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The Man with the Twisted Lip: Responding to a grieving wife, Holmes investigates the apparent murder of her husband in an apartment above an opium den. Starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke.
The Man with the Twisted Lip: Responding to a grieving wife, Holmes investigates the apparent murder of her husband in an apartment above an opium den. Starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke.
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00:00Evening Standard
01:00Thank you very much, sir.
01:02Even great men have their poor relations.
01:07God bless you, sir.
01:09You're a gentleman.
01:10A very perfect, gentle knight.
01:12Definitely true, sir.
01:14Oh, thank you, sir.
01:15Oh, verily, my cup run it over.
01:17May your sweetness never blush unseen.
01:21My gratitude knows no bounds, sir.
01:24Here I sit, your slave, poor, infirm, weak and despised.
01:30William Shakespeare.
01:32Oh, yes, gentleman, sir.
01:34And so was he.
01:35Blessed are the poor in spirit, sir.
01:46Blessed are the poor in spirit.
01:51For yours is the kingdom of heaven, sir.
01:54Blessed are the poor in spirit.
01:55Thank you, sir.
01:56Thank you, sir.
01:57Thank you, sir.
01:57Thank you, sir.
01:58Thank you, sir.
01:58Thank you, sir.
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02:12Thank you, sir.
02:13Thank you, sir.
02:14Thank you, sir.
02:15Thank you, sir.
02:16Thank you, sir.
02:17Let's go.
02:47But we arranged it two weeks ago.
02:50We were to have supper at my club.
02:53Yes.
02:54He did mention it to me this morning.
02:56It was just before the lady called.
02:59Lady?
03:00Which lady?
03:01Well, I don't know her name, but the lady called and Mr. Holmes went out.
03:08In that case, I should take advantage of an early night.
03:13I must answer the door.
03:14Of course.
03:15There might be a clue.
03:28I hope I'm not being a nuisance.
03:30Oh, he won't mind, I'm sure.
03:32He's the kindest of men.
03:35Mrs. Wick need to see you, Doctor.
03:36Kate, this is a surprise.
03:45Not a pleasant one, I fear, John.
03:47Thank you, Mrs. Hudson.
03:49Perhaps some tea.
03:50That would be most welcome.
03:52You must forgive me for causing so much trouble.
03:54You're causing us no trouble at all.
03:56Please.
03:57Your assistant told me that you were dining with Mr. Holmes.
04:00Oh, I see you've been to the surgery.
04:02And you had just left.
04:03Well, Mr. Holmes has disappeared without trace, as you can see.
04:08In that case, I really shouldn't bother you with my problems.
04:12Oh, Mr. Holmes disappears without trace at regular intervals.
04:15There's really no cause for alarm, only curiosity.
04:17But, um, why did you want to see me?
04:23If you're ill, you should not be travelling across London.
04:26I am not ill.
04:29It's Isa.
04:31Ah.
04:32Well, if Isa is ill, I can visit him at home.
04:36He is not at home.
04:40He, too, has disappeared without trace.
04:43You can probably guess what he's doing.
04:45I imagine he's indulging his addiction.
04:49Opium?
04:52I fear so.
04:54Well, he's done this before, has he not?
04:57What makes this circumstance so very different?
05:02Normally, his orgies are confined to one day.
05:08He leaves the house in the morning
05:10and returns in the evening.
05:13pale and shattered.
05:16And this time?
05:19I have not seen Isa for 48 hours.
05:25Well, I have you the remotest idea where he might be.
05:29There is
05:30an establishment
05:32called the Bar of Gold
05:35in Upper Swindham Lane.
05:37I believe he is there.
05:38But I dare not go there alone.
05:42Oh, no, no, no, no, respectable woman
05:44will go within a hundred miles
05:46of that vile alley unaccompanied.
05:48Will you come with me?
05:50No.
05:50Oh, but...
05:51No, I shall go there on my own.
05:53You will go home,
05:54and if your husband is where you think he is,
05:56I guarantee to have him back with you
05:58within two hours.
05:59Though I dare not imagine
06:01what state he'll be in.
06:02Your tea, doctor.
06:11My apologies, Mrs. Hudson.
06:12I shall not require tea.
06:13I'm going out.
06:15But Mrs. Whitney will take tea.
06:17And what am I to tell Mr. Holmes?
06:19Should he return?
06:20Tell him I've disappeared without trace.
06:29Upper Swindham Lane, please, cabbie.
06:31I sometimes wonder
06:42whether men ever really, truly grow up.
06:48They seem to remain little boys forever.
06:53Do you wonder about that, Mrs. Hudson?
06:55No, Mrs. Whitney.
06:57I don't wonder about it.
06:59I know it.
07:01And they always need us
07:02to kiss them better afterwards.
07:05In a manner of speaking, of course.
07:07Stay close by.
07:29Bye, sir.
07:29Bye, sir.
07:30Bye, sir.
07:31Bye, sir.
07:32Bye, sir.
07:33Bye, sir.
07:34Bye, sir.
07:35Bye, sir.
07:36Bye, sir.
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07:38Bye, sir.
07:39Bye, sir.
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07:41Bye, sir.
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07:43Bye, sir.
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07:45Bye, sir.
07:46Bye, sir.
07:47Bye, sir.
07:48Bye, sir.
07:49Bye, sir.
07:50Bye, sir.
07:51Bye, sir.
07:52Bye, sir.
07:53Bye, sir.
07:54Bye, sir.
07:55Bye, sir.
07:56Bye, sir.
07:57Bye, sir.
08:28No, thank you. I've not come here to stay. There's a friend of mine here.
08:51I just wish to speak to Mr. Isa Whitney.
08:58I just wish to speak to him.
09:28I just wish to speak to him.
09:58Ah, what's the... what's the time?
10:05It's 11.
10:07What's the day?
10:10Friday the 19th.
10:11I thought it was Wednesday.
10:15It is Wednesday.
10:19You were trying to frighten me.
10:22Your wife has been waiting for you to return home for two days.
10:27Two days?
10:29A few hours perhaps.
10:34Three pipes.
10:36Four pipes.
10:39I forget.
10:39I've got a cab outside.
10:47You're going home now.
10:49I'll tell you my friendship.
10:53Your wife's love.
10:53Okay.
11:02Come on.
11:06I have to play.
11:09I have the manager.
11:10Monday.
11:11You have to pay for your own destruction.
11:17I'll see to him.
11:18Just get out of this dreadful place.
11:20Let go of me.
11:30Take your hands off.
11:35Holmes.
11:38What on earth are you doing in this den?
11:40Like you're going to be about my business.
11:42You have a cab outside.
11:45I pray send him home.
11:47He looks too little to get into any kind of mischief.
11:51I'll see you in five minutes.
11:52All right.
11:52I'll see you.
12:10Give this to the lady of the house.
12:31Holmes.
12:40I'm certainly surprised to see you in that place.
12:46I suppose you think I've added opium smoking to all my other little weaknesses.
12:50I merely said I was surprised to see you there.
12:52As indeed I was to see you.
12:54I was searching for a friend.
12:55And I felt an enemy.
12:57An enemy?
12:57Had I been recognized in that place my life would not have been worth an hour's purchase.
13:02John!
13:04I'm in the midst of the most remarkable inquiry.
13:07I hope you're not smoking the substance in that pipe, Holmes.
13:09Only to the extent necessary to merge with the surroundings.
13:13I'm off to leave.
13:15In camp.
13:17Are you coming?
13:19Of course.
13:39I think we should be safe now, Watson.
13:41Would you take the reins?
13:45Where exactly are we going?
13:47The Cedars.
13:49A lovely villa near Lee in Kent.
13:53May I ask why I'm going to Lee in Kent?
13:56In the middle of the night, on a Friday in March.
13:59Because you are my trusty carburet and my loyal chronicler, I may need both.
14:03Here are the facts, as I understand them.
14:06Several years ago, there came to Lee in Kent a gentleman by name, Neville St. Clair.
14:10He took a large villa, the Cedars, and about a year later, married the daughter of a local brewer.
14:19They have two small children.
14:22He has interests in several companies and travels to the city every morning,
14:27returning by the 514 train from Cannon Street every night.
14:30He is a man of temperate habits, a good husband, an affectionate father, and is popular with all who know him.
14:41His debts, as far as we can ascertain, amount to £88.10, while he has £220 to his credit in the capital and county's bank.
14:51Therefore, there is no reason to think that money troubles have been weighing down.
14:54A veritable paragon.
14:57Watson, there's a hint of scepticism in your voice.
15:00Which does you no credit.
15:03I expect Mrs. St. Clair came to you saying that her husband had disappeared.
15:07Exactly.
15:07Well, that seems to be a continuous thread in life's fabric.
15:11Watson, what is this?
15:13I shall ignore your ad of resignation to the world's frailties and continue.
15:18Right. Oh, please, do.
15:19On Monday, St. Clair left for the city as usual.
15:23Before he left, he promised that he would bring home a box of building bricks for his children.
15:28Building bricks?
15:29Mark that well, Watson.
15:30Soon after he left, Mrs. St. Clair received a telegram to say that a parcel of considerable value had arrived for her to the offices of the Aberdeen Shipping Company.
15:43She decided to travel to the city, collect her parcel, have lunch, and do some shopping.
15:58But it was by chance that she found herself in Upper Swandham Lane, that sane, vile alley that we both visited this evening, Watson.
16:07And it was at this point that something quite singular took place.
16:28It was at this point that she found himself in the
16:33Well, it was about the place of building.
16:34Again, and there was a Алianna, that she loved it, and she loved it.
16:37And it was at this point that she loved her, and that she was very close to her.
16:40And there was some of her friends in which she loved it, and she loved it, and she loved it.
16:42And there was some of her friends in the office.
16:44And there was a lot of things in her office.
16:46And she's got two friends in the office.
16:49And there was some of her friends that she could have been透culated.
16:50But, but, no doubt.
16:59Money, please.
17:02Help me, help me!
17:14Get out of me!
17:14Get out of me!
17:16Get out of me!
17:17Get out of me!
17:20Reveal!
17:24Reveal!
17:32Reveal!
17:39Where are you going?
17:41I'm going upstairs.
17:43There's nobody upstairs.
17:44I saw my husband waving from an upstairs window.
17:48There's nobody upstairs.
17:49I saw him. I know my own husband.
17:52What's he doing here?
17:53There is nobody upstairs.
17:57Oh!
18:00Neville!
18:02They threw her out.
18:04They did.
18:06The Malay and the Lasker, who owns the establishment.
18:10A man of the vilest antecedents and a murderer into the bar.
18:13A murderer? Yet he goes free.
18:15The rear of the building backs on to the river.
18:17There's even a convenient trap door for the disposal of bodies.
18:20Why don't the police arrest these two neighbors?
18:22Watson, the police have arrested a cripple.
18:25There's so much more yet to tell you, but here we are at the Seabless.
18:44Mr. Holmes.
18:46Any news?
18:47Mr. St. Clair, I thought you'd be asleep.
18:50Sleep does not come easily at a time like this.
18:53This is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson, who has kindly agreed to help me in my investigation.
18:58Mr. Holmes has spoken of you.
19:00Mrs. St. Clair?
19:01I have taken the liberty of asking the doctor to stay overnight.
19:05And I took the liberty of preparing the little cold supper.
19:13Dr. Watson, you take my place.
19:14Oh, no, really.
19:15Watson, Mrs. St. Clair is a very strong-willed woman.
19:19You refuse her to your peril.
19:21Now, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, before we eat, I should like to ask one or two plain questions, to which I should like plain answers.
19:32Certainly, madam.
19:34Do you, in your heart of hearts, think that Neville is still alive?
19:41Frankly, now, I'm not hysterical, nor am I given to fainting.
19:48Frankly, then.
19:49I do not.
19:52You think he is dead?
19:54I do.
19:55Murdered?
19:56I don't see that.
19:59Perhaps.
20:01And on what day did he meet his death?
20:03On Monday.
20:05So then, how do you explain that I received a letter from him today?
20:09Being Friday.
20:10Okay.
20:19Now, Mrs. St. Clair, I wonder if you would do me a favor.
20:38By all means.
20:40I have told Dr. Watson what happened after the moment when you were ejected from that building.
20:45Would you tell us what happened subsequently, please?
20:48For Dr. Watson's benefit?
20:49And for mine.
20:52I, too, have to re-examine the facts, as we know them.
20:56Now, if you're not too tired.
20:59Of course.
20:59As you may imagine, I do not take kindly to being forcibly removed from a building.
21:07I sought and found police help.
21:09Two constables and Inspector?
21:11Bradstreet.
21:12Bradstreet.
21:13And then you returned to the building?
21:15Yes.
21:15The period of time between these two visits was?
21:18About 20 minutes.
21:23By the time we returned, the door was unbolted.
21:27Though I am sure the Lasker had bolted it when I left earlier.
21:35I want to look at your upstairs rooms.
21:37There's nobody there.
21:38There's nobody there.
21:39You can't object if I look.
21:40You two men stay here.
21:45He was in this room.
21:57Time and again, I tell you, there's nobody here.
22:00May we look in that room?
22:01You mustn't be worried by this gentleman, Mrs. Sinclair.
22:17He is an old friend of the constabulary.
22:20You know, Inspector, according to W.S. Gilbert,
22:23a policeman's lot is not a happy one.
22:29Mr. Boone is a professional beggar.
22:32No, not a beggar.
22:35An honest trader.
22:39Does this man lodge here?
22:41Yes.
22:42You told me nobody lived here.
22:44Madam, a beggar is nobody.
22:47If you prick us, do we not bleed?
22:49Shakespeare, Mr. Boone.
22:51I know that one.
22:51You've told it to me before.
22:58Inspector.
23:02The River Thames, Mrs. Sinclair.
23:05And a large window.
23:08Mrs. Sinclair,
23:11a window and a river in close proximity
23:14does not automatically mean violent death.
23:16Have you been here in the past hour?
23:25Yes.
23:26Anyone else been here?
23:28Alas, no.
23:29I've been as lonely as a cloud.
23:32Tennyson.
23:33Oh, words for it, Inspector.
23:36He was standing here.
24:00I saw him.
24:01Mrs. St. Clair, there is no evidence to suggest that he was ever here.
24:17Building bricks, Inspector.
24:20So I see you.
24:22My husband left for the city this morning, and the last thing he said to me
24:26was that he had to buy some building bricks for our little girl's birthday.
24:30I see.
24:31Either of you gentlemen buy building bricks?
24:35Somebody must have left them.
24:51And these are my husband's clothes.
24:55Are you sure?
24:57Shall I describe them to you in detail as you examine them?
25:00My husband's tailor's name is smart, if you care to examine the label.
25:05What?
25:11At that moment, Inspector Bradstreet began to believe my story.
25:15He and his men made an extensive search of the building.
25:18They found a bloodstain up on the windowsill.
25:22They searched the Malay, the Lasker, and Boone, but found nothing.
25:26They failed to find my husband's overcoat.
25:30What?
25:32Overcoat?
25:35The one item of clothing that was not accounted for.
25:41Until low tide.
25:42It's heavy, sir.
26:05Weighted down with something.
26:06There were 421 pennies, 270 halfpennies stuffed into every pocket of the overcoat.
26:24Your conclusion, Watson.
26:32Speak freely, Dr. Watson.
26:34I've lived with every possibility this past week, however hideous.
26:38Well, um...
26:39The murderer must have been Boone the beggar.
26:42Who else could have access to such a vast number of pennies and heavies?
26:46That is the conclusion reached by the police.
26:49They've arrested Boone.
26:50He is presently in Bow Street Police Station.
26:53Even though my husband is still alive.
27:03Now,
27:05Mrs. St. Clair, let us re-examine the significance of this letter.
27:09May I read it to Dr. Watson?
27:11By all means.
27:14Dearest.
27:14Do not be frightened.
27:18There is a huge error
27:19which it may take some little time to rectify.
27:23Weight in patience,
27:25Neville.
27:26Written in pencil on the fly leaf of a book,
27:28Octavre's size,
27:29no watermark.
27:31Posted in Gravesend by a man with a dirty thumb.
27:35This is not your husband's writing.
27:36No.
27:37But the note is.
27:38Without question.
27:40It's the hand he always used when he was in a hurry.
27:43Whoever
27:43gummed down the envelope
27:46had unless I am very much in error
27:48been chewing tobacco.
27:52It is a trifle, of course, Watson.
27:55But there's nothing so important as trifles.
28:03Mrs. St. Clair.
28:04Mrs. St. Clair, has your husband ever spoken of a bar of gold and up a swan to me?
28:28Never.
28:29I suspect that Dr. Watson has a question to put you in.
28:37Um, this is a difficult question to ask, Mrs. St. Clair, but, um,
28:41has your husband ever shown any signs of taking opium?
28:45You always appear perfectly normal, though I confess I would not recognize the signs.
28:58What are they?
29:00Well, listlessness, a lack of energy, an inability to concentrate, a general air of apathy.
29:06Dr. Watson is a specialist in uncontrolled addiction.
29:13My husband was not an opium addict.
29:16That's to say, is not an opium addict.
29:18Mr. Holmes,
29:25I know you think my husband is dead.
29:29I fully realize that letter could have been written on Monday and only posted today.
29:34I know the circumstances, as they have been described,
29:37lead to the inescapable conclusion that he has been murdered.
29:41But equally, I know that he is alive.
29:45There is such a keen bond of sympathy between us.
29:49I should know if evil came upon him.
29:57Please help me to find him.
30:18Watson, if Mel St. Clair is alive and well,
30:27why doesn't he come home and demonstrate the fact?
30:31Well, presumably because he is not alive and well.
30:44Yes, but this letter could have been written at any time, perhaps under duress.
30:46It could even be a skillful forgery.
30:51And the signet ring?
30:55Easily removed.
30:57Especially if the victim is dead.
31:02Indeed.
31:06Proceeding on the hypothesis that Neville St. Clair is dead.
31:09How did he meet his death?
31:11Well, clearly he was murdered.
31:13By whom?
31:14Well, the police think he was this chap, Boo.
31:16I see no reason to disagree with the police.
31:20Except?
31:22Except what?
31:23You say he's a cripple?
31:24Yes.
31:25How severe is his disability?
31:29It's only a slight limb.
31:30Well, my medical experience tells me that when there is a weakness in one limb,
31:33it's very often compensated for by exceptional strength in the others.
31:40You're not convinced?
31:44This man is a professional beggar.
31:46He's well-known in the city.
31:50He's well-liked in the city.
31:51I've seen him many times.
31:53He has a remarkable faculty for repartee with which he delights his many clients.
31:58He sounds harmless.
32:01Why, therefore, did the police arrest him rather than the last guy?
32:04That is the very question that I put to Inspector Bradstreet.
32:07No, no, I'm innocent, you're innocent, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
32:14The murder has obviously been committed by a process of elimination.
32:17Boone must be the murderer.
32:20Are these Neville Sinclair's clothes?
32:22Hmm.
32:25Why did you eliminate the Lasker as a suspect?
32:31Because Mrs. Sinclair saw her husband in an upstairs window, apparently in the middle of a struggle.
32:35She went to a downstairs door and was confronted by the Lasker.
32:40While they were conversing, ought to be more precise,
32:42while the Lasker and his assistant were ejecting Mrs. Sinclair from the building,
32:47the fight was proceeding upstairs, leading, as we now know, to the death of Neville Sinclair.
32:53On the 21st birthday present, a man of meticulous habits, no scratches.
32:58What was the motive in killing Sinclair?
33:01It remains to be established.
33:02Not a trace of opium.
33:11Could it have been robbery?
33:12No, no.
33:13No, Sinclair's wallet was in his pocket.
33:15Well, the money untouched.
33:16How do you explain the coins, Neville Sinclair?
33:25Hmm.
33:25I cannot truly answer that, Mr. Holmes.
33:30Let me try.
33:34Boone kills Sinclair.
33:36He removes the outer garments, hoping to capitalize on them and their contents.
33:40He lifts the body, carries it across the room, forces it through the open window, hence the abrasion.
33:53Blood upon the window, so he releases it into the river.
33:56Well, it's sucked away by the tide.
33:59In the midst of this activity, he hears the scuffle downstairs as Mrs. Sinclair tries to force her way in.
34:05There's not a moment to be lost.
34:06Must dispose of the clothing.
34:07He starts with the overcoat.
34:15He realizes at once it will float and not sink.
34:19So what does he do?
34:23He rushes across the room to some secret hoard where he's accumulated the fruits of his beggary,
34:28stuffs all the coins that he can lay his hands on into the pockets of the overcoat,
34:34and drops it into the water.
34:36And would presumably have done the same with the other garments if you and your men had not arrived.
34:43It seals the other garments behind the curtain in the hope that they will not be noticed,
34:47and they would not have been noticed,
34:49had Mrs. Sinclair not been so persistent.
34:51Inspector,
34:52whatever plot has been hatched in that opium den,
34:57I cannot but imagine that the Lusker is not somehow involved.
35:03I was sorely tempted to arrest him on the day.
35:07I'll send a couple of men up there now.
35:09I'll send a couple of men up there now.
35:10No.
35:11Um, Inspector.
35:14With your permission.
35:16May I suggest an alternative strategy?
35:21How is it?
35:23Let me visit the opium den.
35:26Discreetly.
35:27Incognito.
35:29We shall learn what we may.
35:30But what did you learn?
35:35Nothing.
35:41Nothing.
35:41Everybody.
35:53As far as I can ascertain it appears to be telling the truth.
36:00I cannot see
36:03an overall pattern.
36:08Can you see a pattern, Watson?
36:10Oh, I see no pattern.
36:14But I do see a woman
36:15who, despite all objective circumstances,
36:19still believes that her husband is alive.
36:21And you've said on many occasions
36:22that the impression of a woman
36:24may be more valuable than the conclusion
36:26of an analytical reasoner.
36:35But if he is still alive,
36:36where is he?
36:41I have no idea.
36:44But I do have an urgent request.
36:48It's now well past four in the morning.
36:50May I go to sleep?
36:51Certainly.
36:54Oh, my God.
37:24I don't know.
37:54I don't know.
38:24I don't know.
38:54I don't know.
38:57Watson.
38:58What time is it?
39:07Dawn.
39:08I've only had two hours sleep.
39:12I wonder if you do with a very great kindness of considering the possibility of waking up.
39:17I assume you have a good reason.
39:19Are you game for the drive?
39:20Certainly.
39:21But does it have to be this early?
39:23I have a little theory I wish to test.
39:25Is anyone's life at stake?
39:27Certainly not.
39:29Wouldn't it be possible to test your theory a little later this morning?
39:31I'll see you downstairs in five minutes.
39:35Five minutes.
39:43Come on, Nelson.
39:44You have the grand gift of silence, Watson.
39:57It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
40:03Watson, you're in the presence of one of the most absolute fools in Europe.
40:07I deserve to be kicked from here to Charing Cross.
40:10The moment you woke me up, I would have been prepared to do it.
40:12I've got the tea, Watson, here in this Gladstone bar.
40:15Good morning, gentlemen.
40:27Watson, I confess I've been as blind as a mole.
40:30For it's better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.
40:34Bradstreet.
40:40Bradstreet.
40:41I've called about that beggar man, Boone.
40:43He's in the cells, Mr. Holmes.
40:45What can I do for you?
40:46I should very much like to see him.
40:47He'd probably be asleep.
40:48Most of the population is probably asleep, Holmes.
40:51But do well, Mr. Holmes, Dr. Watson, if you come this way.
40:54We can leave your bag in the office, Mr. Holmes.
40:55I'll take it with me.
40:57It contains the key.
41:00He's a dirty scoundrel.
41:03Filthy.
41:04Refuses to wash.
41:05Says washing weakens a man's resistance.
41:13Asleep.
41:18He's a beauty, isn't he?
41:21Inspector, would you do me the great goodness of opening the door as quietly as possible?
41:25Aye.
41:25Thanks, sir.
41:26Thanks, sir.
41:31Well, I think this is a question for me to ask a question for my friends.
41:40I'mだけ please share my for some questions of what's up and ask me when this isn't ready to come back.
43:23Gentlemen, let me introduce you to Mr. Neville St. Clair of Lee in the county of Kent.
43:28Oh, great heaven.
43:35It is true. And pray what am I being charged with?
43:39I'm charged with making away with Mr. Neville St. Clair.
43:45Well, making away with myself.
43:49I've been in the force for 27 years.
43:55This takes the cake.
43:58But since it is obvious that no crime has been committed, I am illegally detained.
44:04And my strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.
44:12Ah! Alfred Lord Tennyson.
44:23You lie to your wife, Mr. St. Clair.
44:27Is that purity?
44:30Is that purity?
44:30Is that purity?
44:30Is that purity?
44:32Is that purity?
44:35Is that purity?
44:40I've done it.
44:41I've done it.
44:43I've done it.
44:44I'd say it.
45:16Let it be understood that I would have endured imprisonment, even execution, rather than reveal my miserable secret to my wife and children.
45:36All is now revealed, Mr. St. Clair.
45:41So be it.
45:42My father was a schoolmaster in Chesterfield.
45:48I received an excellent education, traveled, took to the stage, and finally became a reporter on a London newspaper.
45:59One day, my editor wished to have a series of articles upon begging in the metropolis, and I volunteered to supply them.
46:09So you became a beggar?
46:12Yes.
46:13And your experience as an actor must have proved invaluable.
46:17Yes.
46:22Exactly.
46:22Yes, I painted my face to make myself look as pitiable as possible.
46:28I manufactured frightening scars.
46:32I twisted my lip with the aid of a piece of flesh-colored plaster, and then, with a dark wig and appropriate clothing, took my position in the busiest part of the metropolis.
46:43Ostensibly, ostensibly as a match seller, but, yes, really, as a beggar.
46:52I did it well.
46:53Yes.
46:54Yes.
46:55In one day, I took 26 shillings and four pence.
47:00I wrote my articles for the newspaper.
47:02My editor was delighted, and I thought no more about it, until one day, I backed a bill for a friend of mine and had a writ served on me for 25 pounds.
47:12Well, I was at my wit's end.
47:15I mean, what could I do?
47:20And then suddenly an idea came to me.
47:24I asked for a fortnight's holiday from my employers and spent the time in the city begging.
47:35In ten days, I had the money and was able to pay back the debt.
47:39That was when I fell into the trap.
47:44How much were you earning from the newspaper at this time?
47:47Two pounds a week.
47:49Far less than begging.
47:51Yes.
47:51During the last few years, I have earned, on average, at least 700 pounds a year.
47:57But that's a gentleman's income.
47:59Calmly, Bradstreet.
48:01I think it is pertinent to say that Mr. St. Clair is no ordinary beggar.
48:04People do not expect a beggar to quote extensively from Shakespeare, Mr. Dickens, the Bible, or the latest popular songs.
48:14An aristocrat among beggars.
48:17Well, it is not for me to claim such a distinction, but as the inspector rightly observes, I had a gentleman's income, so I proceeded to live like a gentleman.
48:29I bought a villa in Kent.
48:31I married a beautiful and respectable woman.
48:35And every morning, I traveled to my business in the city.
48:41You must have been embroiled with the Lasker by this time.
48:45Yes, I paid him a generous rent for the use of his upstairs rooms.
48:49My secret was safe with him.
48:52I fell among thieves, but found honor of a sort.
48:56You see, every morning, I would emerge as a squalid beggar, and every evening transformed into a gentleman.
49:07Tell us about Monday.
49:12I had finished for the day, and was dressing in my room above the opium den.
49:18And suddenly, I looked out of the window.
49:20To my horror and astonishment, there was my wife in the street.
49:28Her eyes fixed full upon me.
49:30Neville!
49:34I ran along to try and find Lasker.
49:37You must not let her in.
49:39I'll say there's nobody upstairs.
49:41She may return with the police.
49:42I'll tell them there's nobody upstairs.
49:44Mr. Boone will be upstairs.
49:46Ah, Mr. Boone is a lawyer.
49:48He has a right to be upstairs.
49:50Neville!
49:52I then became Boone, the beggar, once more.
49:56And then it occurred to me that there might be a search of the room,
50:00and that my clothes might betray me.
50:02So I picked up my coat, which was way down with the coins
50:05that I had just transferred from my leather bag,
50:08in which I carried my takings.
50:14The rest of my clothes would have followed,
50:16but at that moment, the police arrived.
50:20The rest you know.
50:24We found blood on the windowsill.
50:31In my haste to open the window, I cut myself.
50:34A minor abrasion, but if you prick me.
50:43And thus I was arrested on suspicion of having murdered myself.
50:49And thus you caused your wife much anguish.
50:51But I wrote her a letter.
50:54And gave it to the Lask at a post.
50:55Yes.
50:55It was not delivered.
50:57It arrived yesterday.
50:59He probably gave it to one of his sailor customers.
51:01I shall never forgive myself the agony which I have inflicted upon my wife.
51:10Can I go to her now?
51:11I think we must impose one condition, Mr. Sinclair.
51:14Anything.
51:16There must be no more of you, Boone.
51:18I swear it by the most solemn oath that a man can take.
51:27I swear it by the sun.
51:28I swear it again.
51:33See you?
51:35END
51:42END
51:42Farewell, sweet boon.
52:06A flight of angels sing thee to thy rest.
52:12My name is Shakespeare.
52:42I'm gonna fly with示vel.
52:55I'm a black gay.
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