now?
- How do you do?
509
00:22:02,631 --> 00:22:04,564
Well, I can't hang about here,
chatting, can I?
510
00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:07,878
Here, catch.
511
00:22:07,912 --> 00:22:09,397
Well, let's have it, then.
512
00:22:09,431 --> 00:22:11,399
[ Clears throat ]
513
00:22:11,433 --> 00:22:14,574
Bleeding prima donna.
514
00:22:14,609 --> 00:22:17,336
- Are you right, then?
- Right.
515
00:22:17,370 --> 00:22:19,441
[ Whistle blows ]
516
00:22:29,244 --> 00:22:32,040
Speed him up on the tandem!
517
00:22:48,574 --> 00:22:49,954
Right! Drop back now!
518
00:22:49,989 --> 00:22:52,750
Take over the lead
on the second tandem!
519
00:22:52,785 --> 00:22:56,340
Change! Faster!
520
00:23:01,725 --> 00:23:03,002
Change again!
521
00:23:03,036 --> 00:23:06,177
Come on! You're not paid
to sit there freewheeling!
522
00:23:06,212 --> 00:23:09,008
Faster!
Faster, I said!
523
00:23:12,356 --> 00:23:13,461
Look at that action.
524
00:23:13,495 --> 00:23:15,221
You've got to hand it to him.
525
00:23:15,255 --> 00:23:17,119
Not an ounce of power
wasted there.
526
00:23:17,154 --> 00:23:18,880
Did you ever see
more regular ankle work?
527
00:23:18,914 --> 00:23:20,744
Did anyone ever sit a machine
quite so well?
528
00:23:20,778 --> 00:23:22,608
There's not a movement
anywhere above the hips.
529
00:23:22,642 --> 00:23:26,405
Oh, it's a wonderful style,
a wonderful style, really!
530
00:23:29,822 --> 00:23:30,961
You see that?
531
00:23:30,995 --> 00:23:32,445
- By jingo!
- Hey, fantastic!
532
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,033
No one can get near him!
533
00:23:34,067 --> 00:23:35,586
I hate the bastard!
534
00:23:35,621 --> 00:23:37,139
But he does ride like an angel.
I've got to admit that.
535
00:23:37,174 --> 00:23:38,382
You think he'll win on Saturday,
then?
536
00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:40,177
- Win?
- He'll waltz it!
537
00:23:40,211 --> 00:23:43,456
And God help us the airs and
graces he'll treat us to then,
538
00:23:43,491 --> 00:23:44,733
the swine that he is.
539
00:23:45,562 --> 00:23:47,909
Come on, now!
Let's see you race!
540
00:23:47,943 --> 00:23:49,773
No more doodling about!
541
00:23:49,807 --> 00:23:52,396
Race, I say!
542
00:23:55,813 --> 00:23:57,090
[ Spectators screaming ]
543
00:23:57,125 --> 00:23:58,644
That's torn it!
544
00:24:05,961 --> 00:24:07,238
You all right, lads?
545
00:24:07,273 --> 00:24:09,137
His arm's broken -- badly, too,
or I'm a Dutchman.
546
00:24:09,171 --> 00:24:10,414
That's him
out of Saturday's race.
547
00:24:10,449 --> 00:24:11,484
How did it happen?
548
00:24:13,900 --> 00:24:16,938
If I knew who'd done this,
I'd pulp him to bits with it.
549
00:24:16,972 --> 00:24:19,354
It couldn't be an accident,
I suppose.
550
00:24:19,388 --> 00:24:21,045
Accident?
Use your wits!
551
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,082
A man doesn't put a chair
on a track in the dark
552
00:24:23,116 --> 00:24:24,980
and leave it there by accident.
553
00:24:25,015 --> 00:24:26,499
Here, Fielder, lock the gates.
554
00:24:26,534 --> 00:24:28,087
Then run and fetch the surgeon
while we see who's about.
555
00:24:28,121 --> 00:24:29,640
Good thinking, Ralph.
556
00:24:29,675 --> 00:24:31,504
Now, look, I want every corner
of these grounds searched.
557
00:24:31,539 --> 00:24:32,609
- Right.
- Come on.
558
00:24:33,955 --> 00:24:36,820
MALLOWS: Well, Mr. Dorrington,
you're a detective.
559
00:24:36,854 --> 00:24:40,202
I will give �50 gladly --
more, �100 --
560
00:24:40,237 --> 00:24:43,033
to anyone who will find out who
put that chair on that track.
561
00:24:43,067 --> 00:24:45,311
It might have ended in murder.
562
00:24:45,345 --> 00:24:47,278
Some wretched bookmaker,
I shouldn't wonder,
563
00:24:47,313 --> 00:24:49,108
who's taken too many bets
on Gillet.
564
00:24:49,142 --> 00:24:50,972
As I've said a thousand times,
565
00:24:51,006 --> 00:24:53,940
betting nowadays
is the curse of all sport.
566
00:24:53,975 --> 00:24:56,529
[ Indistinct conversations ]
567
00:24:56,564 --> 00:24:58,048
Has he said it a thousand times?
568
00:24:58,082 --> 00:24:59,636
At least.
569
00:24:59,670 --> 00:25:01,948
He's got a bee in his bonnet
about betting and bookmakers.
570
00:25:08,852 --> 00:25:11,510
What do you think?
571
00:25:11,544 --> 00:25:13,373
Well, I'm damned sure,
between you and me,
572
00:25:13,408 --> 00:25:15,444
that the Avalanche people
have had a hand in this.
573
00:25:15,479 --> 00:25:17,067
It stands to reason.
574
00:25:17,101 --> 00:25:18,482
I mean, there's precious little
betting done on cycle races.
575
00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:20,035
There might be a bit on the day,
576
00:25:20,070 --> 00:25:21,761
but I've never heard of anyone
making a heavy book first.
577
00:25:21,796 --> 00:25:24,281
Whereas the Avalanche people
are playing for high stakes.
578
00:25:24,315 --> 00:25:26,110
That's right.
579
00:25:26,145 --> 00:25:28,147
The 50-mile record's due to go.
It's fairly low.
580
00:25:28,181 --> 00:25:29,493
And with Gillet out of the way,
581
00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:31,046
Lant will be set-fair to win
and break it.
582
00:25:31,081 --> 00:25:33,428
Which won't do them any harm
on the very eve of going public.
583
00:25:33,462 --> 00:25:35,050
Can't you just see it?
584
00:25:35,085 --> 00:25:37,259
I mean, here's a man who's been
in the bottom rank till now,
585
00:25:37,294 --> 00:25:38,985
and, suddenly,
on one of their machines,
586
00:25:39,020 --> 00:25:40,469
he not only wins
the 50-mile race
587
00:25:40,504 --> 00:25:41,609
but breaks the world record.
588
00:25:41,643 --> 00:25:43,438
It'll be worth thousands
to them,
589
00:25:43,472 --> 00:25:45,267
and not just
for the first issue, either.
590
00:25:45,302 --> 00:25:46,924
I don't follow you.
591
00:25:46,959 --> 00:25:48,270
Well, don't you see?
592
00:25:48,305 --> 00:25:49,582
With Gillet out of the way
for the rest of the season,
593
00:25:49,617 --> 00:25:51,273
Lant will have the field
to himself
594
00:25:51,308 --> 00:25:52,999
on anything over 10 miles,
at any rate.
595
00:25:53,034 --> 00:25:54,863
Their shares will soar.
596
00:25:54,898 --> 00:25:58,039
And someone will make a pretty
profit on trading in them.
597
00:25:58,073 --> 00:26:01,525
Oh, I tell you -- to me, this
whole thing's bloody suspicious.
598
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,423
Could you find me a lantern?
599
00:26:03,458 --> 00:26:05,356
Well, I should think so.
Why?
600
00:26:05,391 --> 00:26:07,289
I'd just like to check
the scene of the crime,
601
00:26:07,324 --> 00:26:08,497
now there's no one about.
602
00:26:08,532 --> 00:26:10,948
After the governor's �100,
are you?
603
00:26:10,983 --> 00:26:14,020
Oh, that's not important.
604
00:26:14,055 --> 00:26:15,850
But if I can do you a good turn,
who knows?
605
00:26:15,884 --> 00:26:17,886
One day you may be in a position
to do me one.
606
00:26:20,337 --> 00:26:21,407
Hang on a moment.
607
00:26:25,825 --> 00:26:26,792
Here.
608
00:26:26,826 --> 00:26:29,208
Thanks.
609
00:26:29,242 --> 00:26:30,692
Oh, that's the surgeon.
610
00:26:30,727 --> 00:26:32,487
How is he?
611
00:26:32,521 --> 00:26:35,041
Well, no change yet.
He's beginning to come round.
612
00:26:35,076 --> 00:26:39,011
[ Indistinct conversations ]
613
00:27:01,999 --> 00:27:02,966
Yes, it's a...
614
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,795
[ Indistinct conversations ]
615
00:27:04,830 --> 00:27:06,452
Find anything?
616
00:27:06,486 --> 00:27:08,523
Nothing to speak of.
617
00:27:08,557 --> 00:27:09,904
Well, I'll tell you one thing.
618
00:27:09,938 --> 00:27:11,975
It must have been the work
of an outsider.
619
00:27:12,009 --> 00:27:13,321
What makes you think so?
620
00:27:13,355 --> 00:27:15,668
Well, Arthur Barratt's
above suspicion.
621
00:27:15,703 --> 00:27:16,911
And Sparks?
622
00:27:16,945 --> 00:27:18,533
What would he get out of doing
a thing like that?
623
00:27:18,567 --> 00:27:20,604
A story.
624
00:27:22,123 --> 00:27:23,607
Well, I know he's ambitious,
625
00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:25,954
but you don't seriously think
he'd go to those lengths?
626
00:27:25,989 --> 00:27:28,923
It's my way, Ralph --
if I may call you that --
627
00:27:28,957 --> 00:27:33,203
to proceed into the probable by
way of examining the possible.
628
00:27:33,237 --> 00:27:37,621
Well, I must say it strikes me
as a bit improbable.
629
00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:38,967
Mm?
630
00:27:39,002 --> 00:27:40,313
But everyone else in this room
631
00:27:40,348 --> 00:27:41,867
is directly interested
in Gillet's welfare.
632
00:27:41,901 --> 00:27:44,214
Apparently.
633
00:27:44,248 --> 00:27:47,389
Well, that's that.
Compound fracture.
634
00:27:47,424 --> 00:27:49,633
Our man won't be riding again
this season.
635
00:27:50,945 --> 00:27:52,049
Do you remember what I said
636
00:27:52,084 --> 00:27:53,637
about rewarding anyone
who could discover
637
00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:55,708
the perpetrator of this outrage,
Mr. Dorrington?
638
00:27:55,743 --> 00:27:57,192
DORRINGTON:
Yes, sir.
639
00:27:57,227 --> 00:27:59,160
Well, I was excited at the time,
but I quite hold to it.
640
00:27:59,194 --> 00:28:00,402
This is a shameful business.
641
00:28:00,437 --> 00:28:01,852
DORRINGTON:
Oh, indeed it is.
642
00:28:01,887 --> 00:28:05,407
I hear you've been looking
about the grounds.
643
00:28:05,442 --> 00:28:06,857
Did you perhaps find anything?
644
00:28:06,892 --> 00:28:08,997
Nothing very much in the way
of clues, I'm afraid,
645
00:28:09,032 --> 00:28:10,274
but I'll think about it.
646
00:28:10,309 --> 00:28:11,482
Oh, please do.
647
00:28:11,517 --> 00:28:12,967
Nothing would give me
greater pleasure
648
00:28:13,001 --> 00:28:14,520
than to pay you that reward.
649
00:28:14,554 --> 00:28:16,315
I beg you not to rest
until you've found the culprit.
650
00:28:16,349 --> 00:28:17,834
My hand on it.
651
00:28:19,111 --> 00:28:20,940
Well, now, if you'll excuse us,
652
00:28:20,975 --> 00:28:23,978
Ralph here and I have to go
and see what we can do
653
00:28:24,012 --> 00:28:25,324
to stave off the effects
654
00:28:25,358 --> 00:28:26,808
this outrage is likely to have
on our business.
655
00:28:26,843 --> 00:28:28,603
Naturally.
656
00:28:28,637 --> 00:28:31,813
- Good night.
- Good night.
657
00:28:32,503 --> 00:28:34,402
Oh, I'll send those cigars over
in the morning.
658
00:28:34,436 --> 00:28:36,507
- Ohh.
- No question of it.
659
00:28:36,542 --> 00:28:38,889
Well, thanks again for
the dinner and everything.
660
00:28:52,903 --> 00:28:55,768
Farrish! Parrot!
661
00:29:03,603 --> 00:29:05,502
Where do you think
you two are off to?
662
00:29:05,536 --> 00:29:08,781
I was just about to escort
Miss Parrot home, sir.
663
00:29:08,816 --> 00:29:11,784
Indeed? Well, I hate to stand
in the way of cupid's dart,
664
00:29:11,819 --> 00:29:13,855
but she's not going home yet
awhile.
665
00:29:13,890 --> 00:29:16,651
And as for you, you're taking
the next train to Exeter.
666
00:29:16,685 --> 00:29:18,342
- Exeter, sir?
- Look it up.
667
00:29:18,377 --> 00:29:20,137
- Have we any bill stamps about?
- Yes, sir.
668
00:29:20,172 --> 00:29:21,552
Good, I want a bill stamped
669
00:29:21,587 --> 00:29:23,002
and made out in the sum
of �10,000 pounds,
670
00:29:23,037 --> 00:29:25,108
payable to me or to my order
six months after date.
671
00:29:25,142 --> 00:29:27,351
Leave the date and the name
of the signatory blank.
672
00:29:27,386 --> 00:29:28,421
Quick as you can!
673
00:29:30,423 --> 00:29:31,770
But the only one's
in half an hour, sir.
674
00:29:31,804 --> 00:29:34,393
Then you'd best run for it,
hadn't you?
675
00:29:34,427 --> 00:29:37,637
Find out all you can
about these works --
676
00:29:37,672 --> 00:29:40,917
length of lease, in whose name,
state of premises and business.
677
00:29:40,951 --> 00:29:43,436
Telegraph your findings to me,
poste restante,
678
00:29:43,471 --> 00:29:45,128
Birmingham, main post office,
679
00:29:45,162 --> 00:29:47,130
not later than 8:00 a.m.
tomorrow morning.
680
00:29:47,164 --> 00:29:49,132
But the train doesn't get in
to Exeter
681
00:29:49,166 --> 00:29:50,685
till 2:00 in the morning, sir.
682
00:29:50,719 --> 00:29:51,997
You won't get there at all
if you stand there arguing.
683
00:29:55,586 --> 00:29:57,071
Ah, good.
684
00:29:57,105 --> 00:30:00,281
I suppose I couldn't ask
what all this is about.
685
00:30:00,315 --> 00:30:02,317
You suppose aright.
686
00:30:02,352 --> 00:30:03,940
[ Chuckles ]
687
00:30:03,974 --> 00:30:06,183
You can go home now, Parrot.
688
00:30:06,218 --> 00:30:07,391
Thank you, sir.
689
00:30:07,426 --> 00:30:09,842
And at 8:00 tomorrow morning,
690
00:30:09,877 --> 00:30:13,363
you will be outside the house
of Mr. Paul Mallows,
691
00:30:13,397 --> 00:30:15,192
58 Upper Sandown Place.
692
00:30:15,227 --> 00:30:16,849
You will follow him,
693
00:30:16,884 --> 00:30:19,162
and you will telegraph your
findings to me, poste restante,
694
00:30:19,196 --> 00:30:20,784
to Birmingham, main post office,
695
00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:22,855
what he does
between leaving home
696
00:30:22,890 --> 00:30:24,236
and, as I think he will,
697
00:30:24,270 --> 00:30:26,514
catching the 10:10
to Birmingham.
698
00:30:28,171 --> 00:30:31,208
Why Birmingham?
699
00:30:31,243 --> 00:30:34,798
Because that's where
I shall be...
700
00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:36,731
waiting for him.
701
00:30:39,182 --> 00:30:43,911
[ Hooves clopping ]
702
00:30:43,945 --> 00:30:46,983
[ Man shouting indistinctly ]
703
00:32:16,831 --> 00:32:18,005
Euston, cabby,
704
00:32:18,039 --> 00:32:21,594
and double fare if we make
the 10:10 to Birmingham!
705
00:32:29,361 --> 00:32:31,984
- You again?
- Oh, the feeling's mutual.
706
00:32:32,019 --> 00:32:35,022
I will say you look more human
than you did first thing.
707
00:32:35,056 --> 00:32:38,439
Oh, dear lady, the knowledge
that I've gained your approval
708
00:32:38,473 --> 00:32:39,578
gladdens my heart!
709
00:32:39,612 --> 00:32:41,994
Oh, get on with you.
710
00:32:46,343 --> 00:32:48,794
Here's that other telegram
you was expecting.
711
00:32:48,828 --> 00:32:50,209
Ah.
712
00:33:10,367 --> 00:33:12,162
Good news?
713
00:33:12,197 --> 00:33:13,681
The best.
714
00:33:13,715 --> 00:33:15,338
Oh, I am glad.
715
00:33:15,372 --> 00:33:17,098
I should like to say, dear lady,
716
00:33:17,133 --> 00:33:19,963
it's been a pleasure
to make your acquaintance.
717
00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:21,861
Honesty, alas, forbids it.
718
00:33:24,071 --> 00:33:26,728
[ Footsteps approaching ]
719
00:33:26,763 --> 00:33:28,489
[ Whirring ]
720
00:36:18,452 --> 00:36:19,867
Good afternoon!
721
00:36:24,112 --> 00:36:25,493
Well, sir, and who are you?
722
00:36:25,528 --> 00:36:27,426
I...
723
00:36:29,256 --> 00:36:31,982
I am Mr. Paul Mallows.
724
00:36:32,017 --> 00:36:33,501
You may have heard of me
725
00:36:33,536 --> 00:36:35,641
in connection with the
Indestructible Bicycle Company.
726
00:36:35,676 --> 00:36:36,539
And who are you?
727
00:36:38,023 --> 00:36:42,096
I am Mr. Maurice Marsh,
the owner of this factory.
728
00:36:42,130 --> 00:36:43,408
And what may be your business?
729
00:36:43,442 --> 00:36:45,375
I did think of buying shares
in this company.
730
00:36:45,410 --> 00:36:46,928
I suppose there'd be
no objection
731
00:36:46,963 --> 00:36:49,241
to the chairman of another
company buying shares in it?
732
00:36:49,276 --> 00:36:50,863
- No.
- Of course not.
733
00:36:50,898 --> 00:36:53,694
I was sure
you wouldn't think so.
734
00:36:59,907 --> 00:37:01,184
Oh, and by the way,
735
00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:03,186
will you have another piece
of court plaster now?
736
00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:05,223
See?
I have it here for you.
737
00:37:05,257 --> 00:37:09,227
Oh, come, come,
don't be frightened.
738
00:37:09,261 --> 00:37:11,539
I admire your cleverness,
Mr. Mallows,
739
00:37:11,574 --> 00:37:13,955
and I shall arrange everything
pleasantly.
740
00:37:13,990 --> 00:37:17,062
As for the court plaster,
741
00:37:17,096 --> 00:37:18,753
if you'd rather not have any,
you needn't!
742
00:37:18,788 --> 00:37:22,240
Ah! You have on another piece
now, in any case, I see.
743
00:37:22,274 --> 00:37:23,724
What do you want?
744
00:37:23,758 --> 00:37:27,797
Man alive,
I'm not gonna cut your throat!
745
00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:31,352
But first I want my reward.
746
00:37:31,387 --> 00:37:33,561
What reward?
747
00:37:33,596 --> 00:37:34,976
The �100 you promised
748
00:37:35,011 --> 00:37:37,462
if I discovered who placed
that chair on the track.
749
00:37:37,496 --> 00:37:38,463
Well, I have done!
750
00:37:38,497 --> 00:37:40,879
But how?
I mean, who?
751
00:37:40,913 --> 00:37:42,294
"Who"?
Oh, come!
752
00:37:42,329 --> 00:37:44,020
Don't let's waste time.
Yourself, of course.
753
00:37:44,054 --> 00:37:45,953
Damn it, sir, how dare you?
754
00:37:45,987 --> 00:37:48,058
I can't abide bluster.
�100, please.
755
00:37:48,093 --> 00:37:50,475
I'm not to be bounced like this!
756
00:37:50,509 --> 00:37:53,374
What proof do you have?
757
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,517
Suppose I have none.
758
00:37:58,552 --> 00:38:00,347
Suppose I merely publish abroad
759
00:38:00,381 --> 00:38:02,556
that you, Mr. Paul Mallows,
alias Marsh --
760
00:38:02,590 --> 00:38:03,729
Oh, and I like that, too.
761
00:38:03,764 --> 00:38:05,386
Marsh, Mallows -- that's good!
762
00:38:05,421 --> 00:38:07,457
I like a man
with a sense of humor.
763
00:38:07,492 --> 00:38:08,872
Suppose I publish abroad
764
00:38:08,907 --> 00:38:11,219
the fact that you are
the moving spirit
765
00:38:11,254 --> 00:38:14,050
behind this shoddy adventure.
766
00:38:14,084 --> 00:38:16,259
Well, if you put it like that --
767
00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:20,608
Oh, as it happens,
I have ample proof.
768
00:38:20,643 --> 00:38:22,921
The fact is, Mr. Mallows,
769
00:38:22,955 --> 00:38:26,131
you are much too clumsy
with your fingers.
770
00:38:26,959 --> 00:38:30,031
You tear your finger
opening your brougham door,
771
00:38:30,066 --> 00:38:32,344
you borrow a piece
of court plaster from me,
772
00:38:32,379 --> 00:38:34,864
and you're careless enough
to let a thread of it
773
00:38:34,898 --> 00:38:37,176
get carried away
by a nut on that chair
774
00:38:37,211 --> 00:38:39,386
which you pitched
onto the track!
775
00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:46,254
Still, I suppose
you must have been nervous.
776
00:38:47,463 --> 00:38:50,500
- See here.
- Hmm?
777
00:38:51,294 --> 00:38:53,676
I found it last night.
778
00:38:57,680 --> 00:38:59,613
Now will you give me that �100?
779
00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:05,239
Well, uh, then I must,
I suppose.
780
00:39:05,273 --> 00:39:07,897
[ Laughs ]
781
00:39:07,931 --> 00:39:11,694
Oh, so much for that.
782
00:39:14,179 --> 00:39:16,250
Though I must say
you're not paying
783
00:39:16,284 --> 00:39:18,114
with all the pleasure
and delight
784
00:39:18,148 --> 00:39:20,392
which you spoke of at the time.
785
00:39:20,427 --> 00:39:22,360
- But I'll forgive you.
- Here.
786
00:39:22,394 --> 00:39:26,743
There, that little hors d'oeuvre
is disposed of.
787
00:39:26,778 --> 00:39:29,884
Now let's proceed to business.
788
00:39:29,919 --> 00:39:32,680
Oh, my dear chap, don't look
so ashamed of yourself.
789
00:39:32,715 --> 00:39:35,683
You were merely disposed for
a side flutter, weren't you?
790
00:39:35,718 --> 00:39:37,858
Well, that's nothing to be
ashamed of.
791
00:39:37,892 --> 00:39:39,169
Everybody does that.
792
00:39:39,204 --> 00:39:40,516
And there's a great deal
of money going.
793
00:39:40,550 --> 00:39:42,276
Precisely,
and since everybody does it
794
00:39:42,310 --> 00:39:44,105
and there's a great deal
of money going,
795
00:39:44,140 --> 00:39:45,831
then you're entitled
to your share, aren't you?
796
00:39:45,866 --> 00:39:47,281
Well...
797
00:39:47,315 --> 00:39:49,870
Well, of course you are, and
I'm exactly of the same mind.
798
00:39:49,904 --> 00:39:51,147
So we're evidently a pair
799
00:39:51,181 --> 00:39:55,013
and naturally intended
for one another.
800
00:39:57,049 --> 00:39:58,844
But I want you to understand
801
00:39:58,879 --> 00:40:02,710
that I have gone every step
of the way by fair work.
802
00:40:02,745 --> 00:40:04,229
First, the thread.
803
00:40:04,263 --> 00:40:05,851
On the strength of that,
804
00:40:05,886 --> 00:40:09,476
I sent my long-suffering
assistant, Farrish, to Exeter,
805
00:40:09,510 --> 00:40:11,305
where, he tells me,
806
00:40:11,339 --> 00:40:14,688
your works consist of
a deserted cloth mills
807
00:40:14,722 --> 00:40:17,380
with nothing on it of yours
but a signboard
808
00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:21,177
and only a deposit on rent paid.
809
00:40:21,211 --> 00:40:23,559
Next, my other assistant
wires me a report
810
00:40:23,593 --> 00:40:25,768
of your makeup adventure
this morning.
811
00:40:25,802 --> 00:40:29,081
Clarkson does it
wonderfully well, doesn't he?
812
00:40:29,116 --> 00:40:32,913
You see, the telegram
which brought you here
813
00:40:32,947 --> 00:40:35,502
was not from your confederate
as perhaps you fancied.
814
00:40:35,536 --> 00:40:37,952
I took the liberty
of summoning you here myself.
815
00:40:37,987 --> 00:40:39,367
What for?
816
00:40:39,402 --> 00:40:41,577
DORRINGTON: Well, business,
strictly business.
817
00:40:41,611 --> 00:40:43,302
- What else?
- State it.
818
00:40:43,337 --> 00:40:45,443
Oh, I shall.
I shall.
819
00:40:45,477 --> 00:40:48,825
Never fear. You'll find me
frank to the last.
820
00:40:50,586 --> 00:40:53,554
It would appear that you intend
to offer the public
821
00:40:53,589 --> 00:40:56,937
the very rottenest bicycle
company that ever existed.
822
00:40:56,971 --> 00:40:58,248
You hire a professional cyclist.
823
00:40:58,283 --> 00:40:59,767
You go to really
rather extreme lengths
824
00:40:59,802 --> 00:41:01,907
to ensure that he becomes
a champion on the machine,
825
00:41:01,942 --> 00:41:04,669
which, no doubt, you had
specially made by another firm.
826
00:41:04,703 --> 00:41:06,429
Ah!
The Indestructible, perhaps!
827
00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:08,120
[ Chuckles ]
828
00:41:08,155 --> 00:41:11,883
While for ordinary sales,
I imagine you buy in bulk --
829
00:41:11,917 --> 00:41:13,401
so much a hundred --
830
00:41:13,436 --> 00:41:16,784
and jolly them up with this
rather arresting transfer
831
00:41:16,819 --> 00:41:19,856
and hope to sell them
at a fat profit when Lant,
832
00:41:19,891 --> 00:41:23,515
on the very eve of going public,
wins the 50-mile race.
833
00:41:24,412 --> 00:41:26,932
And by the time they fall
to bits, you've skipped,
834
00:41:26,967 --> 00:41:28,416
leaving a few dummies
835
00:41:28,451 --> 00:41:30,729
and the wretched shareholders
to stand the racket,
836
00:41:30,764 --> 00:41:32,006
if there is one,
837
00:41:32,041 --> 00:41:35,872
while you, greatly enriched,
remain unsuspected,
838
00:41:35,907 --> 00:41:39,220
a man of account in the trade
all the time.
839
00:41:39,255 --> 00:41:41,775
Isn't that about the size of it?
840
00:41:41,809 --> 00:41:45,192
Well, yes, that was the notion,
since you speak so plainly.
841
00:41:45,226 --> 00:41:47,643
And it shall be the notion.
842
00:41:47,677 --> 00:41:50,922
Oh, everything shall be exactly
as you planned,
843
00:41:50,956 --> 00:41:52,579
with one exception,
844
00:41:52,613 --> 00:41:56,583
which is you'll now divide
your plunder with me.
845
00:41:56,617 --> 00:41:59,620
You? But -- But I've only
just given you �100!
846
00:41:59,655 --> 00:42:01,864
Oh, come, Mr. Mallows,
don't be vulgar.
847
00:42:01,898 --> 00:42:04,556
We're not talking in hundreds
now, but thousands,
848
00:42:04,591 --> 00:42:05,764
and not one, either,
but several.
849
00:42:05,799 --> 00:42:07,317
This is blackmail!
850
00:42:07,352 --> 00:42:10,079
There's a word I don't care for.
851
00:42:10,113 --> 00:42:12,530
MALLOWS:
Well, isn't it?
852
00:42:12,564 --> 00:42:15,463
You admit to having planned
a scandalous robbery.
853
00:42:15,498 --> 00:42:18,052
Well, yes, more or less.
854
00:42:18,087 --> 00:42:19,537
If I refrain from exposing it,
855
00:42:19,571 --> 00:42:21,677
I shall be promoting it,
shall I not?
856
00:42:21,711 --> 00:42:23,748
Well,
I suppose you could say that.
857
00:42:23,782 --> 00:42:25,957
Very well, then.
I want paying for it.
858
00:42:25,991 --> 00:42:28,546
Ohh, that's circular logic.
859
00:42:28,580 --> 00:42:31,134
Have you no moral sense?
860
00:42:31,169 --> 00:42:34,206
Can I shut my eyes and allow
your iniquity to go on unchecked
861
00:42:34,241 --> 00:42:36,588
without getting anything in
the way of damages for myself?
862
00:42:36,623 --> 00:42:38,279
Perish the thought!
863
00:42:38,314 --> 00:42:40,730
How much?
864
00:42:42,318 --> 00:42:47,737
We are to be respectable
brothers in rascality.
865
00:42:47,772 --> 00:42:50,326
- Well, if you say so.
- Oh, I insist.
866
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,777
So, we shall divide as brothers
fairly.
867
00:42:52,811 --> 00:42:54,606
- What do you call fairly?
- Half and half.
868
00:42:54,641 --> 00:42:56,504
- What?
- I shall want a guarantee.
869
00:42:56,539 --> 00:42:58,265
I have a bill at six months
for �10,000.
870
00:42:58,299 --> 00:42:59,818
All it requires
is your signature.
871
00:42:59,853 --> 00:43:01,682
Over my dead body!
872
00:43:01,717 --> 00:43:04,754
If necessary.
873
00:43:04,789 --> 00:43:09,034
When a satisfactory division
has been reached,
874
00:43:09,069 --> 00:43:10,311
you can have the bill back.
875
00:43:10,346 --> 00:43:11,934
I won't even charge you
for the stamp.
876
00:43:11,968 --> 00:43:13,176
Half is out of the question.
877
00:43:13,211 --> 00:43:16,007
Oh, I do hope not...
for your sake.
878
00:43:16,041 --> 00:43:18,734
But after all the trouble
and worry and risk I've had --
879
00:43:18,768 --> 00:43:20,080
Look, I've only to raise
a finger for that
880
00:43:20,114 --> 00:43:21,081
to put you in jail.
881
00:43:21,115 --> 00:43:22,669
But, hang it, be reasonable!
882
00:43:22,703 --> 00:43:25,016
I'm being extremely reasonable!
883
00:43:25,050 --> 00:43:26,431
Ohh, you're a mighty clever man,
884
00:43:26,465 --> 00:43:28,536
and you've got me on the hip,
as I admit!
885
00:43:28,571 --> 00:43:31,643
Oh, my patience, while great,
is not inexhaustible.
886
00:43:31,678 --> 00:43:34,922
Say 20%.
887
00:43:34,957 --> 00:43:36,510
Oh, come, you're wasting time!
888
00:43:36,544 --> 00:43:38,098
You can have half or nothing
and go to jail into the bargain.
889
00:43:38,132 --> 00:43:39,099
Choose.
890
00:43:39,133 --> 00:43:40,445
- Just consider --
- Choose.
891
00:43:40,479 --> 00:43:42,620
Really, I want that money
more than you think!
892
00:43:42,654 --> 00:43:43,931
For the last time, choose!
893
00:43:43,966 --> 00:43:47,417
[ Grumbling ]
894
00:43:48,453 --> 00:43:51,559
If I must, I must, I suppose.
895
00:43:51,594 --> 00:43:54,286
But I warn you.
You may regret it.
896
00:43:54,321 --> 00:43:56,392
Oh, you just sign there,
897
00:43:56,426 --> 00:43:59,844
and I'll do my best
not to be pessimistic.
898
00:44:07,886 --> 00:44:11,062
There. That's done.
899
00:44:11,096 --> 00:44:12,684
You've won, fair and square.
900
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:13,754
Oh.
901
00:44:13,789 --> 00:44:17,551
I won't grumble anymore.
902
00:44:17,585 --> 00:44:23,591
Now, since we're brothers
in rascality, as you put it,
903
00:44:23,626 --> 00:44:27,354
perhaps you'd care to make
a fraternal tour of the works.
904
00:44:27,388 --> 00:44:28,873
Hmm?
[ Chuckles ]
905
00:44:28,907 --> 00:44:30,702
There's not a lot to it.
906
00:44:30,737 --> 00:44:32,842
And you've already worked out
907
00:44:32,877 --> 00:44:35,534
the basic operation
for yourself.
908
00:44:35,569 --> 00:44:39,228
Ah!
Yeah, but this does represent
909
00:44:39,262 --> 00:44:41,886
quite a considerable
capital investment.
910
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,233
- It's an oven.
- Ah!
911
00:44:44,267 --> 00:44:45,855
You see,
the frames and various parts
912
00:44:45,890 --> 00:44:49,100
hang on those racks up there,
where the enamel is laid on.
913
00:44:49,134 --> 00:44:52,344
And then all these gas jets --
Do you see? -- are lighted,
914
00:44:52,379 --> 00:44:54,899
to harden it by heat.
915
00:44:55,727 --> 00:44:58,281
Well, now it's half yours, you
might take a bit of interest.
916
00:44:58,316 --> 00:45:02,320
Look, the gas jets, yeah?
917
00:45:09,223 --> 00:45:10,328
Ohh! Let me out!
918
00:45:10,362 --> 00:45:12,123
MALLOWS:
I warned you!
919
00:45:12,157 --> 00:45:13,745
I warned you
you might regret it!
920
00:45:15,436 --> 00:45:16,714
[ Gas hissing ]
921
00:45:16,748 --> 00:45:19,578
Well, how long do you think
it'll be now
922
00:45:19,613 --> 00:45:21,442
before I get that bill back, eh?
923
00:45:21,477 --> 00:45:23,617
Between the gas
and the lack of oxygen,
924
00:45:23,651 --> 00:45:25,895
I'd say a matter of minutes,
wouldn't you?
925
00:45:25,930 --> 00:45:30,210
Unless, of course, you light
a match and blow yourself up.
926
00:45:30,244 --> 00:45:32,868
That's your choice.
927
00:45:45,743 --> 00:45:48,469
You're very quiet
all of a sudden.
928
00:45:48,504 --> 00:45:51,265
Or are you reviewing
your past life,
929
00:45:51,300 --> 00:45:53,336
as they say a drowning man does?
930
00:45:53,371 --> 00:45:54,372
[ Chuckles ]
931
00:45:54,406 --> 00:45:56,512
Or are you already unconscious?
932
00:45:59,791 --> 00:46:02,000
[ Coughing ]
933
00:46:04,658 --> 00:46:05,866
[ Gasping ]
934
00:46:05,901 --> 00:46:09,352
Try to kill me, would you?
935
00:46:11,941 --> 00:46:15,393
Try to drown me in gas,
would you?
936
00:46:17,395 --> 00:46:18,914
Well, I'll tell you!
937
00:46:18,948 --> 00:46:21,640
I've drowned men in water
for less, much less!
938
00:46:21,675 --> 00:46:23,401
No, please!
939
00:46:23,435 --> 00:46:25,299
There's no more honor
between thieves now!
940
00:46:25,334 --> 00:46:26,576
- Mercy!
- "Mercy," is it?
941
00:46:26,611 --> 00:46:27,854
I'll give you mercy!
942
00:46:27,888 --> 00:46:29,062
You shall have
anything you want!
943
00:46:29,096 --> 00:46:30,649
Oh, it's too late for that now.
944
00:46:30,684 --> 00:46:32,134
By the time I've done with you,
945
00:46:32,168 --> 00:46:35,551
I shall drag you out of here,
and I shall proclaim you!
946
00:46:35,585 --> 00:46:37,518
And I'll present that bill!
947
00:46:37,553 --> 00:46:39,866
You'll rue the day
you tried to best me!
948
00:46:39,900 --> 00:46:41,626
You see if you don't!
949
00:46:42,661 --> 00:46:44,146
Aah!
950
00:46:44,180 --> 00:46:46,458
[ Gas hissing ]
951
00:46:51,291 --> 00:46:55,674
Stop there, unless you
want to blow us both up!
952
00:46:55,709 --> 00:46:57,193
Is this another one
of your tricks?
953
00:46:57,228 --> 00:47:00,093
It's the gas, Dorrington.
Don't you see?
954
00:47:00,127 --> 00:47:03,337
If -- If it reaches the --
the light from that lamp...
955
00:47:03,372 --> 00:47:05,995
[ Breathing heavily ]
956
00:47:07,341 --> 00:47:09,965
You have a point there.
957
00:47:14,141 --> 00:47:18,974
And so...it's stalemate,
do you see?
958
00:47:21,114 --> 00:47:23,254
Is it?
959
00:47:23,288 --> 00:47:24,911
- Here, catch!
- Aah!
960
00:47:35,438 --> 00:47:39,132
Why, Mr. Dorrington,
whatever happened to your face?!
961
00:47:39,166 --> 00:47:42,894
If I told you,
you wouldn't believe me.
962
00:47:42,929 --> 00:47:44,896
Well, what's the matter
with you two?
963
00:47:44,931 --> 00:47:46,070
Haven't you got enough work?
964
00:47:46,104 --> 00:47:47,347
Oh, yes.
965
00:47:47,381 --> 00:47:48,555
Oh, yes, well,
we were just discussing
966
00:47:48,589 --> 00:47:50,281
this Avalanche business, sir,
you see?
967
00:47:50,315 --> 00:47:51,558
It's all over the papers.
968
00:47:51,592 --> 00:47:52,559
The explosion, sir.
969
00:47:52,593 --> 00:47:54,181
The issue of shares withdrawn.
970
00:47:54,216 --> 00:47:56,252
Their man, Lant,
booed off the track.
971
00:47:56,287 --> 00:47:59,704
And poor Mr. Mallows...killed.
972
00:47:59,738 --> 00:48:01,809
[ Clicks tongue ]
973
00:48:01,844 --> 00:48:05,434
Still, it does mean a step up
for Mr. Stedman, doesn't it?
974
00:48:05,468 --> 00:48:06,987
FARRISH:
So the rumor goes, sir, yes.
975
00:48:07,022 --> 00:48:09,956
Which reminds me. I promised
I'd send him a box of my cigars.
976
00:48:09,990 --> 00:48:12,510
Run it over to him, would you,
with my compliments.
977
00:48:12,544 --> 00:48:14,615
In fact, on second thought,
978
00:48:14,650 --> 00:48:17,032
perhaps two boxes
would be more appropriate.
979
00:48:17,066 --> 00:48:18,309
At once, sir.
980
00:48:18,343 --> 00:48:19,897
Oh, well,
if there's nothing else, sir.
981
00:48:19,931 --> 00:48:24,625
Ah, yes.
File this, would you, Parrot?
982
00:48:28,595 --> 00:48:31,322
- But Mr. Mallows --
- Just do as you're told.
983
00:48:31,356 --> 00:48:32,495
Who knows?
984
00:48:32,530 --> 00:48:34,256
We may think about presenting it
985
00:48:34,290 --> 00:48:37,431
when we see
how Mr. Mallows' estate cuts up.
986
00:48:38,570 --> 00:48:39,986
Yes, sir.
987
00:49:06,184 --> 00:49:08,497
[ Knock on door ]
988
00:49:11,293 --> 00:49:14,192
There's a Lady Jameson
to see you, sir.
989
00:49:14,227 --> 00:49:16,539
Oh, she won't say
what it's about,
990
00:49:16,574 --> 00:49:19,542
but apparently Mrs. Chalmers
recommended you to her.
991
00:49:21,234 --> 00:49:23,063
Well, don't just stand there!
992
00:49:23,098 --> 00:49:24,962
Show her in!
Show her in at once!
993
00:49:34,868 --> 00:49:35,973
Mr. Dorrington.
994
00:49:36,007 --> 00:49:38,596
Lady Jameson,
this is indeed a pleasure,
995
00:49:38,630 --> 00:49:40,770
a privilege and a pleasure.
996
00:49:40,805 --> 00:49:43,532
Thank you, Parrot.
997
00:49:43,566 --> 00:49:44,740
Now...
998
00:49:44,774 --> 00:49:47,122
Kitty Chalmers
spoke highly of you.
999
00:49:47,156 --> 00:49:49,020
Another charming lady.
1000
00:49:49,055 --> 00:49:51,367
Allow me to have your cape.
1001
00:49:57,132 --> 00:50:00,618
Will you sit down?
Please.
1002
00:50:04,587 --> 00:50:06,796
Will you take
a glass of Madeira?
1003
00:50:06,831 --> 00:50:07,866
Yes.
1004
00:50:07,901 --> 00:50:10,007
Uh, no!
1005
00:50:10,041 --> 00:50:11,767
[ Sighs ]
I don't know.
1006
00:50:11,801 --> 00:50:14,356
A rare old Sercial,
1007
00:50:14,390 --> 00:50:16,496
recommended
by no less an authority
1008
00:50:16,530 --> 00:50:17,911
than Dr. Banting himself.
1009
00:50:17,945 --> 00:50:20,638
The merest thimbleful,
in that case.
1010
00:50:34,824 --> 00:50:36,757
Thank you.
1011
00:50:47,492 --> 00:50:48,666
How to begin?
1012
00:50:48,700 --> 00:50:50,944
Well, let's see
if I can help you.
1013
00:50:50,978 --> 00:50:54,568
Have we perhaps been
the least bit indiscreet.
1014
00:50:54,603 --> 00:50:56,156
It's all over and done with.
1015
00:50:56,191 --> 00:50:57,709
Oh, just so, yes,
1016
00:50:57,744 --> 00:51:00,298
and now some blackguard is
threatening to rake up the past.
1017
00:51:00,333 --> 00:51:02,507
Alas, yes, but how did you --
1018
00:51:02,542 --> 00:51:04,820
How very unfortunate for you.
1019
00:51:04,854 --> 00:51:06,580
But don't worry.
1020
00:51:06,615 --> 00:51:09,376
I have a good deal of experience
in these matters.
1021
00:51:09,411 --> 00:51:12,414
In fact, I think I can say,
with all due modesty,
1022
00:51:12,448 --> 00:51:15,727
you couldn't have put yourself
in better hands.
1023
00:51:15,777 --> 00:51:20,327
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