00:00Really? Is he coming here?
00:02I believe so. I would also say he's a retired sergeant of Marines.
00:06How do you know the man?
00:07I've never clapped eyes on it before in the night.
00:10Well, in that case, that's one of the wildest statements I ever heard.
00:14How can you possibly guess he's a retired sergeant of Marines if you've never seen him?
00:18I guess, my dear Watson, a calculated deduction.
00:25Yes, he is coming up here.
00:27Do you mind if I ask him his permission?
00:31Oh, by all means. Now, where did I put my violin case?
00:34Oh, it's over here.
00:39There you are.
00:42Ah, my old friend.
00:45Come in.
00:47Excuse me, gentlemen. I have a message here for Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
01:01Excuse me.
01:03Sir?
01:04Do you mind telling me your occupation?
01:06Not at all, sir. I'm a civil servant employed by the police department.
01:12I just wondered.
01:14Not at all, sir.
01:17How long have you been with the police department?
01:20Just a year, sir.
01:22Before that, I was a sergeant in the Marines.
01:24Good day, gentlemen.
01:27How did you know?
01:29Hmm.
01:29An interesting letter, Watson.
01:30A very interesting letter.
01:32Perhaps you'd like to come with me.
01:34Where?
01:35To catch a murderer, of course.
01:41Of course.
01:49How did you know that that man was an ex-sergeant of Marines?
01:52Who?
01:54A messenger from the police.
01:56Oh, yes, yes. The retired sergeant of Marines.
01:59That's what I said.
01:59Well, there's nothing mysterious about such observations, my dear Watson, but unfortunately,
02:03when explained, they lose their romantic order of mystery.
02:07My decision was based on observation and logical deduction.
02:10A man had a large anchor tattooed on the back of his hand.
02:14This was visible from our window.
02:16I admit I didn't notice it for time, but since you mention it, I think there was an anchor.
02:20Oh, there was indeed.
02:21He also wore regulation sideburns.
02:24Had a slight nautical role.
02:26Thus, I judged him a Marine.
02:29Guess, I grant you, but only a refinement of guesses one makes every day.
02:35Don't be so disgruntled, Watson.
02:37Test your own powers of observation.
02:39We are entering the perfect situation.
02:41Oh?
02:42What are we entering?
02:43A house that holds a murdered man.
02:59Is Inspector Lestrade inside?
03:01Yes, sir.
03:02May I have your name, please?
03:03Yes, Sherlock Holmes.
03:04This is Dr. Watson.
03:05Oh, that's quite all right, sir.
03:06Inspector Lestrade gave instructions to admit to you.
03:09Oh, good.
03:10Oh, by the way, has the body been removed?
03:13No, sir, but the medical examiner's just called.
03:16Oh, thank you.
03:17Let's hope they haven't moved things about too much.
03:19The police forces of the world seem to have an organized science of messing things about.
03:23Oh, I wouldn't say that, Holmes.
03:24Hmm.
03:25Now then, move along there, everybody.
03:27Move along.
03:27There's nothing to see today.
03:29I don't know.
03:31I swear I don't know.
03:32I tried to help him.
03:35Don't you believe me?
03:37I had to do what I could.
03:39It was instinctive.
03:40It was instinctive for a woman like you to commit murder.
03:43That's not true.
03:43You know it's not true.
03:45I know you hate me, but I can't believe I'd do a thing like this.
03:49Yes, I can, and I do.
03:50Please.
03:52She's a murderess.
03:53You know it as well as I.
03:56She murdered your brother.
03:58It's a lie.
03:59Yes, it is.
04:00Friends, our story's a lie.
04:02The relationship you had with my son was a lie.
04:06My son's been murdered.
04:07This girl's a murderess.
04:11Why she did it, what her motive was, I don't know.
04:16They were engaged without my blessing.
04:20I can only be grateful that she gains nothing by her crime.
04:24Your duty now is to convict her.
04:29Just a moment, please.
04:39Notice the angle of incision, Watson?
04:41No.
04:41The force of the blow and the general penetration of the other region of the chest.
04:46How long would you estimate before loss of consciousness?
04:49Well, it's difficult to say.
04:51Ninety seconds.
04:53Innings?
04:54Oh, between the two.
04:55I see.
04:56And death?
04:57Surely there are, sir.
04:58Two minutes.
04:59Three?
05:00Three or four, I'd say.
05:02Thank you, Watson.
05:04Or I take him out.
05:07Ah, forgive the interruption.
05:08I would prefer to have been invited before the body had been moved.
05:11I thought you'd be interested, Holmes.
05:13Oh, thank you, Lestrade.
05:14Oh, may I introduce my friend, Dr. Watson, Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yarn.
05:17How do you do?
05:18How do you do?
05:19So you're completely stuck, eh, Lestrade.
05:22What do you mean?
05:23Well, you thought I'd be interested.
05:26Why don't you admit it?
05:27You're in a jam.
05:29Can I give us a cabler to work, don't you think?
05:31What you say isn't exactly true, Holmes.
05:33I've done you a favor.
05:35This is an interesting case.
05:36Of course, there are one or two unexplained details,
05:39but I don't believe it'll be long before we clear that.
05:41What's your principal problem?
05:42There's no motive.
05:44I found this girl with a knife in her hand.
05:46And my brother lying dead on the floor.
05:49I found Peter on the floor.
05:50I tried to help him.
05:51By stabbing him?
05:52By removing the knife.
05:54Anybody would have done the same thing.
05:57I love him.
06:00Well, my dear young lady, there's no cause for you to alarm yourself.
06:04No one's accusing you of, uh, well, of what happened.
06:07This would be a clear-cut case if only she had a reason for murdering.
06:11There happened to be a policeman outside the house during the murder,
06:14and he said that no one can then except her.
06:16Well, what about the others?
06:17Who benefits by her death?
06:18Well, no one.
06:19The estate was left in such a way that if he died before he married,
06:22everything went to charity.
06:23My dear Inspector Lestrade, he didn't die before he married.
06:29This young lady and the man whose body it was carried out of here
06:32had been married for at least a week.
06:36In the event of his death, I imagine everything passes to her.
06:51And now we return to the case of the Cunningham Heritage.
06:56How did you know they were married?
06:59Weren't you?
07:06Yes, a week ago.
07:08Then you do benefit by my brother's death.
07:11You're his heir.
07:12I don't know if I am or not.
07:14I only know I didn't kill him, I swear I didn't.
07:17Where were you married?
07:18We went down to Brighton last weekend.
07:20Well, why didn't Peter say anything about it?
07:22I don't know.
07:24He asked me not to say anything, so of course I didn't.
07:27I'm afraid, young lady, I'll have to ask you to accompany me to headquarters.
07:31Sir.
07:38Inspector, I think I should tell my mother.
07:40Oh, yes, of course.
07:44Tell me, Holmes, how did you know they were married?
07:46Well, the man's hands had the remains of a sunburn,
07:50and the fading marks of a narrow ring,
07:52but not as yet that indentation of the finger a ring generally leaves.
07:56A weekend in the sun at Brighton explains the whole thing perfectly.
07:59I didn't notice these things.
08:01Yes, I know.
08:01The young lady's hands were also sunburned, and to the same degree.
08:05Then the case is solved.
08:06Yes, it would appear so, wouldn't it?
08:08Well, I mean, I Rica wouldn't get away, yes.
08:08I wouldn't mind chatting, not even a real baby white boy,
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