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03:26rough shooting perhaps a little fishing and the best cook in the county of
03:34Sussex didn't you say Holmes and Reginald Musgrave
03:41he's a scion of one of the oldest families in England he's in the same
03:44college as myself he was not generally popular among the
03:48undergraduates but it always seemed to me that what was set down as pride was
03:51really a cover for extreme natural diffidence
03:56indeed I never think of his pale lean face and the poise of his head
04:01without associating him with gray archways mullioned windows and all the venerable
04:07wreckage of a feudal keep if you feel so uncharitable why do you accept his
04:12invitation to escape my lethargy and your constant bullying to tidy our room in
04:18Lincoln Street hardly constant so I have decided to devote my weekend to the
04:25collating of some of my early work
04:30your early work before my biographer came to glorify me
04:35do you have records of your early work not all successes but some pretty little
04:39problems records of the tarleton murders the case of vanbury the wine merchant the
04:47adventure of the old russian woman a full account of ricoletti of the clubfoot and his
04:52abominable wife and the singular affair of the aluminium crotch aluminium crotch
05:01but that was something a little research
05:03I wish I had notes of these cases
05:15well you may hold my interest for a few hours while you potter with our host through the antiquities of
05:21a bygone age
05:25surely the house interests you the house is freezing watson
05:31it's history
05:33the people in on your previous visit i remember you telling me
05:40that you enjoyed some lively conversations with a butler what's his name brunston oh brunton
05:48a young school teacher out of plays did he not um did he not speak several languages
05:54he played nearly every musical instrument a man of considerably more intellectual ability than his master
06:05in the world
06:06we must behave ourselves
06:08ah
06:10brunton
06:13mr holmes a pleasure to see you again sir
06:15my friend and colleague dr watson
06:16welcome to her
06:18masquerade
06:20my friend and colleague dr watson
06:22so glad it's a long time
06:24yeah
06:25how has all gone with you
06:27busy busy
06:28since my father died I've had the estates to manage and as I'm now a
06:32member of Parliament of the district as well but you you you I have noted is
06:36still turning to practical ends and powers with which you used to amaze us
06:40at college yes I'm still living by my wits and how is the dear wife I'm not
06:45married how wise and the windows date from 1596 the manor is thought to be
06:56the oldest inhabited building in the country I want to use some northern
07:00musgraves they did come from the north originally a cadet branch of the family
07:05broke away from the northern musgraves and came to West Sussex in the early 17th
07:09century
07:22Holmes Holmes
07:36Oh
07:38Oh
07:41Oh
07:42Oh
08:09More brandy, sir?
08:10No, Brandon.
08:18That's how the story goes.
08:19I'm not going to ask for it, of course.
08:21But the commission is over here.
08:24Signed by Prince Rupert.
08:26It's from my ancestor, Ralph Musgrave.
08:30Yes, to join his cavalry troop at Edge Hill.
08:32Ah.
08:34Rupert's seal and commission, Holmes.
08:37Astonishing.
08:40It's one of the boots worn that day.
08:42Oh.
08:44If I may be so bold, sir.
08:46Hmm?
08:47The boot was worn by his brother, Sir Roland Musgrave at Naseby.
08:50Ah!
08:50Ah!
08:51Ah!
08:51Ah!
08:52Ah!
08:53Ah!
08:55Ah!
08:56Ah!
08:56It was indeed.
08:57Ah!
08:57As my butler was once a schoolmaster, I must bow to his scholarship over mine in matters
09:02of my own family's history.
09:05Ah!
09:09Yeah.
09:09No.
09:09No.
09:09Never mind.
09:10You may leave us now.
09:15Br-br-br-brunton.
09:16Br-br-brunton.
09:19Br-brunton.
09:19Where is Rachel tonight?
09:20She has a slight distemper, sir.
09:22I, uh, told her to go to her room.
09:42Good night, gentlemen.
09:49Ha-ha!
09:50Ha-ha!
09:51Ha-ha-ha!
09:52Ha-ha!
09:59Holmes has told me of Brunton's extraordinary gift.
10:04I remember to my last visit, he spent several hours explaining to me in French.
10:12The origins of the piccolo!
10:16It is wonderful that he should have been satisfied for so long with such a position.
10:24But I suppose he's been comfortable and lacked the energy to make a change.
10:31Oh, yes, indeed.
10:33The butler of Hurlston.
10:36It's always a thing that is remembered by all who visit us.
10:39Oh, dear Mastery.
10:42However, this paragon does have one fault.
10:46Bit of a Don Juan.
10:49It's not a difficult part to play in a quiet country district.
10:52When he was married, he was all right.
10:54But since he's become a widower, we've had no end of trouble with him.
10:57I mean, a few months ago, we were in hopes he was about to settle down again.
11:00He became engaged to Rachel Howells, my, my, my second housemate.
11:03But he's thrown her over.
11:05Taken up with Janet Tregalis, my gamekeeper's daughter.
11:09Rachel's a very good girl, but she is of an excitable Welsh temperament.
11:12Now she wanders around like a black-eyed shadow, thoroughly unsettling the household.
11:22Rachel?
11:50I mean, I would have to be...
11:56Good morning, Holmes.
11:58Sir Reginald?
12:00Shh.
12:23Where's Brunton this morning?
12:26It's all right. It's all right. It's nothing.
12:28Oh, Lord.
12:30Nothing. It's all right.
12:32The girl is fainting, Watson.
12:38My dear young woman.
12:41You should not be at work. You should be in bed.
12:44You may leave your duties, Rachel.
12:46Come back when you're feeling stronger.
12:48I am strong enough, sir.
12:50I'll be the judge of that. You must go to your room.
12:54And on your way, tell Brunton that I wish to see him.
13:00The buddler's gone.
13:03Gone? Gone where?
13:05He's gone. He's not in his room. No, no.
13:07No-one's seen him.
13:09Oh, yes, yes. He's gone. He's gone.
13:23It's all right.
13:26It's all right.
13:27Gently.
13:37Gently, Rachel.
13:38It's all right.
13:39Gently, Rachel.
13:40Gently.
13:41Gently.
14:02Oh, but the bed's not been slept in.
14:09Have you searched the house?
14:10Oh, from cellar to gallard.
14:12The girl's right.
14:13There's no trace of him.
14:14He's gone.
14:14Difficult to see how a man could have left.
14:17I mean, the windows and doors are all fastened.
14:20And what man goes away in the middle of the night
14:21and leaves all his possessions behind?
14:23Money.
14:24Watch.
14:25I've given the girl something to calm her down
14:27and I've taken the liberty of sending for a local nurse.
14:30She's in a most unusual nervous state
14:34and should on no account be left alone for a while.
14:36This is the girl who was engaged to Brunton?
14:39Rachel Howells, yes, yes.
14:40A girl with a fiery Welsh temper.
14:43Oh, Watson.
14:44Well, gentlemen, look, I had no intention
14:46that this small domestic incident should ruin your weekend.
14:50I propose we continue our plans for a shoot.
14:53And we'll return, hopefully, to some simple explanation.
15:17Come up. Come up.
15:18Come up.
15:20Come up.
15:23Come up.
15:25Come up.
15:29Come up.
15:32Come up.
15:34Come up.
15:44Holmes.
15:46Holmes.
15:48Holmes.
15:48I was telling Watson something happened last night
15:52which may throw some light on this matter.
15:56This is very embarrassing, but I find I need your advice.
16:04I couldn't sleep after foolishly taking that cup
16:07of cafe noir after dinner.
16:08And about 2 o'clock, I gave up the struggle.
16:11I came downstairs to fetch a novel I'm reading,
16:13which I'd left in the library.
16:15Well, you can imagine my surprise when
16:17I saw a glimmer of light coming from the open door.
16:22I remembered I'd extinguished the lamp
16:24and closed the door when we retired.
16:27Naturally, my first thought was a burglar's.
17:07So, this is how you repay my trust?
17:12Prying into my family documents.
17:17You will leave my service tomorrow.
17:18I'm sorry.
17:18I'm sorry.
17:31I'm sorry.
17:34I'm sorry.
17:36I'm sorry.
17:37I'm sorry.
17:37I'm sorry.
17:37I'm sorry.
17:39I'm sorry.
17:43I'm sorry.
17:57Mr Musgrave sir
18:00I can't bear disgrace
18:03I've always been proud
18:04of my station in life
18:05and disgrace would kill me
18:10my blood will be on your head sir
18:12it will indeed
18:13if you drive me to despair
18:16what
18:17if you cannot keep me after this
18:19then for god's sake
18:21let me give you notice and leave in a month
18:23as of my own free will
18:25a month is too long
18:27I could stand that Mr Musgrave
18:29but not to be cast out
18:31before all the folk I know so well
18:33you don't deserve consideration
18:35Brunton
18:36your conduct has been infamous
18:40however
18:41I've no wish to bring public disgrace
18:43upon you
18:44you take yourself away in a week
18:45and you give whatever reason you like
18:47a week sir
18:50only a week
18:52a four night
18:54say at least a four night
18:56no a week
18:57and you may consider yourself
18:59to have been very leniently dealt with
19:08but what is strange is that he seemed most anxious to stay
19:13well it's quite plain to me what happened
19:16he went back to his room
19:17thought it over
19:19decided to stage his disappearance
19:20there and then cleverly
19:23possibly with the help of his new woman friend
19:25Janet
19:26oh no no no she lives with her father on the other side of the lake
19:30and besides I doubt if she'd had the wit to help him
19:35this piece of paper
19:37which Brunton thought worth his while
19:39to consult even at the risk of losing his job
19:43it's nothing
19:43it's nothing of any importance at all
19:50nevertheless
19:57it's simply a copy of the singular old observance called the Musgrave ritual
20:01a ceremony peculiar to our family
20:04which each Musgrave has to go through on his coming of age
20:10it's a strange catechism
20:13undated but
20:15written in the style of the middle of the 17th century
20:18would you and Watson be good enough to read it out to me?
20:21Doctor I know it by heart
20:27whose was it?
20:29his who is gone
20:30who shall have it?
20:33he who will come
20:34where was the sun?
20:36over the oak
20:37where was the shadow?
20:40under the elm
20:41how was it stepped?
20:44west 8x8
20:46south 7x7
20:48west 6x6
20:50south 5x5
20:52and 2x2
20:54and so under
20:56what shall we give for it?
20:59all that is ours
21:00why should we give it?
21:03for the sake of the trust
21:10it's a treasure hunt
21:12oh no
21:13no
21:13no
21:14I remember as children
21:15we often tried to solve it
21:17it leads nowhere
21:18could Brunton have seen this
21:19before last night?
21:22it's possible
21:23we took no pains to hide it
21:25but what could he want with it?
21:28obviously he was refreshing his memory
21:32you say that he had some
21:33map or chart
21:35which he thrust back into his pocket
21:37the moment you appeared
21:38that's what it looked like
21:40yes
21:41we must re-examine this ritual
21:44the measurements obviously refer to some exact spot
21:47to which the rest of the document alludes
21:49you're given two guides
21:51yes
21:52an elm
21:53and an oak
21:56and gentlemen
21:58there
22:00is a patriarch among oaks
22:06certainly the oldest oak on the estate
22:10this tree must have been here
22:11at the time of the norman conquests
22:13in all probability
22:14but I tell you
22:15it can't be the oak referred to homes
22:17generations of musgraves have attempted to solve it
22:20they've dug up half this field
22:32you were right musgrave
22:33this is not the oak referred to in the ritual
22:38are there any other large oaks in the immediate vicinity?
22:41not within a mile of the house
22:47where was the sun?
22:50over the oak
22:52we can make nothing of it today
22:54old man
22:54the weather's turn
22:56we can make nothing of it
22:56we can make nothing of it
22:57we can make nothing of it
23:05we can make nothing of it
23:06we can make nothing of it
23:09we can make nothing of it
23:10we can make nothing of it
23:12we can make nothing of it
23:13we can make nothing of it
23:15we can make nothing of it
23:15we can make nothing of it
23:16we can make nothing of it
23:16we can make nothing of it
23:16we can make nothing of it
23:17we can make nothing of it
23:18we can make nothing of it
23:37Oh, my God.
24:01No!
24:02No! No!
24:05No!
24:08No!
24:52Go in, sir.
24:53Go on, Mr. Giles.
24:59It's eight foot deep here.
25:02Poor demented girl.
25:04We must live in hope, old man.
25:05There's been no body found yet.
25:08Nothing so far, sir.
25:10We've just about covered all of it.
25:12I found something!
25:47I found something!
25:52What does it contain?
25:56Nothing of value.
25:59Could have been thrown in by anyone at any time.
26:01No, recently, or the water would have rotted the bag.
26:04The maid, last night.
26:09Well, it would explain her journey to the mere, but then...
26:13where did she go?
26:20There's nothing here, Holmes.
26:23It's just a mass of rusted and discoloured metal and some pebbles.
26:30And where is Brunton?
26:33Oh, Rachel.
26:34Why should anybody bother to throw this into the lake?
26:45I'm convinced that there are not three mysteries here, but only one.
26:48And the solution of one may prove the solutions of the others.
26:54Everett de Brunton saw something in this which escaped your forebears, Musgrave.
26:58From which he expected some personal advantage.
27:01If I can read it of right,
27:04I hold in my hand the clue
27:08to the truth concerning both the butler Brunton and the maid, Howells.
27:14Where was the sun over the oak?
27:17Where was the shadow?
27:19Under the elm.
27:28So this is where it grew?
27:29Yes.
27:31I suppose it's impossible to tell me how high it was.
27:34Oh, I can give you that at once.
27:35It was 64 feet.
27:40It's my old tutor.
27:41He used to give me lessons in trigonometry.
27:43When I was a lad,
27:43I used to know the height of every tree and building on this estate.
27:47I am grateful to your tutor.
27:51Tell me, did Brunton ever ask you such a question?
27:54Here, on this lawn?
27:58Now that you call it to my mind...
28:21Brunton?
28:23What are you doing here?
28:26Enjoying the evening, sir.
28:28This is my private law.
28:33You'll pardon me for asking, sir.
28:35The elm that once stood here,
28:36that was struck by lightning.
28:38You wouldn't remember the height of it, would you, sir?
28:42Well, why should you want to know that?
28:45Well, I'm arguing with Mr. Tregalis about it.
28:48I say it was 50 feet.
28:49He puts it higher.
28:51We have a small wager on it.
28:53Oh, well, you've lost your wager, Brunton.
28:56It was 64 feet.
28:59Ah, was it?
29:01I shall, uh, just have to be a good sport and pay up then.
29:06Thank you, sir.
29:07Thank you, sir.
29:16Thank you, sir.
29:20Thank you, sir.
29:42Oh good Lord now we must find where the shadow of the elm would have fallen when the sun is
29:49just
29:49cleared of that now that'll be difficult home since the elm is no longer there well now come
29:55Watson if Brunton can do it then so can we the answer lies in trigonometry Musgrave I need all
30:05the fishing rods that you have in the hole
30:48Holmes yes I um I don't quite follow this ah splendid
31:01Musgrave every rod in the house thank you
31:20measuring stick please Watson
31:30would you hold that for me Musgrave please and that now will you take the last yard of the string
31:35and tie it to the base of the fishing rod Watson
31:40yes when you've done that would you bring the ritual and join me on the lawn
31:51you
31:54you
31:56you
31:56you
32:17would you measure that shadow please Watson
32:23nine feet so the calculation is now a simple one if a fishing rod of six feet throws a shadow
32:28of nine feet and a tree of 64 feet would throw one of
32:32ninety-eight
32:34ninety-six
32:35yes of course
32:36the line of one of course would be the line of the other
32:40the line of one of course would be the line of the other
33:05a mark made by Brunton
33:07now
33:08read out the steps
33:10west eight by eight
33:15west
33:16west
33:16west
33:17west
33:18west
33:18west
33:19west
33:19west
33:28west
33:29west
33:36west
33:38west
33:39west
33:51west
33:5336 by 6.
33:5936 and south.
34:025 by 5.
34:2336 and south.
34:43And?
34:442 by 2.
34:461, 2, 3, 4.
34:51I don't believe it.
34:55It's a mistake in your calculation.
34:58That's impossible.
35:06Rumson hasn't been here.
35:082 by 2 and so under.
35:11These stones haven't been moved in many a long year.
35:14And under.
35:16Holmes!
35:18You've forgotten the and under.
35:21Is there a cellar under here?
35:23As old as the house.
35:43There used to be wood all over the floor, darling.
35:47That's Brunton's muffler.
35:48I swear to it.
35:49Watson!
35:52I swear to it.
35:54Ah!
35:57Ah!
35:59Ah!
36:04Oh, my God.
36:30Oh, my God.
37:00Inspector, this is a friend of mine, Dr. Watson.
37:03Inspector, I have some experience in forensic pathology.
37:07The man has been dead for two days.
37:09Cause of death's suffocation.
37:11No wound or bruise on his person, sir?
37:14No.
37:18Accident, eh?
37:19Oh, there's no doubt about it.
37:21He must have been down there alone,
37:22and the flagstone just fell shut on him, poor fellow.
37:27Sir Reginald, I'm told that your butler was down in the cellar
37:30in an unused part of the house.
37:33What was his business there, sir?
37:36A butler's duties are many and varied, Inspector.
37:38I can't possibly answer that question.
37:40Well, no one would have heard his cries for help
37:42in that part of the house.
37:43That is the point, surely, Inspector.
37:44Oh, my God.
37:57Tregalis.
37:58For Rachel.
37:59She done it.
38:01She killed him.
38:03That's why she ran away.
38:05Tregalis.
38:06Rachel?
38:08It's nothing.
38:09It's nothing.
38:09The servants are naturally upset.
38:11Well, who is this Rachel?
38:13One of my housemates.
38:14She was engaged to Brunton.
38:16Do please cover him up.
38:18When he disappeared, she became ill and left.
38:21Well, I shall want to see her.
38:23I shall want to see that young woman also, Sergeant.
38:26All right, take this.
38:30Doctor, please.
38:41The local inspector, Holmes, would I...
38:43If you could find a plausible explanation for him to avoid publicity in this wretched...
38:50I must confess
38:53that so far I am disappointed in my investigation.
38:58I had reckoned upon solving the matter when once I'd found the place referred to in the ritual,
39:02but now that I'm here...
39:06I'm as far as ever from knowing what it was your family concealed with such elaborate precautions.
39:11But you've solved my mystery of Brunton.
39:14But how?
39:16How?
39:17Did his fate come upon him?
39:19And what part has been played by the woman who's disappeared?
39:29I, um...
39:31I should explain Holmes' methods in such cases.
39:33He...
39:34He puts himself in the man's place,
39:37having first gauged his intelligence.
39:40Then he...
39:41He tries to imagine...
39:43how he himself would have proceeded...
39:46in similar circumstances.
39:48In this case...
39:51Brunton's intelligence is first-rate.
39:54So you see, it is unnecessary to make allowance...
39:57for the personal equation.
40:03As the astronomers have dubbed it.
40:32He knows something is concealed.
40:40He has spotted the place.
40:42The magnets last night.
41:11In this case was like a throne,
41:30he's found the stone is too heavy for a man to move unaided so what does he do
41:40help from outside no one to trust help from inside but who
41:51rachel she still loves him he sees it in her eyes for all her show of eight
42:07i'm here to say i'm sorry my love i'm a foolish man i don't deserve you
42:13you don't forgive me rachel why there's no one else for me who never has been you know that
42:24as this house it eats into your soul
42:29let me take you away from here let's start afresh
42:33your promises oh richard you make them so freely
42:41you've never loved me
42:46oh you're wrong i love you for your beauty and your spirit
42:51we're a perfect match with my brains and your heart
42:58what do we want with service to others the world is out there calling us my love
43:04and how do we get out there with no money
43:07we live all the money we need
43:11i've found someone in this house all them country squires have missed
43:15now i've found it i'm ready to go
43:17not without you
43:20i couldn't live without you
43:23i'm to be your husband rachel
43:30what money what have you found
43:36come with me
43:38put on your gown i'll show you
43:46softly now
44:05there it is
44:07under that stone
44:09all we have to do is lift it
44:21come on woman do as i tell you
44:28ready
44:35and another one
44:44and that one over there
44:49there was a slight indentation on this log
44:56and on this
44:59caused by the weight of the stone
45:01heavy work for a woman
45:06and this i think
45:09has been used finally
45:12as a support
45:23there's our treasure
45:27that box was laying there for two centuries and all
45:29you want to steal it
45:31how can you steal what nobody knows exists
45:33well how did you know then
45:35brains my girl
45:37history and mathematics
45:39here you hold the light for me
45:58bring the light closer
46:12make our fortune
46:14oh yes that's a fine promise
46:18quiet
46:21there must be some value in it
46:23oh clever are you
46:25oh pride more like
46:29better than your masters
46:30quiet woman
46:31i know your cleverness
46:34husband
46:35you just needed me to help you
46:37if it had been treasure you'd have been off and away without me
46:40you'd have gone with her
46:43you're a fool if you believe that
46:52i want to help you
46:56i hope you heard of you
47:01richel
47:04richel
47:05richel
47:05find her
47:07get help
47:09i can't breathe
47:11Please, give me Mr. Hopes, quickly, please, my love.
47:18Rachel!
47:21Oh my, help me!
47:24Rachel!
47:26Rachel!
47:28Help!
47:30Rachel, help me!
47:33Rachel!
47:35Rachel, help me!
47:55That will explain her blanched face and her fevered brain at breakfast the next morning.
48:04Nothing but fungi.
48:06What was in the box, Holmes?
48:21It's Charles I.
48:23We may find something else of Charles I.
48:27The bag that was fished from the mere.
48:34Gentlemen.
48:36Look.
48:38It's a tomb.
48:42A family heirloom.
48:44It's possible.
48:46Your ancestor, Sir Ralph Musgrave, was he a prominent cavalier?
48:50Oh, yes, indeed, yes.
48:52He was close to Charles II in his wanderings during the Commonwealth.
48:56Then I think that should give us the last link that we wanted.
49:05Gentlemen, you must bear in mind, when the royal party were driven into exile, they probably left many of their
49:12most precious possessions buried behind them, with the intention of returning for them in more peaceful times.
49:20Gold!
49:21Gold!
49:21Musgrave.
49:23Watson, I believe you have in your hand a relic which is not only of great intrinsic value, but also
49:31of great importance as a historical curiosity.
49:34What is it?
49:37Nothing less than a fragment of the ancient crown of the kings of England.
49:46The crown?
49:49Oh, no, no, Holmes.
49:50It's too fanciful.
49:59Now, consider the ritual. How does it run?
50:03Whose was it?
50:05His who is gone.
50:07That was the execution of Charles.
50:10And then, who shall have it?
50:14He who will come.
50:16That was Charles II, whose advent was already foreseen.
50:22Now, can I think in no doubt, gentlemen, that this battered and shapeless diadem once encircled the brows of the
50:30Royal States.
50:31But how came it to my family?
50:35When Charles I was executed, the crown was seized, broken into pieces, and sold for a thousand guineas.
50:45It's all there.
51:04Since then there has been no trace of it.
51:07Until now.
51:09But why did Charles not get it back on his return?
51:12That is a question which may never be answered.
51:15when your ancestor died by some oversight he left this guide to his
51:23descendant without ever explaining the meaning of it father to son until at last
51:31it came within reach of a man who tore its secret out of it and lost his life
51:56in the venture was it chance the wood slipped was she only guilty of silence
52:01she had a passionate Celtic soul the man had wronged her she had him in her power
52:07might it not have been vengeance that sent the stone crashing her hand that
52:13dashed it away now what has become of her really probably she's far away from
52:20Holston now and carries her secret with her
52:38ahhhhhhhhh
53:06Oh, my God.
53:09Oh, my God.
53:39Oh, my God.
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