01:15You know, Sherlock Holmes and I have been engaged on a great many cases.
01:20Oh, really?
01:21Yes, indeed.
01:22As a matter of fact, this very moment, we're involved in one of the most baffling...
01:26Oh, well, won't you tell me you're trouble?
01:29I may be able to help you.
01:30That's very kind of you, Dr. Watson.
01:32Perhaps if I wouldn't be imposing too much...
01:36Imposing?
01:36Oh, there's no imposition.
01:38No imposition at all.
01:39A pleasure, I assure you.
01:40Now, tell me all about it, Miss...
01:43Miss Williams.
01:43Miss Williams.
01:44I live in Surrey, Dr. Watson, and I've come up to London in sheer desperation.
01:49My only sister has disappeared, where local police seem utterly unable to find her.
01:53Well, Holmes and I solved a case exactly like that once.
01:56Very interesting, as far as I remember.
01:59I call it the adventure of the solitary cyclist.
02:03Oh, sorry.
02:04Now I come to think of it, it wasn't so very similar.
02:07It's entirely different.
02:08I don't think of what I'm saying.
02:10Uh-oh.
02:11Where were we?
02:12She's only 17, Dr. Watson, and until she disappeared last Thursday, she seemed to be in the best
02:18of spirits.
02:20What, possibly a romantic entanglement?
02:23Oh, no, no, nothing of the sort.
02:25She left no note, didn't even pack a bag, no explanation.
02:29She just started to walk to the village from our house in broad daylight and simply vanished
02:34from the face of the earth.
02:35Oh, there, there, there, there.
02:37Might I have a glass of water?
02:39A glass of water, a glass of water.
02:41Have one, one minute.
03:09There you are, my dear.
03:15Thank you, Dr. Watson.
03:17No, no, no, you're not to cry anymore.
03:19You must pull yourself together.
03:20Oh, I feel much better already knowing that you're going to help me.
03:23Oh, Dr. Watson, look!
03:24Good heavens!
03:29Get through, get into the fire brigade, quickly!
03:31Haven't you a fire extinguisher?
03:38Some, by joe!
03:39Thank you, we haven't.
03:40Thank you, Mr. Watson.
03:41Thank you, Mr. Watson.
03:41Look, get to see.
03:42Bye!
03:43Bye!
03:43Bye!
03:44Bye!
03:44Bye!
03:45Bye!
03:46Bye!
03:46Bye!
03:55Bye!
03:56Bye!
03:57Bye!
03:57Bye!
03:58Bye!
03:58Bye!
03:59Bye!
03:59Bye!
04:00Bye!
04:00Bye!
04:00Don't you worry, Ms. Williams, we'll have this thing out in no time.
04:15Ah, that's good.
04:21It's the mayor.
04:23Well, you see, there was no need for the fire brigade after all.
04:27I hope you weren't too frightened, Ms. Williams.
04:34Oh, gone.
04:36That's the trouble of women. They always lose their heads in an emergency.
04:43Hello.
04:48A musical box.
04:52Great Scott.
04:58Ms. Williams!
05:05Well?
05:07Good.
05:09And Holmes?
05:10By now, Mr. Holmes has no doubt exchanged his violin for a harp.
05:14Always assuming that heaven is his destination.
05:19And now that we have the missing musical box.
05:28Nineteenth note.
05:33Nineteenth note.
05:35Nineteenth letter.
05:37Nineteenth letter.
05:39Nineteenth...
05:40Yes.
05:42He hasn't been there, you see?
05:46Holmes, where on earth have you been?
05:48I've been trying to get you at the club, at Scotland Yard, all over London.
05:53You were looking for me in the wrong places.
05:55Holmes, terrible things happened.
05:57I've been duped.
05:59That woman, she made a complete fool of me.
06:02Well, what do you mean?
06:03She came here, let off a smoke bomb.
06:05I thought the whole place was on fire and my first thought was to save a musical box.
06:09No need to say anymore.
06:11She has the box.
06:12Yes.
06:14Don't blame yourself too much, old fellow.
06:17She is an extremely clever antagonist.
06:23Smoke bomb, you said?
06:24Well, you can console yourself with the thought that your charming friend is at least a reader of yours.
06:33What do you mean?
06:34If I remember correctly, you wrote about my little experiment with a smoke and the cry of fire
06:38and a story you entitled, A Scandal in Bohemia, which has just appeared in the Strand Magazine.
06:43All right, all right, old boy. Don't rub it in.
06:47Well, it may cheer you up to know that you made a fool of me too.
06:50Ah.
06:52That cigarette stub.
06:54It was planted here for one express purpose.
06:57You got a bandaging around this place?
06:59Bandaging? What's the matter, Holmes?
07:01You hurt?
07:02Explanations will have to wait until later at the moment we're faced with a problem,
07:06which I fear is insurmountable.
07:07Come over here, old boy, will you?
07:08Right.
07:11Our opponents are in possession of all three parts of the code.
07:14And here are we while the Bank of England plates pass into their possession.
07:19Cheer up, old fellow, cheer up.
07:21As Dr. Samuel Johnson once said, there's no problem the mind of man can set that the mind of man cannot solve.
07:27What's that all, fellow?
07:28I was just quoting Dr. Samuel Johnson.
07:30He said there is no...
07:31Thank you, Watson. Thank you.
07:32Hmm?
07:33Leaving the front reception room, we come into the main hall, where Dr. Johnson was in the habit of passing through to have his meagre meals in the dining room opposite, in company with his friend and biographer, James Boswell.
07:50We will now pass up the stairway, which remains in its natural wood finish, just as it was when the good doctor was here.
08:00The framed etching on the wall is believed to have been presented to Dr. Johnson by the distinguished painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds.
08:07I've been told here that that picture was given in by Mrs. Thrail, and it's definitely not a Reynolds.
08:15Is that important, my dear? Oh, I'm sorry.
08:20This way, ladies and gentlemen, please. This way.
08:22Move along, children. Move along.
08:25The secretary's not on this floor.
08:27Patience, Hamid.
08:28I have a feeling that...
08:29My dear Colonel, with Sherlock Holmes out of the way, what could go wrong?
08:33And here we have the Garrett Library, in which Dr. Johnson wrote his famous dictionary, and in which you will see also many of the great man's books and other items of interest.
08:53Step forward, ladies and gentlemen, please. Step forward.
08:56Standing in the corner is the secretary, which contains many of the original works by the literary genius.
09:03On this table, Dr. Johnson's cat, Hodge, used to sleep while his master worked.
09:08A strange thing about this cat, ladies and gentlemen, was its love of oysters.
09:13They do say that the dear doctor often went hungry to find the cat that delicacy.
09:19What a pity.
09:21Now we will visit the green room, which is immediately below us, in which you will see the very bed in which Dr. Johnson died.
09:29What did he die of?
09:30Gout.
09:31Gout.
09:32Just gout.
09:34This way, ladies and gentlemen. Mind the steps, please.
09:50Your keys.
09:51Third shelf up.
09:52The knife.
09:53Gentlemen, please.
09:54Gentlemen.
09:55The knife.
09:56Gentlemen.
09:57Third shelf up.
10:16The knife.
10:23Gentlemen, the Bank of England plates.
10:27Well, Mrs. Courtney, so we meet again.
10:31No, I shouldn't do that if I were you, Colonel Kavanagh.
10:34I must congratulate you, Mr. Holmes.
10:36You're far more clever than I thought.
10:40Thank you, Mrs. Courtney.
10:42A phrase from you is indeed gratifying.
10:45I shall always cherish the memory of your flattering words.
10:50Memory? Oh, thank you.
10:54And now I have a most regrettable task to perform.
11:02Holmes!
11:04Coming, Holmes!
11:08Holmes!
11:09You all right?
11:10Perfectly thank you, old fellow,
11:11but I think this gentleman on the floor requires some medical attention.
11:14We must see that he looks his best, you know, when he's hanged.
11:17Take them in charge.
11:18Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
11:19A brilliant antagonist.
11:20It's a pity her talents were so misdirected.
11:25Will you see that these plates are returned to the Bank of England, Inspector?
11:27I still don't understand how you solved it, Mr. Holmes.
11:28It's entirely due to Dr. Watson.
11:29He gave me the clue when he mentioned Dr. Samuel Johnson.
11:30Well, congratulations, Doctor.
11:31Oh, thank you, Inspector.
11:32I don't think I'd have done it entirely without Mr. Holmes's help, you know.
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