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00:01:00Here you are, Mr. Barrymore.
00:01:05Special delivery for Lord Baskerville.
00:01:12Excuse me, Your Grace.
00:01:15Excuse me.
00:01:17What?
00:01:18What?
00:01:19Oh.
00:01:20This arrived by special delivery.
00:01:23Oh, that's, that's all right, Barrymore.
00:01:30You haven't forgotten, milord, that Dr. Mortimer will be arriving at seven o'clock tonight for dinner.
00:01:38Thank you, Barrymore.
00:01:39Could I bring you another glass of wine?
00:01:49No, thank you, Barrymore.
00:01:51But I would like my heavy walking boots and my overcoat, if you please.
00:01:55You're surely not going out, Sir Charles.
00:02:00After such an excellent meal and such good wine, I should like a stroll down to the old orchard.
00:02:06I really wouldn't advise that, my friend.
00:02:08You know your heart.
00:02:09It is exceptionally cold tonight, Sir Charles.
00:02:12I'm sure Dr. Mortimer would prefer you not to take any risks.
00:02:16Yes, yes, Barrymore.
00:02:17I know all that.
00:02:18However, a few minutes in the fresh air can only do me good.
00:02:21I walk with you as far as the back lane, then I'll trot along home, Sir Charles.
00:02:27Thank you, James.
00:02:28That'll be very pleasant.
00:02:35Well, this is where we part company.
00:02:37It's been a very pleasant evening.
00:02:39We must do it again.
00:02:40Very soon.
00:02:41And don't worry about me.
00:02:44I shall stop worrying once you're back inside your own front door.
00:02:47Good night, Sir Charles.
00:02:51Good night.
00:03:21Good night.
00:03:22Good night.
00:03:23Good night.
00:03:26Sir Charles.
00:03:27Is that you?
00:03:34Sir Charles.
00:03:36I'm afraid there's nothing we can do for him.
00:03:39Call for some help to take the body back to the house.
00:03:42That can't have been a dog.
00:04:12Despite Dr. Mortimer's suggestion that his lordship's death was not caused by any physical defect, we have heard sufficient evidence that Sir Charles had a long history of heart disease, and that on this particular evening, he had supped and whined to a sudden fullness that required him to take a little constitutional walk in aid of his digestion.
00:04:40For that reason, I am quite ready to believe that he must have placed too great a strain on that most precious of his organs, and whined that...
00:04:49Your Worship, I have good reason to believe...
00:04:51Quiet! I would remind you, sir, that you yourself had imbibed a glass or two that sad evening, and that even if you did hear what sounded like a hound, there are no marks on the body to support your suggestion.
00:05:04I return to what I was saying, and I shall go to Sherlock Holmes.
00:05:10Good morning, sir. Would you be Mr. Sherlock Holmes?
00:05:33I am. And you?
00:05:35Dr. James Mortimer, from Coombe, Tracy, in Devon.
00:05:38Won't you come in?
00:05:45May I present Dr. Watson, a professional brother to you, a vital assistant to me.
00:05:51How do you do?
00:05:51I desperately need your help.
00:05:54In what respect?
00:05:55Your fame as a great unraveler of mysteries has spread even to the backwaters of Devon, Mr. Holmes.
00:06:00And I have a problem that needs a man of your intellect to resolve.
00:06:04Describe this problem.
00:06:05Three months ago, a very good friend of mine, Sir Charles Baskerville, was killed under very suspicious circumstances.
00:06:11I read the coroner's report in the newspaper. I thought he decided the causes were natural, and that you...
00:06:17That I was seeing not just pink elephants, but also ghostly hounds the size of Shetland ponies.
00:06:23Did you see such an animal?
00:06:24I never claimed to see the hound, only its paw mark, and I was not drunk.
00:06:28Why are you so sure that the mark was made by a dog?
00:06:33Because of this.
00:06:36It describes the origin of the curse of the Baskervilles.
00:06:39It says here, Baskerville Hall, 1742.
00:06:44Apparently, Sir Hugo Baskerville became besotted by the comely daughter of one of his yeomen,
00:06:49and one drunken knight abducted her and locked her in a bedroom.
00:06:52He gathered together a dozen of his wicked companions to celebrate his success in taking this wench against her father's wishes.
00:06:59During their drunken revelry, the maid escaped through a window and fled into the night.
00:07:03When Sir Hugo discovered this, he called for his horse and hounds and took off to hunt her down.
00:07:09She had somehow stardom and was far away, so Sir Hugo whipped his horse furiously to speed him up.
00:07:15He soon left his comrades behind and sped like the wind across the Devon moors.
00:07:19The few shepherds sitting with their charges were amazed to see this man ride through the night with such haste.
00:07:24But even more amazing was that Sir Hugo obviously never realized that the hunter was also the hunted.
00:07:31Hard on his heels was, and here I read,
00:07:35such a hound of hell as, God forbid, should ever be at any man's heels.
00:07:41The chase continued.
00:07:42Eventually, the friends of Sir Hugo appeared and rode to the top of the hillock,
00:07:46from where they could see by the light of the moon right down into the deep valley.
00:07:50What they saw sickened and terrified them.
00:07:53The maiden lay dead, having dropped from exhaustion.
00:07:56Nearby was Sir Hugo's body.
00:07:58He'd been overtaken by the fearful hound who was at that moment ripping mouthfuls of flesh from the dead man's neck
00:08:05with flashing fangs and eyes glowing through the night.
00:08:10A friend returned to Baskerville Hall to report this story
00:08:13and to have it written down as a warning to the sons of the Baskerville family
00:08:17to beware the hound that waits for them on dark nights on the moon.
00:08:22Do you find it interesting?
00:08:24To a collector of fairy tales, yes.
00:08:27I'm sorry you think that.
00:08:28Do you believe it?
00:08:30I don't know what to believe,
00:08:32except that Sir Charles did not die a natural death.
00:08:34I want you to help me find the truth.
00:08:37I'm afraid I cannot accept such a commission.
00:08:39I have on hand the little affair of the Vatican cameos
00:08:42and I'm anxious to oblige His Holiness.
00:08:45Besides, what's to be gained from proving that Sir Charles was really killed by a mythical hound?
00:08:50It is of the utmost importance that this mystery be cleared up immediately.
00:08:54Oh, now, Mortimer, you can't mean that.
00:08:57In about two hours, Sir Charles' only heir arrives from Canada to claim his inheritance.
00:09:01I want to be sure that Sir Henry will live to enjoy it.
00:09:05Well, that's an interesting aspect of a mystery.
00:09:08Perhaps you'd better bring Sir Henry here tomorrow morning.
00:09:11At ten o'clock.
00:09:12Holmes, for pity's sake, will you get up?
00:09:28It's almost ten.
00:09:29Just in time.
00:09:42Come in.
00:09:44This is Sir Henry Baskerville.
00:09:47I'm pleased to meet you, Mr. Holmes.
00:09:50The funny thing is that if my friend hadn't suggested coming to you this morning,
00:09:53I might well have come of my own accord.
00:09:54You see, this came by mail to my hotel just now.
00:09:58Sir Henry Baskerville Northumberland Hotel.
00:10:03Who knew you were staying there?
00:10:05Not a soul.
00:10:06I know no one in this country, and I didn't choose this hotel until I arrived in London yesterday.
00:10:10Someone is taking a very deep interest in your movements.
00:10:13If you value your life for your reason, keep away from the moor.
00:10:23Mr. Holmes, perhaps you can tell me what in tarnation all this means.
00:10:26What do you make of it, Dr. Mortimer?
00:10:28You must allow that there is nothing supernatural about this letter at any rate.
00:10:32No, sir.
00:10:33But it might very well have come from someone who believes that the supernatural is the root of all this business.
00:10:38What business?
00:10:38It strikes me that you three know a great deal more than I do about my own affairs.
00:10:44Watson, would you hand me yesterday's Times, please, the page with the leading articles?
00:10:50You shall share our knowledge before you leave this room, Sir Henry.
00:10:53I promise you that.
00:10:59Here we are.
00:11:00If you imagine that your own industry will be protected by a tariff, you are misled.
00:11:06It stands to reason that such legislation will keep away wealth from the country
00:11:10or diminish the value of your imports and life in this land.
00:11:15What do you make of that?
00:11:19It probably makes good sense, but aren't we getting off the trail of the node a little?
00:11:22Watson, you understand my methods?
00:11:25Well, I confess I see no connection.
00:11:28And yet, my dear Watson, there is a very close connection.
00:11:31Hand me the note.
00:11:38If you value your life or your reason, keep away from the...
00:11:45and the other word is handwritten.
00:11:48Whoever composed this letter couldn't find the word Moore in the newspaper.
00:11:51You know, you're right.
00:11:54Really, Mr. Holmes, this exceeds anything I could have imagined.
00:11:57How do you do it?
00:11:58To me, the type style of a Times-leading article is entirely distinctive.
00:12:02As the letter was posted yesterday, there was a strong probability that the words were cut from yesterday's paper.
00:12:08What else do you deduce, Holmes?
00:12:11Notice the word Moore is written in rough characters.
00:12:14A reader of the Times must be expected to be well-educated.
00:12:18Therefore, he wished to disguise his writing for fear that at some time his own hand may become known to you, Sir Henry.
00:12:24That is amazing.
00:12:25Do you see anything else?
00:12:26Nothing that is not verging on guesswork.
00:12:28Except that I believe the sender of that letter is not ill-disposed towards you,
00:12:32since he warned you of impending danger.
00:12:34Or it may be that for his own purposes he wishes to scare me away.
00:12:38Quite possibly.
00:12:39Do you know the story of the Baskerville curse?
00:12:43Of course.
00:12:44Though I never thought of taking it seriously until my uncle's death.
00:12:46Quite so.
00:12:47Holmes, supposing we adjourn to give us time to think over all that's happened
00:12:51and meet again at Sir Henry's Hotel for lunch in an hour, say.
00:12:54Is that convenient, Watson?
00:12:56Perfectly.
00:12:57A good morning and au revoir.
00:13:06Watson, get your hat and coat.
00:13:08We're going after them.
00:13:16Shall I run on and stop them?
00:13:18Not for the world, my dear Watson.
00:13:20Baskerville has evidently been closely shadowed since his arrival in London.
00:13:24Maybe this is a chance to find out by whom.
00:13:36That's our man, Watson.
00:13:37Move out, driver.
00:13:40Quickly.
00:13:40What a pity we didn't get the number.
00:13:47Watson, you do not seriously imagine that I'd let the cab go without noting its number?
00:13:52Did you also see the occupant?
00:13:54I did.
00:13:54And you?
00:13:55Could you swear to the man's face?
00:13:57I could swear only to the beard.
00:13:59And that could have been false.
00:14:01Like that, and one who wished to conceal his face.
00:14:04Ah, well, let's get to the Northumberland Hotel.
00:14:06It's a fair walk from Baker Street.
00:14:15Sir Henry Baskerville is upstairs expecting you, sir.
00:14:19But before we go up, I'd like you to send a porter around to Waterloo Station.
00:14:23Ask him to find the driver of cab number 2074 and have him come here.
00:14:28Very well, sir.
00:14:37Good afternoon to you both.
00:14:39I trust your journey here was pleasant?
00:14:41Not entirely.
00:14:42Tell me, Doctor, have you among your acquaintances on Dartmoor a man with a full dark beard?
00:14:48No.
00:14:49Ah, let me see.
00:14:50Yes, yes, Barrymore, Sir Charles Butler.
00:14:53And where is he now?
00:14:54At Baskerville Hall.
00:14:56He had better be sure of that.
00:14:57I will send him a telegram on your behalf, Sir Henry.
00:15:00Is everything ready for me?
00:15:03Signed, Sir Henry Baskerville.
00:15:06Now, if we send a second wire to the postmaster asking that this first be delivered into the hands of Barrymore and no other,
00:15:13and that it should be returned if that's not possible,
00:15:15we should know by this evening whether or not Barrymore is at his post.
00:15:20As soon as you've finished, we'll eat and I'll tell you of my plans.
00:15:26Seems to me someone's playing me for a sucker.
00:15:29Well, they'll find out they've started to monkey with the wrong man.
00:15:32I'm going down to Devon in the morning.
00:15:35I'm in full agreement, Sir Henry, except that you must not go alone.
00:15:38Dr. Mortimer will return with me.
00:15:40But the doctor has a practice to attend to.
00:15:41There must be someone with you every moment of the day and night.
00:15:45I could go.
00:15:46Well, now, that's real kind of you, Dr. Watson.
00:15:49I'd planned to take the 10.30 a.m. train from Paddington.
00:15:52Would that suit you?
00:15:53Perfectly.
00:15:53Then that's settled.
00:15:54Who was it inquired after me?
00:16:01And what's his complaint?
00:16:02It was I, and there's no complaint.
00:16:05Who was the gentleman in your cab in Baker Street this morning?
00:16:08I don't know, sir.
00:16:09He told me to ask no questions, so I didn't.
00:16:12All he said was that he was a famous detective
00:16:15and his name was Summit Funny.
00:16:19Sherlock Holmes, I think.
00:16:20But he's on to us, Watson.
00:16:26It seems we've met a foe man worthy of our steel.
00:16:30I hope all goes well with you in Devon.
00:16:32I shan't rest until you're back at Baker Street.
00:16:34I will not bias your mind by suggesting theories, Watson.
00:16:57I wish you simply to report all the facts to me by mail.
00:17:01The postal service is excellent.
00:17:02As you do that, I shall make inquiries in London.
00:17:06What kind of inquiries?
00:17:08I shall investigate people connected with Sir Henry.
00:17:10Do you suspect Barrymore?
00:17:12We shall know better about that when Sir Henry arrives.
00:17:15Which is right now.
00:17:16Good morning.
00:17:18I've had a reply to my wire to Barrymore,
00:17:20so he must be at Baskerville Hall.
00:17:23Well, that seems to prove that your butler isn't the man
00:17:26following you around London.
00:17:27Goodbye, dear friend.
00:17:28I shan't relax until you are back safe and sound in London.
00:17:32Have no fear for me.
00:17:33I shall write my reports to you every day.
00:17:35Not a single detail will I miss.
00:17:37Goodbye.
00:17:37Goodbye, dear friend.
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00:18:04tell me something about the people we shall meet doctor well first there's Barrymore and his wife
00:18:16a strange couple the Barrymore family has been at the hall for the past four generations
00:18:21they're both loyal and dependable your nearest neighbors will be the Stapletons Jack and Beryl
00:18:27brother and sister he's a retired schoolmaster had some trouble with an outbreak of fever at
00:18:33a school in the north three boys died I believe he gave it up and came to Devon to indulge his
00:18:38passion for insects spends his days chasing up and down the malls after this that or the other
00:18:43rare specimen of moth his sister seems happy enough to pick wildflowers he's a lady of Merrypit house
00:18:50there are no other neighbors not close to Baskerville Hall well it certainly won't take long to make the
00:18:58acquaintance of these few folk oh there is one other who's that you wouldn't have heard of the
00:19:04Notting Hill murderer sir Henry but I'm sure that Dr. Watson has you mean Selden the maniac who escaped
00:19:10from Prince Town jail I certainly do he's believed to be hiding out on the moors near here I pray that
00:19:18none of us should ever meet him face to face he's a vicious killer to be sure
00:19:48but go out on the moors near Feuer in the
00:19:58weekends
00:20:06Oh, my God.
00:20:36Good afternoon, Sir Henry.
00:20:54Welcome to your ancestral home.
00:20:57You must be Barrymore.
00:20:58I'm sure pleased to meet you.
00:21:00This is my friend, Dr. Watson.
00:21:02He'll be staying a few days.
00:21:03Would you mind taking my bag inside for me, Barrymore?
00:21:06After sitting in that train for so long, I'd like to stretch my legs.
00:21:10I won't be long.
00:21:11Dr. Watson, Dr. Watson, wait a moment.
00:21:28How do you do, Mr. Stapleton?
00:21:34You know my name?
00:21:35Jack Stapleton has been described as an entomologist, and you're obviously hunting insects.
00:21:40Very good.
00:21:41I see now why Dr. Mortimer engaged you and Sherlock Holmes to investigate this case.
00:21:46One moment, sir.
00:21:47Holmes and I are not working on any case.
00:21:50In fact, Holmes is in London, whilst I holiday in Devon.
00:21:53Answer me a question.
00:21:56How do you know who I am?
00:21:58Oh, um, I just ran in to Dr. Mortimer and he told me you were here.
00:22:02Oh, my God.
00:22:12What's that?
00:22:13What does it sound like to you, sir?
00:22:15I suppose like some sort of dog, but none that I could identify.
00:22:19I've never in my life heard a more gruesome noise.
00:22:23What do you think it is?
00:22:24It may be a bit of me.
00:22:25There are some vesting in the marshes.
00:22:27That was no bird.
00:22:28then perhaps it was one of the moore ponies do you see those dark green patches over there
00:22:33that's the great grimpen mire it's supposed to be a bottomless bog a pony may have strayed into it
00:22:40shouldn't we try to save it no hope i'm afraid one false step when you're done for
00:22:46i believe i'm the only man in england who's ever crossed to the heart of grimpen mire
00:22:50and i know only one very tricky path through it
00:22:58that's not a pony either have you heard what the local peasants say of that noise what that it's a
00:23:06hound calling for its prey in fact they say it's the hound of the baskervilles calling for the blood
00:23:13of the lord of baskerville ball then what do you say only that this is the first time i've heard it
00:23:20since sir charles died no did you see that psychopathy excuse me an instant
00:23:26go back go straight back to london can you not tell when a warning is for your own good
00:23:43get away from this place at all costs but i've only just come who are you feral
00:23:49oh please my brother don't tell him what i said you have introduced yourself i see i was just telling
00:23:58sir henry that it's the wrong time of the year to see the true beauty of the moors and who do you
00:24:02imagine this is why sir henry baskerville afraid not my dear just a humble commoner dr watson is my name
00:24:11then we've been talking at cross purposes you've not had much time to talk i mean i talked as if to a
00:24:18resident rather than a visitor i'm sure nothing important would you care to come to merripit house
00:24:24for tea dr watson some other time thank you i have an errand in the village and it's getting rather late
00:24:30well goodbye i'm pleased to have met you goodbye doctor please forget my silly mistake of course my dear
00:24:39a telegram arrived yesterday with instructions to hand it to no one but mr barrymore at baskerville hall
00:24:51yes i took it there myself and gave it to barrymore well not mr barrymore i gave it to his wife
00:25:01did you see the man no sir mrs barrymore took it inside and came back with mr barrymore's reply
00:25:09the instructions were to hand it to no one except the man to whom it was addressed
00:25:13how do you know he was there his wife told me he was and i couldn't see no reason to think otherwise
00:25:20good evening watson may i ask you to question barrymore about the telegram you sent sir henry
00:25:47certainly do you think there's something suspicious you'll see for yourself
00:25:53sir henry did you receive my telegram yourself yesterday i was up in the box room my wife brought
00:26:04it to me and uh did you give the postman your reply not directly sir i told my wife what to say
00:26:12i was busy preparing for your arrival have i done something wrong have i done anything to forfeit
00:26:19your confidence no no barrymore don't upset yourself i didn't mean anything but in fact i called you to
00:26:25tell you when the rest of my luggage arrives you can have the pick of my clothes this suit does not go
00:26:31with my new position thank you my lord i'm sure i shall find a use for it
00:26:37very prickly character perhaps he has reason to cut the question short
00:26:45i think i shall retire now i have to write to holmes to report this day
00:26:50so there you have all the events of this first day in devon
00:27:05so there you have all the events of this first day in devon
00:27:17hartr
00:27:21oh
00:27:27you
00:27:34darned if i know whether my ears are playing tricks on me watson but i could have sworn
00:27:39i heard a woman crying after i went to bed last night
00:27:41I thought I heard the same thing I also thought I heard footsteps on the landing
00:27:47outside my bedroom door well did you see anything no but the footsteps sounded
00:27:52like a man please forgive me I'm not normally clumsy I'll clean it up call
00:28:02your wife to do that then pour the coffee Barrymore
00:28:11tell me how many women are there in this house only my wife the Lord your wife
00:28:34seems a little under the weather Barrymore it may be a touch of influenza middle oh
00:28:39dear when did that come on I didn't say that it came on only that it may be
00:28:44influenza you didn't by any chance get up in the night to look for medication for
00:28:49her did you there was no reason for that doctor
00:28:52mrs. Barrymore was perfectly well last evening however I shall take her to her
00:28:57room now I could swear she's been crying you could be right but I don't think we
00:29:13should interfere and what may be a domestic problem I think I'll just take a little
00:29:17walk could you wait while I get my overcoat there's no need for that I'd prefer to
00:29:22walk alone I'm afraid I must insist on coming sir Henry Holmes said I should
00:29:26never leave your side especially when you go on to the moors come come now on a
00:29:32bright clear day like this what harm could possibly come to me really Watson I
00:29:37would much prefer to go alone
00:30:07very good
00:30:12me
00:30:13oh
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00:30:31oh
00:30:33Oh, my God.
00:31:03I've been waiting for a chance to talk to you, Sir Henry.
00:31:13I'm Beryl Stapleton, your neighbor.
00:31:15My brother and I were good friends of Sir Charles.
00:31:17I'm very pleased to meet the young lady Dr. Watson has told me about.
00:31:21I must apologize for my stupidity in thinking he was you.
00:31:24But I do not apologize for what I said.
00:31:26You must leave the moor.
00:31:28It is dangerous for you to stay here.
00:31:29But what is the danger?
00:31:31You know the legend of the hound.
00:31:32I do not believe in such nonsense.
00:31:35But I do.
00:31:36You must go away from this place.
00:31:38It has always been fatal to your family.
00:31:41Not one of your ancestors has lived a happy life in Devon.
00:31:44Why do you want to stay?
00:31:45To a man like me, it is the danger that makes the moor so attractive.
00:31:49I'm sorry, but that is in my nature.
00:31:52If you could maybe say something more definite.
00:31:55I can say no more than I have.
00:31:56I know nothing definite.
00:31:58Say, is that your brother, the insect chaser?
00:32:07Yes, it is.
00:32:08Please don't tell him what I just said.
00:32:16He'd be very angry.
00:32:18He feels it necessary that a Baskerville should be in residence at the hall.
00:32:21To preserve the local customs.
00:32:22What do you think you're doing?
00:32:24Why are you out here?
00:32:26Had you arranged to meet this man?
00:32:27Now look here.
00:32:28This meeting was pure chance.
00:32:30And there is nothing in it that could warrant the way you speak to this lady.
00:32:33Kindly note that this lady is my sister.
00:32:36And I shall speak to her in any way I choose.
00:32:38It matters not a fig to me that you are Sir Henry Baskerville.
00:32:41I will not allow her to traipse around the moors unaccompanied.
00:32:46There is an escaped convict loose in this area.
00:32:48And I won't take any chances with her safety.
00:32:51She's perfectly safe with me here.
00:32:53But you won't be here very long.
00:32:55And I don't want her meeting you again in any case.
00:32:59Let's go back to the house.
00:33:00Are you all right, Sir Henry?
00:33:12Where did you come from?
00:33:13I'm sorry to have to admit that I was following you.
00:33:16For your own good, of course.
00:33:18I couldn't hear what was said.
00:33:19But Stapleton seemed to be very angry about something.
00:33:22He seems to have been angry that I was talking to his sister.
00:33:25Well, I can't for the life of me think why.
00:33:28I wonder if he might be crazy.
00:33:30I feel so sorry that my first meeting with such an attractive young woman
00:33:36should have gone so badly.
00:33:45I really was quite taken with Beryl Stapleton.
00:34:00Please don't tell him what I just said.
00:34:12He did very angry.
00:34:13What do you think you're doing?
00:34:15Why are you out here?
00:34:16Had you arranged to meet this man?
00:34:18It matters not a thing to me that you are Sir Henry Baskerville.
00:34:21But you won't be here very long.
00:34:23And I don't want her meeting you again.
00:34:32Well now, who'd be visiting at this time of night?
00:34:36It's Mr. Stapleton, Sir Henry.
00:34:39He says he has to speak to you and can't wait until the morning.
00:34:43Okay, I guess.
00:34:45Will you stay here just in case?
00:34:46If you wish.
00:34:48Good evening, gentlemen.
00:34:49Forgive the late hour.
00:34:51I have been thinking about my behavior this afternoon.
00:34:53And I realize now how awfully rude I was.
00:34:56Well, it's big of you to apologize.
00:34:58I must say, if you weren't the young lady's brother,
00:35:00my reaction might have been different.
00:35:01I know that I must have appeared unreasonably angry.
00:35:04But you see, my sister and I are terribly close.
00:35:07And to see her talking to a strange man on these dangerous moors
00:35:10made me quite lose my head.
00:35:12Can you forgive me?
00:35:14I might find it easier to do so
00:35:15if I were permitted to get to know the two of you a little better.
00:35:18An excellent proposal.
00:35:20Perhaps I might be permitted to ask you to dine with us.
00:35:23Would Friday evening be acceptable?
00:35:25I don't think my social calendar is quite full just yet.
00:35:29I'd be delighted.
00:35:31Very well, Sir Henry.
00:35:32I shall look forward to Friday.
00:35:35Goodbye for now.
00:35:38I don't say now that he's not a crazy man.
00:35:41Even after such a handsome apology.
00:35:43I can't forget the look in his eyes this morning.
00:35:46But at least you have the opportunity
00:35:48to renew your acquaintance with his sister.
00:35:50I sure do.
00:35:52But I think now is a good time
00:35:54to set about a little spook hunting.
00:35:56Eh, Watson?
00:35:57I think you're right.
00:35:58It was about this time last night
00:36:00if we heard those noises.
00:36:02Let's wait in your bedroom
00:36:03and see if they start again.
00:36:04That's right.
00:36:13That's good.
00:36:23I think so.
00:36:54Do you hear that?
00:37:10Footsteps.
00:37:12They're going towards the west wing.
00:37:15As soon as they stop, we'll go after them.
00:37:24Take him.
00:37:39He's out.
00:37:39Let's go.
00:37:40Let's go.
00:37:52Baramor, what kind of silly game is this?
00:37:55No game, my lord.
00:37:57I was just securing the windows.
00:37:59At this time of night and in this wing?
00:38:01I'll be dashed if he was securing anything.
00:38:03It wouldn't surprise me if he was sending a signal.
00:38:07Oh, no.
00:38:07I assure you.
00:38:08Let's try this.
00:38:09There it is.
00:38:30My crikey.
00:38:32There's someone out there.
00:38:33Who is it, Baramor?
00:38:34There's nothing.
00:38:36Nothing at all.
00:38:37Who is your confederate out yonder?
00:38:39It's my business, not yours.
00:38:42I will not say.
00:38:43Then you leave my employment right away.
00:38:45Very good, sir.
00:38:47I hope you feel the shame.
00:38:49Your family has lived with mine for more than a hundred years.
00:38:51And now I find you deep in some dark plot against me.
00:38:56No, sir.
00:38:57Not against you.
00:38:58My unhappy brother is starving out on the moor.
00:39:03The light is to show him we've left food there for him.
00:39:06Then your brother is the escaped convict.
00:39:10Selden.
00:39:11Is that true?
00:39:12Now that my wife has told you, it's no longer my secret.
00:39:15Yes.
00:39:16Selden is her brother.
00:39:18Well, I can't blame you for standing by your wife.
00:39:21Go to your quarters.
00:39:22We'll discuss this in the morning.
00:39:31What a nerve he has.
00:39:33He is desperate.
00:39:35I wonder how far that is.
00:39:36Not more than a mile, I'd say.
00:39:38By thunder, Watson, I'm going after him.
00:39:42I'll come with you.
00:39:43I'll come with you.
00:40:13Good heavens, what's that?
00:40:16It's a noise they have on the moor.
00:40:19I've heard it before.
00:40:22That's the cry of a hound.
00:40:24What do the local people think of it?
00:40:26Oh, they're ignorant.
00:40:27What does it matter?
00:40:28I'm not a child, Watson.
00:40:30What do they say?
00:40:32They say it's the hound of the Baskervilles.
00:40:35I thought as much.
00:40:37Don't think me a coward.
00:40:38But that noise has frozen my very blood.
00:40:41Then let's turn back.
00:40:42Not on your life.
00:40:44We came out after a convict.
00:40:46And we shall get him.
00:40:48Let's hope that hellhound doesn't get us first.
00:40:51We'll go up the hill and come down behind that rock.
00:40:54What do we do now?
00:41:12He won't be far from the light.
00:41:14Let's get closer.
00:41:15Let's go.
00:41:16Let's go.
00:41:20Let's go.
00:41:21Let's go.
00:41:24You'll never take me!
00:41:48You never take me!
00:41:54Come on!
00:41:57Come on!
00:42:01Come on!
00:42:04Come on!
00:42:09Come on!
00:42:16Come on...
00:42:21We've lost him.
00:42:43I guess so.
00:42:45But at least he'll think twice before he comes near Baskerville Hall again.
00:42:48What's net over there?
00:42:49I can't see clearly enough.
00:42:51That was a man.
00:43:04A prison warder, probably, looking for Selden.
00:43:08Let's go.
00:43:09We can tell them what we know tomorrow.
00:43:11Sir Henry.
00:43:30Oh, you startled me.
00:43:32It's been quite a night, you know, Barrymore.
00:43:34I realize that, my lord.
00:43:36But I must speak to you.
00:43:38I'll come inside.
00:43:41I beg you, sir.
00:43:43Don't try to catch Selden.
00:43:45It's our duty.
00:43:46In a day or two.
00:43:47He's leaving for Southampton to get a ship for South America.
00:43:51He'll do no more harm to us.
00:43:53Please, don't interfere with this.
00:43:56The man is known to be a vicious killer.
00:43:58We can't let him escape.
00:44:00They'll hang him this time, sir.
00:44:02It would break my wife's heart.
00:44:05I'm sorry, Barrymore.
00:44:06I can do less than I feel is right.
00:44:08However, he has had a fright now, and he may be a hundred miles away by tomorrow.
00:44:13I won't tell the police.
00:44:15You're very kind, sir.
00:44:16I should like to repay your kindness.
00:44:20I know something about Sir Charles' death.
00:44:23You know how he died?
00:44:24No, but I do know he went out to meet someone that night.
00:44:29Who?
00:44:30That I cannot say, sir.
00:44:31But it was a woman.
00:44:34I found this a few weeks ago.
00:44:37What does it say?
00:44:39Please, please, as you are a gentleman, burn this letter and be at the gate by ten o'clock.
00:44:45And it's signed by L.L.
00:44:48Why haven't you mentioned this before?
00:44:50I found it only after the inquest.
00:44:52I wouldn't say anything to harm Sir Charles' reputation.
00:44:56That letter is from a lady.
00:44:58What makes you so sure of that?
00:45:00Look at the handwriting.
00:45:01I think you're right.
00:45:03Dr. Mortimer knows everyone in the district.
00:45:05I'll ask him about a lady with the initials L.L. in the morning.
00:45:10Well, it may be a bit of a long shot,
00:45:12but there is a woman in Coombe Tracy called Laura Lyons.
00:45:15Whether she knew Sir Charles, I cannot say.
00:45:18There's no one else I can think of whose initials are L.L.
00:45:21I'll try Miss Lyons anyway.
00:45:23Not Miss Lyons.
00:45:25She's married.
00:45:26Or was, anyhow.
00:45:27Oh, dear.
00:45:28Still, I'd better go to see Mrs. Lyons and hear what she has to say.
00:45:32I say there.
00:45:48You.
00:45:48You there.
00:45:49Are you speaking to me?
00:45:51You're a detective, aren't you?
00:45:53Well.
00:45:54You're looking for the killer.
00:45:56What do you know about it?
00:45:57Come up here.
00:45:58I have something to show you.
00:46:01Have you ever wondered how he survives out there on the moor?
00:46:05Uh, yes.
00:46:06I know how he gets his food.
00:46:09I see him every day.
00:46:10The killer?
00:46:11No.
00:46:12The lad who carries his vittles to him.
00:46:14I see him on that far path leading to the old stone ruins
00:46:18about this time every day.
00:46:20Got this, you see.
00:46:20If you'd like to take a peep, you'll see him any minute.
00:46:35I don't believe you're right.
00:46:38He's out there now.
00:46:40Thank you very much, sir.
00:46:42I must go.
00:46:43I say, you won't forget to tell him it was me you told you, will you?
00:46:46Ha-ha!
00:46:50I said, you won't forget to tell him you!
00:46:53I swear!
00:46:58I swear!
00:47:01I swear!
00:47:03I swear!
00:47:05I swear!
00:47:05I swear!
00:47:07I swear!
00:47:10I swear!
00:47:11I swear!
00:47:19I swear!
00:47:20Well, if Selden is getting his food from the Barrymoors, who else is hiding out on this mysterious moor?
00:47:42I think I'll take a look in there.
00:47:50Give yourself up. There are too many of us for you to take on. You'd better surrender. I'm coming in. Keep your hands above your head. Oh, dear.
00:48:20It's a lovely day, my dear Watson.
00:48:41Oh, Holmes!
00:48:44Sir, how did you know I was in the hut?
00:48:52I know of only one man who smokes Bradley's Oxford cigarettes and he gets nervous.
00:48:56I thought you saw me the night you were chasing the convict.
00:49:00Oh, so that was you watching us.
00:49:02I had to come here. My investigation showed that Sir Henry is in very real danger.
00:49:08A hound. Come, Watson. Great heavens, if we're too late.
00:49:20Oh, poor Sir Henry. This is my fault. I should never have left him alone.
00:49:30I hadn't expected that he would meet his demise quite so soon. It's just as much my fault as yours.
00:49:36We'll need help to carry the body back to the hall.
00:49:38Oh, no, we won't. He's not going back there.
00:49:42Why not?
00:49:44Take a look for yourself.
00:50:00Oh, oh, merciful heaven. It's not Sir Henry. It's Selden, the convict.
00:50:06Wearing one of his lordship's suits. One of the suits Sir Henry gave to Barrymore.
00:50:12He must have passed it on to this poor wretch.
00:50:15Why, Dr. Watson, that's not you, is it?
00:50:18Oh, dear me, is someone hurt? Is that our friend Sir Henry?
00:50:24It's not. It's Selden.
00:50:26Selden? I thought, is he dead?
00:50:29He seems to have fallen and broken his neck.
00:50:31Is that what you think, Mr. Holmes?
00:50:33You're very quick at identification, my friend.
00:50:37We've been expecting you ever since Dr. Watson arrived.
00:50:40And now we have an unpleasant remembrance to take back to London with us.
00:50:43You're leaving?
00:50:45There are more important things to worry us than ghostly hounds.
00:50:48So you heard it?
00:50:50Heard nothing.
00:50:51Let's go. We can send someone to pick up the body.
00:50:56Good night, gentlemen, and goodbye.
00:51:03Holmes, are we really giving up?
00:51:19Not at all. We're not moving an inch.
00:51:21In fact, I shall wire Inspector Lestrade to come to Devon with an arrest warrant.
00:51:25On the way there, I'll tell you about a woman called Laura Lyons.
00:51:55The End
00:52:01The End
00:52:03Come in.
00:52:08come in we are investigating the death of sir charles baskerville i understand you have some
00:52:22knowledge of the circumstances why do you think that because of the letter you sent asking him
00:52:27to meet you that night i asked him to burn it are there no gentlemen left i wanted to borrow a
00:52:33little money that's all i must warn you we are treating his death as murder i didn't keep the
00:52:38appointment because jack stapleton told you not to how do you know that i didn't until now however
00:52:44i would have found out it's not difficult to check up on an ex-school teacher and his wife wife he's
00:52:50not married madam the woman he calls his sister is in fact his wife that's not true he and i are to
00:52:56be married just as soon as i get my divorce that's why i wanted to borrow the money but stapleton told
00:53:02you not to keep your appointment and the next thing we know sir charles is dead i know nothing about it
00:53:14i believe you you're not the only one who's been taken in by that man i'm sorry my dear
00:53:32it's not a weird one who's been taken in by that man there's no one who's been taken in by that man i'm a
00:54:48Sir, I hadn't forgotten.
00:54:49Sit down.
00:54:49Have some tea.
00:54:50I'm sorry.
00:54:51I can't stay.
00:54:52I have a few more specimens to milk this afternoon.
00:54:55Well, that's a shame.
00:55:01We too must leave, Sir Henry.
00:55:04I'll walk to the gate with you.
00:55:10Well, that's funny.
00:55:11I left my walking boots here this morning, and now one of them's gone.
00:55:15There's no need to come out.
00:55:16Here's the carriage down.
00:55:19Goodbye, Sir Henry.
00:55:20I shall return to the solution to this mystery.
00:55:23I shan't move until you get back.
00:55:25Don't forget your dinner engagement with the Stapleton.
00:55:27You can't disappoint them.
00:55:28Do you think I'll be safe to go out alone tonight?
00:55:31No harm will come to you, I promise.
00:55:33Goodbye, Sir Henry.
00:55:34Goodbye.
00:55:34Goodbye.
00:55:34Did you notice, Watson, the incredible similarity between Jack Stapleton and the portrait of Sir Hugo?
00:55:56So, that's it.
00:55:57I've been wondering why you suspect him.
00:55:59Do you think he's a Baskerville?
00:56:01Excellent deduction.
00:56:03But you just told Sir Henry to go to dinner with him this evening.
00:56:06He's a killer.
00:56:07Oh, no.
00:56:08He's not the killer.
00:56:10And Sir Henry's quite safe with us watching over him.
00:56:13Let's hope Inspector Lestrade is on that train.
00:56:27There's Baskerville.
00:56:38I hope you've got something big, Holmes, to drag me all this way.
00:56:42You have the warrant?
00:56:43Yes.
00:56:43Then tonight, you shall have your something big.
00:56:46Holmes, do you think you could tell us how you arrived at your conclusions?
00:56:50Of course.
00:56:52We shall take tea, and then a slow drive to Merripet House, during which time I'll explain everything.
00:56:57What I'd like to know first...
00:57:02No, Watson.
00:57:03I'll put things in order.
00:57:05When we first realized that Sir Henry was being followed around London, I knew it had to be someone who knew Dr. Mortimer.
00:57:12He must have mentioned his errand, probably in passing, to someone living near Baskerville Hall.
00:57:17The next thing was the man in the carriage.
00:57:18He's obviously too clever to think of a black beard as only a disguise.
00:57:22How much better if he could throw suspicion onto one of Sir Charles' close acquaintances.
00:57:26Therefore, he must have known Barrymore.
00:57:29You never thought it was Barrymore.
00:57:32Not after I received your letter about Stapleton being a schoolteacher whose students had died of fever.
00:57:37That kind of person is easily traced.
00:57:39My suspicion started when you wrote about brother and sister, and my inquiry showed him to be a married man with no other relatives.
00:57:46Why was he lying, except to hide his background?
00:57:50What was he trying to hide?
00:57:53Could it be that he stood to gain something from Sir Charles' death?
00:57:57The British Museum suggested the answer to this.
00:58:00There was a Baskerville who had fled England in disgrace, taking with him a son.
00:58:04There was a strong possibility this might now be the man who called himself Stapleton.
00:58:08The portrait proved that finally.
00:58:19And you knew all this before you arrived here?
00:58:22I knew very little, but suspected a lot.
00:58:25My few days hiding out on the moor strengthened my suspicions.
00:58:28That's why I told no one I was here.
00:58:30What about the warning notes Sir Henry got?
00:58:33I have already allowed that he was a clever man.
00:58:35I don't know yet what purpose that served.
00:58:38I couldn't arrest someone for being related to a dead man.
00:58:41If Stapleton killed Sir Charles, I must have proof.
00:58:43That is precisely why I sent Sir Henry into Stapleton's hands this evening.
00:58:47To get proof.
00:58:48What do you think he'll do?
00:58:49I don't know.
00:58:50But we shall position ourselves outside his house and wait for his move.
00:58:54Did you bring a weapon?
00:58:55I have my revolver.
00:58:56Good.
00:58:58Driver, pull up here.
00:58:59We can walk the rest of the way.
00:59:08I'll go down to peek through the windows.
00:59:11You go up there and wait.
00:59:14Be careful.
00:59:29What do you think?
00:59:31THE END
01:00:01I could see only the two men. No sign of Beryl Stinkleton in there.
01:00:08Is she to be the assassin, do you think?
01:00:10I confess to having no theories as to how they plan to do this. We'll just have to sit and wait.
01:00:19It's been two hours and still nothing's happened.
01:00:22Oh, no. Look over there.
01:00:25If that comes down, we have no chance of seeing even one another, let alone that house.
01:00:30It's moving pretty quickly. There's not much time left.
01:00:39I think Sir Henry's leaving.
01:00:42He'll walk straight into the fog.
01:00:43Well, thank you very much, Jack.
01:00:46The pleasure was all mine.
01:00:47Now, do be careful walking home. Stick to the road at all costs.
01:00:51That fog is very thick.
01:00:53I shall be careful.
01:00:59We'd better get closer to him.
01:01:01Dear heaven, save me from this.
01:01:25Quickly, we must save Sir Henry.
01:01:42Fire towards the screen.
01:01:48I'll hit Sir Henry.
01:01:49It's a charge you must take.
01:01:53That's no apparition.
01:01:55If you can wound it, you can kill it.
01:01:57Shoot again.
01:02:06A straw.
01:02:07Shoot.
01:02:12That's all my ammunition.
01:02:13Then we'll tackle it by hand.
01:02:22Holmes! Lestrade!
01:02:24He's over here!
01:02:31He's not dead.
01:02:32He's fainted.
01:02:33It's more wonder.
01:02:33He's over here.
01:02:54Watson, you stay with Sir Henry.
01:02:55We'll go for Stapleton.
01:02:59Don't try to move.
01:03:00You'll try upstairs.
01:03:19Holmes!
01:03:20Up in the bedroom!
01:03:21Come on!
01:03:26Jack did this to stop me warning anyone.
01:03:28He found out that I'd sent a note to Sir Henry in London.
01:03:31You sent that note?
01:03:33I suspected Jack was behind Sir Charles' death.
01:03:35I wanted to make sure it didn't happen again.
01:03:38And then tonight I saw him lead that hideous animal into the outhouse and realized what he was going to do.
01:03:42I argued with him.
01:03:43I pleaded with him not to do it.
01:03:45You know where he is now?
01:03:46He would have gone into the mire where no one can follow.
01:03:49Do you think you could lead us to him?
01:03:50I'll try.
01:03:51But it's very dangerous.
01:03:52No one could pick his way through the mire in this fog.
01:03:59No one could pick his way through the mire in this fog.
01:04:01That must be Jack.
01:04:12He's gone under.
01:04:13God rest his soul.
01:04:15The poor sad fool.
01:04:16He put broken twigs into each solid patch.
01:04:30He was the only one who knew the way through.
01:04:39Ah, Sir Henry's boot.
01:04:46He needed to steal that to give the hound its scent.
01:04:54Will you be very upset if they can't find him?
01:04:56When I saw that frog last night, I knew he'd never be able to cross the mire.
01:05:01I'm quite resigned to the idea that he's gone forever.
01:05:04And I'm not sorry.
01:05:06He was an evil man.
01:05:08I have decided to take a long cruise to help forget this dreadful incident.
01:05:12Perhaps when I get back, you too might have forgotten.
01:05:15I shall be here.
01:05:26Well, this is where he kept the beast, obviously.
01:05:35Why did Stapleton choose this way to commit his murders?
01:05:38If he wanted to inherit the Baskerville title,
01:05:41he needed to be absolutely free of any suspicions.
01:05:43What better way to do that than to resurrect the ancient curse on the family?
01:05:49Well, it seems that this time, he turned out to be the one who suffered.
01:05:54I think you're right.
01:05:56Well, Watson, that solves the mystery of the hound of the Baskervilles.
01:06:00And, as always, the solution was elementary, my dear Watson.
01:06:04Elementary.
01:06:08Elementary.
01:06:08Elementary.
01:06:08THE END
01:06:38THE END
01:07:08THE END
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