00:08THE END
00:39THE END
00:57The city you consider as home is never so attractive as when you return to it after long and difficult
01:03times in other parts of the world.
01:05My name is Dr. John Watson.
01:08I had served and been wounded in the more remote regions of Afghanistan and had been discharged from the army
01:13with specific instructions to rest.
01:16The sight of London again was already working its soothing time.
01:19As I rode through the familiar streets, I never suspected that a chance introduction would lead me into the most
01:27amazing adventure of my entire life.
01:32What's an old man?
01:34Hello, how have you been? It's good to see you.
01:36Not as well as you, obviously.
01:37You look great, old man.
01:41I heard you were wounded.
01:43Well, it could have been much worse.
01:45So done.
01:46Can you have a drink?
01:47Mmm, have one.
01:47Good.
01:52Well, what are your plans now?
01:55You're nothing really at the moment. I'm looking for lodgings.
01:58Trying to solve the old problem of comfortable quarters at a reasonable price.
02:03That's odd.
02:04There's a second man today that's used that expression.
02:07Really?
02:08Who's the other?
02:09Well, you wouldn't know him.
02:11He's doing some work in the chemical laboratory at the hospital.
02:14Might be interesting.
02:16Yes, well, I wouldn't mind sharing a flat for somebody if he was all right.
02:24Well, I...
02:26Anything wrong?
02:28Oh, no.
02:30He's rather strange.
02:31Well, what's wrong with him?
02:32There's nothing wrong with Holmes.
02:34That's his name, Sherlock Holmes.
02:36Who...
02:36I saw him this morning.
02:37He was doing some research with a corpse.
02:40Oh, what was he doing?
02:42He was beating it with a stick.
02:45I beg your pardon?
02:46Did you ring, sir?
02:48Touche, this man.
02:49Very good, sir.
02:52What did you say this Sherlock Holmes fellow was doing?
02:57He was beating a corpse with a stick.
03:00Well, what in heaven's name do you want to do that for?
03:04He wanted to find out if it was possible to inflict a bruise on a body after death.
03:09Why?
03:11You know?
03:14You're asking?
03:16There's another strange thing about this Holmes.
03:18Somehow, one never thinks to question him.
03:41It works.
03:42It works.
03:42It really works.
03:43You realize you've just entered the greatest chapter in the history of forensic medicine.
03:47You're Dr. Watson.
03:48Yes, I am.
03:49What works?
03:51A foolproof test for hemoglobin.
03:52You realize what this means, of course?
03:55No, I don't.
03:56You must be Sherlock Holmes.
03:58It will create a revolution in criminal investigation.
04:01Yes, I'm Holmes.
04:03Why did you know I was Watson?
04:06Because you've just come back from Afghanistan.
04:08How do you do?
04:08How do you do?
04:11How did you know I've just come back from Afghanistan?
04:14Well, it's written all over you.
04:16The problem has generally been that a man is suspected of a crime months after a crime is committed.
04:21Then when they find bloodstains on objects of clothing, they can't be sure if it's blood, mud, or rust stains.
04:26But this solves the whole thing, of course.
04:28No, of course.
04:30Of course.
04:33Stanford told me you're looking for someone to share a flat you'd find.
04:36You know, if this test had been in existence a year ago, it would have meant that von Bishop of
04:40Frankfurt would most certainly have been hung.
04:42And that goes for Mason of Branford, Muller and O'Fay, naturally.
04:46Oh, naturally.
04:48Who are these people?
04:50Do you know I'm delighted to meet you, Watson.
04:52I think you like the flat.
04:53It's in Baker Street, by the way.
04:54Oh, we could pop around this afternoon and have a look at it, if you care.
04:56Yes.
04:57Oh, yes, rather, I'd like that.
04:58Good.
04:58Do you mind if I play the violin?
05:00No, go right ahead.
05:01No, no, I don't mean now.
05:02I mean when we're sharing the flat.
05:03Oh, no, of course.
05:05I like a bit of good music.
05:06Oh, good.
05:06I'm not very good.
05:07Oh.
05:09Tell me, Holmes.
05:10Yes?
05:10How did you know I just got back from Afghanistan?
05:13Well, it's obvious.
05:15Now, that's what you said before.
05:16It isn't a bit obvious.
05:17You're a doctor, that much we know.
05:19But with the air of a military man, therefore an army doctor.
05:22You've acquired a sunburn.
05:24I know it's not your natural color because your wrists are white.
05:27Your eyes tell me that you've recently been ill.
05:29I'd say some sort of tropical fever.
05:32Do you use your left arm stiffly as though you've sustained a wound?
05:35Now, the problem becomes, where would an army doctor have contracted a fever to sustain
05:41a wound?
05:42The answer, my dear Watson, is in the present campaign in Afghanistan.
05:45Naturally.
05:47Naturally.
05:48Of course, it's obvious.
05:50Naturally.
05:54We examined the rooms at 221B Baker Street that afternoon and promptly moved in on the
06:00following day.
06:01I had, at this point, known Sherlock Holmes for only 24 hours.
06:05But the man's fantastic powers of perception, coupled with the almost unpredictable personality
06:10I'd ever encountered, kept me in a state of constant surprise when I wasn't being shocked.
06:16It was unbelievable, the things he knew and the things he didn't know.
06:21Now, really, my dear Holmes, do you mean to tell me you didn't know that the earth moved
06:24round the sun?
06:26Really?
06:27But every school child knows that.
06:29Well, now I know it, too.
06:30And I shall prompt and proceed to forget it.
06:32But why?
06:34Yes.
06:35Why?
06:36Why should I remember it?
06:37Well, because it's a natural phenomenon.
06:41Well, is it important?
06:42Does it affect us?
06:43If you told me the earth went round the moon, would it make any possible difference to our
06:46way of life?
06:47Well, to put it that way, no.
06:51Then it's useless information.
06:53And I shall do my best to forget it.
06:55I advise you to do the same.
06:59At times, I thought the man was joking and simply having a bit of fun at my expense.
07:03But I soon learned that he was in dead earnest.
07:05I also, unknown to him, made a brief classification of the man's knowledge.
07:11Literature?
07:12Nothing.
07:13Philosophy?
07:14Nothing.
07:16Astronomy?
07:17Nothing.
07:18Politics?
07:19Disinterested.
07:20Botany?
07:20He knew everything there was to know about poison, and absolutely nothing about practical
07:25drug.
07:26Chemistry profound.
07:28Sensational literature?
07:30Without question, Sherlock Holmes knew the details of every horror perpetrated in the last
07:35hundred years.
07:50I believe we have a visitor.
07:51Really?
07:53Who's coming here?
07:54I believe so.
07:55I would also say he's a retired sergeant of the Marines.
07:58Oh, you know the man?
07:59That was clever.
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