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Sherlock and Daughter S01E06
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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.
00:39Dad, 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 voice.
00:50Help!
00:52Help!
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?
01:38Pardon my interruption, Lady Violet.
01:41Just 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.
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.
02:54Now deceased.
02:54Yes.
02:55Thank you, Bertie.
02:57Now, 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.
03:19Mr. 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, I've fired my weapon many times, but I've never killed anyone before.
03:38I understand better than you think.
03:42Well, I 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?
03:52Oh.
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.
04:13But I save Amelia, and you're having me taken to prison?
04:17You'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, nor recognizes 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 specializes in such problems.
04:44How are you holding up?
04:45Me?
04:47I'm furious.
04:49Lady 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.
05:12I'd like to go find Lady Violet and punch her in our stupid face.
05:16Right.
05:16In that case, we should leave.
05:17Scotland Yard will be here for the next few hours, and I have contrived to have Bertie, that is, Mr.
05:22Bertwistle, add our inquiries to his own so that my hand in these affairs remains invisible.
05:26Now, he will report what he learns of the coachman to you tomorrow at the ambassador's house.
05:31He already has a midday appointment.
05:33In 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 debutant ball.
05:49Is it possible Lady Violet arranged this young girl's death just to open up a date for Clara Anderson's debut?
05:56Yeah, that's what happened.
05:58Clara's ball will take the place of Emma's.
06:01Let's forget about Lady Violet for the moment.
06:03Do you recall any distinguishing feature of this driver who tried to kidnap you?
06:08He had an accent that I didn't recognise.
06:12Could you give it a try?
06:14Help, help me.
06:17In the, for, for the love of God, my chest, chest, my chest, my chest.
06:25South Africa?
06:27I said it was rather good.
06:30Thanks.
06:30So, 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.
06:58She tried to have me kidnapped.
07:00And there's more.
07:01It pertains to motive in an important aspect of this case.
07:08Of the many mechanical designs stolen after your mother's murder,
07:15I'm convinced one was a blueprint for a fearsome weapon of war.
07:22How do you know that?
07:28You 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.
07:47And when in London, she called herself Little Dove.
07:55Look.
08:01Amelia.
08:04Look here.
08:08See there?
08:10That's me.
08:12And next to me.
08:14The woman I had been asked to escort.
08:17Lady Violet?
08:18The daughter of the Duke of Somerset,
08:20for whom I'd done a small favour.
08:24Yes.
08:24Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
08:27Really was the theatrical event of the century.
08:30And after this command performance, there was a garden party with further presentations of sharpshooting, Roman riding, hog tying, all
08:43of which I found completely exhausting.
08:46And so I escaped, and I wandered into a tent, displaying the most amazing part of the show, because for
08:54me, nothing exceeded the genius of the scenery.
08:59All designed by the most unlikely person on earth.
09:03Mama.
09:04As you say.
09:10As 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.
09:28These are your designs?
09:31Well, they're remarkable.
09:33Where did you learn these construction techniques?
09:35My grandfather was a military engineer.
09:38Ah.
09:38Lacking any male descendants, he imparted his skills to me.
09:43The blending of machinery and art is my own innovation, Mr. Holmes.
09:48Made necessary by our show's epic scale.
09:51Ha ha.
09:52Now you have me at 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 a state called California.
10:07In 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?
10:34Lady, why, 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.
10:52As you wish.
10:58I must apologize for the dullness of court customs.
11:03May I?
11:05Oh, of course.
11:10Ingenious.
11:12Really.
11:13Do you have any more of these?
11:15I do.
11:17This invention I call the mechanical earthmover.
11:21To clear land for cultivation or powering the earthmover using liquid gas.
11:27Liquid gas?
11:29That'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 armored 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,
11:59that rather patronizing young lady to whom I introduced you at the command performance of the show.
12:04Her Majesty's government would want to control a weapon such as this.
12:08So 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?
12:24What proofs did you offer?
12:26A portrait you might have drawn of a passerby, 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,
12:44my siblings and other distant relatives,
12:46some of whom presented far more compelling evidence than I have thus far seen from you.
12:51To be brutally frank, you cannot even verify.
12:55Beyond 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, I would rather err on the side of good faith than suspicion.
13:14But as to who I am, Amelia, I do 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 give 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, but first you must return to the ambassador's residence to meet Bertie
14:24Bertwistle.
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.
14:49I'm sure her hair could benefit from some serious professional attention, and 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 Amelia at 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, Third Marquess of Salisbury,
15:46and the current Prime Minister of Her Majesty's Government.
15:50Oh, how wonderful!
15:52Lord Salisbury's 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,
16:10ignoring 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?
16:26Well, by which you mean the exploitation of human weakness through opium dens, gambling, and houses of ill repute.
16:34Run 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 15 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 pedals 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.
17:22Well, you've not already made enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life.
17:27It'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?
17:35I endure prison for another year and two months, after which I receive my parole license and go free with
17:40no 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, and yet you failed.
17:56Since I am not cause enough for you to desire freedom, I 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.
19:05Whatever 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?
19:22Hmm.
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.
19:41Oh, my favors did not come free.
19:43Whatever your former maid knows, Dan killed an agent of the thread to save her.
19:46I demand you be protected from retaliation.
19:49I'll do what I can.
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.
20:14Thanks very much for helping me out.
20:16Oh, do you want the chicken or a 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 hate chimney sweeps, eh?
20:45Are you coming, or what?
20:48See? The cheese is good.
20:51I'm holding it at all.
20:54We'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?
21:08One moment.
21:10That 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?
21:27Nonsense.
21:29You're better settled in than my own children.
21:31And despite appearances, we both know you still work for Holmes.
21:41Did you find anything out from the coachman after we left?
21:43I did.
21:44There were two sullen drivers from New Zealand.
21:48One working for no lesser personage than the Duke of Leicester, owner of the world's largest shipyard.
21:54Those companies fall in at hard times.
21:55The other driver was employed by Sir Nigel Parks, a 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.
22:12One would have to sell the gems to split the money.
22:14Offense 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, the ambassador collects 50,000 pounds of fortune equal to his losses
22:44in the railroad bank run scene.
22:46Excuse me, Amelia. Is there a reason you delay Mr. Burt Whistle from our appointment?
22:54I beg your pardon, sir. I was just trying to talk him out of questioning Claire again.
22:59Yeah, Mr. Ambassador, if the girl were any more protective of your daughter, she'd be one of your Pinkertons.
23:06Delay is a familiar tactic of insurance companies, or so I hear.
23:11This way, sir, if you please.
23:20I don't know.
23:49not unreasonable ambassador anderson especially considering the vast sum involved that i be
23:56allowed to interview everyone at least twice nevertheless i demand all inquiries for my
24:03family come through me and now i believe if you cannot find the jewels it is time to arrange
24:13restitution or shall i call my american lawyers
24:20no such a mess i'm sorry i came in to see if the room needed straightening and these buttons go
24:27up
24:27the side of my new frock let's not lose any of them what happened here i wonder i can't tell
24:34you
24:34everything mr rimes but this carriage that was used to kidnap your maid this is a it's new
24:41construction built to last the ages i guess it wouldn't stick out on the streets but
24:47i've not seen their light before even if this carriage displays inferior workmanship the lamps
24:53and the outside door handles are perfectly shaped and exactly alike now would that not indicate the
24:58use of a mold and would one create molds for a single carriage or even two that's me sir but
25:04you're right still we would want a fleet of carriages like this with no uh
25:10i don't do it it's not an insight i believe we'll find its legitimate purpose was
25:15as an ambulance for the patients of the green and crest asylum the criminally insane but these
25:20carriages could serve in other capacities now is this a false button
25:27it is added after manufacture or the original design this is fantastical
25:33surely they didn't mean for me to see this did they like who would i a criminal consortium of
25:41unrivaled malice i must stop them clarence and you must help me tomorrow night in fact perhaps the
25:46following morning shall we say 20 pounds 10 for you 10 for your men 20 pounds is that dangerous
25:52i i don't know mr rams queen and country clarence
26:00thank you i'll send my man shore around with directions
26:04oh uh and clarence yes mr rams be on your guard especially around any coachman you might see
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 did anyone discover why the driver tried to kidnap you
26:53no idea and there was another man involved who got away which is curious honestly i think men are
27:03only interested in me because i worked for mr holmes that may be how we first met but i think
27:08we've moved past that have we not well 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
27:21citizens of the british empire including ladies who have never had a voice in government careful
27:27mr wiley you don't want to sound as if you're hauling a guillotine to pick a dilly besides one cannot
27:33decapitate the entire upper class and their gentry accomplices that has been tried pay no attention to
27:39their hair burn our club offers a peaceful alternative to violence and revolution i only want the
27:44right to vote once we have universal suffrage i know righteousness will prevail how good to see
27:51you all again we begin this evening by announcing our petition for universal suffrage has reached the
27:59prime minister with nearly 50 000 signatures to celebrate i shall read our petition out loud
28:10given the major improvements to birmingham's welfare we humbly request the expansion of home rule to
28:16encompass every city county and colony of a majesty's empire tell me jeremy what do you make of this
28:22petition's request me prime minister well i know it'll be the devil to make six copies of it
28:28but what about extending home rule oh sir that uh that could never pass parliament
28:38congratulations jeremy on twice refusing to answer the question that shows great promise thank you
28:43prime minister let us see who signed this damnable appeal i suspect it's the usual fabians and rabble rousers
28:57my lord sounds very 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 this way
29:16ah mr sherlock holmes welcome and meet my private secretary mr jeremy stevens otherwise we're quite alone
29:26as requested thank you prime minister it's an honor to meet you mr stevens just just a moment
29:34you will inform the professor of my profound irritation and the roughness with which his
29:39favor was executed now get out just be glad i have no time to pursue you go on thank you
29:48fire minister i uh thank you for making time in your very busy schedule and i do apologize for the
29:55rather theatrical nature of my entrance but it was vital i'd not be seen visiting you you have been so
30:00useful to her majesty and her various governments that i don't refuse your appeal
30:05just a little bit on your left there thank you thank you thank you now without wishing to alarm you
30:13i have a serious problem that only you can solve what do you require only that you be helpful
30:19and frank only helpful and frank these are no small requests for a career politician yes yes i i
30:28understand and i i do hesitate to ask it's just i'm in the midst of solving a crime of enormous
30:35magnitude not to mention the dismantling of a secret cabal representing the worldwide industrialization
30:42of crime our prime minister is completely untrustworthy but once women get the vote all that
30:49will change that is the hope mrs morrison
30:55so what did you think i don't know much about politics but surely you see the fairness of home
31:02rule do you think that the united states would give the apache tribe home rule
31:07when you demand home rule for australia is it for the natives or is it for the colonizers
31:15i see your point the injustice goes deeper than we can address all at once but i believe a fairer
31:21world would make fairer choices and i am committed to a better world and lately my idea of a better
31:28world includes you i don't see how do you not
31:41i'm sorry i forget myself it's okay it's a lot more fun than listening to petitions being read
31:50is it
31:55there's no use creating taboos criminals will not abide by them and they hinder
32:00our pursuit and i infer from the size of the conspiracy the crime i'm trying to solve is one
32:05of international significance i offer you a compromise compromise i expected this you must
32:11use your skills mr holmes and i must use mine the information produced from this this instance of
32:18state approved eavesdropping must be handled by an officer of the court the conversation can
32:26never be used in evidence that's fair i believe you have deduced my predicament
32:33right at the moment i am more in the business of identifying criminals rather than bringing them
32:39to justice jeremy prepare to write a warrant for it what do you call it a wiretap my lord wiretap
32:47is
32:47how they secretly refer to it in new york wiretap it's marvelous isn't it how technical terms drain all
32:56the outrage out of questionable activities yes we'll begin the document as per usual jeremy and mr holmes
33:02here will help you word the rest if you could tell me the name and position of the person who's
33:07telephone you intend to monitor yes indeed i have it here yeah dear god steady on jeremy this request is
33:19from sherlock holmes
33:26so do you think you could summarize everything we have left to do in order to solve the case of
33:31the
33:31red thread in its entirety as i see it we have to figure out how these coachmen from different
33:39countries all became accomplices to their bosses determine what keys ambassador anderson was forced
33:45to give up in exchange for clara solve the mystery of why reams and maggot were murdered name the person
33:53at scotland yard using chief inspector whitlock's telephone find 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
34:05their false bottoms to connect all of that to my mother's murder and bring lady violet to justice
34:11yes yes yes yes you left three questions unasked number one why the attempted abduction of the italian
34:18ambassador's son done after the murder of your maid to see if you would back off after finding a red
34:23threat excellent superb my deduction precisely a test to make sure i will not break from their
34:29distractions again number two during your attempted abduction a man jumped from the carriage and raced
34:36away to a waiting coach while the driver who kidnapped you chose to stay behind and missed a chance to
34:41get
34:41away now why did he do that i have no idea no nor i now number three a little more
34:49serious before lord
34:52withers he killed himself he went so far as to suggest that the red thread were planning a crime beyond
34:57my
34:57imagination and i fear he may have been right oh sorry hydrogen sulfide that's a necessary evil i'm
35:03afraid if you say so maybe if we just answer one or two of these questions then the thread would
35:10unravel yes but don't forget the thread would have killed me long ago were i not somehow vital to their
35:16success so how am i supposed to help them we're not stopping until we can figure that out are we
35:20no no no
35:20no no no no no we will soldier on and once we have rescued watson and mrs hudson then the
35:26true
35:26power of my genius can be put back to its proper use and then let the thread beware now what
35:31do you
35:31think of my work with the telephone calls made during our rescue of clara anderson
35:36it's very good thank you a few minutes after i reported trolley the coachman someone at chief
35:45inspector whitlock's office called the coffin factory then whitlock's office immediately rang up
35:50lord withersey warning him he was about to welcome watson and mrs hudson not to mention the ambassador's
35:55jewels well now that you have all these names and addresses it seems perfectly reasonable to
36:01assume that dr watson and mrs hudson must be at one of them i guess you can't ask scotland yard
36:10for
36:11a search warrant because someone there is involved exactly well you've arranged the telephone numbers
36:19between the members of the thread in the shape of a tree why not shake it see what falls out
36:26superb suggestion yes an excellent description of my plan shake the tree but first we must move beyond
36:34how the thread communicate with each other and get them to talk to us i've found a place
36:39in ambassador anderson's house where i can hear every word he says in his study
36:43amelia
36:47i'm so proud of you listening 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
37:01and then watson and mrs hudson will once more be on the move our allies and friends are already
37:07strategically placed and i will light up the sky with two signals one color representing where
37:13watson and mrs hudson have been kept and the other color representing where they are going
37:19so it will be red the earl of dorchester where clarence waits the green the dowager duchess of
37:26lincolnshire where the baker street irregulars are on watch orange the broker sir nigel parks where the
37:32halogens have parted my carriage yellow 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
37:51helping us 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 nonsense you're not old enough to
38:14have
38:14a career did you see the name on the warrant signed by lord salisbury himself yes and i obeyed it
38:19sir
38:19certain the knowledge that no gentleman shall ever speak to me again nonsense you should not be so lucky
38:23now does this contraption work yes sir i can hear and record every conversation from the telephone of
38:31the chief inspector wonderful wonderful wonderful now all that remains is for me to go and give one of
38:36the most amazing performances in theatrical history i regret you cannot attend but the audience for this
38:43spectacle must be very small afterwards someone will pick up the telephone in chief inspector whitlock's
38:48office and ask the operator to dial a number you must write this number down yes yes and then
38:52while still recording the conversation you must compare this number to all the other numbers
38:56on the list to see to whom they belong do you understand the duke of leicester the doubted duchess
39:02of lincolnshire sir this don't fret don't fret we'll all be over soon and now to go upstairs and provoke
39:10your superiors you are moving up in the world last week you were a scullery maid now suddenly
39:19dropping in on the daughter of a duke without so much as an appointment i wouldn't dream of disturbing
39:25you but during the ball for the italian ambassador's daughter clara misplaced her fan and some silly
39:32girl told her that you picked it up i'm not a housekeeper that's more your line of work
39:40never mind describe this fan if you will
39:45well it's very unique it it unfolds into the designs of a weapon
39:52strange armored vehicle the cannon on 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
40:16i will secure it well you could always tie it shut with a red thread and call me to pick
40:22it up oh i shall try very hard to see that you get it
40:33allow me to have mr hopper show you to the door no need i know where the door is
40:42hopper have my carriage brought round immediately
40:47you should have reported these kidnappings to the police happily i am only an hour or so from
40:52locating watson and mrs hudson and ending this dreadful ordeal thank god
40:57how may we help well once again chief inspector you anticipate me first i must return to baker street
41:02and await the call of my informant in the meantime if you could have a few six-man squads standing
41:07by
41:08surely we should be working together i can assume nonsense bullivant why would you demand control
41:13over an investigation you know nothing about of course how how foolish of me rest assured mr holmes
41:22we will put teams of officers all over the city that we might instantly respond to your summons
41:27my thankfulness knows no bounds now that i have your support chief inspector
41:31our success is assured expect my call shortly
42:03so
42:10uh
42:13so
42:33Transcription by CastingWords
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