WEBVTT 02:39.367 --> 02:40.200 Watson. 02:41.953 --> 02:42.619 Watch. 02:47.876 --> 02:50.669 The chemical reaction you are about to witness 02:52.005 --> 02:54.631 will solve the mystery concerning the persecution 02:56.176 --> 02:57.551 of Mr. John Vincent Harden. 02:58.511 --> 03:01.638 Excellent, the tobacco millionaire, shall I take notes? 03:01.764 --> 03:03.724 No, I will dictate in the fullness of time. 03:10.857 --> 03:13.650 There's a young lady wishes to see you, Mr. Holmes. 03:13.776 --> 03:15.819 This is not a convenient moment! 03:16.779 --> 03:19.698 She's very well spoken, a genuine lady. 03:19.824 --> 03:20.532 No doubt. 03:21.576 --> 03:23.327 And persistent, too. 03:24.913 --> 03:28.916 Mrs. Hudson, I, too, am extremely persistent, especially when I'm working. 03:29.250 --> 03:32.085 It is a matter of great urgency, Mr. Holmes, 03:32.503 --> 03:35.047 or I would not be troubling you on a Saturday evening. 03:38.426 --> 03:42.221 Perhaps you could, uh, delay your chemical reaction, Holmes. 03:42.764 --> 03:43.388 Very well. 03:50.521 --> 03:52.064 Do sit down, Miss, uh... 03:52.190 --> 03:53.273 Violet Smith. 03:53.733 --> 03:54.608 Dr. Watson. 03:58.029 --> 03:59.071 Thank you Mrs. Hudson. 03:59.447 --> 04:01.615 A genuine lady. I told you. 04:04.285 --> 04:05.410 Oh, please. 04:06.537 --> 04:08.789 Urn, thank you, I'll be quite happy here. 04:12.085 --> 04:15.045 Very well, Miss Smith, 04:16.089 --> 04:18.465 you must tell us your matter of great urgency. 04:18.716 --> 04:20.425 It is obviously not your health. 04:20.677 --> 04:23.470 So ardent a bicyclist must be full of energy. 04:24.013 --> 04:25.806 Yes, I bicycle a good deal. 04:25.974 --> 04:28.976 Slight roughening on the side of the soles 04:29.102 --> 04:30.769 caused by the friction of the pedals. 04:31.562 --> 04:32.646 Excellent, Watson. 04:33.606 --> 04:34.982 The marks on your shoes. 04:35.984 --> 04:39.987 Yes! Even if I have to travel a long way, 04:40.154 --> 04:42.489 I take my bicycle on the train with me as I did today. 04:42.657 --> 04:44.825 You will excuse me, but it is my business. 04:47.453 --> 04:48.829 Yes, I nearly fell into the error 04:48.955 --> 04:51.290 of supposing you earned a living by typewriting, 04:51.416 --> 04:53.292 but of course, it is obviously music. 04:53.501 --> 04:57.462 You will observe, Watson, the spatulate finger ends, 04:57.755 --> 05:00.007 which is common to both professions. 05:01.426 --> 05:04.845 There is a spirituality about the face, however, 05:05.346 --> 05:08.849 which the typewriter does not generate. This lady is a musician. 05:08.975 --> 05:12.185 Why, yes, Mr. Holmes, I teach music. 05:13.354 --> 05:16.315 In the country, I presume, from your complexion. 05:16.607 --> 05:18.984 Near Farnham on the borders of Surrey! 05:22.447 --> 05:26.533 But please, let me explain why I am here. 05:31.622 --> 05:36.209 I am an only child, and my father died some years ago. 05:36.502 --> 05:37.711 His name and profession? 05:38.796 --> 05:39.713 James Smith, 05:39.881 --> 05:43.216 he conducted the orchestra at the old Imperial Theater. 05:43.343 --> 05:46.720 The old Imperial, Holmes. 05:48.389 --> 05:49.348 Please continue. 05:52.810 --> 05:57.022 My mother and I were left without a relation in the world 05:57.440 --> 06:02.527 except for one uncle, Ralph Smith, who went to Africa 15 years ago, 06:03.488 --> 06:05.572 and we have not had a word from him since, 06:05.698 --> 06:07.866 despite our Christmas cards and photographs. 06:11.204 --> 06:13.747 Mr. Holmes, I have to tell you that... 06:13.915 --> 06:16.750 I think you wish to tell me 06:16.918 --> 06:18.710 that you and your mother are very poor, 06:19.587 --> 06:22.756 not withstanding your obvious grace, dignity and talent. 06:23.966 --> 06:25.384 We were very poor. 06:30.973 --> 06:33.683 About four months ago, in February, 06:34.268 --> 06:36.603 we were told there was an advertisement in the Times, 06:36.771 --> 06:38.438 inquiring for our whereabouts. 06:38.898 --> 06:41.024 You can imagine how excited we were, 06:41.150 --> 06:43.235 for we thought that someone had left us a fortune. 06:43.820 --> 06:47.364 I went at once to the lawyers whose name was given in the paper. 06:52.620 --> 06:54.121 Now, this is Miss Violet Smith. 06:54.372 --> 06:57.416 The solicitor introduced me to two men, 06:58.084 --> 07:00.293 a Mr. Carruthers and a Mr. Woodley. 07:01.462 --> 07:03.755 They were on a visit from South Africa. 07:14.475 --> 07:18.979 I wish I could tell you your uncle left you a vast fortune, but as I said... 07:19.105 --> 07:21.398 He died in extreme poverty, 07:22.483 --> 07:26.319 However, I myself am not without means. 07:31.242 --> 07:33.952 My mother and I never sought charity. 07:34.954 --> 07:37.330 No, nor do I offer it. 07:40.209 --> 07:40.792 Please. 07:45.423 --> 07:47.090 I have a question to ask of you. 07:48.050 --> 07:52.429 Your Uncle Ralph said you were very musical, do you teach music? 07:53.181 --> 07:54.014 Yes. 07:54.849 --> 07:58.518 Miss Smith, I am now a widower with a 10-year-old daughter. 07:58.686 --> 08:00.187 Young Sarah. 08:04.025 --> 08:08.278 She needs a music teacher. So, you see, I do not offer charity. 08:08.404 --> 08:11.364 A job, he wants to give you a job! 08:14.535 --> 08:17.871 Whereabouts in London do you live, Mr. Carruthers? 08:19.290 --> 08:19.873 I don't. 08:21.542 --> 08:27.214 I live about six miles from Farnham, in Surrey, at Chiltern Grange. 08:28.007 --> 08:30.509 I couldn't possibly leave my mother on her own. 08:30.635 --> 08:33.220 I will pay you 100 pounds a year. 08:37.058 --> 08:38.683 A hundred a year? 08:38.809 --> 08:39.559 Yes. 08:39.852 --> 08:42.229 Approximately double the market price, I think. 08:42.355 --> 08:43.647 Oh, at least! 08:44.232 --> 08:48.568 Which you obviously accepted, or you wouldn't be here now. 08:49.403 --> 08:51.738 Yes. I accepted the offer. 08:52.240 --> 08:53.907 Mr. Carruthers agreed 08:54.075 --> 08:56.660 that I should go home every weekend to my mother in town. 08:56.911 --> 08:59.204 So this is one of your weekend visits to London? 08:59.413 --> 09:00.080 It is. 09:02.208 --> 09:04.417 Tell me about your life at Chiltern Grange. 09:07.547 --> 09:10.423 For a while, it was quite perfect. 09:12.760 --> 09:16.054 Every Monday morning I would take the train to Farnham 09:16.264 --> 09:19.099 and then bicycle from the station to the house. 09:42.623 --> 09:44.416 The little girl's name was Sarah, 09:45.960 --> 09:50.380 and she was delightful, as well as being a very good pupil. 09:54.427 --> 09:56.386 That was very much better, Sarah. 09:56.721 --> 09:57.971 May I try it again? 09:58.639 --> 10:00.473 Of course, that's why we're here. 10:04.729 --> 10:08.440 Mr. Carruthers was appreciative of my work, 10:08.733 --> 10:11.651 and an extremely kind and considerate host. 10:14.238 --> 10:15.780 Sounds idyllic. 10:16.490 --> 10:17.282 It was. 10:19.243 --> 10:20.410 What happened to spoil it? 10:22.913 --> 10:23.663 A visitor. 10:24.665 --> 10:25.665 Mr. Woodley 10:26.792 --> 10:28.960 However did you guess. Mr. Holmes? 10:29.503 --> 10:32.839 Miss Smith, I never guess. 10:35.509 --> 10:36.801 Tell me about his visit. 10:39.430 --> 10:42.807 He arrived and was to stay for a week. 10:45.019 --> 10:47.187 But to me it seemed like three months. 10:48.522 --> 10:51.858 Oh, that odious red mustache! 11:01.410 --> 11:03.370 One evening after dinner, 11:03.746 --> 11:07.374 Mr. Carruthers had to leave us for a minute to see somebody at the door. 11:08.876 --> 11:10.543 A gentleman to see you, sir. 11:19.053 --> 11:19.969 Will you excuse me? 12:00.302 --> 12:02.095 That's better. 12:04.265 --> 12:06.266 Better, in what way? 12:07.476 --> 12:10.228 It's better to get the old folk out of the way. 12:13.899 --> 12:16.025 I don't regard Mr. Carruthers as old. 12:16.152 --> 12:17.694 Oh, yes, but he isn't young... 12:19.447 --> 12:20.447 like us. 12:21.115 --> 12:24.033 I do wish you wouldn't blow smoke in my face, Mr. Woodley. 12:24.702 --> 12:26.953 Oh, I don't believe that for a moment. 12:28.956 --> 12:29.914 What don't you believe? 12:30.791 --> 12:32.959 When women say they wish you wouldn't do something, 12:33.669 --> 12:35.962 it generally means the exact opposite. 12:36.130 --> 12:38.465 I mean precisely what I say! 12:38.966 --> 12:41.468 Mr. Woodley, will you please leave me alone! 12:41.761 --> 12:45.388 No. To tell you the truth, I won't leave you alone, 12:45.639 --> 12:48.141 not until I've said what's in my heart. 12:49.435 --> 12:50.602 Whatever do you mean? 12:50.811 --> 12:52.979 I'm not very well up on the social graces, 12:53.105 --> 12:57.275 but I'm prepared to learn, if you are prepared to teach me. 12:58.778 --> 13:01.112 Oh, this is absurd! 13:01.781 --> 13:04.783 It isn't absurd! I'm asking you to marry me! 13:05.493 --> 13:08.328 I mean it, it's from the heart. 13:09.371 --> 13:12.957 Money isn't a problem, I did very well out in South Africa. 13:13.626 --> 13:16.252 Whatever you are accustomed to, I can give you better, 13:16.378 --> 13:20.006 better that you're accustomed to jewelry, diamonds. 13:20.758 --> 13:25.345 You want diamonds, oh, I can give you diamonds. 13:25.513 --> 13:28.014 I don't want diamonds! 13:29.683 --> 13:31.851 Oh, you think about it. I won't rush you. 13:32.186 --> 13:33.812 I've thought about it, 13:35.940 --> 13:38.525 and the idea is ludicrous. 13:39.193 --> 13:41.152 Well, you can't blame me for trying! 13:42.571 --> 13:44.489 You're very beautiful. 13:45.241 --> 13:48.618 Listen, just to show there are no hard feelings, 13:49.620 --> 13:52.038 what about a little kiss to be going on with, hmm, 13:52.248 --> 13:53.623 just a peck on the cheek. 13:53.749 --> 13:55.208 Mr. Woodley, will you please stop it! 13:55.376 --> 13:57.377 Oh, I told you before about women who say stop it. 13:58.170 --> 14:00.338 The more they struggle, the more fun it is. 14:00.464 --> 14:02.549 Mr. Carruthers, will you stop him! 14:12.101 --> 14:13.560 Get out of this house! 14:13.936 --> 14:16.729 All right! I'm going. 14:17.773 --> 14:23.069 I'm not interested in old men, and old maids! 14:30.953 --> 14:34.080 I can only offer you my most sincere apologies for what has happened. 14:48.262 --> 14:51.389 If I give you my assurance that it will not happen again, 14:52.558 --> 14:56.269 for my daughter's sake, will you stay? 15:00.941 --> 15:03.776 Yes, I will stay. 15:05.529 --> 15:07.947 Thank you, Violet. 15:20.961 --> 15:25.256 Mr. Woodley left the house and I have not seen him since. 15:25.382 --> 15:26.633 The blackguard! 15:32.389 --> 15:35.892 Has there been any change in the behavior of Mr. Carruthers? 15:37.978 --> 15:44.651 No, he continues to be polite and considerate and courteous. 15:45.527 --> 15:47.445 Now, Miss Smith, please, please continue. 15:48.864 --> 15:52.659 Yes, there is something else. 15:53.827 --> 15:57.497 Oh, it may be a mere fancy of mine, 15:59.166 --> 16:04.170 but it seems to me that Mr. Carruthers shows a great deal of interest in me. 16:04.338 --> 16:08.341 Oh, he has never said anything, he is a perfect gentleman, 16:09.510 --> 16:13.262 but, a girl always knows. 16:13.806 --> 16:14.847 So I believe. 16:16.308 --> 16:19.811 And I assume that these feelings that you sense from Mr. Carruthers 16:19.937 --> 16:21.187 are not reciprocated? 16:23.482 --> 16:29.153 He is a kind and generous employer, but I am already engaged. 16:29.405 --> 16:32.865 Oh, the name of this very fortunate young man is? 16:33.450 --> 16:34.617 Cyril Morton. 16:35.995 --> 16:40.289 He's an electrical engineer with the Midland Electric Company in Coventry. 16:42.751 --> 16:44.711 We're to be married at the end of the summer. 16:45.838 --> 16:46.963 We wish you joy. 16:49.216 --> 16:49.716 Thank you. 16:51.010 --> 16:54.178 Yet, I am puzzled as to why you have chosen to consult me. 16:54.304 --> 16:56.514 It is an intriguing story, to be sure, 16:57.099 --> 17:02.145 but I sense you are frightened, and do not understand why. 17:02.271 --> 17:04.814 You seem well capable of protecting yourself. 17:05.733 --> 17:10.069 Please help me, Mr. Holmes! 17:14.199 --> 17:15.074 What is it? 17:17.661 --> 17:19.245 I am being followed. 17:24.001 --> 17:26.753 Followed, by whom? 17:28.630 --> 17:29.756 A cyclist. 17:32.593 --> 17:34.218 Every Saturday morning 17:34.511 --> 17:39.682 I bicycle from the house to Farnham Station to catch the 12:22 to town. 17:40.517 --> 17:44.604 There is one very quiet and lonely stretch of road 17:44.938 --> 17:47.774 that lies between Charlington Heath on the one hand 17:48.233 --> 17:50.777 and the woods of Charlington Hall on the other. 17:51.195 --> 17:54.280 Two weeks ago today, I was passing this place 17:55.032 --> 18:01.287 when I chanced to look back and saw a man, also on a bicycle. 18:05.167 --> 18:09.212 The following Monday when I returned he was there again. 18:09.338 --> 18:10.129 I see. 18:11.006 --> 18:14.801 And again last Saturday, and again last Monday. 18:15.177 --> 18:16.761 Have you mentioned this to your employer? 18:17.638 --> 18:21.140 Yes. Mr. Carruthers was very concerned, 18:21.433 --> 18:23.101 and has ordered a horse and trap 18:23.227 --> 18:25.645 so that in the future I should not travel unaccompanied. 18:27.147 --> 18:28.564 But they've not yet arrived. 18:29.149 --> 18:29.982 And this morning? 18:32.444 --> 18:33.945 He was following me again. 18:41.161 --> 18:44.163 I slowed down, but he did the same. 18:45.040 --> 18:49.335 Then I stopped completely, but he did the same. 18:51.088 --> 18:54.841 So, I laid a trap for him. 19:10.315 --> 19:13.025 There is a sharp turning of the road, 19:13.152 --> 19:16.529 and I pedaled very quickly towards this and then stopped and waited. 19:24.580 --> 19:26.622 But he seemed to disappear into thin air. 19:27.124 --> 19:28.666 Can you describe this man? 19:29.793 --> 19:31.878 I realize that you've only seen him from a distance. 19:32.004 --> 19:37.800 Yes. He wears a dark suit, dark spectacles, 19:37.926 --> 19:39.051 and he has a beard. 19:39.344 --> 19:40.469 Young, old? 19:40.888 --> 19:44.223 He's about middle-aged. 19:44.725 --> 19:47.226 Now, let me see if I have the geography correct. 19:48.145 --> 19:52.398 Here is the road, with a sharp bend in it here. 19:53.275 --> 19:56.569 On this side, Charlington Heath, 19:56.737 --> 19:59.363 and on the other, the woods of Charlington Hall. 19:59.531 --> 20:01.741 How long did you wait for him here around the bend? 20:01.867 --> 20:03.326 Oh, no more than two minutes. 20:03.452 --> 20:05.703 So he could not have retreated back down the road. 20:06.121 --> 20:07.538 Are there any side roads? 20:07.664 --> 20:09.248 None along this stretch. 20:09.791 --> 20:11.751 Could he have taken a footpath across the heath? 20:12.419 --> 20:16.881 Oh, the heath is totally flat and bleak. I think I would have noticed him. 20:17.174 --> 20:18.883 So, by a process of exclusion, 20:19.009 --> 20:22.220 we arrive at the fact that he made his way towards 20:22.971 --> 20:25.890 Charlington Hall. Now how does Mr. Carruthers make his living? 20:26.433 --> 20:28.267 Oh, he's a rich man. 20:28.852 --> 20:30.561 But no carriages or horses. 20:31.939 --> 20:34.440 Well, at least he's very well off. 20:34.858 --> 20:38.110 He goes into the city two or three times a week, 20:38.403 --> 20:41.113 and he sometimes refers to his gold shares. 20:43.075 --> 20:44.951 Yes, I see. You must let me know immediately 20:45.118 --> 20:46.869 if there are any fresh developments. 20:47.537 --> 20:49.455 I am extremely busy just now, 20:49.623 --> 20:52.750 but I will find time to make inquiries into your case. 20:53.669 --> 20:54.919 Thank you, Mr. Holmes. 20:55.128 --> 20:58.798 In the meantime, take no step without letting me know. 21:04.972 --> 21:08.641 I'm sure we shall have nothing but good news for you. 21:08.976 --> 21:10.935 I do hope so, Dr. Watson. 21:19.569 --> 21:20.903 Very lovely girl. 21:21.238 --> 21:24.490 Yes. And it is part of the settled order of nature 21:24.616 --> 21:26.284 that such a girl should have followers, 21:26.410 --> 21:30.162 but for choice, not on bicycles in lonely country roads. 21:30.831 --> 21:33.291 You really think she may be in some danger, Holmes? 21:35.252 --> 21:35.835 Oh, yes. 21:40.924 --> 21:41.841 On the following Monday, 21:42.009 --> 21:44.802 Holmes found that he had business which detained him in London, 21:45.637 --> 21:49.015 so, he dispatched me on the early train to Farnham 21:49.349 --> 21:53.102 that I might observe Miss Smith's passage past Charlington Hall. 21:54.479 --> 21:57.857 The setting was ust as she had described, 21:58.567 --> 22:00.943 heavily wooded on the side bordering the hall, 22:01.611 --> 22:03.654 and utterly exposed on the other. 22:04.573 --> 22:09.827 I selected the only available cover, and waited. 25:55.262 --> 25:57.513 Watson, you have wasted your time. 25:58.098 --> 25:58.931 I thought I did rather well. 25:59.099 --> 26:01.100 No, your hiding place was ill-chosen. 26:01.726 --> 26:03.936 You should have been in the bracken on the other side of the road. 26:04.604 --> 26:06.605 Then that way you would have had a close view 26:06.773 --> 26:09.608 of this fascinating solitary cyclist. 26:09.776 --> 26:10.276 Thank you. 26:10.735 --> 26:12.903 As it is, you were a hundred yards away and can tell me 26:13.780 --> 26:16.865 even less than Miss Smith reported to us last Saturday. 26:16.992 --> 26:19.577 You describe him as bending low over the handle bar? 26:19.703 --> 26:20.911 Yes, quite low. 26:21.037 --> 26:24.707 Thus concealment again, which in your case worked perfectly. 26:27.961 --> 26:30.129 Oh know, you really have done remarkably badly. 26:31.965 --> 26:32.965 He goes back to the Hall 26:33.091 --> 26:35.968 and you come all the way back to London to call on a house agent. 26:36.177 --> 26:38.137 Well, I found the information I was seeking. 26:38.305 --> 26:40.639 You found the name Williamson, which conveys nothing to my mind. 26:40.765 --> 26:42.308 Well, we know he's elderly and respectable. 26:42.475 --> 26:44.727 And therefore, unlikely to be the energetic cyclist 26:44.853 --> 26:47.146 that sprints away from that athletic young girl. 26:47.480 --> 26:48.647 Well, what should I have done? 26:48.815 --> 26:52.568 Gone to the nearest public house that is the center of country gossip. 26:52.861 --> 26:54.236 They would have given you every name 26:54.362 --> 26:56.155 from the master to the scullery maid. 26:56.323 --> 26:59.241 Instead of which, you give me... Williamson. 27:09.502 --> 27:12.671 So, what have we gained by your expedition. 27:12.964 --> 27:16.008 The fact that the girl's story is true. I never doubted that. 27:16.635 --> 27:18.844 That there is a connection between the cyclist and the Hall. 27:18.970 --> 27:20.179 I never doubted that, either. 27:20.722 --> 27:24.016 The Hall is tenanted by a man called Williamson. 27:26.102 --> 27:27.519 Who is the better for that? 27:29.481 --> 27:32.858 I shall go back tomorrow and visit the public house. 27:32.984 --> 27:35.027 No, my dear sir, do not commit yourself to rashness 27:35.278 --> 27:37.029 because you are temporarily depressed. 27:38.573 --> 27:40.532 We can do nothing useful until Saturday. 27:44.329 --> 27:46.955 Did I really do remarkably badly? 27:49.751 --> 27:50.376 Yes. 28:09.062 --> 28:09.895 Very beautiful. 28:10.730 --> 28:11.980 Thank you, Mr. Carruthers. 28:12.482 --> 28:15.484 It is a new piece. I need to practice it more. 28:16.945 --> 28:18.362 No, I don't mean the music. 28:22.867 --> 28:26.704 Violet, I have a question to ask you. 28:34.129 --> 28:35.003 Morning, Holmes. 28:35.964 --> 28:37.923 A letter from Miss Violet Smith. 28:38.883 --> 28:41.760 Now Carruthers has proposed marriage to her. 28:42.262 --> 28:43.178 Carruthers! 28:43.304 --> 28:46.098 Gentlemen are permitted to propose marriage, Watson. 28:46.766 --> 28:48.517 Of course he didn't know about Cyril. 28:50.311 --> 28:51.437 Are you going to Farnham? 28:51.938 --> 28:54.773 I want to test one or two theories which I have formed. 28:54.899 --> 28:55.774 Shall I come with you? 28:56.151 --> 28:59.069 No, that will be neither useful nor necessary. 29:02.615 --> 29:06.076 Try the nearest public house, always a good center for country gossip. 29:06.786 --> 29:10.789 Thank you, Watson, capital notion! 30:24.364 --> 30:25.864 Ah, Good afternoon, Landlord. 30:26.574 --> 30:29.493 May I have half a pint of your local ale, please? 30:29.619 --> 30:30.327 Certainly, sir. 30:38.711 --> 30:39.336 Here you are. 30:39.963 --> 30:43.549 Thank you. You may keep the change. 30:45.885 --> 30:49.638 That's most generous of you, sir, but I couldn't. 30:49.848 --> 30:51.723 I haven't done anything to warrant such generosity. 30:51.850 --> 30:54.852 I'm about to give you the opportunity. I need some information. 30:54.978 --> 30:57.688 Oh, I'm not one for idle gossip, sir. 30:57.814 --> 30:59.898 Neither am I, I prefer facts. 31:00.900 --> 31:02.734 Tell me about the people at Charlington Hall. 31:03.820 --> 31:05.237 You mean Mr. Williamson, sir? 31:06.531 --> 31:06.989 Yes. 31:07.574 --> 31:10.242 Well, he... he was in here not more than five minutes ago. 31:10.410 --> 31:11.201 You just missed him. 31:11.411 --> 31:14.663 Tell me about Mr. Williamson. Is he an elderly, respectable gentleman? 31:14.789 --> 31:16.081 Oh, he's elderly, no doubt. 31:17.458 --> 31:20.252 Far be it from me to speak ill of people behind their backs, 31:20.420 --> 31:22.254 but I'm none too sure about respectable. 31:22.422 --> 31:22.921 Really? 31:23.256 --> 31:25.591 He is an ex-clergymen, I reckon. 31:27.176 --> 31:27.926 Ex? 31:28.344 --> 31:34.016 Apparently, He was struck off, or whatever it is happens to clergymen. 31:34.142 --> 31:35.434 That's doctors that are struck off. 31:36.686 --> 31:38.604 Tell me about the other people up at the house. 31:39.772 --> 31:44.192 Well, they're just domestic staff, and they're all local and God-fearing. 31:44.319 --> 31:44.943 Of course. 31:46.446 --> 31:49.114 He do have folk up there at weekends. 31:53.536 --> 31:54.119 Weekends? 31:57.498 --> 31:58.457 Weekends. 32:00.126 --> 32:02.878 Ah, no problem. What sort of folk? 32:03.004 --> 32:04.630 Oh, they're a warm lot. 32:04.797 --> 32:05.380 Warm? 32:05.798 --> 32:09.968 Yes, the sort you don't want to get too near for fear of getting burnt like. 32:11.888 --> 32:12.554 That's good. 32:13.222 --> 32:15.807 Oh, you may think it's good, sir. 32:16.601 --> 32:18.977 They don't come down well in the village, I can tell you. 32:20.563 --> 32:21.980 There was one fellow in particular. 32:22.482 --> 32:23.649 Particularly warm, is he, this fellow? 32:23.775 --> 32:26.610 He is very particularly, sir. 32:27.987 --> 32:30.155 I'll wager he has a red mustache. 32:31.074 --> 32:33.325 Hey, do you know him? 32:34.285 --> 32:35.619 I never met the gentleman. 32:36.329 --> 32:38.580 Well, now is your chance. 32:41.960 --> 32:42.834 Mr. Woodley 32:43.753 --> 32:45.837 None of your damn business! 32:46.923 --> 32:49.174 Our Landlord keeps a very respectable house, 32:49.300 --> 32:50.842 and your language is not welcome. 32:50.969 --> 32:52.010 Who do you think you are? 32:52.178 --> 32:55.263 What the hell do you want coming here asking all them questions? 32:55.515 --> 32:58.016 You're quite right, Landlord, clearly not a gentleman. 32:58.267 --> 33:00.602 Oh, I'm as much a gentleman as you are. 33:09.362 --> 33:13.782 Everybody here will bear witness to the fact that I am acting in self-defense. 33:33.720 --> 33:34.302 Swine! 33:34.429 --> 33:35.721 No, sir, a gentleman! 33:36.305 --> 33:38.724 Only a ruffian deals a blow with the back of a hand. 33:39.100 --> 33:40.892 A gentleman uses the straight, left... 33:42.854 --> 33:44.229 and I, sir, am a gentleman! 34:28.608 --> 34:30.942 It was absolutely delicious, Watson. 34:32.320 --> 34:33.403 So I see. 34:33.905 --> 34:36.531 A straight left against a slogging ruffian. 34:38.534 --> 34:40.202 I emerged, as you see. 34:41.662 --> 34:43.246 And the slogging ruffian? 34:44.457 --> 34:46.958 Mr. Woodley was taken home in a cart. 34:58.054 --> 34:59.971 There's that horrible man again. 35:05.144 --> 35:05.977 Which man? 35:36.342 --> 35:39.177 I thought I saw Mr. Woodley in the garden today. 35:40.346 --> 35:41.847 You did. He's staying in the area. 35:43.724 --> 35:45.350 But do not worry, I have told him quite firmly 35:45.685 --> 35:49.020 he's not to set foot inside the house. 35:51.732 --> 35:55.527 "Dear Mr. Holmes, You will not be surprised to learn" 35:55.695 --> 35:59.114 "that I will be leaving Mr. Carruthers's employment on Saturday." 36:03.327 --> 36:06.204 The odious Mr. Woodley has reappeared at Chiltern Grange. 36:07.832 --> 36:10.834 Ah, but at least she won't be bicycling to the station. 36:12.044 --> 36:17.716 So finally, the rich Mr. Carruthers has acquired a horse and trap. 36:17.884 --> 36:19.384 Yes. Look here. 36:20.595 --> 36:23.722 "All my troubles will be over on Saturday." 36:24.265 --> 36:27.684 Tomorrow, Holmes, all her troubles will be over. 36:29.228 --> 36:31.146 Why do I worry about that word? 36:32.023 --> 36:32.564 Which word? 36:33.858 --> 36:34.399 "Trap". 37:43.803 --> 37:46.388 Oh, what a splendid morning, Holmes! 37:46.931 --> 37:48.640 It's acceptable weather for the time of year. 37:48.808 --> 37:51.559 Now who would want to harm that dear girl on such a morning? 37:51.686 --> 37:52.894 I hope nobody. 37:53.187 --> 37:54.896 So why did you bring your revolver? 37:55.022 --> 37:58.483 I'm talking about my hope, not my expectations... 37:59.902 --> 38:00.402 What? 38:03.656 --> 38:06.950 I fancy that is our Miss Smith. 38:09.036 --> 38:13.331 She must be traveling by an earlier train. I give her a margin of half an hour, 38:13.499 --> 38:16.668 but she'll be past Charlington Hall before we can possibly meet her. 38:17.503 --> 38:18.503 So what can we do? 38:19.714 --> 38:20.505 We could run. 38:26.345 --> 38:29.764 Fool, I should have allowed for that earlier train! 38:57.168 --> 38:58.168 It's abduction, 38:59.337 --> 39:01.880 Watson, it's abduction, murder, heaven knows what. 39:03.466 --> 39:04.382 Stop that horse. 39:20.608 --> 39:21.733 Good man. 39:22.610 --> 39:23.526 Come on, Watson! 39:25.654 --> 39:28.740 Let's see if I can repair the consequences of my own blunder! 39:28.991 --> 39:29.491 Up there! 40:33.389 --> 40:33.972 Holmes. 40:35.599 --> 40:36.808 Where did you get that cart? 40:37.518 --> 40:39.310 Where is Miss Violet Smith! 40:39.979 --> 40:42.147 That's what I'm asking you. You were in her cart! 40:43.899 --> 40:46.484 It was on the road, there was no one in it! 40:46.652 --> 40:48.945 Somebody seems to have gone through this way! 40:54.827 --> 40:55.827 We must find them! 40:57.163 --> 40:57.954 Come, Watson. 41:04.086 --> 41:04.669 Now look. 41:07.173 --> 41:08.339 Do you know who this is? 41:08.507 --> 41:11.009 That's Peter, the groom, he was taking her to the station. 41:11.343 --> 41:14.846 He's alive, his pulse is strong. Mustn't be left lying there too long. 41:14.972 --> 41:16.639 Let him lie, we can't do him any good, 41:16.765 --> 41:19.684 but we might save her from the worst fate that can befall a woman. 41:20.269 --> 41:21.019 Where are you going?! 41:21.937 --> 41:22.645 The house! 41:22.855 --> 41:25.648 They didn't go to the house! They went this way to the left. 41:27.276 --> 41:28.109 Are you sure? 41:30.488 --> 41:32.697 Oh, cowardly dogs! Too late! 41:33.449 --> 41:35.492 Too late by the living Jingo! 41:53.052 --> 41:55.637 For as much as John and Violet 41:55.721 --> 41:58.515 have consented together in holy wedlock, 42:00.476 --> 42:04.687 and have witnessed the same before God and this company... 42:10.611 --> 42:14.822 and have declared the same by the giving and receiving of a ring, 42:14.949 --> 42:17.242 and the joining of hands, 42:17.868 --> 42:23.748 I pronounce that they be man and wife, together. 42:26.919 --> 42:28.878 Congratulations! 42:29.255 --> 42:30.588 Thanks, amen. 42:32.591 --> 42:33.508 They're married! 42:37.930 --> 42:40.098 Welcome to the party, gentlemen. 42:40.641 --> 42:43.101 Let me introduce you to Mrs. Woodley. 42:45.396 --> 42:46.437 Don't Carruthers! 42:48.148 --> 42:49.190 Carruthers! 42:58.409 --> 43:02.287 Yes, and I'll see this woman righted, if I have to swing for it, 43:02.621 --> 43:05.415 You're too late. She is my wife! 43:05.749 --> 43:08.251 No, she's your widow. 43:10.337 --> 43:12.213 I told you what I'd do if you molested her! 43:12.339 --> 43:14.132 By the Lord, I'm a man of my word! 43:17.303 --> 43:19.262 When you hired me 43:19.388 --> 43:22.473 nobody told me there'd be any of this damn nonsense! 43:23.309 --> 43:24.142 Drop that pistol. 43:24.810 --> 43:25.977 Watson, pick it up! 43:30.024 --> 43:31.733 Give me that revolver, we'll have no more violence. 43:31.859 --> 43:33.234 Who are you to be giving these orders? 43:33.360 --> 43:34.569 Sherlock Holmes. 43:35.654 --> 43:36.654 Good Lord. 43:38.574 --> 43:39.324 Here, you! 43:40.242 --> 43:40.908 Sir? 43:41.994 --> 43:43.494 Are you well enough to drive into Farnham? 43:43.621 --> 43:45.288 Yes, sir, I reckon I am. 43:46.165 --> 43:48.833 Then give this note to the superintendent of the police station. 43:51.754 --> 43:55.089 In the meantime, I must detain you all under my own personal custody. 44:27.247 --> 44:28.539 How are the patients, Doctor? 44:29.416 --> 44:30.875 Miss Smith's very well, 44:31.377 --> 44:33.836 considering the foul way she's been treated. 44:34.922 --> 44:35.630 And Woodley? 44:36.382 --> 44:38.716 Alas, I have no doubt he will live. 44:39.051 --> 44:41.052 What, I'll go upstairs and finish him off. 44:41.220 --> 44:43.137 No, sit down in that chair, Carruthers. 44:44.765 --> 44:46.974 You're right. He isn't worth swinging for. 44:47.518 --> 44:50.561 But do you tell me that girl is to be tied to Roaring Jack Woodley for life? 44:50.729 --> 44:52.230 You needn't concern yourself about that. 44:52.398 --> 44:54.524 I married them till death do them part. 44:54.650 --> 44:58.069 Under no circumstances can she be considered his wife. 45:00.155 --> 45:01.197 Are you sure? 45:01.740 --> 45:03.574 For two very good reasons. 45:04.952 --> 45:07.161 In the first place. We are very safe in questioning 45:07.287 --> 45:10.206 Mr. Williamson's right to solemnize a marriage. 45:10.332 --> 45:11.708 I have been ordained. 45:11.959 --> 45:12.917 And unfrocked. 45:13.335 --> 45:16.587 Once a clergyman, always a clergyman. 45:18.924 --> 45:20.049 I think not. 45:21.552 --> 45:22.719 How about the license? 45:24.096 --> 45:28.599 We had a license. I have it here. 45:30.769 --> 45:32.437 Undoubtedly obtained by a trick. 45:33.105 --> 45:35.690 But, in any case, a forced marriage is no marriage, 45:35.816 --> 45:38.901 indeed, it is a very serious felony, as you will discover. 45:39.278 --> 45:42.447 Now, while we are waiting for the police, Mr. Carruthers, 45:44.783 --> 45:46.284 you might tell me your story. 45:48.287 --> 45:52.457 If you squeal on us. Bob Carruthers, 45:52.624 --> 45:55.960 I'll serve you as you served Jack Woodley! 45:56.128 --> 45:59.213 There's no need for you to get over- excited. The case is clear enough, 46:00.257 --> 46:05.470 Well, if it's clear enough, why don't you tell us. 46:06.305 --> 46:06.971 Very well. 46:07.806 --> 46:12.143 Mr. Carruthers will have to fill in a few details for my private curiosity. 46:12.311 --> 46:14.645 But I am happy to do the talking. 46:16.148 --> 46:18.900 In the first place, the three of you came across from South Africa. 46:19.026 --> 46:22.236 Wrong, I've never even been in South Africa! 46:24.198 --> 46:24.989 It's true. 46:26.658 --> 46:30.161 Woodley acquired this creature after our return. 46:33.290 --> 46:37.960 Very well, you and Woodley had known Ralph Smith in South Africa. 46:38.378 --> 46:40.838 You had reason to believe that he would not live long, 46:41.298 --> 46:46.511 and you found out that his niece would inherit his fortune. How's that? 46:46.887 --> 46:49.680 But you told the girl her uncle died in poverty. 46:49.807 --> 46:52.517 Well, as he was still alive, admittedly only just, 46:53.477 --> 46:57.021 and a wealthy man who I suspect had made no will. 46:57.981 --> 47:00.483 Ralph Smith could neither read nor write. 47:01.235 --> 47:06.364 So, you and Woodley came over here and hunted up the girl, 47:06.532 --> 47:08.449 knowing she was the next of kin, 47:09.660 --> 47:11.118 and that you would share the plunder. 47:11.829 --> 47:15.373 I was due a share for services rendered. 47:15.958 --> 47:17.208 And Carruthers, 47:18.293 --> 47:24.507 you made the mistake of falling in love with her. 47:26.552 --> 47:29.554 The first time that ever I knew what love was, Mr. Holmes. 47:30.138 --> 47:33.558 Why didn't you tell her of the danger she was in? 47:35.477 --> 47:42.191 Because, because she would have left me, 47:44.903 --> 47:47.572 and I couldn't bear to face that. 47:50.909 --> 47:57.915 Oh, what will happen to my daughter, Sarah? 47:58.333 --> 48:00.334 We'll see she's well taken care of. 48:06.425 --> 48:11.095 You see, even if she couldn't love me, 48:11.930 --> 48:15.266 it meant a great deal to see her about the house 48:16.602 --> 48:18.269 and hear the sound of her voice. 48:19.438 --> 48:21.772 You may call it love, Mr. Carruthers, 48:23.108 --> 48:25.109 I should call it selfishness. 48:27.654 --> 48:29.447 Maybe the two things go together. 48:32.284 --> 48:35.244 But I tried to protect her, I never once let her go past this house 48:35.370 --> 48:37.079 where I knew those rascals were lurking 48:37.205 --> 48:40.458 without following her on my bicycle to see she came to no harm. 48:41.835 --> 48:44.086 I kept my distance and wore that beard 48:44.880 --> 48:46.464 so she should not recognize me. 48:47.466 --> 48:50.259 Then I presume the cable arrived? 48:51.303 --> 48:52.386 Cable, what cable? 49:05.484 --> 49:08.277 "THE OLD MAN IS DEAD". What old man? 49:09.988 --> 49:12.490 I imagine Ralph Smith in South Africa. 49:13.533 --> 49:14.116 Yes. 49:14.368 --> 49:17.328 But by this time you and Woodley had quarreled and he had left the house. 49:18.080 --> 49:20.957 Woodley came back again to ask me to stick to the bargain. 49:22.084 --> 49:26.170 I refused. I said I would have nothing to do with violence. 49:28.757 --> 49:29.674 One last detail. 49:35.263 --> 49:38.808 Why was Woodley chosen as the prospective husband? 49:43.230 --> 49:44.480 I am ashamed to say it... 49:50.278 --> 49:51.821 we played cards for her. 50:27.190 --> 50:30.735 Holmes, I have the results of the trial. 50:30.944 --> 50:34.238 Listen to this, the judge in summing up said... 50:38.910 --> 50:40.077 Holmes. 50:40.412 --> 50:42.913 Watson, may I be permitted an educated guess? 50:46.585 --> 50:47.668 Go on then. 50:48.628 --> 50:50.838 I would expect Woodley to get ten years, 50:51.173 --> 50:54.425 Williamson seven years. And Carruthers, 50:54.926 --> 50:58.763 in view of the eloquent speech I made on his behalf at the trial, 50:59.222 --> 51:00.556 probably six months. 51:02.934 --> 51:05.853 That is exactly right! 51:06.897 --> 51:08.856 Well, I have certain advantages, Watson, 51:09.816 --> 51:13.360 largely the fact that I sent out for the early edition. 51:14.362 --> 51:16.530 An undoubted advantage. 51:17.532 --> 51:19.241 Also, we have received a present, 51:19.367 --> 51:22.953 some wedding cake from Mr. And Mrs. Cyril Morton, 51:23.330 --> 51:25.206 together with a letter telling us that 51:25.332 --> 51:28.084 Mrs. Morton has inherited a large sum of money 51:28.210 --> 51:31.295 from her uncle, Ralph Smith, formerly of South Africa. 51:32.464 --> 51:33.964 The happy couple are thoroughly enjoying 51:34.132 --> 51:38.469 looking after young Sarah Carruthers, while her father is in custody. 51:39.346 --> 51:43.641 Her piano playing is improving and she wants to take up bicycling. 51:44.851 --> 51:47.311 A splendid day all round wouldn't you say? 51:48.980 --> 51:50.648 There is more splendor yet to come. 51:51.191 --> 51:53.109 More splendor, what do you mean? 51:56.238 --> 51:57.321 Watch carefully. 51:59.241 --> 52:03.077 Oh, I remember, the chemical reaction that will solve the mystery 52:03.203 --> 52:05.913 concerning the persecution of Mr. John Vincent Harden. 52:06.039 --> 52:09.291 Precisely, I've spent the entire week in the Imperial Science Museum 52:09.417 --> 52:12.503 and I think, this is the answer. 52:46.913 --> 52:48.372 Is that the answer, Holmes? 52:48.874 --> 52:50.374 Yes, that is the answer, Watson.