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Come here, lad.
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What are you doing on my property?
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I've come to claim back
what's rightfully mine, sir.
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That thieving young rascal made
off with some horseshoes and
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a bag of nails from my smithy.
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Where is your proof?
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The proof is, I'll find them there.
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Now, I don't want to be forced
to call the police.
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These people are guests of mine,
but you are trespassing, Mr. Thorn.
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I'm not afraid of you, Doctor.
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Get off my land!
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Please, come back soon.
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My dear, there is nothing
whatever to worry about.
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We should be married in a few weeks,
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I'm just on my way back to London.
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Goodbye, sir,
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and thank you
for a most pleasant weekend.
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I mean to improve my game of chess
before my next visit.
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Oh, yes, I see.
You weren't an unworthy opponent.
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Thank you, sir.
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I'm just seeing Percy down to
the gates, Father.
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Drive on and wait for me
by the gate, will you.
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The fellow was trespassing,
he had a dunking, and that is all.
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Father, I cannot believe that
Thorn would deliberate-
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Dammit, woman
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Are you part of the conspiracy
against me, too?
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No, Father, I live here.
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But not for much longer, eh,
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once you marry that fellow Armitage.
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Yes, what is it?
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Father, what has happened
to my room?
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The builders found a fault
in the structure,
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better sleep in your sister's room
till they've finished working on it.
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Julia's room, I can't sleep in there.
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Why not, Pray?
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I can't.
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What is the matter,
it's a perfectly good room.
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I've instructed the housekeeper
to prepare it for you.
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Now run along, your baggage,
and goodnight.
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Hello there young beauty,
good night, good night.
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I'm very sorry, Watson,
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but it seems to be
the common lot this morning.
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What?
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Mrs. Hudson has been roused,
she retorted on me, and I on you.
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But it's only a quarter past seven.
what is it, a fire?
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No, No, a client.
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This will take a moment to draw, sir.
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But only a moment,
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Mrs. Hudson is a mistress
of the art of fire lighting.
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Ah, this is my intimate friend
and associate, Dr. Watson,
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before whom you may speak
as freely as before myself.
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How do you do?
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Mrs. Hudson, do you think you could
bring this young lady
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a hot cup of coffee,
for I observed you are shivering,
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It is not cold which makes me shiver.
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What, then?
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It is fear, Mr. Holmes.
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It is terror.
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You must not fear,
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we shall set matters right,
have no doubt.
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You have come by train, I see,
this morning.
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You know me, then?
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No, but I observed the second half
of a return ticket
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in the palm of your left glove.
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You started early, but you had a drive
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in a dog-cart, along heavy roads,
before you reached the station.
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There is no mystery, my dear lady,
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the left arm of your jacket
is spattered with mud
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in no less than seven places.
the marks are fresh.
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There is no vehicle save a dog-cart which
throws up mud in that particular way,
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and then only when you sit on
the left-hand side of the driver.
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You are perfectly correct.
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Sir, I can stand the strain no longer.
I shall go mad if it continues.
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I have heard of you from Mrs. Farintosh,
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whom you helped
in the hour of her sore need
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Farintosh.
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My dear Helen,
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it is difficult for me to advise you
since you present so few facts,
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but I know you to be a sensible girl,
not prone to hysterics.
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I was one of your poor,
dear mother's oldest friends.
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I can only suggest that
if your fears persist,
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you should contact
Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
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221 B Baker Street.
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Farintosh, oh, yes, I do remember
the case. It concerned an opal tiara.
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I think it was before your time, Watson.
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Thank you, Mrs. Hudson.
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Sir, do you not think
you could help me, too?
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At present it is out of my power
to reward you, but
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in a few weeks I should be married
with control of my own income.
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I shall be happy to
devote the same care
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to your case as to that of your friend.
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As to reward my profession is its own
reward, but you are at liberty to defray
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whatever expenses I may be put to
at the time which suits you best.
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And now I beg you,
lay everything before us
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which may help us form
an opinion upon the matter.
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My name is Helen Stoner.
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I live with my stepfather.
Dr. Grimesby Roylott,
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who is the last survivor of one of
the oldest Saxon families in England,
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The Roylotts of Stoke Mo ran,
the name is familiar to me.
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He is a doctor by profession,
a skilled one.
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For some years he had a large and
flourishing practice in India, in Calcutta.
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Dr. Watson has also practiced
medicine in India.
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Yes, attached to the Fifth
Northumberland Fusiliers.
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Pray continue, Miss Stoner.
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In Calcutta, he married my mother.
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She was the young widow of Major
General Stoner of the Bengal General artillery,
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I was only two at the time of
mother's remarriage,
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and my sister, Julia,
was five years older.
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Our mother had a considerable sum of
money not less than a thousand a year,
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and this she bequeathed to Dr. Roylott
entirely while we resided with him.
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Forgive me,
your mother has passed on?
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Shortly after our return to England
she was killed
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in a railway accident near Crewe.
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My stepfather then abandoned his attempts
to establish himself in practice in London
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and took us to live in his
ancestral house at Stoke Moran.
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But the money your mother left you
was enough for all your wants,
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so that was no obstacle
to your happiness?
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A terrible change came over
my stepfather,
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instead of making friends and
exchanging visits with our neighbors,
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who at first were overjoyed to see
a Roylott back in the family seat,
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he shut himself up in the house
and indulged in ferocious quarrels.
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At times it was and still is hard to
keep him out of the police courts.
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He's become the terror of the village.
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Does he permit any visitors?
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No, except my fiance and
some wandering gypsies.
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Gypsies?
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Vagabonds, whom he has given leave
to encamp on his land.
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Sometimes he goes away with them
for days at a time.
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You can imagine from
what I'm saying that my-
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poor sister Julia and I
had no great pleasure in our lives.
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No servant would stay long
so we did all the work of the house.
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She was but 30 when I lost her,
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but already her hair had begun
to whiten, even as mine has.
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Your sister is dead?
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Just two years ago.
It is of that I wish to talk to you.
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Living the life we did,
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we were little likely to see anyone
of our own age and position,
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but we were occasionally
allowed short visits.
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Two years ago,
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Julia met a half-pay major of marines,
to whom she became engaged.
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Your stepfather approved of the match?
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He raised no objection at all.
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A fortnight before the wedding
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a terrible event occurred
which deprived me of my only companion.
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Pray be precise as to details.
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It is easy,
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every event of that night is
seared into my memory.
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It was late, about 11:00.
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Julia had come into my room,
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He's smoking those awful cigars again.
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Perhaps you should have this room
until the wedding.
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Oh, Helen, oh, I feel so happy.
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And yet wretched that I'm
leaving you here alone.
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My turn will come.
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I shall miss you.
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No, you won't, I'll come and stay.
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Besides, your major has promised to
find me a brother officer of equal rank.
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And infinitely better looking.
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My darling, what is the matter?
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Helen, have you ever heard anyone
whistle in the dead of night?
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I suppose you couldn't possibly
whistle yourself, in your sleep?
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Certainly not, why?
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The last few nights,
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always about 3:00 in the morning,
I've been woken by a low, clear whistle.
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I can't tell where it's coming from.
I thought you might have heard it.
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I sleep more heavily than you.
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It was probably those wretched gypsies.
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Well, never mind.
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Was it your custom always
to lock yourself in at night?
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Always, my stepfather has a passion
for Indian animals.
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A leopard and baboon
wander freely over the grounds.
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Julia and I had no feelings of security
unless our doors and windows were locked.
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I couldn't sleep.
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I had a vague feeling of misfortune.
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Julia!
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Please help me.
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Oh, my God.
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Helen, It was the band...
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the speckled band.
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I'll get father.
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NO! No!
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Go into your room child,
I'll deal with this.
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I am sorry, gentlemen.
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My sister and I were very close.
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Yes indeed.
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What a mournful experience.
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And you've no idea what
might have caused-
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This whistle and metallic sound,
you can swear to it?
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It is my strong impression,
I may possibly have been deceived.
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Was your sister dressed?
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No, she was in her night dress.
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Uh, on the floor there was a candle
and the charred stump of a match.
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Which means, something must
have woken her up,
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and she struck a light to see
what the matter was.
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What conclusions did
the coroner come to?
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He investigated the case
with great care,
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but he was unable to find any
satisfactory cause of death.
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And your evidence would have shown
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that the door was fastened
on the inner side,
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the windows blocked by shutters,
secured every night.
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It is certain, therefore,
that your sister was alone
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when she met her end.
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Yes.
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Besides, there were no marks
of violence upon her.
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What about poison?
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The doctors examined her for it,
without success.
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What do you think this unfortunate
lady died of, then?
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It's my belief that she died
of pure fear and nervous shock,
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though what it was which frightened her
I cannot imagine.
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What do you gather from the allusion to
a band, a speckled band?
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Delirium.
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Or some band of people,
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The gypsies at the plantation
have-
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spotted handkerchiefs they wear
around their necks.
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These are very deep waters.
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What happened after
your sister's death?
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My life was lonelier than ever
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until a month ago,
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when a dear friend of mine,
whom I have known for many years,
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did me the honor to ask for
my hand in marriage.
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His name is Mr. Percy Armitage.
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And you are to be married
within a few weeks.
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So what prompted you to come here
when your life seems set so fair?
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Yesterday, some repairs were started
and my bedroom wall was pierced
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so that last night I was forced to move
into the chamber in which Julia died,
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to sleep in the very bed
in which she slept.
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Imagine my terror when
I was woken by the same
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low whistle which had been the
herald of her own death.
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You lit a lamp?
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Yes, but nothing was to be seen.
I was too shaken to sleep,
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I dressed and slipped out of the house.
I got a dog-cart at the Crown Inn,
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and came to London with one objective,
asking your advice.
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You did wisely.
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But have you told me all?
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Yes.
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You have not, Miss Stoner.
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You are shielding your stepfather.
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He is a hard man,
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but he's still the only father
I have known.
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I'd say it was time for some breakfast.
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There are a thousand details
I desire to know
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before I decide on a course of action.
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If we were to come to
Stoke Moran today,
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could we see over these rooms without
the knowledge of your stepfather?
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As it happens, he spoke of coming
to town today on some business.
246
00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:05,760
And the workmen?
247
00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:06,886
I have seen none.
248
00:23:07,387 --> 00:23:10,098
We have a woman who comes to clean
from the village, but only in the morning.
249
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There should be nothing to disturb you.
250
00:23:11,766 --> 00:23:13,935
Excellent. Watson, you are not averse
to this trip?
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By no means.
252
00:23:16,813 --> 00:23:18,940
Then we will be with you
in the early afternoon.
253
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I shall be there for your arrival.
254
00:23:23,945 --> 00:23:25,863
You'll stay for some breakfast, surely?
255
00:23:27,198 --> 00:23:28,032
Thank you, no.
256
00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:35,289
My heart is lightened already.
257
00:23:47,969 --> 00:23:51,097
Ah, Mrs. Hudson, thank you.
258
00:23:53,474 --> 00:23:57,645
But when you combine the ideas of
whistles at night,
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the presence of a band of gypsies
on intimate terms with the doctor,
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the dying allusion to
a speckled band, well,
261
00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:11,659
there's good ground to believe that the
mystery may be cleared along those lines.
262
00:24:18,082 --> 00:24:20,501
Which one of you is Holmes?
263
00:24:21,836 --> 00:24:26,007
My name, sir.
but you have the advantage of me.
264
00:24:27,175 --> 00:24:30,178
I am Dr. Grimesby Roylott,
of Stoke Moran.
265
00:24:35,683 --> 00:24:38,186
Indeed, Doctor, please take a seat.
266
00:24:38,352 --> 00:24:39,937
I shall do nothing of the kind.
267
00:24:41,189 --> 00:24:44,275
I know that my stepdaughter
has been here this morning.
268
00:24:44,942 --> 00:24:46,194
What has she been saying to you?
269
00:24:47,528 --> 00:24:50,865
It is a little cold for
the time of the year.
270
00:24:51,908 --> 00:24:53,534
What has she been saying to you?
271
00:24:53,659 --> 00:24:56,037
But I have heard that
the crops promise well.
272
00:24:56,787 --> 00:25:02,460
Ah, you put me off, do you?
You scoundrel, sir.
273
00:25:03,085 --> 00:25:04,712
I've heard of you before.
274
00:25:05,630 --> 00:25:08,883
You are Holmes, the meddler,
Holmes the busybody.
275
00:25:09,050 --> 00:25:12,386
Holmes, the Scotland Yard
Jack-in-office.
276
00:25:14,388 --> 00:25:18,184
Your conversation really is most
entertaining, if you would close the door.
277
00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:22,396
On your way out,
as there is a decided draft.
278
00:25:22,939 --> 00:25:25,149
I will go when I have said my say,
279
00:25:25,983 --> 00:25:28,736
Don't you dare to interfere
in my affairs.
280
00:25:29,278 --> 00:25:32,240
I know that Miss Stoner has been here.
281
00:25:47,088 --> 00:25:49,757
I am a dangerous man to fall foul of.
282
00:25:58,724 --> 00:26:01,394
Thank you, Mrs. Hudson,
just another client.
283
00:26:07,316 --> 00:26:11,362
What a very amiable person.
I may not be quite so bulky, but-
284
00:26:18,619 --> 00:26:23,040
fancy his having the insolence to confound
me with the official detective force.
285
00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:27,878
Ah, this incident gives zest
to our investigation.
286
00:26:28,212 --> 00:26:31,132
I only hope our friend won't suffer
from her imprudence in
287
00:26:31,257 --> 00:26:33,217
allowing that brute
to trace her here.
288
00:26:33,551 --> 00:26:38,139
One thought keeps nagging at me, Watson,
Roylott's professional life in India,
289
00:26:38,639 --> 00:26:41,309
if it was so successful,
why would he exchange it
290
00:26:41,475 --> 00:26:43,894
for a life of aristocratic penury?
291
00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:46,063
My friend Cooms would know.
292
00:26:46,814 --> 00:26:49,650
Cooms was in Calcutta
around that time.
293
00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:52,987
Find your friend Cooms
and see what you can get from him.
294
00:26:54,989 --> 00:26:58,909
I shall walk down to Doctors' Commons.
where I hope to get some data
295
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:00,786
which may help us in this matter.
296
00:27:00,911 --> 00:27:06,334
Let us meet again at 1:00 under
the clock at Waterloo Station.
297
00:27:07,043 --> 00:27:09,337
That is, if you've finished your
breakfast by then.
298
00:27:09,503 --> 00:27:11,797
Oh, and your revolver.
299
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:14,842
I would be obliged if you would
slip it into your pocket.
300
00:27:15,009 --> 00:27:17,178
An Eley #2 is an excellent argument
301
00:27:17,303 --> 00:27:20,473
against gentlemen who can
twist steel pokers into knots.
302
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,018
That, and your toothbrush,
are I think all we need.
303
00:27:27,730 --> 00:27:29,523
I've seen the will of
the deceased wife.
304
00:27:30,691 --> 00:27:34,695
Her annual income at the time of her
death was a little short of 1100 pounds,
305
00:27:35,196 --> 00:27:39,700
but, due to the fall in agricultural prices,
there's now no more than 750 pounds.
306
00:27:40,034 --> 00:27:43,162
Each girl in case of marriage,
could claim 250 pounds.
307
00:27:43,287 --> 00:27:46,040
So, if both girls had married,
ah, beauty,
308
00:27:46,499 --> 00:27:49,710
Grimesby Roylott would have had
a mere pittance.
309
00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:52,046
And even one marriage would ruin him.
310
00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:55,883
The strongest possible motive.
311
00:28:00,137 --> 00:28:01,722
Oh, did you manage to find Cooms?
312
00:28:01,889 --> 00:28:02,556
Yes, I did.
313
00:28:03,766 --> 00:28:05,226
He proved rather hard to locate,
314
00:28:05,393 --> 00:28:08,062
but I finally managed
to get him through Swanson at Bards.
315
00:28:09,313 --> 00:28:11,732
He did know Roylott in Calcutta,
316
00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:17,571
confirmed what the girl had said
and added one intriguing fact.
317
00:28:18,030 --> 00:28:21,909
Now, it seems that a series of robberies
had been perpetrated in his house.
318
00:28:22,326 --> 00:28:27,873
And suspicion fell on his native butler.
Roylott promptly seized the man,
319
00:28:28,499 --> 00:28:31,544
and in a fit of anger
beat the poor fellow to death,
320
00:28:32,753 --> 00:28:37,591
narrowly escaped a capital sentence.
but suffered a long term of imprisonment,
321
00:28:38,342 --> 00:28:42,430
and returned to this country
a morose and disappointed man.
322
00:28:45,725 --> 00:28:49,937
Ah, Watson, it's a wicked world.
323
00:28:51,439 --> 00:28:54,567
And when a clever man
turns his brain to crime,
324
00:28:56,527 --> 00:28:57,611
it's the worst of all.
325
00:29:15,963 --> 00:29:18,466
On holiday, are you, gentlemen?
326
00:29:19,091 --> 00:29:20,760
No, we're architects,
327
00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:23,304
taking a look at some of
the local houses.
328
00:29:23,471 --> 00:29:26,307
Ah, that's why you're wanting
Stoke Moran.
329
00:29:26,474 --> 00:29:29,059
I didn't think it was
for social reasons.
330
00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:32,480
You'll be, doing business with
Dr. Roylott then?
331
00:29:33,773 --> 00:29:35,816
Yes, I believe that was the name.
332
00:29:36,484 --> 00:29:40,279
If you don't mind a word of warning,
you want to take care with him, sir.
333
00:29:40,863 --> 00:29:43,741
There are some round these parts
say he's not right in the head.
334
00:29:44,617 --> 00:29:45,409
Really?
335
00:29:45,743 --> 00:29:48,746
Only yesterday, Mr. Thorn,
the blacksmith,
336
00:29:48,954 --> 00:29:51,832
had a most nasty experience
with the Doctor
337
00:29:52,458 --> 00:29:56,003
because of those thieving gypsies
who are camped in the grounds.
338
00:29:56,670 --> 00:30:00,007
Oh, yes, we've heard about the gypsies
and the leopard.
339
00:30:00,633 --> 00:30:04,845
The story goes, the Doctor threw
Mr. Thorn in the stream
340
00:30:05,012 --> 00:30:09,517
in a fit of uncontrollable temper.
And that Thorn, he's not a small man.
341
00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:13,646
Good Lord, is he bringing a
charge of assault?
342
00:30:13,771 --> 00:30:17,942
He was going to, but Miss Stoner,
the Doctor's young stepdaughter,
343
00:30:18,192 --> 00:30:21,695
paid him some of her own money
to keep it quiet.
344
00:30:22,029 --> 00:30:23,155
Well, that's what I heard.
345
00:30:23,906 --> 00:30:25,115
Well, I never.
346
00:30:26,534 --> 00:30:27,618
Did you hear that, Holmes?
347
00:30:28,202 --> 00:30:30,496
The more I see and
hear of that young lady,
348
00:30:30,788 --> 00:30:32,706
the more my admiration increases.
349
00:30:33,123 --> 00:30:35,042
Young woman of commendable spirit,
350
00:30:36,043 --> 00:30:37,378
You can pull up here, driver.
351
00:30:39,088 --> 00:30:39,880
Who do you mean?
352
00:30:41,882 --> 00:30:45,135
Well, Miss Stoner, of course.
Most admirable.
353
00:30:45,803 --> 00:30:47,555
Ah, Miss Stoner.
354
00:31:11,704 --> 00:31:14,206
Everything worked splendidly.
Dr. Roylott has gone to London
355
00:31:14,331 --> 00:31:15,749
and he won't be back
before the evening.
356
00:31:16,417 --> 00:31:19,378
But we have already had the pleasure
of Dr. Roylott's acquaintance.
357
00:31:20,170 --> 00:31:21,255
Goodness, he followed me?
358
00:31:21,422 --> 00:31:24,049
Yes, he turned up just after you left,
359
00:31:24,174 --> 00:31:26,719
but Holmes sent him off with
a flea in his ear.
360
00:31:27,011 --> 00:31:29,930
He's so cunning, I never know
when I'm safe from him.
361
00:31:30,681 --> 00:31:32,099
Well then, he must guard himself,
362
00:31:32,975 --> 00:31:36,687
or he may find someone more cunning
than himself upon his track, shall we?
363
00:31:37,938 --> 00:31:38,606
Holmes,
364
00:31:39,315 --> 00:31:42,067
don't you think we ought to get
Miss Stoner away from here tonight?
365
00:31:42,192 --> 00:31:43,110
And arouse suspicion?
366
00:31:43,277 --> 00:31:44,612
But if he's violent.
367
00:31:44,778 --> 00:31:45,696
We shall be here.
368
00:32:04,465 --> 00:32:07,092
So this is Dr. Roylott's room,
369
00:32:07,593 --> 00:32:10,804
this formerly your sister's,
and this your room?
370
00:32:10,971 --> 00:32:12,932
Yes, I am now sleeping in this one.
371
00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:15,476
Ah, pending the alterations.
372
00:32:16,852 --> 00:32:18,646
Miss Stoner, may I ask something?
373
00:32:19,605 --> 00:32:22,650
That's unusual, isn't it.
Bedrooms on the ground floor?
374
00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:24,735
The bedrooms were moved downstairs
375
00:32:24,860 --> 00:32:26,445
when so much of the house
fell into decay.
376
00:32:26,570 --> 00:32:28,989
Oh, yes, of course, how sad.
377
00:32:33,744 --> 00:32:37,331
There seems little need for repairs
to this end of the house.
378
00:32:37,498 --> 00:32:41,293
There are none. I believe it was
an excuse to move me from my room.
379
00:32:42,503 --> 00:32:45,422
Ah, that is suggestive.
380
00:32:47,841 --> 00:32:51,136
Miss Stoner, would you be so kind
as to go into the room
381
00:32:51,261 --> 00:32:54,348
in which you are now sleeping
and bolt the shutters.
382
00:33:07,695 --> 00:33:08,654
What are you doing, Watson?
383
00:33:12,449 --> 00:33:14,451
Well, I'm using your methods, Holmes.
384
00:33:14,576 --> 00:33:16,787
Seeing whether the ground
has been disturbed.
385
00:33:18,414 --> 00:33:19,623
And what have you come up with?
386
00:33:21,917 --> 00:33:23,377
Your footprints, I believe,
387
00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:26,213
and mine and Miss Stoner's,
388
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:28,549
and this.
389
00:33:54,908 --> 00:33:57,411
No one could pass these
if they were bolted.
390
00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:06,253
Well, let's see if the inside throws
any light on the matter.
391
00:34:49,963 --> 00:34:51,757
Where does that bell
communicate with?
392
00:34:52,883 --> 00:34:54,468
It goes to the housekeeper's room.
393
00:34:54,802 --> 00:34:56,470
It looks newer than the other things.
394
00:34:57,012 --> 00:34:58,931
Yes, it was only put there
a couple of years ago.
395
00:34:59,056 --> 00:35:00,766
Ah, your sister asked for it?
396
00:35:01,183 --> 00:35:02,476
I never heard of her using it.
397
00:35:02,643 --> 00:35:04,728
We used to get what we wanted
for ourselves.
398
00:35:05,979 --> 00:35:10,317
Indeed, you will excuse me
while I satisfy myself as to this floor.
399
00:35:32,172 --> 00:35:33,006
It doesn't ring.
400
00:35:34,591 --> 00:35:35,801
That's very strange.
401
00:35:50,232 --> 00:35:52,359
A ventilator into another room.
402
00:35:57,030 --> 00:36:01,451
You mean, when it might have
communicated with the outside air?
403
00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:03,996
That is also quite modern.
404
00:36:04,371 --> 00:36:04,997
Indeed.
405
00:36:06,874 --> 00:36:07,875
Miss Stoner,
406
00:36:08,542 --> 00:36:12,379
with your permission, we will now carry
our research to Dr. Roylott's chamber.
407
00:36:35,736 --> 00:36:36,570
What's in here?
408
00:36:37,529 --> 00:36:38,864
My stepfather's business papers.
409
00:36:38,989 --> 00:36:40,490
Ah, you've seen inside it, then?
410
00:36:40,824 --> 00:36:44,244
Only once, some years ago.
I remember it was full of papers.
411
00:36:46,413 --> 00:36:48,040
Is there a cat in there?
412
00:36:49,166 --> 00:36:51,043
No, what a strange idea.
413
00:36:53,045 --> 00:36:55,339
Well, look at this!
414
00:36:57,799 --> 00:36:59,176
No, we don't keep a cat.
415
00:36:59,885 --> 00:37:03,764
Ah, well, a leopard is a large cat,
after all.
416
00:37:04,848 --> 00:37:08,393
Yes, but a saucer of milk wouldn't
go far in satisfying a leopard.
417
00:37:12,981 --> 00:37:15,067
The leopard is kept on a leash, is it?
418
00:37:15,859 --> 00:37:17,444
This sort of leash, Watson?
419
00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:21,782
What do you make of it?
420
00:37:22,783 --> 00:37:24,910
Well, it's a common enough dog leash
but I-
421
00:37:26,495 --> 00:37:28,121
don't know why it should be tied.
422
00:37:29,122 --> 00:37:30,290
We have no dog.
423
00:37:33,627 --> 00:37:37,130
Thank you, Miss Stoner,
I have seen enough.
424
00:37:57,985 --> 00:37:59,736
I was going to ask if
he'd like some tea.
425
00:38:04,825 --> 00:38:07,911
Miss Stoner, it is very essential
426
00:38:08,036 --> 00:38:11,164
that you absolutely follow
my advice in every respect.
427
00:38:11,456 --> 00:38:13,125
Your life may depend on it.
428
00:38:13,834 --> 00:38:15,669
I assure you that I'm in your hands.
429
00:38:16,128 --> 00:38:19,506
In the first place. On the way here
we passed a small cottage.
430
00:38:20,841 --> 00:38:21,508
The shill house.
431
00:38:21,842 --> 00:38:25,012
Will the windows of your sister's room
be visible from there?
432
00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:26,138
Yes.
433
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:27,597
You are sure?
434
00:38:27,848 --> 00:38:28,348
Yes.
435
00:38:29,474 --> 00:38:30,684
Then we shall make it our base.
436
00:38:31,852 --> 00:38:32,769
Some refreshment?
437
00:38:33,103 --> 00:38:35,689
We shall have dine shalt we, Holmes?
438
00:38:38,567 --> 00:38:39,776
Is there a village inn?
439
00:38:40,694 --> 00:38:41,361
The Crown
440
00:38:41,611 --> 00:38:44,031
Oh, good. Thank you all the same.
441
00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:50,370
Now, Miss Stoner,
when your stepfather returns,
442
00:38:50,912 --> 00:38:54,875
you must confine yourself in your room
on pretense of a headache.
443
00:38:55,375 --> 00:38:57,878
Then when you hear your stepfather
retire for the night,
444
00:38:58,420 --> 00:39:01,965
you must go to the windows,
undo the hasp, open the shutters,
445
00:39:03,050 --> 00:39:06,553
and leave your lamp on the window sill
as a signal to us.
446
00:39:06,887 --> 00:39:11,058
Then withdraw with anything you may
want for the night to your old room.
447
00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:12,726
I have no doubt that,
in spite of the repairs,
448
00:39:12,893 --> 00:39:14,394
you could manage there for one night.
449
00:39:14,853 --> 00:39:15,896
Oh, yes, of course.
450
00:39:18,607 --> 00:39:19,733
And now. we must leave.
451
00:39:20,025 --> 00:39:24,988
If Dr. Roylott should return and find
us here, our journey would be in vain.
452
00:39:26,740 --> 00:39:29,326
I believe, Mr. Holmes.
that you've already made up your mind.
453
00:39:32,412 --> 00:39:34,915
For pity sake,
tell me the cause of my sister's death.
454
00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:39,378
Be brave.
If you do as I have told you,
455
00:39:39,503 --> 00:39:42,714
rest assured we shall soon drive away
the dangers that threaten you.
456
00:40:01,650 --> 00:40:04,111
Yes, it is a clear view.
457
00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:26,383
Are you expecting this
to take all night, Holmes?
458
00:40:28,885 --> 00:40:33,306
It's possible, anything's possible.
459
00:40:38,395 --> 00:40:42,899
When a doctor goes wrong
he is the first of criminals.
460
00:40:44,401 --> 00:40:46,778
He has nerve, he has knowledge.
461
00:40:48,905 --> 00:40:51,491
Palmer and Pritchard were among
the heads of their profession,
462
00:40:52,576 --> 00:40:54,494
this man strikes even deeper.
463
00:40:58,498 --> 00:41:01,626
I really have some scruples
taking you tonight.
464
00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:05,338
There is a distinct element of danger.
465
00:41:06,339 --> 00:41:08,091
If I can be of assistance?
466
00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:12,762
That's very kind of you.
467
00:41:23,773 --> 00:41:28,195
You evidently saw more in those rooms
than was visible to me, Holmes.
468
00:41:28,862 --> 00:41:29,321
No.
469
00:41:31,907 --> 00:41:34,034
I probably deduced a little more.
470
00:41:37,704 --> 00:41:42,209
Do you remember Miss Stoner said that
her sister could smell Dr. Roylott's cigar?
471
00:41:45,337 --> 00:41:45,795
Well?
472
00:41:46,505 --> 00:41:49,382
The ventilator, a ventilator made,
473
00:41:49,549 --> 00:41:53,887
a cord hung, and a woman
who lies in the bed, dies.
474
00:41:54,846 --> 00:41:56,556
I can't see any connection.
475
00:41:57,557 --> 00:42:00,560
Did you notice anything peculiar
about the bed?
476
00:42:05,398 --> 00:42:07,067
It was clamped to the floor.
477
00:42:08,902 --> 00:42:12,572
It could not be moved,
had to remain in the same
478
00:42:12,739 --> 00:42:20,247
relative position to the ventilator and
the rope, or so we may call it,
479
00:42:21,164 --> 00:42:24,209
since it was clearly
never made for a bell pull.
480
00:42:29,589 --> 00:42:31,925
I begin to see dimly
what you're driving at.
481
00:42:34,511 --> 00:42:37,013
We're only just in time to prevent some
482
00:42:38,974 --> 00:42:44,020
subtle and horrible crime.
483
00:42:56,616 --> 00:42:59,119
Whoah, boy.
484
00:43:05,625 --> 00:43:07,127
Have a look at it.
485
00:43:08,211 --> 00:43:08,753
Goodnight.
486
00:44:00,347 --> 00:44:01,473
Did you have a good day?
487
00:44:08,313 --> 00:44:09,773
Not without interest.
488
00:44:14,194 --> 00:44:15,695
Where did you get to this morning?
489
00:44:18,531 --> 00:44:20,033
I decided to go to town, too.
490
00:44:22,369 --> 00:44:23,953
I had some shopping to do
for the wedding.
491
00:44:28,792 --> 00:44:30,001
You knew I was going up.
492
00:44:31,711 --> 00:44:33,338
We might have traveled together.
493
00:44:35,715 --> 00:44:36,508
I left early.
494
00:44:38,301 --> 00:44:40,345
Yes, I know you did.
495
00:44:43,264 --> 00:44:44,849
So that I should be back by lunchtime,
496
00:44:44,974 --> 00:44:47,394
I had some things to do here
this afternoon.
497
00:44:49,896 --> 00:44:51,022
My trip was a whim.
498
00:44:56,444 --> 00:44:59,572
You always were a good little liar.
499
00:45:05,495 --> 00:45:07,580
If you'll excuse me,
I have a terrible headache.
500
00:45:14,254 --> 00:45:18,341
Holmes, the meddler, Holmes,
the busybody,
501
00:45:19,592 --> 00:45:24,013
Holmes, the Scotland Yard
Jack-in-office.
502
00:46:01,801 --> 00:46:02,635
The signal.
503
00:46:32,874 --> 00:46:33,500
Down.
504
00:46:36,544 --> 00:46:37,629
My God, what's that?
505
00:46:40,006 --> 00:46:44,010
It's the baboon.
This is a nice household.
506
00:47:10,495 --> 00:47:13,206
We must sit without light.
507
00:47:38,022 --> 00:47:42,527
Do not fall asleep.
Your very life may depend upon it.
508
00:49:40,687 --> 00:49:42,522
You see it, Watson, you see it?
509
00:49:53,700 --> 00:49:54,993
What can it mean?
510
00:49:58,579 --> 00:50:02,875
It means it is over,
and perhaps, for the best.
511
00:50:05,545 --> 00:50:07,380
Come Watson, bring your pistol.
512
00:50:25,189 --> 00:50:27,900
It's the band, the speckled band.
513
00:50:29,902 --> 00:50:34,323
It is a swamp adder,
the deadliest snake in India.
514
00:50:35,575 --> 00:50:38,202
He has died within seconds
of being bitten.
515
00:51:23,623 --> 00:51:27,418
Violence does, in truth,
recoil upon the violent,
516
00:51:28,377 --> 00:51:32,965
and the schemer falls into the pit
which he digs for another.
517
00:51:36,761 --> 00:51:39,972
The idea of a snake occurred to me
when I coupled it with the knowledge
518
00:51:40,139 --> 00:51:43,476
that the Doctor was furnished
with a supply of creatures from India.
519
00:51:43,643 --> 00:51:44,977
A form of poison,
520
00:51:45,103 --> 00:51:46,312
Rapid and lethal.
521
00:51:46,479 --> 00:51:50,149
Which couldn't possibly be discovered
by any chemical test.
522
00:51:50,399 --> 00:51:54,278
It might, or might not bite
the occupant of the bed.
523
00:51:54,529 --> 00:51:56,614
She might escape every night
for a week,
524
00:51:56,823 --> 00:52:00,243
but sooner or later,
she must fall a victim.
525
00:52:00,993 --> 00:52:02,829
Oh, my poor Julia.
526
00:52:06,624 --> 00:52:09,836
The Doctor had trained the snake,
probably with the milk,
527
00:52:10,002 --> 00:52:11,671
to return at the sound of a whistle,
528
00:52:12,380 --> 00:52:15,299
the very whistle
which you and your late sister heard.
529
00:52:16,592 --> 00:52:19,846
My inspection of the chair
in Dr. Roylott's room had shown
530
00:52:20,012 --> 00:52:22,974
that he had been in the habit of
standing upon it to reach the ventilator.
531
00:52:24,016 --> 00:52:27,812
Last night when I attacked the snake
and drove it back through the ventilator,
532
00:52:28,104 --> 00:52:30,106
I roused its snakish temper,
533
00:52:30,356 --> 00:52:33,442
causing it to turn upon
the next person that it saw.
534
00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:35,862
Dr. Grimesby Roylott.
535
00:52:37,822 --> 00:52:42,326
So you, Holmes, were
indirectly responsible for his death.
536
00:52:45,246 --> 00:52:49,876
I cannot say that it is likely
to weigh very heavily on my conscience.
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