The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Episode 07. The Six Napoleons.
First broadcast 20th August 1986.
Inspector Lastrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon.
Jeremy Brett ... Sherlock Holmes
Edward Hardwicke ... Dr. Watson
Eric Sykes ... Horace Harker
Colin Jeavons ... Inspector Lestrade
Gerald Campion ... Morse Hudson
Vincenzo Nicoli ... Pietro
Steve Plytas ... Venucci Snr.
Vernon Dobtcheff ... Mendelstam
Marina Sirtis ... Lucrezia
Emil Wolk ... Beppo
Nadio Fortune ... Beppo's Cousin
Michael Logan ... Josiah Brown
Jeffrey Gardiner ... Mr. Sandeford
Inspector Lastrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon.
Jeremy Brett ... Sherlock Holmes
Edward Hardwicke ... Dr. Watson
Eric Sykes ... Horace Harker
Colin Jeavons ... Inspector Lestrade
Gerald Campion ... Morse Hudson
Vincenzo Nicoli ... Pietro
Steve Plytas ... Venucci Snr.
Vernon Dobtcheff ... Mendelstam
Marina Sirtis ... Lucrezia
Emil Wolk ... Beppo
Nadio Fortune ... Beppo's Cousin
Michael Logan ... Josiah Brown
Jeffrey Gardiner ... Mr. Sandeford
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08:41Now, this bust was one of a pair purchased from Morse Hudson by Dr. Barneycott.
08:46He had put it in his house.
08:49The other he put two miles away in his surgery.
08:54Later that same night...
09:06This is certainly very novel.
09:08Yes, I thought it would please you.
09:10Though, in my opinion, it comes more into Dr. Watson's line than ours.
09:15Disease?
09:16I should say madness.
09:19Queer sort of madness, too.
09:21You wouldn't think there was anybody living nowadays, would you?
09:24To have such a hatred for Napoleon Bonaparte.
09:27Ah. Actually, there are no limits to the possibilities of monomania.
09:33You see, there is the condition that the modern French psychologists have called an idée fixe.
09:39Now, if someone became obsessed with, say, an injustice committed to an ancestor during the Napoleonic Wars,
09:45he might form an idée fixe.
09:48And under its influence, he might be capable of any fantastic outrage.
09:53My dear Watson, that won't do.
09:58How do you explain it, then?
10:00I don't attempt to do so.
10:02I see.
10:06I would simply observe that there is a certain method in this gentleman's eccentric madness.
10:11I mean, for example, in Dr. Barnicot's house,
10:14where a sound might arouse the sleeping family.
10:17The bust was taken outside before being broken,
10:19whereas in his surgery, where there was less danger of alarm, it was smashed where it stood.
10:24Well, I only mention it because you usually have a taste for all that is out of the common,
10:28no matter how trivial.
10:30No, I dare call nothing trivial, Lestrade.
10:32Some of my most classic cases have had the least promising commencement.
10:35Yeah. That dreadful business of the Abernethy family.
10:38Yeah. Mmm.
10:40I'd hardly call the dismemberment of an entire family trivial.
10:46Oh, Watson, would you be so kind as to explain?
10:49What?
10:51Well, the point is that it only came to Holmes' notice
10:54because of the depth to which the parcel had sunk into the butter on a hot day.
10:58Ah.
11:00Ah.
11:03So, you see, I cannot afford to smile at your three busts, Lestrade.
11:07However, I would be obliged if you would keep me informed as to developments.
11:22Listen to this, Holmes.
11:24Come instantly. 131 Pitt Street, Kensington. Lestrade.
11:27What's it about?
11:29It could be anything, but I suspect it's a sequel to his story of last night.
11:32You know, my E-Day fix.
11:34Finish your coffee. There's a cab at the door.
11:37Two minutes.
11:52Thanks.
11:58It's attempted murder, at least.
12:00Nothing less would hold the London message, boy.
12:03There's a deed of violence in that young fellow's round shoulders and outstretched neck.
12:07Well, Lestrade will soon tell us.
12:14Look at this, Watson.
12:16The bottom steps swill down and the others dry.
12:19Footsteps enough, anyhow. This was whose?
12:30It's the Napoleon bust business again, gentlemen.
12:33They've smashed another.
12:35I'm afraid the affair has taken a graver turn.
12:39This way.
12:42Mr. Harker, allow me to present Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
12:48Mr. Horace Harker of the Central Press Syndicate.
12:51Good of you to come, gentlemen.
12:55Please forgive my agitation.
12:57No apology necessary, Mr. Harker.
12:59A body on one's front doorstep is always unsettling.
13:03You've told him, then?
13:05Not a word.
13:07Now, tell us exactly what occurred.
13:13Extraordinary thing.
13:15All my life, I've been collecting other people's news.
13:18And now I have a real-life story of my own and I can't put two words together.
13:22If I had been a journalist and walked in through that door,
13:24I would have interviewed myself
13:26and had two columns in every London newspaper.
13:29And here I am, giving away valuable copy
13:32by telling my story over and over again
13:35to a string of different people.
13:39However, I've heard of yours, Mr. Harker.
13:42I've heard of yours.
13:44I've heard of yours.
13:46I've heard of yours.
13:48I've heard of yours.
13:50However, I've heard of your name, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
13:53So, if you could explain this queer business,
13:57I'd be more than paid for my trouble in telling you my story.
14:06A great deal of my journalistic work is done at night in my den,
14:10in that room adjacent to this one.
14:15And sometime in the small hours of this morning...
14:20...
14:50...
15:20...
15:51...
15:59I shall live that moment over and over again in my dreams.
16:07Do we know who the murdered man was?
16:09Not yet, but you can see the body at the mortuary if you wish.
16:13Where did you purchase your bust, Mr. Harker?
16:17From Mr. Hudson of Kennington Road.
16:30Do we know what became of it?
16:32The officer at the door tells me it's been found in the front garden
16:35of an empty house in Camden House Road.
16:37I was just going around to see it. Will you come?
16:41In a moment, Lestrade.
16:47Well, the intruder had either very long legs or was the most active man.
16:52With that area beneath, it was no mean feat to climb up to this ledge,
16:56let alone to open the window.
17:09Mr. Harker, will you come with us?
17:13Mr. Harker, will you come with us to see the remains of your bust?
17:19I must make something of it.
17:21Although I've no doubt that every newspaper in London
17:23will be on the street with a full and detailed account.
17:26Just my luck.
17:29Do you remember when the stand fell down at the Doncaster races?
17:32I was the only journalist in that stand
17:35and my journal was the only one that didn't have a published account
17:38because I was too shaken to write a word.
17:41Now, I shall be too late with a murder on my own doorstep.
18:12Well?
18:14We have a long way to go, but there is one suggestive fact.
18:17He didn't smash this in the house or immediately outside it.
18:23Well, perhaps he was so rattled and bustled by meeting this other fellow
18:27that he hardly knew what he was doing.
18:29That's likely enough.
18:30But why did he choose to destroy it outside this particular house?
18:34I don't know.
18:36That's likely enough.
18:37But why did he choose to destroy it outside this particular house?
18:44It's empty.
18:46So he knew he wouldn't be disturbed.
18:48Yeah.
18:49But there's another empty house further up the street he must have passed.
18:52Why not destroy it there?
18:59The lamp!
19:01I drove you all right.
19:06What are we to make of that?
19:10Holmes!
19:12Remember it!
19:14Docket it!
19:16We may come on something later which will bear upon it.
19:18Meanwhile, before we go our separate ways,
19:20I suggest we make one last concerted visit.
19:22Where to?
19:23The morgue.
19:36¶¶
20:05¶¶
20:15They've made nothing of his identity up to now.
20:18He was poorly dressed but doesn't seem to have been a labourer.
20:21Whoever's responsible did a nasty job on the fellow's throat.
20:24That was a murder weapon.
20:25Had a serrated blade.
20:27Though whether it belonged to the murderer or the dead man, we don't yet know.
20:30Anything in his pockets to help identify him?
20:32Precious little.
20:36If it might interest you, Mr Holmes...
20:39Forgive me, Lestrade.
20:41I was just contemplating the one mystery that not even I can solve.
20:47Death itself. Pray continue.
20:50As you can see, he carried very little.
20:52An apple, some string, a shilling map of London,
20:55and a photograph.
20:59Part of one. It's torn.
21:02Look.
21:06Ugly-looking devil.
21:08Positively simian.
21:12What steps do you propose next, Lestrade?
21:14Well, the most practical way of getting at it, in my opinion, is to identify the dead man.
21:18Once we know who he is and who his associates are,
21:20we should have a good start in learning who killed him on the doorstep of Mr Horace Harker.
21:26Don't you think so, Mr Holmes?
21:28No doubt. It is not the way that I would conduct the case.
21:32Oh, what would you do?
21:33So don't let me influence you, Lestrade.
21:36I suggest you follow your line of inquiry and I mine.
21:40Then we can compare notes in each supplement the other.
21:43But if you are returning to Pitt Street,
21:45I would be grateful if you would tell Mr Harker
21:49that I have quite made up my mind
21:55in this matter.
21:58I am certain that it was a dangerous and homicidal lunatic
22:02with Napoleonic delusions at his house last night.
22:07It will help me with this article.
22:09You don't seriously believe that, Holmes, don't I?
22:12Well, perhaps not.
22:16I am sure it will
22:19please Mr Horace Harker and the subscribers
22:22to the Central Press Agency.
22:26I would be grateful, Lestrade, if you could make it convenient to come round to Bake Street at
22:30six o'clock this evening.
22:33Until then, I would like to keep this photograph found in the dead man's pocket.
22:37Oh, Mr Holmes, that might be a vital clue.
22:39I trust it is, otherwise it's of no interest to me.
22:43Good luck, Lestrade.
23:01What we pay our taxes for, I don't know.
23:05When any ruffian can walk in and break one's goods under one's nose.
23:11A superb bit of craftsmanship it was, too.
23:14Taken from a marble copy of The Emperor's Head by Devine.
23:18Are you familiar, by any chance, with that great artist, Irv?
23:22Yes, indeed. Speaking of familiarity, do you recognise the man in this photograph?
23:26Man in the photograph? Ah, yes, indeed I do, Mr Holmes.
23:30The name's Beppo.
23:32Beppo?
23:33Yes, he was a sort of Italian piecework man
23:37who made himself useful here in the shop.
23:39Oh, he could carve a bit and frame and gild.
23:43I took him on about ten days ago,
23:45but he only stayed a week and then just disappeared.
23:49Didn't even collect his wages.
23:52Perhaps he was responsible for the breakages.
23:54Responsible for the breakages?
23:56Oh, responsible for the breakages!
23:59My dear sir, this is an international conspiracy,
24:02a nihilist plot.
24:04Red Republicans, I call them.
24:06Yes, no one but an anarchist would go about breaking statues.
24:11Did they break every one that you sold?
24:14Break every one I sold? Well, hardly that.
24:16Just the two bought by a local doctor and the one left here in my shop.
24:20If anything happened to the other three, I know nothing of it.
24:23Three? So there were six to begin with?
24:26Six to begin with? Yes, yes, a batch of six.
24:28I ordered them especially from Gelder and Company of Stepney.
24:32They do excellent moulding work.
24:35Do you happen to know the names and addresses of the other customers?
24:39My ledgers, Mr Holmes, are confidential.
24:45Mr Hudson.
24:48If your theory is correct,
24:50oughtn't we to warn these people of this,
24:53this most dangerous plot?
24:56And who better to do that than Mr Sherlock Holmes?
25:02Mr Sherlock Holmes?
25:04Yes, quite right, quite right, sir.
25:07Yes, the country slumbers, but we shall remain vigilant.
25:13Follow me, sir.
25:21Here we are. Mrs Josiah Brown of Chiswick
25:25and Mrs Sandiford of Reading.
25:28Mrs? Yes.
25:30Mr Hudson.
25:34Did your two busts differ in any way from the other four?
25:37Differ from the other four? No, no, they were all identical
25:41and all with the beautiful decoration which I ordered especially.
25:44Yes, but apart from the decoration,
25:47were your six busts the same as all the others?
25:50The same as all the others? Well, I suppose so.
25:53But you'd have to apply direct to Gelder and Company to find that out in person.
25:58Excellent idea.
26:01Er, gentlemen, gentlemen, when you meet the manager,
26:05would you be good enough to warn him of the conspiracy?
26:09With all the busts they have on the premises,
26:12the Red Republicans could have a field day.
26:18Normally we sell busts without decoration,
26:22but Mr Hudson ordered that the whole uniform be painted.
26:26It was expertly done and made it a very special issue.
26:30In terms of the construction, however,
26:33there is no reason why the six Napoleons we sold to him
26:37should be different from hundreds of others.
26:40You see, the two molds are poured together
26:44and filled with plaster to make the complete bust.
26:48Are they solid?
26:50Solid? Yes, of course.
26:52Aber natürlich.
26:54Then they are placed in a special room to dry
26:57and afterwards stored.
26:59The wholesale price is six shillings,
27:01but the retailer would get 12 or more.
27:04I can't think of no reason someone would wish to destroy them.
27:09Or murder for them.
27:12Well...
27:30So...
27:34Your interest in the molding process had ulterior motives.
27:38Herr Mendelstam,
27:39I wonder if you happen to recognize the man in this photograph.
27:42Ha! The rascal!
27:45Yes, indeed. I know him very well.
27:48This has always been a respectable establishment
27:52and the only time we ever had the police in here was over this fellow.
27:57About a year ago he knifed another Italian in the street
28:00and I'm in here with the police on his heels.
28:04Was his name Beppo, by any chance?
28:06Beppo, yes.
28:08His second name I never knew.
28:11Serve me right for employing a man with such a face!
28:15But he was a good workman, one of the best.
28:19Do you happen to remember exactly when he was arrested?
28:23I could check the pay lists.
28:26According to Morse Hudson's records,
28:28you sold him six Napoleons on June 3rd of last year.
28:32Richtig. That is correct.
28:35And Beppo last collected his wages on May 20th of that same year.
28:42Then he must have been arrested sometime the following week.
28:45Well, no doubt the police have the exact details.
28:48The young Italian survived,
28:50so Beppo went only to prison for one year.
28:53We have a cousin of his working here.
28:56Perhaps you would wish to speak with him?
28:58No.
28:59Not a word to the cousin, I beg of you.
29:01The matter is very important
29:03and the farther I go with it, the more important it seems.
29:06Ah, so, ja.
29:07I really thought his cousin might know when Beppo is to be released.
29:12Herr Mendelstein,
29:15if my surmises are correct,
29:18our friend Beppo has been out of jail for at least 11 days.
29:24Ach, zu liebe Gott.
29:27Stand at ease.
29:29Bring all the valuables.
29:32Hey, hey!
29:34Watson, Parker has baited the tramp for us.
29:37What do you mean?
29:38The press is a very valuable institution if one knows how to use it.
29:42Bring all the valuables.
29:44Stand at ease.
29:47Very cunning, Holmes.
29:49Thank you, Watson.
29:51cunning Holmes. thank you Watson.
30:21Mr. Holmes. please sit down. oh thank you. well what luck mr. Holmes. we've had a
30:46very busy day. not entirely wasted. I can trace each of the busts now from the
30:51beginning. well of course you have your own methods mr. Sherlock Holmes. not for
30:58me to say a word against them. but I think I've done a better day's work than
31:00you. I've identified the dead man. splendid. who is it? Pietro Vannucci. son
31:09of a respectable Italian tradesman but involved with a secret political society.
31:13red anarchists. oh you've been talking to Morse Hudson haven't you? do go on
31:17Lestrade. I refer of course to the mafia which as you may know enforces its
31:24decrees by assassination. obviously our murderer broke the rules in some fashion
31:29and Pietro is put on his track. possibly with that photograph to aid
31:32identification. they meet but Pietro receives his own death wound in the
31:38scuffle. excellent Lestrade but I don't quite follow your explanation of the
31:46destruction of the busts. the busts? you can never get those busts out of your head.
31:52the busts are nothing. petty lastly six months at most. no no no it's murder
31:56we're really investigating. and I tell you I'm gathering all the threads into
32:03my head. and the next stage? oh well now we have an inspector who's made a
32:08speciality of the Italian quarter. I shall go down there with him find the
32:12man in that photograph you're carrying arrest him for murder. what you say mr.
32:19Holmes? will you come with us? I think not. I fancy Chiswick as the address most
32:27likely to find him. Chiswick? if you and some of your men will come with us to
32:31Chiswick tonight I will go to the Italian quarter with you tomorrow and
32:35there will be no harm in the delay. I suggest you dine with us and then you're
32:41welcome to the sofa. a few hours sleep will do us all good. I don't intend to
32:45leave the house before 11 and it is unlikely that we should be home before
32:49morning. but mr. Holmes... in the meantime I have a letter to send by express
32:57messenger. mrs. Hudson! mrs. Hudson! Chiswick.
33:28no
33:35these are not things for women I'm the head of the family and I must do it
33:44I am the head of the family. it is my duty
33:57Papa!
34:2711 o'clock, gentlemen, on your feet.
34:45Come along this trade.
34:48Watson, I think you've been over generous with the port.
34:51You're frugal enough with your information.
34:53Ah, that will be our four-wheeler.
34:55Don't forget the revolver, Watson, and bring the rugs.
34:58This outing wouldn't be inspired by your I.D. fix, would it?
35:02E.J. fix.
35:04Yes, the plaster bust.
35:06I have great hopes this trade.
35:08In fact, the betting is exactly two to one,
35:10that if you come with us tonight, you'll have the murderer in custody before the sun rises.
35:14I'm not a betting man, Mr. Holmes.
35:16Then you have nothing to lose by, do you?
35:20Except a good night's sleep.
35:50Watson, if you've caught a cold, it's your fault.
35:52You left the rugs behind.
35:55Sorry, Holmes.
36:02Is that two o'clock?
36:18Don't suppose we can smoke, can we?
36:20No.
36:21No, thought as much.
36:26Are your men in position?
36:27Oh, yes.
36:34Have a humbug this trade.
36:37Watson, this is no time for humbugs.
36:44Look!
37:13Is that who you were expecting?
37:15His name's Pepper.
37:17Good name for a monkey.
37:21He'll leave by the back door.
37:24How do you know that?
37:25Because all the other doors are locked.
38:25Oh, dear.
38:26It's smashed.
38:30Mr. Josiah Brown, I presume?
38:32Yes, sir.
38:33And you know that I'm Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
38:36I had the note you sent by the express messenger, and I did exactly as you told me.
38:41Following your instructions, we locked every door so as to lead him into the back.
38:46And I'm very glad to see you have the rascal.
38:50Now, I hope, gentlemen, that you will come in and partake of some refreshment.
38:54Thank you, Mr. Brown.
38:56The hour is rather late.
38:58Good night.
38:59Oh, good night.
39:01Come, Watson, we have work to do.
39:02Work?
39:03What work?
39:04The trade.
39:06If you will come round to Baker Street tonight at six o'clock,
39:10I hope to be able to show you that you still have not grasped the full meaning of this business.
39:15Oh, I think you'll find my theory of the Mafia will work out all right, Mr. Holmes.
39:19Good night, Lestrade.
39:22Come along now!
39:26Come on!
39:28Baker Street, please.
39:35And now, Watson, I commend to you the universal answer to almost all problems.
39:41What's that, Holmes?
39:43Sleep.
39:49Good morning.
39:58Good morning.
40:08Almost like these.
40:14It's important.
40:15Here you are, Mr. Holmes.
40:18Grazie, signore.
40:21Morning, Watson.
40:25Since the manager of Gelder and Company was mainly responsible for Beppo's initial arrest,
40:31we see the breaking of the busts as a pathetic attempt to revenge himself.
40:36And it was possibly the senseless acts of violence which transgressed the Mafia's code of behavior
40:42and led to the murder of young Venucci.
40:46There.
40:48Think that takes care of those details you mentioned last night?
40:52Don't you, Mr. Holmes?
40:56Holmes!
40:58Ah!
41:00Yes, Watson?
41:02Well, what do you think of Lestrade's theories?
41:05I'm sure that they are of the greatest interest, but I regret to say I've not listened to a word of them.
41:08Forgive my inattention, Lestrade. I had a rather late night.
41:11What do you think I had?
41:17Come in!
41:22Is Mr. Sherlock Holmes here?
41:28Ah!
41:30I fear I am a little late, but the trains were very awkward.
41:34No matter! No matter.
41:36Have you brought the item?
41:38Well, these are my friends and colleagues.
41:40Dr. Watson, Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
41:42You may speak freely in front of them.
41:44Gentlemen, you said in your telegram that Mr. Hudson had given you my address.
41:50Mr. Sandiford of Reading!
41:52The same, sir. How do you do?
41:54It's those busts again!
41:56Correct, Lestrade!
41:58Did he also tell you just how much my wife paid for it?
42:01No, he did not.
42:03Well, sir, I am an honest man, though not a very rich one,
42:06and she only gave 15 shillings for it, and I think you ought to know that
42:10before I take the 10 pounds from you that you offered in your telegram.
42:13Your scruple does you much honour, Mr. Sandiford,
42:15but I have stated my price, and I shall stick to it.
42:17Oh, thank you, Mr. Holmes. That's very handsome of you.
42:19Your bust, sir.
42:21You know, my wife has always maintained
42:23that there is a marked resemblance between myself and the Emperor.
42:28I can't say I see it myself.
42:39Sixth Napoleon.
42:41I contacted Mr. Sandiford by telegram this morning.
42:44Now,
42:47if you will sign this paper in front of witnesses,
42:50it is simply to say that you transfer
42:52every possible rights that you could ever have in the bust to me.
42:55Happy to, Mr. Holmes. Happy, happy, happy.
42:58I am a methodical man, and one never knows
43:00what turn events may take afterwards.
43:02Here is your 10 pound notes, and good evening, Mr. Sandiford.
43:05Oh, thank you very much, Mr. Holmes.
43:07It's good evening, gentlemen.
43:09Oh, yes, and it's very, very kind of you,
43:11and thank you so much, and I'm very pleased I'm here.
43:13Thank you so much. Oh, my very...
43:39Now, gentlemen, if you would give me your undivided attention.
44:10Gentlemen, allow me to introduce you
44:12to one of the most precious objects in the world.
44:18The famous black pearl of the Borgias.
44:21Oh!
44:23Bravo, Holmes, bravo!
44:26Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!
44:28Oh, your leisure de main
44:30rivals that of masculine himself?
44:32Oh, this is a great pleasure.
44:34Oh, yes, it is.
44:36Rivals that of masculine himself?
44:38Oh, this surpasses it.
44:40The Borgia pearl's been missing
44:42since it disappeared from the Prince of Colonna's bedroom
44:45in the Dacre Hotel
44:47over a year ago.
44:50As you may remember,
44:51Mr. Strader was consulted upon the case at the time.
44:58Observe
45:00and learn.
45:03The moment the name Venucci
45:05surfaced in this case,
45:07I immediately became intrigued.
45:09The Princess of Colonna's maid
45:11for some time had been one
45:13Lucrezia Venucci.
45:15Suspicion fell on her,
45:17and it was proved that she had a brother in London,
45:19but we failed to trace any connection between them.
45:22Beppo was the connection.
45:24He had been courting
45:26Lucrezia Venucci
45:29for some time.
45:31Where did you get that?
45:34Papa Venucci.
45:36Oh, I see.
45:38When the Venucci family planned to steal the black pearl,
45:42they used Beppo as a go-between
45:44for Lucrezia and her brother.
45:46Beppo gleaned enough information
45:48to execute the robbery himself
45:49and make off with the pearl.
45:51Pietro Venucci, the brother,
45:53caught up with him outside Gelda's workshop.
45:55Beppo stabbed him.
45:57He then fled into the warehouse
45:59and took refuge in the drying room.
46:01He knew he only had moments
46:03in which to conceal the pearl,
46:05which would otherwise be found on him when he was searched.
46:07Among all the plaster casts
46:09drying that day,
46:11he made for a batch of six
46:13that had been earmarked for Morse Hudson,
46:15and the base of one of them
46:17was still soft.
46:20It was an admirable hiding place.
46:24As soon as Beppo got out of prison,
46:27he managed to find employment
46:29with Mr. Morse Hudson
46:31and set about tracking the six Napoleons down.
46:34He found and destroyed three of them,
46:37but the night, he located Harker's,
46:40Pietro Venucci,
46:42and the other three
46:44were found by Beppo.
46:46He located Harker's,
46:48Pietro Venucci,
46:50intent on vengeance,
46:52accosted him, and this time,
46:54Beppo slit his throat.
46:57With only two busts left,
46:59it was likely he would try the London one first.
47:01Hence our visit to Chiswick.
47:03Exactly, Watson.
47:05That left only the Reading bust.
47:08I bought it in your presence from the owner.
47:11And there it lies.
47:17Well, Mr. Holmes.
47:25I've seen you handle a good many cases in my time,
47:29but I don't know that I ever knew a more workmanlike one than this.
47:35We're not jealous of you, you know, Scotland Yard.
47:40No, sir, we're proud of you.
47:43And if you come down tomorrow,
47:45you're not a man from the oldest inspector to the youngest constable.
47:51We wouldn't be glad to shake you by the hand.
47:57Thank you.
48:05Thank you.
48:08Would you get down the conch singleton forgery case, please, Watson?
48:21Goodbye, Mr. Strayed.
48:23And if a little problem comes your way,
48:25I shall be happy, if I can, to give you a hint or two as to its solution.
48:37Thank you.
49:07Thank you.
49:37Thank you.
49:59È finita, Lucrezia.
50:07È finita, Lucrezia.
50:37È finita, Lucrezia.
51:07È finita, Lucrezia.
51:37È finita, Lucrezia.
51:39È finita, Lucrezia.