1:04:02
that your story was fantastical.
1:04:06
Unhappily, I cannot.
1:04:09
I know for a fact that the prince
has a taste in unfortunate women.
1:04:14
And I suppose it's
more than possible that...
1:04:16
he concocted this elaborate deception...
1:04:19
to have some privacy while
he indulgedin his secret life.
1:04:22
But I know one reason
I have for stating...
1:04:26
that Prince Edward being Jack the Ripper
is just incomprehensible.
1:04:30
What's that, sir?
1:04:35
If you repeat what I'm about to tell
you, both our lives are in jeopardy.
1:04:39
Indeed, lhope for your sake
that what l'm about to say...
1:04:41
will steer you clear of
the very real danger you're in.
1:04:44
I think I'm well past the point
of safe return, sir.
1:04:49
Prince Edward has syphilis.
1:04:53
Not a pleasant state secret,
but a vital one.
1:04:56
Well, then that proves it.
1:04:58
I couldn't understand why the prince
was killing Ann Crook's friends...
1:05:02
especially so savagely, but...
1:05:05
he's not merely killing them.
1:05:08
He's punishing them.
1:05:09
He wants revenge.
Don't you see, sir?
1:05:12
No, lnspector, I don't see.
1:05:15
I'm afraid your wild speculations
about the prince's mental state...
1:05:18
clever though they maybe...
1:05:21
cannot overcome
the physical impossibility...
1:05:22
of his committing these crimes.
1:05:24
The disease is
far enough along that...
1:05:27
the prince's hands
tremble uncontrollably.
1:05:29
He's very weak,
and the killings of Jack the Ripper...
1:05:32
require sure hands
and considerable vigor.
1:05:37
And have you forgotten
the most telling fact?
1:05:40
Whatever else the prince may be...
1:05:42
he knows little or nothing
of human anatomy.