:19:00
and the tone, l would say
it is a genuine Stradivarius...
:19:03
of the best period.
:19:05
You like?
:19:07
Oh, it's magnificent.
:19:08
Nikolai...
:19:14
Here. Take it.
:19:17
Madame says it is yours.
:19:18
Mine?
:19:19
For services you will render.
:19:22
My fees as a detective
are not exactly trifling...
:19:25
but a Stradivarius--
you're not serious.
:19:27
l am not, but Madame is.
:19:40
All right...
:19:42
l will pour vodka
and explain.
:19:46
Mr. Holmes...
:19:48
what you have seen
tonight is last...
:19:51
and positively
final performance...
:19:53
of Madame Petrova.
:19:55
She is retiring.
:19:56
What a shame.
:19:58
She's been dancing since
she was three years old...
:20:00
and after all,
she is now thirty-eight.
:20:02
l must say,
she doesn't look thirty-eight.
:20:04
That is because
she is forty-nine.
:20:09
So Madame has decided
to leave ballet...
:20:11
and spend life
bringing up her child.
:20:13
How admirable.
:20:14
Problem is how to find father.
:20:16
Oh, is he missing?
:20:18
Correct.
:20:19
And that's why
you've called me in.
:20:20
Also correct.
:20:22
We must have father.
:20:23
Because without father,
how could there be child?
:20:25
Oh, l see.
:20:27
The whole thing is still
in the planning stage.
:20:31
Correct again.
:20:32
Madame would like child...
:20:33
to be brilliant
and beautiful.
:20:36
Since she is beautiful,
she needs man who is brilliant.
:20:39
Zo sdarovya!
:20:48
What's in it?
:20:49
What does it taste like?
:20:50
Red pepper.
:20:51
That's what's in it.
:20:55
l beg your pardon?
:20:56
Madame would like to know
when you can be ready.
:20:58
-Ready?
-To leave for Venice.