WEBVTT 01:05.690 --> 01:08.025 And this is where the Prince is stabled. 01:09.402 --> 01:11.278 Oh, Sir Robert. 01:11.821 --> 01:13.280 Sorry to disturb you. 01:13.406 --> 01:17.117 This is Joe Barnes. Josiah's boy. 01:17.285 --> 01:19.578 I know who he is, Mason. What's he doing here? 01:19.954 --> 01:22.414 He's keen to race horses. 01:22.707 --> 01:25.459 I can ride, Sir Robert, I'd love to be a jockey. 01:26.294 --> 01:27.086 Would you? 01:27.253 --> 01:28.587 More than anything in the world. 01:28.713 --> 01:32.883 Well, that's good, very good. But what has it got to do with me? 01:33.593 --> 01:35.385 I, I thought I could work for you. 01:35.804 --> 01:37.387 I have all the jockeys I need. 01:39.724 --> 01:41.475 Please give me a chance, sir. 01:41.810 --> 01:44.645 I'll muck out the stables, clean the yard, 01:45.146 --> 01:46.313 anything you want. 01:47.148 --> 01:48.148 I'll think about it. 01:48.525 --> 01:49.817 Thank you, Sir Robert. 01:50.527 --> 01:53.278 Sir, at the house, you better come quick. 01:53.404 --> 01:54.154 Why? 01:54.322 --> 01:55.614 There's trouble, sir. 02:01.204 --> 02:05.833 I told you Lady Beatrice is unwell and does not wish to be disturbed. 02:06.000 --> 02:08.627 I think she'll make an exception in my case. 02:08.795 --> 02:10.170 I'm sorry, sir, 02:11.422 --> 02:13.674 I have strict instructions. 02:15.051 --> 02:17.469 Are you going to let me speak to Lady Beatrice 02:18.012 --> 02:20.180 or will I have to use force? 02:22.684 --> 02:24.935 You'll answer to me first, Brewer. 02:25.520 --> 02:29.857 This gentleman is most insistent upon speaking to her ladyship, sir. 02:34.821 --> 02:36.196 I warned you never to come here 02:36.364 --> 02:38.949 our business can be discussed at your office, not here. 02:39.325 --> 02:41.702 I've tried to settle this matter on many occasions. 02:41.828 --> 02:43.704 As you well know, Sir Robert. 02:44.205 --> 02:46.707 You've got a nerve coming here after New Market. 02:46.833 --> 02:49.168 I'm leaving nothing to chance this time. 02:50.170 --> 02:53.630 Perhaps Lady Beatrice will be more prepared to listen to reason. 02:53.756 --> 02:56.717 Your grievance is with me, Brewer, and with no one else. 02:56.885 --> 02:59.887 It would certainly be of concern to Lady Beatrice. 03:02.599 --> 03:07.060 Robert, who are these people? And what do they want? 03:07.604 --> 03:09.188 I'll tell you what I want, Lady Beatrice. 03:09.314 --> 03:09.897 Get him out of here. 03:10.064 --> 03:11.982 I want what's rightfully mine. 03:12.942 --> 03:17.237 Get out, go while you can still walk. 03:18.615 --> 03:21.742 I'll be back, Lady Beatrice. Good day to you. 03:32.670 --> 03:34.755 I'm sorry you've been upset, my dear. 03:35.089 --> 03:38.425 What did he mean, Robert, what's rightfully his? 03:38.801 --> 03:40.594 Nothing for you to worry about. 03:41.262 --> 03:45.599 But I do worry, Robert. I know you too well. 03:57.737 --> 03:59.404 He won't bother us again. 04:11.542 --> 04:14.086 What should we do if he does come back, sir? 04:14.754 --> 04:18.757 If he does come back, I'll deal with him myself. 05:12.061 --> 05:14.021 Watson, do you know a bit of racing? 05:14.814 --> 05:19.026 I ought to, I paid for it with about half my wound pension. 05:19.193 --> 05:22.821 Then I make give you my handy guide to the turf. 05:22.989 --> 05:23.822 Your what? 05:23.948 --> 05:27.159 Does the name Sir Robert Norberton recall anything? 05:27.368 --> 05:28.368 Careful. 05:29.871 --> 05:32.289 He's got a horse running in the Champion Stakes. 05:32.790 --> 05:34.624 He lives at Shoscombe Hall. 05:34.751 --> 05:37.294 His stables are known locally as Shoscombe Old Place. 05:37.545 --> 05:39.046 But you don't know the man himself? 05:39.213 --> 05:41.048 I never met him if that's what you mean. 05:42.258 --> 05:45.177 He has a reputation of being rather a dangerous man. 05:45.303 --> 05:46.470 How dangerous? 05:46.763 --> 05:47.888 I remember an instance some months ago 05:48.056 --> 05:50.307 when he horsewhipped a man on New Market Heath. 05:50.433 --> 05:53.393 Samuel Brewer, the Carson Street moneylender. 05:53.561 --> 05:55.395 What was the reason for this assault? 05:55.563 --> 05:58.732 Well, I imagine that Sir Robert had a grudge against moneylenders. 05:58.858 --> 06:00.067 Or is heavily in their debt. 06:00.234 --> 06:01.902 Well, by all accounts he's so far down Queer Street, 06:02.111 --> 06:03.570 he may never find his way back again. 06:03.738 --> 06:06.531 I received a letter from John Mason, 06:07.283 --> 06:10.410 the head trainer at Shoscombe. It arrived an hour ago. 06:12.038 --> 06:13.538 "Dear Mr. Holmes," 06:13.831 --> 06:15.499 "you will no doubt have read of the-" 06:15.625 --> 06:19.086 "disappearance a number of days ago of Samuel Brewer." 06:19.754 --> 06:21.088 "In the interests of my employer," 06:21.255 --> 06:23.757 "Sir Robert Norberton, I should like to visit you" 06:23.925 --> 06:26.385 "to discuss a matter of the utmost urgency." 06:26.511 --> 06:29.763 He suggests a convenient time? And already is several minutes late. 06:30.556 --> 06:32.599 Samuel Brewer's disappeared. 06:33.434 --> 06:36.436 The newspapers make a lot of it, but let's hear more about Shoscombe. 06:36.604 --> 06:38.397 Well, the Shoscombe spaniels, 06:38.523 --> 06:40.857 special pride of the lady of Shoscombe Place. 06:40.983 --> 06:43.110 The wife of Sir Robert Norberton I presume. 06:43.277 --> 06:47.114 No, no. He never married. He lives with his widowed sister, 06:47.240 --> 06:49.116 Lady Beatrice Folder. 06:49.283 --> 06:50.283 You mean she lives with him? 06:50.451 --> 06:54.246 No, no, the place belonged to her late husband, Sir James. 06:55.206 --> 06:57.249 What should be amiss at Shoscombe? 06:57.375 --> 06:58.792 What indeed? 06:59.585 --> 07:01.461 And here I expect is the man who can tell us. 07:01.587 --> 07:02.546 Yes? 07:04.632 --> 07:06.299 My eggs were hard boiled. 07:07.176 --> 07:09.136 There's a Mr. Mason to see you, sir. 07:09.303 --> 07:10.971 Thank you, Mrs. Hudson, show him in. 07:11.139 --> 07:12.139 Sir. 07:13.641 --> 07:14.808 Come this way. 07:18.938 --> 07:20.647 You got my note, Mr. Holmes? 07:20.815 --> 07:21.648 Yes. 07:22.316 --> 07:23.817 But it explained nothing. 07:24.444 --> 07:27.904 It was too delicate a thing for me to put the details on paper. 07:28.364 --> 07:29.990 It was too complicated. 07:30.992 --> 07:32.242 You may rely on the discretion 07:32.368 --> 07:34.578 of my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson. Please sit down. 07:35.121 --> 07:36.121 Thank you. 07:44.505 --> 07:45.755 Mr. Holmes, 07:46.966 --> 07:49.926 I think Sir Robert Norberton has gone mad. 07:50.344 --> 07:54.347 Please, this is Baker Street not Harley Street. Why do you say so? 07:54.807 --> 07:56.516 I believe Shoscombe Prince 07:56.684 --> 07:59.352 and the Champion Stakes have turned his brain. 08:00.313 --> 08:01.605 Shoscombe Prince? 08:04.984 --> 08:07.277 Watson, you're invaluable. A horse? 08:07.737 --> 08:09.446 The finest in England, sir. 08:09.572 --> 08:13.492 The truth is Sir Robert has got to win this race. 08:13.618 --> 08:16.286 He's up to his neck, and it's his last chance. 08:16.913 --> 08:19.539 He's wagered everything he could raise or borrow on the horse, 08:19.707 --> 08:22.959 and he's holding off his creditors till after the big race. 08:23.878 --> 08:26.713 Oh, if the Prince fails him, he's done for. 08:27.006 --> 08:29.716 And you're assuming there's a connection between Sir Robert's debts 08:30.343 --> 08:32.385 and the disappearance of Samuel Brewer. 08:32.678 --> 08:35.305 He's Sir Robert's principal creditor, 08:36.182 --> 08:39.017 and I don't mind admitting there's no love lost between them. 08:39.435 --> 08:43.355 Well, after what happened at New Market. I'm not surprised. 08:43.481 --> 08:45.190 But that was just the start. 08:45.399 --> 08:47.150 Brewer showed his face at the hall last week, 08:47.276 --> 08:50.237 and Sir Robert flew at him like a man possessed. 08:50.363 --> 08:53.240 Said he'd deal with him if he ever showed his face there again. 08:53.407 --> 08:55.242 I presume he has not returned. 08:55.910 --> 08:57.202 I don't know, sir. 08:58.037 --> 08:59.162 Not for sure. 08:59.497 --> 09:00.539 I see. 09:00.790 --> 09:03.917 In the event of financial catastrophe, 09:04.335 --> 09:07.087 would Sir Robert have any claim on his sister's estate? 09:07.213 --> 09:09.506 None at all as far as I know. 09:09.757 --> 09:13.260 She only has a life interest in it. It reverts to her husband's brother 09:13.386 --> 09:14.719 after her death. 09:15.680 --> 09:19.266 In the meantime, her ladyship draws the rents every year. 09:19.392 --> 09:20.850 And her brother spends them? 09:21.936 --> 09:23.353 That's about the size of it. 09:23.938 --> 09:27.107 He must lead a most uneasy life. 09:27.400 --> 09:30.110 Well, maybe so, but they've always been the best of friends. 09:30.611 --> 09:32.112 They have the same tastes. 09:32.238 --> 09:34.948 She loves the horses as much as he does. 09:36.742 --> 09:38.952 Or at least she did. 09:42.123 --> 09:45.458 Every day at about 12:00 she'd ride down to the stables to see them. 09:45.585 --> 09:49.546 And above all, she loved the Prince. 09:53.968 --> 09:55.468 Good morning, Beatrice. 09:59.181 --> 10:00.599 I can't wait to see their faces 10:00.725 --> 10:03.101 when this delightful creature is first past the post. 10:03.227 --> 10:04.769 What say you, Mason? 10:04.895 --> 10:06.396 The others won't stand a chance, sir. 10:06.522 --> 10:08.315 A three-length win, wouldn't you say? 10:08.649 --> 10:10.317 Three and a half, at least. 10:11.944 --> 10:14.988 Just beware of raising your hopes too high, Robert. 10:15.156 --> 10:18.950 You're not the only one who'd like to see his horse win the Champion Stakes. 10:19.660 --> 10:22.495 I'm the only one with a horse like Shoscombe Prince. 10:23.331 --> 10:24.664 Why he's on such good form 10:24.832 --> 10:27.125 you could ride him to victory yourself, my dear. 10:27.335 --> 10:31.296 I think not, Robert. Our riding days are over. 10:48.230 --> 10:50.148 You should be resting, my dear. 10:51.484 --> 10:53.860 No, I'm fine, Robert. Really, I'm fine. 10:54.028 --> 10:55.612 You know what the doctor said. 10:56.030 --> 10:58.615 You fuss even more than he does. 11:01.535 --> 11:03.953 Jasper, good dog. 11:06.290 --> 11:07.957 And how's Carrie today? 11:09.418 --> 11:12.462 Oh, very well, thank you, Sir Robert. 11:20.221 --> 11:23.390 But for the past week, her ladyship has driven past the stables 11:23.516 --> 11:25.392 with never so much as a good morning. 11:26.936 --> 11:29.312 Do you think there's been some sort of quarrel? 11:30.147 --> 11:33.358 And a bitter, savage, spiteful quarrel at that. 11:34.110 --> 11:35.568 Now, he never goes near her. 11:35.778 --> 11:39.906 She hardly leaves her room except to take her daily drive. 11:40.074 --> 11:42.534 And I assume that you have witnessed such a disagreement? 11:43.244 --> 11:45.745 Well, no, not exactly. 11:46.956 --> 11:50.500 But why else would he give away her pet spaniel, Mr. Holmes? 11:50.918 --> 11:53.378 She loved that dog as if it were her child. 11:55.297 --> 11:57.424 Can you think of any reason why- 11:57.591 --> 12:01.428 Sir Robert would wish to upset his sister in this fashion? 12:01.804 --> 12:05.849 None at all. It's a cruel way to treat a woman with a weak heart. 12:05.975 --> 12:07.600 It's damn rotten. 12:09.937 --> 12:11.271 I must say he does not appear 12:11.397 --> 12:14.190 to be committing any crime that I recognize. 12:17.403 --> 12:20.280 So why did Sir Robert leave the house at the dead of night, 12:21.282 --> 12:22.907 and who was the man he met? 12:23.242 --> 12:24.284 Go on. 12:26.579 --> 12:27.954 Well, it was Stephens, the butler, 12:28.122 --> 12:30.707 who saw him leave, and he told me about it. 12:31.667 --> 12:35.211 So the next night we followed him. 13:08.788 --> 13:09.996 So who was it? 13:11.665 --> 13:13.082 Samuel Brewer? 13:14.084 --> 13:16.461 It was too dark to see his face. 13:17.463 --> 13:19.756 When did Sir Robert give away his sister's dog? 13:19.965 --> 13:21.466 A week ago today. 13:22.343 --> 13:25.678 Jasper was howling like a banshee at the mill house, 13:26.013 --> 13:28.848 but that was no good reason for the master to do what he did. 13:40.027 --> 13:41.152 Sir Robert. 13:41.862 --> 13:43.446 I want it off this estate. 13:44.615 --> 13:45.990 I don't care what you do with it 13:46.116 --> 13:48.201 just as long as I never have to see it again. 13:50.746 --> 13:51.788 Yes, sir. 13:53.207 --> 13:56.960 I gave the dog to Sandy Bain, the jockey. 13:57.253 --> 13:58.962 Right then, Jasper. 13:59.964 --> 14:03.883 Let's you and I go for a drink, hey. Come on. 14:04.176 --> 14:06.010 Next morning, he took it to Josiah Barnes, 14:06.136 --> 14:08.680 the landlord at the Green Dragon in Crendall. 14:10.683 --> 14:12.684 Does Lady Beatrice have a companion? 14:13.018 --> 14:14.561 Her maid, Mr. Holmes. 14:14.728 --> 14:15.645 Just the one? 14:15.771 --> 14:19.232 Carrie Evans, but she's been with her this five years. 14:19.358 --> 14:20.984 And is no doubt devoted? 14:21.569 --> 14:24.863 She is devoted enough, and I won't say to whom. 14:27.324 --> 14:29.826 I can't tell tales out of school. 14:31.287 --> 14:33.997 Sir Robert is something of a lady's man? 14:35.374 --> 14:38.668 Do you not think the quarrel between brother and sister may lie there? 14:39.086 --> 14:41.713 Oh, that scandal has been pretty clear for a long time. 14:41.839 --> 14:43.214 But Lady Beatrice may not have seen it before. 14:43.340 --> 14:46.593 Let us suppose that she suddenly found it out, 14:47.219 --> 14:49.387 and she wants to be rid of the hated maid. 14:49.513 --> 14:52.765 He will not permit it, She refuses to speak to him. 14:52.933 --> 14:56.436 And Sir Robert in his anger gives away her dog. 14:56.937 --> 14:59.439 There's more to it than that, Mr. Holmes. 15:00.316 --> 15:03.943 Mr. Mason, you have the advantage of us. 15:06.614 --> 15:10.241 Perhaps there is something that you have not told us. 15:15.372 --> 15:18.124 There's a central heating furnace in the cellar. 15:28.969 --> 15:33.640 It's been off for some time, but Sir Robert complained of cold. 15:34.141 --> 15:38.645 And had it on again. Harvey runs it, he's one of my lads. 15:40.773 --> 15:43.232 He didn't like the look of it, Mr. Holmes. 15:45.778 --> 15:47.779 And he brought it to me last night. 15:48.906 --> 15:50.949 How often does Harvey attend the furnace? 15:52.076 --> 15:54.494 He makes it up every evening, and then he leaves it. 15:54.662 --> 15:56.829 So anyone can visit it during the night? 15:57.665 --> 16:01.334 I suppose so. But the lad has the key to the outer door. 16:01.502 --> 16:02.502 I see. 16:03.671 --> 16:07.006 What is the name of that tavern you spoke of? 16:07.174 --> 16:08.341 Green Dragon. 16:08.509 --> 16:10.843 Is there any good fishing in that part of Parkshire? 16:12.846 --> 16:16.099 There's trout in the millstream and pike in the lake. 16:16.225 --> 16:18.476 That's good enough. What do you make of it, Watson? 16:18.769 --> 16:21.604 It's the upper contour of a femur. 16:32.324 --> 16:33.366 Human? 16:33.993 --> 16:35.284 Without a doubt. 16:44.628 --> 16:47.380 Ah... It's a bluff, sir. 16:49.049 --> 16:51.884 Anyone could have sent it. It could be a tout. 16:52.011 --> 16:53.553 I don't care who it is. 16:54.346 --> 16:56.514 I need to know if there's any truth in what he's written. 16:58.934 --> 17:01.477 Carrie will be in charge of the house while I'm away. 17:03.147 --> 17:04.063 Carrie, sir? 17:04.440 --> 17:06.733 Your concern must be for the Prince's training. 17:08.610 --> 17:10.403 Nothing is more important than that. 17:11.739 --> 17:17.910 Fifty-three. Fifty-four. Fifty-five. 17:19.413 --> 17:20.538 Yes, ma'am? 17:20.706 --> 17:23.082 Thank you, Stephens, please take the tray now. 17:26.128 --> 17:27.754 Fifty-six. 17:33.927 --> 17:35.261 I leave at dawn. 18:48.502 --> 18:49.669 Two rooms is it then, sir? 18:49.795 --> 18:50.962 And two glasses of your best ale. 18:51.088 --> 18:52.004 Right, sir. 18:55.467 --> 18:56.342 Holmes? 18:59.680 --> 19:01.013 Good day, gentlemen. 19:01.682 --> 19:03.516 Hello, old fellow. 19:03.684 --> 19:05.977 Oh, ladies, I'm so sorry I didn't see you sitting there. 19:08.188 --> 19:10.148 There's quite a bite in the air, isn't there? 19:10.399 --> 19:12.859 Oh, you'd much rather be free, wouldn't you? 19:15.320 --> 19:19.866 Landlord, is it really necessary to keep this dog tied up like this? 19:20.033 --> 19:22.702 If I didn't, sir, it'd be off back to the owner in a jiffy. 19:22.870 --> 19:25.204 You see, sir, Jasper's a Shoscombe spaniel. 19:25.372 --> 19:28.541 Oh, I should have known. You see, I'm quite a dog enthusiast myself. 19:30.335 --> 19:33.880 Wait, be careful with that luggage or I'll skin you alive. 19:37.718 --> 19:39.385 Don't you mind him, sirs? 19:39.887 --> 19:41.554 He takes after his mother. 19:45.851 --> 19:47.476 Out for a bit of fishing, hey? 19:47.603 --> 19:50.479 We thought we might try and land a pike or two at the Hole Lake. 19:50.606 --> 19:53.691 You might find yourselves in the lake before you were through. 19:57.029 --> 19:58.070 Why is that? 19:58.197 --> 19:59.906 That Sir Robert is terrible jealous of anyone 20:00.073 --> 20:02.408 who might be spying on his stables. 20:02.659 --> 20:03.910 Well, we're not touts. 20:04.036 --> 20:07.997 He's the sort that strikes first and speaks afterwards. 20:10.500 --> 20:13.920 Watson, I think we should take a little walk before lunch. 20:15.005 --> 20:17.840 Well, that's a splendid idea. 20:19.259 --> 20:21.260 Do you think we could take the dog with us, Landlord? 20:22.137 --> 20:25.890 By all means, gentlemen, but mind what I said about Sir Robert. 20:31.897 --> 20:33.606 It's this way, Watson. 20:54.378 --> 20:55.795 What about Sir Robert? 20:56.046 --> 20:58.881 By my estimate, he should be well on his way to York by now. 20:59.007 --> 21:00.132 How do you know that? 21:00.259 --> 21:02.093 Because I had a telegram sent to him. 21:02.219 --> 21:04.303 Holmes, what have you been up to? 21:04.680 --> 21:07.974 Of course, Palmer's the Favourite is stabled somewhere near York. 21:08.100 --> 21:09.475 I merely advised him that the horse has shown 21:09.643 --> 21:11.310 much improvement in the last few days. 21:11.478 --> 21:13.437 He won't be pleased when he finds he's been duped. 21:13.563 --> 21:15.147 I'm sure he'll be furious. 21:16.984 --> 21:19.902 Jasper. Jasper. 21:20.445 --> 21:24.824 Come on boy, hello boy. How are you aye, hello. 21:24.992 --> 21:26.742 Jasper. Here. 21:33.250 --> 21:34.250 Do I know you? 21:34.376 --> 21:36.502 No, but evidently, Jasper knows you. 21:38.255 --> 21:39.839 You must be Sandy Bain. 21:40.674 --> 21:41.507 Yes, sir. 21:41.633 --> 21:44.302 It was you that brought Jasper to the tavern last week. 21:44.428 --> 21:45.511 That's right. 21:46.471 --> 21:47.847 You're fond of animals? 21:47.973 --> 21:51.350 They're all God's creatures, sir, I won't see no harm come to them. 21:51.601 --> 21:54.854 Mr. Mason seemed to think that Jasper had a lucky escape. 21:55.439 --> 21:57.648 He must have had a reason for behaving like he did. 21:57.774 --> 22:00.109 I'm sure Sir Robert had the best of motives. 22:00.235 --> 22:04.113 No, I'm talking about Jasper. He's always such a quiet dog. 22:05.365 --> 22:07.199 Well, something must have happened to him. 22:07.326 --> 22:08.367 At the millhouse? 22:08.535 --> 22:09.327 No, sir. 22:09.453 --> 22:10.536 The cellar? 22:10.704 --> 22:13.039 No, sir, at the old church. 22:14.166 --> 22:16.667 It was the same morning I brought him to the Green Dragon. 22:18.378 --> 22:20.004 It's an old ruin chapel 22:20.714 --> 22:23.549 and under it there's a crypt which has a bad name among us. 22:28.221 --> 22:29.221 Jasper. 22:31.767 --> 22:35.895 Not that way, Jasper. Jasper, come back. 22:43.070 --> 22:44.570 Jasper, come back. 22:45.238 --> 23:08.761 Jasper. 23:12.099 --> 23:15.267 Come on, boy, come on, I'm not playing games now. 23:34.913 --> 23:35.955 Jasper. 24:16.329 --> 24:18.831 How far are we away from the hall? 24:19.875 --> 24:21.834 About a quarter of a mile, sir. 24:22.127 --> 24:26.338 I'm correct in thinking that Lady Beatrice takes a drive about midday? 24:26.798 --> 24:27.506 Yes, sir. 24:27.632 --> 24:29.175 Thank you, we've not a moment to lose. 24:29.301 --> 24:32.261 Come Jasper, come Watson, come. Goodbye... 25:15.722 --> 25:18.224 Stop the carriage, Watson, stop the carriage. 25:23.688 --> 25:24.730 Excuse me. 25:30.070 --> 25:32.905 Could you direct us to the Green Dragon in town? 25:38.453 --> 25:40.412 Drive on, drive on. 25:43.208 --> 25:45.000 Stay, stay there. Stay there. 26:03.061 --> 26:03.769 Well, there's nothing we can do 26:03.937 --> 26:06.605 until Lady Beatrice takes her drive again tomorrow. 26:07.607 --> 26:10.609 You still haven't explained why I risked my life this afternoon. 26:10.819 --> 26:11.610 To test a theory. 26:11.778 --> 26:14.446 You must be very disappointed. I was almost killed instead. 26:14.614 --> 26:17.116 On the contrary, I think my little experiment was quite successful. 26:17.284 --> 26:18.784 I fail to see how. 26:19.536 --> 26:22.454 The dog, Watson, the dog. 26:24.207 --> 26:26.083 Did that suggest nothing to you? 26:26.418 --> 26:28.419 Well, Carrie Evans is determined 26:28.545 --> 26:30.963 to keep the dog and her mistress apart so. 26:31.131 --> 26:32.131 There is an alternative? 26:32.299 --> 26:35.050 Yes, that Sir Robert has done away with the moneylender, 26:35.176 --> 26:37.261 Samuel Brewer. Don't forget... 26:38.471 --> 26:41.223 Don't forget the human bone that was found. 26:41.349 --> 26:42.474 I haven't forgotten. 26:42.642 --> 26:46.312 It's perfectly clear to me. They've crossed swords before. 26:46.438 --> 26:48.480 It's possible that Sir Robert has gone too far this time, 26:48.648 --> 26:50.983 and is guilty of murder, what a boy... 26:52.444 --> 26:53.819 What the boy found 26:53.945 --> 26:56.405 is all that remains of the unfortunate moneylender. 26:56.531 --> 26:59.158 Oh, no, no, thank you. I'm famished. 27:01.620 --> 27:03.412 A fresh catch, Mr. Holmes. 27:04.998 --> 27:07.499 Best I've seen in a long time. 27:11.838 --> 27:13.672 These are deep waters, Watson. 27:15.759 --> 27:17.468 Deep and rather dirty. 27:21.848 --> 27:24.016 I would like to borrow the key to the cellar. 27:24.476 --> 27:25.517 For what purpose, Mr. Holmes? 27:25.685 --> 27:26.977 To get inside. 27:28.396 --> 27:29.480 Where is Sir Robert? 27:29.606 --> 27:31.940 Well, Sir Robert left for York. 27:32.233 --> 27:35.694 Early yesterday morning. He isn't expected back till some time tonight. 27:36.154 --> 27:41.033 I'd show you around the house myself, but master left Carrie in charge, 27:41.201 --> 27:43.035 and she won't let anyone past the door. 27:43.203 --> 27:45.120 He left a maid in charge of the house? 27:46.039 --> 27:48.999 I told you things were bad between master and her ladyship. 27:50.043 --> 27:52.711 Whereabouts is Lady Beatrice's room? 27:53.004 --> 27:55.881 It's on the ground floor, Mr. Holmes, on account of her ladyship's heart. 27:56.049 --> 27:58.008 Precisely on the ground floor where? 27:58.968 --> 28:02.471 Second room in the corridor beside the cellar passageway. 28:03.223 --> 28:04.556 Has there been any change in the running of the house 28:04.724 --> 28:06.558 since we spoke at Baker Street? 28:07.394 --> 28:10.312 None that I can think of, apart from the fact that 28:10.480 --> 28:12.731 I had to dismiss Harvey, one of my stable lads. 28:12.857 --> 28:15.067 Wasn't he the one that found the bone in the furnace? 28:15.235 --> 28:16.318 That's right. 28:16.611 --> 28:18.529 What is the reason for his dismissal? 28:18.988 --> 28:23.158 Well, he'd stolen some money from somebody on the staff and so. 28:23.576 --> 28:26.745 Ah, here's the Prince himself, Mr. Holmes. 28:32.502 --> 28:34.712 Every inch a champion, wouldn't you say? 28:35.004 --> 28:38.549 Yes, he's a very fine creature, but you're the expert, Watson. 28:39.342 --> 28:40.843 Hardly an expert, Holmes. 28:40.969 --> 28:43.554 I am aware of the Prince's bursts of speed 28:43.722 --> 28:46.098 over a final furlong but the fact is- 28:46.516 --> 28:48.016 he hasn't yet won a major race. 28:48.143 --> 28:50.602 Do you think he's still in with a good chance? 28:50.729 --> 28:52.938 If he's given the ground, then yes. 29:30.018 --> 29:34.646 All right, all right, hold your horses. I'm coming, I'm coming. 29:36.733 --> 29:40.486 Good afternoon. You must be Stephens. 29:41.696 --> 29:42.738 That's right, sir. 29:42.864 --> 29:44.239 I'm a doctor. 29:45.158 --> 29:46.825 Well, Sir Robert asked me to call on his sister 29:46.993 --> 29:48.994 at the first opportunity. I'm new to the area. 29:49.162 --> 29:51.288 Well, he said nothing about it to me, sir. 29:51.414 --> 29:52.831 Well, he must have forgotten. 29:52.999 --> 29:55.501 Hardly surprising for a man as busy as Sir Robert. 29:55.668 --> 29:57.753 I m afraid her ladyship is out 29:57.879 --> 30:00.172 taking her carriage exercise at the moment. 30:00.298 --> 30:02.090 How long is she likely to be? 30:02.509 --> 30:05.010 Well, no more than half an hour, sir. 30:05.595 --> 30:07.679 Well, in that case I don't mind waiting. 30:13.478 --> 30:15.479 You appear to be in some pain yourself. 30:15.605 --> 30:18.774 Well, it's the rheumatics, sir. 30:19.400 --> 30:22.361 These old bones have taken a pounding in their time. 30:22.529 --> 30:23.779 Health's not what it was. 30:23.905 --> 30:25.781 Now, why don't you tell me about it? 30:26.699 --> 30:27.491 Beg pardon, sir? 30:27.617 --> 30:30.494 Well, now that I'm here, I might as well make myself useful. 30:31.204 --> 30:33.872 Oh, that's very kind of you, sir. Thank you. 30:34.040 --> 30:38.544 Well, it starts in the bottom of my wrist. 30:38.711 --> 30:40.504 And then it goes up... 30:40.880 --> 30:42.047 In your shoulder? 31:45.653 --> 31:48.447 S. B. 32:02.503 --> 32:06.298 Of course, the worst time is first thing in the morning. 32:06.466 --> 32:10.969 My back and my legs oh, stiff as a board. 32:13.932 --> 32:17.434 And my feet... did I tell you about my feet? 32:18.811 --> 32:19.478 No. 32:19.646 --> 32:21.438 Oh, I'll tell you about my feet. 32:21.981 --> 32:26.276 Blocks of ice, like blocks of ice. Can't feel them sometimes. 32:26.402 --> 32:30.948 Your blood's not circulating properly. It's a common problem. 32:31.407 --> 32:36.119 And then... there's the other trouble. 32:39.374 --> 32:40.666 The other trouble? 32:42.001 --> 32:44.753 You know, the other trouble. 34:04.083 --> 34:07.753 I've tried everything but it doesn't make any difference at all. 34:08.129 --> 34:11.173 I'm in just as much agony now as I ever was. 34:27.690 --> 34:29.191 Roll it right up. 34:30.985 --> 34:35.197 Oh, that'll be her ladyship. She's back early. 34:36.616 --> 34:41.411 Please excuse me, but I'm afraid. I have another urgent appointment. 35:12.360 --> 35:14.069 Almost there, my lady. 35:14.487 --> 35:16.905 Thank you, Stephens, we'll be all right now. 35:18.825 --> 35:20.992 Thank you, Stephens. 35:22.703 --> 35:24.162 Right you are, Miss. 35:43.182 --> 35:44.599 Strange. 35:55.528 --> 35:57.112 Holmes, thank goodness. 35:57.238 --> 35:59.030 Fortunately, the bedroom is on the ground floor. 35:59.157 --> 36:00.448 Did you have any luck? 36:00.575 --> 36:02.701 A few things are still unclear, but before the night is out, 36:02.869 --> 36:06.788 I hope to have solved the mystery of Shoscombe Old Place. 36:23.890 --> 36:27.017 If Samuel Brewer returned to the hall to demand his money 36:27.143 --> 36:30.061 he might have done so at night. He could have been the man- 36:31.063 --> 36:33.356 that Sir Robert met at the old church. 36:35.401 --> 36:38.904 Perhaps Sir Robert flew into one of his rages, and killed him 36:40.489 --> 36:42.741 and in a moment of sheer panic 36:43.075 --> 36:45.744 tried to dispose of the body by putting it into the furnace. 36:45.870 --> 36:48.205 Hence, the note case. 36:49.248 --> 36:51.249 Watson, the vibrations. 36:54.128 --> 36:56.087 If perhaps maybe I admit all the evidence we have so far 36:56.255 --> 36:58.048 is purely circumstantial. 37:27.870 --> 37:28.912 Resin. 37:30.373 --> 37:31.414 Resin? 37:37.964 --> 37:39.631 On an alcohol base. 37:42.468 --> 37:48.139 Traces of it on a few strands of hair found in Lady Beatrice's room. 37:51.310 --> 37:55.063 Come, Watson. The telegram will not keep Sir Robert away much longer. 37:55.189 --> 37:56.481 Where are we going? 38:13.165 --> 38:14.249 Sir Robert. 38:20.715 --> 38:22.507 What happened while I was away? 38:23.968 --> 38:24.592 Nothing, sir. 38:24.719 --> 38:28.513 Don't lie to me, Mason. Something's been going on behind my back. 38:33.436 --> 38:35.854 Has anyone been around here asking questions? 38:35.980 --> 38:37.105 No one, sir. 38:39.984 --> 38:42.861 Apart from some people I met near Crendall. 38:45.781 --> 38:47.198 I don't know their names. 38:48.200 --> 38:49.701 What did you talk about? 38:50.328 --> 38:53.872 Nothing much. They were interested in the old church. 38:56.292 --> 38:57.334 Fool. 39:06.594 --> 39:09.554 Well, if Samuel Brewer was not the victim, 39:10.389 --> 39:13.391 why was his note case found in the cellar of the hall? 39:13.559 --> 39:16.728 Who else in the household has the initials S. B? 39:16.896 --> 39:18.897 S. B., S. B. 39:19.690 --> 39:21.232 Sandy Bain. 39:22.443 --> 39:25.070 Harvey was dismissed 39:25.404 --> 39:28.073 for stealing from other members of the household. 39:29.075 --> 39:32.077 One of his duties was to tend to the furnace in the cellar. 39:32.578 --> 39:36.498 Well, the fact remains that the body was burned. If it wasn't Brewer's- 39:36.916 --> 39:38.083 then whose was it? 40:16.831 --> 40:17.914 Holmes. 41:15.723 --> 41:18.683 What could you possibly be able to find in a place like this? 41:21.854 --> 41:24.314 The lead lining's been cut. 41:37.203 --> 41:38.536 Just as I thought. 41:39.663 --> 41:41.539 The bolts have been loosened. 41:45.419 --> 41:49.047 Watson, I'm going to need your help to open this. 41:49.215 --> 41:51.299 Holmes, that's desecration. 42:19.745 --> 42:23.248 Who are you? What are you doing on my property? 42:24.166 --> 42:28.211 Do you hear? Who are you? What are you doing here? 43:05.165 --> 43:07.709 Ah, Mr. Holmes, what's happened? 43:07.835 --> 43:11.296 A good question, Mr. Mason. One that should be directed at Sir Robert. 43:13.674 --> 43:15.758 Disgusting contraptions. 43:18.304 --> 43:20.263 How dare you? Get out. 43:20.431 --> 43:23.808 I was going to join you for tea, but I see I'm too late. 43:24.143 --> 43:26.477 Get out this instant or I'll call for Sir Robert. 43:26.645 --> 43:29.981 Sir Robert knows that I'm here. Please, Miss Evans, will you sit down? 43:33.819 --> 43:35.737 I felt I couldn't visit Shoscombe Old Place 43:35.863 --> 43:38.489 without paying my respects to Lady Beatrice. 43:41.493 --> 43:43.494 Oh, you have brandy with your tea? 43:45.664 --> 43:48.166 For medicinal purposes, of course. 43:48.334 --> 43:49.751 Yes, of course. 43:51.170 --> 43:53.338 But is it enough, I wonder? 43:53.505 --> 43:55.006 Enough for what? 43:55.174 --> 43:57.842 Brandy revives the spirits. 43:59.178 --> 44:02.180 I hardly think it is sufficient to raise the dead. 44:03.515 --> 44:06.768 Don't move, Miss Evans. 44:51.188 --> 44:55.566 That should be comfortable enough until your own doctor arrives. 44:55.734 --> 44:56.818 Thank you. 44:57.486 --> 45:00.488 I am Sherlock Holmes. Perhaps my name is familiar to you. 45:02.741 --> 45:04.909 I know appearances are against me, 45:05.244 --> 45:07.912 but you must believe that I could act in no other way. 45:08.330 --> 45:10.081 I'm very happy to hear you say so. 45:10.708 --> 45:13.376 But I fear your explanations must be for the police. 45:15.003 --> 45:16.379 Please, Sir Robert. 45:17.005 --> 45:19.924 The responsibility for what has been done is entirely mine. 45:20.592 --> 45:24.095 Miss Evans and Joe Barnes were merely following my instructions. 45:24.263 --> 45:26.013 You must promise that they will come to no harm. 45:26.140 --> 45:27.598 I can promise you nothing. 45:29.685 --> 45:32.270 But I will hear a plain statement of the facts. 45:33.564 --> 45:37.942 Very well, you've clearly gone pretty deeply into my affairs 45:38.110 --> 45:40.403 otherwise I should not have found you where I did. 45:42.322 --> 45:45.450 I've always known that if Beatrice died, 45:46.410 --> 45:49.245 the estate would revert to my brother-in-law's family. 45:49.621 --> 45:54.751 Everything would be seized, including the stables and the horses. 45:56.628 --> 46:01.132 Well, Mr. Holmes, my sister did die, just a week ago. 46:01.300 --> 46:03.134 And you told no one? 46:03.469 --> 46:07.638 I had little alternative. If I told the truth, I faced absolute ruin. 46:07.973 --> 46:10.308 But if I could stave things off until the race, 46:11.477 --> 46:13.227 I knew all might be well. 46:15.647 --> 46:18.816 Beatrice died of the heart condition that had long afflicted her. 46:19.359 --> 46:21.986 That will be for a coroner to decide. 46:22.154 --> 46:23.905 Her own doctor would certify that for months, 46:24.031 --> 46:26.824 her symptoms had threatened such an end. 46:29.661 --> 46:32.663 Joe Barnes came to see me in search of work 46:33.248 --> 46:35.166 a day or two before Beatrice died. 46:36.835 --> 46:38.795 He seemed a trustworthy lad, and, 46:38.921 --> 46:43.174 it came into my mind that he might for a short time- 46:43.675 --> 46:45.593 impersonate my dear sister. 46:46.136 --> 46:48.971 It was but a case of appearing daily in her carriage 46:49.097 --> 46:52.517 for no one need enter her room save Miss Evans. 46:52.935 --> 46:55.353 Of course, I had to take her into my confidence. 46:57.439 --> 46:59.607 The whole deception distressed me greatly, 47:00.359 --> 47:02.360 but I could see no other course to take. 47:03.529 --> 47:05.947 Naturally, the body couldn't remain in the bedroom. 47:09.827 --> 47:14.163 On the first night, Joe and I carried it out to the old mill house. 47:14.957 --> 47:17.333 We were followed by her pet spaniel 47:17.876 --> 47:20.711 which afterwards howled continually at the door. 47:21.588 --> 47:24.715 So I felt some safer place was needed. 47:28.720 --> 47:30.054 I got rid of the dog, 47:30.722 --> 47:33.391 and we carried Beatrice to the crypt of the church. 47:35.269 --> 47:37.645 It seemed to me to be no unworthy resting place 47:37.771 --> 47:42.066 if we put her for a time in the coffin of one of her husband's ancestors 47:43.068 --> 47:45.736 lying in what is still consecrated ground 47:47.406 --> 47:49.907 I paid my respects to her there every day. 48:45.172 --> 48:48.132 As to the old relics which we took from the coffin, 48:48.592 --> 48:50.301 Joe and I removed them. 48:50.844 --> 48:52.929 He descended from the bedroom at night, 48:53.805 --> 48:55.723 and burned them in the furnace. 49:00.687 --> 49:03.814 Was it necessarily to lay that monstrous trap? 49:04.483 --> 49:07.985 I was determined that no one should disturb my sister's rest. 49:09.571 --> 49:12.239 But how you suspected her death, I cannot imagine. 49:12.532 --> 49:16.661 Well, yesterday, when Miss Evans ordered the carriage to drive on, 49:17.663 --> 49:19.664 I concluded that she was afraid of something. 49:19.831 --> 49:23.417 I suspected that something was Jasper. 49:25.504 --> 49:28.005 Miss Evans knew that dogs do not make mistakes. 49:29.257 --> 49:31.342 He would have known that it wasn't his mistress. 49:32.052 --> 49:33.803 But we must leave all this for the police. 49:33.929 --> 49:35.012 But why? 49:36.014 --> 49:40.017 A day or two is all I need. Say nothing yet I beg of you. 49:40.811 --> 49:45.439 The race will have been run, and my nightmare might be over. 49:47.401 --> 49:49.652 I loved Beatrice with all my heart, 49:50.696 --> 49:52.655 and there was no indignity or irreverence. 49:52.781 --> 49:54.699 I don't feel I have wronged the dead. 49:56.410 --> 49:58.661 I realize that my motives were selfish, 50:00.038 --> 50:02.873 but my sister would not have wished to see me destroyed. 50:12.968 --> 50:15.302 That does not entitle you to break the law. 50:26.481 --> 50:27.898 Listen to this, Holmes. 50:29.276 --> 50:31.485 "Following the success of Shoscombe Prince" 50:31.611 --> 50:33.904 "in yesterday's Champion Stakes," 50:34.197 --> 50:40.244 "Sir Robert has received sufficient winnings to settle all his debts" 50:40.495 --> 50:44.081 "with enough left to reestablish him in a fair position in life." 50:46.960 --> 50:49.754 "However, the victory was marred" 50:49.921 --> 50:54.759 "by the sudden death of Sir Robert's sister, Lady Beatrice Folder-" 50:55.010 --> 50:58.721 "whose love of horses was at least as great as his own." 51:03.143 --> 51:05.436 "Even the elusive Samuel Brewer" 51:05.645 --> 51:08.105 "has returned from his hideaway in France" 51:08.231 --> 51:12.443 "to send a telegram of congratulations to Sir Robert on his win." 51:13.612 --> 51:16.530 It transpires that even creditors have their creditors. 51:17.157 --> 51:20.367 It explains why Samuel Brewer was so anxious to get his money back. 51:20.494 --> 51:25.372 But to send a telegram, such a bare faced hypocrisy. 51:26.917 --> 51:29.126 So how much did you win on Shoscombe Prince? 51:31.254 --> 51:32.296 Twenty guineas. 51:32.464 --> 51:33.714 That's disgraceful. 51:38.095 --> 51:39.970 Champagne, Mrs. Hudson? 51:40.472 --> 51:43.474 Of course, in the circumstances. 51:43.683 --> 51:46.477 Well, that's very good of you, but I've only won 20 guineas. 51:46.645 --> 51:48.479 Plus my ten. 51:49.564 --> 51:51.148 You're not the only one that likes a plunge