1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Downloaded From www.AllSubs.org 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000 3 00:01:37,978 --> 00:01:42,210 I'm not saying the uniform don't suit you, Miss Cushing. 4 00:01:42,282 --> 00:01:44,546 But it is nice to see you out of it. 5 00:01:46,420 --> 00:01:47,682 Sarah! 6 00:01:47,754 --> 00:01:49,415 Sarah! 7 00:01:57,063 --> 00:01:59,395 You must be the other Miss Cushing. 8 00:01:59,466 --> 00:02:01,525 Isn't this a happy day then, eh, 9 00:02:01,601 --> 00:02:02,727 for all three of you. 10 00:02:02,803 --> 00:02:03,861 Yes' yes it is, 11 00:02:03,937 --> 00:02:05,427 of course it is. 12 00:02:34,734 --> 00:02:37,032 Just coming! 13 00:03:15,976 --> 00:03:19,173 Body snatchers strike in north London. 14 00:03:19,246 --> 00:03:20,975 Are we dealing with a modern version 15 00:03:21,047 --> 00:03:22,776 of Burke and Hare? 16 00:03:22,849 --> 00:03:25,374 Well, sadly, the anatomy schools 17 00:03:25,452 --> 00:03:26,851 don't need the help of body snatchers 18 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:28,217 at this time of the year. 19 00:03:28,288 --> 00:03:29,414 They are well stocked 20 00:03:29,489 --> 00:03:30,820 with corpses from the poorhouses. 21 00:03:30,891 --> 00:03:32,415 What do you think then? 22 00:03:32,492 --> 00:03:34,255 I don't know. 23 00:03:34,327 --> 00:03:37,763 Some outlandish cult perhaps. 24 00:03:37,831 --> 00:03:40,698 Have you been consulted on the subject Holmes? 25 00:03:40,767 --> 00:03:42,394 Come on in, Hawkins! 26 00:03:42,469 --> 00:03:44,232 Aha Hawkins. 27 00:03:44,304 --> 00:03:45,464 Make yourself at home. 28 00:03:45,539 --> 00:03:47,200 Have a cup of coffee. 29 00:03:47,274 --> 00:03:48,764 Thank you. 30 00:03:48,842 --> 00:03:50,332 Have you brought those descriptions? 31 00:03:50,410 --> 00:03:51,877 Yes, yes I have... 32 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,443 Bodies so far exhumed, 33 00:03:55,515 --> 00:03:57,779 Albert Cotter, forty eight. 34 00:03:57,851 --> 00:03:59,443 Fish Porter of Shadwell. 35 00:03:59,519 --> 00:04:00,713 Heart disease. 36 00:04:00,787 --> 00:04:02,254 Martin Rubery, fifty four. 37 00:04:02,322 --> 00:04:03,516 Cirrhosis of the liver. 38 00:04:03,590 --> 00:04:05,182 We don't know much about him, 39 00:04:05,258 --> 00:04:06,316 except it was thought he was 40 00:04:06,393 --> 00:04:08,861 an amateur pugilist of some sort in his youth. 41 00:04:08,929 --> 00:04:10,624 Jimmy King, thirty nine. 42 00:04:10,697 --> 00:04:12,392 Covent Garden Porter. 43 00:04:12,465 --> 00:04:15,093 Cerebral hemorrhage 44 00:04:15,168 --> 00:04:16,965 You will continue your researches? 45 00:04:17,037 --> 00:04:18,402 If you say so, Mr. Holmes. 46 00:04:18,471 --> 00:04:20,200 I do say so. 47 00:04:20,273 --> 00:04:21,797 And keep your eye on the premises 48 00:04:21,875 --> 00:04:25,106 of a certain Murdoch Gull. 49 00:04:25,178 --> 00:04:26,611 Yes? 50 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:27,977 Murdoch, do you think? 51 00:04:28,048 --> 00:04:30,380 He's the fence for anything out of the ordinary? 52 00:04:30,450 --> 00:04:32,816 He could be our man. 53 00:04:32,886 --> 00:04:35,719 One more thing, Mr. Holmes. 54 00:04:35,789 --> 00:04:37,450 The men and I would be very honored 55 00:04:37,524 --> 00:04:40,220 if you'd drop by Christmas Eve. 56 00:04:40,293 --> 00:04:42,386 We try to get a bit festive at Christmas, 57 00:04:42,462 --> 00:04:46,660 and we like to invite a few guests. 58 00:04:46,733 --> 00:04:49,167 Christmas. 59 00:05:08,054 --> 00:05:09,078 Mary? 60 00:05:13,193 --> 00:05:14,160 Mary? 61 00:05:19,633 --> 00:05:20,725 There. 62 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,859 It's a start. 63 00:05:22,936 --> 00:05:24,198 Mrs Hudson. 64 00:05:24,270 --> 00:05:25,362 Mr Holmes? 65 00:05:25,438 --> 00:05:26,462 How am I supposed to 66 00:05:26,539 --> 00:05:28,131 think up yet another present for Watson? 67 00:05:28,208 --> 00:05:30,768 I mean, every year you inflict this agony on me. 68 00:05:30,844 --> 00:05:33,540 It's quite simple, Mr Holmes, you go to Gamages. 69 00:05:33,613 --> 00:05:34,841 Gamages? 70 00:05:34,914 --> 00:05:36,973 Yes, it's in Holborn, a departmental store. 71 00:05:37,050 --> 00:05:38,847 The people's Emporium. 72 00:05:38,918 --> 00:05:42,285 You will be quite spoilt for ideas. 73 00:05:42,355 --> 00:05:44,186 Gamages. 74 00:05:46,393 --> 00:05:47,826 Mrs. Hudson! 75 00:05:47,894 --> 00:05:52,456 How dare you take my aspidistra. 76 00:05:52,532 --> 00:05:54,557 I do dare. 77 00:06:27,767 --> 00:06:28,859 Afternoon, Miss Cushing. 78 00:06:28,935 --> 00:06:30,095 Season's Greetings, eh? 79 00:06:30,170 --> 00:06:31,398 Good afternoon, Wilkinson. 80 00:06:31,471 --> 00:06:33,371 Looks like we're in for a bit more snow before long. 81 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,408 I do hope not. 82 00:07:08,975 --> 00:07:11,068 What is this Monsieur Jacottet? 83 00:07:11,144 --> 00:07:12,771 Ah, Madame Susan. 84 00:07:12,846 --> 00:07:14,177 Our arrangement 85 00:07:14,247 --> 00:07:17,239 is that you may sit by the parlor fire after dinner. 86 00:07:17,317 --> 00:07:19,581 Otherwise, I'd be obliged, 87 00:07:19,652 --> 00:07:21,552 when you are in the house, 88 00:07:21,621 --> 00:07:23,179 if you would keep to your room. 89 00:07:23,256 --> 00:07:25,986 Your sister Sarah, gave me permission, Madame. 90 00:07:26,059 --> 00:07:28,152 This is my house, 91 00:07:28,228 --> 00:07:29,718 not my sister's. 92 00:07:29,796 --> 00:07:31,855 Even if she said it, which I doubt. 93 00:07:31,931 --> 00:07:32,989 You doubt my word? 94 00:07:33,066 --> 00:07:34,363 I would be most surprised 95 00:07:34,434 --> 00:07:37,528 if my sister gave the run of the kitchen to my lodger. 96 00:07:37,604 --> 00:07:40,471 You would be surprised what your sister gives. 97 00:07:40,540 --> 00:07:42,974 Very surprised. 98 00:07:43,042 --> 00:07:44,339 I think I would be obliged 99 00:07:44,410 --> 00:07:46,344 if you left the kitchen now, Monsieur. 100 00:07:46,412 --> 00:07:47,970 I don't think you hear what I'm saying? 101 00:07:48,047 --> 00:07:49,309 Susan! 102 00:07:53,453 --> 00:07:54,477 Marcel. 103 00:07:54,554 --> 00:07:55,578 Oh Susan, 104 00:07:55,655 --> 00:07:56,713 It has worked. 105 00:07:56,790 --> 00:07:58,223 They have made me warden at the mission. 106 00:07:58,291 --> 00:08:00,088 Now you ask her what she gave me. 107 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:01,787 Did you give Monsieur Jacottet 108 00:08:01,861 --> 00:08:03,624 permission to help himself in here, 109 00:08:03,696 --> 00:08:07,462 in the kitchen? 110 00:08:07,534 --> 00:08:09,729 I believe I did, once. 111 00:08:09,803 --> 00:08:10,770 I didn't realize he'd... 112 00:08:10,837 --> 00:08:12,327 Ask her. 113 00:08:12,405 --> 00:08:13,702 What do you mean, what's going on? 114 00:08:13,773 --> 00:08:15,536 Ask her! 115 00:08:15,608 --> 00:08:17,769 You English are such hypocrites. 116 00:08:17,844 --> 00:08:19,471 Now you tell her what you gave me. 117 00:08:19,546 --> 00:08:20,444 What? 118 00:08:20,513 --> 00:08:21,571 What is all this about? 119 00:08:21,648 --> 00:08:23,582 Will someone please tell me what's going... 120 00:08:35,895 --> 00:08:37,021 I see. 121 00:08:38,865 --> 00:08:40,162 I see. 122 00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:43,500 Very well, 123 00:08:43,570 --> 00:08:45,800 you are warden now. 124 00:08:45,872 --> 00:08:47,897 Go and live there then. 125 00:08:47,974 --> 00:08:49,965 You'll have quarters at the mission. 126 00:08:50,043 --> 00:08:51,510 Go there. 127 00:08:51,578 --> 00:08:53,637 I don't want you under my roof. 128 00:08:53,713 --> 00:08:55,010 Go. 129 00:08:55,081 --> 00:08:56,878 I won't have you here. 130 00:08:56,950 --> 00:08:58,474 I won't. 131 00:08:58,551 --> 00:09:00,178 And as for you Monsieur, 132 00:09:00,253 --> 00:09:02,915 you will leave my house immediately. 133 00:09:02,989 --> 00:09:04,422 Immediately. 134 00:09:04,490 --> 00:09:06,685 Or I will call the police. 135 00:09:10,430 --> 00:09:11,795 Your belongings will be packed 136 00:09:11,865 --> 00:09:13,332 and left at the tradesmen's entrance 137 00:09:13,399 --> 00:09:14,923 for your collection. 138 00:09:15,001 --> 00:09:16,525 How dare you! 139 00:09:17,737 --> 00:09:19,671 You sound exactly like mother. 140 00:09:19,739 --> 00:09:20,706 And what if I do? 141 00:09:20,773 --> 00:09:22,206 I thought I'd heard the last of that sort of thing 142 00:09:22,275 --> 00:09:23,503 when she died. 143 00:09:23,576 --> 00:09:25,066 How dare you talk about mother like that? 144 00:09:25,144 --> 00:09:26,839 It's just as well I am like her. 145 00:09:26,913 --> 00:09:28,904 I don't know what would happen to this family otherwise. 146 00:09:28,982 --> 00:09:31,815 Oh, you hold us all together do you. 147 00:09:31,885 --> 00:09:34,353 How splendid you are. 148 00:09:36,856 --> 00:09:38,915 Do you realize that Mary has gone away 149 00:09:38,992 --> 00:09:40,926 without telling anyone? 150 00:09:40,994 --> 00:09:42,427 Good. 151 00:09:42,495 --> 00:09:44,554 She's showing some spirit at last. 152 00:09:44,631 --> 00:09:47,327 You call that good? 153 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,096 Sometimes I think you're not just feckless, 154 00:09:50,169 --> 00:09:52,763 I think you're deliberately irresponsible. 155 00:09:52,839 --> 00:09:55,273 Mary is a married woman. 156 00:09:55,341 --> 00:09:57,332 Well, no thanks to you. 157 00:09:57,410 --> 00:10:00,402 You stood in her way to the last. 158 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,243 Jim Browner was never good enough 159 00:10:02,315 --> 00:10:04,510 for our family was he? 160 00:10:04,584 --> 00:10:07,883 The daughters of Major Cushing RE? 161 00:10:07,954 --> 00:10:10,514 Never mind, he was a gambling wastrel. 162 00:10:10,590 --> 00:10:11,921 Our father was... 163 00:10:11,991 --> 00:10:13,322 Be quiet! 164 00:10:13,393 --> 00:10:16,453 If anyone has disgraced this family it's me? 165 00:10:16,529 --> 00:10:18,190 I warn you, 166 00:10:18,264 --> 00:10:20,664 one day this diet of respectability 167 00:10:20,733 --> 00:10:23,293 is going to make you ill. 168 00:10:25,638 --> 00:10:29,199 You are so horrid. 169 00:10:38,084 --> 00:10:39,176 Ah dear Mrs. Hudson. 170 00:10:39,252 --> 00:10:40,048 Mr Holmes! 171 00:10:40,119 --> 00:10:41,552 The doctor has someone with him. 172 00:10:41,621 --> 00:10:43,088 A Miss Susan Cushing. 173 00:10:43,156 --> 00:10:44,919 Oh well, you'd better hold onto this. 174 00:10:44,991 --> 00:10:46,458 What's this? 175 00:10:56,436 --> 00:10:57,562 What's that? 176 00:10:59,005 --> 00:11:00,996 That is a Christmas tree, 177 00:11:01,074 --> 00:11:03,838 it's a Norway spruce. 178 00:11:03,910 --> 00:11:05,673 This is Miss. Cushing. 179 00:11:08,614 --> 00:11:09,979 Miss Cushing is concerned 180 00:11:10,049 --> 00:11:12,142 about her sister, Mrs. Browner. 181 00:11:12,218 --> 00:11:13,412 Pray continue. 182 00:11:15,088 --> 00:11:16,385 Miss Cushing's youngest sister 183 00:11:16,456 --> 00:11:17,787 lives not far from her, 184 00:11:17,857 --> 00:11:21,349 just east of Camberwell. 185 00:11:21,427 --> 00:11:23,258 Mrs. Browner visits her 186 00:11:23,329 --> 00:11:24,762 every Friday for tea, 187 00:11:24,831 --> 00:11:26,128 unless she sends excuses, 188 00:11:26,199 --> 00:11:28,667 which is most unusual. 189 00:11:28,735 --> 00:11:31,226 Last Friday the 19th, 190 00:11:31,304 --> 00:11:34,364 Mrs. Browner failed to send excuses or to arrive. 191 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,409 So, Miss Cushing has made inquiries at her lodgings 192 00:11:37,477 --> 00:11:39,308 but Mrs. Browner has not been seen there 193 00:11:39,379 --> 00:11:40,846 since last Thursday. 194 00:11:40,913 --> 00:11:43,040 It sounds to me as though she has disappeared. 195 00:11:43,116 --> 00:11:44,811 Evidently, Holmes. 196 00:11:44,884 --> 00:11:46,249 There could be one or two reasons 197 00:11:46,319 --> 00:11:47,581 for her disappearance. 198 00:11:47,653 --> 00:11:48,551 Yes, I know. 199 00:11:48,621 --> 00:11:49,918 Either because she wished to disappear, 200 00:11:49,989 --> 00:11:51,320 or because somebody else 201 00:11:51,391 --> 00:11:52,653 wished her to disappear. 202 00:11:52,725 --> 00:11:53,987 Do you know of any reason why 203 00:11:54,060 --> 00:11:56,528 anyone else should wish her to disappear, 204 00:11:56,596 --> 00:11:57,654 Mary? 205 00:11:57,730 --> 00:11:58,719 None. 206 00:11:59,532 --> 00:12:01,295 She is the most loveable of creatures. 207 00:12:01,367 --> 00:12:03,733 Everyone loves her. 208 00:12:03,803 --> 00:12:06,169 As to her whereabouts, I mean I suggest 209 00:12:06,239 --> 00:12:09,037 that you try the missing peoples agency. 210 00:12:09,108 --> 00:12:11,269 I could find you a list of addresses. 211 00:12:11,344 --> 00:12:12,709 There, hah. 212 00:12:14,981 --> 00:12:16,710 Charming, isn't it? 213 00:12:16,783 --> 00:12:20,480 Slight improvement on that rather sad picea excelsa. 214 00:12:32,665 --> 00:12:33,427 Sarah. 215 00:12:34,767 --> 00:12:35,791 Sarah. 216 00:12:35,868 --> 00:12:36,835 Marcel. 217 00:12:39,305 --> 00:12:40,272 What possessed you? 218 00:12:40,339 --> 00:12:41,670 You've wrecked it all. 219 00:12:41,741 --> 00:12:43,402 The waiting possessed me. 220 00:12:43,476 --> 00:12:45,034 You drive me mad Sarah. 221 00:12:45,111 --> 00:12:47,511 Sometimes I think I am possessed. 222 00:12:47,580 --> 00:12:48,706 Where are you now? 223 00:12:48,781 --> 00:12:50,942 Some filthy hole near the hospital. 224 00:12:51,017 --> 00:12:52,450 Thanks to your sister. 225 00:12:52,518 --> 00:12:54,145 I will not let her forget this. 226 00:12:56,923 --> 00:12:57,890 You'll need a reference 227 00:12:57,957 --> 00:13:00,152 if you're going to find a decent place to stay. 228 00:13:00,226 --> 00:13:01,887 Are you going to Belgium still for Christmas? 229 00:13:01,961 --> 00:13:02,655 Yes. 230 00:13:02,728 --> 00:13:04,389 My uncle near Ostend. 231 00:13:04,464 --> 00:13:05,761 Well, when you come back 232 00:13:05,832 --> 00:13:07,891 I'll write a reference for you. 233 00:13:07,967 --> 00:13:09,696 I'm Warden of this place. 234 00:13:09,769 --> 00:13:12,169 It'll count. 235 00:13:12,238 --> 00:13:14,798 I love you. 236 00:13:16,876 --> 00:13:19,310 Come to me after Christmas. 237 00:13:35,461 --> 00:13:37,622 (knock on front door) 238 00:13:53,746 --> 00:13:56,010 (knock on door) 239 00:13:57,450 --> 00:13:58,781 The post, Miss Cushing. 240 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:02,888 Shall I put the parcels under the tree? 241 00:14:02,955 --> 00:14:04,047 Yes, please. 242 00:14:12,031 --> 00:14:13,692 Nothing from Mrs. Browner, yet? 243 00:14:13,766 --> 00:14:16,360 Nothing as yet, no. 244 00:14:16,435 --> 00:14:18,767 Did Sudgen's include the Madeira 245 00:14:18,838 --> 00:14:20,100 in their delivery today? 246 00:14:20,173 --> 00:14:21,800 Yes, Miss Cushing. 247 00:14:21,874 --> 00:14:23,842 Everything's ready for this evening. 248 00:14:23,910 --> 00:14:25,377 Thank you. 249 00:14:33,719 --> 00:14:35,778 Compliments of the season, Mr. Bradbrook. 250 00:14:35,855 --> 00:14:36,913 Thank you very much, 251 00:14:36,989 --> 00:14:38,547 and the very same to you. 252 00:14:50,369 --> 00:14:51,893 Miss Cushing. 253 00:14:51,971 --> 00:14:53,802 I say Miss Cushing. 254 00:14:53,873 --> 00:14:55,306 Sorry. 255 00:14:55,374 --> 00:14:56,363 Mr. Bradbrook? 256 00:14:56,442 --> 00:14:59,502 I dare say your sister, Sarah, will be joining us? 257 00:14:59,579 --> 00:15:01,843 I am afraid not, Mr. Bradbrook. 258 00:15:01,914 --> 00:15:04,508 She is Warden of the Mission Hostel now 259 00:15:04,584 --> 00:15:06,677 her duties to her residents will keep her there. 260 00:15:06,752 --> 00:15:08,219 I shall see her 261 00:15:08,287 --> 00:15:10,380 only on Sundays now I fear. 262 00:15:13,459 --> 00:15:15,893 I'm sorry to disappoint you, Mr Bradbrook. 263 00:15:15,962 --> 00:15:17,054 Oh no, no, no you haven't. 264 00:15:17,129 --> 00:15:18,790 Not at all, no. 265 00:15:18,864 --> 00:15:20,388 Come now, Mr. Bradbrook. 266 00:15:20,466 --> 00:15:22,297 It is Christmas Eve. 267 00:15:22,368 --> 00:15:23,062 To make up, 268 00:15:23,135 --> 00:15:24,227 we shall open our presents 269 00:15:24,303 --> 00:15:25,235 from under the tree 270 00:15:25,304 --> 00:15:26,601 straight after supper 271 00:15:26,672 --> 00:15:27,730 instead of at midnight. 272 00:15:27,807 --> 00:15:28,933 What do you say? 273 00:15:29,008 --> 00:15:29,872 Very well. 274 00:15:29,942 --> 00:15:31,603 Yes, yes, fine, splendid. 275 00:15:31,677 --> 00:15:32,974 Let's do that. 276 00:15:33,045 --> 00:15:34,876 Well, Gladstone will be pleased at least. 277 00:15:34,947 --> 00:15:37,643 There is a treat somewhere for him. 278 00:15:53,366 --> 00:15:54,993 Welcome gentlemen! 279 00:15:55,067 --> 00:15:56,557 Very good of you to come. 280 00:15:56,636 --> 00:15:58,035 Gull, has he been arrested? 281 00:15:58,104 --> 00:15:59,162 No, Mr. Holmes. 282 00:15:59,238 --> 00:16:00,205 He's come to complain. 283 00:16:00,273 --> 00:16:01,240 Has he indeed? 284 00:16:01,307 --> 00:16:02,865 He has spotted our surveillance of him, 285 00:16:02,942 --> 00:16:04,102 and he doesn't like it. 286 00:16:04,176 --> 00:16:05,200 You won't give up? 287 00:16:05,278 --> 00:16:06,609 Dear me, no. 288 00:16:08,314 --> 00:16:09,747 Join the party! 289 00:16:48,454 --> 00:16:49,250 Come on. 290 00:16:49,322 --> 00:16:51,415 (knock on door) Yes, come in. 291 00:16:54,327 --> 00:16:55,157 Oh, my dear fellow, 292 00:16:55,227 --> 00:16:56,194 you're wearing it. 293 00:16:56,262 --> 00:16:59,026 Well, I had to try it. 294 00:16:59,098 --> 00:17:00,065 What's so good about it 295 00:17:00,132 --> 00:17:01,360 is that it stretches forward 296 00:17:01,434 --> 00:17:04,301 over the handlebars if you need it. 297 00:17:04,370 --> 00:17:05,428 Where on earth did you find it? 298 00:17:05,504 --> 00:17:08,098 Gamages, the people's Emporium. 299 00:17:08,174 --> 00:17:09,368 Thank you. 300 00:17:09,442 --> 00:17:11,137 Magnificent. 301 00:17:11,210 --> 00:17:13,701 Hawkins, do come in dear fellow. 302 00:17:13,779 --> 00:17:16,612 Please, sit down. 303 00:17:16,682 --> 00:17:18,877 What is the news of the grave robberies? 304 00:17:18,951 --> 00:17:21,385 The Camberwell force have been on to me. 305 00:17:21,454 --> 00:17:22,785 An incident down there. 306 00:17:22,855 --> 00:17:25,085 They were wondering if it had any connection? 307 00:17:25,157 --> 00:17:26,647 I don't think it does myself, 308 00:17:26,726 --> 00:17:29,559 but I'd value your opinion Mr. Holmes. 309 00:17:29,628 --> 00:17:31,220 We need to get this nasty little joke 310 00:17:31,297 --> 00:17:33,765 solved and out of the way. 311 00:17:33,833 --> 00:17:35,130 Joke? 312 00:17:35,201 --> 00:17:36,759 Respectable lady, 313 00:17:36,836 --> 00:17:38,428 in company opening her parcels, 314 00:17:38,504 --> 00:17:39,471 Christmas Eve. 315 00:17:39,538 --> 00:17:40,835 One of them's a bit odd. 316 00:17:40,906 --> 00:17:41,930 It's full of salt. 317 00:17:42,007 --> 00:17:43,167 She empties out the salt. 318 00:17:43,242 --> 00:17:44,368 What's in it? 319 00:17:44,443 --> 00:17:48,106 Two freshly severed human ears. 320 00:17:48,180 --> 00:17:49,408 We think it was a medical student. 321 00:17:49,482 --> 00:17:51,473 She had a medical student as a lodger. 322 00:17:51,550 --> 00:17:52,915 Post-mortem anatomy can make 323 00:17:52,985 --> 00:17:55,385 certain individuals thoroughly callous. 324 00:17:55,454 --> 00:17:57,217 She threw him out just before Christmas. 325 00:17:57,289 --> 00:17:58,517 Bit of a row, apparently. 326 00:17:58,591 --> 00:18:00,650 Anyway, knowing your methods, Mr. Holmes, 327 00:18:00,726 --> 00:18:03,251 I've had the ears left quite untouched 328 00:18:03,329 --> 00:18:04,956 at the lady's house. 329 00:18:05,030 --> 00:18:06,156 Which is, 330 00:18:06,232 --> 00:18:07,824 yes here it is, Trafalgar Villa, Camberwell. 331 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:10,095 A Miss Susan Cushing. 332 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:15,935 Oh, Mr. Holmes. 333 00:18:16,008 --> 00:18:18,067 Have you come to help me find Mary after all? 334 00:18:18,144 --> 00:18:20,408 I'm afraid not, Miss Cushing. 335 00:18:20,479 --> 00:18:21,878 The Inspector has asked me 336 00:18:21,947 --> 00:18:25,383 to look into that other unfortunate business. 337 00:18:25,451 --> 00:18:26,918 Oh, that. 338 00:18:26,986 --> 00:18:30,319 Well, I won't have those things in the house Mr. Hawkins. 339 00:18:30,389 --> 00:18:31,481 If you wish to see them, 340 00:18:31,557 --> 00:18:34,492 you must go to the conservatory. 341 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,653 Have you arrested that wretched young man yet? 342 00:18:36,729 --> 00:18:39,129 Just a matter of time, Miss Cushing. 343 00:18:41,534 --> 00:18:42,865 Postmark Harwich. 344 00:18:42,935 --> 00:18:45,096 Now this student fellow Jacottet 345 00:18:45,171 --> 00:18:46,468 was going home for Christmas 346 00:18:46,539 --> 00:18:49,235 to Ostend via Harwich. 347 00:18:49,308 --> 00:18:51,071 Yes, I agree, 348 00:18:51,143 --> 00:18:53,338 Harwich is persuasive. 349 00:18:53,412 --> 00:18:54,970 The writing is poor. 350 00:18:55,047 --> 00:18:56,412 Uneducated. 351 00:18:56,482 --> 00:18:57,972 I know the medical profession 352 00:18:58,050 --> 00:19:03,044 is notorious for this illegibility, but this... 353 00:19:03,122 --> 00:19:05,317 done with a broad nibbed pen, 354 00:19:05,391 --> 00:19:07,188 very inferior ink. 355 00:19:11,063 --> 00:19:12,690 Tarred twine. 356 00:19:13,632 --> 00:19:14,894 Stockholm tar. 357 00:19:14,967 --> 00:19:16,332 Knots intact. 358 00:19:29,181 --> 00:19:31,376 Rock salt... 359 00:19:31,450 --> 00:19:33,918 and embedded in it... 360 00:19:33,986 --> 00:19:36,955 these very singular enclosures. 361 00:19:37,022 --> 00:19:39,513 What do you think of it, Watson? 362 00:19:39,592 --> 00:19:43,551 A ring has been torn from this ear. 363 00:19:43,629 --> 00:19:46,393 They're not a pair. 364 00:19:46,465 --> 00:19:48,228 I supposed it would be rather easier for Jacottet 365 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:50,564 to have abstracted the ears from a dissecting room 366 00:19:50,636 --> 00:19:52,831 which were not actually a pair. 367 00:19:52,905 --> 00:19:54,202 To what purpose? 368 00:19:54,273 --> 00:19:57,868 Some kind of disgusting practical joke. 369 00:19:57,943 --> 00:20:00,036 Gentlemen, this is no practical joke. 370 00:20:02,781 --> 00:20:04,146 What first strikes you 371 00:20:04,216 --> 00:20:08,152 when you enter a dissecting room? 372 00:20:08,220 --> 00:20:09,050 Formaldehyde. 373 00:20:09,121 --> 00:20:10,782 Dammit, it should smell of formaldehyde. 374 00:20:10,856 --> 00:20:12,346 And it does not. 375 00:20:12,424 --> 00:20:15,154 This is no practical joke. 376 00:20:15,227 --> 00:20:18,060 This is a serious crime. 377 00:20:18,130 --> 00:20:20,496 (knock on door) 378 00:20:22,067 --> 00:20:24,501 Your sister, Miss Cushing. 379 00:20:24,570 --> 00:20:25,537 Mary. 380 00:20:26,505 --> 00:20:28,632 At last. 381 00:20:28,707 --> 00:20:31,505 Mary, Mary, quite contrary. 382 00:20:36,815 --> 00:20:40,410 I thought it was Mary. 383 00:20:40,486 --> 00:20:43,978 I've come to take some more of my things. 384 00:20:44,056 --> 00:20:47,548 I bought you a present before we argued. 385 00:20:47,626 --> 00:20:48,650 You may as well have it. 386 00:20:48,727 --> 00:20:49,887 I don't want it. 387 00:20:49,962 --> 00:20:51,054 I don't want it. 388 00:20:51,130 --> 00:20:52,791 What's the matter with you? 389 00:20:52,865 --> 00:20:54,958 Is it another disgusting prank? 390 00:20:55,034 --> 00:20:55,898 What? 391 00:20:55,968 --> 00:20:57,868 Well, he was your friend, after all. 392 00:20:57,937 --> 00:20:58,733 Who was? 393 00:20:58,804 --> 00:21:00,635 I don't want your horrid parcel. 394 00:21:00,706 --> 00:21:01,570 Take it. 395 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,131 Let's preserve the proprieties at least, Sister. 396 00:21:05,678 --> 00:21:08,374 Proprieties? 397 00:21:08,447 --> 00:21:11,439 You dare to talk about the proprieties? 398 00:21:11,517 --> 00:21:14,645 You have flouted the rules of society all your life. 399 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,087 And you had the effrontery to accuse me 400 00:21:18,157 --> 00:21:20,489 of interfering with Mary's marrying that man. 401 00:21:20,559 --> 00:21:22,356 Didn't you? 402 00:21:22,428 --> 00:21:23,918 But what did you do? 403 00:21:23,996 --> 00:21:25,964 What did I do? 404 00:21:26,031 --> 00:21:27,055 I did nothing. 405 00:21:27,132 --> 00:21:29,157 You know what you did. 406 00:21:29,234 --> 00:21:31,429 You introduced Mary to other men. 407 00:21:31,503 --> 00:21:33,061 Corrupting her. 408 00:21:33,138 --> 00:21:35,265 Mary has told me in her innocence. 409 00:21:35,341 --> 00:21:36,740 She accused me? 410 00:21:36,809 --> 00:21:38,071 Mary accuses no one. 411 00:21:38,143 --> 00:21:39,610 You know that. 412 00:21:39,678 --> 00:21:43,114 But I see your hand in her unhappiness. 413 00:21:43,182 --> 00:21:44,149 Nonsense. 414 00:21:46,185 --> 00:21:49,552 Why did Jim Browner start drinking again? 415 00:21:49,622 --> 00:21:51,852 He signed the pledge for Mary. 416 00:21:51,924 --> 00:21:53,949 That's what brought them together. 417 00:21:54,026 --> 00:21:55,823 She pinned the blue ribbon to his chest 418 00:21:55,894 --> 00:21:57,555 and he was a new man. 419 00:21:57,630 --> 00:22:00,497 So why did he break his pledge? 420 00:22:00,566 --> 00:22:02,227 Why ask me? 421 00:22:02,301 --> 00:22:04,531 Why did you quarrel with him? 422 00:22:04,603 --> 00:22:07,128 I never approved of Jim Browner, that's true. 423 00:22:07,206 --> 00:22:08,468 But he deserved better 424 00:22:08,540 --> 00:22:12,101 than being driven back to drink by your meddling. 425 00:22:42,775 --> 00:22:43,969 I'm back. 426 00:22:44,043 --> 00:22:45,203 Jim. 427 00:22:45,277 --> 00:22:46,869 Hello Sarah. 428 00:22:46,945 --> 00:22:49,038 Mary wasn't expecting you till much later. 429 00:22:49,114 --> 00:22:50,911 I managed to catch the tail end of the flood. 430 00:22:50,983 --> 00:22:53,543 Saved a whole tide. 431 00:22:53,619 --> 00:22:54,517 She not here then? 432 00:22:54,586 --> 00:22:55,518 No. 433 00:22:55,587 --> 00:22:57,578 Old Mrs. Cooper's not well again. 434 00:22:57,656 --> 00:22:59,180 Mary's with her. 435 00:23:03,062 --> 00:23:05,257 I said I'd help her with the laundry. 436 00:23:05,330 --> 00:23:06,991 She'll be back soon. 437 00:23:12,905 --> 00:23:15,965 You help her a lot, don't you? 438 00:23:16,041 --> 00:23:17,372 That's nice. 439 00:23:30,456 --> 00:23:33,516 You know why I help her, I suppose? 440 00:23:33,592 --> 00:23:34,456 What? 441 00:23:36,295 --> 00:23:38,957 Why I am always round here? 442 00:23:39,031 --> 00:23:40,225 You're her sister. 443 00:23:46,271 --> 00:23:50,332 Can't you be happy for five minutes without her, Jim? 444 00:23:53,045 --> 00:23:54,774 Here, 445 00:23:54,847 --> 00:23:56,542 make yourself useful. 446 00:24:12,564 --> 00:24:14,031 Drop the side then. 447 00:24:14,099 --> 00:24:15,259 What? 448 00:24:15,334 --> 00:24:16,358 Well you drop this 449 00:24:16,435 --> 00:24:17,925 and bring it up the other side. 450 00:24:18,003 --> 00:24:18,901 What do you mean? 451 00:24:18,971 --> 00:24:20,199 Mary doesn't do that. 452 00:24:20,272 --> 00:24:21,603 There are plenty of things Mary doesn't do, 453 00:24:21,673 --> 00:24:22,901 I dare say. 454 00:24:27,146 --> 00:24:29,842 Look, I'll show you how to do it, shall I? 455 00:24:33,018 --> 00:24:34,849 Now. 456 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,150 Now come on. 457 00:24:37,222 --> 00:24:39,156 You take this corner. 458 00:24:39,224 --> 00:24:40,248 Right. 459 00:24:40,325 --> 00:24:41,383 Now, 460 00:24:41,460 --> 00:24:43,087 you drop this... 461 00:24:44,830 --> 00:24:46,422 and... 462 00:24:47,599 --> 00:24:49,624 you bring it up, 463 00:24:49,701 --> 00:24:51,601 the other side. 464 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:56,307 You do it yourself. 465 00:24:56,375 --> 00:24:57,535 That's not for me. 466 00:24:57,609 --> 00:24:59,577 I want no part of that. 467 00:25:02,481 --> 00:25:03,709 Pushing women's work at me. 468 00:25:03,782 --> 00:25:05,716 You keep that to yourself. 469 00:25:22,968 --> 00:25:25,198 Mr. Holmes, and the other gentlemen to see you madam. 470 00:25:25,270 --> 00:25:28,239 As long as they don't bring those things near me. 471 00:25:40,285 --> 00:25:41,843 And where is he now? 472 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,411 Mr. Browner was on the South American line 473 00:25:44,489 --> 00:25:46,480 when he and Mary married. 474 00:25:46,558 --> 00:25:48,788 But he was so fond of her, 475 00:25:48,861 --> 00:25:50,419 that he found himself a berth 476 00:25:50,495 --> 00:25:51,985 in the North Sea boats. 477 00:25:52,064 --> 00:25:55,659 The London - Den Helder line. 478 00:25:55,734 --> 00:25:58,897 And is Mary fond of him? 479 00:25:58,971 --> 00:26:00,370 It was a love match. 480 00:26:00,439 --> 00:26:01,565 Love? 481 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,870 Although... 482 00:26:03,942 --> 00:26:05,000 Yes? 483 00:26:05,811 --> 00:26:10,043 I was loathed to acknowledge it at the time. 484 00:26:10,115 --> 00:26:11,878 Why was that? 485 00:26:11,950 --> 00:26:13,281 I didn't think a sister of mine 486 00:26:13,352 --> 00:26:15,946 should be marrying a steward. 487 00:26:16,021 --> 00:26:17,079 And now? 488 00:26:17,155 --> 00:26:18,918 How do you feel now? 489 00:26:18,991 --> 00:26:23,018 I think Jim and Mary could be happy. 490 00:26:23,095 --> 00:26:24,255 You mean they weren't? 491 00:26:24,329 --> 00:26:27,162 They were at first. 492 00:26:27,232 --> 00:26:30,065 What happened? 493 00:26:30,135 --> 00:26:32,069 Perhaps you should ask Sarah. 494 00:26:32,137 --> 00:26:35,231 She practically lived there for a while. 495 00:27:03,035 --> 00:27:06,300 Which ship is Mr. Browner serving with at present? 496 00:27:06,371 --> 00:27:07,998 The "May Morning". 497 00:27:08,073 --> 00:27:10,166 She sailed on the 17th 498 00:27:10,242 --> 00:27:12,472 for Belgium and Holland. 499 00:27:12,544 --> 00:27:15,308 They were in Rotterdam over Christmas. 500 00:27:15,380 --> 00:27:17,109 The crews draw lots 501 00:27:17,182 --> 00:27:19,548 and Jim was unlucky this year. 502 00:27:19,618 --> 00:27:23,019 Mary was to have spent Christmas with Sarah and me. 503 00:27:23,088 --> 00:27:24,521 And now Sarah, of course, 504 00:27:24,589 --> 00:27:27,490 is Warden at the mission. 505 00:27:27,559 --> 00:27:30,357 Are you sad not to have her living with you still? 506 00:27:30,429 --> 00:27:31,828 Yes I am. 507 00:27:35,067 --> 00:27:37,661 Well to tell you the truth, Mr. Holmes, 508 00:27:37,736 --> 00:27:40,102 things are not well between us. 509 00:27:40,172 --> 00:27:42,333 You've quarreled? 510 00:27:42,407 --> 00:27:43,874 What about? 511 00:27:43,942 --> 00:27:45,102 It may have a bearing 512 00:27:45,177 --> 00:27:46,940 on what has happened to your sister Mary. 513 00:27:47,012 --> 00:27:48,707 I know that. 514 00:27:48,780 --> 00:27:49,712 Of course it does. 515 00:27:49,781 --> 00:27:51,578 Do you think I don't know that? 516 00:27:51,650 --> 00:27:54,016 I blame her for everything. 517 00:27:54,086 --> 00:27:54,984 Sarah? 518 00:27:55,053 --> 00:27:56,748 Of course. 519 00:27:56,822 --> 00:27:58,756 Sarah. 520 00:27:58,824 --> 00:28:00,758 She spent far more time than was necessary 521 00:28:00,826 --> 00:28:03,294 at Mary's lodgings. 522 00:28:03,362 --> 00:28:06,798 Jim and Mary were just married, 523 00:28:06,865 --> 00:28:08,298 making their own life, 524 00:28:08,367 --> 00:28:10,835 making their own friends. 525 00:28:10,902 --> 00:28:15,236 Then Sarah introduced Alec Fairbairn to them. 526 00:28:15,307 --> 00:28:18,504 I know it was not generously done. 527 00:28:18,577 --> 00:28:22,673 Sarah seemed to want to shame Jim Browner. 528 00:28:22,748 --> 00:28:25,410 I don't know what Jim had done to Sarah, 529 00:28:25,484 --> 00:28:28,214 but she seemed to hate him. 530 00:28:28,286 --> 00:28:31,881 I believe that... 531 00:28:31,957 --> 00:28:33,982 You believe what? 532 00:28:34,059 --> 00:28:36,050 Ask her. 533 00:28:36,128 --> 00:28:37,254 Ask Sarah. 534 00:28:37,329 --> 00:28:39,194 She is here in the house collecting her things. 535 00:28:39,264 --> 00:28:41,858 Ask her if she did not mean Mary 536 00:28:41,933 --> 00:28:44,629 to go off with Alec Fairbairn. 537 00:28:44,703 --> 00:28:47,570 That is what she wanted. 538 00:28:47,639 --> 00:28:49,197 I know it. 539 00:28:54,246 --> 00:28:58,307 Ah, the message has been received then. 540 00:29:20,372 --> 00:29:21,862 Café, Monsieur. 541 00:29:28,313 --> 00:29:29,905 Thank you for your help, Inspector. 542 00:29:29,981 --> 00:29:31,539 It's very difficult Mr. Holmes. 543 00:29:31,616 --> 00:29:33,982 We can't ignore the evidence, 544 00:29:34,052 --> 00:29:35,041 what've we got? 545 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:36,883 Two severed ears in a parcel. 546 00:29:36,955 --> 00:29:38,718 We've got the medical student, Jacottet 547 00:29:38,790 --> 00:29:40,724 who's been thrown out of the lady's house. 548 00:29:40,792 --> 00:29:42,259 Strong motive. 549 00:29:42,327 --> 00:29:44,727 Parcel postmarked Harwich on the 19th. 550 00:29:44,796 --> 00:29:47,026 He was in Harwich on the 19th. 551 00:29:47,099 --> 00:29:48,691 That's as good as you get. 552 00:29:48,767 --> 00:29:50,826 Your logic seems foolproof Hawkins. 553 00:29:50,902 --> 00:29:52,961 Thank you. 554 00:29:53,038 --> 00:29:54,505 I just regret that I haven't been able 555 00:29:54,573 --> 00:29:55,801 to keep it out of the newspapers. 556 00:29:55,874 --> 00:29:57,102 They're running the story 557 00:29:57,175 --> 00:29:58,506 in tomorrow morning's first edition. 558 00:29:58,577 --> 00:30:00,010 They've also managed to get hold of 559 00:30:00,078 --> 00:30:01,136 Miss Susan Cushing's name. 560 00:30:01,213 --> 00:30:02,009 She won't like that. 561 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:03,206 Poor woman. 562 00:30:04,783 --> 00:30:06,341 This other matter then, Mr. Holmes. 563 00:30:06,418 --> 00:30:07,783 You've clearly got some thoughts on that, 564 00:30:07,853 --> 00:30:09,184 haven't you? 565 00:30:10,789 --> 00:30:12,882 It is my belief, 566 00:30:12,958 --> 00:30:15,119 that a member of Dr Watson's profession, 567 00:30:15,193 --> 00:30:16,524 possibly of some distinction, 568 00:30:16,595 --> 00:30:19,257 has overstepped the mark. 569 00:30:19,331 --> 00:30:21,196 The corpses all belong to pugilists, 570 00:30:21,266 --> 00:30:24,394 amateur or otherwise. 571 00:30:24,469 --> 00:30:28,735 What is the unfortunate characteristic of boxers 572 00:30:28,807 --> 00:30:31,469 who have fought too long? 573 00:30:31,543 --> 00:30:34,944 Well, there can be such scarring of the brain 574 00:30:35,013 --> 00:30:36,640 that they behave as if they're drunk, 575 00:30:36,715 --> 00:30:37,875 slurred speech, 576 00:30:37,949 --> 00:30:39,416 loss of memory and so on. 577 00:30:39,484 --> 00:30:41,952 They become punch drunk. 578 00:30:42,020 --> 00:30:43,578 Precisely. 579 00:30:43,655 --> 00:30:45,088 You mean somebody is studying 580 00:30:45,157 --> 00:30:47,125 the pathology of brain tissues? 581 00:30:47,192 --> 00:30:49,285 For all the best reasons, I dare say. 582 00:30:49,361 --> 00:30:50,919 And their passion for their subject 583 00:30:50,996 --> 00:30:53,726 has outrun their judgment. 584 00:30:53,798 --> 00:30:55,197 Sir Marcus Lanyon, 585 00:30:55,267 --> 00:30:57,258 I'll wager a month's salary on Sir Marcus. 586 00:30:57,335 --> 00:30:59,326 That's precisely his specialty 587 00:30:59,404 --> 00:31:00,803 and he is impatient to a fault, 588 00:31:00,872 --> 00:31:01,702 ruthlessly impatient. 589 00:31:01,773 --> 00:31:04,469 There you have it, Inspector. 590 00:31:25,463 --> 00:31:27,863 (knock on door) 591 00:31:35,307 --> 00:31:36,797 She is very down. 592 00:31:36,875 --> 00:31:38,399 Like this ever since 593 00:31:38,476 --> 00:31:40,137 she got back here this afternoon. 594 00:31:44,015 --> 00:31:45,209 Miss Cushing? 595 00:31:46,918 --> 00:31:47,850 Why did you quarrel 596 00:31:47,919 --> 00:31:51,184 with your brother-in-law, Mr. Browner? 597 00:31:51,256 --> 00:31:52,518 What? 598 00:31:52,591 --> 00:31:54,286 Who are you, what are you doing here? 599 00:31:54,359 --> 00:31:55,417 This is Sherlock Holmes, 600 00:31:55,493 --> 00:31:57,017 he is investigating the disappearance 601 00:31:57,095 --> 00:32:01,464 of you sister, Mary. 602 00:32:01,533 --> 00:32:05,025 She's gone off with Alec Fairbairn that's all. 603 00:32:05,103 --> 00:32:07,697 Why? 604 00:32:07,772 --> 00:32:10,297 She had become frightened of her husband. 605 00:32:10,375 --> 00:32:11,569 Why? 606 00:32:14,512 --> 00:32:17,072 Jim Browner was a drunkard. 607 00:32:17,148 --> 00:32:18,911 He offered her violence. 608 00:32:18,984 --> 00:32:21,282 He was beneath contempt. 609 00:32:21,353 --> 00:32:23,184 What is your explanation for the severed ears, 610 00:32:23,255 --> 00:32:24,688 Miss Cushing? 611 00:32:24,756 --> 00:32:27,281 You saw that cardboard box. 612 00:32:27,359 --> 00:32:28,451 At your sister's house. 613 00:32:28,526 --> 00:32:32,656 Those severed ears were meant for you were they not? 614 00:32:32,731 --> 00:32:35,291 The message was for you. 615 00:32:35,367 --> 00:32:38,598 You understood what they meant. 616 00:32:38,670 --> 00:32:42,106 Marcel Jacottet sent them. 617 00:32:42,173 --> 00:32:45,142 He told me he might do something. 618 00:32:45,210 --> 00:32:48,611 I didn't realize he'd do anything so disgusting. 619 00:32:56,588 --> 00:32:59,489 She's lying, Watson. 620 00:32:59,557 --> 00:33:02,390 She's lying through her teeth. 621 00:33:26,051 --> 00:33:27,245 Gull's outside. 622 00:33:27,319 --> 00:33:28,377 Excellent. 623 00:33:28,453 --> 00:33:29,977 I've been to the shipping line offices too. 624 00:33:30,055 --> 00:33:30,851 And? 625 00:33:30,922 --> 00:33:31,889 It's as you thought. 626 00:33:31,956 --> 00:33:33,753 The "May Morning" set sail from London 627 00:33:33,825 --> 00:33:35,816 for Den Helder on the 17th, 628 00:33:35,894 --> 00:33:38,454 but a hogshead got loose in her hold. 629 00:33:38,530 --> 00:33:39,656 She sprang a plate, 630 00:33:39,731 --> 00:33:41,221 and had to put in for repairs. 631 00:33:41,299 --> 00:33:42,493 To Harwich? 632 00:33:42,567 --> 00:33:44,228 To Harwich. 633 00:33:44,302 --> 00:33:46,600 The crew were given leave on the 18th. 634 00:33:46,671 --> 00:33:48,536 The "May Morning" left late on the 19th, 635 00:33:48,606 --> 00:33:51,074 the day the parcel was posted. 636 00:33:51,142 --> 00:33:52,404 Excellent Watson. 637 00:33:52,477 --> 00:33:54,411 We have it. 638 00:34:05,357 --> 00:34:06,585 Mr Holmes. 639 00:34:07,592 --> 00:34:09,992 Mr. Gull. 640 00:34:10,061 --> 00:34:11,619 They have telegraphed. 641 00:34:11,696 --> 00:34:13,527 Jim Browner came off the ferry at Ramsgate 642 00:34:13,598 --> 00:34:15,065 at seven o'clock this evening. 643 00:34:15,133 --> 00:34:16,464 Good. 644 00:34:16,534 --> 00:34:18,798 I knew I could rely on you. 645 00:34:18,870 --> 00:34:21,600 And I can rely on you, can I? 646 00:34:21,673 --> 00:34:23,368 You can. 647 00:34:23,441 --> 00:34:25,466 Does the name, 648 00:34:25,543 --> 00:34:28,068 Sir Marcus Lanyon mean anything to you? 649 00:34:28,146 --> 00:34:29,579 It might. 650 00:34:29,647 --> 00:34:33,105 He will be warned off. 651 00:34:33,184 --> 00:34:36,711 And the orders from which you have been profiting will dry up 652 00:34:36,788 --> 00:34:39,814 but so will the police interest in you. 653 00:34:39,891 --> 00:34:43,349 I'll be satisfied with that. 654 00:34:43,428 --> 00:34:46,989 We've acquired a bargain, Mr. Gull. 655 00:34:59,477 --> 00:35:00,171 Holmes? 656 00:35:00,245 --> 00:35:01,712 Hold on. 657 00:35:01,780 --> 00:35:02,804 The knots on the parcel 658 00:35:02,881 --> 00:35:04,644 were a bowline and a sheet bend. 659 00:35:04,716 --> 00:35:07,344 Yes, sailors knots. 660 00:35:07,419 --> 00:35:08,716 You know that sailors deliberately 661 00:35:08,787 --> 00:35:10,516 do not sharpen their knives. 662 00:35:10,588 --> 00:35:13,250 Yes, in case of accidents. 663 00:35:13,324 --> 00:35:17,158 Hence the crude amputations. 664 00:35:17,228 --> 00:35:19,219 Harwich was the key 665 00:35:19,297 --> 00:35:20,525 and Browner was there. 666 00:35:20,598 --> 00:35:23,089 Now, I suppose, 667 00:35:26,571 --> 00:35:29,802 Browner returned unexpectedly, 668 00:35:29,874 --> 00:35:34,402 found his wife with Fairbairn. 669 00:35:34,479 --> 00:35:36,504 He followed them. 670 00:35:36,581 --> 00:35:38,845 He murdered them both. 671 00:35:38,917 --> 00:35:41,408 He severed an ear from each 672 00:35:41,486 --> 00:35:45,889 and sent them as he thought to Sarah Cushing. 673 00:35:45,957 --> 00:35:50,553 Of course, he will go there immediately. 674 00:35:50,628 --> 00:35:53,927 He will be desperate for her to know 675 00:35:53,998 --> 00:35:56,466 that the severed ears were for her, 676 00:35:56,534 --> 00:35:58,468 and not for her sister. 677 00:35:58,536 --> 00:36:02,131 Well, that being the case, 678 00:36:02,207 --> 00:36:03,697 the railway is operating 679 00:36:03,775 --> 00:36:06,972 as if it were a Sunday. 680 00:36:07,045 --> 00:36:07,807 Why? 681 00:36:07,879 --> 00:36:10,643 Because the Christmas holiday is still on. 682 00:36:10,715 --> 00:36:11,739 Do you realize, 683 00:36:11,816 --> 00:36:15,377 Browner could have caught a much earlier train. 684 00:36:15,453 --> 00:36:18,650 No, I did not know. 685 00:36:45,183 --> 00:36:46,377 Mary. 686 00:37:00,932 --> 00:37:02,194 What is this, Mr. Holmes? 687 00:37:02,267 --> 00:37:05,532 A unique experience for you, Inspector? 688 00:37:05,603 --> 00:37:07,127 You may apprehend a murderer 689 00:37:07,205 --> 00:37:08,695 before you have even acknowledged 690 00:37:08,773 --> 00:37:11,435 there has been a murder. 691 00:37:44,442 --> 00:37:46,376 Aye. 692 00:37:46,444 --> 00:37:48,207 Well you may stare. 693 00:37:50,848 --> 00:37:53,078 Look at me, Sarah Cushing, 694 00:37:53,151 --> 00:37:55,415 this is your handy work. 695 00:37:55,486 --> 00:37:57,386 What have you done, Jim? 696 00:37:57,455 --> 00:38:00,117 What have I done? 697 00:38:00,191 --> 00:38:03,217 Aye, it's what you've done. 698 00:38:03,294 --> 00:38:06,320 I beg you, Jim, 699 00:38:06,397 --> 00:38:08,991 look on me kindly. 700 00:38:09,067 --> 00:38:11,228 Whatever I did, 701 00:38:11,302 --> 00:38:12,860 I did for you. 702 00:38:15,073 --> 00:38:16,506 It was you. 703 00:38:20,778 --> 00:38:23,372 You poisoned her mind. 704 00:38:23,448 --> 00:38:26,246 I did it for you. 705 00:38:26,317 --> 00:38:29,115 They have arrested the lodger. 706 00:38:29,187 --> 00:38:31,781 I told them he did it. 707 00:38:31,856 --> 00:38:34,552 They suspect nothing of you, Jim. 708 00:38:34,626 --> 00:38:36,457 You can get away. 709 00:38:36,527 --> 00:38:37,721 Get away? 710 00:38:38,997 --> 00:38:41,761 You think I can get away. 711 00:38:41,833 --> 00:38:43,232 Put it all behind me, 712 00:38:43,301 --> 00:38:44,325 you think, do you, 713 00:38:44,402 --> 00:38:46,632 are you mad. 714 00:38:47,438 --> 00:38:48,700 It is me. 715 00:38:48,773 --> 00:38:50,138 It's in here. 716 00:38:50,208 --> 00:38:52,699 Every last moment of it. 717 00:38:52,777 --> 00:38:54,142 It comes out of the daylight at me, 718 00:38:54,212 --> 00:38:55,474 it goes on and on. 719 00:38:55,546 --> 00:38:57,343 I tell you I dare not shut an eye in sleep 720 00:38:57,415 --> 00:38:58,746 since I did it. 721 00:38:58,816 --> 00:39:01,478 I'm never without one or the other before me. 722 00:39:01,552 --> 00:39:04,919 May the blood rot in your veins, Sarah Cushing. 723 00:39:04,989 --> 00:39:06,684 No, no. 724 00:39:08,126 --> 00:39:10,287 I love you, 725 00:39:10,361 --> 00:39:12,989 I love you. 726 00:39:13,064 --> 00:39:14,998 I love you, 727 00:39:15,066 --> 00:39:16,397 I love you. 728 00:39:16,467 --> 00:39:18,162 I believe you do. 729 00:39:18,236 --> 00:39:19,703 I tell you something, 730 00:39:19,771 --> 00:39:22,001 I'd rather have one kind word 731 00:39:22,073 --> 00:39:24,974 from her I've killed than all your love. 732 00:39:25,043 --> 00:39:28,035 I'd rather see her breathing one minute more 733 00:39:28,112 --> 00:39:30,012 than a lifetime of what you could give me. 734 00:39:30,081 --> 00:39:31,241 Don't say that, 735 00:39:31,315 --> 00:39:32,247 don't say that, 736 00:39:32,316 --> 00:39:33,374 don't say that. 737 00:39:43,494 --> 00:39:45,155 She loved me. 738 00:39:47,331 --> 00:39:50,528 That's the root of the business. 739 00:39:50,601 --> 00:39:52,865 But she knew, 740 00:39:53,938 --> 00:39:55,303 she knew, 741 00:39:55,373 --> 00:39:57,136 she knew I, 742 00:39:57,208 --> 00:40:00,507 I thought more about my footprint in the mud 743 00:40:00,578 --> 00:40:03,172 than I did of her body and soul. 744 00:40:06,417 --> 00:40:08,214 Where would I have dreamt it? 745 00:40:16,394 --> 00:40:22,526 And after he had rejected Sarah's advances. 746 00:40:24,368 --> 00:40:26,302 I never said a word to Mary 747 00:40:26,370 --> 00:40:29,066 for I thought it would grieve her. 748 00:40:29,140 --> 00:40:32,507 Then I began to see a change in Mary herself. 749 00:40:32,577 --> 00:40:34,875 My wife had always been 750 00:40:34,946 --> 00:40:38,313 sort of understanding. 751 00:40:38,382 --> 00:40:43,149 Now she's suspicious of everything I did. 752 00:40:43,221 --> 00:40:46,315 We began to row about nothing, 753 00:40:46,390 --> 00:40:48,790 nothing at all. 754 00:40:48,860 --> 00:40:51,727 It maddened me. 755 00:40:51,796 --> 00:40:53,991 And this was said as well? 756 00:40:54,065 --> 00:40:58,798 Aye, I didn't say it then mind, 757 00:40:58,870 --> 00:41:04,775 I just saw it all go wrong. 758 00:41:04,842 --> 00:41:11,304 She and Mary were inseparable and then, 759 00:41:11,382 --> 00:41:13,213 well then I broke my blue ribbon 760 00:41:13,284 --> 00:41:15,445 and begun drinking again 761 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,249 so Mary had some reason 762 00:41:17,321 --> 00:41:22,190 to be disgusted with me now. 763 00:41:22,260 --> 00:41:25,957 And then this Fairbairn fellow chipped in. 764 00:41:26,030 --> 00:41:30,831 He was a dashing, swaggering sort of a chap, 765 00:41:30,902 --> 00:41:32,062 smart and curled, 766 00:41:32,136 --> 00:41:33,330 educated too, 767 00:41:33,404 --> 00:41:36,805 I reckon he could talk, he could. 768 00:41:36,874 --> 00:41:41,004 But I know it was, 769 00:41:41,078 --> 00:41:45,538 it was a little thing put me on to em. 770 00:41:45,616 --> 00:41:48,449 I came into the parlor unexpected one day 771 00:41:48,519 --> 00:41:49,918 and as I came in 772 00:41:49,987 --> 00:41:52,820 I saw the light of welcome in me wife's eyes 773 00:41:52,890 --> 00:41:58,294 but when she saw it was me 774 00:41:58,362 --> 00:42:03,925 she turned away with a look of disappointment. 775 00:42:04,001 --> 00:42:05,935 There was no one but Alec Fairbairn 776 00:42:06,003 --> 00:42:07,595 whose steps you can mistake from mine. 777 00:42:07,672 --> 00:42:11,802 I tell you from that moment on my peace was gone. 778 00:42:11,876 --> 00:42:13,275 Sarah was in the kitchen 779 00:42:13,344 --> 00:42:15,642 and I went straight through, and I told her 780 00:42:15,713 --> 00:42:23,017 that if Fairbairn ever set foot in my place again 781 00:42:23,087 --> 00:42:30,220 I'd send her his ears for a keepsake. 782 00:42:30,294 --> 00:42:31,784 I believe I could wish you had 783 00:42:31,863 --> 00:42:36,926 committed this deed of yours in France. 784 00:42:37,001 --> 00:42:43,099 They acknowledge the crime of passion there. 785 00:42:43,174 --> 00:42:46,666 You won't let them leave me alone, 786 00:42:46,744 --> 00:42:49,338 will you, sir? 787 00:42:49,413 --> 00:42:52,177 No, 788 00:42:52,250 --> 00:42:54,411 I won't. 789 00:42:56,354 --> 00:43:00,654 When I leave I'll send an officer in. 790 00:43:00,725 --> 00:43:03,091 I don't like to be alone, see. 791 00:44:49,433 --> 00:44:50,593 Your turn. 792 00:44:53,871 --> 00:44:55,736 (knock on door) 793 00:44:58,275 --> 00:44:59,503 Won't be a minute. 794 00:45:21,365 --> 00:45:24,163 She made it go wrong, didn't she? 795 00:45:27,104 --> 00:45:30,904 And you never thought of anyone but me, 796 00:45:30,975 --> 00:45:33,034 did you, Jim? 797 00:45:35,046 --> 00:45:36,104 She loved you 798 00:45:36,180 --> 00:45:38,080 and she made me hate you. 799 00:45:46,157 --> 00:45:53,063 There, it was as if she had a secret you see, 800 00:45:53,130 --> 00:45:56,566 she made me think the worst. 801 00:45:56,634 --> 00:46:00,627 The secret was her loving me? 802 00:46:00,704 --> 00:46:06,574 You should've got rid of her from our lives, Jim. 803 00:46:06,644 --> 00:46:09,204 I know, 804 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:13,580 I thought it would hurt you. 805 00:46:13,651 --> 00:46:17,052 Look at us now, 806 00:46:17,121 --> 00:46:19,612 I was stupid, 807 00:46:19,690 --> 00:46:22,352 blind as a beetle. 808 00:49:02,119 --> 00:49:05,486 What is the meaning of it, Watson? 809 00:49:05,556 --> 00:49:08,218 What is the object of this 810 00:49:08,292 --> 00:49:14,026 circle of misery, and violence, and fear? 811 00:49:14,098 --> 00:49:17,033 It must have a purpose, 812 00:49:17,101 --> 00:49:18,728 or our universe has no meaning 813 00:49:18,802 --> 00:49:20,861 and that is unthinkable. 814 00:49:20,938 --> 00:49:22,235 But what purpose? 815 00:49:26,110 --> 00:49:32,447 That is humanity's great problem 816 00:49:32,516 --> 00:49:34,984 for which reasons so far 817 00:49:35,052 --> 00:49:37,282 there's no answer. 818 00:49:38,282 --> 00:49:48,282 819 00:49:49,282 --> 00:49:59,282 Downloaded From www.AllSubs.org