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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Page #7
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1970
- 125 min
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Stop it!
lf we are to continue,
if we are to find out...
what really happened
to your husband...
you cannot act
the grief-stricken widow.
l'm--l'm...sorry.
l know it's not easy,
but you must remember...
we're that nice couple
from London...
on holiday in the Highlands.
l'll try.
That's much better.
Thank you.
Now, if l may proceed without
further interruptions.
Mr. Ashdown!
Holmes, l saw it.
l saw it from the attic window.
lt's out there in the lake!
-You saw what?
-Telescope!
Where's the telescope?
What did you see?
The monster.
The monster?
There--there it is!
Look for yourself.
There it is there.
There, there.
See it?
There. See it?
l see nothing.
Nothing?
lt's gone.
Gone? Maybe it was never there.
Holmes, l swear to you,
l saw it as clear as anything!
Watson, as you
so succinctly put it...
we are living in
the nineteenth century.
Maybe that grave digger
was right--
the swell
and the boat overturning.
Monsieur Valladon may have
been found in the lake...
but he did not drown.
He died of asphyxiation.
Asphyxiation?
There's only one substance...
that can turn
a copper ring green...
and bleach the color
out of canaries--
chlorine gas.
Well, that may be,
but the fact remains...
that l saw something out there!
A figment of your imagination.
Now let us be logical.
The only concrete lead we have
is the reference to the castle.
The question is...which castle?
You call yourself logical?
You're the least
logical man l know.
Am l?
How can you say it's a figment
of my imagination...
when for years
you've been saying...
l have no imagination
whatsoever?
We have so far investigated
eight drafty castles...
had our bicycles
attacked by sheep...
and our ears assaulted
by bagpipes...
and we are exactly
where we started.
Would you like some more
cranberry sauce, dear?
Yes, dear.
Would you pass
the cranberry sauce, John?
Yes, dear.
l say there!
Good afternoon! Remember me?
There's some chaps
l met on the train.
We had a long conversation,
or rather...
l had a long conversation...
because they are
not allowed to talk.
Trappists, you know?
Oh, you'll never guess...
what the one next
to me was reading--
''The Book of Jonah.''
lsn't that odd?
Quite.
What is it, dear?
What's the matter?
Oh, a bee!
Well, l don't think
we have to bother...
with this castle.
lt's just a pile of rubble.
Then why are they taking
all these precautions?
Why, indeed?
-Let's go.
-Go where?
When rebuffed
at the front door...
one's only choice is to try
the tradesman's entrance.
Sorry. No visitors allowed.
Are you the guide here?
Yes, but the castle
is closed to the public...
while work is going on.
Oh, what are they doing?
lt's being restored
by the Society...
for the Preservation
of Scottish Monuments.
Oh, that's too bad.
l particularly wanted my wife
to see Urquhart Castle.
The tower is one of
the most interesting examples...
of medieval architecture.
About 1400, wasn't it?
That's right.
Let me see, was it built
The lll, but if you'd like
to come back next year...
we'll be finished then...
and l'll be glad
to show you around.
Thank you.
Pleasant sort, isn't he?
Pleasant, but ignorant.
He was off one hundred years
and one James.
lt's actually 1500 and James lV.
lf he's an official guide,
shouldn't he know?
lf he's an official guide.
Listen, do you hear
anything, Watson?
too much of a racket.
They're not just birds.
They're our old friends.
Sulfuric acid.
The more we find out,
the less sense it makes.
To a graduate chemist,
it makes a great deal of sense.
Sulfuric acid when
exposed to salt water...
produces chlorine gas.
John, would you mind
clasping your hands, please?
Like that?
No, like that. Lower.
Thank you.
That tower may be more
interesting than l thought...
and not just architecturally.
Holmes...l have a feeling
we're redundant here.
We have now
observed the castle...
from the front, from the back...
from the side,
from land, from water.
What now? Planning to spend
the night out here?
lf necessary.
You're gonna catch
your death of cold, you know.
Wouldn't it be ironic
if Holmes' last case...
were a case of pneumonia?
Sorry.
What's that?
Holmes!
There's--a--
Quick, Watson! After it!
Holmes, what are we doing?
We should be going away from it!
Keep rowing, damn it!
We've lost it.
At least you admit
there is an it...
not just a figment
of my imagination!
Quiet!
Do you have your
stethoscope with you?
Never without it.
What is it?
l can hear something.
lt's getting closer...
and closer...
Holmes!
Get back! Get back!
Get back--you beast--
Are you all right?
l lost my parasol.
Where's Watson?
Watson!
Thank you.
l...have come face to face
with man-eating tigers.
l was once caught
in a stampede...
of wild elephants--
lndia, you know--
but l wasn't half as frightened.
Well, l just hope
it doesn't come back!
l don't think it will.
Look.
What strange goings-on!
Not really.
l would say that the monster,
after a hard day's work...
has returned home
for his supper.
Yes, l know.
But would you believe
you can't borrow...
a decent pair of trousers
in this place?
All right, Holmes.
Want to confide in us?
Whenever he starts whistling...
l know he's getting close
to a solution.
lt's nothing new, actually.
We've come across
this situation before.
We have? Where?
At the ballet.
Ballet?
There's a lake,
and there's a castle...
and there's a swan that
isn't really a swan...
or in this case...
a monster that
isn't really a monster.
Then what is it?
What is it, indeed,
and sulfuric acid
and has an engine for a heart?
An engine?
The stethoscope is a very
sensitive instrument...
and water is an excellent
conductor of sound.
There is no doubt
that we are dealing with...
a mechanical monster.
Oh!
Not only is it equipped
with an artificial heart...
it also has artificial lungs.
Judging from the bubbles
on the surface of the lake...
it uses some form of air pump.
involved in all this?
Yes, Madame Valladon,
l'm sure of it.
build a mechanical monster?
Just to scare people?
Not very likely.
Why did they try to keep me
from finding my husband?
And why was he
buried anonymously?
l think l have
a pretty good notion...
of what they're up to...
the Society for the Preservation
of Scottish Monuments--
better known
as the Diogenes Club!
Diogenes Club?
Come in!
Mr. Ashdown, l have a bottle
of champagne for you.
A bottle of champagne!
l didn't order it.
No, indeed.
You are to deliver it.
Those are my instructions.
lnstructions from whom?
Deliver it where?
l wouldn't know, sir...
but there's a carriage
waiting for you downstairs.
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