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00:00I guess we didn't solve the crime of the century.
00:07By robbing the Bank of England.
00:09Someone brilliantly anticipated my actions.
00:11By bringing the press with him into revolt,
00:14Whitlock made sure the world would know about the robbery
00:16and launched a financial panic.
00:18Allowing the threat to buy the bank for pennies on the pound.
00:22Why steal plans for a weapon in California?
00:24Why demand keys of the American ambassador?
00:26I have already solved quite a few of your problems, Lady Violet.
00:30Including those related to the less-than-accidental death of one of your debutantes.
00:35I have arranged a special guest for Clara's debut.
00:38The current Prime Minister of Her Majesty's Government.
00:41I will not allow Clara's ball or my embassy to be used as an auction house for weapons.
00:46One cannot decapitate the entire upper class.
00:49Dan Mariotti did not kill the coachman to save you.
00:52He did it to save me.
00:54I will bring that empire to its knees.
00:55I am the red thread.
00:57We have the financial means.
00:59We have the weapon.
01:00Now what we need is the inciting incident.
01:10I'm afraid I'll be disappointed.
01:13I hardly recognize myself.
01:15It's only a costume for a role you're about to play.
01:19Come, let the gentleman see.
01:20Why, you are a princess.
01:26If princesses wobble, now I get my Cinderella luster slippers.
01:30But this gown is far too tight.
01:32Shouldn't you let it out?
01:33Why, Mr. Holmes, it is the fashion.
01:35You won't be running over any coffins in this gown.
01:39Men's hearts will do all the racing tonight.
01:41That's enough about racing hearts, Mr. Halligan.
01:44I already have enough patience.
01:46Pitch the carriage and bring it to the front door.
01:49You can leave the invalids to me, Mr. Holmes.
01:51We have them in hand.
01:53We'll give those debutants some competition tonight,
01:56Miss Rokas at Clara Anderson's Ball.
01:59Have some fun for once.
02:01I thought she didn't like me.
02:09My sister has been rescued,
02:12which has had a beneficial effect on her disposition.
02:16Also, you too have changed.
02:18From a courageous but immature child
02:20to an adult who practices the virtues of patience and reason.
02:25Also, you have helped me to solve a mystery
02:27that has bedeviled me for 20 years.
02:30And what mystery is that?
02:36What's it?
02:37Holmes.
02:37Thank goodness, yeah, yeah.
02:38She's desperately ill and won't let me see her.
02:43What's wrong with her, then?
02:44After dinner, she complained of headaches and dizziness
02:47and she locked herself in the lavatory
02:48and she vomited and now she's refusing to come out.
02:55Little dove?
02:56Dr. Watson's here now.
03:00Good evening, little dove.
03:01I'm sorry to find you unwell.
03:03It's nothing.
03:04I'm much better.
03:05If I could, um...
03:06If I could return to my own room,
03:09I apologize for any trouble.
03:11No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
03:12You're...
03:13You're never any trouble.
03:14I'll rush down and get us a cab.
03:16No, Holmes, Holmes, I have a carriage.
03:18I can easily transport...
03:20Sherlock, it...
03:21It would be quicker if I left now with Dr. Watson
03:24and if I were to worsen, he could...
03:26He could help me.
03:28Are you certain?
03:29Yes.
03:33You've been very kind.
03:35Never think otherwise.
03:37I'll send a message tomorrow as soon as I'm well.
03:40Don't worry for me.
03:42Promise.
03:44Of course.
03:45No worrying.
03:46No worrying.
03:57For the sake of the young woman's honor, I ill...
03:59I can't stop seeing her, John.
04:03Indeed, I have other plans in mind altogether.
04:06The next morning, your mother left no message.
04:21By the time I arrived at her room,
04:23she was on a ship back to America.
04:26Why?
04:27That is the unsolved mystery of which I spoke.
04:29I thought perhaps your mother's concern for me
04:32caused her to leave.
04:33Had we married, we would have been shunned
04:35by many reputable people.
04:38An expression I use without irony,
04:41but I failed to recognize...
04:43She had morning sickness.
04:44It was not openly discussed at the time,
04:47and I knew...
04:47I knew...
04:48I knew very little about it.
04:50Mama left to save your career.
04:52Or her child.
04:54Deducing she could not rescue both,
04:56she chose you.
04:58Also, the weapon she designed
04:59was rejected by our government,
05:01or else Lady Violet
05:03never showed the plans to her father.
05:05Your mother was aware
05:06that our wedding could well draw
05:08the lurid scrutiny of the press.
05:10I suggested retiring to the country
05:12to raise bees.
05:14Raise bees?
05:16Why does everyone always repeat
05:18the idea in that tone of voice?
05:20What happened to the need
05:21for irrefutable evidence?
05:24Nothing.
05:24It's just...
05:30This evening could well prove dangerous,
05:33and while the outcome remains in doubt,
05:35I wanted you to have all the facts.
05:40If all goes well,
05:42we can return to this conversation
05:44once the danger has passed,
05:46and I no longer need to wear a gun
05:48with my formal attire.
05:49I've waited this long.
05:51I can wait another day.
05:56One question, though.
05:57If you're able to force
05:58Chief Inspector Whitlock
05:59into cooperating...
06:00Oh, Whitlock, Whitlock.
06:02He duped me, he duped me,
06:04and I shall take great pleasure
06:05in returning the favor.
06:07Could we have Lady Violet arrested
06:08for Mama's murder?
06:09I think it's more likely
06:10she hired someone for the purpose,
06:13provided the weapon,
06:15rather than carrying out the deed herself.
06:17Besides, the crime was committed
06:18in America, not here.
06:20Still, Whitlock may yet implicate
06:23Lady Violet in other
06:24equally horrifying offences.
06:26If only we knew why she needed
06:27the keys from the American Embassy.
06:29Yes, and what they unlocked.
06:32The Moriarty boy also has plans
06:34for this evening.
06:36He's likely to seek you out,
06:37but to find you...
06:38I know.
06:39My carriage awaits.
06:40I've always wanted to say that that...
06:42Well, steady on those heels.
06:44Are you sure these shoes
06:46aren't going to be an issue this evening?
06:48They'll be okay.
06:48I just...
06:49I need to fix the laces.
06:52Yes, the laces.
06:52Go, go, go, go.
06:55Sorry, one second.
06:58Oh, that's it.
06:59I've got it.
07:05Better.
07:05Now, you take great care.
07:13Do not be impetuous.
07:17I'll be okay.
07:19Don't worry.
07:19She's taken my gun.
07:44And my handkerchief.
07:45What the devil is she up to?
07:56What the devil is she up to?
08:15Chief Inspector Whitlock here. To whom am I speaking, please?
08:27Yeah, that is that too. And I have a serious problem.
08:31I have already solved quite a few of your problems, Lady Violet,
08:35including those related to the less than accidental death of one of your debutantes.
08:40Your taste for violence has been...
08:42I am in no mood for a lecture on morality.
08:45Especially from a man who has been so handsomely rewarded for the train, the Lord.
08:49Good evening, Chief Inspector.
08:52I do hope I'm not interrupting your travel plans.
08:55I noticed a ticket for a late train to Dover,
08:57and another for a trip to Calais on your hall table.
09:01I'm embarking on a well-deserved holiday.
09:03What the hell are you doing in my house, this one?
09:06Oh, I thought the recording would make the reason for my presence here incredibly clear.
09:10It is against the law to listen to a man's telephone call.
09:13Well, everything about this conversation was preserved legally.
09:16I have a warrant here, signed by the Prime Minister himself, allowing me to record all conversations on your telephone.
09:23And yet you play this recording for me, and not Lord Salisbury. I wonder why.
09:27Because, in return for one-fifth of the American ambassador's missing gems,
09:34which you recovered from Lord Witherses' estate after his suicide,
09:39I would give this recording to you, not the Prime Minister.
09:42I might have considered that offer, had I plans to return.
09:46But my holiday could easily extend to the rest of my life.
09:51So I could just shoot you for breaking in tonight.
09:58You could kill Detective Swan and me.
10:01Holmes?
10:01You do, of course, have several copies of that recording,
10:04as well as evidence connecting you to the criminal syndicate known as the Red Thread.
10:08I know where the police have been placed around this entire city this evening.
10:12They will presently be occupied with much bigger problems than the murder of a non-entity
10:16and a past as prime consulting detective.
10:20Are you sure you know where the police are?
10:22You seem terribly surprised to find Detective Swan in your parlour.
10:25You'd be more surprised if you managed to fire that gun before we finish this conversation.
10:29Perhaps we should base your next course of action
10:32on whether you prefer a prison cell or swinging from the neck until dead.
10:38I may be past my prime, but I've never been more celebrated.
10:51What event could possibly overshadow my murder?
10:55Perhaps the escape of the carriage drivers who tried to rob the Bank of England?
10:59They were rebels, hoping to crush the Empire's financial systems.
11:04Fools.
11:04And only slightly worse than Parliament, filled with politicians and their petty ambitions.
11:09War will sweep them away and return power and authority to the crown where it belongs.
11:16As for the wretched drivers know, they will not be escaping.
11:19I merely struck their names from the lists of known revolutionaries and introduced them to Dan Moriarty.
11:27Or, if you prefer his alias, Michael Wiley.
11:31Michael Wiley?
11:32But, sir, that's the clerk that Miss Rojas demanded to...
11:34You know, leaving the country with the ambassador's jewels makes you look less like a royalist and more like a criminal escaping with an enormous bribe for your unique assistance.
11:48No one else could have ordered so many custom-made carriages ostensibly designed for the transport of the criminally insane.
11:55Or employed these carriages for the supposed transfer of the gold from the ship to the bank.
11:59Or, indeed, allowed me to inspect one such carriage in great detail.
12:04Inspect it.
12:05The carriage nearly ran you down.
12:07The old Moriarty was absolutely furious for having to save you.
12:11It should have been unnecessary.
12:12Both men were meant to abandon the kidnapping and flee.
12:16The young Moriarty failed to reflect on how much a hardened criminal might sacrifice for the honor of killing me.
12:24Oh, that reporter you brought along to the bank, that was to instigate the market crash.
12:28Isn't it obvious?
12:30Well, I've been far more instrumental than you seem to understand.
12:34In many ways, I am the Red Thread.
12:38And through my office, I have kept the rest of my confederates from ever being caught committing a crime.
12:44They will prove grateful.
12:46And for interrupting my escape, I expect the Red Thread to murder your emboire.
12:53Shall we still refer to her as your maid?
12:57Huh.
13:04Knocked senseless with a single blow.
13:06Mr. Holmes, I have no idea.
13:08Yes, I was something of a boxer in my youth.
13:10Marvel swan.
13:11By all means, Marvel.
13:13Cuff the man.
13:14Yes, of course.
13:15Oh, and hand me his revolver.
13:17I'm in need of a weapon.
13:20Oh.
13:22Jewels.
13:34Clara was so excited when she realized you were joining us and that you would also be meeting your children.
13:40The ambassador and I are grateful and amazed you would make such a long journey.
13:45Please have an enjoyable evening and thank you so much for coming.
13:49His Excellency, the ambassador from Germany, Count von Hatzfeld zu Wildenburg and his wife.
13:55Pleasure, Miss Anderson.
13:57Ambassador Anderson.
13:59I congratulate you on saving the British Empire.
14:01Don't fall for that.
14:02He was fit to be tied when all that gold was found.
14:06But I was never prouder to be an American.
14:08Enjoy your special evening, Miss Anderson.
14:10And don't make hasty decisions when it comes to marriage.
14:13If you like to dance, younger men can keep you spinning all night.
14:16Thank you, Countess, for that well-meaning advice.
14:20There's more where that came from.
14:21Oh, what an incredible resource.
14:25Lady Violet, I hope you save awards for me tonight.
14:28Thank you, Count Vildenburg.
14:31His Excellency, Prime Minister Lord Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, Knight of the Order of the Garter, Knight of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Privy Counselor, and Deputy...
14:46Thank you ever so much.
14:48Your kindness in allowing our police to search the premises has made me the last of the guests to arrive.
14:55But we are thankful that you will be well protected.
14:57We are sensible of the great honor you pay us this evening.
15:01Oh, the honor is all mine.
15:03And you, young lady, have united all of London's diplomatic community in one place, single-handedly ending my policy of splendid isolation.
15:13I would never suggest a man of your experience would be in error.
15:17Yet, I am persuaded my guests are even more interested in you than they are me.
15:20Diplomacy runs in the family, I see.
15:24Oh, now if you'll excuse me for one moment.
15:27They're playing my song.
15:30Let's go through, my dears.
15:31Shall we?
15:32In society, maintaining a lady's proper altitude requires a balance, twist, defiance, and elegance.
15:48You have too much of one and not enough of the other.
15:50My lords, ladies, and gentlemen, the American ambassador to the court of St. James, Mr. Paul Anderson with his wife.
16:08And the guest of honor, their daughter, Clara Reichardt-Anderson.
17:51Good evening, Amelia.
18:14Sorry, you surprised me.
18:17May I have this dance?
18:19I don't know the steps. This is not what I think of as dancing.
18:23You watched it being taught. It's quite simple, really.
18:27Let me show you.
18:35I can't carry on to instruct you.
18:39Move with the music.
18:41One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two...
18:49See? Easy.
18:53It's odd.
18:55I was with Clara greeting guests all evening and yet I missed your arrival.
18:59I was already here in a small party celebrating our successful intervention in saving the bank.
19:05I'm surprised Mr. Holmes wasn't invited.
19:09Wasn't he at all helpful?
19:11This reward is the gratitude of the ruling class.
19:15What she fully deserves.
19:17What we deserve, Amelia, is a new world, a better world.
19:23I could take you there.
19:25If you'd like me.
19:27Can you also take me back to California?
19:29And to my mother's rancho.
19:31That's where she was murdered.
19:33My mother, Michio Rojas.
19:35The killers stole map cases with her designs.
19:37And they left a red thread around the knife that they killed her with.
19:43Does that sound familiar?
19:45It's the first I've heard of it.
19:47And I am...
19:49I'm deeply sorry.
19:51You didn't know Lady Violet sent someone to kill my mother.
19:55And steal her weapon design.
19:57I had no idea.
19:59Please.
20:01Do you blame Clara or her family for the colonization of your continent?
20:09And the mass murder of your people?
20:11Is her father not associated with the government that tried to eradicate the native tribes?
20:17Do not hold me to a higher standard than you do the answers.
20:25I refuse responsibility for Lady Violet or her schemes.
20:29Your quarrel is with her.
20:31Not with me.
20:35You use this idea for a better world to justify all the crimes you'll commit to create it.
20:39That's the exact idea that dispossessed my people from their lives and their land.
20:45If you really want a better world,
20:47why not help people figure out how to share the one we already have?
20:53Unless what you really want is not to free everyone, but to take the world for yourself.
20:57Is that it, Dan?
21:03Amelia.
21:05If Lady Violet sees the chance,
21:07she will kill you.
21:09I know.
21:11I'm counting on it.
21:13Don't worry, I'll be fine.
21:15In fact, save me another dance.
21:17We can pick this up where we left off.
21:19A very good job on the gold, Mr. Holmes. A very good job. Hi, I can't tell you how relieved.
21:35Thank you, Inspector.
21:37Are you here tonight as part of the Prime Minister's police?
21:39Not to worry, we searched the building before allowing the PM to enter
21:43and our deployment was organized by the Chief Inspector, so I have no doubt.
21:47Yes, yes, yes, yes.
21:49I believe your lack of doubt is the principal reason Whitlock chose you for this assignment.
21:53Mr. Dankworth left this for you, Mr. Holmes.
21:55From a professor friend of yours, I believe.
21:57Thank you very much.
21:59As the PM's police, we're always worried.
22:05But Lord Salisbury is safe here tonight.
22:07Safe as if you were in a vault in the Bank of England.
22:10I disagree.
22:11The Prime Minister is the target of desperate assassins,
22:13and the police have been pre-arranged to allow the killers to escape.
22:16Have you checked this balcony?
22:18Oh, yeah. Not to worry, Mr. Holmes.
22:19The entrances are locked.
22:20Locked?
22:21The balconies are decrepit and unsafe,
22:23and all the keys to the various entrances are lost,
22:25so there's not in any way a threat.
22:27Mr. Holmes. Mr. Holmes.
22:28Not now, Miss Ellison.
22:29Please, it's about the red thread.
22:32One moment.
22:35Inspector, your precautions are inadequate.
22:38Take the Prime Minister home immediately.
22:42Lady Violet just threatened me.
22:43Threatened you how?
22:44I was told that if I don't take my next dance with the Turkish ambassador
22:47and tell him to meet her in the stables by her carriage, she will ruin me.
22:51She knows about Charlie.
22:53Lady Violet's threats will come to naught.
22:55Where's Amelia?
22:56Oh, of course.
22:59Just when I needed here the most.
23:01Right.
23:11Fancy seeing you here.
23:13First time in a stable?
23:15You make a great mistake by confronting me in this manner.
23:19I'm sorry.
23:20Allow me to follow the etiquette of a proper servant.
23:29You are even less clever than I supposed.
23:32This pitiful show of force will have no effect on the business I transact tonight.
23:37I'm not here to stop the sale of my mother's designs.
23:40I want justice for her murder.
23:43The map case you're holding and the knife from your collection in your parlor?
23:49The one that was left in my mother's heart?
23:52They both prove that you conspired to kill her.
23:54Since you insist on bringing it up, do not forget what was tied to the knife when you pulled it from dear mommy's heart.
24:01Farm me and the red thread will dispatch you before you ever meet a judge.
24:07I'm not sure about that.
24:08Your friend the chief inspector is under arrest.
24:10Your influence with the police.
24:12Your influence with the police.
24:13I should have thrown you from the ship when I had the chance.
24:16Return to the ball and I shall forgive this insolent intrusion into my affairs.
24:21No!
24:24Place the map case on the ground and roll it toward me.
24:27Why not just shoot me and take it?
24:29I don't want the gunshot to frighten the horses before I make my escape.
24:33You have fantasized about this confrontation far too much.
24:36No!
24:37I refuse to play my assigned part.
24:41If you want the map case, little girl, come and take it.
24:48Be warned, you are in grave danger.
24:50From what?
24:51Gravity!
25:03Take your hands off, my daughter!
25:10At last!
25:12You admit the truth.
25:13Of course, we have guessed it, but it is satisfying to hear it spoken out loud.
25:20Dear, dear.
25:21What will happen when the public learns you fathered a child out of wedlock with a savage?
25:28And kept your offspring as a maid?
25:30Well, maybe the public will be more horrified to learn that you murdered an innocent girl just to open a date for Clara Anderson's debut.
25:37Or perhaps they'll concentrate on your attempts to sell a devastating weapon to one of England's potential foes while trying to start a war.
25:45Do not mistake me for an adolescent girl whom you can manipulate with threats of gossip.
25:52We are beyond that.
25:53Now, I'll show you just how far beyond, and I beg you, do not prematurely fire my revolver.
26:03The Red Thread has unraveled.
26:12Now, for your sake, give me the gun and tell me how you were to assassinate Lord Salisbury.
26:16Quickly.
26:17I could have helped, but I have been put off by your condescending attitude.
26:24You see, I am the Red Thread.
26:28So, whatever you think you've accomplished, it will not come undone.
26:33The Moriarty boy will see that war begins this very night, and that was always my purpose.
26:39This is justice at its most poetic.
26:42The world's most esteemed detective perishes with his greatest mystery unsolved.
26:49Events might have turned out differently had you not fallen for that primitive, wild woman.
26:55Or realized my wit was the equal of your own.
26:59I shall treasure our final party until my dying day.
27:06Farewell, Sherlock.
27:07Farewell, Lady Violet.
27:29Lucky for you, she didn't look down the barrel before firing the gun.
27:34I could see my handkerchief crammed inside there from where I stood.
27:38And your high heels.
27:40You kept up this wobble so that Lady Violet would think...
27:44Would think I was a clumsy ox.
27:47Otherwise, she might not have attacked me.
27:49A very impressive balancing act.
27:53Hardly surprising given that both your parents were virtuosos of the theatrical arts.
27:58Indeed, were I not a genius, I might well have become an actor.
28:04Ah, yes, um...
28:06Take a look at this.
28:08During a visit to his father, Dan Moriarty claimed he was the Red Thread.
28:13As did Lady Violet, as did Chief Inspector Whitlock when I confronted him.
28:18So there seems to be some confusion amongst our conspirators over which one of them is in charge.
28:23And though they differ on what it should accomplish, they all share the same objective.
28:27The commencement of a great war.
28:30That is something more than a crime.
28:32Did I hear a gunshot, Harry?
28:33Ah.
28:34Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
28:36Lady Violet is the victim of her own malice, I'm sorry to say, since she was attempting to murder me.
28:42Well, I told you to return the Prime Minister to number 10.
28:46I asked him to leave, Mr. Holmes, but he said not before he delivers a toast to Miss Anderson.
28:50Last is debutante. Stand aside. Excuse me, stand aside.
28:54Before I say anything else, I would like to speak four of the most important words in the English language.
29:00God save the Queen!
29:02God save the Queen!
29:04And before we adjourn to our dining room...
29:07Head for the ambassador.
29:08Make sure he gets Lord Salisbury away from the podium, out of the light.
29:11...in the United States that, at their convenience, we would welcome our former...
29:16Ambassador, the Prime Minister is in danger. You need to get him out of this room.
29:21Of course, I jest.
29:23Our host's recent boldness in preventing a crash in our financial markets is due a tribute in itself.
29:36But not tonight.
29:37Tonight is for a very special young woman who has emerged from a life-threatening crisis with all his grace and maturity.
29:46Those qualities that convert a woman from a mere wife and mother to a source of modern refinement.
29:58Join me now, as I raise a glass, to Ms. Clara Anderson, whose beauty, brilliance and refinement...
30:07The killer was an invited guest.
30:30One cannot decapitate the entire upper class and their gentry accomplices. That has been tried.
30:41Pay no attention to Herbert.
30:43Look, these shoes. Part of the Waitstar's livery.
30:47Yes, cufflinks.
30:48So our would-be assassin arrived with a catering but changed his clothes before trying to shoot the Prime Minister.
30:57Good shot, I must say. We're in the dark too. A very near thing, a very near thing indeed.
31:03Yeah. What do we have here?
31:08Oh. What's that?
31:13That, Bertie, is the new naval ensign for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. That's how the war is supposed to begin.
31:20Look, pardon me for the change in subject. The telegram mentioned something about the ambassador's jewels.
31:26In a moment, Bertie. Emilia, you recognize the cufflinks. Emilia? Emilia?
31:35How can you even hope to find the accomplice without the police to help you?
31:39Because I already know who the accomplice is. This attack may have been orchestrated by the young Moriarty, but he would never have sacrificed himself in the attempt.
31:47I believe Emilia has gone in search of him. We must wish her success. And in the meantime, Bertie, seek out the ambassador.
32:17Emilia, stand aside.
32:26No.
32:27I don't have time for this.
32:28You said that you didn't know anything about what happened in California. But Lady Violet was selling my mother's designs as a weapon of war the same night that you were trying to start one. That's not a coincidence!
32:37I don't want a war. I want a revolution.
32:40You made a lot of money from this revolution. You say you're a rebel, but you act like an outlaw.
32:45All rebels are outlaws until they win. In victory, I promise you the greatest history money can buy. You're in my way. I could shoot you where you stand. But if you swear on your life not to tell anyone you saw me here, if you walk away now, I'll let you live.
33:03Someone probably will find you here. Eventually. But I swear, I will never under any circumstances tell anyone where I saw you. But I'd blow that out if I were you.
33:21Why?
33:33Because the air in the passage comes from a vent in this door. So pretty soon you're gonna have to choose between seeing and breathing.
33:46Emilia! Emilia! Let me out!
34:03Why, this, it's amazing. After the events of this evening, my wife might well find some comfort in the recovery of her jewels. I will return the insurance company's benefit tomorrow, and I'm sure they will pay you a handsome reward. But what about Mr. Holmes, to whom you claim we owe so much?
34:26I intend to split my bonus with Holmes, but he's no interest in money.
34:37Thank you, Sherlock, for allowing me to conduct my business first.
34:48At last, Ambassador. We arrive at the moment where we must tell each other the truth.
34:53Well, that sounds slightly ominous. Are we at odds, Mr. Holmes?
34:57Well, I'm not here to befriend you, if that's what you mean. But lives are at stake, so we must negotiate.
35:02I am protected by diplomatic immunity. And even were I not, I have committed no crime.
35:08Well, I cannot prove otherwise. In the attempted assassination of Lord Salisbury, you are guiltless.
35:14The keys to the balcony were surrendered in exchange for your daughter's life, and the payment of a ransom is not illegal.
35:24Chief Inspector Whitlock has protected you and most of your associates from criminal liability in exchange for a bribe, which you arranged.
35:32A bribe? What bribe?
35:35The jewels, of course, which you allowed to be stolen so that Chief Inspector Whitlock could find and keep them.
35:41It's a remarkably sophisticated payoff. Simultaneously corrupting the police, whilst obtaining for yourself the true value of the gems,
35:50which you then converted into an enormous fortune. And look, the bribe returns, none the worse for its absence.
35:56Much like Clara, though I do admit some surprise of the depths of your amorality. Not even the kidnapping of your daughter could convince you to abandon your accomplices.
36:11What a hypocrite you are. How dare I allow Clara to remain in the vicinity of Dan Moriarty and Lady Violet?
36:19Who else but a monster would risk his own child's life by putting her in the constant company of murderers and thieves?
36:26And yet you accuse me of immorality?
36:29I do indeed. Every other member of the Red Thread with whom I have spoken wanted to start a great war involving Britain and other colonial powers. Is that your position too?
36:38Far from it. In fact, I advise against the conflict as unwise. But not too much.
36:43For a great war amongst Europe's industrial powers can have but one winner.
36:50The United States.
36:52As our biggest competitors destroy each other, America will step into the manufacturing breach.
36:57Helped by some smart investments under my direction at the Bank of England.
37:01Honestly, with so many of its own citizens determined that your country cannot continue as it is, one must deduce that the British Empire has passed its zenith.
37:18Anything else?
37:19Oh, yes. Yes, there is.
37:29You may be aware that my dear old friend, Dr. Watson, occasionally writes about my cases and he avoids charges of libel whilst disguising his character so clumsily that only a complete fool could fail to recognize...
37:46Well, your daughter, for example.
37:51You would not dare to allow him-
37:53Not dare, sir. I will chain him to the desk. I will supply the ink myself.
37:58Now I offer a fair exchange. Clara's future happiness for Amelia's. And if I, or anyone close to me, should meet with an accident or die or be just a little late for dinner, then the case of the red thread will be immediately published in the Strand.
38:17Oh, don't bother looking shocked. The bargain I propose is why you agreed to have Amelia in your household and to protect her from your more vicious associates.
38:32I will protect your daughter, and you will protect mine.
38:36Yes. Yes, this is the disagreeable treaty by which we must keep the peace.
38:43Now I mention in parting.
38:46Everyone else who sought to profit from a position in the red thread seems to have been badly mistaken.
38:52Even unto death.
39:04Good night, sir.
39:10A most unsatisfactory ending. Professor Moriarty comes out more sympathetic than he should.
39:15And I object to Amelia being left out of the plot. She played a role in all-
39:22On this subject, I am immovable. Now Amelia may stay and work with us, but our relationship must be kept a secret known only to the people in this room.
39:33Oh, we hoped not to interrupt breakfast with your daughter.
39:37Don't worry, Mr. Holmes. We understand the dangers well enough. The secret will hold.
39:42I can but hope.
39:45It won't be the same without you.
39:47You'll have Mr. Halligan here, and I will visit on Sundays.
39:51Oh.
39:53Guard Watson's manuscript well.
39:55With my life, sir. If necessary.
39:58If it's any comfort there, I'll be making breakfast from now on. That should be a little relief.
40:03Mrs. Halligan will doubtlessly read that story on her way home.
40:13It's a shame it can't be published, but with the Ambassador untouchable, it leaves you with a problematic finish.
40:19How did Dan make such a daring getaway?
40:22It must have been very well planned.
40:23Amelia could not even imagine the workings of such a wicked mind. Shocking. Starting a war to bring down the Empire.
40:31Forgive me while I scrub the ink off my hands.
40:34Thank you for a very warm welcome, Dr. Watson.
40:37I am glad for the reinforcements. Together we can help Holmes master everything but his ego.
40:42Who else but a monster would risk his own child's life by putting her in the constant company of murderers and thieves?
40:59Much as I respect your abilities, I have lately wondered if I have put you in danger more than I should have.
41:24Look, Mr. Holmes, I mean... Father. Papa?
41:34Worse, I think. Papa.
41:37We'll figure it out.
41:40Don't be hard on yourself.
41:44I was determined to find Mama's killers and bring them to justice.
41:48And along the way, you offered me insight, guidance, and now a chance to be your partner.
41:53A silent partner.
41:55I would not want our relationship to threaten your safety.
41:58And I admit, with the Moriarty boy on the loose, I am happier to have you here.
42:05And in the family business as in one.
42:08I don't think you need to worry about Dan coming back.
42:13I don't expect to ever see him again.
42:15I don't expect to have a feeling.
42:16Better think your father's mother's brother, but he's not.
42:17I don't expect to ever see him.
42:19You should know.
42:20I don't expect you to be a sinner.
42:21I don't expect you to be a sinner because he's a sinner.
42:24It must be a sinner.
42:25But I bet you understand he can.
42:27I don't expect you to die.
42:29I'm not a sinner.
42:30I am a sinner because I'm a sinner.
42:31It must be a sinner.
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