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Thank you,
George.

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From the point of view
of the criminal expert,

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London has become
a singularly odd,

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interesting city.

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Well, I hardly
think you'll find

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many decent citizens
to agree with you.

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Well, well, well,
one must not be selfish.

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The community's
the gain,

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and no one the loser
say the poor,

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unfortunate specialist
whose occupation was got.

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You must have
been totally...

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There's the case of the
papers of ex-President...

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and shocking affair of the
Dutch steamship Treesman,

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which very nearly cost
us both our lives.

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Both of them
great successes.

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I'm sorry, Mr. Holmes
is not at home.

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If I fail to see him now,
it will be too late.

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But I'm sorry,
I cannot help you.

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But it is a matter
of the utmost urgency.

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I have already told you,
young man, Mr. Holmes ...

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Mr. Holmes!

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Well, I must see you.

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I told the young man
you weren't here,

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but he
wouldn't listen.

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I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but
I'm nearly out of my mind.

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I am the unhappy
John Hector McFarland.

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Now, tell us quietly
and slowly who you are

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and what it is
that you want.

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You mentioned your
name just now

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as if I should
recognize it,

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but I can
assure you,

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beyond the obvious facts
that you are a bachelor,

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a solicitor and a free
mason and an asthmatic,

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I know nothing
about you whatever.

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Your untidy clothes,
sheaf of legal papers,

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watch chain and your somewhat
irregular breathing.

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Why, yes, Mr. Holmes,
I am all these things.

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And in addition,
I am at this moment,

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the most unfortunate
man in London.

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I mean, I've read
your newspaper ...

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Not yet.

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Then, if you
would allow me.

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"At about 12 o'clock
last night,

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an instance occurred at
Lower Norwood which points,

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it is feared,
to a serious crime.

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A small timber yard caught
fire at the back of a house

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belonging to Mr. Jonas
Oldacre, a builder.

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Surprise was expressed
at Mr. Oldacre's absence,

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and it became apparent
he had disappeared.

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An examination
of his room

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revealed a safe
which was open,

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signs of a
murderous struggle,

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and a heavy
walking stick

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with stains of blood
upon the handle.

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As we ..."

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All I ask is that you
don't abandon me.

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A man has followed me
from London Bridge Station.

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If they arrest me before
I finish my story,

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make them
give me time

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so that I may tell
you the whole truth.

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I could go
to jail happy

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if I knew that you were
outside working for me.

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Arrest you?

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This is really
most gratifying.

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On what charge do you
expect to be arrested?

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Upon the charge
of murdering

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Mr. Jonas Oldacre
of Lower Norwood.

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Dear me!

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"As we go to press,

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sensational developments
have been reported.

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Charred remains
have been found

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among the ashes
of the fire,

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and the police theory
is that the victim

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was clubbed to death
and the body ignited.

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It is known
that Mr. Oldacre

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received a visitor
last night,

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and the stick has
been identified

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as belonging
to that person,

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a young London
solicitor,

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by the name of
John Hector McFarland."

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May I ask why you are still
at liberty, Mr. McFarland,

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as there seems to be
enough evidence

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to justify
your arrest?

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I live with
my mother,

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at Torrington Lodge
in Blackheath,

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but last night,

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having late business
with Mr. Oldacre,

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I stayed at a hotel
in Norwood.

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Mr. Holmes, I knew
nothing of this affair

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until I was on the train
to my office this morning

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and read what you
have just heard.

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I saw at once the terrible
danger of my position

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and hurried to put the
case in your hands.

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Ah, Inspector Le Strade,

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we have been
expecting you.

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Mr. Holmes?

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Dr. Watson?

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Mr. John Hector McFarland?

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Yes.

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I arrest you
for the willful murder

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of Mr. Jonas Oldacre
of Lower Norwood.

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Hold up,
just one moment.

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A half an hour
more or less

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could make little
difference to you,

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and this young gentleman was
about to give us an account

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of this very
interesting affair,

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which might aid us
in clearing it up.

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There will be no difficulty
in clearing it up,

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thank you,
Mr. Holmes.

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Nevertheless, I think
with your permission,

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I would be much interested
in hearing his account.

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Well, Mr. Holmes,

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there's no denying
that you have been

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of use to the force

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once or twice in the past,
but I must insist ...

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All I ask is that
you should hear

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and recognize
the absolute truth.

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I'll give you
half an hour.

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Sit down, McFarland.

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Thank you, Le Strade.

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We must warn you with
what you say now

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will appear in evidence
against you.

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Pray continue.

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I must first explain
that I knew nothing

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of Mr. Jonas Oldacre,

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although his name
was familiar to me.

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Many years ago, my parents
were acquainted with him,

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but ... well,
they drifted apart.

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And so it came
as a complete surprise

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when yesterday afternoon,
at about 3 o'clock,

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he walked into my
office in the city.

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"Mr. Oldacre,
good afternoon,

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I'm Mr. McFarland.

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Would you care
to come through?

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Please, won't
you sit down?

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How can I help you?

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This is a draft
of my Will.

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I want you,
Mr. McFarland,

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to cast it into
proper legal shape.

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I shall sit here
while you do so.

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You can understand my
astonishment, Mr. Holmes,

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when I found that, with
some minor reservations,

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his entire estate
had been left to me.

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"But I ... I simply
don't understand.

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Well, then,
let me explain.

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I'm a bachelor,
Mr. McFarland,

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with few relatives,

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and none who deserve
my consideration.

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Well, that may
well be so ...

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Let me ...
let me finish.

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I beg your pardon.

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For many years now, I've
withdrawn from my business.

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I was a builder, and
though I say it myself,

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an extremely
successful one.

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Successful enough to have
gained considerable wealth

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and thus live out
my life in complete,

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if solitary,
comfort.

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Many years ago,
I knew your mother.

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Knew her,
and hoped to marry her.

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Then she met and
married your father.

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I had no idea.

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Well,
and why should you?

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Three months ago, why,

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I read of your
father's death

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in The Daily Telegraph,

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and my mind was turned
to your mother

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and to the son who might
very well have been my own.

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This is my way of
securing your future.

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I know that
whatever I leave

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will be in worthy hands.

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What can I say,
but thank you?

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There are a few documents
I think you should see ...

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building leases,
title deeds,

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mortgages and so on.

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Well, now my
mind's made up,

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I shan't rest easy until
the whole thing's settled.

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Yes, of course.

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I beg you to come
to my house tonight.

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What shall we say,
9 o'clock?

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Why, yes.

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You'll of course bring
the finalized Will,

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and then we can settle the
matter once and for all.

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Yes, of course.

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Thank you,
my boy.

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Oh, one last thing.

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Not a word of this
to your dear mother

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until everything
is settled.

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I want it to be a little
surprised for her.

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Little, I ...

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You ...
you promise?

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You have my word.

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I left in good time
for my appointment,

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but had difficulty
in finding the house,

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so that it was nearly half-past
before I reached it.

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Good evening.

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I have an appointment
with Mr. Oldacre.

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Mr. McFarland?

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Yes, that's right.

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It was not the warmest
of receptions.

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And the house itself had a
peculiar, unloved feeling.

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Sorry to keep you
waiting, my boy.

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Not at all, sir.

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I'm a little late,
I'm afraid.

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Now, you brought
the papers?

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Yes, indeed.

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Excellent.

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The bedroom was on
the ground floor

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where there was
a large safe.

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"Bring the rest of
those papers, my boy.

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Now, to business.

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All done?

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Yes, sir,
all done.

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Just seen the time,
my boy.

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You must get home.

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Oh, thank you.

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I had a stick with me.

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Ah, I wonder where
she put it?

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A rather heavy
walking stick.

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It belonged
to my father.

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Ah, never mind, I'll take
good care of it until we meet again.

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After all, I shall be seeing
a great deal of you now, I hope.

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Indeed you shall, sir.

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I left him there.

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The safe was open,

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and the documents
were on his desk.

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It was too late to go
back to Blackheath,

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and so I spent the night
at a hotel in Norwood.

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I knew nothing more of
this horrible affair

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until this morning.

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Do you have the original
draft of the Will

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that Oldacre
brought to you?

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Why, yes, I ...
I have it here.

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May I retain this for
24 hours, Inspector?

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It would amuse you.

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Well, anything more you'd
like to ask, Mr. Holmes?

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Not until I've
been to Blackheath.

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You mean Norwood?

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No doubt, that is what
I must have meant.

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Now, Mr. McFarland,

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my Constable's
at the door,

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there's a
four-wheeler waiting.

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Morning, gentlemen.

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Morning.

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There are certain points
about this document,

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are there not Watson?

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Well, I can read
the first two lines

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and these in the middle
of the second page

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and one or
two at the end,

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I mean, they're as clear
as print.

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But the writing in
between is very bad,

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and there's several places
where I can't read it at all.

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What do make
of that?

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What do
you make of it?

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That it was written
on the train.

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00:17:22,476 --> 00:17:24,945
The good writing
represents stations,

256
00:17:25,045 --> 00:17:29,650
the bad writing movement,
and the very bad writing ...

257
00:17:29,750 --> 00:17:32,052
Passing over
the points?

258
00:17:32,152 --> 00:17:34,454
A scientific expert
would pronounce at once

259
00:17:34,555 --> 00:17:37,124
that it was drawn up
on a suburban line.

260
00:17:37,257 --> 00:17:38,358
Since nowhere,

261
00:17:38,492 --> 00:17:40,828
save in the immediate
vicinity of a great city,

262
00:17:40,928 --> 00:17:44,298
could there be so quick
a succession of points.

263
00:17:44,398 --> 00:17:47,301
Granting that
his whole journey

264
00:17:47,401 --> 00:17:50,337
was occupied in
drawing up the Will,

265
00:17:50,437 --> 00:17:53,907
then the train must
have been an express,

266
00:17:54,041 --> 00:17:58,312
stopping only once between
Norwood and London Bridge.

267
00:17:58,412 --> 00:18:00,481
Yes, but it's curious,
is it not,

268
00:18:00,614 --> 00:18:04,017
that a man should draw up
so important a document

269
00:18:04,117 --> 00:18:06,353
in so haphazard
a fashion?

270
00:18:06,453 --> 00:18:09,389
And it suggests
that he thought

271
00:18:09,490 --> 00:18:11,992
it was going to be of no
practical importance.

272
00:18:12,125 --> 00:18:15,195
Well, he drew up his death
warrant at the same time.

273
00:18:21,835 --> 00:18:25,005
This case is not
clear to me.

274
00:18:25,105 --> 00:18:27,774
Come, Watson!

275
00:18:34,414 --> 00:18:36,116
Where are we going,
Norwood?

276
00:18:36,216 --> 00:18:38,285
No, Blackheath.

277
00:18:38,418 --> 00:18:39,453
Come!

278
00:18:59,907 --> 00:19:03,210
My son's the gentlest
creature on God's earth.

279
00:19:03,310 --> 00:19:06,046
It's inconceivable he
could even contemplate

280
00:19:06,146 --> 00:19:08,315
such a terrible crime.

281
00:19:08,415 --> 00:19:12,452
He didn't even know
the man, Mr. Holmes.

282
00:19:12,586 --> 00:19:15,556
But you did,
Mrs. McFarland.

283
00:19:26,834 --> 00:19:28,769
Years ago.

284
00:19:28,869 --> 00:19:31,205
I'd forgotten that
he ever existed.

285
00:19:36,910 --> 00:19:39,012
I tried to forget.

286
00:19:39,146 --> 00:19:41,215
It's impossible
to quite forget

287
00:19:41,348 --> 00:19:43,484
a man like
Jonas Oldacre.

288
00:19:43,584 --> 00:19:46,854
Yes, I knew him well.

289
00:19:46,954 --> 00:19:51,625
At one time, we were
engaged to be married.

290
00:19:57,164 --> 00:19:59,199
Thank heaven I had the
sense to turn away from him

291
00:19:59,333 --> 00:20:02,636
and marry a better,
if poorer, man.

292
00:20:02,736 --> 00:20:06,707
Oh, please.

293
00:20:13,547 --> 00:20:18,118
Your husband
died recently?

294
00:20:21,822 --> 00:20:26,360
He was a kind man,
gentle man.

295
00:20:26,493 --> 00:20:29,296
He was everything
Jonas Oldacre was not.

296
00:20:29,396 --> 00:20:32,933
And yet, at one time,
you were prepared to marry him?

297
00:20:36,103 --> 00:20:38,806
I said that I
knew him well,

298
00:20:38,906 --> 00:20:40,274
but the more
I knew of him,

299
00:20:40,374 --> 00:20:42,342
the more I came
to realize

300
00:20:42,442 --> 00:20:45,179
I knew him
not at all.

301
00:20:45,279 --> 00:20:52,152
He would change suddenly,
would also frighten me.

302
00:20:52,252 --> 00:20:56,757
There was a dark side to
his character, Mr. Holmes.

303
00:20:56,890 --> 00:21:00,160
A desire
to cause pain.

304
00:21:19,613 --> 00:21:21,882
My own photograph.

305
00:21:21,982 --> 00:21:25,953
It was my first
present to him.

306
00:21:26,086 --> 00:21:29,223
Good heavens!

307
00:21:29,323 --> 00:21:31,325
That was how
it was returned to me

308
00:21:31,458 --> 00:21:33,293
on my wedding day,

309
00:21:33,393 --> 00:21:35,896
together with
a vile note

310
00:21:36,029 --> 00:21:38,332
urging a curse
upon my house

311
00:21:38,432 --> 00:21:40,734
and saying he'd
never forgive me.

312
00:21:40,834 --> 00:21:43,637
And yet, he does seem
to have forgiven you ...

313
00:21:43,737 --> 00:21:46,773
after all, to leave his
entire estate to your son.

314
00:21:46,907 --> 00:21:48,442
Neither my son
nor I want anything

315
00:21:48,575 --> 00:21:51,078
from that wicked man,
dead or alive.

316
00:21:51,211 --> 00:21:55,215
Mrs. McFarland,
the fact remains

317
00:21:55,349 --> 00:21:57,684
that the
Will was made.

318
00:22:02,723 --> 00:22:04,992
I simply
can't understand it.

319
00:22:08,061 --> 00:22:09,129
Why?

320
00:22:09,263 --> 00:22:12,099
Had you ever spoken of
Oldacre to your son?

321
00:22:12,199 --> 00:22:15,002
I mean, perhaps told him
what you've just told me now?

322
00:22:16,837 --> 00:22:17,938
No, never.

323
00:22:18,071 --> 00:22:19,940
Never?

324
00:22:26,113 --> 00:22:28,315
He found
the photograph.

325
00:22:33,387 --> 00:22:35,455
My husband tried
to make light of it,

326
00:22:35,589 --> 00:22:38,058
but he insisted.

327
00:22:38,192 --> 00:22:42,930
My husband told him something
of the truth, that's all.

328
00:22:43,030 --> 00:22:48,168
And the boy
was disturbed?

329
00:22:48,268 --> 00:22:50,771
He was upset,
naturally.

330
00:22:50,904 --> 00:22:54,074
You see, Mrs. McFarland,
what the police might say is,

331
00:22:54,174 --> 00:23:00,781
that he had heard of
Oldacre's behavior toward you.

332
00:23:00,881 --> 00:23:04,651
It would pre-dispose him
toward hatred and violence.

333
00:23:04,751 --> 00:23:06,286
And so that case
against him would be

334
00:23:06,420 --> 00:23:08,622
considerably strengthened.

335
00:23:08,722 --> 00:23:10,324
No.

336
00:23:10,457 --> 00:23:13,327
There is a God in
heaven, Mr. Holmes,

337
00:23:13,427 --> 00:23:15,829
and that same God who's
punished that wicked man

338
00:23:15,929 --> 00:23:17,898
will show in his
own good time,

339
00:23:17,998 --> 00:23:20,534
my son's hands are
guiltless of his blood.

340
00:23:35,449 --> 00:23:36,783
Wait here, please.

341
00:23:44,591 --> 00:23:48,462
Mr. Holmes, Dr. Watson.

342
00:23:48,562 --> 00:23:50,430
We're just clearing up.

343
00:23:50,531 --> 00:23:52,499
The Will as promised.

344
00:23:57,437 --> 00:23:59,673
Look, buttons!

345
00:23:59,773 --> 00:24:01,642
Trouser buttons.

346
00:24:01,742 --> 00:24:04,411
No doubt, you've brought
your glass with you?

347
00:24:04,511 --> 00:24:08,182
The name is Hiams.

348
00:24:08,282 --> 00:24:11,185
According to Mrs. Lexington,
the housekeeper, Hiams,

349
00:24:11,285 --> 00:24:13,620
is the name of
Mr. Oldacre's tailor.

350
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,523
Presumably, the
organic remains

351
00:24:16,623 --> 00:24:19,193
have been removed
to the laboratory?

352
00:24:19,326 --> 00:24:20,694
They have, Doctor,

353
00:24:20,794 --> 00:24:23,163
though they'll be of
little use, I suspect.

354
00:24:23,263 --> 00:24:25,699
The poor devil was no
more than bone and cinder.

355
00:24:25,799 --> 00:24:28,268
How very convenient
for the murderer.

356
00:24:28,368 --> 00:24:30,771
Not, I might venture,
for Mr. Oldacre.

357
00:24:30,871 --> 00:24:34,208
Nevertheless, Inspector,
bones cinder.

358
00:24:34,308 --> 00:24:36,677
Thank heavens, he was
wearing his trousers.

359
00:24:43,517 --> 00:24:45,319
This stick belongs
to the accused,

360
00:24:45,419 --> 00:24:47,354
and he's never
denied it.

361
00:24:47,454 --> 00:24:48,922
He says that he
could not find it

362
00:24:49,056 --> 00:24:50,457
when he came to
leave the house.

363
00:24:50,557 --> 00:24:52,726
Says, Mr. Holmes, says.

364
00:24:52,826 --> 00:24:55,162
My experts made
out footmarks

365
00:24:55,262 --> 00:24:58,098
of both men
on the carpet.

366
00:25:03,637 --> 00:25:05,205
And too much
subsequent traffic

367
00:25:05,339 --> 00:25:08,008
to make any examination
on my part worthwhile.

368
00:25:08,108 --> 00:25:10,577
Two sets of footmarks,
Mr. Holmes.

369
00:25:10,677 --> 00:25:12,746
None of any
third person.

370
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,716
Another trick
for your side.

371
00:25:15,816 --> 00:25:18,285
I suppose all these
papers are from the safe?

372
00:25:18,418 --> 00:25:19,686
Correct.

373
00:25:19,786 --> 00:25:21,321
And nothing,
absolutely nothing,

374
00:25:21,455 --> 00:25:22,523
has been removed?

375
00:25:22,656 --> 00:25:23,991
Nothing whatsoever.

376
00:25:24,091 --> 00:25:25,792
We have opened one or two,
as you can see,

377
00:25:25,893 --> 00:25:27,561
to check the contents.

378
00:25:27,661 --> 00:25:29,429
May I check them?

379
00:25:29,530 --> 00:25:31,832
By all means.

380
00:25:31,932 --> 00:25:34,802
I, myself, have
business at The Yard.

381
00:25:34,902 --> 00:25:37,070
Oh, and I would like to
see the housekeeper ...

382
00:25:37,171 --> 00:25:38,138
what is her name?

383
00:25:38,272 --> 00:25:39,740
Mrs. Lexington.

384
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,076
She'll add nothing more
to what you already know.

385
00:25:43,177 --> 00:25:45,979
Nevertheless.

386
00:25:46,079 --> 00:25:47,314
I'll send her in.

387
00:25:53,654 --> 00:25:56,023
Could it be
that for once

388
00:25:56,123 --> 00:25:58,392
Le Strade is on
the right track?

389
00:26:01,195 --> 00:26:02,596
All my instincts
are one way,

390
00:26:02,696 --> 00:26:04,398
and all the facts
are the other.

391
00:26:10,437 --> 00:26:11,905
You wish
to see me, sir?

392
00:26:12,039 --> 00:26:13,674
Yes.

393
00:26:13,774 --> 00:26:14,975
Mrs. Lexington, this is
my friend and colleague,

394
00:26:15,075 --> 00:26:16,443
Dr. Watson.

395
00:26:16,543 --> 00:26:19,313
Do sit down.

396
00:26:19,413 --> 00:26:21,215
I'll stand,
if I may.

397
00:26:21,315 --> 00:26:24,284
This room has no
comfort for me.

398
00:26:29,857 --> 00:26:33,126
You let young Mr. McFarland
into this house at 9:30?

399
00:26:33,227 --> 00:26:34,428
Yes.

400
00:26:34,528 --> 00:26:37,531
I wish that my hand had
withered before I'd done so.

401
00:26:37,664 --> 00:26:40,634
And you retired
to bed at?

402
00:26:40,767 --> 00:26:42,803
20 minutes
past 11:00.

403
00:26:42,936 --> 00:26:47,374
20 minutes
past 11:00.

404
00:26:47,508 --> 00:26:50,244
And you
heard nothing?

405
00:26:50,344 --> 00:26:52,713
My room is at
the far end of the house.

406
00:26:52,813 --> 00:26:55,349
I heard nothing until
the fire alarm sounded.

407
00:26:55,482 --> 00:26:57,751
It was then,
only then,

408
00:26:57,851 --> 00:27:00,954
that I realized my poor
master had been murdered.

409
00:27:01,088 --> 00:27:03,957
Mrs. Lexington,
to your knowledge,

410
00:27:04,057 --> 00:27:07,628
did your master
have any enemies?

411
00:27:07,761 --> 00:27:10,197
Every man has
his enemies.

412
00:27:10,297 --> 00:27:13,000
And a businessman
like Mr. Oldacre,

413
00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:14,368
more than most,
perhaps?

414
00:27:14,468 --> 00:27:15,969
He was a well-respected
gentleman

415
00:27:16,103 --> 00:27:18,172
who kept himself very
much to himself.

416
00:27:22,442 --> 00:27:24,411
Do you know anything
about these papers?

417
00:27:24,545 --> 00:27:25,445
I know nothing

418
00:27:25,546 --> 00:27:27,080
of Mr. Oldacre's
private affairs.

419
00:27:27,214 --> 00:27:29,716
The buttons that the police
found in the fire?

420
00:27:29,850 --> 00:27:32,553
My master had three suits
made by Mr. Hiams ...

421
00:27:32,653 --> 00:27:34,388
two are still in that
wardrobe there,

422
00:27:34,488 --> 00:27:36,390
and the third he
was wearing that night.

423
00:27:36,490 --> 00:27:38,025
Thank you,
Mrs. Lexington,

424
00:27:38,158 --> 00:27:40,394
you have been most
cooperative.

425
00:27:49,369 --> 00:27:51,138
What do
you make of her?

426
00:27:51,238 --> 00:27:53,440
Tight as wax,
if you ask me,

427
00:27:53,540 --> 00:27:56,009
but then, perhaps that's
her usual manner?

428
00:27:56,143 --> 00:28:00,414
It's all wrong,
I feel it in my bones,

429
00:28:00,514 --> 00:28:07,955
something ... something
has not come out,

430
00:28:08,088 --> 00:28:09,389
and that woman
knows it.

431
00:28:12,226 --> 00:28:16,230
Holmes, would you like me
to have a look at these papers?

432
00:28:17,698 --> 00:28:19,399
Well, a man's bank
account can tell us

433
00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:21,368
as much
as his diary.

434
00:28:21,468 --> 00:28:23,470
Correct.

435
00:28:23,604 --> 00:28:26,106
Thank you, Watson.

436
00:28:40,254 --> 00:28:41,588
It's all right
Constable,

437
00:28:41,688 --> 00:28:43,524
I'm just
stretching my legs.

438
00:28:43,624 --> 00:28:45,392
I'll watch them.

439
00:30:27,995 --> 00:30:29,329
Ah, Constable.

440
00:30:34,034 --> 00:30:35,369
Are you a local man?

441
00:30:35,469 --> 00:30:38,272
Born on Bridge, sir,
not a half-mile from here.

442
00:30:38,372 --> 00:30:39,807
Excellent.

443
00:30:39,907 --> 00:30:43,177
Then perhaps you can offer
me some local knowledge?

444
00:30:43,277 --> 00:30:44,478
I'll do my best,
sir,

445
00:30:44,578 --> 00:30:46,313
I'll most certainly
do my best.

446
00:30:59,793 --> 00:31:00,794
Holmes!

447
00:31:05,065 --> 00:31:08,368
Le Strade did say that no
documents had been removed?

448
00:31:08,469 --> 00:31:09,670
Yes.

449
00:31:09,770 --> 00:31:10,804
That's what
I thought.

450
00:31:10,938 --> 00:31:12,005
You've found
something?

451
00:31:12,139 --> 00:31:14,041
No, it's what I haven't
found that interests me.

452
00:31:14,141 --> 00:31:15,742
There are certain
cross-references

453
00:31:15,876 --> 00:31:18,111
to various deeds,
valuable deeds,

454
00:31:18,212 --> 00:31:20,147
none of which
I can find.

455
00:31:24,384 --> 00:31:25,986
But one thing
is clear:

456
00:31:26,119 --> 00:31:27,221
Oldacre was hardly

457
00:31:27,354 --> 00:31:28,922
in the affluent
circumstances

458
00:31:29,056 --> 00:31:30,491
we have been led
to believe.

459
00:31:30,591 --> 00:31:32,159
His bank account was
practically empty,

460
00:31:32,292 --> 00:31:34,261
largely because he had made
several large payments

461
00:31:34,394 --> 00:31:37,364
in the past year
to a certain Mr. Cornelius.

462
00:31:40,334 --> 00:31:43,036
Young McFarland would
have inherited nothing.

463
00:31:43,137 --> 00:31:44,605
This is of interest.

464
00:31:44,705 --> 00:31:46,773
Why should a
retired builder

465
00:31:46,907 --> 00:31:49,710
have such large transactions
with a Mr. Cornelius?

466
00:31:49,810 --> 00:31:51,778
Well, let's take
our cab,

467
00:31:51,912 --> 00:31:54,414
and see what we can find
out from his city bank.

468
00:31:54,548 --> 00:31:56,216
You coming?

469
00:31:56,316 --> 00:31:58,051
I'll stay here
for awhile.

470
00:31:59,786 --> 00:32:01,021
Norwood Station.

471
00:32:12,933 --> 00:32:14,802
So, you're not
going back to London

472
00:32:14,902 --> 00:32:16,503
with your friend,
then?

473
00:32:16,637 --> 00:32:18,338
No, not yet,
anyway.

474
00:32:18,438 --> 00:32:21,041
I do hope my presence
doesn't inconvenience you.

475
00:32:21,175 --> 00:32:23,143
By the way,
I should warn you,

476
00:32:23,243 --> 00:32:26,513
I found an undesirable
lurking about by the gates.

477
00:32:26,613 --> 00:32:27,481
I saw him on ...

478
00:32:27,581 --> 00:32:28,615
An undesirable?

479
00:32:28,749 --> 00:32:30,184
A tramp,
Mrs. Lexington,

480
00:32:30,284 --> 00:32:32,252
a gentlemen
of the road.

481
00:32:32,386 --> 00:32:34,354
He will get
nothing here.

482
00:32:34,454 --> 00:32:36,824
Ah, you don't
believe in

483
00:32:36,924 --> 00:32:39,493
supporting our less
fortunate brethren?

484
00:32:39,626 --> 00:32:42,563
I work,
so can they.

485
00:32:42,663 --> 00:32:43,997
Quite so.

486
00:33:36,517 --> 00:33:39,086
I'm on my way
to Croxton.

487
00:33:43,090 --> 00:33:45,425
I've done enough walking,
I have...

488
00:33:45,526 --> 00:33:47,861
To all kinds
of places.

489
00:33:47,961 --> 00:33:49,229
I'll stay put.

490
00:33:53,567 --> 00:33:55,803
I used to meet
a friend of mine here.

491
00:33:55,903 --> 00:34:00,073
Oh, you might know him,
he's a seafaring man.

492
00:34:00,174 --> 00:34:05,145
Aha, I know him.

493
00:34:05,279 --> 00:34:09,817
Shared my billet for the
last four nights, he does.

494
00:34:09,950 --> 00:34:14,521
And off he goes,
without even a word.

495
00:34:14,655 --> 00:34:18,759
You take my tip.

496
00:34:18,892 --> 00:34:20,694
Stay clear of him.

497
00:34:20,794 --> 00:34:23,764
He's a liar.

498
00:34:23,897 --> 00:34:27,201
He didn't strike
me as such.

499
00:34:27,301 --> 00:34:30,103
He goes up to that
big house, he does.

500
00:34:30,204 --> 00:34:34,174
He comes back here
and tells some yarn

501
00:34:34,308 --> 00:34:37,845
about him putting out
with old mans,

502
00:34:37,978 --> 00:34:40,681
and telling him
to come back tomorrow

503
00:34:40,781 --> 00:34:42,282
and they'll
give him some grub

504
00:34:42,416 --> 00:34:44,885
and some
cast-offs for him.

505
00:34:45,018 --> 00:34:46,553
Well,
how is that lying?

506
00:34:48,989 --> 00:34:51,358
Because,
my friend,

507
00:34:51,458 --> 00:34:54,828
I already paid
my call.

508
00:34:54,928 --> 00:34:56,763
I nearly got my
lord on my back

509
00:34:56,864 --> 00:34:58,465
for my insolence ...

510
00:34:58,599 --> 00:35:00,567
insolence.

511
00:35:08,108 --> 00:35:10,077
Perhaps he told you
a pleasing tale.

512
00:35:13,647 --> 00:35:15,916
Are you saying,

513
00:35:16,016 --> 00:35:18,485
that a drunken
sailor has more to offer

514
00:35:18,585 --> 00:35:22,256
than a Sergeant
in the 22nd?

515
00:35:22,356 --> 00:35:24,758
No, no.

516
00:35:24,858 --> 00:35:27,795
He's a liar.

517
00:35:27,895 --> 00:35:35,102
He says, "Whatever I get,"
he says,

518
00:35:35,202 --> 00:35:39,106
"I'll share with you,
shipmate, " he says.

519
00:35:39,206 --> 00:35:42,176
Off he goes.

520
00:35:42,309 --> 00:35:45,512
Not a sight
of him since.

521
00:37:00,053 --> 00:37:01,989
Holmes,

522
00:37:08,962 --> 00:37:12,699
you must permit
yourself some food.

523
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,301
You must eat.

524
00:37:14,434 --> 00:37:17,171
A present, I cannot
afford energy

525
00:37:17,271 --> 00:37:20,040
and nerve force
for digestion.

526
00:37:20,140 --> 00:37:24,411
Well, you must if you
intend to pursue this case.

527
00:37:24,511 --> 00:37:26,213
I feel,
my dear fellow,

528
00:37:26,313 --> 00:37:27,981
that our case will
end ingloriously

529
00:37:28,081 --> 00:37:30,584
by Le Strade
hanging our client,

530
00:37:30,717 --> 00:37:35,456
which will certainly be a
triumph for Scotland Yard.

531
00:37:35,556 --> 00:37:37,925
There's a telegram.

532
00:37:51,271 --> 00:37:53,373
"Important
fresh evidence at hand,

533
00:37:53,507 --> 00:37:55,776
McFarland's guilt
definitely established,

534
00:37:55,876 --> 00:37:59,313
advise you to abandon
case, Le Strade."

535
00:37:59,446 --> 00:38:04,118
It is Le Strade's little
cockle-doodle of victory.

536
00:38:35,349 --> 00:38:37,918
Let's have
some breakfast,

537
00:38:41,855 --> 00:38:45,826
and then go out together
and see what we can do.

538
00:38:48,595 --> 00:38:51,198
I feel as if I shall
need your company

539
00:38:51,331 --> 00:38:52,733
and moral
support today.

540
00:39:04,845 --> 00:39:08,248
Ah, Mr. Holmes,
Dr. Watson.

541
00:39:08,348 --> 00:39:09,917
I think you will
acknowledge

542
00:39:10,050 --> 00:39:12,986
that we're just a little
in front of you this time.

543
00:39:16,590 --> 00:39:19,059
Step this way, if you
please, gentlemen,

544
00:39:19,159 --> 00:39:21,428
and I'm sure
I can convince you

545
00:39:21,528 --> 00:39:23,497
that it was
John McFarland

546
00:39:23,597 --> 00:39:25,165
who committed
this crime.

547
00:39:25,299 --> 00:39:28,702
I don't like being wrong any
more than the rest of us do.

548
00:39:28,802 --> 00:39:30,370
Still, a man
can't always

549
00:39:30,504 --> 00:39:32,806
expect to have it
his own way,

550
00:39:32,906 --> 00:39:34,708
can he Dr. Watson?

551
00:39:45,652 --> 00:39:47,488
This is where the
housekeeper left

552
00:39:47,588 --> 00:39:49,022
McFarland's hat
and stick,

553
00:39:49,123 --> 00:39:50,891
and this is also where
he would have come

554
00:39:50,991 --> 00:39:53,660
to collect his hat after
the crime was committed.

555
00:39:53,794 --> 00:39:56,396
Now, look at this.

556
00:39:56,530 --> 00:39:58,632
A thumb mark.

557
00:39:58,765 --> 00:39:59,967
So I observe.

558
00:40:00,067 --> 00:40:02,136
A thumb mark
in blood.

559
00:40:02,269 --> 00:40:04,838
You are aware that no two
thumb marks are alike?

560
00:40:04,972 --> 00:40:07,274
I have heard
something of the kind.

561
00:40:22,022 --> 00:40:23,624
Identical.

562
00:40:23,757 --> 00:40:26,727
And that was taken from
McFarland this morning.

563
00:40:28,796 --> 00:40:30,731
Definitely the same
thumb mark.

564
00:40:30,831 --> 00:40:32,800
And that is final.

565
00:40:32,900 --> 00:40:36,670
Quite final.

566
00:40:36,770 --> 00:40:38,839
Who made this
discovery?

567
00:40:38,972 --> 00:40:40,808
It was
Mrs. Lexington here

568
00:40:40,908 --> 00:40:43,377
who drew my Constable's
attention to it.

569
00:40:44,745 --> 00:40:45,879
And, I suppose,

570
00:40:46,013 --> 00:40:48,549
there is no doubt that the
mark was there yesterday?

571
00:40:48,682 --> 00:40:50,617
Well, of course McFarland
could have crept out

572
00:40:50,717 --> 00:40:52,553
of jail in the middle
of the night

573
00:40:52,653 --> 00:40:54,922
just to strengthen the
evidence against himself.

574
00:40:55,022 --> 00:40:56,490
Ha-ha.

575
00:40:56,623 --> 00:41:00,127
Have you any objection
if I take a stroll upstairs?

576
00:41:00,127 --> 00:41:01,995
No, none at all.

577
00:41:02,095 --> 00:41:04,731
There's nothing
up there, though.

578
00:42:15,936 --> 00:42:18,272
So many things
look so bad, Holmes.

579
00:42:18,372 --> 00:42:24,111
But there is a serious
flaw in this new evidence.

580
00:42:24,211 --> 00:42:26,246
What's that?

581
00:42:26,380 --> 00:42:29,349
That thumb print
was not there

582
00:42:29,483 --> 00:42:31,852
when I examined
the hall yesterday.

583
00:42:45,966 --> 00:42:47,534
Inspector Le Strade,

584
00:42:47,668 --> 00:42:51,371
I cannot help thinking your
evidence is incomplete.

585
00:42:51,472 --> 00:42:54,308
What do you mean,
Mr. Holmes?

586
00:42:54,408 --> 00:42:56,043
Merely that there is
an important witness

587
00:42:56,176 --> 00:42:57,811
that you have
not yet seen.

588
00:42:57,945 --> 00:43:00,147
You can produce this
witness, can you?

589
00:43:00,147 --> 00:43:01,582
I think I can.

590
00:43:01,682 --> 00:43:03,050
Well then, do so.

591
00:43:03,150 --> 00:43:04,918
I'll do my best.

592
00:43:05,018 --> 00:43:07,321
How many
Constables have you?

593
00:43:07,421 --> 00:43:08,889
Three within call.

594
00:43:08,989 --> 00:43:10,324
Excellent.

595
00:43:10,424 --> 00:43:12,793
I assume that they
are able-bodied,

596
00:43:12,893 --> 00:43:14,995
large men with
powerful voices?

597
00:43:15,129 --> 00:43:19,566
No doubt that they are,
yeah.

598
00:43:19,666 --> 00:43:22,636
In the outhouse, there
is a quantity of straw.

599
00:43:22,769 --> 00:43:24,805
I would like two
bundles brought in.

600
00:43:24,938 --> 00:43:26,740
Straw?

601
00:43:29,777 --> 00:43:31,879
And two buckets
of water.

602
00:43:32,012 --> 00:43:33,981
Water?

603
00:43:34,114 --> 00:43:36,283
Ask them to bring it
to the top landing.

604
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,129
Straw, into the fireplace,
a little bit in front.

605
00:43:49,229 --> 00:43:52,599
Two buckets of water to
that side, Constable.

606
00:43:52,699 --> 00:43:54,668
Mr. Holmes!

607
00:43:54,802 --> 00:43:57,304
I don't know whether you're
playing a game with us,

608
00:43:57,437 --> 00:44:00,340
but surely tell us without
all this tom-foolery.

609
00:44:00,441 --> 00:44:02,142
I can assure you,
Le Strade,

610
00:44:02,242 --> 00:44:04,211
I have an excellent reason
for everything that I do.

611
00:44:04,344 --> 00:44:06,580
Watson, would you put
a match to that straw?

612
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:09,149
And Constable, will you
sprinkle it with water?

613
00:44:29,102 --> 00:44:31,805
Now, we must see

614
00:44:31,905 --> 00:44:36,643
if we can find this witness
for you, Le Strade.

615
00:44:36,743 --> 00:44:39,279
Gentlemen,

616
00:44:39,413 --> 00:44:46,386
would you please join me
and we'll call a fire ...

617
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:48,455
one, two three ...
FIRE!

618
00:44:48,555 --> 00:44:49,490
Fire.

619
00:44:49,590 --> 00:44:51,525
We can do better
than that.

620
00:44:51,625 --> 00:44:54,027
Full voice,
and together.

621
00:44:54,128 --> 00:44:55,496
FIRE!

622
00:45:08,742 --> 00:45:10,043
Good heavens,

623
00:45:10,144 --> 00:45:15,315
Constable, a bucket of
water on that straw.

624
00:45:15,415 --> 00:45:17,317
Le Strade, allow me
to present you

625
00:45:17,417 --> 00:45:20,988
with your missing principal
witness, Mr. Jonas Oldacre.

626
00:45:21,121 --> 00:45:23,791
What's this then?

627
00:45:23,924 --> 00:45:26,527
What have you been
doing all this time?

628
00:45:26,660 --> 00:45:28,295
I've done no harm.

629
00:45:28,428 --> 00:45:29,830
NO harm!

630
00:45:29,930 --> 00:45:31,298
You've only
done your best

631
00:45:31,398 --> 00:45:33,300
to get an innocent
man hanged.

632
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:35,636
If it wasn't for this
gentleman standing here,

633
00:45:35,736 --> 00:45:38,172
I'm not sure you
wouldn't have succeeded.

634
00:45:38,272 --> 00:45:39,873
Take him!

635
00:45:40,007 --> 00:45:44,278
Let us see where this
rat has been lurking.

636
00:45:50,784 --> 00:45:52,586
Now you see the advantage
of being a builder,

637
00:45:52,686 --> 00:45:55,022
he was able to fix up his
own little hiding place

638
00:45:55,122 --> 00:45:56,757
without any
confederate,

639
00:45:56,890 --> 00:45:58,859
save for that precious housekeeper of his,

640
00:45:58,992 --> 00:46:01,895
whom I should lose no time in
adding to your bag, Inspector.

641
00:46:01,995 --> 00:46:04,798
And these are the missing
papers, no doubt?

642
00:46:04,898 --> 00:46:06,867
No doubt
whatsoever.

643
00:46:06,967 --> 00:46:09,203
Constable, find
the housekeeper.

644
00:46:09,303 --> 00:46:11,772
How did you know about
that place, Mr. Holmes?

645
00:46:11,872 --> 00:46:13,907
When I compared the
proportions of this room

646
00:46:14,041 --> 00:46:15,909
with those
of the room below,

647
00:46:16,009 --> 00:46:19,246
I deduced that this
fireplace wall was false.

648
00:46:19,346 --> 00:46:22,316
Oldacre clearly had a
great deal of nerve,

649
00:46:22,416 --> 00:46:24,251
but little enough,
I've found,

650
00:46:24,351 --> 00:46:26,120
to like quiet before
an alarm of fire.

651
00:46:33,494 --> 00:46:34,461
How in the world
did you know

652
00:46:34,595 --> 00:46:35,662
that he was in
the house at all?

653
00:46:35,796 --> 00:46:37,064
The thumb mark,
Le Strade.

654
00:46:37,164 --> 00:46:38,966
When I examined the hall
yesterday, it was clear.

655
00:46:39,066 --> 00:46:40,834
Therefore, it must have been
put there during the night.

656
00:46:40,934 --> 00:46:42,035
But how?

657
00:46:42,169 --> 00:46:46,540
After McFarland had examined
the papers that night,

658
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:48,041
he resealed them.

659
00:46:48,142 --> 00:46:50,611
To do so, he used his
thumb upon the wax.

660
00:46:50,711 --> 00:46:53,147
Brooding in that
den of his,

661
00:46:53,247 --> 00:46:55,282
it suddenly
struck Oldacre

662
00:46:55,415 --> 00:46:57,851
what use he could make
of that thumbprint.

663
00:46:57,951 --> 00:47:00,454
Smearing the wax
with a little blood,

664
00:47:00,587 --> 00:47:02,656
he made what appeared
to be absolutely

665
00:47:02,790 --> 00:47:05,392
damning evidence
against McFarland.

666
00:47:05,526 --> 00:47:09,696
But what was the object
of his deception?

667
00:47:09,830 --> 00:47:11,331
Ah, well,
you see Inspector,

668
00:47:11,465 --> 00:47:13,167
in order to swindle
his creditors,

669
00:47:13,267 --> 00:47:15,002
who were
pressing him,

670
00:47:15,102 --> 00:47:17,404
Oldacre emptied his bank
account by paying out

671
00:47:17,504 --> 00:47:20,140
several large sums to a
certain Mr. Cornelius.

672
00:47:20,274 --> 00:47:22,042
Now, I have no doubt
that Messers Oldacre

673
00:47:22,142 --> 00:47:24,111
and Cornelius are one
and the same person,

674
00:47:24,211 --> 00:47:26,713
the object being
to change his name,

675
00:47:26,847 --> 00:47:29,349
draw on the money,
and then vanish.

676
00:47:29,483 --> 00:47:32,052
We see before us
a very deep,

677
00:47:32,186 --> 00:47:34,655
malicious and
vindictive man.

678
00:47:34,755 --> 00:47:36,323
Did you know that he
was once refused

679
00:47:36,457 --> 00:47:38,759
by McFarland's mother?

680
00:47:38,859 --> 00:47:41,762
All his life, he has
longed for vengeance.

681
00:47:41,862 --> 00:47:43,564
If he could give
the impression

682
00:47:43,664 --> 00:47:44,765
that he
was murdered

683
00:47:44,898 --> 00:47:46,867
by the only child of his
former sweetheart,

684
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:49,169
what more
better revenge?

685
00:47:49,303 --> 00:47:51,472
I would never have
allowed any real harm

686
00:47:51,605 --> 00:47:53,073
to befall poor
Mr. McFarland,

687
00:47:53,173 --> 00:47:54,041
I assure you.

688
00:47:54,141 --> 00:47:55,909
That's for the jury
to decide.

689
00:47:56,009 --> 00:47:58,078
You're charging me?

690
00:47:58,212 --> 00:47:59,379
For a joke?

691
00:47:59,513 --> 00:48:01,081
It's nothing more
than a practical joke.

692
00:48:01,215 --> 00:48:02,983
It's nothing less
than murder ...

693
00:48:03,083 --> 00:48:05,452
the body in the fire.

694
00:48:05,552 --> 00:48:09,990
But whose body was it?

695
00:48:10,090 --> 00:48:11,859
And old sailor,
Le Strade,

696
00:48:11,959 --> 00:48:14,061
who had fallen upon
hard times.

697
00:48:14,194 --> 00:48:16,096
When I examined the
ashes of that fire,

698
00:48:16,196 --> 00:48:22,136
I discovered that your
experts had missed this.

699
00:48:22,236 --> 00:48:27,875
It is a tooth of the
great white shark,

700
00:48:28,008 --> 00:48:31,211
and you see that it has
been lightly carved.

701
00:48:31,311 --> 00:48:34,448
It is typical of the work
carried out by seamen.

702
00:48:34,581 --> 00:48:37,384
Well, this isn't
evidence enough

703
00:48:37,484 --> 00:48:39,419
to show who
died in the fire.

704
00:48:42,256 --> 00:48:44,191
I know for certain
that on Monday,

705
00:48:44,291 --> 00:48:45,659
the day before
the murder,

706
00:48:45,759 --> 00:48:48,095
a tramp called
at this house.

707
00:48:48,195 --> 00:48:51,198
Yet, when I questioned
the housekeeper,

708
00:48:51,331 --> 00:48:52,199
she assured me

709
00:48:52,299 --> 00:48:54,768
that no such tramp
would ever be welcome.

710
00:48:54,902 --> 00:48:57,838
Not only was his
reception welcoming,

711
00:48:57,938 --> 00:49:00,674
but the man received some
of Oldacre's clothing.

712
00:49:00,774 --> 00:49:03,777
Yesterday,
near the front gate,

713
00:49:03,911 --> 00:49:06,580
I found the calling
card that he left,

714
00:49:06,713 --> 00:49:09,483
a coded sign advising
his fellow travelers

715
00:49:09,583 --> 00:49:11,718
of a charitable welcome.

716
00:49:11,852 --> 00:49:12,453
And last night,

717
00:49:12,586 --> 00:49:14,221
with the help of your
local Constable,

718
00:49:14,354 --> 00:49:18,325
I talked to one of these
fellow travelers,

719
00:49:18,459 --> 00:49:20,327
who said that
the unfortunate seaman

720
00:49:20,427 --> 00:49:22,896
had been asked to call
back the following day

721
00:49:22,996 --> 00:49:25,666
with the assurance of
further hospitality.

722
00:49:25,799 --> 00:49:29,603
And so,
the next morning,

723
00:49:29,703 --> 00:49:32,172
wearing his
new clothes,

724
00:49:32,272 --> 00:49:36,710
or at least his new
trousers, he returned ...

725
00:49:36,844 --> 00:49:39,346
and was never
seen again.

726
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:42,883
You've saved an innocent
man's life, Mr. Holmes.

727
00:49:42,983 --> 00:49:46,487
You've also saved me
some embarrassment.

728
00:49:46,620 --> 00:49:49,423
Ah, my good chap!

729
00:49:49,523 --> 00:49:51,125
You will find that
your reputation

730
00:49:51,258 --> 00:49:53,026
has been
enormously enhanced.

731
00:49:53,127 --> 00:49:54,995
Just make a few
alterations to that report

732
00:49:55,095 --> 00:49:56,463
which you
are writing,

733
00:49:56,563 --> 00:49:58,232
and they will understand
how hard it is

734
00:49:58,365 --> 00:50:00,534
to throw dust in the eyes
of Inspector Le Strade.

735
00:50:00,667 --> 00:50:02,703
You don't want your
name to appear?

736
00:50:05,839 --> 00:50:06,907
Not at all.

737
00:50:09,977 --> 00:50:12,613
His work
is its own reward.

738
00:50:12,746 --> 00:50:16,617
I'll see you
hang for this!

739
00:50:16,717 --> 00:50:19,153
That privilege must
surely be mine.

740
00:50:20,153 --> 00:50:30,153
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