WEBVTT 02:33.486 --> 02:34.695 Countess of Morcar's. 02:36.072 --> 02:37.030 Thanks. 02:39.033 --> 02:41.201 My God, she's back. 02:45.874 --> 02:47.666 She's getting out of the carriage. 02:48.209 --> 02:50.002 Come on, Ryder, get a move on. 02:57.260 --> 02:59.136 All right, Horner. Look lively. Get moving. 02:59.262 --> 03:01.221 Her ladyship won't want workmen under her feet. 03:01.347 --> 03:04.975 All right, I finished, don't worry. Quick job, like you said. 03:14.861 --> 03:19.198 Oh, yeah, yeah, nice, nice. 03:23.244 --> 03:25.913 Countess, eh? Have to get by appointment only... 03:26.080 --> 03:27.915 Come on, lad, out. 03:47.185 --> 03:48.268 All right. 04:28.184 --> 04:29.893 Over there will do. 04:39.028 --> 04:42.155 Here, for the three of you. 04:42.323 --> 04:45.784 Thank you, milady, and a Merry Christmas, milady. 04:51.499 --> 04:52.833 Ring for tea, Cusack. 04:53.001 --> 04:54.501 Yes, milady. 04:54.919 --> 04:57.087 I need something to sustain me. 04:57.588 --> 05:01.174 I do find preparing for Christmas quite an ordeal. 05:01.342 --> 05:02.843 Yes, milady. 05:03.553 --> 05:04.678 And then, 05:07.223 --> 05:09.349 a bath, I think. 05:48.556 --> 05:49.556 Milady. 05:50.475 --> 05:52.184 The blue carbuncle, 05:55.188 --> 05:56.897 the blue carbuncle, 05:59.484 --> 06:00.901 it's stolen. 06:11.788 --> 06:14.539 Open them up, there. 06:15.249 --> 06:18.543 Oh, John, she'll love it, 06:19.420 --> 06:20.796 it is beautiful. 06:20.922 --> 06:22.589 Just like her mother. 06:24.675 --> 06:25.884 But can we afford it, though? 06:26.010 --> 06:29.596 I told you, I made a nice little bob or two lately. 06:29.764 --> 06:32.224 Even if I hadn't it's Christmas. 06:33.643 --> 06:35.602 You're a good man, John Horner. 06:35.937 --> 06:37.104 I'm a lucky man, 06:37.605 --> 06:41.108 a wife and kids like I've got, means as good as a king. 06:43.319 --> 06:47.781 So, it's the doll for the girl, and the boat for the boy, right? 06:48.241 --> 06:49.366 Right. 06:51.786 --> 06:55.038 Spending the loot already, are we, Horner? 06:55.331 --> 06:57.749 What do you mean? I've done nothing, what do you mean? 06:57.875 --> 06:59.918 John Frederick Horner, 07:00.044 --> 07:02.129 I hereby arrest you on the charge of stealing 07:02.296 --> 07:05.382 the valuable gem known as the blue carbuncle, 07:05.508 --> 07:08.635 the property of the Countess of Morcar. Anything you say... 07:08.803 --> 07:10.887 I didn't do it, I tell you, I didn't do it. 07:12.557 --> 07:15.434 It's no use, Horner, the men at the hotel gave a very good description of you. 07:16.310 --> 07:18.895 I didn't do it, I tell you, 07:19.021 --> 07:21.148 let me go, will you, I didn't do it. 08:21.083 --> 08:30.383 Mr. Holmes? 08:31.719 --> 08:33.553 Mr. Peterson, the commissionaire from Upasit... 08:33.679 --> 08:34.346 Oh, please... Go away. 08:57.995 --> 09:00.080 I'm sorry to disturb you, Mr. Holmes. 09:01.249 --> 09:01.957 Peterson, 09:04.669 --> 09:07.087 put down your goose, 09:09.173 --> 09:12.008 and your, your hat. 09:14.595 --> 09:15.887 It's a fine purchase, 09:16.013 --> 09:18.932 I myself favor a goose for Christmas dinner. 09:20.184 --> 09:22.477 Well, that's part of the problem, Mr. Holmes, 09:23.354 --> 09:27.774 the bird is not mine. You might say, I come by it. 09:29.443 --> 09:34.739 "For Mrs. Henry Baker," and obviously, not your hat. 09:34.865 --> 09:37.242 No, sir. Well, there were peculiar circumstances, 09:37.368 --> 09:39.202 and I didn't know what to do for the best. 09:39.328 --> 09:41.454 It hardly seemed a matter for the police. 09:41.956 --> 09:43.290 So I talked to the wife about it, 09:43.457 --> 09:45.125 and she suggested I come and see you. 09:45.293 --> 09:48.461 The wise Mrs. Peterson. Sit down, my dear fellow, 09:48.588 --> 09:52.132 and describe these peculiar circumstances to me. 09:54.260 --> 09:56.303 Well, sir, it was like this. 09:56.512 --> 10:01.057 Last night I was on my way home from a little, uh, celebration. 10:01.183 --> 10:04.644 Well, at this time of the year some of us commissionaires meet to... 10:05.021 --> 10:07.147 To wish each other the season's greetings. 10:07.315 --> 10:08.315 Exactly. 10:08.608 --> 10:10.400 The season's greetings. 10:10.818 --> 10:12.319 Oh, you're a top, sir. 10:14.989 --> 10:16.156 Your good health, sir. 10:18.367 --> 10:21.828 Well, as I was saying, I was on my way home 10:22.455 --> 10:26.166 when I came across what you would only describe as a "fracas". 11:08.668 --> 11:09.709 Oy, 11:09.877 --> 11:12.045 what's happening? 11:12.213 --> 11:15.965 Blimey, it's a copper. Get out of here. 11:19.053 --> 11:20.637 Get out of here. 11:25.184 --> 11:27.352 I'm trying to help you, man. 11:34.026 --> 11:38.238 Well, the roughs ran off in one direction, and the drunk fellow ran off in the other. 11:38.406 --> 11:40.031 I tried to stop him, but he no doubt thought. 11:40.199 --> 11:43.910 I was a constable about to apprehend him for the breaking of the window. 11:44.203 --> 11:47.497 And so you left with the spoils of victory in the shape of that battered hat, 11:47.623 --> 11:49.666 and a most unimpeachable Christmas goose. 11:49.792 --> 11:51.668 Both of which I would willingly 11:51.836 --> 11:54.337 have returned to their rightful owners, Mr. Holmes. 11:54.463 --> 11:56.256 But the truth is, I didn't know how. 11:58.467 --> 12:00.593 My dear Peterson, I do see your problem. 12:01.387 --> 12:03.179 Anyway, as I say, 12:03.389 --> 12:06.933 I discussed the matter with the good lady, and we decided that I would bring both 12:07.101 --> 12:10.103 the goose and the hat to you, Mr. Holmes, 12:10.479 --> 12:13.732 seeing as how even the slightest of problems is of interest to you 12:13.858 --> 12:17.277 in your particular line of occupation. 12:21.115 --> 12:23.616 I hope you don't think I'm wasting your time, Mr. Holmes. 12:25.828 --> 12:27.120 Not in the least. 12:28.247 --> 12:32.125 Now then, Commissionaire. Have you purchased your own bird? 12:32.293 --> 12:33.126 No, not yet. 12:33.252 --> 12:36.129 Then I suggest that you carry off this goose so that it 12:36.297 --> 12:39.132 may fulfill its ultimate destiny, 12:39.592 --> 12:42.302 while I retain the battered hat of the unknown gentleman 12:42.428 --> 12:43.762 who has lost his Christmas dinner. 12:43.888 --> 12:45.305 Well, if you think I should, Mr. Holmes. 12:45.473 --> 12:46.973 I do, indeed. 12:47.933 --> 12:50.727 For there are signs, in spite of the frost, 12:50.895 --> 12:54.314 that this bird should be prepared without unnecessary delay. 12:54.440 --> 12:55.982 Well, if that's all right, Mr. Holmes. 12:56.108 --> 12:58.651 I will of course, keep you in touch with the developments. 12:59.487 --> 13:00.653 Very good, sir. 13:01.447 --> 13:04.324 Oh, uh, may I wish you the complements of the season. 13:04.450 --> 13:06.159 And to you and your good wife. 13:19.924 --> 13:23.676 But you still haven't found the jewel. 13:23.844 --> 13:28.348 Not yet, no, milady, but we do have the man, Horner. 13:28.516 --> 13:31.518 Or have a clue as to its whereabouts. 13:31.685 --> 13:34.187 And I think we may assume that 13:34.355 --> 13:37.023 he had one accomplice, if not more. 13:37.274 --> 13:39.192 Well, what of that? 13:39.318 --> 13:41.694 Contrary to popular fiction, milady, 13:41.862 --> 13:44.697 there is very little honor amongst thieves, 13:44.824 --> 13:48.034 and even less with the right inducement. 13:48.786 --> 13:52.789 Inducement, do you mean a reward? 13:52.915 --> 13:55.041 Uh, yes. 13:55.584 --> 13:58.545 Why should I offer a reward? 13:59.922 --> 14:03.675 In my experience, and it is considerable, 14:04.009 --> 14:05.844 I have found that the offer of a reward 14:05.970 --> 14:09.722 would very soon set the greedy cat amongst the criminal pigeon 14:09.849 --> 14:10.974 Well? 14:12.518 --> 14:17.564 I should be very surprised if I did not gain a result within 24 hours. 14:22.403 --> 14:23.736 How much? 14:25.197 --> 14:26.239 Holmes? 14:27.074 --> 14:28.157 Oh, you're up. 14:29.159 --> 14:31.744 The Countess of Morcar is offering a thousand pounds 14:31.871 --> 14:34.247 for the return of the blue carbuncle. 14:34.748 --> 14:38.001 Inspector Bradstreet of B Division is in charge of the case, 14:38.377 --> 14:42.255 and has arrested Mr. John Horner, a plumber, age 36, 14:42.381 --> 14:45.592 who protested his innocence in the strongest terms. 14:46.719 --> 14:48.761 Circumstantial evidence was so strong that the case 14:48.929 --> 14:50.763 has been referred to the Assizes. 14:51.557 --> 14:55.768 Horner, who showed signs of intense emotion 14:55.936 --> 14:59.439 during the proceedings, faded away at the conclusion 14:59.773 --> 15:01.566 and was carried from the court. 15:02.943 --> 15:05.111 Oh, excuse me, you are engaged. 15:05.279 --> 15:07.739 I am interrupting your study of that hat. 15:10.618 --> 15:13.953 No, no, no, the matter is a perfectly trivial one. 15:15.831 --> 15:17.290 But there are points in connection with it 15:17.499 --> 15:20.460 which are not devoid of interest, 15:22.046 --> 15:23.463 even of instruction. 15:24.798 --> 15:26.132 I suppose that homely as it looks, 15:26.300 --> 15:28.718 that thing has some deadly story linked to it 15:29.970 --> 15:33.598 that is the clue which will guide you in the solution of some mystery 15:33.766 --> 15:35.975 and the punishment of some crime. 15:38.604 --> 15:40.063 No, no, no, no, 15:40.230 --> 15:42.565 it is just one of those whimsical little instance 15:42.691 --> 15:45.485 that will occur when you have four million people 15:45.611 --> 15:49.072 jostling each other within the space of a few square miles. 15:49.990 --> 15:54.160 So, what do you gather from that battered old felt? 15:55.329 --> 15:56.496 You know my methods. 15:57.998 --> 16:01.125 What do you yourself gather as to the individuality 16:01.251 --> 16:04.170 of the man who has worn this particular article? 16:07.841 --> 16:10.259 It was accompanied by a goose, Watson. 16:12.346 --> 16:14.681 "For Mrs. Henry Baker," was printed upon a small card 16:14.848 --> 16:17.016 attached to the bird's left leg. 16:23.148 --> 16:26.401 Well, apart from the initials inside, HB, 16:26.944 --> 16:28.528 presumably Henry Baker... 16:32.324 --> 16:33.700 I can see nothing. 16:34.076 --> 16:36.327 On the contrary, Watson, you can see everything, 16:36.453 --> 16:38.871 but you fail to reason for what you see. 16:39.039 --> 16:41.791 You are too timid in drawing your inferences. 16:42.710 --> 16:45.211 Then, pray, 16:46.005 --> 16:49.132 tell me what it is that you can infer from that hat? 16:51.635 --> 16:54.554 That the man is highly intellectual is, of course, obvious. 16:56.056 --> 16:57.724 And also that he was fairly well-to-do 16:57.891 --> 16:59.892 within the past three years, 17:00.019 --> 17:02.145 although now he has fallen upon evil days. 17:02.271 --> 17:05.565 He had foresight, but less now than formerly, 17:05.733 --> 17:08.067 pointing to a moral retrogression, 17:08.902 --> 17:12.655 which, when taken with the decline of his fortunes, 17:13.073 --> 17:18.911 seems to indicate an evil influence, probably drink. 17:19.705 --> 17:23.416 This may account also for the fact that his wife has ceased to love him. 17:24.710 --> 17:26.335 My dear, Holmes. 17:26.462 --> 17:30.006 He has, however, retained some degree of self-respect, 17:30.132 --> 17:32.717 and now he leads a sedentary life, 17:33.719 --> 17:35.219 is out of training entirely. 17:35.345 --> 17:38.598 He's middle-aged, has grizzled hair 17:38.766 --> 17:42.101 which he has had cut within the last few days, 17:42.478 --> 17:44.604 and which he anoints with lime-cream. 17:44.730 --> 17:50.234 It is also highly improbable that he has gas laid on in his house. 17:53.447 --> 17:56.449 Well, now you are certainly joking. 17:56.575 --> 17:57.784 Not in the least. 17:59.953 --> 18:02.371 Well, I have no doubt that I am very stupid. 18:04.041 --> 18:07.043 For example, how do you deduce that the man is intellectual? 18:07.294 --> 18:09.295 It is a question of cubic capacity. 18:12.841 --> 18:16.135 A man with so large a head must have something in it. 18:17.846 --> 18:21.599 Well, the decline in his fortunes, then? 18:23.018 --> 18:26.229 These flat brims with the curled edges came in three years ago. 18:26.355 --> 18:29.565 It is a hat of the very best quality, Watson. 18:30.359 --> 18:34.237 Look at the band of ribbed silk and the excellent lining. 18:35.447 --> 18:37.615 If this man could afford so expensive a hat 18:37.741 --> 18:39.158 three years ago, and has had no hat since. 18:39.326 --> 18:42.161 Then he has assuredly gone down in the world. 18:42.329 --> 18:46.332 What about the foresight and the moral retrogression? 18:46.458 --> 18:47.667 Ah, here is the foresight, 18:47.793 --> 18:52.004 these securers are never sold upon hats. 18:52.464 --> 18:54.090 If this man ordered one, 18:54.216 --> 18:56.300 it is a sign of a certain amount of foresight, 18:56.426 --> 18:58.803 since he went out of his way to take precaution against the wind. 18:58.929 --> 19:01.681 But as you see that he has broken the elastic 19:01.807 --> 19:03.683 and has not troubled to replace it, 19:04.893 --> 19:06.310 a weakening nature. 19:08.021 --> 19:09.772 The further points, that he is middle-aged, 19:09.898 --> 19:12.650 that his hair is grizzled, that it has been cut recently. 19:12.776 --> 19:15.278 And that he anoints it with lime-cream, can all to be gathered by an inspection 19:15.404 --> 19:16.946 of the lower part of the lining, Watson. 19:17.072 --> 19:20.867 Witness the moisture, obviously a free perspirer, 19:21.034 --> 19:22.869 therefore, not in the best of training 19:24.705 --> 19:27.290 But his, his wife, 19:28.876 --> 19:31.210 you said she had ceased to love him. 19:31.378 --> 19:33.713 This hat has not been brushed for weeks. 19:34.214 --> 19:35.798 When I see a man 19:36.008 --> 19:38.551 with a week's accumulation of dust upon his hat, 19:38.886 --> 19:40.803 and his wife has allowed him to go out in such a state, 19:40.929 --> 19:44.849 I fear that he has been unfortunate enough to lose his wife's affections. 19:44.975 --> 19:46.350 He might be a bachelor. 19:46.518 --> 19:50.188 Nay, but he brought a goose as a peace offering to his wife. 19:50.439 --> 19:52.565 Remember the card attached to the bird's leg. 19:53.734 --> 19:57.570 Yes, well, you have an answer to everything. 19:58.989 --> 20:00.531 Just a minute, just a minute, 20:02.409 --> 20:07.413 how do you deduce that there is no gas laid on in his house? 20:09.249 --> 20:12.418 One tallow candle stain, or even two, might come by chance 20:12.586 --> 20:14.921 but when I see, Watson, no less than five, 20:16.256 --> 20:19.258 he never got candle stains from a gas jet, Watson. 20:22.346 --> 20:23.596 Are you satisfied? 20:23.722 --> 20:25.598 Well, it's all very ingenious. 20:26.642 --> 20:29.352 Mr. Holmes, the goose, the goose, Mr. Holmes. 20:29.478 --> 20:31.229 Well, what of it, man, has it come back to life 20:31.355 --> 20:33.189 and flapped off through the kitchen window? 20:33.357 --> 20:35.608 No, no sir, no sir, but see, 20:38.237 --> 20:40.404 see what the wife found in its crop. 20:44.451 --> 20:45.826 By Jove, Peterson, 20:46.536 --> 20:50.122 this is a treasure-trove indeed. You know what you've got? 20:50.624 --> 20:54.460 A diamond, a precious stone. It cuts glass like it was putty. 20:54.628 --> 20:58.130 It is more than a precious stone. 20:59.841 --> 21:02.760 It is the precious stone. 21:03.136 --> 21:06.806 The Hotel Cosmopolitan robbery. The blue carbuncle. 21:10.310 --> 21:12.812 The blue carbuncle, indeed. 21:20.112 --> 21:24.490 It is absolutely unique, its value can only be conjectured. 21:24.658 --> 21:25.992 And your reward, Peterson, 21:26.159 --> 21:29.996 of 1000 pounds is not within a twentieth of its market price. 21:30.163 --> 21:32.999 A thousand pounds, oh, Lord have mercy. 21:33.625 --> 21:35.459 You must admit, Watson, 21:35.585 --> 21:38.337 that my deductions in regard to this hat 21:38.463 --> 21:40.840 have suddenly assumed a more important aspect. 21:41.008 --> 21:42.341 Yes, point taken, Holmes. 21:42.676 --> 21:45.011 Now, the question for us now to solve is to trace 21:45.137 --> 21:49.515 the sequence of events from a rifled jewel case at one end, 21:49.641 --> 21:51.517 to the crop of a goose at the other. 21:52.686 --> 21:56.355 There is the stone. The stone came from the goose, 21:56.523 --> 21:59.525 the goose came from Mr. Henry Baker, 21:59.693 --> 22:02.361 the gentleman with the shabby hat and all the other characteristics. 22:02.529 --> 22:05.531 So, now, we must set ourselves very seriously 22:05.699 --> 22:07.867 to finding this gentleman, 22:08.201 --> 22:12.663 and to ascertaining what part he had to play in this little mystery. 22:13.040 --> 22:17.793 "Found at the corner of Goodge Street, a goose and a black felt hat." 22:17.919 --> 22:21.047 "Mr. Henry Baker can have same by applying at 6:30 this evening" 22:21.214 --> 22:25.384 "at 221 B, Baker Street", clear and concise. 22:25.719 --> 22:27.386 Yes, very, but will he see it? 22:27.554 --> 22:29.889 Well, I'm sure he will keep an eye on the evening papers, 22:30.057 --> 22:32.058 for the poor man, the loss was a heavy one. 22:32.184 --> 22:35.311 Oh, Peterson, uh, just nip down to the advertising agency 22:35.479 --> 22:37.480 and have this put in all the evening papers. 22:38.148 --> 22:38.731 Which, one, sir? 22:38.899 --> 22:41.984 The Globe, Star, Pall Mall, St. James's Bissett, Echo, 22:42.110 --> 22:44.862 Evening News, Standard, and all the others that may occur to you, 22:44.988 --> 22:45.905 Right away, sir. 22:47.032 --> 22:48.074 And the stone? 22:50.869 --> 22:53.245 I shall keep the stone. Thank you, Peterson. 22:55.540 --> 22:56.874 Oh, and Peterson, 22:57.709 --> 23:00.211 uh, would you pick up a goose on your way back? 23:00.337 --> 23:01.587 Give him the money, will you, Watson. 23:01.755 --> 23:04.256 We must have something to give Mr. Henry Baker 23:04.925 --> 23:08.094 to take the place of the one which your family will very soon be devouring. 23:08.261 --> 23:09.345 Oh, thank you, sir. 23:10.222 --> 23:11.430 A thousand pounds? 23:11.681 --> 23:13.099 A thousand pounds. 23:14.017 --> 23:17.895 A thousand pounds, a thousand pounds. 23:21.108 --> 23:26.112 What, uh, will you do with the stone? 23:26.613 --> 23:28.072 I shall keep it 23:31.284 --> 23:32.576 in my museum. 23:49.261 --> 23:50.469 Well, Horner, 23:53.807 --> 23:56.600 Her Ladyship is not at all pleased with me. 23:57.686 --> 24:01.397 You might be under lock and key, but she'd rather her blue carbuncle was. 24:01.523 --> 24:02.648 Never took it Inspector... 24:02.816 --> 24:03.816 Well- 24:05.610 --> 24:07.653 Tell me what you did with it, and, uh, 24:08.447 --> 24:12.324 I'll put in a good word at your trial. But, if you don't... 24:12.492 --> 24:15.661 I've been on the straight for years ever since I married Jenny. 24:15.829 --> 24:17.496 If you don't, 24:18.039 --> 24:21.083 and when the judge hears about your previous conviction, 24:21.668 --> 24:25.254 you might never see your pretty wife again. 24:28.133 --> 24:32.094 I've got you, Horner, but I need that jewel. 24:36.475 --> 24:39.351 It's a bonny thing, 24:40.103 --> 24:44.023 just see how it glints and sparkles. 24:44.983 --> 24:47.485 Of course, it is a nucleus and focus of crime, 24:47.611 --> 24:51.363 every good stone is. They are the devil's pet baits. 24:52.240 --> 24:57.495 In the larger and older jewels every facet may stand for a bloody deed. 24:58.580 --> 25:04.043 It was found in the banks of the Amoy River in southern China, 25:04.669 --> 25:09.173 and is remarkable in having every characteristic of the carbuncle, 25:09.299 --> 25:12.718 save that it is blue instead of ruby red. 25:14.095 --> 25:17.306 This stone is not yet twenty years old. 25:19.893 --> 25:23.145 In spite of its youth, it already has a sinister history. 25:24.731 --> 25:28.317 There have been two murders, a vitriol-throwing, a suicide, 25:28.443 --> 25:30.486 and several robberies brought about for the sake of this 25:30.612 --> 25:33.739 forty-grain weight of crystallized charcoal. 25:33.907 --> 25:36.909 Who would think that so pretty a toy 25:37.285 --> 25:40.079 could be a purveyor to the gallows and the prison? 25:45.710 --> 25:46.585 Come in. 25:49.422 --> 25:51.090 Mr. Henry Baker, I believe? 25:53.093 --> 25:56.554 Please, draw near the fire. 25:58.390 --> 26:00.683 It is a cold night and I observe that your circulation 26:00.809 --> 26:04.353 is more adapted for summer than for winter. Do sit down. 26:06.273 --> 26:08.107 This is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson. 26:08.233 --> 26:09.567 How do you do, sir? 26:12.320 --> 26:14.029 Mr. Baker... 26:19.286 --> 26:20.911 is that your hat? 26:24.874 --> 26:25.791 Oh, yes, 26:27.586 --> 26:29.962 Oh, it is undoubtedly my hat. 26:31.798 --> 26:32.965 Thank you, sir. 26:34.884 --> 26:38.304 I would have advertised its loss but shillings 26:38.430 --> 26:41.307 have not been so plentiful with me as they once were. 26:41.933 --> 26:44.143 I had no doubt that the gang of roughs 26:44.269 --> 26:47.771 who assaulted me had carried off both my hat and the bird. 26:48.773 --> 26:50.983 I did not care to spend more money 26:51.192 --> 26:53.485 in a hopeless attempt at recovering them. 26:53.903 --> 26:55.654 Yes, well, of course, that is very understandable. 26:55.780 --> 26:58.991 Oh, by the way, about your bird, 27:01.286 --> 27:03.662 we were compelled to eat it. 27:06.958 --> 27:08.250 To eat it... 27:08.710 --> 27:11.795 It would have been of little use to anyone had we not done so. 27:12.922 --> 27:15.341 But we have another goose upon the sideboard there, 27:15.508 --> 27:18.510 which I presume will answer your purpose equally well. 27:18.637 --> 27:21.680 It is about the same weight, and perfectly fresh as you can see. 27:22.515 --> 27:24.683 Oh, yes, most certainly. 27:26.811 --> 27:30.481 Of course, we have kept the feathers, legs, crop, 27:30.607 --> 27:33.484 and so on of your own bird, if you so wish. 27:34.027 --> 27:36.487 It might be useful to me as relics of my adventure, 27:36.613 --> 27:39.031 but beyond that I can hardly see 27:39.199 --> 27:43.369 what use the disjecta membra of my old acquaintance 27:43.536 --> 27:44.662 could possibly be to me. 27:44.788 --> 27:48.332 Oh, no, sir, with your permission I... I shall confine my attentions 27:48.458 --> 27:52.795 to the excellent bird which I perceive upon your sideboard. 27:52.921 --> 27:55.673 I would be interested to know where the other bird came from. 27:55.799 --> 27:58.717 You see, I am somewhat of a fowl fancier, 27:58.927 --> 28:01.679 and I have seldom seen a better grown bird. 28:02.055 --> 28:03.555 It would be of great interest to me to know 28:03.682 --> 28:06.725 precisely how it came into your possession. 28:06.935 --> 28:09.728 It was the club, sir, the goose club. 28:11.898 --> 28:16.193 The goose club, the exact circumstances? 28:17.570 --> 28:18.570 I... I am not a rich man, 28:18.738 --> 28:21.532 as you may see, sir, but I make a humble living 28:21.658 --> 28:26.704 and a respectable one, if I may say so, in the British Museum. 28:28.832 --> 28:29.915 Studying? 28:32.544 --> 28:34.253 Studying, you might say. 28:36.005 --> 28:41.009 And helping others with their studies. I... I have a certain knowledge of books. 28:42.429 --> 28:45.931 That day, sir, I had finished work early 28:46.516 --> 28:48.767 and left the museum in the afternoon. 28:48.893 --> 28:51.103 I had a little business to attend to 28:51.438 --> 28:54.231 before calling in at the Alpha Public House. 28:54.357 --> 28:57.276 Several of us who work in the museum 28:57.402 --> 29:00.779 frequent that establishment. And this year our good host, 29:00.947 --> 29:04.283 Mr. Windigate, had instigated a goose club 29:04.451 --> 29:08.620 by which, on consideration of some few pence each week, 29:08.830 --> 29:11.415 we were to receive a bird at Christmas. 29:17.088 --> 29:21.633 There we are, Mr. Baker, a very fine bird, as promised. 29:25.054 --> 29:28.557 Magnificent specimen, indeed, landlord, eh. 29:28.683 --> 29:31.143 Put you back in the wife's good books, eh? 29:31.436 --> 29:36.148 She is still somewhat irked with me, I'm afraid. 29:37.650 --> 29:39.485 Things may doubtless improve when I am 29:39.652 --> 29:42.654 once more in gainful employment. 29:42.822 --> 29:44.990 Oh, an academic nature, of course. 29:45.200 --> 29:47.493 I have expectations. 29:47.660 --> 29:53.457 Well, I owe you one last payment of eight pennies, eh. 29:54.250 --> 29:56.084 Struck it rich, have we, Mr. B? 29:56.503 --> 29:58.504 I chanced upon an acquaintance 29:58.671 --> 30:03.675 of sympathetic disposition, I, that is to say, 30:03.843 --> 30:07.179 I sold some of my books. 30:07.388 --> 30:11.850 Oh, not your books. Mr. Baker. 30:12.519 --> 30:13.852 Needs must, Mr. Windigate, 30:14.020 --> 30:16.438 and at this season of the year more than ever, 30:16.731 --> 30:19.107 we must not deprive those we love, 30:21.361 --> 30:24.530 or even those to whom we are married. 30:25.406 --> 30:29.326 And so, if you will set aside this impressive peace offering, 30:29.452 --> 30:33.372 I shall fortify myself for the fray with a large glass of whiskey. 30:33.540 --> 30:35.833 And a pint of your most excellent beer. 30:47.262 --> 30:48.762 Merry Christmas to you. 30:48.888 --> 30:50.556 Same to you, Mr. Baker. 30:51.349 --> 30:52.641 Here we are, dear. 30:54.269 --> 30:57.229 Come on, inside. Come in. 30:57.397 --> 30:59.565 Well, sir, on my way home 30:59.732 --> 31:01.733 I was attacked by the gang of roughs, 31:01.860 --> 31:04.152 who I believed had stolen the goose. 31:04.362 --> 31:07.030 My hat came off in the scuffle. 31:08.074 --> 31:09.408 I... I remember little of it, 31:09.576 --> 31:14.246 save that a uniformed officer appeared on the scene and we all made off. 31:14.789 --> 31:16.999 Yes, of course, we quite understand. 31:17.125 --> 31:20.836 In the circumstances. Well, all is well that ends well. 31:30.555 --> 31:34.099 I am most indebted to you, sir, for your trouble. 31:34.767 --> 31:39.730 A Scottish bonnet, I fear, is fitted neither to my years nor to my dignity. 31:40.815 --> 31:43.108 My complements of the season to you, sir. 31:44.110 --> 31:46.194 And to you too, sir. 31:46.738 --> 31:49.281 Oh, thank you, sir. 31:52.327 --> 31:54.620 Oh, uh, by the way. 31:54.746 --> 31:57.205 Do you have gas laid on in your house? 31:57.332 --> 32:00.959 Gas, alas, no. 32:01.669 --> 32:04.546 Jolly good. Merry Christmas. 32:04.714 --> 32:06.965 And to you both, gentlemen. 32:09.218 --> 32:11.303 Well then, so much for Mr. Henry Baker. 32:11.471 --> 32:13.555 He obviously knows nothing of the matter. 32:13.681 --> 32:15.641 Ah, Mrs. Hudson. 32:15.808 --> 32:17.809 Watson, do you need nourishment? 32:18.227 --> 32:19.186 Not particularly. 32:19.354 --> 32:22.648 Splendid. Mrs. Hudson, we shall turn dinner into supper, 32:22.815 --> 32:26.151 and we will follow up this clue while it is still hot. 32:26.653 --> 32:29.112 Which is more than the supper will be. 32:45.463 --> 32:48.507 Good evening, gentlemen, and a very cold one. 32:48.675 --> 32:50.509 It is, indeed, landlord, it is indeed. 32:50.677 --> 32:51.969 And what shall be your pleasure? 32:52.095 --> 32:53.470 Beer, Watson? 32:54.097 --> 32:55.806 What? Oh, yes, splendid. 32:55.932 --> 32:57.975 Two of your very best glasses of beer. 32:58.101 --> 32:59.351 Right away, sir. 32:59.519 --> 33:02.938 Your beer should be excellent if it is as good as your geese. 33:04.065 --> 33:05.190 What geese? 33:05.483 --> 33:08.360 Yes. We were talking, um, half an hour ago 33:08.486 --> 33:12.114 to a Mr. Henry Baker, a member of your goose club. 33:12.240 --> 33:15.117 Yes, but you see, them's not our geese. 33:15.910 --> 33:17.202 Whose, then? 33:18.204 --> 33:22.332 Well, I got the whole two dozen from a salesman in Covent Garden. 33:22.458 --> 33:23.709 Who might that be? 33:24.377 --> 33:28.505 Name of Breckinridge, a purveyor of the finest quality. 33:28.715 --> 33:32.551 Mind you, if it's a bird you're after, I'd get to him as soon as poss. 33:32.802 --> 33:35.554 Oh, it's a very busy time of year. As you'll appreciate. 33:36.055 --> 33:39.016 Well, thank you so much for your advice. 33:39.142 --> 33:41.893 Will you have a glass of beer with us, landlord? 33:43.479 --> 33:47.190 Well, God bless you for a gentleman. 33:59.245 --> 34:02.414 Now, for Mr. Breckinridge. 34:02.665 --> 34:04.041 Can't it wait? 34:04.917 --> 34:06.877 Watson, we have been given a line of investigation 34:07.003 --> 34:09.087 which has been missed by the police, 34:09.589 --> 34:12.215 and which a singular chance has placed in our hands. 34:12.383 --> 34:13.925 Now, let us follow it out to the bitter end. 34:14.093 --> 34:15.427 Extremely bitter. 34:15.636 --> 34:19.181 Faces to the south, then, and quick, march. 34:33.029 --> 34:34.446 Please. 34:34.739 --> 34:36.948 I want to believe you, John, 34:39.452 --> 34:41.244 I do, really, 34:44.957 --> 34:47.876 but I can't argue with what the police is saying. 34:48.127 --> 34:51.630 But they're only saying that cause I was there on the day. 34:52.006 --> 34:53.632 It was an odd job. 34:53.800 --> 34:55.550 Is that really the truth? 34:57.470 --> 35:01.306 I promised when I married you, I'd never tell you a lie. 35:02.725 --> 35:03.975 I kept my promise, 35:05.144 --> 35:06.645 always will. 35:18.699 --> 35:20.826 I want to believe you. 36:16.549 --> 36:18.133 Uh, good evening. 36:18.301 --> 36:19.217 Good evening. 36:19.552 --> 36:21.386 Sold out of geese, I see. 36:21.554 --> 36:23.555 Yeah, I'll have five hundred in the morning. 36:23.723 --> 36:25.348 Too late, I think. 36:25.516 --> 36:28.643 See the stall over there with the gas fire, try him. 36:28.895 --> 36:31.062 Yes, but I was recommended to you. 36:31.689 --> 36:32.731 Oh, who by? 36:32.899 --> 36:35.066 The landlord of the Alpha Public House. 36:35.234 --> 36:37.903 Oh, yeah, he had a couple of dozen off me. 36:38.029 --> 36:39.821 Very good geese, too. 36:40.156 --> 36:42.908 Where, may I ask, did you get them? 36:47.205 --> 36:49.414 Here then, mister, what exactly are you driving at? 36:49.582 --> 36:51.499 Come on, let's have it straight, now. 36:52.001 --> 36:53.376 It's straight enough 36:53.878 --> 36:57.881 I simply want to know who sold you the geese that you supplied to the Alpha. 36:58.007 --> 37:01.092 Well then, I'm not gonna tell you, so now. 37:03.304 --> 37:05.263 It really is of no matter, 37:06.307 --> 37:11.269 but I fail to see why you should get so warm over a trifle. 37:11.437 --> 37:15.106 Warm, you'd be as warm if you were as pestered as I am. 37:15.399 --> 37:18.777 When I pay good money for a good article that should be an end of it 37:18.945 --> 37:21.780 but it's where are the geese, who have you sold them to, 37:21.906 --> 37:23.448 how much will you take for them? 37:23.616 --> 37:25.200 You would think those were the only geese in the world, 37:25.326 --> 37:27.369 the amount of fuss that's made over them. 37:27.620 --> 37:30.121 Well, I can assure you that I have no connection 37:30.289 --> 37:31.957 with anybody else who's made inquiries. 37:32.124 --> 37:36.628 Inquiries, it's more like the inquisition. I'm not telling you. 37:38.297 --> 37:42.634 Ah, well then, the bet is off. 37:43.469 --> 37:48.306 What bet? 37:50.476 --> 37:54.396 Well, I'm always ready to back my opinion on the matter of fowls, 37:54.981 --> 37:57.482 and I have a fiver with my friend here 37:57.608 --> 38:01.736 that the bird that I chose is country bred, right, Watson? 38:01.988 --> 38:02.737 What? 38:03.322 --> 38:05.824 Oh, oh, oh, yes, yes, absolutely. 38:05.992 --> 38:09.244 Ah, you've lost your money then, cause it's town bred. 38:09.370 --> 38:10.495 It is nothing of the kind. 38:10.663 --> 38:11.997 I say it is. 38:12.123 --> 38:13.498 I don't believe you. 38:13.624 --> 38:15.500 Come on, pay up, Holmes. 38:16.335 --> 38:17.502 What, do you think I wouldn't know, 38:17.670 --> 38:20.255 me, who's been handling fowl since I was a nipper? 38:20.381 --> 38:23.800 I'll tell you, all the birds that went to the Alpha were town bred. 38:24.927 --> 38:26.678 You'll never make me believe that. 38:26.846 --> 38:29.931 Come on, come on, do the decent, Holmes. 38:30.057 --> 38:31.349 Will you have a bet, then? 38:31.475 --> 38:34.769 I'll be just taking your money, but I'll have a sovereign with you, 38:34.895 --> 38:36.938 just to teach you not to be obstinate. 38:37.398 --> 38:38.523 Done. 38:38.858 --> 38:39.983 Right. 38:42.194 --> 38:45.655 Now then, Mr. Cocksure, you see these here books here, 38:45.865 --> 38:48.366 this is a list of all the folk what I buy off. 38:48.659 --> 38:51.036 Now, on this page is all me country folk, 38:51.203 --> 38:54.998 and these on this side in red ink are all me town suppliers. 38:55.124 --> 38:58.043 Now you read out that third name down to me. 38:58.836 --> 39:01.838 Mrs. Oakshott, 117 Brixton Road. 39:01.964 --> 39:06.718 Yeah, account number 249. Go on, then, turn it up in the ledger. 39:09.805 --> 39:11.890 Mrs. Oakshott, egg and poultry supplier? 39:12.058 --> 39:13.725 Now, what's the last entry? 39:14.935 --> 39:17.395 Twenty-four geese at seven and six pence. 39:18.272 --> 39:22.400 Sold to Mr. Windigate of the Alpha Public House. 39:22.568 --> 39:24.736 So, what are you gonna say now? 39:32.328 --> 39:34.245 What about this gentleman's fiver? 39:49.845 --> 39:51.429 Well done, Holmes. 39:52.932 --> 39:54.682 Shall we see this Mrs. Oakshott tonight? 39:54.809 --> 39:56.434 Oh, no, not you again, I've had enough of you. 39:56.560 --> 39:59.062 Listen, I've told you before, clear off. 39:59.855 --> 40:02.107 But the thing is, there were two gray-headed geese. 40:02.274 --> 40:04.901 Now, listen, I've had enough of you and those geese. 40:05.277 --> 40:07.112 I wish you was all at the devil together. 40:07.279 --> 40:09.364 If you come pestering me any more with your silly talk, 40:09.490 --> 40:10.573 I'll set the dog on you. 40:10.699 --> 40:13.284 Now, look here, Mrs. Oakshott told me... 40:13.452 --> 40:16.621 You bring Mrs. Oakshott here, and I'll answer her, 40:16.747 --> 40:18.581 but what have you got to do with it, eh? 40:18.707 --> 40:19.874 Did I buy the geese off you? 40:20.000 --> 40:22.877 No, but one of them was mine all the same. 40:23.003 --> 40:25.463 Well, you go and ask Mrs. Oakshott for it. 40:25.589 --> 40:27.382 She told me to ask you. 40:27.508 --> 40:31.428 You can ask the King of Prusia, for all I care. I've had enough of this. 40:31.554 --> 40:33.138 Go on, get out of it. 40:35.599 --> 40:38.143 This may save us a trip to Brixton. 41:27.109 --> 41:28.109 Excuse me, 41:28.527 --> 41:30.153 but I could not help overhearing the conversation 41:30.279 --> 41:31.988 you had just now with that salesman. 41:32.114 --> 41:35.033 I think I can be of assistance to you in this matter. 41:35.201 --> 41:36.868 Yea, who are you? 41:37.036 --> 41:38.328 My name is Sherlock Holmes. 41:38.454 --> 41:41.539 It is my business to know what other people don't know. 41:41.749 --> 41:42.707 But you could know nothing of this. 41:42.833 --> 41:46.002 On the contrary, I know everything of it. 41:46.378 --> 41:49.297 I know that you are trying to find out the whereabouts of some geese 41:49.590 --> 41:52.342 sold by Mrs. Oakshott, of Brixton Road, 41:52.718 --> 41:55.220 to our friend, Mr. Breckinridge, over there. 41:55.346 --> 42:00.225 Who in turn, sold them to Mr. Windigate, of the Alpha Public House. 42:01.894 --> 42:06.231 Sir, you're the very man I have longed to meet. 42:06.440 --> 42:10.235 I can hardly explain to you my interest in the matter. 42:10.819 --> 42:15.573 Then I suggest that we carry on this conversation in rather more comfort. 42:16.617 --> 42:17.742 Cab. 42:31.882 --> 42:35.593 Come in, take my chair. 42:38.472 --> 42:41.432 I will just put on my slippers. 42:47.314 --> 42:49.065 I think we should know the name of the gentleman 42:49.191 --> 42:51.776 whom we have the pleasure of assisting, don't you, Watson? 42:53.195 --> 42:54.779 John Robinson. 42:55.281 --> 42:57.574 Oh, no, no, no, no, your real name. 42:57.700 --> 43:00.451 It is so awkward doing business with an alias. 43:01.412 --> 43:05.623 Well then, uh, my real name is Ryder, James Ryder. 43:06.250 --> 43:11.462 Yes, Mr. Ryder, upper attendant at the Hotel Cosmopolitan. 43:14.633 --> 43:15.592 Yes. 43:16.635 --> 43:19.846 And I suppose you would like to know what happened to these geese, 43:20.389 --> 43:23.308 or, rather, one goose, in particular, 43:23.517 --> 43:25.476 white, with a gray head? 43:26.228 --> 43:29.314 Oh, sir, can you tell me where it went to? 43:30.482 --> 43:31.774 It came here. 43:32.443 --> 43:33.318 Here? 43:33.944 --> 43:35.820 Sadly, it is no longer here. 43:36.614 --> 43:40.575 But it laid an egg after it was dead- 43:41.660 --> 43:47.415 the bonniest, brightest little blue egg you have ever seen. 43:50.336 --> 43:51.044 Come, 43:52.880 --> 43:55.590 come, I have it. 44:09.813 --> 44:12.190 The game is up, Ryder. 44:16.904 --> 44:19.864 Bear up, man, you'll be in the fire. 44:20.699 --> 44:23.451 And what a wretched little shrimp it is, to be sure, 44:23.827 --> 44:26.037 there's enough blood in him for felony. 44:26.955 --> 44:28.790 I have almost every link in the chain, Ryder, 44:28.916 --> 44:30.541 you need tell me very little. 44:32.419 --> 44:34.545 Catherine Cusack put me up to it. 44:35.547 --> 44:36.881 Her Ladyship's maid. 44:37.091 --> 44:38.299 Exactly. 44:38.842 --> 44:40.385 You knew from local gossip that Horner 44:40.552 --> 44:42.178 had been concerned in some such matter before. 44:42.304 --> 44:44.639 So what did you do, 44:45.724 --> 44:49.227 you made some small job in milady's room, 44:49.395 --> 44:51.396 you and your confederate Cusack. 44:52.564 --> 44:55.733 You then managed that Horner should be sent for. 44:55.901 --> 44:58.861 But you, you stole the jewel, 44:59.571 --> 45:03.074 then you raised the alarm and had this unfortunate man arrested. 45:03.242 --> 45:06.911 For God's sake, Mr. Holmes, have mercy. 45:07.121 --> 45:11.582 Think of my father, think of my mother, it would break their hearts. 45:11.709 --> 45:15.712 I mean, I never went wrong before, I never will again. I swear it on a Bible. 45:16.213 --> 45:19.674 Oh, don't... don't bring me to court, Mr. Holmes. 45:19.800 --> 45:22.343 For God's sake, don't do that to me. 45:23.762 --> 45:25.430 Get back into your chair. 45:26.014 --> 45:28.015 It is very well to cringe and crawl now, 45:28.142 --> 45:29.600 but you thought little of the man that you sent 45:29.727 --> 45:32.437 to the dock for a crime of which he knew nothing. 45:32.730 --> 45:36.691 I'll fly, Mr. Holmes. I'll leave the country. 45:36.859 --> 45:39.444 Then the charge against him will break down. 45:45.117 --> 45:46.951 We'll talk about that later. Now tell me, 45:48.954 --> 45:51.289 how came the stone into the goose. 45:51.957 --> 45:53.958 And how came the goose into the open market? 45:54.084 --> 45:56.961 Tell me the truth, now, for that is your only hope of safety. 45:58.046 --> 46:00.798 I'll tell it to you just as it happened. 46:02.176 --> 46:06.304 I thought it was best to get away with the stone as quick as I could 46:06.472 --> 46:08.931 for I didn't know at what moment the police might not take it 46:09.057 --> 46:12.477 into their heads to search me and my room. 46:13.979 --> 46:16.314 There was nowhere in the hotel where it would be safe. 46:16.565 --> 46:18.983 So, I went out, as if on some commission, 46:19.109 --> 46:21.986 and made for my sister's house to think things over. 46:25.616 --> 46:30.453 Why, Jim, whatever is it, you look terrible. 46:30.621 --> 46:34.999 I had a bit of a turn, Maggie. There's been a robbery at the hotel. 46:35.542 --> 46:37.168 You'd better come in. 46:38.837 --> 46:41.839 I went into the back yard where she kept the geese. 46:43.425 --> 46:46.511 Smoked a pipe, and wondered what it would be best to do. 46:47.262 --> 46:49.013 I remember that my stomach wasn't gonna stop 46:49.223 --> 46:51.015 feeling like a bag of ferrets 46:51.183 --> 46:53.851 till I found somewhere to hide the stone for a while. 46:54.394 --> 46:56.771 When suddenly, I looked at the geese, 46:56.897 --> 46:59.690 which was hissing and huddling in the corner of the yard. 47:00.692 --> 47:03.194 My sister had told me that I might have the pick of her geese 47:03.320 --> 47:04.654 for a Christmas present. 47:06.532 --> 47:08.616 I picked out one of the birds, 47:09.701 --> 47:11.619 a fine thick one with a gray head. 47:31.139 --> 47:35.059 I pushed the stone down its throat as far as my finger could reach. 47:36.144 --> 47:40.314 Then I thought all my troubles was over, when... 47:41.316 --> 47:43.901 Whatever are you doing with that bird, Jim? 47:45.487 --> 47:48.656 Uh, you said I could have one for Christmas, 47:48.824 --> 47:51.075 so I was just feeling which is the fattest. 47:51.243 --> 47:55.162 We already set yours aside... Jim's bird, we call it. 47:55.289 --> 47:58.207 Uh, if it's all the same to you, Maggie, 47:58.375 --> 48:00.751 I'd rather have that one I was handling just now. 48:00.878 --> 48:03.087 Well, that one is a good three pounds heavier, 48:03.255 --> 48:05.339 we fattened it up expressly. 48:06.049 --> 48:10.344 Never mind. I'll take the other, and I'll take it now. 48:10.470 --> 48:13.014 Just as you like. Which one is it? 48:13.140 --> 48:14.599 It's that gray-headed one in the middle. 48:14.766 --> 48:16.100 Oh, very well. 48:17.060 --> 48:18.895 Kill it and take it with you. 48:23.317 --> 48:25.276 I did what she said, Mr. Holmes, 48:25.444 --> 48:29.113 and I carried the bird to my pal, we got a knife, 48:29.281 --> 48:34.118 and we opened it up, my heart turned to water. 48:34.578 --> 48:36.913 There was no sign of the stone, 48:37.080 --> 48:40.458 and I knew some terrible mistake must have occurred. 48:58.644 --> 49:00.061 Where have they all gone? 49:00.187 --> 49:01.604 To the dealer's. 49:01.897 --> 49:02.647 Which dealer's? 49:02.856 --> 49:04.899 Breckinridge, of Covent Garden. 49:06.610 --> 49:08.569 Tell me, just tell me. 49:08.695 --> 49:11.489 Was there another one which had a gray head? 49:11.615 --> 49:13.491 That's right, two, 49:13.700 --> 49:16.160 I could never tell them apart, I couldn't. 49:16.328 --> 49:19.664 Well, what's the matter, what's all the hurry? 49:19.831 --> 49:23.417 I ran as hard as my feet would carry me to this man Breckinridge 49:23.794 --> 49:26.128 but he had sold the lot, and not one word 49:26.254 --> 49:28.631 would he tell me as to where they had gone. 49:29.883 --> 49:32.176 I've, I've gone mad. 49:33.595 --> 49:37.348 And now I'm a branded thief 49:37.849 --> 49:40.351 without ever having touched the wealth 49:40.811 --> 49:43.187 for which I've sold my character. 49:44.272 --> 49:48.818 God help me. 50:03.208 --> 50:04.458 Get out. 50:08.714 --> 50:09.672 What? 50:13.218 --> 50:15.636 Heavens, bless you, sir. 50:18.140 --> 50:19.390 No more words. 50:21.393 --> 50:22.560 Get out. 50:46.001 --> 50:50.171 I must confess, Holmes, to being a little surprised. 50:50.297 --> 50:55.551 I am not retained by the police to supply their deficiencies. 51:01.224 --> 51:04.685 Maybe I am committing a felony, but I may be saving a soul. 51:07.355 --> 51:10.274 Send him to jail now, you make him a jailbird for life. 51:32.672 --> 51:35.966 Listen, after all, it is the season for forgiveness, come. 51:37.469 --> 51:38.469 Midnight. 51:40.555 --> 51:42.473 Merry Christmas, Holmes. 51:43.016 --> 51:44.600 And to you, my dear friend. 51:46.228 --> 51:47.311 Just a minute. 51:48.230 --> 51:53.150 Holmes, I cannot contemplate eating while John Horner is still on remand. 51:54.152 --> 51:57.613 Do you suppose that Bradstreet or one of his colleagues 51:57.781 --> 51:59.406 might still be at their desks? 52:00.659 --> 52:01.325 He will.