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01:30Very good.
01:31But what has it got to do with me?
01:33I thought I could work for you.
01:35I have all the jockeys I need.
01:39Please give me a chance, sir.
01:41I'll muck out the stables, clean the yard, anything you want.
01:47I'll think about it.
01:48Thank you, Sir Robert.
01:50Sir, at the house, you'd better come quick.
01:53Why?
01:54There's trouble, sir.
02:01I told you, Lady Beatrice is unwell and does not wish to be disturbed.
02:06I think she'll make an exception in my case.
02:08I'm sorry, sir.
02:11I have strict instructions.
02:14Are you going to let me speak to Lady Beatrice?
02:17Or will I have to use force?
02:22Your answer to me first, Brewer.
02:25This gentleman is most insistent upon speaking to her ladyship, sir.
02:34I warned you never to come here.
02:36Our business can be discussed at your office, not here.
02:39I've tried to settle this matter on many occasions, as you well know, Sir Robert.
02:43I've got a nerve coming here after Newmarket.
02:46I'm leaving nothing to chance this time.
02:50Perhaps Lady Beatrice will be more prepared to listen to reason.
02:53Your grievance is with me, Brewer, and with no one else.
02:56It would certainly be of concern to Lady Beatrice.
03:02Robert, who are these people?
03:05What do they want?
03:07I'll tell you what I want, Lady Beatrice.
03:09Get him out of here.
03:10I want what's rightfully mine.
03:12Get out.
03:13Go.
03:15While you can still walk.
03:18I'll be back, Lady Beatrice.
03:20Good day to you.
03:32I'm sorry you've been upset, my dear.
03:35What did he mean, Robert?
03:36What's rightfully his?
03:38Nothing for you to worry about.
03:40But I do worry, Robert.
03:43I know you too well.
03:57He won't bother us again.
04:11What should we do if he does come back, sir?
04:14If he does come back, I'll deal with him myself.
04:39It's as if you go back in real prison and let everyone go back to jail.
04:39Let him go.
04:39Let him go.
04:40Come back.
04:41Come back.
04:41But first we'll need him fully.
04:44BigεΌlder!
04:45Don't worry.
04:48Dead journals.
05:11Was it anything of racing?
05:14I ought to.
05:15Oh, I'd pay for it with about half my wound pension.
05:19Did I make you my handy guide to the turf?
05:22What?
05:23Does the name Sir Robert Norberton recall anything?
05:27A little.
05:29He's got a horse running in the Champion's Stakes.
05:32He lives at Shoscombe Hall.
05:34His stables are known locally as Shoscombe Old Place.
05:37But you don't know the man himself?
05:39I never met him, if that's what you mean.
05:42He has a reputation for being rather a dangerous man.
05:45How dangerous?
05:46I remember an incident some months ago when he horsewhipped a man on Newmarket Heath.
05:50Samuel Brewer, the Curzon Street moneylender.
05:53What was the reason for this assault?
05:55I imagine that Sir Robert had a grudge against moneylenders.
05:58Not as heavily in that debt.
06:00By all accounts, he's so far down Queer Street, he may never find his way back again.
06:03I received a letter from John Mason, the head trainer at Shoscombe.
06:08It arrived an hour ago.
06:11Dear Mr. Holmes, you will no doubt have the read of the disappearance a number of days ago of Samuel
06:18Brewer.
06:19In the interests of my employer, Sir Robert Norberton, I should like to visit you to discuss a matter of
06:25the utmost urgency.
06:26It's just a convenient time. It's not really several minutes late.
06:30Samuel Brewer's disappeared.
06:33The newspaper's made a lot of it, but let's hear more about Shoscombe.
06:36Well, the Shoscombe Spaniels, special pride of the lady of Shoscombe Place.
06:41The wife of Sir Robert Norberton, I presume?
06:43No, no, he never married.
06:44Ah.
06:44He lives with his widowed sister, Lady Beatrice Folder.
06:49You mean she lives with him?
06:50No, no, the place belonged to her late husband, Sir James.
06:55What should be a miss at Shoscombe?
06:57What indeed?
06:59And yet, I expect it's the man who can tell us.
07:01Yes?
07:04My eggs were hard-boiled.
07:07There's a Mr. Mason to see you, sir.
07:09Thank you, Mrs. Hudson. Show him in.
07:11Sir?
07:18You got my note, Mr. Holmes.
07:21Yeah.
07:22But it explained nothing.
07:24It was too delicate a thing for me to put the details on paper.
07:28It's too complicated.
07:30You may rely on the discretion of my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.
07:33Please sit down.
07:44Mr. Holmes.
07:46I think Sir Robert Norberton has gone mad.
07:49Oh, please.
07:50This is Baker Street, not Harley Street.
07:53Why do you say so?
07:54I believe Shoscombe Prince and the champion stakes have turned his brain.
08:00Shoscombe Prince?
08:04Watson, you're invaluable.
08:06A horse.
08:07The finest in England, sir.
08:09Now, the truth is, Sir Robert has got to win this race.
08:13He's up to his neck and it's his last chance.
08:16He's wagered everything he could raise or borrow on the horse and he's holding off his creditors till after the
08:22big race.
08:23Oh, if the prince fails him, he's done for.
08:26Oh, and you're assuming there's a connection between Sir Robert's debts and the disappearance of Samuel Brewer?
08:32He's Sir Robert's principal creditor.
08:35And I don't mind admitting there's no love lost between them.
08:39After what happened in Newmarket, I'm not surprised.
08:43Oh, that was just the start.
08:45Brewer showed his face at the hall last week and Sir Robert flew at him like a man possessed.
08:50Said he'd deal with him if he ever showed his face there again.
08:53Well, presumably he's not returned.
08:55I don't know, sir.
08:57Not for sure.
08:59I see.
09:00In the event of financial catastrophe, would Sir Robert have any claim on his sister's estate?
09:07None at all, as far as I know.
09:09She only has a life interest and it reverts to her husband's brother after her death.
09:15In the meantime, her ladyship draws the rents every year.
09:19And her brother spends them?
09:21That's about the size of it.
09:23He must lead her a most uneasy life.
09:27Maybe so, but they've always been the best of friends.
09:30They have the same tastes.
09:32She loves the horses as much as he does.
09:36Or at least she did.
09:42Every day at about twelve, she'd ride down to the stables to see them.
09:45And, above all, she loved the prince.
09:53Morning, Beatrice.
09:59I can't wait to see their faces when this delightful creature is first past the pose, what say you, Mason?
10:04The others won't stand a chance, sir.
10:06A three-length win, wouldn't you say?
10:08Three and a half, at least.
10:11Just beware of raising your hopes too high, Robert.
10:15You're not the only one who'd like to see his horse win the champion stakes.
10:19I'm the only one with a horse like Shoscombe Prince.
10:23He's on such good form, you could ride him to victory yourself, my dear.
10:27I think not, Robert.
10:29Our riding days are over.
10:48You should be resting, my dear.
10:51No, I'm fine, Robert. Really, I'm fine.
10:53You know what the doctor said?
10:56Fuss even more than he does.
11:01Jasper, good dog.
11:06And how's Carrie today?
11:10Very well, thank you, sir, Robert.
11:20But for the past week, her ladyship has driven past the stables with never so much as a good morning.
11:26You think there's been some sort of quarrel?
11:29And a bitter, savage, spiteful quarrel at that.
11:33Now, he never goes near her.
11:35She hardly leaves her room, except to take her daily drive.
11:40And I assume that you have witnessed such a disagreement?
11:43No, not exactly.
11:46But why else would he give away her pet spaniel, Mr. Holmes?
11:50She loved that dog as if it were her child.
11:55Can you think of any reason why Sir Robert would wish to upset his sister in this fashion?
12:01Not at all.
12:03It's a cruel way to treat a woman with a weak heart.
12:06It's a damn rotten.
12:09I must say, he does not appear to be committing any crime that I recognize.
12:17So why did Sir Robert leave the house at the dead of night?
12:21And who was the man he met?
12:23Gone.
12:26Well, it was Stevens, the butler, who saw him leave, and he told me about it.
12:31So the next night, we followed him.
12:56I don't feel that I've run the ball.
13:08So who was it?
13:11Samuel Brewer?
13:14It was too dark to see his face.
13:17When did Sir Robert give away his sister's dog?
13:19A week ago today.
13:22Jasper was howling like a banshee at the millhouse.
13:25But that was no good reason for the master to do what he did.
13:44I don't care what you do with it, just as long as I never have to see it again.
13:50Yes, sir.
13:53I gave the dog to Sandy Bain, the prince's jockey.
13:57Right then, Jasper.
13:59Let's you and I go for a drink, eh?
14:03Come on.
14:04Next morning, he took her to Josiah Barnes, the landlord of the Green Dragon in Crandall.
14:10Does Lady Beatrice have a companion?
14:12Her maid, Mr. Holmes.
14:14Just the one?
14:15Carrie Evans.
14:16She's been with her this five years.
14:19And isn't it how devoted?
14:21She's devoted enough.
14:23I won't say to whom.
14:25Uh-huh.
14:27I can't tell tales out of school.
14:31Sir Robert is something of a lady's man, eh?
14:35Do you not think the quarrel between brother and sister may lie there?
14:39That scandal has been pretty clear for a long time.
14:41But Lady Beatrice may not have seen it before.
14:43Let us suppose that she has suddenly found it out.
14:47That she wants to be rid of the hate it made.
14:49He will not permit it.
14:51She refuses to speak to him.
14:53And Sir Robert, in his anger, gives away her dog.
14:56There's more to it than that, Mr. Holmes.
15:00Mr. Mason, you have the advantage of ours.
15:06Perhaps there is something that you have not told us.
15:15There's a central heating furnace in the cellar.
15:29It's been off for some time, but Sir Robert complained of cold.
15:33Had it on again.
15:36Harvey runs it.
15:37He's one of my lads.
15:40He didn't like the look of it, Mr. Holmes.
15:45And he brought it to me last night.
15:48How often does Harvey attend the furnace?
15:51He makes it up every evening and then he leaves it.
15:54So anyone can visit it during the night?
15:57I suppose so.
15:59But the lad has the key to the outer door.
16:01I see.
16:03What is the name of that tavern you spoke of?
16:07Green Dragon.
16:08Is there any good fishing in that part of Berkshire?
16:12There's trout in the mill stream and pike in the lake.
16:16That's good enough.
16:16What do you make of it, Watson?
16:18It's the epicondyle of a femur.
16:32Human, without a doubt.
16:46It's a bluff, sir.
16:49Anyone could have sent it.
16:50It could be a tout.
16:52I don't care who it is.
16:54I need to know if there's any truth in what he's written.
16:58Carrie will be in charge of the house when I'm away.
17:03Carrie, sir?
17:04Your concern must be for the prince's training.
17:08Nothing is more important than that.
17:11Fifty-three.
17:13Fifty-four.
17:16Fifty-five.
17:19Yes, ma'am?
17:20Thank you, Stevens.
17:21Please take the tray now.
17:25Fifty-six.
17:33I leave at dawn.
17:48I leave at dawn.
17:50I leave at dawn.
18:11I leave at the top.
18:21Oh, my God!
18:23Oh, my God!
18:26Oh, my God!
18:27Oh, my God!
18:30Oh, my God!
18:38Oh, my God!
18:48Two rooms, is it then, sir?
18:49Two glasses of your best ale.
18:51Right, sir.
18:59Good day, gentlemen.
19:01Hello, old fellow.
19:03Oh, ladies, I'm so sorry to see you sitting there.
19:08It's quite a pint in the air, isn't it?
19:10Oh, you'd much rather be free, wouldn't you?
19:15Landlord!
19:16Is it really necessary to keep this dog tied up like this?
19:19If I didn't, sir, he'd be off back to the hall in a jiffy.
19:23You see, sir, Jasper's a Troscombe spaniel.
19:25Oh, I should have known.
19:26You see, I'm quite a dog enthusiast myself.
19:30Hey!
19:31Be careful with that luggage or I'll skin you alive!
19:37Don't you mind him, sirs.
19:39He takes after his mother.
19:41Uh-huh.
19:45Out for a bit of fishing, eh?
19:47We thought we might try and land a pike or two at the hall lake.
19:50And you might find yourselves in the lake before you were through.
19:56Why's that?
19:58Sir Robert is terrible jealous of anyone who might be spying on his stables.
20:02Well, we're not touts.
20:03He's the sort that strikes first and speaks afterwards.
20:10Watson, I think we should take a little walk before I...
20:14Oh, that's a splendid idea.
20:19Do you think we could take the dog with us, landlord?
20:22By all means, Edmund.
20:23But mind what I said about Sir Robert.
20:31It's this way, Watson.
20:54What about Sir Robert?
20:56By my estimate, he should be one of his mate in York by now.
20:59How do you know that?
21:00That is where my telegram sent him.
21:02Holmes, what have you been up to?
21:04Of course, Palmer's the favourite.
21:06He's stabled somewhere near York.
21:08I merely advise him that the horse has shown much improvement in the last few days.
21:11He won't be pleased when he finds he's been due.
21:13Jasper!
21:13He'll be furious.
21:17Jasper!
21:19Jasper!
21:20Come on.
21:21Why, hello.
21:22Why, how are you?
21:23Hey, hello.
21:25Jasper, here.
21:27Mm.
21:33Do I know you?
21:34No, but evidently Jasper knows you.
21:38You must be Sandy Bay.
21:40Yes, sir.
21:41It was you that brought Jasper to the tavern last week.
21:44That's right.
21:46You're fond of animals.
21:47But they're all God's creatures, sir.
21:49I won't see no harm.
21:50Come to them?
21:51Mr. Mason seemed to think that Jasper had a lucky escape.
21:55You must have had a reason for behaving like you did.
21:57I'm sure Sir Robert had the best of motives.
22:00No, I'm talking about Jasper.
22:02He was always such a quiet dog.
22:05Something must have happened to him.
22:07At the mill house?
22:08No, sir.
22:09At the cellar?
22:10No, sir.
22:11At the old church.
22:13It was the same morning I brought him to the Green Dragon.
22:18It's an old ruined chapel.
22:20And under it there's a crypt which has a bad name among us.
22:28Jasper!
22:31Not that way!
22:33Jasper!
22:34Jasper, come back!
22:43Jasper, come back!
22:45Jasper!
22:48Jasper!
23:07Jasper!
23:12Come on, boy.
23:13Come on, I'm not playing games now.
23:34Jasper.
24:16How far are we away from the hall?
24:19About a quarter of a mile, sir.
24:22I'm correct in thinking that Lady Beatrice takes a drive about midday.
24:26Yes, sir.
24:28We've got a moment to lose.
24:29Come, Jasper.
24:30Come, Watson.
24:31Goodbye.
24:31Bye.
25:15Stop the carriage, Watson.
25:17Stop the carriage.
25:23Excuse me.
25:29And you're going to take a motorway.
25:30Direct us to the Green Dragon Tower.
25:38Drive on!
25:39Drive on!
25:42Save!
25:43Stay there!
25:45Stay there!
26:03There's nothing we can do until Lady Beatrice takes her drive again tomorrow.
26:07You still haven't explained why I risked my life this afternoon.
26:10It's just a theory.
26:11You must be very disappointed. I was almost killed instead.
26:14On the contrary, I think my little experiment was quite successful.
26:17I fail to see how.
26:19Dog, Watson. The dog.
26:23Does that suggest nothing to you?
26:27Carrie Evans is determined to keep the dog and her mistress apart.
26:30There is an alternative?
26:32Yes. That Sir Robert has done away with the moneylender Samuel Brewer.
26:36Don't forget...
26:38Don't forget the human bone that was found.
26:42It's perfectly clear to me.
26:44They've crossed swords before.
26:46It's possible that Sir Robert has gone too far this time and is guilty of murder.
26:50What the boy...
26:52What the boy found is all that remains of the unfortunate moneylender.
26:56No, no, Lord. Thank you. I'm famished.
27:01Fine catch, Mr. Holmes.
27:05The best I've seen in a long time.
27:11These are deep waters, Watson.
27:15Deep and rather dirty.
27:21I would like to borrow the key to the cellar.
27:24For what purpose, Mr. Holmes?
27:25To get inside.
27:28Where is Sir Robert?
27:29Sir Robert left for York.
27:31Ah.
27:32Early yesterday morning. He isn't expected back to sometime tonight.
27:36I'd assure you around the house myself, but...
27:39Master left Carrie in charge and she won't let anyone pass the door.
27:43You left a maid in charge of the house?
27:45I told you things were bad between Master and her ladyship.
27:50Whereabouts is Lady Beatrice's room?
27:52It's on the ground floor, Mr. Holmes, on account of her ladyship's heart.
27:56Precisely on the ground floor where?
27:58It's the second room in the corridor beside the cellar passageway.
28:03Has there been any change in the running of the house since we spoke at Berger Street?
28:07None that I can think of.
28:09Yeah, apart from the fact that I had to dismiss Harvey, one of my stable lads.
28:12Wasn't he the one that found the bone in the furnace?
28:15That's right.
28:16What was the reason for his dismissal?
28:19Well, he'd stolen some money from some of the other staff.
28:23Ah, here's the prince himself, Mr. Holmes.
28:32Every inch a champion, would you say?
28:34Yes, he's a very fine creature, but you're the expert, Watson?
28:38Well, hardly an expert, Holmes.
28:40I am aware of the prince's burst of speed over a final furlong,
28:45but the fact is, he hasn't yet won a major race.
28:48Do you think he's still in with a good chance?
28:50If this give him the ground, then yes.
28:54Ha!
29:29All right, all right, hold your horses. I'm coming, I'm coming.
29:36Good afternoon.
29:38You must be Stevens.
29:41That's right, sir.
29:42I'm the doctor.
29:45Sir Robert asked me to call on his sister at the first opportunity.
29:48I'm new to the area.
29:49He said nothing about it to me, sir.
29:51Well, he must have forgotten.
29:53Hardly surprising for a man as busy as Sir Robert.
29:55I'm afraid her ladyship is out taking her carriage exercise at the moment.
30:00How long is she likely to be?
30:02Well, no more than half an hour, sir.
30:05Oh, in that case, I don't mind waiting.
30:13You appear to be in some pain yourself.
30:15Oh, it's the rheumatist, sir.
30:19These old bones have taken a pounding in their time.
30:22Health's not what it was.
30:24No, why didn't you tell me about it?
30:26Beg pardon, sir.
30:27Well, now that I'm here, I might as well make myself useful.
30:31Oh, that's very kind of you, sir.
30:34Well, it starts in the bottom of my wrist, and then it goes up...
30:41In the shoulder.
30:41That's right.
31:15I'll be in the middle of my wrist.
31:18Wait a minute.
31:44S.B.
32:02Of course, the worst time is first thing in the morning.
32:06My back and my legs, oh, stiff as a board.
32:13And my feet, did I tell you about my feet?
32:18No.
32:19Oh, I'll tell you about my feet.
32:21Blocks of ice, like blocks of ice.
32:25Can't feel them sometimes.
32:26Your blood's not circulating properly.
32:29It's a common problem.
32:30And then, then there's the other trouble.
32:38The other trouble?
32:41No, the other trouble.
32:44No.
32:51No.
33:12No.
33:13No.
33:15No.
33:15No.
33:28No.
33:30No.
33:32No.
33:33No.
33:33No.
33:34No.
33:34No.
33:40No.
33:56No.
34:02No.
34:07No.
34:11No.
34:12No.
34:19No.
34:21No.
34:26No.
34:29No.
34:36No.
34:38No.
34:40No.
34:40No.
34:40No.
34:41No.
34:53Bye.
34:54Bye.
34:55Here.
34:56Bye.
34:56Bye.
34:56Bye.
34:56Bye.
34:59Do you have thisΨ―Ω
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35:06We have to tell him I found.
35:12Almost there, my lady.
35:14Thank you, Stephens.
35:15We'll be all right now.
35:18Thank you, Stephens.
35:22Right you are, Miss.
35:43Strange.
35:55Holmes, thank goodness.
35:57Fortunately, the bedroom was on the ground floor.
35:59Did you have any luck?
36:00A few things are still unclear, but before the night is out,
36:03I hope to have solved the mystery of Shoscombe, old place.
36:23If Samuel Brewer returned to the hall to demand his money,
36:27he might have done so at night.
36:28He could have been the man that Sir Robert met at the old church.
36:35That Sir Robert flew into one of his rages and killed him.
36:40And in a moment of sheer panic,
36:42tried to dispose of the body by putting it into the furnace.
36:46Hence, the note case.
36:49Watson, the vibrations!
36:53If perhaps maybe amid all the evidence we have so far is purely circumstantial.
37:00Oh.
37:27Resin.
37:29Resin.
37:37on an alcohol base
37:42traces of it on a few strands of hair
37:45found in lady Beatrice's room
37:51come Watson
37:51the telegram will not keep Sir Robert away much longer
37:55where are we going?
38:12Sir Robert
38:20what happened while I was away?
38:24nothing sir
38:24don't lie to me Mason
38:26something's been going on behind my back
38:33has anyone been around here asking questions?
38:35no one sir
38:40apart from some people I met near Crendel
38:45I don't know their names
38:47what did you talk about?
38:50nothing much
38:51they were interested in the old church
38:56fool
39:06well if Samuel Brewer was not the victim
39:10why was his note case found in the cellar at the hall?
39:13who else in the household has the initials S.B.
39:16S.B.
39:18S.B.
39:19Sandy Bay
39:22and Harvey was dismissed
39:25for stealing from other members of the household
39:28one of his duties was to turn to the furnace in the cellar
39:31the fact remains that a body was burned
39:34if it wasn't Brewer's
39:36then whose was it?
39:37come to us
39:47you
39:48this
40:15Oh.
41:15What could you possibly look to find in a place like this?
41:21The lead lining has been cut.
41:36Just as I thought, the bolts have been loosened.
41:45Watson, I'm going to need your help to open this.
41:49Holmes, that's desecration!
42:19Who are you?
42:21What are you doing on my property?
42:24Who are you?
42:26What are you doing here?
42:50What are you doing here?
43:05What are you doing here?
43:05Mr. Holmes!
43:06What happened?
43:07A good question, Mr. Mason.
43:09One that you've been directed at Sir Robert.
43:10Oh, disgusting contraptions.
43:17How dare you get out!
43:20I was going to join you for tea, but I see I'm too late.
43:24Get up this instant or I'll call for Sir Robert.
43:26Sir Robert knows that I'm here.
43:28Please, Miss Evans, will you sit down?
43:33I've heard I couldn't visit Shotscamore Place without paying my respects to Lady Beatrice.
43:41Oh, you have brandy with your tea?
43:45For medicinal purposes, of course.
43:48Yes, of course.
43:50But is that enough, I wonder?
43:53Enough for what?
43:55Brandy revives the spirits.
43:58How do you think it is sufficient to raise the dead?
44:03Don't move, Miss Evans.
44:06No, Miss Evans.
44:06No, Miss Evans.
44:14No, Miss Evans.
44:27No, Miss Evans.
44:50that should be comfortable enough till your own doctor arrives thank you I am
44:57Sherlock Holmes perhaps my name is familiar to you I know appearances are
45:04against me which you must believe that I could act in no other way I'm very happy to hear you
45:09say
45:09so but I fear your explanations must be for the police please sir Robert the responsibility for
45:18what has been done is entirely mine miss Evans and Joe Barnes were merely following my instructions
45:24you must promise that they will come to no harm I can promise you nothing but I will hear a
45:30plain
45:30statement of the facts very well you've clearly gone pretty deeply into my affairs otherwise I
45:38should not have found you where I did I've always known that if Beatrice died the estate would revert
45:47to my brother-in-law's family everything would be seized including the stables and the horses
45:56well mr. Holmes my sister did die just a week ago and you told no one I had little alternative
46:04if I
46:05told the truth I faced absolute ruin but if I could stave things off until the race I knew all
46:12might be
46:12well Beatrice died of the heart condition that had long afflicted her that will be for a coroner to
46:21decide her own doctor would certify that for months her symptoms that threatened such an end
46:29Joe Barnes came to see me in search of work a day or two before Beatrice died he seemed a
46:37trustworthy lad
46:38and it came into my mind that he might for a short time impersonate my dear sister it was but
46:46a case of
46:47appearing daily in her carriage for no one need enter her room save miss Evans of course I had to
46:53take her into my confidence the whole deception distressed me greatly but I could see no other
47:01course to take naturally the body couldn't remain in the bedroom on the first night Joe and I carried it
47:12out to the old mill house we were followed by her pet spaniel which afterwards howled continually at the
47:20door so I felt some safer place was needed I got rid of the dog and we carried Beatrice to
47:32the crypt of the
47:32church it seemed to me to be no unworthy resting place if we put her for a time in the
47:39coffin of one
47:40of her husband's ancestors lying in what is still consecrated ground I paid my respects to her there every day
47:55you
48:45As to the old relics which we took from the coffin,
48:48Joe and I removed them.
48:50He descended from the bedroom at night and burned them in the furnace.
49:00Was it necessary to lay that monstrous trap?
49:04I was determined that no one should disturb my sister's rest.
49:09But how you suspected her death, I cannot imagine.
49:12Well, yesterday, when Miss Evans ordered the carriage to drive on,
49:17I concluded that she was afraid of something.
49:19I suspected that something was Jasper.
49:25Miss Evans knew the dogs do not make mistakes.
49:29He would have known that it wasn't his mistress.
49:31But we must leave all this for the police.
49:34But why?
49:35A day or two is all I need.
49:38Say nothing yet, I beg of you.
49:40The race will have been run, and my nightmare might be over.
49:47I loved Beatrice with all my heart.
49:50There was no indignity or irreverence.
49:52I don't feel I have wronged the dead.
49:56I realized that my motives were selfish.
50:00But my sister would not have wished to see me destroyed.
50:12That is not entirely to break the law.
50:26Listen to this, Holmes.
50:28Following the success of Shoskam Prince in yesterday's champion stakes,
50:33Sir Robert has received sufficient winnings to settle all his debts
50:40with enough left to re-establish him in a fair position in life.
50:44Ha!
50:46However, the victory was marred by the sudden death of Sir Robert's sister,
50:52Lady Beatrice Folder, whose love of horses was at least as great as his own.
51:02Even the elusive Samuel Brewer has returned from his hideaway in France
51:07to send a telegram of congratulations to Sir Robert on his win.
51:13It transpires that even creditors have their creditors.
51:16It explains why Samuel Brewer was so anxious to get his money back.
51:20But to send a telegram?
51:22Such barefaced hypocrisy.
51:26So how much did you win on Shoskam Prince?
51:3120 guineas.
51:32It's disgraceful.
51:38Champagne, Mrs Hudson?
51:40Of course. In the circumstances.
51:43Well, it's very good of you, but I've only won 20 guineas.
51:46Plus my 10.
51:49You're not the only one that likes a plunge on the horses from time to time, Doctor.
51:53Oh!
51:54Oh!
51:56Whoa.
51:58Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk!
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