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An unknown thief steals an important naval treaty from a Foreign Office clerk; Sherlock Holmes sets out to find it. Starring: Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Colin Jeavons, Eric Porter, Rosalie Williams.
An unknown thief steals an important naval treaty from a Foreign Office clerk; Sherlock Holmes sets out to find it. Starring: Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Colin Jeavons, Eric Porter, Rosalie Williams.
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01:59Holmes?
02:21Holmes?
02:23Holmes?
02:29Holmes?
02:33You come out of crisis Swanson!
02:46Help yourself to tobacco from the Persian slipper.
02:49I shall be at your service in an instant.
02:59If this remains blue, all is well. If it turns red, it's a man's life.
03:15I thought as much.
03:21Mrs. Hudson!
03:25Mrs. Hudson!
03:32Would you find Billy, please?
03:34And tell him to dispatch these telegrams without delay.
03:38Oh, sit down, Watson.
03:40What a commonplace little murder.
03:50You have something more interesting, I fancy.
03:54You are the stormy petrol of crime, Watson. What is it?
03:58I've had a letter from a boy I was at school with.
04:01I think you should read it.
04:04Percy Phelps.
04:06Brilliant boy. Carried off every prize the school had to offer.
04:09Went on to fresh triumphs at Cambridge.
04:11I must confess, he'd passed completely out of my mind until this.
04:16My dear Watson, I've no doubt you remember Tadpole Phelps,
04:20who was in the third form when you were in the fifth.
04:23It's possible you may have heard that through my uncle's influence,
04:27I obtained a good appointment at the Foreign Office.
04:29His uncle's Lord Holdhurst.
04:32And that I was in a position of trust and honor
04:34till a horrible misfortune came suddenly to blast my career.
04:39Yes, his gaudy connections did him little good at school.
04:42It seemed to us a piquant thing to
04:44chevy him about the playground,
04:46hit him over the shins with the wicket.
04:51Do you think you could bring your friend Mr. Holmes down to see me?
04:54It doesn't tell us much.
04:57Yeah, hardly anything.
04:58But the writing is of interest. It is a woman's.
05:01No, no, a man's surely.
05:03No, a woman's.
05:05At the commencement of a case,
05:08it is always something to know that a client
05:11is in close contact with someone who, for good or evil,
05:14has an exceptional nature.
05:17You're interested.
05:23Indeed.
05:25Well, if you are ready, let us start for
05:27Bravery House working at once.
05:30Well, my practice...
05:31Oh, oh, oh.
05:33Well, I mean, if your cases are more interesting than mine...
05:35I was going to say my practice would do very well for a day or two.
05:39It's the slackest time of the year.
05:41Excellent.
05:42Well, let us visit this diplomatist who is in such evil case,
05:48and the lady to whom he dictates his letters.
05:52Mrs. Hudson!
05:54Hot water!
06:09Take these for me, would you then?
06:11Yes, you would love.
06:17Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
06:18And this is my colleague and friend, Dr. Watson.
06:20Dr. Watson, I'm so glad you've come.
06:22Percy's been inquiring after you all morning.
06:24Watch out.
06:26I perceive that you yourself are not a member of the family.
06:33Of course.
06:34You see my J.H. monogram.
06:37For a moment I thought you'd done something clever.
06:39Joseph Harrison's my name.
06:42And since Percy is betrothed to my sister Annie,
06:44I shall at least be a relation by marriage.
06:47You'll find her in his room.
06:49She's been nursing him these past two months.
06:53Rose, the house.
06:54The house.
07:06Now listen.
07:07They're here.
07:09Shall I leave?
07:10No.
07:11No.
07:12No.
07:27My dear Watson, I should never have known you under that moustache.
07:29And I dare say you wouldn't be prepared to swear to me.
07:32Not at all.
07:33Still the same dear old tadpole.
07:36And this, I presume, is your celebrated friend.
07:40Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Percy Phelps.
07:44And I'm Miss Harrison.
07:46My fiancée and my nurse.
07:48Please.
07:49Sit down.
07:54I, er...
07:56I showed Holmes the letter that you wrote to me.
07:59Yes, I hoped you would.
08:00It was rather short on detail.
08:02Then let me get straight to the point.
08:05I work as a clerk in the Foreign Office.
08:07My uncle is Lord Holdhurst.
08:10When he became Foreign Minister,
08:11he gave me...
08:13occasional delicate missions of trust,
08:15which I always managed to conduct successfully.
08:18I'm sure you did, old chap.
08:21Pray continue, Mr. Phelps.
08:24Nearly ten weeks ago.
08:25It was the evening of the 23rd of May.
08:27He called me into his private room.
08:38Ah, Percy.
08:42My dear boy.
08:43Good evening, sir.
08:45You've heard of the naval treaty
08:48that has just been drawn up between England and Italy.
08:52I've read rumours in the press, sir.
08:54Most regrettable.
08:56And it is of the utmost importance
08:58that nothing further should leak out.
09:00The French and Russian embassies
09:02would pay an immense sum to learn its contents.
09:06This is the original.
09:09It should not leave my bureau.
09:11Would it not absolutely necessary to have it copied?
09:14Take it straight to your office and lock it up.
09:17Now, remain behind when the others go,
09:21so that you can work at your leisure
09:22and without fear of being overlooked.
09:25And when you have finished,
09:27re-lock both the original and the draft
09:30in your own desk
09:31and hand them over to me personally
09:34tomorrow morning.
09:36The very greatest care, nephew.
09:41You may rely on it, sir.
09:43This treaty, can you be more precise as to its nature?
09:47When you brought outline,
09:48you defined the position of Great Britain
09:50towards the Triple Alliance
09:52in the event of the French fleet gaining complete ascendancy
09:54over Italy in the Mediterranean.
09:56I returned straight to my office
09:58where I found a colleague of mine,
10:00Mr. Charles Goro, still working.
10:03Hi, Uncle.
10:07What did Uncle want?
10:10To congratulate me on my engagement.
10:13I spent it.
10:35Nothing else?
10:39Some fishing dispute you wanted me to copy.
10:43You're not still on that Bulgarian piece, are you?
10:57It's extremely long-winded and tiresome.
11:00And I am fagged out for the night.
11:04You working late again?
11:07Just a few things.
11:09You want to slack off a bit, old man?
11:11Ambition's a fine thing and all that.
11:14But not neglect the beautiful Miss Harrison.
11:17Some other chap might step in.
11:20She wouldn't have you, Charles.
11:22Not Neil, man.
11:23I've got my Daphne.
11:27Good night, dear.
11:28Good night.
11:41You made sure that he was gone before you started work.
11:44Quite sure.
11:46And I copped it as fast as I could,
11:47for I knew that Joseph, my fiancé's brother...
11:50We met him in the garden.
11:52He was in town and was traveling back to Woking by the 11 o'clock train.
11:57I wanted to catch it if possible.
11:59But it was a long document.
12:01Written in French.
12:02By 9 o'clock I was feeling drowsy and scarcely a third of the way through.
12:15I thought a cup of coffee might clear my brain,
12:17so I rang the commissioner who stays on duty all night in a small lodge at the bottom of the stairs.
12:32To my surprise, it was a woman who answered the summons.
12:38I'm sorry. I was ringing for Mr. Tangy.
12:41I'm his wife, sir.
12:42I do the char work in this building.
12:45Ah.
12:47Well, I was wondering if you might bring me a cup of coffee.
12:52Well, go and ask him, sir.
12:55This woman.
12:57You've never noticed her in the building before?
13:00Never.
13:02The coffee was some time coming.
13:08So I went down to investigate.
13:09Leaving the room unguarded?
13:14Yes.
13:19I found Tangy.
13:21Asleep.
13:22Mr. Phelps, sir.
13:40I'm very sorry, sir.
13:42I must have just dropped off for a moment.
13:45Your coffee, sir.
13:47Your coffee, sir.
13:52What if you're here, sir?
13:54Who's ringing a bell?
13:55A bell.
13:57What bell is it?
13:58It's the bell in the room in which you're working, sir.
14:05Ran back upstairs, and the document was gone from your desk.
14:09Yes.
14:11Yes.
14:13Oh, God.
14:14No.
14:20You passed.
14:21No one in the corridor.
14:22No one.
14:24There was no one.
14:25In the room.
14:26In the corridor.
14:28All seemed exactly as I'd left it.
14:30Percy has drawn a rough chart of the building, Mr. Holmes, which he thought might be of use.
14:34Yes.
14:35Yes, that's the utmost importance, Mr. Holmes.
14:41Yes, I think I quite follow it.
14:43On your discovery of the theft, what did you do then?
14:47Well, I've recognized in an instant the thief must have come up through the side door.
14:51This one here.
14:53Yes, of course.
14:54Well, you would have met him if he'd come the other way.
14:56And you are satisfied that he could not have been concealed in the room or in the corridor?
15:01Absolutely impossible.
15:03All the other doors were locked.
15:04Strict foreign office regulations.
15:08There was no cover at all.
15:10A rat couldn't have concealed himself there.
15:17Tangier and I both rushed out down the stairs that lead into Charles Street.
15:20Mr. Phil!
15:21The door at the bottom was closed.
15:23Unlocked.
15:25It was dark.
15:27Raining.
15:30There was no one.
15:33But I distinctly remember the three quarters of Big Ben.
15:39A quarter to ten.
15:43That is of enormous importance.
15:46They came out here, you see, Holmes.
15:48On the corner we found a policeman but he'd seen no one leave the building in the last quarter of an hour except for the commissionaire's wife.
15:56So we ran through to Whitehall.
15:58It was full of traffic.
16:01People coming and going.
16:04All only too eager to find a place of shelter on.
16:07So wet a night.
16:08No lounger to tell you who passed?
16:11None.
16:13Had it been raining all evening?
16:15Since about seven.
16:17Ah, this chain of events is certainly of extraordinary interest.
16:21And so you returned to the office.
16:25Examined it, I presume, to see if the intruder had left any traces.
16:30Muddy footmarks.
16:32Any cigar end.
16:33Or dropped glove.
16:34Hairpin.
16:36There was nothing.
16:38Except the tangible fact that the commissionaire's wife had run out of the building not ten minutes earlier.
16:46What did you do next, Mr Phelps?
16:49The constable alerted Scotland Yard.
16:52It was then, for the first time, the full horror of my situation came upon me.
17:00I'd been so confident of regaining the treaty.
17:04I dared not think...
17:09Watson will tell you I was a nervous, sensitive boy at school.
17:13It's my nature.
17:16I thought of my uncle.
17:19His cabinet colleagues.
17:23The shame I'd brought upon them.
17:26Myself.
17:30Everyone connected with me.
17:33What though I was the victim of an accident.
17:36There are no allowance for...
17:39Accidents in diplomatic circles.
17:42I've been ruined.
17:45Shamefully.
17:47Hopelessly.
17:49Ruined.
17:50Steady on, old chap.
17:52There.
17:54There.
17:56It's all right.
17:58Stand back, will you?
17:59Lord.
18:00Stand back, will you, Lord.
18:09Yes, sir.
18:11Yes, sir.
18:13Yes, sir.
18:15Yes, sir.
18:17The investigation is set, sir.
18:18is the investigation concluded adjourned
18:28poor old Percy terrible strain all this career in the balance
18:37it seems not to have affected your sister's devotion how long has she known Mr. Phelps
18:42well they met in Northumberland in the winter and Percy was traveling on
18:46government business in our part of the world was love at first sight do your
18:50people approve of the match indeed Mr. Holmes especially when they learn to
18:56Percy's connection with Lord Holdhurst my father is an iron muster and a staunt
19:01supporter of the Conservative Party she came down here to meet Percy's people
19:05and you came as escort just before they left for America the the wedding is
19:11planned for September if the poor chap recovers I suppose you only intended to
19:16a short visit and then came the smash may I ask you what your occupation is that
19:27allows you to while away the summer in working as the eldest son mr. Holmes I
19:32have expectations of inheriting my father's business I also dabble in stocks
19:37and shares which grants me a certain independence my apologies if my question
19:43offended you on the night of May the 23rd had you arranged to meet mr. Phelps at
19:50Waterloo to take the 11 o'clock train together no that may have been his
19:55intention he knew I was in London dining with my stockbroker but I wasn't
19:59expecting to meet him but thank you for your time mr. Harrison shall I and would you the sick room
20:08mr. Holmes I do apologize I feel calmer now thanks to Watson's administration
20:22mr. Phelps that is just the matter to the commissioner's wife yes of course as I
20:36remember shortly after our return to my office inspector Forbes of the yard
20:40arrived to take up the case with considerable energy we hired a handsome and within half an hour we're at the Tange's home in Brixton the door was opened by his eldest daughter
20:51your mother at home not yet she does a night job cleaning well wait for her if you don't mind in here
21:01after about ten minutes we heard the front door and here we made one serious mistake for which I blame myself
21:17it is mr. Phelps of the office yeah I'm come who do you think we were when you ran away from us I thought you was the bailiff's we've had some trouble with a tradesman
21:43here we've reason to believe that you've taken a paper of importance from the foreign office and you ran in here to dispose of it now you better come back with us to Scotland Yard to be sure
21:57thank you
22:27you made a full examination of the kitchen yes there was no sign of the documents
22:33four wheeler was brought and we all three drove back in it to Scotland Yard
22:40I waited in an agony of suspense until the female searcher came back with her report
22:47they found nothing
22:48after that I have no clear recollection
22:51I believe a police officer drove me to Waterloo where by the merest good fortune I met Dr. Ferrier who lives near us
23:00and was traveling down by the next train
23:02the train you caught now would have been
23:05the 1140 I think
23:07Dr. Ferrier most kindly took charge of me
23:11just as well he did for I had a fit in the station before we reached home I was practically a raving lunatic
23:18your brother had already returned
23:21yes
23:23I was surprised but not unduly worried that he was alone
23:27Percy often worked late and I knew there was another train
23:31so I went to bed
23:33and sometime after midnight
23:36I was woken
23:38by the most fearful commotion in the hall
23:41your brother was sleeping down here in this room
23:52yes
23:53my family were taking advantage of their trip to America to have several of the upstairs bedrooms redecorated
23:58it was evident that poor Percy was in for a long illness
24:01so Joseph was bundled up to my room
24:04this was turned into a sick room
24:07for me
24:09why it's a very cheery room
24:19I have lain here for nine weeks delirious
24:24if it had not been for Miss Harrison and the doctor's care I should not be speaking to you now
24:30she nursed me by day
24:33a hired nurse looked after me at night
24:36for in the mad fits
24:38I was capable of anything
24:40it's only in the last few days that my reason has slowly cleared
24:44I've wired Inspector Forbes but he's told me no clue has been discovered
24:52so I turn to you Mr. Holmes
24:55it's my last hope
24:57just one question of the utmost importance Mr. Phelps did you tell anyone that you had this special task to perform
25:06no one
25:08not Miss Harrison for example
25:10no
25:12I had not been back to working in between getting the order
25:16and executing the commission
25:18what a lovely thing
25:26a rose is
25:28there is nothing in which deduction is so necessary
25:32as in religion
25:35it can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner
25:40our highest assurance of the goodness of providence seems to me to rest in the flowers
25:46it is only goodness which gives extras
25:49and so I say again
25:52we have much to hope
25:55from the flowers
25:58do you see any prospect of solving this mystery Mr. Holmes?
26:10mystery
26:12mystery?
26:14ah
26:16it would be absurd
26:18to deny that the case is abstruse and complicated
26:21do you see any clue?
26:23you have furnished me with seven but I must put them to the test
26:26before I can pronounce on their value
26:28you suspect someone?
26:30I suspect
26:32myself
26:35what?
26:36of coming to conclusions too rapidly
26:39then go back to London
26:42and test your conclusions
26:46your advice is very excellent Miss Harrison
26:56Mr. Phelps
26:58do not indulge yourself in false hopes
27:00the affair is a very tangled one
27:02and I am not
27:04a magician
27:09hey
27:10little varmint
27:15what do you think of Miss Harrison?
27:17a good sort or I'm mistaken
27:19I thought you were rather terse with her
27:22was I?
27:24she was only protecting her loved one
27:26a little overprotective perhaps
27:29surely you don't believe that she had anything to do with it?
27:33the most difficult crime to track down Watson is the one which is purposeless
27:37now this is not purposeless
27:39but who is it that the profits might?
27:42well there's the French ambassador
27:44the Russian
27:45and whoever might sell it to either of those
27:47and
27:48Lord Holdhurst
27:50well it is not inconceivable that a statesman might find himself in a position where he was not sorry
27:55to see such a document accidentally destroyed
27:58not a statesman with the honorable record of Lord Holdhurst
28:03George
28:05the Foreign Office
28:08Charles Street entrance
28:11George I want you to do something for me
28:14find the cab which dropped to fair there just after half past nine on the evening of May the 23rd
28:20Goddard
28:27a French name
28:29Huguenot actually
28:31but I'm as English in sympathy as you are Mr. Holmes
28:35am I under some sort of cloud because of my name?
28:39oh no no Holmes has a French grandmother
28:46I'd make yourself scarce if you want to avoid Inspector Forbes
28:49we've arranged to meet him here in five minutes
28:51yes
28:53I have been questioned by him
28:56already
28:58I shall do as you say
29:02good night to you both
29:03good night
29:04good night
29:06no secret doors
29:07the windows quite thirty feet above the ground fastened on the inner side
29:11the carpet prevents any possibility of a trap door
29:23now whoever rang the bell rope must have come right over to the desk
29:27why ring him?
29:33I mean was it the thief?
29:35and a bravado?
29:37or was it someone with the thief who tried to prevent the crime?
29:41or was it?
29:47or was it?
29:55Inspector Forbes I believe
29:58Mr. Holmes
30:00I'm a very busy man
30:02I have other cases besides this one
30:04but none so vital to the national interest I'll wager
30:09may I introduce my friend and colleague Dr. Watson
30:16what do you want from me Holmes?
30:18I know about your methods
30:21you're ready enough to use our information
30:23then you try and finish the case yourself and bring discredit on us
30:27on the contrary
30:29in my last 53 cases
30:31my name has appeared in only 4
30:33and the police have the credit in 49
30:39I don't blame you for not knowing this
30:42you are young
30:43and inexperienced
30:45but if you wish to get on in your duties
30:47you will work with me
30:49and not against me
30:51now then what steps have you taken?
30:53Tanji the commissioner we've cleared
30:55he left the guards with a good character
30:58his wife's a bad lot though
31:00she drinks
31:02what about the clerk?
31:04Garo?
31:06he's been shadowed all these 9 weeks
31:08we can show nothing against him
31:10have you formed any theory about how this bell rang?
31:14no
31:16I must confess that beats me
31:18it was a cool hand whoever it was
31:20go and give the alarm like that
31:21yes yes it was a very queer thing to do
31:24well many thanks inspector
31:26and if I can put this thief in your hands
31:27you shall hear from me
31:29come along Watson
31:31may I ask where you're going now
31:36to interview Lord Holdhurst
31:39the cabinet minister and very possibly the next premier of England
31:43good evening inspector
31:44good evening inspector
31:48I can't pretend Mr. Holmes that I'm ignorant of the reason for your visit
31:52but in whose interests are you acting may I ask?
31:55in the part of Mr. Percy Helps
31:58my unfortunate nephew
32:00you can understand that our kinship makes it the more impossible for me
32:04to screen him in any way
32:06yes but if the document is found Lord Holdhurst
32:09Lord Holdhurst
32:10that of course
32:12would be different
32:18Lord Holdhurst it was in this room that you gave
32:21instructions for the copying of the document
32:24it was
32:26and you mentioned it to nobody else except your nephew you're certain of that?
32:31absolutely
32:33then if nobody else knew of it
32:36you would agree that
32:38the thief's presence in your nephew's room was purely accidental
32:42I mean he saw his chance and took it
32:46you
32:48take me out of my province there Mr. Holmes
32:53there is one other
32:55very important point
32:57you feared
32:59so I understand that very grave results might follow
33:04from the details of this treaty becoming known
33:07very grave results indeed
33:11have they occurred?
33:13not yet
33:15if the treaty had reached let us say
33:18the Russian or the French foreign office
33:21you would expect to hear of it
33:23I certainly should
33:24then since nearly ten weeks have elapsed
33:28it is not unfair to suppose then
33:31that the treaty for some reason
33:33has not reached them
33:37but Holmes we can hardly suppose that the thief took the treaty in order to
33:41frame it and hang it on his wall
33:44hmm
33:46well
33:48perhaps he's waiting for a better price Watson
33:51or maybe he's had a sudden illness
33:55a brain storm for example
34:00I did not say so
34:05Lord Heldhurst we have taken up too much of your valuable time
34:09fine fellow
34:16every responsibilities
34:19yes but he has a struggle to keep up his position and he's far from rich
34:26you noticed of course that his boots have been resold
34:29really?
34:31really?
34:35I shall do nothing more today unless I get an answer to my cabin quarry
34:39ah
34:47you all right?
34:48oh Watson I won't detain you any longer from your legitimate work
35:00but I should be extremely obliged if you would come down to Woking with me tomorrow
35:05the same train that we took today
35:07yes of course
35:13night Holmes
35:14I shall sleep my own sleep
35:16and alone
35:18but Percy
35:19Mr. Holmes has imbued me with fresh hope and I feel I'm on the mend
35:21we have an appointment in church in September my love and I mean to keep it
35:27oh
35:33Oh
35:35oh
35:37oh
35:40oh
35:42oh
35:47oh
35:48oh
35:50oh
35:51oh
35:53oh
35:54oh
35:55he sent the nurse away. at last. he puts too much faith in the great
36:14detective. it's you that's kept his flame alive not some detective. and you
36:18brother. without you to support me.
36:48you
37:18could it be that I'm the center of some monstrous conspiracy that my life is
37:40aimed at as well as my honor and as far as I know an enemy in the world. you certainly
37:45have had your share of misfortune old chap. I think I may have found the spot where the
37:52fell of scale on the wall.
37:58it's towards the road.
38:00do you think this was done last night? it looks rather old to me. no I fancy we
38:05shall get no help there. now why did the intruder choose the window onto the
38:11courtyard? I should have thought this side of the house would have been easier.
38:14it's more visible from the courtyard. oh yes of course. have you ever had an alarm like this before?
38:21there's no plate in the house or anything to attract burglars.
38:24nothing of value.
38:27was there anything in London? well we've seen inspector Forbes.
38:34seen your uncle. home's a set one or two things in motion. so you've not lost heart?
38:40oh by no means. god bless you for saying that. if we keep our courage and
38:46patience the truth must come out.
38:53miss Harrison you must remain in this room for the rest of the day. it is of vital importance.
38:59now tonight when you go to bed lock that door from the outside and keep the key.
39:04oh Percy...
39:05tell no one. now quick. promise.
39:10why are you moping in here honey? come out to the sunshine.
39:13i'll beat you a croaky.
39:15i have a slight headache.
39:19and this room is deliciously cool and soothing. thank you joseph.
39:23uh mr. phelps.
39:25while we're investigating this minor affair we must not lose sight of our main inquiry.
39:32it would help me very much if you would come to London with us. do you feel strong enough?
39:37yes. if you really think i can be of help. do you want me to stay the night?
39:43i was on the point of proposing it.
39:45then if my friend of the night comes to visit me he'll find the bird flown. but what about Annie?
39:51ah mr. haddison will look after her and my friend Watson will take care of your medical needs.
39:56could you be ready to leave in an hour?
39:58we're all in your hands mr. Holmes.
40:07there are one or two points i wish to care up and your absence mr. phelps will rather assist me.
40:16Watson when you reach London drive our friends straight to Baker Street and remain with him until i see you again.
40:22now gentlemen i shall leave you.
40:26what about our investigation in London?
40:29i hope to be in London in time for breakfast.
40:32he really is the most inscrutable fellow, Watson.
41:02oh you're still in here.
41:04how's your headache?
41:06a little better.
41:08first day for nine weeks without the invalid.
41:14and you choose to spend it in here?
41:18also have it.
41:20are you dining tonight?
41:23i'm not hungry and i'm enjoying my book.
41:26hmm i understand.
41:30my poor little sister.
41:32what a time you've had.
41:56that'll be mr. holmes returning now sir.
42:24Thank you Horace.
42:37He looks like a beaten man.
42:39I confess you may be right.
42:46I hope for so much.
42:54Holmes you're wounded.
43:04Oh it's only a scratch from my own clumsiness.
43:07Good morning Mr. Phelps. This case of yours is certainly one of the darkest I have ever investigated.
43:16It has been a remarkable experience.
43:19Oh come along Holmes. That bandage tells of adventures. Now what happened?
43:23After breakfast my dear Watson remember I have breathed 30 miles of sunny air this morning.
43:28There's been no answer to my cabin quarry I suppose.
43:31Well one cannot score every time.
43:34Mrs. Hudson you have risen to the occasion.
43:38Won't you join us Mr. Phelps?
43:40Now what's in this?
43:42A carrot chicken sir.
43:44And this?
43:45Ham and eggs.
43:46Her cuisine is a little limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as any Scotswoman.
43:51Now what will you take Mr. Phelps?
43:53Curried fowl?
43:54Eggs?
43:55Or will you help yourself?
43:56Thank you. I can eat nothing.
43:57Oh please try the dish before you.
43:59Thank you. I would really rather not.
44:01Oh well then I suppose you have no objection to helping me.
44:08It's the treaty.
44:24It's the treaty.
44:29It's the treaty.
44:30It's the treaty.
44:31It's the treaty.
44:32My god it's the treaty.
44:35It's the treaty.
44:36It's the treaty.
44:38It's the treaty.
44:40It's the treaty.
44:42It's the treaty.
44:43Watson.
44:44Randy.
44:46Ah there there there.
44:49It really was too bad of me to spring it on you.
44:52Watson here will tell you that I never can resist a touch of the dromat.
44:56the dramatic god bless you for saving my honor
45:02thank you mrs. Hudson oh thank you for your many considerations
45:11a Scotswoman's breakfast indeed a silly bit of paper please tell me how you got
45:20it where it was after I left you I settled myself into the English countryside and
45:28spent a charming afternoon I remained there until dusk and then I returned to
45:36your house I clambered over the wall and made my way through the undergrowth until
45:43I reached the stables just opposite your bedroom window
45:48the blind in your window had not yet been drawn and I could see miss Harrison
45:53reading a book by the light from a lamp
45:59it was about a quarter past 10 when she closed the book moved across the room
46:06carrying the lamp with her
46:10but I felt quite sure that she had turned the key in the lock key the instructions I
46:17gave her which she carried out to the letter mr. Phelps she is a lady of rare
46:23character without her cooperation you would not have that paper in your hand
46:27now it was a weird individual but it had the sort of excitement a sportsman feels
46:34when he lies before the watercourse and waits for the big game
46:41what happened what happened it was about two o'clock in the morning when I heard the
46:50gentle sound of a boat being pushed back
46:57that I was very careful how it was ok
47:04oh
47:06oh
47:07it's about two o'clock in the morning
47:08in the morning when I was so happy that this will be some great
47:10it's about three o'clock in the morning and I gave up the quick
47:12uh
47:13but it's about a big day
47:14during the morning and I took off the bus
47:18and that was a big day
47:20I think I was going to get a big day
47:22it was a big day
47:23All right, Holmes, what are you going to do with me?
47:43I've got what I want.
47:46I'll run for it.
47:53Joseph, you let him go.
48:11I've wired full particulars to Inspector Forbes.
48:14If he's quick enough to catch his bird, well and good.
48:16But if, as I shrewdly suspect, he finds the nest empty,
48:19why, all the better for the government?
48:20I fancy Lord Holdhurst for one and Mr. Percy Phelps for another
48:27would much rather the affair never got to a police court.
48:32My God, do you tell me that during my ten long weeks of agony
48:35the stolen papers were in the very room with me all the time?
48:41And Joseph, a villain and a thief.
48:45From what I gather, he had lost heavily dabbling in stocks
48:49and concealed the fact from his father,
48:52a man of strictly conservative habits.
48:55Yes, but his own sister's happiness
48:58and your reputation, your health.
49:03He knew
49:03that you often worked late
49:06and he was in town having dinner with his stockbroker,
49:09as he told me.
49:10But he was free
49:12by half past nine
49:13and called by your office
49:15entering through the side door.
49:18Percy!
49:28Finding no one in there
49:30but the light on
49:31and work evidently in progress,
49:34he rang the bell.
49:35The instant he did so,
49:38his eye caught the paper on the table.
49:40He knew at once
49:42that chance had put in his way
49:43a state document of immense value.
49:59Returned alone to Woking
50:01and concealed it in what he thought
50:03was a very safe place,
50:04intending to remove it in a day or two
50:06and take it to the French embassy
50:08or wherever he thought
50:09a long price was to be had.
50:11I don't believe it!
50:12I don't believe it!
50:13Mia!
50:16Then
50:17came your sudden return.
50:20Without a moment's warning,
50:22he was bundled out of his room
50:23and from that moment on
50:25there were always at least two of you in there
50:27preventing him from regaining his treasure,
50:30maddening for him.
50:32maddening for him my suspicions became certainties when the attempt to break in
50:39was made on the first night that the hired nurse was absent which showed that
50:45the intruder was well accustomed with the ways of the house at last he had his
50:51chance but you baffled him with your wakefulness yes I didn't take my
50:57sleeping draft but he had another chance when you came up to London I kept Miss
51:03Harrison in the room all day so as to anticipate him if you already knew the
51:10papers were in the room I thought they probably were but I had no desire to rip
51:15up all the skirting in search of them by allowing him to lead me to the hiding
51:19place I saved myself an infinity of trouble and caught him red-handed yes but why
51:27did he try the window when he might have come in through the door to appear to
51:31be a burglar and if necessary make good his escape across the courtyard knife you
51:38don't think he had any murderous intentions my dear fellow I can only say
51:44that mr. Joseph Harrison is a gentleman to whose mercy I should be extremely
51:48unwilling to trust that will be a young lady for you mr. Phelps
51:56Annie I left her a note to come to London the moment she work but mr. Phelps she knows
52:04nothing as yet of her brother's criminality
52:08yes my dear Holmes I can't thank you enough I shall go down at once and explain
52:22everything
52:26Percy goodbye and good luck
52:36thank you for restoring my happiness
52:46mr. Holmes hot water
52:52thank you
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