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>> Your name, please. William Easter. Mr.

William Easter.

>> Right. Your passport please.

>> Do I have to go through this rig moroli

every time?

>> Regulation sir.

>> East nuisance I call it.

>> You will see your American visa

enlistment.

>> Will there time?

>> Definitely.

>> We seem to have cut our time pretty

close. Sir Henry,

>> have you a word, sir? Do you wish to

make any comments?

>> Sir Henry, what is your destination? New

York or Washington?

>> I'm sorry. I have nothing to say. Sir

Henry Marchman, official business.

>> Oh, Sir Henry Marchman.

>> Sir Henry Joe.

>> Good luck, Sir Henry.

>> Thanks. I may need it.

>> Shall I take your case, sir?

>> Definitely not.

>> I see.

>> You'd think the old boy carried the fate

of the empire in that little black case.

>> Perhaps he does.

>> Times up, boys. Roll it away. Lively

now.

>> Hey, just a moment. You're a shy ammon

passenger.

>> Hold on. Wait a bit.

>> Wait, I say I've got pat.

>> Yes, your name, sir.

>> Grayson Lane, John Grayson, senior claro

national parro solicitors, chancery

lane. You've got it all there.

Everything quite regular. Sorry to

delay. You missed the bus. Had to take a

taxi. Fearful nuisance.

>> Yes, a hoverboard. Will you be late now?

>> Thanks. Uh, thanks a Sorry to delay.

Thanks, boys.

>> Excuse me, sir. Sorry.

>> Right. All right.

>> No sense of balance. None. Whatever.

Thanks.

Clumsy of me. No sense of balance.

That's what it is. Effect of the inner

ear. I fancy

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when I read that you were on route to

Washington, Sir Henry, I just couldn't

rest until I found you. Now you when can

you dine with us?

>> Very kind, Mrs. Jefferson. and I'll put

you first on my unofficial list.

>> Oh, I have a much better idea. You must

let me put you up during your stay.

Washington is so crowded. I'll put you

in the blue room.

>> Come in.

Thank you, sir.

But if Sir Henry isn't the one, who is?

>> I don't know. But the head received a

cable from London tipping him off. It's

up to us to find the real British agent

before this train reaches Washington.

>> Yeah.

Whoever's got the document will be

protected there.

>> If Sir Henry isn't carrying it,

>> I've got it. Besides Sir Henry and

myself, only one man has come all the

way from London. A chap called Grayson.

John Grayson. Well,

>> then Grayson's our man.

>> Grayson's carrying the document while

Sir Henry's being used as a decoy.

>> It's so old, it's new.

When Grayson leaves the cloud car and

goes to get his luggage,

that's our cue.

>> We know what to do, Easter.

>> Good. That's Grayson standing at the

bar. The little fella.

>> Excuse me, sir.

>> Don't give it a thought, brother. I'm in

politics. I'm used to hard knocks. I'm

Henry Babcock. Senator Babcock.

>> How'd you do, John Grayson?

>> Sit down, Grayson. Have a glass of grape

juice from my home state. Used to know a

man named Grayson. Mighty fine man. He

was murdered. Uh, two grapes. George,

fire, sir.

>> This book has got me all confused. I do

wish you'd set me straight on the

international situation.

>> Rather large order, I'm afraid.

>> Oh, you're so right, sir Henry. We'll

take the broader view. I always say

>> another great juice, Grayson. You can't

have too many vitamins, I always say.

>> Thanks, Senator. But if you don't mind,

I I I'll have a whiskey and soda.

>> Why, sure, George, bring them over, will

you? Let's get a chair. I was built for

comfort. [laughter]

Sorry little beggars. What? Kept her

myself as a lad till mother got a cat.

>> Shh.

Don't say z. [snorts]

>> Oh, sorry.

>> The met man.

>> Oh, thanks. You're very kind, I'm sure.

upon me, sir.

>> Here we are.

>> Porter.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Are we on time?

>> Yes, sir. Be in Washington in 20

minutes.

>> By the way, Granger, what's your line?

>> Line?

>> Yeah. What business you in? What's your

reckon?

>> Oh, uh, I represent a London legal firm,

Paulo. Nashen Paulo.

>> Paulo? I used to know a man named Paulo,

known as Marlo. Could have been the same

fellow.

>> No, I suppose not.

>> I've been making a tour of my state,

getting the opinions of the home folks,

taking a lot of their ideas back to

Washington.

>> I'd like to hear more of your

activities, Senator.

>> Give me your address, sir, and I'll have

all my speeches mailed to you.

>> You're quite kind, sir. Sorry I have no

card.

>> Oh, Pon. Yes, miss.

>> Permit me.

>> Thank you very much.

>> Not at all.

>> I'll be at this address for the next

week or so.

>> I hope.

>> Thank you. I'll get my papers together.

Pleasant meeting, my friend. Better look

me up in Washington.

>> I'll just get my bag.

>> Thank you. Thank you.

Oh, I forgot to pay George. Excuse me,

sir.

JUST A LITTLE BLACKOUT. KEEP YOUR SEAT.

[screaming]

JUST A LITTLE BLACKOUT. KEEP YOUR SEAT.

>> MICE.

Oh dear. All gone.

Peter.

>> Peter.

>> Nancy. Darling,

>> I didn't dream you'd be able to meet me.

>> I got leave. Oh, darling, that's

wonderful.

>> Just three days.

>> Oh, that's awful.

>> So, we have a second to lose. First

thing I did,

>> as I was saying,

>> was get this.

>> This thing.

>> Well, I haven't had much experience.

>> Look, after tomorrow, your aunt's giving

us reception. Until then, you and I are

going to be a couple of busy people.

>> Oh, I beg your party.

Goodbye.

>> Who's your boyfriend?

>> You needn't worry. He just lit a

cigarette for me.

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>> This is the BBC News Bureau broadcasting

from London. At this time, we present

our regular morning summary of the news.

A British subject has disappeared under

curious circumstances.

John Grayson, senior cler in the firm of

Parlow Nash and Parlow Solicitors,

Chancery Lane, has not arrived at his

firm's representatives in Washington.

Foul play is suspected.

>> Deplorable? Simply deplorable? It's a

sort of thing THAT SHAKES YOUR FAITH, my

job. I say, Holmes, shakes your faith in

everything.

>> You alarm me, Watson. I've never seen

you affected by the news. However,

startling.

>> Startling, my dear fellow, it's

devastating. seen the scores.

>> The Navy got 428 for six wickets against

the army at Lords.

>> May I draw your attention to the fact

that really momentous things are

happening in the world today?

>> I know all about that. I'll get to them

later on.

>> Excuse me.

>> Find my egg. Oh,

>> I'm sorry. With your consuming interest

in the game, I'm surprised that you've

changed your mind about running up to

Lord's ground this afternoon.

>> It can't be helped. I had to put it off.

How did you know I changed my mind?

Elementary, my dear Watson. Invariably,

when you go to a cricket match, you fill

your flask with my best whiskey. Just

now I noted in passing that the flask

was empty. A single whip informed me

that it had been recently filled.

Obviously, after filling it, you would

pour the contents back into the bottle.

Therefore, you would change your mind

about a cricket match.

>> You amaze me, Holmes. You positively

amazer.

>> Come in, Mrs. Hudson.

>> Oh, excuse me, Mr. Holmes. as a

gentleman, and he's very insistent.

Well, I do declare he followed me right

up the stairs. Didn't I ask you to wait?

>> My good woman, you may ask me to wait,

but not the British Empire. Mr. Holmes,

I must talk to you immediately.

>> How are you, Mr. That will be all now.

Thank you, Mrs. Hudson.

>> My good woman, indeed.

>> Arens, I seem to know that name.

>> Don't tell me, my dear Watson, that you

don't recognize Mr. at the home office.

>> Oh, of course I knew the moment you came

in. How are I, Ars? How do you do?

>> Do you see what the Navy did to the Army

at Lord yesterday? All right, go on with

the breakfast.

>> Bad show. 4286 wickets.

>> Mr. Holmes, I'm here on a matter of the

utmost secrecy.

>> I assure you, Mr. Ireland, that Dr.

Watson is the very soul of discretion.

Won't you [clears throat] sit down?

Brother, Watson, please be so good as to

keep tapping on the table with your

knife.

>> Tell me.

>> It will break the wavelength if by any

chance there's a dictap in the walls.

>> Oh, really?

>> Take a red.

>> No, thank you.

You can stop now, Watson.

Well, Mr.

I take it you've called on me in

connection with the kidnapping of John

Grayson in America last night.

Oh, yes.

Yes, exactly.

Grayson was carrying a document of a

very confidential nature.

>> Indeed.

>> Its contents are of such great

international importance that I am not

at liberty to reveal them. But if that

document falls into the hands of the

enemy,

I can only say it will be absolutely

disastrous for this government and our

allies.

For that reason, we did not wish to

transport it to Washington in the usual

way. So, a regular king's messenger, Sir

Henry Marchman, was dispatched.

>> Not carrying the document, of course.

>> That's right. Sir Henry was the sort of

>> headings, we say.

>> Precisely.

>> Mhm. [clears throat]

The document was actually entrusted to a

reliable but insignificant man in our

secret service.

On his arrival in Washington, he was to

make himself known to Sir Henry and

deliver the document. Now, not even Sir

Henry knew that this man, Pettibone, who

traveled under the name of John Grayson,

was the real messenger.

>> Petty?

>> Yes.

>> Alfred Pettibone?

>> Yes.

>> Good man. None better. I've worked with

him often.

I hope you may be able to work with him

again, but he's completely disappeared.

He's vanished, gone, without leaving a

trace.

>> I can see the possibility of serious

ramifications in his disappearance.

>> Exactly.

So far, we've been able to keep the

knowledge of our loss from both the

American and British public. Holmes,

you must retrieve that document before

it can be used against us.

Of

course, the Washington police have been

notified of Grayson's disappearance, but

even they don't know that he was

carrying the document.

Now, that's about all the detail I'm

intrigued to give you.

>> Well, if they've got Grayson, that is

petable. They must have got the papers.

Not necessarily, Watson. It doesn't pull

because they've got the man that got the

document.

What form was this document in? It was

typed on two sheets of legal paper.

>> Two sheets? That's too bulky to swallow.

And dry, Watson. Fearfully dry.

Especially legal papers.

Well, whatever shape the document was

in, I trust Pettyone to get rid of it

before anyone could lay hands on him.

>> The document must be found before it

falls into the hands of our enemies. I'm

here on behalf of his majesty's

government to urge you to find it.

>> That means going to Washington, of

course.

>> With all possible speed, a bomber is

waiting for you at Kiton. Goodbye, Dr.

Watson.

>> Goodbye, sir. Goodbye, Arens. Goodbye,

Holmes.

>> Good luck. Thanks very much. We're

relying on you.

Oh, Watson. We're off to Washington at

once.

>> America. So that's exciting. I've never

seen a game of baseball. Let's go and

start packing it.

>> First, I'd like to take a look at the

home of Alfred Pett.

Come on, Watson.

Why? Dr. Watson, what a surprise. And

Mr. Holmes, won't you come in?

>> Thank you.

>> I'm frightfully sorry, but you won't

find my son in. He's gone to Washington,

some business or other.

>> Poor fellow. I'm afraid that you'll

never never get used to the climate over

there. Would you mind if we looked over

your son's room?

>> Why, of course. It's upstairs.

>> Thank you.

>> Some friends told me it's very, very

muggy, very sticky. I had a letter from

Philadelphia the other day.

>> Find his room in a dreadful pickle, Mr.

Holmes. Quite pleased, if I as much as

put my nose inside, as if I cared

anything about his silly old collection.

sort of pedibious sort of fellow.

Sort of collective collections, postage

stamps,

military buttons,

butterfly,

bugs,

snapshots,

all sorts of rubbish. Yes, I shall write

a monograph someday

on the noxious habit of accumulating

useless trivia.

>> Please be so good as to stop pacing,

Watson. You distract me.

>> All right. All right.

Unless I'm greatly mistaken, our friend

Petty Bone did not carry two pages of

legal paper when he left this room.

>> I wouldn't be too sure, Holmes. Ashes

are deceptive. You know,

>> on the contrary, my dear Watson, a rag

used in artificial documents

leaves an ash that is unmistakable.

Holden, stop pacing.

>> I'm not pacing. I've moved an inch. I'm

>> sorry, old fellow. My error.

Must be Mrs. Pedible. Heavy woman, light

on her feet.

>> Doesn't follow. Our friend seems to be

quite a camera enthusiast. What's this?

Cook F15. That's a very fast lens.

F35.

Smer

copying setup. American match folders.

>> That's right.

>> USA.

Now, why would Pipone want American

match folders in his work?

And a microscope.

Most interesting. Oh, what's this,

>> Watson? This microscope was last used

for examining microfilm.

I'm beginning to see the pattern.

>> Stop now.

>> Did you know that the letters of our

soldiers overseas are being photographed

on microfilm so that one carrier pigeon

can carry the equivalent of 18,000

letters? Really? We had a carrier pigeon

in the last war back in 1915 belonging

to the brigade signal corp.

>> Did you appear?

>> The poor bird kept flying round and

round in circles all day long. Found out

later on that it was crosseyed.

>> Tragic thing.

Of course we going.

>> Oh, dark room. Huh?

>> This is what I was looking for. Huh?

>> This projector magnifies tremendously

anything placed on the slide, like this

piece of microphone.

>> Understand?

>> I can't say you're doing exactly enough.

>> Wait a minute.

I'll show you what he's photographed.

>> Oh, it's a match folder. What do you

want to photograph that for? probably to

line up his equipment before he

photographed the document. We've got it,

Watson. Look over.

>> Yes. Come along.

>> It's all as clear as m to me.

>> Just as I thought. This document has

been reduced to microfilm to make its

concealment possible. Alfred Pedabon is

most ingenious fellow. A bulky document

is obviously difficult to conceal, but

two pages of estate paper photographed

on microfilm would be reduced to a size

no larger than a haven stamp. slitting a

match holder with this uh

with this razor blade,

Betty Bone placed the now minute

document inside, stuck it together

again, and there he had it. An American

match folder, rare in London, but

completely inconspicuous in the United

States.

>> Would you mean to say we're off to

America just to look for a match folder?

It's a big country.

>> A big country, Watson, and a small

matcholder. Come along.

Did you find what you were looking for,

Mr. Holmes?

>> Yes, thank you, Mrs. Betty Bone. Mother,

you haven't been up on the roof in the

last 20 minutes, have you?

>> Why, no. What made you think?

>> Well, we distinctly heard footsteps.

>> Nonsense, Watson. It was the house

settling.

>> Gracious, yes. Such popping and

groaning. We're quite used to it.

>> Thank you.

>> Goodbye, Mr. Holmes.

>> Goodbye, Mrs. Pibborn.

>> Goodbye, Dr. Watson.

>> Goodbye. So sorry to you, Miss Alfred.

I'll tell him the minute he gets back.

>> Gets back. Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. Of course.

Well, goodbye again, Mrs. Pedmont.

>> In just a minute,

>> that was no accident. I assure you,

Watson.

>> Well, aren't you going to find out who

did it? Time's too precious now. But at

least I know they've learned of my entry

into the case.

>> They who are they?

>> The same group that took Alfred

Pedibbone off the train on his way to

Washington. A group that will stop at

nothing to get their hands on the

document he carried. Their leader is a

clever, resourceful criminal who seems

to have sources of information from

everywhere.

>> That means a worldwide organization who

will stop at nothing, you say?

>> Quite. That's why we must get our bags

and ourselves aboard that bomber without

delay. We're opposed by an adversary

worthy of our best efforts. At present,

he has all the advantages,

even that of being only a merciless,

nameless shadow.

>> Think of it, Watson. In a few hours,

we'll be flying out over the Atlantic.

>> We're flying over New York, sir.

>> New York, eh?

Yes, sir. We've been cleared by radio.

Non-stop Washington.

>> What is that book that so engrosses your

attention, Watson? The

>> book on the Queen Customs and Manners of

America. We must be halfway across. I've

only got to page 37.

>> For your information, my dear fellow, we

are now flying over New York.

FLYING OVER NEW York versus me.

This is the embassy car. Mr. Holmes,

>> you're being very helpful, Mr. Lang.

>> Detective Lieutenant Groen of the

Washington Police.

>> How do you do?

>> Welcome to Washington.

>> Thank you. This is my associate, Dr.

Watson.

>> How do you do, sir?

>> How are you?

>> I suppose I should say, how are you,

buddy? Uh, what's uh

>> what's cooking?

>> Oh, come along, Watson.

>> Oh, the book.

>> Oh, what's cooking?

Grogan had charge of investigating the

Grayson case for the Washington police.

>> Any new developments, Groen?

>> None, Mr. Holmes. Be glad to let you

have our complete file. And of course,

we'll cooperate in every way.

>> Thank you. I shall appreciate your help,

especially as I'm unfamiliar with your

country.

>> Oh, yes, of course. This is your first

visit.

>> Oh, there's the Lincoln Memorial.

>> Most impressive.

Well, by the Mr. Lang. Thank you for

your cable grant. I received it just

before I left London.

>> Cable? I sent no cable? Yeah,

>> but our reservations at the Hotel

Metropole.

>> Well, no. We thought you'd stay at the

embassy. Of course.

>> Look at that.

>> Well, since some strange person has

taken such an extraordinary interest in

my welfare, I think I shall stay at the

hotel.

>> Oh, Mr. Holmes, there's the Washington

Monument.

>> There's the capital, Mr. Holmes.

>> Magnificent.

>> We're expecting you, Mr. Holmes.

>> Thank you.

>> I questioned everybody known to have

been in that club car. As a matter of

course, Sir Henry Marchmont confirms

that Grayson had contact only with the

people in this list.

Now, he had a drink with Senator Babcock

and he chatted with a Miss Pringle about

some mice she had in the cage and he

picked up a book dropped by Mrs.

Jealison. Not very much to go, huh?

>> How many of these people have been

attacked already?

>> I've heard about your deductions, Mr.

Holmes. for Senator Babcock was held up

on his way from the station with nothing

taken. Mrs. Jellison's home was

ransacked that night

>> and she found the book that she carried

from the train literally torn to bits.

>> That's right,

>> Miss Pringle.

>> Miss Pringle says someone released the

mice from the cage at during the night

sometime and she found the cage torn

apart.

>> What happened to the matter, Wa?

>> An intriguing line of thought, Watson,

but not essential to the case.

>> Apparently, Groen, they're still looking

for the document.

I'd very much like to have a look at

that club car.

>> Well, that'll be easy. I have the car

held in a sighting in the railroad

yards.

>> Good.

>> But we've searched the car thoroughly,

Mr. Holmes. We couldn't find a thing.

Well,

>> what are you doing? What's this? Mr.

Holmes, your trunk. Trunk? I have no

trunk. It says right there. Mr. Sherlock

Holmes until Metropole. How was this

trunk delivered? An expressment brought

it, sir. What's the name of the company?

Do you remember the license number?

>> Naturally, I didn't notice that. I just

signed for it.

>> All right, thank you. That'll do.

Well, this track's not locked.

Great Scott.

Poor chap.

>> You recognize him, Mr. Holmes?

>> Yes.

>> Who was he?

>> The man we're looking for, John Grayson.

His real name is Alfred Pedibbone.

British Secret Service.

But why should they send the body here?

>> Obviously to frighten us.

>> What to tell us? They know that Sherlock

Holmes is on the case.

>> Gentlemen, they knew we were on the case

as early as their attempt on our lives

in London. They're much too intelligent

to believe that a corpse would frighten

a trained detective.

No, I rather think they intend this as a

message. And they wanted to be sure that

I'd be here at the Hotel Metropole to

receive it.

>> Message? What do you mean? They want us

to believe that they found the document

and [clears throat] therefore have no

further use for Grayson.

>> Well, if that's true, then we're done

for.

>> I'm not so sure that it is true, Watson.

If they have the document, why are they

wasting time sending me this?

>> No, it's an attempt to throw me off the

track. Rogan, you have a police

laboratory. Of course.

>> Certainly. I'll see what I can find out

about the V.

>> Yes, whatever marks it reveals. And the

trunk. A microscopic examination.

Everything about it. The lining, the

blanket in which the body is wrapped,

everything. Let nothing escape.

>> We have the best police laboratories in

the world. Mr. Holmes,

>> I beg your pardon, Lenon Grogan. You

see, I'm so accustomed to working quite

alone at my lodgings in Baker Street

that I sometimes forget the more modern

scientific methods so particularly

effective here in America.

>> But if there's anything there, they'll

find it, Mr. Holmes.

>> While you're doing that, I'll take a

look at the club card. Coming, Watson.

>> Here we are, Mr. Holmes. I have the port

as you asked, and the railroad company

sent Mr. Mo to unlock for us. Delighted.

How do you do? Very good. Let's go in.

This way, gentlemen.

Well,

it looks as if the police have made a

thorough search.

Whoever did it. It wasn't the police.

There have been visitors here since our

friend Groen.

>> My goodness. Look at our car.

>> Talk about a blitz.

>> I say, Holmes, if Grayson hid anything

in this car, it certainly isn't here

now. Not necessarily, Watson.

If you'll help me put this place in some

kind of order.

>> Yes, it was.

>> This would go about here. I imagine

that's it. Boss. Yes.

>> And uh wait a minute.

>> Oh, yeah. That's certainly more like it.

Yes, sir.

>> Thank you. That'll be all.

>> Watson, will you be uh Mr. Grayson for

the moment?

>> Grayson? If you want me to, man. What do

you want me to do?

>> You're having a drink at the bar. Oh,

drink thinner

drink. Uh, bring me a whiskey and soda,

will you, Stewart?

>> Stuart, sorry, Dr. Watson, but the bar's

closed. Says the bar's closed. According

to Groen's reconstruction of a scene,

let me see. Uh,

yes. Grayson pauses at the bar while

Senator Babcock moves across and sits

down here. Do you mind being Senator

Babcock for the moment, Watson?

>> Going up in the world.

Sit down, please.

Now, uh, Miss Pringle is seated there.

Over there, Watson. H.

>> Now, now, Miss Pringle.

>> That's right. The mouse woman.

>> Oh, the mouse woman.

>> Um, Watson, over here, please.

>> No, not there. Not there. That's Senator

Babcock.

>> Oh, pardon me, Senator.

>> Sit down, please.

>> Now, you're Mrs. Jison. Oh, excuse me,

Mr. Holmes. He ain't Mrs. Jellison.

He's a young lady. What?

>> Sir Marshmott was sitting right here.

And Mrs. Jalison

was right here. She's a sort of a big

fat lady.

>> What did Grayson do that attracted your

attention so particularly to Mrs.

Jellison?

>> The little man. He

retrieved her book.

>> And the young lady sitting here, didn't

she converse with the little man?

>> No, sir.

That young lady didn't have no converse

with no one, but the little man lit a

cigarette. She ran back and said, "Thank

you very much."

>> But you have matches here for your

customers.

>> Oh, yes. She called me and I saw a

cigarette and I knew she wanted a match.

>> And Grayson used one of his own matches,

>> dog. Oh, yes. He took a folder from his

coat pocket.

>> Did he put the match folder back in his

pocket or did he give it to the young

lady?

>> I don't remember. I was fairly busy.

>> Try to remember.

>> Boy, if I should try to doomsday, I

couldn't write to say just what happened

to that match folder. Oh yes. I remember

just one important thing.

>> What?

>> When a little man lit her a cigarette,

he said something very peculiar.

>> What was it?

>> He said, "Permit me."

>> Oh.

[clears throat] Well,

gentlemen, I'm extremely grateful to all

of you. It's all we can do for the

present, I think. Since the place was

torn to bits after the murder of Grayson

and the attacks on Senator Babcock, Mrs.

Jealous and Miss Pringle. I'm convinced

that the document left the club car long

before these events. But how? By whom?

And who was the mysterious young lady

whose cigarette Grace lighted?

>> Did anyone meet the young lady?

>> He sure did.

>> He Who was he?

>> Tall, handsome, in a uniform.

>> I see. I suppose you wouldn't remember

what kind of uniform.

>> I certainly would. Lieutenant,

[clears throat]

Navy flyer. My boy's in the army. He's

going to be a flyer, too. Splendid. Did

you happen to hear them sanding?

>> Oh, I didn't happen. I just couldn't

help hearing it.

>> Mhm.

>> Well, what do they say?

>> Oh, yeah. She said he had three-day

leave. They had to move fast before the

big part of our aunt was given them.

Then, too, he put a ring on her finger

and they both look mighty happy.

>> Mhm.

>> Just the way you looking right now.

>> And the way I'm looking myself.

>> Come on, Watson.

>> That's the girl I told the head I could

swear to. Is the address there?

>> All there right in our laps and also

right in the lap of Sherlock Holmes.

>> That's the least of our worries. The

head could handle 10 like Holmes.

>> I hope so.

>> But don't underrate that, Englishman. I

have several friends who did. They now

grace some of the best prisons in

England.

>> Yes, sir. I talked to the catering

company. It's quite all right. They

could hardly refuse me. It's the Acton

Company.

>> The Actton catering company?

>> Yes, sir. I know what to do.

>> Hop over there. You going to work for

the catering company?

>> All right.

>> When you get in the house, find out all

you can. Katie, yes.

>> You got to go as a guest.

>> Will it be safe?

>> It'll have to be. I'll try and get in

the girls' room. Unless you hear from

me. Carry on as we planned.

>> Flash Gordon seems a very capable

fellow.

Sports pages.

>> These Brooklyn fellas seem to be arguing

with the empire. Stormy thing.

>> What are you eating, Watson?

Come. Oh, put it away.

>> Never seen you take an interest in the

society columns before.

>> It's a concern. I'll drop it once. I'll

show you. Watson,

>> you find what you're looking for?

>> How do you know this is a girl? It would

be an extraordinary coincidence,

wouldn't it, if more than one naval left

tenant in Washington were to become

engaged in the last few days to a girl

from New York whose aunt was giving them

a reception. Fine, Joe, you must be

right. She's a pretty girl.

>> Yes,

he's walking around with a dynamite in a

handbag.

[music]

>> [music]

[music]

>> 625 wardlock place.

>> Who is it?

We p

>> you can't come up here.

>> I did though.

>> Wouldn't get you two.

>> That part is going to be awfully dull

after this.

>> Let's not go. Let's go away and get

married. You've only got one more day.

>> That's an idea. No, we can't do that to

Annie. I'll tell you. Let's sneak a look

at the new apartment.

It was awful sweet of Annie to give us

the whole floor of this house for our

apartment. The least we can do is let

her have the fun of showing it to us.

>> Okay, let's face the party.

>> I'll get my bag.

>> Thank you.

>> Oh, no you don't. That's the way I got

them.

>> [music]

>> Yes, it is.

>> Oh, how do you do? So glad you could

come. This is Mrs. Oh, dear. What is

your name? Roxton.

>> Of course, I know it as well as my own.

And this is Mrs. Bale.

>> How do you do? Isn't it

>> quite [laughter] of course

>> they love it?

>> Not yet.

>> That must be Lieutenant Mariam with Miss

Partridge over there.

>> Certainly glad to hear the news, Pete.

Congratulations.

>> Well, thank you, Major. Thank you.

>> You're a lucky guy, Pete.

>> I'll see you later.

>> Third floor, first door. Right. I'll

wait there. You bring him up.

>> Thank you, sir.

A toast to the happy couple.

>> A toast.

>> Very good.

>> Happy landings. May

>> I have one of those? Certainly.

>> Me, too.

>> Thank you.

[laughter]

>> Lieutenant Miam.

>> Telephone, sir. Navy Department calling.

>> Oh, yes. Be right back. Lead on McDuff.

>> This way, sir.

>> Matches. Match me, darling.

>> Dig them up.

Thank you.

>> Sorry.

>> Oh, Pete, hold it.

>> You can keep them, major.

>> Oh, thank you.

>> Thank you.

>> Not for me. Thank you.

>> No, thank you.

>> Why up here? They said it was private.

There's a phone in here, sir.

>> Hey, it's my new apartment. This part

didn't want me to see it till after it

was finished.

>> Here you are, sir. Quite a smell of

paint, sir.

>> In here, sir.

Thank you.

>> Okay.

We should get some action, sir Henry,

with Sherlock Holmes in Washington.

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>> Yes. I don't mind telling you I'd give

anything to get my hands on that

document.

>> Yes, I know.

>> Or at least know that it's in safe

hands.

Hank,

>> engaged today and married tomorrow.

>> No thanks.

Have you a match,

>> Miss Partridge?

>> Yes.

>> Lieutenant Miam asked if you would come

to the new apartment.

>> But he's not supposed to see it yet.

>> The new apartment? He must think you're

already married.

>> Yes. I don't dare let that man out of my

sight. Excuse me. Will you please?

>> Surely.

>> Oh, I'm so sorry.

>> Um, may I

Thank you.

This way, please.

>> Oh, I know the way. Thank you.

>> Peter, where are you?

Well, here we are, Groen.

>> Ah, good connections. We better go into

the party.

>> Well, I think you better go in first,

Mr. Holmes. I'm not very good at this

sort of thing.

>> I think you do. All right.

>> The only possible explanation,

>> Mrs. about it. Forgive my intruding, but

is your niece the kind of girl who would

just disappear in this manner of her own

free will?

>> Well, ordinarily, of course not. But the

girls in love.

>> In [clears throat] love? Well, of

course, if they're in love, that's

>> even so. They'd naturally tell you of

their destination.

>> Really? I have no idea. Oh, but they'll

be back here again tomorrow. You see, I

prepared an apartment for them. An

entire floor in this house.

>> Uh, by the way, Mrs. Pontridge, I gather

the rug you ordered for the apartment

was not entirely satisfactory. Oh,

>> those tiresome workmen. I told them not

to come in here this afternoon, but they

did

>> and walked out with a rug which they no

doubt informed you had been sent by

mistake and would be replaced tomorrow.

>> Yes, but however, did you know that?

>> Show me the apartment.

>> Yes, there were two rugs there. One for

the living room and one for the dining

room.

>> What your workmen wear rub shoes within,

huh?

>> Oh, but yes, always. Their company

requires them to. Nevertheless, there

have been leather heels on this floor

and a woman's heels very recently, I

should say. Not yours, Mrs. Partridge,

but recently enough, so that no dust has

had time to settle in the imprints. Stay

over there, please.

There seems to be a struggle over there.

A woman's footprints disappear and a

man's leather heels come round

and stop there. Either she was carried

out in the carpet or else.

>> Where does that door lead to?

>> Why? It's a dressing room.

>> Perhaps an ordinary skeleton key.

>> Try it.

>> Watson, this is a matter for you, I'm

afraid.

>> Excuse me.

>> Who is he?

>> Is it Miam?

>> Peter.

>> Take it easy, Mrs. Partridge. Let the

doctor examine him. How is he, Watson?

>> Nasty crack of the head. Nothing

serious. Thank heavens. Is there

somewhere where you can lie down?

>> Of course. Poor Peter. Take him to my

room.

>> Yes, sir. Put your put your arm on my

neck. After all, you

>> Mr. Holmes, you must find Nancy.

>> Quite.

>> Peter,

>> that girl disappeared right from under

our noses. It's unbelievable.

I better try to trace that truck.

>> That won't lead us anywhere. Our

antagonist is too clever for that. But

the girl must be found immediately.

You're sure the police chemists found

nothing definite in their examination of

the trunk?

>> Not one thing pertinent to the case.

>> What about Grayson's body and the

blanket? It was wrapped in.

>> Nothing.

>> Every object connected with this case

has some kind of story to tell.

Do you think they'd mind if uh

>> the laboratory is completely at your

disposal, Mr.

>> Thank you, Dr. Watson. I will go there

at once.

>> Usual findings on the trunk, Mr. Holmes.

Bought in Washington, been banged about

a good deal. All labels removed. in the

body.

>> No marks of any kind.

>> Very well.

>> If you need me, call.

>> Thank you.

>> Watson, please.

>> Just tidying up a bit.

>> This blanket is beginning to tell me

many things.

>> Really? Don't say so.

>> It only remains to translate them

properly.

Yes. And just as I thought, this blanket

has had a most varied history. It's been

on many a sea voyage. the latest not 6

months ago.

Since then it has been used to wrap a

multiplicity of objects.

Carvings of teakwood

candle snuff is made of put

and furniture.

>> Furniture.

>> Yes. Tewood leaves an unmistakable

stain. computer rubs off easily and

there are evidences of wax drippings but

what particularly concerns us Watson is

the furniture

most likely a chair

Louis the 15th in yellow and maroon

satin what do all these things suggest

you Watson say an aunt of mine Matilda

lives in Brighton very oldfashioned very

ages

>> exactly antiques

have a lot of ground to cover before

nightfall

Ground. What ground?

>> If necessary, all the antique shops in

Washington. A A N T I. There we are.

Antiques.

>> Antiques. What connection is a Louis the

15th chair with this partridge girl?

>> This sliver of wood came from a Louis

the 15th chair that had once been

wrapped in that blanket. From other

evidences the blanket supplies, I deduce

that it's been used in an antique shop.

And whoever controls those antiques

murdered Grayson and kidnapped the girl.

>> What?

>> That's it. Watson,

>> come along before the girl's kidnapper

becomes her murderer.

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>> [music]

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>> Holmes, I'm fed up with all this

shopping for antiques.

>> You must keep searching, Watson. The

girl's in grave danger.

>> Hello.

>> Hello.

>> Oh, sorry. What is it? Home.

>> This isn't the place it seems to be.

Look, Watson.

Those cabinets. Obviously imitation and

yet they're priced as if they were

authentic.

>> Beware and all that. Eh,

>> Watson, I feel certain this is it.

>> This is my purse.

>> May I?

>> Thank you.

>> What kind of a joke is this? Oh, don't

bother to answer. You can tell the

police all about it and you shall. I

promise you.

>> But there are no police here. Haven't

you noticed? We are quite alone.

[clears throat]

I sent for you to ask you a few

questions.

>> You always sent a rug for your guests.

It was a very nice rug, Miss Partridge.

>> It's not my idea of a method of

transportation.

>> No, I'm sorry about that, but I'm afraid

it was unavoidable.

>> But why? You have no right to bring me

here like this.

>> I've always found it wise to take what

rights I can get.

Miss Partridge, you have a document

which I must have.

>> Document? I have no document.

>> It won't do you any good to deny it.

>> But I do deny it. I don't know what

you're talking about.

>> You'll remain a prisoner until you

produce it. How can I produce it when I

haven't got it?

>> But you have.

It was observed that on the train you

had contact with a little British agent

named Grayson. He gave you something.

Where is it?

>> But I hardly even noticed the man. I I

wouldn't even have remembered him if I

hadn't seen his picture in the paper. He

disappeared or something.

>> He's dead, Miss Partridge.

>> Oh.

>> Now, will you tell me what I want to

know? But I can't.

>> You won't?

>> I can't. I tell you.

Let me out of here. He gave me nothing.

>> That's strange because I know he spoke

to you.

>> There's something very curious about

that door up there. To open it, you'd

have to know the combination.

>> But I tell you, I spoke to no one on

that train. Now,

>> didn't the little man try to be

attentive to you? Well,

>> he may have offered the usual

courtesies. I don't even remember.

>> I see.

I'm sorry.

Aren't you spoke one of these?

>> Thank you.

>> And you're quite sure he said nothing at

all to you?

>> Of course I'm sure.

>> Permit me?

And you're certain that nothing passed

between you?

>> I'm certain,

>> Mr. How? Please,

>> I must ask you to trust me with your bag

a little longer. I have an eccentric

interest in the linings of purses. It's

a foyable.

Ah, you'll know Mr. How, I believe.

Mr. How is a gentleman of unusual

accomplishments? Under his influence,

I've known people talk fluently who

never talked before.

>> But I don't know anything. I tell you

nothing. NOTHING. I SWEAR ON IT. I DON'T

KNOW ANYTHING.

[music]

>> You stay out here. I'll go inside. I'll

assume the character of an [music]

eccentric art collector.

As soon as I'm convinced that this is

the place we're looking for, I'll signal

to you and you get Gran and bring him

here on the run. But don't lose any

time. An extra second may cost a life.

>> No, madam. I don't know who she is, but

notice the modeling. It has good

symmetry, good lines. Oh, I'll be right

with you, sir.

>> Well, thank you. I'll just take a look

around.

What an extraordinary cabinet. Spanish

Moish influence. Imitation, of course.

>> It is not an imitation. It's authentic.

>> Oh, come now, my dear man. Ah, may I see

some of these ceramics?

>> Those are for sale. They're Ming vases

mostly, and they haven't been marked

yet.

>> Well, that's really of very little

consequence.

You see, if they're genuine,

I can tell to within a shilling what the

international price might be.

>> If you please, sir, there are other

customers.

>> Oh, yes, yes, yes, of course. Well, I'll

just look around. Ah, what a very

interesting collection of puter.

>> [music]

>> Uh,

>> that'll be $500. Now, would you just

give me the address where you want it

sent?

>> Yes. [music] Mrs. Jay Wellington Jr.,

>> Dupon Circle.

[music]

>> [music]

>> Good night.

Good night. I'll have it sent out in the

morning.

>> Oh dear. Oh dear.

I'm most terribly sorry.

>> You've broken one of our best pieces,

sir. Ming Dynasty.

A

>> Tang Dynasty, not Ming. Definitely not

Ming.

>> It is my business to know, sir. The

pottery is Ming and worth $2,300.

Is worth closing for the evening. I must

ask you to settle at once.

>> Oh, nonsense, my good man. Tang Pottery

is worth $600 at best.

>> Just a moment, please.

>> Yes, of course.

>> Hello.

What's going on up there?

>> A customer dropped a valuable piece of

pottery. I'll finish with him

immediately.

>> How can you say that it's Ming? 2,300

fiddlesticks. You ask $2,300 for

something that's worth no more than 600.

I demand to see the proprietor. There

are bureaus for the protection of

innocent customers. Show me to the owner

of this establishment or I'll turn the

entire affair over to my legal

representative. Ming indeed. What kind?

What skull duggery? I mean to put an end

to it this very night.

Ming for Tang indeed and I won't be put

off.

Call the proprietor immediately.

>> Very well. Just a minute.

>> Yes.

>> This man's mad. An eccentric collector.

I can't get rid of him. Insists on

seeing you in person.

>> All right. Stole him for half a minute,

then sent him into my office. I'll get

rid of him quickly.

Aha. No screams till the customer's

gone.

[music]

>> You get downstairs.

>> Yes, sir.

>> [music]

>> I'm most frightly

I'm most frightly sorry about the vase.

But but really, sir, your clark is

guilty of attempting the most obvious

fraud. You see, he tried to convince me

that I'd broken a Ming pottery when

anyone could see that it belonged to the

tongue era. It's its value is no more

than $600.

>> All right, you pay him the 600. We'll

call the matter settled.

>> Oh. Oh, thank you very much, sir. Thank

you. I'll send you my check in the

morning. I uh I see you know the uh

London value of these pieces.

>> It's my business.

>> Exactly. Yes. Exactly. You know, I think

you're just the man to help me find some

furniture I'm anxious to get. I'm most

frightfully bored with the usual

conglomeration of pieces that we can

pick up on the other side.

>> What do you really want, Mr. Sherlock

Holmes?

>> Yeah. Henrik Henle, or as you now call

yourself, Mr. Richard Stanley

in 1914, secret agent of the German

Kaiser. Since then, head of the most

insidious international spiring that

ever existed. You're wrong. A case of

mistaken identity. I've been a respected

member of this community for a great

many years. I deal in antiques because

of their rarity and beauty. Merely a

device to cover up your real business of

transporting secret information to the

enemies of this country.

>> Very interesting, but just a figment of

your imagination. I am a very busy man.

Mr. Sherlock Holmes,

>> where is Nancy Partridge?

>> You're not looking for that girl. You're

looking for a certain document. Oh, dear

me. No, the documents perfectly safe.

You see, um,

the man who has it, doesn't know he has

it.

>> That's a very pretty tale, but quite

untrue.

The only man who had any contact with

Grayson on the train was Senator

Babcock. The senator doesn't have the

document. We took the trouble to find

out.

Permit me.

Thank you. Perhaps you've been misled by

the common notion regarding the shape

and bulk of state papers. They might

easily have been reduced to a to a

convenient size. You know, say a

document no larger than a than a postage

stamp. Postage stamp? Huh? That's a very

interesting theory, but not supported by

the facts. And quite beside the point.

Where's the girl? She's not here, of

course, but you're quite at liberty to

look around if you care to.

>> Thank you. I shall do so.

>> [music]

>> Interesting piece. Spanish, isn't it?

>> Moish.

>> Oh, my error. It's an amazing specimen.

I assure you, you won't find what you're

looking for there.

>> You stimulate my curiosity.

This might be interesting. [music]

Mo were an incredibly inventive people,

weren't they?

>> Yes. It was in shocking condition when I

got hold of it, but I had it restored.

It's very lively now,

but old-fashioned.

>> If that's the best you can do, Mr.

Stanley, I think I may safely examine

the rest of the room.

>> Now, help yourself.

>> Thank you.

Take your hand away from that drawer.

>> Mr. Holmes, you didn't think I was going

to draw a weapon. I never touch the

things.

>> How odd to find you squeamish.

that connects only with the shop.

>> You're very quick to say so. And yet a

short while ago, I saw two other men in

this room.

And they didn't go back into the shop.

So, there must be another exit. And

perhaps another [music] room.

>> Yes, Mr. Stanley. What is it?

Bring Miss Partridge here at once.

>> Excellent, Holmes. I see your voice

hasn't lost its flexibility.

And

>> my hand hasn't lost its cunning either.

When they come here, tell them to leave

the girl with you and to clear out.

>> You think I'll do that?

>> Yes, you will. You're playing with lives

now, Stanley. Not just the girls.

Thousands. Millions, perhaps.

And we don't intend to let one man have

that much power. Not now, not at any

time in the future.

I'd prefer you alive to face the

retribution that's coming to you. But if

I have to do it.

>> All right, Mr. Holmes. I suppose we must

all meet our mates sooner or later.

That's enough, boys. Take your hands off

him.

Well, Mr. Holmes,

tell the cler to go home, then see the

front doors locked.

>> Well, Mr. Stanley, it's the last strike

that counts. E, Holmes.

I'll remind you of that later.

>> As part of it, allow me to present Mr.

Sherlock Holmes, the world famous

detective. He's come to rescue you.

>> I don't believe you.

>> Oddly enough, he's telling the truth. My

name is Sherlock Holmes, and I did come

here to help you, but I seem rather to

have missed it. I'm sorry. I'm afraid

you've had a bad time.

>> Well, that doesn't matter. It's Peter.

They say they'll do something to him if

I don't tell them. They say they've got

him.

>> Cheer up. He's quite safe. A tough

customer like Peter isn't disabled very

long by a clout on the head. He's all

right.

>> All okay, Mr. Stanley.

>> Okay, Stanley. This girl knows nothing.

I promise she won't even identify you.

Well, unfortunately, she knows enough to

hang us. So do you. I'm surprised that

you walking into a trap like this, but

you see the position I'm in and what has

to be done. Katie, how

it will give me great pleasure to attend

to Mr. Holmes personally.

Easter, the girl's yours.

>> [music]

>> It's the police.

>> It's the police.

[music]

[music]

Where are they?

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[music]

Thank heavens you're safe.

Quick, Stannis, escape. [music]

>> All right, boys. Bring them along. Come

on, let's go back.

Send [music] it off this building.

Double quick.

[music]

Come in.

>> I'm glad you're safe, Senator.

>> Safe? No man is safe. Look at the way my

constituents snipe at me.

>> I don't recall seeing your face before,

stranger.

>> I don't think we've met.

>> Well, that explains it.

>> My name is Shock Holmes.

>> Glad to know you, Holmes. What's on your

mind?

>> Senator Babcock. I'm here to inform you

of Grave Peril to your life. Richard

Stanley, a dangerous criminal, is now on

his way here.

>> Richard Stanley? Why, he's the most

respectable citizen of Washington, has

been for years. What could Stanley

possibly want from me?

>> A document under the stamps of a letter

given to you by a chap named Grayson.

[clears throat]

>> Grayson? Grayson? Used to know a man

that Grayson?

Why? That's a fellow disappeared. Say,

I've got that envelope right here in my

wallet.

Now, what does Stanley think could be

under these stamps? A secret document of

grave import reduced to microfilm and

concealed under these very stamps.

>> Thank you very much, Mr. Holmes. That's

just what I wanted to know.

>> I might have missed this microfilm if

you hadn't led me to it. I seem to have

underestimated your capabilities, Mr.

Stanley.

>> Yes, Mr. Holmes. Your famous powers of

deduction and observation made very well

in Limehouse or Soho. But here in

America, I believe you're out of your

depth. If so, the verdict of history

will be severe. Indeed, your nervous,

Sherlock Holmes, I must confess to a

marked irritation. Do you uh mind if I

smoke?

Thank you. The whole course of the world

might be changed by your acquisition of

the microphone. Oh, it will be and for

the better. You match.

You can keep those. Thank you. And now,

if you'll pardon me, Mr. Holmes,

why don't you do something, Holmes, if

that thing's so all fired important.

>> The English senator, cricket old boy,

always call in the crisis. The last

trick, a Holmes.

>> Yes, the last trick.

>> Say you're a smart fellow, Holmes.

Here's

the microfilm, Holmes.

>> Thank you, Senator.

I see Holmes.

This is the microphone with the document

on it. It'll be in the proper hands

within the hour.

As I told you, Mr. Stanley, the man who

had it didn't know he had it.

>> Come on, let's go.

>> Well, it'll be nice to get home to Baker

Street. Hey, Holmes.

>> Yes,

but this is a great country, Watson.

>> It certainly is, my dear fellow.

>> Look up there ahead. the capital, the

very heart of this democracy.

>> Democracy,

the only hope for the future. E Homes,

>> it's not given to us to peer into the

mysteries of the future.

But in the days to come, the British and

American people will for their own

safety and for the good of all

walk together

in majesty, in justice, and in peace.

That's magnificent. I quite agree with

you.

Not with me, with Mr. Winston Churchill.

I was quoting from the speech he made

not so long ago in that very building.

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Heat.

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