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00:00You'll be moving to the ambassador's household, a chaperone to his daughter.
00:04Clara is our best connection to the thread.
00:06She was released in exchange for keys, but keys to what?
00:10Your position in the ambassador's household increases our reach.
00:14It took me 14 months to escape and change my name to Michael Wiley.
00:18Since my father had not found me, I resolved to find him.
00:21Professor James Moriarty was not teaching mathematics,
00:25but is the master of a vast criminal empire and sentenced to prison.
00:28Where he insists you visit him.
00:30Men believe they control the world, but we will control them.
00:34One step forward.
00:36I can't get the sight of Emma out of my head.
00:38Dad, and Lady Violet seem so indifferent.
00:41Be careful, little girl.
00:43Like the lion in the jungle, we did not turn the world into an empire without a very sharp claws.
00:50Help!
00:52Come on!
01:11Who on earth do you think you are?
01:13Issuing orders on my property.
01:15I forbid you to keep important members of London society from taking their own characters.
01:19I apologise, Lady Violet, but a man has been shot and there was an attempted kidnapping.
01:26How ridiculous!
01:27Why would anyone abduct a foreign chaperone?
01:31How much inconvenience must we endure ever some quarrel between servants?
01:37Chief Inspector, pardon my interruption, Lady Violet.
01:42Just one moment, my lady.
01:44Mr. Holmes!
01:48You are, of course, in charge, and I may only offer my advice,
01:52but under no circumstances should you let any of these carriages go.
01:56Mr. Holmes, consider no one attending the ball could...
01:59No, no, no, no, no.
01:59Forget the guests.
02:02A coachman, now deceased, kidnapped the American ambassador's daughter.
02:08A coachman, now deceased, was part of the murder-suicide at Lord Withersy's Richmond estate.
02:13And a coachman, now deceased, was just shot to death in the middle of committing another heinous crime.
02:20Surely you would not suggest a conspiracy?
02:21I suggest nothing.
02:23I point out the obvious.
02:25Two dead coachmen could be a coincidence.
02:27Three is a pattern.
02:29Do not let any of these drivers depart without questioning them closely.
02:34Dammit, Holmes.
02:35Who would bother kidnapping an ordinary maid?
02:38She's not just an ordinary maid.
02:40She's...
02:42She is the chaperone to the daughter of the American ambassador.
02:47Who suffered a theft of £50,000 worth of jewellery stolen by a coachman.
02:52You guessed it.
02:53Now deceased.
02:54Yes.
02:56Thank you, Bertie.
02:56Now, I must soon leave if I, uh...
02:59I might make one more suggestion about what to do with a killer.
03:16I don't know how to thank you.
03:18Oh.
03:20Mr. Holmes must be given the credit.
03:23He stopped the coach with his own body.
03:26Very daring.
03:27Are you all right?
03:29I think so.
03:32It's just...
03:33I've fired my weapon many times, but...
03:36I've never killed anyone before.
03:38I understand better than you think.
03:42Well...
03:42I would like to thank you.
03:44I'm not sure how that's done in London.
03:48I hardly dare ask, but are you free for dinner tomorrow?
03:53If my employer's left me, then I'd love to join you.
03:58Pardon me, sir.
04:00You must accompany these men while we satisfy ourselves in the details of this shooting.
04:04Might I suggest the young man be held at Newgate Prison until you can question him properly.
04:09Excellent idea.
04:10All right, men.
04:11See that he gets there in good order.
04:14But I save Amelia and you're having me taken to prison.
04:17He'll be free by tomorrow afternoon.
04:19In the meantime, you could always visit your father.
04:26Another button from Watson's waistcoat found on the floor of the carriage used in your attempted abduction.
04:32But whose carriage was it?
04:33No one claims it.
04:34Nor recognises the driver, nor even notice the other fellow who escaped.
04:38So the police have agreed to take the vehicle to an associate of mine who specialises in such problems.
04:44How are you holding up?
04:45Me?
04:47I'm furious.
04:48Lady Violet just tried to have me kidnapped.
04:51Yes.
04:51She was certainly involved.
04:53Her butler would never have denied you entry without her orders.
04:56And this bench on which you were seated outside, though situated on gravel, it has mud and ivy.
05:03Hedera helix, if I'm not very much mistaken, clinging to its frame, proving it was very recently moved from the
05:08garden, probably, to its present position near the front door, just so you could sit on it.
05:12Right? I'd like to go find Lady Violet and punch her in our stupid face.
05:16Right. In that case, we should leave. Scotland Yard will be here for the next few hours, and I have
05:20contrived to have Bertie, that is, Mr. Bertwistle, add our inquiries to his own so that my hand in these
05:25affairs remains invisible.
05:26Now, he will report what he learns of the coachman to you tomorrow at the ambassador's house. He already has
05:32a midday appointment. In the meantime, we now have, if anything, too many clues.
05:38I have one more to add to the list.
05:44Ah, poor Emma, who will no longer be requiring her debutante ball. Is it possible Lady Violet arranged this young
05:52girl's death just to open up a date for Clara Anderson's debut?
05:56That's what happened. Clara's ball will take the place of Emma's.
06:00Let's forget about Lady Violet for the moment. Do you recall any distinguishing feature of this driver who tried to
06:07kidnap you?
06:08He had an accent that I didn't recognise.
06:12Could you give it a try?
06:14Help. Help me. In the... For the love of God.
06:21My chest. Chest. My chest.
06:24South Africa?
06:27I said it was rather good.
06:30Thanks.
06:31So, not only do we have three dead coachmen, they all hail from three different countries.
06:36And what about this other fellow who tried to kidnap you and jumped off the carriage and ran away?
06:41Mm, he took me completely by surprise.
06:43I didn't see him or hear him.
06:46Can we go back to Lady Violet, please?
06:48This jade-handled knife left in Mama's body.
06:51It came from the set of weapons on display in Lady Violet's parlour.
06:56She's responsible for Emma's death. She tried to have me kidnapped.
07:00And there's more. It pertains to motive in an important aspect of this case.
07:07Of the many mechanical designs stolen after your mother's murder, I'm convinced one was a blueprint for a fearsome weapon
07:18of war.
07:23How do you know that?
07:29You said you never met her.
07:33Well, I did.
07:37But you said that her name meant nothing.
07:42When we first spoke, you referred to her as Lucia.
07:46And when in London, she called herself Little Dove.
07:56Look.
08:01Amelia.
08:04Look here.
08:08See there?
08:10That's me.
08:12And next to me, the woman I had been asked to escort.
08:17Lady Violet?
08:18The daughter of the Duke of Somerset, for whom I'd done a small favour.
08:24Yes, Buffalo Bill's Wild West show really was the theatrical event of the century.
08:31And after this command performance, there was a garden party.
08:36With further presentations of sharp shooting, Roman riding, hog tying, all of which I found completely exhausting.
08:46And so I escaped, and I wandered into a tent, displaying the most amazing part of the show.
08:54Because for me, nothing exceeded the genius of the scenery.
08:59All designed by the most unlikely person on earth.
09:03Mama.
09:05As you say.
09:15These are not mere theatrical backdrops.
09:19These are feats of modern engineering.
09:20Is there any chance I could meet their creator?
09:24That would be me.
09:26Oh.
09:28Are these your designs?
09:30Well, they're remarkable.
09:32Where did you learn these construction techniques?
09:35My grandfather was a military engineer.
09:38Lacking any male descendants, he imparted his skills to me.
09:42The blending of machinery and art is my own innovation, Mr. Holmes.
09:48Made necessary by our show's epic scale.
09:52Now you have made a disadvantage.
09:54You know my name.
09:55Who in London would not?
09:57Well, very true.
09:58But, you know, your name should be equally celebrated.
10:02I'm Little Dove of the Apache tribe, though I now reside in an estate called California.
10:08In addition to the show, will you be treating us to a travelogue?
10:11There you are, Lady Violet.
10:13I was just admiring the handiwork of our scenic designer, Little Dove.
10:18What an ordeal it must be to imagine backdrops commemorating the defeats of America's native tribes.
10:25You must have arrived after the reenactment of Little Bighorn.
10:29But I thank you for acknowledging the attempts at annihilating my people.
10:33That's so well-spoken too, isn't she?
10:35Why, you are a marvel of the savage west.
10:38I can't wait to tell my friends all about you.
10:41Don't linger here.
10:43The festivities are winding down and Her Majesty will need us in our seats before sundown.
10:48I'll join you at the table in a moment, thank you.
10:52As you wish.
10:58I must apologise for the dullness of court customs.
11:04May I?
11:05Oh, uh, of course.
11:11Ingenious.
11:12Really.
11:13Do you have any more of these?
11:15I do.
11:17This invention I call the mechanical earth mover.
11:21To clear land for cultivation or powering the earth mover using liquid gas.
11:28Liquid gas?
11:30That's a contradiction in terms, surely.
11:33Oh.
11:35I never thought of it like that.
11:37What's this one?
11:41A cannon mounted atop an armoured vehicle, entirely covered in metal and driven from within.
11:47Capable of moving through difficult terrain while remaining on the offensive.
11:51And also able to withstand direct hits from any rifle.
11:55England's current Secretary of War just happens to be the father of Lady Violet, that rather patronising young lady to
12:01whom I introduced you at the command performance of the show.
12:04Her Majesty's government would want to control a weapon such as this.
12:07So, Lady Violet knew this weapon existed and that my mother designed it.
12:15Wait.
12:17No.
12:18Don't say another word until you've explained why you denied knowing my mother.
12:24What proofs did you offer?
12:26A portrait you might have drawn of a passer-by, a letter on the back of a photograph.
12:32You referred to her as Lucia Rojas and I had only ever known her as Little Dove.
12:38You see, Amelia, over the years I have been mobbed by pretenders posing as my children, my siblings and other
12:45distant relatives.
12:46Some of whom presented far more compelling evidence than I have thus far seen from you.
12:51To be brutally frank,
12:52you cannot even verify beyond question that you are indeed the real Amelia Rojas and not just some clever imposter.
13:00So then why bother with me at all?
13:02Because I was able to corroborate the story of Lucia's murder.
13:07And having come to know you,
13:10I would rather err on the side of good faith than suspicion.
13:15But as to who I am?
13:17I am in want of facts, Amelia.
13:21I did not draw conclusions based on my feelings or my hopes.
13:26Right.
13:28You never guess.
13:30So you shared this story with me because these weapon designs
13:36give Lady Violet a motive for murdering my mother.
13:41Exactly.
13:44In two decades, this weapon has gone from theoretical to possibly indispensable.
13:49It could determine the outcome of a battle or even a war, which of course makes it enormously valuable.
13:58But what do these designs have to do with the ambassador's missing jewels and to Emma's death or to your
14:06kidnapped friends?
14:08It's not I, but the red thread that binds these crimes together.
14:12And now we know how the thread communicates.
14:15But how do we get them to talk to us?
14:18I may have a partial solution to that.
14:21But first, you must return to the ambassador's residence to meet Bertie Birtwistle.
14:25And I must pay another visit to Professor Moriarty to see how he's getting on with his son.
14:30And return to a very special carriage shop.
14:32And before tomorrow is done, I too must be kidnapped.
14:48I'm sure her hair could benefit from some serious professional attention.
14:53And of course, she'll require a gown.
14:55Though she can't wear white, someone might mistake her for a lady.
14:59That's very unlikely.
15:01Clara will have a dress that can be refitted for her.
15:03Well, if you want to meliard your own daughter's ball, it will be remarkable for the guests.
15:07To witness in person this quaint custom of Americans sticking together despite vast social differences.
15:14Maybe it's a preview of the future, where notions of class are based on character.
15:20And good breeding only refers to horses and dogs.
15:25Then you would no longer need cross the ocean in search of noble husbands.
15:29While aristocracy still matters, I've arranged a special guest for Clara's debut.
15:37Oh? And who might that be?
15:39Lord Robert, Arthur, Talbot, Gascoigne Cecil,
15:45Third Marquess of Salisbury, and the current Prime Minister of Her Majesty's Government.
15:50Oh, how wonderful!
15:52Lord Salisbury is the most famous man in the world.
15:55Now everyone will come to my ball.
15:58You are, as ever, fixated on the wrong things.
16:01A practice which caused me years of suffering directly attributable to your neglect.
16:05You disobeyed me.
16:07Whilst I was away in business, you went to and from your school,
16:09ignoring the young woman who I had hired to care for you.
16:12That woman was a drunk.
16:15Intoxicated from morning till night, incapable of looking after herself, much less a child of nine.
16:19Men must work.
16:21I had both my profession as a mathematician and my greater enterprise to maintain.
16:25Greater enterprise.
16:27Well, by which you mean the exploitation of human weakness through opium dens, gambling,
16:32and houses of ill repute, run by men for whom loyalty is a vice, best remedied by greed.
16:38Profit, not morality, is a pursuit of business.
16:41Well, what a heartwarming chat.
16:45I'm sure Inspector Boulevard will be calling and we need to get Dan back into his own cells.
16:49Silence!
16:53I have waited fifteen years to lay eyes on my son again.
16:57And in the lengthy period of my absence, he seems to have fallen victim to the perils of idealism.
17:02Idealism?
17:02Or hope for a better world.
17:04The same hope that sees me saving a small sum of my salary every month to appeal your sentence.
17:09What?
17:10I beg your pardon?
17:11An appeal?
17:12Are you as foolish as you are naive?
17:14No, no, no, no, no, no.
17:15An appeal would bring a heightened scrutiny to your father's various intrigues.
17:21This is so, Father.
17:22But you've not already made enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life.
17:26It's not about the money.
17:28Well, it's a bit about the money.
17:30It's quite a lot about the money.
17:31Do you seriously suppose that I could be held here against my will?
17:34I endure prison for another year and two months.
17:37After which I receive my parole license and go free with no further obstacle to my endeavors.
17:42And yet again you choose a life of crime.
17:44A life of crime over your family.
17:46That is unfair!
17:48I spent a fortune searching for you everywhere!
17:52And yet you failed.
17:57Since I have not cause enough for you to desire freedom,
18:00I beg leave to go.
18:09We can regain our family, boy.
18:15You need merely to return here for visits.
18:20I will not return except to escort you from this wretched place.
18:27And since you would rather stay, I ask again to be excused.
18:33I cannot believe you are my son.
18:36Feel free to continue to ignore me.
18:40I'll return the favor.
18:52Is it possible he failed to inherit any of my abilities?
18:57Perhaps he prefers to employ his talents to improve the world.
19:01Improve?
19:02We are the greatest empire in history.
19:04Whatever alters the status quo will always be worse than what came before.
19:08Therefore, it's imperative that we change as little as possible.
19:12Another good reason to fight the red thread, which would upend the world as we know it.
19:17By kidnapping your former maid.
19:19What nonsense!
19:20Why would they not just kill you?
19:24How goes your own struggle with the thread?
19:27They have slowed their advance into my territory.
19:30Perhaps one day, we could go back to hiding from me instead of them.
19:34Oh, it would be a relief to resume our former animosity.
19:37Until then, I must ask you for another favor.
19:40Oh, my favors did not come free.
19:43Whatever your former maid knows, Dan killed an agent of the threat to save her.
19:47I demand he be protected from retaliation.
19:49I'll do it again.
19:52Perhaps you should not take Dan's harsh words so much to heart.
19:57Your consolation is worse even in our temporary alliance.
20:01Instead of your loathsome pity, ask your favor, whatever it may be.
20:14Thank you very much for helping me out.
20:16Oh, do you want the chicken or the block of cheese?
20:20They're both a day from going off.
20:22Um, I'll have whatever you don't want.
20:25Hmm, cheese it is then.
20:27Oi, don't worry about that fireplace.
20:29I don't mind lending her hands, because we get more staff.
20:33But we ain't chimney sweeps, eh?
20:45Are you coming or what?
20:48See, the cheese is good.
20:51Am I holding it at all?
20:53We'll take our main meal tonight for a change.
20:56Oh, I'm going out this evening.
20:59Oh, what a life you'd lead.
21:02Balls and kidnappings and our dinners.
21:04Where is it, this dinner?
21:06And who's paying the freight?
21:08My mum in.
21:09That terrible insurance investigator is back.
21:12I don't want him bothering Clara.
21:14What an orrid little man he is.
21:20How quickly you rise.
21:23Only in England, could trading one servant's job for another be considered a promotion?
21:28Nonsense.
21:29You're better settled in than my own children.
21:31And despite appearances, we both know you still work for Hiram's.
21:41Did you find anything out from the coachman after we left?
21:44I did.
21:45There were two sullen drivers from New Zealand.
21:48One working for no lesser personage than the Duke of Leicester,
21:52owner of the world's largest shipyard.
21:54Those companies fall in at hard times.
21:55The other driver was employed by Sir Nigel Parks,
21:58a broker who suffered staggering losses during the panic.
22:03So, men like Lord Witherssey, titled without cash.
22:07Both of whom might have been interested in sharing the proceeds from Mrs. Anderson's jewels.
22:11One would have to sell the gems to split the money.
22:14A fence would pay about 30% of their value.
22:17So very little to be shared among so many.
22:31The insurance company has to pay the ambassador in full.
22:35Unless I find the jewels by tomorrow afternoon,
22:38the ambassador collects 50,000 pounds of fortune equal to his losses in the railroad bankruptcy.
22:46Excuse me, Amelia. Is there a reason you delay Mr. Birtwhistle from our appointment?
22:54I beg your pardon, sir. I was just trying to talk him out of questioning Clara again.
22:59Yeah, Mr. Ambassador, if the girl were any more protective of your daughter,
23:03she'd be one of your Pinkertons.
23:05Delay is a familiar tactic of insurance companies, or so I hear.
23:10Delay is a familiar. This way, sir, if you please.
23:20Delay is a familiar.
23:38Delay is a familiar.
23:49Not unreasonable, Ambassador Anderson.
23:52Especially considering the vast sum involved,
23:55that I be allowed to interview everyone at least twice.
23:59Nevertheless, I demand all inquiries for my family come through me.
24:05And now, I believe if you cannot find the jewels, it is time to arrange restitution.
24:13Or shall I call my American lawyers?
24:20Oh no, such a mess.
24:23I'm sorry, I came in to see if the room needed straightening and...
24:26These buttons go up the side of my new frock. Let's not lose any of them.
24:31What happened here, I wonder?
24:33I can't tell you everything, Mr. Holmes, but this carriage that was used to kidnap your maid...
24:38This is, uh, it's new construction.
24:42Not built to last the ages.
24:45I guess it wouldn't stick out on the streets, but I've not seen their light before.
24:49Even if this carriage displays inferior workmanship, the lamps and the outside door handles are perfectly shaped and exactly alike.
24:57Now, would that not indicate the use of a mould?
25:00And would one create moulds for a single carriage or even two?
25:03Bless me, sir, but you're right.
25:05Still, we would want to fleet carriages like this with no, uh...
25:11I don't do, it's not the inside.
25:12I believe we'll find its legitimate purpose was as an ambulance for the patients of the Greenencrest Asylum of the
25:19Criminally Insane.
25:20But these carriages could serve in other capacities.
25:23Now, is this a false button?
25:27It is.
25:28Added after manufacture?
25:30Part of the original design.
25:31This is fantastical.
25:33Surely they didn't mean for me to see this, did they?
25:36Have they?
25:38Who have they?
25:39A criminal consortium of unrivalled malice. I must stop them, Clarence, and you must help me.
25:44Tomorrow night, in fact, perhaps the following morning.
25:47Shall we say 20 pounds, 10 for you, 10 for your men?
25:5020 pounds?
25:51Is that dangerous?
25:52I-I don't know, Mr. Holmes.
25:54A queen and country, Clarence.
25:59Good.
26:01I'll send my man Shaw around with directions.
26:04Oh, uh, and Clarence?
26:06Yes, Mr. Holmes?
26:07Be on your guard.
26:08Especially around any coachman.
26:10You might see.
26:25Yah!
26:27Yah!
26:29Ah!
26:45Before we have dinner, I thought you might be interested in a project I've been working on.
26:49But first, let's talk about yesterday.
26:51Did anyone discover why the driver tried to kidnap you?
26:53No idea.
26:55And there was another man involved who got away, which is curious.
27:01Honestly, I think Matt are only interested in me because I worked for Mr. Holmes.
27:06That may be how we first met, but I think we've moved past that, have we not?
27:10Well, saving someone's life changes things a bit.
27:15This is a club I joined recently, made up of men and women working to obtain the vote for all
27:21adult citizens of the British Empire, including ladies who have never had a voice in government.
27:26Careful, Mr. Wiley.
27:28You don't want to sound as if you're hauling a guillotine to pick a dilly.
27:31Besides, one cannot decapitate the entire upper class and their gentry accomplices.
27:37That has been tried.
27:38Pay no attention to Herr Baird.
27:40Our club offers a peaceful alternative to violence and revolution.
27:43I only want the right to vote. Once we have universal suffrage, I know righteousness will prevail.
27:49How good to see you all again. We begin this evening by announcing our petition for universal
27:57suffrage has reached the Prime Minister with nearly 50,000 signatures.
28:05To celebrate, I shall read our petition out loud.
28:10Given the major improvements to Birmingham's welfare, we humbly request the expansion of
28:15Home Rule to encompass every city, county and colony of a Majesty's Empire.
28:20Tell me, Jeremy, what do you make of this petition's request?
28:24Me, Prime Minister? Well, I know it'll be the devil to make six copies of it.
28:29But what about extending Home Rule?
28:32Oh, sir, that... that could never pass Parliament.
28:38Congratulations, Jeremy, on twice refusing to answer the question.
28:41That shows great promise.
28:43Thank you, Prime Minister.
28:45Let us see who signed this damnable appeal.
28:49I suspect it's the usual Fabians and rabble-rousers.
28:57My Lord Salisbury, sir, excuse me, but were you expecting a large rug to be brought here this evening?
29:02I had a request from a boy this afternoon suggesting just such delivery.
29:07This way.
29:16Ah, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Welcome. And meet my private secretary, Mr. Jeremy Stephens.
29:24Otherwise, we're quite alone, as requested.
29:27Thank you, Prime Minister. It's an honour to meet you, Mr. Stephens. Just... just a moment.
29:34You will inform the professor of my profound irritation and the roughness with which his favour was executed.
29:41Now, get out! Just be glad I have no time to pursue you.
29:45Go on!
29:48Mr. Prime Minister, I, uh, thank you for making time in your very busy schedule.
29:53And I do apologise for the rather theatrical nature of my entrance, but it was vital I'd not be seen
29:59visiting you.
29:59You have been so useful to Her Majesty and her various governments that I don't refuse your appeal.
30:05Just a little bit on your left there.
30:09There you are.
30:09Thank you. Thank you.
30:11Now, without wishing to alarm you, I have a serious problem that only you can solve.
30:16What do you require?
30:18Only that you be helpful and frank.
30:20Only helpful and frank?
30:22These are no small requests for a career politician.
30:27Yes, yes, I... I understand. And I... I do hesitate to ask.
30:32It's just I'm in the midst of solving a crime of enormous magnitude.
30:36Not to mention the dismantling of a secret cabal representing the worldwide industrialisation of crime.
30:44Our Prime Minister is completely untrustworthy.
30:47But once women get the vote, all that will change.
30:50That is the hope, Mrs. Mawson.
30:55So, what did you think?
30:58I don't know much about politics.
31:00But surely you see the fairness of home rule.
31:03Do you think that the United States would give the Apati tribe home rule?
31:07When you demand home rule for Australia, is it for the natives?
31:11Or is it for the colonizers?
31:15I see your point.
31:16The injustice goes deeper than we can address all at once.
31:19But I believe a fairer world would make fairer choices.
31:23And I am committed to a better world.
31:25And lately, my idea of a better world includes you.
31:31I don't see how.
31:33Do you not?
31:41I'm sorry.
31:42I forget myself.
31:44It's okay.
31:45It's a lot more fun than listening to petitions being read.
31:49I don't know.
31:50Is it?
31:55There's no use creating taboos.
31:58Criminals will not abide by them and they hinder our pursuit.
32:01And I infer from the size of the conspiracy, the crime I am trying to solve is one of international
32:06significance.
32:07I offer you a compromise.
32:09Compromise?
32:10I expected this.
32:11You must use your skills, Mr. Holmes, and I must use mine.
32:14The information produced from this instance of state-approved eavesdropping must be handled by an officer of the court.
32:24The conversation can never be used in evidence.
32:29That's fair.
32:30I believe you have deduced my predicament.
32:34Right at the moment, I am more in the business of identifying criminals rather than bringing them to justice.
32:40Jeremy, prepare to write a warrant for it.
32:44What do you call it?
32:45A wiretap, my lord.
32:46Wiretap is how they secretly refer to it in New York.
32:50Wiretap.
32:52It's marvelous, isn't it?
32:53Our technical terms drain all the outrage out of questionable activities.
32:58Yes, well, begin the document as per usual, Jeremy, and Mr. Holmes here will help you word the rest.
33:04If you could tell me the name and position of the person whose telephone you intend to monitor.
33:08Yes, indeed, I have it here.
33:13Dear God.
33:16Steady on, Jeremy.
33:18This request is from Sherlock Holmes.
33:26I'm sorry.
33:26Do you think you could summarize everything we have left to do in order to solve the case of the
33:31red thread in its entirety?
33:33As I see it, we have to figure out how these coachmen from different countries
33:39all became accomplices to their bosses.
33:42Determine what keys Ambassador Anderson was forced to give up in exchange for Clara.
33:47Solve the mystery of why Weems and Maggot were murdered.
33:52Name the person at Scotland Yard using Chief Inspector Whitlock's telephone.
33:56Find the missing jewels, locate the hostages.
33:59Figure out what a fleet of new ambulances for the criminally insane are supposed to be carrying in their false
34:05bottoms.
34:06Connect all of that to my mother's murder and bring Lady Violet to justice.
34:11Yes, yes, yes, yes.
34:13You left three questions unasked.
34:15Number one, why the attempted abduction of the Italian ambassador's son?
34:19Done after the murder of your maid to see if you would back off after finding a red threat.
34:23Excellent. Superb.
34:25My deduction precisely a test to make sure I will not break from their distractions again.
34:30Number two, during your attempted abduction, a man jumped from the carriage and raced away to a waiting coach
34:37while the driver who kidnapped you chose to stay behind and missed a chance to get away.
34:41Now, why did he do that?
34:43I have no idea.
34:45No, nor I.
34:47Now, number three, a little more serious.
34:51Before Lord Witherslee killed himself, he went so far as to suggest that the red thread were planning a crime
34:56beyond my imagination.
34:58And I fear he may have been right.
35:00Oh, sorry, hydrogen sulfide. That's a necessary evil, I'm afraid.
35:03If you say so.
35:05Look, maybe if we just answer one or two of these questions, then the thread would unravel.
35:10Yes, but don't forget, the thread would have killed me long ago were I not somehow vital to their success.
35:16So how am I supposed to help them?
35:18We're not stopping until we can figure that out, are we?
35:20No, no, no, no, no, no.
35:21We will soldier on, and once we have rescued Watson and Mrs. Hudson, then the true power of my genius
35:27can be put back to its proper use.
35:29And then let the thread beware.
35:30Now, what do you think of my work with the telephone calls made during our rescue of Clara Anderson?
35:36That's very good.
35:39A few minutes after I reported Charlie the Coachman, someone at Chief Inspector Whitlock's office called the Coffin Factory.
35:47Then Whitlock's office immediately rang up Lord Witherssey.
35:51Warning him he was about to welcome Watson and Mrs. Hudson, not to mention the Ambassador's jewels.
35:57Well, now that you have all these names and addresses, it seems perfectly reasonable to assume that Dr. Watson and
36:05Mrs. Hudson must be at one of them.
36:07I guess you can't ask Scotland Yard for a search warrant because someone there is involved.
36:13Exactly.
36:16Well, you've arranged the telephone numbers between the members of the thread in the shape of a tree.
36:23Why not shake it, see what falls out?
36:26Superb suggestion, yes.
36:28An excellent description of my plan.
36:31Shake the tree.
36:32But first we must move beyond how the thread communicate with each other and get them to talk to us.
36:37I've found a place in Ambassador Anderson's house where I can hear every word he says in his study.
36:44Amelia.
36:47I'm so proud of you.
36:49Listening to criminals without their knowledge can be key to solving a mystery.
36:53So, after we shake the tree, as you so vividly put it, the kidnappers must communicate with each other and
37:02then Watson and Mrs. Hudson will once more be on the move.
37:05Our allies and friends are already strategically placed, and I will light up the sky with two signals.
37:11One colour representing where Watson and Mrs. Hudson have been kept, and the other colour representing where they are going.
37:18So, it will be Red, the Earl of Dorchester, where Clarence waits.
37:24Green, the Dowager Duchess of Lincolnshire, where the Baker Street Irregulars are on watch.
37:30Orange, the Broker, Sir Nigel Parks, where the Halligans have parked my carriage.
37:35Yellow, the Duke of Leicester, where Bertie guards the drive.
37:39And Violet, well, Lady Violet, who I will place in your capable hands.
37:46And whilst you go about unnerving her, I will journey to Scotland Yard and bait the red thread into helping
37:52us rescue my friends.
38:06Swan, trust I'm not too early?
38:09No, sir. You are just in time to witness the end of my career.
38:12Nonsense. You're not old enough to have a career.
38:14Did you see the name on the warrant? Signed by Lord Salisbury himself.
38:18Yes, and I obeyed it, sir. Certain in the knowledge that no gentleman shall ever speak to me again.
38:22Nonsense. You should not be so lucky. Now, does this contraption work?
38:26Yes, sir. I can hear and record every conversation from the telephone of the chief inspector.
38:32Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
38:34Now, all that remains is for me to go and give one of the most amazing performances in theatrical history.
38:39I regret you cannot attend, but the audience for this spectacle must be very small.
38:44Afterwards, someone will pick up the telephone in chief inspector Whitlock's office and ask the operator to dial a number.
38:50You must write this number down, yes?
38:51Yes.
38:52And then, while still recording the conversation, you must compare this number to all the other numbers on the list
38:57to see to whom they belong. Do you understand?
38:59The Duke of Leicester? The Dowdy Duchess of Lincolnshire? Sir, this...
39:03Don't fret. Don't fret. Don't fret. We'll all be over soon. And now, to go upstairs and provoke your superiors.
39:12You are moving up in the world. Last week, you were a scullery maid. Now, suddenly, dropping in on the
39:20daughter of a Duke without so much as an appointment.
39:24I wouldn't dream of disturbing you. But during the ball for the Italian ambassador's daughter, Clara misplaced her fan.
39:31And some silly girl told her that you picked it up. I'm not a housekeeper. That's more your line of
39:38work. Never mind. Describe this fan, if you will.
39:45Well, it's very unique. It... It unfolds into the designs of a weapon. A strange, armoured vehicle with a cannon
39:56on top. The drawing is very detailed.
40:01Almost like a blueprint. Clara was certain that it would be here.
40:07I am equally certain it is not. But the fan does sound unique. If we find it, I will secure
40:17it.
40:19Well, you could always tie it shut with a red thread and call me to pick it up.
40:23Oh, I shall try very hard to see that you get it.
40:33Allow me to have Mr. Hopper show you to the door.
40:36No need. I know where the door is.
40:41Hopper?
40:43Have my carriage brought round immediately.
40:47You should have reported these kidnappings to the police.
40:49Happily, I am only an hour or so from locating Watson and Mrs. Hudson and ending this dreadful ordeal.
40:56Thank God.
40:57How may we help?
40:58Well, once again, Chief Inspector, you anticipate me first. I must return to Baker Street and await the call of
41:03my informant.
41:04In the meantime, if you could have a few six-man squads standing by.
41:08Surely we should be working together. I can assume...
41:10Nonsense, Bullivant.
41:11Why would you demand control over an investigation you know nothing about?
41:16Of course. How... how foolish of me.
41:20Rest assured, Mr. Holmes, we will put teams of officers all over the city that we might instantly respond to
41:27your summons.
41:27My thankfulness knows no bounds. Now that I have your support, Chief Inspector, our success is assured.
41:33Expect my call shortly.
41:41Let's go.
41:43Let's go.
41:45Let's go.
42:15Let's go.
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