:26:00
Good night.
:26:01
Good night.
:26:06
I say Holmes, have you
gone out of your mind?
:26:08
Cosgrave just got
the orange pips
:26:09
and your letting Merrivale
:26:11
sleep in the same
room with him.
:26:12
He'll be all right.
:26:13
All right?
:26:14
But what's
preventing Merrivale
:26:15
from killing him
in his sleep?
:26:17
I hardly think he'll
stick his own neck
:26:19
squarely in the noose.
:26:20
Well, I see what you mean.
:26:23
Well the field's
narrowing down, Holmes.
:26:26
Captain Simpson
certainly cleared.
:26:28
How?
:26:29
Yes he's definitely
been eliminated.
:26:31
The killer had two
tries at him today.
:26:33
Nonsense my dear Watson.
:26:35
No one's tried to murder
captain Simpson's.
:26:37
Well how about the poison
needle we both saw?
:26:39
Captain Simpson spotted
it, if you'll recall,
:26:41
from about where you are.
:26:42
Oh what's so
extraordinary about that?
:26:44
Can you see the
needle there now?
:26:46
No.
:26:47
Well there is one.
:26:49
Gracious.
:26:50
How'd it get there?
:26:51
I placed it there myself
:26:53
just before we
went into supper.
:26:55
You couldn't see it yet
:26:56
you have
exceptional eyesight.
:26:58
Well you'd have to
have telescopic eyes
:26:59
to see it from over there.
:27:00
Exactly.
:27:02
You mean that Simpson...
:27:03
well how about the
acid in his drink?
:27:06
There wasn't any
acid in his drink.
:27:08
Well it
definitely smelled
:27:09
like bitter almonds.
:27:10
It should.
:27:12
That's exactly what it
was, bitter almonds.
:27:14
How do you know?
:27:18
Cause I put it in
his drink myself.
:27:20
You did?
:27:21
Great Scott why?
:27:22
To observe his reaction.
:27:23
It was quite different
from that of the morning.
:27:25
The first was acting,
:27:26
the second genuine terror.
:27:28
Hence, I knew that
he undoubtedly
:27:29
planted the
needle himself.
:27:31
Well why should he?
:27:32
Well there are several
possible explanations,
:27:34
the most obvious,
of course,
:27:35
to advert suspicion.
:27:36
And you think Simpson's
behind all this?
:27:39
I don't know Watson.
:27:41
This is a most
unique case.
:27:43
Instead of too few
:27:44
we have too many clues
:27:46
and too many suspects.
:27:47
The main pattern
on the puzzle
:27:49
seems to be forming
:27:50
but the pieces
don't fit in.
:27:52
Well it seems
perfectly clear to me.
:27:54
One of these men
:27:55
is picking off the
others one by one
:27:57
to get all their insurance
money for himself.
:27:58
Why it's obvious.