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Violet Hunter has been offered the role of governess at an estate in Hampshire but the employer insists that for the role she will be obliged to cut her hair short. Her perturbation at this causes her to seek Sherlock Holmes's advice. Starring: Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Colin Jeavons, Eric Porter, Rosalie Williams.
Violet Hunter has been offered the role of governess at an estate in Hampshire but the employer insists that for the role she will be obliged to cut her hair short. Her perturbation at this causes her to seek Sherlock Holmes's advice. Starring: Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Colin Jeavons, Eric Porter, Rosalie Williams.
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04:21from cause to effect
04:24which is really the only notable feature
04:25about the thing
04:26you are always
04:35in a disputatious mood when you choose
04:37that pipe
04:38it seems to me that I've done you full justice in the matter
04:41no no no no
04:43it is not selfishness and conceit
04:46if I claim full justice for my art
04:49it is because
04:50crime is common logic
04:52is rare
04:53therefore it is upon logic
04:55rather than upon crime
04:57that you should dwell
04:58you have degraded
05:02what should have been a course of lectures
05:05into a series of tales
05:07really Holmes
05:09I hardly think my poor scribblings deserve that
05:12they have
05:13after all made your name
05:15a household word
05:16my dear fellow
05:17what do the public
05:20the great and observant public
05:23who can hardly tell a weaver by his tooth
05:25or a compositor by his left arm
05:27care about the finer shades of analysis
05:29and deduction
05:30but indeed if you are trivial
05:37I cannot blame you
05:38the days
05:41of the great cases
05:44are past
05:46man or at least criminal man
05:50is lost
05:51all enterprise and originality
05:53oh surely not
05:56I fear so
05:57as in my little practice
06:01it seems
06:02to be degenerating into an agency
06:04for recovering lost lead pencils
06:07and giving advice to young ladies
06:09from boarding schools
06:10my dear dear friend
06:13how can you say such a thing
06:15I think I have
06:16touched bottom
06:16finally however
06:19this note I had this morning
06:21marks my zero point
06:22I fancy
06:23oh goodness
06:24who is it from
06:25read it
06:28dear Mr. Holmes
06:33I am very anxious
06:34to consult you
06:35as to whether I should
06:36or should not
06:37accept a situation
06:38which has been offered
06:39to me as a governess
06:40I shall call at half past ten tomorrow
06:44if I do not inconvenience you
06:46yours faithfully
06:49Violet Hunter
06:50I must confess to being
06:58somewhat puzzled
06:59by the contents
07:00of your letter
07:01Miss Hunter
07:03since the matter
07:05on which you seek advice
07:06is somewhat outside
07:07my usual field
07:08of expertise
07:09yes I am aware of that
07:11but you will excuse
07:12my troubling you
07:13I am sure
07:14since I have recently
07:15had a very strange experience
07:17indeed
07:18as I have no parents
07:21or relations of any sort
07:23from whom I could ask advice
07:25I thought perhaps
07:26you would be kind enough
07:27to tell me what I should do
07:29I shall be happy to serve you
07:32in any way I can
07:33pray
07:33proceed
07:34there is a well known agency
07:38for governesses
07:39in the west end
07:40called Westerways
07:41and I have lately
07:43been calling there
07:44about once a week
07:45in order to see
07:47whether anything
07:47has turned up
07:48which might suit me
07:49it is managed by Miss Stoper
08:02she sits alone
08:05in her own office
08:06and the ladies
08:08who are seeking employment
08:09wait in the ante room
08:10and are then shown in
08:12one by one
08:13when she consults her ledgers
08:15and sees whether she has
08:16anything which might suit them
08:17Miss Green
08:19has been on our books
08:20for some years
08:21and has excellent references
08:23in fact
08:23were it not for the swift return
08:26to Kuala Lumpur
08:27of her present employer
08:29who finds her most satisfactory
08:31she would not be available today
08:34for your consideration
08:35thank you
08:43thank you
08:43Miss Green
08:44Mm-hmm.
09:14Oh, that will do.
09:29I could not ask for anything better.
09:36Oh, capital, capital.
09:38Splendid.
09:40Please be seated, Miss Hunter.
09:42Now, then, you're looking for a situation, Miss?
09:44Yes, sir.
09:45As a governess?
09:46Yes, sir.
09:47And what salary do you ask?
09:48I had four pounds a month in my last place with Colonel Spence Munro.
09:52He has given her an excellent reference, Mr. Rewcastle.
09:55Oh, doubtless, doubtless.
09:57What, four pounds a month?
10:00If that seems too much...
10:02Too much? Oh, touch sweating, rank sweating.
10:05How could anyone offer so pitiful a sum to a lady of such attraction and accomplishments?
10:12My accomplishments, sir, may be less than you imagine.
10:16A little French?
10:18A little German?
10:19Music?
10:20Drawing?
10:21Oh, touch, touch.
10:22That is quite beside the question.
10:24The point is, have you or have you not the bearing and deportment of a lady?
10:30I mean, that is it in a nutshell.
10:35I would hope to have ladylike qualities, sir.
10:38If you have not, then you are not fitted for the rearing of a child whose background and qualities point to a brilliant future.
10:45And if you have, I how could any gentleman ask you to condescend to accept anything under three figures?
10:54Three figures, sir?
10:56Your salary with me, madam, would commence at a hundred pounds a year.
11:02I hardly know what to say.
11:07It has also been my custom to advance, my young ladies, a small portion of their salary beforehand, so that they might meet any little expenses of their journey in their wardrobe.
11:22Thank you, sir.
11:27May I ask where you live?
11:29Oh, Hampshire.
11:30Charming rural place, the Copper Beaches, five miles on the further side of Winchester.
11:36Oh, it is the most lovely country, my dear young lady.
11:42And the dearest old country house.
11:45And my duties, sir.
11:46I should be glad to know what they would be.
11:48One child.
11:50One dear little romper, just six years old.
11:52How charming.
11:54Oh, Miss Stouffer.
11:56If you could only see him killing cockroaches with his slipper.
12:00Three of them gone before you could wink.
12:03Very clever.
12:07My sole duty is, then, to take charge of a single child.
12:12Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
12:14Not so, my dear young lady.
12:16Oh.
12:18What else, then?
12:19Well, your duty would be, as I am sure your good sense would suggest, to obey any little commands that my wife might give.
12:26You said commands.
12:29Well, provided, of course, that they were such commands as that a young lady might with propriety obey.
12:36Is he no difficulty?
12:39None.
12:41Whatsoever.
12:45I should be happy to make myself useful.
12:47Quite so.
12:49In dress, for example.
12:52We're fatty people, you know, Miss Hunter.
12:55Fatty but kind-hearted.
12:56And if you were asked to wear any dress that we might give you, you'd not object to our little whimsy.
13:06Why, um, no.
13:08Or to sit here.
13:09Or to sit there.
13:10And that'll not be offensive to you?
13:14No.
13:18Or to cut your hair quite short before you come to us.
13:23Cut my hair?
13:25Quite short.
13:27Oh, I'm afraid that's quite impossible.
13:33And I'm afraid it is quite essential.
13:36Oh, it's a little fancy of my wife's.
13:39The latest fancies, my dear madam.
13:42The latest fancies must be consulted.
13:50So you won't cut your hair?
13:52No, sir.
13:54I'm afraid I could not.
14:00Ah, well.
14:04It is a pity.
14:06Because in other respects you might have done very nicely.
14:09In that case, Miss Stoper, I'd best inspect some more of your ladies.
14:12Miss Hunter, do you desire your name to be kept upon our books?
14:25If you please, Miss Stoper.
14:27Oh, really?
14:29It seems rather useless.
14:31Since you refuse the most excellent offer in this fashion,
14:34you could hardly expect us to exert ourselves to find another such opening for you.
14:39I'm sorry, Miss Stoper, but my hair...
14:42Good day, Miss Hunter.
14:46Now, why on earth should he want you to cut your hair?
14:51I don't know.
14:53A very strange fad.
14:56As you may observe, Mr. Holmes, my hair is somewhat luxury
15:00and a rather peculiar tint of chestnut.
15:03And most artistic, if I may so observe.
15:06It has been considered so.
15:09I simply couldn't think of sacrificing it in such an offhand manner.
15:14Well, I should think not indeed.
15:16Oh, such was my feeling at the time.
15:19The next day I was inclined to think that I'd made a mistake.
15:24And the day after I was sure of it.
15:27When I received a letter from the gentleman himself.
15:30I have it here and I will read it to you.
15:32Dear Miss Hunter, Miss Stoper has kindly given me your address
15:39and I write from here to ask whether you have reconsidered your decision.
15:43We are willing to give £30 a quarter or £120 a year
15:49so as to recompense you for any little inconvenience which our fads may cause you.
15:54And your hair?
15:57He is insistent.
15:59As regards your hair, it is no doubt a pity,
16:03especially as I could not help remarking its beauty during our short interview.
16:08But I am afraid I must remain firm upon this point
16:11and I only hope that the increased salary may recompense you for the loss.
16:16Will it?
16:18My mind's made up that I will accept the offer.
16:23I thought, however, that before taking the final step
16:27I should like to submit the whole matter for your consideration.
16:30Well, my dear Miss Hunter, as your mind is already made up,
16:34the matter is settled.
16:36But if at any time you should find yourself in any doubt or danger...
16:40Danger?
16:42What danger do you foresee?
16:43It would cease to be a danger if we could define it.
16:46At any time, day or night, a telegram will bring me down to your help.
16:54Then that is enough.
16:59I shall write to Mr. Rewcastle at once
17:02and go down to Hampshire quite easy in my mind now.
17:06Oh, thank you.
17:11Well, Holmes?
17:13I shall have no sister of mine to accept such a situation.
17:15Well, Holmes?
17:23I shall have no sister of mine to accept such a situation.
17:41Number of ibuproomlıs,
17:45I shall have no consent for my baggage in which the situation rented.
17:47I shall have no sister of mine to accept such a situation,
17:48as my wife and whoeverropolis own my sister of mine to accept such a situation in my brother.
17:52I shall be able to accept such a situation.
17:54My wife and I are asleep.
17:56This is magic at the
18:01My wife and I am fine,
18:03It will reveal a birthday I ciao,
18:05to the territoire man.
18:07Well, my dear Literally.
18:08I shall play my room right for him whenemente I am next to every bed.
18:47My man Tala, he likes to keep us secure.
18:50But you look apprehensive, Miss Hunter.
18:53Not at all, Mr. Rukas.
18:54Good, good.
19:10You must be Edward.
19:30I have looked forward to meeting you.
19:32Must be Edward.
19:33This is your new governance, Miss Hunter.
19:38Oh, I see you have a present for Miss Hunter.
19:40Oh, well done.
19:41Good shot.
19:43Copper Beaches, Mr. Rukas.
19:46Oh, dead, Miss Hunter.
19:49Mostly dead.
19:50Here we are, then.
19:59Come in, come in.
20:01Oh, Mrs. Toller.
20:02This is Miss Violet Hunter,
20:04who is taking up the position of governance to Master Edward.
20:07How do you do, Miss Hunter?
20:17Your room's all ready for you.
20:21Come along now, Toller.
20:22Fetch the trunk.
20:24Oh, Miss Hunter.
20:27After you're refreshed from your journey,
20:29I'll take you on a tour of the Copper Beaches.
20:31The premises are certainly extensive, Mr. Rukas.
20:51Oh, yes.
20:53And extensive premises need protection.
20:56Look in here.
20:57Isn't he a beauty?
20:58Yes.
21:01Oh, don't be frightened, Miss Hunter.
21:03It's only Carlo, my mastiff.
21:06I call him mine.
21:07But in fact, Toller is the only man that can do anything with him.
21:11He lets him loose at night.
21:12And God help any trespasser, he lays his fangs upon.
21:16We feed him once a day.
21:17And not too much then, so that he's always keen as master.
21:24Oh, for goodness sakes, Miss Hunter.
21:27Under no pretext set foot across the threshold at night.
21:31It's as much as your life is worth.
21:37Come along, there.
21:38Mrs. Rukasle will be here shortly.
21:54And she will tell you herself how delighted she is you are able to accept the situation.
21:58Your offer was a most generous one, sir.
22:03Though, well, I am still curious about the conditions.
22:10My little fads and fences, you mean?
22:13Yes.
22:14Oh, they're nothing at all.
22:16My wife is very fond of a particular shade of electric blue.
22:24And she would like you to wear such a dress indoors in the morning.
22:28But I do not have such a dress.
22:31Ah.
22:32But we have one.
22:34As to sitting here, or there, or amusing herself in any matter indicated.
22:42Will that need cause you no inconvenience needed?
22:47No.
22:48How do you do, Miss Hunter?
23:02I'm sorry I was not here to greet you.
23:05A slight indisposition.
23:08I trust you are feeling better now?
23:11Much better.
23:13I was just telling Miss Hunter about the blue dress.
23:16Yes.
23:19I think it would fit you very well.
23:43I think it would fit you very well.
23:44I think it would fit you very well.
23:45I think it would fit you very well.
23:46I think it would fit you very well.
23:47I think it would fit you very well.
23:48I think it would fit you very well.
23:49I think it would fit you very well.
23:50I think it would fit you very well.
23:51I think it would fit you very well.
23:52I think it would fit you very well.
23:53I think it would fit you very well.
23:54I think it would fit you very well.
23:55I think it would fit you very well.
23:56I think it would fit you very well.
23:57I think it would fit you very well.
23:58I think it would fit you very well.
23:59I think it would fit you very well.
24:00I think it would fit you very well.
24:01I think it would fit you very well.
24:02I think it would fit you very well.
24:03I don't know.
24:33I wonder what desperate circumstances could occasion such an appeal.
24:51I have devised seven separate explanations, each of which would cover the facts, as far as we know them.
24:56Oh. And which one do you favour, Holmes?
25:01At the moment, I have no favourites.
25:04Data, data, data.
25:07I cannot make bricks without clay.
25:13Well, it's nice to get away from the fogs of Baker Street now and again.
25:17What delightful little farms these are, don't you agree?
25:21Aren't they fresh and beautiful?
25:22Do you know, Watson, it is one of the curses of having a mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with reference to my own special subject.
25:33Well, it doesn't make the scenery any less admirable, does it?
25:37You look at these scattered houses and you are impressed by their beauty.
25:41I look at them and the only thought which comes to me is a feeling of their isolation and of the impunity with which crime may be committed.
25:50Good heavens!
25:51Good heavens!
25:52Who would associate crime with these dear old homesteads?
25:56Yes.
25:57They always fill me with a certain horror.
25:59It is my belief, Watson.
26:01Find it upon my experience.
26:04For the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.
26:12Had this young lady who appeals for us for help gone to live in Winchester, I should never have had a fear for her.
26:20It is the five miles of country which makes the danger.
26:33What can it mean, Mr. Holmes?
26:56We cannot theorize without data, I'm afraid.
27:00Please, continue, Miss Hunter.
27:05In the first place, I may say that I've met on the whole with no actual ill treatment from Mr. and Mrs. Rewcastle.
27:14But I'm not easy in my mind about them.
27:17And I cannot understand them.
27:20What cannot you understand?
27:23The reasons for their conduct.
27:25For two days after my arrival at the Copper Beaches, my life was very quiet.
27:32On the third, I went downstairs after breakfast to find Mr. and Mrs. Rewcastle in the drawing room.
27:39Mr. Rewcastle informed me that a dress, an electric blue dress, had been laid out for me in my bedroom and asked me to put it on.
27:49Mr. Don, I did as he requested.
27:52Thank you, I'll see you.
27:56Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Rewcastle.
27:59Thank you, Miss Hunter.
28:01Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Rewcastle.
28:02Oh, superb Miss Hunter. Oh, quite superb.
28:22Oh, do you not agree?
28:24Could not be a better fit.
28:26Not if you had been measured for it.
28:29Oh, please be so good as to sit down, Miss Hunter.
28:34Oh, perfect. I mean, it's quite, quite perfect.
28:39Over here, if you don't mind, Miss Hunter.
28:42There, there, there. Now, excellent.
28:45Be quite comfortable.
28:47Yes, thank you.
28:55How long do you wish me to remain here, sir?
28:59Or an hour, perhaps?
29:01Perhaps longer.
29:03An hour.
29:04But not, I assure you, an hour of tedium.
29:07Let us see how you can best entertain and divert you.
29:11Do you enjoy funny stories, Miss Hunter?
29:14Why, yes.
29:16Oh, then I shall tell you some.
29:18And all of them, I assure you, absolutely true.
29:24Let me tell you about George, our verger.
29:26He is the most extraordinary character.
29:28Well, it seems somebody wanted to find his way to Winchester.
29:31And George...
29:32I mean, he really is such an eccentric.
29:35You might mistake him for a scarecrow.
29:37I mean, his legs are all as flay.
29:39His arms always thrust down like this.
29:41His head shamed like a turnip.
29:44And on his head, he wore the most extraordinary hat.
29:49Then Mr. Rewcastle, walking up and down on the other side of the room,
29:54began to tell me a series of the funniest stories I've ever listened to.
29:59I cannot imagine how comical he was.
30:03But I laughed till I was quite weary.
30:08Two days later, this same performance was gone through again.
30:15This is a piece of cod that passes all understanding!
30:21Oh, bless my soul!
30:27Is that the hour already?
30:29Times must very quickly.
30:31And most amusingly, sir.
30:33Well, I'm glad to hear you say so.
30:35But now, it is time for you to attend to your duties.
30:38So go and change your dress,
30:40and then look to little Edward in the nursery.
30:43You can easily imagine, Mr. Holmes, how curious I became
30:46as to what the meaning of this extraordinary performance could be.
30:52Since my face was always turned away from the window,
30:57I became consumed with the desire to see what was going on behind my back.
31:03On the very next occasion,
31:06I managed to conceal a small piece of mirror in my hand.
31:09Oh, George! I can't tell you!
31:15I mean, you've taken my...
31:16In the midst of my laughter,
31:17I raised my handkerchief to my eyes
31:19and was able, with a little management,
31:22to see all there was behind me.
31:24Oh, very, very upright man.
31:25Very upright man.
31:26Very upright man.
31:27There was nothing.
31:28George didn't like it.
31:29At least, that was my first impression.
31:31It wasn't tiny bit!
31:34At second glance, however,
31:36I perceived that there was a bearded man
31:38leaning against the railings which bordered our field
31:41and was looking up earnestly at the house.
31:45I lowered my handkerchief and glanced at Mrs. Rewcastle
31:50to find her eyes fixed upon me in a most searching gaze.
31:55She said nothing,
31:57but I'm convinced she divined I had a mirror in my hand.
32:00I'm not last.
32:04Jethro!
32:07There's an impertinent fellow who stares up at Miss Hunter.
32:10Oh, does he indeed?
32:12No friend of yours, Miss Hunter?
32:14No.
32:15I know no one in these parts.
32:17Oh, dear me.
32:18How very impertinent.
32:20Quite intolerable.
32:21Kindly turn around, Miss Hunter,
32:24and motion him to go away.
32:27Surely it would be better if we took no notice.
32:30Martin, have him loitering here always.
32:32Turn around, Miss Hunter,
32:34and wave him away.
32:36Like this.
32:51That was a week ago.
32:57And from that time I've not sat in the window,
33:01nor have I worn the blue dress,
33:03nor seen the man with the beard.
33:07But something else occurred.
33:10An event.
33:12Which caused you to summon me with such urgency.
33:15Yes.
33:19Yes.
33:21Oh, Mr. Holmes, I've never been so frightened.
33:26Do not distress yourself, Miss Hunter.
33:30Compose yourself,
33:32and then tell us what it was.
33:34There is a turret to the house which appears not to be inhabited at all.
33:47A door which faces that which leads into the quarters of the Tollers,
33:52opens into the turret, but it is invariably locked.
33:56It was only yesterday that the chance came for me to pass beyond the door.
34:04Toller!
34:05Yes!
34:35Yes!
34:36Yes!
34:37Yes!
34:38Yes!
34:39Thank you, William!
34:40We're all fired.
34:41Yes!
34:42We're all fired.
34:43Well, all....
34:44Yeah!
34:45Yeah!
34:46You're fired,
34:47my dad!
34:48Yes, sir!
34:49We're fired,
34:50we're fired.
34:52We're fired.
34:54Yeah, I was fired.
34:55What's found?
34:56We're fired.
34:57My dad is concerned you're fired,
35:59So it was you then.
36:16I thought it must be when I saw the door open.
36:18I'm so frightened.
36:22Oh, my dear young lady.
36:26Oh, my dear young lady.
36:29What has frightened you, my dear young lady?
36:32I was foolish enough to go up into the shuttered turret.
36:41You noticed it was shuttered then?
36:45Yes.
36:49Photography is one of my hobbies.
36:50I've made my dark room up there.
36:56But what an observant young lady one has come upon.
37:01It was so lonely and eerie in this dim light that I was frightened and ran out again.
37:06It's so dreadfully still in here.
37:15Oh, no, that?
37:18Why, yes.
37:19What do you think?
37:22What other reason?
37:25Why do you think I keep that door locked?
37:28I'm sure I don't know.
37:30It is to keep people out who have no business there.
37:33Do you say?
37:34I'm sure if I had known...
37:35Well, you know now.
37:39And if you ever set foot across that threshold again...
37:43I'll throw you to the mastiff.
37:57I was so terrified that I didn't know what to do.
38:05Then I thought of you, Mr. Holmes.
38:11I had no difficulty in getting leave to come to Winchester this morning...
38:16but I must be back by three o'clock...
38:18for Mr. and Mrs. Rewcastle are going on a visit...
38:21and will be away all evening...
38:23so that I must look after the child.
38:28Now I've told you all of my adventures, Mr. Holmes.
38:33What does it mean?
38:35And what should I do?
38:39Does the unspeakable child Edward have a friend?
38:43Yes.
38:44An equally unpleasant child at one of the farm cottages.
38:49Splendid.
38:52Dr. Watson and I will arrive at the Copper Beaches at 4.30 precisely.
38:57But before then, there are one or two things I should like you to do.
39:00Now, I would not ask this of you, Miss Hunter.
39:05If I did not think you were quite exceptional, woman.
39:08All right.
39:09Then, let's have a Потомуer.
39:10If I had some impression of the
39:35I've done what you should have.
40:00Aye.
40:05Okay.
40:12Okay.
40:14Okay.
40:24Okay.
40:28Okay.
40:30Okay.
40:37Okay.
40:39Okay.
40:46Okay.
40:48Okay.
40:55Okay.
40:57Okay.
41:04Okay.
41:06Okay.
41:11Mrs. Toller.
41:13Mrs. Toller.
41:15I think Edwards locked himself in the cellar.
41:17The cellar?
41:18Well, I can't find him anywhere, and it is past his tea time.
41:21Well, just the same, I don't see why Master Edward would have locked himself in the cellar.
41:25Well, the door was open earlier.
41:26I saw Toller come out with a bottle.
41:28Perhaps he went down to look for cockroaches.
41:32It's locked.
41:37I can't find him.
41:41Just look.
41:42Perhaps he went down to look for cockroaches.
41:47It's locked.
41:52There you are, miss.
42:12After you.
42:22Our destination.
42:25Holmes, can we be quite sure the mastiff isn't loose?
42:29We can be sure of nothing until we reach the herds.
42:52Good God, what was that?
43:11Come, quickly.
43:20To the left, Mr. Holmes!
43:26Come, quickly.
43:39To the left, Mr. Holmes!
43:45To the left, Mr. Holmes!
44:00To the left, Mr. Holmes!
44:06To the left, Mr. Holmes!
44:22It's been some villainy here.
44:25Looks as though someone's gone across the roof!
44:28Alice!
44:30Alice!
44:31Alice!
44:33Alice!
44:35Where is my daughter?
44:48It is for me to ask you that.
44:50His daughter?
44:52These, you spies.
44:54These and spies!
44:57And what you have, I have you in my path.
45:01Just have you!
45:05Ah!
45:06What does he mean?
45:07He's gone for the dog!
45:18Watson!
45:20He's gone for the dog!
45:21He's gone for the dog!
45:23He's gone for the dog!
45:24I've never been the dog!
45:25Mr. Holmes!
45:26Someone's lost a dog.
45:49He's not been fed for two days.
45:51Quick before it's too late.
45:56Quick before it's too late.
46:26Quick before it's too late.
46:42He's still unconscious.
46:43I've done what I can for him.
46:45He now needs a surgeon as soon as possible.
46:47I've dispatched Honolid and Mrs. Rewcastle to summon such assistance.
46:50Oh, Miss, it's a pity you didn't let me know what you were planning.
46:53I could have told you your pains were wasted.
46:56It's clear Mrs. Tollner knows more of this matter than anyone else.
46:59Ah.
47:00Well, yes, sir, I do.
47:02And I'm ready enough to tell you what I know.
47:05Oh, but if there's police court business over this, you will remember I was Miss Alice's friend.
47:13Miss Alice?
47:16Mr. Rewcastle's daughter by his first marriage.
47:20Ah, the mystery of the shuttered tunnet.
47:25Mrs. Tollner, please sit down.
47:30Now, tell me all you know.
47:33Well, she was never happy at home.
47:37Miss Alice wasn't.
47:38From the time that her father married again.
47:41She was slighted, like, and she had no say in anything.
47:47But it didn't become bad for her.
47:50Until after she met Mr. Fowler.
47:53And pray, who is Mr. Fowler?
47:58Boy, he was Miss Alice's young man.
48:02You might have seen him.
48:05Hanging about.
48:06Out in the road by the field.
48:08Yes.
48:08And how did Mr. Fowler's involvement bring Miss Alice to her distressing circumstances?
48:16Well, as far as I could learn, Miss Alice had rights of her own, under her late mother's will.
48:25But she was so quiet and patient she was.
48:27She never said a word about them, but just left everything in Mr. Rewcastle's hands.
48:33Well, he knew he was safe with her, but when there was a chance of a husband coming forward,
48:38who would ask for all that law would give him, well, then, her father thought it time to put a stop on it.
48:44Well, he wanted her to sign a paper so that, whether she married or not, he could use her money.
48:54Well, when she wouldn't do it, he kept worrying her.
48:59Worrying her.
49:00Until she got brain fever.
49:03For six weeks, she was at death's door.
49:07When she got better at last, all,
49:10ah, worn to a shadow and with her beautiful hair cut off,
49:15he moved her
49:16to the turret room
49:18where she was kept
49:20prisoner.
49:22But that didn't make no change in her young man.
49:43And he stuck to her.
49:45True as a man could be.
49:46And then Mr. Rewcastle brought Miss Hunter down from London
49:50in order to impersonate his daughter
49:52and get rid of the young man.
49:55Well, that was it, sir.
49:57But Mr. Fowler, being a
49:59persevering gentleman,
50:01as a good sailor,
50:03should be
50:04blockaded the house.
50:07And having met you,
50:09succeeded by certain arguments,
50:11metallic and otherwise,
50:12in convincing you
50:14that your interests
50:15were the same as his?
50:17Mr. Fowler was a very kind-spoken
50:19free-handed gentleman.
50:24And in this way,
50:25he managed
50:26that your husband
50:27should not want for drink,
50:29the gates unlocked,
50:31thus ensuring
50:31that the mastiff
50:32should remain chained
50:33and that a ladder
50:34should be ready to assist him
50:35in the rescue of Miss Alice.
50:38You have it, sir.
50:40Just as it happened.
50:42And thus was solved
50:50the mystery
50:51of the sinister house
50:53called the Copper Beaches.
50:56Mr. Rewcastle survived,
50:58but was always a broken man,
51:01kept solely alive
51:02for the care
51:02of his devoted wife.
51:05They still live
51:05with their servants
51:06who probably know
51:07so much of Rewcastle's past,
51:09that he finds it
51:10difficult
51:12to part from them.
51:15Mr. Fowler
51:15and Miss Rewcastle
51:17were married
51:18by special licence,
51:21and he now holds
51:22a government position
51:23on the island of Mauritius.
51:25Miss Hunter
51:27is now head
51:29of a private school
51:31in Walsall,
51:32where, I gather,
51:34she has met
51:35with considerable
51:37success.
51:43Here, Holmes,
51:45your verdict.
51:50An admirable account, Watson.
51:52Oh, you don't think
51:55I've put too much
51:56colour and life
51:57into it?
52:00Oh, my dear friend,
52:02I humbly defer
52:04such considerations
52:05to your excellent
52:06literary judgement.
52:11Good.
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