:15:00
to Washington in
the usual way.
:15:02
So a regular
King's messenger,
:15:04
Sir Henry Marchmont,
was dispatched.
:15:06
Not carrying the
document of course?
:15:07
That's right.
:15:08
Sir Henry was
the sort of...
:15:09
A decoy shall we say?
:15:10
Precisely.
:15:11
The document was
actually entrusted
:15:13
to a reliable but
insignificant man
:15:15
in our secret service.
:15:18
On his arrival
in Washington
:15:19
he was to make himself
known to Sir Henry
:15:21
and deliver the document.
:15:24
Now not even
Sir Henry knew
:15:25
that this man, Pettibone,
:15:26
who traveled under
the name of John Grayson,
:15:28
was the real messenger.
:15:29
Pettibone?
:15:30
Yes.
:15:31
Alfred Pettibone?
:15:32
Yes.
:15:32
Good man.
:15:33
None better.
:15:35
I've worked
with him often.
:15:37
I hope you may be able
to work with him again.
:15:40
But he's completely
disappeared,
:15:41
he's vanished, gone
without leaving a trace.
:15:44
I can see the possibility
:15:45
of serious ramifications
in his disappearance.
:15:47
Exactly.
:15:50
So far we've
been able to keep
:15:51
the knowledge of our loss
:15:53
from both the American
and British public.
:15:55
Holmes you must
retrieve that document
:15:58
before it can be
used against us.
:16:01
Of course the Washington
Police have been notified
:16:04
of Grayson's
disappearance
:16:05
but even they don't know
:16:07
that he was carrying
the document.
:16:08
Now that's about
all the detail
:16:10
I'm at liberty
to give you.
:16:12
Well if they've
got Grayson,
:16:13
that is Pettibone, they
must got the papers.
:16:15
Not necessarily Watson.
:16:16
It doesn't follow
because they got man,
:16:17
they got the document.
:16:19
What form is
this document in?
:16:21
It was typed on two
sheets of legal paper.
:16:23
Two sheets?
:16:25
That's too bulky
to swallow.
:16:26
And dry Watson,
cheerfully dry.
:16:28
Especially legal papers.
:16:29
Well whatever shape
the document was in
:16:31
I trust Pettibone
to get rid of it
:16:33
before anyone could
lay hands on him.
:16:34
The document
must be found
:16:36
before it falls into the
hands of our enemies.
:16:37
I'm here on behalf of His
Majesty's government
:16:39
who urges you to find it.
:16:41
That means going to
Washington, of course.
:16:42
With all possible speed.
:16:44
A bomber is waiting
for you at Creighton.
:16:46
Goodbye Doctor Watson.
:16:47
Goodbye Sir.
:16:48
Goodbye Ahren.
:16:49
Goodbye Holmes, good luck.
:16:50
Thanks very much.
:16:51
We're relying on you.
:16:54
Well Watson
:16:56
we're off to
Washington at once.
:16:57
America, I say
that's exciting.
:16:59
I've never seen a
game of baseball.