1 00:01:24,209 --> 00:01:26,378 Psst! 2 00:01:29,298 --> 00:01:31,466 Got you! 3 00:01:46,648 --> 00:01:49,651 Now look here... 4 00:01:55,157 --> 00:01:56,408 But mum! 5 00:01:56,491 --> 00:02:00,579 Close the window, John. 6 00:02:17,012 --> 00:02:21,642 To Sherlock Holmes, she was always "the woman," 7 00:02:21,767 --> 00:02:27,773 the beautiful Irena Adler of dubious and questionable memory. 8 00:02:45,499 --> 00:02:49,878 At the time of our involvement in the Irena Adler case, 9 00:02:49,962 --> 00:02:52,714 Holmes and I had been sharing rooms in Baker Street 10 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,217 for some years. 11 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:58,345 My practice had caused me to be absent in the country 12 00:02:58,470 --> 00:03:00,305 for several days. 13 00:03:00,389 --> 00:03:04,643 As usual, after leaving Holmes for any length of time, 14 00:03:04,726 --> 00:03:09,815 I returned filled with apprehension as to his mood. 15 00:03:15,404 --> 00:03:16,029 Oh! 16 00:03:16,113 --> 00:03:17,656 Oh, hello, Mrs. Hudson. 17 00:03:17,739 --> 00:03:22,494 Dr. Watson, just look at you, half soaked to the skin! 18 00:03:22,578 --> 00:03:23,412 Yes, well, I am not surprised, 19 00:03:23,537 --> 00:03:26,707 I have just spent 20 minutes standing in the pouring rain 20 00:03:26,832 --> 00:03:27,416 waiting for a cab. 21 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:29,793 It won't do that old wound of yours any good 22 00:03:29,918 --> 00:03:31,503 getting so wet, Doctor. 23 00:03:31,587 --> 00:03:32,337 I know. 24 00:03:32,421 --> 00:03:34,423 I'll just take this coat and your hat 25 00:03:34,548 --> 00:03:36,049 and see that they're properly dried. 26 00:03:36,133 --> 00:03:39,219 Mrs. Hudson, I haven't eaten all day. 27 00:03:39,303 --> 00:03:41,221 I do hope supper will be up very soon. 28 00:03:41,305 --> 00:03:42,931 That's very doubtful. 29 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:44,558 I don't know what's come over Mr. Holmes, 30 00:03:44,641 --> 00:03:46,393 he seems to be all on edge. 31 00:03:46,476 --> 00:03:49,313 I'm not to bring up supper until I'm called. 32 00:03:49,438 --> 00:03:52,065 Those are his orders. 33 00:03:52,191 --> 00:03:54,651 Thank you, Mrs. Hudson. 34 00:04:34,191 --> 00:04:36,443 My dear Holmes, 35 00:04:45,327 --> 00:04:50,249 what is it tonight, morphine or cocaine? 36 00:04:50,332 --> 00:04:53,877 Well, I can strongly recommend 37 00:04:54,002 --> 00:04:59,967 a seven percent solution of cocaine. 38 00:05:00,050 --> 00:05:02,636 Would you care to try it? 39 00:05:02,719 --> 00:05:05,556 No, indeed! 40 00:05:05,681 --> 00:05:08,141 I speak not only as your friend, but as a medical man. 41 00:05:08,225 --> 00:05:12,646 How can you risk such damage to the great powers 42 00:05:12,729 --> 00:05:15,107 with which you have been endowed?! 43 00:05:15,190 --> 00:05:15,607 I cannot tell you 44 00:05:15,691 --> 00:05:17,776 how it clarifies and stimulates the mind. 45 00:05:17,860 --> 00:05:21,321 Yes, and destroys it in time! 46 00:05:24,074 --> 00:05:28,829 My mind rebels at stagnation. 47 00:05:28,912 --> 00:05:33,625 Give me problems, give me work, 48 00:05:33,709 --> 00:05:35,419 give me the most abstruse cryptogram, 49 00:05:35,544 --> 00:05:40,591 the most intricate analysis, and I'm in my proper atmosphere. 50 00:05:40,716 --> 00:05:45,345 Then I can dispense with artificial stimulants. 51 00:05:45,429 --> 00:05:49,766 But I abhor the dull routine of existence. 52 00:05:49,892 --> 00:05:54,688 I crave mental exultation. 53 00:05:54,771 --> 00:05:56,857 That is why I have chosen my own profession, 54 00:05:56,982 --> 00:05:59,276 or rather created it, 55 00:05:59,401 --> 00:06:02,863 for I am the only one in the world. 56 00:06:02,946 --> 00:06:05,699 The only unofficial detective. 57 00:06:05,824 --> 00:06:08,660 The only unofficial consulting detective. 58 00:06:08,744 --> 00:06:10,913 I take no credit in my cases. 59 00:06:11,038 --> 00:06:11,705 The work itself, 60 00:06:11,830 --> 00:06:14,374 the pleasure of finding a field for my particular powers 61 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,461 is my highest reward. 62 00:06:22,591 --> 00:06:25,636 You can close that drawer. 63 00:06:25,761 --> 00:06:29,014 You have made the wrong diagnosis, Doctor! 64 00:06:29,097 --> 00:06:34,436 I have my stimulant here. 65 00:06:39,525 --> 00:06:41,818 I hope you enjoyed your week in the country. 66 00:06:41,944 --> 00:06:43,612 It was good for the appetite. 67 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:47,658 Incidentally, I do wish you would ring for supper. 68 00:06:50,661 --> 00:06:52,913 What is this? 69 00:06:52,996 --> 00:06:56,083 Yes, I must get ready for my visitor. 70 00:06:56,208 --> 00:07:00,212 It came by the morning post. 71 00:07:02,798 --> 00:07:05,592 Give me your observations. 72 00:07:05,676 --> 00:07:10,681 Well, it's undated and without either signature or address. 73 00:07:10,806 --> 00:07:14,518 Good, read it aloud. 74 00:07:14,643 --> 00:07:16,520 "Dear Mr. Holmes: 75 00:07:16,645 --> 00:07:19,815 There will call upon you tonight at a quarter to eight 76 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:21,859 a gentleman who"-- 77 00:07:21,984 --> 00:07:23,527 good heavens, we've only a few minutes, Holmes. 78 00:07:23,652 --> 00:07:26,280 Go on. 79 00:07:26,363 --> 00:07:28,365 "A gentleman who desires to consult with you 80 00:07:28,490 --> 00:07:31,410 upon a matter of the very deepest moment. 81 00:07:31,493 --> 00:07:33,620 Your recent services to one of the royal houses of Europe 82 00:07:33,745 --> 00:07:35,622 have shown that you are one who may be safely trusted 83 00:07:35,706 --> 00:07:38,167 with matters which are of an importance 84 00:07:38,292 --> 00:07:41,170 which can hardly be exaggerated. 85 00:07:41,253 --> 00:07:45,465 This account of you we have from all quarters received, 86 00:07:45,549 --> 00:07:48,051 be in your chamber then." 87 00:07:48,177 --> 00:07:50,721 Good--good heavens, this is a mystery, indeed. 88 00:07:50,846 --> 00:07:52,139 What do you imagine it means? 89 00:07:52,222 --> 00:07:53,557 I have no data yet. 90 00:07:53,682 --> 00:07:56,226 It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. 91 00:07:56,351 --> 00:07:56,727 Mm. 92 00:07:56,852 --> 00:07:57,853 But the note itself, 93 00:07:57,978 --> 00:08:01,148 what do you deduce from it? 94 00:08:01,231 --> 00:08:02,065 It's a man's writing. 95 00:08:02,191 --> 00:08:03,859 Good. 96 00:08:03,984 --> 00:08:07,487 Presumably well-to-do, it's expensive paper, this. 97 00:08:07,613 --> 00:08:09,156 It's peculiarly strong and stiff. 98 00:08:09,281 --> 00:08:10,866 Peculiar, that is the very word. 99 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:12,701 It is not English paper at all. 100 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:15,579 Hold it up to the light. 101 00:08:15,704 --> 00:08:20,709 Ah, large E, small g, large P, and G 102 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:24,129 with a small t woven into the texture. 103 00:08:24,213 --> 00:08:26,423 And that is? 104 00:08:26,548 --> 00:08:28,550 Maker's monogram. 105 00:08:28,675 --> 00:08:29,843 Excellent, Watson! 106 00:08:29,927 --> 00:08:32,221 Come along! 107 00:08:33,472 --> 00:08:37,809 Let us consult our continental gazetteer. 108 00:08:37,893 --> 00:08:40,687 Your cigars; you see, I was not unmindful of your return. 109 00:08:40,812 --> 00:08:41,730 Oh, Holmes! 110 00:08:41,855 --> 00:08:43,232 Would you care for some whiskey? 111 00:08:43,357 --> 00:08:45,526 Later, perhaps, when we've eaten. 112 00:08:45,609 --> 00:08:49,363 The monogram is an abbreviation for Papier Gesellschaft, 113 00:08:49,446 --> 00:08:51,740 which is the German for "paper company." 114 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:58,539 And the Eg, Eglow, Eglonitz, Egria, 115 00:08:58,622 --> 00:09:00,541 a German-speaking district of Bohemia 116 00:09:00,624 --> 00:09:02,584 noted for its numerous glass factories 117 00:09:02,668 --> 00:09:04,378 and paper mills, there. 118 00:09:04,461 --> 00:09:06,922 Bohemia, the kingdom of Bohemia. 119 00:09:07,047 --> 00:09:08,966 And the note is written by a German. 120 00:09:09,091 --> 00:09:10,592 You see, "this account of you 121 00:09:10,717 --> 00:09:12,469 we have from all quarters received," 122 00:09:12,594 --> 00:09:14,888 only a German is so uncourteous to his words. 123 00:09:14,972 --> 00:09:18,767 So we are to expect a German from Bohemia. 124 00:09:21,436 --> 00:09:24,356 Here he is, 125 00:09:24,439 --> 00:09:29,736 drawn by a pair, a nice little brougham. 126 00:09:29,820 --> 00:09:32,239 There's money in this case, Watson, if there's nothing else. 127 00:09:32,322 --> 00:09:34,783 Holmes, I think your visitor will want me out of the way. 128 00:09:34,867 --> 00:09:37,452 Not a bit, Doctor, stay where you are! 129 00:09:37,578 --> 00:09:40,455 I am lost without my Boswell. 130 00:09:40,581 --> 00:09:44,084 But he sounded so secretive. 131 00:09:44,168 --> 00:09:46,420 I may need your help, and so may he. 132 00:09:46,545 --> 00:09:48,755 Now, stay in that armchair, and give me your full attention. 133 00:09:48,881 --> 00:09:50,424 Here he comes. 134 00:09:59,892 --> 00:10:00,434 I'm sorry, sir, 135 00:10:00,517 --> 00:10:02,603 but you cannot come in here unannounced like this! 136 00:10:02,728 --> 00:10:06,356 Mr. Holmes does not see anybody without appointment! 137 00:10:16,992 --> 00:10:18,619 Oh, I'm so sorry, Mr. Holmes! 138 00:10:18,702 --> 00:10:20,537 There was nothing I could do! 139 00:10:20,662 --> 00:10:23,540 It's perfectly all right, Mrs. Hudson! 140 00:10:23,665 --> 00:10:24,875 If you would kindly leave us. 141 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:25,459 Yes. 142 00:10:25,584 --> 00:10:26,084 And close the door. 143 00:10:26,168 --> 00:10:26,668 Of course. 144 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:29,463 Thank you. 145 00:10:41,183 --> 00:10:42,726 You read my note? 146 00:10:42,851 --> 00:10:44,394 Yes. Pray take a seat! 147 00:10:47,314 --> 00:10:49,233 This is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson, 148 00:10:49,358 --> 00:10:52,152 who is occasionally good enough to help me in my cases! 149 00:10:52,236 --> 00:10:54,780 How do you do, sir. 150 00:11:00,077 --> 00:11:02,830 Who do I have the honor to address? 151 00:11:02,955 --> 00:11:08,377 You may address me as the Count Von Kramm, a Bohemian nobleman. 152 00:11:08,502 --> 00:11:11,505 I should much prefer to communicate with you alone. 153 00:11:11,630 --> 00:11:14,299 No, it is both, or none. 154 00:11:14,383 --> 00:11:15,551 You may say before this gentleman 155 00:11:15,676 --> 00:11:18,470 anything which you may wish to say to me. 156 00:11:18,554 --> 00:11:19,888 Very well, I take your word 157 00:11:19,972 --> 00:11:22,891 that he is a man of honor and discretion. 158 00:11:22,975 --> 00:11:26,603 But I must begin by binding you both to absolute secrecy 159 00:11:26,728 --> 00:11:28,564 for a period of two years. 160 00:11:28,647 --> 00:11:29,898 Indeed? 161 00:11:30,023 --> 00:11:30,691 At the end of that time 162 00:11:30,774 --> 00:11:32,818 the matter will be of no importance. 163 00:11:32,901 --> 00:11:34,319 At present it is of such weight 164 00:11:34,403 --> 00:11:38,448 that it may have an influence upon European history. 165 00:11:41,368 --> 00:11:43,787 I promise. 166 00:11:43,912 --> 00:11:47,124 And I. 167 00:11:49,918 --> 00:11:52,671 You will excuse this mask. 168 00:11:52,754 --> 00:11:54,423 The august person who employs me 169 00:11:54,548 --> 00:11:57,676 wishes his agent to be unknown to you. 170 00:11:57,759 --> 00:12:01,597 In fact, I may confess that the title I have given you 171 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:04,183 is not exactly my own. 172 00:12:04,266 --> 00:12:07,895 I was aware of that. 173 00:12:10,814 --> 00:12:13,775 The circumstances are of great delicacy; 174 00:12:13,859 --> 00:12:17,070 every precaution must be taken to prevent an immense scandal 175 00:12:17,154 --> 00:12:18,572 which would seriously compromise 176 00:12:18,655 --> 00:12:22,618 one of the royal houses of Europe. 177 00:12:22,701 --> 00:12:24,745 To speak plainly, 178 00:12:24,828 --> 00:12:27,498 the matter concerns the great House of Ormstein, 179 00:12:27,623 --> 00:12:30,918 hereditary kings of Bohemia. 180 00:12:31,001 --> 00:12:35,255 I was aware of that, too, your Majesty. 181 00:12:44,389 --> 00:12:49,478 You are right... 182 00:12:56,026 --> 00:12:58,904 I am the King. 183 00:12:59,488 --> 00:13:01,657 Why should I attempt to conceal it? 184 00:13:01,782 --> 00:13:04,243 Why, indeed? 185 00:13:04,326 --> 00:13:05,494 Your Majesty had not spoken 186 00:13:05,619 --> 00:13:07,496 before I was aware that I was addressing 187 00:13:07,621 --> 00:13:11,625 Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, 188 00:13:11,708 --> 00:13:15,504 Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein, and hereditary King of Bohemia. 189 00:13:15,629 --> 00:13:19,091 And in passing, the finest dualist in Europe. 190 00:13:19,174 --> 00:13:21,301 You have killed four opponents. 191 00:13:21,426 --> 00:13:23,804 Honorably. 192 00:13:23,887 --> 00:13:26,139 Of course. 193 00:13:33,021 --> 00:13:35,190 The facts are briefly these: 194 00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:36,984 Ah! 195 00:13:37,067 --> 00:13:41,154 Some 10 years ago, during a lengthy visit to Warsaw, 196 00:13:41,238 --> 00:13:44,867 I made the acquaintance of the well known adventuress, 197 00:13:44,992 --> 00:13:50,372 Irena Adler. 198 00:13:50,455 --> 00:13:53,333 The name is no doubt familiar to you. 199 00:13:53,417 --> 00:13:58,088 Kindly look her up in my index, will you, Watson. 200 00:14:00,215 --> 00:14:05,387 So, I deduce that your Majesty became entangled with this lady, 201 00:14:05,512 --> 00:14:06,680 wrote her some compromising letters, 202 00:14:06,763 --> 00:14:08,807 and is now desirous of getting them back. 203 00:14:08,891 --> 00:14:10,142 Precisely so. 204 00:14:10,225 --> 00:14:12,436 But how could you know that? 205 00:14:15,939 --> 00:14:20,152 Italian general's staff... 206 00:14:20,235 --> 00:14:27,576 Ah, Adler, Irena, born New Jersey, 1858. 207 00:14:27,659 --> 00:14:28,410 Is this the lady? 208 00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:30,662 New Jersey, let me see. 209 00:14:30,746 --> 00:14:32,498 Singer, contralto 210 00:14:32,581 --> 00:14:36,752 appeared at La Scala, opera houses Petersburg and Warsaw, 211 00:14:36,877 --> 00:14:38,378 retired from the operatic stage, 212 00:14:38,504 --> 00:14:39,838 now living in London, 213 00:14:39,922 --> 00:14:42,090 makes occasional concert appearances. 214 00:14:42,216 --> 00:14:44,092 That is the lady. 215 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,101 Was there a secret marriage? 216 00:15:34,184 --> 00:15:35,519 None. 217 00:15:35,644 --> 00:15:37,604 No legal papers or certificates? 218 00:15:37,688 --> 00:15:38,939 None. 219 00:15:39,022 --> 00:15:40,774 Then I fail to follow your Majesty. 220 00:15:40,899 --> 00:15:44,069 If this person should produce your letters 221 00:15:44,152 --> 00:15:46,488 for blackmailing or other purposes, 222 00:15:46,613 --> 00:15:50,576 how is she to prove their authenticity? 223 00:15:50,659 --> 00:15:51,660 There is the writing. 224 00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:53,662 Pooh, pooh! Forgery. 225 00:15:53,787 --> 00:15:55,873 My private writing paper. 226 00:15:55,998 --> 00:15:57,624 Stolen. 227 00:15:57,749 --> 00:15:58,876 My own seal. 228 00:15:59,001 --> 00:16:00,627 Imitated. 229 00:16:00,711 --> 00:16:01,962 My photograph. 230 00:16:02,045 --> 00:16:04,631 Bought. 231 00:16:04,715 --> 00:16:08,260 We were both in that photograph. 232 00:16:43,712 --> 00:16:47,466 Oh, dear, dear, dear. 233 00:16:47,549 --> 00:16:51,178 Yes, that is very bad. 234 00:16:51,303 --> 00:16:55,349 Your Majesty has certainly committed an indiscretion. 235 00:16:55,474 --> 00:17:03,106 She was beautiful, bewitching, clever, daring. 236 00:17:57,703 --> 00:18:01,456 I was only Crown Prince then. 237 00:18:01,582 --> 00:18:03,834 I was young! 238 00:18:03,959 --> 00:18:06,753 I am but 30 now. 239 00:18:06,837 --> 00:18:07,462 Of course, your Majesty 240 00:18:07,588 --> 00:18:10,966 has attempted to recover the photograph? 241 00:18:11,049 --> 00:18:13,802 We have tried and failed. 242 00:18:13,927 --> 00:18:15,804 Then your Majesty must pay. 243 00:18:15,888 --> 00:18:17,222 It must be bought. 244 00:18:17,306 --> 00:18:18,932 She will not sell. 245 00:18:19,057 --> 00:18:21,059 Stolen, then. 246 00:18:21,143 --> 00:18:23,645 Five attempts have been made. 247 00:18:23,770 --> 00:18:27,482 Twice burglars in my pay ransacked her house. 248 00:18:27,608 --> 00:18:30,652 Once we diverted her luggage when she traveled. 249 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:33,780 Twice she has been waylaid. 250 00:18:33,906 --> 00:18:36,200 There has been no sign of it. 251 00:18:38,994 --> 00:18:42,372 You mock?! 252 00:18:42,498 --> 00:18:44,333 It is serious! 253 00:18:44,416 --> 00:18:45,334 Yes. 254 00:18:45,417 --> 00:18:48,003 Yes, it is very serious, indeed. 255 00:18:48,128 --> 00:18:50,130 Well, what does she propose to do with this photograph 256 00:18:50,255 --> 00:18:54,384 if not to extort money? 257 00:18:54,510 --> 00:18:58,013 To ruin me. 258 00:18:58,138 --> 00:18:59,890 How? 259 00:19:00,015 --> 00:19:02,184 I'm about to be married. 260 00:19:02,309 --> 00:19:03,977 So I've heard. 261 00:19:04,061 --> 00:19:06,522 To the Princess Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen, 262 00:19:06,605 --> 00:19:08,607 and second daughter to the King of Scandinavia. 263 00:19:08,690 --> 00:19:10,484 It is a brilliant match. 264 00:19:10,609 --> 00:19:11,401 Precisely. 265 00:19:11,527 --> 00:19:14,655 But you will know the strict principles of her family. 266 00:19:14,780 --> 00:19:18,325 She's herself the soul of delicacy. 267 00:19:18,408 --> 00:19:20,244 A shadow of doubt as to my conduct 268 00:19:20,369 --> 00:19:22,162 would bring the matter to an end. 269 00:19:29,378 --> 00:19:31,213 And Irena Adler? 270 00:19:31,338 --> 00:19:34,216 Threatens to send them the photograph. 271 00:19:34,299 --> 00:19:36,426 And she will do it. 272 00:19:36,552 --> 00:19:39,471 She has a soul of steel. 273 00:19:39,555 --> 00:19:41,515 She's more beautiful than any other woman I've known, 274 00:19:41,598 --> 00:19:43,892 more resolute than any man. 275 00:19:44,017 --> 00:19:47,396 There are no lengths to which she would not go, none, 276 00:19:47,521 --> 00:19:51,692 to prevent my marriage to another woman! 277 00:19:53,735 --> 00:19:56,989 Your Majesty, 278 00:19:57,072 --> 00:20:02,661 why is this lady so vindictive? 279 00:20:02,744 --> 00:20:06,373 Oh, there was once some talk of marriage. 280 00:20:06,498 --> 00:20:08,041 Ha! 281 00:20:08,125 --> 00:20:13,797 She would not see that it was impossible! 282 00:20:25,017 --> 00:20:29,021 You are sure that she has not sent the photograph yet? 283 00:20:29,104 --> 00:20:30,397 I am sure. 284 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,607 Why? 285 00:20:31,732 --> 00:20:33,609 It may be on its way at this very moment. 286 00:20:33,734 --> 00:20:35,319 Because she has said that she would send it 287 00:20:35,444 --> 00:20:39,156 on the day when the betrothal was publicly proclaimed. 288 00:20:39,281 --> 00:20:41,617 That will be next Monday. 289 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:43,368 But I must leave London on Friday 290 00:20:43,452 --> 00:20:45,787 to be home for the ceremony. 291 00:20:45,913 --> 00:20:49,291 Ah, then we do have three days. 292 00:20:49,374 --> 00:20:50,501 Well, that is very fortunate, 293 00:20:50,626 --> 00:20:54,129 for I do have other matters in hand. 294 00:20:54,254 --> 00:20:56,798 Where can I find your Majesty in London? 295 00:20:56,924 --> 00:21:00,093 At the Langham Hotel, 296 00:21:00,219 --> 00:21:02,262 as the Count Von Kramm, remember. 297 00:21:02,387 --> 00:21:02,971 Yes, of course. 298 00:21:03,096 --> 00:21:04,973 And as to expenditure? 299 00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:17,861 Here are 300 pounds in gold, and 700 in notes. 300 00:21:17,986 --> 00:21:24,284 And Miss Irena Adler's address? 301 00:21:24,368 --> 00:21:25,035 Goodnight, your Majesty, 302 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:30,541 and I trust we shall soon have good news for you. 303 00:21:49,852 --> 00:21:54,731 Holmes, we can dine at Romano's, 304 00:21:54,857 --> 00:21:58,485 but we only have three days, till Friday. 305 00:21:58,610 --> 00:22:01,196 Oh, it must be settled by Friday. 306 00:22:01,321 --> 00:22:02,155 The composer Tchaikovsky 307 00:22:02,239 --> 00:22:04,283 is conducting his own works at the St. James's Hall. 308 00:22:04,366 --> 00:22:05,409 No, no, no, no! 309 00:22:05,534 --> 00:22:09,163 It must be settled by Friday. 310 00:22:11,707 --> 00:22:15,169 My dear Watson, I'd like to be alone. 311 00:22:15,252 --> 00:22:16,003 You are hungry? 312 00:22:16,128 --> 00:22:17,171 Yes. 313 00:22:17,296 --> 00:22:19,381 I'm sure Mrs. Hudson will bring you up a sandwich. 314 00:22:19,506 --> 00:22:20,007 A sandwich? 315 00:22:20,090 --> 00:22:22,759 We will not discuss this matter until tomorrow afternoon. 316 00:22:22,885 --> 00:22:24,887 Goodnight. 317 00:23:36,917 --> 00:23:40,546 Better than working, isn't it, mate? 318 00:23:40,629 --> 00:23:41,588 What is? 319 00:23:41,672 --> 00:23:43,131 Looking on. 320 00:23:43,215 --> 00:23:47,219 I'll change with you any time, gov. 321 00:23:47,302 --> 00:23:49,388 And what position are you? 322 00:23:49,471 --> 00:23:53,725 Eight weeks, a mere first-class groom. 323 00:23:53,809 --> 00:23:55,811 Are ya? 324 00:23:55,936 --> 00:23:58,438 Well, you can give me a hand if you like. 325 00:23:58,522 --> 00:24:03,277 I see you're all right. 326 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:04,945 Why not? 327 00:24:05,070 --> 00:24:07,573 Give her the price of the booze. 328 00:24:07,656 --> 00:24:13,871 I thought it was the booze. 329 00:24:13,996 --> 00:24:20,043 Strap the mare, show us what you can do. 330 00:24:49,448 --> 00:24:52,743 I spent a couple of hours with the cabbie and his cronies. 331 00:24:52,868 --> 00:24:55,162 Miss Irena Adler 332 00:24:55,245 --> 00:24:58,999 has certainly turned all men's heads in those parts. 333 00:24:59,124 --> 00:25:03,670 She is the daintiest thing under a bonnet on this planet, 334 00:25:03,754 --> 00:25:09,510 so say the Serpentine-mews fraternity, to a man. 335 00:25:09,593 --> 00:25:12,262 She lives quietly, 336 00:25:12,387 --> 00:25:14,640 drives out at five in the evening, 337 00:25:14,723 --> 00:25:18,435 returns at seven sharp for dinner. 338 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,605 Seldom goes out at other times, except when she sings. 339 00:25:21,730 --> 00:25:25,859 She has only one male visitor, but sees a good deal of him. 340 00:25:25,943 --> 00:25:28,195 He never calls less than once a day, and often twice. 341 00:25:28,278 --> 00:25:31,490 His name is a Mr. Godfrey Norton, of the Inner Temple. 342 00:25:31,573 --> 00:25:35,202 You see the advantages of having a cabman as a confidant. 343 00:25:35,285 --> 00:25:41,708 Mr. Godfrey Norton is a lawyer, that is important. 344 00:25:41,792 --> 00:25:44,753 Ominous, perhaps. 345 00:25:44,837 --> 00:25:49,550 Why his repeated visits? 346 00:25:49,675 --> 00:25:55,389 Is she his client, friend, or mistress? 347 00:25:55,472 --> 00:25:57,182 If he is her lawyer, 348 00:25:57,266 --> 00:26:02,271 he might have the photograph to his strong box. 349 00:26:02,396 --> 00:26:08,110 If her lover, he might not even know of it. 350 00:26:58,785 --> 00:27:01,788 She had just begun to sing, 351 00:27:01,872 --> 00:27:04,208 she has the voice of an angel, Watson, 352 00:27:04,333 --> 00:27:07,211 when a truly surprising chain of events overtook me, 353 00:27:07,336 --> 00:27:08,295 starting with the arrival 354 00:27:08,420 --> 00:27:14,635 of someone I presumed to be Mr. Godfrey Noble. 355 00:27:14,718 --> 00:27:16,803 Wait for me, will you. 356 00:27:23,769 --> 00:27:26,522 Fetch your mistress's carriage. 357 00:28:15,028 --> 00:28:16,488 Drive like the devil, 358 00:28:16,613 --> 00:28:17,865 Church of St. Monica, Edgeware Road. 359 00:28:17,990 --> 00:28:20,200 I must arrive there at least five minutes before 12:00. 360 00:28:20,284 --> 00:28:24,538 That gives you 20 minutes. Half a guinea if you do it. 361 00:29:00,365 --> 00:29:03,410 She is a lovely woman, Watson, 362 00:29:03,535 --> 00:29:07,164 with a face that a man might die for. 363 00:29:07,289 --> 00:29:11,251 A face a man might die for-- 364 00:29:11,335 --> 00:29:14,087 unusual language for you, Holmes. 365 00:29:14,171 --> 00:29:15,797 A metaphor, Watson, nothing else. 366 00:29:15,923 --> 00:29:18,800 I was just about to sprint after the landau and perch on the back 367 00:29:18,926 --> 00:29:20,928 when another cab came through the street. 368 00:29:21,053 --> 00:29:23,555 He looked twice at such a shabby fare, 369 00:29:23,639 --> 00:29:26,266 but I jumped in before he had time to object, 370 00:29:26,391 --> 00:29:27,684 showed him a handful of sovereigns 371 00:29:27,809 --> 00:29:28,393 and promised him one 372 00:29:28,477 --> 00:29:31,021 if he would get me to the Church of St. Monica within 20 minutes. 373 00:29:31,146 --> 00:29:33,857 Now, I don't think 374 00:29:33,982 --> 00:29:39,571 that I have ever been driven faster in a cab. 375 00:29:39,655 --> 00:29:44,701 They were there before us. 376 00:30:01,552 --> 00:30:03,637 Look, I'm very sorry, Mr. Norton, but l-- 377 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,681 For pity sake, it's almost midday. 378 00:30:05,806 --> 00:30:07,683 The latest time allowed by law. 379 00:30:07,808 --> 00:30:09,685 I would have called in one of those confounded churchmen 380 00:30:09,810 --> 00:30:11,770 but I saw no reason to let them know our business 381 00:30:11,854 --> 00:30:13,230 and I sent them off for a drink. 382 00:30:13,355 --> 00:30:14,815 Oh, dear Lord! 383 00:30:14,898 --> 00:30:17,442 Godfrey. 384 00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:24,992 You, you, come here, man! 385 00:30:27,202 --> 00:30:29,663 Yes, I mean you! 386 00:30:29,746 --> 00:30:31,665 We've only a few minutes left or it won't be legal! 387 00:30:31,748 --> 00:30:34,918 Come man, come! 388 00:30:41,717 --> 00:30:46,180 Hold this and do as you're told. 389 00:30:46,263 --> 00:30:49,266 You'll be paid. 390 00:30:50,267 --> 00:30:54,771 Ah, we have our witness. 391 00:30:54,897 --> 00:30:58,692 The ceremony may proceed. 392 00:31:00,736 --> 00:31:04,698 Dearly beloved, we are gathered here in the sight of God 393 00:31:04,823 --> 00:31:08,368 to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony 394 00:31:08,452 --> 00:31:11,330 which is an honorable estate instituted of God 395 00:31:11,413 --> 00:31:13,332 in the time of man's innocency, 396 00:31:13,415 --> 00:31:15,751 signifying unto us the mystical union 397 00:31:15,876 --> 00:31:18,253 that is betwixt Christ and his church. 398 00:31:26,803 --> 00:31:27,387 Irena. 399 00:31:27,513 --> 00:31:30,140 I allowed you to persuade me, 400 00:31:30,265 --> 00:31:34,394 now you must allow me to persuade you. 401 00:31:34,478 --> 00:31:36,813 I shall see you tomorrow. 402 00:31:36,939 --> 00:31:40,400 At the very first moment. 403 00:31:40,526 --> 00:31:43,946 I love you. 404 00:32:01,255 --> 00:32:05,551 John. 405 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:10,264 Hey, you! 406 00:32:14,768 --> 00:32:16,770 Come here, my man. 407 00:32:18,981 --> 00:32:21,441 Come here. 408 00:32:23,068 --> 00:32:26,446 Godfrey, let me. 409 00:32:38,834 --> 00:32:42,212 Sir, I want to thank you 410 00:32:42,337 --> 00:32:46,383 for being so miraculously present when we needed you. 411 00:32:46,508 --> 00:32:49,803 How fortunate that you have remained close by. 412 00:32:49,887 --> 00:32:54,141 Well, I'm in no hurry, mum. 413 00:32:54,224 --> 00:32:57,394 I hope you will accept this. 414 00:33:00,731 --> 00:33:03,066 I don't need no tip, mum. 415 00:33:03,192 --> 00:33:10,782 Oh, sir, let us call it a little souvenir. 416 00:33:25,172 --> 00:33:28,300 She gave me a sovereign. 417 00:33:28,383 --> 00:33:29,218 Here it is. 418 00:33:29,343 --> 00:33:34,264 What an extraordinary turn of events! 419 00:33:34,389 --> 00:33:36,225 I shall wear it on my watch chain 420 00:33:36,350 --> 00:33:40,145 in memory of the occasion. 421 00:33:40,229 --> 00:33:43,065 And what now? 422 00:33:43,190 --> 00:33:43,982 Well, during the ceremony 423 00:33:44,066 --> 00:33:46,151 I thought my plans had been overthrown. 424 00:33:46,235 --> 00:33:47,861 If they had made an immediate departure, 425 00:33:47,986 --> 00:33:48,737 it would have necessitated 426 00:33:48,862 --> 00:33:51,615 the most prompt and energetic measures on my part. 427 00:33:51,740 --> 00:33:56,745 But, he went back to the Temple, and she went to her own home, 428 00:33:56,870 --> 00:34:00,582 thus, giving us time to act. 429 00:34:00,707 --> 00:34:02,876 How? 430 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,421 Doctor, I shall require all your courage and alertness. 431 00:34:06,547 --> 00:34:09,550 I shall be delighted! 432 00:34:09,675 --> 00:34:12,010 You don't mind breaking the law? 433 00:34:12,094 --> 00:34:13,595 Not in the least. 434 00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:18,767 Nor running the chance of arrest? 435 00:34:18,892 --> 00:34:22,563 Not in a good cause. 436 00:34:22,688 --> 00:34:24,481 Oh, the cause is excellent. 437 00:34:24,606 --> 00:34:26,108 Well, then I am your man. 438 00:34:26,233 --> 00:34:27,734 Splendid. 439 00:35:02,644 --> 00:35:07,900 Now, the-- the question is-- 440 00:35:07,983 --> 00:35:12,488 Holmes, you really do look quite remarkable! 441 00:35:14,823 --> 00:35:16,825 You know, the question is where to find the photograph. 442 00:35:16,950 --> 00:35:18,869 I mean, the house has twice been burgled. 443 00:35:18,994 --> 00:35:20,913 She was too clever for them. 444 00:35:20,996 --> 00:35:23,248 She is a remarkable woman. 445 00:35:23,332 --> 00:35:25,250 Well, they must have searched very thoroughly. 446 00:35:25,334 --> 00:35:27,669 They did not know how to look! 447 00:35:27,794 --> 00:35:30,172 And how will you look? 448 00:35:30,297 --> 00:35:32,883 I shall not look. 449 00:35:33,008 --> 00:35:34,843 What then? 450 00:35:34,968 --> 00:35:37,179 I will allow her to show me. 451 00:35:40,474 --> 00:35:41,642 But she'll refused. 452 00:35:41,767 --> 00:35:42,809 She will not be able to. 453 00:35:42,935 --> 00:35:46,396 Ah, we draw near the scene of action. 454 00:35:46,522 --> 00:35:48,315 We had better walk from here. 455 00:36:07,626 --> 00:36:09,336 You know your instructions. 456 00:36:09,461 --> 00:36:11,713 When you raise your hand, I act. 457 00:36:11,839 --> 00:36:14,299 And we meet at the rendezvous in 10 minutes. 458 00:36:14,383 --> 00:36:16,969 Here she comes. 459 00:36:29,731 --> 00:36:30,941 Oh, no, you don't. 460 00:36:31,066 --> 00:36:32,484 I was here first. 461 00:36:32,568 --> 00:36:33,694 I opened the door, lady. 462 00:36:33,777 --> 00:36:35,445 He never, no, it was me! 463 00:36:35,571 --> 00:36:38,031 Clear off, you two! 464 00:36:41,910 --> 00:36:44,163 Let-me-go! 465 00:36:44,246 --> 00:36:45,414 Opening carriage doors 466 00:36:45,539 --> 00:36:48,292 is a legitimate means of livelihood, Mr. [inaudible]. 467 00:36:48,417 --> 00:36:51,712 You ain't gonna stop a man earning a copper, see. 468 00:36:51,795 --> 00:36:52,713 Let me pass. 469 00:36:52,796 --> 00:36:54,840 You there, let go of my coachman! 470 00:36:54,923 --> 00:36:56,925 Take the bread from me mouth, would 'ya? 471 00:36:57,050 --> 00:36:59,344 I'll fill your mouth, chum. 472 00:36:59,428 --> 00:37:00,596 Oh! 473 00:37:14,860 --> 00:37:17,237 Oh, no, no, please, please don't, men, 474 00:37:17,321 --> 00:37:19,990 please, I beg you, please I beg of you! 475 00:37:20,115 --> 00:37:23,911 Madam, I must protect you! 476 00:37:23,994 --> 00:37:27,956 Now stop that, you and you, stop that. 477 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,625 Oh! 478 00:37:30,501 --> 00:37:31,585 Stand back! 479 00:37:31,710 --> 00:37:34,796 You see what you've done! 480 00:37:37,090 --> 00:37:37,966 He's dead! 481 00:37:38,091 --> 00:37:41,929 Scamper, mate, before the coppers come! 482 00:37:42,012 --> 00:37:44,598 He's still breathing, but he's taken a bad knock. 483 00:37:44,723 --> 00:37:45,766 I am sorry, ma'am. 484 00:37:45,891 --> 00:37:47,100 You did your best, John. 485 00:37:47,226 --> 00:37:48,727 Is he badly hurt? 486 00:37:48,810 --> 00:37:52,272 It is only superficial, but he needs attention, quickly. 487 00:37:52,356 --> 00:37:54,816 But he can't lie on the street. 488 00:37:54,942 --> 00:37:57,945 Bring him into the house. 489 00:38:02,366 --> 00:38:04,785 All right, sir. 490 00:38:47,828 --> 00:38:49,496 Oh, you're conscious. 491 00:38:49,621 --> 00:38:53,834 Thank goodness, you are a brave man. 492 00:38:53,959 --> 00:38:56,587 Over here, Willot. 493 00:38:59,923 --> 00:39:01,675 No, no, stand back, 494 00:39:01,758 --> 00:39:04,344 I shall look after my friend in need. 495 00:39:04,469 --> 00:39:08,432 Sir, will you look toward me. 496 00:39:08,557 --> 00:39:11,977 Oh, it is no sight for a lady. 497 00:39:12,102 --> 00:39:14,980 I have strong nerves, dear friend. 498 00:39:15,063 --> 00:39:16,857 No, no, I cannot permit. 499 00:39:16,982 --> 00:39:19,318 Thank you. 500 00:39:19,401 --> 00:39:22,321 A bandage. 501 00:39:22,404 --> 00:39:26,200 As you wish. 502 00:39:51,266 --> 00:39:54,311 I'm so relieved that your wound isn't serious. 503 00:39:54,436 --> 00:39:59,816 Well, it is but shallow, and the concussion wears off. 504 00:40:09,284 --> 00:40:12,579 How extraordinary. 505 00:40:12,663 --> 00:40:14,581 Madam? 506 00:40:14,665 --> 00:40:15,624 That so many people 507 00:40:15,749 --> 00:40:20,003 should gather in such a quiet little turning. 508 00:40:20,128 --> 00:40:21,505 Well, it's the gang, madam, 509 00:40:21,630 --> 00:40:25,092 it was all pre-arranged to rob you. 510 00:40:25,217 --> 00:40:28,220 All those men to snatch one little purse. 511 00:40:28,303 --> 00:40:31,265 Oh, no, dear friend, it wouldn't have paid them. 512 00:40:31,348 --> 00:40:34,017 My vocation takes me much amongst the poor 513 00:40:34,142 --> 00:40:35,727 and even the criminal classes, madam. 514 00:40:35,811 --> 00:40:38,605 Look at those people staring, 515 00:40:38,689 --> 00:40:44,736 curiosity is so unseemly, but I fear universal. 516 00:40:44,820 --> 00:40:49,783 Oh, I am so sorry, I think I'm going to faint. 517 00:40:49,908 --> 00:40:52,327 Oh, air, I need some air! 518 00:40:52,452 --> 00:40:54,538 Willot, the window1 519 00:40:58,083 --> 00:41:00,169 Oh! 520 00:41:08,802 --> 00:41:10,053 Some drinking water. 521 00:41:10,179 --> 00:41:15,559 Are there any smelling salts? 522 00:41:30,574 --> 00:41:34,453 Madam, madam, I think I can smell fire. 523 00:41:34,536 --> 00:41:37,289 What? 524 00:41:37,372 --> 00:41:40,292 Fire, fire! 525 00:41:40,375 --> 00:41:42,753 Fire, fire, fire! 526 00:41:42,878 --> 00:41:46,673 There's a fire, is there? 527 00:41:51,512 --> 00:41:52,971 Madam, come out of here quickly! 528 00:41:53,096 --> 00:41:55,057 I'll take care of the old gentleman! 529 00:41:57,059 --> 00:42:00,187 I can't breathe. 530 00:42:03,148 --> 00:42:03,941 It's a false alarm! 531 00:42:04,066 --> 00:42:07,694 It's a false alarm, look! 532 00:42:07,778 --> 00:42:10,739 It's a trick, it's a-- tell them--tell them! 533 00:42:10,864 --> 00:42:13,408 There's a fire! 534 00:42:15,744 --> 00:42:18,747 It's a false alarm, do you hear? 535 00:42:18,872 --> 00:42:22,167 We do not need the fire engine! 536 00:42:29,341 --> 00:42:32,928 What is it? 537 00:42:33,053 --> 00:42:34,513 It is a plumber's rocket, madam, 538 00:42:34,596 --> 00:42:38,058 one of my flock is a plumber. 539 00:42:38,141 --> 00:42:39,476 It is ignited by a cap, 540 00:42:39,601 --> 00:42:43,730 and sends smoke into pipes to betray cracks and holes. 541 00:42:43,814 --> 00:42:45,023 No, no, no, no, no, it's all right. 542 00:42:45,107 --> 00:42:47,651 It will disperse. 543 00:42:47,776 --> 00:42:50,946 You said it was a trick. 544 00:42:51,071 --> 00:42:53,240 Who would play such a trick on me? 545 00:42:53,323 --> 00:42:54,992 One of the gang, madam. 546 00:42:55,117 --> 00:42:57,911 But to what purpose? I've escaped them. 547 00:42:58,036 --> 00:43:00,038 Revenge. 548 00:43:02,457 --> 00:43:06,086 Revenge? 549 00:43:06,170 --> 00:43:08,422 Are there such wicked people? 550 00:43:08,547 --> 00:43:10,591 There are people in this world, madam, 551 00:43:10,716 --> 00:43:16,138 to whom revenge is in itself a reward. 552 00:43:16,263 --> 00:43:21,643 I cannot imagine such feelings. 553 00:43:21,768 --> 00:43:24,938 I'm sure you cannot, madam. 554 00:43:25,063 --> 00:43:28,609 Well, I am feeling more myself. 555 00:43:28,692 --> 00:43:32,196 I must be on my way. 556 00:43:32,321 --> 00:43:35,282 Oh, please stay, some refreshment. 557 00:43:35,407 --> 00:43:37,784 Well, one of my flock expects me. 558 00:43:37,868 --> 00:43:40,162 Won't you let my carriage take you? 559 00:43:40,287 --> 00:43:43,582 Oh, no, no, no, the air will aid my recovery. 560 00:43:43,665 --> 00:43:49,087 At least your name, your address, 561 00:43:49,171 --> 00:43:51,423 that I may thank you adequately. 562 00:43:51,507 --> 00:43:55,260 Well, I am just a humble servant, madam, 563 00:43:55,344 --> 00:44:00,057 of the all seeing providence. 564 00:44:00,182 --> 00:44:01,058 Goodnight. 565 00:44:06,688 --> 00:44:09,191 Goodnight. 566 00:44:26,792 --> 00:44:29,127 You did it very nicely, Doctor. 567 00:44:29,211 --> 00:44:30,295 You have the photograph? 568 00:44:30,379 --> 00:44:32,381 No, but I know where it is. 569 00:44:32,506 --> 00:44:34,007 How did you find out? 570 00:44:34,132 --> 00:44:36,260 She showed me, as I told you she would. 571 00:44:36,385 --> 00:44:38,387 The trouble is, it still remains in her possession. 572 00:44:38,512 --> 00:44:40,848 You may have lost your one chance, Holmes. 573 00:44:40,931 --> 00:44:42,266 No. 574 00:44:42,391 --> 00:44:44,852 I shall call early tomorrow morning. 575 00:44:44,977 --> 00:44:46,019 You'll call there? 576 00:44:46,103 --> 00:44:48,730 And as my own self, and with the King. 577 00:44:48,856 --> 00:44:49,314 The King?! 578 00:44:49,439 --> 00:44:51,650 And with you, Watson! 579 00:44:51,733 --> 00:44:54,736 You must be a witness at the end of our quest. 580 00:45:21,555 --> 00:45:24,474 I trust you will sleep well tonight for a change, Holmes. 581 00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:28,395 Well, there's nothing like success for curing insomnia. 582 00:45:28,478 --> 00:45:32,566 Goodnight, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, 583 00:45:32,691 --> 00:45:34,902 and Watson. 584 00:45:35,027 --> 00:45:35,944 Holmes? 585 00:45:49,541 --> 00:45:50,918 But she could not love him. 586 00:45:51,001 --> 00:45:52,419 I am in hopes that she does. 587 00:45:52,503 --> 00:45:53,128 Why? 588 00:45:53,253 --> 00:45:54,338 Because it would spare your Majesty 589 00:45:54,463 --> 00:45:56,256 all fear of future annoyance. 590 00:45:56,340 --> 00:45:59,760 If she loves her husband, then she does not love your Majesty. 591 00:45:59,843 --> 00:46:01,178 And if she does not love your Majesty, 592 00:46:01,303 --> 00:46:05,307 why should she interfere with your Majesty's marriage. 593 00:46:11,730 --> 00:46:14,733 Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I believe. 594 00:46:14,817 --> 00:46:16,401 I am Mr. Holmes. 595 00:46:16,485 --> 00:46:19,530 My mistress told me you were likely to call. 596 00:46:19,655 --> 00:46:22,825 She left this morning with her husband by the 5:15 train 597 00:46:22,950 --> 00:46:25,410 from Charing Cross for the Continent. 598 00:46:25,536 --> 00:46:27,120 She has left England? 599 00:46:27,204 --> 00:46:29,623 Never to return, sir. 600 00:46:29,706 --> 00:46:31,583 All is lost. 601 00:46:48,267 --> 00:46:50,561 Well then, get at it. 602 00:46:58,026 --> 00:46:59,778 This is not it! 603 00:46:59,862 --> 00:47:06,869 Holmes, this is a different photograph! 604 00:47:12,583 --> 00:47:17,296 Do you hear me, man?! 605 00:47:17,379 --> 00:47:20,507 The letter. 606 00:47:20,591 --> 00:47:24,720 It is addressed to me. 607 00:47:24,845 --> 00:47:31,101 "My Dear Mr. Sherlock Holmes: You did it very well. 608 00:47:31,226 --> 00:47:32,186 You took me in completely. 609 00:47:32,269 --> 00:47:35,606 Until after the alarm of fire, I had not a suspicion. 610 00:47:35,731 --> 00:47:38,150 But then, when I found that I had betrayed myself, 611 00:47:38,233 --> 00:47:39,276 it flashed into my mind 612 00:47:39,401 --> 00:47:42,196 that I had been warned against you months ago. 613 00:47:42,279 --> 00:47:44,740 I had been told that if the King employed an agent 614 00:47:44,865 --> 00:47:46,074 it would certainly be you. 615 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:47,493 Yet, with all this, 616 00:47:47,576 --> 00:47:50,621 you made me reveal what you wanted to know. 617 00:47:50,746 --> 00:47:53,081 Even before when the presence of so many people in the street 618 00:47:53,207 --> 00:47:56,043 had sounded an alarm in my instinct, 619 00:47:56,168 --> 00:48:01,590 I could not think evil of such a dear, kind old clergyman. 620 00:48:03,509 --> 00:48:05,427 But, you know, 621 00:48:05,511 --> 00:48:08,430 I have been trained as an actress myself, 622 00:48:08,555 --> 00:48:11,808 and male costume is nothing new to me. 623 00:48:11,934 --> 00:48:16,230 Yes, it was I who followed you to your door, 624 00:48:16,355 --> 00:48:16,855 just to make sure 625 00:48:16,939 --> 00:48:21,693 that you really were the celebrated Mr. Sherlock Holmes. 626 00:48:21,777 --> 00:48:26,532 It was I who rather imprudently, wished you goodnight. 627 00:48:26,615 --> 00:48:30,035 Then I started for the Temple to see my new husband. 628 00:48:30,118 --> 00:48:31,328 We had married in secret 629 00:48:31,453 --> 00:48:35,249 in case we needed to leave the country to elude the King. 630 00:48:35,332 --> 00:48:39,294 Your appearance on the scene was the signal for flight. 631 00:48:39,378 --> 00:48:44,633 You are too formidable an antagonist. 632 00:48:49,012 --> 00:48:52,641 You will find the nest empty when you call tomorrow. 633 00:48:52,766 --> 00:48:58,939 As to the photograph, your client may rest in peace. 634 00:48:59,064 --> 00:49:06,238 I love and am loved by a better man than he." 635 00:49:09,867 --> 00:49:13,620 "The King may"-- 636 00:49:21,211 --> 00:49:22,754 "The King may do what he will 637 00:49:22,838 --> 00:49:27,509 without hindrance from one whom he has cruelly wronged. 638 00:49:27,634 --> 00:49:30,304 I kept it only to safeguard myself, 639 00:49:30,387 --> 00:49:33,974 and to preserve a weapon which will always secure me 640 00:49:34,099 --> 00:49:38,478 from any steps he may take." 641 00:49:55,621 --> 00:49:57,623 There is more. 642 00:49:57,706 --> 00:50:02,836 "I leave another photograph which he might care to possess; 643 00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:04,796 and I remain, dear Mr. Sherlock Holmes, 644 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:11,845 very truly yours, Irena Norton, nee Adler." 645 00:50:14,097 --> 00:50:17,851 What a woman! 646 00:50:17,976 --> 00:50:22,773 What a queen she would have made! 647 00:50:22,898 --> 00:50:27,444 Is it not a pity she was not on my level. 648 00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:31,198 From what I have seen of the lady, 649 00:50:31,281 --> 00:50:34,868 yes, indeed, she is on a very different level to your Majesty. 650 00:50:34,952 --> 00:50:39,581 I am only so sorry that I have failed in my commission. 651 00:50:39,706 --> 00:50:41,416 On the contrary, my dear sir, 652 00:50:41,542 --> 00:50:44,169 nothing could be more successful. 653 00:50:44,253 --> 00:50:46,839 I know that her word is inviolate. 654 00:50:46,922 --> 00:50:50,551 The photograph is now as safe as if it were in the fire. 655 00:50:50,676 --> 00:50:53,095 I am glad that your Majesty thinks so. 656 00:50:53,220 --> 00:50:54,429 I am immensely indebted to you. 657 00:50:54,555 --> 00:50:58,684 Pray, tell me in what way I can reward you. 658 00:51:00,435 --> 00:51:02,354 This ring? 659 00:51:08,152 --> 00:51:09,528 Your Majesty has something 660 00:51:09,611 --> 00:51:12,156 which I should value even more highly. 661 00:51:12,281 --> 00:51:17,202 You have but to name it. 662 00:51:17,327 --> 00:51:19,580 This. 663 00:51:19,663 --> 00:51:21,623 Irena's photograph? 664 00:51:21,748 --> 00:51:24,793 Certainly, if you wish it. 665 00:51:24,918 --> 00:51:25,627 Then I have the honor 666 00:51:25,752 --> 00:51:29,673 to wish your Majesty a very good morning. 667 00:51:38,182 --> 00:51:40,767 And that was how a great scandal 668 00:51:40,893 --> 00:51:43,520 threatened the Kingdom of Bohemia, 669 00:51:43,645 --> 00:51:46,940 and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock Holmes 670 00:51:47,024 --> 00:51:50,861 were beaten by a woman's wit. 671 00:51:50,986 --> 00:51:53,447 He used to sneer much at the cleverness of women, 672 00:51:53,572 --> 00:51:56,074 but I have not heard him do it of late. 673 00:51:56,158 --> 00:51:58,994 And when he speaks of Irena Adler, 674 00:51:59,119 --> 00:52:00,537 or when he refers to that woman, 675 00:52:00,662 --> 00:52:06,710 it is always under the honorable title of "The Woman." 676 00:52:06,835 --> 00:52:10,839 In his eyes, she eclipses the whole of her sex. 677 00:52:10,964 --> 00:52:13,550 It was not that he ever betrayed any sign of love 678 00:52:13,675 --> 00:52:15,135 for Irena Adler, 679 00:52:15,260 --> 00:52:17,179 all emotions such as that one 680 00:52:17,304 --> 00:52:21,266 are abhorrent to his cold, precise mind. 681 00:52:21,350 --> 00:52:24,770 He only looks on women pathologically, 682 00:52:24,853 --> 00:52:27,981 as the source of motives, clues. 683 00:52:28,065 --> 00:52:35,739 And yet, he keeps her photograph apart, locked up. 684 00:52:35,864 --> 00:52:39,535 There is but one woman to him, 685 00:52:39,660 --> 00:52:48,794 the beautiful Irena Adler, of dubious and questionable memory.