Sherlock Holmes in Washington Page #6

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But you have.

You'll observe

that on the train

you had contact with

a little British

agent named Grayson.

He gave you something,

where is it?

But I hardly even

noticed the man.

I wouldn't even had

remembered him

if I hadn't seen his

picture in the paper.

He disappeared

or something.

He's dead Miss Pattridge.

Now will you tell me

what I want to know?

But I can't.

You won't.

I can't I tell you.

Let me out of here.

He gave me nothing.

That's strange because

I know he spoke to you.

There's something

very curious

about that door up there.

To open it you'll have

to know the combination.

But I tell you I spoke

to no one on that train.

Well didn't

that little man

try to be

attentive to you?

Oh he,

he may have offered

the usual courtesies

I don't even remember.

I see.

I'm sorry.

Wont you smoke

one of these?

Thank you.

And you're quite sure

he said nothing

at all to you?

Of course I'm sure.

Permit me.

And your certain

that nothing

passed between you?

I'm certain.

Mr. Howell please.

I must ask you to

trust me with your bag

a little longer.

I have an

eccentric interest

in the linings of purses,

it's (unintelligible).

Awe, you know

Mr. Howe I believe.

Mr. Howe is a gentleman

of unusual

accomplishments.

Under his influence

I've known people

to talk fluently

who never talked before.

But I don't know anything

I tell you, nothing!

Nothing I swear it!

I don't know anything!

You stay out here.

I'll go inside.

I'll assume the character

of an eccentric

art collector.

As soon as I'm convinced

that this is the

place were looking for

I'll signal to you

and you get Grogan

and bring him

here on the run

but don't take any time,

an extra second

may cost a life.

No madam, I don't

know who she is

but notice the modeling.

It has good symmetry,

good lines.

Oh I'll be right

with you sir.

Thank you, I'll just

take a look around.

What an extraordinary

cabinet.

Spanish.

Moorish influence.

Imitation of course.

It is not an imitation,

it's authentic.

Oh come now my dear man.

Awe, may I see some

of these ceramics?

Those aren't for sale.

They're Ming vases mostly

and they haven't

been marked yet.

Well naturally that's of

very little consequence,

you see,

if they're genuine

I can tell it with

it's initialing

what the international

price might be.

If you please sir, there

are other customers.

Oh yes, yes of course.

Well I'll just

look around.

Awe,

what a very interesting

collection of pewter.

That will be five

hundred dollars.

Now would you just

give me the address

where you want it sent?

Mrs.

J. Wellington, Junior,

Duponte Circle.

Good night.

Good night.

I'll have it sent

out in the morning.

Oh dear, oh dear.

I'm most terribly sorry.

You've broken one of

our best pieces sir.

Ming Dynasty.

Tang dynasty not Ming.

Definitely not Ming.

It is my business

to know sir,

the pottery is Ming

and worth twenty-three

hundred dollars.

As were closing

for the evening

I must ask you to

settle at once.

Nonsense my good man.

Tang pottery is worth

six hundred

dollars at best.

Just a moment please.

Yes of course.

Hello.

What's going on out there?

A customer dropped a

valuable piece of pottery.

I'll finish with

him immediately.

How could you say

that it's Ming?

Twenty-three hundred

fiddlesticks.

You ask twenty-three

hundred dollars

for something that's worth

no more than

six hundred

I demand to see

the proprietor.

Now wait a minute.

There are bureaus for the

protection of

innocent customers.

Show me to the owner

of this establishment

or I'll turn

the entire matter

to my legal

representative.

Ming indeed.

Just a minute.

What skullduggery.

I mean to put an end

to it this very night.

Ming for Tang indeed

and I won't be put off.

Call the proprietor

immediately!

Very well, just a minute.

Yes?

This man's mad.

An eccentric collector.

I can't get rid of him.

Insists on seeing

you in person.

All right.

Stall him for a

half-minute

then send him

into my office.

I'll get rid of

him and quickly.

No screams till the

customer's gone.

You get downstairs.

Yes sir.

I'm most

frightfully sorry...

I'm most frightfully

sorry about the vase but,

but really sir you're

clerk is guilty

of attempting the

most obvious fraud.

You see he tried to

convince me

that I'd broken

a Ming pottery.

And anyone could see

that it belonged

to Tang era.

Its value is no more than

six hundred dollars.

All right, you pay

him the six hundred

we'll call the

matter settled.

Oh.

Oh thank you

very much sir.

Thank you.

I'll send you my

check in the morning.

I... I see you know

the London value

of these pieces.

It's my business.

Exactly.

Yes.

Exactly.

You know I think

you're just the man

to help me find

some furniture

I'm anxious to get.

I'm most frightfully bored

with the usual

conglomeration of pieces

that we can pick up

on the other side.

What do you really want

Mr. Sherlock Holmes?

You're Henry Kinkle

or as you now

call yourself

Mr. Richard Stanley.

In 1914, secret agent

of the German Kaiser.

Since then,

head of the most insidious

international spy ring

that ever existed.

You're wrong.

A case of

mistaken identity.

I've been a respected

member of this community

for a great many years.

I deal in antiques

because of their

rarity and beauty.

Merely a device to cover

up your real business

of transporting

secret information

to the enemies

of this country.

Very interesting

but just a figment

of your imagination.

I am a very busy man

Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

Where is Nancy Pattridge?

You're not

looking for that girl

you're looking for

a certain document.

Dear me no.

The document's

perfectly safe.

You see the man who has it

doesn't know he has it.

That's a very pretty

tale but quite untrue.

The only man who had

any contact with Grayson

on the train was

Senator Babcock.

The Senator doesn't

have the document

we took the

trouble to find out.

Permit me.

Thank you.

Perhaps you've

been mislead

by the common

notion regarding

the shape and bulk

of state papers.

They might easily

been reduced to a,

to a convenient

size you know?

Say a document

no larger than a,

than a postage stamp.

A postage stamp huh?

That's a very

interesting theory

but not supported

by the facts

and quite

beside the point.

Where's the girl?

She's not here of course

but you're quite at

liberty to look around

if you care too.

Thank you.

I shall do so.

Interesting piece.

Spanish isn't it?

Moorish.

Oh, my error.

It's an amazing specimen

but I assure

you won't find

what you're

looking for there.

You stimulate

my curiosity.

This might

be interesting.

The Moors were

an incredibly

inventive people

weren't they?

Yes it was in

shocking condition

when I got hold of it

but I had it restored.

Very lively now

but old fashioned.

If that's the best you

can do, Mr. Stanley,

I think I may

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