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A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why. Starring: Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Colin Jeavons, Eric Porter, Rosalie Williams.
A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why. Starring: Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Colin Jeavons, Eric Porter, Rosalie Williams.
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01:41Elsie, what's the matter?
01:43Elsie!
02:00Elsie!
02:01Elsie!
02:02Elsie!
02:03Elsie!
02:04Elsie!
02:05Elsie!
02:06Elsie!
02:07Elsie!
02:08Elsie!
02:09Elsie!
02:10Elsie!
02:11Elsie!
02:12Elsie!
02:13Elsie!
02:14Elsie!
02:15Elsie!
02:16Elsie!
02:17Oh, my God.
02:47Oh, my God.
03:17So, Watson, you do not propose to invest in South African securities.
03:30How on earth do you know that?
03:38Now, confess. You are utterly taken aback.
03:40I am.
03:42I should make you sign a paper to that effect.
03:44Why?
03:45Because in a few minutes you will say it is also observable.
03:48I should say nothing of the kind.
03:50You see, my dear Watson, it is not really difficult to construct a series of influences,
03:56each dependent upon its predecessor and each simple in itself.
04:00If after doing so, one simply knocks out the central influences
04:03and presents one's audience with the starting point and the conclusion,
04:08one may produce a startling,
04:11though possibly a meretricious effect.
04:15I can tell by an inspection of the groove between your left forefinger and thumb
04:21that you have decided not to invest your small capital in the goldfields.
04:25I can see no connection.
04:30Very likely not.
04:31But I can quickly give you a close connection.
04:33Here are the missing links in the very simple chain.
04:36You had chalk between your forefinger and thumb when you returned from the club last night.
04:40You put chalk there when you play billiards to ease the cue.
04:45You never play billiards except with Thurston.
04:48Now, Thurston, you told me, four weeks ago,
04:51had an option on some South African security which expired in a month
04:54and which he desired you to share with him.
04:57Your checkbook is locked in my drawer and you have not asked for the key,
05:00so you do not propose to invest your money in that manner.
05:05How absurdly simple.
05:10Quite so.
05:14Every problem is absurdly simple when it is explained to you.
05:20Holmes, why are you so cheerful?
05:23You're unemployed. You have no case to solve.
05:26Now, normally, that produces black moods
05:30and the infernal lethargy of the cocaine bottle.
05:33You have not used the logical principles which I constantly expound.
05:40Sherlock Holmes is cheerful.
05:44So, Sherlock Holmes must have a case.
05:48Pah!
05:50See what you can make of that, friend Watson.
05:57Why, Holmes, it's a child's drawing.
05:58Ah, is that your idea?
06:00Well, what else should it be?
06:01Well, that is what a Mr. Hilton Cubitt of Riddlingthorpe Manor,
06:05Derbyshire, is anxious to know.
06:07That conundrum came by the first post
06:09and he is to follow by the next train.
06:19Hilton Cubitt.
06:33No, no, I have already looked him up, Watson.
06:36His family is owned and in Derbyshire for over 500 years.
06:40I presume that Mr. Cubitt
06:41is as respectable as he is worthy.
06:46With a fresh face,
06:48an open countenance
06:49and wearing a brown bowler hat.
06:53Oh, no, you cannot possibly know that.
06:56Really, Holmes?
07:03You will stay and keep a record of the case.
07:06My dear fellow.
07:07Thank you, Mrs. Hudson.
07:17This way, Mr. Cubitt.
07:22Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
07:24Hilton Cubitt.
07:25This is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.
07:27Dr. Watson, sir.
07:28How do you do?
07:29Do sit down, Mr. Cubitt.
07:34So, what do you make of it, gentlemen?
07:36This thing.
07:38Have you had time to study it?
07:41Absurd little figures dancing in a line.
07:43It's a childish prank.
07:45Why do you attach importance to something so trivial?
07:48I don't, Mr. Holmes.
07:49I never should.
07:51No, no, it's my wife, you see.
07:54She...
07:55Go on, Mr. Cubitt.
07:57You're with friends.
07:58Well, it's frightened her almost to death.
08:02She says nothing, tries to appear normal, but I've never seen anyone so upset.
08:10In white chalk on a garden seat.
08:12It is a precise copy.
08:13No, it's as exact as I could make it.
08:16I did think it might be the stable boy, but the lad denied it.
08:20If there's any danger threatening my wife, Mr. Holmes, I'd spend my last penny to protect her.
08:26Do sit down, Mr. Cubitt.
08:28Do you smoke, Mr. Cubitt?
08:33Yes.
08:33No, no, no, I won't, thank you.
08:41Tell us about your wife, Mr. Cubitt.
08:46Well, er, I've always lived in Derbyshire, Riddlingthorpe Manor, near Matlock.
08:55I was a bachelor and thought I'd remain one, until three years ago I came down to London on a visit.
09:01It's a rare thing for me, but, well, I had a mind to see the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
09:08I put up at a boarding house in Russell Square, because Parker, he's the vicar of our parish, he was staying there.
09:16There was also a young American lady staying there.
09:20A Patrick was her name, Elsie Patrick.
09:23Well, we were both alone and we became friends.
09:26Did the sights and that.
09:28At your expense?
09:30Certainly not.
09:31Are you suggesting...
09:32No, he's not, Mr. Cubitt, not at home.
09:36Was this Miss Elsie Patrick in London merely for the jubilee?
09:43No, no, no, she'd been here some time.
09:46She'd tired of America, travelled about, and finally settled in England.
09:51Well, not to make a labour of it.
09:55Before my holiday was over, I was as much in love as any man ever has been.
10:01To my surprise and joy, she reciprocated my feelings.
10:06And we were married.
10:08Excellent.
10:08Quietly, in a register office.
10:13You think I'm mad, Mr. Holmes, taking a wife in such a fashion, knowing nothing about her, or...
10:17Explain, Mr. Cubitt.
10:21And come to the point.
10:23Oh, uh, yes.
10:27In fact, it was on the very day of our marriage.
10:31Nothing could have made me unhappy.
10:33Nothing on that day.
10:36But now I look back.
10:39It was hard.
10:42Elsie?
10:42There's something I have to say to you, Hilton.
10:48We don't want to be late, my dear.
10:50I've put it off till now.
10:52But I must still give you the chance to change your mind.
10:57Let's see.
11:00What in the world?
11:01Let me finish.
11:03And what I say, I do mean.
11:07I love you dearly.
11:10But you know nothing of my life before we met.
11:14I never asked.
11:17One of the things that just made me so fond of you.
11:22If you marry me, Hilton,
11:23I promise you marry a woman who has nothing personally to be ashamed of.
11:28But you'll have to take my word for it
11:32and allow me to be silent forever
11:35as to my life before we met.
11:39If that's too much to ask,
11:41then you must go back to your Derby Shire
11:44and leave me to the lonely life in which you found me.
11:49It's little enough to ask.
11:52And I shall never let you go.
11:54These have been the happiest three years of my life.
12:03And when did the first cloud cover the sun of this great happiness?
12:11You have a way of putting things, Mr. Holmes.
12:13And you have a way of prevaricating with your answers, Mr. Cubitt.
12:16Well, it was, uh, some months ago.
12:22May, in fact.
12:26Hilton!
12:28Hello!
12:30Here!
12:31In the drawing room!
12:37Well, what do you think?
12:39Yes.
12:39It's a great improvement.
12:45Thank you, Saunders.
12:48I met the postman, said, in my journey.
12:53There's a bill.
12:56There's one for you.
12:57An American stamp.
12:59Chicago.
13:00Oh!
13:03I hope luncheon's ready.
13:05I'm ravenous.
13:09She burned the letter unopened.
13:36Yes.
13:37i don't know why of course you don't america's her past and the subject of a solemn promise yes
13:46but she's not had an easy hour from that moment if only she'd trust me i have every faith in her
13:55you must believe that whatever there was in her past i'm sure it's no fault of hers and the
14:03dancing man oh yeah well i i thought she was getting over the letter and then these
14:11these drawings appeared i mean it's just a childish scrawl but it made everything worse
14:16than before well i couldn't just leave it and it wasn't the sort of thing i could take to the
14:22police for they would have laughed at me so i've come to you
14:27don't you think mr cubit that your best plan would be to make a direct appeal to your wife
14:37and ask her to share her secret with you a promise is a promise mr holmes if elsie wishes to tell me
14:45then she will but i have no right to force her confidence however i do feel entitled to take
14:52my own line and i will
15:07then i will help you with all my heart have you seen or heard of any strangers in the neighborhood
15:14no no i haven't some of the farmers take in lodges but i've not heard of any lately
15:19then i suggest that you return to derbyshire mr cubit and keep a sharp lookout and make an exact copy of
15:27any fresh dancing men that may appear thank you mr holmes i will on mr cubit this letter which started
15:36your wife's torment you are quite certain that it was from the united states yeah the postmark was chicago
15:43goodbye
15:55goodbye
15:55and don't worry
15:58it's perfectly natural she should receive a letter from america
16:12it's perfectly natural she should receive a letter from america she's from america yes but it is not
16:28natural to throw it onto the fire unopened
16:31it's beginning to look like semaphore you have read my monograph on secret site some of it
16:44i found it rather heavy going it evidently has a meaning if it is purely arbitrary it may be impossible
16:52to solve however if it is systematic we should be able to get to the bottom of it but we need more messages
17:04and preferably long ones well i doubt if hilton cubit would agree with that
17:19that's fine
17:27Okay.
17:51Walker?
17:57do you know anything about this no sir i've not been around the front all day
18:05mrs cubit been out here i've no way of knowing have i sir when i've done this i want you to
18:14wash it off and tell no one about it and then come to me i shall have an urgent letter for you to post
18:27i'll see
18:57Oh, my God.
19:27Elsie?
19:35What are you doing?
19:37I was looking for you.
19:40I thought I heard the door.
19:44Have you been out today?
19:46Out of the house?
19:57Come to bed.
20:08Everything will look better in the morning.
20:11Will the drawings look better?
20:14Will the dancing men look better?
20:17Why do they fuss you so?
20:19Fuss me!
20:20They're just a joke.
20:21A bit of mischief.
20:22The moon's high.
20:38Where I come from,
20:41they say a moon like that drives you crazy.
20:42Why don't we travel, Hilton?
21:00Why don't we go away?
21:01I love this place as much as I love you.
21:23Hilton?
21:24What did you see?
21:30Nothing.
21:31Nothing at all.
21:33Please, dearest.
21:37Hilton, I beg you.
21:38There's somebody outside.
21:41Hilton!
21:43Hilton, wait!
21:46You'll come to harm!
21:47Or are you afraid he will come to harm?
22:10These two are identical.
22:13Oh, yes.
22:14Well, I had that one washed off.
22:16Then it must have reappeared.
22:18You know, it's a pity you didn't get a closer look at this chap.
22:21If only she hadn't tried to stop me.
22:24I've never been angry with her before.
22:26But she knew who was out there, of that I'm sure.
22:28And she knows what these figures mean.
22:32Was this a mere addition to this?
22:35Or did it appear to be entirely separate?
22:37It was on a separate panel of the door.
22:46Well, I know what I'm going to do.
22:52Once we'll go home.
22:54Once we'll put half a dozen of my lads in the shrubberies.
22:57If this fellow calls again, give him such a thrashing, he'll leave us alone in the future.
23:00Well, that would be one way.
23:02Mr. Cubitt, this case is too deep for such a simple remedy.
23:09I must go now if I'm to catch my train.
23:13I'd not leave Elsie alone at night for all the time.
23:15Elsie.
23:15Quite right.
23:17Good day, Mr. Cubitt.
23:19We will join you in a couple of days, and be patient.
23:23Goodbye, Dr. Watson.
23:24I'll find my own way.
23:26Bye.
23:26Bye.
23:26Bye.
23:26Bye.
23:26Bye.
23:26Bye.
23:26Bye.
23:26Bye.
23:26Bye.
23:26Bye.
23:28Bye.
23:28Bye.
23:29Bye.
23:29Bye.
23:29Bye.
23:29Bye.
23:30Bye.
23:56Bye.
23:58Bye.
23:58Bye.
23:59Bye.
23:59Bye.
24:30Where did you find it?
24:45Down by the garden bench.
24:48Will that mean you'll be wanting me to take another letter for London to you?
24:53Well.
24:56I'll have to get to move on if I'm going to catch the last pause.
24:59Walker!
25:00Just do what you're told.
25:11Yes, Watson?
25:13I thought you might like the Times.
25:17What do you make of my progress?
25:21Well, it still doesn't mean very much, does it?
25:24Quite enough for me to send a telegram to the United States.
25:28What on earth does that mean?
25:31Abbas Lane.
25:32Watson, if this is E,
25:36flag denotes the end of words.
25:39Go for it.
25:39Oh, Excellent.
25:40Listen to the past.
25:40What?
25:41Thanks.
25:41I'm going in.
25:43Let's go for it.
25:56ì–´ë–¤ words?
25:57Have fun with you everybody.
25:57Have fun with you now, boy.
26:00Thanks.
26:00Yes.
26:01Who?
26:02Yes.
26:04Oh, this grouse is superb.
26:34Mrs. Hudson has really surpassed herself this time.
26:42What time has the last train to Matlock?
26:45I'm afraid we've missed it.
26:50Holmes, I do wish you would try and eat a bite.
26:55I just need an answer to my telegram from America, and the story is complete.
27:19I don't know.
27:49I don't know.
28:19I don't know.
28:49I don't know.
28:51I don't know.
28:55I don't know.
28:57I don't know.
28:59I don't know.
29:01I don't know.
29:03I don't know.
29:05I don't know.
29:07I don't know.
29:09I don't know.
29:11I don't know.
29:13I don't know.
29:15I don't know.
29:17I don't know.
29:19I don't know.
29:21I don't know.
29:23I don't know.
29:25I don't know.
29:27I don't know.
29:29I don't know.
29:31I don't know.
29:33I don't know.
29:35I don't know.
29:37I don't know.
29:39I don't know.
29:41I don't know.
29:43I don't know.
29:49Watson!
29:53What the devil's going on?
29:55I don't know.
29:57An answer to your telegram?
29:59No, it's another letter from Hilton Cubish.
30:01Thank you, sir.
30:11Elsie.
30:15Prepared.
30:31Mr. Amps, sir.
30:44Mr. Wilson Hargreave of the Chicago Police Bureau.
30:48In reply to your inquiry, Abe Slaney is one of the most dangerous men in Chicago.
30:54Mr. Pancras.
30:55Come along, wait.
30:57Come along.
31:02There's a cap.
31:03Riddle in thought matter, gentlemen.
31:05As fast as you can.
31:09How do you know?
31:10I suspect you're the Surgeon of Trouble in London, sir.
31:13I beg your pardon, what makes you...
31:14She's not dead yet, sir.
31:16You may be able to save her.
31:18But she's for the gallows.
31:21The gallows?
31:22Why, sir.
31:23She burned her husband.
31:31Gladly.
31:33I'm correct.
31:34You better do.
31:35I'm correct.
31:36Thank you
31:37I am tego.
31:38inspector of police and doctor of medicine I perceive. yes indeed inspector Martin
32:04Derbyshire constabulary and I'm Dr. Carthew the surgeon sir. this way gentlemen. this is Mr. Sherlock Holmes and I am his friend and colleague Dr. Watson. Mr. Holmes but what do you know of this business? a good deal. Mr. Hilton Cubitt was my client. but the crime was only committed at three o'clock this morning.
32:33how could you hear of it in London and get to the spot as soon as I? I anticipated it. we came in hope of preventing it.
32:41then you must have important evidence of which I am ignorant. only the evidence of the dancing man. the dancing man. I will explain all that to you later.
32:52since we are too late to prevent this tragedy I am anxious to ensure that justice is done. will you associate me to an investigation or will you prefer that
33:03that I should act independently? I shall be proud for us to work together Mr. Holmes. but I must warn you there seems very little to investigate. Mr. Hilton Cubitt has been shot through the heart and he's dead.
33:15dead. and Mrs. Cubitt? seriously wounded. the bullet passed through the front of her brain and she's still unconscious. excuse me gentlemen.
33:33only one gun has been found lying on the floor between them. two bullets have been fired.
33:39with respect Mr. Holmes it seems quite clear that Mrs. Cubitt murdered her husband and then turned the gun upon herself.
33:45but they were a most devoted couple. the murder rooms through here Mr. Holmes. no.
33:52no. I would like to start by interviewing the servants. and I beg you nothing absolutely nothing is to be moved.
34:05is this the way of the kitchen?
34:07I should think it must have happened about three o'clock in the morning sir.
34:19where are your rooms?
34:20autopsy.
34:21the attics.
34:22I was awoke by this terrible bang. an explosion is the only word.
34:28then about a minute later there was another bang only not so loud.
34:32what did you do?
34:35we came downstairs expecting to find Mr. Cubitt up and about chasing burglars and the house on fire up.
34:42and the bedroom door was open.
34:44we looked in but the bed was empty so we came on down.
34:47the smoke and the smell were worse down here.
34:50smell?
34:52ah you mean of the gunpowder?
34:54suppose it was sir yes.
34:56now you say the smell was worse downstairs.
34:59could you also smell gunpowder upstairs?
35:02yes sir.
35:04I commend that fact very carefully to your attention inspector.
35:07mrs. king.
35:09oh no.
35:14would you like to sit down mrs. king?
35:19now.
35:20was the library door open when you reached it?
35:24open yes sir.
35:26we could see the candle the lights on the table and so we came in.
35:30and then.
35:31oh dear.
35:33as terrible a thing as ever i saw or ever feared to see.
35:37she was terrible wounded sir.
35:41she was moaning and groaning.
35:43she sort of collapsed on the floor and she hasn't said anything to it.
35:50saunders.
35:52we moved out to her bedroom sir.
35:54and sent fred walker for the doctor and the police.
35:58and there was no sign of a break in?
36:02or of an intruder?
36:03no sir.
36:04and all the doors and windows was locked.
36:07as we had left them when we went to bed.
36:12inspector.
36:14oh yes sir.
36:16apart from poor mrs. cubit.
36:21nothing else has been moved.
36:23no sir.
36:24no we've touched nothing mr holmes.
36:26thank you then i think we can proceed.
36:38almost instantaneous death presumably.
36:42hmm.
36:43straight through the heart.
36:45the bullet's still there.
36:50what about the bullet that wounded mrs cubit?
36:53that's still in her as well.
36:55it will take hands more nimble than mine to move it.
37:01is this mrs cubit's handbag?
37:04yes it is mr holmes.
37:06at least 20 50 pound notes.
37:10a bribe that failed.
37:16so.
37:18two bullets fired.
37:21two wounds inflicted as you said.
37:23yes doctor.
37:24then how do you account for the bullet that has so obviously struck the window frame.
37:33by george.
37:34however did you see that?
37:35because dr carthew i looked for it.
37:39wonderful.
37:40well the bullet's still there.
37:41well the bullet's still there.
37:42so a third shot must have been fired.
37:45which means that a third person must have been present.
37:48exactly.
37:49exactly.
37:51when you came into this room last night you say that the door was ajar.
37:54was not that window also open?
37:56i don't know sir.
37:57i don't know sir.
37:58i think.
37:59no sir.
38:00it was shut.
38:01saunders will you and cook wait in the library?
38:04and you walker.
38:05and you walker.
38:08dr carthew you may remove the body.
38:11now.
38:12it was mrs cupid herself who shut that window.
38:25if saunders and the cook smelled smoke and gunpowder upstairs.
38:31then there must have been a strong through draught.
38:36otherwise it would not have spread so quickly through the house.
38:39we know that door was open.
38:42that window too must also have been open.
38:44but only for a short time.
38:46why only for a short time?
38:49because the candles have not gutted.
38:52there isn't a trail of wax.
38:55wonderful.
38:57wonderful.
39:02if the late mr hilton cubit fired the bullet
39:05which pierced the window frame
39:09he must have been aiming at someone who was standing
39:14either inside or just outside the window.
39:16thank you inspector.
39:18which means that the bullet which killed mr cubit
39:20could have been fired by sir.
39:22inspector your thoughts and mine agree entirely.
39:39this is the cartridge case of the bullet which killed mr hilton cubit.
39:52hilton cubit.
40:04holmes.
40:05if three shots were fired why did
40:10mrs king and saunders only hear two shots.
40:14they were telling the truth but lied without realizing it.
40:18i'm not sure that i follow you.
40:21you remember what mrs king said.
40:23i was awoken by this terrible bang.
40:28an explosion.
40:31it is the only word.
40:32and then a minute later there was another bang but not so loud.
40:37the first bang was two shots.
40:40fired almost simultaneously.
40:43one from the window which killed hilton cubit
40:47and one from hilton cubit which missed
40:50and went into the window frame.
40:53and the third shot.
40:57the saddest of all.
40:59mrs cubit.
41:00mrs cubit.
41:03self-administered in her despair.
41:09now.
41:11do any of you know of an inn in the neighborhood.
41:15called eldridge's.
41:22there's a farmer of that name.
41:25lives some miles off.
41:27in the direction of uh millbrook.
41:28millbrook.
41:30is it a lonely farm?
41:31very lonely sir.
41:33then it is just possible that the news of what happened here last night has not reached them.
41:38maybe not sir.
41:40excellent.
41:42walker.
41:45i want you to take this note to a mr abe slaney.
41:49of eldridge's farm.
41:50do not say that the note is from me.
41:53and make no mention of what happened here last night.
41:55now you understand.
41:57yes sir.
41:59thank you walker.
42:03i am expecting a visitor in answer to my note.
42:08by saunders.
42:13he will ask for mrs cubit.
42:15i want you to show him into this room.
42:18i want this house to look quite normal.
42:20and you must not give anything away.
42:23of what has happened.
42:24very good sir.
42:27now i suggest you return to your duties.
42:30and dr carthew i suggest you return to your patient.
42:36oh mrs king.
42:37your mistress is quite innocent.
42:39your mistress is quite innocent.
42:42but how did you break the cord?
42:56but how did you break the code well you see the rules which guide us in deciphering all
43:15secret writing depend on the fact that e e is the most common letter in the english language
43:23so you see we were very fortunate that mrs cubit's name was lc and that it featured in the second
43:31message which gave us not only the e but the l the s and the i now next it seemed likely to us that
43:41two of the messages were appeals of some sort to mrs cubit
43:53by adding the t and the g the message reads at eldritch's come lc
44:08well at this abe slaney is indeed the murderer we must make an immediate move to arrest him
44:16well calm yourself inspector i expect him here at any moment
44:19but why should slaney come here because i've written and asked him
44:23but won't his suspicions be roused will he not try to escape saunders
44:28excuse me sir there's a gentleman approaching the house
44:31do you think he'd be armed he's a fool if he's not
44:38good day sir is mrs cubit at home i'll inquire sir if you'll step inside
44:59what name shall i say tell her it's an old friend she's expecting me
45:13if you'll wait in the library a moment
45:15well gentlemen it looks like you've got the drop on me but what the hell is going on
45:38abe slaney i believe
45:39what if i am and who are you anyway my name would mean nothing to you though i suspect that
45:44of wilson hargreave or the chicago police department will
45:47i see that it does
45:51mr slaney
45:56you should know that mrs elsie cubit is very seriously ill
46:02i don't believe you this is some cheap trick mrs elsie cubit wrote me a note just an hour ago
46:12a note that only i can understand what one man can invent another can discover
46:18i'm here abe slaney at eldridge's come elsie and your last note to her elsie prepare to meet thy god
46:31and this
46:34you wrote that note
46:38but you were lying about elsie
46:41slaney when you shot and killed hilton cubit
46:43elsie cubit in her despair
46:46attempted to kill herself and is now at death's door
46:50no
46:50no
46:52i gotta see her
46:53i gotta see her i love her for god's sake
46:55elsie
46:55i love you elsie
46:57elsie
46:59elsie
46:59i believe that she fled from america to avoid you
47:02because you followed her and made her life a misery
47:06she now lies under grave suspicion of murdering the husband she loved
47:10the least you can do is to clear her of that
47:12i guess the very best case i can make for myself now is to tell you the absolute naked truth
47:23it is my duty to warn you that it will be used against you
47:27i guess you probably know that elsie's father's the most powerful man in chicago
47:33one of the most powerful criminal man in chicago
47:36it was he who invented the dancing men
47:40we used it as a code in the old days i've known elsie since she was a child she was promised to me
47:47i may have threatened her but i wouldn't have touched the hair on her pretty head
47:51but you're right
47:56she hated the whole chicago business that's why she ran away to europe
48:02it was only after her marriage to this englishman that i was able to find out where she was
48:07i wrote to her but i got no answer
48:10she burned your letter
48:12she was happy in her new life in derbyshire
48:16i came here to england to take her home
48:22i sent her notes
48:24i did everything i could to coax elsie away
48:28then my temper got the better of me and i began to threaten her
48:31but yesterday
48:33she sent me a letter
48:35she said she would come down when her husband was asleep
48:39and speak to me through the end window
48:41if i would go away afterwards and leave her in peace
48:46can i make you see
48:49i've never been so happy as i've been here with him
48:58i love him
49:00abe i want to stay
49:04and i'm going to stay
49:06but what about your friends in chicago
49:09what about your family
49:10friends do you call them
49:12killers robbers extortionists
49:15some family
49:16but you and i were engaged
49:19i'm sorry abe my father forced me into it
49:22how can i be happy with you in that life
49:25please go away
49:30please
49:32i beg you
49:34you beg me
49:36yes
49:37hilton is such a good man
49:39it would break my heart if scandal ever touched him
49:42here's money
49:45it's all that i have
49:48now please
49:51now please go away
49:52no
49:57are you coming home
49:58you're coming home
49:59no
50:00watch up
50:01no
50:09no
50:19no
50:21no
50:21no
50:22no
50:24no
50:25no
50:25no
50:26no
50:27no
50:57I think we've heard enough for the moment.
51:27Come along. Can't I see her before I go?
51:32Nobody can see her. Even we have not been given that privilege.
51:36Mr. Holmes, I hope that if ever again I have an important case, I shall have the good fortune
51:52to have you by my side. Good afternoon and thank you.
52:02Holmes, what did you write in that note?
52:06See if you can read it.
52:14Come here at once.
52:22Come here at once.
52:28How absurdly simple.
52:29And so the dancing men, which had so often been the agents of evil, were finally used
52:38on the side of justice.
52:40Abe Slaney was condemned to death at the Derby Assizes, but his sentence was changed to penal
52:45servitude in consideration of mitigating circumstances, in the certainty that Hilton Cubitt had fired
52:52the first shot. Mrs. Cubitt made a complete recovery and lives still at Riddling Thorpe Manor.
53:00So, the time is going.
53:22¶¶
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