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When a notorious retired builder is found dead, his recently-named heir is the prime suspect. Starring: Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Colin Jeavons, Eric Porter, Rosalie Williams.
When a notorious retired builder is found dead, his recently-named heir is the prime suspect. Starring: Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Colin Jeavons, Eric Porter, Rosalie Williams.
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02:59a singularly uninteresting city.
03:02Well, I hardly think you'll find many decent citizens to agree with you.
03:06Well, well, well, one must not be selfish.
03:09The community is the gainer of no one, the loser,
03:12save the poor unfortunate specialist whose occupation was gone.
03:23You must have been totally undead.
03:26Sure.
03:29It was the case of the papers of ex-president Murillo.
03:36And the shocking affair of the Dutch steamship Friesland,
03:39which very nearly cost us both our lives,
03:42both of them great success.
03:45I'm sorry. Mr. Holmes is not at home.
03:48If I fail to see him now, it will be too late.
03:50But I'm sorry. I cannot help you.
03:52But it is a matter of the utmost urgency.
03:54I have already told you, young man. Mr. Holmes!
03:57Mr. Holmes!
03:59Well, I must see you.
04:00I told the young man you weren't here, but he wouldn't listen.
04:03I'm sorry. I'm sorry, but I'm nearly out of my mind.
04:06I am the unhappy John Hector McFarlane.
04:09Mr. Holmes!
04:19Now, tell us quietly and slowly who you are
04:23and what it is that you want.
04:25You mentioned your name just now as if I should recognize it,
04:28but I can assure you beyond the obvious facts
04:30that you are a bachelor, a solicitor, and a freemason, and an asthmatic.
04:35I know nothing about you, whatever.
04:37You're untidy clothes, sheaf of legal papers, watch chain,
04:46and your somewhat irregular breathing.
04:49Why, yes, Mr. Holmes.
04:51I am all these things.
04:53And in addition,
04:56I am at this moment the most unfortunate man in London.
05:00Have you not read your newspaper?
05:02Not yet.
05:03Then, if you would allow me.
05:13At about 12 o'clock last night
05:15an incident occurred at Lower Norwood
05:17which points it is feared to a serious crime.
05:20A small timber yard caught fire at the back of a house
05:24belonging to Mr. Jonas Oldacre, a builder.
05:27A surprise was expressed at Mr. Oldacre's absence
05:31and it became apparent that he had disappeared.
05:34An examination of his room revealed
05:37a safe which was open,
05:39signs of a murderous struggle,
05:42and a heavy walking stick with stains of blood upon the handle.
05:46As we...
05:47All I ask is that you don't abandon me.
05:50A man has followed me from London Bridge Station.
05:53If they arrest me before I finish my story,
05:55make them give me time so that I may tell you the whole truth.
05:58I could go to jail happy if I knew that you were outside working for me.
06:03Arrest you? This is really most gratifying.
06:06On what charge do you expect to be arrested?
06:08Upon the charge of murdering Mr. Jonas Oldacre of Lower Norwood.
06:14Dear me.
06:15As we go to press, sensational developments have been reported.
06:25Charred remains have been found among the ashes of the fire,
06:30and the police theory is that the victim was clubbed to death,
06:34and the body ignited.
06:36It is known that Mr. Oldacre received a visitor last night,
06:41and the stick has been identified as belonging to that person,
06:45a young London solicitor by the name of John Hector McFarlane.
06:51May I ask why you are still at liberty, Mr. McFarlane?
07:02As there seems to be enough evidence to justify your arrest.
07:07I live with my mother at Torrington Lodge in Blackheath.
07:10But last night, having late business with Mr. Oldacre,
07:13I stayed at an hotel in Norwood.
07:15Mr. Holmes,
07:20I knew nothing of this affair
07:23until I was on the train to my office this morning,
07:26and read what you have just heard.
07:28I saw at once the terrible danger of my position,
07:31and hurried to put the case in your hands.
07:45Inspector Lestrade.
07:58We have been expecting you.
08:00Mr. Holmes?
08:02Dr. Watson?
08:04Mr. John Hector McFarlane?
08:08Yes.
08:10I arrest you for the willful murder of Mr. Jonas Oldacre of Lower Norwood.
08:14Oh no, but just one moment, Mr. Fred.
08:16Half an hour more or less can make little difference to you,
08:17and this young gentleman was about to give us an account
08:19of this very interesting affair,
08:21which might aid us in clearing it up.
08:23There'll be no difficulty in clearing it up. Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
08:26Nevertheless, I mean, with your permission.
08:29I would be much interested in hearing his account.
08:33Well, Mr. Holmes, there's no denying that
08:35you have been of use to the force once or twice in the past.
08:40But I must insist...
08:42All I ask is that you should hear and recognise the absolute truth.
08:51I'll give you half an hour.
08:55Sit down, Macfarlane.
08:57Oh, thank you, Lestrade.
09:10We must warn you that what you say now will appear in evidence against you.
09:17Pray continue.
09:18I must first explain that I knew nothing of Mr. Jonas Oldacre,
09:26although his name was familiar to me.
09:30Many years ago my parents were acquainted with him,
09:33but they drifted apart.
09:36And so it came as a complete surprise when yesterday afternoon
09:40at about three o'clock he walked into my office in the city.
09:44Mr. Oldacre, good afternoon. I'm Mr. Macfarlane.
09:51Would you care to come through?
09:58Please, won't you sit down?
10:07How can I help you?
10:15This is a draft of my will.
10:19I want you, Mr. Macfarlane,
10:22to cast it into proper legal shape.
10:25I shall sit here while you do so.
10:28You can understand my astonishment, Mr. Holmes,
10:37when I found that with some minor reservations
10:42his entire estate had been left to me.
10:46But I...
10:48I simply don't understand.
10:50Oh, well then, let me explain.
10:53I'm a bachelor, Mr. Macfarlane, with few relatives.
10:58And none who deserve my consideration.
11:00Well that may well be so, but...
11:01Let me...
11:02Let me finish.
11:04I beg your pardon.
11:06For many years now I have withdrawn from my business.
11:09I was a builder, and though I say it myself, an extremely successful one.
11:15Successful enough to have gained considerable wealth
11:18and thus live out my life in complete, if solitary, comfort.
11:22Many years ago I knew your mother.
11:34Knew her and hoped to marry her.
11:37Then she... she met and married your father.
11:42I have no idea.
11:44Then why should you?
11:47Three months ago I read of your father's death in the Daily Telegraph,
11:51and my mind was turned to your mother
11:54and to the son, who might fairly well have been my own.
12:00This is my way of securing your future.
12:05I know that whatever I leave will be in worthy hands.
12:09What can I say?
12:12But thank you.
12:14There are a few documents I think you should see.
12:16Building leases, title deeds, mortgages and so on.
12:21Well, now my mind's made up, I shan't rest easy until the whole thing's settled.
12:27Yes, of course.
12:28I beg you to come to my house tonight.
12:30What shall we say?
12:31Nine o'clock?
12:32Why, yes.
12:33You'll, of course, bring the finalised will and then we can settle the matter once and for all.
12:36Yes, of course.
12:37Thank you, my boy.
12:38Oh, um, one last thing.
12:43Not a word of this to your dear mother until everything is settled.
12:46I wanted to be a little surprise for her.
12:49Little, I...
12:50You, you promise?
12:51You have my word.
12:52I left in good time for my appointment, but had difficulty in finding the house, so that it was nearly half past before I reached it.
13:09Good evening.
13:10I have an appointment with Mr. Oldacre.
13:12Mr. McFarlane.
13:13Yes, that's right.
13:14It was not the warmest of receptions and the house itself had a peculiar, unloved feeling.
13:20Good evening.
13:24I have an appointment with Mr. Oldacre.
13:27Mr. McFarlane.
13:28Yes, that's right.
13:36It was not the warmest of receptions.
13:39And the house itself had a peculiar, unloved feeling.
13:43Sorry if you keep your waiting, my boy.
13:52Not at all, sir. I'm a little late, I'm afraid.
13:54Ah, you brought the papers.
13:55Yes, indeed.
13:56Excellent.
13:58The bedroom was on the ground floor, where there was a large safe.
14:02Bring the rest of those papers, my boy.
14:15Now, to business.
14:45All done?
15:00Yes, sir. All done.
15:02Just seen the time, my boy. You must get home.
15:05Oh, thank you.
15:07I have a stick with me.
15:08Ah, I wonder where she put it.
15:10Rather a heavy walking stick. It belonged to my father.
15:12Ah, never mind. I'll take good care of it until we meet again.
15:15After all, I shall be seeing a great deal of you now, I hope.
15:17Indeed you shall, sir.
15:21I left him there.
15:24The safe was open.
15:26And the documents were on his desk.
15:28It was too late to go back to Blackheath,
15:30and so I spent the night at an hotel in Norwood.
15:34I knew nothing more of this horrible affair until this morning.
15:42Do you have the original draft of the will that Eldaker brought you?
15:51Why, yes. I have it here.
15:58May I retain this for 24 hours, Inspector?
16:02If it would amuse you.
16:03Well, anything more you'd like to ask, Mr. Hone?
16:09Not until I've been to Blackheath.
16:12You mean Norwood?
16:13No doubt that is what I must have meant.
16:17Now, Mr. Macfarlane,
16:19my constable's at the door.
16:20There's a four-wheeler waiting.
16:21Good morning, gentlemen.
16:33Good morning.
16:34Good morning.
16:51Good morning.
17:21There are certain points about this document, are there not, Wilson?
17:39Well,
17:40I can read the first two lines,
17:44and these in the middle of the second page,
17:47and one or two at the end.
17:47I mean, they're as clear as print, but
17:49the writing in between is very bad,
17:52and there's several places where I can't read it at all.
17:54What do you make of that?
17:57What do you make of it?
18:00That it was written on a train.
18:03The good writing represents stations.
18:07The bad writing, movement.
18:09And the very bad writing.
18:11And the very bad writing.
18:11Passing over the points.
18:14A scientific expert would pronounce at once
18:16that it was drawn up on a suburban line.
18:19Since nowhere,
18:20save in the immediate vicinity of a great city,
18:22could there be so quick a succession of points.
18:25And the train must have been an express,
18:27granting that his whole journey
18:28was occupied in drawing up the will.
18:34Then the train must have been an express,
18:36stopping only once
18:38between Norwood and London Bridge.
18:40Yes, but it's curious, is it not,
18:43that a man should draw up
18:45so important a document
18:47in so haphazard a fashion?
18:49Yes, it suggests
18:50that he thought it was going to be
18:53of no practical importance.
18:55Well, he drew up his death warrant
18:57at the same time.
18:58This case is not clear to me.
19:10Come, Watson.
19:18Where are we going, Norwood?
19:20No!
19:21Blackheat!
19:23Ha!
19:28My son's the gentlest creature
19:46on God's earth.
19:48It's inconceivable he could even
19:50contemplate such a terrible crime.
19:54He didn't even know the man, Mr. Holmes.
19:57But you did, Mrs. Macfarlane.
20:12Years ago,
20:14I'd forgotten that he ever existed.
20:23Tried to forget.
20:24It's impossible to quite forget
20:27a man like Jonas Oldacre.
20:33Yes, I knew him well.
20:35At one time, we were engaged
20:37to be married.
20:44Thank heaven, I had the sense
20:45to turn away from him
20:46and marry a better,
20:48if poorer man.
20:49Oh, please.
21:01Your husband
21:02died recently?
21:09He was a kind man.
21:12A gentle man.
21:15He was everything
21:15Jonas Oldacre was not.
21:17and yet at one time
21:19you were prepared
21:19to marry him.
21:24I said that I knew him well.
21:28But the more I knew of him,
21:29the more I came to realise
21:30I knew him not at all.
21:35He would change.
21:37Suddenly,
21:39what I saw frightened me.
21:41there was a dark side
21:45to his character,
21:45Mr. Holmes.
21:48A desire to cause pain.
21:49My own photograph.
22:14It was my first present to him.
22:15Good heavens.
22:21That was how it was returned
22:22to me on my wedding day.
22:26Together with a vile note
22:27urging a curse upon my house
22:28and saying he'd never forgive me.
22:32And yet he does seem
22:33to have forgiven you.
22:35After all,
22:36to leave his entire estate
22:38to your son.
22:39Neither my son
22:39nor I want anything
22:40from that wicked man,
22:42dead or alive.
22:42I'm Mrs. McFarlane.
22:46The fact remains
22:48that the will was made.
22:55I simply can't understand it.
23:00Why?
23:02Have you ever spoken
23:03of old Acre to your son?
23:05I mean, perhaps told him
23:06what you've just told me now.
23:09No, never.
23:11Never?
23:11He found the photograph.
23:27My husband tried
23:28to make light of it,
23:29but he insisted.
23:32My husband told him
23:33something of the truth.
23:36That's all.
23:38And, uh,
23:38the boy was
23:39disturbed?
23:43He was upset, naturally.
23:45You see,
23:46Mrs. McFarlane,
23:47what the police might say is...
23:48Hmm.
23:52But if he had heard
23:53of old Acre's behavior
23:54toward you,
23:56it would predispose him
23:57toward hatred and violence.
23:59And so their case against him
24:01would be considerably strengthened.
24:02No.
24:06There is a God in heaven,
24:08Mr. Holmes.
24:09And that same God
24:10who's punished that wicked man
24:11will show in his own good time.
24:13My son's hands
24:14are guiltless of his blood.
24:16Come on, please.
24:19Come on, please.
24:24Come on.
24:25Come on.
24:31Come on.
24:32Wait here, miss.
24:33Come on.
24:33Mr. Holmes, Dr. Watson, we're just clearing up.
24:48The will as promised.
24:51Look.
24:55Buttons.
24:57Trouser buttons.
24:59No doubt you brought your glass with you.
25:03The name is Hyams.
25:06According to Mrs. Lexington, the housekeeper, Hyams was the name of Mr. Oldacre's tailor.
25:12Presumably the organic remains have been removed to the laboratory.
25:17They have, doctor. Though they'll be of little use, I suspect.
25:21The poor devil was no more than bone and cinder.
25:24How very convenient for the murderer.
25:27If not, I might venture for Mr. Oldacre.
25:29Nevertheless, inspector, bone and cinder.
25:33Thank heavens he was wearing his trousers.
25:43The stick belongs to the accused. He's never denied it.
25:47He says that he could not find it when he came to leave the house.
25:50He says, Mr. Holmes, says.
25:54My experts made out footmarks of both men on the carpet.
26:03And too much subsequent traffic to make any examination on my path worthwhile.
26:08Two sets of footmarks, Mr. Holmes. None of any third person.
26:14Another trick for your side.
26:17I suppose all these papers are from the safe.
26:19Correct.
26:20And nothing? Absolutely nothing has been removed?
26:23Nothing whatsoever.
26:24We have opened one or two, as you can see, to check the contents.
26:29May I check them?
26:31By all means.
26:33I myself have business at the yard.
26:37Oh, and I would like to see the housekeeper. What is her name? Mrs. Lexington?
26:41She'll add nothing more to what you already know.
26:46Nevertheless.
26:48I'll send her in.
26:49Could it be that for once, Lestrade is on the right track?
27:04All my instincts are one way, and all the facts are the other.
27:13You wish to see me, sir?
27:15Yes, Mrs. Lexington. This is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.
27:21Um, do sit down.
27:23I'll stand, if I may.
27:26This room has no comfort for me.
27:33You let young Mr. McFarlane into this house at 9.30?
27:37Yes.
27:39And I wish that my hand had withered before I'd done so.
27:42And you retired to bed at?
27:4420 minutes past 11.
27:4920 past 11.
27:53And you heard nothing?
27:55My room is at the far end of the house.
27:58I heard nothing until the fire alarm sounded.
28:00And it was then, only then, that I realized my poor master had been murdered.
28:06Mrs. Lexington, to your knowledge,
28:10did your master have any enemies?
28:13Every man has his enemies.
28:16And a businessman like Mr. Oldacre?
28:19More than most, perhaps?
28:20He was a well-respected gentleman who kept himself very much to himself.
28:24Do you know anything about these papers?
28:30I know nothing of Mr. Oldacre's private affairs.
28:33The buttons that the police found in the fire.
28:36My master had three suits made by Mr. Hyams.
28:39Two were still in that wardrobe there, and the third he was wearing that night.
28:43Thank you, Mrs. Lexington. You have been most cooperative.
28:53What do you make of her?
28:58Tight as wax, if you ask me.
29:01But then, perhaps that's her usual manner.
29:03It's all wrong.
29:06I feel it in my bones.
29:08Something...
29:12Something...
29:14...has not come out.
29:16Now that woman knows it.
29:17Holmes, would you like me to have a look at these papers?
29:26Well, a man's bank account can tell us as much as his diary.
29:31Correct.
29:34Thank you, Watson.
29:47It's all right, Constable. I'm just stretching my legs.
29:52I'll watch them.
30:17Oh, my God.
30:19He's in the door.
30:20He's going now.
30:21He's in the door.
30:22He's missing the door.
30:24He's making a look at this table.
30:25It's in the door.
30:26Even with the dad's shell.
30:27He's missing the kids.
30:28He's missing the toys.
30:29He's missing the toys.
30:30He's missing the toys.
30:31Who's missing the toys?
30:32That's all right.
30:34I might be missing the toys.
30:35I know your vida.
30:36You could find the toys, but they're missing the toys.
30:38I can't take a look.
30:39After all, I can't look.
30:40Let's go.
31:10Let's go.
31:40Let's go.
31:42Ah, Constable.
31:48Are you a local man?
31:50Born and bred, sir.
31:51Not half a mile from here.
31:52Excellent.
31:56And perhaps you can offer me some local knowledge.
31:58I'll do my best, sir.
31:59I'll most certainly do my best.
32:00Let's go.
32:15Holmes?
32:16I'll do it straight away.
32:21Lestrade did say that no documents have been removed.
32:24Yes.
32:25That's what I thought.
32:26You found something.
32:27No, it's what I haven't found that interests me.
32:29There are certain cross-references to various deeds, valuable deeds, none of which I can find.
32:36But one thing is clear.
32:43Oldacre was hardly in the affluent circumstances we have been led to believe.
32:47His bank account was practically empty, largely because he had made several large payments in the past year to a certain Mr. Cornelius.
32:54Young McFarlane would have inherited nothing.
33:00This is of interest.
33:01Why should a retired builder have such large transactions with a Mr. Cornelius?
33:07Well, let's take our cab and see what we can find out from his city bank.
33:13You coming?
33:14I'll stay here for a while.
33:18Norwood Station.
33:24So you're not going back to London with your friend, then?
33:34No.
33:35Not yet, anyway.
33:37I do hope my presence doesn't inconvenience you.
33:41By the way, I should warn you, I found an undesirable lurking about by the gates.
33:45I saw him off...
33:46What an undesirable?
33:48A tramp, Mrs. Lexington.
33:49A gentleman of the road.
33:52They'll get nothing here.
33:53Oh, you don't believe in supporting our less fortunate brethren.
33:59I work.
34:01So can they.
34:03Quite so.
34:03I do.
34:04I do.
34:11I do.
34:16I do.
34:19I do.
34:21I don't know.
34:51I'm on my way to Folkestone.
35:05I've done enough walking. I have half eyes a place and I'll stay put.
35:16I used to meet a friend of mine here.
35:18Oh, you might know him. He's a seafaring man.
35:25Aye. I know him.
35:30She had my billet for the last four nights, he does.
35:32And off he goes, without even a word.
35:38You take my kid.
35:43Stay clear of him.
35:45He's a liar.
35:49He didn't strike me as such.
35:50He goes up to that big house, he does.
35:56Comes back here and tells some yarm about them putting out with open hands and telling him to come back tomorrow and they'll give him some grab and some cast-offs for him.
36:08Well, how's that lying?
36:14Because, my friend, I'd already paid my court.
36:20I nearly got the law on my back for my insolence.
36:23Perhaps he told him a pleasing tale.
36:39Are you saying that a drunken sailor has more to offer than a sergeant in the 22nd?
36:48He says, whatever I get, he says.
37:03I'll share with you, shipmate, he says.
37:07Off he goes.
37:11Not a sight of him since.
37:18Not a sight of him.
37:45Not a sight of him.
37:46PHONE RINGS
38:16HOMES
38:31you must permit yourself some food
38:44you must eat
38:45at present I cannot afford
38:47energy and nerve force for digestion
38:50well you must
38:54if you intend to pursue this case
38:56I fear my dear fellow
38:57that our case will end ingloriously
38:59by Lestrade hanging our client
39:01which will certainly be a triumph
39:04for Scotland Yard
39:05there's a telegram
39:09important fresh evidence to hand
39:26McFarlane's guilt definitely established
39:28advise you to abandon case Lestrade
39:33it is Lestrade's little cock-a-doodle of victory
39:38and the Virgin's little cock-a-doodle of victory
39:44and also the only money that has heard
39:47is that the Queen's favorite
39:47has returned home to the side
39:51over the road
39:52and in the end
39:53and the story is that the Queen's favorite
39:56means the Queen's favorite
39:57is that the Queen's favorite
39:58is that the Queen's favorite
39:59democracy should be surrounded by
40:00Let's have some breakfast.
40:16And then go out together and see what we can do.
40:23I feel as though I shall need your company and moral support today.
40:30Ah, Mr. Holmes, Dr. Watson.
40:44I think you'll acknowledge that we're just a little in front of you this time.
40:53Step this way, if you please, gentlemen.
40:55And I'm sure I can convince you that it was John McFarlane who committed this crime.
41:02I don't like being wrong any more than the rest of us do.
41:05Still, a man can't always expect to have it his own way.
41:10Can he, Dr. Watson?
41:11This is where the housekeeper left McFarlane's hat and stick.
41:27And this is also where he would have come to collect his hat
41:29after the crime was committed.
41:32Now look at this.
41:33A thumb mark.
41:37So I observe.
41:38A thumb mark in blood.
41:41You are aware that no two thumb marks are alike.
41:43I have heard something of the kind.
41:45A thumb mark.
42:02Identical.
42:03And that was taken from McFarlane this morning.
42:08Definitely the same thumb mark.
42:10And that is final.
42:13Quite final.
42:14Who made this discovery?
42:19It was Mrs. Lexington here who drew my constable's attention to it.
42:24And I suppose there is no doubt that the mark was there yesterday.
42:28Well, of course, McFarlane could have crept out of jail in the middle of the night
42:32just to strengthen the evidence against himself.
42:38Have you any objection if I take a stroll upstairs?
42:41No, none at all.
42:42There's nothing up there, though.
44:00Sorry things look so bad, Holmes.
44:04But there is a serious flaw in this new evidence.
44:08Yes.
44:10What's that?
44:12That thumbprint was not there when I examined the hall yesterday.
44:16Inspector Lestrade.
44:32I cannot help thinking your evidence is incomplete.
44:38What do you mean, Mr. Holmes?
44:40Only that there is an important witness that you have not yet seen.
44:44You can produce this witness, can you?
44:46I think I can.
44:48Well, then do so.
44:50I'll do my best.
44:52How many constables have you?
44:54Three within call.
44:56Excellent.
44:57I assume that they are able-bodied large men with powerful voices.
45:02No doubt that they are, yeah.
45:07Um, in the outhouse there is a quantity of straw. I would like two bundles brought in.
45:12Straw?
45:14And, er, two buckets of water.
45:19Water?
45:21Ask them to bring it to the top landing, will you?
45:23The straw into the fireplace, a little bit in front.
45:37Two buckets of water to that side, please.
45:42Mr. Holmes!
45:44I don't know whether you're playing a game with us, but surely you could tell us without all this tomfoolery.
45:49I can assure you, Lestrade, I have an excellent reason for everything that I do.
45:53Watson, would you put a match to that straw?
45:56And constable, will you sprinkle it with water?
46:19Now, we must see if we can find this witness for you, Lestrade.
46:27Gentlemen.
46:33Would you please join me in the call of fire?
46:37One, two, three.
46:38Fire!
46:39Fire!
46:40We can do better than that.
46:42Full voice, hand together.
46:44Fire!
46:46Fire!
46:47Fire!
46:48Fire!
46:49Fire!
46:50Fire!
46:51Fire!
46:52Fire!
46:53Fire!
46:54Fire!
46:55Fire!
46:56Fire!
46:57Fire!
46:58Fire!
46:59Fire!
47:00Fire!
47:01Fire!
47:02Fire!
47:03Fire!
47:04Constable, a bucket of water on that straw.
47:07Lestrade, allow me to present with your missing principal witness,
47:11Mr. Jonas Oldacre.
47:14What's this then?
47:16What have you been doing all this time?
47:19I've done no harm.
47:21No harm?
47:22You've only done your best to get an innocent man hanged.
47:26Listen, if it wasn't for this gentleman standing here, I'm not sure you wouldn't have succeeded.
47:31Take him!
47:35Let us see where this rat has been lurking.
47:44You see the advantage of being a builder.
47:46He was able to fix up his own little hiding place without any confederate.
47:50Save for that precious housekeeper of his whom I should lose no time in adding to your bag, Inspector.
47:55And these are the missing papers, no doubt.
47:59No doubt whatsoever.
48:01Constable, find the housekeeper.
48:04How did you know about that place, Mr. Holmes?
48:06When I compared the proportions of this room with those of the room below,
48:10I deduced that this fireplace wall was false.
48:14Oldacre clearly had a great deal of nerve.
48:17But not enough, I fancy, to lie quiet before an alarm of fire.
48:21How in the world did you know that he was in the house at all?
48:30The thumb-markless trade.
48:32When I examined the hall yesterday, it was clear.
48:34Therefore, it must have been put there during the night.
48:36But how?
48:39After Macfarlane had examined the papers that night, he resealed them.
48:43To do so, he used his thumb upon the wax.
48:46Brooding in that den of his, it suddenly struck Oldacre what use he could make of that thumbprint.
48:53Smearing the wax with a little blood,
48:56he made what appeared to be absolutely damning evidence against Macfarlane.
49:04But what was the object of his deception?
49:06Ah, well, you see, Inspector.
49:08In order to swindle his creditors who were pressing him,
49:11Oldacre emptied his bank account by paying out several large sums
49:15to a certain Mr. Cornelius.
49:17Now, I have no doubt that Messrs Oldacre and Cornelius are one and the same person.
49:21The object being to change his name, draw on the money, and then vanish.
49:28We see before us a very deep, malicious and vindictive man.
49:33Did you know that he was once refused by Macfarlane's mother?
49:37All his life he has longed for vengeance.
49:40If you could give the impression that he was murdered by the only child of his former sweetheart,
49:45what more bit of revenge?
49:48I would never have allowed any real harm to befall poor Mr. Macfarlane, I assure you.
49:52That's for the jury to decide.
49:55You're charging me? For a joke? It's nothing more than a practical joke.
49:59It's nothing less than murder.
50:02The body in the fire.
50:04But whose body was it?
50:09An old sailor, Lestrade, who had fallen upon hard times.
50:14When I examined the ashes of that fire,
50:18I discovered that your experts had missed this.
50:25It is a tooth of the great white shark.
50:29And you see that it has been lightly carved.
50:32It is typical of the work carried out by seamen.
50:37This isn't evidence enough to show who died in the fire.
50:43I know for certain that on Monday, the day before the murder,
50:47a tramp called at this house.
50:51Yet when I questioned the housekeeper,
50:53she assured me that no such tramp would ever be welcomed.
50:57Not only was his reception welcoming,
50:59but the man received some of Oldacre's clothing.
51:04Yesterday, near the front gate,
51:06I found the calling card that he left.
51:09A coded sign advising his fellow travelers of a charitable welcome.
51:14And last night, with the help of your local constable,
51:17I talked to one of these fellow travelers
51:21who said that the unfortunate seamen had been asked to call back the following day
51:24with the assurance of further hospitality.
51:30And so, the next morning,
51:33wearing his new clothes,
51:35or at least his new trousers,
51:38he returned.
51:40And was never seen again.
51:42You've saved an innocent man's life, Mr. Holmes.
51:46You've also saved me some embarrassment.
51:50Ah, my good chap.
51:53You will find that your reputation has been enormously enhanced.
51:55Just make a few alterations to that report which you are writing.
51:59And they will understand how hard it is to throw dust in the eyes of Inspector Lestrade.
52:03You don't want your name to appear?
52:10Not at all.
52:14His work is its own reward.
52:18I'll see you hang for this.
52:21That privilege must surely be mine.
52:23Because I could have been mine.
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