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00:29Satsang with Mooji
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01:07One Tuesday morning in autumn, at precisely half past eight,
01:13Sherlock Holmes received a mysterious message
01:15that two men of great public distinction
01:17would be visiting Baker Street in their private capacity
01:21and under circumstances of complete secrecy.
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02:08Oh, stay here.
02:49In brief, Mr. Holmes.
02:51A document has been stolen from my private dispatch box.
02:55And when I discovered my loss, which was at 8 o'clock this morning,
02:57I at once informed the Prime Minister.
02:59It was at his suggestion that we both come to you.
03:03Mr. Holmes, you have informed the police?
03:05No, sir, we have not done so.
03:07Nor is it possible that we should do so.
03:10To inform the police must, in the long run, mean to inform the public.
03:14And that is what we particularly desire to avoid.
03:17And why, sir?
03:19Because the document in question is of such immense importance
03:23that his publication might very easily, I might almost say probably,
03:27lead to European complications of the utmost moment.
03:32Unless its recovery is attended by the utmost secrecy,
03:36then it may as well not be recovered at all.
03:38For all that is aimed at by those who have taken it
03:41is that its contents should be generally known.
03:50Now, Mr. Trelawney Hope,
04:00I would be much obliged if you would tell me the exact circumstances
04:04under which this document disappeared.
04:08As Secretary of State for European Affairs,
04:10I received the letter six days ago.
04:12It was a letter from a foreign potentate, you understand?
04:15Mm-hmm.
04:16It was of such importance that I never left it in my safe,
04:19but I have taken it each evening from my office
04:21back to my house in Whitehall Terrace
04:23and kept it in my bedroom, locked in my dispatch box.
04:26And you are sure that it was there last night?
04:28Yes, I'm quite certain of that fact.
04:29I actually opened the dispatch box whilst I was dressing for dinner
04:32and I saw the letter inside.
04:34It then remained upon my bedside table.
04:37Both my wife and I are light sleepers
04:39and are prepared to swear that no one could have entered the room
04:41during the night,
04:42and yet this morning the paper is gone.
04:47What time did you die?
04:517.30.
04:52How long was it before you went to bed?
04:54My wife had gone to the theatre.
04:56I had waited up for her.
04:57It was 11.30 before we went to our room.
05:01So, for four hours,
05:03the dispatch box had lain unguarded.
05:06Mr. Holmes, no one is ever permitted to enter that room,
05:08save the housemaid in the morning
05:09and my valet during the rest of the day.
05:11They are both trusty servants
05:13who have been with us for many years.
05:16Besides,
05:17neither of them could have possibly known
05:19that there was anything more valuable
05:20than the ordinary departmental papers in my box.
05:23Surely your wife knew?
05:24Mr. Holmes,
05:26I've long known how high is Mr. Hope's sense of public duty.
05:30I'm convinced that in a case of this importance,
05:32it would rise superior to the most intimate domestic ties.
05:36You do me no more than justice, Prime Minister.
05:40Until this morning,
05:41I have never breathed one word to my wife upon this matter.
05:45Well, who is that in England
05:46who did know the existence of this letter?
05:49Each member of the Cabinet was informed of it yesterday,
05:51but the pledge of secrecy,
05:53which attends every Cabinet meeting,
05:54was increased by the solemn warning
05:56given by the Prime Minister.
05:58My God!
06:00To think that within a few hours,
06:02I myself should have lost it.
06:09Besides the members of the Cabinet,
06:10there are two, possibly three,
06:12departmental officials who know of the letter.
06:14No one else in England, I assure you.
06:17But abroad?
06:18I believe that no one abroad has seen the letter
06:21except the man who wrote it.
06:22I am well convinced that his ministers,
06:24that the usual official channels,
06:26have not been employed in this case.
06:32Now, sir,
06:33I must ask you more particularly
06:34what this document is
06:36and why its disappearance
06:38should have such momentous consequences.
06:40Mr. Holmes,
06:42the envelope is a long, thin one
06:44of pale blue colour.
06:45There is a seal of red wax
06:47stamped with a crouching line.
06:49It is addressed in large, bold handwriting.
06:52Interesting and indeed essential
06:54as these details are,
06:55my inquiries must go more
06:57to the root of things.
07:00What was the letter?
07:02That is a state secret
07:03of the utmost importance
07:05which we cannot tell you,
07:06nor do I see that it is necessary.
07:08If by the powers
07:10which you are set to possess
07:11you can find such an envelope
07:13as I have described
07:14with its enclosure,
07:15then you will have deserved
07:17well of your country
07:18and earned any reward
07:20which it is within our power
07:22to bestow.
07:27gentlemen,
07:29you are two of the most
07:31busy men in the country
07:34and in my own small way
07:36I have a good many calls upon me.
07:40I regret exceedingly
07:41that I am unable
07:43to help you in this matter
07:44and any continuation
07:46of this interview
07:47would be a waste of time.
07:51I am not accustomed, sir,
07:53to such as.
08:09Mr. Holmes,
08:12we must accept your terms.
08:15No doubt you are right
08:16and it is unreasonable
08:18for us to expect you to act
08:20unless you have
08:20our full confidence.
08:22I agree with you,
08:23Prime Minister.
08:24Then I will tell you,
08:26relying entirely
08:27upon your honor
08:28and that of your colleague,
08:30Dr. Watson,
08:31I must appeal
08:32to your patriotism also,
08:35for I cannot imagine
08:36a greater misfortune
08:37for this country
08:38than that this affair
08:39should come out.
08:41You will safely trust us.
08:57The letter, then,
08:58is from a certain
08:59foreign potentate
09:01who has been ruffled
09:03by some recent
09:04colonial developments
09:06of this country.
09:07It is written hurriedly
09:08and upon his own
09:09responsibility entirely.
09:11At the same time,
09:13it is couched
09:13in so unfortunate
09:15a manner
09:15that this publication
09:16would undoubtedly lead
09:18to the most dangerous
09:19feeling in this country.
09:20There would be
09:21such firm answer
09:22that I do not hesitate
09:24to say that within a week
09:26of the publication
09:27of this letter,
09:28this country would be
09:29involved in a great war.
09:32And it is this letter
09:33which may well mean
09:34the expenditure
09:35of a thousand million pounds
09:39and the lives
09:41of a hundred thousand men.
09:50Have you informed
09:51the sender?
09:53A cipher telegraph
09:54has been dispatched.
09:58Perhaps he desires
10:00the publication of the letter.
10:02No, doctor.
10:03We have strong reason
10:03to believe
10:04that he already understands
10:05that he has acted
10:07in an indiscreet
10:08and hot-headed manner.
10:09It would be
10:09a far greater blow
10:10to him and his country
10:11than to us
10:12if this letter
10:13were to come out.
10:15This is so.
10:16In whose interest
10:17is it that the letter
10:18should come out?
10:18Why should anyone
10:20desire to steal it
10:20and to publish it?
10:22And there,
10:22Dr. Watson,
10:23you take me
10:23into the realms
10:24of high international politics.
10:28But if you consider
10:29the European situation,
10:31you'll have no difficulty
10:33in perceiving the motive.
10:35The whole of Europe
10:35is an armed camp.
10:37Great Britain
10:38holds the scales.
10:39If Britain were driven
10:40into war
10:41with one confederacy,
10:43it would assure
10:44the supremacy
10:45of the other,
10:47whether they were joined
10:48in the war or not.
10:49So it is the enemies
10:51of this potentate
10:52who want to secure
10:53and publish this letter
10:55so as to make a breach
10:56between his country
10:57and ours?
10:58Yes, sir.
10:59And to whom
10:59would the document
11:00be sent
11:01if it fell
11:01into the wrong hands?
11:03To any of the
11:03great chancellors
11:04of Europe.
11:06It is probably
11:06speeding its way
11:07thither at this
11:08present instant
11:09as fast as steam
11:10can take it.
11:12It is your misfortune,
11:14my dear fellow.
11:14No one can blame you.
11:16There's no precaution
11:18which you've neglected.
11:21But now,
11:21Mr. Holmes,
11:23you are in full
11:24possession of the facts.
11:26What costs
11:27do you recommend?
11:30You think
11:31that if this document
11:32is not recovered,
11:34there will be war?
11:36I think it is
11:37very probable.
11:40Then, sir,
11:41prepare for war.
11:43That is a hard saying,
11:45Mr. Holmes.
11:46Consider the facts.
11:48There seems no doubt
11:49this document
11:50was taken
11:50between half past
11:51seven and half past
11:52eleven yesterday evening,
11:54so where can it be?
11:57no one has any reason
11:58to retain it.
11:59It has been passed
12:00from hand to hand
12:02rapidly
12:04to those who need it
12:05and who will pay
12:06well for it.
12:07What chance
12:08do we have
12:09to overtake it
12:10or even trace it?
12:10It is beyond
12:11our reach.
12:19what you say
12:20is perfectly logical,
12:21Mr. Holmes.
12:22I feel
12:22that the matter
12:23is indeed
12:24out of our hands.
12:26Meanwhile,
12:27hope
12:28we cannot ignore
12:29all our other duties
12:31on account
12:31of this one
12:32misfortune.
12:39and should there
12:40be any fresh
12:40developments
12:41during the day,
12:42we will communicate
12:43with you
12:44and you no doubt
12:45will let us know
12:46the results
12:46of your own inquiries.
12:49for your own inquiries.
13:02Telegraph!
13:06Westminster murder!
13:17Westminster Murder.
13:21Westminster Murder.
13:22Telegram.
13:25Westminster Murder.
13:28Telegram.
13:31Telegram.
13:39the situation is desperate but not hopeless there are only three men capable of playing so bold a
13:49game oberstein la rothier and eduardo lucas even now if we could be sure which one of them has
13:56taken it but it's just possible that it does not pass out of their hands it's a question of money
14:02with these fellows isn't it now we have the british treasury behind us oh if it's on the
14:07market i'll buy it if it means another penny on the income tax come in excuse me mr holmes mrs
14:15hudson
14:16what is it lady hilda trelawny hope show her in
14:31has my husband been here mr holmes yes he has been here mr holmes i implore you not to tell
14:39him i came
14:39here your lady she puts me in a very delicate position i beg of you to sit down and tell
14:44me
14:44what it is you desire but i cannot make you any unconditional promise
14:51gentlemen i will speak frankly to you in the hope that it will induce you to speak frankly in return
15:04there is complete confidence between my husband and myself in all matters except one that one is
15:13politics on this his lips are sealed he tells me nothing now i am aware that there was a most
15:20deplorable occurrence in our house last night i know that a paper has disappeared but because the
15:26matter is political my husband refuses to take me into his complete confidence now it is essential
15:31essential i say that i should thoroughly understand it you are the only people save these politicians who
15:39know the true facts at least i presume you do you presume correctly madam i beg you then tell me
15:47exactly
15:48what has happened what has happened and what it may lead to tell me all mr holmes let no regard
15:56for my
15:56husband's interest keep you silent for i assure you that his interests if you would only see it will be
16:01best served by taking me into his complete confidence what was this paper which was stolen
16:09but what you ask me is really impossible you must see that this is so
16:18i mean if your husband thinks fit to keep you in the dark over this matter is it for me
16:22who has only
16:22learned the true facts under the pledge of professional secrecy to tell what he has withheld
16:29is it not unfair to ask it it is he who you must ask i have asked him i come
16:35to you as a last resource
16:40but without you telling me anything definite you may do me a great service if you would enlighten me
16:45on one point what is it madam
16:52is my husband's political career likely to suffer through this incident
17:00well let me say that if it is not put right it may have a very unfortunate effect
17:12one more question mr holmes from an expression which my husband dropped in the first shock of
17:19the disaster i understood the terrible public consequences might arise from the loss of this
17:24document if you said so i cannot deny it of what nature are they there again you ask me more
17:31than i
17:31can't possibly answer then i will waste no more of your time
17:40i cannot blame you mr holmes for refusing to speak more freely and you on your side will not i'm
17:47sure
17:47think the worst of me because i desire to share my husband's anxieties even against his will
18:00once more i beg you will say nothing of my visit
18:08i say
18:11what a really remarkable and beautiful woman
18:17the fair sex is your department watson what did she really want surely her own statement was clear
18:24and her anxiety very natural think of her appearance watson her manner her suppressed excitement her
18:30restlessness her tenacity and asking questions remember she is the youngest daughter of the duke of
18:35belminster and comes of a cast that does not lightly show emotion she was certainly much moved
18:41and you observed of course how she maneuvered to have her back to the light she did not wish us
18:47to
18:47read her expression too closely yes she chose that chair in the whole room and yet the motives of women
18:52are so inscrutable i mean how could you build on such a quicksand their most trivial action may mean
18:59volumes or their most extraordinary conduct may depend upon a hairpin or a curling tongs yeah good morning
19:07what's it you off then yes
19:15holmes was one of the agents you spoke of called eduardo lucas yes of godolphin street
19:24yes you'll not see him why not he was murdered in his house last night
19:32heavens
19:39the same murder murder in westminster crime of a mysterious character eduardo lucas unmarried 34
19:46well-known in society circles on account of his charming personality valet out for the evening
19:50they always are elderly housekeeper sleeps top of the house heard nothing they never do just before
19:54midnight police constable barrett saw door ajar found lucas's woman disorder lucas stabbed to the heart
20:03uh let me see prussian military dagger robbery does not appear to be the motive valuable collection
20:12untouched what do you make of this watson it's an amazing coincidence coincidence here is one of the three
20:22men we have named as possible actors in this drama and it meets a violent end during the very hours
20:28we
20:28know that drama is enacted the odds are enormously against it being a coincidence the two events are
20:34connected must be connected it is for us to find the connection by now the police must know all no
20:46not at all they know all they see
20:48at godolphin street they know and shall know nothing whitehall terrace only we know of both events and can trace
20:55the relation between them
20:57it is with the late eduardo lucas that the solution to our problem lies
21:04but it is a capital mistake to theorize in advance of the facts
21:09do you stay here my good watson i will join you when i may
21:36do you stay here my good watson i will join you in advance of the interview in advance of the
21:56law
22:35Watson, they've arrested the valet.
22:37The Stade has been put in charge of the case.
22:39He's buzzing around like a bluebottom.
22:41I've got to know him rather well.
22:42Would it help if I spoke to him?
22:43No, no, it would not.
22:45This is the case where the law is as dangerous to us as the criminals are.
22:49We must be patient and wait.
22:58Stade, Lucas murder case.
23:02Evening Stade.
23:04Lucas murder case.
23:06Suspect release.
23:10Murder case.
23:13Stade.
23:15Suspect release.
23:18Evening Stade.
23:20Lucas murder case.
23:26immature case.
23:51Laughlin'
23:51Hewlett'
23:51Stade.
24:16Breakfast, Mr. Holmes.
24:17No, no, no, thank you, Mrs. Hudson. I don't want to.
24:19I don't know. You'll fade away at this rate.
24:22I say, Holmes, they've found the murderer.
24:25Or rather, murderess.
24:27Indeed.
24:27There's a wife from Paris.
24:29Apparently, Lucas was leading a double life.
24:31He had a Creole wife in France where he called himself Henri Fournay.
24:36The woman was reported to the police yesterday by her servants.
24:39She is quite insane.
24:40A mania of a dangerous and permanent fall.
24:43Poor woman.
24:44But listen to this.
24:45The same woman was seen in the neighborhood of Godolphin Street
24:48on the night of the murder
24:50and later made an emotional scene at Charing Cross Station.
24:53And what do you think of that?
24:55Oh, my dear Watson, you are so long-suffering.
24:57If I've told you nothing over these last few days,
25:00it's because there is nothing to tell.
25:02Even now, this report from Paris doesn't help us much.
25:05Well, surely it's final as regards Lucas' death.
25:09The man's death is a mere incident.
25:10A trivial episode in comparison with our real task,
25:14which is to trace the document and save a European catastrophe.
25:19Now, if the letter were loose...
25:23No, it cannot be loose.
25:26But if it doesn't loose, where can it be?
25:29Who has it?
25:30Why is it held back?
25:31Well, if Lestrade found it amongst Lucas' papers,
25:35he's not such a fool as to announce it.
25:37He would inform the chief commissioner.
25:40The chief commissioner would inform the home secretary
25:42and he, in turn, the prime minister.
25:44No, it's not among Lucas' papers.
25:48But why is it held back?
25:51That is the question which beats in my brain like a hammer.
25:58Was it a mere coincidence
26:00that Lucas should meet his death
26:01on the night when the letter disappeared?
26:04Did it ever reach him?
26:06Has this mad wife of his taken it with her to Paris?
26:09If so, is it in her house in Paris?
26:13Shall I go to Paris?
26:15That would alert the French police.
26:17Now, every man's hand is against us.
26:20And yet...
26:24the interests at stake are colossal.
26:31You know, should I bring this to a successful conclusion,
26:36it will certainly represent the crowning glory of my career.
26:40Holmes!
26:41Go!
26:42Go!
27:11There you go, Gubb.
27:15Mr. Holmes!
27:17Dr. Watson!
27:25You've, uh...
27:26You've no doubt been following the Lucas case?
27:29Lucas?
27:30Lucas.
27:31Ah, yes, the name does seem familiar to me.
27:34Eduardo Lucas.
27:35Found murdered last Tuesday night at his house in Godolphin Street.
27:39Rather a distinguished gentleman.
27:41Student of international politics
27:42and a remarkable linguist, so they say.
27:45I've been in charge of the case, as a matter of fact.
27:48Not an easy task by any means.
27:50Some, uh...
27:51Some delicate problems, you understand.
27:54But, with the aid of our French friends,
27:56I've been able to bring the case to a satisfactory conclusion.
27:59All the loose ends tied up.
28:01Oh, we've got it.
28:02Clear as if we'd seen it.
28:04Congratulations, Mr. Stray.
28:05Another feather in your cap.
28:07Yes.
28:10Oh, um, before you go, Mr. Holmes,
28:13uh, it's a mere trifle,
28:15but the sort of thing you've taken interest in.
28:17Queer, you know, and what you might call freakish.
28:20It has nothing to do with the main fact.
28:22Can't have on the face of it.
28:23What is it, then?
28:25Well, if you gentlemen could come down to Godolphin Street,
28:28I think I could explain it better on the spot.
28:31For a few minutes, perhaps?
28:33Oh, good.
28:33It's only just round the corner.
28:34Uh, thank you, cubby.
28:38Uh, keep the chain.
29:01Here it all is.
29:04Now, the woman must have knocked on the door
29:06after she saw the valet had gone out.
29:09Surprised visit, no doubt.
29:11Uh, Lucas let her in.
29:13Well, he couldn't keep her on the street, could he?
29:14His own wife.
29:16She was probably screaming at him, being French.
29:17Excuse me.
29:18Saying, uh, how she'd traced him and, uh,
29:22oh, reproaching him and so on.
29:23Anyway, they came in here,
29:24and one thing led to another.
29:27And, uh, with the daggers being so handy,
29:30the end came soon.
29:31Um, it didn't happen in an instant, though,
29:34for these chairs were swept over to the wall,
29:37and he had this one in his hand,
29:38as if he'd been trying to hold her off with it.
29:41Yes, restrained.
29:43Now, tell me about this trifle.
29:46Well, you know, in crimes of this sort,
29:48we keep things in their position.
29:50Nothing is moved.
29:51Officers in charge day and night.
29:52I'm always very particular on that point.
29:54Oh, yes, you're meticulous in your investigations,
29:57inspector.
29:57Well, this morning, we thought we could tidy up a bit.
30:00Post-mortem over, all the evidence to hand,
30:03investigation complete.
30:05However,
30:07this carpet.
30:08As you can see, it's, um,
30:10not been fastened down,
30:11it's just been laid there.
30:12Now, we had occasion to raise it.
30:16And we found...
30:18Yes?
30:20You'll never guess in a hundred years
30:22what we did find, Mr. Holmes.
30:25Now, you see this stain?
30:26A good deal of blood must have soaked through,
30:29must it not?
30:30Oh, undoubtedly it must.
30:32Then you'll be surprised to hear
30:34that there is no stain on the woodwork
30:37to correspond.
30:41No stain?
30:44But there must be.
30:46So you would say.
30:47Fact remains.
30:51There is...
30:57But the underside is as stained as the upper.
31:00It must have left a mark.
31:04Now I will show you the explanation.
31:07There is a second stain,
31:09but it does not correspond
31:10with this one.
31:13Dr. Watson,
31:14will you take that side of the carpet?
31:18Now we will move round
31:20in an anti-clockwise direction.
31:29What I want to know is, Mr. Holmes,
31:32who shifted the carpet?
31:35And why?
31:53Lestrade,
31:54who was on duty the day after the murder?
31:56Uh,
31:57the day after.
31:59McPherson.
32:00He's out there now.
32:02Take my advice.
32:03Examine him carefully.
32:04I'll get him.
32:05Don't do it before us.
32:08We'll wait here.
32:12Tell him you know
32:13someone has been here.
32:15Press him.
32:16Tell him a full confession
32:17is his only chance of forgiveness.
32:19Exactly as I tell you.
32:20But, George,
32:21if he knows
32:21I'll have it out of him.
32:27Watson,
32:28quickly the tape.
32:41Come on.
32:43Come on.
32:44Come on.
33:09Empty.
33:11Out!
33:17I've never had such a thing in all my years in the force.
33:20And another thing.
33:29In here, Constable.
33:34MacPherson.
33:35How's the family?
33:37Very well, thank you, sir.
33:39Well, come on out with it.
33:40Let these gentlemen hear of your inexcusable conduct.
33:44Well, I meant no harm, sir, I'm sure.
33:46This young woman came to the door
33:48answering an advertisement about typewriting.
33:51It was mistook the house, she said.
33:53Well, we got talking, sir. You know how it is.
33:56It's a bit lonely when you're out there on duty all day.
34:00What happened, MacPherson?
34:02Well, sir, we got talking about the crime.
34:05She had read about it in the paper, she said.
34:07And wanted to see what it was done.
34:09So I saw no harm in letting her have a wee keek.
34:12She got just about in the door there,
34:14spotted that mark on the carpet,
34:16and down she dropped on the floor and lay for dead.
34:18No wonder!
34:22Go on, MacPherson.
34:24Well, sir, I was away around at the ivy plant for some brandy,
34:27and by the time I had brought it back,
34:29the young woman had...
34:31Well, she wasn't here anymore.
34:33She had recovered and was off.
34:37Ashamed of herself as luck is not,
34:38and dared to not face me.
34:46MacPherson,
34:47did you move the carpet?
34:50No, sir. I only straightened it out.
34:52You see, she'd fell on it,
34:54and the polished floor being slippery.
34:55Let that be a lesson to you, constable,
34:57that you can't deceive me.
34:59No doubt you thought your breach of duty
35:01would never be discovered.
35:02Yet a mere glance at that carpet
35:04was enough to convince me
35:05that someone had been admitted to this room.
35:08Not good for you, my man,
35:09that nothing's missing.
35:10Otherwise, you'd find yourself in Queer Street.
35:13Adaloo.
35:17Watson, what are we doing here?
35:18We have work elsewhere.
35:20None of the feather in your cap, Miss Gray.
35:22Oh, thank you, Mr. Holmes.
35:34Good Lord, Mr. Holmes.
35:36Hey!
35:41You're welcome!
35:42Can you see how it's going?
35:42I don't know if you're a baby.
35:45Come see.
35:46Yes!
35:47Come see.
35:48Come see.
35:52We have a baby.
35:53Come see.
36:03We have a baby.
36:04We have a baby.
36:05We have a baby.
36:06We have a baby.
36:07We have a baby.
36:24two gentlemen wish to speak to you my lady they do not have an appointment who are they
36:30Bates mr. Sherlock Holmes and a dr. Watson my lady very well you may show them in very well my
36:43lady
36:49excuse mr. Holmes and dr. Watson my lady mr. Holmes this is surely most unfair and
36:59ungenerous on your part I have desired as I have explained to keep my visit to you a secret and
37:05yet you compromise me by coming here and so showing there are business relations between us
37:09unfortunately madam I have no possible alternative I've been commissioned to recover an immensely
37:16important document I must ask you therefore to be kind enough to place it in my hands you insult me
37:28mr. Holmes do not ring lady Hilda if you work with me I can arrange everything if you work against
37:35me I
37:36must expose you you're trying to frighten me it's not a very manly thing mr. Holmes to come here and
37:47browbeat a woman you say you have something to tell me very well I give you five minutes but one
37:55is an
37:58laugh I know of your visit to Eduardo Lucas of your giving him this letter of your ingenious return to
38:04the room on the evening after the murder under the manner in which you took this letter from his
38:09hiding place under the carpet I have kept this because I thought it might be useful
38:24the policeman recognized you once again mr. Holmes I tell you you're under some absurd illusion
38:37oh I am so sorry lady Hilda I have done my best but I see that I'm in vain
38:47is mr. Trelawney hope at home you'll be back at half past 12 sir
38:56then we have a quarter of an hour we will wait here
39:04time for the letter thank you thank you all it is
39:18you
39:18you
39:18you
39:18you
39:33oh spare me mr. Holmes spare me for heaven's sake don't tell him I love him
39:41so I would not bring one shadow on his life and this I know would break his
39:45noble heart we have not an instant to lose where is the letter here it is wish to
39:57heaven I never seen it and the dispatch box with my husband wherever he goes he
40:02takes it with him we have only a few minutes left lady Hilda I'm going far to
40:19screen you in return you will spend the time telling me frankly the real meaning
40:24of this extraordinary affair it was on the afternoon of that day that terrible day the
40:38dead water Lucas was murdered yes I was just going out to pay some calls when a
40:43confidential note arrived for me it was from Lucas asking me to visit him
40:49urgently as he had important and private information for my ears alone
41:26he had obtained in some way a letter of mine mr. Holmes an indiscreet letter written before my
41:35marriage foolish letter letter of an impulsive loving girl I meant no harm yet my husband would
41:43have thought it criminal had he read that letter his confidence would have been forever destroyed
41:50it's years since I wrote it I thought the whole matter was forgotten no doubt you remember to contend
41:59very well very sprightly I must say very sprightly you make a charming course what do you want with me
42:08mr. Lucas may I have my letter back please of course you may lady Hilda but this is a
42:16very valuable piece of paper would you not agree I'm sure if it was laid before your husband he would
42:22hardly fail to appreciate the contents you're a blackmailer a businessman lady Hilda this is purely a
42:31business transaction on my side I can assure you I wish no ill to you or your husband how much
42:37money do you want for that letter mr.
42:38lucas let's not speak of money madam my business is not so simple as that
42:50well the matter is an easy one
43:05every evening when your husband returns from his ministry he brings with him his private dispatch box is that not
43:15so
43:17yes when he comes home tonight this box will contain a long blue envelope sealed in red wax with a
43:25crouching lion stamped on it
43:28bring me that long blue envelope with its contents
43:33and I will return you this
43:35but my husband no harm will come to him I can assure you
43:42put yourselves in my position what was I to do
43:47take your husband into your confidence I could not Dr. Watson I could not
43:54on the one side seem certain ruin on the other terrible as it seemed to take my husband's paper in
44:01a matter of politics I could not understand it
44:04while in a matter of love and trust it was only too clear to me
44:14I did it Mr. Holmes I did it I invented a story about going to the theatre
44:50and Mr. Watson I did it
44:50and I could not stand to the theatre
44:50and I could not stand to the theatre
44:57I don't know.
45:26I don't know.
45:51I don't know.
46:24I don't know.
46:26I know.
46:27I knew it.
46:28So, it's you, your little girl.
46:30What are you doing here?
46:32You don't know.
46:34I'm a woman.
46:36I'm a woman.
46:36I'm a woman.
46:37I'm a woman.
46:38Don't touch me.
46:39Don't touch me.
46:40Don't touch me.
46:40You're a girl.
46:45Don't touch me.
46:46Don't touch me.
46:47Don't touch me.
46:48I'm a woman.
46:48I'm a woman.
47:01I'm a woman.
47:06I alone in the world knew where the paper was hidden.
47:09My whole mind was turned to the one thought of getting it back.
47:14What I did, here he is now.
47:18Any news, Mr. Holmes, any news?
47:20I have some hopes.
47:24This is a matter of politics, my dear. We shall not be long.
47:32The Prime Minister is lunching with us.
47:35May he share your hopes? He has nerves of steel,
47:37and yet I know that he's hardly slept since this terrible event.
47:42Mr. Holmes has some news for us, sir.
47:44Ah.
47:45What have you to report, Mr. Holmes?
47:48Purely negative, as yet.
47:50I have made inquiries at every point where it might be,
47:53and I'm sure there is no danger to be apprehended.
47:56That's not enough, Mr. Holmes.
47:59We cannot live on this volcano. We must have something definite.
48:03I have high hopes of getting the letter back.
48:06That is why I'm here.
48:08The more I think of it, the more I am convinced
48:10that the letter has never left this house.
48:13Oh, really, Mr. Holmes?
48:13But why should anybody take it in order to keep it in this house?
48:16I'm not convinced that anybody has taken it.
48:18Holmes, this joking is very ill-timed.
48:20You have my assurance it was taken.
48:24Have you examined the box carefully since last Tuesday morning?
48:27No, not thoroughly. I did not consider it necessary.
48:31You could conceivably have overlooked the letter.
48:34That is impossible, sir.
48:35I have heard such things happening.
48:37You have other papers in the...
48:38Yes, all my confidential papers.
48:40It could have got mixed with that.
48:41It was on the top.
48:42The box could have been shaken.
48:43I had everything out.
48:44It's easily settled.
48:46Let's go and look.
48:47Look, this is a farcical waste of time.
48:54Still, if nothing else will satisfy you, it shall be done.
49:05Here you are all my confidential papers, as you can see.
49:10It's a letter from Lord Merrow.
49:13Report from Sir Charles Hardy.
49:15Memorandum from Belgrade.
49:17That's the one we were discussing this morning for an instant.
49:20Note on the Russo-German grain taxes.
49:22Letter from Madrid.
49:24Note from Lord Flowers.
49:42Yes, this is it.
49:48And the letter is intact.
49:52Remarkable.
49:53This is inconceivable.
49:55Impossible, Mr. Holmes.
49:56Hilda!
49:58How did you know it was here?
50:02Because I knew it was nowhere else.
50:05I cannot believe my eyes.
50:07Hilda, we have found the letter.
50:09I know it is difficult for you to understand, but it is the most wonderful news.
50:17It's quite extraordinary.
50:19I went through every paper in here.
50:21I checked and I rechecked.
50:23It's incomprehensible that I should have overlooked it in this manner.
50:37Oh, gentlemen.
50:44Come.
50:45There's more in this than meets the eye.
50:49Our prime minister, we, too, have our diplomatic secrets.
50:53There's more in this manner.
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