00:00is anyone's life at stake certainly not wouldn't be possible to test your theory a little later
00:10this morning i'll see you downstairs in five minutes five minutes
00:15come on nelson
00:30you have the grand gift of silence watson it makes you quite invaluable as a companion
00:41watson you're in the presence of one of the most absolute fools in europe
00:44don't you exaggerate i deserve to be kicked from here to charing cross the moment you woke me up
00:49i would have been prepared to do it i've got the key watson here in this gladstone bag
01:00good morning gentlemen watson i confess i've been as blind as a mole but it's better to learn
01:08wisdom late than never to learn it at all bradstreet
01:16bradstreet i've called about that beggar man boom he's in the cells mr holmes what can i do for you
01:22i should very much like to see him he'd probably be asleep most of the population is probably asleep
01:26homes very well mr holmes dr watson if you come this way we can leave your bag in the office
01:30mr holmes i'll take it with me it contains the key
01:36he's a dirty scoundrel filthy refuses to wash says washing weakens a man's resistance
01:43he's asleep
01:53he's a beauty isn't he inspector would you do me the great goodness of opening the door as quietly as
01:59possible
02:09so
02:11so
02:49НАПРЯЖЕННАЯ МУЗЫКА
03:19НАПРЯЖЕННАЯ МУЗЫКА
03:49Gentlemen, let me introduce you to Mr. Neville St. Clair of Lee in the county of Kent.
04:00Great heaven.
04:04It is true.
04:06And pray what have I been charged with?
04:11Charged with making a way with Mr. Neville St. Clair?
04:14Well, making a way with myself.
04:21I've been in the force for 27 years.
04:24This takes the cake.
04:26But since it is obvious that no crime has been committed,
04:30I am illegally detained.
04:34My strength is as the strength of ten,
04:36because my heart is pure.
04:42Alfred Lord Tennyson.
04:50You lie to your wife,
04:53Mr. St. Clair.
04:55Is that purity?
04:57I see.
06:36And your experience as an actor must have proved invaluable.
06:40Yes.
06:42Exactly.
06:44Yes, I painted my face to make myself look as pitiable as possible.
06:50I manufactured frightening scars.
06:53I twisted my lip with the aid of a piece of flesh-colored plaster.
06:57And then, with a dark wig and appropriate clothing, took my position in the busiest part of the metropolis, ostensibly as a match seller, but, yes, really as a beggar.
07:13I did it well.
07:15Yes.
07:16In one day, I took 26 shillings and fourpence.
07:19I wrote my articles for the newspaper.
07:23My editor was delighted, and I thought no more about it.
07:26Until one day, I backed a bill for a friend of mine and had a writ that served on me for 25 pounds.
07:33Well, I was at my wit's end.
07:35I mean, what could I do?
07:40And then, suddenly, an idea came to me.
07:44I asked for a fortnight's holiday from my employers and spent the time in the city, begging.
07:54In ten days, I had the money and was able to pay back the debt.
08:00That was when I fell into the trap.
08:03How much were you earning from the newspaper at this time?
08:06Two pounds a week.
08:07Far less than begging.
08:09Yes.
08:10During the last few years, I have earned, on average, at least 700 pounds a year.
08:15But that's a gentleman's income.
08:17Calmly, Bradstreet.
08:19I think it is pertinent to say that Mr. St. Clair is no ordinary beggar.
08:24People do not expect a beggar to quote extensively from Shakespeare.
08:28Mr. Dickens, the Bible, or the latest popular songs.
08:32An aristocrat among beggars.
08:36Well, it is not for me to claim such a distinction, but, as the inspector rightly observes,
08:42I had a gentleman's income, so I proceeded to live like a gentleman.
08:46I bought a villa in Kent.
08:48I married a beautiful and respectable woman.
08:53And every morning, I travelled to my business in the city.
08:57You must have been embroiled with the Lasker by this time.
09:01Yes, I paid him a generous rent for the use of his upstairs rooms.
09:05My secret was safe with him.
09:07I fell among thieves, but found honour of a sort.
09:12You see, every morning, I would emerge as a squalid beggar,
09:18and every evening transformed into a gentleman.
09:22Tell us about Monday.
09:25I had finished for the day, and was dressing in my room above the opium den.
09:32And suddenly I looked out of the window.
09:35To my horror and astonishment, there was my wife in the street.
09:41Her eyes fixed full upon me.
09:44Neville!
09:48I ran along to try and find Lasker.
09:51You must not let her in.
09:53I'll say there's nobody upstairs.
09:54She may return with the police.
09:56I've told him there is nobody upstairs.
09:58Mr Boone will be upstairs.
10:00Ah, Mr Boone is a lodger.
10:02He has a right to be upstairs.
10:04Neville!
10:05I then became Boone, the beggar once more.
10:09And then it occurred to me that there might be a search of the room,
10:12and that my clothes might betray me.
10:15So I picked up my coat, which was weighed down with the coins
10:18that I had just transferred from my leather bag,
10:21in which I carried my takings.
10:26The rest of my clothes would have followed,
10:29but at that moment, the police arrived.
10:35The rest you know.
10:37We found blood on the windowsill.
10:43In my haste to open the window, I cut myself.
10:49A minor abrasion, but if you prick me.
10:55And thus I was arrested on suspicion of having murdered myself.
11:00And thus you caused your wife much anguish.
11:02But I wrote her a letter.
11:04And gave it to the Lasketer Post.
11:05Yes.
11:06It was not delivered.
11:07It arrived yesterday.
11:09He probably gave it to one of his sailor customers.
11:13I shall never forgive myself the agony which I have inflicted upon my wife.
11:20Can I go to her now?
11:21I think we must impose one condition, Mr Sinclair.
11:24Anything.
11:26There must be no more of you, Boone.
11:32I swear it, by the most solemn oath that a man can take.
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