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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.

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And the workmen?

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I have seen none.

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We have a woman who comes to clean
from the village, but only in the morning.

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There should be nothing to disturb you.

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Excellent. Watson, you are not averse
to this trip?

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By no means.

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Then we will be with you
in the early afternoon.

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I shall be there for your arrival.

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You'll stay for some breakfast, surely?

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Thank you, no.

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My heart is lightened already.

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Ah, Mrs. Hudson, thank you.

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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,

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there's good ground to believe that the
mystery may be cleared along those lines.

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Which one of you is Holmes?

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My name, sir.
But you have the advantage of me.

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I am Dr. Grimesby Roylott,
of Stoke Moran.

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Indeed, Doctor, please take a seat.

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I shall do nothing of the kind.

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I know that my stepdaughter
has been here this morning.

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What has she been saying to you?

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It is a little cold for
the time of the year.

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What has she been saying to you?

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But I have heard that
the crops promise well.

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Ah, you put me off, do you?
You scoundrel, sir.

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I've heard of you before.

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You are Holmes, the meddler,
Holmes the busybody.

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Holmes, the Scotland Yard
Jack-in-office.

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Your conversation really is most
entertaining, if you would close the door.

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On your way out,
as there is a decided draft.

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I will go when I have said my say,

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Don't you dare to interfere
in my affairs.

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I know that Miss Stoner has been here.

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I am a dangerous man to fall foul of.

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Thank you, Mrs. Hudson,
just another client.

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What a very amiable person.
I may not be quite so bulky, but-

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fancy his having the insolence to confound
me with the official detective force.

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Ah, this incident gives zest
to our investigation.

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I only hope our friend won't suffer
from her imprudence in

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allowing that brute
to trace her here.

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One thought keeps nagging at me, Watson,
Roylott's professional life in India,

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if it was so successful,
why would he exchange it

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for a life of aristocratic penury?

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My friend Cooms would know.

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Cooms was in Calcutta
around that time.

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Find your friend Cooms
and see what you can get from him.

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I shall walk down to Doctors' Commons.
Where I hope to get some data

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which may help us in this matter.

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Let us meet again at 1:00 under
the clock at Waterloo Station.

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That is, if you've finished your
breakfast by then.

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Oh, and your revolver.

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I would be obliged if you would
slip it into your pocket.

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An Eley #2 is an excellent argument

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against gentlemen who can
twist steel pokers into knots.

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That, and your toothbrush,
are I think all we need.

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I've seen the will of
the deceased wife.

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Her annual income at the time of her
death was a little short of 1100 pounds,

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but, due to the fall in agricultural prices,
there's now no more than 750 pounds.

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Each girl in case of marriage,
could claim 250 pounds.

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So, if both girls had married,
ah, beauty,

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Grimesby Roylott would have had
a mere pittance.

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And even one marriage would ruin him.

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The strongest possible motive.

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Oh, did you manage to find Cooms?

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Yes, I did.

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He proved rather hard to locate,

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but I finally managed
to get him through Swanson at Bards.

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He did know Roylott in Calcutta,

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confirmed what the girl had said
and added one intriguing fact.

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Now, it seems that a series of robberies
had been perpetrated in his house.

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And suspicion fell on his native butler.
Roylott promptly seized the man,

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and in a fit of anger
beat the poor fellow to death,

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narrowly escaped a capital sentence.
But suffered a long term of imprisonment,

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and returned to this country
a morose and disappointed man.

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Ah, Watson, it's a wicked world.

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And when a clever man
turns his brain to crime,

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it's the worst of all.

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On holiday, are you, gentlemen?

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No, we're architects,

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taking a look at some of
the local houses.

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Ah, that's why you're wanting
Stoke Moran.

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I didn't think it was
for social reasons.

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You'll be, doing business with
Dr. Roylott then?

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Yes, I believe that was the name.

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If you don't mind a word of warning,
you want to take care with him, sir.

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There are some round these parts
say he's not right in the head.

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Really?

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Only yesterday, Mr. Thorn,
the blacksmith,

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had a most nasty experience
with the Doctor

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because of those thieving gypsies
who are camped in the grounds.

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Oh, yes, we've heard about the gypsies
and the leopard.

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The story goes, the Doctor threw
Mr. Thorn in the stream

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in a fit of uncontrollable temper.
And that Thorn, he's not a small man.

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Good Lord, is he bringing a
charge of assault?

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He was going to, but Miss Stoner,
the Doctor's young stepdaughter,

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paid him some of her own money
to keep it quiet.

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Well, that's what I heard.

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Well, I never.

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Did you hear that, Holmes?

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The more I see and
hear of that young lady,

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the more my admiration increases.

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Young woman of commendable spirit,

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You can pull up here, driver.

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Who do you mean?

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Well, Miss Stoner, of course.
Most admirable.

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Ah, Miss Stoner.

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Everything worked splendidly.
Dr. Roylott has gone to London

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and he won't be back
before the evening.

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But we have already had the pleasure
of Dr. Roylott's acquaintance.

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Goodness, he followed me?

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Yes, he turned up just after you left,

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but Holmes sent him off with
a flea in his ear.

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He's so cunning, I never know
when I'm safe from him.

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Well then, he must guard himself,

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or he may find someone more cunning
than himself upon his track, shall we?

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Holmes,

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don't you think we ought to get
Miss Stoner away from here tonight?

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And arouse suspicion?

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But if he's violent.

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We shall be here.

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So this is Dr. Roylott's room,

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this formerly your sister's,
and this your room?

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Yes, I am now sleeping in this one.

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Ah, pending the alterations.

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Miss Stoner, may I ask something?

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That's unusual, isn't it.
Bedrooms on the ground floor?

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The bedrooms were moved downstairs

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when so much of the house
fell into decay.

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Oh, yes, of course, how sad.

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There seems little need for repairs
to this end of the house.

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There are none. I believe it was
an excuse to move me from my room.

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Ah, that is suggestive.

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Miss Stoner, would you be so kind
as to go into the room

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in which you are now sleeping
and bolt the shutters.

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What are you doing, Watson?

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Well, I'm using your methods, Holmes.

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Seeing whether the ground
has been disturbed.

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And what have you come up with?

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Your footprints, I believe,

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and mine and Miss Stoner's,

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and this.

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No one could pass these
if they were bolted.

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Well, let's see if the inside throws
any light on the matter.

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Where does that bell
communicate with?

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It goes to the housekeeper's room.

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It looks newer than the other things.

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Yes, it was only put there
a couple of years ago.

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Ah, your sister asked for it?

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I never heard of her using it.

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We used to get what we wanted
for ourselves.

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Indeed, you will excuse me
while I satisfy myself as to this floor.

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It doesn't ring.

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That's very strange.

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A ventilator into another room.

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You mean, when it might have
communicated with the outside air?

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That is also quite modern.

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Indeed.

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Miss Stoner,

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with your permission, we will now carry
our research to Dr. Roylott's chamber.

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What's in here?

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My stepfather's business papers.

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Ah, you've seen inside it, then?

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Only once, some years ago.
I remember it was full of papers.

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Is there a cat in there?

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No, what a strange idea.

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Well, look at this!

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No, we don't keep a cat.

36:59.884 --> 37:03.762
Ah, well, a leopard is a large cat,
after all.

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Yes, but a saucer of milk wouldn't
go far in satisfying a leopard.

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The leopard is kept on a leash, is it?

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This sort of leash, Watson?

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What do you make of it?

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Well, it's a common enough dog leash
but l-

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don't know why it should be tied.

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We have no dog.

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Thank you, Miss Stoner,
I have seen enough.

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I was going to ask if
he'd like some tea.

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Miss Stoner, it is very essential

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that you absolutely follow
my advice in every respect.

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Your life may depend on it.

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I assure you that I'm in your hands.

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In the first place. On the way here
we passed a small cottage.

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The shill house.

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Will the windows of your sister's room
be visible from there?

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Yes.

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You are sure?

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Yes.

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Then we shall make it our base.

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Some refreshment?

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We shall have dine shalt we, Holmes?

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Is there a village inn?

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The Crown

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Oh, good. Thank you all the same.

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Now, Miss Stoner,
when your stepfather returns,

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you must confine yourself in your room
on pretense of a headache.

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Then when you hear your stepfather
retire for the night,

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you must go to the windows,
undo the hasp, open the shutters,

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and leave your lamp on the window sill
as a signal to us.

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Then withdraw with anything you may
want for the night to your old room.

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I have no doubt that,
in spite of the repairs,

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you could manage there for one night.

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Oh, yes, of course.

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And now. We must leave.

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If Dr. Roylott should return and find
us here, our journey would be in vain.

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I believe, Mr. Holmes.
That you've already made up your mind.

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For pity sake,
tell me the cause of my sister's death.

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Be brave.
If you do as I have told you,

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rest assured we shall soon drive away
the dangers that threaten you.

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Yes, it is a clear view.

40:23.921 --> 40:26.381
Are you expecting this
to take all night, Holmes?

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It's possible, anything's possible.

40:38.394 --> 40:42.897
When a doctor goes wrong
he is the first of criminals.

40:44.400 --> 40:46.776
He has nerve, he has knowledge.

40:48.904 --> 40:51.489
Palmer and Pritchard were among
the heads of their profession,

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this man strikes even deeper.

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I really have some scruples
taking you tonight.

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There is a distinct element of danger.

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If I can be of assistance?

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That's very kind of you.

41:23.772 --> 41:28.193
You evidently saw more in those rooms
than was visible to me, Holmes.

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No.

41:31.906 --> 41:34.032
I probably deduced a little more.

41:37.703 --> 41:42.207
Do you remember Miss Stoner said that
her sister could smell Dr. Roylott's cigar?

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Well?

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The ventilator, a ventilator made,

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a cord hung, and a woman
who lies in the bed, dies.

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I can't see any connection.

41:57.556 --> 42:00.558
Did you notice anything peculiar
about the bed?

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It was clamped to the floor.

42:08.901 --> 42:12.570
It could not be moved,
had to remain in the same

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relative position to the ventilator and
the rope, or so we may call it,

42:21.163 --> 42:24.207
since it was clearly
never made for a bell pull.

42:29.588 --> 42:31.923
I begin to see dimly
what you're driving at.

42:34.510 --> 42:37.011
We're only just in time to prevent some

42:38.973 --> 42:44.018
subtle and horrible crime.

42:56.615 --> 42:59.117
Whoah, boy.

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Have a look at it.

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Goodnight.

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Did you have a good day?

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Not without interest.

44:14.193 --> 44:15.693
Where did you get to this morning?

44:18.530 --> 44:20.031
I decided to go to town, too.

44:22.368 --> 44:23.951
I had some shopping to do
for the wedding.

44:28.791 --> 44:29.999
You knew I was going up.

44:31.710 --> 44:33.336
We might have traveled together.

44:35.714 --> 44:36.506
I left early.

44:38.300 --> 44:40.343
Yes, I know you did.

44:43.263 --> 44:44.847
So that I should be back by lunchtime,

44:44.973 --> 44:47.392
I had some things to do here
this afternoon.

44:49.895 --> 44:51.020
My trip was a whim.

44:56.443 --> 44:59.570
You always were a good little liar.

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If you'll excuse me,
I have a terrible headache.

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Holmes, the meddler, Holmes,
the busybody,

45:19.591 --> 45:24.011
Holmes, the Scotland Yard
Jack-in-office.

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The signal.

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Down.

46:36.543 --> 46:37.627
My God, what's that?

46:40.005 --> 46:44.008
It's the baboon.
This is a nice household.

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We must sit without light.

47:38.021 --> 47:42.525
Do not fall asleep.
Your very life may depend upon it.

49:40.686 --> 49:42.520
You see it, Watson, you see it?

49:53.699 --> 49:54.991
What can it mean?

49:58.578 --> 50:02.873
It means it is over,
and perhaps, for the best.

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Come Watson, bring your pistol.

50:25.188 --> 50:27.898
It's the band, the speckled band.

50:29.901 --> 50:34.321
It is a swamp adder,
the deadliest snake in India.

50:35.574 --> 50:38.200
He has died within seconds
of being bitten.

51:23.622 --> 51:27.416
Violence does, in truth,
recoil upon the violent,

51:28.376 --> 51:32.963
and the schemer falls into the pit
which he digs for another.

51:36.760 --> 51:39.970
The idea of a snake occurred to me
when I coupled it with the knowledge

51:40.138 --> 51:43.474
that the Doctor was furnished
with a supply of creatures from India.

51:43.642 --> 51:44.975
A form of poison,

51:45.102 --> 51:46.310
Rapid and lethal.

51:46.478 --> 51:50.147
Which couldn't possibly be discovered
by any chemical test.

51:50.398 --> 51:54.276
It might, or might not bite
the occupant of the bed.

51:54.528 --> 51:56.612
She might escape every night
for a week,

51:56.822 --> 52:00.241
but sooner or later,
she must fall a victim.

52:00.992 --> 52:02.827
Oh, my poor Julia.

52:06.623 --> 52:09.834
The Doctor had trained the snake,
probably with the milk,

52:10.001 --> 52:11.669
to return at the sound of a whistle,

52:12.379 --> 52:15.297
the very whistle
which you and your late sister heard.

52:16.591 --> 52:19.844
My inspection of the chair
in Dr. Roylott's room had shown

52:20.011 --> 52:22.972
that he had been in the habit of
standing upon it to reach the ventilator.

52:24.015 --> 52:27.810
Last night when I attacked the snake
and drove it back through the ventilator,

52:28.103 --> 52:30.104
I roused its snakish temper,

52:30.355 --> 52:33.440
causing it to turn upon
the next person that it saw.

52:34.359 --> 52:35.860
Dr. Grimesby Roylott.

52:37.821 --> 52:42.324
So you, Holmes, were
indirectly responsible for his death.