:03:20
To my heirs--
:03:22
ln my lifetime...
:03:24
l have recorded
some sixty cases...
:03:26
demonstrating the singular gift
of my friend...
:03:29
Sherlock Holmes...
:03:30
dealing with everything...
:03:32
from ''The Hound
of the Baskervilles''...
:03:34
to his mysterious
brother Mycroft...
:03:36
and the devilish
Professor Moriarty.
:03:39
But there were
other adventures which...
:03:41
for reasons of discretion...
:03:43
l have decided to withhold
from the public...
:03:46
until this much later date.
:03:48
They involve matters of
a delicate and, sometimes...
:03:52
scandalous nature...
:03:54
as will shortly
become apparent.
:03:59
lt was August of 1887...
:04:01
and we were returning
from Yorkshire...
:04:04
where Holmes had solved
the baffling murder...
:04:06
of Admiral Abernetti.
:04:09
You may recall that he broke
the murderer's alibi...
:04:12
by measuring the depth
to which the parsley...
:04:15
had sunk in the butter
on a hot day.
:04:37
l wish you'd give me
a bit more warning...
:04:40
when you come home unexpected.
:04:42
l'd have roasted a goose,
had a few flowers for you.
:04:45
My dear Mrs. Hudson...
:04:47
criminals are as
unpredictable as head colds.
:04:50
You never quite know when
you're going to catch one.
:04:52
l'll unpack your bags.
:04:53
Here's an advance copy
of ''Strand Magazine.''
:04:56
They've printed
''The Red-headed League.''
:04:58
Very impressive.