Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Page #2

Safe Dr. Tobel?

I shouldn't count

on it for a second.

But Mr. Holmes...

A great deal may

depend on your safety

and the enemy

understands that

just as well as we do.

Good night.

Keep alert, Watson.

Yes, sir, of course.

A couple of these

and you'll sleep

peacefully through a blitz.

Thank you.

You better start

undressing at once

or you'll find

yourself fast asleep

in the middle of

taking off your trousers.

Well I'll sit over here

and keep an eye on things.

Oh by the way, if

you're nervous call out.

Good night, doctor.

Good night, doctor.

Well funny I was

saying the same thing

at the same time.

Good night, doctor.

Good night, doctor.

Untidy fellow, Holmes.

Hello?

Yes, I just arrived

about an hour ago.

It is most important

that I see you at once.

No, no.

I cannot explain.

It is now five

minutes past midnight.

I leave at once.

Goodbye.

Holmes, I don't

have to tell you

how much this

means to us.

We'll know a great deal

more about the bomb sight

after the demonstration,

Sir Reginald.

You always have a pretty

good idea of the value

of the Tobel bomb sight,

just as the Nazis have.

However.

Oh, if you care to place

Dr. Tobel under the

protection of Scotland

Yard until tomorrow.

No, no, no.

No, that won't

be necessary.

I shall personally

deliver Dr. Tobel

to your representatives

on Salisbury Plain

in plenty of time for

the demonstration.

Thank you.

Good night, Sir Reginald.

Good night, Mr. Holmes.

Charlotte Eberli, Flat B.

Right.

Get the car, ready.

I'll wait here

until he comes out.

Is that what the

Americans call doodling?

It is more serious

than you could possibly

realize, Charlotte.

Good.

More coffee?

No, thank you, darling.

I must get back

before they miss me.

We've been separated

for so long.

I couldn't bear

that anything should

part us again.

I want to work with you

and I want to know every

minute where you are.

Even for you

to know the details of

my mission in London

is to sign your

death warrant.

If you are in real danger

I want to share it.

There is one

thing you can do.

Guard this envelope.

If anything happens to me

see that it

reaches the hands

of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

Yes.

I pray I never

have to deliver it.

Help!

He got away.

Are you all right, sir?

I, I think so.

It must have

been a robber.

Yeah, since the blackouts

those have become

quite a nuisance, sir.

Uhhh.

I say you better

come with me

and have that fixed up.

Uhh, thank you.

Just lean on my arm.

Watson.

Watson, wake up.

Huh?

Where's Tobel.

He, he, he's there.

No he isn't.

He's gone.

That's impossible.

He's asleep in my bed.

I've been here

the whole time.

If anything's

happened to him.

Tobel, you all right?

Ahh, it is nothing.

Yes.

Sit down here.

Let's have a look.

Well it doesn't

look too bad.

Who patched you up,

the police doctor?

Yes.

It looks as if

you've been attacked.

Obviously, my dear Watson.

Dr. Tobel,

do you suspect

the woman

of arranging the trap?

Woman, What woman?

She's blonde.

Five foot six,

full lipped and

very affectionate.

Oh really?

You've known her

for a long time.

You were attacked after

leaving her apartment.

Holmes, how do

you know this?

The face powder

around your coat

tells me of her height

and her affection for you.

You held her close

before departing.

Huh.

It's all there

for the trained eye

to read, Watson?

But look here.

Why couldn't he

have been attacked

on his way to the

woman's apartment?

The mark of the blow has

erased some of the powder.

Obviously if the

attack came first

the powder would have

remained undisturbed.

And the full lips

that was a guess.

I never guess, Watson.

You have rubbed the

lipstick from your face

with a handkerchief you

now hold in your hand

and that amount

of lipstick

never came from a

pair of thin lips.

And the blonde hair?

Good gracious me.

Mr. Holmes, I am glad

you are on my side.

Well in that case

you will desist

from disobeying my

orders and slipping out

while your bodyguard

sleeps his watch away.

It won't happen

again, Holmes.

I was sitting in

front of the fire

and must have dozed.

All right, All right.

Oh, sorry.

Now, can you describe

your assailant?

I never saw him.

A great figure came

at me in the dark.

I felt a stunning

blow on my head and,

and instantly fingers

were at my throat.

But you must have noticed

something about him.

Think man.

A thing of little

consequence to you

may mean a great

deal to me.

Wait.

Wait a moment.

There was one thing.

Long fingers at my

throat like, like steel.

And then,

then a,

an odor,

a heavy drug-like odor.

A drug?

Opium?

That is it.

I am sure of it now.

Well, I suggest

we get the remains

of a good night sleep.

Remember, the test takes

place tomorrow morning

on Salisbury Plain.

The principal of

Dr. Tobel's device

involves the use of

three sonic beams.

Is that right, sir?

That appears to be it.

There he is.

We're on the

course now, sir.

Well gentlemen,

that load would sink

any ship in the world.

We must consider

the possibility

of good piloting

and a lucky hit.

I'd like to see

another try of it.

So would I.

They want you to

try again, sir.

He's coming into

position now, sir.

We're on the

course now, sir.

Well gentlemen, how do you

like the bomb sight now?

It's marvelous.

We'll revolutionize

the aerial bombardment.

Inspector Lestrade.

Yes, Sir Reginald?

I hope Scotland Yard is

taking every precaution

to guard Dr. Tobel

and his equipment.

Two plain-clothes men

ride with him

in his car sir,

and four others follow

in another one, sir.

Good.

He's coming to my

office in Whitehall

as soon as he lands.

Well shall we

start, gentlemen?

Well, here he

is gentlemen.

Congratulations sir.

It was excellent

amazing performance.

It was magnificent,

Dr. Tobel.

Magnificent.

I am glad we had such

ideal conditions

for the test.

I wouldn't have

believed it

if I hadn't

seen it myself.

We've been through

a lot, Holmes

but thank goodness

he's safe now.

You brought your

apparatus with you?

No, Sir Reginald.

I did not.

But why not?

It must be lodged

in the most impregnable

vault in this building

until we're ready to

start manufacture.

I have arranged for a

little office of my own.

I intend to supervise

the manufacture myself.

But you,

you offered it to our

government for our use.

Everything

Mr. Holmes has done

has been with that

ideal in view.

I still offer it

to your government

but no one else will know

the secrets involved.

I have devised the plan

to guard my invention,

a plan as intricate as

the bomb sight itself.

If you imagined

for one moment...

Please.

I will not change my

mind, Sir Reginald.

I am taking the matter

into my own hands.

Just what do you propose

to do, Dr. Tobel.

I am sorry.

I cannot reveal

the details

of my plan for

the present.

Do you think that's wise?

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes