:44:03
I'm afraid Dr. Ferral suffers
from the surgeon's malady.
:44:07
And what's that, sir?
:44:09
Want of feeling.
:44:11
He knows everything
about anatomy...
:44:13
and nothing about the soul.
:44:16
How may l assist you, lnspector?
:44:18
Well, forgive my ignorance,
sir, but, um...
:44:21
are you a surgeon?
:44:23
I was.
:44:25
Unfortunately, I suffered
a brain seizure six months ago.
:44:27
- Sorry to hear that, sir.
- These days I limit myself to teaching.
:44:32
So you see, I'm accustomed
to answering questions, lnspector.
:44:38
Well, sir...
:44:40
could you tell me what sort
of a knife, uh, would this be?
:44:51
I think you mean to
draw a Liston knife.
:44:54
It's named for Liston,
who was a surgeon in the Crimean War.
:44:57
Because there was no anesthetic
on the battlefield...
:44:59
he had to carry out these amputations
very quickly.
:45:02
Uh...
:45:03
do you, by any chance, have
the police surgeon's report available?
:45:07
Yes, I do, sir.
:45:08
May l?
:45:10
- We must keep this confidential.
- Of course.
:45:15
- There it is.
- Thank you.
:45:22
Hmm.
:45:25
Yes.
:45:30
Wouldn't someone
have heard their screams?
:45:32
Not if you cut their throats first.
:45:36
Yes.
:45:37
And how can you be sure they wouldn't
react to seeing the Liston knife?
:45:41
Grapes.
:45:44
He offers them grapes first.
:45:46
- Ah.
- Grapes are very tempting.
:45:49
Yes, of course.
They'd gobble them up, wouldn't they?
:45:51
And he might offer them
a drink to ease them down.
:45:54
A drink laced with laudanum.
:45:57
How do you know that?
:45:59
I found a sprig of grapes
on both victims' bodies...