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00:01You stole your own mother's jewels.
00:03A private investigator is on the way.
00:05This detective hired by the insurance company...
00:07Burt Whistle, sir.
00:08He can go where you can.
00:09And his interrogation will provide a theory of the crime.
00:12I will have the truth, or you will be paid nothing for your client.
00:15You weren't kidnapped, but willingly left with Charlie,
00:18who is now in prison and liable to hang.
00:20To destroy the red thread would be to the advantage of his both, Moriarty.
00:24I must call you to beg for my assistance.
00:27Si's great caution. You must learn to hunt while looking like prey.
00:31Let me up or I'll blow your head off.
00:46I could legally shoot you in self-defense, but I'd rather talk.
00:49Shall I call for a constable, or would you prefer to explain why you bushwhacked me?
00:52Should I call for a constable, or will you explain why you've been following me all afternoon?
00:56Promise not to attack me again?
01:05Well, they looked a lot better before you mashed them up.
01:11Sorry, I meant no insult.
01:14Why would you give me flowers?
01:16To ease an awkward introduction.
01:19Shall I try again?
01:20You're very nice, thank you.
01:29You're most welcome.
01:30You could have introduced yourself earlier.
01:32I was anxious about how I might be received.
01:34Not entirely without reason.
01:36Maybe I'd jump the gun.
01:38I'm Amelia Ross.
01:41I'm Michael Wiley.
01:43And I'm very much in need of your help.
01:47What could a maid like me do for a gentleman like you?
01:50No serving girl has ever put me on my back before.
01:53You're far from ordinary.
01:55And neither is your employer.
01:57Oh.
01:58So the flowers have something to do with Mr. Holmes.
02:01You have that American way of getting right to the point.
02:04And you have a way of not answering direct questions.
02:06Why do you need my help?
02:07How does it involve my employer?
02:09Hm?
02:12A few years ago, Mr. Holmes helped put a famous criminal professor, James Moriarty, behind bars.
02:19You ever heard of him?
02:20No?
02:21But I've only started working for Mr. Holmes recently.
02:24Oh?
02:25And what's he like?
02:26I'm no spy, Mr. Wiley.
02:28I think spying's an ugly word.
02:31And I'm not interested in his personal habits.
02:33What are you interested in, then?
02:35Your employer's relationship to Professor Moriarty.
02:38But I don't want to talk about him behind his back.
02:40Who doesn't talk about their boss behind his back?
02:44I only wonder if Mr. Holmes intends to accuse Professor Moriarty of more crimes.
02:50If you could find out, I'd be very grateful.
02:52I would pay a full pound for your trouble.
02:55That's a lot of money.
02:56How do I get in contact with you?
02:58I'll wait for you tomorrow and every day after that.
03:01At Mrs. Bailey's Tea House on Park Road at 4pm.
03:06Just in case you learn something.
03:08Five shillings extra for meeting me tomorrow.
03:11And to put some butter on the bacon, I'll even plunk down for tea.
03:15I'll think about your offer, Mr. Wiley.
03:18Thank you for the flowers.
03:21And for not shooting me in the head.
03:22Maybe I shouldn't say so, Miss Rojas.
03:25But it is such a lovely head, I'm glad my gun wasn't loaded.
03:28Until tomorrow, then.
03:29Amelia, where are you?
03:30Amelia!
03:31I need you!
03:32Beg your pardon, sir.
03:33Miss Rojas has not returned from fetching your horse.
03:34Done on your orders, she says.
03:35But those orders should have come through me.
03:36If it hasn't occurred to you by now, Amelia is not only my mate, she is also my assistant in helping with a task and it involves the return of your sister.
03:51What the devil's wrong with her?
03:52You know, my wife is a woman of virtue.
03:53And the thought of a young girl involved in the grisly horrors of this kidnapping upset her past the point of feminine endurance.
03:58Well, I do apologize, Mrs. Halligan, if I challenge your notion of propriety, but in the name of...
04:03Oh, there you are!
04:04What kept you?
04:05Never mind.
04:06In a frightful hurry, I'll ask for your report while I remove these five minutes spracks.
04:09Please, take him off his clothes.
04:10Claire is terrified for her recognition of the return of the return of your sister.
04:13What the devil's wrong with her?
04:14No, my wife is a woman of virtue.
04:15And the thought of a young girl involved in the grisly horrors of this kidnapping upset her past the point of feminine endurance.
04:18Well, I do apologize, Mrs. Halligan, if I challenge your notion of propriety, but in the name of...
04:21Oh, there you are!
04:22What kept you?
04:23Never mind.
04:24In a frightful hurry, I'll ask for your report while I remove these five minutes spracks!
04:28He's taking off his clothes.
04:31Clara is terrified for her reputation, but she accepts that only we can keep her safe.
04:37Mrs. Anderson even asked me to accept a post as Clara's chaperone.
04:41And Mr. Burtwistle, the insurance investigator, he offered me a job as his apprentice.
04:47Bertie Burtwistle?
04:50What a pompous ass. Imagine working for him, listening to him pontificate all day.
04:55What an insufferable bore.
04:56Still, he has sometimes applied for me for advice, so he's not a complete fool.
05:01This other offer, however, chaperone to the American ambassador's daughter, that's a job worth considering.
05:07Not just for your safety, but for Clara.
05:09She's, uh, is after all our last living link to the red thread.
05:13I can't believe how quickly they got to poor Charlie.
05:16Fast as a telegraph signal.
05:18However, before his untimely demise, I did manage to wring from him the names of his accomplices.
05:24Mr. Weems and Maggot, if you can believe it.
05:28Aliases, no doubt, as well as their possible destination.
05:31And with this information, I hope soon to have their faces.
05:35Yes.
05:36You already do.
05:37Ah.
05:38I saw them leaving the coffin factory right before Charlie.
05:41Yes, well, Charlie suggested they'd been warned to escape by a police officer, someone of rank, no doubt.
05:47How did you manage to reach Charlie unseen?
05:49Oh, with the help of an old prisoner in exchange for finding his prodigal son.
05:53A task that will take me to Scotland Yard without crossing the thread.
05:57And is he this prisoner?
06:00He's completely unconnected to our present business, which for you means tracking down Weems and Maggot.
06:06It's our most dangerous mission yet, and you may not go unarmed.
06:09So allow me to demonstrate the basics of this, uh, oh.
06:16It's kind of old, isn't it?
06:21Some other issues, but you've kept it in decent shape.
06:24I'll need more bullets.
06:26Six is quite enough.
06:28How did you become so proficient in firearms?
06:31My mother taught me.
06:33With a machine she broke.
06:38Remember, watch for the recoil.
06:41And aim ahead of the target.
06:43Ah!
06:47Time's for something harder.
06:52Ah!
06:56You've improved.
06:57That's the first time you had even one pigeon when two were flying.
07:00But why learn this?
07:02And don't say it's the wilderness, because I already know how to hunt wild animals and protect myself from them, too.
07:07You're right, Amelia.
07:09Wolves and bears are not your enemies.
07:11Well, then who is?
07:12I am the daughter of an Apache mother and a Ranciero father.
07:16And my grandfather was a soldier of Spain.
07:19You were part of all of them, and also, half English.
07:23This frightens people.
07:24But why?
07:25If we're a part of everyone.
07:27Part of everyone?
07:28All of nothing.
07:30We're a tribe of two.
07:32Well, maybe one day we can be a tribe of three.
07:37I could marry someone.
07:39Strong and handsome.
07:40He could help us.
07:42Shall we leave, then?
07:45Depend on someone we haven't met yet.
07:47Or, shall we be ready to protect ourselves?
07:55Paul!
08:00So, your mother taught you all this, but she did not teach you how to keep your balance in a fight.
08:05Excuse me?
08:06Your assailant had you on the ground where he rolled you at least once.
08:09I say he because this mark on your shoulder comes from the hand of a man, though clearly not a gentleman.
08:14The general distress of your clothes and this trail of debris strewn across Mrs. Halligan's newly clean floor indicate a closer relationship with grass and mud than one would normally encounter in the course of returning a horse.
08:26And this, this, look at this.
08:29Primula vulgaris.
08:32Yes.
08:33Common primrose.
08:34So, pray explain this struggle which I urged you to avoid.
08:39Well, it wasn't my fault.
08:40There was a, a man, an older man near your age.
08:44He tried to steal Chance while I watered him.
08:48I, I slipped and rolled out of Chance's way, but I jumped up and I struggled with the man who ran away when he saw that I'd fight back.
08:56Why did you not give chase?
08:57Because I didn't want to leave your horse behind in case the thief had an accomplice.
09:03Well, we'll take that as answer, though you did not account for the primrose.
09:11Now, in what remains of the afternoon, you will have Mr. Halligan drive you to the Coffin Factory to ascertain if there is a telephone on the premises.
09:19A telephone is a rather-
09:20I know what a telephone is.
09:21Oh, well, just making certain.
09:22Afterward, you will press on to Richmond in search of Weems and Maggot.
09:28You will station yourself at the best local chop house and, uh, offer to sketch portraits at sixpence apiece.
09:34Now, you can use these pictures of Charlie's accomplices as examples of your work.
09:38Oh, and then if anyone has seen either of these men, then...
09:40Yes.
09:41They're likely to comment on the quality of the likenesses.
09:43It's amazing how quickly you apprehend my solutions.
09:46Very interesting.
09:47Now, here are two sovereigns for expenses.
09:52Now, if you manage to locate the kidnappers or someplace they have confined Watson and Mrs. Hudson, you must send me a telegram forthwith.
09:59And where are you off to?
10:01Oh, Scotland Yard.
10:02And there to play the fool.
10:03I have no time to lose.
10:04Where's my coat?
10:05Oh, I left it on the stairs.
10:06Don't forget that you can't.
10:35Thank you for such a pleasant ride.
10:48You're welcome, Amelia.
10:50Though, it seems improper that you should put yourself in danger for the wages of a scullery maid.
10:55Oh, I have good reason to help, Mr. Holmes.
10:57As do you and Mrs. Salgan.
10:58I wish I didn't upset her so much.
11:00Oh, no.
11:01It's not like that, no.
11:02From before we were married, during our days in service to the Earl of Compton, the missus has been keenly aware of social decorum.
11:09Mr. Holmes and his ways are sometimes a bit unorthodox.
11:13I respect Mrs. Salgan's opinions.
11:15I would not mention the word opinion to her.
11:18In my wife's mind, she has no opinions, only the facts.
11:22Contradicting her is like trying to float upstream.
11:27That coach over there bears Lord Witherssey's coach Barnes.
11:30How odd.
11:31Not at all, Mr. Halligan.
11:33It's a bit of luck.
11:34Finally.
11:35Excuse me.
11:36This won't take long.
11:37But Lord Witherssey, we can't just leave.
11:39Crack on, will you?
11:40Your investigation hasn't stopped people from dying.
11:42Our inquiries are not yet complete.
11:44We were closed for minor refurbishments.
11:47No one was aware the kidnappers were hiding here.
11:49We must finish our own work before you can resume yours.
11:52If you refuse to leave, I will file a complaint with your superiors.
11:56As you wish, Lord Witherssey.
11:58Get me Scotland Yard and the Dublin.
11:59Chief Inspector Whitlock's office.
12:00Madam, the factory is closed.
12:01Sorry, sir.
12:02My brother is a joiner here, but he's fallen very ill.
12:03I'm sorry to hear it.
12:04Unfortunately, these coffins are not for sale.
12:05Oh, no, sir.
12:06I wanted only to know when work was to resume.
12:08Oh, don't worry, miss.
12:09If your brother is well by Sunday.
12:10When you are done, call me on my telephone in Richmond.
12:11My family will be so relieved.
12:12Thank you so much.
12:13I must go tell them right away.
12:14Thank you so much.
12:27Excuse me, sir.
12:28Use my
12:39Where to, my lord? Richmond. We can be quick about it.
12:48Now where, Miss Rocker?
12:49To Richmond. Follow that carriage.
12:59Of course I can show you a telephone, Mr. Holmes.
13:01And while you're here this visit, as always,
13:03I can introduce you to some of the yard's newest crime-fighting innovations
13:07from our advanced scientific division.
13:09Oh, for example,
13:11though they're not exactly new,
13:13and there are already quite a few on the streets, but...
13:18One day, sir, electric lights will replace gas lamps with a brilliance
13:21you can only imagine.
13:22Banishing the darkness of night and keeping the criminals at bay.
13:25Or making it easier for them to see their victims, Detective Swan.
13:29And look at this.
13:31Samples from the pen of every known blackmailer and swindler in the land.
13:34We are almost at a point where we can put a name to a criminal
13:37by his penmanship alone.
13:38Well, let's hope these criminals remain ignorant of the typewriter.
13:42And, thanks to the work of Mr. E.R. Henry and several foreigners,
13:46the science division is in the midst of developing an index
13:49that can create, capture and enlarge finger marks,
13:52since no two are alike.
13:53Well, you must remind me to invest in glove-making.
13:56Now, Detective Swan, fascinating as this tour has been,
13:59it is telephony that I wish to study.
14:01Right!
14:02And you are in luck, Mr. Holmes,
14:04for it has proven such a boon to policing
14:06that we have not one, but four telephones in our headquarters.
14:09Here's one of them.
14:10I had hoped to see a working model.
14:13Certainly!
14:14I'll take you to Chief Inspector Whitlock's office.
14:16And may I say, sir, how admirable it is that a gentleman of your year
14:21still seeks to remain au courant with innovation.
14:25It is difficult to find people with such a lively curiosity
14:28in their late middle age.
14:30Detective, this sort of praise is usually reserved for one's eulogy.
14:34Oh, heartfelt, sir. You can be sure.
14:36Oh, this way. Telephones are upstairs.
14:38You could try our new elevator.
14:42This way, Mr. Holmes.
14:46I hate that blasted contraption.
14:48Telephones serve no useful purpose in detection.
14:50Take my rescue of the American ambassador's daughter.
14:53Oh, that was you.
14:55Your public modesty is remarkable.
14:58We have yet to release the news
15:00that the coachman who kidnapped the girl
15:02has done the decent thing and hanged himself in a cell.
15:04Case closed.
15:06Or without the use of a telephone.
15:08Case closed.
15:09So you also recovered the ambassador's stolen jewels?
15:13Not yet, no.
15:15But the carpet had very little time to dispose of them.
15:18I am personally taking over this investigation,
15:21so I'm confident the jewels will be found.
15:24Can I tell you anything else about telephones, Mr. Holmes?
15:27Aside from Bolivar's complaints, do you find them useful?
15:31I do.
15:32If a suspect flees London by a rail, for example,
15:35I can just call ahead
15:38and have officers present on the platform
15:41before the wretch steps off the train.
15:43Hold right now.
15:44No, no, we're fine, thank you.
15:46Or without moving from my desk.
15:48How convenient.
15:49Perhaps I should have one installed for myself.
15:52They're still quite expensive for use in a private residence.
15:54In the pursuit of justice, I allow myself to be extravagant.
16:00I've just come from wasting half the day visiting that old reprobate Moriarty.
16:04Had I been able to conduct the interview by telephone,
16:07then I might have saved myself both the journey and several hours in his loathsome company.
16:12Moriarty.
16:13What did the villain have to say for himself?
16:15Oh, he was reciting some pathetic story about his son Daniel sent to Australia as a juvenile offender in the 80s,
16:24and now the young man has returned to London but has avoided visiting his father.
16:28Yes.
16:29I saw a brief mention of him two months ago.
16:35Every day the Home Office send me a list of potential revolutionaries, misfits and former felons.
16:42Who I'm supposed to keep on top of it all, I'll never know.
16:45And is Daniel Moriarty on that list?
16:47Yes.
16:48Changed his name to Michael Wiley, Wyleston Australia,
16:51and who could blame him for that?
16:53Works as a clerk for some broker on the stock exchange.
16:56Would you like him brought in for questioning?
16:57This young Moriarty?
16:59No, no.
17:00I think it might be best to deal with the matter unofficially.
17:03And should you certainly have an idea as to the whereabouts of the ambassador's missing jewels?
17:10I suppose I could just ring you.
17:14I wonder, Chief Inspector, does one buy the telephone and all that comes with it outright,
17:19or do they continue to charge you by the call?
17:22Both, of course.
17:23Would you happen to have a statement I could examine just so I could estimate my monthly costs?
17:29I do have a copy, yes.
17:31The, er, bill doesn't have names in it, of course.
17:35Just the numbers were dialed and the duration of each call proves it at your leisure.
17:41Thank you, Chief Inspector.
17:42Happy to help, Mr Holmes.
17:44You've proven useful in the past and may yet do so in the future.
17:47That's very thoughtful of you to say.
17:49I shall take my leave and allow you two gentlemen to resume your more important duties.
17:56Au revoir.
18:01Ah, Mr Holmes.
18:02Going down?
18:04Yes.
18:07Always a pleasure to see you, sir.
18:09I could use your help regarding all the newest advances in our mutual field of endeavour,
18:23but only if I can depend on your discretion.
18:25I wouldn't want your superiors to know that we were in communication.
18:28They might think I lost my touch.
18:30Oh, well, I'm sure you've got some good years still left, sir.
18:33And it would be my honour to assist you.
18:55Mr Halligan, drive to the nearest telegraph office and send a message to Mr Holmes.
18:59Tell him that Lord Witherssey doesn't just own the Coffin Factory,
19:03but he also has a mansion in Richmond.
19:05Amelia, I am Mr Holmes' gentleman and not an errand boy.
19:12Here.
19:13Take these two sovereigns, send a message and after that,
19:15enjoy the finest chop house you can find.
19:17But hold on to the change.
19:19My word.
19:20Where did you come by two whole sovereigns?
19:22Never mind.
19:23I will ponder that question over a pork roast and all the trimmings.
19:27But if you have not come to town in three hours,
19:30I will return and wait outside the gate.
19:35It was a bad experience with a hound many years back.
19:38I think it would be safer if you came with me.
19:40Don't worry, Mr Halligan.
19:41If it finds me, I know how to handle a dog.
19:44I think Dr Watson and Mrs Hudson are being held here,
19:46and Mr Holmes needs to know.
19:48Urgently.
19:50Now go get the message out and enjoy dinner.
19:53Quiet.
20:09Sit.
20:10Sit.
20:12Stay.
20:13Stay.
20:16Stay.
20:18it's been a while since i've had to assign you boys such a complicated task i'm afraid it requires
20:32a bit of legwork sure i want you to gather what's left of the baker street irregulars
20:37and search through all the usual haunts of the clerks of the exchange for a young australian
20:41newly arrived age 25 goes by the name of michael wiley as you find him you can have two shillings
20:48of peace well mr harris i'll text all night and day we're not 11 anymore another half a crown but i
20:53need results by sundown tomorrow is everything satisfactory sir i hope so mrs halligan i'll be
20:58out for dinner cab right another half a crown each if you make sure i'm not followed from this place
21:06richmond lord witherssey's estate that's some distance governor it's on my way home well i'll
21:11double the fare then you can wait for me and bring me back for god's sake man drive this is an emergency
21:18time to go excuse me sir hold on a second there we need to move this we'll only be two minutes not
21:23even two minutes honest honest to god two minutes
21:48so
21:50so
21:52Please, don't make it.
22:22Anyways, Sherlock Holmes sent me.
22:25I'm here to help.
22:27Just...
22:28Just give me a second.
22:45Don't make a sound.
22:52Just...
22:59Show me where they are.
23:14Let's find an eternal resting place for our guests by tonight.
23:25My wife and the other servants will be back late tomorrow morning.
23:29I'll dig a hole for them.
23:30I'll have to deal a quick line to his in their journey.
23:32Shame to waste the coffins, though.
23:34They're worth less than they will be.
23:35A week or two hence.
23:36O'Leary.
23:50Did you open these caskets?
23:52No, sir.
23:53I doubt not.
23:56The leads have been forced.
23:57Stand up.
24:16Stand up.
24:17Slowly.
24:20Show me your hands.
24:22One twitch.
24:26And I'll make room for you in one of them coffins you open.
24:35All right then, my lady.
24:37Who are you when you're at home?
24:39My name doesn't matter.
24:41Just the name of my mother.
24:45Lucia Rojas.
24:46Sorry.
24:50Never heard of her.
24:51She was another victim of the Red Thread.
24:54Murdered by men like you.
24:56Men like him, you mean?
24:57How came you to be here?
24:59How did you know where we were?
25:03Too late for explanations, my lord.
25:06She's already seen them.
25:08And seen us.
25:09Hold your fire.
25:10First, I must call for instruction.
25:12And you would do well to remember your place.
25:14Yes.
25:18You.
25:22Lords.
25:22Always giving orders.
25:24From Ireland to India.
25:27Go.
25:28Now.
25:29Before I lose my patience.
25:32Take the dog with you and put it in the kitchen and close the door.
25:34I don't want it running in here again.
25:35Come on.
25:44The minute our lordship is gone, my lady.
25:48Perhaps we can think of a better way to get acquainted.
25:50This is it.
26:04Stop.
26:05Stop.
26:06Stop.
26:06Stop.
26:06You expected, sir?
26:16Certainly hope not.
26:19Stop, sir.
26:20At your age.
26:22I've heard quite enough about my age for one day.
26:25Thank you very much.
26:26For your information, I've just turned 40.
26:29Have to say, sir.
26:30You don't look it.
26:34Walk on.
26:35Walk on.
26:36Walk on.
27:01I say, dear girl.
27:17You all right?
27:22He tried to.
27:29There's no need to speak of it.
27:31I understand.
27:37Are you safe here?
27:39Are we alone?
27:41No.
27:42No.
27:44The servants and the family are away, but Withersey is in the house.
27:49Front.
27:50Carriage.
27:52The coffins.
28:01Pity we can't question them.
28:23No.
28:27No.
28:28No bother us no more.
28:31I always carry a little flask of brandy for medicinal purposes.
28:36It's a remarkable restorative.
28:37Would you care to...
28:38Now, I understand these stables may seem impressive, but might you wait for me here with your weapon
28:55at the ready?
28:56Yes.
28:57But if you're going to confront Withersey, be careful.
29:02He's one in fun.
29:03Well, judging by Weems and Magga, do you think it's Withersey ought to be careful?
29:07Where's Mr. Halligan?
29:08He's finishing his dinner.
29:10He'll be back in less than an hour.
29:12Right.
29:12Well, good work.
29:19Very good work.
29:24Sorry to have put you in such grave danger.
29:27Very sorry, indeed.
29:29Wait there.
29:42Please hold, and I will try to connect you.
30:10Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
30:12Pleasure to see you again.
30:14Very good of you to say so, my lord.
30:17I admit to a certain ignorance regarding the proper etiquette in this situation.
30:24But perhaps you could talk to me instead of your telephone.
30:27Allow me to put the receiver down.
30:31Please.
30:33Don't move.
30:34I am standing perfectly still.
30:37Should have expected you, I suppose.
30:39The girl in the stables, one of your spies.
30:41Yes, she is.
30:43And alive and well.
30:44The same cannot be said of your confederate.
30:47The world will little grieve his absence.
30:50You, on the other hand.
30:52Killing me would be a very bad idea, my lord.
30:54Even for one who has made as many poor choices as you have of late.
30:59The police are on route.
31:01No, they're not.
31:01But what would they find, Mr. Holmes?
31:05When they finally appear, that remains to be seen.
31:08If Watson and Mrs. Hudson are present and alive and in good health, the authorities will find their kidnappers dead in the stables,
31:17and perhaps they could recover the jewels stolen from the home of the American ambassador.
31:21I could convince them that you are ignorant of the entire scheme, and your station and former wealth might give them pause.
31:31Former wealth, Mr. Holmes?
31:32I do note, without pleasure, the faded spaces on your walls where valued paintings used to hang,
31:40and your coat, which was fashionable four years ago, has had its colors refreshed in places with ink,
31:45and your tie is jagged along the edges from overuse, and this rug on which I'm standing is pocked with scars.
31:52Now, I know of only two vices that can create such circumstances, and since your face is unblemished,
31:59your challengers would seem to do less with drink and more to bad luck at cards.
32:05Just so, Mr. Holmes. Just so.
32:09Gambling lured me into wagering my happiness, and I lost.
32:13Well, I beg you, my lord.
32:15Roll the dice once more.
32:18Bet on me.
32:19Help rescue my friends, and all may yet be well.
32:21Your friends are long gone from here, Mr. Holmes.
32:25The red thread has them, and I cannot help you save them.
32:27Strike back against the thread, sir.
32:31Help me bring these criminals to justice.
32:34My, but you entertain a high opinion of yourself, Mr. Holmes.
32:38Bring them to justice.
32:42You might as well try and sweep the sand from the Sahara, or clear the oceans of salt.
32:49You want to say you have no idea what you're up against, do you?
32:51This is no gang of pickpockets, sir.
32:56The red thread represents the very industrialization of crime, and they are preparing to commit the greatest offense ever conceived by the human mind, or at least beyond your poor imagination.
33:07No, I have a much better idea.
33:10Killing me would be pointless.
33:12Helping you would be worse.
33:14Not only would it lead to my own execution, but that of my wife and children.
33:19Oh, yes.
33:21They would not scruple even at that.
33:23Believe me when I say it is impossible for you to escape.
33:26No, Mr. Holmes.
33:28It is you who cannot escape.
33:31But I can and I will.
33:35Farewell.
33:35I don't know.
34:05Oh, you look very well considering.
34:35Are you sure you won't need me this afternoon?
34:40Uh, no. Further investigation of the thread awaits installation of my telephone.
34:45In the meantime, I've started a new search for a young rascal called Dan Moriarty, also known as Michael Wiley.
34:55Michael Wiley?
34:57Yes. It's an alias adopted by the son of a very dangerous criminal whose father sometimes tries to kill me.
35:03There's nothing to worry about. The elder Moriarty is presently in prison and mostly harmless.
35:10I'm Amelia Ross.
35:12I'm Michael Wiley.
35:14And I'm very much in need of your help.
35:16I'll wait for you tomorrow and every day after that.
35:19At Mrs. Bailey's tea house on Park Road at 4pm.
35:23Well, we shall call this your monthly death. I want you to keep the money that Mr. Halligan returned to you.
35:29And find something completely unsuitable on which to spend it. Be free. Do whatever you want.
35:35Nice long walk will do you good. Preferably along the park. Stick to the most public areas possible.
35:40In fact, don't go too far outside the neighborhood.
35:42I'm glad I can do whatever I want.
35:45Just stay safe, please.
35:48It's very odd how concerns for your safety suddenly affect my concentration.
35:52Especially with people suggesting we might be facing offenses beyond my imagination.
35:57Oh, there's someone at the door.
35:58I see my lessons in deduction have not been entirely wasted.
36:01Out of deference to Mrs. Halligan's sensibilities, if you could please leave by the servants' entrance, I, um...
36:12Yeah.
36:16Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Holmes.
36:20I appreciate it very much.
36:26Good morning.
36:27May I help you?
36:28Hello, Mrs. Hudson.
36:29I'm here on business with Sherlock Holmes.
36:32Do you have an appointment?
36:33Lady Violet.
36:34My dear Mrs. Hudson.
36:36People make appointments with me.
36:40Ah, there you are, Sherlock.
36:43How delightful to see you again.
36:49How little your rooms have changed in the last 20 years.
36:54And so lovely that your dear old landlady still guards the door.
37:03And where is the loyal Dr. Watson?
37:06On a walking tour of Italy.
37:09And that was not Mrs. Hudson.
37:12She's visiting her husband's family in the Scottish Highlands.
37:15That was her twin sister, Mrs. Halligan.
37:17An uncanny likeness.
37:19I half expected you might be helping the police with this grisly affair in Richmond.
37:24Oh?
37:25You haven't heard.
37:28Lord Withersie killed his coachman and then himself.
37:32And they found two more criminals in Withersie coffins, shot through the head in his stables.
37:37Well, the case solves itself.
37:40Certainly have not.
37:43Sensational murders can liven up the season, which has been even duller than usual.
37:48I came here straight from the American ambassador's residence.
37:52I believe you know him.
37:53We have been introduced.
37:55His wife is most insistent on hiring away one of your servants, a Miss Amelia Rojas,
38:01as chaperone for their daughter, Clara.
38:03Well, what have the ambassador's domestic arrangements to do with you?
38:07Since I was once presented at court, I am sometimes enlisted to help young ladies follow in my footsteps.
38:13Clara Anderson is one of my proteges.
38:17The Andersons paid my expenses to and from the United States
38:20in order to prepare their immature daughter, Clara, for her introduction to society.
38:26I can't say exactly when that will be, since the appropriate dates for balls are all spoken for,
38:32but I will work something out.
38:34For a fee, I suppose.
38:36In terms of income, I am dependent on my younger brother,
38:41whose generosity is even less pronounced than his intelligence.
38:45But back to your maid.
38:47Should not Amelia have some say in this matter?
38:49I don't see why.
38:50I am much opposed to this movement of treating one's servants as part of the household.
38:58No.
39:00The only question is, would she be aware of her place?
39:06She is, after all.
39:08She is, after all, what?
39:11An American.
39:13They are famed for over-familiarity and coarse manners.
39:16I have known Sam to be little short of passionate,
39:19which I always find very vulgar in a woman.
39:21Well, if you deem Amelia too unpolished for polite society,
39:25perhaps she should remain in my employ.
39:27Why, Sherlock, where on earth did you come by this photograph?
39:33Just look at them.
39:35Cowboys, cutthroats, Indians and sharpshooters.
39:39And in the back row, us.
39:42Oh, dear.
39:43We were so young.
39:45Oh.
39:46And there's that woman with whom you became so enamoured.
39:50She was a designer, no?
39:52I'll never forget you comparing her to da Vinci.
39:55All her improbable inventions.
39:58What was her name?
39:59Little Pigeon.
40:00Little Dove.
40:02She was, in fact, an accomplished engineer.
40:05Oh, yes.
40:06I remember now.
40:07You wanted me to submit her designs for some terrifying weapon, was it not?
40:15To my father, when he was running the Ministry of War.
40:18You were quite keen on getting a working model constructed.
40:23It was a souvenir, nothing more.
40:26But it has bearing on my business, as you must surely know.
40:31Indeed.
40:31I suspect that's why you hired the girl in the first place.
40:36Is the picture out for her benefit?
40:39How sentimental you have become.
40:42The telegram I just handed you contains the details of Amelia's birth.
40:46Her mother, according to the Pinkertons, is none other than the same little dove of whom we were speaking.
40:51Though she changed her name to Lucia Rojas.
40:55And I note, Amelia's unnamed father is described as an explorer deceased.
41:01Yes.
41:02Amelia said something like that to me.
41:06Perhaps the girl was the offspring of one of those whirlwind romances for which theatrical types are so famous.
41:15Born a mere 18 months after her mother departed from London.
41:2018 months.
41:22That's rather, uh...
41:25Well...
41:26Here.
41:28Oh, keep it.
41:29It's only the background information collected by the Pinkertons.
41:32There are no official documents, and I've copied all the relevant details now.
41:37Don't make a fuss over losing the girl's services just because you were fond of her mother.
41:42This new arrangement will improve her station in life, and is most definitely for the good of the country.
41:49My regards to Dr. Watson and Mrs. Hudson.
41:58If my mother said so, then I am your daughter.
42:0118 months...
42:0218 months.
42:0718 months.