0 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Downloaded From www.AllSubs.org 1 00:01:04,857 --> 00:01:11,572 There's nobody there, there's nobody there! 2 00:01:11,655 --> 00:01:15,951 Help me, help me, help me, help me! 3 00:01:16,076 --> 00:01:17,452 There's nobody there! 4 00:01:17,578 --> 00:01:18,912 There's nobody there! 5 00:01:18,996 --> 00:01:20,789 There's nobody there! 6 00:01:24,459 --> 00:01:29,423 Help me, help me, help me, help, help! 7 00:01:29,506 --> 00:01:35,220 Treachery, ruined, ruined, [inaudible] England! 8 00:02:19,014 --> 00:02:23,101 Holmes, Holmes? 9 00:02:23,185 --> 00:02:26,813 Holmes? 10 00:02:28,065 --> 00:02:32,694 Holmes, Holmes? 11 00:02:32,819 --> 00:02:35,822 You come as a crisis, Watson! 12 00:02:45,707 --> 00:02:48,001 Help yourself to tobacco from the Persian slipper. 13 00:02:48,085 --> 00:02:50,796 I shall be at your service in an instant. 14 00:03:09,314 --> 00:03:10,983 If this remains blue, all is well. 15 00:03:11,066 --> 00:03:15,696 If it turns red, it's a man's life. 16 00:03:17,823 --> 00:03:20,868 I thought as much. 17 00:03:20,951 --> 00:03:22,953 Mrs. Hudson! 18 00:03:24,079 --> 00:03:26,582 Mrs. Hudson! 19 00:03:31,086 --> 00:03:32,379 Would you find Billy, please, 20 00:03:32,462 --> 00:03:35,591 and tell him to dispatch these telegrams without delay. 21 00:03:35,716 --> 00:03:36,508 Thank you. 22 00:03:36,592 --> 00:03:40,345 Oh, Sit down, Watson. 23 00:03:44,099 --> 00:03:48,854 A commonplace little murder! 24 00:03:48,937 --> 00:03:52,608 You have something more interesting, I fancy. 25 00:03:52,733 --> 00:03:54,943 You are the stormy petrel of crime, Watson. 26 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:57,112 What is it? 27 00:03:57,237 --> 00:04:00,157 I've had a letter from a boy I was at school with. 28 00:04:00,282 --> 00:04:03,535 I think you should read it. 29 00:04:03,619 --> 00:04:05,954 Percy Phelps, brilliant boy, 30 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:07,956 carried off every prize the school had to offer, 31 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:10,375 went on to fresh triumphs at Cambridge. 32 00:04:10,459 --> 00:04:11,168 I must confess, 33 00:04:11,293 --> 00:04:15,297 he'd passed completely out of my mind until this. 34 00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:16,465 "My Dear Watson: 35 00:04:16,590 --> 00:04:19,092 I have no doubt you remember Tadpole Phelps, 36 00:04:19,218 --> 00:04:22,304 who was in the third form when you were in the fifth. 37 00:04:22,429 --> 00:04:24,014 It's possible you may have heard 38 00:04:24,139 --> 00:04:25,933 that through my uncle's influence 39 00:04:26,016 --> 00:04:28,894 I obtained a good appointment at the Foreign Office." 40 00:04:28,977 --> 00:04:31,647 His uncle's Lord Holdhurst. 41 00:04:31,772 --> 00:04:33,899 "And that I was in a position of trust and honor 42 00:04:33,982 --> 00:04:38,111 till a horrible misfortune came suddenly to blast my career." 43 00:04:38,237 --> 00:04:41,740 Yes, his gaudy connections did him little good at school. 44 00:04:41,823 --> 00:04:43,200 It seemed to us a piquant thing 45 00:04:43,325 --> 00:04:45,911 to chevy him about the playground, 46 00:04:45,994 --> 00:04:50,457 hit him over the shins with a wicket. 47 00:04:50,541 --> 00:04:52,167 "Do you think you could bring your friend Mr. Holmes 48 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:54,795 down to see me?" 49 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,338 That doesn't tell us much. 50 00:04:56,421 --> 00:04:57,548 Hardly anything. 51 00:04:57,673 --> 00:05:00,717 But the writing is of interest, it is a woman's. 52 00:05:00,843 --> 00:05:02,261 No, no, a man's, surely. 53 00:05:02,344 --> 00:05:04,847 No, a woman's. 54 00:05:04,930 --> 00:05:08,851 At the commencement of a case it is always something to know 55 00:05:08,976 --> 00:05:12,271 that a client is in close contact with someone who, 56 00:05:12,354 --> 00:05:17,818 for good or evil, has an exceptional nature. 57 00:05:17,943 --> 00:05:20,153 You're interested? 58 00:05:22,406 --> 00:05:24,324 Indeed. 59 00:05:24,408 --> 00:05:25,158 Well, if you are ready, 60 00:05:25,242 --> 00:05:29,121 let us start for Briarbrae House Woking, at once. 61 00:05:29,204 --> 00:05:30,414 Well, my practice-- 62 00:05:30,539 --> 00:05:32,207 Oh, oh, oh, oh! 63 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:34,376 Well, I mean, if your cases are more interesting than mine. 64 00:05:34,501 --> 00:05:35,169 I was gonna say, 65 00:05:35,252 --> 00:05:38,213 my practice would do very well for a day or two. 66 00:05:38,297 --> 00:05:40,340 It's the slackest time of the year. 67 00:05:40,465 --> 00:05:43,177 Excellent. 68 00:05:43,302 --> 00:05:45,304 Then let us visit this diplomatist 69 00:05:45,387 --> 00:05:47,347 who is in such evil case, 70 00:05:47,431 --> 00:05:51,560 and the lady to whom he dictates his letters. 71 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:55,063 Mrs. Hudson, hot water! 72 00:06:07,075 --> 00:06:08,160 Ah, Rose. 73 00:06:08,243 --> 00:06:11,330 Check this for me, would you? That's a good love. 74 00:06:15,792 --> 00:06:16,877 Mr. Sherlock Holmes? 75 00:06:17,002 --> 00:06:18,921 And this is my colleague and friend, Dr. Watson. 76 00:06:19,004 --> 00:06:20,964 Dr. Watson, I'm so glad you've come. 77 00:06:21,089 --> 00:06:24,927 Percy's been inquiring after you all morning, poor chap. 78 00:06:25,010 --> 00:06:31,058 I perceive that you, yourself, are not a member of the family? 79 00:06:32,643 --> 00:06:36,230 Of course, you see my JH monogram. 80 00:06:36,355 --> 00:06:38,899 Now, for a moment I thought you'd done something clever. 81 00:06:39,024 --> 00:06:40,859 Joseph Harrison is my name, 82 00:06:40,943 --> 00:06:43,278 and since Percy is betrothed to my sister Annie, 83 00:06:43,362 --> 00:06:46,031 I shall at least be a relation by marriage. 84 00:06:46,114 --> 00:06:48,242 You'll find her in his room, 85 00:06:48,325 --> 00:06:52,371 she's been nursing him these past two months. 86 00:06:52,454 --> 00:06:54,581 Rose, in the house. 87 00:07:05,133 --> 00:07:07,970 Now, listen, they're here. 88 00:07:08,095 --> 00:07:09,263 Shall I leave? 89 00:07:09,388 --> 00:07:11,598 No, no. 90 00:07:25,904 --> 00:07:27,823 My dear Watson, I should never have known you 91 00:07:27,906 --> 00:07:28,699 under that mustache, 92 00:07:28,824 --> 00:07:31,201 and I daresay you wouldn't be prepared to swear to me. 93 00:07:31,326 --> 00:07:35,539 Not at all, still the same dear old Tadpole. 94 00:07:35,664 --> 00:07:38,959 And this, I presume, is your celebrated friend? 95 00:07:39,042 --> 00:07:43,172 Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Percy Phelps. 96 00:07:43,297 --> 00:07:45,090 And I'm Miss Harrison. 97 00:07:45,174 --> 00:07:47,342 My fianc�, and my nurse. 98 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:50,470 Please, sit down. 99 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:57,853 I, uh, I showed Holmes the letter that you wrote to me. 100 00:07:57,978 --> 00:07:59,229 Yes, I hoped you would. 101 00:07:59,354 --> 00:08:01,440 It was rather short on detail. 102 00:08:01,523 --> 00:08:03,859 Then let me get straight to the point. 103 00:08:03,942 --> 00:08:05,986 I work as a clerk in the Foreign Office. 104 00:08:06,111 --> 00:08:08,614 My uncle is Lord Holdhurst. 105 00:08:08,697 --> 00:08:12,326 When he became Foreign Minister, he gave me, 106 00:08:12,409 --> 00:08:14,161 ocassional delicate missions of trust, 107 00:08:14,286 --> 00:08:17,039 which I always managed to conduct successfully. 108 00:08:17,164 --> 00:08:19,666 I'm sure you did, old chap. 109 00:08:19,750 --> 00:08:22,753 Pray, continue, Mr. Phelps. 110 00:08:22,878 --> 00:08:24,213 Nearly ten weeks ago, 111 00:08:24,296 --> 00:08:26,381 it was the evening of the 23rd of May, 112 00:08:26,507 --> 00:08:28,634 he called me into his private room. 113 00:08:38,602 --> 00:08:42,189 Ah, Percy, my dear boy! 114 00:08:42,314 --> 00:08:43,941 Good evening, sir. 115 00:08:44,066 --> 00:08:46,944 You've heard of the Naval Treaty 116 00:08:47,069 --> 00:08:51,114 that has just been drawn up between England and ltaly? 117 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:52,824 I've read rumors in the press, sir. 118 00:08:52,908 --> 00:08:54,910 Most regrettable, 119 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:56,912 and it is of the utmost importance 120 00:08:57,037 --> 00:08:58,747 that nothing further should leak out. 121 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:00,999 The French and Russian embassies 122 00:09:01,083 --> 00:09:05,379 would pay an immense sum to learn its contents. 123 00:09:05,462 --> 00:09:07,840 This is the original. 124 00:09:07,923 --> 00:09:09,800 It should not leave my bureau 125 00:09:09,925 --> 00:09:13,011 were it not absolutely necessary to have it copied. 126 00:09:13,095 --> 00:09:15,097 Take it straight to your office and lock it up. 127 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:19,726 Now, remain behind when the others go, 128 00:09:19,810 --> 00:09:21,061 so that you can work at your leisure 129 00:09:21,144 --> 00:09:24,231 and without fear of being overlooked. 130 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:26,024 And when you have finished, 131 00:09:26,108 --> 00:09:30,654 relock both the original and the draft in your own desk, 132 00:09:30,779 --> 00:09:35,117 and hand them over to me personally tomorrow morning. 133 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:39,788 The very greatest care, Nephew. 134 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:41,623 You may rely on it, sir. 135 00:09:41,748 --> 00:09:42,958 This treaty, 136 00:09:43,083 --> 00:09:45,961 can you be more precise as to its nature? 137 00:09:46,044 --> 00:09:48,589 Well, in outline it defined the position of Great Britain 138 00:09:48,672 --> 00:09:50,007 towards the Triple Alliance 139 00:09:50,132 --> 00:09:51,300 in the event of the French fleet 140 00:09:51,425 --> 00:09:56,013 gaining complete ascendancy over ltaly in the Mediterranean. 141 00:09:56,138 --> 00:09:57,472 I returned straight to my office 142 00:09:57,598 --> 00:09:59,224 where I found a colleague of mine, 143 00:09:59,308 --> 00:10:02,644 Mr. Charles Gorot, still working. 144 00:10:02,728 --> 00:10:05,856 Well, chap, 145 00:10:05,981 --> 00:10:09,193 what did Uncle want? 146 00:10:09,318 --> 00:10:13,155 To congratulate me on my engagement. 147 00:10:13,238 --> 00:10:14,698 Splendid. 148 00:10:33,675 --> 00:10:37,638 Nothing else? 149 00:10:37,721 --> 00:10:41,308 Some fishing dispute he wanted me to copy. 150 00:10:53,028 --> 00:10:55,697 You're not still on that Bulgarian piece, are you? 151 00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:59,159 It's extremely long-winded and tiresome, 152 00:10:59,243 --> 00:11:02,621 and I am fagged out for the night. 153 00:11:02,704 --> 00:11:06,041 You working late again? 154 00:11:06,124 --> 00:11:07,835 Just a few things. 155 00:11:07,918 --> 00:11:10,045 You want to slack off a bit, old man. 156 00:11:10,170 --> 00:11:12,589 Ambition is a fine thing and all that, 157 00:11:12,714 --> 00:11:16,134 but do not neglect the beautiful Miss Harrison. 158 00:11:16,218 --> 00:11:19,555 Some other chap might step in. 159 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:20,973 She wouldn't have you, Charles. 160 00:11:21,056 --> 00:11:22,391 Well, not me, old man. 161 00:11:22,474 --> 00:11:25,644 I've got my Daphne. 162 00:11:25,727 --> 00:11:27,187 Goodnight to you. 163 00:11:27,271 --> 00:11:29,273 Goodnight. 164 00:11:40,617 --> 00:11:43,954 You made sure that he was gone before you started work? 165 00:11:44,079 --> 00:11:46,456 Quite sure, and I copied as fast as I could, 166 00:11:46,582 --> 00:11:49,501 for I knew that Joseph, my fianc�'s brother-- 167 00:11:49,585 --> 00:11:52,004 We met him in the garden. 168 00:11:52,087 --> 00:11:52,796 He was in town, 169 00:11:52,921 --> 00:11:55,841 and was traveling back to Woking by the 11:00 o'clock train. 170 00:11:55,924 --> 00:11:58,093 And I wanted to catch it, if possible. 171 00:11:58,218 --> 00:12:00,721 But it was a long document? 172 00:12:00,846 --> 00:12:03,390 Written in French. 173 00:12:08,395 --> 00:12:11,565 By 9:00 o'clock, I was feeling drowsy 174 00:12:11,648 --> 00:12:14,484 and scarcely a third of the way through. 175 00:12:14,610 --> 00:12:16,820 I thought a cup of coffee might clear my brain, 176 00:12:16,945 --> 00:12:19,907 so I rang the commissioner who stays on duty all night 177 00:12:20,032 --> 00:12:23,744 in a small lodge at the bottom of the stairs. 178 00:12:30,918 --> 00:12:36,590 To my surprise, it was a woman who answered the summons. 179 00:12:36,715 --> 00:12:40,385 I'm sorry, I was ringing for Mr. Tangey. 180 00:12:40,469 --> 00:12:41,595 I'm his wife, sir, 181 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,431 I do the char work in this building. 182 00:12:44,515 --> 00:12:51,313 Ah, well, I was wondering if you might bring me a cup of coffee. 183 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:53,482 I'll go and ask him, sir. 184 00:12:53,607 --> 00:12:56,610 This woman, 185 00:12:56,693 --> 00:12:59,071 you've never noticed her in the building before? 186 00:12:59,154 --> 00:13:01,031 Never. 187 00:13:01,156 --> 00:13:09,289 The coffee was some time coming, so I went down to investigate. 188 00:13:09,414 --> 00:13:12,209 Leaving the room unguarded? 189 00:13:13,502 --> 00:13:15,504 Yes. 190 00:13:18,507 --> 00:13:23,887 I found Tangey--asleep. 191 00:13:37,192 --> 00:13:42,447 Mr. Phelps, sir, I'm very sorry, sir. 192 00:13:42,531 --> 00:13:46,118 I must have just dropped off for a moment. 193 00:13:46,201 --> 00:13:47,077 Your coffee, sir. 194 00:13:51,456 --> 00:13:54,960 Well, if you're here, sir, who's ringing the bell? 195 00:13:55,043 --> 00:13:56,962 Bell, what bell is it? 196 00:13:57,045 --> 00:13:58,881 It's the bell in the room in which you're working, sir. 197 00:14:04,469 --> 00:14:05,971 You ran back upstairs 198 00:14:06,054 --> 00:14:09,641 and the document was gone from your desk. 199 00:14:10,642 --> 00:14:12,311 Yes! 200 00:14:12,394 --> 00:14:15,397 God no-- 201 00:14:19,067 --> 00:14:21,653 You passed no one in the corridor? 202 00:14:21,737 --> 00:14:24,239 No one, there was no one! 203 00:14:24,364 --> 00:14:27,034 And the room and the corridor 204 00:14:27,159 --> 00:14:29,828 all seemed exactly as I'd left it! 205 00:14:29,912 --> 00:14:32,039 Percy has drawn a rough chart of the building, Mr. Holmes, 206 00:14:32,164 --> 00:14:33,540 which he thought might be of use. 207 00:14:33,624 --> 00:14:38,086 Yes, yes, that's of the utmost importance, Mr. Holmes. 208 00:14:40,547 --> 00:14:42,633 Yes, I think I quite follow it. 209 00:14:42,758 --> 00:14:45,719 On your discovery of the theft, what did you do then? 210 00:14:45,802 --> 00:14:47,054 Well, I recognized in an instant 211 00:14:47,137 --> 00:14:50,432 the thief must have come up through the side door. 212 00:14:50,557 --> 00:14:52,142 This one here. 213 00:14:52,267 --> 00:14:53,602 Yes, of course. Well, you'd have met him 214 00:14:53,685 --> 00:14:55,646 if he'd come the other way. 215 00:14:55,771 --> 00:14:58,023 And you are satisfied that they could not have been concealed 216 00:14:58,106 --> 00:14:59,900 in the room or in the corridor? 217 00:14:59,983 --> 00:15:01,735 Absolutely impossible. 218 00:15:01,860 --> 00:15:03,403 All the other doors were locked. 219 00:15:03,487 --> 00:15:07,241 Strict Foreign Office regulations. 220 00:15:07,366 --> 00:15:09,284 There was no cover at all. 221 00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:13,121 A rat couldn't have concealed himself there. 222 00:15:15,249 --> 00:15:17,918 Tangey and I both rushed out 223 00:15:18,001 --> 00:15:19,878 down the stairs that lead into Charles Street. 224 00:15:19,962 --> 00:15:20,629 Mr. Phelps! 225 00:15:20,754 --> 00:15:24,341 The door at the bottom was closed, unlocked. 226 00:15:24,466 --> 00:15:28,804 It was dark, raining. 227 00:15:28,929 --> 00:15:32,558 There was no one! 228 00:15:32,641 --> 00:15:38,021 But I distinctly remember the three-quarters of Big Ben. 229 00:15:38,146 --> 00:15:42,568 A quarter to ten. 230 00:15:42,651 --> 00:15:45,612 That is of enormous importance. 231 00:15:45,696 --> 00:15:49,449 They came out here, you see, Holmes. 232 00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:50,868 On the corner we found a policeman, 233 00:15:50,993 --> 00:15:52,327 but he'd seen no one leave the building 234 00:15:52,411 --> 00:15:53,287 in the last quarter of an hour 235 00:15:53,370 --> 00:15:54,955 except for the Commissioner's wife, 236 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,833 so we ran through to Whitehall. 237 00:15:57,958 --> 00:16:03,380 It was full of traffic, people coming and going, 238 00:16:03,505 --> 00:16:05,507 all only too eager to find a place of shelter 239 00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:08,177 on so wet a night. 240 00:16:08,302 --> 00:16:10,637 No lounger to tell you who'd passed? 241 00:16:10,721 --> 00:16:11,972 None. 242 00:16:12,055 --> 00:16:14,725 Had it been raining all evening? 243 00:16:14,850 --> 00:16:16,351 Since about 7:00. 244 00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:18,353 Ah, this chain of events 245 00:16:18,437 --> 00:16:22,107 is certainly of extraordinary interest. 246 00:16:22,191 --> 00:16:24,860 And so you returned to the office, 247 00:16:24,985 --> 00:16:26,528 examined it, I presume, 248 00:16:26,653 --> 00:16:29,615 to see if the intruder had left any traces; 249 00:16:29,698 --> 00:16:34,578 muddy foot marks, any cigar end, or dropped glove, hairpin? 250 00:16:34,703 --> 00:16:36,872 There was nothing. 251 00:16:36,997 --> 00:16:38,665 Except the tangible fact 252 00:16:38,790 --> 00:16:41,001 that the Commissioner's wife had run out of the building 253 00:16:41,126 --> 00:16:44,796 not ten minutes earlier. 254 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,633 What did you do next, Mr. Phelps? 255 00:16:47,716 --> 00:16:53,180 The constable alerted Scotland Yard. 256 00:16:53,263 --> 00:16:55,974 It was then for the first time 257 00:16:56,058 --> 00:17:00,437 the full horror of my situation came upon me. 258 00:17:00,562 --> 00:17:04,066 I'd been so confident of regaining the treaty, 259 00:17:04,191 --> 00:17:07,945 I dared not think-- 260 00:17:08,070 --> 00:17:08,904 Watson will tell you 261 00:17:09,029 --> 00:17:12,699 I was a nervous, sensitive boy at school. 262 00:17:12,783 --> 00:17:15,744 It's my nature. 263 00:17:15,869 --> 00:17:21,500 I thought of my uncle, his cabinet colleagues, 264 00:17:21,583 --> 00:17:28,674 the shame I'd brought upon them, myself, 265 00:17:28,757 --> 00:17:32,302 everyone connected with me. 266 00:17:32,427 --> 00:17:35,764 Although I was the victim of an accident, 267 00:17:35,848 --> 00:17:41,270 there are no allowance for accidents in diplomatic circles. 268 00:17:41,395 --> 00:17:43,856 Ruined, 269 00:17:43,939 --> 00:17:49,278 shamefully, hopelessly ruined! 270 00:17:49,403 --> 00:17:51,989 Steady on, old chap. 271 00:17:58,036 --> 00:18:01,957 Stand back, will you, Holmes. 272 00:18:23,604 --> 00:18:25,272 Is the investigation concluded? 273 00:18:25,397 --> 00:18:30,485 Adjourned. 274 00:18:30,611 --> 00:18:33,906 Poor old Percy, terrible strain, all this, 275 00:18:33,989 --> 00:18:36,575 career in the balance. 276 00:18:36,658 --> 00:18:38,660 It seems not to have affected your sister's devotion. 277 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:40,621 How long has she known Mr. Phelps? 278 00:18:40,704 --> 00:18:43,415 Well, they met in Northumberland in the winter. 279 00:18:43,499 --> 00:18:45,292 Percy was traveling on government business 280 00:18:45,375 --> 00:18:46,835 in that part of the world. 281 00:18:46,919 --> 00:18:48,170 It was love at first sight. 282 00:18:48,295 --> 00:18:50,297 Do your people approve of the match? 283 00:18:50,380 --> 00:18:52,799 Indeed, Mr. Holmes, 284 00:18:52,883 --> 00:18:55,135 especially when they learned of Percy's connection 285 00:18:55,219 --> 00:18:56,678 with Lord Holdhurst. 286 00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:58,680 My father is an iron-master, 287 00:18:58,764 --> 00:19:01,600 and a staunch supporter of the Conservative Party. 288 00:19:01,683 --> 00:19:03,352 She came down here to meet Percy's people, 289 00:19:03,477 --> 00:19:04,436 and you came as escort? 290 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:05,187 That's right, 291 00:19:05,312 --> 00:19:07,564 just before they left for America. 292 00:19:07,689 --> 00:19:11,693 The, um, the wedding is planned for September, 293 00:19:11,818 --> 00:19:13,028 if the poor chap recovers. 294 00:19:13,153 --> 00:19:15,030 I suppose you only intended a short visit, 295 00:19:15,155 --> 00:19:16,323 and then came the smash? 296 00:19:16,448 --> 00:19:18,659 Mm. 297 00:19:22,037 --> 00:19:24,665 May I ask you what your occupation is 298 00:19:24,790 --> 00:19:28,335 that allows you to while away the summer in Woking? 299 00:19:28,418 --> 00:19:30,045 As the eldest son, Mr. Holmes, 300 00:19:30,170 --> 00:19:33,507 I have expectations of inheriting my father's business. 301 00:19:33,590 --> 00:19:36,009 I also dabble in stocks and shares, 302 00:19:36,093 --> 00:19:39,513 which grants me a certain independence. 303 00:19:39,596 --> 00:19:43,016 My apologies if my question offended you. 304 00:19:44,476 --> 00:19:45,686 On the night of May the 23rd, 305 00:19:45,811 --> 00:19:49,147 had you arranged to meet Mr. Phelps at Waterloo 306 00:19:49,231 --> 00:19:50,899 to take the 11:00 o'clock train together? 307 00:19:51,024 --> 00:19:52,526 No. 308 00:19:52,609 --> 00:19:54,069 That may have been his intention, 309 00:19:54,194 --> 00:19:56,780 he knew I was in London dining with my stockbroker. 310 00:19:56,905 --> 00:19:59,950 But I wasn't expecting to meet him. 311 00:20:00,075 --> 00:20:02,286 Then thank you for your time, Mr. Harrison. 312 00:20:02,411 --> 00:20:08,876 Shall I, um, and would you, the sick room. 313 00:20:15,424 --> 00:20:17,509 Mr. Holmes, I do apologize. 314 00:20:17,593 --> 00:20:22,806 I feel calmer now, thanks to Watson's ministration. 315 00:20:22,931 --> 00:20:24,308 Gently with him, Holmes. 316 00:20:24,433 --> 00:20:26,560 Ah. 317 00:20:26,643 --> 00:20:28,729 Mr. Phelps, 318 00:20:28,812 --> 00:20:31,773 there is just the matter of the Commissioner's wife. 319 00:20:31,899 --> 00:20:33,400 Yes, of course. 320 00:20:33,483 --> 00:20:37,321 As I remember, shortly after our return to my office, 321 00:20:37,446 --> 00:20:38,655 Inspector Forbes of the Yard 322 00:20:38,780 --> 00:20:42,618 arrived to take up the case with considerable energy. 323 00:20:42,743 --> 00:20:44,912 We hired a hansom, and within half an hour 324 00:20:45,037 --> 00:20:47,331 we were at the Tangeys' home in Brixton. 325 00:20:47,456 --> 00:20:51,418 The door was opened by his eldest daughter. 326 00:20:51,543 --> 00:20:52,461 Hey, what do you want? 327 00:20:52,544 --> 00:20:53,587 Is your mother at home? 328 00:20:53,712 --> 00:20:54,796 Not yet. 329 00:20:54,922 --> 00:20:56,798 She does a night job-- cleaning. 330 00:20:56,924 --> 00:20:58,842 We'll wait for her, if you don't mind. 331 00:20:58,967 --> 00:21:01,845 In here. 332 00:21:01,970 --> 00:21:05,933 And you get back in here, now go on, and shut the door. 333 00:21:08,810 --> 00:21:12,648 After about ten minutes, we heard the front door, 334 00:21:12,731 --> 00:21:14,775 and here we made one serious mistake 335 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:18,403 for which I blame myself. 336 00:21:19,947 --> 00:21:22,783 Mum, there's two men in the parlor wants to talk to ya'. 337 00:21:22,866 --> 00:21:25,452 Oh, my God! 338 00:21:33,710 --> 00:21:35,379 If it isn't Mr. Phelps of the office. 339 00:21:35,504 --> 00:21:36,547 Come, come, who did you think we were 340 00:21:36,672 --> 00:21:37,714 when you ran away from us? 341 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,466 I thought you was the bailiffs. 342 00:21:39,591 --> 00:21:41,510 We've had some trouble with a tradesman. 343 00:21:41,593 --> 00:21:47,391 Here, let go, let go, let-- 344 00:21:47,516 --> 00:21:48,058 We've reason to believe 345 00:21:48,183 --> 00:21:49,726 that you've taken a paper of importance 346 00:21:49,852 --> 00:21:51,353 from the Foreign Office, 347 00:21:51,478 --> 00:21:53,689 and you ran in here to dispose of it. 348 00:21:53,814 --> 00:21:55,274 Now, you better come back with us to Scotland Yard 349 00:21:55,357 --> 00:21:55,983 to be searched. 350 00:21:56,066 --> 00:21:57,192 Get your hands off me! 351 00:21:57,317 --> 00:22:00,070 I didn't take no paper! That will be enough-- 352 00:22:00,195 --> 00:22:01,989 There will be peace and quiet. 353 00:22:02,114 --> 00:22:07,786 Mr. Phelps...no, stop it! 354 00:22:25,554 --> 00:22:28,390 You made a full examination of the kitchen? 355 00:22:28,473 --> 00:22:29,975 Yes. 356 00:22:30,058 --> 00:22:33,228 There was no sign of the documents. 357 00:22:35,063 --> 00:22:36,064 A four-wheeler was brought 358 00:22:36,148 --> 00:22:39,860 and we all three drove back in it to Scotland Yard. 359 00:22:39,943 --> 00:22:42,571 I waited in an agony of suspense 360 00:22:42,696 --> 00:22:45,574 until the female searcher came back with her report. 361 00:22:45,699 --> 00:22:47,201 They found nothing. 362 00:22:47,326 --> 00:22:50,621 After that, I have no clear recollection. 363 00:22:50,746 --> 00:22:54,249 I believe a police officer drove me to Waterloo 364 00:22:54,374 --> 00:22:56,251 where by the merest good fortune, 365 00:22:56,335 --> 00:22:58,587 I met Dr. Ferrier, who lives near us 366 00:22:58,712 --> 00:23:01,465 and was traveling down by the next train. 367 00:23:01,590 --> 00:23:03,509 The train you caught now would have been? 368 00:23:03,592 --> 00:23:06,762 The 11:40, I think. 369 00:23:06,887 --> 00:23:10,390 Dr. Ferrier most kindly took charge of me. 370 00:23:10,474 --> 00:23:13,435 Just as well he did, for I had a fit in the station 371 00:23:13,519 --> 00:23:18,357 and before we reached home I was practically a raving lunatic. 372 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,567 Your brother had already returned? 373 00:23:20,651 --> 00:23:22,027 Yes. 374 00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:26,073 I was surprised, but not unduly worried that he was alone. 375 00:23:26,156 --> 00:23:29,952 Percy often worked late, and I knew there was another train. 376 00:23:30,077 --> 00:23:32,579 So I went to bed. 377 00:23:32,663 --> 00:23:35,582 And sometime after midnight? 378 00:23:35,666 --> 00:23:39,461 I was woken by the most fearful commotion in the hall. 379 00:23:39,586 --> 00:23:43,632 Bring him in here, bring him in here! 380 00:23:43,757 --> 00:23:46,426 Oh, God... 381 00:23:48,053 --> 00:23:50,848 Your brother was sleeping down here in this room? 382 00:23:50,973 --> 00:23:51,682 Yes. 383 00:23:51,807 --> 00:23:54,309 My family were taking advantage of their trip to America 384 00:23:54,434 --> 00:23:56,812 to have several of the upstairs bedrooms redecorated. 385 00:23:56,895 --> 00:23:59,815 It was evident that poor Percy was in for a long illness. 386 00:23:59,898 --> 00:24:02,276 So, Joseph was bundled up to my room, 387 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:08,740 and this was turned into a sick room for me. 388 00:24:15,539 --> 00:24:20,294 Why, it's a very cheery room. 389 00:24:20,419 --> 00:24:23,672 I have lain here for nine weeks, delirious. 390 00:24:23,797 --> 00:24:26,550 If it had not been for Miss Harrison and the doctor's care, 391 00:24:26,675 --> 00:24:29,761 I should not be speaking to you now. 392 00:24:29,845 --> 00:24:32,055 She nursed me by day, 393 00:24:32,181 --> 00:24:35,601 a hired nurse looked after me at night, 394 00:24:35,726 --> 00:24:39,479 for in the mad fits I was capable of anything. 395 00:24:39,563 --> 00:24:40,647 It's only in the last few days 396 00:24:40,772 --> 00:24:45,652 that my reason has slowly cleared. 397 00:24:45,736 --> 00:24:47,863 I've wired Inspector Forbes, 398 00:24:47,988 --> 00:24:51,366 but he's told me no clue has been discovered. 399 00:24:51,450 --> 00:24:56,914 So I turn to you, Mr. Holmes, as my last hope. 400 00:24:58,874 --> 00:25:01,877 Just one question of the utmost importance, Mr. Phelps. 401 00:25:02,002 --> 00:25:05,923 Did you tell anyone that you had this special task to perform? 402 00:25:06,048 --> 00:25:07,007 No one. 403 00:25:07,132 --> 00:25:09,551 Not Miss Harrison, for example? 404 00:25:09,635 --> 00:25:11,261 No. 405 00:25:11,386 --> 00:25:13,305 I had not been back to Woking 406 00:25:13,388 --> 00:25:19,019 in between getting the order and executing the commission. 407 00:25:22,773 --> 00:25:27,611 What a lovely thing a rose is. 408 00:25:27,736 --> 00:25:32,741 There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary 409 00:25:32,866 --> 00:25:35,369 as in religion. 410 00:25:35,494 --> 00:25:39,748 It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. 411 00:25:39,873 --> 00:25:42,709 Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence 412 00:25:42,793 --> 00:25:45,754 seems to me to rest in the flowers. 413 00:25:45,879 --> 00:25:49,299 It is only goodness which gives extras, 414 00:25:49,424 --> 00:25:51,969 and so I say again, 415 00:25:52,094 --> 00:25:58,559 we have much to hope for from the flowers. 416 00:26:02,729 --> 00:26:03,814 Do you see any prospect 417 00:26:03,939 --> 00:26:10,612 of solving this mystery, Mr. Holmes? 418 00:26:10,737 --> 00:26:12,614 Mystery? 419 00:26:12,698 --> 00:26:17,244 Ah, it would be absurd to deny 420 00:26:17,369 --> 00:26:19,913 that the case is abstruse and complicated. 421 00:26:19,997 --> 00:26:21,582 Do you see any clue? 422 00:26:21,665 --> 00:26:22,749 You have furnished me with seven, 423 00:26:22,833 --> 00:26:24,376 but I must put them to the test 424 00:26:24,459 --> 00:26:27,087 before I can pronounce on their value. 425 00:26:27,212 --> 00:26:28,672 You suspect someone? 426 00:26:28,797 --> 00:26:32,301 I suspect... 427 00:26:32,426 --> 00:26:33,510 myself. 428 00:26:33,635 --> 00:26:34,761 What? 429 00:26:34,845 --> 00:26:38,348 Of coming to conclusions too rapidly. 430 00:26:38,473 --> 00:26:44,813 Then go back to London and test your conclusions! 431 00:26:44,938 --> 00:26:50,777 Your advice is very excellent, Miss Harrison. 432 00:26:54,406 --> 00:26:58,619 Mr. Phelps, do not indulge yourself in false hopes, 433 00:26:58,744 --> 00:27:01,163 the affair is a very tangled one, 434 00:27:01,246 --> 00:27:05,459 and I am not a magician. 435 00:27:08,962 --> 00:27:13,634 Hey, little varmint! 436 00:27:13,759 --> 00:27:16,011 What do you think of Miss Harrison? 437 00:27:16,136 --> 00:27:19,014 A good sort, or I'm mistaken. 438 00:27:19,139 --> 00:27:20,974 I thought you were rather terse with her. 439 00:27:21,058 --> 00:27:22,476 Was I? 440 00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:24,311 She was only protecting her loved one. 441 00:27:24,436 --> 00:27:27,272 A little overprotective, perhaps. 442 00:27:27,356 --> 00:27:28,148 Surely, you don't believe 443 00:27:28,232 --> 00:27:31,485 that she had anything to do with it? 444 00:27:31,568 --> 00:27:34,363 The most difficult crime to track down, Watson, 445 00:27:34,488 --> 00:27:35,697 is the one which is purposeless. 446 00:27:35,823 --> 00:27:38,242 Now, this is not purposeless, 447 00:27:38,367 --> 00:27:40,994 but who is it that profits by it? 448 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,997 Well, there's the French Ambassador, the Russian, 449 00:27:44,081 --> 00:27:46,041 and whoever might sell it to either of those. 450 00:27:46,166 --> 00:27:48,877 And Lord Holdhurst. 451 00:27:49,002 --> 00:27:50,295 While it is not inconceivable 452 00:27:50,379 --> 00:27:52,548 that a statesman might find himself in a position 453 00:27:52,673 --> 00:27:54,091 where he was not sorry 454 00:27:54,216 --> 00:27:57,177 to see such a document accidentally destroyed. 455 00:27:57,261 --> 00:27:58,095 Not a statesman 456 00:27:58,220 --> 00:28:01,306 with the honorable record of Lord Holdhurst. 457 00:28:01,390 --> 00:28:06,728 George, the Foreign Office, 458 00:28:06,854 --> 00:28:10,065 Charles Street entrance. 459 00:28:10,190 --> 00:28:12,192 George, I want you to do something for me. 460 00:28:12,317 --> 00:28:14,486 Find the cab which dropped a fare there 461 00:28:14,570 --> 00:28:19,408 just after half past 9:00 on the evening of May the 23rd. 462 00:28:23,745 --> 00:28:27,666 Gorot, a French name. 463 00:28:27,749 --> 00:28:29,418 Huguenot, actually. 464 00:28:29,543 --> 00:28:33,046 But I'm as English in sympathy as you are, Mr. Holmes. 465 00:28:33,172 --> 00:28:36,842 Am I under some sort of cloud because of my name? 466 00:28:36,925 --> 00:28:39,887 Oh, no, no, Holmes has a French grandmother. 467 00:28:44,558 --> 00:28:47,519 I'd make yourself scarce if you want to avoid Inspector Forbes. 468 00:28:47,603 --> 00:28:50,063 We've arranged to meet him here in five minutes. 469 00:28:50,147 --> 00:28:56,195 Yes, I have been questioned by him already. 470 00:28:56,278 --> 00:28:59,990 I shall do as you say. 471 00:29:00,115 --> 00:29:01,200 Goodnight to you both. 472 00:29:01,283 --> 00:29:01,909 Goodnight. 473 00:29:01,992 --> 00:29:03,952 Goodnight. 474 00:29:04,077 --> 00:29:05,454 No secret doors, 475 00:29:05,537 --> 00:29:07,998 the windows quite 30 feet above the ground, 476 00:29:08,123 --> 00:29:10,959 fastened on the inner side. 477 00:29:16,465 --> 00:29:21,470 The carpet prevents any possibility of a trap door. 478 00:29:21,595 --> 00:29:23,388 Now, whoever rang the bell rope 479 00:29:23,472 --> 00:29:27,392 must have come right over to the desk. 480 00:29:27,476 --> 00:29:31,772 Why ring it? 481 00:29:31,897 --> 00:29:36,068 I mean, was it the thief, out of bravado? 482 00:29:36,151 --> 00:29:41,073 Or was it someone with the thief who tried to prevent the crime? 483 00:29:45,494 --> 00:29:48,455 Or was it-- 484 00:29:54,002 --> 00:29:56,922 Inspector Forbes, I believe. 485 00:29:57,005 --> 00:30:00,634 Mr. Holmes, I'm a very busy man. 486 00:30:00,759 --> 00:30:02,970 I have other cases besides this one. 487 00:30:03,053 --> 00:30:07,850 But none so vital to the national interest, I'll wager. 488 00:30:07,975 --> 00:30:11,770 May I introduce my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson? 489 00:30:15,023 --> 00:30:17,317 What do you want from me, Holmes? 490 00:30:17,442 --> 00:30:19,528 I know about your methods. 491 00:30:19,653 --> 00:30:21,822 You're ready enough to use our information, 492 00:30:21,905 --> 00:30:23,657 then you try and finish the case yourself 493 00:30:23,782 --> 00:30:25,492 and bring discredit on us. 494 00:30:25,576 --> 00:30:28,662 On the contrary, in my last 53 cases, 495 00:30:28,787 --> 00:30:31,039 my name has appeared in only 4 496 00:30:31,165 --> 00:30:37,838 and the police have the credit in 49. 497 00:30:37,921 --> 00:30:39,882 I don't blame you for not knowing this, 498 00:30:40,007 --> 00:30:43,385 you are young and inexperienced. 499 00:30:43,510 --> 00:30:45,512 But if you wish to get on in your duties 500 00:30:45,596 --> 00:30:48,098 you will work with me and not against me! 501 00:30:48,223 --> 00:30:51,435 Now, then, what steps have you taken? 502 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,313 Tangey, the commissioner, we've cleared. 503 00:30:54,396 --> 00:30:57,065 He left the Guards with a good character. 504 00:30:57,191 --> 00:31:00,611 His wife is a bad lot, though, she drinks. 505 00:31:00,736 --> 00:31:04,198 What about the clerk, Gorot? 506 00:31:04,323 --> 00:31:06,450 He's been shadowed all these nine weeks. 507 00:31:06,575 --> 00:31:08,327 We can show nothing against him. 508 00:31:08,410 --> 00:31:12,581 Have you formed any theory about how this bell rang? 509 00:31:12,706 --> 00:31:13,624 No. 510 00:31:13,749 --> 00:31:16,043 I must confess, that beats me. 511 00:31:16,126 --> 00:31:18,086 It was a cool hand, whoever it was, 512 00:31:18,212 --> 00:31:19,421 to go and give the alarm like that. 513 00:31:19,546 --> 00:31:22,299 Yes, yes, it was a very queer thing to do. 514 00:31:22,424 --> 00:31:23,592 Well, many thanks, Inspector, 515 00:31:23,717 --> 00:31:25,552 and if I can put this thief in your hands, 516 00:31:25,636 --> 00:31:26,887 you shall hear from me. 517 00:31:27,012 --> 00:31:30,015 Come along, Watson. 518 00:31:30,098 --> 00:31:34,186 May I ask where you're going now? 519 00:31:34,269 --> 00:31:38,649 To interview Lord Holdhurst, the Cabinet Minister 520 00:31:38,774 --> 00:31:42,194 and very possibly the next Premier of England. 521 00:31:42,319 --> 00:31:45,280 Good evening, Inspector. 522 00:31:46,532 --> 00:31:47,616 I can't pretend, Mr. Holmes, 523 00:31:47,741 --> 00:31:50,994 that I am ignorant of the reason for your visit, 524 00:31:51,119 --> 00:31:53,622 but in whose interests are you acting, may I ask? 525 00:31:53,747 --> 00:31:55,582 In the part of Mr. Percy Phelps. 526 00:31:55,666 --> 00:31:58,168 Ah, my unfortunate nephew. 527 00:31:58,293 --> 00:31:59,920 You can understand that our kinship 528 00:32:00,045 --> 00:32:04,508 makes it the more impossible for me to screen him in any way. 529 00:32:04,633 --> 00:32:08,512 Yes, but if the document is found, Lord Holdhurst? 530 00:32:08,637 --> 00:32:14,768 That, of course, would be different. 531 00:32:16,687 --> 00:32:18,355 Lord Holdhurst, it was in this room 532 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:23,402 that you gave instructions for the copying of the document? 533 00:32:23,485 --> 00:32:26,071 It was. 534 00:32:26,155 --> 00:32:28,365 And you mentioned it to nobody else except your nephew, 535 00:32:28,490 --> 00:32:30,117 you're certain of that? 536 00:32:30,242 --> 00:32:32,161 Absolutely. 537 00:32:32,244 --> 00:32:34,454 Then if nobody else knew of it, 538 00:32:34,580 --> 00:32:39,168 you would agree that the thief's presence in your nephew's room 539 00:32:39,293 --> 00:32:40,210 was purely accidental. 540 00:32:40,335 --> 00:32:43,630 I mean, he saw his chance and took it. 541 00:32:45,174 --> 00:32:50,888 You take me out of my province there, Mr. Holmes. 542 00:32:51,763 --> 00:32:56,935 There is one other very important point. 543 00:32:57,019 --> 00:32:59,313 You feared, so I understand, 544 00:32:59,396 --> 00:33:00,898 that very grave results 545 00:33:01,023 --> 00:33:06,278 might follow from the details of this treaty becoming known? 546 00:33:06,361 --> 00:33:09,990 Very grave results indeed. 547 00:33:10,115 --> 00:33:12,618 Have they occurred? 548 00:33:12,701 --> 00:33:14,453 Not yet. 549 00:33:14,536 --> 00:33:16,580 If the treaty had reached, let us say, 550 00:33:16,705 --> 00:33:19,416 the Russian or the French Foreign Office, 551 00:33:19,541 --> 00:33:21,793 you would expect to hear of it? 552 00:33:21,877 --> 00:33:23,795 I certainly should. 553 00:33:23,879 --> 00:33:26,882 Then since nearly ten weeks have elapsed, 554 00:33:27,007 --> 00:33:29,301 it is not unfair to suppose then 555 00:33:29,384 --> 00:33:35,516 that the treaty for some reason has not reached them. 556 00:33:35,599 --> 00:33:36,767 But Holmes, we can hardly suppose 557 00:33:36,892 --> 00:33:40,187 that the thief took the treaty in order to... 558 00:33:40,312 --> 00:33:45,025 frame it and hang it on his wall. 559 00:33:45,108 --> 00:33:51,824 Well, perhaps he's waiting for a better price, Watson. 560 00:33:51,907 --> 00:33:56,161 Or maybe he's had a sudden illness. 561 00:33:56,245 --> 00:34:02,209 A brain storm, for example? 562 00:34:02,292 --> 00:34:05,546 I did not say so. 563 00:34:05,671 --> 00:34:10,717 Lord Holdhurst, we have taken up too much of your valuable time. 564 00:34:13,595 --> 00:34:17,641 Fine fellow, heavy responsibilities. 565 00:34:17,766 --> 00:34:19,893 Yes, but he has a struggle to keep up his position, 566 00:34:19,977 --> 00:34:24,565 and he's far from rich. 567 00:34:24,690 --> 00:34:29,194 You noticed, of course, that his boots had been resoled. 568 00:34:29,278 --> 00:34:32,197 Really?! 569 00:34:33,699 --> 00:34:34,741 I shall do nothing more today 570 00:34:34,825 --> 00:34:37,578 unless I get an answer to my cab inquiry. 571 00:34:37,661 --> 00:34:39,788 Ah. 572 00:34:46,044 --> 00:34:49,089 All right. 573 00:34:54,928 --> 00:34:56,513 Oh, Watson, I won't detain you any longer 574 00:34:56,638 --> 00:34:59,349 from your legitimate work. 575 00:34:59,474 --> 00:35:00,976 But I should be extremely obliged 576 00:35:01,101 --> 00:35:03,270 if you would come down to Woking with me tomorrow, 577 00:35:03,353 --> 00:35:05,981 the same train that we took today. 578 00:35:06,106 --> 00:35:09,860 Yes, of course. 579 00:35:11,487 --> 00:35:14,114 Goodnight, Holmes. 580 00:35:19,161 --> 00:35:25,292 No, no, tonight I shall sleep my own sleep, and alone. 581 00:35:25,417 --> 00:35:26,376 But Percy. 582 00:35:26,502 --> 00:35:28,504 Mr. Holmes has imbued me with fresh hope, 583 00:35:28,629 --> 00:35:31,507 and I feel I'm on the mend. 584 00:35:31,632 --> 00:35:36,136 We have an appointment in church in September, my love, 585 00:35:36,220 --> 00:35:39,973 and I mean to keep it. 586 00:36:05,582 --> 00:36:07,835 He sent the nurse away. 587 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,379 At last. 588 00:36:10,462 --> 00:36:13,423 He puts too much faith in the great detective. 589 00:36:13,549 --> 00:36:14,716 It's you that's kept his flame alive, 590 00:36:14,842 --> 00:36:16,218 not some detective. 591 00:36:16,343 --> 00:36:18,512 And you, brother. 592 00:36:18,595 --> 00:36:23,016 Without you to support me-- 593 00:37:33,921 --> 00:37:37,925 Could it be that I am the center of some monstrous conspiracy, 594 00:37:38,050 --> 00:37:41,178 and that my life is aimed at, as well as my honor? 595 00:37:41,303 --> 00:37:43,597 I haven't as far as I know, an enemy in the world! 596 00:37:43,722 --> 00:37:47,017 You certainly have had your share of misfortune, old chap. 597 00:37:49,144 --> 00:37:50,312 I think I may have found the spot 598 00:37:50,437 --> 00:37:54,483 where the fella' scaled the wall! 599 00:37:57,402 --> 00:37:59,404 It's towards the road. 600 00:37:59,488 --> 00:38:01,114 Ah, do you think this was done last night? 601 00:38:01,198 --> 00:38:02,658 It looks rather old to me. 602 00:38:02,741 --> 00:38:04,618 No, I fancy we shall get no help there. 603 00:38:04,701 --> 00:38:10,040 Now, why did the intruder choose the window onto the courtyard? 604 00:38:10,165 --> 00:38:10,916 I should have thought 605 00:38:10,999 --> 00:38:13,752 this side of the house would have been easier. 606 00:38:13,836 --> 00:38:15,170 It's more visible from the courtyard. 607 00:38:15,295 --> 00:38:17,256 Ah, yes, of course. 608 00:38:17,339 --> 00:38:19,633 Have you ever had an alarm like this before? 609 00:38:19,716 --> 00:38:22,427 There's no plate in the house, or anything to attract burglars? 610 00:38:22,511 --> 00:38:27,391 Nothing of value. 611 00:38:28,475 --> 00:38:29,810 Was there anything in London? 612 00:38:29,893 --> 00:38:32,479 Well, we've seen Inspector Forbes, 613 00:38:32,604 --> 00:38:34,773 we've seen your uncle. 614 00:38:34,857 --> 00:38:36,984 Holmes has set one or two things in motion. 615 00:38:37,067 --> 00:38:38,735 So you've not lost heart. 616 00:38:38,861 --> 00:38:41,822 Oh, by no means! 617 00:38:41,947 --> 00:38:43,282 God bless you for saying that. 618 00:38:43,365 --> 00:38:46,410 If we keep our courage and patience, 619 00:38:46,535 --> 00:38:48,996 the truth must come out. 620 00:38:52,374 --> 00:38:53,667 Miss Harrison, 621 00:38:53,792 --> 00:38:56,503 you must remain in this room for the rest of the day. 622 00:38:56,628 --> 00:38:57,921 It is of vital importance. 623 00:38:58,046 --> 00:38:59,798 Now, tonight, when you go to bed, 624 00:38:59,882 --> 00:39:02,968 lock that door from the outside and keep the key. 625 00:39:03,051 --> 00:39:03,635 But Percy? 626 00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:04,261 Tell no one! 627 00:39:04,386 --> 00:39:06,513 Now, quick, promise! 628 00:39:08,765 --> 00:39:10,767 Why are you moping in here, honey? 629 00:39:10,893 --> 00:39:12,102 Come out in the sunshine. 630 00:39:12,227 --> 00:39:14,396 I'll be your crockie. 631 00:39:15,856 --> 00:39:18,066 I have a slight headache 632 00:39:18,192 --> 00:39:20,736 and this room is deliciously cool and soothing, 633 00:39:20,861 --> 00:39:22,404 thank you, Joseph. 634 00:39:22,529 --> 00:39:25,991 Mr. Phelps, while we're investigating this minor affair 635 00:39:26,074 --> 00:39:30,829 we must not lose sight of our main inquiry. 636 00:39:30,913 --> 00:39:32,706 It would help me very much 637 00:39:32,831 --> 00:39:34,500 if you would come up to London with us. 638 00:39:34,583 --> 00:39:36,210 Do you feel strong enough? 639 00:39:36,293 --> 00:39:39,630 Yes, if you really think I can be of help. 640 00:39:39,755 --> 00:39:42,674 Do you want me to stay the night? 641 00:39:42,758 --> 00:39:44,593 I was on the point of proposing it. 642 00:39:44,718 --> 00:39:46,678 Then if my friend of the night comes to visit me, 643 00:39:46,762 --> 00:39:47,971 he'll find the bird flown. 644 00:39:48,096 --> 00:39:49,681 But, what about Annie? 645 00:39:49,765 --> 00:39:51,683 Ah, Mr. Harrison will look after her, 646 00:39:51,767 --> 00:39:54,603 and my friend Watson will take care of your medical needs. 647 00:39:54,728 --> 00:39:57,231 Could you be ready to leave in an hour? 648 00:39:57,356 --> 00:40:00,901 We are all in your hands, Mr. Holmes. 649 00:40:08,575 --> 00:40:10,369 There are one or two points I wish to clear up, 650 00:40:10,452 --> 00:40:14,581 and your absence, Mr. Phelps, will rather assist me. 651 00:40:14,706 --> 00:40:16,542 Watson, when you reach London 652 00:40:16,625 --> 00:40:18,460 drive our friend straight to Baker Street 653 00:40:18,585 --> 00:40:21,797 and remain with him until I see you again. 654 00:40:21,922 --> 00:40:25,175 And now, gentlemen, I shall leave you. 655 00:40:25,300 --> 00:40:27,970 What about our investigation in London?! 656 00:40:28,095 --> 00:40:32,099 I hope to be in London in time for breakfast. 657 00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:37,104 He really is the most inscrutable fellow, Watson. 658 00:41:01,962 --> 00:41:04,631 Oh, you're still in here. 659 00:41:04,756 --> 00:41:06,175 How's your headache? 660 00:41:06,300 --> 00:41:09,761 A little better. 661 00:41:09,887 --> 00:41:14,224 The first day for nine weeks without the invalid, 662 00:41:14,349 --> 00:41:17,644 and you choose to spend it in here. 663 00:41:17,728 --> 00:41:20,564 Force of habit. 664 00:41:20,689 --> 00:41:22,608 Are you dining tonight? 665 00:41:22,691 --> 00:41:25,694 I'm not hungry, and I'm enjoying my book. 666 00:41:25,819 --> 00:41:29,323 Mm, I understand. 667 00:41:29,448 --> 00:41:34,620 My poor little sister, what a time you've had. 668 00:42:20,582 --> 00:42:23,126 That'll be Mr. Holmes returning now, sir. 669 00:42:24,795 --> 00:42:27,756 Thank you, Horace. 670 00:42:36,139 --> 00:42:38,350 He looks like a beaten man. 671 00:42:38,433 --> 00:42:41,854 I confess you may be right. 672 00:42:45,858 --> 00:42:48,902 I'd hoped for so much! 673 00:43:01,957 --> 00:43:04,001 Holmes, you're wounded! 674 00:43:04,126 --> 00:43:06,253 Oh, it's only a scratch through my own clumsiness. 675 00:43:06,336 --> 00:43:08,463 Good morning, Mr. Phelps, this case of yours 676 00:43:08,589 --> 00:43:13,510 is certainly one of the darkest I have ever investigated. 677 00:43:15,971 --> 00:43:17,890 It has been a remarkable experience. 678 00:43:17,973 --> 00:43:20,934 Oh, come along, Holmes, that bandage tells of adventures. 679 00:43:21,018 --> 00:43:22,603 Now, what happened? 680 00:43:22,686 --> 00:43:23,979 After breakfast, my dear Watson. 681 00:43:24,104 --> 00:43:25,272 Remember, I have breathed 682 00:43:25,355 --> 00:43:27,608 30 miles of Surrey air this morning. 683 00:43:27,733 --> 00:43:30,944 There's been no answer to my cab inquiry, I suppose? 684 00:43:31,028 --> 00:43:33,322 Well, one cannot score every time. 685 00:43:33,447 --> 00:43:37,618 Mrs. Hudson, you have risen to the occasion. 686 00:43:37,701 --> 00:43:39,286 Won't you join us, Mr. Phelps? 687 00:43:39,411 --> 00:43:41,330 Now, what's in this? 688 00:43:41,413 --> 00:43:42,831 Curried chicken, sir. 689 00:43:42,915 --> 00:43:43,499 And this? 690 00:43:43,624 --> 00:43:45,459 Ham and eggs. 691 00:43:45,542 --> 00:43:47,252 Her cuisine is a little limited, 692 00:43:47,336 --> 00:43:50,923 but she has as good an idea of breakfast as any Scotswoman. 693 00:43:51,006 --> 00:43:53,842 Now, what will you take, Mr. Phelps, curried fowl, eggs, 694 00:43:53,967 --> 00:43:55,219 or will you help yourself? 695 00:43:55,344 --> 00:43:56,637 Thank you. I can eat nothing. 696 00:43:56,762 --> 00:43:58,764 Oh, please, try the dish before you. 697 00:43:58,847 --> 00:44:00,974 Thank you, I would really rather not. 698 00:44:01,099 --> 00:44:05,479 Oh, well, then, I suppose you have no objection to helping me? 699 00:44:09,858 --> 00:44:12,486 Oh! 700 00:44:21,703 --> 00:44:23,497 It's the treaty. 701 00:44:25,916 --> 00:44:30,379 It's the treaty. 702 00:44:30,462 --> 00:44:32,047 It's the treaty. 703 00:44:32,172 --> 00:44:36,844 My God, it's the treaty! 704 00:44:36,927 --> 00:44:38,095 It's the treaty! 705 00:44:38,220 --> 00:44:44,518 It's the treaty! 706 00:44:44,601 --> 00:44:47,312 Watson, brandy. 707 00:44:48,438 --> 00:44:49,356 Ah, there, there, there, 708 00:44:49,439 --> 00:44:51,900 it really was too bad of me to spring it on you like that, 709 00:44:52,025 --> 00:44:52,985 but Watson here will tell you 710 00:44:53,068 --> 00:44:55,988 that I never can resist a touch of the dramatic. 711 00:44:56,071 --> 00:45:00,367 God bless you for saving my honor. 712 00:45:01,869 --> 00:45:03,162 Thank you, Mrs. Hudson. 713 00:45:03,245 --> 00:45:09,918 Oh, thank you for your many considerations. 714 00:45:10,043 --> 00:45:15,883 A Scotswoman's breakfast, indeed, a silly bit of paper! 715 00:45:15,966 --> 00:45:22,347 Please, tell me how you got it, where it was! 716 00:45:22,431 --> 00:45:24,057 After I left you, 717 00:45:24,183 --> 00:45:26,351 I settled myself into the English countryside 718 00:45:26,435 --> 00:45:29,730 and spent a charming afternoon. 719 00:45:29,855 --> 00:45:33,567 I remained there until dusk, 720 00:45:33,650 --> 00:45:36,278 and then I returned to your house. 721 00:45:36,403 --> 00:45:38,071 I clambered over the wall 722 00:45:38,155 --> 00:45:40,949 and made my way through the undergrowth 723 00:45:41,074 --> 00:45:42,743 until I reached the stables, 724 00:45:42,868 --> 00:45:47,789 just opposite your bedroom window. 725 00:45:47,873 --> 00:45:49,958 The blind in your window had not yet been drawn, 726 00:45:50,083 --> 00:45:53,504 and I could see Miss Harrison reading a book 727 00:45:53,629 --> 00:45:57,674 by the light from a lamp. 728 00:45:58,592 --> 00:46:01,929 It was about a quarter-past ten when she closed the book, 729 00:46:02,012 --> 00:46:08,936 moved across the room, carrying the lamp with her. 730 00:46:09,019 --> 00:46:13,065 But I felt quite sure that she had turned the key in the lock. 731 00:46:13,148 --> 00:46:14,441 Key? 732 00:46:14,566 --> 00:46:16,193 The instructions I gave her, 733 00:46:16,318 --> 00:46:18,529 which she carried out to the letter. 734 00:46:18,654 --> 00:46:22,282 Mr. Phelps, she is a lady of rare character. 735 00:46:22,407 --> 00:46:23,492 Without her cooperation, 736 00:46:23,617 --> 00:46:26,954 you would not have that paper in your hand now. 737 00:46:27,079 --> 00:46:29,665 It was a weary vigil, 738 00:46:29,790 --> 00:46:32,876 but it had the sort of excitement a sportsman feels 739 00:46:33,001 --> 00:46:34,795 when he lies before the watercourse 740 00:46:34,878 --> 00:46:39,258 and waits for the big game. 741 00:46:42,511 --> 00:46:44,805 What happened, what happened?! 742 00:46:45,472 --> 00:46:47,808 It was about 2:00 o'clock in the morning, 743 00:46:47,891 --> 00:46:53,313 when I heard the gentle sound of a bolt being pushed back. 744 00:47:35,105 --> 00:47:36,231 All right. 745 00:47:36,356 --> 00:47:40,027 All right, Holmes, what you gonna do with me? 746 00:47:41,987 --> 00:47:44,907 I've got what I want. 747 00:47:44,990 --> 00:47:48,368 Ow!--Run. 748 00:48:03,509 --> 00:48:06,553 Joseph! 749 00:48:06,637 --> 00:48:09,765 You let him go?! 750 00:48:09,890 --> 00:48:12,351 I wired full particulars to Inspector Forbes. 751 00:48:12,434 --> 00:48:14,436 If he's quick enough to catch his bird, well and good. 752 00:48:14,561 --> 00:48:17,105 But if, as I shrewdly suspect, he finds the nest empty, 753 00:48:17,231 --> 00:48:20,609 why, all the better for the government. 754 00:48:20,734 --> 00:48:22,402 I fancy Lord Holdhurst, for one, 755 00:48:22,528 --> 00:48:25,823 and Mr. Percy Phelps for another, 756 00:48:25,948 --> 00:48:30,160 would much rather the affair never got to a police court. 757 00:48:30,285 --> 00:48:33,747 My God, do you tell me that during my 10 long weeks of agony 758 00:48:33,872 --> 00:48:39,920 the stolen papers were in the very room with me all the time? 759 00:48:40,045 --> 00:48:44,716 And Joseph, a villain and a thief! 760 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:48,262 From what I gather, he had lost heavily dabbling in stocks, 761 00:48:48,387 --> 00:48:50,931 and concealed the fact from his father, 762 00:48:51,056 --> 00:48:53,892 a man of strictly conservative habits. 763 00:48:53,976 --> 00:48:57,312 Yes, but his own sister's happiness, 764 00:48:57,437 --> 00:49:01,275 and your reputation, your health! 765 00:49:01,358 --> 00:49:04,945 He knew that you often worked late, 766 00:49:05,028 --> 00:49:07,447 and he was in town having dinner with his stockbroker, 767 00:49:07,531 --> 00:49:09,116 as he told me. 768 00:49:09,199 --> 00:49:12,536 But he was free by half past 9:00, 769 00:49:12,661 --> 00:49:16,748 and called by your office, entering through the side door. 770 00:49:16,832 --> 00:49:19,001 Percy? 771 00:49:26,842 --> 00:49:28,552 Finding no one in there 772 00:49:28,677 --> 00:49:32,431 but the light on and work evidently in progress, 773 00:49:32,514 --> 00:49:34,766 he rang the bell. 774 00:49:34,850 --> 00:49:38,979 The instant he did so, his eye caught the paper on the table. 775 00:49:39,104 --> 00:49:41,815 He knew at once that chance had put in his way 776 00:49:41,940 --> 00:49:46,653 a state document of immense value, 777 00:49:57,956 --> 00:49:59,458 returned alone to Woking 778 00:49:59,583 --> 00:50:02,920 and concealed it in what he thought was a very safe place, 779 00:50:03,045 --> 00:50:05,214 intending to remove it in a day or two, 780 00:50:05,339 --> 00:50:06,924 and take it to the French embassy 781 00:50:07,049 --> 00:50:10,052 or wherever he thought a long price was to be had. 782 00:50:10,177 --> 00:50:12,387 There's nobody there, there's nobody there! 783 00:50:15,557 --> 00:50:19,728 Then came your sudden return. 784 00:50:19,853 --> 00:50:23,315 Without a moment's warning he was bundled out of his room 785 00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:24,525 and from that moment on, 786 00:50:24,650 --> 00:50:27,569 there were always at least two of you in there, 787 00:50:27,694 --> 00:50:34,201 preventing him from regaining his treasure, maddening for him. 788 00:50:34,326 --> 00:50:36,703 My suspicions became certainties 789 00:50:36,829 --> 00:50:37,830 when the attempt to break in 790 00:50:37,913 --> 00:50:40,999 was made on the first night that the hired nurse was absent, 791 00:50:41,083 --> 00:50:43,710 which showed that the intruder 792 00:50:43,794 --> 00:50:47,256 was well accustomed with the ways of the house. 793 00:50:47,381 --> 00:50:50,509 At last, he had his chance. 794 00:50:50,592 --> 00:50:53,971 But you baffled him with your wakefulness. 795 00:50:54,096 --> 00:50:57,850 Yes! I didn't take my sleeping draft! 796 00:50:57,933 --> 00:51:00,561 But he had another chance when you came up to London. 797 00:51:00,644 --> 00:51:07,025 I kept Miss Harrison in the room all day so as to anticipate him. 798 00:51:07,109 --> 00:51:09,987 But if you already knew the papers were in the room? 799 00:51:10,112 --> 00:51:11,864 I thought they probably were, 800 00:51:11,947 --> 00:51:14,074 but I had no desire to rip up all the skirting 801 00:51:14,158 --> 00:51:15,576 in search of them. 802 00:51:15,659 --> 00:51:17,494 By allowing him to lead me to the hiding place, 803 00:51:17,619 --> 00:51:20,122 I saved myself an infinity of trouble. 804 00:51:20,247 --> 00:51:23,292 And caught him red-handed! 805 00:51:23,417 --> 00:51:24,835 Quite so. 806 00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:26,628 Yes, but why did he try the window 807 00:51:26,753 --> 00:51:28,547 when he might have come in through the door? 808 00:51:28,630 --> 00:51:30,924 To appear to be a burglar, and if necessary, 809 00:51:31,008 --> 00:51:34,511 make good his escape across the courtyard. 810 00:51:34,636 --> 00:51:36,263 The knife, 811 00:51:36,388 --> 00:51:40,559 you don't think he had any murderous intentions? 812 00:51:40,642 --> 00:51:41,435 My dear fellow, 813 00:51:41,518 --> 00:51:44,313 I can only say that Mr. Joseph Harrison is a gentleman 814 00:51:44,438 --> 00:51:48,942 to whose mercy I should be extremely unwilling to trust. 815 00:51:49,067 --> 00:51:52,488 That will be a young lady for you, Mr. Phelps. 816 00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:56,366 Annie! 817 00:51:56,492 --> 00:52:00,162 I left her a note to come to London the moment she woke. 818 00:52:00,287 --> 00:52:01,872 But Mr. Phelps, 819 00:52:01,997 --> 00:52:07,336 she knows nothing as yet of her brother's criminality. 820 00:52:07,461 --> 00:52:10,422 Oh, yes. 821 00:52:10,506 --> 00:52:16,261 My dear Holmes, I can't thank you enough. 822 00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:23,810 I shall go down at once and explain everything. 823 00:52:25,312 --> 00:52:32,110 Percy, good-bye, and good luck! 824 00:52:34,947 --> 00:52:38,492 Thank you for restoring my happiness. 825 00:52:40,953 --> 00:52:44,665 There's a young lady at the door, sir. 826 00:52:44,748 --> 00:52:49,086 Mr. Holmes, hot water! 827 00:52:51,380 --> 00:52:52,714 Thank you. 828 00:52:53,714 --> 00:53:03,714 Downloaded From www.AllSubs.org