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When the Countess of Morcar's priceless blue carbuncle is stolen, a reformed thief is charged with the crime. Starring: Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Colin Jeavons, Eric Porter, Rosalie Williams.
When the Countess of Morcar's priceless blue carbuncle is stolen, a reformed thief is charged with the crime. Starring: Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Colin Jeavons, Eric Porter, Rosalie Williams.
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02:31Can I have some more, Cos?
02:37Thanks.
02:40My God, she's back.
02:41She's getting out of her carriage.
02:49Come on, Ryder, get her move on.
02:50All right, Torna.
02:58Yeah, look lively.
02:59All right.
02:59Get a move on.
03:00All right.
03:00And as you won't want work, my number of feet.
03:02Yeah, all right.
03:03I've finished, don't worry.
03:04Quick job, like you said.
03:05Oh, yeah.
03:16Oh, yeah.
03:17Yeah, nice.
03:19Nice.
03:19Oi.
03:24Count this, eh?
03:25Have to get by appointment on me barra.
03:27Come on, come on, mate.
03:27Out.
03:28All right.
03:48Oh, my God.
04:18Oh, there will do.
04:39Here.
04:41For the three of you.
04:43Oh, thank you, lady.
04:45And a merry Christmas, lady.
04:48Bring for tea, Cusack.
04:54Yes, m'lady.
04:55I need something to sustain me.
04:58I do find preparing for Christmas quite an ordeal.
05:02Yes, m'lady.
05:04And then...
05:07a bath, I think.
05:10Here we go.
05:24Lady?
05:50Lady?
05:51No carbuncle.
05:54I blew it up, Uncle.
06:00The stolen.
06:12Open it up.
06:14There.
06:16Oh, John.
06:18She'll love it.
06:20It's beautiful.
06:22Just like her mother.
06:24You can only afford it, though.
06:27I told you.
06:28I made a nice little bob or two lately, even if I hadn't.
06:32It's Christmas.
06:34You're a good man, John Orner.
06:36I'm a lucky man.
06:38Wife and kids like I've got.
06:40Me is as good as a king.
06:44So, it's the doll for the girl and the boat for the boy, right?
06:49Right.
06:49Spending the loot already, are we, Horner?
06:56What do you mean?
06:57I've done nothing.
06:58What do you mean?
06:59John Frederick Horner.
07:01I hereby arrest you on the charge of stealing the valuable gem known as the Blue Carbuncle,
07:06the property of the Countess of Moorcar.
07:09Anything you say...
07:10I didn't do it, I tell you.
07:11I didn't do it.
07:11It's no use, Horner.
07:13The man at the hotel gave a very good description of you, Constable.
07:17I didn't do it, I tell you.
07:19It's nothing over you.
07:21I didn't do it.
07:23Oh!
07:43I didn't do it.
08:13Mr. Holmes!
08:23Mr. Holmes!
08:29Mr. Holmes!
08:32Mr. Peterson, the commissioner from Opposite.
08:35Oh, please.
08:35He'd like a word with you.
08:37Go away!
08:38Oh!
08:38Oh!
08:43I'm sorry to disturb you, Mr. Holmes.
09:02Peterson.
09:02Put down your goose.
09:10And your hat.
09:15It's a fine purchase.
09:17I myself favor a goose for Christmas dinner.
09:21Well, that's part of the problem, Mr. Holmes.
09:24The bird is not mine.
09:26You might say, I'll come by it.
09:30Oh.
09:32Poor Mrs. Henry Baker.
09:34And obviously not your hat.
09:35No, sir.
09:36Well, there were peculiar circumstances,
09:38and I didn't know what to do for the best.
09:40It hardly seemed to matter for the police.
09:43So I talked to the wife about it,
09:44and she suggests I'll come and see you.
09:46No, the wise, Mrs. Peterson.
09:48Sit down, my dear fellow,
09:49and describe these peculiar circumstances to me.
09:55Well, sir, it was like this.
09:57Last night, I was on my way home from a little, uh, celebration.
10:02Well, at this time of the year,
10:03some of us commissioners meet to, to...
10:06To wish each other the season's greetings.
10:08Exactly.
10:09The season's greetings.
10:12Oh, you're a top, sir.
10:12Well, as I was saying,
10:21I was on my way home
10:22when I came across what you would only describe
10:25as a freckle.
10:27Oh, this sounds pretty good, boy.
10:51Look at that!
10:53Look at that!
10:55Hey!
10:57Did you get that?
10:59What did you get?
11:01No, he's stunk!
11:03He's got it!
11:05Hey!
11:07Hey!
11:09Hey!
11:11Oi!
11:13What's happening? Blimey, it's a copper!
11:15Copper! Get out of here!
11:17Get out of here!
11:26I'm trying to help you, man!
11:35Well, the ruffs ran off in one direction
11:37and the drunk fellow ran off in the other.
11:39I tried to stop him, but he no doubt
11:41thought I was a constable about to apprehend him
11:43for the breaking of the window.
11:45And so you left with the spoils of victory
11:47in the shape of that battered hat
11:48and the most unimpeachable Christmas goose.
11:51Both of which I would willingly have returned
11:53to their rightful owners, Mr. Holmes.
11:55But the truth is, I didn't know how.
11:59My dear Peterson, I do see your problem.
12:01Anyway, as I say,
12:03I discussed the matter with the good lady
12:05and we decided that I would bring both the goose
12:08and the hat to you, Mr. Holmes.
12:11Seeing as how even the slightest of problems
12:13is of interest to you
12:14in your particular line of occupation.
12:22I hope you don't think I'm wasting your time, Mr. Holmes?
12:26Not in the least.
12:29Now then, Commissioner,
12:31have you purchased your own bird?
12:33No, not yet.
12:34Then I suggest that you carry off this goose
12:37so that it may fulfil its ultimate destiny
12:40while I retain the battered hat
12:42of the unknown gentleman
12:43who has lost his Christmas dinner.
12:45Well, if you think I should, Mr. Holmes.
12:46I do, indeed.
12:48For there are signs, in spite of the frost,
12:51that this bird should be prepared
12:53without unnecessary delay.
12:55Well, if that's all right, Mr. Holmes.
12:57I will, of course,
12:58keep you in touch with the developments.
13:00Very good, sir.
13:02Oh, may I wish you the compliments of the season?
13:05And to you and your good wife.
13:21But you still haven't found the jewel!
13:25Not yet.
13:26No, my lady.
13:27But we do have the man Horner.
13:29Or have a clue as to its whereabouts.
13:32And I think we may assume that he had one accomplice,
13:36if not more.
13:38Well, what of that?
13:40Contrary to popular fiction, my lady,
13:42there is very little honour amongst thieves,
13:45and even less with the right inducement.
13:48Inducement?
13:49Inducement?
13:51Do you mean a reward?
13:53Er...
13:54Yes.
13:55Why should I offer a reward?
13:59In my experience, and it is considerable,
14:04I have found that the offer of a reward would very soon
14:07set the greedy cat amongst the criminal pigeons.
14:10Well!
14:11I should be very surprised if I did not gain a result within 24 hours.
14:23How much?
14:26Holmes!
14:28Oh, you're up.
14:30The Countess of Moorcar is offering £1,000
14:32for the return of the blue carbuncle.
14:35Inspector Bradstreet of B Division is in charge of the case
14:39and has arrested Mr John Horner, a plumber aged 36,
14:43who protested his innocence in the strongest terms.
14:48Circumstantial evidence was so strong
14:49that the case has been referred to the assizes.
14:52Horner, who showed signs of intense emotion during the proceedings,
14:58faded away at the conclusion and was carried from the court.
15:02Oh, excuse me, you are engaged.
15:05I am interrupting your study of that hat.
15:11No, no, no.
15:12The matter is a perfectly trivial one.
15:16But there are points in connection with it
15:18which are not devoid of interest.
15:22Even of instruction.
15:25I suppose that homely as it looks,
15:27that thing has some deadly story linked to it.
15:29That is the clue which will guide you
15:32in the solution of some mystery
15:34and the punishment of some crime.
15:38No, no, no, no.
15:40It is just one of those whimsical little incidents
15:42that will occur when you have
15:44four million people all jostling each other
15:46within the space of a few square miles.
15:48So what do you gather from that battered old felt?
15:55You know my methods.
15:58What do you yourself gather
16:00as to the individuality of the man
16:02who has worn this particular article?
16:04It was accompanied by a goose, Watson.
16:11For Mrs. Henry Baker was printed upon a small card
16:15attached to the bird's left leg.
16:17Oh.
16:24Well, apart from the initials inside,
16:26HB,
16:28presumably Henry Baker,
16:33I can see nothing.
16:35On the contrary, Watson,
16:36you can see everything.
16:37But you fail to reason from what you see.
16:39You are too timid in drawing your inferences.
16:43Then,
16:45pray,
16:46tell me what it is
16:47that you can infer from that hat.
16:52That the man is highly intellectual
16:53is, of course, obvious.
16:56And also that he was fairly well to do
16:58within the past three years,
17:00although now he has followed upon evil days.
17:02He had foresight,
17:04but less now than formerly,
17:06pointing to a moral retrogression.
17:09Which, when taken
17:11with a decline in his fortunes,
17:14seems to indicate an evil influence.
17:18Probably drink.
17:20This may account also for the fact
17:22that his wife has ceased to love him.
17:25My dear Holmes.
17:27He has, however,
17:28retained some degree of self-respect.
17:31Now he leads a sedent in life.
17:34He's out of training entirely.
17:36His middle-aged
17:37has grizzled hair,
17:39which he has had cut
17:40within the last few days,
17:42and which he anoints with lime cream.
17:45It is also highly improbable
17:47that he has a gas
17:49laid on in his house.
17:51Ha, ha, ha!
17:54Well,
17:55now you are certainly joking.
17:57Not in the least.
17:58Well, I have no doubt that I am very stupid.
18:03For example,
18:04how do you deduce that the man is intellectual?
18:07It is a question of cubic capacity.
18:13A man with so large a head must have something in it.
18:16Well,
18:17the decline in his fortunes there?
18:22These flat brims with the curled edges came in three years ago.
18:26It is a hat of the very best quality, Watson.
18:30Look at the band of ribbed silk and the excellent lining.
18:34If this man could afford so expensive a hat three years ago
18:39and has had no hat since,
18:40then he has assuredly gone down in the world.
18:43What about the foresight?
18:44The moral retrogression?
18:47Ah, here is the foresight.
18:48These securers are never sold upon hats.
18:53If this man ordered one,
18:55it is a sign of a certain amount of foresight
18:57since he went out of his way
18:58to take precaution against the wind.
18:59But as you see that he has broken the elastic
19:02and has not troubled to replace it.
19:05A weakening nature.
19:07Hmm.
19:09The further points that he is middle-aged,
19:10that his hair is grizzled,
19:11that it has been cut recently
19:13and that he anoints it with lime cream
19:15can all be gathered by an inspection
19:16of the lower part of the lining, Watson,
19:18and witness the moisture.
19:19Obviously a free perspiler,
19:21therefore not in the best of training.
19:25But his wife...
19:30You said she had ceased to love him.
19:32This hat has not been brushed for weeks.
19:35When I see a man
19:37with a week's accumulation of dust upon his hat
19:39and his wife has allowed him to go out in such a state,
19:41I fear that he has been unfortunate enough
19:43to lose his wife's affections.
19:46But he might be a bachelor.
19:47Nay.
19:48But he brought a goose
19:49as a peace offering to his wife.
19:51Remember the card attached to the bird's leg.
19:55Yes.
19:56Well, you have an answer to everything.
20:00Just a minute, just a minute.
20:03How do you deduce
20:05that there is no gas laid on in his house?
20:08One tallow candle stain, or even two might come by chance,
20:13but when I see Watson, no less than five.
20:17He never got candle stains from a gas jet, Watson.
20:23Are you satisfied?
20:25Well, it's all very ingenious.
20:26Mr. Holmes!
20:27The goose!
20:28The goose!
20:29The goose, Mr. Holmes!
20:30Well, what of it, man?
20:31Has it come back to life
20:32and flapped off through the kitchen window?
20:34No, no, sir.
20:35No, sir.
20:36But see...
20:39See what the wife found in its crop.
20:41By Jeff Peterson.
20:46This is a treasure trove indeed.
20:49You know what you've got?
20:51A diamond.
20:52A precious stone,
20:53but it cuts glass like it was putty.
20:56It is more than a precious stone.
21:01It is THE precious stone.
21:04The hotel cosmopolitan robbery.
21:06The blue carbuncle.
21:11The blue carbuncle indeed.
21:21It is absolutely unique.
21:23Its value can only be conjectured.
21:26And your reward, Peterson,
21:27of a thousand pounds
21:28is not within a twentieth of its market price.
21:31A thousand pounds?
21:32Oh, Lord have mercy.
21:34You must admit, Watson,
21:36that my deductions in regard to this hat
21:39have suddenly assumed a more important aspect.
21:42Yes, point taken, Holmes.
21:44Now the question for us now to solve
21:45is to trace the sequence of events
21:48from a rifle jewel case at the one end
21:51to the crop of a goose at the other.
21:54There is the stone.
21:56The stone came from the goose.
21:58The goose came from Mr. Henry Baker,
22:01the gentleman with the shabby hat
22:02and all the other characteristics.
22:04So now we must set ourselves very seriously
22:07to finding this gentleman
22:09and to ascertaining what part he had to play
22:12in this little mystery.
22:14Found.
22:16At the corner of Gouge Street,
22:17a goose and a black felt hat.
22:19Mr. Henry Baker can have same
22:21by applying at 6.30 this evening
22:23at 221B Baker Street.
22:25Clear and concise.
22:27Yes, very, but will he see it?
22:28Well, I'm sure he will keep an eye on the evening papers.
22:31For the poor man, the loss was a heavy one.
22:33Oh, Peterson.
22:35Just nip down to the advertising agency
22:37and have this put in all the evening papers.
22:39Which one, sir?
22:41The Globe, Star, Pall Mall, St James' DeSette,
22:43Echo, Evening News, Standard and all the others
22:45that may occur to you.
22:47Right away, sir.
22:49And the stone?
22:52I shall keep the stone.
22:53Thank you, Peterson.
22:55Yes, sir.
22:57Oh, and Peterson.
22:59Um, would you pick up a goose on your way back?
23:02Give him the money, will you, Watson?
23:04We must have something to give Mr. Henry Baker
23:06to take the place of the one that your family
23:08will very soon be devouring.
23:10Oh, thank you, sir.
23:12A thousand pounds?
23:14A thousand pounds.
23:16A thousand pounds, sir.
23:18A thousand pounds.
23:19A thousand pounds.
23:22Uh...
23:25What, uh, will you do with the stone?
23:27I shall keep it...
23:32in my museum.
23:49Will Horner, her ladyship is not at all pleased with me.
23:58You might be under luck with Chee, but she'd rather her blue carbuncle was.
24:02I've never took it, Inspector. What is this?
24:05Well, tell me what you did with it, and I'll put in a good word at your trial.
24:11But if you don't...
24:13I've been on the straight for years, ever since I married Jenny.
24:16If you don't, and when the judge hears about your previous conviction,
24:22you might never see your pretty wife again.
24:29I've got you on her, but I need that jewel!
24:37It's a bonny thing.
24:40Just see how it glints and sparkles.
24:46Of course, it is a nucleus and focus of crime.
24:48Every good stone is. They are the devil's pet mates.
24:53In the larger and older jewels, every facet may stand for a bloody deed.
24:58It was found in the banks of the Amoy River in southern China,
25:06and is remarkable in having every characteristic of the carbuncle,
25:10save that it is blue instead of ruby red.
25:14This stone is not yet twenty years old.
25:19Hmm.
25:21In spite of its youth, it already has a sinister history.
25:26There have been two murders.
25:28A vitriol throwing, a suicide, and several rubberies brought about
25:31for the sake of this forty-grain weight of crystallized charcoal.
25:34Who would think that so pretty a toy
25:37could be a purveyor to the gallows in the prison?
25:46Come in!
25:50Mr. Henry Baker, I believe.
25:51Please.
25:56Draw near the fire.
25:59It is a cold night, and I observe that your circulation
26:01is more adapted for summer than for winter.
26:03Do sit down.
26:07This is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.
26:09How do you do, sir?
26:13Mr. Baker.
26:20Is that your hat?
26:26Oh, yes.
26:28Oh, it is undoubtedly my hat.
26:32Thank you, sir.
26:33I would have advertised its loss, but shillings have not been so plentiful with me as they once were.
26:43I had no doubt that the gang of roughs who assaulted me had carried off both my hat and the bird.
26:50I did not care to spend more money in a hopeless attempt at recovering them.
26:55Of course, that is very understandable.
26:57Oh, by the way, about your bird.
26:59We were compelled to eat it.
27:08To eat it?
27:10It would have been a little use to anyone had we not done so.
27:13But we have another goose upon the sideboard there, which I presume will answer your purpose equally well.
27:20It is about the same weight and perfectly fresh, as you can see.
27:23Oh, yes, most certainly.
27:25Of course, we have kept the feathers, legs, crop and so on of your own bird, if you so wish.
27:34They might be useful to me as relics of my adventure, but beyond that I can hardly see what use the disjecta membra of my old acquaintance could possibly be to me.
27:45Oh, no, sir, with your permission, I shall confine my attentions to the excellent bird which I perceive upon your sideboard.
27:53I would be interested to know where the other bird came from.
27:57You see, I am somewhat of a foul fancier, and I have seldom seen a better-grown bird.
28:03It would be of great interest to me to know precisely how it came into your possession.
28:07It was the club, sir, the goose club.
28:13Sir, sir, the goose club?
28:15What were the exact circumstances?
28:17I am not a rich man, as you may see, sir, but I make a humble living and a respectable one, if I may say so, in the British Museum.
28:28Um, studying?
28:33Studying, you might say, and helping others with their studies.
28:39I have a certain knowledge of books.
28:42That day, sir, I had finished work early and left the museum in the afternoon.
28:50I had a little business to attend to before calling in at the Alpha Public House.
28:55Several of us who work in the museum frequent that establishment.
29:00And this year, our good host, Mr Windygate, had instigated a goose club,
29:06by which, on consideration of some few pence each week, we were to receive a bird at Christmas.
29:18There we are, Mr Baker, a very fine bird, as promised.
29:22A magnificent specimen indeed, lad lord, eh?
29:26Put your back in her wife's good books, eh?
29:28Yes, well, she is still somewhat irked with me, I'm afraid.
29:33However, things will doubtless improve when I am once more in gainful employment.
29:38Of an academic nature, of course.
29:42Well, I have expectations.
29:44Now, I owe you one last payment of eight pennies, eh?
29:48Struck it richer with Mr Baker.
29:49I-I-I chanced upon an acquaintance of sympathetic disposition. I-I...
30:02That is to say, I sold some of my books.
30:08Ah.
30:10Not your books, Mr Baker.
30:13Needs must, Mr Windygate, and at this season of the year, more than ever,
30:18we must not deprive those we love.
30:19Or even those to whom we are married.
30:25Hm.
30:26And so, if you will set aside this impressive peace offering,
30:30I shall fortify myself for the fray with a large glass of whiskey
30:34and a pint of your most excellent beer.
30:36Mm-hmm.
30:37Good evening, Mr Baker.
30:38Mm-hmm.
30:39Good evening.
30:40Good evening.
30:41Good evening.
30:43Good evening.
30:45Good evening.
30:46Good evening, Mr Baker.
30:47Good evening.
30:48Good evening.
30:49Good evening.
30:50Merry Christmas.
30:51Good evening.
30:52Same to you, Mr Baker.
30:53Here we are with you.
30:55Good evening, sir.
30:56Come on.
30:57Here, sir.
30:58Come in, little boy.
30:59Well, sir.
31:00On my way home, I was attacked by the gang of ruffs
31:03who I believed had stolen the goose.
31:05my hat came off in the scuffle but I remember little of it save that a
31:11uniformed officer appeared on the scene and we all made off right yes of course
31:16we quite understand in the circumstances well all's well that ends well
31:23I am most indebted to you sir for your trouble a Scottish bonnet I fear is
31:37fitted neither to my years nor to my dignity my compliments of the season to
31:43you sir and to you too sir oh thank you oh by the way do you have gas laid on in
31:57your house yes alas no jolly good Merry Christmas and to you both gentlemen well
32:10and so much mr. Henry Baker he obviously knows nothing of the matter
32:16Watson do you need nourishment optically spend it mrs. Hudson we shall turn dinner
32:22into supper and we will follow up this clue while it is still hot she's more than
32:28the supper will be
32:40good evening gentlemen and a very cold one it is indeed my lord it is indeed and
32:52what shall be your pleasure yeah what oh yes spend it two of your very best glasses
32:58of beer right away sir your beer should be excellent if it is as good as your geese
33:03what geese yes we were talking um half an hour ago to uh mr. Henry Baker member of your goose club
33:13yes but you see them's not our geese who's them well I've got them two dozen from a salesman in
33:23Covent Garden who might that be name of Breckenridge a purveyor of the finest quality mind you if it's a
33:30bird you're after I'll get to him as soon as pos oh it's a very busy time of year as you'll
33:35appreciate well thank you so much for your advice will you have a glass of beer with us landlord
33:42well god bless you for a gentleman
33:48now for mr. Breckenridge can't it wait Watson we have been given a line of investigation which has been
34:08missed by the police and which a singular chance has placed in our hands now let us follow it to the bitter end
34:14extremely bitter faces to the south then and quick match
34:19please
34:34please
34:35I want to believe you John
34:37I don't really
34:42but I can't I with all what the police are saying
34:48but I'm only saying that because I was there on the day
34:52it's a put up job
34:54is that really the truth
34:56I promise when I'm married yet I'll never tell you a lie
35:02I've kept my promise
35:05always will
35:07I want to believe you
35:21I want to believe you
35:21I want to believe you
35:25I want to believe you
35:39I want to believe you
35:40I want to believe you
35:41turn here on to
35:42is the last few
35:43freshest morning
35:45got clear back right now
35:46it's a problem
35:47in twochemicals
35:49a nail
35:50where else can you get right now
35:51He's ok ma
35:52he's ok ma
35:53hey
35:54he's dead ma
35:55ha
35:55number fiveyor
35:55four michael's aqu Murm
35:57down
35:58three on the circle
35:59off game
35:59I'll give you a minute
36:00good
36:00I'll give you a minute
36:02I'll give you a minute
36:03you're going to get to the
36:05Me on sir
36:05you make your
36:06I'll give you a minute
36:07get out here
36:09thanks you guys
36:09for your day
36:11Come on, ladies. Get the money out. Let's see it. There we are.
36:16We've got to sail there.
36:17Good evening.
36:19Good evening.
36:20Sold out of the geese, I see.
36:22Yeah, they have 500 in the morning.
36:24Too late, I think.
36:26Oh, you should have stall over there with the gasp. I'll try him.
36:30Yes, but I was recommended to you.
36:32Oh, by the way.
36:33The landlord of the Alpah public house.
36:36Oh, yeah, he had a couple of dozen off me.
36:39Very good geese, too.
36:41Uh, where, may I ask, did you get them?
36:48Now then, mister, what exactly are you driving at?
36:50Come on, let's have it straight now.
36:53Straighten up.
36:54I simply want to know who sold you the geese that you supplied to the Alpah.
36:59Well, then, I'm not going to tell you so now.
37:04Well, it really isn't no matter.
37:07But I've failed to see why you should get so warm.
37:10Oh, but a trifle.
37:12Warm.
37:13You'd be as warm if you were as pestered as I am.
37:16When I pay good money for a good article, that should be an end of it.
37:20But it's where are the geese?
37:21Who have you sold them to?
37:23How much will you take for them?
37:24Do you think they was the only geese in the world?
37:26The amount of fuss that's made over them.
37:28Well, I can assure you that I have no connection with anybody else who's made inquire.
37:33Inquire is, it's more like the Inquisition.
37:36I'm not telling you.
37:37Oh, well, then, the bet's off.
37:44What bet?
37:46Ah, what bet?
37:51Well, I'm always ready to back my opinion on the matter of fowls.
37:55And I have a fiver with my friend here that the bird that I chose is country bread.
38:02Right, Watson?
38:03What?
38:04Oh, oh.
38:05Oh, yes.
38:05Yes, absolutely.
38:07Ah, you've lost your money, then, because it's town bread.
38:10It is nothing of the kind.
38:11I say it is.
38:12I don't believe you.
38:14Come on, pay up, Holmes.
38:17What, do you think I wouldn't know, me who's been handling foul since I was a nipper?
38:21I'll tell you, all the birds that went to the offer were town bread.
38:26You'll never make me believe that.
38:28Come on, come on, do the decent, Holmes.
38:31Will you have a bet, then?
38:32Well, you're just taking your money.
38:34But I'll have a sovereign with you just to teach you not to be obstinate.
38:38Done.
38:40Right.
38:42Now, then, Mr. Cockshaw, you see these here books here?
38:47Well, this is a list of all the folk what I buy off.
38:49Now, on this page, there's all me country folk.
38:52And these, on this side, in Red Ink, are all me town suppliers.
38:56Now, you read out that third name down to me.
39:00Mrs. Oakeshott, 117 Brixton Road.
39:03Yeah, account number 249.
39:05Go on, then.
39:06Turn it up in the ledger.
39:10Mrs. Oakeshott, Agan, poultry supplier.
39:13And what's the last entry?
39:1624 geese at seven and six pence.
39:19Sold to Mr. Windigate of the Alpha Public House.
39:23So, what have you got to say now?
39:33What about this gentleman's fiver?
39:34Well done, Holmes.
39:52Shall we see this Mrs. Oakeshott tonight?
39:55Oh, no, not you again.
39:57I've had enough of you.
39:57Listen, I've told you before.
39:59Clear off.
40:01The thing is, there were two gray-headed geese.
40:03Now, listen, I've had enough of you and those geese.
40:06I wish it was all at the devil together.
40:08If you come pestering me anymore with your silly talk,
40:10I'll set the dog on you.
40:11Now, look here.
40:13Mrs. Oakeshott told me.
40:14You bring Mrs. Oakeshott here, and I'll answer her.
40:18But what have you got to do with it, eh?
40:19Did I buy the geese off you?
40:21No, but one of them was mine.
40:23All the same.
40:24Well, you go and ask Mrs. Oakeshott for it.
40:26She told me to ask you.
40:28You can ask the King of Crucia for all I care.
40:31I've had enough of this.
40:32Go on, get out of it.
40:33This may save us the trip to Brixton.
41:03Excuse me, but I could not help overhearing the conversation you had just now with that salesman.
41:33I think I can be of assistance to you in this matter.
41:36You?
41:37Who are you?
41:38My name is Sherlock Holmes.
41:39It is my business to know what other people don't know.
41:42You can know nothing of this.
41:44On the contrary.
41:45I know everything of it.
41:47I know that you are trying to find out the whereabouts of some geese
41:50sold by Mrs. Oakeshott of Brixton Road
41:53to our friend, Mr. Brickenridge over there,
41:56who in turn sold them to Mr. Windigate of the Alpha Public House.
42:03Yes, sir.
42:04You're the very man I've longed to meet.
42:07I can hardly explain to you my interest in the matter.
42:11Then I suggest
42:13that we carry on this conversation in rather more comfort.
42:17Cap!
42:18Come in.
42:35Take my chair.
42:38Hmm.
42:38I will just put on my slippers.
42:44Ah.
42:48I think we should know the name of the gentleman
42:50whom we have the pleasure of assisting, don't you, Watson?
42:54John Robinson.
42:55Oh, no, no, no, no.
42:57Your real name.
42:58It is so awkward doing business with an alias.
43:02Well, then, uh, my real name's Ryder.
43:05James Ryder.
43:07Yes, Mr. Ryder.
43:09Upper attendant of the Hotel Cosmopolitan.
43:15Yes.
43:16And I suppose you would like to know
43:19what happened to these geese,
43:21or rather one goose in particular,
43:24white with a grey head.
43:27Oh, sir, can you tell me where it went to?
43:30Hmm?
43:31It came here.
43:33Here?
43:35Sadly, it is no longer here,
43:37but it laid an egg
43:38after it was dead.
43:41The bonnest, brightest little blue egg
43:46you have ever seen.
43:51Oh.
43:53Oh.
43:55I have it.
43:57Here.
43:58Here.
43:58See?
43:59The game's up, Ryder.
44:18Bad up, man!
44:19Could you be in the fire?
44:21What a wretched little shrimp it is, to be sure.
44:24There's not enough blood in him for felony.
44:26I have almost every link in the chain, Ryder.
44:30You need tell me very little.
44:33Catherine Cusack put me up to it.
44:36Her ladyship's maid.
44:38Exactly.
44:40You knew from local gossip
44:41that Horner had been concerned in some such matter before.
44:43So what did you do?
44:46You made some small job in my lady's room.
44:50You and your confederate Cusack.
44:52You then managed that Horner should be sent for.
44:57But you!
44:58You stole the jewel.
45:00Then you raised the alarm
45:02and had this unfortunate man arrested for some...
45:04For God's sake, Mr. Holmes.
45:06Have mercy.
45:08Think of my father.
45:09Think of my mother.
45:10It would break their hearts.
45:13I never went wrong before.
45:14I never will again.
45:15I swear it on the Bible.
45:16Oh, don't, don't bring me to court, Mr. Holmes.
45:21For God's sake, don't do that to me.
45:24Get back into your chair.
45:27It's very well to cringe and crawl now,
45:29but you thought little of the man
45:30that you sent to the dock for a crime
45:32of which he knew nothing!
45:33I'll fly, Mr. Holmes.
45:36I'll leave the country.
45:38Then the charge against him will all break down.
45:40We'll talk about that later.
45:47Now, tell me.
45:50How came the stone into the goose?
45:53And how came the goose into the open market?
45:55Tell me the truth now,
45:56for that is your only hope of safety.
45:59I'll tell it to you just as it happened.
46:03I thought it was best to get away with the stone
46:06as quick as I could,
46:07for I didn't know at what moment
46:09that the police might not take it into their heads
46:11to search me and my room.
46:14There was nowhere in the hotel where it would be safe,
46:17so I went out, as if on some commission,
46:20and made for my sister's house to think things over.
46:26Why, Jim, whatever is it?
46:30You look terrible.
46:31I had a bit of a turn, Maggie.
46:34It's a bit of robbery at the hotel.
46:36You'd better come in.
46:39I went through into the backyard where she kept the geese.
46:44Smoked a pipe and wondered what it would be best to do.
46:48I knew that my stomach wasn't going to stop feeling like a bag of ferrets
46:51till I found somewhere to hide the stone for a while.
46:55When suddenly, I looked at the geese,
46:58which was hissing and huddling in the corner of the yard.
47:00My sister had told me that I might have the pick of her geese
47:04for a Christmas present.
47:07I picked out one of the birds,
47:10a fine big one with a grey head.
47:12I pushed the stone down its throat as far as my finger could reach.
47:35And I thought all my troubles was over.
47:41When...
47:42Whatever are you doing with that bird, Jim?
47:46Yeah, er...
47:48You said I might have one for Christmas.
47:50I was just feeling it, which is the fattest.
47:52We already set yours aside.
47:54Jim's bird, we call it.
47:56Er...
47:57Yeah, if it's all the same to you, Maggie,
47:59I'd rather have that one I was handling just now.
48:02Well, that one's a good three pounds heavier.
48:04We've fattened it up expressly.
48:06Yeah.
48:07Never mind.
48:08I'll take the other,
48:10and I'll take it now.
48:11Just as you like.
48:13Which one is it?
48:14It's that grey-headed one in the middle.
48:15Oh, very well.
48:18Kill it and take it with you.
48:19I did what she said, Mr. Holmes,
48:26and I carried the bird to my pal.
48:29We got a knife,
48:30and we opened it up.
48:32My heart turned to water.
48:35There was no sign of the stone,
48:37and I knew some terrible mistake must have occurred.
48:49Where are you all gone?
49:01To the dealers.
49:02Which dealers?
49:04Bretton Ridge of Covent Garden.
49:07Tell me.
49:08Just tell me.
49:10Was there another one which had a grey head?
49:12That's right, too.
49:15I could never tell them apart, I couldn't.
49:17Well, what's the matter?
49:18What's all the alley?
49:20I ran as hard as my feet would carry me
49:22to this man Breckenridge,
49:24but he'd sold the lot,
49:26and not one word would he tell me
49:28as to where they'd gone.
49:30I thought I'd go mad,
49:34and now I'm a branded thief
49:38without ever having touched the wealth.
49:42I've sold my character.
49:45God help me.
49:46God help me.
49:49God help me.
50:04Get out.
50:05Heavens bless you, sir.
50:12Heavens bless you, sir.
50:18No more words.
50:22Get out.
50:23I must confess, Holmes,
50:48to being a little surprised.
50:51I am not retained by the police
50:53to supply their deficiencies.
51:02Maybe I am committing a felony,
51:04but I may be serving a soul.
51:08Send him to jail now.
51:09Why, you make him a jailbird for life.
51:11Oh, listen.
51:12After all, it is.
51:17The season of all forgiveness come.
51:22Oh, listen.
51:23After all, it is.
51:35The season of all forgiveness come.
51:38Midnight.
51:42Merry Christmas, Holmes.
51:44And to you, my dear friend.
51:45I cannot contemplate eating
51:52while John Horner is still on remand.
51:55Now, do you suppose that Bradstreet
51:57or one of his colleagues
51:58might still be at their desks?
52:01Hey, well,
52:02you're quite right, Watson.
52:05Come, let's go.
52:05Come, let's go.
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