#tippingthevelvet #janeeyre #theborgias Holmes and Watson travel to Europe to escape Moriarty's vengeance. Starring: Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Colin Jeavons, Eric Porter, Rosalie Williams.
02:59I saw in the papers that he had been engaged by the French government upon a matter of supreme importance, but I could hardly foresee that it would have so violent a consequence.
03:11It lies with me now to tell for the first time what took place between Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty in that fateful year.
03:25Ah, Mrs. Hudson, has Mr. Holmes returned?
03:29Oh, he has indeed. He came in early. He must have been before seven. Morning, Mrs. Hudson, he says. Have you anything nice for my breakfast? As if he hadn't been away for four months. You could have knocked me down with a feather.
03:45And he's gone out again, I take it? Yes, yes. He had his breakfast and then he went out again just after his visitor left.
03:54Visitor?
03:56Hmm. An elderly gentleman. They had words. I didn't like the look of him. Not at all, I didn't. He had a face like... like the wrath of God. Or should I say the devil?
04:14Indeed. Indeed.
04:16Well, should we open a bottle of the best claret to celebrate Mr. Holmes' return?
04:23Why not?
04:25Very good.
04:26Thank you, Mrs. Hudson.
04:28I learned later that Holmes had survived three attempts on his life that very day.
04:35But as I waited for him to reappear, Baker Street looked to me as safe and secure as ever.
04:44I learned later that he was at the time when he wore all over the clothes.
04:47But he went back to the place where the clothes were gone.
04:49Number four of his house were to reappeated for the wedding clothes.
04:51Very good.
04:53When he was at the wedding clothes, he set up the wedding clothes for the wedding clothes.
04:55And I cried out for him as he went back to the wedding clothes.
04:58Fair enough, it's a little while.
05:01I thought he'd be pretty funny.
05:03He went back to the wedding clothes for a wedding clothes.
05:05He played the wedding clothes.
05:07He played the other clothes for someone who was holding up clothes for a wedding clothes.
05:09I played the wedding clothes.
05:12I was like trying to get this one yet.
05:13Oh, shit.
05:41Wait.
05:42Wait.
05:43what is it air guns a rather special air gun in fact Watson would you have any
06:07objection to drawing the blinds as if you are alone in this room
06:13Watson I think you know me well enough to understand that I am by no means a nervous man
06:43but it is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon
06:50Watson might I have a match
07:06Holmes you're hurt scratches nothing nothing to signify
07:15you don't look well Holmes
07:24well I have been using in myself rather too freely
07:31I have been somewhat pressed of late how pressed well as I am unable to leave this room until
07:40after dark and then most likely by the way that I came you do have some time also I owe you an
07:48explanation for my unceremonious departure the last time that we met I'll take some notes if I may
07:55oh by all means this case this case it is unique in the annals of crime
08:07you will recall that it was a cold morning early in the year when I last left Baker Street
08:15I had no idea where I was going or who my client was all I knew that was important and abroad my destination was the museum and the Louvre in Paris and my client none less than the French government
08:33surely this Palais du Louvre is near to the very heart of France it was here that the great
08:49Roi Soleil held court and here that Napoleon Bonaparte was married to the Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria indeed it is a history lesson in stone and now this
09:02gallery contains our finest painting gentlemen shall we come to the point I presume the Mona Lisa has been
09:12stolen when I see two hooks and the place where the Mona Lisa used to hang and then there's talk of
09:25peril and peril and scandal
09:27and now I begin to understand the delicacy of the matter
09:35the Louvre is closed on Mondays for maintenance
09:42the fact that the Mona Lisa was not hanging in her usual place was put down to the fact that she was in the photographic studio
09:49it was only later in the day that a workman found the frame in a little storeroom under the Salon Calais
09:57we put the glass over the painting only a month ago we failed an acid attack there was such a one in Florence recently
10:05I'm very fortunate
10:07two good thumbprints
10:09many artists come here to make copies of the paintings
10:21this one seems well done
10:29yes that artist is particularly clever and makes a good living from his copying
10:34I should like to meet him sometime
10:36to make a bad coffee is very easy but a good one it takes years of practice for instance da Vinci
11:04I used Italian poplar wood to paint on
11:09it is very difficult to find
11:11to mix the original color nearly impossible
11:15his fumature the smooth blended tones is very subtle and his brushwork is left-handed
11:25the crackler this fine network of cracks
11:31that is the most difficult to achieve of all
11:38and you can achieve it
11:40how?
11:42that is my secret
11:44it seems to me that this is something near to a legitimate forgery
11:49no no no no because the copies must never be the same size as the original
11:53and who would buy one of my copies as the original when the real Mona Lisa is in the Louvre
12:00but if perchance the Mona Lisa is no longer in the Louvre
12:03oh but of course you are joking monsieur
12:06happily the French police are well ahead of the British when it comes to fingerprints
12:19the great Bertillon himself was kind enough to refer to my little pamphlet on the subject as his bible
12:27as I suspected a man had been involved in petty crime in the past
12:33a Spaniard named Mendoza
12:36there there is your thief
12:39not a pleasant specimen
12:42Mr. Holmes France owes you a great debt
12:46we have not got the man
12:48and more important the painting
12:50but he must be arrested immediately
12:53he may have already sold it
12:54no no no gentlemen it is my belief that the painting is still in Mendoza's keeping
12:58he is only a pawn in a much bigger game
13:03this robbery has been carefully planned
13:06over months even years by a master criminal
13:09but what professional criminal would want to own the Mona Lisa
13:12that is madness he can't sell it
13:15I believe the master criminal is not interested in the original
13:18if he can pass off the forgeries
13:23as originals for the same price
13:26gentlemen
13:27we must alarm Mendoza
13:31get him on the move
13:33so he leads us to the center of the web
13:36but how?
13:38first we must announce to the world that the painting has been stolen
13:43oh but that would create a great scandal both myself and the judge
13:47myself and the director
13:48minister please if I may explain
13:50it will be announced
13:52that owing to the brilliant
13:54and tireless efforts of yourself and the director
13:57that the criminal is about to be arrested
14:00Mr. Holmes we must arrest him now
14:01no
14:02no
14:03no
14:04no
14:05no
14:06no
14:07no
14:08no
14:09no
14:10no
14:11no
14:17no
14:18no
14:21no
14:23no
14:25no
14:27no
14:29no
14:30no
15:02No!
15:11Holmes, I understand that the recovery of the original would make it impossible for the thieves to sell any copies, however excellent those copies were.
15:20But did you have any clue to the identity of the mastermind behind the whole scheme?
15:25I was satisfied that I had recognized one of Professor Moriarty's agents.
15:31Moriarty?
15:33Moriarty?
15:35Moriarty?
15:37Moriarty?
15:41Moriarty?
15:43notice the subtle modeling of the features beautiful hands mood that smile
16:07as Walter Pater described her the head upon which all the ends of the world are come and the
16:17eyelids are a little weary no one else has ever had the genius to paint this masterpiece except
16:23Da Vinci if you look at the paintwork sir Leonardo's signature writ large the brushwork
16:32minus sinistra the bloom the swumato technique will you excuse me I would say without hesitation
16:48that the general opinion of the art world is that this is the greatest portrait ever painted
17:02I very much regret to have to tell you sir that this painting is no longer for sale
17:26I don't understand professor I mean the price maybe well now look I'll reconsider I'll give
17:36you a cool four million how's that I'm sorry mr. Morgan the painting is no longer for sale
17:45huh hey what you guys up to take your hands off me your neck
17:52oh thanks for nothing
17:54Richard Holmes has recovered the original these are worthless destroy them burn them
18:11do it yourself let no one else see you yes professor Moriarty
18:20oh
18:25yeah
18:30yeah
18:33yeah
18:38must congratulate you holmes such an honor and so well deserved there was no great problem the
19:04case practically solved itself I hear you had a visitor this morning oh I had not been back in
19:15Baker Street more than half an hour when you cannot go up there sir
19:34you have less frontal development than I should have expected it's a dangerous habit
19:52to finger-loaded firearms in the pocket of one's dressing gown
20:04you evidently don't know me on the contrary I think it's fairly evident that I do
20:26I can spare you five minutes if you have anything to say
20:32all that I have to say has already crossed your mind
20:38and possibly my answer has already crossed yours you stand fast absolutely
20:46you frustrated me in the affair of the French gold ah so it was you behind the red-headed Lee a very
21:10ingenious and well-contrived idea I praise through you you cross my path first on the 4th of January by the middle of February I was seriously inconvenienced by you and at the end of March I was absolutely hampered in my plans and now with this last business in France you have placed me in such a position by your continual persecution that I am in positive danger of losing my liberty
21:40the situation
21:43the situation
21:45the situation is becoming an impossible one
21:48have you any suggestion to make
21:52you must drop it
21:56Mr. Holmes
21:58you really must you know
22:00and what if I refuse
22:03I'm quite sure that a man of your intelligence will see that there can be but one outcome to this affair it is necessary that you should withdraw you have worked things in such a fashion that we have only one resource left
22:19it has been an intellectual treat to me to see the way in which you've grappled with this matter
22:25but I say unaffectedly
22:28that it would be a grief to me to be forced to take an extreme measure
22:34oh you smile sir
22:38but it really would I do assure you
22:43danger is part of my trade
22:45this is not danger
22:49it is inevitable destruction
22:51you stand in the way not merely of an individual but of a mighty organization the full extent of which even you with all your cleverness have been unable to realize
23:01you must stand clear Mr. Holmes or be trodden under foot
23:07you know I'm afraid that in the pleasure of this conversation I'm neglecting business of importance
23:15which awaits me elsewhere
23:18well well
23:24it seems a pity
23:28but I've done what I could
23:31this is a duel between you and me Mr. Holmes
23:49you hope to place me
23:53in the dock
23:54you hope to beat me
23:56if you are clever enough
23:59to bring destruction on me
24:01rest assured
24:02I shall do as much
24:05for you
24:07you have
24:16paid me several compliments
24:19Mr. Moriarty
24:21let me pay you one in return
24:25when I say
24:25that if
24:26I were assured
24:27of the former eventuality
24:30I would
24:30in the interests of the public
24:33cheerfully
24:34accept
24:35the latter
24:36I can promise you the one
24:40but not the other
24:43the other
25:13he is the Napoleon of crime Watson for years I have endeavored to break through
25:28the veil which shrouded him and at last I've seized a thread and followed it to
25:38Moriarty himself and now I'm ready to close on him if he doesn't close upon you first
25:55on Monday next matters will be ripe the professor and all the principal members of his gang will be
26:07in the hands of the police then will come the greatest criminal trial of the century the
26:15clearing up of over 40 mysteries and the rope for all of them I cannot do better than to get away for
26:26the few remaining days it would give me great pleasure Watson if you would come onto the
26:30continent with me a continent I'd be delighted Holmes but where anywhere it's all the same
26:38to me yes but won't we have to dispose of professor Moriarty first it seems to me that we're under
26:45siege in this very room now that reminds me I must be on my way won't you say the night
26:54no it's too dangerous for you if I stay here I will leave the way I came and find lodgings with my
27:09brother Mycroft we start tomorrow morning tomorrow morning oh yes it is most necessary now here are
27:18your instructions and I beg of you to follow them to the letter we are now playing a double-handed
27:22game with me Watson against the most powerful syndicate of criminals in Europe you will dispatch
27:29whatever luggage you intend to take my trusted messenger unaddressed to Victoria Station tonight
27:33in the morning you will send mrs. Hudson for a handsome car desiring her not to take the first or second which
27:43may present itself you will drive to the strand end of Laughamuse handing the address to the cabman
27:52with a request that he will not throw it away
28:13have your fare ready and the instant that your cab stops move speedily through the mews and time
28:23yourself to reach the other end at exactly a quarter past nine where you will find a small broom
28:30waiting close to the curb driven by a fellow with a heavy black coat tipped at the collar with red
28:37into this you will stand and you will reach Victoria in time for the Continental Express
28:43excuse me sir I wonder if you speak Italian no I'm afraid I'm looking for the gentleman who
29:03reserved this compartment there's no sign of him sir if you're traveling you better get a ball
29:33my dear Watson you haven't even condescended to say good morning to me
29:55good heavens Holmes how you start me it is still necessary to take every precaution
30:25for the hell if you take every precaution
30:32I was rather fine Watson
30:55I see that this express runs in connection with the boat.
31:04So I think we've taken off Moriarty very effectively.
31:09But what will he do then?
31:11What I should do, engage a special train.
31:16But he'll arrive too late.
31:18You'll observe from your Bradshaw that this train stops at Canterbury and again at the boat.
31:23Moriarty will catch us there.
31:25Good heavens, anybody would think that we were the criminals.
31:30Let's arrest him as soon as he arrives.
31:33Oh, that would ruin everything.
31:37We should catch the big fish, but the smaller would dart right and left out of the net.
31:40No, no, no.
31:42And the rest is in abyssal.
31:45Well, what then?
31:50We shall get on it at Canterbury.
31:52We must give Moriarty something to follow.
32:16Well, what will we do?
32:20We shall go across country.
32:22Here we are, Holmes.
32:34Bradshaw, Selman, let you down.
32:35From Ashford Junction, we can take the one o'clock slow train to Hastings.
32:42Then on to the dear old London Brighton and South Coast Line.
32:47Bex Hill to Lewis non-stop.
32:49Then on to New Haven.
32:51Evening boat to the app.
32:52I think we've got time for an early lunch.
33:02So soon.
33:03Oh, my God.
33:32There are limits, you see, to even our friend's intelligence.
33:39And now, Watson, we shall treat ourselves to a couple of carpet bags,
33:44encourage the manufacturers of the countries through which we travel,
33:48and make our way, at leisure, into Switzerland,
33:52via Brussels, Luxembourg and Barbour.
33:58It fell out as Sherlock Holmes had predicted.
34:01We stayed two nights in Brussels,
34:04and then began to make our leisurely way southeast.
34:07For a charming week, we progressed towards the Alps.
34:31What do you think?
34:39A common enough occurrence in the mountains.
35:01Oh, don't you throw that?
35:03Ah!
35:04Nothing like drinking the wine when it's grown.
35:07Ah, nothing like drinking the wine when it's grown.
35:29Mmm.
35:29Mmm.
35:34All gang safely secured. Only Moriarty escaped the net, signed Mycroft.
35:42He's given them the slip.
35:46I think it would be better if you were to return to England, Watson.
35:54Why?
35:56You will find me a very dangerous companion now.
36:01Moriarty will devote all his energies
36:04to taking his revenge upon me.
36:06And if I have a companion...
36:08Would you be rid of me?
36:10No.
36:12Except for the reasons I've given.
36:15We've been in tight places before together.
36:20Never as tight as this one.
36:23I'm not leaving you, Holmes.
36:26Not unless you order me to go.
36:29I'd never been to Switzerland before, but the beauty of the landscape reminded me irresistibly of the northwest frontier provinces of India.
36:47But, in spite of the lovely scenery all round us, it was clear to me that never for one instant did Sherlock Holmes forget the shadow that lay across him.
36:59That is .
37:02What happened?
37:09Yes, friends.
37:11What happened?
37:12What happened?
37:14Let's go.
37:44I could tell by his sharp scrutiny of every face that he was well convinced that go where we would, we would not be clear of the danger that was dogging our footsteps.
38:14Let's go.
38:44What was that?
38:57Let's go.
38:59Let's go.
39:01Let's go.
39:02Let's go.
39:03Let's go.
39:04Let's go.
39:05Let's go.
39:06Let's go.
39:07Let's go.
39:08Let's go.
39:09Let's go.
39:10Let's go.
39:11Let's go.
39:12Let's go.
39:13Let's go.
39:14Let's go.
39:15Let's go.
39:17Let's go.
39:18Let's go.
39:19Let's go.
39:20Let's go.
39:21Let's go.
39:22Let's go.
39:23Let's go.
39:24Let's go.
39:25Let's go.
39:26Let's go.
39:27Let's go.
39:28Let's go.
39:29Let's go.
39:30Let's go.
39:31Let's go.
39:32Let's go.
39:33Let's go.
39:34Let's go.
39:35At last we reached the heart of the Bernese Oberland and came to the village of Myringham where we put up at the Englisherhof, then kept by Peter Steiner the Elder.
40:05Ah, that's Steiner?
40:11No, I don't see.
40:13Exactly.
40:35I don't see.
41:05The walk over the hills to Rosenlaue is very beautiful.
41:30You can stay the night there and come back the next day.
41:34But you must not on any account miss the falls of Reichenbach.
41:40It's only a small detour.
41:43Ah, there it is.
41:47Also, gute Reise.
41:49Dankeschön.
42:04It is indeed a fearful place.
42:20The torrent, swollen by the melting glacier, plunges into a tremendous abyss in which the
42:30spray rose up like the smoke from a burning house.
42:59Herr Dr. Watson!
43:03Herr Dr. Watson.
43:05Yes?
43:07Herr Steiler told me to give you this.
43:09It is very urgent.
43:13It seems an English woman was taken to the hotel after we left.
43:17On her way to friends in Lucerne.
43:19She's had a grave hemorrhage.
43:21Tuberculos.
43:23Ah, no doubt.
43:25It appears she's dying.
43:27An English doctor would be a great consolation.
43:31I'm afraid I must go back, Holmes.
43:33Of course.
43:35Now, Steiler suggests that this lad shows you the way to Rosenlauwe,
43:39and I'll join you there later.
43:41A good plan.
43:57A good plan.
44:11Hey!
44:13A good plan.
44:15?
44:16A good plan.
44:17Can I?
44:18A good plan!
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44:58I trust she's no worse.
45:00You do?
45:10You didn't write this?
45:12There is no sick English woman at the hotel.
45:19No.
45:21But it has the hotel marked.
45:24Of course.
45:26There was a tall old Englishman who came here after you had gone.
45:29He said...
45:42...
45:49...
45:54...
45:55...
46:00...
46:05...
46:08so
46:38It was the sight of the Alpenstock that turned me cold and sick.
46:51He had not gone to Ross and Lyle.
46:55I stood for a minute or two to collect myself, but I was dazed with the horror of the thing.
47:03And then I began to think of Holmes' own methods.
47:08And to try to practice them.
47:38My dear Watson, I write these few lines through the courtesy of Mr. Moriarty.
47:43Who awaits my convenience for the final discussion of those questions which lie to me.
47:48My dear Watson, I write these few lines through the courtesy of Mr. Moriarty.
47:55Who awaits my convenience for the final discussion of those questions which lie between us.
48:14I am pleased to think that I shall be able to free society from any further effects of his presence.
48:21Though I fear that it is at a cost which will give pain to my friends.
48:26And especially, my dear Watson, to you.
48:33As you know, my career had, in any case, reached a crisis.
48:40And no possible conclusion to it could be more congenial to me than this.
48:46Indeed, if I may make a full confession to you, I was convinced that the letter from Myringham was a hoax.
48:56I made every disposition of my property before leaving England and handed it to my brother, Mycroft.
49:03Goodbye.
49:04And good luck.
49:06And believe me to be, my dear fellow, very sincerely yours, Sherlock Holmes.
49:24In this situation, I had little doubt that a personal contest between the two men ended, as it could hardly fail to end.
49:33...
49:37...
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49:55...
50:01Oh!
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51:39the singular gifts by which my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, was distinguished.
51:48I shall ever regard him as the best and the wisest man I have ever known.
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