Trascrizione completa di Sherlock Holmes - ,,,,,- Rathbone & Bruce - Uneasy Chair

00:02:03.569 --> 00:02:06.890 cherry fire in our Baker Street lodging. A thick fog 42 00:02:06.950 --> 00:02:10.030 rolled down between the line of dun-colored houses, and the 43 00:02:10.069 --> 00:02:13.879 opposite windows loomed like dark, shapeless blurs through the heavy 44 00:02:13.909 --> 00:02:14.469 yellow wreath. 45 00:02:14.789 --> 00:02:16.520 Another London pea soup, or how, Doctor? 46 00:02:16.539 --> 00:02:17.699 Exactly, Mr. Bartell. 47 00:02:18.340 --> 00:02:20.500 Our gas was lit and shone its flicking light on 48 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:23.199 the white cloth and glimmer of china, for the breakfast 49 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:24.319 table had not been cleared. 50 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:27.080 Holmes was busy cross-indexing his. 51 00:02:26.990 --> 00:02:29.990 Record of crime, while I was engrossed in one of 52 00:02:30.050 --> 00:02:31.849 Clark Russell's fine sea stories. 53 00:02:32.710 --> 00:02:36.250 Our morning was not destined, however, to be a quiet one. 54 00:02:36.289 --> 00:02:39.330 Shortly after 11 o'clock, Mrs. Hudson ushered a young lady 55 00:02:39.349 --> 00:02:49.639 into our room. A young lady... I'm Dr. Watson, and 56 00:02:50.020 --> 00:02:51.319 this is Mr. Sherlock Holmes. 57 00:02:52.060 --> 00:02:54.770 How do you do, gentlemen? I must apologize for not 58 00:02:54.810 --> 00:02:57.110 giving my name to your housekeeper, but I have to 59 00:02:57.150 --> 00:02:58.050 be so careful. 60 00:02:58.129 --> 00:02:59.900 Yes, yes, we quite understand, my dear. 61 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:02.819 Of course, you're wondering who I am and what's brought 62 00:03:02.860 --> 00:03:03.139 me here. 63 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:05.539 My own theory would be that you are Miss Harriet Irving, 64 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:07.919 and that you've come to me to elicit my aid 65 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:10.849 in proving that Mr. Binion did not murder your father. 66 00:03:10.930 --> 00:03:12.509 Holmes, what on earth are you talking about? 67 00:03:12.810 --> 00:03:13.949 You're absolutely correct, Mr. 68 00:03:13.990 --> 00:03:14.250 Holmes. 69 00:03:14.530 --> 00:03:15.490 But how did you know? 70 00:03:15.629 --> 00:03:17.810 I deduced it, Miss Irving. You're wearing very new and 71 00:03:17.849 --> 00:03:21.189 extremely expensive mourning, presumably for the first time, since a 72 00:03:21.210 --> 00:03:24.669 few basting threads are still in evidence. You wear no rings, 73 00:03:24.710 --> 00:03:27.090 so evidently you're not in mourning for a husband. The 74 00:03:27.110 --> 00:03:28.930 only man whose death the papers announced in the past 75 00:03:28.969 --> 00:03:31.639 few days and who left a young daughter wealthy enough 76 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:34.699 to purchase such garments is Sir Edward Irvine. And since 77 00:03:34.740 --> 00:03:36.680 the police have already made an arrest, obviously you wish 78 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:41.139 me to disprove the police theory and intercede for young Binion. 79 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:41.740 Mr. 80 00:03:41.780 --> 00:03:44.500 Holmes, you're wonderful. That's just what I want you to do. 81 00:03:45.229 --> 00:03:45.949 You will, won't you? 82 00:03:46.030 --> 00:03:48.250 Miss Irvin, I've studied the newspaper reports very carefully. It 83 00:03:48.270 --> 00:03:51.680 would seem to me that Scotland Yard has arrested the 84 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:52.300 right man. 85 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:54.680 Well, I'm very sorry, but I didn't read the newspaper reports. 86 00:03:54.699 --> 00:03:56.400 I haven't the faintest idea what you're both talking about. 87 00:03:56.719 --> 00:03:58.650 Then let me bring you up to date, my dear. 88 00:03:59.060 --> 00:04:01.370 And please correct me, Miss Irvin, if I make any mistakes. 89 00:04:01.689 --> 00:04:03.770 Three days ago, Sir Edward Irvin, the father of this 90 00:04:03.830 --> 00:04:06.310 young lady, was found stabbed to death in his study. 91 00:04:06.330 --> 00:04:06.990 Oh, very weird. 92 00:04:07.789 --> 00:04:10.250 The only entrance to the study is through an anteroom, 93 00:04:10.490 --> 00:04:12.469 where his secretary had been sitting ever since Sir Edward 94 00:04:12.490 --> 00:04:15.659 was last seen alive, and the secretary swore that no 95 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:17.279 one had entered or. 96 00:04:16.980 --> 00:04:19.779 Left the study. Secretary's name being Binion, I suppose. 97 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:22.819 Yes, under the circumstances, it's hard to see that any 98 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:24.240 other arrest was possible. 99 00:04:24.459 --> 00:04:26.000 And yet I know he's innocent, Mr. 100 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:28.079 Holmes. How do you know that, Miss Owen? 101 00:04:28.259 --> 00:04:29.949 We were in love. We were going to be married. 102 00:04:30.610 --> 00:04:33.269 I don't care what the police say. A woman knows 103 00:04:33.329 --> 00:04:36.490 these things. Robert Binion did not kill my father. 104 00:04:36.709 --> 00:04:39.790 Did your father approve of the engagement? 105 00:04:40.350 --> 00:04:42.589 Well, no, not exactly. 106 00:04:42.730 --> 00:04:45.310 If one were to be exact, Miss Irvin, wouldn't one 107 00:04:45.370 --> 00:04:48.680 say that your father absolutely forbade the marriage? 108 00:04:49.449 --> 00:04:50.339 Yes, he did. 109 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:53.439 And Inspector Lestrade assumed that was the motive for the murder. 110 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:55.399 Well, sounds logical, I must say. 111 00:04:55.500 --> 00:04:57.920 Does your father have any other relatives living, Miss Irvin? 112 00:04:58.379 --> 00:05:01.779 His brother, my uncle Peregrine. He lives a hermit's life 113 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:04.000 in the country. We've seen very little of him in 114 00:05:04.019 --> 00:05:04.790 the last few years. 115 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:06.509 Was he left anything under your father's will? 116 00:05:06.930 --> 00:05:10.410 No, I was the sole beneficiary. Please help me, Mr. 117 00:05:10.449 --> 00:05:10.769 Holmes. 118 00:05:11.329 -->

00:05:13.689 If you'll just talk to Robert, you'll know he's not guilty. 119 00:05:13.750 --> 00:05:15.870 Oh, there's no harm in talking to him, Holmes. After all, 120 00:05:15.910 --> 00:05:16.529 our old friend. 121 00:05:16.389 --> 00:05:18.889 Lestrade handled the case, and he's made a good many 122 00:05:18.930 --> 00:05:19.889 mistakes in the past. 123 00:05:19.949 --> 00:05:21.810 You'll have to be all old, chap. Well, Miss Herman, 124 00:05:22.449 --> 00:05:24.399 I'll do what I can, but I promise nothing. 125 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:25.680 Yes, you, Mr. Holmes. 126 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:27.420 Where is your fiancée being held? 127 00:05:27.860 --> 00:05:30.709 At Scotland Yard. I talked to him there just before 128 00:05:30.769 --> 00:05:31.250 I came to you. 129 00:05:31.269 --> 00:05:32.089 Captain Yard, eh? 130 00:05:32.189 --> 00:05:32.689 Splendid, eh? 131 00:05:32.910 --> 00:05:34.750 We can talk to Stroud at the same time. Watson, 132 00:05:34.769 --> 00:05:35.449 your hat and coat. 133 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:36.300 My hat and coat? 134 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:37.779 Precisely, old fellow, your hat and coat. 135 00:05:49.980 --> 00:05:51.439 So, Mr. 136 00:05:51.500 --> 00:05:55.100 Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson think they know more than 137 00:05:55.139 --> 00:05:55.879 the Yard, eh? 138 00:05:55.899 --> 00:05:56.259 Hmm. 139 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:58.980 Come over here to teach us our business, I suppose. 140 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:00.790 Nothing of the sort, Mr. Howard. We came over here 141 00:06:00.810 --> 00:06:01.889 to make a few inquiries. 142 00:06:02.129 --> 00:06:05.189 I tell you, gentlemen, that you're wasting your time. Young 143 00:06:05.269 --> 00:06:07.949 Binion is guilty, whatever his young lady may say. 144 00:06:08.170 --> 00:06:08.290 Mr. 145 00:06:08.329 --> 00:06:08.709 Howard? 146 00:06:09.050 --> 00:06:09.550 Yes, Mr. 147 00:06:09.569 --> 00:06:09.930 Holmes? 148 00:06:09.990 --> 00:06:12.689 What did the autopsy prove? Well, I've got a report 149 00:06:12.730 --> 00:06:15.230 of it here on my desk. But, Jeff, it won't 150 00:06:15.310 --> 00:06:16.649 tell you nothing you don't know. 151 00:06:17.939 --> 00:06:22.560 Death was instantaneous, caused by some weapon like a long needle, 152 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:26.410 a fine stiletto, or an ice pick. penetrating the brain 153 00:06:26.449 --> 00:06:27.629 at the base of the skull. 154 00:06:27.949 --> 00:06:30.509 And no such weapon was found in the room? 155 00:06:30.810 --> 00:06:31.360 All on Mr. 156 00:06:31.379 --> 00:06:31.649 Binham. 157 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:35.139 True, sir. But then he had the chance of disposing 158 00:06:35.220 --> 00:06:35.459 of it. 159 00:06:35.579 --> 00:06:38.180 Just the same, the murder weapon hasn't been found, has it? 160 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:41.819 No, doctor, but we'll find it. Don't you worry about that. 161 00:06:41.860 --> 00:06:43.439 I'd like to talk to the prisoner, if you don't mind. 162 00:06:43.459 -->

00:06:44.899 Why, of course I don't mind. 163 00:06:45.379 --> 00:06:48.420 He's in the detention cell just down the corridors from here. 164 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:50.000 Follow me, gentlemen. 165 00:06:51.740 --> 00:06:53.480 Has he given you any trouble, sir? 166 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:57.310 Trouble? If all our prisoners were as quiet as him, 167 00:06:57.649 --> 00:06:58.769 we wouldn't need no. 168 00:06:58.670 --> 00:06:59.490 Guards, Doctor. 169 00:07:00.389 --> 00:07:04.300 Nice, quiet young fellow. Hard to realize he's a murderer. 170 00:07:04.339 --> 00:07:06.379 A fact that still has to be proven in court, Mr. 171 00:07:06.420 --> 00:07:06.720 Slard. 172 00:07:06.819 --> 00:07:09.120 A fact that is going to be proved in court, Mr. 173 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:09.459 Holmes. 174 00:07:10.100 --> 00:07:19.889 Well, here we are at this cell. You've got visitors, Binion. 175 00:07:20.410 --> 00:07:22.350 Very distinguished visitors. 176 00:07:22.389 --> 00:07:27.089 Ladies and gentlemen. My name is Holmes, Sherlock Holmes, and 177 00:07:27.110 --> 00:07:28.529 this is my colleague, Dr. Watson. 178 00:07:28.670 --> 00:07:31.009 I'm sorry to see you in this sight, Mr. Binion. 179 00:07:31.069 --> 00:07:33.629 Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Then Harriet did come and see you 180 00:07:33.649 --> 00:07:35.970 when she left here. I'm so glad. You'll get me 181 00:07:36.009 --> 00:07:37.029 out of this mess. I know you will. 182 00:07:37.230 --> 00:07:40.230 Even Mr. Sherlock Holmes can't get you out of this one, 183 00:07:40.310 --> 00:07:40.810 young fellow. 184 00:07:40.829 --> 00:07:40.949 Mr. 185 00:07:40.970 --> 00:07:43.350 Binion, I promised your fiancée that I'd try and help you. 186 00:07:44.129 --> 00:07:46.410 My obvious course is to go to Sir Edward's house 187 00:07:46.449 --> 00:07:48.769 and examine the room in which the tragedy occurred. But 188 00:07:48.810 --> 00:07:50.639 before I do that, I'd like to ask you a 189 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:51.240 question or two. 190 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:52.860 Ask me any question you want to, sir. 191 00:07:53.339 --> 00:07:55.699 It was you who discovered the body, I understand. 192 00:07:56.019 --> 00:07:56.639 Yes, Mr. Holmes. 193 00:07:56.660 --> 00:07:58.160 Please describe the circumstances. 194 00:07:58.740 --> 00:08:01.100 Sir Edward was in his study. I had been working 195 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:02.040 in the anteroom adjoining. 196 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:04.939 At five o'clock, I went in to say goodnight to him, 197 00:08:05.019 --> 00:08:07.470 and I found him slumped in his chair, dead, with 198 00:08:07.870 --> 00:08:09.209 blood streaming down the back of his head. 199 00:08:10.009 --> 00:08:11.709 Of course, I sent the butler for the police at once. 200 00:08:11.870 --> 00:08:13.730 Could anyone have entered that room without your knowledge? 201 00:08:14.290 --> 00:08:14.649 No, Mr. 202 00:08:14.709 --> 00:08:17.269 Holmes, I never left my desk. And there was no 203 00:08:17.310 --> 00:08:18.939 other entrance to the room, save through my office. 204 00:08:18.980 --> 00:08:20.519 How about the windows in Sir Edward's room? 205 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:22.379 They were locked from the inside, Doctor. 206 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.740 Oh, you don't need to worry. We examined the window ledges. 207 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:26.500 Not a mark. 208 00:08:27.100 --> 00:08:28.589 No one came in that way. 209 00:08:28.730 --> 00:08:30.529 What is your theory of the murder, Mr. Binham? 210 00:08:31.189 --> 00:08:31.930 I haven't one, Mr. 211 00:08:31.970 --> 00:08:32.269 Holmes. 212 00:08:32.950 --> 00:08:35.990 I'm completely baffled. I'm certain that no one entered that room. 213 00:08:36.830 --> 00:08:38.840 Yet I swear to you that I didn't stab him. 214 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:41.299 I can understand the police believing I did. 215 00:08:41.860 --> 00:08:43.580 From the start, I should like to examine the room 216 00:08:43.620 --> 00:08:44.840 in which Sir Edward was murdered. 217 00:08:44.899 --> 00:08:45.120 What? 218 00:08:45.340 --> 00:08:46.779 Easiest thing in the world, Mr. 219 00:08:46.820 --> 00:08:47.039 Holmes. 220 00:08:47.590 --> 00:08:49.600 I'll drive over with you if you like. His house 221 00:08:49.700 --> 00:08:50.460 is in Knightsburg. 222 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:52.820 Oh, you didn't bother, Lestrade. We can quite well go 223 00:08:52.860 --> 00:08:53.399 by ourselves. 224 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:55.860 Oh, not a bit of a doctor. I'd like to 225 00:08:55.899 --> 00:08:56.419 come with you. 226 00:08:56.559 --> 00:09:01.500 Oh, why, Lestrade? You're convinced Mr. Binion is guilty? Are you? 227 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:03.710 Won't you be wasting your time? Not me. 228 00:09:04.950 --> 00:09:07.889 Once I know you're on the wrong side of the case, Mr. Holmes. 229 00:09:08.429 --> 00:09:10.769 I want to be there and see your faces when 230 00:09:10.789 --> 00:09:11.669 you find it out. 231 00:09:11.909 --> 00:09:13.350 This is the house, Mr. 232 00:09:13.429 --> 00:09:13.769 Holmes. 233 00:09:13.889 --> 00:09:18.879 Yes, imposing looking place, I must say. 234 00:09:36.100 --> 00:09:40.159 I imagine, Lestrade, that you still have a police guard inside. Oh, yes, Doctor. 235 00:09:40.580 --> 00:09:43.120 There's been a sergeant guarding the dead man's room day 236 00:09:43.179 --> 00:09:44.590 and night. 237 00:09:44.610 --> 00:09:47.549 We still haven't found the missing weapon, you know. 238 00:09:48.909 --> 00:09:49.809 Yes, gentlemen? 239 00:09:50.529 --> 00:09:53.929 I'm Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard. We wish to examine 240 00:09:53.970 --> 00:09:54.309 the house. 241 00:09:54.830 --> 00:09:56.830 I must see your identification, sir. 242 00:09:57.470 --> 00:09:59.980 What are you talking about? I've been in and out. 243 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:01.539 of this house half a dozen times. 244 00:10:01.860 --> 00:10:03.440 I have my orders, sir. 245 00:10:04.059 --> 00:10:05.080 Oh, very well. 246 00:10:05.720 -->

00:10:06.659 Is Miss Irvin at home? 247 00:10:07.179 --> 00:10:09.250 Miss Irvin is not receiving, sir. 248 00:10:09.620 --> 00:10:11.830 Scotland, can't you give us any information? 249 00:10:12.350 --> 00:10:15.009 There's been tragedy in this house, sir, and the truth 250 00:10:15.110 --> 00:10:18.259 of it's not known yet. I'm not answering any questions 251 00:10:18.379 --> 00:10:19.460 that I don't have to. 252 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:23.960 Here. Here now. Does this police guard satisfy you? 253 00:10:25.659 --> 00:10:33.950 Inspector Lestrade. Very good, Inspector. You may come in. May 254 00:10:34.019 --> 00:10:35.159 I direct you, gentlemen? 255 00:10:35.370 --> 00:10:37.429 No, thank you. I know this house nearly as well 256 00:10:37.450 --> 00:10:37.909 as you do. 257 00:10:38.230 --> 00:10:44.009 I think not, Inspector. I've served here for 27 years. 258 00:10:44.049 --> 00:10:47.240 Gentlemen, if you're not needing me... I'll return to my quarters. 259 00:10:48.580 --> 00:10:51.399 Bless myself. That's the sinister little chap if I ever 260 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:51.799 saw one. 261 00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:54.629 Yes, and he knows something. You see, Lestrade, there is 262 00:10:54.669 --> 00:10:56.269 a possibility that Binion is innocent. 263 00:10:56.629 --> 00:10:59.649 Yes, I began to see that so when you were 264 00:10:59.730 --> 00:11:00.809 talking to the butler. 265 00:11:00.950 --> 00:11:03.850 You're being very cryptic. What other possibility are you talking about? 266 00:11:04.029 --> 00:11:07.740 The possibility that Binion, the arrested man, is shielding the 267 00:11:07.769 --> 00:11:12.000 real murderer. And whom would he be most certain to shield? 268 00:11:12.340 --> 00:11:14.100 You mean his fiancée, Miss Ervin? 269 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:15.000 That's right, old fellow. 270 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:17.220 What? 271 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:20.799 Here we are. This is the ante room where young 272 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:21.539 Binion worked. 273 00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:23.720 And that door there. 274 00:11:23.450 --> 00:11:26.250 Leads into the study where Sir Edward was found. Has 275 00:11:26.289 --> 00:11:28.590 he been touched, of course, since the discovery of the crime? 276 00:11:28.970 --> 00:11:29.870 Oh, no, Mr. Holmes. 277 00:11:30.429 --> 00:11:32.409 That's why we've had a constable on duty in there 278 00:11:32.730 --> 00:11:36.929 night and day. Before the trial, we're bringing experts in 279 00:11:37.289 --> 00:11:40.700 to test the room for secret panels or anything. 280 00:11:40.419 --> 00:11:42.580 Of that kind. Let's examine the dead man's room, shall we? 281 00:11:42.659 --> 00:11:43.440 Right you are, Mr. 282 00:11:43.500 --> 00:11:43.700 Holmes. 283 00:11:46.820 --> 00:11:50.690 Now, Webster. Webster, get out of that chair and stand up, 284 00:11:50.730 --> 00:11:51.809 can't you? You're on duty. 285 00:11:51.830 --> 00:11:53.950 Just leave. 286 00:11:57.889 --> 00:11:58.610 Hey, Carty. 287 00:11:58.629 --> 00:12:00.340 He's dead. 288 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:00.820 Yes. 289 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:03.320 A trickle of blood oozing out from the base of 290 00:12:03.340 --> 00:12:03.799 his skull. 291 00:12:04.299 --> 00:12:08.340 Well, strike me pink. He's been killed the same way 292 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:09.539 as Sir Edward was. 293 00:12:09.610 --> 00:12:12.769 I presume you'll agree that Mr. Binion didn't commit this murder, Lestrade. 294 00:12:12.889 --> 00:12:14.009 Of course not, Mr. 295 00:12:14.049 --> 00:12:14.330 Holmes. 296 00:12:14.350 --> 00:12:17.750 He couldn't have done it. He's locked up at the yard. Well, 297 00:12:18.429 --> 00:12:19.149 what are we going to do? 298 00:12:19.370 --> 00:12:20.450 Ask the butler to come here, will you? 299 00:12:20.929 --> 00:12:23.820 Oh, right you are, sir. What do you make of 300 00:12:23.860 --> 00:12:24.740 the wound, Doctor? 301 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:27.740 Well, it's a typical description of the one that killed 302 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:28.299 Sir Edward. 303 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:32.659 There's a fine puncture here at the base of the skull. 304 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:36.070 How do you do, Holmes? They mentioned a stiletto, an 305 00:12:36.110 --> 00:12:36.529 ice pick. 306 00:12:37.250 --> 00:12:39.269 A wound like this might be caused by one of 307 00:12:39.309 --> 00:12:41.970 those long steel hat pins that women wear. 308 00:12:42.110 --> 00:12:44.710 Yes, it's a possibility, Watson, a distinct possibility. And Miss 309 00:12:44.809 --> 00:12:46.750 Irvin was wearing a long hat pin this morning, if 310 00:12:46.769 --> 00:12:52.769 you remember. Plastered walls. A little chance of secret panels here, 311 00:12:52.809 --> 00:12:53.210 I should say. 312 00:12:53.230 --> 00:12:54.929 And the windows locked from the inside, eh? 313 00:12:54.929 --> 00:12:56.840 Here he is, Mr. 314 00:12:56.860 --> 00:12:58.539 Holmes. Yes, and by the way, what's your name? 315 00:12:58.559 --> 00:12:59.980 Trevor, sir. 316 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:01.299 You see what's happened, Trevor? 317 00:13:01.700 --> 00:13:05.309 Yes, sir, I've seen. The constable's been killed just like 318 00:13:05.370 --> 00:13:05.929 my master. 319 00:13:05.990 --> 00:13:08.710 Tell me, Travers, is this room exactly as it was 320 00:13:09.389 --> 00:13:10.370 in Sir Edward's lifetime? 321 00:13:10.649 --> 00:13:11.070 Yes, sir. 322 00:13:12.009 --> 00:13:13.990 Except that my master was not in the habit of 323 00:13:14.049 --> 00:13:16.450 keeping the corpses of policemen in here. 324 00:13:16.509 --> 00:13:19.309 Don't try to be funny, Travers. Don't you realize you're 325 00:13:19.350 --> 00:13:20.610 mixed up in a murder case? 326 00:13:20.970 --> 00:13:22.470 I mean no offense, gentlemen. 327 00:13:24.389 --> 00:13:26.549 The point of my question, Travers, was to find out 328 00:13:26.649 --> 00:13:29.340 if any of the furniture in here had been moved lately. 329 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.700 Not moved, sir.

330 00:13:31.340 --> 00:13:34.240 But there has been a piece of furniture added That 331 00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:36.100 armchair the dead man's lying in. 332 00:13:36.299 --> 00:13:38.240 The same chair in which Sir Edward's body was found. 333 00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:42.159 Of course, that's the answer. Covers, when was that chair delivered? 334 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:43.090 And who delivered it? 335 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:45.879 It was delivered the day before Sir Edward died. 336 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:50.129 It came from Silverschwartz's antique shop in Bondston, sir. 337 00:13:50.230 --> 00:13:52.870 Aha, a game's afoot, Lestrade. See to the removal of 338 00:13:52.909 --> 00:13:54.929 this poor man's body. Seal the room and, for heaven's sake, 339 00:13:55.309 --> 00:13:57.549 keep this latest death a secret for a day at least. 340 00:13:58.139 --> 00:13:59.679 But in that time, I hope to have your murderer 341 00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:00.059 for you. 342 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:01.769 Then we're going... We're going, my dear. 343 00:14:01.590 --> 00:14:04.090 Chap, to Silberschwanz's antique shop in Bond Street. 344 00:14:16.710 --> 00:14:19.389 Those old music boxes are quite charming homes, aren't they? 345 00:14:19.750 --> 00:14:20.769 Yes, but where's Mr. 346 00:14:20.870 --> 00:14:24.629 Silberschwanz? This is probably him. What a fine-looking old fellow. 347 00:14:24.710 --> 00:14:24.899 Oh, Mr. 348 00:14:24.929 --> 00:14:25.450 Silberschwanz. 349 00:14:25.750 --> 00:14:26.730 Yes, gentlemen. 350 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:29.740 You are interested in musical boxes? 351 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.980 No, sir, in chairs. Particularly in the handsomely carved chair 352 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:35.799 you delivered to Sir Edward Irvin a few days ago. Ah, yes, 353 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:37.159 a magnificent specimen. 354 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:40.320 He's pleased with it. He was found dead in. 355 00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:40.379 It, Mr. 356 00:14:40.419 --> 00:14:40.990 Silverstone. 357 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:43.179 And half an hour ago, someone else was found dead 358 00:14:43.210 --> 00:14:45.149 in it also. That chair was one of a pair, 359 00:14:45.190 --> 00:14:45.490 wasn't it? 360 00:14:45.490 --> 00:14:45.559 Yes. 361 00:14:47.610 --> 00:14:49.710 Believe it or not, that's impossible. 362 00:14:49.950 --> 00:14:51.110 Please, please do follow me. 363 00:14:51.129 --> 00:14:54.830 I will show you it's not possible. 364 00:14:56.029 --> 00:14:56.190 Look. 365 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:57.600 Look at the chair. 366 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:00.480 It's exactly like the same one as Sir Edward's house. 367 00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:04.080 Oh, my friend, but there's such a difference. Fifteenth-century Italian, 368 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:04.340 isn't it? 369 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:04.600 Yeah. 370 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:06.279 This is one of the pairs of the famous Marie 371 00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:09.039 Piero armchairs. There are only three pairs in the world, 372 00:15:09.070 --> 00:15:11.730 my friend. Of this pair, one, the one I delivered 373 00:15:11.809 --> 00:15:14.309 to Sir Edward, is simply a great specimen of the 374 00:15:14.330 --> 00:15:17.519 carver's art. This one, its mate, looks exactly like it, 375 00:15:17.549 --> 00:15:18.029 does it not? 376 00:15:18.049 --> 00:15:19.730 Exactly. I can't see any difference at all. 377 00:15:19.950 --> 00:15:22.110 You would if you sat in it, old chap. Precisely. 378 00:15:22.509 --> 00:15:25.110 That is why I have these cords stretched from one 379 00:15:25.149 --> 00:15:27.340 arm of the chair to the other. If anyone were 380 00:15:27.379 --> 00:15:31.000 to sit in it well, sometimes nothing will happen. But 381 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:34.120 sooner or later, a hand will press on this hidden 382 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:37.399 spring in the arm here, and death will strike. 383 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:41.279 But nothing happened when you pressed the spring then, Mr. Silverstone? No, 384 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:43.120 I don't understand. 385 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:43.500 I do. 386 00:15:44.220 --> 00:15:46.539 This is the harmless chair. The lethal one was sent 387 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:49.019 to Sir Edward. He sat in it, accidentally pressed the 388 00:15:49.059 --> 00:15:50.679 spring and drove the fatal needle into his brain. 389 00:15:51.029 --> 00:15:52.789 Just as that poor constable did today. 390 00:15:53.029 --> 00:15:55.070 Sir Edward bought both chairs, I presume? 391 00:15:55.129 --> 00:15:55.980 Yeah, I would not sell it. 392 00:15:56.049 --> 00:15:57.289 No, it's a pair separately. 393 00:15:57.590 --> 00:15:59.509 Then why didn't you deliver both at the same time? 394 00:15:59.529 --> 00:16:01.509 He was afraid of the dead liver. He asked me 395 00:16:01.909 --> 00:16:03.840 to keep it here until he found a safe place 396 00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.169 for it. 397 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:08.179 In his home. And some devil switched the arm cord 398 00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:10.139 from the fatal chair to the harmless one so that 399 00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:13.399 you delivered death to Sir Edward. There is a subtlety 400 00:16:13.419 --> 00:16:15.580 in this crime worthy of the fiendish maker of the 401 00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:17.419 chairs himself. Silver Schwartz. 402 00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:18.179 Yeah, my name? 403 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:20.850 Didn't Malapieri die of being tricked into... Seating himself in 404 00:16:20.889 --> 00:16:23.450 one of his own chairs? Yeah, yeah, he did. Poetic justice. 405 00:16:24.210 --> 00:16:27.090 I much obliged you, Silver Schwartz. Now I think I 406 00:16:27.129 --> 00:16:28.570 know how to trap our killer. 407 00:16:38.350 --> 00:16:38.629 Dr. 408 00:16:38.669 --> 00:16:40.330 Watson will bring you the rest of his story in 409 00:16:40.370 --> 00:16:42.490 just a second, so I'm just going to tell you 410 00:16:42.509 --> 00:16:45.549 that after a good dinner, there's nothing quite like a 411

00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:50.269 glass of good Petri California port. Petri Port is really 412 00:16:50.309 --> 00:16:54.529 a wonderful wine. A deep, hearty red in color and 413 00:16:54.649 --> 00:16:58.690 rich and truly delicious in flavor. You know, port wine 414 00:16:58.769 --> 00:17:02.480 is actually America's favorite wine. Try a glass of Petri 415 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:06.220 Port and you'll know why. Petri Port is not only 416 00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:09.839 fine after dinner, it's perfect whenever good friends get together. 417 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:14.640 Just keep in mind the name Petri because Petri wines 418 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:15.880 are good wine. 419 00:17:17.829 --> 00:17:18.210 Well, Dr. 420 00:17:18.230 --> 00:17:20.329 Watson, this is quite a story you're telling us tonight. 421 00:17:21.109 --> 00:17:23.130 So you found out how the murders had been committed, 422 00:17:23.170 --> 00:17:24.930 but not who'd been responsible for it. 423 00:17:24.930 --> 00:17:26.170 That's quite right, Mr. Bartell. 424 00:17:26.529 --> 00:17:29.519 Holmes spent a long time cross-examining Mr. Silver Schwartz, the 425 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:31.740 owner of the antique store, as to who might have 426 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.039 had the. 427 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:36.230 Opportunity of switching the telltale cord. from the fatal chair. 428 00:17:36.690 --> 00:17:38.190 And who did have that opportunity? 429 00:17:38.210 --> 00:17:41.269 Well, Mr. Butler, it transpires that four people might have 430 00:17:41.289 --> 00:17:42.029 been responsible. 431 00:17:42.049 --> 00:17:45.460 Sir Edward's daughter and his secretary, Mr. Binion, had both 432 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:47.400 been in the shop with him at various times. 433 00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:48.920 So had the butler, Trevor's. 434 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:53.140 The fourth suspect was Sir Edward's eccentric brother, Peregrine, who 435 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:54.940 it appeared had dropped into the shop the day after 436 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:56.059 the purchase had been made. 437 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:58.559 With this last information, Holmes. 438 00:17:58.339 --> 00:18:02.289 Became very excited and launched into eager preparations, which ended 439 00:18:02.329 --> 00:18:05.480 a few hours later... when we found ourselves disguised as 440 00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:09.299 furniture removers, driving a van along a quiet country lane 441 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:13.319 near Dorky, as we approached the house of Sir Edward's brother, Perrick. 442 00:18:17.789 --> 00:18:21.029 There's the house, Watson. Ramshackle looking place, isn't it? 443 00:18:21.069 --> 00:18:22.569 Yes, extremely so. 444 00:18:22.609 --> 00:18:24.710 Why are you so morose, my dear chap? You've hardly 445 00:18:24.730 --> 00:18:26.009 spoken a word on our drive down here. 446 00:18:26.029 --> 00:18:26.769 You've never told me anything. 447 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:29.400 Why are we trundling off into the wilds of the 448 00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:33.240 country disguised as furniture removers and carrying the harmless chair 449 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:33.559 with us? 450 00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:35.500 Surely the reason is transparent, old chap? 451 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:38.140 Yes, it's just about as transparent as golf stocking full. 452 00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.640 Of hot tripe. 453 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:41.440 Oh, my dear Watson, surely it's obvious that we're up 454 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:45.019 against an extremely cunning murderer. Now, what advantage accrues to 455 00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:47.049 him in using the Malapiero chair? 456 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:49.180 An alibi, of course. He's nowhere near the place where 457 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:50.049 the murder happened. 458 00:18:50.069 --> 00:18:50.529 Precisely. 459 00:18:50.549 --> 00:18:53.859 Apply your logic a little further. Three of the suspects, 460 00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:57.400 the daughter, Mr. Binion, and Trevor, the butler, live in 461 00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:59.200 the house and would almost certainly have been present at 462 00:18:59.220 --> 00:19:02.720 the time of death. Therefore, who gains most by such 463 00:19:02.769 --> 00:19:03.269 an alibi? 464 00:19:03.609 --> 00:19:05.430 Well, the brother, Peregrine. 465 00:19:05.650 --> 00:19:08.950 Elementary, my dear Watson. Now you see why we trundled 466 00:19:09.029 --> 00:19:10.329 off into the wilds of dorking. 467 00:19:10.670 --> 00:19:12.650 Well, that must be Peregrine standing up at the porch. 468 00:19:12.690 --> 00:19:13.910 You see, he's a funny-looking fellow. 469 00:19:14.390 --> 00:19:15.190 Oh, my lead, Watson. 470 00:19:16.349 --> 00:19:17.390 Good afternoon, Governor. 471 00:19:17.930 --> 00:19:18.089 Good. 472 00:19:18.630 --> 00:19:20.789 You old fellows must have come to the wrong house. 473 00:19:20.809 --> 00:19:21.430 You are Mr. 474 00:19:21.470 --> 00:19:23.049 Pettigrine Irvine, aren't you, Governor? 475 00:19:23.630 --> 00:19:23.890 Yes. 476 00:19:24.009 --> 00:19:24.970 And we come to the right house. 477 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:26.359 All right, all right, all right. 478 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:27.240 Come on, Bertie. 479 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.759 Give us a hand. 480 00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:29.039 Right to you are our feet. 481 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:33.380 What the devil? Come on, loading an armchair. 482 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:35.000 Go on, get over there, Charlie. You drop it on 483 00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.920 my foot, Bertie. Look out. 484 00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:37.660 Easy does it. Come on, Bert. 485 00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:38.619 That's right. 486 00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.150 I got it. 487 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:39.349 All right. 488 00:19:39.509 --> 00:19:40.970 Let her down easy now on the porch here. 489 00:19:41.130 --> 00:19:41.769 There you go. 490 00:19:42.170 --> 00:19:43.089 That's it. 491 00:19:44.069 --> 00:19:46.410 Give me the crickets. Ain't that a pretty chair, Governor? 492 00:19:47.410 -->

00:19:49.319 Bertie and me was admiring it on our way down here. 493 00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:51.380 Oh, blimey, isn't that a nice chair? 494 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:53.480 But who told you to bring it here? 495 00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:54.119 Orders, Governor. 496 00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:54.839 Mr. 497 00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:58.279 Silver Snitch, or whatever his name is, told us your 498 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:01.039 brother didn't want the chair and said we were to 499 00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.759 bring it to you. 500 00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:03.660 But my brother's dead. Mr. 501 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:06.960 Silver Snitch said he gave the order before he died. 502 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.569 Why don't I sit down in it, Governor? 503 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:11.759 Oh, of course not, of course not. 504 00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:14.779 Oh, Lummi. Bit of all right, isn't it? 505 00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:18.259 Look at him laughing. 506 00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:23.039 Who wish me old Trouble and Strife could see me now? 507 00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:24.619 Trouble and Strife? 508 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.099 Yeah, yeah. 509 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:29.180 Trouble and Strife, that's me wife, Governor. Here, sit down yourself, sir. 510 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:31.640 Come on, go on, sit down, try it. Go on, 511 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:34.269 go on, Governor. Take the weight off your plate to me. 512 00:20:35.049 --> 00:20:38.589 What barbaric jargon do you speak? What are the plates 513 00:20:38.670 --> 00:20:39.029 of meat? 514 00:20:39.109 --> 00:20:41.279 Plates of meat is feet, Governor. That's rhyming slang. 515 00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:43.059 That's right. That's right. Rhyming slang. 516 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.339 Go on. 517 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:43.930 Sit down in it. 518 00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.500 Go on. 519 00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.539 Oh, I'd be well. 520 00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:48.079 There now. 521 00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:51.900 Ain't that comfortable? Go on. Run your hands over the arms, Governor. 522 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:54.500 Ain't that car been pretty? Ain't it just ducky? 523 00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.000 Yes. 524 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:58.180 Yes, it is, but... But I don't want the wretched thing. 525 00:20:58.529 --> 00:21:00.950 There's been some mistake. So you'd better take it back 526 00:21:00.970 --> 00:21:02.309 to London and tell them to sell it. 527 00:21:02.690 --> 00:21:03.869 I don't want anything of my brother. 528 00:21:04.089 --> 00:21:05.029 Jumping to your effect. 529 00:21:05.490 --> 00:21:06.509 Can't see why you don't want to sit in a 530 00:21:06.509 --> 00:21:07.609 nice chair like this, Governor. 531 00:21:07.990 --> 00:21:09.799 But you're the one that gives the order around here. 532 00:21:09.910 --> 00:21:10.500 Come on, Bertie. 533 00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:12.440 Come on, get your back into it. All right, I'll... 534 00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.140 Let's get back in the van. 535 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:14.000 All right, come on. 536 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.319 Happy. 537 00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.180 Away they go. 538 00:21:16.490 --> 00:21:17.970 Oh, bless you, our governor. 539 00:21:18.029 --> 00:21:19.549 We don't worry about that sort of thing, do. 540 00:21:19.470 --> 00:21:19.829 We, Bertie? 541 00:21:19.849 --> 00:21:21.809 Of course not, Alfie. We had a nice drive in 542 00:21:21.829 --> 00:21:23.359 the country anyhow, didn't we? That's right. 543 00:21:23.450 --> 00:21:24.650 Let's get these old horses going. 544 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.740 Good day, governor. 545 00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.039 Good day, governor. 546 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.559 Good. 547 00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:34.500 That was false trail, Holmes. Obviously, he knew nothing about 548 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:36.859 the chair. He thought it was perfectly harmless. 549 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:41.119 And as indeed it was. But the murderer were deported people. 550 00:21:42.049 --> 00:21:46.069 I've slipped up in my reasoning somehow. Oh, but of course. Oh, 551 00:21:46.109 --> 00:21:48.210 what a fool I am. We must get back to 552 00:21:48.230 --> 00:21:50.289 London as fast as these tired nags can take us. 553 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:52.319 Come on, get up there. Get up. Well, what's the 554 00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.039 next move, Holmes? 555 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:55.559 Back to Edward's house. And the staging of a little 556 00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:57.950 drama that I'm sure will give us the final answer 557 00:21:57.970 --> 00:21:58.589 to this problem. 558 00:21:58.769 --> 00:22:09.670 You made all the arrangements, Lestrade? 559 00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.390 Yes, Mr. 560 00:22:10.450 --> 00:22:10.799 Holmes. 561 00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:14.140 I've got Miss Irving, young Binion, and the butler waiting outside. 562 00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:17.420 And no one knows we switched the chairs. 563 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:21.079 Splendid. You're sure that this is the harmless chair, Holmes? 564 00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:25.180 Of course I am. Look here. I sit in it. So, 565 00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:29.319 run my hands over the arms. Yes, this chair is harmless, 566 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:33.119 as every person, save one, will know. Throw them in, 567 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.559 Miss Rod. 568 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.960 All at once, Mr. 569 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.380 Holmes. 570 00:22:35.869 --> 00:22:38.230 No, I think we'll take Miss Irvine and Mr. Binion first. 571 00:22:38.269 --> 00:22:43.009 Well, right, George. Miss Irvine, Mr. 572 00:22:43.130 --> 00:22:44.450 Binion, come in, please. 573 00:22:45.349 --> 00:22:45.670 Very well. 574 00:22:49.069 --> 00:22:49.369 Oh, Mr. 575 00:22:49.430 --> 00:22:49.650 Holmes. 576 00:22:49.670 --> 00:22:50.529 What's the matter, Miss Irvine? 577 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:54.230 It's just so horrible seeing you there in the same 578 00:22:54.269 --> 00:22:55.250 chair where I saw Father. 579 00:22:55.390 --> 00:22:55.990 Oh, Mr. 580 00:22:56.009 -->

00:22:58.089 Holmes, it's a trifle too macabre for you to assume 581 00:22:58.130 --> 00:22:58.930 the position of the corpse. 582 00:22:59.410 --> 00:22:59.900 Please get up. 583 00:23:00.230 --> 00:23:02.049 But it seems to be the most comfortable chair in 584 00:23:02.069 --> 00:23:04.130 the room, and I do like my comfort when I 585 00:23:04.150 --> 00:23:08.890 interrogate witnesses. However, it's hardly chivalrous, is it? Miss Irving, 586 00:23:08.910 --> 00:23:09.650 please sit down, won't you? 587 00:23:10.849 --> 00:23:12.329 I don't like to sit down in the chair in 588 00:23:12.349 --> 00:23:13.130 which Father died. 589 00:23:13.190 --> 00:23:15.730 Oh, Miss Irving, we couldn't bear to see you standing. 590 00:23:16.490 --> 00:23:17.069 Very well, then. 591 00:23:17.250 --> 00:23:18.029 Don't sit down, Harry. 592 00:23:18.049 --> 00:23:21.230 Why not, Binion? What's the matter? Isn't the chair safe? 593 00:23:21.509 --> 00:23:22.089 No, no. 594 00:23:22.109 --> 00:23:24.410 Then perhaps you care to sit in it to prove 595 00:23:24.450 --> 00:23:25.420 that the chair is safe. 596 00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.400 No, no, I. 597 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.140 Sit down. 598 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:31.119 Very well. There. 599 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:36.200 Splendid. Curious chair, isn't it, Mr. 600 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.559 Binion? 601 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:40.269 I wonder about these carvings on the arms. They look 602 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:44.740 almost as if they might activate concealed springs. I wonder 603 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.480 what would happen if I. 604 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.460 No, for heaven's sakes, Mr. 605 00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.460 Holmes, you're trying to kill me. 606 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.799 Kill you? 607 00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:50.130 Then you know how Sir Edward and the policeman were murdered, eh? 608 00:23:50.609 --> 00:23:52.190 I knew it must have something to do with the chair. 609 00:23:52.450 --> 00:23:55.289 You knew more than that, Robert. You planned it. I 610 00:23:55.329 --> 00:23:57.210 remember now that when we went to the shop, you. 611 00:23:57.230 --> 00:23:59.950 Be quiet, Harry! 612 00:24:00.349 --> 00:24:03.480 No, no, no, Watson, don't go after them. The stride 613 00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:05.000 will stop him. In any case, the police are at 614 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:09.799 the door. Oh, I'm tired. I think I'll sit in 615 00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:11.839 this rather fateful armchair. 616 00:24:13.170 --> 00:24:15.410 So it was young Binion all the time, eh? 617 00:24:15.890 --> 00:24:19.240 Yes, and he all but outsmarted me. I reasoned that 618 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:21.920 somehow the murderer must have intended the device of this 619 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:26.200 chair to clear him. And suddenly I saw the real motivation. 620 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:30.849 How better establish his innocence than seeming to be obviously. 621 00:24:30.470 --> 00:24:30.970 Guilty and yet. 622 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:35.480 leaving a trail whereby an astute deduction could seem to 623 00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.039 clear him. 624 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:38.779 Yes, his idea that my servant came to you, he 625 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:41.019 used you as a cat's paw. 626 00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.859 That's right, Watson. 627 00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:45.059 I'm afraid this whole case is a rather humiliating experience 628 00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.460 for me. 629 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.380 Why do you say that? 630 00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:48.240 Or the guard had arrested the right man in the 631 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:53.089 first place. Oh, my dear Watson, I shall never hear 632 00:24:53.140 --> 00:25:08.480 the end of this. Never. 633 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:14.180 As usual, Doctor, that was a swell story. Imagine Lestrade 634 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.740 accidentally arresting the right man. 635 00:25:16.089 --> 00:25:17.730 Well, he had that one coming to him. 636 00:25:17.809 --> 00:25:20.470 Poor fellow, he'd been outwitted by Holmes so many times, 637 00:25:20.509 --> 00:25:22.809 he was beginning to get an inferiority complex. 638 00:25:23.750 --> 00:25:24.670 What about Miss Irvin? 639 00:25:24.869 --> 00:25:26.650 How did she take it when her boyfriend, Binion, had 640 00:25:26.730 --> 00:25:27.309 proved guilty? 641 00:25:27.549 --> 00:25:30.819 Well, when she realized that her sweetheart had actually murdered 642 00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:33.940 her father, as they say in the penny thrillers, her 643 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.519 love turned to hate. 644 00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:38.700 But at first, she took it pretty badly. 645 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.920 I can imagine so. 646 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.079 Mr. 647 00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.980 Bartell, my boy. 648 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:44.759 That's one of the disadvantages of being a detective. When 649 00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:47.359 you bring the guilty to justice, you very often cause 650 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:52.029 the innocent to suffer, too. Believe me, never become a detective. 651 00:25:52.269 --> 00:25:54.910 Stick to being a wine expert. 652 00:25:55.210 --> 00:25:58.130 You're calling me a wine expert? Now, wait a minute, Doctor. 653 00:25:58.549 --> 00:26:00.710 All I know about wine is that it either tastes 654 00:26:00.730 --> 00:26:03.490 good or it doesn't. And I know that Petri wine 655 00:26:03.690 --> 00:26:04.890 always does taste good. 656 00:26:05.549 --> 00:26:06.670 And I know why, too. 657 00:26:07.329 --> 00:26:11.069 It's because the Petri family has been making wine for generations. 658 00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:15.940 The art of turning luscious, sun-ripened grapes into fragrant, delicious 659 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:19.980 wine is their heritage. A heritage handed down within the 660 00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:23.799 Petri family from father to son, from father to son. 661 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:27.019 What particular type wine you prefer is, of course, a 662 00:26:27.059

--> 00:26:27.460 matter of. 663 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:30.140 Your personal taste. Let me assure you of this. 664 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:34.359 Whatever type wine you desire, for any occasion, you can 665 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:38.150 depend on any wine that bears the Petri label. Petri 666 00:26:38.230 --> 00:26:41.910 took time to bring you good wine. And today, that 667 00:26:41.990 --> 00:26:45.630 name Petri is the proudest name in the long history 668 00:26:45.809 --> 00:26:46.789 of America's wine. 669 00:26:48.069 --> 00:26:48.509 Well, Dr. 670 00:26:48.529 --> 00:26:50.730 Watson, what new Sherlock Holmes adventure are you planning to 671 00:26:50.750 --> 00:26:51.430 tell us next week? 672 00:26:51.930 --> 00:26:54.339 Next week, Mr. Bartell. Now, let me see. Next week. 673 00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:58.019 Next week, I'm going to tell you a strange story 674 00:26:58.059 --> 00:27:00.220 that took place in one of the smaller states of 675 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.799 Middle Europe. 676 00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:02.500 It concerns a young prince. 677 00:27:03.329 --> 00:27:07.410 a most unusual concert, and a beautiful contralto who sang 678 00:27:07.609 --> 00:27:10.410 two days after we'd seen her die at the hands 679 00:27:10.450 --> 00:27:11.440 of the firing squad. 680 00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:16.279 I call the story The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes. 681 00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:18.000 Doctor, that's one I've got to listen to. 682 00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.299 Yes, Mr. Bartow. 683 00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:22.880 And everyone should also listen to what Secretary of Agriculture 684 00:27:23.049 --> 00:27:26.349 Anderson says about saving used kitchen fats. 685 00:27:27.150 --> 00:27:29.509 We've all got to keep turning in every bit of 686 00:27:29.670 --> 00:27:32.730 used fats. Take it to your meat dealer. The shortage 687 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:34.980 of fats is worse now than ever it was. And 688 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:38.039 unless we help, and we all help, we'll all be 689 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:40.799 faced with a serious shortage of soap. Yes, and a 690 00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:44.809 serious shortage of paints, lubricating oils, drugs, and many other 691 00:27:44.849 --> 00:27:47.230 things that require fats in their manufacture. 692 00:27:47.950 --> 00:27:48.609 It's up to us. 693 00:27:49.250 --> 00:27:53.230 Keep turning in every bit of used kitchen fat. 694 00:27:57.980 --> 00:28:00.960 Tonight's Sherlock Holmes adventure was written by Dennis Green and 695 00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:03.779 Anthony Boucher and was suggested by an incident in Sir 696 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:08.220 Arthur Conan Doyle's story, The Musgrove Ritual. Music is by 697 00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.039 Dean Falsler. 698 00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:09.900 Mr. 699 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:13.359 Rathbone appears through the courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Mr. Bruce 700 00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:15.960 through the courtesy of Universal Pictures, where they are now 701 00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:17.700 starring in the Sherlock Holmes series. 702 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:20.119 The Musgrove Ritual. 703 00:28:26.069 --> 00:28:29.589 The Petri Wine Company of San Francisco, California invites you 704 00:28:29.630 --> 00:28:32.960 to tune in again next week, same time, same station. 705 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:44.410 Sherlock Holmes comes to you from our Hollywood studio. This 706 00:28:44.509 --> 00:28:47.309 is Harry Bartell saying good night for the Petri family. 707 00:28:47.990 --> 00:28:51.099 For a solid hour of exciting mystery dramas, listen every 708 00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:53.539 Monday on most of these same stations at 8 o'clock 709 00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.539 to Michael Schumann's