00:00This morning I'd hardly started when Dr. Richards overtook me in his carriage.
00:10Mr. Drogenius, I've just had an urgent message from your sister's house.
00:15What's happened?
00:16I'm not quite sure, sir, but you'd better come with me.
00:26She's been dead at least six hours.
00:30No sign of violence.
00:35How?
00:38I've never seen the like, Mr. Drogenius.
00:42Not in all my years.
00:47Are you all right?
00:49I've got you.
00:51Over here.
00:53That's, uh, there we go.
00:56We nearly had him on our hands as well.
00:58Where are you going, Holmes?
01:05Titanic water without delay.
01:06With your permission, Mr. Holmes, I'll go on ahead.
01:08Thank you, Vicar. Quickly. Otherwise, we'll be there before you.
01:10Holmes, I must protest.
01:11Save your protestations for later, Watson.
01:13Much later.
01:14I gather you were divided in some way from your family.
01:19That is so, Mr. Holmes.
01:20Though the matter is past and done with.
01:23Always forgiven and forgotten, and we were the best of friends.
01:26We were a family of tin miners at Red Ruth.
01:29Sold out our venture to a company.
01:31And so retired, with enough to keep us.
01:34Holmes, I won't deny there was some bad feeling over the division of the money.
01:38It stood between us for a number of years.
01:40Nevertheless.
01:46You decided not to leave Coman.
01:48I suppose I entertained some hopes of returning home one day.
01:54Holmes!
01:54Holmes!
01:59Holmes, stand back!
02:00My brothers, they're taking them to us.
02:12Holmes!
02:30Holmes!
02:33It's a lovely house, Mr. Tregennis.
02:37It's a very sad house.
02:39This is the window through which you saw the shadowy form.
02:43Approximately what distance was it from the glass?
02:48I should say not less than 10 feet.
02:51I guess.
02:54About here.
02:56There's no sign of a forced entry.
02:58Then the window, of course, would have remained locked.
03:00My sister made sure of that.
03:02Even in common, we'll burglary open for you.
03:03So, dreadfully so.
03:05It's quite all right, Mr. Holmes.
03:07An accident.
03:21Could you let Mrs. Porter know I'm back?
03:23I should like to meet the housekeeper.
03:49I should like to meet the housekeeper of course over please try to avoid causing
03:56further distress death is always distressing
04:02the chance they must have been moved after the police left yes that many
04:09has anything else been moved all is as I remember it must understand there was a
04:25great deal of fuss and confusion when I arrived this morning these may have been
04:30moved me I thought given to their significance in a criminal investigation
04:33criminal that is a very interesting way so you no longer subscribe to the theory of a
04:39supernatural explanation I don't know where were people sitting I sat here facing
04:51Georgie my brother George winner sat next to me all in a cross mirror that's curious
04:57what I meant from this position the figure outside of the window must have been well
05:04over six feet I can only tell you what I saw mr. Holmes ah this is my housekeeper
05:13mrs. Porter I'd like you to meet these gentlemen my dear
05:23she was so beautiful
05:27she is still very upset we're all very upset mr. Roundhay go and sit down
05:38I'll not stay in this house one moment longer than I have to so I shall rejoin my
05:46family in tonight's but you're part of our family family to again if it's dead sir
05:53dead or as good as I'm still alive mrs. Porter
06:03my name is Sherlock Holmes and I'd like you to tell me all that you know mr. Holmes is a detective he's going to try and find out what happened to Brenda don't you worry
06:14please leave nothing I can tell you very little mr. Holmes
06:24oh
06:35I can tell you very little mr. Holmes
06:45Oh you'll be cheating
06:47I am not cheating
06:48Owen
06:49will you tell your dear sister to play by the room she's your sister too huh you tell her but she's on your side it's rather late and I do have to get back to
07:00the vicarage
07:07you must stay here for the night
07:10please say you will
07:12well
07:13well
07:13don't force him to stay if he doesn't want to Brenda
07:16oh
07:17really
07:18I thought we put an end to our squabbling
07:21Mortimer is just as much my brother as you and Georgie
07:24huh
07:25don't worry dear brother
07:27I mean nowhere I'm not welcome and why visit us at all
07:30you disowned us
07:31or have you forgotten
07:33we'll be all right now Beth if you wish to retire
07:36is mr. Treganis staying with us tonight
07:39why do you also object to my presence mrs. Porter
07:42Mortimer
07:42I want to know should I air your room sir
07:50sorry
07:55thank you Beth
07:56that'll be quite all right
07:58mr. Treganis will not be staying
08:00very good miss Brenda
08:03it's a custom to have a file number this time of year
08:06it was a cold and damp night mr. Holmes
08:08I must say I
08:10thought it was rather humid
08:11I suffer with a mild blood disorder
08:14feel the cold on even warm nights
08:16I know how you feel
08:18by mrs. Porter
08:20was the door to this room closed when you entered this morning
08:23oh
08:23oh
08:25oh
08:25oh
08:28oh
08:29oh
08:31oh
08:32oh
08:33oh
08:34oh
08:35When I recovered I threw wide the window to let in the morning air, then I ran down to the lane and sent a farm lad for the doctor.
09:05And the rest, I think you know, sir.
09:14Mrs. Porter's right. She's very beautiful.
09:17Yes, but something's missing.
09:20Tregennis is lying about a mild blood disorder. I'll stake my reputation on that.
09:24We'll see.
09:35Watson. Watson.
09:54Look at the hairs.
09:58That's very unusual.
09:59It won't do. It won't do.
10:09Three people previously stricken by some conscious or unconscious human agency.
10:13Now, when exactly did this event occur?
10:20They'd finished playing cards.
10:23It was past their usual Arthur bed.
10:26Apparently the chairs had not been pulled back from the table.
10:28Well, it must have been only moments after Tregennis left the house.
10:32Exactly.
10:33You were conscious, of course, how I managed to obtain a clearer impress of his foot.
10:41Yes, I guess something of the sort.
10:48Having got a sample print, I could pick out his tracks among the others and follow his movements.
10:53For the length of his stride, he returned swiftly to the vicarage.
11:00If Tregennis disappeared, then almost instantly some other person affected the card plan.
11:08How can we reconstruct that person?
11:11But is there any evidence, really Watson, that anyone did creep up to that window?
11:16The only suggestion comes from Tregennis, who says that his brother reacted to some movement in the garden.
11:24And how is this impression of horror conveyed?
11:35You're Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the detective.
11:39And you're Dr. Leon Sterndale, the great lion hunter and famous African explorer.
11:44Have you made any progress?
11:46The county police are utterly at fault.
11:49Tell me what you know about the fate of the Tregennis family.
11:53What is your interest, Dr. Sterndale?
11:57My claim to be taken into your confidence is that during my many residences here,
12:02I have come to know this family of Tregennis very well.
12:17I want to know it.
12:17Thank you for attempting to reign and return.
