๐โจ Sherlock Holmes โ The Case of the Belligerent Ghost (Episode 5, 1954) โจ๐
๐บ Another thrilling mystery from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954 TV Series) starring:
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes
๐จโโ๏ธ Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Watson
๐ฎ Archie Duncan as Inspector Lestrade
โก Episode Summary:
A man is thought to have been killed in a duel, yet his โghostโ is seen walking the streets of London, terrorizing witnesses. Holmes and Watson are called in to uncover the truth behind this eerie case. Is it really a ghostโor a clever deception hiding something far more sinister? Holmes uses logic and keen observation to solve the chilling mystery.
๐ก Why Watch This Episode?
โ๏ธ A suspenseful mix of mystery and ghostly intrigue
โ๏ธ One of the most memorable stories of the 1954 series
โ๏ธ Classic black-and-white TV that blends supernatural themes with detective brilliance
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๐บ Another thrilling mystery from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954 TV Series) starring:
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes
๐จโโ๏ธ Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Watson
๐ฎ Archie Duncan as Inspector Lestrade
โก Episode Summary:
A man is thought to have been killed in a duel, yet his โghostโ is seen walking the streets of London, terrorizing witnesses. Holmes and Watson are called in to uncover the truth behind this eerie case. Is it really a ghostโor a clever deception hiding something far more sinister? Holmes uses logic and keen observation to solve the chilling mystery.
๐ก Why Watch This Episode?
โ๏ธ A suspenseful mix of mystery and ghostly intrigue
โ๏ธ One of the most memorable stories of the 1954 series
โ๏ธ Classic black-and-white TV that blends supernatural themes with detective brilliance
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๐ Catch the full playlist of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954) to enjoy every classic case!
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01:59You have a headache, Watson.
02:00It may seem humorous to you, but I mean, look, let me tell you from the beginning.
02:03Yes, please do, but start right at the beginning.
02:06Right, well, I was on my way back from the club, you see, it was about eight o'clock.
02:10And I got him to spend the street, and it was just obviously that little tobacco, as you know makes that big skill.
02:14Yes, yes, I know, yes.
02:14Go on, Watson, what did you do then?
02:16Well, I saw a man in front of me suddenly clutch his chest.
02:19He was walking towards you?
02:21How do you know?
02:22Well, I mean, you said he staggered and clutched his chest.
02:24You must have been, uh...
02:25Yeah, yeah, that's logical, anyway.
02:26Yes, well, anyway, I rushed up to him to help him, you see, and he's still able to mumble somebody who, he had a heart, and he lived in 19 Hooper Street, and would I help him get there?
02:36There were no other pedestrians?
02:37No, no, the street was completely deserted.
02:39Good, go on.
02:40Well, then, his landlady let us in, and he was unconscious by that time, so I carried him up to his room, and I laid him out in his bed, and Holmes, he was dead.
02:47Now, look here, Holmes, he was absolutely, completely, and utterly dead.
02:50I couldn't make a mistake about a thing like that.
02:52No, no, no, of course you couldn't, though, man, I know.
02:54Go on, then, what happened next?
02:55Well, then, I told the landlady, the landlady rather said to me that she'd called the authorities, you see, and I left my name with her just in case, you know, they'd want me.
03:03And then, well, I thought it would be rather more delicate if I left, you see, I mean, he must have relations.
03:08Yes, yes, yes, he's quite right, quite right, Watson, the most delicate situation.
03:11What was the man's name?
03:14Higgins, Albert Higgins.
03:16Uh-huh, I see.
03:17And what did you do after you left the house?
03:19Well, you see, it had been a bit of an effort, you know, carrying him up like that, so I got down the stairs and popped across the road into a pub and had a pint.
03:28And then I started off back to the flat, you see.
03:30Well, I just turned the corner into Spender Street and there was, uh, was there...
03:34Higgins, Albert Higgins?
03:35Yeah, just face to face with me.
03:37There he was, large as life.
03:38We stood looking at each other for a minute, then he lashed out and hit me in the eye.
03:41And then, then, then really, Holmes, he vanished.
03:45Vanished?
03:46Well, he's into the blow.
03:47Well, he ran away.
03:48Well, the street was rather ill-lit, you know, and it took me a minute or two to pull myself together.
03:53And then I don't know whether he ran away or not, but he vanished.
03:56Well, that's most unusual.
03:57Most?
03:58Uh, did you speak to this, uh, ghost?
04:02Well, I may have said, uh, good gracious Higgins or by Jove Higgins or even good heavens Higgins.
04:07Yes, yes, perfectly natural, Watson.
04:09Uh, describe Higgins to me.
04:11Well, he's, uh, 50ish, sandy-haired, medium-built.
04:16Well, is that all you observed?
04:17No characteristics?
04:19Well, now, really, Holmes, when I had the chance of examining him on the bed, the most obvious characteristic was he was dead.
04:23Yes, yes, well, how was he dressed?
04:26Uh, green tweed suit.
04:28What?
04:28Just, just wearing a green tweed suit?
04:30He must have been wearing something more than that in this weather.
04:32Oh, oh, no, no, no.
04:33He had a big floppy hat and a long overcoat.
04:36Ah.
04:36Oh, oh, and something else.
04:38Yes, I did notice something else.
04:39He limped.
04:40Ah-ha.
04:41And was he carrying a cane?
04:43Hmm.
04:43No, no cane.
04:44Well, is he anything else, Watson?
04:46Think hard.
04:47Hmm.
04:48Um.
04:50Uh.
04:51Oh, yes.
04:52Yes, I remember something now.
04:53What?
04:54Yes, the, the, the second time I saw him, he was carrying a package.
04:58For the first time, he didn't have one.
05:00Ah, now, this is curious.
05:04Very curious.
05:05Where are you going, Holmes?
05:06Not me.
05:07We.
05:08I'm in no condition to leave the house.
05:09Then a morsel of raw beef will immeasurably improve your appearance.
05:12And then what?
05:13Then we shall do our best to track down the belligerent ghost of Albert Higgins.
05:17Fascinating idea, don't you think?
05:19Well, the whole thing's been most unnerving, you know?
05:21I mean, it knocks the wind out of the chair.
05:23Oh, really, no one.
05:24There's also a rather flamboyant character by the wide, rakish brim.
05:42Hmm, I see he was an artist, too.
05:46Well, he hasn't painted very much recently.
05:48Notice the specks of paint underneath the brim here.
05:51And not house paint, but canvas oils.
05:54Here, what's this?
05:56Now, where you, Jensen, what are you doing in poor Albert's room?
06:00Oh, good evening, Mrs. Blake.
06:01You remember me, Dr. Watson?
06:03Oh, you're the bloke who bought poor Albert in?
06:05Yes, yes.
06:06Who is your gentleman, friend?
06:07Ah, this is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
06:10Mrs. Maggie Blake, the landlady.
06:12Pleased to meet you, I'm sure, Mr. Holmes.
06:16Oh, poor old Albert.
06:18He was proper fond of life, Albert was.
06:21He wouldn't have popped off if he'd had his way.
06:25Oh, few of us would, madam.
06:27I was around to the local having me goodnight pint.
06:30And grieving for poor old Albert.
06:33He would have wanted a proper send-off
06:35with a pint of mild and bitter Albert would.
06:38No doubt he would, madam.
06:40The body, I see, has been removed by the authorities.
06:44Oh, poor old Albert on the slab.
06:49Oh, dear, dear.
06:51Have you notified his next of kin, Mrs. Blake?
06:54No.
06:55He had none.
06:56He was all alone.
06:58Oh, I see.
07:00Where was Mr. Higgins employed, madam?
07:02At the Pembroke Museum.
07:04Right around the corner in Spender Street.
07:06It's a picture museum.
07:08Albert was a day watchman.
07:11A day watchman, you say?
07:12What were his working hours?
07:14Nine in the morning till nine in the evening.
07:16Punctual as a clock, Albert was.
07:19Never late a minute.
07:21Poor Albert.
07:21He always came back from the museum, then, at a few minutes after nine every evening.
07:27Aye, to make his supper.
07:30He was a proper good cook, Albert was.
07:33Excuse my saying, sir, madam, but aren't you mistaken?
07:35Surely it's a little after eight when Mr. Higgins finished work.
07:38Because it was only a little after eight when I picked him up this evening and brought him here.
07:42Oh, no, doctor.
07:43It was just after nine.
07:44I marked the time because I was waiting for Albert to come back.
07:48He'd ask me to get him a cut of beef.
07:51He always came back just after nine.
07:54He'll never eat that beef now.
07:56Poor Albert won't.
07:58Oh, it's you in the eye.
08:00Hmm?
08:00Oh, no, no, no, no, I just bumped into a door.
08:05Oh, you shouldn't get familiar with a door, if you know what I mean.
08:10Well, really, madam?
08:11Yes, I...
08:12I think we've found it all we can for the time being, Watson.
08:14Thank you, madam.
08:15We shan't intrude on your grief any further.
08:19Poor old Albert.
08:21It really is most embarrassing about this eye, Holmes.
08:25Did you hint?
08:25She inferred.
08:26It's a terrible situation.
08:27And she's wrong about the time it was only a little after eight.
08:32And it's only a few minutes' walk to spend the street.
08:35Time is a curious dimension, Watson.
08:38Habit and the preconceived motion can so easily reverse the hands of a clock.
08:43And yet the clock is still in perfect working order.
08:45Come on, where are we going?
08:47To view the mortal remains of poor old Albert Higgins.
08:50Well, there he is, Mr. Holmes.
09:00Nice and peaceful, I gave.
09:02Poor chap.
09:04See anything, Holmes?
09:05Nothing that I haven't already deduced.
09:08Except that I drew an erroneous conclusion from his hat.
09:11He has painted recently, but indoors with his hat off.
09:15There are still traces of paint, quite fresh under his fingernails.
09:19What does that mean?
09:21I haven't the faintest idea.
09:23Well, you gents aren't the only ones interested in this dearly departed.
09:27Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard's looked him over, too.
09:30Oh, indeed.
09:31Oh, he's still here if you'd like to talk to him.
09:33Well, that should be very informative for one or the other, or both of us.
09:37I can't understand it, Holmes.
09:40I'm absolutely sure this is the man who punched me.
09:43I'm positive.
09:44But also the one who had the heart attack?
09:46Yes, I'm sure of it.
09:47One and the same.
09:48Well, he's punched his last punch.
09:50Well, he probably is there punching him.
09:52Full of holes with pitchforks.
09:55Yes, well, I think we've seen and heard enough.
09:58Would you like to take us to Inspector Lestrade now, please?
10:00Oh, hello, Inspector.
10:08Oh, Mr. Holmes, I'm surprised to see you here.
10:11Now, this is one case you can't make anything queer out of.
10:14Oh, then why, my dear Inspector Lestrade, are you here?
10:17Well, when they brought him in, somebody recognized him as Pound-Node Albert Higgins.
10:22I came along to check their identification.
10:24We like to keep a track of our old pals with them.
10:27What was he in prison for?
10:29Counterfeiting.
10:29He made the best Pound-Node you ever saw.
10:32Yes, he was a real artist.
10:35Lestrade, there's no doubt as to the cause of death, is there?
10:38Oh, sorry, Holmes.
10:39Heart failure, no foul play.
10:42I understand you were with him in his last moments.
10:45Yes, I was with him on the street when he had the attack, and I took him home.
10:48There's nothing he could do, I suppose.
10:49Nothing.
10:50He was dead before he had a chance to do anything.
10:53By the way, what time was he brought in?
10:55Oh, let me see now.
10:56It would be about, um...
10:59Ah, yes, here we are.
11:01Quarter to ten.
11:02Higgins' landlady notified Constable Smithers at half past nine.
11:07Smithers had them remove the body in a matter of minutes.
11:09Inspector, are you sure it was half past nine and not half past eight?
11:13No, half past nine is right here in Smithers' report.
11:15Why?
11:16Oh, I...
11:18Well, I...
11:18No, it's nothing, nothing at all.
11:20You're quite sure, Lestrade, there's nothing more to this than a simple case of natural causes?
11:25Ah, no, there's no mystery at all.
11:28No mystery, Mr. Holmes.
11:31What happened to your eye, Dr. Watson?
11:33Hmm?
11:34Oh, I, I, uh, bumped into a door.
11:36A door?
11:36Oh, well, that's a new one anyway.
11:41Was it a pretty door?
11:42No, really, Lestrade!
11:43That's all right, Watson. I won't tell a soul.
11:51Well, really, this is insufferable, Holmes. Nobody believes me.
11:55Well, why did you tell him the truth?
11:56What, that I was punched by a ghost?
11:58Yes, yes, I see what you mean.
12:00We may have to take on this case anyway, but only to protect your honour and reputation.
12:05Why, it's intolerable, Holmes. Absolutely intolerable.
12:13Oh, good evening, Watson.
12:40Hmm. Anything wrong?
12:45No, nothing. Nothing.
12:47Of course not, every night.
12:50Oh, you're sure you're not brooding over last night's affair, are you?
12:53Of course I'm not. Don't be so ridiculous.
12:55Oh, come on. Out with it, man.
12:57Well, I...
12:59No, there's nothing to come out with. I don't know what you're talking about.
13:02Oh, come on, Watson. There's something on your mind.
13:04Well, I... Gosh, you'd never believe it. Nobody would believe it.
13:10Well?
13:11Well, I met Albert Higgins in Spender Street again, tonight.
13:17And he punched you again?
13:23He pulled my nose!
13:24Blinny.
13:28Very, very interesting, Watson.
13:38My dear Watson, calm yourself.
13:41Look here, Holmes. This whole Higgins affair's gone too far.
13:45First of all, last night, and now tonight.
13:47Calm yourself, Watson, and relate.
13:49Everything hangs on this second encounter.
13:51Well, it occurred just as it had last night.
13:53I was on my way back from the club, and I'd reached Spender Street.
13:56It was a few minutes ago, as a matter of fact, just after nine o'clock.
14:00I'd stayed rather late in the club than usual.
14:02There was a chap from Afghanistan. They were awfully interesting.
14:04Yes, yes, Watson. Get on with his story.
14:06Well, I was rather preoccupied, as you know.
14:09This affair's cut me up, rather.
14:11And, uh, although I may not say, anyway, I was going, walking along.
14:15I suddenly looked up, and there was the pedestrian, a man a few feet from me.
14:18Walking towards you?
14:20Yes.
14:21Of course, I didn't recognize him straight away for, uh, you-know-who.
14:26Anyway, I sidestepped him past, and he sidestepped to let me pass,
14:30and then we sort of zigzagged about a bit, you know what it is on the street,
14:32and ended up by bumping into each other.
14:34Now, that's when you recognized Albert Higgins?
14:35But it was Higgins! I couldn't be mistaken!
14:38Good heavens, man, I know him like my own brother!
14:41Uh, dressed as he was last night?
14:42Exactly!
14:44And what did he do then?
14:45Well, as I told you, then he put out his hand, and he...
14:47Well, yes, we'll go into that.
14:49And then he was gone! Vanished! Capital, Watson! Capital!
14:52Everything begins to fall into place.
14:54Now, there's one more question.
14:55Was he carrying a package?
14:56Well, uh, hmm...
14:57Yeah, yes, he was! Just like last time!
15:00I say, Holmes, do you, um, do you believe, uh...
15:05What?
15:06Supernatural?
15:08Uh, ghosts, do you mean?
15:10It sounds silly, I know, but, um, Higgins did die of a heart attack.
15:15There was no foul play.
15:16No foul play?
15:19Why, the whole affair reeks of foul play.
15:21I can tell you, Watson, I haven't been idle today.
15:24Do you know that the Pembroke Museum is showing a collection of paintings on loan from the Italian government?
15:29And that included amongst those paintings is Leonardo da Vinci's Moonlight Madonna?
15:33Well, I did read something about it in the paper once I got to do with Albert Higgins.
15:36Well, we must now pay a visit to the good inspector and inform him that if the ghost of Albert Higgins hadn't struck you in the eye...
15:41Hand-pulled my nose?
15:42Hand-pulled your nose.
15:44I would never have suspected the Moonlight Madonna would be stolen from the museum.
15:47What?
15:48Well, it's quite obvious, isn't it?
15:49Well, of course.
15:50Merci.
15:52Well, we'll soon know, Mr. Holmes, but if the picture's still hanging in its place and we've dragged the curator out of bed to check on it, well, false alarms like this don't exactly help the yard's reputation, you know.
16:14And what about my reputation, Inspector? When I say a man died a little after eight, he died a little after eight and not a little after nine. And when I say these ghosts punched me in the eye half an hour later, hang it, he punched me in the eye.
16:29Oh, we all have our off days, Dr. Watson. To err is human, as the poets say.
16:34And furthermore, if I tell you that I bumped into this chap's ghost again tonight, you didn't...
16:39And didn't tell me about any second meeting.
16:41Oh. Oh, didn't I? Well, nothing. Nothing.
16:45An hallucination, that's what you had, Dr. Watson. Yes, it's, um, psychological. That's the thing in crime today, psychology. I've been studying it, you know.
16:58You astonish me, Inspector.
17:00Oh, we are not as backwards as you think, Holmes. Now, we like to keep abreast of the times.
17:07Though I don't mind admitting I don't think the psychology's got much of a future.
17:13Oh, come in.
17:16Ah, Hogan, you saw the curator?
17:18Oh, yes, sir. I called him, Mr. Bentham, as you instructed, sir.
17:21He was quite excited when I told him this picture called the Moonlight Madonna had been stolen.
17:25And?
17:26And so we rushed around the corner to the museum.
17:28And?
17:30Well, sir, the picture was there, hanging in his proper place.
17:35Good night, sir.
17:41Well, there you are, Holmes.
17:43As I said to Dr. Watson, to err is human.
17:48Can I give you gentlemen a lift anywhere?
17:50Hmm.
17:51Thank you, Inspector.
17:52Oh, I think it might be a good idea if we called at the Pembroke Museum on our way.
17:57But you heard what Hawkins said.
17:59The picture was hanging in its proper place.
18:02Of course.
18:03My dear Lestrade.
18:05Hawkins' statement merely proves that what he and the curator saw was not the Moonlight Madonna at all.
18:11Merely an excellent forgery.
18:13What's he talking about?
18:14Art, ghosts, my black eye, and psychology.
18:26Remarkable.
18:27Remarkable.
18:28Remarkable.
18:29Only a microscopic examination of the brushstroke shows it any different from Da Vinci's work.
18:39Of course, if you still have any doubts, a chemical analysis of the paint mixtures will prove them to be a modern manufacture.
18:55No, no, no.
18:56You've quite convinced me, Mr. Holmes.
18:58An analysis is necessary.
18:59Dear me, dear me, this is catastrophic.
19:02Hmm.
19:03A rather delicate situation, eh?
19:04Delicate.
19:05The Italian government will hold the British government responsible.
19:09But the painting is an Italian national treasure.
19:12And the theft could easily effect a pending treaty between the two nations.
19:16Mr. Holmes, Mr. Holmes, you must find the original before the Italians learn the painting's been stolen.
19:21The British government will hold me responsible.
19:23And the yard will hold me responsible.
19:26The most prices of the lot, too.
19:28Yes, naturally.
19:30Well, we know who stole the painting and substituted a forgery, Higgins.
19:34All we've got to do now is find out where he hid it.
19:37Hmm.
19:38What time did you leave the museum, Mr. Benson?
19:41Well, a few minutes before nine.
19:44Higgins was still on duty.
19:45You're, uh, quite sure it was Higgins?
19:48I'm certain, Mr. Holmes.
19:50I chatted with him for a few moments, and I couldn't have mistaken his voice.
19:54And the night watchman relieved him at nine.
19:57Well, you heard him say that, Mr. Holmes, and that he had a package with him when he left.
20:01The night watchman swears uphill and down dale it was Higgins all right.
20:06Well, the matter seems to resolve it so very nicely, doesn't it?
20:09Dr. Watson was punched by Higgins a few minutes after nine.
20:13The night watchman saw him leave at nine.
20:15And you spoke to him a few minutes before nine.
20:18Look, Holmes, why don't you and Dr. Watson go home and have a good night's rest?
20:24From now on, it's nothing but plain, ordinary, simple police work.
20:29Nothing you could use a magnifying glass of.
20:32Ah, true.
20:33True, Inspector.
20:35Well, good evening, gentlemen.
20:37Yes, well, good night, gentlemen.
20:39Terrible, Inspector. Terrible, Inspector. Terrible.
20:54What do we do now?
20:56Interesting affair, eh, Watson?
20:59Look, I don't care what anybody says. It was after eight when Higgins punched me.
21:03Well, has it occurred to you that if Higgins didn't punch you, who had the heart attack?
21:07Well, I look here, Holmes, I...
21:09Oh, confounded for all I know, it was Higgins who punched me and his ghost had the heart attack.
21:13Come on, Watson.
21:29Well, we might have a common decent to tell me what we're breaking into.
21:32Shhh, whisper.
21:33Well, I am whispering.
21:34Oh!
21:35Oh!
21:36Oh, my goodness.
21:37Look here, we broke into the rear of the museum because if so, Holmes, really I don't know what's going to happen to us.
21:48Here, hold this.
21:49What?
21:50Oh.
21:57Holmes, this is sheer vandalism.
21:59Yes, well then, there must be a bit of a vandal in us all.
22:01Holmes, what are you doing?
22:02This is wanton destruction.
22:03I've never seen anything like this in my life.
22:04I forbid you do.
22:05I didn't know this side's your character, Holmes.
22:06I'm shocked.
22:07Ah, just as I thought.
22:08Look, Watson.
22:09Good heavens, look more like Madonna.
22:10Yes, ingenious, isn't it?
22:11And yet, what could be simpler than to attach it to the back of an old and other painting?
22:16How on earth did you work there?
22:17Well, I just asked myself where I would hide a stolen canvas.
22:18Holmes, have you gone mad?
22:19No, no, no, no.
22:20We're just to wait events.
22:21I don't think we should have to wait very long.
22:22Hmm.
22:23Holmes?
22:24Dr. Watson?
22:25What's the meaning of this?
22:26Watson, I believe you've already met Mr. Benson in his capacity as curator of the Pembroke Museum.
22:29Allow me to present him to you now as the picture thief.
22:30Come on, Dr. Watson.
22:31Oh, delighted.
22:32I...
22:33What is this?
22:34So, you discovered my little hiding place, Mr. Holmes.
22:35Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
22:36We're just to wait events.
22:37I don't think we should have to wait very long.
22:38Hmm.
22:39Mr. Holmes?
22:40Dr. Watson?
22:41What's the meaning of this?
22:43Watson, I believe you've already met Mr. Benson in his capacity as curator of the Pembroke Museum.
22:50Allow me to present him to you now as the picture thief.
22:53Come on, Dr. Watson.
22:55Oh, delighted.
22:56I...
22:57What is this?
22:58So, you discovered my little hiding place, Mr. Holmes.
23:03I'm curious.
23:04How did you know it was I and not the late lamented Higgins?
23:08Yes, I believe Dr. Watson's story from the first.
23:12If Higgins died a little after eight, it must have been someone else who struck him a little after nine.
23:18But it was Higgins who punched me home.
23:21Don't know, Watson.
23:23It was a limp, wide, floppy hat and an exceedingly long overcoat that punched you.
23:28Seen in a dimly lit street.
23:30A psychological misidentification, as the good inspector would call it.
23:35The night watchman was also a victim of the same illusion.
23:39And what about the landlady?
23:41How much did you have to pay her to set back the time of death by an hour, Mr. Bentham?
23:45Not much, Mr. Holmes.
23:48How did you know it was me?
23:50Dr. Watson and the night watchman both identified the nine o'clock Higgins visually at a distance.
23:56Only you pretended to have spoken to him.
23:58This meant that either you were lying or Dr. Watson was punched in the eye by a ghost.
24:03I believe the simple explanation.
24:05You almost make me feel transparent, Mr. Holmes.
24:08To anyone who viewed the facts objectively.
24:11You were.
24:13It's a pity that one crime has to lead to another.
24:17Yes, and I think it's a great pity, Holmes, that you broke that vase.
24:25Oh, yes, yes, but it's an imitation.
24:29Nonsense you can't tell me that that sort of work like this is an imitation.
24:34Perhaps the pieces can be...
24:40Well done, Watson, well done.
24:42You know, Holmes, you didn't have to invite him here to catch us.
24:45You put us in rather an awkward position.
24:47Oh, my dear fellow, I have sublime confidence in your ability to extricate us from any of the committee
24:51which my rations may place us.
24:53Might I suggest that you now fetch the good inspector?
24:56Yeah, here you are.
25:01Excuse me.
25:05I say, Holmes?
25:07Bentham punched me in the eye.
25:09Who was it tweaked my nose?
25:12Well, my dear old chap, it was absolutely imperative that I make certain
25:16that the limp, the hat and the coat were really capable of fooling you.
25:22You!
25:23Yes, I regret to say, I not only tweaked your nose, but I also pulled your leg.
25:30Oh!
25:31Water!
25:51Oh!
25:52Well, I'll see you in the eye.
25:53Oh!
25:54Oh!
25:55Oh!
25:56Oh!
25:57Oh!
25:58Oh!
25:59Oh!
26:00Oh!
26:01Oh!
26:02Oh!
26:04Oh!
26:05Oh!
26:07Oh!
26:08Oh!
26:09Oh!
26:10Oh!
26:12Oh!
26:13Oh!
26:14Oh!
26:15Oh!
26:16THE END
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