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00:01:44Ah, that's good.

00:01:47Well, Mr Hudson, what are you looking for?

00:01:49Haven't you finished packing yet?

00:01:51Not yet, sir, but I'm getting along.

00:01:53Well, be as quick as you can, won't you?

00:01:54Indeed, I will.

00:01:55But these things do take a bit of collecting.

00:01:57Well, how about his chemical apparatus?

00:01:58He's very particular about that, you know.

00:02:00He'll have packed at himself by now.

00:02:02Really, Holmes, this is too bad of you.

00:02:15Do you realize that my wife and the rest of the furniture will be here at any moment?

00:02:19I told you the van that's bringing my stuff is taking all your things into the country.

00:02:23I'm so sorry, my dear Watson.

00:02:25I was somewhat engrossed in my correspondence.

00:02:27I had no idea that my retirement would cause such a stir.

00:02:30All sorts of people have written to me.

00:02:32Here's an interesting communication, for instance.

00:02:34What's that?

00:02:35It's a telegram of good wishes from our old friend Abernethy, the forger.

00:02:38Oh, yes.

00:02:39We got him ten years, didn't we?

00:02:42Yes, yes, we did.

00:02:44When he came out, I was able to render him some slight assistance.

00:02:48You know, I'm not sure, my dear Watson, that of all the kindly messages I've received,

00:02:52even from the most exhausted persons, that this is not the most gratifying.

00:02:57Well, I don't suppose there are regrets at your retirement.

00:03:00I imagine there are quite a number of people who will be immensely relieved.

00:03:03Undoubtedly, my dear Watson.

00:03:04Chief among them, another old friend, Professor Moriarty.

00:03:08Oh, Moriarty.

00:03:10Do you know, Holmes, he's the one subject on which I believe you're utterly mistaken.

00:03:14Oh, no mistake, my dear Watson.

00:03:16That harmless old professor of mathematics.

00:03:18That harmless old professor of mathematics, as you call him,

00:03:21is the brains behind the biggest criminal organization in Europe.

00:03:25You know, my one regret in retiring

00:03:26is that the police neglected to take advantage of the opportunity I gave them of arresting him.

00:03:32I'd fail to run him to earth.

00:03:34Well, we won't argue about it, Holmes.

00:03:36Well, I'd better run along and see if the van's left my place yet.

00:03:38Excuse me, Mr. Holmes.

00:03:52There's a gentleman outside, must see you very particular.

00:03:55Oh?

00:03:57What's the gentleman like?

00:03:58Well, he's an old gentleman, and very tall.

00:04:01Ask him to come up.

00:04:02Yes, sir.

00:04:03Oh, another will-wisher.

00:04:08Come in, my dear professor.

00:04:22May I point out, Mr. Holmes, that it is a very dangerous habit

00:04:33to ping a loaded revolver in the pocket of one's dressing gown?

00:04:37It's a slight precaution, professor.

00:04:40As a matter of fact, I half expected a visit from you

00:04:43to satisfy yourself personally that I really was going.

00:04:47Your perception, as usual, does you credit, Mr. Holmes.

00:04:51I must confess that, personally speaking,

00:04:54I cannot regret your intention to retire.

00:04:57I can well believe you, professor.

00:04:59I also feel that from your own point of view,

00:05:02it is a very wise course.

00:05:04In fact, it is the only course possible.

00:05:07I'm afraid I don't quite follow.

00:05:09Well, do you not, Mr. Holmes?

00:05:12Allow me to refresh your memory.

00:05:19Listen, Mr. Holmes.

00:05:23On the 4th of January last, you crossed my path.

00:05:27On the 23rd, you incommoded me.

00:05:31By the middle of February, I was very much inconvenienced by you.

00:05:36And at the end of March, I was seriously hampered in my plans.

00:05:43The situation, in fact, had become an impossible one.

00:05:48Oh, that was my intention.

00:05:50Mr. Holmes, it has been an intellectual treat to cross swords with you.

00:05:55And I say, unaffectedly, it would have been a great grief to me

00:05:59to have been forced to take any extreme measures.

00:06:03Danger happens to be part of my trade, professor.

00:06:07Danger?

00:06:07It isn't a question of danger, but of inevitable destruction.

00:06:12Therefore, I say again, you are wise to retire.

00:06:16When you once get to the country, take my advice and stay there.

00:06:20And suppose I should reconsider my decision.

00:06:24You have my warning.

00:06:25I wish you a pleasant and permanent retirement.

00:06:31Now, see here, Colonel Moran, how much longer have I got away?

00:06:51Where is this Mr. Moriarty?

00:06:53He's received your message, and he'll see you as soon as it's convenient to him.

00:06:57Damn it, I've been waiting here for three quarters of an hour.

00:07:01Who the devil does he think he is?

00:07:03If I may give you a word of advice, Mr. Bauding,

00:07:06I should moderate your tone a little when you meet the professor.

00:07:10Is that so?

00:07:15Hey, you!

00:07:16Why do I mother it?

00:07:19What devil's trick is this?

00:07:23No devil's trick.

00:07:24I only wanted to prevent your going before I had spoken to you.

00:07:30And who gave you the right to throw the key at me, huh?

00:07:33We needn't discuss that matter.

00:07:35I understand you have a proposition to make to me.

00:07:38Maybe I have.

00:07:39And maybe I've changed my mind.

00:07:41Why, that kept me away.

00:07:42I speak to people when I choose, Mr. Bauding.

00:07:45Not for me, you don't.

00:07:47Unlock that door.

00:07:48Sit down.

00:07:49I set open that door.

00:07:52Sit down.

00:07:54You're merely wasting time.

00:08:09You traveled here on a false passport.

00:08:11And the American police would be interested to know your whereabouts.

00:08:16So you will do as you're told.

00:08:21Okay, Mr. Moriarty.

00:08:23I understand you represent an American society

00:08:26which is anxious to remove one of its ex-members

00:08:30who is now living in this country under an assumed name.

00:08:34That is so.

00:08:35And you wish the aid of my organization.

00:08:38What do you propose to pay?

00:08:40Fifty thousand dollars.

00:08:43Reasonable.

00:08:44Now you'll tell me all you know about this man.

00:08:47How you traced him to England,

00:08:49when he arrived here,

00:08:50and in what part of the country he was last heard of.

00:08:53Colonel Moran speaking.

00:08:56Yes, he's interviewing the professor now.

00:08:59Yes, we're quite satisfied with his credentials.

00:09:01It's simply a question of whether the professor decides to take up the case or not.

00:09:05I will take up the case, Mr. Bauding, on one condition.

00:09:09Yes.

00:09:10That you place yourself entirely in my hands.

00:09:13Carry out my instructions implicitly,

00:09:15and obey my slightest order without question.

00:09:21Very well.

00:09:22Good.

00:09:23You will now return to your hotel.

00:09:26You will make no move whatever until you hear from me.

00:09:29When's that likely to be?

00:09:30It may be a week.

00:09:31It may be a month.

00:09:33Rest assured you will hear from me.

00:09:36When I am ready, your orders will be delivered by hand.

00:09:40You understand?

00:09:41I get you.

00:09:42Very well.

00:09:43He will now find the door open.

00:09:48Good day.

00:09:49Okay.

00:09:51I'm relying on you, professor.

00:09:57Oh, by the way, don't forget...

00:10:13You're going downstairs again, darling?

00:10:18Yeah, I left my glasses in the study.

00:10:20You better read them.

00:10:22Yeah, for a little.

00:10:23I don't feel I'm going to sleep.

00:10:25You've been dreadfully nervy all day, dear.

00:10:27Is anything wrong?

00:10:29No, dear, nothing.

00:10:30I just don't feel I'm going to sleep this whole.

00:10:31I see.

00:10:36Hello, dear.

00:10:38Anything wrong?

00:10:39No, I'll read my glasses out there at all.

00:10:41All right, good night.

00:10:41All right, dear.

00:10:42Go on, dear.

00:10:42All right, dear.

00:10:44All right, dear.

00:10:46All right, dear.

00:10:47All right, dear.

00:11:27Excuse me, Mr. Holmes.

00:11:47I'm so sorry, Mrs. Hudson.

00:11:51Is Mrs. Watson coming down with the doctor?

00:11:55No, no, she isn't.

00:11:57I gather that she's too busy in Baker Street.

00:11:59Oh, so it can only be the doctor.

00:12:01Yes, is it or does the doctor?

00:12:04Oh, oh.

00:12:05Oh, here he is.

00:12:07Good morning, Holmes.

00:12:08Oh, dear Watson.

00:12:09I'm delighted to see you.

00:12:10Good morning, Mrs. Hudson.

00:12:11Good morning, doctor.

00:12:12Well, how are you?

00:12:13Oh, I'm much better, thank you.

00:12:14What, are you all looking better?

00:12:15I hope Mrs. Hudson's seen that you have proper meals.

00:12:18Oh, I'm living like a fighting car.

00:12:20We had a delicious chicken casserole yesterday, didn't we?

00:12:25Yes.

00:12:26And you let it all get cold while you're reducing the age of the chicken.

00:12:29No.

00:12:30No.

00:12:31As a matter of fact, Watson, it was a tough proposition.

00:12:35I bit off more than I could chew.

00:12:38Oh, go along inside, Watson.

00:12:40Have a drink.

00:12:42I know you must need one after your long, girly.

00:12:44Yes, I could do the one thing.

00:12:51Oh, this is very nice, Holmes.

00:12:58You'll help yourself, Watson.

00:12:59Thanks.

00:13:02It's sulfuric acid.

00:13:06You're developing a curious sense of humor.

00:13:08What's so out over there?

00:13:11Have you settled in comfortably in Baker Street?

00:13:14As far as I can see, we are, but Mrs. Watson doesn't seem to think, sir.

00:13:17No.

00:13:18No, you've been moving things about a bit.

00:13:21Yes.

00:13:21You've moved your shaving mirror over to the fireplace.

00:13:24Yes, that's right.

00:13:25My wife has a dressing table where we used to have...

00:13:29How did you know?

00:13:31I know, Watson, that you're a man of precise habits and considerable regard for your personal appearance.

00:13:36As I observed that whilst the right-hand side of your face is closely shaved, the further we get to the left,

00:13:41the more careless your shaving appears.

00:13:43Till we come to the angle of the jaw where it is positively slovenly.

00:13:48I'd deduce, therefore, that you've placed your shaving mirror where the light strikes on the right side of the fence.

00:13:54The bed must obviously be across the end of the room, therefore the fireplace is the only place left which could produce that result.

00:14:02Amazing, Holmes.

00:14:04Elementary, my dear Watson.

00:14:06Elementary.

00:14:07Oh, by the way, I've got a letter for you.

00:14:08Oh, thanks very much.

00:14:10Hmm.

00:14:12Hello.

00:14:13This is interesting.

00:14:15No.

00:14:16This is a letter from Porlock.

00:14:18Well, who's Porlock?

00:14:19Well, it's rather difficult to say.

00:14:21It's a gentleman of many aliases.

00:14:24It wouldn't be of any importance except for the steam artist.

00:14:27A link in the chain.

00:14:29It's a good way down the chain.

00:14:31Not a very good link.

00:14:33Now, look here, Holmes.

00:14:40Please remember that you've retired.

00:14:42Twice he's sent me advance information that has enabled me to prevent a crime.

00:14:47Whether it was his conscience that made him do it or a ten-pound note sent to him by devious methods, I've never discovered.

00:14:54What do you make of that, Watson?

00:14:55I don't want to make anything of it.

00:14:57Put it in the waste paper basket.

00:14:58There's a good friend.

00:14:58My dear Watson, I'm willing to put anything in the waste paper basket if I can do so with a clear conscience.

00:15:04I might never forgive myself if I did so in this case.

00:15:08What do you mean?

00:15:09I mean that something sinister is a put, Watson.

00:15:13Just cast your eye over there.

00:15:17Obviously in cipher.

00:15:18How true, Watson.

00:15:19How true.

00:15:21I'm glad you spotted it.

00:15:22Yes, there's only one word.

00:15:23Bolstered.

00:15:24And then there's a series of numbers that obviously represent words.

00:15:28Probably taken from some book.

00:15:29Now, the point is, what book?

00:15:31Why doesn't the fool tell you?

00:15:32Oh, my dear Watson, send the key and the cipher in the same envelope as the cipher itself.

00:15:36Oh, no, my dear fellow, the key will probably follow us in another envelope.

00:15:41And meanwhile, it might be instructive if we try to decipher this ourselves.

00:15:45Now, the cipher message begins with the number 534.

00:15:50Well, that's probably page 534.

00:15:55So we've got a large book.

00:15:57The next sign is C2.

00:15:59What do you make of that, Watson?

00:16:00Chapter 2, of course.

00:16:02Well, hardly that, Watson.

00:16:03Watson, what size book would it be if chapter 2 were on page 534?

00:16:06Oh.

00:16:07What column, then?

00:16:10Brilliant, Watson.

00:16:10Brilliant.

00:16:11Well, it's your city, lady, this morning.

00:16:14Now, we've got a large book.

00:16:15Hmm?

00:16:15Printed in double columns.

00:16:17Any other suggestions?

00:16:19Of the Bible?

00:16:19My dear Watson, you excel yourself.

00:16:23I remarked this now.

00:16:24Porlock is one of Moriarty's men.

00:16:26And I can hardly imagine any less likely book in his possession than the Bible.

00:16:31Now, the Bible has too many editions.

00:16:34No.

00:16:35No, this must be a standardized book.

00:16:38And page 534 would be the same in all copies.

00:16:44Try again, Watson.

00:16:45How about Bradshaw?

00:16:47Well, the ABC.

00:16:47Well, that's a good idea, Watson.

00:16:49But, if I may say so, it's not quite good enough.

00:16:52I know.

00:16:52Whitaker's Almanac.

00:16:54Now, come along.

00:16:56And let's see what page 534 has in store for us.

00:17:00Just write this down.

00:17:07Danger?

00:17:09Good, Watson.

00:17:10Good.

00:17:11You got that down?

00:17:11Yes.

00:17:12Capital.

00:17:14Owner?

00:17:16Burstown?

00:17:19Castle.

00:17:21What's it mean?

00:17:22It means, Watson, that some devilry is brewing against the owner of Burstown Castle.

00:17:28Excuse me, Mr. Holmes.

00:17:29It's Inspector Lestrade.

00:17:30Oh, gentlemen.

00:17:32Good morning, Lestrade.

00:17:33I told him he wasn't to come worrying Mr. Holmes.

00:17:36But he said he'd arrest me if I didn't let him in.

00:17:38That's all right, Mrs. Hudson.

00:17:39That's all right.

00:17:40You understand, Inspector, that Mr. Holmes is retired.

00:17:42You're not going to drag him up to London.

00:17:44Oh, no, sir.

00:17:44I wasn't thinking of doing that.

00:17:45I called in to ask Mr. Holmes if he'd be good enough.

00:17:51Burlston?

00:17:53Well, what's this, Mr. Holmes?

00:17:55This is magic.

00:17:56That's a cipher that Watson has just solved.

00:18:01Well, what's the matter, Inspector?

00:18:03Matter?

00:18:03Only that Mr. Douglas of Burlstone Castle was horribly murdered last night.

00:18:06What?

00:18:07Shot.

00:18:07Face completely blown away.

00:18:09So Porlock's message came too late.

00:18:11Porlock?

00:18:12Who's Porlock?

00:18:14And how can he prophesy murders?

00:18:17Camberwell Postmark.

00:18:18Well, that doesn't tell us much.

00:18:20It tells you as much as you'll ever know, Inspector.

00:18:22I used to send him money to the Camberwell Post Office.

00:18:26Didn't you find out who called for him?

00:18:27No.

00:18:28No, I promised not to try and chase him.

00:18:31I gather he was of a rather shy,

00:18:34not to say retiring disposition.

00:18:36Oh, we can't waste any more time.

00:18:38Will you come over to Burlstone with me, Mr. Holmes?

00:18:40On the way, I'll tell you all I know.

00:18:42Oh, we're not going far, then.

00:18:44About, uh, 20 miles.

00:18:46You'll be back for lunch.

00:18:47I forbid it.

00:18:48I'd sooner go myself than let you go.

00:18:51Excitement's bad for you.

00:18:52I appeal to you, Inspector.

00:18:54He really ought not to go.

00:18:55Oh, dear Watson,

00:18:56I appreciate your thought of it.

00:18:58I wouldn't dream of going

00:18:59if I were not convinced that Moriarty is behind all this.

00:19:02Not your Professor Moriarty?

00:19:04Yes, Lestrade, Professor Moriarty.

00:19:07My dear Mr. Holmes,

00:19:08you're beginning to see his hand in everything.

00:19:10Warlock is one of Moriarty's men.

00:19:13Oh, look here, Lestrade,

00:19:14I'll bet you my new beehive.

00:19:15It's your old bowler hat

00:19:17that you'll find that Moriarty's behind this Burlstone affair.

00:19:20All right, I'll take you.

00:19:21Good.

00:19:25Hmm.

00:19:26This must date well back into the past, Watson.

00:19:30I suggest these are the remains of the old, uh,

00:19:32outer fortification.

00:19:34Yes, obviously.

00:19:35Well, I suggest, Mr. Holmes,

00:19:36that we should do better to go inside

00:19:37and view the scene of the tragedy.

00:19:39My dear Lestrade,

00:19:40I always think it's wise to get one's bearings.

00:19:44before proceeding into, uh,

00:19:46deeper waters.

00:19:57Lestrade,

00:19:58I observe that this moat

00:19:59has only recently been filled with water.

00:20:02Oh?

00:20:02How on earth do you know that, Holmes?

00:20:04My dear Watson,

00:20:05what kind of a tree is it

00:20:06that comes to maturity and blossoms in water?

00:20:09No, no, no, no.

00:20:09This water is a recent addition.

00:20:12Hmm.

00:20:12Makes it much more difficult

00:20:13to get out of a window.

00:20:14Yes, Watson.

00:20:16Or to get in.

00:20:18Possibly Mr. Douglas anticipated this crime.

00:20:21Ah, Inspector Griffiths.

00:20:23This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

00:20:24How do you do, sir?

00:20:25How do you do?

00:20:25Hmm.

00:20:27Oh, this is my friend, Dr. Watson.

00:20:28How do you do?

00:20:29How do you do?

00:20:30Well, shall we get in?

00:20:31By all means, Inspector.

00:20:32This is what it was done with, Mr. Holmes.

00:20:42I found it lying just there.

00:20:44There was no signs of a struggle

00:20:46except the peculiar position of that chair.

00:20:48I see.

00:20:49I see.

00:20:51Now tell me,

00:20:52who else beside Mr. Douglas

00:20:53was in the house at the time of the tragedy?

00:20:56Mrs. Douglas and Mr. Cecil Barker,

00:20:58a friend of the family.

00:21:00Here you are, Mr. Holmes.

00:21:01Hear me, these are dreadful injuries.

00:21:07Must have been a point-blank range.

00:21:09Whoever did this didn't intend to miss.

00:21:11Well, one can hardly miss with a saw-off shotgun.

00:21:14American, Pennsylvania Small Arms Company.

00:21:17You'll observe that the triggers are wired together.

00:21:20We've got both barrels at once.

00:21:23And what do you make of this card, Mr. Holmes?

00:21:25V. V. 341.

00:21:28It was found pinned to the body.

00:21:29It's a rough cardboard.

00:21:41It's not written in this room.

00:21:44If this was done with a broad nib,

00:21:45these are fine.

00:21:46What's it mean, Holmes?

00:21:48You say the drawbridge is raised every evening?

00:21:50Yes, about sunset.

00:21:52And the tragedy occurred about half past eleven?

00:21:55Yes.

00:21:56Obviously suicide.

00:21:57We thought that at first, sir,

00:21:58till someone pointed out this.

00:22:01What is it?

00:22:02A footmark?

00:22:03Yes.

00:22:04Someone must have got out of that window.

00:22:09Who pointed this out?

00:22:10Mr. Barker, sir.

00:22:11Oh.

00:22:12Blood?

00:22:13Yes, his shoes must have been covered in blood

00:22:15from the state of the room.

00:22:16He undoubtedly swam the murk.

00:22:17Oh, hardly.

00:22:18It's not more than three feet deep anywhere.

00:22:20Oh.

00:22:21You've observed, of course,

00:22:25that someone had been hiding here.

00:22:26Oh.

00:22:28And a distinct mark of muddy boots.

00:22:35When were these curtains drawn?

00:22:36At dusk.

00:22:37So the men must have got in

00:22:38after the curtains were drawn

00:22:39and before the bridge was raised.

00:22:42Yes, but I observe when I arrive

00:22:43that the moat doesn't extend

00:22:44right round the castle.

00:22:46The ruined tower at the end of the building

00:22:48is accessible without crossing the drawbridge.

00:22:50Yes, but the only way from the tower

00:22:52to this part of the house

00:22:53is through this solid oak door,

00:22:55which is always kept locked.

00:22:56Is it?

00:23:03By Jove, Holmes.

00:23:04He doesn't seem to be locked now,

00:23:06does it?

00:23:07Well, that's funny.

00:23:07I always understood.

00:23:08Yes, we'll return to that later.

00:23:10And meanwhile,

00:23:11I must ask you to make no reference

00:23:13whatever to it.

00:23:15Now I think we'll have another look at the body.

00:23:17Oh, and I should like to have a word

00:23:18with that Mr. Cecil Barker.

00:23:20Very good, sir.

00:23:26What do you make of this curious mark

00:23:28on Douglas's forearm film?

00:23:31Do you need the sign of some secret society?

00:23:34How would you say that was done, Watson?

00:23:37It isn't tattooing.

00:23:38No, it's a brand.

00:23:40It's been done with a red-hot iron.

00:23:41Very painful.

00:23:45Mr. Barker, this is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

00:23:48How do you do?

00:23:49I beg that you're able to come, Mr. Holmes.

00:23:53Oh, this is my friend, Dr. Watson.

00:23:55How do you do?

00:23:56How do you do?

00:23:57Now, Mr. Barker,

00:23:58I understand you discovered the body.

00:24:01Yes, I heard the shot

00:24:02and came straight down.

00:24:04Poor Douglas is lying

00:24:05where you'll see him now.

00:24:07The lighted candle was on the table.

00:24:09This candle?

00:24:10Yes.

00:24:11And you gave the alarm immediately?

00:24:14Yes, I rang the bell for Ames.

00:24:16That's the butler.

00:24:17And a minute later, he came in.

00:24:18So that within two minutes of the murder,

00:24:20Ames was in this room?

00:24:22Yes.

00:24:23What was the first thing he did?

00:24:24He put that lamp he was carrying on the table

00:24:27that blew out the candle.

00:24:30As a matter of fact,

00:24:30I was here so quickly myself after the shot

00:24:32that I must actually have been in the room

00:24:34while the murderer was escaping through the window.

00:24:37Why do you say through the window?

00:24:40Because there's no other way out.

00:24:42That door to the tower is always locked.

00:24:45But we just...

00:24:45Now tell me, Mr. Barker,

00:24:48did Mrs. Douglas come in here after the tragedy?

00:24:50No, I was able to stop by just in time.

00:24:53How long have you known Mr. and Mrs. Douglas?

00:24:55About a year.

00:24:56I met them when they first came to Switzerland from America.

00:24:59How long have they been here?

00:25:00About nine months.

00:25:02You don't know anything about Douglas' past life.

00:25:07He used to live in Chicago.

00:25:09Never heard him speak of any secret society.

00:25:11Funny you should mention that.

00:25:13He never told me about it himself,

00:25:14but I always got the impression that he was a member of one,

00:25:16or an ex-member.

00:25:17You don't know what that mark on his arm was?

00:25:19No.

00:25:21I've seen it often, of course,

00:25:22but he never told me what it was,

00:25:23and I never liked to ask him.

00:25:25That's one of the things that rather made me wonder

00:25:26about that secret society.

00:25:28Anything odd about his behavior at any time?

00:25:31Well, he hated meeting people.

00:25:34In Switzerland, he hardly ever moved from his chalet in the mountains.

00:25:37That made me wonder if somebody was off to him.

00:25:39When he suddenly packed up and boated to England,

00:25:41it made me wonder all the more.

00:25:44Come in.

00:25:48Excuse me, sir,

00:25:49but Mrs. Douglas would like to see Mr. Holmes

00:25:51when he's finished his investigation in this room.

00:25:53Oh, certainly.

00:25:57Oh, Mr. Barclay,

00:26:01would you be good enough to tell Mrs. Douglas

00:26:02that I'll be with her in a minute?

00:26:05Oh, Ames?

00:26:05Yes, sir?

00:26:06As you're here, you may as well answer a few questions.

00:26:08Very good, sir.

00:26:09Now, regarding the tragedy,

00:26:10did you hear the report of the gun?

00:26:12No, sir.

00:26:13You know what these old houses are.

00:26:15Walls are a mile thick.

00:26:16Now, Ames.

00:26:17Yes, sir?

00:26:19When you entered the room,

00:26:21this candle was alight, I understand.

00:26:24Yes, sir.

00:26:24Where would Mr. Douglas have got it from?

00:26:26His bedroom, sir.

00:26:28I had orders to see

00:26:29that one was always on his bedside table.

00:26:32Had you put this one there yourself?

00:26:33Yes, sir.

00:26:34I remember he told me

00:26:35his old one had burned right down,

00:26:37so I put in a new one.

00:26:39Oh, it was a new one?

00:26:41Yes, sir.

00:26:44It hasn't been relit since the tragedy?

00:26:46No, sir.

00:26:46I'll vouch for that, sir.

00:26:48Ah.

00:26:49Ah.

00:26:56Did these candles come out of the same box

00:26:59as that one on the table?

00:27:01Yes, sir.

00:27:02Yes.

00:27:03Yes, thank you.

00:27:06Have there been any strangers about the place lately?

00:27:08No, sir.

00:27:10Oh, wait a minute.

00:27:11An old gentleman did call a little while back

00:27:13to look over the ruin part.

00:27:14But we often have people come to see that.

00:27:16It dates from the Norman Conquest.

00:27:18That's right.

00:27:19That's right.

00:27:20Is there any more that you can tell me, Ed?

00:27:22No, sir.

00:27:23I can't make head or tail of the whole thing.

00:27:25It fairly beats me.

00:27:27And the wedding ring being missing, too.

00:27:29Wedding ring?

00:27:31Didn't Mr. Barker tell you?

00:27:32Not a word.

00:27:33What about the wedding ring?

00:27:35The master always wore a plain gold wedding ring

00:27:37under the one with the rough gold nugget on it.

00:27:40Under?

00:27:41Yes, sir.

00:27:41I never saw him without it.

00:27:44And for the murderer to take that and leave the other

00:27:46seems so strange, doesn't it?

00:27:47Here.

00:27:48Here.

00:27:49Oh, there's just one more question, Ed.

00:27:51Did your master ever do exercises in the morning?

00:27:55Yes, sir.

00:27:56Every morning.

00:27:57Hmm.

00:27:57As regularly as clockwork.

00:27:59All righty.

00:28:01Will that be all, sir?

00:28:02Yes, thank you.

00:28:08Well, Mr. Holmes, the most important point so far

00:28:10is that obviously this has something to do

00:28:13with the secret society.

00:28:14On the contrary, my dear, Lestrade,

00:28:16I suggest that the most important point so far is

00:28:18that Mr. Douglas did exercises every morning.

00:28:22You can't be serious, Mr. Holmes.

00:28:24Mark you, I don't mind you asking all these questions

00:28:27about exercises and candles,

00:28:29but I can't see how they help to clear up

00:28:30what we're investigating.

00:28:32I suppose, Lestrade, you're quite clear in your mind

00:28:34what you are investigating.

00:28:36The murder of Mr. Douglas, of course.

00:28:38Ah.

00:28:39Oh, capricade.

00:28:41Capricade.

00:28:46I tell Mrs. Dougies that Mr. Holmes will see her.

00:28:49Now, I'd like to ask you one or two questions,

00:28:51if you don't mind.

00:28:52It's better.

00:28:52Sir, did you know Mrs. Douglas before her marriage?

00:28:56No.

00:28:57But you've seen a good deal of her since.

00:29:00What are you suggesting?

00:29:01You've seen a good deal of him.

00:29:02I'm not suggesting anything.

00:29:03I'm here to get facts.

00:29:04Did Mr. Douglas entirely approve of your friendship

00:29:07with his wife?

00:29:09I refuse to answer.

00:29:11I suppose you realize that your refusal indicates

00:29:13that you have something to hide?

00:29:14I've got nothing to hide.

00:29:15I can't help but it indicates things.

00:29:17Now, look here, sir.

00:29:18It won't do any good to adopt that attitude.

00:29:22All right, I'm sorry.

00:29:23I know you're only doing your duty.

00:29:26As a matter of fact, I may as well tell you.

00:29:28Poor Douglas did have one fault,

00:29:30and that was jealousy.

00:29:31He liked my being here,

00:29:32but if Etty, that's Mrs. Douglas,

00:29:34and I had too much to say to each other,

00:29:36he used to go off the deep end

00:29:37and say the wildest things.

00:29:39But I assure you that no man ever had

00:29:41a more faithful wife than Etty

00:29:42or a more loyal friend than I.

00:29:44No doubt.

00:29:46Still, the fact that his wedding ring

00:29:47is missing rather suggests

00:29:49that the marriage and the tragedy

00:29:51were in some way connected.

00:29:53I have no idea what it suggests.

00:29:55But if you're insinuating

00:29:55there was anything between me and Mrs. Douglas,

00:29:57you're on the wrong track, that's all.

00:29:59I don't think I have anything more to say to you.

00:30:02Any more questions, Mr. Holmes?

00:30:04Not at the moment, let's say no.

00:30:06It immensely adds to the zest

00:30:08of an investigation

00:30:09when one is in conscious sympathy

00:30:11with the historical atmosphere

00:30:13of one's surrounding.

00:30:15May I commend this little book

00:30:16to your attention.

00:30:18History of Burleston?

00:30:19Huh.

00:30:20I've got something better to do

00:30:21than to read that sort of stuff.

00:30:23Well, that's a pity, Lestrade.

00:30:25That's a pity, because you'd see here

00:30:26that this castle was erected

00:30:28in the fifth year

00:30:28of the reign of James I.

00:30:30And there are various associations

00:30:32of interest connected

00:30:33with this ancient building.

00:30:34I don't doubt it,

00:30:35but that's got nothing to do with us.

00:30:37Breath of view, my dear Lestrade,

00:30:38is one of the essentials

00:30:40of our profession.

00:30:42Yes, well, as you don't seem

00:30:43to agree with it,

00:30:44perhaps we'd better go

00:30:44and see Mrs. Duggish.

00:30:45Ah, that's better.

00:30:46I'll show you the way.

00:30:53You can remove the body.

00:30:55Very good, sir.

00:30:55Mr. Hattie.

00:31:06You've met Inspector Lestrade.

00:31:08This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

00:31:10How do you do, Mr. Holmes?

00:31:12How do you do?

00:31:15May I present my friend, Dr. Watson.

00:31:18How do you do?

00:31:20It was good of you to come, Mr. Holmes.

00:31:22Not at all.

00:31:24I hope I may be of service to you.

00:31:27Won't you make yourself comfortable?

00:31:30Well, I think I shall leave you now.

00:31:33If you want me,

00:31:35I shall be in the garden.

00:31:41Now, Mrs. Douglas,

00:31:42I wonder if you can give us any help.

00:31:44I wish I could,

00:31:45but I didn't see the tragedy.

00:31:47So I understand,

00:31:48but you heard the shot.

00:31:49Now, how long after that

00:31:50were you stopped on the stairs

00:31:52by Mr. Barker?

00:31:54A couple of minutes.

00:31:56I just had to put on a wrap

00:31:57and some slippers.

00:31:59How long had your husband

00:32:01been downstairs

00:32:02before you heard the shot?

00:32:05Two or three minutes.

00:32:07Not more than five.

00:32:12Where were you married, Mrs. Douglas?

00:32:15In New York.

00:32:16Ah, in America.

00:32:18Have you ever suspected

00:32:20there was some danger

00:32:21threatening your husband

00:32:23and that he knew it?

00:32:24Yes, I have.

00:32:26In fact, I'm sure of it.

00:32:28But he wouldn't talk about it.

00:32:30Not that there wasn't

00:32:31complete love and understanding

00:32:33between us,

00:32:33but, well,

00:32:35it's just that he didn't want me

00:32:36to be worried.

00:32:37You know nothing of his life

00:32:38in America

00:32:39that could have caused

00:32:40that threatening danger.

00:32:42Nothing at all.

00:32:43That mark on his arm,

00:32:46do you know what that is?

00:32:47No.

00:32:48You never asked him?

00:32:50Yes, I did once,

00:32:51but he refused to discuss it.

00:32:53So I never asked again.

00:32:55You have no idea what it is?

00:32:57None whatsoever.

00:32:59Can't you suggest anything?

00:33:02Mrs. Douglas,

00:33:02I suggest that you

00:33:04tell me the truth.

00:33:06Mr. Holmes!

00:33:07You know perfectly well

00:33:08what that mark is.

00:33:10I couldn't possibly have lived

00:33:12in America without knowing.

00:33:13that mark

00:33:14is the brand

00:33:15of the scourers.

00:33:17Scourers?

00:33:18Yes,

00:33:19an American secret society

00:33:20which terrorized

00:33:21the coal districts

00:33:22of Vermeer

00:33:22and which was broken up

00:33:24some years ago.

00:33:25Well, I'm bound to admit,

00:33:26Holmes,

00:33:26I've never heard of them.

00:33:27Oh, I can well believe

00:33:28that, Watson,

00:33:29but I can't believe

00:33:30that Mrs. Douglas

00:33:31has never heard

00:33:32of the scourers

00:33:33because

00:33:34her husband

00:33:36was one.

00:33:38All right,

00:33:39Mr. Holmes,

00:33:39I'll tell you the truth.

00:33:41I think that will be

00:33:42the wisest cause.

00:33:44I'll tell you the story

00:33:46of Vermeer,

00:33:46the Valley of Fear.

00:33:49Two years ago,

00:33:50I lived at Vermeer

00:33:51with my father.

00:33:53We used to take in

00:33:54borders occasionally.

00:33:56And one evening,

00:33:56I went down to the depot

00:33:58to collect a package

00:33:59and I met a young man

00:34:00who'd just come off the train.

00:34:03His name was Murdoch

00:34:04and he was looking

00:34:04for lodging.

00:34:06The minute I set eyes on him,

00:34:08I knew he was the one man

00:34:10in the world for me.

00:34:12I told him about our place

00:34:14and he said he'd call later.

00:34:17That evening,

00:34:18when I was clearing away supper,

00:34:20I heard a knock at the door.

00:34:38So you've turned up,

00:34:39Mr. Murdoch?

00:34:40I sure have.

00:34:42I kind of make it a habit

00:34:43to keep my word.

00:34:55Who's that, Eddie?

00:34:56Someone to see you

00:34:57about a room, Dad.

00:34:59Eddie,

00:34:59so that's your name,

00:35:00is it?

00:35:01Mine's Jack.

00:35:06This is Mr. Murdoch.

00:35:07He wants to board with us.

00:35:09Yeah, it'll suit me fine.

00:35:10Well, take your things off.

00:35:13Thanks.

00:35:14I dare say we can fix it.

00:35:16Twenty dollars a month

00:35:17for the terms.

00:35:19Well, that's all right for me.

00:35:20I better give you

00:35:21my first month.

00:35:22Okay.

00:35:24Will you come into

00:35:25the sitting room?

00:35:26Yeah, surely.

00:35:34Well, this looks

00:35:35pretty good to me.

00:35:36Why don't you sit down?

00:35:40You know,

00:35:41I don't think

00:35:41I'm going to feel homesick.

00:35:43Oh, we'll try

00:35:43to make you comfortable.

00:35:45Don't you worry, Eddie.

00:35:46This is going to be

00:35:47more like home

00:35:47than any place

00:35:48I've been in

00:35:48since I've come

00:35:49to the States.

00:35:50Oh, you're not

00:35:50American, then?

00:35:52No, as a matter of fact,

00:35:53I was born in England,

00:35:54but I've been here

00:35:55the best part of my life.

00:35:56Oh.

00:35:56Why, hello, Ted.

00:36:13I didn't expect you so early.

00:36:16Yeah, so it seems.

00:36:22Who's the boyfriend?

00:36:24Our new boarder,

00:36:25Mr. Murdoch.

00:36:27This is Ted Balding.

00:36:28Well, Mr. Boarder,

00:36:30I suppose you figure

00:36:31you got things

00:36:31fixed up pretty good here, eh?

00:36:33Yeah, that's the idea.

00:36:35Any objection?

00:36:37No.

00:36:37Well, come here.

00:36:39Come on, get a move on.

00:36:43But I've been a boarder

00:36:45myself, so I'll put you wise.

00:36:47Eddie belongs to me.

00:36:49She's sweet on me.

00:36:51Get me?

00:36:53Well, there's no

00:36:53accounting of a taste.

00:36:54So you're one

00:36:55of these fresh guys, eh?

00:36:57Well, don't get fresh

00:36:58with me, that's all.

00:36:59Ted, please.

00:37:00Jack didn't mean anything.

00:37:02So it's Jack, is it?

00:37:04It's come to that already, eh?

00:37:06I think if you were

00:37:07to leave us alone, Eddie,

00:37:08we might get this thing

00:37:09straightened out.

00:37:09Listen, and I know

00:37:10how to get this thing

00:37:11straightened out.

00:37:13Do you know what that means?

00:37:14No, and I don't care.

00:37:15Well, you can take it

00:37:16from me, you will.

00:37:18I'll be here tomorrow night

00:37:20and I'll expect

00:37:20to find you gone.

00:37:22I wouldn't bet on that

00:37:23if I were you.

00:37:29You'll be sorry

00:37:30you ever came here

00:37:31before I'm through with you.

00:37:34Get out.

00:37:36Why, are you not going, Ted?

00:37:37You're not going, Ted.

00:37:42Say, Eddie,

00:37:43what's the matter with Ted?

00:37:45Oh, he's sore

00:37:46of Mr. Murdoch

00:37:47being our new boarder.

00:37:49Sorry, you should have

00:37:50a scare on your first night,

00:37:51Mr. Murdoch.

00:37:53Care?

00:37:54You don't think

00:37:55I'm scared of that, do you?

00:37:56Most people are.

00:37:58Well, I'm not.

00:37:59Who the devil is he, anyway?

00:38:01He's one of the bosses

00:38:02of the scholars.

00:38:04The what?

00:38:05The scholars.

00:38:07A society of murderers

00:38:08and blackmailers.

00:38:10The ancient order of freemen,

00:38:11they call themselves.

00:38:12Oh, baloney.

00:38:14The freemen

00:38:14are to be found

00:38:15in every town in the States.

00:38:17It's a society for charity

00:38:18and good fellowship.

00:38:19Not here, it ain't.

00:38:20It's just a murder gang.

00:38:22Well, then why don't they

00:38:22bring them to justice?

00:38:23Tell me that.

00:38:24Because no one dares

00:38:25give evidence against them.

00:38:26Juries don't dare to convict.

00:38:27The judge has to do

00:38:28as he's told

00:38:29and the police are all square.

00:38:30Say, you're just trying

00:38:31to kid me.

00:38:32I don't believe a word of it.

00:38:33Aren't there 50 murders

00:38:34to prove it?

00:38:35Is there a man or woman

00:38:36in the valley

00:38:36who doesn't believe it?

00:38:37Well, you don't scare me.

00:38:39You see,

00:38:40you don't know me

00:38:41and you don't know

00:38:42McGinty and his gang.

00:38:44McGinty, eh?

00:38:46That's queer.

00:38:47I've got a date

00:38:47with that guy this evening.

00:38:49McGinty?

00:38:50What have you got

00:38:50to do with McGinty?

00:38:51Well, I've got a report to him.

00:38:55You see,

00:38:55I happen to be

00:38:56a freeman myself.

00:38:58What?

00:38:59What?

00:38:59You a freeman?

00:39:01Then you don't stay here

00:39:02another minute.

00:39:02Here.

00:39:03Here's your $20 back.

00:39:05I wouldn't have you

00:39:05for a hundred a week.

00:39:06But you can't tell them

00:39:07about now.

00:39:08Oh, can't I?

00:39:09I'm telling you,

00:39:10I got no use

00:39:10for these freemen.

00:39:11It's bad enough

00:39:12to have one hang

00:39:12around Eddie.

00:39:13I'm not going to have

00:39:14another for a border.

00:39:15You get out of here tonight.

00:39:21Well,

00:39:21tomorrow morning.

00:39:29I'm sorry.

00:39:34That's all right.

00:39:36But don't make any mistake.

00:39:37I'll be seeing a lot of you.

00:39:38It's no good.

00:39:39It was Ted Boulding.

00:39:40Tell me, Eddie.

00:39:41You're not in love

00:39:42with Boulding, are you?

00:39:44You're only afraid of him.

00:39:46If you'd have met me first,

00:39:47would I have had a chance?

00:39:48I wish you had been the first.

00:39:50That's all I wanted to know.

00:39:54Oh, Jack,

00:39:55I'll never believe

00:39:55anything bad of you.

00:39:57Not whatever happened.

00:39:59Well, I wouldn't be

00:39:59too sure of that, Eddie.

00:40:01Still, even a guy like me

00:40:02can be on the level

00:40:03with a woman.

00:40:05Well,

00:40:06I'll begin down

00:40:07the McGinty's.

00:40:17Whiskey.

00:40:22Well, stranger,

00:40:24I don't seem to call

00:40:25your face to mind.

00:40:26No, I'm new here, McGinty.

00:40:28Counselor McGinty,

00:40:29to you.

00:40:30Well, I'm sorry,

00:40:31Counselor.

00:40:32I was told to come here

00:40:33by Brother Scanlon,

00:40:34Assembly 341,

00:40:35permission.

00:40:37I drink to your health

00:40:38and our better acquaintance.

00:40:41Oh, it's like that,

00:40:42is it, Mr.

00:40:44Murdoch?

00:40:45I'd have to look a bit

00:40:45closer into this,

00:40:46Mr. Murdoch.

00:40:47You don't take people

00:40:48on trust in these parts.

00:40:51Let's have a little talk

00:40:52in private.

00:40:53Yeah.

00:40:53Do you mind

00:40:54stepping through that door

00:40:57there?

00:41:12Look here, my Joker.

00:41:15If I thought you were

00:41:15playing any games on us,

00:41:17it'd be short script

00:41:17for you.

00:41:19It's a strange

00:41:20sort of welcome

00:41:20for a brother.

00:41:22Where were you

00:41:23initiated?

00:41:23Assembly 29, Chicago.

00:41:25What are you doing here?

00:41:26Looking for work.

00:41:27Why did you leave Chicago?

00:41:29I'll tell you that.

00:41:30Why not?

00:41:31Because the rules say

00:41:31that one member

00:41:32can't tell another a lie.

00:41:34Oh, you mean the truth

00:41:35is too bad to tell, eh?

00:41:36You can put it that way

00:41:37if you want to.

00:41:38Now, listen here, mister.

00:41:39You can't expect me

00:41:40as boss

00:41:41to let into this assembly

00:41:42any man for whose past

00:41:43I can't answer.

00:41:44Say,

00:41:45you wouldn't squeal

00:41:48if I showed you

00:41:48something, would you?

00:41:49I wipe my hand

00:41:50across your face

00:41:50and talk to me like that.

00:41:51I'm sorry,

00:41:52I didn't mean it that way.

00:41:54Here.

00:41:57Take a look at that.

00:42:01Oh.

00:42:03Your work?

00:42:04Sure.

00:42:06Why'd you shoot

00:42:07this guy Pinto?

00:42:08Well, he threatened

00:42:09a squeal on me,

00:42:10so I crocked him

00:42:11and beat it out here.

00:42:12The sort of murder

00:42:13would be welcome out here, eh?

00:42:14Yeah, you've said it.

00:42:16You ought to go far.

00:42:18You look like being

00:42:19a pretty useful brother to us.

00:42:21Didn't finish

00:42:21when I put the gun

00:42:22on you either.

00:42:23You were the one

00:42:24in danger, boss.

00:42:25I got you covered

00:42:26from the first.

00:42:27I guess my shot

00:42:29would have been

00:42:29as quick as yours.

00:42:30Well, you got here first,

00:42:43did you?

00:42:46I want to have a word

00:42:47with you about this man.

00:42:48Yeah, you say it right now.

00:42:49I'm here.

00:42:51I'll say it how

00:42:51and when I please.

00:42:53I'm content to leave it

00:42:54to you to judge

00:42:55between us, counselor.

00:42:56Well, what is it?

00:42:57Well, there, young lady.

00:42:59I think she's free

00:43:00to choose for herself.

00:43:01Is she?

00:43:02That's between members

00:43:03of the assembly.

00:43:04I should say she was.

00:43:05So that's your ruling,

00:43:06is it?

00:43:07Yes, it is.

00:43:08Were you thinking

00:43:09of disputing it?

00:43:10Do you back

00:43:10a newcomer against me,

00:43:11would you?

00:43:12Well, you're not

00:43:13boss for life, Jack,

00:43:13would you be?

00:43:14And let me tell you this,

00:43:15when it comes

00:43:15to the balding.

00:43:20You've been asking

00:43:21for it a long time,

00:43:22balding.

00:43:23Now you've got it.

00:43:25I've got nothing

00:43:27against you, boss.

00:43:30All right.

00:43:34Now, we can't have

00:43:36fair blood between brothers.

00:43:38Go along in the bar

00:43:39and I'll buy about

00:43:40a drink.

00:43:45We've not met before.

00:43:59You're the new captain?

00:44:00You've just it.

00:44:01I'm Captain Morgan.

00:44:02How we can do without you?

00:44:04Please, nothing by around

00:44:05without importing any.

00:44:07How long?

00:44:08He has an old acquaintance.

00:44:11Why no friend of yours

00:44:12or any other cause?

00:44:13Well, Jack Murdoch

00:44:14of Chicago,

00:44:15all right,

00:44:15and don't deny it.

00:44:16I'm not denying it.

00:44:18Why should I be ashamed

00:44:19of my name?

00:44:19Well, you ought to be.

00:44:21What the devil do you mean?

00:44:22Ah, you can't

00:44:23pull that stuff into me.

00:44:24I'm Marvin of Chicago Central.

00:44:26We haven't forgot

00:44:27the shooting of

00:44:28Jonas Pinto.

00:44:30I never shot Pinto.

00:44:32Nice, impartial evidence.

00:44:34As it happened,

00:44:34we couldn't get

00:44:35a big case against you.

00:44:36So you're okay with me

00:44:37just as long

00:44:38as you're on the level.

00:44:39Get me?

00:44:40Good night.

00:44:43Well, boys,

00:44:53here's a new brother

00:44:53from Chicago.

00:44:55We'll just have

00:44:55drinks all around

00:44:56and then we'll swear

00:44:57him well and truly

00:44:58into the assembly.

00:44:59We've got a special

00:45:00initiation here

00:45:00in Vermissa Valley

00:45:01and you can't be one of us

00:45:03till you've been through it.

00:45:04That's okay with me.

00:45:05Brother Murdoch,

00:45:14can you bear pain?

00:45:16As much as anyone, I guess.

00:45:17Well done, brother.

00:45:32Now, one last word.

00:45:34You'll obey my rulings

00:45:35at all times

00:45:36and the penalty

00:45:38for breach of faith

00:45:39is inevitable.

00:45:40I understand.

00:45:41Well, boys,

00:45:43we must get

00:45:45to the business

00:45:46of the evening.

00:45:55There's a man

00:45:55in this town

00:45:56who needs trimming

00:45:57and it's up to you

00:45:59to see that he gets it.

00:46:01I'm speaking

00:46:01of James Tanner,

00:46:02editor of the Herald.

00:46:03You see how he's been

00:46:06panning us again

00:46:07in his dirty rag?

00:46:08Yeah.

00:46:09Why don't we bump him off?

00:46:11That might cause

00:46:12more trouble

00:46:12than we need ask for.

00:46:14But I guess you can give him

00:46:16a pretty severe warning.

00:46:19Will you take care

00:46:20of that, Bowling?

00:46:21Sure thing.

00:46:22I'll take Van Schust

00:46:23along with me.

00:46:24And you, Mansell?

00:46:27And, uh,

00:46:29you, Gower?

00:46:31Okay.

00:46:31And...

00:46:32Yeah.

00:46:34You'd better come along

00:46:36with us, Murdoch.

00:46:37We'll see the kind

00:46:38of stuff you're made of.

00:46:40That's okay with me.

00:46:42Come on, let's go.

00:46:43Up.

00:46:59Up.

00:47:03Cool.

00:47:04Up.

00:47:05Up.

00:47:07To be right...

00:47:07Up.

00:47:08Up.

00:47:09Up.

00:47:10Up.

00:47:11Up.

00:48:11Why, who the hell are you interfering?

00:48:13Stand back or I'll blow your piss off.

00:48:15The boss said he wasn't to be killed in me.

00:48:17Yeah, that's all. Lay off voting.

00:48:19Come on.

00:48:21Come on.

00:48:23Come on.

00:48:31Come on.

00:48:33Come on.

00:48:37Come on.

00:48:39Come on.

00:48:41Come on.

00:48:43I'm sorry, Councillor.

00:48:47I'm not much of a visitor, Murdock.

00:48:51But I thought I was trudge upon you, in your case.

00:48:53I'm honored.

00:48:55But how'd you know I was here? I only came this morning.

00:48:57It should be enough for you that I do know.

00:48:59It should be enough for you that I do know.

00:49:01It may be enough for most men, but not for me.

00:49:06So you're a queer guy.

00:49:08Scanlon told me if you must know.

00:49:10Lives here too, so he says.

00:49:12Yeah.

00:49:14Have a drink.

00:49:15Sure.

00:49:21I thought you'd be getting into trouble,

00:49:23Mr. Crooked Murdoch of Chicago.

00:49:26Well, he's a friend of mine,

00:49:28and I'll answer for his conduct.

00:49:30Well, what am I being accused of?

00:49:32Beating up old Stanger of the Herald last night.

00:49:35Not your fault it isn't a murder charge.

00:49:37Say, I can bring a dozen men

00:49:40to prove he was playing poker with me.

00:49:42You'll not be able to hold him, Captain Marvin.

00:49:46I wouldn't bet on that.

00:49:49Take him away, boys.

00:49:51Any funny business, shoot him.

00:49:58Do you find the prisoner, John Murdoch, guilty or not guilty?

00:50:17Not guilty.

00:50:18Part of June.

00:50:26Part of June.

00:50:27Part of June.

00:50:28Part of June.

00:50:29Part of June.

00:50:30Part of June.

00:50:31Part of June.

00:50:32Part of June.

00:50:33Part of June.

00:50:34Part of June.

00:50:35Part of June.

00:50:36Part of June.

00:50:37Part of June.

00:50:38Part of June.

00:50:39Part of June.

00:50:40Part of June.

00:50:41Part of June.

00:50:42Part of June.

00:50:48You see, I told you you needn't worry.

00:50:59You see, Mr. Holmes, I'd fallen desperately in love with Murdoch by this time.

00:51:03It broke my heart to find him going from bad to worse.

00:51:07But he was always straight with me.

00:51:09I see. And was Murdoch taken completely into the confidence of the scourers?

00:51:14Yes. In six months, his name was a byword in the valley.

00:51:18People were as scared of him as they were of McGinsey.

00:51:21Pray proceed, Mrs. Douglas.

00:51:23One night, he and another man were sent to shoot one of the most respected pit managers in the valley.

00:51:30I felt something awful was going to happen. I didn't know just what.

00:51:35Tell the boys to scram.

00:51:45Okay, boys.

00:51:47Now then, Baldy, as soon as we get this going, you come back to these bushes and cover the door.

00:51:52He's got to come out when he finds a place of light.

00:51:54And where are you going?

00:51:55Don't be a sap. I've got to cover the back, haven't I?

00:51:58Come on, let's go.

00:51:59Okay.

00:52:05To take over?

00:52:07And where are you from?

00:52:08Okay.

00:52:09Yeah.

00:52:10I want to go back...

00:52:11And to you all representative of this, do you see you?

00:52:12Do you look at the pictures of my eyes and sound?

00:52:14Up this window.

00:52:16For me?

00:52:17Yes.

00:52:18Yeah.

00:52:19He's got to come back.

00:52:20And you have to do nothing.

00:52:21Tape.

00:52:22I knew agio is ended.

00:52:23Actually I was waiting for you, but you.

00:52:24He's got to sit down and find you.

00:52:25Yeah.

00:52:26Oh, brilliant.

00:52:27No.

00:52:28Yeah.

00:52:29No.

00:52:30No.

00:52:31I don't understand.

00:52:32No.

00:52:33Come on, they're shooting at us, but they're the police.

00:52:35I know they got me.

00:52:37Oh, come on, Liz.

00:52:53I'm sorry, Eddie.

00:52:55I didn't hear you come in.

00:52:57What's the matter, Jack? Why are you so scared of me?

00:52:59I'm not scared, honey.

00:53:01I was just thinking of other things, that's all.

00:53:03Oh, no, it's more than that.

00:53:05Let me see the letter you were writing.

00:53:07The letter?

00:53:08Yeah, the one you're trying to hide from me.

00:53:09No, I can't do that.

00:53:11It's secret. It's the business of the society.

00:53:13You know, when you came in, I thought you might have been a detective.

00:53:17Oh, Jack, can't you give it up?

00:53:19That's what I've come to ask you.

00:53:21I heard about last night.

00:53:23Help me get away from this terrible place, this valley of fear.

00:53:27No, I can't do that right now.

00:53:29They'd never let me get away knowing as much about them as I do.

00:53:33Still, maybe in six months' time I could find a way.

00:53:37Six months? Is that a promise?

00:53:39Perhaps eight months.

00:53:41Anyway, within the year.

00:53:43Oh, darling.

00:53:45You see, I felt happier after his promise.

00:53:49Did he keep his promise?

00:53:51Did you leave in six months?

00:53:53Not a matter of months, Mr. Holmes, but hours.

00:53:55That same afternoon, I was just going upstairs,

00:53:59and I heard someone come to the door.

00:54:01Oh.

00:54:11What's the matter, Jack?

00:54:13Trouble to put.

00:54:14The police?

00:54:15Yeah.

00:54:16A Pookerton detective.

00:54:17Yeah, that don't mean anything to you, I know, but...

00:54:19I'm too deep in this thing.

00:54:21I've got to get out.

00:54:22Tonight.

00:54:23And you want me to come with you?

00:54:25Yeah.

00:54:26I'm a strange sort of Romeo for a kid like you,

00:54:28but...

00:54:29I'm on a level with you, Eddie.

00:54:31And we quit tonight?

00:54:32Sure.

00:54:33Is there any danger?

00:54:35Maybe we can stall the danger off.

00:54:37Maybe we can.

00:54:38Anyway, you be ready in case I come for you.

00:54:41I will, Jack.

00:54:43Well, I can't tell you in public.

00:54:44Let me collect a few of the boys,

00:54:45and go into your room and discuss it.

00:54:46Okay.

00:54:47Carry on.

00:54:48Only in Cormac, you guys.

00:54:49Coward.

00:54:50Mantle.

00:54:51Come into the boss's room, will you?

00:54:52You're in you too, Willoughby.

00:54:53Okay.

00:54:54Okay.

00:54:55Carry on.

00:54:56Only in Cormac, you guys.

00:54:57Coward.

00:54:58Mantle.

00:54:59Come into the boss's room, will you?

00:55:01You're in you too, Willoughby.

00:55:02Okay.

00:55:15Boys, I've discovered something.

00:55:17Well, what is it?

00:55:18There's a fellow called Birdie Edwards among us.

00:55:20Well, he's a Pilkerton detective,

00:55:21and he's collecting evidence against us

00:55:23that will send us all to the gallows.

00:55:24You sure of this?

00:55:25Gary, you can take it from me,

00:55:26but I'll give you the details later.

00:55:27Anyone know this guy by sight?

00:55:28Sure I do.

00:55:29But if we act quick, we've nothing to fear.

00:55:31We've got nothing to fear anyway.

00:55:32What can this man know about our affairs?

00:55:34Well, I hope you're right.

00:55:36But he's got the coal owner's millions at his back.

00:55:38Don't you suppose there may be some weak member among us

00:55:41who could be bought?

00:55:43Maybe he's got our secrets already.

00:55:45No, there's only one cure.

00:55:47Then he never leaves the valley alive.

00:55:50For the first time, Balding, you and I agree.

00:55:54Well, do you want me to handle this, boss?

00:55:56Sure.

00:55:57But you'd better tell us some more about it.

00:55:58Well, the other day I met a fellow who said he was a press man.

00:56:01And he offered me good money for inside stories of the Scarrows.

00:56:05Although his face was familiar, somehow or other I couldn't place him.

00:56:08I know now that that was Birdie Edwards.

00:56:10I made a few inquiries and found out he was living at a place called Hobson's Patch,

00:56:14under the name of Steve Wilson.

00:56:16Well, we'll just bump him off quick.

00:56:18No, I've got a better plan than that.

00:56:19Well, what is it?

00:56:20I'll go over to Hobson's Patch this afternoon and locate him.

00:56:23I'll tell him I'm a scourge.

00:56:24And I'll offer him the secret papers of the society for a price.

00:56:27Only as I can't hand them to him in the street,

00:56:30he's got to come to my place to collect it.

00:56:32That'll fetch him.

00:56:33Well?

00:56:34Well, surely you can handle the rest yourself.

00:56:36Only once Mr. Birdie Edwards comes to my place,

00:56:39I don't think he'll leave it again alive.

00:56:41Somehow.

00:56:47Oh.

00:56:48Well, he's coming.

00:56:50Good.

00:56:51Come right in, make yourself a cone, boys.

00:57:06Do you think he knows much?

00:57:07Well, he's been here six weeks.

00:57:09He may have passed on quite a bit.

00:57:10But we'll make him tell us all about it.

00:57:12We'll have the truth out of Mr. Birdie Edwards

00:57:14if you have to cut his heart out to get it.

00:57:16Did he seem to stand to track?

00:57:18No, I got him on the weak point.

00:57:20Told him I'd show him all the papers of the scourge.

00:57:23Well, if we handle it right,

00:57:25they'll never be able to prove a killing.

00:57:27Nobody will see him come up to the house after dark.

00:57:30And I'll lay out.

00:57:32Nobody will ever see him leave.

00:57:36Now, here's the plan.

00:57:39You boys all stay here, see?

00:57:41Birdie Edwards will be pretty heavily armed,

00:57:43so we've got to take him by surprise.

00:57:46He's going to knock three times.

00:57:48I'll go out, open the door, let him come in.

00:57:50I'll leave him in the outer hall

00:57:52while I come in here and get some papers or something

00:57:54and give you the tip.

00:57:57I'll go back,

00:57:58and while he's reading the papers,

00:57:59I'll get the gun off him.

00:58:01Then I'll give a shout,

00:58:02and the sooner you come in, the better.

00:58:04You're the one to handle him.

00:58:06Not one word of warning does he get

00:58:08till Murdoch has his hand on his throat.

00:58:11Okay.

00:58:12I'll give you the sign.

00:58:18Pretty you haven't got shutters on your windows.

00:58:21Don't you worry.

00:58:22We won't be spied on.

00:58:23Perhaps he won't come.

00:58:24He's as eager to come as you are to see him.

00:58:26He may be here any minute.

00:58:31Now, keep quiet.

00:58:32Not a movement till I give you the sign.

00:58:42Well, if he here, is Bertie Edwards here?

00:59:03Yeah, he's here all right.

00:59:06I am Bertie Edwards.

00:59:09I'll get you for this, you rotten cop.

00:59:17God!

00:59:29There are 40 armed men around this place

00:59:30so you can figure out what chance you've got.

00:59:32You dirty, stinking double-crosser.

00:59:35There's something I'd like to say to you fellas

00:59:37before we part.

00:59:38Next time we meet, you'll all be in the dark.

00:59:41Well, I can put my cards on the table at last.

00:59:44I am Bertie Edwards of Wilkerton.

00:59:46I've played a pretty dangerous game

00:59:48in breaking up your gang.

00:59:50And no one knew I was playing it

00:59:52except Captain Marvin here and my employers.

00:59:54You think the game's all over, don't you, Mr. Clever Guy?

00:59:56Well, let me tell you this.

00:59:57You'll be hunting down wherever you go to.

00:59:59The scourers will get you even if you go to China.

01:00:01Yeah?

01:00:02Well, I'll take a chance on that.

01:00:04You all fell for my supposed criminal record

01:00:06just as I thought you would.

01:00:08I've stopped as many crimes as possible.

01:00:11How many times have you fellas been to get your man a punish

01:00:13gone to someplace else?

01:00:14Well, that was my doing.

01:00:15Yeah, and that was my doing too.

01:00:17Only I was just too late to save a man's life.

01:00:20But when I found the secret of coming out,

01:00:22well, I got away quick.

01:00:24And so I'm able to hand over to Captain Marvin

01:00:26the worst gang of murderers this country has ever known.

01:00:29Handpicked by me.

01:00:30I told you when you joined us,

01:00:31the penalty for breach of trust is inevitable death.

01:00:33And you'll find that's true.

01:00:35Take him away, boys.

01:00:38Well, Bertie, the boss will be pleased.

01:00:41You sure got results.

01:00:43Yeah, but I wouldn't go through all this again

01:00:45for all the money in the States.

01:00:47That's the whole story, Mr. Holmes.

01:00:50McGinty and a dozen dollars went to the gallows.

01:00:53And Ted Balding, one of the very worst,

01:00:56got off with life imprisonment.

01:00:58And do you think this is Balding's work?

01:01:00Obviously.

01:01:01Obviously.

01:01:02I'm certain of it, too.

01:01:04We wandered around and finally settled in Switzerland.

01:01:07And then one day my husband got a cable

01:01:09saying that Balding had broken jail

01:01:11and was believed to be in Europe.

01:01:13My husband must have got wind of something

01:01:15because we packed up in a few hours.

01:01:18And now...

01:01:19I see.

01:01:20McGinty proved himself to be right.

01:01:22Yes.

01:01:23Oh, Mr. Holmes, if you'll pardon me,

01:01:25I'll go and get some fresh air.

01:01:27This has all been terribly upsetting.

01:01:29Naturally, Mrs. Douglas.

01:01:31Well, that's all as clear as crystal, Mr. Holmes.

01:01:45All we've got to do is to find Balding.

01:01:47And that shouldn't be difficult.

01:01:48They may even have got him for now.

01:01:50Well, I'm going to slip over to the station for a few minutes.

01:01:52I suppose you won't be leaving just yet a while.

01:01:54No.

01:01:55With your permission, no, not yet.

01:01:56No, that's all right.

01:01:57I'm afraid you've lost your beehive, Mr. Holmes.

01:02:02And nevertheless, you'll oblige me by taking care of that bowler hat of yours, Lester.

01:02:12Well, it didn't take as long to solve that.

01:02:14You know, I'm sorry for Mrs. Douglas.

01:02:16A skinly pretty woman, don't you think?

01:02:19Now, you see, I didn't notice.

01:02:21Really, Holmes, there's something positively inhuman about you at times.

01:02:24My dear Watson, I never allow my judgment to be biased by personal qualities.

01:02:30I can assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance money.

01:02:37Oh, I see.

01:02:38Oh, eh?

01:02:50Yes, sir.

01:02:51Is there anything I can do for you?

01:02:53You said your master used to do exercises.

01:02:55Did he use dumbbells?

01:02:57Yes, sir.

01:02:58One or two?

01:02:59Two, of course.

01:03:00And you said he used them every morning.

01:03:02What about yesterday?

01:03:03Yes, sir.

01:03:04I remember him doing them.

01:03:05Where?

01:03:06Down here?

01:03:07Yes, sir.

01:03:08He used to say he liked plenty of elbow room.

01:03:10Yes.

01:03:11Yes, thank you, eh.

01:03:13Will there be anything more, sir?

01:03:14No, no, no.

01:03:15Nothing more.

01:03:26Seriously, Holmes, this is all very simple.

01:03:29What's to prevent our going home to lunch?

01:03:31I'm rather concerned about the missing dumbbell, Watson.

01:03:34Dumbbell?

01:03:35Yes.

01:03:36Yes, I'm not referring to the good Lestrade, whom I'm aware has gone to the station, but

01:03:40to the equally solid article used for developing the muscle.

01:03:43One usually looks for them in pairs, my dear Watson.

01:03:47I can only account for one.

01:03:49No, this is by no means a simple case.

01:03:52What complicates it still more is where does Moriarty come in?

01:03:57He doesn't.

01:03:58Balding murdered Douglas, and it's Lestrade's job to find him.

01:04:00My dear Watson, you appear to have forgotten that only this morning we decoded a message from one of Moriarty's men foretelling this tragedy.

01:04:07Oh, yes, of course.

01:04:08Oh, yes, of course.

01:04:09Yes, so it did.

01:04:10Well, what's the next step, Holmes?

01:04:14You can lend me your umbrella.

01:04:16Umbrella?

01:04:17Yes.

01:04:18But it's not raining.

01:04:19How true, Watson.

01:04:20How true.

01:04:21Nevertheless, I should like it.

01:04:22You brought the one with the crook handle, didn't you?

01:04:24Yes, I missed it in the hall.

01:04:25But that's a wretched weapon, Holmes.

01:04:27Pick my revolver.

01:04:28No, no, no, my dear fellow.

01:04:29There's no danger.

01:04:30If there were, I'd ask for your help.

01:04:32No, no, I'm not thinking of doing any shooting, Watson.

01:04:36Just a little fishing.

01:04:38Fishing?

01:04:39Yes.

01:04:40Yes, I want to see what the moat has to offer us.

01:04:43Oh, I see.

01:04:44Fishing.

01:04:45I'll go and fish it.

01:04:58Thank you, Watson.

01:05:00Oh, by the way, where did Mrs. Douglas go when she left us?

01:05:01To the...

01:05:02I saw her from the window.

01:05:03She was heading straight for the pergola.

01:05:04Ah.

01:05:05As I thought, Watson.

01:05:06She's probably talking things over with Barker.

01:05:07Now, look here, Watson.

01:05:08I want to be sure they don't come back to the house for a few minutes.

01:05:09Will you, like a good fellow, keep an eye on them and let me know if they make any sign of moving?

01:05:11Yes, certainly.

01:05:12I wanted to offer her a word of sympathy.

01:05:14Oh, thank you.

01:05:15I want to be sure that the people are looking to do this.

01:05:16I'm sorry.

01:05:17Oh, yes, I am.

01:05:18I'm sorry, Watson.

01:05:19I want to be sure they don't come back to the house for a few minutes.

01:05:21Will you, like a good fellow, keep an eye on them and let me know if they make any sign

01:05:24of moving?

01:05:25Yes, certainly.

01:05:26I wanted to offer her a word of sympathy.

01:05:44I don't know how I kept my face straight during my examination.

01:05:48Poor Holmes, he's bitten off more than he can chew this time.

01:05:52You should have seen me as a broken-hearted widow.

01:05:56If you'll pardon me, Mr. Holmes, I think I'll take some fresh air.

01:06:00This has been so terribly upsetting.

01:06:08Look, I...

01:06:10Dr. Watson, would you mind coming and speaking to Mrs. Douglas?

01:06:16I was about to offer my condolences to Mrs. Douglas,

01:06:19but they appear to be superfluous.

01:06:22As a matter of fact, she wants to ask you something.

01:06:24Yes.

01:06:25I feel the gravity of the situation calls for some explanation.

01:06:34I'm afraid you must have thought my behavior very careless, Dr. Watson.

01:06:38Your behavior is not my business, Mrs. Douglas.

01:06:41But I must admit, I find it a little difficult to reconcile with the circumstances.

01:06:46What did you want to ask me?

01:06:48If I was to tell Mr. Holmes something in confidence, would he tell the police?

01:06:52I can't answer that.

01:06:53In other words, is Mr. Holmes working with the police or on his own?

01:06:56That I can't answer.

01:06:58Well, could he get rid of the police?

01:07:00Tell them he was satisfied and send them away?

01:07:02Certainly not.

01:07:03Mr. Holmes is an independent investigator.

01:07:06But I feel certain that he would behold nothing from the officials

01:07:09that might help to bring the criminals to justice.

01:07:12If you require any further information, I refer you to Mr. Holmes.

01:07:16James S. Holmes.

01:07:17James S. Holmes.

01:07:18James S. Holmes.

01:07:19James S. Holmes.

01:07:20He has done this.

01:07:21Yes.

01:07:22She wants to share with him.

01:07:23Yes.

01:07:24The significance of the crime of Mr. Holmes.

01:07:26Yes.

01:07:27As we refer to him, the death of women.

01:07:28Yes.

01:07:29The death of women, the death of women, who gave his two daughters.

01:07:31Who gave himself the loss of women that were killed, who gave his children from the

01:07:32and every child for the people of civil rights.

01:07:35What do we know?

01:07:36They did not say it?

01:07:37That's not right.

01:07:38This is the case of the buffer of women.

01:07:41Amen.

01:08:11Amen.

01:08:41Amen.

01:08:53I'm bound to admit, Holmes, I agree with you.

01:08:55This case isn't so simple after all.

01:08:57On the contrary, my dear Watson.

01:08:59To me, it becomes clearer every minute.

01:09:01Don't worry. I think I can put you on the right track.

01:09:04I should indeed be grateful.

01:09:06Now, the murderers...

01:09:07Oh, there's more than one.

01:09:09My dear Holmes, if you'll stop interrupting me, I'll explain my theory.

01:09:12Oh dear Watson, I'm so sorry, I apologize.

01:09:14Please don't mention it.

01:09:15So you have a theory?

01:09:17Well, it's more of a certainty than a theory.

01:09:19How good, I've all attention.

01:09:21From the first.

01:09:22Barker's account of the tragedy didn't satisfy me.

01:09:25No, no, no, I noticed that.

01:09:28I came to the conclusion he was telling lies.

01:09:32Half-truths, Watson.

01:09:34Much more dangerous.

01:09:36He admitted that Douglas was jealous,

01:09:38and would suggest he had good cause to be.

01:09:40Oh?

01:09:41You think this is a crime of passion?

01:09:42Exactly.

01:09:43Oh.

01:09:44Or as the French so aptly put it,

01:09:45une crème passionnelle.

01:09:47The guilty lovers wanted to get rid of the husband,

01:09:49so they killed him,

01:09:50and used the story of the scourge

01:09:52to put everybody off the scent.

01:09:53I see, everybody except the astute doctor Watson.

01:09:56Well, it haven't occurred to you, have it?

01:09:57No, no.

01:09:58I'm bound to say that that isn't my theory.

01:10:00Well, I'm going to prove it to you.

01:10:02When I went into the garden just now,

01:10:04the pathetic widow was consoling herself with Barker.

01:10:07They were laughing.

01:10:09Positively laughing.

01:10:11That confirms it, doesn't it?

01:10:12Oh, yes, sir.

01:10:13Well, that confirms it.

01:10:14And what's more,

01:10:15she wanted to ask you something in confidence.

01:10:17No, no, no, no, Watson.

01:10:19I want none of their confidences.

01:10:21It's always awkward when it comes to an arrest.

01:10:23Then you agree with me?

01:10:24You think they're the murderers.

01:10:25Oh, dear Watson, there's an appalling directness

01:10:27about your questions at times.

01:10:29Of course they did it.

01:10:31Why, she didn't even come into the room

01:10:33when she heard her husband was dead.

01:10:35If I'd had my head blown off,

01:10:36I'd think it'd be very odd

01:10:37if my wife didn't come and look at me.

01:10:39It's not so odd as you may think, Watson.

01:10:42You remember that I was puzzled

01:10:43about Douglas only using one dumbbell?

01:10:45Yes?

01:10:46Yes.

01:10:50I found the missing one.

01:10:51Then everything's all right.

01:10:52And it's led to a discovery

01:10:53which has solved the whole problem.

01:10:55Solved?

01:10:56We've been listening to a tissue of lies, Watson.

01:10:58The whole story of the tragedy

01:11:00as told by Barker is a lie.

01:11:02And as Mrs. Douglas supports it,

01:11:03she must be lying too.

01:11:05Now Barker swears that when he entered the room,

01:11:07he found Douglas lying dead

01:11:09with this candle burning on the table.

01:11:12He also says that immediately,

01:11:14now mark this, Watson,

01:11:16immediately he rang for Ames,

01:11:17who entered the room carrying that lamp

01:11:19and at once blew out this candle,

01:11:21all within the space of two minutes.

01:11:24Ames corroborates this,

01:11:26but he also says that the candle

01:11:28which Douglas brought down from his bedroom,

01:11:30this candle,

01:11:31was a new one,

01:11:33out of the same packet as these.

01:11:36Now what sort of a candle is it, Watson,

01:11:38that burns that amount in a few minutes?

01:11:41By Jove, Holmes, I believe you've got it.

01:11:43And moreover, if Barker's story were true,

01:11:45the assassin had less than a minute

01:11:47in which to remove two rings

01:11:49and replace one.

01:11:51Remember, the wedding ring was under the other one.

01:11:54Pin that card to the body,

01:11:56cross the room and make good his escape.

01:11:57No, no, no, no, Watson,

01:11:58it's false every word of it.

01:12:00Oh, that's a kindly thought, Ames.

01:12:03Oh, Ames, can you remember

01:12:06what kind of shoes Mr. Barker was wearing

01:12:08when you found him in here after the tragedy?

01:12:10Yes, sir. Bedroom slippers.

01:12:12And a nice mess they were in.

01:12:14Could you conveniently lay your hands

01:12:16on one of those slippers?

01:12:17Yes, sir.

01:12:18Mr. Barker changed them in here for his shoes

01:12:20before he went for the police.

01:12:21Oh.

01:12:22Would you bring them over here, Ames?

01:12:24Yes.

01:12:26Yes.

01:12:35Good, Al, sir.

01:12:36Thank you, Ares, thank you.

01:12:37You needn't wait.

01:12:50Ah.

01:12:51As I thought.

01:12:53It fits exactly.

01:12:55You mean Barker made that mark himself?

01:12:57It's part of this deliberate conspiracy, Watson,

01:12:59to hide the truth.

01:13:00Then why don't you arrest him?

01:13:02And Mrs. Douglas?

01:13:03My dear Watson,

01:13:04if you asked the good Lestrade,

01:13:05I expect he would.

01:13:07No, no, no, Watson.

01:13:08These are only small figures in the drama.

01:13:11The principal players you will meet tonight.

01:13:14Where?

01:13:15Here.

01:13:16Through that door.

01:13:19In the ruined tower of Burst and Castle.

01:13:22Oh, I see.

01:13:23It's 46 miles to Burst and Moran.

01:13:24We are due there at midnight.

01:13:25Is the car ready?

01:13:26Yes, we shall do it comfortably.

01:13:27Good.

01:13:28Now we'll leave the car in the Burst and Lane,

01:13:30about 200 yards from the castle.

01:13:31You will remain with it.

01:13:32I will go over to the tower

01:13:33and fetch Balding out of his hiding place.

01:13:34I suppose there's no question of your finding it.

01:13:35You won't dare use a light, you know.

01:13:36No question at all.

01:13:37I took my bearings exactly when I examined the place a week ago.

01:13:40made out a plan and sent it to Balding.

01:13:41It was a stroke of genius on your part, Chief.

01:13:42Not at all, my dear Colonel.

01:13:43The one place the police would never think of looking for Balding is on the premises where

01:13:46they are.

01:13:47It was a stroke of genius on your part, Chief.

01:13:48Not at all.

01:13:49Come on, let's take some calls

01:13:50And you will find?

01:13:51No question at all.

01:13:52You مع the bond?

01:13:53All right, the excursion of your barn.

01:13:54So you stay for the very hours of finding it.

01:13:55Now, I apologize for your sharing.

01:13:56You are Carrick.

01:13:58Chunk of your good CR Probably you can believe any of your best

01:14:00court or we will.

01:14:01And I have used to gerek enough Memask in the graveyard yet forty this bag?

01:14:03He has APIs.

01:14:04And I know the reason why Boo, Charles.

01:14:05Still completely ripped up out of his hiding place Shelyn behind me.

01:14:07I suppose there's no question you're finding it,

01:14:10You won't dare use a light, you know.

01:14:11No question at all.

01:14:12I took my bearings exactly when I examined the place a week ago,

01:14:16Had he tried to escape, they would have caught him.

01:14:19As it is, we can quietly spirit him out of the way.

01:14:25Come, Colonel.

01:14:27It's time we made a start.

01:14:39Well, Mr. Holmes, you haven't yet told me why you got me here.

01:14:42Ah, Lestrade, I wanted you to be present at the final act of this little drama.

01:14:48What do you mean, you found Boulding?

01:14:50Can I make an arrest?

01:14:51No, no, no, no, no, you're too impulsive, Lestrade.

01:14:53Before we talk about arrest, I think we might spend a profitable ten minutes exploring the ruined tower.

01:15:02You're not trying to make a fool of me, Mr. Holmes?

01:15:03No, no, no, no, no, no, no, certainly not, Lestrade.

01:15:06But my good friend Dr. Watson will tell you,

01:15:08there are times when I cannot resist a touch of the dramatic.

01:15:12An Blindestónica

01:15:16No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

01:15:20But my best friend think,

01:15:26once more and i'm expecting a chance there such as trying.

01:15:34Don't think through that.

01:15:36But your mind,

01:15:39What's the idea, Mr. Holmes?

01:16:07Come out, Mr. Douglas.

01:16:09Douglas? Well, what on earth are you talking...

01:16:12Mr. Holmes, I believe, Anne.

01:16:14Now, let me introduce Mr. Douglas of Burlston Castle,

01:16:18otherwise known as Bertie Edwards.

01:16:20But Douglas is dead.

01:16:21On the contrary, my dear Lestrade, as you see, he's very much alive.

01:16:26But I don't understand, Mr. Holmes, who is dead, then?

01:16:30Will you explain to the inspector, or shall I?

01:16:32Well, you've done very well so far, Mr. Holmes, you go ahead.

01:16:35Well, Lestrade, this is quite a simple case.

01:16:39It may be quite simple to you, Mr. Holmes, but how did you arrive at this solution?

01:16:43By means of a partially burnt-out candle and a missing dumbbell.

01:16:48Now, the candle proved that Barker had been in the room with a dead man for at least 40 minutes before he gave the alarm.

01:16:55And I had to ask myself, what was happening during that time?

01:17:00What was Barker doing?

01:17:02Yes, I'm afraid that's the point I missed, Mr. Holmes.

01:17:05Ah, well, that's not the only point you've missed, my dear Lestrade.

01:17:08Now, Mr. Douglas was being hounded by the scourers who'd sworn to kill him.

01:17:12So he retreated to this castle where he took every precaution against intruders.

01:17:16But Balding succeeded in entering during the day.

01:17:19Unseen.

01:17:20That night he attacked Mr. Douglas with a knife.

01:17:23It was knocked out of his hand.

01:17:24So he had to use the noisier weapon, the shotgun, which in the struggle went off killing Balding and mutilating him beyond recognition.

01:17:32Oh, I see.

01:17:34Well, that answers your question, Lestrade.

01:17:36But what about Barker?

01:17:38Barker, my dear Watson, on hearing the shot, came down at once.

01:17:41And in order to put the scourers off the scent, they dressed Balding in Douglas' clothes, the scourers' mark on the arm completing the deception.

01:17:49Balding's own clothes, Barker waited with a dumbbell and threw into the moat.

01:17:55Douglas then got dressed, took some food and went into hiding.

01:17:58And that's what happened, Watson, while the candle was burning down.

01:18:05You see, Lestrade?

01:18:07Am I right, Mr. Douglas?

01:18:08I can certainly hand it to you, Mr. Holmes.

01:18:10Yes.

01:18:11Yes, you came across one little difficulty, however.

01:18:14When you place that gold nugget ring on Balding's finger, you intended to place your wedding ring there also.

01:18:20But you couldn't get it off, could you?

01:18:22No.

01:18:24Though I've been in a country where wedding rings slip off pretty easily, mine wouldn't.

01:18:28But how did you guess that Mr. Douglas was concealed here?

01:18:31It isn't a question of guessing, my dear Lestrade.

01:18:34The clue was supplied by that interesting little book on Burlston Castle that I once offered you.

01:18:40A clue which was amply confirmed by the equally interesting plan I found in a pocket of Balding's coat.

01:18:47Amazing, Holmes.

01:18:48No, no, simplicity itself, my dear Watson.

01:18:50Well, now that the case is complete, I suggest we go over to the house and discuss Mr. Douglas's position.

01:18:55No, no, you're too hasty, Lestrade.

01:18:57I haven't yet introduced you to the principal figure in this drama.

01:19:01The brains behind it all.

01:19:02Not your Professor Moriarty, surely.

01:19:05Moriarty?

01:19:05Well, who's he?

01:19:06My friend Dr. Watson will tell you later.

01:19:07Come, gentlemen, we must lose no time.

01:19:09Keep her running, Moran.

01:19:22I'll bring Balding back in five minutes.

01:19:27Look here, Mr. Holmes.

01:19:28You can't expect me to believe in this Moriarty theory of yours.

01:19:32Moriarty's no theory, Lestrade.

01:19:34But a very great fact.

01:19:36Oh, well, we owe you a good deal.

01:19:38I suppose I must humor you.

01:19:39Yes, sir.

01:19:40The catching of Moriarty will be the triumph of Sherlock Holmes.

01:19:44Quite apart from you losing your hat, Lestrade.

01:20:06Let's pray.

01:20:14That's a trap.

01:20:15But bear said,

01:20:16Oh, well, I'm not going to.

01:20:17It's such a place.

01:20:19I tell Dr. Watson,

01:20:20I'm not going to wait for you,

01:20:20but let's sing Daniel.

01:20:21We'll see you next time.

01:20:22I'm not going to take you.

01:20:23I'll be careful.

01:20:24I tell you something strange,

01:20:24Hope you will.

01:20:25I don't know anything상 another bit.

01:20:26I said you don't mind the gold.

01:20:27I'm not letting you,

01:20:29I'm not going to be able toolve on a gold.

01:20:30But I know you and I don't know you

01:20:31I don't care how the gold has in your hat.

01:20:33Aldi?

01:20:34Aldi?

01:20:35Aldi?

01:20:36Aldi?

01:20:37Aldi failed to carry out your instructions, Professor.

01:20:40So you're in this aisle, Holmes.

01:20:41Well, I warned you.

01:20:42Aldi?

01:20:43Aldi failed to carry out your instructions, Professor.

01:20:47So you're in this aisle, Holmes.

01:20:50Well, I warned you.

01:20:53You're under the writ, Moriarty.

01:20:56On what charge?

01:20:57The attempted murder of Mr. Douglas here.

01:21:12Our powers have crossed for the last time, Moriarty.

01:21:16The handcuffs aren't even blistered.

01:21:24Right.

01:21:42The handcuffs aren't even blistered.

01:21:45We'll get you back now, Holmes.

01:21:46Well, I don't think the only thing is...

01:21:48What a coincidence.

01:21:49You'll get him from the middle of the night.

01:21:51You've been recording this, at the end of the night.

01:21:53And what you will take me to see if you will?

01:21:54Look.

01:21:55So, what a good thing is!

01:21:56You've been watching the first place.

01:21:58Now, you'll be watching the next morning.

01:21:59You'll be watching the next day.

01:22:00You'll be watching the first place.

01:22:01Of a strange way.

01:22:02It's over the line.

01:22:03As you can see, Tom.

01:22:04Can you see the next days?

01:22:05What's the matter?

01:22:06How about the matter?

01:22:07What's the matter?

01:22:08I've got to know.

01:22:09Do you know?

01:22:10How about the matter?

01:22:11I mean, you know.

01:22:12Curse you, Holmes!

01:22:20Curse you, Holmes!

01:22:32Good heavens, Holmes. It's a long block.

01:22:35Yes.

01:22:36It is rather more than that required by law, I fancy, my dear Watson,

01:22:41but equally effective.

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