00:00The End
00:30The End
00:59All right, all right. Let me.
01:02You're welcome.
01:07Come in.
01:08Have you missed the Sherlock Holmes?
01:10Yes, I am.
01:10Well, take mine. Shut the door. She's after me.
01:16Aye, there she is. The wild, mischievous creature.
01:20Look at that. Did you ever see anything so brazen?
01:24But the street's empty.
01:25Nay.
01:26Oh, she's gone. She faded away the moment you looked out.
01:31Excuse me, sir, but who faded away?
01:33The ghost of my ancestress, Heather.
01:36Her ghost?
01:36Ah, her ghost.
01:39And a more impudent saucy ghost you won't find in the whole of Scotland.
01:43Oh, I'm in need of a stimulant.
01:45A cup of tea, perhaps.
01:49No, thank you. Not that habit.
01:52But maybe you have a wee drop of Scotland's gift to civilization.
01:56Cain amour.
01:58No subsetting being followed by a ghost.
02:02Oh, forgive me. Allow me to complete the introductions.
02:04Dr. Watson, Mr. McGregor.
02:06How did you know I was Malcolm McGregor in Lear de Brayhallach?
02:13I didn't, sir.
02:14Only that your name is McGregor.
02:16Your time...
02:17I am, sir.
02:18And I wish to sell it.
02:20But she won't let me.
02:23Heather?
02:24Yes.
02:25Every time a buyer is handing over the money,
02:28she whisks in and scares him off.
02:33Thank you, doctor. It was necessary.
02:36Yes.
02:37You say she scares them off money, Mr. McGregor?
02:40I am, Mr. Holmes.
02:42The mortgage in my castle is due at midnight tomorrow night.
02:47Mr. Holmes, I have one last chance and you've got to help me.
02:51An American is coming to look at the painting at the castle tomorrow.
02:54You must stop Heather from scaring him off.
02:57If you don't, I lose my castle.
03:01You know, Holmes, she's a very pretty ghost.
03:03We'll take a case, Mr. McGregor.
03:07I cannot thank you enough, Mr. Holmes.
03:09Not at all.
03:11Now, you will take the Royal Scots train from the London Euston station.
03:17Hmm?
03:17At nine o'clock tonight.
03:19Three minutes past nine.
03:21As you say, Dr. Watson.
03:23You will take that to Glasgow and at Glasgow you will change to Buchanan Street to the Highland Railway there.
03:30Ask them to put you off at Bray Hallock Holt.
03:33Thank you, Mr. McGregor.
03:36There is just one more thing, Mr. Holmes.
03:40Will the price of your railway fare be included in your fee?
03:44Or will I have to give you that out of my own pocket?
03:48Now it's included, sir.
03:49You're a gentleman, Mr. Holmes.
03:51You are a great gentleman.
03:53They tell me there's very good brass shooting up at Bray Hallock's.
04:03Now, Holmes, what have you found there?
04:06Woman's glove.
04:08Mm-hmm.
04:08Mid-18th century.
04:11Curious place to find it, Watson.
04:13Very curious.
04:14Hmm.
04:23I've been in, Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson.
04:40I'll see that your bags are put in your rooms.
04:43Well, that's an experience I never thought I'd have, being piped into a Scottish castle.
04:56I wonder who he was announcing us to.
04:58Oh, the ghost, perhaps.
05:00Hmm.
05:06I forgot to tell you, sirs.
05:08The McGregor has gone to the village this afternoon.
05:10He intends to remain there until this evening,
05:14when he fetches the American from the station.
05:17He begs your pardon.
05:23Do me, old place, this.
05:25Damn, too.
05:26I shouldn't wonder if the laird has rupertism.
05:32Well, they're 8.30.
05:34He hasn't got much time till midnight.
05:40You know, it's odd, Watson.
05:45That portrait.
05:47Do you notice that the...
05:48Why, Holmes!
05:51Why, Holmes!
06:13Why, it's...
06:14It's...
06:15Shh, shh, shh!
06:16It's better come closer.
06:17Reflect, and then you'll plainly see
06:23The McGregor's fortune hung with me
06:26A curse on all who dare conspire
06:31To take me down
06:32From all the fire
06:34What's in the can of the laverin?
06:57This is the only way she could have come.
06:58Fifty feet straight down from here.
07:12Oh, nothing here, Watson.
07:14Let's go and have another look in the hallway, shall we?
07:16I know.
07:19Is it me you're looking for?
07:21Yes, Heather.
07:22It's you we're looking for.
07:23Your glove?
07:29Did I drop my glove somewhere?
07:31I think you remember.
07:33Would you care to have it back?
07:35Are you sure it's only the glove you want to give me?
07:38What else, then?
07:40A kiss, maybe?
07:41Are you one thing?
07:51Yes, Belle.
07:56It's much of a cone.
07:57Well, it's missing strongly, Watson.
08:04Well, I'm afraid we must score one for Heather.
08:06And a very neat one.
08:08Now, Holmes, I don't want to seem ridiculous, you know, but...
08:15I know, old chap, it's quite inexplicable for the moment anyway.
08:19Yes, but...
08:20Well, I mean, it takes the children up and down your spine, and those tinkling bells.
08:25What's it all mean?
08:27I wonder who owns the mortgage on this castle.
08:31A Mr. Ross, the laird said, though I can't for life, when he thinks what he wants the place for.
08:36After all, it can't pay for itself, and it's in very poor condition.
08:40Well, undoubtedly, Watson, we could uncover something if we worked in that direction.
08:44But I'm afraid we haven't got the time to investigate.
08:47We must attempt to deal more directly with our attractive ghost.
08:52Have you got a scheme, Holmes?
08:54Let's just say I have a notion.
08:56Oh?
08:57Well, the ghost is bound to appear for the benefit of Mr. McGregor's American client.
09:02When she does, we'll be quite prepared for her.
09:05And how does one prepare for a ghost?
09:08By first deciding if she is a ghost.
09:11Well, Holmes, what's your plan?
09:14There are two tiny alcoves at the end of the stairs.
09:17Oh, just a few feet after the turn.
09:19Hmm. Each of us hides either side of the stairway.
09:22We can see ourselves.
09:23And when Heather comes down to make her appearance, she has to pass by one of us.
09:26And as she passes one of us, one of us will take her.
09:29No, no, no, no.
09:30Let her come down and give her performance.
09:32That will establish her guilt.
09:34Then when she goes to make her exit back up the stairway, we jump out and nab her.
09:37Brilliant, Holmes.
09:39And since the Laird should be returning shortly, we won't have very long to wait.
09:45You take the right, Watson, and I'll take the left.
09:50You take the right, Watson.
09:51I'll take the left.
10:09Piping in the McGregor on Mr. Samuel Scott.
10:14Thank you, partner.
10:16That's right.
10:17Nice.
10:19I thought there was a couple of gents here.
10:21Well, McLeish said they were here.
10:23They'll be taking the air, baby.
10:26Is that the great work, Art, I'm going to take back home?
10:30Yes, Mr. Scott.
10:31That's a portrait of my ancestor's header.
10:34That's the work of a master, Mr. Scott.
10:42Away will you, you heartless guestie.
10:44Be gone will you.
10:46Don't you see I'll lose my castle.
10:48Reflect and then you'll plainly see a McGregor fortune hung with me.
11:01A curse on all who dare conspire to take me down from o'er the fire.
11:07Come back here.
11:08Come back here.
11:09Come back, you brazen warlock and have it out with me.
11:20You cannot do this to me, Heather.
11:22You cannot do it.
11:23Come back.
11:24Come back.
11:25Come back.
11:26Gone.
11:27Well, I didn't see her gone no place.
11:29Holmes, didn't you get her?
11:30No, didn't she pass you?
11:31No, I thought she passed you.
11:32But I thought the same thing.
11:33Why, Holmes is it?
11:34Yes, I know.
11:35It's impossible.
11:36And now we return to the case of the haunted Gainsborough.
11:50Coyotes and rattlesnakes.
11:57That's all we got where I come from.
12:00Never heard tell of a ghost.
12:03Why does she do this to me, Mr. Holmes?
12:07It's not her castle now.
12:09It'd suit me if you'd give me the picture and let me ride out of here, lad.
12:14You mean, Mr. Scott, do you mean that you still want the painting?
12:21Well, I wouldn't want it said I got scared out of a deal by no lady.
12:25Even if she wasn't no lady.
12:28What do you want for the picture?
12:30Eh, five thousand pounds.
12:35What'll you take?
12:37One thousand.
12:38It's a deal.
12:39You're a gentleman, Mr. Scott, a great gentleman.
12:46Well, let's go and have our supper.
12:49My appetite's returning.
12:50It'll be like a feast to me now.
12:53Will you be so kind as to follow me, gentlemen?
13:00You, sir?
13:01Go, huh.
13:02Don't help me, Truman.
13:08This day.
13:11Let's go home.
13:13Three thousand.
13:15You hope Daddy.
13:16Let's go home.
13:19Anotherใ is something.
13:22Where are the drinking?
13:23That man it can't be would I invent such a tale what has she done to me now listen
13:46McLeish you must go back to mr. Scott keep him entertained keep him out of here as
13:49long as you can but by no means tell him about this I'll do me best as long as
13:53there's food you'll stay I think
14:02Heather Heather give it back to me it is my own portrait and you will not sell it
14:11Malcolm McGregor have you no consideration for pity's sake
14:23She's gone you cannot catch a ghost
14:41you find any hands our first material evidence the tinkling sound hmm the
14:50person to something probably a glove but I must say Holmes I'm very relieved well
14:57I'm not relieved it's 11 15 already my paintings gone and soon I lose my castle
15:04now listen you must say nothing about this to mr. Scott if he comes in here tell
15:10him that you're having the painting packed he must be kept willing to buy until
15:14midnight but that's nothing to buy now there will be
15:21that Holmes runs like an antelope I've told you for take no chances I fed up the
15:31same old routine again and again I didn't like your variations what do you mean I read
15:37my lines straight I'm a professional actress and talented you're a distressful man I
15:44didn't know that you don't I'll tell you better of that when I go to collect my
15:49castle can't see what you want with this tumble down old place there's more in it
15:54than meets the eye I appreciate you having that picture created for me it's ready in
16:02time I might break camp and ride out of here tonight mr. Archibald Ross I take note
16:13of the fact that I'm not piped into the castle who only welcome guests of the
16:18laird piped into McGregor castle well if you want my opinion I didn't like the way
16:22you blow the pipes anyway you would have thought good piping from bad your mind's too
16:26full of mortgages and if we're passing opinions Archie it is mine that you're a
16:32disgrace to the whole of your clan
16:37pack your pipes McLeish they're leaving soon well where's my money laird you'll get your
16:46money before midnight at triple Ross I've still half an hour left and where do you hope to
16:53find it in that space of time I've sold the portrait of my ancestors Heather to mr. Scott
16:59here you've sold it I see no portrait there to be sold I've taken it down to be packed
17:07you're lying I can pay you now laird might save you a little trouble besides I'd like to settle the
17:17deal and get out of here before that goose lady turns up again I'll be back at midnight
17:22or a wee bit before again and it's got to be the most frightening performance of your life what now
17:34no I want to see it give me 10 minutes to get down the passage and out the door I've got to return
17:41by the front door again you know I'll give you a performance dunks it'll scare even you that's a
17:47fine lass I can see the news spreading like a prairie fire all the way to El Paso most likely Sam Scott
18:01just trudged in from Europe lugging a genuine Gainsbow a what a Gainsbow pitcher oh I see
18:13mr. Archibald Ross again well McGregor you're lacking breath Archibald Ross you needn't have run there's
18:25still time I wasn't sure of the time oh I can't see the clock from here but there is time I'm telling
18:32a curse a curse upon one that is here a curse upon him who defies my wish my word
19:02and my will his deed will be done at midnight so I lay my curse upon him to commence at that hour
19:14he will live his days in the misery of loneliness he will live his nights in the horror fear terror will
19:25follow him like a shadow through both day and night
19:29quickly Watson is she alright Watson yes only fainted Mr. Holmes is it really you yes McGregor would you look after the girl Dr. Watson I must go after the painting
19:54thank you
20:04good heavens through here Watson
20:07alright
20:08there you'll be alright now I suppose you got what you deserve but I must admit that you get the worst of the scaring business
20:16come lassie and I'll take you upstairs and find a room where you can rest
20:23well Watson when our first trap failed there was only one answer a secret passageway but I wanted the ghost with it
20:33I say Holmes the painting
20:43well good Watson
20:44well what have you got there
20:46well it appears to be the flans of McGregor Castle
20:50ah yes of course this would explain Heather's fantastic exits
20:54this whole place is honeycomb with passageways and here's something that interests you Watson
21:00an entrance to the passageway through the stone floor of the battlements
21:04so that's how she first disappeared on us
21:07feel much better now
21:09well we must get the portrait back to Mr. Scott and close the sale before midnight
21:16well what are you gonna do now Laird? you have five minutes left by your own clock
21:27Sassamach
21:31you couldn't be mistaken you're quite sure
21:34well Mr. McGregor here's your portrait
21:37well you might just as well take it back where you found it
21:42the buyer's gone and he won't come back
21:45thanks to your wealthy articles Mr. Holmes
21:49Watson take the picture and hold it up in front of the fireplace
21:52all right
21:54good night then
21:55that's it
21:57the McGregor fortunes hang with me
22:00is it a curse
22:02or is it a clue as to where the treasure is stored
22:06hmm
22:07now let us imagine that she is above the fireplace
22:13which way is she pointing?
22:18well I'd say that blank wall over there
22:20well you're ignoring the most significant part of the portrait
22:23note the wedding ring on the right hand
22:25the sash on the left shoulder
22:27the clan badge on the wrong side of the bonnet
22:29in fact everything in reverse
22:32well I've never noticed that before
22:35well Gainsborough painted her reflection
22:38reflect with me
22:39and you will plainly see that she is actually pointing
22:43over there
22:48but that's actually about that newel post
22:50the first
23:09phone notes
23:10real phone notes
23:11let me have
23:12this treasure I swear to keep until a McGregor has sore need of it
23:17and may this Bible guard it well
23:20Heather McGregor
23:21A.D. 1746
23:22oh Heather I could hug ye
23:26scraps of paper every one of them
23:31they're pound notes
23:33they're real pound notes
23:35aye
23:36worthless ones issued by bonny Prince Charlie before he fled
23:40the McGregor treasure
23:43I'll take the deed to my castle
23:49one moment Mr. Ross
23:51I've had enough of your tricks
23:53this happens to be an original Wettenberg Bible
23:56unappreciated in 1746
23:58it is worth approximately 5,000 pounds today
24:01that makes no difference
24:04the castle's mine and the Bible goes with it
24:06and conspiracy to defraud
24:08and also sufficient witnesses
24:12not alone with your accomplice
24:15and above all
24:16the enormous sum sir
24:18I personally can sue you for
24:20for the shock
24:21to my nervous system
24:22because of that dreadful false ghost
24:25what a mind could invent such a diabolical thing
24:28you sir
24:30are probably liable
24:31to spend the rest of your life
24:33in prison
24:34huh
24:47thank you for you dumb Mr. Holmes
24:49you're very welcome Heather
24:51thank you for finding the treasure
24:53and saving the castle
24:54you're too good an actress for this kind of work Heather
24:57but I was up to your tricks all along though
25:00it would be very difficult for a woman to fool a strong and intelligent man like you
25:04good day and good trip
25:27if you get through
25:28you can find her
25:33old chick men
25:34andnia
25:35might be as DNIF
25:37either
25:38this when she was really
25:39here
25:40and there
25:41there
25:42the
25:44problems
25:46really
25:47the
25:49the
25:50tone
25:50you
25:52you
25:53Oh
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