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When the fabulous Moonstone diamond is stolen, all the suspects appear to have alibis. Even the young girl who owns the diamond won't say whom she saw took it. A dear family friend calls in the famous Sergeant Cuff to solve the case, but they'll have to untangle a skein of lies and retrieve lost memories before they'll find the path to the diamond.
Starring: Greg Wise, Kelly Hawes, Terrence Hardiman, Peter Vaughan ...
When the fabulous Moonstone diamond is stolen, all the suspects appear to have alibis. Even the young girl who owns the diamond won't say whom she saw took it. A dear family friend calls in the famous Sergeant Cuff to solve the case, but they'll have to untangle a skein of lies and retrieve lost memories before they'll find the path to the diamond.
Starring: Greg Wise, Kelly Hawes, Terrence Hardiman, Peter Vaughan ...
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00:01:00It's all right. It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.
00:01:26It's nothing. It's nothing.
00:01:44Franklin said he'd be here by dinnertime. We'll be back before then. Yes, milady.
00:01:50Make it special, Gabriel. Let him know how delighted we are to see him again.
00:01:56Oh, he was a monster as a boy. Let's hope Europe's improved him. I'm sure it has,
00:02:01Miss Rachel.
00:02:20He was the nicest boy who ever spun a top or broke a window. Why has he been away?
00:02:45His father sent him to school in Germany. Then he went travelling, as young gentlemen
00:02:50are prone to do.
00:02:52Further stive bins, Bradford.
00:02:55How long's he staying?
00:02:56Until Miss Rachel's birthday.
00:02:57When's that?
00:02:58You know what curiosity did, don't you?
00:02:59This hasn't been opened in ages.
00:03:00Hey, don't get spoiled in the paintwork.
00:03:01Well, I never.
00:03:02I also lent him seven and sixpence. I doubt I'll see the colour of that again.
00:03:26What do you mean?
00:03:30They say money goes through him like a sieve.
00:03:32Oh, do they? Who would they be?
00:03:35Er...
00:03:36Kitchen gossip, Samuel Turner, Blindian lad. What else do they say?
00:03:43Well...
00:03:44Huh?
00:03:45Then he's got an eye for the ladies.
00:03:49Oh, do they indeed?
00:03:52I didn't say it, Mr Betteridge.
00:03:57That's for repeating it.
00:04:01Mr Betteridge?
00:04:04What?
00:04:05Good afternoon, sir.
00:04:24Good afternoon. What can I do for you?
00:04:28It is what we can do for you, sir.
00:04:30Who could that be?
00:04:31We are jugglers, sir.
00:04:32And we wondered if the lady of the house would enjoy our entertainment.
00:04:35The lady of the house isn't at home at present.
00:04:37Oh, dear.
00:04:39And you shouldn't be coming to this entrance, you know.
00:04:41The tradesman's entrance is round the back.
00:04:43Yes, sir. We are sorry, sir.
00:04:45And thank you for your patience.
00:04:47We hope we have not been too much of a bother.
00:04:49No bother, I assure you.
00:04:51Good afternoon, sir.
00:04:53Hi.
00:05:12Steady.
00:05:13Sorry, Mr Betteridge.
00:05:15Oh, what's wrong now, Penelope?
00:05:17Food not good enough for you?
00:05:19It's Rosanna, Mr Betteridge.
00:05:21She's late again for dinner and I've been sent to fetch her.
00:05:24I get all the hard work in this house.
00:05:26Where is she?
00:05:27A shiver in sand.
00:05:29Had an order of her fainting pits and said she needed a breath of fresh air.
00:05:32You get back to your dinner and stop sulking.
00:05:51Rosanna.
00:05:55Why do you keep coming to this miserable place?
00:05:58I try to stay awake, but I can't.
00:06:04Sometimes, Mr Betteridge, I think my grave is waiting for me here.
00:06:09It's like it's laid a spell on me.
00:06:11I dream of it night after night.
00:06:14And I can't sleep.
00:06:17It's like it's laid a spell on me.
00:06:19I dream of it night after night.
00:06:22This is what comes of thinking on an empty stomach.
00:06:26Take no notice.
00:06:27My mind's unquiet sometimes, that's all.
00:06:32Isn't it wonderful?
00:06:34It's as if there's hundreds of souls suffocating.
00:06:37All struggling to get to the surface.
00:06:41Betteridge!
00:06:43What's that?
00:06:47Who is it?
00:06:49Who is it?
00:06:52My dear old Betteridge.
00:06:56I owe you seven and sixpence.
00:06:58Mr Franklin.
00:06:59Oh, dear old Betteridge.
00:07:01Mr Franklin.
00:07:12Oh, she's in a strange mood, sir.
00:07:15Good to see you again, Mr Franklin.
00:07:17Oh, and you too, Betteridge.
00:07:19Oh, no, no.
00:07:20I see you've already squeezed half the life out of me.
00:07:24Hey, we were expecting you a bit later.
00:07:26Yes, well, I caught an earlier train.
00:07:28I wanted to give someone the slip.
00:07:30The slip, sir?
00:07:31Yes, Betteridge.
00:07:32You see, for the past few days, someone has been following me in London.
00:07:36An Indian gentleman.
00:07:39Indian?
00:07:40Yes.
00:07:42Why do you say it like that?
00:07:43Oh, no reason, sir.
00:07:44It's just that we had some visitors call at the house today.
00:07:46Huh?
00:07:47Three of them.
00:07:48Indians.
00:07:50Oh, my God.
00:07:52Well, jugglers, sir.
00:07:53That's all they were, huh?
00:07:56Let's hope so.
00:07:58Although I can't help thinking their presence here might have something to do with this.
00:08:02What is it, sir?
00:08:03It's a diamond, Betteridge.
00:08:05Uncle Herncastle's diamond.
00:08:08Moonstone?
00:08:09Why have you got it?
00:08:12He left it in his will as a birthday present to Cousin Rachel.
00:08:16And Mr. Brough, as solicitor and executor, has put me in charge of delivering it.
00:08:20Not to put too fine a point upon it, sir.
00:08:23Your uncle, Colonel Sir John Herncastle.
00:08:26The wicked colonel, as he was known, was one of the greatest blaggards who ever lived.
00:08:30When he came back from India, his family and friends turned their backs on him.
00:08:34Outlawed, you might say, amongst his own people.
00:08:37What did he do?
00:08:38He said that he stole the moonstone from a holy shrine.
00:08:42He even murdered to get it.
00:08:44His life was twice threatened in India.
00:08:47It was firmly believed that the moonstone was at the bottom of it.
00:08:50When he returned to England and found himself shunned by society,
00:08:54the moonstone was thought to be at the bottom of it again.
00:08:57Did you meet him?
00:08:58Only once.
00:08:59Two years ago, it was.
00:09:01At the lady's residence in London.
00:09:05The night of Miss Rachel's birthday.
00:09:08Tsk, tsk, tsk.
00:09:16You had a face that looked possessed by the devil.
00:09:21Sir John.
00:09:24Aren't you going to let me in?
00:09:25No, sir.
00:09:38Would you tell my sister that I've called to wish my niece
00:09:42many happy returns of the day?
00:10:00The lady, Sir John, is downstairs.
00:10:02Wishes to give Miss Rachel a present.
00:10:04No, no, no.
00:10:06Sorry.
00:10:20The lady regrets that she and Miss Rachel are engaged, Colonel.
00:10:25And begged to be excused the honour of seeing you.
00:10:31Thank you, Betteridge.
00:10:33I shall remember my niece's birthday.
00:10:38Listen to this.
00:10:43I bequeath to my niece, Rachel Verinder,
00:10:45the diamond known as the moonstone,
00:10:47to be delivered to her on her next birthday after my death.
00:10:50And be it known that I give the diamond in token of my forgiveness
00:10:54of the insult offered to me by my sister
00:10:57when her servant, by her orders,
00:10:59closed the door of her house against me.
00:11:03So, there you have it, Betteridge.
00:11:07What on earth should I do?
00:11:09Well, sir, as her birthday's four weeks away,
00:11:11why don't we keep it to ourselves
00:11:13and wait to see if anything happens?
00:11:15And the diamond?
00:11:17I'll put it in the bank, sir, at once.
00:11:19Well done, Betteridge.
00:11:23I shall ride to Frizzing Hall immediately.
00:11:33Doctor.
00:11:45Yes.
00:11:47Oh, yes.
00:11:55Look, all around the church, there's a face.
00:11:58Oh, there are so many churches.
00:12:00It's a huge gaping mouth, and it's set.
00:12:03If you've told a lie and you put your hand inside it...
00:12:06It gets bitten off. It's terrible nonsense, of course.
00:12:16In England, we say hello,
00:12:19in case you've forgotten.
00:12:25I'm sorry?
00:12:27Hello?
00:12:29Hello.
00:12:31And also, thank you.
00:12:37Thank you.
00:12:59APPLAUSE
00:13:03Now me.
00:13:10This is a little something I, uh, picked up in Heidelberg.
00:13:17PIANO PLAYS
00:13:20HE SINGS IN GERMAN
00:13:29HE CONTINUES SINGING
00:13:33I wish you'd left it there.
00:13:35What, though?
00:13:36HE CONTINUES SINGING
00:13:39HE CONTINUES SINGING
00:14:04Ah, it's beautiful.
00:14:05Yes. Yes, it is.
00:14:07Just as I remembered it.
00:14:09Have you missed me?
00:14:11Well, have you?
00:14:12What on earth makes you think I'd do that?
00:14:15I don't believe you.
00:14:21Are you calling me a liar, Mr Blake?
00:14:23Heaven forbid, Miss Ferrander.
00:14:25I'm chivalrous through and through, to the very tips of my fingers.
00:14:28Have you missed me?
00:14:31Well, have you?
00:14:32I've had much better things to do with my time.
00:14:37PIANO PLAYS
00:15:03Yes, she is the most charming girl I've seen, Bedford.
00:15:07Since I got back to England.
00:15:11No, I didn't mean that old chap.
00:15:13She's, uh...
00:15:15What can I say?
00:15:17The most charming girl I've ever seen.
00:15:37Rosanna?
00:15:39What are you up to?
00:15:41Don't tell anyone, please.
00:15:46Get on with you.
00:15:47Thank you.
00:15:53Who's that?
00:15:54Uh, Phoenix.
00:15:58Oh, yes, of course. I see now.
00:16:07Franklin.
00:16:09What?
00:16:13I thought the door looked all right as it was.
00:16:15Obviously, they think otherwise.
00:16:19They've decided it can be improved upon by what Mr Franklin calls, uh,
00:16:23decorative painting.
00:16:25A foreign fashion, no doubt.
00:16:27Decorative painting?
00:16:29You shall find, Samuel,
00:16:31that gentlefolk are always on the lookout for something to do.
00:16:36We all have our burdens in life.
00:16:38Theirs is how to combat idleness.
00:16:40Oh, they must pass the time.
00:16:42And if they choose to do that
00:16:44by humiliating what was a perfectly sensible door,
00:16:48then so be it.
00:16:52All thoughts, all passions, all delights,
00:16:56whatever stirs this mortal frame,
00:16:59all are ministers of love
00:17:02and feed his sacred flame.
00:17:06I think there's too much yellow.
00:17:16Will they wed, Mr Beteridge?
00:17:18Don't be cheeky.
00:17:20Sorry, Mr Beteridge.
00:17:22It's no one's business but theirs.
00:17:24No, Mr Beteridge.
00:17:26Will they wed indeed?
00:17:31No, in my opinion.
00:17:33I'd have said yes.
00:17:35They get on a treat,
00:17:37and he's even given up smoking
00:17:39because she couldn't stand the smell.
00:17:41How do you know that?
00:17:43Well, if it's not going to be Mr Franklin, then who?
00:17:46Never mind, lad.
00:17:49Godfrey Abelwhite.
00:17:51That's who I reckon.
00:17:53A fine gentleman.
00:17:55Philanthropist. A barrister.
00:17:58Mr Franklin doesn't stand a chance.
00:18:05Thank you.
00:18:35Thank you.
00:18:51Priscilla.
00:18:53Oh, Julia.
00:18:55Godfrey.
00:18:57Lady Veronica.
00:18:59Did you have a dreadful journey?
00:19:01Not at all.
00:19:04My dear Rachel.
00:19:06Godfrey.
00:19:08As pretty as a picture.
00:19:13Ten o'clock, Mr Jennings, if you'd be so kind.
00:19:16I'll be here, Doctor.
00:19:18Good to see you, Beteridge.
00:19:20And you too, Dr Candy.
00:19:22Come through.
00:19:24Dr Candy.
00:19:26Lady Veronica.
00:19:28You are most welcome.
00:19:30Now, do you remember this young man?
00:19:32Yes.
00:19:35Stunning.
00:19:39Exquisite.
00:19:41Don't you think, Miss Clyde?
00:19:43Yes, Mr Abelwhite.
00:19:45Look, Gabriel.
00:19:47The light streams from it like the harvest moon.
00:19:51Look into it.
00:19:53It goes on forever.
00:19:55Unfathomable as the heavens themselves.
00:19:57She can't be allowed to keep it.
00:19:59Lord bless us.
00:20:02To love and Beteridge may come.
00:20:04Not to some, Mr Abelwhite.
00:20:07The Hindu diamond is sometimes part of a Hindu religion.
00:20:11And I know a certain city
00:20:13and a certain temple in that city
00:20:15where if Miss Rachel held what she holds now,
00:20:18her life would not be worth five minutes' purchase.
00:20:22If you ever go to India, my dear,
00:20:24I should leave your uncle's gift at home.
00:20:27Franklin.
00:20:29I want to wear it this evening.
00:20:31Will you marry me?
00:20:33Yes.
00:20:35Catch.
00:21:01Rachel.
00:21:07In celebration of the joyful day of your birth, my dear.
00:21:12It's beautiful.
00:21:15Thank you, Godfrey.
00:21:22If you only knew how happy I am to see you again.
00:21:25You've paid too many compliments.
00:21:27I never paid you a compliment in my life.
00:21:29Love always speaks the truth.
00:21:31No, Godfrey.
00:21:33I'm true. I'm true.
00:21:35Please.
00:21:37I have lost every interest in life but you.
00:21:39Don't say that. You know I'm fond of you, but...
00:21:42I don't ask for your love.
00:21:44I'll be content with your affection and regard.
00:21:46We are friends, Godfrey. Special friends, but I...
00:21:49Bless me by being my wife.
00:21:51Gently now.
00:21:53I beg you.
00:21:56I have never given you any reason to believe that I would.
00:21:59But you've given me every reason to hope.
00:22:01Then, my dear Godfrey...
00:22:03I would prize your respect and admiration
00:22:05above the love of any other woman on the face of the earth.
00:22:07I fear I have to disappoint you.
00:22:09But I...
00:22:11I want you. I need you.
00:22:13We are friends, Godfrey.
00:22:15Nothing more.
00:22:17Rachel.
00:22:19Friends.
00:22:23I'm sorry.
00:22:25I'm sorry.
00:22:27I have no recollection of that particular incident.
00:22:29You tortured my dolls,
00:22:31harnessed me with string and rode me like a horse.
00:22:33Surely not.
00:22:35But you did, Franklin.
00:22:37The memory of it still makes me ache with fatigue.
00:22:39You were the most atrocious tyrant.
00:22:41Your behaviour, my dear, was not always exemplary.
00:22:43But I was never so cruel as to ride him like a horse.
00:22:46Then take your revenge, Miss Rachel,
00:22:48and ride him now.
00:22:51Wine, Gabriel.
00:22:58The Mother's Small Clothes Conversion Society
00:23:00has been most rigorous of late.
00:23:02We've not let our needles be still.
00:23:04Of all the charities with which I'm associated,
00:23:06I hold the Mother's Small Clothes
00:23:08in particular affection.
00:23:10Are we nicely off for trousers?
00:23:12A worthy charity indeed, Drusilla.
00:23:14I'm sure Mr Blake would only be delighted
00:23:16to see you in your new clothes.
00:23:18I'm sure Mr Blake would only be
00:23:20too delighted to give a helping hand
00:23:22when he's next in town.
00:23:24Oh, um, well...
00:23:26Franklin has plenty of time to decide
00:23:28how to occupy himself, Rachel.
00:23:30For now, I think we should all be very happy
00:23:32that he's back amongst us.
00:23:34Thank you, Aunt.
00:23:36And haven't I behaved like an angel since my return?
00:23:38I've even given up smoking
00:23:40because it offends you.
00:23:42And how I'm suffering.
00:23:44I can hardly sleep at night.
00:23:47No, my dear Blake.
00:23:49You should begin a course of medicine immediately.
00:23:51A course of medicine
00:23:53and a course of groping in the dark
00:23:55is, in my opinion,
00:23:57one and the same thing.
00:23:59But surely it is you who is groping in the dark
00:24:01in the search of sleep.
00:24:03Leave what you will.
00:24:05Only medicine can help you find it.
00:24:07I've heard of the blind leading the blind
00:24:09and now for the first time I understand what it means.
00:24:11Are you casting aspersions on my profession, sir?
00:24:13Not at all.
00:24:15If you choose to steer clear of it, sir.
00:24:21Well, now.
00:24:45What the devil?
00:25:03Jugglers!
00:25:05What a lovely surprise.
00:25:07I'd be so delighted if you performed for us.
00:25:15What's wrong?
00:25:19We'd all much rather
00:25:21you continued your performance, my dear.
00:25:23The doctor's right, Rachel.
00:25:25I don't understand.
00:25:27They're just jugglers, for goodness' sake.
00:25:31I'm your wife, Sir John.
00:25:33But I'm through.
00:25:35I'll see you in the evening.
00:25:37Sir, then I'll wish you a good night.
00:25:39You too, a good night.
00:25:45Dear, dear, dear.
00:25:47What's wrong?
00:25:50I know little of such matters, gentlemen.
00:25:52But I suspect our visitors
00:25:54are not jugglers.
00:25:56Then what are they, Doctor?
00:25:58Brahmins, Mr Blake.
00:26:00Priests.
00:26:02The highest rank in the Hindu hierarchy, Peteridge.
00:26:04Capable of great purity.
00:26:08To leave their country
00:26:10and disguise themselves.
00:26:12Grave offences in their religion.
00:26:15Means they have sacrificed their caste.
00:26:17The greatest sacrifice they could make.
00:26:21This could only be prompted by the most serious motive.
00:26:25And I can only deduce
00:26:27that that motive
00:26:29is the restoration of the Moonstone
00:26:31to its rightful place.
00:26:33Lord Seamus.
00:26:35To them, caste is all.
00:26:37But life is nothing.
00:26:39If a thousand lives stood between them and the diamond,
00:26:41they'd take every one.
00:26:43But they've actually seen Rachel wearing it.
00:26:45If I were you,
00:26:47I'd have it sent under guard to Amsterdam
00:26:49first thing tomorrow.
00:26:51And cut into half a dozen diamonds.
00:26:53Thus putting an end to its secret identity.
00:26:55But what if the Indians
00:26:57should come back tonight?
00:26:59If they do,
00:27:01they'll need their umbrellas.
00:27:03To cheat
00:27:05the other side.
00:27:09To charm
00:27:11the other side.
00:27:41Are you sure
00:27:43you won't stay here, Drusilla?
00:27:45No, aunt. I've arranged accommodation
00:27:47with a friend in Brisinghall.
00:27:49But I thank you for the invitation.
00:28:11You all right?
00:28:15Jennings is here, Doctor.
00:28:17Splendid, splendid.
00:28:19You'll get soaked, sir.
00:28:21It's pocketing down.
00:28:23Not a bit, old chap.
00:28:25A doctor's skin is completely waterproof.
00:28:41Seven.
00:28:43Seven to you.
00:28:45Thank you.
00:28:47Three to me, unfortunately.
00:28:51Where will you put it tonight?
00:28:53My jewel box, I expect.
00:28:55No, my Indian cabinet.
00:28:57What could be more perfect?
00:28:59But, my dear,
00:29:01it has no lock on it.
00:29:03Good heavens, Mama, this isn't a hotel.
00:29:05You cannot leave it
00:29:07in an unlocked cabinet, Rachel.
00:29:10I can leave it where I like.
00:29:12Why not let me have it?
00:29:14Perhaps that would be for the best.
00:29:16The diamond is mine.
00:29:18And I shall look after it.
00:29:20Good night.
00:29:22Good night.
00:29:42May I count for you, Mr Franklin?
00:29:44Might help you sleep.
00:29:46Excellent idea, Bertridge.
00:29:48Why don't you, old chap, send you out like a light?
00:29:50Very well.
00:29:52Good for you.
00:29:54You'll be glad you did in the morning.
00:29:58I'll, er, bring it up to you, sir.
00:30:20Thank you.
00:30:50MUSIC PLAYS
00:31:16Oh, my God, the diamond!
00:31:18Mr Bertridge!
00:31:20Mr Bertridge!
00:31:22Mr Bertridge, the diamond, it's gone!
00:31:24What?
00:31:45Detective Sergeant Carr.
00:31:48Sir.
00:31:50Franklin Blake.
00:31:52What an honour, if half the stories I've heard are true.
00:31:54Oh, sir.
00:31:56Thank you for coming so promptly.
00:31:58The, er,
00:32:00the local chap doesn't seem to have a clue.
00:32:02Since the diamond went missing,
00:32:04he's managed to upset almost everybody.
00:32:10Rachel?
00:32:12Rachel?
00:32:18Rachel, please talk to me.
00:32:22The Indians were the most likely culprits,
00:32:24but we've found nothing to implicate them.
00:32:27See, on the night the Moonstone disappeared,
00:32:30we had occasion to search the lodging house where they reside,
00:32:33and all three were to be found in their beds.
00:32:36Now, as we discovered no evidence of a break-in,
00:32:39this would suggest that they remained in their beds for the duration.
00:32:45Where are the Indians now, Constable?
00:32:48In custody, Sergeant.
00:32:50But there's no evidence against them.
00:32:53We thought it best to keep them at our disposal,
00:32:57just in case.
00:32:59So the magistrate locked them up for loitering.
00:33:02He's an old friend of Lady Virindia.
00:33:09I deduced that somebody in the house had committed the robbery.
00:33:13So we searched the servants' quarters
00:33:16and questioned each one in turn.
00:33:18What did you come up with?
00:33:20Nothing, Sergeant.
00:33:22I then questioned Franklin Blake and Godfrey Ablewhite,
00:33:26and also I had a brief interview with Lady Virindia.
00:33:29What about her daughter?
00:33:31She refused to answer me questions.
00:33:33Indeed?
00:33:35Oh, yes, Sergeant. She said,
00:33:37I have not sent for you. I don't want you.
00:33:40My diamond is lost.
00:33:42Neither you nor anybody else will ever find it.
00:33:46And then?
00:33:48She shut the door in my face.
00:33:50I see.
00:34:02Strange business, sir.
00:34:05Yes, it is.
00:34:07They'll never find it, will they, sir?
00:34:11Why do you say that?
00:34:13Or the person who took it.
00:34:30Let's spend a piece of work.
00:34:32I detect a little of Rosetti's influence,
00:34:36if I'm not very much mistaken.
00:34:38You've found me out, Sergeant.
00:34:40I should arrest you for plagiarism, sir.
00:34:42There's a pity about this.
00:34:44What?
00:34:45Here, sir, a smear.
00:34:47Don't.
00:34:50Who asked you to come here?
00:34:52I came at Mr Blake's request, miss.
00:34:55Having answered your question, I beg leave to make an inquiry in my turn.
00:34:59There's a smear on the painting of your door here.
00:35:03Do you happen to know when it was done or who did it?
00:35:07Do you think a young lady's advice worth having?
00:35:10I'd be glad to hear it, miss.
00:35:12Do your duty by yourself
00:35:14and do not allow Mr Franklin Blake to help you.
00:35:17Thank you, miss.
00:35:19Do you happen to know anything about the smear?
00:35:30She hasn't been quite herself since the diamond went missing.
00:35:34She does appear to be a little out of temper, sir,
00:35:37but it is a valuable jewel
00:35:39and a young lady's tongue is a privileged member.
00:35:52This cursed diamond has turned us all upside down.
00:35:56It's turned us all upside down.
00:35:58I know exactly what you mean, Mr Betteridge.
00:36:01Everything feels wrong somehow.
00:36:05Cook was telling me that Dr Candy's gone under with something or other.
00:36:09Apparently, he got wet through driving home from the birthday and caught a chill.
00:36:15So a doctor's skin is not as waterproof as he thought.
00:36:19Well, now he's taken to his bed with a fever and gone all delirious.
00:36:23Delirious? Talking nonsense, poor man.
00:36:26Mind you, he does that the best of times.
00:36:30What time were the servants in this room yesterday morning?
00:36:3311 o'clock, sergeant.
00:36:35Mr Blake, would the paint have been wet or dry at that time?
00:36:38Let me see. We finished painting the door about 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon.
00:36:42It takes approximately 12 hours to dry.
00:36:45Which takes us to 3 o'clock on Thursday morning.
00:36:47And at 11 o'clock, constable, you questioned the servants.
00:36:50Therefore, the paint had been dry for 8 hours when you supposed the servants' petticoats smeared the door.
00:36:56The last time I checked, it was at 12 o'clock, sir.
00:36:59After wishing Miss Rachel goodnight.
00:37:01And there was no smear?
00:37:03No, sir.
00:37:04And I made quite sure my skirts didn't get anywhere near it, knowing it might still be wet.
00:37:09Which dress were you wearing?
00:37:11This one, sir.
00:37:12Could I possibly take a look in case you accidentally brushed the paintwork?
00:37:17Yes, sir.
00:37:20HUMMING
00:37:24I think you'll find I was ever so careful.
00:37:30So, it would appear.
00:37:32Thank you, my dear. You may go.
00:37:35Thank you, sir.
00:37:37Yes, definitely clothing.
00:37:39So, at present, there are three discoveries to make.
00:37:42If there is an article of clothing in this house with a smear of paint on it,
00:37:46who it belongs to and how that person can account for having been in this room
00:37:50between midnight and three in the morning.
00:37:52If the person can satisfy you, you haven't far to look for the hand that holds the diamond.
00:37:57Constable Seagrave, this trifle of yours has grown a little in importance since you noticed it last, wouldn't you say?
00:38:04I'll detain you no longer from your regular duties in the town.
00:38:08Allow me to wish you a good day.
00:38:12HUMMING
00:38:17Enter.
00:38:21Sorry to interrupt, Lady Veranda.
00:38:23Ah, you must be the famous Sergeant Cuff, Godfrey Applewhite.
00:38:27Sir.
00:38:29I think it's best if I went my way.
00:38:32Excuse me, sir, I have requested permission to search the wardrobes of everyone in the household, I presume.
00:38:39You have no objection?
00:38:41Anything to assist?
00:38:42I'll leave my portmanteau, and when you've finished with it, Sergeant, it'll be sent to London.
00:38:46Thank you, sir. Sorry to put you to any inconvenience.
00:38:48No inconvenience, I assure you.
00:38:50My clothes are open to examination as well, Sergeant.
00:38:53Thank you, sir.
00:38:55Goodbye, my lady.
00:39:01I'm so deeply sorry.
00:39:03Do let Rachel know that I will be thinking of her in her distress.
00:39:07Thank you.
00:39:10Sir.
00:39:12Sergeant.
00:39:13Sir.
00:39:14I'll go with him to the station.
00:39:17Before I begin the search, my lady, I need to see the washing book.
00:39:21I want to be able to account for all the linen in the house.
00:39:25If there is an article missing, we may presume it has got the paint stain on it.
00:39:29Gabriel, ask for the washing book to be brought in.
00:39:32My lady.
00:39:39I will fetch my daughter's keys myself.
00:40:05Thank you, my dear.
00:40:08You may go, Rosanna.
00:40:15Has that young woman been employed here long?
00:40:18Why do you ask?
00:40:20Last time I saw Rosanna Spearman, she was in prison for theft.
00:40:26Sergeant, I am fully aware of Rosanna's unfortunate history.
00:40:31I'm also aware of her admirable conduct in my service
00:40:35and hold the highest opinion of her.
00:40:37I hope you do not suspect her.
00:40:39I don't suspect anyone, your ladyship, at present.
00:40:44Do you have your daughter's keys?
00:40:47My daughter refuses to have her wardrobe examined.
00:40:52I see.
00:40:54Then the search must be abandoned.
00:40:56We examine all wardrobes or none.
00:41:02You don't seem to be much disappointed.
00:41:04I'm not.
00:41:06Miss Rachel doesn't normally behave like this, I assure you.
00:41:09I just don't understand.
00:41:13What's to be done next?
00:41:15I'm going to take a look at the rose garden.
00:41:18I expect you to find a clue there.
00:41:20No, I happen to like roses.
00:41:23I'm going to take a look at the rose garden.
00:41:26I expect you to find a clue there.
00:41:28No, I happen to like roses.
00:41:31The white musk, Mr. Beterich.
00:41:34Our old English rose holding up its head
00:41:37along with the best and the newest of them.
00:41:42Pretty darling.
00:41:44Are you fond of roses, then?
00:41:46I haven't much time to be fond of anything.
00:41:50But when I do have a moment's fondness to bestow,
00:41:54most times, Mr. Beterich, the roses get it.
00:42:01I need to question the servants.
00:42:05Rosanna's a good soul, sir, I know it.
00:42:08But she has her way about her.
00:42:10She does her work, never complains,
00:42:13but she's just not liked.
00:42:16And she's been behaving oddly since the diamond went missing?
00:42:20Yes, sir. Since before, really.
00:42:23Since Mr. Franklin arrived back from abroad.
00:42:26Yesterday afternoon, for instance.
00:42:29She took to her bed saying she had one of her fainting fits,
00:42:32but I don't think that was the reason.
00:42:39You notice nothing odd?
00:42:44No little incident you think worth mentioning?
00:42:52Yes?
00:42:55Right, well, thank you, Samuel.
00:43:02The baker's man, sir.
00:43:05What about him?
00:43:07He made a delivery this morning.
00:43:09He said he saw Rosanna in town yesterday afternoon.
00:43:12Did he now?
00:43:14But I told him he couldn't have, because she'd taken to her bed.
00:43:18I reckon he's a bit on the slow side.
00:43:25You were in your room yesterday afternoon?
00:43:28Yes, sir. All afternoon?
00:43:30Yes, sir. That's the truth, is it? Yes.
00:43:33Rosanna, I have to tell you that you were spotted in town yesterday afternoon.
00:43:38That's impossible, sir. I was in bed.
00:43:41Oh. Maybe it was someone who looked like you.
00:43:55HUMMING
00:44:03Yes?
00:44:06Any, um, discovery, sir?
00:44:09Would you let me know if Rosanna goes out for any reason?
00:44:13She has already, sir.
00:44:17WHIRRING
00:44:19Blimping news. She's about the only friend she's got.
00:44:23Look, I hope you don't think Rosanna's got anything to do with it.
00:44:27I don't want to hurt your feelings, Mr Beveridge, but Rosanna's a sly one.
00:44:32I suspect that on the morning after the crime,
00:44:35she was alerted to the smear on the door,
00:44:38discovered the stain on her nightgown,
00:44:40pretended to be ill and slipped into town to buy linen
00:44:44to make herself a new one.
00:44:46It just can't be.
00:44:48I believe, however, that Rosanna's involvement
00:44:52is simply as an instrument in the hands of another person.
00:44:58Well, can't you give that other person a name?
00:45:03Can't you, Mr Beveridge?
00:45:06Rosanna left about ten minutes ago.
00:45:09What a shame.
00:45:12Well, how's Lucy, Mrs Yoland?
00:45:14Up and down, Mr B.
00:45:16She's gone for a nap.
00:45:20Poor Rosanna.
00:45:22I don't know why the others are so hard on her.
00:45:25People can be cruel.
00:45:27There's even gossip she had something to do with the diamond.
00:45:31No.
00:45:33I intend clearing her name, Mrs Yoland.
00:45:36What a good man you are, Mr Clough.
00:45:41You're very good health.
00:45:46Rosanna's present position
00:45:48doesn't have particularly good prospects, does it?
00:45:52My advice would be to leave it.
00:45:54Bless your heart alive, Mr Clough.
00:45:57She is going to leave it.
00:45:59Is she? Yes.
00:46:01It must be mistaken, Mrs Yoland.
00:46:03If Rosanna was going to leave, she'd have mentioned it to me.
00:46:06I'm not mistaken, Mr B.
00:46:08She bought an old tin box and a couple of dog chains off me
00:46:12that she needed for travelling.
00:46:14We got a pile of this and that that the sea throws up.
00:46:18She said the box would do for her collars and cuffs.
00:46:21What about the dog chains?
00:46:23To go round the box.
00:46:25Use rope, I said.
00:46:28Chains, surest, she said.
00:46:32Good as gold, but a bit strange.
00:46:35That's enough, Mother.
00:46:37Lucy, girl.
00:46:39How are you, Lucy?
00:46:44Box, chains.
00:46:47Concealment, Mr Betteridge,
00:46:49and no doubt Rosanna's already put her plan into action.
00:46:53The mystery is, what the devil has she hidden?
00:46:56Well, isn't that obvious?
00:46:58Oh, it's not the diamond, Mr Betteridge.
00:47:01The whole experience of my life is at fault
00:47:04if Rosanna Spearman has got the diamond.
00:47:06Oh, a nightgown, then, possibly.
00:47:09But why hide it rather than dispose of it forever?
00:47:37You startled me.
00:47:41Do you wish to speak to me?
00:47:44If I dare.
00:47:54I hope you have nothing to say.
00:48:00You can't bear to look at me.
00:48:04You can't bear to look at me, can you?
00:48:19You wanted to see me, milady?
00:48:22I have to tell you that Miss Verinder proposes to go to Frizzinghall
00:48:26to stay with an aunt.
00:48:28May I ask when?
00:48:30Tomorrow morning.
00:48:32I would respectfully urge you to persuade her to delay her departure
00:48:37for the sake of the inquiry.
00:48:39Since the loss of her jewel, sergeant,
00:48:42I'm unable to persuade her to do anything.
00:48:45However, I will try, for the sake of the inquiry.
00:48:48Thank you, milady.
00:48:50By the way, the magistrate asked me
00:48:53how much longer he need detain the Indians.
00:48:57Oh, no, release them immediately.
00:49:03It's something to do with Miss Rachel, isn't it?
00:49:06Are you implying that, not to put too fine a point on it,
00:49:10Miss Rachel has stolen her own diamond?
00:49:13To put too fine a point on it? Yes.
00:49:15She's been in secret possession of the Moonstone from first to last
00:49:19and has taken Rosanna into her confidence
00:49:21because she's calculated on our suspecting Rosanna of the theft.
00:49:25That's the whole case in a nutshell.
00:49:27Is it now?
00:49:28For a start, it doesn't even explain the stain on the nightgown.
00:49:31Simple.
00:49:32Between midnight and three o'clock on the Thursday morning,
00:49:35Rosanna slipped into Miss Verinder's room
00:49:37to discuss the hiding of the Moonstone
00:49:39and, on going back to her own room, she brushed against the door.
00:49:42But why would Miss Rachel want to steal her own jewel?
00:49:45Look, if you're so convinced, why don't you arrest her?
00:49:48Patience, Mr Petrucci. Patience.
00:49:50While Miss Rachel's suspected of being a common thief,
00:49:53the Indians are allowed to go through.
00:49:55They had no more to do with the actual loss of the jewel than you have.
00:49:59But I'll tell you one thing.
00:50:01If we don't find the Moonstone, they will.
00:50:12Try to forgive me, Mama.
00:50:14Mama?
00:50:26A word, Miss Verinder.
00:50:28I can't presume to stop you paying your aunt a visit.
00:50:31I can only venture to say that your leaving us as things are now
00:50:35puts an obstacle in the way of my recovering your diamond.
00:50:38Please understand this
00:50:41I can't decide whether you go or stay.
00:50:49Rachel?
00:50:50Rachel!
00:50:51Drive on!
00:50:52Please!
00:50:53Drive on!
00:51:05There's a time for everything.
00:51:07And this is not the time for humming.
00:51:10Your young lady has got a travelling companion, Mr Betteridge,
00:51:14and the name of it is the Moonstone.
00:51:19Now that Miss Verinder's departed,
00:51:21I suspect her accomplice will soon follow.
00:51:29I saw Rosanna slip out, sir, with a letter.
00:51:31Who was it for?
00:51:32Limping Lucy.
00:51:34I saw her stop the butcher's man and ask him to post it on his way back to town.
00:51:37What did she do then?
00:51:38She went off, sir.
00:51:39Where?
00:51:40The shivering sand.
00:51:51Faster, lad! Faster!
00:52:10Faster!
00:52:23Rosanna!
00:52:24No!
00:52:25Rosanna, hear me!
00:52:26I've got a knife!
00:52:29Rosanna!
00:52:30Rosanna!
00:52:39Roxana! Roxana!
00:52:42No! Stop!
00:52:44No!
00:53:08Roxana!
00:53:14Roxana!
00:53:16Roxana!
00:53:18Roxana!
00:53:42Would you consent to accept your fee and leave this matter alone?
00:53:46No, Your Ladyship.
00:53:49Not until I have stated the case as it now stands,
00:53:52and what further course of action to take.
00:53:55To begin with Roxana's untimely death,
00:53:58I believe that some anxiety to do with the diamond
00:54:01drove her to her own destruction.
00:54:03I don't know what that anxiety may have been,
00:54:05but I think there is a person who could tell us.
00:54:08You refer to my daughter?
00:54:10I do.
00:54:11Speaking plainly, Sergeant,
00:54:13you suspect Miss Verinder of deceiving us all
00:54:16by secreting the diamond for some purpose of her own.
00:54:20Is that true? Quite true, Milady.
00:54:22I have to tell you, Sergeant,
00:54:24that she's absolutely incapable of doing what you suppose her to have done.
00:54:29Events, Milady, would suggest otherwise.
00:54:31Miss Verinder has betrayed an incomprehensible resentment
00:54:35against anyone who's tried to help her.
00:54:38This makes me suspect that Miss Verinder has debts
00:54:42that can't be acknowledged, that must be paid,
00:54:45and I ask myself whether the diamond is secretly pledged to pay them.
00:54:52The circumstances have misled you.
00:54:54I then ask myself, would Miss Verinder delude us
00:54:57into believing the moonstone was stolen?
00:55:00There was Roxana with her criminal record,
00:55:03exactly the person to lead us off on a false scent,
00:55:06and perfectly placed to raise money on the diamond.
00:55:11When Roxana was a thief,
00:55:13she had dealings with a certain Septimus Luca,
00:55:16a well-known moneylender and one of the few in London
00:55:19who would advance a large sum on such a valuable jewel
00:55:22without asking awkward questions.
00:55:27Milady, this is not a common case of thieving.
00:55:32It is a case of deeply planned fraud,
00:55:36with the owner of the diamond at the bottom of it.
00:55:42What do you propose to do?
00:55:45I want to tell Miss Verinder,
00:55:48without a word of warning, of Roxana's death,
00:55:51a shock that'll touch her to the quick,
00:55:54in the hope that her own better feelings
00:55:57will prompt her into making a clean breast of it.
00:56:00Would your ladyship be agreeable to such a course of action?
00:56:06Yes.
00:56:08Then I wish your ladyship good afternoon.
00:56:11However...
00:56:13I claim the right of putting my daughter to the test,
00:56:17and you may rely on two things.
00:56:20I shall carry out the task as boldly as you would do it yourself,
00:56:25and I will inform you of the result
00:56:27before the last train leaves for London tonight.
00:56:36Mr Battery?
00:56:38This has come for you.
00:56:40All right.
00:56:50My good Gabriel, I have decided to remain in Frising Hall
00:56:55and in a few days to take Rachel to London.
00:56:58I request that you will inform Detective Sergeant Cuff
00:57:01that I have performed the promise I made.
00:57:03I have performed the promise I made to him.
00:57:05Rachel solemnly declares
00:57:07that she has never spoken a word in private to Roxana,
00:57:11that they never met on the night the diamond went missing,
00:57:14and that no communication of any sort whatsoever
00:57:17took place between them
00:57:19to the moment Miss Verinder left the house.
00:57:22I hope that this will be an end to the matter, Gabriel, Lady Verinder.
00:57:35This is not the end of the matter, Mr Batteridge.
00:57:39There will be more detective business
00:57:42before the Moonstone is many months older.
00:57:46If Miss Verinder goes to London,
00:57:48I predict it won't be long before you hear of the Indians there too.
00:57:53In the meantime, sir,
00:57:56I carry away with me a sincere personal liking for you.
00:58:08I arrived with the diamond.
00:58:10I doubt there was a happier household in England.
00:58:12Now look at it.
00:58:14Where will you go, Mr Franklin?
00:58:16Tell me where you're going.
00:58:18To the devil.
00:58:47Where's Franklin Blake?
00:58:50Lucy.
00:58:52Brings you here.
00:58:54Where is he?
00:58:56What would you be wanting with Mr Blake, my dear?
00:58:59He's a murderer.
00:59:01He killed Roxana.
00:59:03What makes you say that?
00:59:05I loved him, Mr Batteridge.
00:59:07We had such plans.
00:59:09And then he came along and spoilt it,
00:59:12And then he came along and spoilt it,
00:59:15like all men,
00:59:17all gentlemen.
00:59:19I tell you, Mr Batteridge,
00:59:22the day's not far off
00:59:24when the poor will rise against the rich,
00:59:27and I pray heaven they begin with him.
00:59:29Where is he?
00:59:31Roxana left this letter for him.
00:59:34Well, Mr Blake's gone.
00:59:36But if you give me the letter, I could send it to him.
00:59:39Roxana asked me to give it to him in person,
00:59:41and that's what I'll do.
00:59:43If he wants the letter,
00:59:45he can come back here and get it from the...
01:00:09Come on.
01:00:36Come.
01:00:38Miss Drusilla Clark, Your Ladyship.
01:00:40Aunt.
01:00:41Drusilla.
01:00:42I beg you to forgive me the immodesty of an uninvited intrusion.
01:00:46Is anything wrong, my dear?
01:00:48I fear there is, Aunt.
01:00:50I have just been informed
01:00:52of the publication of a newspaper article
01:00:54asserting that Mr Godfrey Abelwhite
01:00:56has been the victim of an outrage.
01:00:58As I would never expose myself to such crude organs,
01:01:01I was wondering whether you could verify this alarming information.
01:01:05Unfortunately, I can, Drusilla.
01:01:07Mr Abelwhite and another gentleman
01:01:09were indeed the victims of an outrage.
01:01:12Last Friday, it seems,
01:01:14Godfrey had gone to a bank in Lombard Street to cash a cheque.
01:01:19On leaving, he encountered another gentleman, a perfect stranger.
01:01:23By the name of Septimus Luca,
01:01:26a momentary contest of blightness ensued,
01:01:29and they parted.
01:01:31Shortly afterwards, under a false pretext,
01:01:35Godfrey was lured to an address
01:01:37where three Indians leapt on him from behind.
01:01:41Indians? And from behind?
01:01:44He was gagged and blindfolded and thoroughly searched.
01:01:48They found nothing, of course, and they left him there.
01:01:51He was obviously the victim of some incomprehensible error.
01:01:57Later that day, the other gentleman,
01:01:59who I am told is a moneylender,
01:02:02suffered a similar experience.
01:02:04The only difference was that this time,
01:02:06they found something worth taking.
01:02:09What was that?
01:02:10A receipt for a valuable of great price,
01:02:14which Mr Luca had left that day
01:02:17in the care of his bankers.
01:02:20A valuable of great price, auntie?
01:02:22Yes, Drusilla, but...
01:02:24there is no information as to what the valuable actually was.
01:02:28I see.
01:02:30Since then, the Indians have disappeared
01:02:32and the police are as confused as the rest of us.
01:02:35Poor Mr Godfrey.
01:02:37Martyred for politeness.
01:02:39This adventure has made Rachel so restless.
01:02:43She gave me no peace until I'd asked Godfrey here.
01:02:46We're expecting him at any minute.
01:02:49Oh, Drusilla.
01:02:51She's not been herself since the moonstone was lost.
01:02:55Have you consulted the clergy?
01:02:58I have consulted a doctor
01:03:01who advises exercise and amusement.
01:03:05Amusement?
01:03:10Mr Godfrey Abelwhite, Your Ladyship.
01:03:16Lady Verinder.
01:03:20And my dear Miss Clark.
01:03:22How are you, Godfrey, after your appalling ordeal?
01:03:25I was most perturbed, Mr Abelwhite, to hear of your misadventure.
01:03:28I thank you both for your sympathy, but I don't deserve it.
01:03:31It was a simple case of mistaken identity.
01:03:34If I'd had my way, I would have kept it to myself.
01:03:36Godfrey!
01:03:38Rachel!
01:03:40What a pity you haven't brought Mr Lugar with you.
01:03:42You are the two most interesting men in the whole of London.
01:03:45Godfrey thinks we're all making too much of the matter.
01:03:48Have they caught the Indians yet?
01:03:50No.
01:03:51People think they're the ones who came to our house in the country.
01:03:54Some people think so.
01:03:56Do you?
01:03:57They blindfolded me before I could see their faces.
01:03:59And what about this Mr Lugar?
01:04:01I know less than anybody.
01:04:03You never saw him before you bumped into him at the bank?
01:04:05No.
01:04:06Do you know what the stolen receipt was for?
01:04:08Rachel, you are too persistent.
01:04:10A valuable gem which he'd entrusted to his bank.
01:04:13But the receipt must have mentioned what the gem was.
01:04:16Apparently it mentioned nothing of the kind.
01:04:18Some people are saying that the valuable gem...
01:04:23Rachel.
01:04:24Snelling salts, Hart.
01:04:26Clack.
01:04:27You're dying to hear the end of this.
01:04:29I will not faint expressly to oblige you.
01:04:33These people are saying, are they not,
01:04:36that Mr Lugar's gem is the Moonstone.
01:04:39They do say that.
01:04:41In spite of the fact that Mr Lugar has solemnly declared
01:04:44that until this scandal has sailed him
01:04:46he'd never even heard of the Moonstone.
01:04:48They are shameful. Shameful!
01:04:50You take up his cause rather warmly.
01:04:52I hope, Rachel, that I take up the cause
01:04:54of all oppressed people rather warmly.
01:04:56Keep your noble sentiments for your ladies' committees, Godfrey.
01:05:00You have told me what scandal says of Mr Lugar.
01:05:03What does scandal say of you?
01:05:05Rachel!
01:05:06It is best forgotten. It is indeed.
01:05:08I will hear it.
01:05:10If you insist.
01:05:13Scandal says that the Moonstone is in pledge to Mr Lugar.
01:05:20And that I am the man who has pawned it.
01:05:23No.
01:05:26This is my fault.
01:05:28I can't stand it. I can't let an innocent man be ruined.
01:05:32Oh, God. I can't bear it.
01:05:35It will all be forgotten in a week. Let's speak of it no more.
01:05:38But I know that Godfrey Abelwhite is innocent.
01:05:41Take me to a magistrate and I'll swear it.
01:05:43You mustn't get involved.
01:05:45Your reputation, my dear, is too pure to be trifled with.
01:05:49My reputation? Why?
01:05:52I am accused as well as you.
01:05:54The best detective in England declares I have stolen my own diamond
01:05:57and pledged it to pay private debts.
01:06:00Oh, Mama, I must be mad not to own the truth now.
01:06:05I won't let you be disgraced because of me.
01:06:08If you will not take me to a magistrate,
01:06:10write down a declaration of your innocence and I will sign it.
01:06:13If you do that... Do as I say, Godfrey!
01:06:16Or I will write myself to the papers.
01:06:20MUSIC PLAYS
01:06:40Show this everywhere, Godfrey.
01:06:43I will try to repair the wrong I have done you.
01:06:47Don't pity me, Clack. Can't you see how happy I am?
01:06:58Dear ladies, I'm about to commit a pious fraud
01:07:03which even your high moral rectitude, Miss Clack, will I'm sure excuse.
01:07:09Any inconvenience that I may suffer
01:07:14is as nothing compared with the importance of preserving her pure name.
01:07:21There.
01:07:23A harmless heap of ashes.
01:07:26And dear Rachel will never know what we have done.
01:07:30And now I shall respectfully take my leave.
01:07:33My lady.
01:07:39Miss Clack.
01:07:43Mr Everwhite.
01:07:47Drusilla. Yes, aunt?
01:07:49Before you go, I should like to ask service of you.
01:07:53Oh, anything, dear aunt.
01:07:55My lawyer, Mr Brough, is coming here this evening
01:07:58and I should like you to be here too to witness my will.
01:08:03Your will, aunt?
01:08:05Yes, Drusilla, I'm sorry to have to tell you that I am not well.
01:08:09I have a disease of the heart which has...
01:08:14..fatally broken me down.
01:08:16Dear me!
01:08:17My doctors say I may live for months.
01:08:20Aunt!
01:08:22But there is a chance that I may not survive even that short time.
01:08:28I am more sorry than I can say.
01:08:36Good evening, sir.
01:08:38Good evening, Samuel.
01:08:43Miss Clack's waiting in the sitting room.
01:08:46Ah.
01:08:59Good evening, Miss Clack.
01:09:01Good evening, Mr Brough. What a beautiful evening.
01:09:04Mr Brough, what a beautiful evening it is, praise the Lord.
01:09:08Yes.
01:09:11Well, I must say,
01:09:13they're telling a pretty story about your friend Mr Ablewhite at my club.
01:09:18I live very much out of the world, Mr Brough,
01:09:21and don't possess the advantage of belonging to a club.
01:09:24Appearances are dead against him.
01:09:27One might say the same about Mr Franklin Blake.
01:09:30His recent departure to the continent was strangely hasty.
01:09:34Why would it be in Mr Blake's interest to steal the julep?
01:09:37His debts are matters of family notoriety.
01:09:40I manage his affairs, Miss Clack. It's a monstrous proposition.
01:09:45Then, sir, should one not consider the opinion of the famous Sergeant Cuff?
01:09:50In his mind, not the shadow of a suspicion rested upon anybody
01:09:55but Miss Rachel Ferrender.
01:09:57If he knew her as well as I know her,
01:09:59he would have suspected everybody in the house but her.
01:10:12Thank you.
01:10:15Let us hope this will gather dust in my office for many years to come.
01:10:20Lady Ferrender, Miss Clack.
01:10:23Thank you, Mr Brough.
01:10:28I hope you don't think yourself neglected, Drusilla.
01:10:33I intend to give you your own little legacy with my own hand.
01:10:39My dear aunt.
01:10:43If you were to give your attention to this precious book,
01:10:47The Serpent at Home, by Miss Dorothy Bellows,
01:10:50you would give me all I ask.
01:10:52You would give me all I ask.
01:10:58I've marked several chapters for your express perusal.
01:11:02In particular, Satan Amongst the Sofa Cushions.
01:11:06My doctor orders me, if I read at all,
01:11:09only to tackle the lightest and most amusing of books.
01:11:15Yes, dear.
01:11:17But you might just wake up tomorrow morning with the sense of something wanting.
01:11:22And even this unpretending volume might be able to supply it.
01:11:29Music.
01:11:31Mm.
01:11:33Rachel hasn't played.
01:11:35I'll tell her to stop immediately.
01:11:37Oh, no, no, no.
01:11:39I love hearing her play.
01:11:43Isn't it beautiful?
01:11:47Yes.
01:11:59Would you be so kind, my dear, as to open the window?
01:12:02Of course, aunt.
01:12:04It is unusually warm this evening.
01:12:11Yes.
01:12:14There, now.
01:12:16Isn't that better?
01:12:20Aunt?
01:12:23Aunt?
01:12:43Music.
01:13:07I've so often seen the house in this light.
01:13:10It's very beautiful, isn't it, Mr Brough?
01:13:12It's a fine house in any light, Miss Verinder.
01:13:17I hope to live here again one day, but for now...
01:13:22Until we have settled what's to be done next.
01:13:25My wife and I would be honoured to entertain you at our house in Hampstead.
01:13:29Thank you, Mr Brough.
01:13:40Music.
01:14:05That's it.
01:14:08Batteries.
01:14:12By the Lord, Harry, I'm struck by thunder.
01:14:16Mr Franklin but a few feet away.
01:14:19There's only one more miracle that can happen.
01:14:22You'll pay me back the seven and sixpence.
01:14:25It's good to see you, Battery.
01:14:29I came back to England as soon as I heard of my father's death.
01:14:32Yes.
01:14:35But what brings you here?
01:14:38What brought me here before.
01:14:41The moonstone, Mr Franklin, but what brings you now?
01:14:44The moonstone again.
01:14:46Oh, let it be, sir. For God's sake, let it be.
01:14:50I'm afraid that's impossible, my old friend.
01:14:53I still love Rachel.
01:14:55And it breaks my heart that she still seems to hate me.
01:14:58I've tried to communicate with her in London,
01:15:01but she flatly refuses to see me.
01:15:03Now, the moonstone was at the bottom of it a year ago,
01:15:06and I know it's at the bottom of it now.
01:15:09Batteries, can you help me?
01:15:19Moonstone.
01:15:21I believe you have a letter for me.
01:15:23Say that again.
01:15:25You have a letter to give me, have you not?
01:15:34My poor dear.
01:15:36My lost darling.
01:15:39What did you hear in his voice?
01:15:42Or see in his face?
01:15:45When you see a poor girl in service,
01:15:48do you feel no remorse?
01:15:51Why should I?
01:15:53Take it.
01:15:55I've never set eyes on you before.
01:15:59Take it.
01:16:01I've never set eyes on you before.
01:16:03God forbid I should ever set eyes on you again.
01:16:08Open it, Mr Franklin.
01:16:10I've been waiting a year to hear this.
01:16:16Sir, if you are to know the meaning of my behaviour to you,
01:16:19do what you are told to do in the enclosed memorandum.
01:16:29Come on.
01:16:49How are you getting on, sir?
01:16:59I stole the Moonstone.
01:17:05Read it, sir.
01:17:07Injustice to a memory.
01:17:18Sir, I have something to own to you.
01:17:22A confession which means nothing to me.
01:17:25I have something to own to you.
01:17:28A confession which means much misery
01:17:30may sometimes be made in very few words.
01:17:33This confession can be made in three words.
01:17:36I love you.
01:17:40She loved me?
01:17:42Take a sip, Grog, sir.
01:17:48Do you remember the day you arrived?
01:17:51You came towards us like a lover in a dream.
01:17:54You were the most adorable person I'd ever seen.
01:17:57I suddenly glimpsed the happy life I'd never led the instant I saw you.
01:18:02Yet you never took any notice of me.
01:18:05If only you'd given me a look now and then to live on.
01:18:09But you only had eyes for Miss Rachel.
01:18:12Oh, I hated her.
01:18:15You read it.
01:18:18Morning after the theft,
01:18:20I was tidying your room as usual.
01:18:23It was the happiest hour of the day.
01:18:27I was folding your nightgown and suddenly noticed it was stained with paint.
01:18:31The constable had alerted us to the smear on the door
01:18:34and Penelope had seen the door at midnight without the smear.
01:18:38So I was holding in my hands the proof that you were in Miss Rachel's bedroom
01:18:42between midnight and three in the morning.
01:18:45I decided to keep it and see what use I might make of it.
01:18:49I bought some linen in town under the pretext of having taken to my bed
01:18:54and then made an identical gown which I later replaced in your room.
01:18:58The thought that you had come down to my level
01:19:01and that I had the means of shielding you from discovery
01:19:04suggested a chance of winning your goodwill.
01:19:07I tried to speak to you about the diamond
01:19:11I tried to speak to you about the diamond
01:19:14to make you look at me, talk to me,
01:19:16but you either chose to ignore me or else we were interrupted.
01:19:20Mr Betteridge.
01:19:24I didn't mean to startle you.
01:19:26The list for next week.
01:19:28Thank you, Mr Jennings.
01:19:33This is Mr Blake.
01:19:35Franklin Blake.
01:19:37Ezra Jennings.
01:19:39Pleased to meet you.
01:19:41Franklin Blake.
01:19:43Yes.
01:19:45Dr Candy has spoken of you.
01:19:47Has he? Well, send him my regards.
01:19:50Yes, sir, I will.
01:19:53Good day.
01:19:58Who was that?
01:20:00It was Dr Candy's assistant, sir.
01:20:04You'll be sorry to hear, by the way,
01:20:06the doctor has never recovered from that illness
01:20:08that he caught going home on the night of the birthday dinner.
01:20:11He had a terrible fever which caused him to lose his memory.
01:20:15And he's never recovered more than the wreck of it since.
01:20:19So, um,
01:20:21his assistant does all the doctoring now.
01:20:24You don't seem to like him.
01:20:26Nobody likes him, sir.
01:20:28Hasn't a friend in the place.
01:20:30May I ask you why he gave you that piece of paper?
01:20:33It's the weekly list of the sick who stand in need of a little wine.
01:20:37My lady always gave them port and sherry,
01:20:40and Miss Rachel wishes to keep up the custom.
01:20:45Shall I, uh, continue, sir?
01:20:50Sergeant Gough was miles away from...
01:20:52He was away from knowing the whole truth.
01:20:54He was right about my making a new nightgown,
01:20:57but wrong in presuming that the stained nightgown was mine.
01:21:01If I'd been less fond of you, I would have destroyed it.
01:21:05But I knew you were safe only as long as the nightgown was safe.
01:21:09And how could I destroy the only claim on your confidence and your gratitude
01:21:13which it was my fortune to possess?
01:21:23Your indifference to me, Mr Franklin Blake,
01:21:27has been unbearable.
01:21:31I miss my next opportunity to speak to you.
01:21:35And if you are as cruel as ever,
01:21:38then goodbye to the world that has grudged me
01:21:41the happiness that it has given to others.
01:21:45I beg to remain, sir.
01:21:49Your true lover
01:21:52and humble servant.
01:22:01A glimmer of light will soon break through, sir, I'm sure.
01:22:07I wish I could believe you.
01:22:12Maybe a word of Mr Brough might not come amiss.
01:22:17The lady always valued his advice.
01:22:32So, Rachel's extraordinary conduct to you is now no longer a mystery.
01:22:36She believes you have stolen the diamond.
01:22:38How could she believe that?
01:22:40Bear with me, Mr Blake.
01:22:42The evidence of the nightgown breaks down on one important point.
01:22:46What is there to prove that you are the person who wore it?
01:22:49And if Rachel suspects you on the evidence of the nightgown only,
01:22:53the chances are that Rosanna Spearman was the person who stole it.
01:22:57What an opportunity of setting you and Rachel at variance with each other.
01:23:02No, there's only one thing for it.
01:23:04She has to break her silence.
01:23:06Then, Mr Brough, I will confront her myself.
01:23:09You?
01:23:11Why not?
01:23:13Well, the rash way is sometimes the best.
01:23:18I know that my wife is out tomorrow afternoon.
01:23:21I'm going to see her.
01:23:24I know that my wife is out tomorrow afternoon.
01:23:27I could give you a key to get into the garden to avoid the sows.
01:23:50Rachel.
01:23:54Oh, Rachel.
01:23:58You trick your way into seeing me and then you dare to kiss me.
01:24:02I'm sorry.
01:24:04But then again, I suppose I should expect such behaviour after what you've done.
01:24:08I'm sorry.
01:24:10I'm sorry.
01:24:12I'm sorry.
01:24:14I'm sorry.
01:24:16I'm sorry.
01:24:18I'm sorry.
01:24:20I'm sorry.
01:24:22You should expect such behaviour after what you've done.
01:24:25What have I done?
01:24:27You ask that question of me.
01:24:29Rachel, you must tell me.
01:24:31I've kept your infamy a secret and I've suffered the consequences.
01:24:35And now you insult me by asking what you have done.
01:24:39Why do you suspect me?
01:24:42I have to know.
01:24:44Is it because Rosanna showed you the night gown?
01:24:49Well, is it?
01:24:50Are you mad?
01:24:51answer my question. you suspect me of stealing the diamond. I have a right to
01:24:55know the reason why. suspect you? I saw you take it with my own eyes. why did you
01:25:02come here? why? to humiliate yourself and me? oh for God's sake say something. say
01:25:09something and drive me from the room.
01:25:12you loved me once. let go. I can't explain the contradiction in what I'm
01:25:24going to tell you. I can only speak the truth as you have done. you saw me take
01:25:30the diamond. I swear that I now know I took it for the first time. do you doubt
01:25:38me still? let go of my hand. I want you to tell me what happened from the time we
01:25:46said goodnight to the time you saw me take the diamond. why go back to it? we
01:25:50have to. if we look at what happened that night we may yet end in understanding
01:25:56each other. I wish we could. how I wish we could. after we said goodnight did you
01:26:07go straight to bed? yes but I couldn't sleep. I was I was thinking of you. after
01:26:14about an hour I noticed a light under the door and I heard footsteps
01:26:17approaching. the door opened and I saw. what? you. did I seem strange in any way?
01:26:29no. you looked about you as if you knew that you shouldn't be there. what did you
01:26:34say when you saw me? couldn't move. I couldn't speak. could I see you? would
01:26:39you be here now if you had? what did I do then? you found the diamond fought for a
01:26:47moment and then you went and I was left alone in the dark. well? if only you'd
01:26:57spoken when you ought to have done. if only you'd have explained yourself.
01:27:00explained myself? I spare you when my heart is breaking. I shield you when my
01:27:07own reputation is at stake and now you tell me I ought to explain myself. you
01:27:11are wronging an innocent man. you were never too scrupulous about how you got
01:27:16money Franklin. you always seem to have debt but I would have helped you. I was
01:27:20imprepared to pull my diamond for you but what did you do the very next
01:27:23morning? you called the police. you worked as hard as anyone to recover the jewel.
01:27:28the jewel that you yourself had stolen. if only you'd confessed just to me I'd
01:27:35have forgiven you but all you did was pretend innocence exactly as you're
01:27:39doing now. I don't believe a word you have said. you stole the moonstone pledged
01:27:45it to Septimus Luca and ran away to the continent and after all that you come
01:27:52here and tell me I have wronged you?
01:27:59let me go Rachel. it'll be better for us both. why did you come here? why?
01:28:07you shall know that you have wronged me yet or you shall never see me again.
01:28:14Franklin
01:28:23say you forgive me.
01:28:29the only way forward is to look to the future not the past. the whole business
01:28:38is a matter of the past. now in a few weeks time a year will have elapsed from
01:28:43when we believe the jewel to have been pledged. as a year is the usual term of
01:28:47repayment for a loan there's every chance the person who pawned it may
01:28:51redeem it. in that case mr. Luca himself must take the diamond from the bank. now
01:28:56I propose setting a watch on the bank and discovering who the person is to
01:29:01whom mr. Luca returns the moonstone. what do you think? it's worth trying but it
01:29:06obliges us to wait. a fortnight more or less? in my present mood mr. Brough a
01:29:12fortnight is a lifetime. then you must find yourself something to do. like what?
01:29:17I don't know. there must be something surely. I think there is. mr. Jennings I
01:29:29have been falsely accused. my reputation is at stake. dr. Candy may be able to
01:29:34help in establishing my innocence. have you any reason to suppose that you might
01:29:38know something that is important to you? I'm not sure. I'm afraid that you'll find
01:29:45him sadly changed. his memory is hopelessly enfeebled. his illness must be
01:29:53far more serious than I suspected. it's a miracle he lived through it. the doctor
01:29:59is a good man mr. Blake. he took me under his roof when the rest of society was
01:30:05hounding me. I understand about reputation. and now nothing can touch me.
01:30:13you see mr. Blake I'm dying. my only source of comfort is opium but the
01:30:18progress of my disease has gradually forced me from the use of opium to the
01:30:22abuse of it. my nervous system is shattered. my nights are nights of horror.
01:30:30mr. Jennings I expect you've heard of the moonstone and how it was stolen a
01:30:37year ago. yes. I am the thief. so it would appear. Rachel Verinder saw me take it
01:30:47but I am not aware that I did. if dr. Candy has revealed anything that could
01:30:52shed some light on it I would be profoundly grateful if you would tell me.
01:30:58I have to exercise a certain discretion.
01:31:04mr. Blake have you ever taken opium?
01:31:10no. were you unusually restless this time last year? I was as it happens. I was
01:31:18sleeping very bad. can you account for this? I don't know whether it's worth
01:31:22mentioning but I'd stopped smoking. and you stopped suddenly? that's right.
01:31:27tell me. do you recall entering into anything like a dispute with the doctor?
01:31:36on the subject of his profession?
01:31:40yes. yes I do remember we had a brief altercation. how would you know that?
01:31:49during his fever the doctor was often delirious. I believe in delirium the inability to speak
01:31:56coherently need not mean the patient is unable to think coherently. what did he
01:32:00say? had you any reason to be especially anxious about the diamond on that
01:32:05particular night? very much so. was there talk about its safety before he
01:32:10retired? yes there was. do you remember how you slept on that night? I slept
01:32:14soundly. yes. mr. Jennings what are you trying to say? regarding my theory on delirium I
01:32:23made notes during dr. Candy's fever and for a whole night his mind was occupied
01:32:29with something between himself and you. this is what I transcribed. mr. Blake
01:32:34wants taking down a peg or two when he talks of medicine. he confesses he has
01:32:38been sleeping badly. I tell him that his nerves are out of order and that he
01:32:42ought to take medicine. he really wants sleep and lady Verinder's medicine chest
01:32:46is at my disposal. give him 25 minims of laudanum tonight without his knowing it
01:32:52and then call him tomorrow morning. well mr. Blake will you try a little
01:32:57medicine today? you'll never sleep without it. and he'll reply you are wrong
01:33:02doctor. I've had an excellent night's rest without it. and I'll say you've had
01:33:07something besides an excellent night's rest. you had a dose of laudanum before
01:33:11you went to bed. what do you say to the art of medicine now? mr. Blake I suggest
01:33:18you took the diamond in a trance induced by opium given you by dr. Candy. but for
01:33:23his illness he would have returned the next morning and the mystery would have
01:33:25been solved at a stroke. but I thought opium sent you to sleep. it acts in two
01:33:28ways. first as a stimulant then as a sedative. under its stimulating influence
01:33:34you would have taken the diamond albeit unconsciously. only later would you have
01:33:37been sedated. but how was it done? who could possibly have given me the
01:33:40laudanum without my knowing it? I'm afraid dr. Candy gave no indication of that.
01:33:46mr. Jennings I believe you have brought me closer to the truth. the problem now is
01:33:52convincing other people. are you prepared to try an experiment? I'll try anything
01:33:59just tell me what to do. you're going to steal the diamond again.
01:34:07by recreating as closely as possible the circumstances of the night the
01:34:11moonstone was stolen, the dormant memories of your actions may be
01:34:15activated. we must do everything we can to put you in a similar state of mind.
01:34:19even the rooms must be arranged as closely as possible to how they were
01:34:22that night a year ago. and of course you must give up smoking again.
01:34:32we will arrange for witnesses to be present so they may testify to your
01:34:36innocence should the experiment work.
01:34:46miss Rachel. miss Ferinder's presence must be kept secret from mr. Blake until
01:34:51the experiment has been tried. I know that I am to hold my tongue sir. being
01:34:57habitually silent on the subject of human folly I'm all the readier to keep
01:35:01my lips closed on this occasion. does that satisfy you? yes mr. Brough. I would
01:35:07add however that I am here under protest and it is only due to mr. Blake's
01:35:11insistence that I am to witness your ludicrous experiment. surely you'll want
01:35:15mr. Blake to be proved innocent. if mr. Blake or miss Ferinder suffer any
01:35:19distress I shall hold you personally responsible. that's most unlikely. if
01:35:23anything it will bring about their reconciliation. miss Ferinder is already
01:35:26prepared to forgive mr. Blake after I wrote to her explaining dr. Candy's trick.
01:35:31the experiment might also reveal to us where he hid the diamond after he took
01:35:35it from the cabinet. it's in a bank in London. you assume it is but you have no
01:35:39evidence to prove that. I would suggest that it's at least possible that the
01:35:44diamond was never removed from this house. oh balderdash mr. Jennings. utter balderdash.
01:35:48what's he doing now? is he all right? he's in bed. has he spoken of me?
01:35:58no. why should he? oh mr. Jennings I love him. I always have done. when this is all
01:36:10over and he knows that I'm here do you think maybe... I think you have only to
01:36:17tell him what you've just told me. may I?
01:36:28yes. will you give it to him on that side? this will be the moonstone. would you put
01:36:39it where it was last year? stay in your room and don't make a sound. mr. Brough I
01:36:46must ask you to accompany me to mr. Blake's room and see me administer the
01:36:50laudanum. for what it's worth.
01:36:58you
01:37:12now lie down and rest.
01:37:28♪
01:37:30♪
01:37:54I wish I'd never taken it out of the bank. it was safe in the bank.
01:38:01the Indians may be hidden in the house.
01:38:06if the cabinet drawer doesn't lock...
01:38:10anybody might take it.
01:38:12I'll put devil's mind to sleep with this on my mind.
01:38:18♪
01:38:48♪
01:39:19I beg your pardon mr. Jennings for having doubted you. you have done
01:39:26Franklin Blake an inestimable service. you have proved your case. I was hoping
01:39:31to discover what he did with the diamond. we have our separate theories about that
01:39:35and I wish to put mine to the test. for the last two days I've set a watch for
01:39:39mr. Luca at the bank. I intend leaving for London first thing tomorrow and I
01:39:43feel it necessary to take mr. Blake with me. will you have any objection?
01:39:47none at all.
01:39:49thank you.
01:39:51♪
01:40:01if you were me you would do the same.
01:40:05♪
01:40:12my errand boy. sharpest eyes in London.
01:40:15Luca.
01:40:17♪
01:40:24we just sit tight.
01:40:26♪
01:40:32sir.
01:40:34♪
01:40:40if he's going to pass the diamond to anybody he'll do it here.
01:40:45♪
01:40:48yes I saw.
01:40:50♪
01:40:56now this...
01:40:58the devil.
01:41:00♪
01:41:02detective fever.
01:41:04hmm?
01:41:06that's what Betteridge calls it.
01:41:08♪
01:41:10this is torture.
01:41:14come.
01:41:16well?
01:41:18nothing much I'm afraid sir.
01:41:20Luca went home, dismissed his guards
01:41:22and that's the last I saw of him.
01:41:24he must have got rid of the diamond.
01:41:26never dared keep it in his own house.
01:41:28what about our man in grey?
01:41:30an ironmonger sir from East Cheap.
01:41:32nothing on him at all.
01:41:34at last.
01:41:36where the hell have you been?
01:41:40evening gentlemen.
01:41:44I got the case completely wrong.
01:41:46this time I'd like to get it right.
01:41:48I was greatly impressed with your account of mr. Jennings's experiment
01:41:50but I don't hold with him that you hid the moonstone.
01:41:52what do you suppose happened?
01:41:54you've no idea sir.
01:41:56no that's all.
01:41:58mr. Brown?
01:42:00totally bewildered.
01:42:02I suspected the wrong person last night.
01:42:04I'm afraid it was a mistake.
01:42:06I'm afraid it was a mistake.
01:42:08I'm afraid it was a mistake.
01:42:10I'm afraid it was a mistake.
01:42:12I suspected the wrong person last year.
01:42:14I may be suspecting the wrong person now.
01:42:16I may be suspecting the wrong person now.
01:42:18when you have got at the truth mr. Blake
01:42:20open that envelope
01:42:22and compare the name of the guilty person
01:42:24with the name that I have written inside.
01:42:26with the name that I have written inside.
01:42:28sir! who's bit?
01:42:30it was the sailor sir.
01:42:32Luke had passed him something and the sailor dashed off and I followed.
01:42:34where did he go?
01:42:36Talwolf sir.
01:42:38he spoke to this man on the steamboat.
01:42:40do you know where he was going?
01:42:42Rotterdam sir in the morning.
01:42:44then the sailor walks off and all of a sudden I noticed this bloke following him.
01:42:46then the sailor goes into this pub.
01:42:48what about the bloke?
01:42:50he went into it and the sailor asks for a room and goes upstairs.
01:42:52which room? number 10.
01:42:54what did the bloke look like?
01:42:56he was an Indian sir.
01:42:58singing
01:43:00singing
01:43:02singing
01:43:04singing
01:43:06I'm Sergeant Cuff.
01:43:08room number 10.
01:43:10now.
01:43:12singing
01:43:14singing
01:43:16singing
01:43:18singing
01:43:20singing
01:43:22singing
01:43:24is there any other way out?
01:43:26it's a skylight sir.
01:43:28allow me.
01:43:30grunt
01:43:32door slams
01:43:34footsteps
01:43:36footsteps
01:43:38the sailor?
01:43:40dead. get the police.
01:43:42look sir.
01:43:44footsteps
01:43:46footsteps
01:43:48deposited by mr. Septimus Luca
01:43:50a small wooden box containing a gem of great price.
01:43:52you were right Musgrave.
01:43:54the sailor had the moonstone when he left the bank.
01:43:56but where is it now?
01:43:58propery and murder.
01:44:00footsteps
01:44:02he's pulled his hair off.
01:44:04he's pulled his hair off.
01:44:06and his beard.
01:44:12he's wiped off his skin.
01:44:14quiet Cosby.
01:44:16mr. Blake open that envelope
01:44:18I gave you.
01:44:22read the name that I've written
01:44:24inside.
01:44:26now if you'll be good enough to look at this person
01:44:28on the bed.
01:44:30the same.
01:44:34the same.
01:44:44do you know anything about
01:44:46gardening mr. Blake?
01:44:48I know those are roses.
01:44:52I can recommend it.
01:44:54it soothes the soul.
01:44:56we all need that from time to time.
01:44:58Godfrey Abelwhite?
01:45:00a dark horse mr. Blake.
01:45:02in public a great philanthropist
01:45:04in private a great philanderer.
01:45:06you should see
01:45:08the villa his mistress
01:45:10lives in. beautiful garden.
01:45:12sweeps right
01:45:14down to the river.
01:45:16obviously a lady with
01:45:18expensive tastes
01:45:20and that's why he embezzled
01:45:22a trust fund he was given to
01:45:24administer. fifty thousand
01:45:26pounds. fifty thousand?
01:45:28it's quite a sum.
01:45:30you can understand
01:45:32the panic that set in
01:45:34as the maturity date approached.
01:45:36that's why he proposed
01:45:38to miss Verinder on her birthday.
01:45:40if she'd have accepted
01:45:42his problems would have been solved
01:45:44at a stroke.
01:45:46unfortunately she declined.
01:45:48but then
01:45:50an extraordinary opportunity
01:45:52offered itself.
01:45:54dr. Candy let mr. Abelwhite
01:45:56into his little joke at
01:45:58your expense. he needed
01:46:00someone to spike your drink and
01:46:02Abelwhite was the obvious choice.
01:46:04why don't I take it up?
01:46:06oh. very well
01:46:08sir.
01:46:10good night Bertridge. good night sir.
01:46:12what began as
01:46:14a practical joke soon
01:46:16took on a more sinister aspect.
01:46:18beset by his financial problems
01:46:20Abelwhite couldn't sleep.
01:46:22you'll remember his room
01:46:24adjoined yours.
01:46:26and when you started
01:46:28talking to yourself his curiosity
01:46:30was aroused.
01:46:32thank you.
01:46:34thank you.
01:46:36thank you.
01:46:38thank you.
01:46:40thank you.
01:46:42thank you.
01:46:44thank you.
01:46:46I'll be safe with this for my life.
01:47:08he followed you to miss Farringer's dressing room
01:47:10and watched you go in.
01:47:12as you did so your nightgown
01:47:14must have brushed against the wet paint
01:47:16on the door.
01:47:26Abelwhite not only saw you
01:47:28take the diamond but also
01:47:30detected miss Farringer
01:47:32watching from her bed.
01:47:44he went back
01:47:46to his bedroom.
01:47:56you came back
01:47:58and seeing the open door
01:48:00stepped inside.
01:48:02take it to the bank
01:48:04Godfrey.
01:48:06you'll be safe there. it's not safe here.
01:48:08I can't take it. my head's like
01:48:10now.
01:48:12and he took you back to your bed.
01:48:16next morning he waited
01:48:18to see what would happen.
01:48:20it was obvious that you were oblivious
01:48:22of what you'd done during the night.
01:48:24it also became
01:48:26obvious that miss Farringer
01:48:28however distressed
01:48:30resolved to say nothing
01:48:32in mercy to you.
01:48:34if Abelwhite chose
01:48:36to keep the diamond he could do so
01:48:38with impunity.
01:48:40and it stood between him
01:48:42and ruin.
01:48:44back in London he took it to
01:48:46Septimus Luca.
01:48:48how did you come by this?
01:48:50well mr. Luca
01:48:52that's quite a story.
01:48:54and mr. Luca is now told us.
01:48:56but what about the Indians?
01:48:58oh they got into Abelwhite's
01:49:00room through the skylight and
01:49:02that did for him.
01:49:04where are the Indians now?
01:49:06disappeared
01:49:08into the night.
01:49:22mr. Betteridge the postman's
01:49:24just brought this.
01:49:28all right.
01:49:30it's from Dorkin.
01:49:32is it now?
01:49:37that'll be all lad.
01:49:39yes mr. Betteridge.
01:49:44dear old friend
01:49:46even in retirement in my
01:49:48haven of roses the
01:49:50moonstone haunts me still.
01:49:52looking through a journal some
01:49:54days ago I came across an article
01:49:56written by a celebrated traveler.
01:49:58I've enclosed it for your perusal
01:50:00as I think it might be of interest
01:50:02to you and mr. Blake.
01:50:06thank you.
01:50:12I recently found myself in a town
01:50:14called Seringapatam
01:50:16where there is a shrine to
01:50:18the god of the moon.
01:50:20a ceremony was in progress
01:50:22the purpose of which was the purification
01:50:24of three Brahmins.
01:50:28after prostrating themselves
01:50:30before the shrine
01:50:32they bade each other farewell
01:50:34and went their separate ways.
01:50:36they were never more to see each other again
01:50:38and never more to rest
01:50:40condemned to wander until
01:50:42their death.
01:50:44in the service of a god
01:50:46they had forfeited their cast
01:50:48by crossing the sea and disguising
01:50:50themselves and this
01:50:52was their purification.
01:50:54but they had accomplished
01:50:56what they had set out to do.
01:50:58they had restored
01:51:00a precious diamond
01:51:02known as the moonstone
01:51:04to its rightful place.
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