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The_Beryl_Coronet · Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson

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Speaker 1: The CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents.
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Speaker 2: Come in.
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Speaker 3: Welcome.
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Speaker 2: I'm E.G.
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Speaker 3: Marshall.
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Speaker 1: The year 1892 provided some history-making events, such as the
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Speaker 1: completion of the Cape Johannesburg Railroad, the introduction of the
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Speaker 1: first automatic telephone switchboard, the granting of patent rights for
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Speaker 1: the internal combustion engine. Gladstone was chosen prime minister, and
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Speaker 1: last but not least... a genius by the name of
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Speaker 1: Sherlock Holmes took up residence at 221B Baker Street, offering
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Speaker 1: his services as a consulting detective. And very shortly thereafter,
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Speaker 1: he was called upon to solve the mysterious affair of
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Speaker 1: the barrel coronet.
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Speaker 3: Arthur! What are you doing in my room at this
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Speaker 3: time of night? And why have you taken the coronet
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Speaker 3: from the bureau?
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Speaker 2: Father, I... You've dropped it!
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Speaker 3: You've destroyed it, you thief! What did you do with
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Speaker 3: the jewels you stole?
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Speaker 4: Father, if you believe me a thief, I'll leave your
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Speaker 4: house in the morning.
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Speaker 3: If you leave, you'll leave in the hands of the police.
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Speaker 3: The fact that I'm your father will not stop me
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Speaker 3: from prosecuting you to the limit of the law for
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Speaker 3: this vicious crime.
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Speaker 1: Our mystery drama, The Adventure of the Barrel Coronet, was
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Speaker 1: adapted from the Conan Doyle classic, especially for the Mystery Theater,
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Speaker 1: by Murray.
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Speaker 2: Burnett and stars Kevin McCarthy.
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Speaker 1: It is sponsored in part by Buick Motor.
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Speaker 2: Division and Contact, the 12-hour cold capsule. I'll be back
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Speaker 2: shortly with Act One.
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Speaker 1: A Star is Born is a theatrical statement of unarguable clarity. However,
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Speaker 1: the truth of the statement doesn't apply only in the theater,
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Speaker 1: but in the fashion, the arts, and literature. And so
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Speaker 1: it was with Sherlock Holmes, who gained instant immortality as
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Speaker 1: the world's foremost detective when he was first created by A.
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Speaker 1: Conan Doyle more than 100 years ago. And now, we
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Speaker 1: pick up Holmes and his famous friend, Dr. Watson, cozy
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Speaker 1: by the fireplace in their Baker Street flat on a
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Speaker 1: winter morning.
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Speaker 3: I was standing at our bow window overlooking Baker Street
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Speaker 3: one February morning when I observed a most unusual sight.
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Speaker 3: A well-dressed man in his fifties running down the street
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Speaker 3: of previous of the stairs of passers-by with his hands
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Speaker 3: jerking up and down and his head waggling on his body.
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Speaker 3: And I call to my friend, Holmes, look at this madman.
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Speaker 3: Doesn't it appear rather sad that his relatives allow him
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Speaker 3: to come out alone?
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Speaker 1: I think, Watson, I recognize the symptoms. They portray not madness,
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Speaker 1: but a desire to consult me professionally.
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Speaker 2: Ah, did I not tell you? The door, Watson, before
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Speaker 2: he pulls the bell out of its socket.
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Speaker 3: No doubt you think me mad.
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Speaker 2: Oh, I see that you've had some great trouble.
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Speaker 3: Heaven knows I have. A devilish combination of public disgrace
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Speaker 3: and private affliction. Besides, it's not my trouble alone. The
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Speaker 3: very noblest in the land may suffer unless a way
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Speaker 3: is found out of this frightful affair.
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Speaker 1: Pray you compose yourself, sir, and try to give me
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Speaker 1: a clear account of who you are and this trouble
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Speaker 1: that has befallen you.
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Speaker 3: I've probably known you by name. I'm Alexander Holder, senior
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Speaker 3: partner of the banking firm of Holder and Stevenson on
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Speaker 3: Threadnail Street.
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Speaker 2: We have indeed heard of you, sir, and your firm.
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Speaker 3: Oh, then you will understand what it means to me
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Speaker 3: to have my son arrested and jailed for theft. Hmm.
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Speaker 2: Who brought these charges against him?
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Speaker 3: I did, Mr. Holmes. My son left me no choice.
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Speaker 3: There's no doubt about his guilt. None at all.
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Speaker 2: Well, then, what brings you to me?
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Speaker 3: Desperation. I confess it. Complete desperation. Inspector Lestrade of Scotland
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Speaker 3: Guard gave me your name. Although neither of us have
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Speaker 3: much hope there's anything you can do.
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Speaker 2: Yes, that's true. I think you should hear it from me.
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Speaker 2: But I can make no judgment.
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Speaker 1: Until I have all the facts before me. It would
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Speaker 1: help if you would start from the beginning.
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Speaker 3: Yes, of course, of course. Well, as you must know,
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Speaker 3: one of our largest sources of income comes from confidential,
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Speaker 3: very discreet loans to some of England's noblest families who
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Speaker 3: leave with us unimpeachable security.
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Speaker 2: Your reputation in that field is well known.
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Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yes. Well, yesterday morning, I advanced the sum
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Speaker 3: of 50,000 pounds to... Well, the name really should remain confidential.
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Speaker 2: As you wish, as you wish. And the security for
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Speaker 2: this large sum?
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Speaker 3: You have heard of the barrel coronet?
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Speaker 1: One of the most precious public possessions of the empire.
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Speaker 1: And I respect your desire for discretion with the name
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Speaker 1: of the owner, which is well known to the world.
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Speaker 3: I suppose it was inevitable you'd know the owner's name.
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Speaker 1: I am surprised that this august gentleman would allow the
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Speaker 1: coronet out of his possession.
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Speaker 3: I brought that point up. But he assured me that
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Speaker 3: he needed the money for only four days. And he
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Speaker 3: was certain the coronet would be safe in my hands
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Speaker 3: for that short length of time.
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Speaker 2: And from what I gather, you took it home with you.
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Speaker 2: Wasn't that an unusual procedure?
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Speaker 3: Decidedly. But the coronet was so precious, I felt it
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Speaker 3: would be imprudent to leave it behind me. Bankers' safes
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Speaker 3: have been forced before. And if it should happen to me,
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Speaker 3: what a disaster. Therefore, I resolved that for the next
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Speaker 3: few days I would carry the case containing the coronet
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Speaker 3: back and forth with me, never leaving it out of
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Speaker 3: my possession.
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Speaker 2: And your son, of course, knew about the coronet.
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Speaker 3: Alas, yes. Arthur's a good boy, Mr. Holmes. I must
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Speaker 3: seem like an old fool telling you that while he's
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Speaker 3: sitting in jail. You see, Mr. Holmes, I've spoiled Arthur.
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Speaker 3: I don't deny it. I've granted his every wish, including
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Speaker 3: allowing him to become a member of an aristocratic club
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Speaker 3: where he fell in with men with long purses and
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Speaker 3: expensive habits. He gambled and lost money. and came to
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Speaker 3: me again and again, imploring me for advances on his
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Speaker 3: allowance to settle his debts.
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Speaker 2: I take it, then, that he's more or less a
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Speaker 2: gentleman of leisure.
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Speaker 3: I wanted him very much to succeed me in my business.
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Speaker 3: But to tell the truth, I was afraid to trust
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Speaker 3: him with the handling of large sums of money. In fact,
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Speaker 3: it was the conversation I had with him yesterday evening
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Speaker 3: in my study that is the most damning piece of evidence.
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Speaker 3: I'll try to lay it before you just as it happened.
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Speaker 4: I don't suppose you're going to look upon what I
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Speaker 4: have to say very kindly, but I've left myself no choice.
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Speaker 3: Is it money again, Arthur? I'm afraid so.
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Speaker 4: Can you let me have 200 pounds?
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Speaker 3: No, I cannot. I'm sorry. That's not true. I will not.
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Speaker 4: I've been much too generous with you in money matters.
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Speaker 4: I won't deny you've been very kind to me, Father,
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Speaker 4: but this is truly an emergency.
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Speaker 2: I must have the money.
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Speaker 4: Or I can never show my face inside the club again.
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Speaker 3: Well, a very good thing if you don't.
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Speaker 4: You mean you'd have me leave the club a dishonored man?
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Speaker 3: That's something of your own doing.
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Speaker 4: I couldn't bear the disgrace.
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Speaker 3: My patience has run out. You won't get a farthing
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Speaker 3: from me. Very well.
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Speaker 4: If you won't let me have it, then I must
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Speaker 4: try whatever other means I can find.
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Speaker 3: Those were his last words before he left the room. Damning,
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Speaker 3: aren't they?
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Speaker 1: They can be. I'll withhold judgment until I have more
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Speaker 1: to go on. Now, you've told me your son knew
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Speaker 1: the coronet was in the house. Did he also know where?
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Speaker 3: I see you're trying to do your best for him, Mr.
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Speaker 2: Holmes, but it's no use.
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Speaker 3: Arthur not only knew it was in the house, but
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Speaker 3: also the exact location.
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Speaker 2: How did that come about?
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Speaker 3: When I told him and my niece Mary about the coronet,
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Speaker 3: they were both desperately anxious to get a close look
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Speaker 3: at the famous crown. I thought it was wiser to
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Speaker 3: leave it undisturbed.
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Speaker 2: Then how?
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Speaker 3: Arthur asked me where I'd put it. And when I
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Speaker 3: told him it was in my bureau, he remarked that
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Speaker 3: he hoped the house wouldn't be burgled during the night.
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Speaker 3: I responded that my bureau was locked. And he told
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Speaker 3: me that any old key would fit my bureau. In fact,
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Speaker 3: he went so far as to say he'd open it
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Speaker 3: himself as a child with a key of a box
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Speaker 3: room cupboard.
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Speaker 2: A most singular statement, don't you think, sir?
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Speaker 3: That's not the way I'd characterize it It seemed to
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Speaker 3: me absolute proof to.
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Speaker 1: His guilt I still have reached no conclusion on that point, Mr.
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Speaker 3: Elder You have yet to hear the worst After he
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Speaker 3: left I started around the house to see that all
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Speaker 3: was secure.
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Speaker 2: Is that your usual habit?
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Speaker 3: No. No, not at all. I usually leave that to
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Speaker 3: my niece, Mary. But last night, in view of the circumstances,
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Speaker 3: I thought it best that I check myself.
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Speaker 2: Understandable.
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Speaker 3: And? You must understand that my niece had lived with
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Speaker 3: us for the past 15 years. And our relationship is
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Speaker 3: more than that of father and daughter and of uncle
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Speaker 3: and niece. As I came down the stairs... I saw
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Speaker 3: Mary closing and fastening a window in the hall. Upon
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Speaker 3: seeing me, she said immediately... Dad.
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Speaker 5: Did you give Lucy the maid permission to go out tonight?
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Speaker 3: No, certainly not.
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Speaker 5: She came in just now by the rear door. I
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Speaker 5: don't doubt that she only went to the side gate
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Speaker 5: to see her young man. But I think it could
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Speaker 5: be dangerous if she makes a habit of it.
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Speaker 3: Oh, I agree wholeheartedly. One of us must speak to
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Speaker 3: her in the morning. I'll do it.
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Speaker 5: You have enough on your mind.
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Speaker 3: All right. Thank you. Good night, dear.
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Speaker 5: Dad, is it the coronet or is there something else
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Speaker 5: bothering you?
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Speaker 3: Oh, dear, dear. How well you know me, dear Mary. Yes, yes,
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Speaker 3: there is something. I know how I wish you could
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Speaker 3: have found it in your heart to marry Arthur. It's
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Speaker 3: my fondest wish. I know.
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Speaker 2: I know.
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Speaker 3: So I left her, went up to my bedroom, checked
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Speaker 3: that the coronet was still where I'd placed it, and
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Speaker 3: went to bed and fell asleep. I'm not a very
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Speaker 3: heavy sleeper. About two in the morning, I was awakened
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Speaker 3: by some sound in the house. I lay listening. Suddenly,
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Speaker 3: to my horror, there was a distinct sound of footsteps
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Speaker 3: moving softly in the next room. Well, I slipped fearfully
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Speaker 3: out of bed and peered around the corner of my
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Speaker 3: dressing room door. I'd left the gas half up, and
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Speaker 3: by its light, I saw my son, dressed only in
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Speaker 3: his shirt and trousers, standing beside the light, holding the
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Speaker 3: coronet in his hands. He appeared to be wrenching at
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Speaker 3: it with all his strength. I shouted at him, asking
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Speaker 3: what he was doing in my room at this time
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Speaker 3: of night. At my cry, he turned pale as death
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Speaker 3: and dropped the coronet. Father. No wonder you shake. You blackguard.
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Speaker 3: Where are the jewels you've stolen from the coronet? Stolen? Yes,
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Speaker 3: you thief.
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Speaker 4: There are no jewels missing.
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Speaker 3: There can't be any missing. There are three missing. And
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Speaker 3: you know where they are. Must I call you a
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Speaker 3: liar as well as a thief? You've called me names enough.
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Speaker 4: I shall leave your house in the morning.
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Speaker 3: If you don't tell me what you've done with the Jules,
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Speaker 3: you'll leave in the hands of the police. If you
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Speaker 3: choose to call the police, then let them find what
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Speaker 3: they can.
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Speaker 4: Father, I won't raise a finger to help you.
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Speaker 1: Today there's a good deal of talk about the breakdown
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Speaker 1: of communications between parents and children. It certainly seems that
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Speaker 1: there's a lack of communication between Arthur Holder and his father, and.
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Speaker 2: With good reason. What is the good reason?
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Speaker 1: We'll find out in Act II when I return shortly.
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Speaker 1: Every father wants his son to grow up to be somebody.
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Speaker 1: No matter that child experts claim this wish is, in reality,
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Speaker 1: an expression of the father's own frustrations. One of the
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Speaker 1: last things in the world a father would want is
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Speaker 1: for his son to be a thief. So it's not
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Speaker 1: difficult to imagine the staggering shock Alexander Holder underwent when
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Speaker 1: he caught his only son, Arthur, in the act of
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Speaker 1: stealing a priceless jeweled coronet.
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Speaker 3: There's more to that miserable night than I've related, Mr. Holmes.
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Speaker 3: But I can't go on. What shall I do? In
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Speaker 3: one night, I've lost my honor, my gems, and my son.
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Speaker 3: What shall I do?
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Speaker 1: Face the facts. Pull yourself together and continue with the story.
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Speaker 1: I'm not convinced that your son is a thief.
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Speaker 3: But I saw him with the coronet at his hand.
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Speaker 2: I hardly consider that conclusive. Was the remainder of the
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Speaker 2: coronet at all injured?
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Speaker 3: Yes, it was twisted.
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Speaker 2: Isn't it possible that he was trying to straighten it?
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Speaker 3: Heaven bless you, but I'm afraid you're undertaking too heavy
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Speaker 3: a task. What was he doing there in the first place?
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Speaker 3: If he were innocent... Why didn't he say so?
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Speaker 2: Precisely.
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Speaker 1: And if he were guilty, why didn't he invent a lie?
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Speaker 1: His silence appears to cut both ways. But pray continue.
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Speaker 1: You've told me you were shouting. Now, what about the
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Speaker 1: rest of the household?
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Speaker 3: Oh, the whole house was astir. Mary was the first
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Speaker 3: to rush into my room at the sight of the
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Speaker 3: coronet and Arthur's face. She screamed and fainted dead away.
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Speaker 2: And when did the police enter the case?
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Speaker 3: An inspector and a constable were there within an hour.
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Speaker 3: And here again, Arthur's behavior pointed only to his guilt.
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Speaker 3: If you'll allow me to recount the scene to you.
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Speaker 4: Father, I'm asking whether it's your intention to charge me
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Speaker 4: with theft.
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Speaker 3: This is no longer a private matter. That coronet is
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Speaker 3: national property. The law must take its course.
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Speaker 4: You might at least do me one favor.
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Speaker 3: And that is?
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Speaker 4: Don't have me arrested at once. I implore you to
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Speaker 4: let me leave the house for just five minutes.
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Speaker 3: Believe me.
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Speaker 2: It would be to your advantage as well as mine.
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Speaker 3: So that you can run away?
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Speaker 4: I give you my word I shall return if you
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Speaker 4: let me leave.
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Speaker 3: I'm afraid your word is something that holds no value
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Speaker 3: in this situation. If you don't intend to run away,
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Speaker 3: perhaps you wish to leave in order to conceal the
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Speaker 3: stones you've stolen?
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Speaker 4: When you take that attitude, I see it's useless for
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Speaker 4: me to try to help you.
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Speaker 3: Help me? Why don't you help yourself? There were 39
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Speaker 3: perfectly matched barrels in that coronet. Three are missing. You
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Speaker 3: can still revert a national scandal. I beg you to
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Speaker 3: tell me where the missing stones are, and I promise
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Speaker 3: you that all will be forgiven and forgotten.
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Speaker 4: Keep your forgiveness for those who ask for it.
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Speaker 3: When I heard those words, Mr. Holmes, I realized that
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Speaker 3: anything further was useless. I called the inspector and gave
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Speaker 3: Arthur into custody. Mm-hmm.
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Speaker 2: Did the police make any attempt to locate the missing gems?
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Speaker 3: Oh, they're still sounding the planking and probing the furniture
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Speaker 3: in the hope of finding them.
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Speaker 2: How about outside the house?
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Speaker 3: They've shown extraordinary energy. The whole garden has already been
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Speaker 3: minutely examined. Mr. Holmes, my head is spinning. What do
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Speaker 3: you make of it?
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Speaker 2: Well, let's first look at what you make of it, Mr.
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Speaker 3: Holder.
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Speaker 1: It's your opinion that your son came down from his bedroom,
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Speaker 1: went at great risk to your dressing room, opened your bureau,
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Speaker 1: took out the coronet, broke a small portion of it
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Speaker 1: off by main force, went off to some other place,
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Speaker 1: concealed three gems out of some 39 with such skill
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Speaker 1: that nobody can find them, then returned with the other
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Speaker 1: 36 into the room in which he exposed himself to
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Speaker 1: the greatest danger of discovery.
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Speaker 2: I ask you, sir... Is such a theory tenable?
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Speaker 3: Certain or not, the way you put it. But I
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Speaker 3: ask you, what other is there? If his motives were innocent,
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Speaker 3: why doesn't he explain them?
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Speaker 2: It's my task to find out.
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Speaker 3: Holmes, myself and a thoroughly confused but slightly more hopeful
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Speaker 3: Alexander Holder set off for Fairbank, a modest town residence
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Speaker 3: of the great financier. Holmes left us standing at the
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Speaker 3: door and walked slowly around the house. He was so
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Speaker 3: long that Mr.
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Speaker 4: Holder and I went into the dining room and waited
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Speaker 4: by the fire for his return.
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Speaker 3: Now, as we sat there, a slim, dark, pale-faced woman
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Speaker 3: entered the room.
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Speaker 5: You've given orders that Arthur should be freed, haven't.
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Speaker 3: You, Dad? No, my dearest. The matter must be probed
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Speaker 3: to the very bottom.
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Speaker 5: But I'm sure he's innocent. Perhaps he refuses to talk
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Speaker 5: because he's angry that you should suspect him.
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Speaker 3: Would any sane man have acted otherwise? I saw what
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Speaker 3: I saw.
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Speaker 5: Trust a woman's instinct, Dad. Take my word for it
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Speaker 5: that he's innocent. Let the matter drop.
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Speaker 2: And say no more.
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Speaker 3: Apart from letting the matter drop, I've brought a gentleman
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Speaker 3: down from London to inquire more deeply into it.
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Speaker 5: This gentleman?
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Speaker 3: No, his friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. He's around in the
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Speaker 3: stable lane now.
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Speaker 5: The stable lane?
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Speaker 4: What on earth can he hope to find there?
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Speaker 3: Oh, this, I suppose, is he.
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Speaker 5: I sincerely trust, sir, you will succeed in proving that
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Speaker 5: my cousin Arthur is innocent of this crime.
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Speaker 2: I hope I may prove it.
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Speaker 1: I believe I have the honor of addressing Miss Mary Holder.
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Speaker 2: May I ask you a question or two? Anything.
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Speaker 5: Anything that will help clear up this horrible affair.
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Speaker 2: Last night, you heard nothing yourself?
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Speaker 5: Not until I was wakened by my uncle's voice and
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Speaker 5: the shouting coming from his room.
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Speaker 2: Your uncle has told me that you usually lock up
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Speaker 2: at night.
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Speaker 3: That's so.
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Speaker 2: Did you fasten all the windows last night?
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Speaker 3: Yes.
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Speaker 2: And were they all fastened this morning?
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Speaker 3: Yes.
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Speaker 1: Now, you have a maid who has a sweetheart. I
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Speaker 1: think that you remarked to your uncle last night... That
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Speaker 1: she had been out to see the sweetheart? Yes.
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Speaker 5: She's also the girl who waited in the drawing room.
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Speaker 5: And she may have heard Uncle's words about the coronet.
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Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
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Speaker 2: I see.
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Speaker 1: You infer, then, that she may have gone out to
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Speaker 1: tell her sweetheart and that the two.
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Speaker 2: Of them may have planned a robbery.
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Speaker 3: Well, what's the use of all this? I saw Arthur
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Speaker 3: with the coronet in his hands. These theories.
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Speaker 2: Please, please, Mr.
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Speaker 1: Holder, I must ask you to allow me to pursue
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Speaker 1: the investigation in my own fashion.
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Speaker 3: Holmes wanted to see the dressing room and the coronet,
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Speaker 3: and we all trooped upstairs. On the way, Holmes continued
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Speaker 3: to question Mary Holder.
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Speaker 2: Now, about the servant girl, Miss Holder.
21:16
Speaker 1: Last night you saw her return to the house by
21:18
Speaker 1: the kitchen door, I presume.
21:20
Speaker 5: It was when I went to see that the door
21:21
Speaker 5: was flattened for the night.
21:23
Speaker 2: I met her slipping in.
21:25
Speaker 5: I saw the man, too, in the half-light.
21:27
Speaker 2: Do you know him?
21:28
Speaker 1: Oh, yes.
21:29
Speaker 5: He's the grain grocer who delivers our vegetables. His name
21:32
Speaker 5: is Francis Propper.
21:33
Speaker 2: He stood to the left of the door, did he not?
21:36
Speaker 5: Why, yes, he did.
21:38
Speaker 2: Then he's a man with a wooden leg?
21:40
Speaker 3: Why, you're like a magician. How did you know that?
21:45
Speaker 2: Since we've reached what's obviously your dressing room, Mr. Holder,
21:47
Speaker 2: I'd like now to have a look at the coronet.
21:51
Speaker 3: If you'll wait just a moment till I get the
21:53
Speaker 3: case from the bureau. There it is. Now, here. Here.
22:02
Speaker 3: Here's the coronet.
22:03
Speaker 2: Thank you.
22:05
Speaker 1: I see this corner here corresponds to that which was
22:07
Speaker 1: so unfortunately lost.
22:10
Speaker 2: Might I ask you to break it off?
22:11
Speaker 3: You might not. I shouldn't dream of trying.
22:15
Speaker 2: Then if you'll allow me... I.
22:20
Speaker 3: Will. No.
22:22
Speaker 2: No, no chance. I feel it give a little.
22:24
Speaker 1: But although I have exceptional strength in my fingers, I
22:28
Speaker 1: cannot do it.
22:29
Speaker 3: Now, Mr.
22:30
Speaker 1: Holder, what do you think would happen if someone should
22:32
Speaker 1: succeed in breaking this off?
22:34
Speaker 3: I have no idea.
22:36
Speaker 2: There would be a noise like a pistol shot.
22:38
Speaker 1: And if you tell me that all this happened within
22:40
Speaker 1: a few yards of your bed and you heard nothing,
22:43
Speaker 1: then I say I do not believe it.
22:51
Speaker 3: Well, Mr.
22:53
Speaker 4: Sherlock Holmes, Has my father succeeded in convincing you of
22:57
Speaker 4: my guilt? Are you here to get my confession?
22:59
Speaker 2: Quite the contrary, young man. I know that you are innocent.
23:03
Speaker 1: All I ask is that you confirm some deductions that
23:06
Speaker 1: I've made as to what happened in the house the
23:08
Speaker 1: night that the coronet was mutilated and the jewels stolen.
23:11
Speaker 1: I should think it's your task to find the jewels.
23:13
Speaker 2: So it is, so it is.
23:14
Speaker 1: But you can make that task easier and at the
23:16
Speaker 1: same time clear yourself and ease your father's anguish.
23:20
Speaker 4: He's brought it on himself.
23:22
Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
23:23
Speaker 2: Is your father also to blame for your gambling debts?
23:26
Speaker 3: Of course not.
23:28
Speaker 4: I've been a fool, but I'm through with all that.
23:30
Speaker 4: Once I pay this lost debt, I'll never touch a
23:32
Speaker 4: card again.
23:33
Speaker 2: And what about the club?
23:34
Speaker 3: I'll resign.
23:35
Speaker 4: And I won't miss it. I'll be glad never to
23:38
Speaker 4: walk through those doors again.
23:39
Speaker 1: And how about the friends you've made there? Sir George Burnwell,
23:42
Speaker 1: for instance. Won't you miss his company?
23:45
Speaker 4: I rather think it will be the other way around.
23:48
Speaker 2: Indeed.
23:50
Speaker 1: From what your father told me, I thought Sir George
23:51
Speaker 1: was your mentor and your ideal.
23:54
Speaker 3: Oh, you think you're very clever.
23:57
Speaker 4: Perhaps you are, but you'll get nothing from me.
24:00
Speaker 3: No more answers, nothing.
24:02
Speaker 4: If I am tried and convicted, so be it.
24:04
Speaker 2: And that is my last word.
24:12
Speaker 3: Well, I can't understand why you're looking so content, considering
24:16
Speaker 3: how little progress we made with that young man.
24:18
Speaker 1: My dear Watson, if you think back on the conversation,
24:21
Speaker 1: I'm sure you'll see we made gigantic strides. For one thing,
24:25
Speaker 1: he told us that he's equally angry with his father
24:27
Speaker 1: and Sir George Burnwell.
24:29
Speaker 3: Well, so it is. Well, how that helps is beyond me.
24:33
Speaker 2: Look at the facts.
24:35
Speaker 1: Up until the incident of the coronet, Sir George Burnwell,
24:38
Speaker 1: according to his father, was Arthur's constant companion and dazzling friend.
24:42
Speaker 3: Well, and he was also in good terms with his father.
24:45
Speaker 2: Precisely.
24:46
Speaker 1: Now it stands to reason he has cause to turn
24:48
Speaker 1: against the father who accuses him of theft. But why
24:52
Speaker 1: does he also change his feelings about Sir George?
24:55
Speaker 3: I've no idea. And I don't see how it has
24:58
Speaker 3: anything to do with the matter we're looking into.
25:00
Speaker 1: Only this, Watson, that the sudden breaking off of this
25:04
Speaker 1: friendship comes at exactly the time of.
25:06
Speaker 2: The theft of the coronet.
25:08
Speaker 3: Well, couldn't it be coincidence?
25:10
Speaker 1: Exactly what I'm going to find out. This note is
25:13
Speaker 1: to a friend of mine who's a member of the
25:15
Speaker 1: same club, and I'm asking for an invitation.
25:17
Speaker 3: Well, what do you intend to do when you get there?
25:20
Speaker 2: Why, gamble. Of course.
25:28
Speaker 1: Ah, Watson, you shouldn't have waited up for me. I
25:31
Speaker 1: might have been out all night. As a matter of fact,
25:33
Speaker 1: I should have been, but I felt that losing 150.
25:35
Speaker 2: Pounds was more than enough.
25:38
Speaker 3: You lost 150 pounds?
25:40
Speaker 2: Naturally. I was cheated.
25:43
Speaker 3: Cheated? By who?
25:45
Speaker 2: Sir George Burnwell.
25:46
Speaker 3: Oh, but surely you unmasked the scoundrel.
25:49
Speaker 2: No, I did nothing of the sort. I paid my
25:50
Speaker 2: losses and walked away. Burnwell is a devilishly charming man.
25:56
Speaker 3: I don't care how charming he may be. He's a cheat,
25:59
Speaker 3: and he should be blackballed.
26:00
Speaker 2: No doubt. Now, here. Look at this deck of cards.
26:05
Speaker 2: Observe how I'm holding it.
26:07
Speaker 1: In gambling circles, this is known as the mechanic's grip.
26:11
Speaker 1: And should you ever sit down in a game with
26:13
Speaker 1: a man who holds a deck in this fashion, I
26:15
Speaker 1: urge you, Watson, to get up and walk away.
26:17
Speaker 3: Huh. And Sir George held the deck this way?
26:21
Speaker 2: Most certainly.
26:22
Speaker 1: And it enabled him to deal what gamblers call seconds.
26:26
Speaker 3: Well, it's too much for me.
26:28
Speaker 2: Let me illustrate. Now, observe, Watson. I turn the top
26:33
Speaker 2: card face over.
26:35
Speaker 3: What is it? Well, it's the Ace of Clubs.
26:37
Speaker 2: Exactly.
26:38
Speaker 1: And now watch as I deal you four cards and
26:40
Speaker 1: deal myself four cards. Now, since the Ace of Clubs
26:43
Speaker 1: was on top, it should be the first card I
26:45
Speaker 1: dealt you.
26:46
Speaker 2: Isn't that so?
26:46
Speaker 3: Oh, yes, certainly.
26:48
Speaker 2: All right. Turn your cards face up and show me
26:51
Speaker 2: the ace.
26:52
Speaker 3: What? What isn't here? Where is it, Holmes?
26:57
Speaker 2: Exactly where it was before I dealt Watson. On the top.
27:01
Speaker 3: I see.
27:01
Speaker 2: I dealt you always the second card, just as Burnwell
27:04
Speaker 2: did when he dealt. thus reserving the ace for him
27:07
Speaker 2: when he needed it.
27:08
Speaker 3: Well, it's amazing, Holmes. But I don't see how that
27:12
Speaker 3: explains the theft of the coronet.
27:14
Speaker 1: It supports the only logical deduction as to how the
27:17
Speaker 1: crime was committed and who stole the gems. You mean
27:21
Speaker 1: that the whole thing was some sleight of hand trick?
27:25
Speaker 2: I mean only that after a brief return to Fairbank,
27:28
Speaker 2: I will be able to tell Inspector Lestrade who the
27:30
Speaker 2: criminal is and where to look for the gems.
27:42
Speaker 1: Magic and sleight of hand are practiced by many. And
27:46
Speaker 1: some of the magicians of the world have performed tricks
27:48
Speaker 1: which border on the incredible.
27:51
Speaker 2: But so far, no one had been.
27:53
Speaker 1: Able to duplicate the feats of detection registered by the
27:56
Speaker 1: unique Sherlock Holmes. We'll be back shortly with the solution
28:01
Speaker 1: of the affair of the barrel coronet.
28:03
Speaker 2: The Barrel Coronet.
28:15
Speaker 1: It's ironic that the incomparable solver of mysteries, Sherlock Holmes,
28:20
Speaker 1: should himself be the source of a puzzle whose answer.
28:23
Speaker 2: Has eluded all the experts.
28:26
Speaker 1: The puzzle is, what accounts for his undiminished popularity? The
28:31
Speaker 1: hold that he has exerted over four generations of readers.
28:36
Speaker 1: My personal belief is that the Holmes stories satisfy a
28:40
Speaker 1: deep-seated longing for a well-ordered existence. where justice always triumphs.
28:47
Speaker 1: That may be an oversimplification, but let us put that
28:51
Speaker 1: speculation aside and visit with him and Dr. Watson as
28:55
Speaker 1: they bring yet another case to a triumphant conclusion.
28:58
Speaker 3: Holmes returned early in the afternoon with that glint in
29:04
Speaker 3: his eyes which told me things had gone well.
29:07
Speaker 2: Watson.
29:08
Speaker 1: They're doing the symphony fantastique at Covent Garden tomorrow evening.
29:12
Speaker 1: And by that time, we'll have completed the investigation of
29:15
Speaker 1: this little affair of the barrel coronet.
29:17
Speaker 3: Ah, you know the culprit.
29:19
Speaker 2: I knew that yesterday. But there's an interesting development. Here,
29:22
Speaker 2: read this note from Mary Holder to her uncle.
29:25
Speaker 3: Well, my dearest uncle, I feel that I've brought trouble
29:32
Speaker 3: upon you, and that if I'd acted differently, this terrible
29:36
Speaker 3: misfortune might never have occurred. I cannot refuse. thought in mind,
29:41
Speaker 3: never again be happy under your roof, and I feel
29:44
Speaker 3: I must leave you forever. Oh, dear. Do not worry
29:47
Speaker 3: about my future, for that is provided for. In life
29:52
Speaker 3: or in death, I am ever your loving Mary. Holmes,
29:57
Speaker 3: do you think this is a suicide note?
29:58
Speaker 2: No, no, no, no. Nothing of the kind. It is
30:01
Speaker 2: perhaps the best possible solution.
30:04
Speaker 3: What can this note possibly mean?
30:06
Speaker 2: Bring it along with us while we visit with young
30:08
Speaker 2: Arthur Holder and everything will become perfectly clear.
30:11
Speaker 4: Before you start with any questions, I want you to
30:18
Speaker 4: know I haven't changed my mind.
30:20
Speaker 2: No questions, I promise. We bring you some news... Your
30:25
Speaker 2: cousin Mary has left the house.
30:28
Speaker 3: I don't believe you. It's a trick.
30:30
Speaker 2: Show him the note, Doctor. See, my dearest uncle, I feel,
30:35
Speaker 2: must leave you.
30:37
Speaker 3: Oh, the fool. The poor little fool.
30:40
Speaker 2: You cannot blame her too much. You were also taken
30:43
Speaker 2: in by the rogue, were you not?
30:44
Speaker 4: I don't know what you're talking about.
30:46
Speaker 2: I'm talking about Sir George Burnwell. I believe she's with
30:49
Speaker 2: him now. You're wrong. You must be wrong. Mary couldn't...
30:53
Speaker 2: Why not?
30:54
Speaker 1: She'd led an extremely sheltered existence. And you have personal
30:58
Speaker 1: knowledge of what a charming, plausible villain the man is.
31:01
Speaker 1: When Sir George undoubtedly told her of his undying love,
31:04
Speaker 1: she believed him and became his willing tool.
31:07
Speaker 3: It's a lie.
31:09
Speaker 2: You above all should know it's true. How else do
31:11
Speaker 2: you explain her action on the night your father accused
31:14
Speaker 2: you of taking the coronet?
31:15
Speaker 4: You don't know anything about that night.
31:17
Speaker 2: On the contrary, I know everything. And I shall prove
31:20
Speaker 2: it to you. You went to bed. But you slept
31:23
Speaker 2: badly after the argument with your father. What has that
31:26
Speaker 2: got to do with Mary? Because you had.
31:27
Speaker 1: Difficulty sleeping, you were curious when you heard a soft
31:30
Speaker 1: step pass your door.
31:33
Speaker 2: You looked out and were astonished to see your cousin
31:35
Speaker 2: walking stealthily along the passes leading to your father's room.
31:38
Speaker 4: Mary doesn't have it.
31:39
Speaker 2: She didn't... Didn't what? Keep it, you mean?
31:44
Speaker 4: I don't want to listen to any more.
31:45
Speaker 3: I am going to plead guilty.
31:47
Speaker 2: And get it over with. Well, that won't help anyone
31:49
Speaker 2: since I shall have your father engage a solicitor and
31:52
Speaker 2: pass on all the information I've gathered and the whole
31:54
Speaker 2: world will then know about it.
31:56
Speaker 4: If you know so much, you don't need me.
31:57
Speaker 2: I would not be here if I didn't. Oh, very well.
32:03
Speaker 4: I'll listen to what else you have to say and
32:05
Speaker 4: then make my decision.
32:07
Speaker 1: Although I understand the depth of your feeling for your cousin,
32:10
Speaker 1: you shouldn't be blind to the fact that she acted ignobly.
32:13
Speaker 2: Mr.
32:13
Speaker 3: Holmes.
32:14
Speaker 4: If all you're going to do is criticize Mary.
32:16
Speaker 1: I am referring to her attempt to cast suspicion in
32:19
Speaker 1: your uncle's mind upon the maidservant.
32:21
Speaker 4: But it's perfectly true that Lucy saw her young man
32:23
Speaker 4: that night.
32:23
Speaker 2: I'm aware of that.
32:24
Speaker 1: But I also know that the maid had nothing to
32:27
Speaker 1: do with the coronet, as you yourself know. Because you
32:30
Speaker 1: saw Mary disappear into your father's dressing room. You were
32:33
Speaker 1: so amazed by her actions that you slipped on a
32:36
Speaker 1: shirt and trousers and waited. When she came out of
32:38
Speaker 1: the room, you saw, to your horror, that she carried
32:41
Speaker 1: the barrel coronet in her hands. You also saw her
32:45
Speaker 1: pass it through an open window to some person standing
32:48
Speaker 1: outside the house.
32:50
Speaker 4: Poor Mary. You make it sound almost as if you
32:54
Speaker 4: were there.
32:54
Speaker 2: For a moment, you were undecided. You wouldn't risk exposing
32:58
Speaker 2: Mary for anything in the world.
32:59
Speaker 1: But the instant she went back to her room, you
33:02
Speaker 1: ran out of the house and overtook Sir George Burnwell.
33:06
Speaker 4: I didn't know it was he until I caught up
33:07
Speaker 4: with him.
33:08
Speaker 2: And then you struggled with him.
33:09
Speaker 1: Each of you had a hold of the coronet, and
33:12
Speaker 1: then something suddenly snapped. You, finding the coronet in your hands,
33:16
Speaker 1: rushed back, closed the window, went to your father's room,
33:19
Speaker 1: and observing that the coronet was twisted, was trying to
33:23
Speaker 1: straighten it out when your father discovered you. Yes.
33:28
Speaker 4: Yes, you could see why I couldn't tell him.
33:30
Speaker 2: I see what difficulties love can lead a man into.
33:34
Speaker 1: But it was obvious that the reason for your cousin's
33:36
Speaker 1: fainting was that she saw you with the coronet and
33:39
Speaker 1: realized that you had the power to reveal her as
33:42
Speaker 1: the thief.
33:43
Speaker 4: Oh, she should have known. I'd never do that.
33:46
Speaker 2: But how in the world did you know what happened.
33:49
Speaker 3: Outside the house?
33:50
Speaker 2: Simplicity itself.
33:52
Speaker 1: When I first arrived at Fairbank, I looked around the
33:54
Speaker 1: house for traces in the snow.
33:56
Speaker 2: When I reached the stable lane, there was a very
33:58
Speaker 2: long and complex story written there for all to see.
34:02
Speaker 1: I don't understand. There was a double line of tracks
34:05
Speaker 1: of a booted man and a second double line belonging
34:08
Speaker 1: to a man with naked feet. Though the man with
34:11
Speaker 1: the boots had walked both ways, I saw that a
34:14
Speaker 1: struggle had taken place near the road. When I examined
34:17
Speaker 1: the hall window with my lens, I could make out
34:20
Speaker 1: faint markings where a wet foot had been placed coming in.
34:24
Speaker 1: Your father had told me that you were dressed only
34:26
Speaker 1: in certain trousers. When I learned further that you wanted
34:29
Speaker 1: five minutes outside the house, it was obvious you hoped
34:33
Speaker 1: to find the missing jewels where the struggle had taken place.
34:37
Speaker 3: Hmm.
34:38
Speaker 4: Well, since you have it all down just the way
34:41
Speaker 4: it happened, why do you need me?
34:42
Speaker 1: Because of Sir George Burnwell. You know what an astute
34:45
Speaker 1: villain he is. He knows because of the nature of
34:48
Speaker 1: the theft, our hands will be tied in the matter
34:50
Speaker 1: of prosecution.
34:52
Speaker 2: Also, now he has an extra ally in Merrick.
34:55
Speaker 1: Your father won't want to involve her and his home
34:57
Speaker 1: in that sort of scandal.
34:58
Speaker 2: I still don't see how I can help.
35:00
Speaker 1: Simply tell me that you will testify against Sir George
35:05
Speaker 1: Burnwell in court if it should come to that.
35:08
Speaker 3: Mr.
35:08
Speaker 4: Holmes, I give you my word.
35:10
Speaker 2: The End.
35:18
Speaker 3: Holmes sent me off after that interview with instructions to
35:22
Speaker 3: fetch Alexander Holder to Baker Street and wait there for
35:27
Speaker 3: his return. He was off to see Sir George Burnwell
35:31
Speaker 3: at the club. Ah, good morning, Mr. Holmes.
35:35
Speaker 1: Back for revenge, I fancy.
35:37
Speaker 4: I don't mind confessing that you deserve it.
35:39
Speaker 1: My good luck was outrageous.
35:42
Speaker 4: Shall we go to the card room?
35:44
Speaker 1: I think a small private room would be more suitable
35:46
Speaker 1: for the matter I wish to discuss.
35:48
Speaker 4: There's a small room off the bar which should prove.
35:51
Speaker 3: Just the thing. Ah, here we are. Now....
35:57
Speaker 2: What exactly is it.
35:59
Speaker 3: You wish, Mr.
36:00
Speaker 4: Holmes?
36:00
Speaker 2: The three gems you stole from the barrel coronet.
36:03
Speaker 4: I really don't believe I heard you correctly.
36:06
Speaker 2: Let's not waste each other's time. I know you for
36:09
Speaker 2: what you are.
36:10
Speaker 1: Gamesman, cheat, corruptor, and seducer of women. And now thief.
36:15
Speaker 1: So if you please, the gems.
36:16
Speaker 4: Dear champ, I suggest you see a physician.
36:19
Speaker 3: I can recommend an excellent man, by the way. He's
36:22
Speaker 3: in Harley Street, name of Langley. Now, I wish you...
36:28
Speaker 3: Good day.
36:29
Speaker 1: Before you open this door again, I've just come from
36:32
Speaker 1: the prison cell of Arthur Holder. I explained the evidence
36:36
Speaker 1: I have gathered to him, and he has agreed to
36:37
Speaker 1: testify against you in court.
36:39
Speaker 4: No, I can't see this thing being brought up in court,
36:42
Speaker 4: old chap.
36:42
Speaker 2: You know, a national scandal.
36:45
Speaker 4: One of the realm's oldest and most honored families putting
36:48
Speaker 4: up national treasure for a loan.
36:50
Speaker 2: It would be distasteful, surely.
36:52
Speaker 1: But remember that Alexander Holder was willing to bring his
36:55
Speaker 1: son to court and let him stand trial when he.
36:58
Speaker 2: Believed the boy to be guilty. Do you think he'll
37:00
Speaker 2: show any mercy towards you?
37:01
Speaker 3: Ah....
37:04
Speaker 4: Yes, well, that does put things in a rather different.
37:07
Speaker 2: I shouldn't if I were you. As you see, I
37:10
Speaker 2: came armed.
37:11
Speaker 4: No offense, old chap.
37:13
Speaker 2: I just thought I'd... Add murder to your list.
37:15
Speaker 1: Not a chance.
37:16
Speaker 3: Never.
37:18
Speaker 4: Just mean to bash you over the.
37:19
Speaker 2: Head and get out of the country. I am prepared
37:23
Speaker 2: to offer you a deal.
37:25
Speaker 3: Aha.
37:26
Speaker 4: Now that's more the kind of talk I like to hear.
37:28
Speaker 4: And what did you have in mind?
37:30
Speaker 2: No prosecution. You can get clear of the country. Just
37:34
Speaker 2: return the stones.
37:35
Speaker 4: I'm afraid I can't do that, old chap.
37:37
Speaker 2: I'm prepared to pay.
37:39
Speaker 1: How much?
37:41
Speaker 2: One thousand pounds apiece.
37:42
Speaker 3: Why, dash it all.
37:44
Speaker 4: I only got six hundred for the free.
37:46
Speaker 2: From whom?
37:46
Speaker 3: Look here.
37:47
Speaker 4: I think I can do my own bargaining.
37:50
Speaker 2: Do I have to restate my position? You will let
37:54
Speaker 2: me have the name of the man who has the stones, or.
37:56
Speaker 4: I think you're bluffing. I may just call it, but.
38:01
Speaker 2: Mr.
38:02
Speaker 4: Holmes, what are you doing with those cards?
38:04
Speaker 2: Going to demonstrate the art of dealing seconds, which I
38:07
Speaker 2: shall be glad to demonstrate to your foolish club members.
38:10
Speaker 2: Your fellow club members whom you've cheated over the years,
38:13
Speaker 2: unless you give me the man's name.
38:15
Speaker 3: Ah. Very well.
38:19
Speaker 4: Six hundred for the three. Just goes to show that
38:22
Speaker 4: a gentleman should never try to do.
38:24
Speaker 3: A business deal. No.
38:27
Speaker 2: They should stick to cheating at cards.
38:34
Speaker 3: I brought Alexander Holder to our headquarters in Baker Street.
38:38
Speaker 3: And while we waited for Holmes, I told him as
38:41
Speaker 3: much as I could of the story clearing his son
38:44
Speaker 3: of the theft. And he was saddened to learn of
38:47
Speaker 3: his niece Mary's weakness, but still most anxious about the
38:51
Speaker 3: recovery of the stones. Finally, Holmes arrived. He looked fatigued.
38:58
Speaker 2: Ah, thank you, Watson, for having Mr. Holder here. There
39:02
Speaker 2: you are, Mr.
39:02
Speaker 3: Holder.
39:03
Speaker 2: The missing stones still intact in their settings.
39:06
Speaker 3: I'm saved. Saved. How can I ever pay you, Mr. Holmes?
39:13
Speaker 2: With a check for 4,150 pounds. I shall make it 10.
39:14
Speaker 3: No need. No need.
39:14
Speaker 2: I paid 3,000 for the stones, 150.
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Speaker 3: For expenses, and 1,000 for a fee. But there is
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Speaker 3: one other thing.
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Speaker 1: You owe, Mr.
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Speaker 2: Holder. for the stones, 150 for expenses, and 1,000 for
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Speaker 2: a fee. But there is one other thing you.
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Speaker 3: Owe, Mr.
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Speaker 2: Holder.
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Speaker 3: Name the sum, sir. Name it.
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Speaker 2: The debt is not to me.
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Speaker 1: You owe a very humble apology to your son, who
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Speaker 1: acted most gallantly throughout the whole affair.
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Speaker 3: Oh, he shall have it as soon as I can
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Speaker 3: deliver it in person. And what of poor Mary? Mary?
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Speaker 3: Can your skill help me there?
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Speaker 2: She, sir, is wherever Sir George Burnwell is.
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Speaker 1: And that should be sufficient punishment for her sins, whatever
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Speaker 1: they may be. And so our proper moralist, Sir Arthur
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Speaker 1: Conan Doyle, consigns Mary to her just punishment. He evidently
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Speaker 1: wasn't a believer in the romantic notion of.
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Speaker 2: The world well lost for love.
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Speaker 1: Romance wasn't Doyle's strong suit. Mystery, adventure, and deductive reasoning
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Speaker 1: were his specialties. And they were enough to gain him
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Speaker 1: a place among the immortals of literature.
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Speaker 2: I'll be back shortly.
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Speaker 3: There are several railroad stations in London.
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Speaker 1: But one of the unanswered puzzles that has tormented aficionados
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Speaker 1: of Sherlock Holmes' tales is that Holmes always took a
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Speaker 1: train from either Waterloo Station, Charing Cross, or Paddington.
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Speaker 3: There's really no.
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Speaker 4: Satisfactory explanation ever been offered.
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Speaker 1: Why he never left from Euston, King's Cross.
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Speaker 2: Or Liverpool Street.
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Speaker 1: All perfectly good stations, but not for Sherlock Holmes. Our
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Speaker 1: cast included Kevin McCarthy, Cork Benson, Russell Horton, and Catherine Byers.
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Speaker 1: The entire production was under the direction of Hyman Brown.
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Speaker 1: This is E.G. Marshall inviting you to return to our
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Speaker 1: mystery theater for another adventure in the macabre. Until next time,