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00:04I guess we didn't solve the crime of the century by robbing the Bank of England.
00:09Someone brilliantly anticipated my actions by bringing the press with him into the vault.
00:14Whitlock made sure the world would know about the robbery and launched a financial panic,
00:18allowing the thread to buy the bank for pennies on the pound.
00:21Why steal plans for a weapon in California?
00:24Why demand keys of the American ambassador?
00:26I have already solved quite a few of your problems, Lady Violet.
00:30Including those related to the less than accidental death.
00:33One of you were debutantes.
00:35I've arranged a special guest for Clara's debut.
00:38The current prime minister of Her Majesty's government.
00:41I will not allow Clara's ball or my embassy to be used as an auction house for weapons.
00:46One cannot decapitate the entire upper class.
00:49Dan Moriarty did not kill the coachman to save you.
00:52He did it to save me.
00:53I will bring that empire to its knees.
00:55I am the red thread.
00:57We have the financial means.
00:59We have the weapon.
01:00Now what we need is the inciting incident.
01:10I'm afraid I'll be disappointed.
01:13I hardly recognize myself.
01:15It's only a costume for a role you're about to play.
01:18Come.
01:19Let the gentleman see.
01:23Why, you are a princess.
01:26If princesses wobble, now I get my Cinderella luster slippers.
01:30But this gown is far too tight.
01:32Shouldn't you let it out?
01:33Why, Mr. Holmes, it is the fashion.
01:35You won't be running over any coffins in this gown.
01:38Men's hearts will do all the racing tonight.
01:41That's enough about racing hearts, Mr. Halligan.
01:44I already have enough patience.
01:46Pitch the carriage and bring it to the front door.
01:48You can leave the invalids to me, Mr. Holmes.
01:51We have them in hand.
01:53We'll give those debutants some competition tonight, Miss Rokas,
01:57at Clara Amberson's Ball.
01:59Have some fun for once.
02:07I thought she didn't like me.
02:09Well, my sister has been rescued,
02:12which has had a beneficial effect on her disposition.
02:16Also, you too have changed.
02:18From a courageous but immature child
02:20to an adult who practices the virtues of patience and reason.
02:25Also, you have helped me to solve a mystery
02:27that has bedeviled me for 20 years.
02:30And what mystery is that?
02:36What's it?
02:37Holmes.
02:39She's desperately ill and won't let me see her.
02:43What's wrong with her, then?
02:44After dinner, she complained of headaches and dizziness
02:47and she locked herself in the lavatory
02:48and has vomited and now she's refusing to come out.
02:55Little dove?
02:56Dr. Watson's here now.
03:00Good evening, little dove.
03:01I'm sorry to find you unwell.
03:03It's nothing.
03:04I'm much better.
03:05If I could, um...
03:07If I could return to my own room,
03:09I apologize for any trouble.
03:11No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
03:12You're...
03:12You're never any trouble.
03:14I'll rush down and get us a cab.
03:16No, Holmes, Holmes, I have a carriage.
03:18I can easily transport...
03:20Sherlock, it...
03:21It would be quicker if I left now with Dr. Watson
03:24and if I were to worsen, he could...
03:26He could help me.
03:27Are you certain?
03:29Yes.
03:33You've been very kind.
03:35Never think otherwise.
03:37I'll send a message tomorrow as soon as I'm well.
03:40Don't worry for me.
03:42Promise.
03:44Of course.
03:45No worrying.
03:47No worrying.
03:57For the sake of the young woman's honor,
03:59I implore...
03:59I can't stop seeing it, John.
04:03Indeed, I have other plans in mind altogether.
04:18The next morning, your mother left no message.
04:21By the time I arrived at her room,
04:23she was on a ship back to America.
04:26Why?
04:27That is the unsolved mystery of which I spoke.
04:29I thought perhaps your mother's concern for me
04:32caused her to leave.
04:33Had we married,
04:34we would have been shunned by many reputable people.
04:38An expression I use without irony,
04:41but I failed to recognize...
04:43She had morning sickness.
04:44It was not openly discussed at the time,
04:47and I knew...
04:47I knew...
04:48I knew very little about it.
04:49Mama left to save your career.
04:52Or her child.
04:54Deducing she could not rescue both,
04:56she chose you.
04:57Also, the weapon she designed
04:59was rejected by our government,
05:01or else Lady Violet
05:03never showed the plans to her father.
05:05Your mother was aware
05:06that our wedding could well draw
05:08the lurid scrutiny of the press.
05:10I suggested retiring to the country
05:12to raise bees.
05:13Raise bees?
05:16Why does everyone always repeat
05:18the idea in that tone of voice?
05:20What happened to the need
05:21for irrefutable evidence?
05:24Nothing.
05:29It's just...
05:31this evening
05:31can well prove dangerous.
05:33And while the outcome
05:34remains in doubt,
05:35I wanted you to have
05:36all the facts.
05:40If all goes well,
05:41we can return to this conversation
05:44once the danger has passed.
05:45and I no longer
05:47need to wear a gun
05:48with my formal attire.
05:49I've waited this long.
05:51I can wait another day.
05:56One question, though.
05:57If you're able to force
05:58Chief Inspector Whitlock
05:59into cooperating...
06:00Oh, Whitlock, Whitlock.
06:02He duped me,
06:03he duped me,
06:04and I shall take great pleasure
06:05in returning the favor.
06:07Could we have Lady Violet
06:08arrested for Mama's murder?
06:09I think it's more likely
06:10she hired someone
06:12for the purpose,
06:13provided the weapon
06:15rather than carrying out
06:16the deed herself.
06:17Besides, the crime
06:17was committed in America,
06:19not here.
06:20Still, Whitlock may yet
06:22implicate Lady Violet
06:23in other equally
06:24horrifying offenses.
06:26If only we knew
06:27why she needed the keys
06:28from the American Embassy.
06:29Yes, and what they are not.
06:32The Moriarty boy
06:33also has plans
06:34for this evening.
06:35He's likely to seek you out,
06:37but to find you...
06:38I know.
06:39My carriage awaits.
06:39Yes, I've always wanted
06:41to say that that...
06:42Well, steady on those heels.
06:44Are you sure these shoes
06:46aren't going to be
06:46an issue this evening?
06:48They'll be okay, I just...
06:49I need to fix the laces.
06:52Yes, the laces.
06:52Go, go, go, go.
06:55Sorry, one second.
06:58Oh, that's it.
06:59I've got it.
07:05Better.
07:08Now, you take great care.
07:12Do not be impetuous.
07:17I'll be okay.
07:18Don't worry.
07:36She's taken my gun.
07:44And my handkerchief.
07:53What the devil is she up to?
08:00The End
08:24Chief Inspector Whitlock here. To whom am I speaking please?
08:27Yes, that is, that too. And I have a serious problem.
08:31I have already solved quite a few of your problems, Lady Violet, including those related to the less than accidental
08:37death of one of your debutants.
08:40Your taste for violence has become...
08:42I am in no mood for a lecture on morality, especially from a man who has been so handsomely rewarded
08:48for the train, the Lord.
08:49Good evening, Chief Inspector.
08:50I do wish to escape with your prize.
08:52I do hope I'm not interrupting your travel plans.
08:54I noticed a ticket for a late train to Dover, and another for a trip to Calais on your whole
09:00table.
09:01I'm embarking on a well-deserved holiday. What the hell are you doing in my house, Swan?
09:06Oh, I thought the recording would make the reason for my presence here incredibly clear.
09:10It is against the law to listen to a man's telephone call.
09:13Well, everything about this conversation was preserved legally.
09:16I have a warrant here, signed by the Prime Minister himself, allowing me to record all conversations on your telephone.
09:23And yet you play this recording for me and not Lord Salisbury. I wonder why.
09:27Because in return for one-fifth of the American Ambassador's missing gems, which you recovered from Lord Witherses' estate after
09:37his suicide,
09:39I would give this recording to you, not the Prime Minister.
09:42I might have considered that offer, had I plans to return, but my holiday could easily extend to the rest
09:50of my life.
09:51So I could just shoot you for breaking in tonight.
09:58You could kill Detective Swan and me.
10:01Holmes?
10:01You do, of course, have several copies of that recording, as well as evidence connecting you to the criminal syndicate
10:07known as the Red Thread.
10:08I know where the police have been placed around this entire city this evening.
10:11They will presently be occupied with much bigger problems than the murder of a non-entity and past his prime
10:18consulting detective.
10:20Are you sure you know where the police are?
10:22You seem terribly surprised to find Detective Swan in your parlour.
10:25You'd be more surprised if you managed to fire that gun before we finish this conversation.
10:29Perhaps we should base your next course of action on whether you prefer a prison cell or swinging from the
10:34neck until dead.
10:44I may be past my prime, but I've never been more celebrated.
10:51What event could possibly overshadow my murder?
10:55Perhaps the escape of the carriage drivers who tried to rob the Bank of England?
10:59They were rebels, hoping to crush the Empire's financial systems.
11:04Fools.
11:04And only slightly worse than Parliament, filled with politicians and their petty ambitions.
11:09War will sweep them away and return power and authority to the crown where it belongs.
11:16As for the wretched drivers, no, they will not be escaping.
11:20I merely struck their names from the lists of known revolutionaries and introduced them to Dan Moriarty.
11:27Or, if you prefer his alias, Michael Wiley.
11:31Michael Wiley?
11:31But, sir, that's the clerk that Miss Rojas demanded to...
11:34One criminal confesses to us, not the other way around.
11:38You know, leaving the country with the ambassador's jewels makes you look less like a royalist
11:43and more like a criminal escaping with an enormous bribe for your unique assistance.
11:48No one else could have ordered so many custom-made carriages ostensibly designed for the transport of the criminally insane.
11:55Or employed these carriages for the supposed transfer of the gold from the ship to the bank.
11:59Or, indeed, allowed me to inspect one such carriage in great detail.
12:04Inspected?
12:05The carriage nearly ran you down.
12:07Your Moriarty was absolutely furious for having to save you.
12:11It should have been unnecessary.
12:13Both men were meant to abandon the kidnapping and flee.
12:16The young Moriarty failed to reflect on how much a hardened criminal might sacrifice for the honor of killing me.
12:24Oh, that reporter you brought along to the bank, that was to instigate the market crash.
12:28Isn't it obvious?
12:30Well, I've been far more instrumental than you seem to understand.
12:34In many ways, I am the red thread.
12:37And through my office, I have kept the rest of my confederates from ever being caught committing a crime.
12:44They will prove grateful.
12:46And for interrupting my escape, I expect the red thread to murder your emboire.
12:53Shall we still refer to her as your maid?
13:04Not senseless with a single blow.
13:06Mr. Holmes, I have no idea.
13:08Yes, I was something of a boxer in my youth.
13:10Marvel swan.
13:11By all means, marvel.
13:13Cuff the man.
13:14Yes, of course.
13:15No one hand me his revolver.
13:17I'm in need of a weapon.
13:20Oh.
13:22Jewels.
13:35Clara was so excited when she realized you were joining us and that you would also be meeting your children.
13:40The ambassador and I are grateful and amazed you would make such a long journey.
13:44Please have an enjoyable evening and thank you so much for coming.
13:49His Excellency, the ambassador from Germany, Count von Hatzfeld zu Wildenburg and his wife.
13:55Madam Chair, Ms. Anderson, Ambassador Anderson, I congratulate you on saving the British Empire.
14:01Don't fall for that.
14:02He was fit to be tied when all that gold was found.
14:06But I was never prouder to be an American.
14:08Enjoy your special evening, Ms. Anderson.
14:10And don't make hasty decisions when it comes to marriage.
14:13If you like to dance, younger men can keep you spinning all night.
14:16Thank you, Countess, for that well-meaning advice.
14:20There's more where that came from.
14:21Oh, what an incredible resource.
14:25Lady Violet, I hope you save awards for me tonight.
14:28Thank you, Count Vildenburg.
14:33His Excellency, Prime Minister Lord Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoigne Cecil,
14:38Marquess of Salisbury, Knight of the Order of the Garter,
14:41Knight of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order,
14:44Privy Councillor and Deputy...
14:46Thank you ever so much.
14:48Your kindness in allowing our police to search the premises
14:52has made me the last of the guests to arrive.
14:55But we are thankful that you will be well protected.
14:57We are sensible of the great honor you pay us this evening.
15:01Oh, the honor is all mine.
15:03And you, young lady, have united
15:05all of London's diplomatic community in one place,
15:09single-handedly ending my policy of splendid isolation.
15:13I would never suggest a man of your experience would be an error.
15:17Yet, I am persuaded my guests are even more interested in you than they are me.
15:21Diplomacy runs in the family, I see.
15:24Oh, now, if you'll excuse me for one moment.
15:27They're playing my soul.
15:29Let's go through, my dears.
15:31Shall we?
15:39In society, maintaining a lady's proper altitude
15:44requires a balance, twist, defiance, and elegance.
15:48You have too much of one and not enough of the other.
16:01My lords, ladies, and gentlemen,
16:03the American ambassador to the court of St. James,
16:06Mr. Paul Anderson with his wife.
16:16And the guest of honor, their daughter,
16:19Clara Reichardt-Anderson.
16:32Shall we?
16:42Let's go through, let's go through, let's go through.
17:03Let's go through, let's go through.
17:49Let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go
17:52through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's
17:52go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through,
17:52let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go through, let's go
17:56through, let's go through, let's go through.
18:10Good evening, Amelia.
18:14Sorry, you surprised me.
18:17May I have this dance?
18:19I don't know the steps.
18:21This is not what I think of as dancing.
18:23You watched it being taught.
18:25It's quite simple, really.
18:27Let me show you.
18:36I can't carry on to instruct you.
18:39Move with the music.
18:41One, two, three.
18:42One, two, three.
18:44One, two, three.
18:46One, two, three.
18:50See?
18:52Easy.
18:54It's on.
18:55I was with Clara greeting guests all evening, and yet I missed your arrival.
18:59But I was already here.
19:00In a small party, celebrating our successful intervention in saving the bank.
19:06I'm surprised Mr. Holmes wasn't invited.
19:10Wasn't he at all helpful?
19:13His reward is the gratitude of the ruling class, which he fully deserves.
19:19What we deserve, Amelia, is a new world, a better world.
19:25I could take you there, if you'd like me.
19:28Can you also take me back to California?
19:30And to my mother's rancho?
19:32That's where she was murdered.
19:34My mother, Lichia Rojas.
19:36The killers stole map cases with her designs.
19:39And they left a red thread around the knife that they killed her with.
19:44Does that sound familiar?
19:46It's the first I've heard of it.
19:49And I am...
19:51I'm deeply sorry.
19:53You didn't know Lady Violet sent someone to kill my mother.
19:57And steal her weapon design.
19:59I had no idea.
20:01Please.
20:05Do you blame Clara or her family for the colonization of your continent?
20:09And the mass murder of your people?
20:13Is her father not associated with the government that tried to eradicate the native tribes?
20:17Do not hold me to a higher standard than you do the Andersons.
20:25I refuse responsibility for Lady Violet or her schemes.
20:29Your quarrel is with her.
20:31Not with me.
20:35You use this idea for a better world to justify all the crimes you'll commit to create it.
20:40That's the exact idea that dispossessed my people from their lives and their land.
20:45If you really want a better world, why not help people figure out how to share the one we already
20:50have?
20:53Unless what you really want is not to free everyone, but to take the world for yourself.
20:58Is that it, Dan?
21:03Amelia.
21:05If Lady Violet sees the chance, she will kill you.
21:09I know.
21:11I'm counting on it.
21:13Don't worry.
21:14I'll be fine.
21:16In fact, save me another dance.
21:18We can pick this up where we left off.
21:32A very good job on the gold, Mr. Holmes.
21:34A very good job.
21:35Hi, I can't tell you how relieved.
21:37Thank you, Inspector.
21:37Are you here tonight as part of the Prime Minister's police?
21:40Not to worry.
21:41We searched the building before allowing the PM to enter, and our deployment was organized
21:45by the Chief Inspector, so I have no doubt.
21:48Yes, yes, yes, yes.
21:49I believe your lack of doubt is the principal reason Whitlock chose you for this assignment.
21:54Mr. Dankworth left this for you, Mr. Holmes.
21:56From a professor friend of yours, I believe.
21:58Thank you very much.
22:03As the PM's police, we're always worried, but Lord Salisbury is safe here tonight.
22:08Safe as if you were in a vault in the Bank of England.
22:10I disagree.
22:11The Prime Minister is the target of desperate assassins, and the police have been pre-arranged
22:15to allow the killers to escape.
22:17Have you checked this balcony?
22:18Oh, yeah, not to worry, Mr. Holmes.
22:20The entrances are locked.
22:21Locked?
22:22The balconies are decrepit and unsafe, and all the keys to the various entrances are lost,
22:26so it's not in any way a threat.
22:27Mr. Holmes, Mr. Holmes.
22:29Not now, Miss Anderson.
22:30Please, it's about the red thread.
22:32One moment.
22:36Inspector, your precautions are inadequate.
22:39Take the Prime Minister home immediately.
22:42Lady Violet just threatened me.
22:44Threatened you how?
22:45I was told that if I don't take my next dance with the Turkish ambassador
22:47and tell him to meet her in the stables by her carriage, she will ruin me.
22:51She knows about Charlie.
22:53Lady Violet's threats will come to naught.
22:55Where's Amelia?
22:57Oh, of course.
22:59Just when I'm needed here the most.
23:02Right.
23:11Fancy seeing you here.
23:13First time in a stable?
23:16You make a great mistake by confronting me in this manner.
23:20I'm sorry.
23:21Allow me to follow the etiquette of a proper servant.
23:29You are even less clever than I supposed.
23:33This pitiful show of force will have no effect on the business I transact tonight.
23:38I'm not here to stop the sale of my mother's designs.
23:43I want justice for her murder.
23:45Remember, the map case you're holding and the knife from your collection in your parlor,
23:50the one that was left in my mother's heart, they both prove that you conspired to kill
23:55her.
23:55Since you insist on bringing it up, do not forget what was tied to the knife when you pulled
24:00it from dear mommy's heart.
24:02Arm me and the red thread will dispatch you before you ever meet a judge.
24:07I'm not sure about that.
24:09Your friend the chief inspector is under arrest.
24:11Your influence with the police.
24:13Your influence with the police.
24:14I should have thrown you from the ship when I had the chance.
24:17Return to the ball and I shall forgive this insolent intrusion into my affairs.
24:22No, place the map case on the ground or roll it toward me.
24:27Why not just shoot me and take it?
24:29I don't want the gunshot to frighten the horses before I make my escape.
24:33You have fantasized about this confrontation far too much.
24:37No, I refuse to play my assigned part.
24:41If you want the map case, little girl, come and take it.
24:48Be warned, you are in grave danger.
24:51From what?
24:51Gravity.
25:03Take your hands off, my daughter.
25:10At last, you admit the truth.
25:13Of course, we have guessed it, but it is satisfying to hear it spoken out loud.
25:20Dear, dear, what will happen when the public learns you fathered a child out of wedlock with a savage and
25:29kept your offspring as a maid?
25:31Well, maybe the public will be more horrified to learn that you murdered an innocent girl just to open a
25:36date for Clara Anderson's debut.
25:38Or perhaps they'll concentrate on your attempts to sell a devastating weapon to one of England's potential foes while trying
25:45to start a war.
25:46Or do not mistake me for an adolescent girl whom you can manipulate with threats of gossip.
25:53We are beyond that.
25:56Now, I'll show you just how far beyond, and I beg you, do not prematurely fire my revolver.
26:12Now, for your sake, give me the gun and tell me how you were to assassinate Lord Salisbury.
26:18Quickly.
26:19I could have helped, but I have been put off by your condescending attitude.
26:25You see, I am the red thread.
26:29So, whatever you think you've accomplished, it will not come undone.
26:34The Moriarty boy will see that war begins this very night, and that was always my purpose.
26:40This is justice at its most poetic.
26:42The world's most esteemed detective perishes with his greatest mystery unsolved.
26:50Events might have turned out differently had you not fallen for that primitive, wild woman.
26:56Or realized my wit was the equal of your own.
27:00I shall treasure our final party until my dying day.
27:06Farewell, Sherlock.
27:08Farewell, Lady Violet.
27:13Farewell, Lady Violet.
27:26Farewell, Lady Violet.
27:30Farewell, Lady Violet.
27:32Lucky for you, she didn't look down the barrel before firing the gun.
27:35I could see my handkerchief crammed inside there from where I stood.
27:38And your high heels.
27:41You kept up this wobble so that Lady Violet would think...
27:45Would think I was a clumsy ox.
27:47Otherwise, she might not have attacked me.
27:50A very impressive balancing act.
27:53Hardly surprising, given that both your parents were virtuosos of the theatrical arts.
27:59Indeed, were I not a genius, I might well have become an actor.
28:07Take a look at this.
28:08During a visit to his father, Dan Moriarty, claimed he was the red thread.
28:14As did Lady Violet, as did Chief Inspector Whitlock when I confronted him.
28:19So there seems to be some confusion amongst our conspirators over which one of them is in charge.
28:23And though they differ on what it should accomplish, they all share the same objective.
28:27The commencement of a great war.
28:30That is something more than a crime.
28:32Did I hear a gunshot out here?
28:34Ah, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
28:36Lady Violet is the victim of her own malice, I'm sorry to say, since she was attempting to murder me.
28:43Well, I told you to return the Prime Minister to number 10.
28:46I asked him to leave, Mr. Holmes, but he said not before he delivers a toast to Miss Anderson.
28:50Last, he's a debutante. Stand aside. Excuse me, stand aside.
28:54Before I say anything else, I would like to speak four of the most important words in the English language.
29:00God save the Queen!
29:02God save the Queen!
29:05And before we adjourn to our dining room...
29:07Head for the ambassador.
29:09Make sure he gets Lord Salisbury away from the podium, out of the light.
29:12...of the United States that, at their convenience, we would welcome our former...
29:17Ambassador, the Prime Minister is in danger.
29:19You need to get him out of this room.
29:21Of course, I jest.
29:23Our host's recent boldness in preventing a crash in our financial markets is due a tribute in itself.
29:35But not tonight.
29:38Tonight is for a very special young woman who has emerged from a life-threatening crisis with all of his
29:44grace and maturity.
29:47Those qualities that convert a woman from a mere wife and mother to a source of modern refinement.
29:58Join me now, as I raise a glass, to Miss Clara Anderson, whose beauty, brilliance and refinement...
30:29The killer was an invited guest.
30:31The killer was an invited guest.
30:38The entire upper class and their gentry accomplices, that has been tried.
30:42Pay no attention to, Herr Baird.
30:45Look, these shoes.
30:47Part of the Wakestaff's livery.
30:48Yes, cufflinks.
30:52So our would-be assassin arrived with the catering, but changed his clothes before trying to shoot the Prime Minister.
30:58Good shot, I must say.
31:00We're in the dark, too.
31:01Very near thing, a very near thing indeed.
31:04Now, what do we have here?
31:14That, Bertie, is the new naval ensign for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
31:19That's how the war is supposed to begin.
31:21Pardon me for the change in subject.
31:24Telegram mentioned something about the ambassador's jewels.
31:27In a moment, Bertie.
31:29Amelia, you recognize the cufflinks.
31:33Amelia.
31:34Amelia?
31:36How can you even hope to find the accomplice without the police to help you?
31:40Because I already know who the accomplice is.
31:42This attack may have been orchestrated by the young Mariati, but he would never have sacrificed himself in the attempt.
31:48I believe Amelia has gone in search of him.
31:51We must wish a success.
31:52And in the meantime, Bertie, seek out the ambassador.
32:22Amelia, stand aside.
32:26No.
32:27I don't have time for this.
32:28You said that you didn't know anything about what happened in California.
32:32But Lady Violet was selling my mother's designs as a weapon of war the same night that you were trying
32:36to start one.
32:36That's not a coincidence.
32:37I don't want a war.
32:39I want a revolution.
32:41You made a lot of money from this revolution.
32:43You say you're a rebel, but you act like an outlaw.
32:45All rebels are outlaws until they win.
32:48In victory, I promise you the greatest history money can buy.
32:51You're in my way.
32:52I could shoot you where you stand, but if you swear on your life not to tell anyone you saw
32:59me here, if you walk away now, I'll let you live.
33:05Someone probably will find you here.
33:08Eventually.
33:09But I swear, I will never under any circumstances tell anyone where I saw you.
33:19But I'd blow that out if I were you.
33:21Why?
33:40Because the air in the passage comes from a vent in this door.
33:44So pretty soon you're going to have to choose between seeing and breathing.
33:47Amelia!
33:48Amelia!
33:49Let me out!
34:06Why, this, it's amazing.
34:10After the events of this evening, my wife might well find some comfort in the recovery of her jewels.
34:15I will return the insurance company's benefit tomorrow, but I'm sure they will pay you a handsome reward.
34:21But what about Mr. Holmes, to whom you claim we owe so much?
34:26I intend to split my bonus with Holmes, but he's no interest in money.
34:37Thank you, Sherlock, for allowing me to conduct my business first.
34:49At last, Ambassador, we arrive at the moment where we must tell each other the truth.
34:54Well, that sounds slightly ominous.
34:56Are we at odds, Mr. Holmes?
34:58Well, I'm not here to befriend you, if that's what you mean.
35:00But lives are at stake, so we must negotiate.
35:02I am protected by diplomatic immunity, and even were I not, I have committed no crime.
35:09Well, I cannot prove otherwise.
35:11In the attempted assassination of Lord Salisbury, you are guiltless.
35:15The keys to the balcony were surrendered in exchange for your daughter's life,
35:21and the payment of a ransom is not illegal.
35:23Well, Chief Inspector Whitlock has protected you and most of your associates from criminal liability
35:29in exchange for a bribe, which you arranged.
35:33Bribe?
35:34What bribe?
35:35The jewels, of course.
35:37Which you allowed to be stolen so that Chief Inspector Whitlock could find and keep them.
35:42It's a remarkably sophisticated payoff.
35:45Simultaneously corrupting the police, whilst obtaining for yourself the true value of the gems,
35:50which you then converted into an enormous fortune.
35:53Look, the bribe returns, none the worse for its absence.
35:59Much like Clara, though I do admit some surprise at the depths of your amorality,
36:05not even the kidnapping of your daughter could convince you to abandon your accomplices.
36:11What a hypocrite you are.
36:14How dare I allow Clara to remain in the vicinity of Dan Moriarty and Lady Violet?
36:19Who else but a monster would risk his own child's life by putting her in the constant company of murderers
36:25and thieves?
36:26And yet you accuse me of immorality.
36:29I do, indeed.
36:30Every other member of the Red Thread with whom I have spoken wanted to start a great war involving Britain
36:36and other colonial powers.
36:37Is that your position, too?
36:38Far from it.
36:39In fact, I advise against the conflict as unwise.
36:42But not too much.
36:45For a great war amongst Europe's industrial powers can have but one winner.
36:51The United States.
36:52As our biggest competitors destroy each other, America will step into the manufacturing breach.
36:58Helped by some smart investments under my direction at the Bank of England.
37:03Honestly, with so many of its own citizens determined that your country cannot continue as it is,
37:10one must deduce that the British Empire has passed its zenith.
37:18Anything else?
37:26Oh, yes.
37:27Yes, there is.
37:30You may be aware that my dear old friend, Dr. Watson, occasionally writes about my cases,
37:38and he avoids charges of libel whilst disguising his character so clumsily that only a complete fool could fail to
37:46recognize,
37:48well, your daughter, for example.
37:52You would not dare to allow him...
37:54Not dare, sir.
37:55I will chain him to the desk.
37:57I will supply the ink myself.
38:02Now, I offer a fair exchange.
38:04Clara's future happiness for Amelia's.
38:07And if I, or anyone close to me, should meet with an accident or die or be just a little
38:11late for dinner,
38:12then the case of the Red Thread will be immediately published in the Strand.
38:19Oh, don't bother looking shocked.
38:21The bargain I propose is why you agreed to have Amelia in your household
38:28and to protect her from your more vicious associates.
38:33I will protect your daughter, and you will protect mine.
38:37Yes.
38:38Yes, this is the disagreeable treaty by which we must keep the peace.
38:43Now, I mention imparting.
38:47Everyone else who sought to profit from a position in the Red Thread seems to have been badly mistaken.
38:56Even unto death.
39:04Good night, sir.
39:10A most unsatisfactory ending.
39:13Professor Moriarty comes out more sympathetic than he should.
39:16And I object to Amelia being left out of the plot.
39:21She played a role in all...
39:22On this subject, I am immovable.
39:25Now, Amelia may stay and work with us,
39:29but our relationship must be kept a secret known only to the people in this room.
39:33Oh, we hoped not to interrupt breakfast with your daughter.
39:38Don't worry, Mr. Holmes.
39:39We understand the dangers were enough.
39:41The secret will hold.
39:43I can but hope.
39:45It won't be the same without you.
39:47You'll have Mr. Halligan here, and I will visit on Sundays.
39:50Oh, God, Watson's manuscript, well.
39:55With my life, sir.
39:56If necessary.
39:58If it's any comfort there, I'll be making breakfast from now on.
40:02That should be a little relief.
40:10Mrs. Halligan will doubtlessly read that story on her way home.
40:13It's a shame it can't be published.
40:15But with the Ambassador untouchable, it leaves you with a problematic finish.
40:19How did Dan make such a daring getaway?
40:22It must have been very well planned.
40:24Amelia could not even imagine the workings of such a wicked mind.
40:28Shocking.
40:28Starting a war to bring down the Empire.
40:31Forgive me while I scrub the ink off my hands.
40:34Thank you for a very warm welcome, Dr. Watson.
40:37I am glad for the reinforcements.
40:39Together we can help Holmes master everything but his ego.
41:05Who else but a monster would risk his own child's life by putting her in the constant company of murderers
41:11and thieves?
41:15Much as I respect your abilities, I have lately wondered if I have put you in danger more than I
41:26should have.
41:26Look, Mr. Holmes, I mean, father.
41:33Papa?
41:33Worse, I think, Papa.
41:38We'll figure it out.
41:40Yes.
41:41Don't be hard on yourself.
41:44I was determined to find Mama's killers and bring them to justice.
41:48And along the way, you offered me insight, guidance, and now a chance to be your partner.
41:53A silent partner.
41:54I would not want our relationship to threaten your safety.
41:58And I admit, with the Moriarty boy on the loose, I am happier to have you here.
42:05And in the family business, as it were.
42:08I don't think you need to worry about Dan coming back.
42:13I don't expect to ever see him again.
42:16I don't expect to ever see him again.
42:23I don't expect to ever see him again.
42:52I don't expect to ever see him again.
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