1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: The second customer and the amber beads. After the episode 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:09,439 of the Florentine Dagger, Hagar lost her high spirits. She 3 00:00:09,519 --> 00:00:12,519 had sent Eustace away to make his fortune and to 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,839 discover impossible the lost air of Jacob Dix. By this 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,879 act of self denial, as it really was, she had 6 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,719 deprived herself of all pleasure. She had robbed herself of 7 00:00:24,839 --> 00:00:29,000 what might have been a bright future. Consequently, she was 8 00:00:29,079 --> 00:00:34,399 less cheerful than of yore. Nevertheless, she felt convinced that 9 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,399 Lorne loved her, and that he would earn her gratitude, 10 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:43,560 possibly her hand, by returning with Goliath at his heels. 11 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,520 When that event took place, she would recover at once 12 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:52,039 her spirits and her lover. But at present the business 13 00:00:52,039 --> 00:00:56,000 of the pawn shop took up her undivided attention and 14 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:01,719 forced her to put away sad thoughts and melancholy concess Also, 15 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:07,000 Providence provided distraction for her dismal humors by sending her 16 00:01:07,079 --> 00:01:11,599 a negress to pawn a necklace of amber beads. Although 17 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,000 Hagar did not know it at the time, this was 18 00:01:15,079 --> 00:01:19,079 the beginning of a second and rather more serious adventure. 19 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:24,239 It was drawing tonight one August evening when the woman 20 00:01:24,359 --> 00:01:27,959 made her appearance, and the atmosphere of the shop was 21 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:32,079 darker than usual, Still it was sufficiently light for Hagar 22 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,239 to see that her customer was a tall and bulky 23 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:40,840 negress arrayed in a gaudy yellow dress neutralized by trimmings 24 00:01:40,879 --> 00:01:45,480 of black jet beading. As the evening was hot and close, 25 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:50,120 she wore neither cloak nor jacket, but displayed her somewhat 26 00:01:50,159 --> 00:01:55,319 shapeless figure to the full in this decidedly startling costume. 27 00:01:55,599 --> 00:01:59,879 Her hat was a garden of roses, red, white, and yet, 28 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:04,760 and she wore a large silver brooch like a shield, 29 00:02:05,239 --> 00:02:10,439 an extensive necklace of silver coins, and many bangles of 30 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:14,639 the same metal on her black wrists. As a contrast 31 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,919 to these splendors, she wore no gloves, nor did she 32 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:23,599 hide her coal black face with a veil. Altogether, this 33 00:02:23,759 --> 00:02:29,159 odd customer was the blackest and most fantastically dressed negress 34 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,159 that Hagar had ever seen, and in the dim light 35 00:02:33,479 --> 00:02:37,759 she looked a striking but rather alarming figure. On Hagar. 36 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:42,240 Coming to the counter, this black woman produced out of 37 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:47,039 a silver clasp seal skin satchel a necklace, which she 38 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,520 handed silently to Hagar for inspection, as the light was 39 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:56,400 too imperfect to admit of a close examination. Hagar lighted 40 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,240 the gas, but when it flamed up, the negress, as 41 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,599 though unwilling to be seen too clearly in the searching glare, 42 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:10,360 stepped back hastily into the darkness. Hagar put this retrograde 43 00:03:10,439 --> 00:03:15,280 movement down to the natural timidity of a person unaccustomed 44 00:03:15,319 --> 00:03:18,840 to pawning, and took but little notice of it at 45 00:03:18,879 --> 00:03:23,400 the time. Afterwards she had cause to remember it. The 46 00:03:23,479 --> 00:03:27,680 necklace was a string of magnificent amber beads threaded on 47 00:03:27,759 --> 00:03:31,960 a slender chain of gold. Each bead was as large 48 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,159 as the egg of a sparrow, and round the middle 49 00:03:35,199 --> 00:03:38,520 of each single one there was a narrow belt of 50 00:03:38,639 --> 00:03:43,719 tiny diamonds. The clasp at the back was of fine gold, 51 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:48,639 square in shape, and curiously wrought to the representation of 52 00:03:48,719 --> 00:03:54,560 a hideous Ethiopian face with diamonds for eyes. This queer 53 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,719 piece of jewelry was unique of its kind, and, as 54 00:03:58,759 --> 00:04:04,960 Hagar rapidly came, calculated of considerable value. Nevertheless, she offered, 55 00:04:05,039 --> 00:04:09,360 according to custom, as low a sum as she well could. 56 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,800 I'll give five pounds on it, she said, returning to 57 00:04:12,879 --> 00:04:16,879 the counter rather. To her surprise, the negress accepted with 58 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,000 a sharp nod, and then took out of her bag 59 00:04:20,199 --> 00:04:25,319 a scrap of paper. On this was written laboriously Rosa 60 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:30,160 Marlbone Road. The name and address were so imperfect that 61 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,120 Hagar hesitated before making out the pawn ticket. Have you 62 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:38,079 no other name but Rosa? She asked sharply. The nigress 63 00:04:38,079 --> 00:04:41,120 shook her head and kept well in the shadow, and 64 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:46,759 no more particular address than marlbone rode again. The black 65 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:51,680 woman made a negative sign whereat. Annoyed by these gestures, 66 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:56,439 Hagar grew angered. Can't you speak? She demanded, tartly, are 67 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:00,360 you dumb? At once the nigress nodded and laid a 68 00:05:00,399 --> 00:05:05,000 finger on her lips. Hagar drew back. This woman was black, 69 00:05:05,399 --> 00:05:09,160 she was dumb. She gave half a name, half an address, 70 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,000 and she wished to pawn a valuable and unique piece 71 00:05:13,079 --> 00:05:18,000 of jewelry. The whole affair was queer, and, as Hagar considered, 72 00:05:18,439 --> 00:05:23,279 might be rather dangerous. Perhaps this silent negress was disposing 73 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,319 of stolen goods, as the necklace seemed too fine for 74 00:05:27,439 --> 00:05:31,040 her to possess. For the moment, Hagar was inclined to 75 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,519 refuse to do business, but a glance at the amber 76 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,639 beads decided her to make the bargain. She could get 77 00:05:38,639 --> 00:05:42,120 it cheap, she was acting well within the legal limits 78 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,720 of business, and if the police did appear in the matter, 79 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,639 no blame could be attached to her for the transaction. 80 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,399 Biased by these considerations, Hagar made out the ticket in 81 00:05:54,439 --> 00:05:58,360 the name of Rosa and took a clean new five 82 00:05:58,439 --> 00:06:01,959 pound note out of the cash box. As she was 83 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:06,079 about to give ticket and money across the counter, she paused, 84 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,800 I'll take the number of this note, she thought, going 85 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:13,279 to the desk. If this negress can't be traced by 86 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,000 name or address, a bank note number will find her 87 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:22,519 if it is necessary. Deeming this precaution judicious, Hagar hastily 88 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,920 scribbled down the number of a five pound note, and, 89 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:29,600 returning to the counter, gave it and the ticket to 90 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,600 her queer customer. The negress stretched out her right hand 91 00:06:33,759 --> 00:06:37,160 for them, and then Hagar made a discovery, which she 92 00:06:37,319 --> 00:06:42,680 noted mentally as a mark of identification. If necessary. However, 93 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,279 she said nothing but tried to get a good look 94 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:50,639 at the woman's face. The customer, however, kept well in 95 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:55,600 the shadow and swept note and ticket into her bag hurriedly, 96 00:06:56,199 --> 00:06:59,639 and she bowed and left the shop. Six days later, 97 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,759 haigh Are received a printed notice from New Scotland Yard 98 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:08,439 notifying to all pawnbrokers that the police were in search 99 00:07:08,879 --> 00:07:12,480 of a necklace of amber beads, set with diamonds and 100 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:17,600 clasped with a negro's face wrought in gold. Notice of 101 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,399 its whereabouts was to be sent to the Detective department 102 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:26,879 without delay. Remembering her suspicions and recalling the persistent way 103 00:07:26,959 --> 00:07:31,079 in which the negress had averted her face, Hagar was 104 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:35,120 not much surprised by this communication. Curious to know the 105 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,839 truth and to learn what crime might be attached to 106 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:42,879 the necklace, she wrote at once about the matter. Within 107 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:47,079 four hours a stranger presented himself to see the amber 108 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,399 beads and to question her concerning the woman who had 109 00:07:51,439 --> 00:07:54,839 pawned the same. He was a fat little man with 110 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:59,879 a healthy red face and shrewd twinkling eyes. Introducing himself 111 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:05,240 as Luke Horval of the Detective Service, he asked Hagar 112 00:08:05,319 --> 00:08:10,000 to relate the circumstances of the pawning. This the girl did, 113 00:08:10,079 --> 00:08:15,040 frankly enough, but without communicating her own suspicions. At the 114 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:19,560 conclusion of her narrative, she displayed the amber beads, which 115 00:08:19,639 --> 00:08:24,079 were carefully examined by mister Horval. Then he slapped his 116 00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:27,480 knee and whistled in a thoughtful sort of way. I 117 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,879 guessed as much, said he, staring hard at Hagar. The 118 00:08:32,039 --> 00:08:36,960 negress did it? Did what? Asked the girl curiously, why, 119 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,600 said Horval, murdered the old woman? Murder? The word had 120 00:08:41,639 --> 00:08:45,559 a gruesome and cruel sound, which caused Hagar's cheek to 121 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:49,360 pale when it rang in her ears. She had connected 122 00:08:49,399 --> 00:08:52,960 the amber beads with robbery, but scarcely with the taking 123 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,039 of life. The idea that she had been in the 124 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,399 company of a murder s gave Hagar a qualm, but 125 00:09:00,639 --> 00:09:04,559 suppressing this as a weakness, she asked Horvald to tell 126 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,600 her the details of the crime and how it bore 127 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,799 on the pawning of the amber beads. It's just this way, 128 00:09:11,919 --> 00:09:16,480 miss explained the detective easily. This Rosa is the nigger 129 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:21,559 girl of missus Areford. Is Rosa her real name? Oh? Yes, 130 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,960 I suppose she thought she might lose the beads if 131 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,120 she gave a wrong one. But the address ain't right. 132 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,360 It's the other end of London, as Missus Hareford lives, 133 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:37,919 or rather lived, added Horval, correcting himself seeing she now 134 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:43,519 occupies a kensal Green Grave, Campden Hill. Miss a sweet 135 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:47,519 little house in Bedford Gardens, where she lived with Rosa 136 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,919 and Miss Lyle. And who is miss Lyle the companion 137 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:56,399 of Missus Hareford, a dry stick of a spinster, miss 138 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:00,080 not to be compared with a fine girl like you. 139 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:04,399 Hagar did not deign to notice the compliment, but sharply 140 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:09,080 requested mister Horwall to continue his story, which he did, 141 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,440 in no wise abashed by her cold demeanor. It's just 142 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,039 this way, miss, said he again. The old lady, the 143 00:10:17,159 --> 00:10:21,799 old maid, and the nigger Wench lived together in Bedford Gardens, 144 00:10:22,279 --> 00:10:26,679 a kind of happy family, as one might say. Missus 145 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:31,120 Areford was the widder of a West Indian gent and 146 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:35,399 as rich as Solomon. She brought those amber beads from Jamaica, 147 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:41,639 and Rosa was always wanting them. Why the necklace was 148 00:10:41,879 --> 00:10:45,960 very unsuitable to one of her condition. Twasn't exactly the 149 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,840 cost of it as she thought about, said Horvall, nursing 150 00:10:49,879 --> 00:10:53,200 his chin. But it seems that the necklace is a 151 00:10:53,279 --> 00:10:57,799 fetish or charm or lucky penny, as you might say, 152 00:10:58,159 --> 00:11:03,639 to bring good fortune to the wearer. Missus Areford was 153 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:08,080 past wanting good luck, so hadn't no need for the beads. 154 00:11:08,879 --> 00:11:12,240 Rosa asked her for them, just for the good luck 155 00:11:12,279 --> 00:11:16,320 of them, as you might say. The old girl wouldn't part, 156 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:21,759 as she was as superstitious as Rosa herself over that necklace. 157 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,519 So in the end Rosa murdered her to get it. 158 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,279 How do you know she did, asked Hagar, doubtfully. How 159 00:11:29,279 --> 00:11:33,080 do I know, echoed the detective, in surprise, because I 160 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:37,320 ain't a fool. Miss Last week, missus Areford was found 161 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,000 in her bed with a carving knight in her heart, 162 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:43,799 as dead as a door nail, and the beads were missing. 163 00:11:44,039 --> 00:11:48,080 Miss Lyle she didn't know anything about it, and Rosa 164 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,200 swore she hadn't left her room. So you see, we 165 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:56,480 couldn't quite hit on who finished off missus Areford. But 166 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,879 now as I know Rosa pawned these beads, I'm sure 167 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,879 she did the job. What made you think that the 168 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:08,200 beads might have been pawned? Oh that was miss Lyle's idea. 169 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,799 A sharp old girl she is, miss She was very 170 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:17,120 fond of missus Areford, as she might well be, seeing 171 00:12:17,159 --> 00:12:20,279 as the old lady was rich and kept her like 172 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:24,879 a princess. Often she heard Rosa ask for those beads. 173 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:29,879 So when missus Areford was killed and the beads missing, 174 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:34,360 she told me as she was sure Rosa had done 175 00:12:34,399 --> 00:12:39,120 the trick. But the pawning, well, miss said Horball, scratching 176 00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:43,399 his chin. It was just this way, miss Lyle said, 177 00:12:43,399 --> 00:12:46,440 As how Rosa to get rid of the necklace until 178 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:50,480 the affair of the murder was blown over? Might pawn it? 179 00:12:50,919 --> 00:12:54,000 I thought so too, so I sent a printed slip 180 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,639 to all the pop shops in London. You wrote that 181 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,120 the beads were here. So it seemed that Miss Lyle 182 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:05,559 was right. Evidently, by the way, who gets the money 183 00:13:05,759 --> 00:13:10,799 of missus Areford A mister Frederick Jevins. He's a nephew 184 00:13:10,919 --> 00:13:15,240 of miss Lyle's, a nephew of miss Lyle's, echoed Hagar 185 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:19,480 in surprise. And why did missus Areford leave her money 186 00:13:19,519 --> 00:13:23,159 to him instead of to her relatives? Well it's just 187 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:28,240 this way, miss said Horvall, rising she hasn't got no relatives. 188 00:13:28,519 --> 00:13:31,519 And as mister j Evans was a good looking young 189 00:13:31,639 --> 00:13:34,799 chap always at the house to see his aunt. She 190 00:13:34,919 --> 00:13:38,399 took a fancy to him and left the money his way. 191 00:13:38,879 --> 00:13:41,840 You are sure that miss Lyle is no relation to 192 00:13:41,919 --> 00:13:47,200 miss Areford. Quite sure she was only the old girl's companion. 193 00:13:47,919 --> 00:13:50,919 Was missus Areford weak in the head? Not as I 194 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,960 ever heard of, said mister Horvall, with a stare. But 195 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,840 you can find out if you like, from miss Lyle. 196 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,679 Miss Lyle, how am I to say her? Why? Said 197 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,799 the detective, clapping on his hat, when you come to 198 00:14:04,879 --> 00:14:09,360 see a rosa is the same nigger as pawn Bamberbid's 199 00:14:09,919 --> 00:14:12,480 just leave some one to look after the shop, miss, 200 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:17,279 and come with me right away. With true feminine curiosity, 201 00:14:17,759 --> 00:14:21,919 Hagar agreed at once to accompany the detective to Camden Hill. 202 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:26,360 The shop was delivered into the charge of Bulker, a 203 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,720 misshapen imp of sixteen, who for some months had been 204 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:34,519 the plague of Hagar's life. He had a long body 205 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,879 and long arms, short legs, and a short temper, and 206 00:14:39,039 --> 00:14:43,960 also a most malignant eye, which indicated only too truly 207 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:48,320 his spiteful nature. Having given a few instructions to this 208 00:14:48,559 --> 00:14:53,399 charming lad, Hagar departed with Horvall in the Omnibus and 209 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:57,639 arrived at Bedford Gardens early in the afternoon. The house 210 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,399 was a quaint, pretty cottage which stood in a delightful 211 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:06,080 garden once the solace of poor dead missus Areford's soul, 212 00:15:06,799 --> 00:15:10,120 and was divided from the road by a tall fence 213 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:15,279 of iron railings, closed in with wooden planks painted a 214 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:19,679 dark green. A room into which the detective and Gipsy 215 00:15:19,799 --> 00:15:24,840 were shown was a prim and rather cozy apartment, which 216 00:15:24,919 --> 00:15:30,240 bore the impress of miss Lyle's old maidism in the 217 00:15:30,279 --> 00:15:34,039 disposition of the furniture. When they were seated here and 218 00:15:34,159 --> 00:15:38,159 were waiting for Miss Lyle, who had been advised of 219 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:43,720 their arrival, Hagar suddenly asked Horwall a leading question. Is 220 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:49,360 rosa dumb? She demanded, bless you, No, answered Horvall. It's true, 221 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,399 as she don't talk much, but she can use her 222 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,360 tongue in nigger fashion. Why do you ask? She said, 223 00:15:56,399 --> 00:15:59,360 she was dumb when she pawned the beads. Oh that 224 00:15:59,519 --> 00:16:02,120 was cut. She she was too cute to let her 225 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:06,759 voice betray her, replied Horrible, smiling. He had humor enough 226 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:11,240 to note Hagar's unconscious bull but as she was likely 227 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,799 to be useful to him in the conduct of the case. 228 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,240 He did not wish to anger her by remarking on it. 229 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:22,600 When Miss Lyle made her appearance, Hagar, after the manner 230 00:16:22,639 --> 00:16:25,919 of women, took immediate note of her looks and manner. 231 00:16:26,279 --> 00:16:29,879 The old maid was tall and lean and yellow, with 232 00:16:30,039 --> 00:16:34,279 cold gray eyes and a thin lipped, hard tempered mouth 233 00:16:34,559 --> 00:16:38,200 turned down at the curves. Her iron gray hair was 234 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:42,039 drawn tightly off her narrow forehead and screwed into a 235 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:46,919 hard looking knob. Behind. She wore a black stuffed gown, 236 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,720 somber and lustreless collar and cuffs of white linen, and 237 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:56,879 cloth slippers in which she glided noiselessly. All together an 238 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:02,120 unpromising hard woman, a sidel lated and narrow minded, who 239 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:06,960 looked disapprovingly on the rich beauty of Hagar and remarked 240 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,200 her graces with a jaundiced eye and a vinegary look. 241 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,559 The cough with which she ended her inspection showed that 242 00:17:15,759 --> 00:17:19,519 she condemned the girl at first sight. Is this young 243 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:23,920 person necessary to your conduct of the case, said Miss Lyle, 244 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:29,599 addressing herself to Horval and ignoring Hagar altogether. Why yes, 245 00:17:29,759 --> 00:17:34,279 miss replied Horval, on whom the antagonistic attitude of the 246 00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:38,559 two women was not lost. She keeps the pawn shop 247 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,599 at which rose upon the beads. Miss Lyle gave a 248 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,960 start of virtuous horror, and her thin lips wreathed in 249 00:17:47,079 --> 00:17:51,640 a viporous smile. The wretch did kill my poor friend, 250 00:17:51,759 --> 00:17:55,559 then she said, in a soft and fluty voice. I 251 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,440 knew it. She pawned the amber beds, Miss Lyle. But 252 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:04,119 now don't say the wretch didn't kill my martyred friend, 253 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,559 snapped Miss Lyle, going to the bell rope. But we'll 254 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:11,359 have her in, and perhaps this young person will recognize 255 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:15,160 her as the viper who pawned the beads. It is 256 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:19,200 to be hoped, so said Hagar, very dryly, not approving 257 00:18:19,279 --> 00:18:22,640 of being spoken at in the third person. But the 258 00:18:22,799 --> 00:18:26,319 negress kept her face turned away, and I might not. 259 00:18:27,079 --> 00:18:30,720 It is your duty to recognize her, exclaimed Miss Lyle, 260 00:18:30,799 --> 00:18:34,880 addressing herself to the girl for wants. I am convinced 261 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:39,279 that Rosa is a dangerous criminal. Here she is the 262 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:43,079 black Jezebel. As the last word fell from her mouth, 263 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:47,359 the door opened and Rosa entered the room, whereat Hagar 264 00:18:47,759 --> 00:18:52,400 uttered an exclamation of surprise. This negress was rather short 265 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,920 and more than a trifle stout. It is true that 266 00:18:56,039 --> 00:18:59,839 she wore a yellow dress trimmed with black jet beating, 267 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:04,559 that silver ornaments were on her neck and wrists, also 268 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:09,119 that she was without the wonderful hat. Still, Hagar was 269 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:14,119 surprised and explained her ejaculation forthwith. That is not the 270 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:18,279 woman who pawned the beads, she declared, rising not the woman, 271 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:23,559 echoed Miss Lyle virulently. She must be. This is Rosa, 272 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:28,319 yez yez ay Rosa, said the negress, beginning to weep. 273 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:32,519 But I no kill my pooh. Dear missy dat one 274 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,960 big lie. Are you sure, amiss, that this is not 275 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:41,440 the woman, asked horval Roba. Dismayed, Hagar stepped forward and 276 00:19:41,599 --> 00:19:45,279 looked sharply at the sobbing negress up and down, and 277 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,799 she glanced at the woman's hands and shook her head. 278 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,720 I am prepared to swear in a court of law 279 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:57,119 that this is not the woman, she said quietly. Rubbish rubbish, 280 00:19:57,279 --> 00:20:02,079 cried Miss Lyle. Flushing. Rosa coveted the necklace, as it 281 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:07,920 was connected with some debased African superstition, and it one 282 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:12,839 old fetish interrupted Rosa. Her eyes sparkling fire at the 283 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:16,799 old maid and ol Missy. She did wish to gibbet me, 284 00:20:17,519 --> 00:20:21,599 but you know, letter certainly not, said miss Lyle with dignity. 285 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,680 The necklace was not fit for you to wear, and 286 00:20:24,839 --> 00:20:29,480 because I persuaded missus Areford not to give it to you, 287 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:33,079 you murdered her. You wretch down on your knees. Woman, 288 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:38,599 and confess I know, fess, exclaimed the terrified Negress. I know, 289 00:20:38,839 --> 00:20:43,640 kill my missy. I no give dose amber beads for money. 290 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,720 If dose beads mine, I keep them day A mighty 291 00:20:47,839 --> 00:20:52,200 big fetish for sure. One moment, said Horval, as Miss 292 00:20:52,319 --> 00:20:55,720 Lyle was about to speak again. Let us conduct this 293 00:20:55,920 --> 00:21:01,640 inquiry calmly and give the accused every chance, miss he said, 294 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,960 turning to Hagar. On what day, at what time was 295 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:10,480 it that the beads were pawned? Hagar calculated rapidly and 296 00:21:10,599 --> 00:21:15,000 answered promptly. On the evening of the twenty third of August, 297 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:20,599 between six and seven o'clock, ah, exclaimed Miss Lyle joyfully. 298 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,359 And on that very evening Rosa was out and did 299 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:29,480 not return till nine. Me went to see Massa Jevins 300 00:21:29,599 --> 00:21:34,519 for you, said Rosa vehemently, you send me, I send you. 301 00:21:35,039 --> 00:21:39,519 Just listen to the creature's lies. Besides, mister Jevons's rooms 302 00:21:39,559 --> 00:21:44,319 are in Duke Street, Saint James's, whereas it was at Lambeth. 303 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,480 You were, I know, go to that gemmen's house. You 304 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:53,839 send me to detrain Waterloo Waterloo, said Horoval, looking sharply 305 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:58,759 at Rosa. You were there, yeiz Massa me dear at 306 00:21:58,799 --> 00:22:02,759 seven and eight in the neighborhood of Lambeth, murmured Horval. 307 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,880 She might have gone to the pawn shop after all, 308 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,519 of course she did, cried miss Lyle vindictively, and pawned 309 00:22:10,519 --> 00:22:14,200 the amber beads of my poor dear friend. She did 310 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:19,559 nothing of the sort, interposed Hagar with spirit. Whosoever pawned 311 00:22:19,599 --> 00:22:23,119 the beads, it was not this woman. Besides, how do 312 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:27,680 you know that Rosa killed missus Areford. She wanted the beads, 313 00:22:27,759 --> 00:22:32,720 young woman, and she killed my friend to obtain them. No, no, dat, 314 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,079 one big lie. I am sure it is, said Hagar 315 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:41,200 her face aflame. I believe in your innocence Rosa, Mister Horval, 316 00:22:41,519 --> 00:22:44,880 she added, turning to the detective, you can't arrest this 317 00:22:45,039 --> 00:22:48,160 woman as you have no grounds to do so well. 318 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,519 If she didn't pawn those beads, she did not, I 319 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,480 tell you she did, cried Miss Lyle angrily. I believe 320 00:22:55,599 --> 00:22:59,359 you are an accomplice of the creatures. What reply Hagar 321 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,160 would have made to this accusation, it is impossible to say, 322 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,599 for at this moment a young man walked into the room. 323 00:23:06,799 --> 00:23:10,200 He was good looking in appearance and smart in dress, 324 00:23:10,559 --> 00:23:13,480 but there was a haggard look about his face, which 325 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:18,759 betokened dissipation. This, said Miss Lyle, introducing him, is my nephew, 326 00:23:19,039 --> 00:23:21,880 the heir to the property of my late dear friend. 327 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:26,480 He is resolved, as such air to find out and 328 00:23:26,599 --> 00:23:31,160 punish the assassin of his benefactress. For my part, I 329 00:23:31,279 --> 00:23:35,920 believe Rosa to be guilty, and I cried Hagar with energy, 330 00:23:36,279 --> 00:23:39,039 believe her to be innocent. Let us hope she is, 331 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,720 said Jevons in a weary voice, as he removed his gloves. 332 00:23:43,079 --> 00:23:45,960 I am tired of the whole affair. You are bound 333 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,720 to punish the guilty, said Miss Lyle in hard tones. 334 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:55,000 But not the innocent, retorted Hagar, rising, young woman, you 335 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:59,640 are insolent. Hagar looked Miss Lyle up and down in 336 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,160 the foolist manner. Then her eyes wandered to the well 337 00:24:03,279 --> 00:24:06,920 dressed figure of Jevons, the heir. What she saw in 338 00:24:07,039 --> 00:24:10,119 him to startle her? It is difficult to say, but 339 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:14,440 after a moment's inspection, she turned pale with suppressed emotion. 340 00:24:14,799 --> 00:24:19,599 Stepping forward, she was about to speak, and checking herself. Suddenly, 341 00:24:20,279 --> 00:24:24,720 she beckoned to Horval and advanced towards the door. My 342 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,400 errand here is fulfilled, she said quietly, mister Horval, perhaps 343 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:33,079 you will come with me, yes, and you can go also, 344 00:24:33,279 --> 00:24:37,680 Rosa cried miss Lyle, angered by the insulting gaze of 345 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:41,559 the girl. I am mistress here in my nephew's house, 346 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,559 and I refuse to let a murderess remain under its roof. 347 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:50,359 Be content, said Hagar, pausing at the door. Rosa shall 348 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,119 come with me, and when you see us again with 349 00:24:53,279 --> 00:24:57,880 mister Horball, you will then learn who killed missus Areford 350 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:03,319 and why? Insolent Hussy muttered Miss Lyle and closed the 351 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,319 door on Hagar, Horball and the black woman. The trio 352 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:12,079 walked away and shortly afterwards picked up an omnibus, in 353 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:16,720 which they returned to the Lambeth pawn shop. Hagar talked 354 00:25:16,799 --> 00:25:20,240 earnestly to Horball the whole way, and from the close 355 00:25:20,279 --> 00:25:24,519 attention which the detective paid to her, it would seem 356 00:25:24,799 --> 00:25:29,599 that the conversation was of the deepest interest. Rosa, a 357 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:34,680 dejected heap of misery, sat with downcast eyes, and at 358 00:25:34,799 --> 00:25:39,319 intervals wiped away the tears which ran down her black cheeks. 359 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:44,359 The poor negress, under suspicion as a thief and a murderess, 360 00:25:44,759 --> 00:25:48,880 turned out of house and home, desolate and forsaken, was 361 00:25:49,039 --> 00:25:52,559 rushed to the earth under the burden of her woes 362 00:25:53,319 --> 00:25:57,160 on her the fetish necklace of amber beads had brought 363 00:25:57,319 --> 00:26:02,039 a curse. On arriving at the shop, Hagar conducted Rosa 364 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:06,079 into the back parlor, and after a further conference, she 365 00:26:06,279 --> 00:26:09,799 dismissed the detective. You can stay with me for a week, 366 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,559 she said to Rosa. And then what you do, oh, 367 00:26:13,599 --> 00:26:17,240 said Hagar, with an agreeable smile, I shall take you 368 00:26:17,319 --> 00:26:20,559 with me to denounce the assassin of your late mistress. 369 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,319 All that week, Rosa stayed in the domestic portion of 370 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:28,359 the pawn shop and made herself useful in cooking and cleaning. 371 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,240 Hagar questioned her closely concerning the events which had taken 372 00:26:33,319 --> 00:26:35,839 place on the night of the murder in the house 373 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:41,079 at Bedford Gardens, and elicited certain information which gave her 374 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:46,240 great satisfaction. This she communicated to Horval when he one 375 00:26:46,319 --> 00:26:49,839 day paid her a hurried visit. When in possession of 376 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,640 the facts, Horval looked at her with admiration, and on 377 00:26:53,799 --> 00:26:57,680 taking his leave, he paid her a compliment. You ought 378 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,039 to be a man with that head of yours, he said. 379 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,480 You're too good to be a woman, and not bad 380 00:27:04,599 --> 00:27:08,400 enough to be a man, retorted Hagar, laughing, be off 381 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,960 with you, mister Horroval, and let me know when you 382 00:27:12,079 --> 00:27:16,200 want me up west. In four more days, Horoval again 383 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,400 made his appearance, this time in a state of the 384 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:24,480 greatest excitement. He was closeted with Hagar for over an hour, 385 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,160 and at its conclusion he departed in a great hurry. 386 00:27:28,599 --> 00:27:34,480 Shortly after noon, Hagar resigned the shop into Bulker's charge, 387 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,960 put on hat and cloak, and ordered Rosa to come 388 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:42,160 with her. What the reason of this unexpected departure might be, 389 00:27:42,759 --> 00:27:46,960 she did not inform the negress immediately, but before they 390 00:27:47,039 --> 00:27:52,400 reached their destination, Rosa knew all and was much rejoiced. 391 00:27:52,519 --> 00:27:57,480 Thereat Hagar took Rosa as far as Duke Street Saint James's, 392 00:27:58,079 --> 00:28:01,720 and here at the door of a certain house, they 393 00:28:01,759 --> 00:28:07,119 found the detective impatiently waiting for them. Well, mister Horvald, said, Hagar, 394 00:28:07,279 --> 00:28:11,559 coming to a stop. Is he indoors safe and sound? 395 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:15,839 Replied Horvald, tapping his breast coat pocket, and I have 396 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:20,079 got you know what? Here? Shall we come up? Not immediately? 397 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,839 I wished to see him by myself. First, you remain 398 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,599 outside his door and enter with Rosa when I call you. 399 00:28:28,319 --> 00:28:32,279 Mister Horval nodded with a full comprehension of what was 400 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:36,880 required of him, and the trio ascended the dark staircase. 401 00:28:37,279 --> 00:28:41,319 They paused at a door on the second landing, then Hagar, 402 00:28:41,519 --> 00:28:46,039 motioning to her companions that they should withdraw themselves into 403 00:28:46,079 --> 00:28:51,240 the gloom wrapped lightly on the portal. Shortly afterwards, it 404 00:28:51,359 --> 00:28:56,359 was opened by mister Frederick Jevins, who looked inquiringly at Hagar. 405 00:28:56,799 --> 00:29:00,920 She turned her face towards the light which bell through 406 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:06,400 the murky staircase window whereat Recognizing her, he stepped back 407 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:10,359 in dismay. The pawn shop girl, he said, in astonishment, 408 00:29:10,799 --> 00:29:14,720 what do you want? I wish to see you, replied 409 00:29:14,759 --> 00:29:18,119 Hagar composedly. But it is just as well that our 410 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:22,079 conversation should be in private. Why you can have nothing 411 00:29:22,119 --> 00:29:24,799 to say to me, but what the whole world might 412 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,759 hear after I have mentioned the object of my visit. 413 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:33,519 You may think differently, said Hagar, with some dryness. However, 414 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,039 we'll talk here if you wish no No, come in, 415 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:42,599 said Jevons, standing on one side. Since you insist upon privacy, 416 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,119 you shall have it this way. He showed her into 417 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:51,039 a large and rather badly furnished room. Evidently, mister Fred 418 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:55,039 Jevins had not been rich until he inherited the fortune 419 00:29:55,079 --> 00:29:58,759 of missus Areford. I suppose you will be moving to 420 00:29:58,839 --> 00:30:04,119 the Bedford Garden his house soon, said Hagar, sitting composedly 421 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,640 in a large armchair. Is that what you came to 422 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:13,000 speak to me about? Retorted Jevins rudely. Not exactly. Perhaps, 423 00:30:13,359 --> 00:30:17,400 as you are impatient, we had better get to business. Business. 424 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,640 What business can I have to do with you? Why, 425 00:30:20,799 --> 00:30:25,839 said Hagar quietly, and looking directly at him. The business 426 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:31,759 of those amber beads which you pawned, I stammered Jevins, 427 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:36,319 drawing back with a pale face, also added he Hagar solemnly, 428 00:30:37,039 --> 00:30:41,519 the business which concerns the commission of a crime. A 429 00:30:41,519 --> 00:30:46,319 a crime, gasped the wretched creature. Yes, the most terrible 430 00:30:46,359 --> 00:30:51,599 of all crimes, murder. What what what do you you mean? 431 00:30:52,079 --> 00:30:55,440 Hagar rose from her chair and, drawn to her full height, 432 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,480 stretched out an accusing arm towards the young man. What 433 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:03,559 I mean? You know well enough, she said sternly. I 434 00:31:03,759 --> 00:31:08,799 mean that you murdered missus Areford. It's a lie, cried Jevins, 435 00:31:08,839 --> 00:31:12,920 sinking into a chair for his legs, refused to support 436 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,359 him longer. It is not a lie, it is the truth. 437 00:31:16,759 --> 00:31:20,880 I have evidence evidence. He started up with dry and 438 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:26,079 trembling lips. Yes, threw her influence over missus Areford. Your 439 00:31:26,119 --> 00:31:29,799 aunt induced her to make you her heir. You are 440 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:33,079 fond of money, you are in debt, and you could 441 00:31:33,079 --> 00:31:36,000 not wait until the old lady died in the course 442 00:31:36,039 --> 00:31:39,200 of nature. On the night of the murder, you were 443 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:42,759 in the house. No, no, I swear you need not. 444 00:31:43,359 --> 00:31:47,480 You are seen leaving the house to throw suspicion on Rosa. 445 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:51,440 You disguised yourself as a negress and came to pawn 446 00:31:51,519 --> 00:31:55,839 the amberbid necklace at my shop. I recognized that the 447 00:31:55,880 --> 00:32:00,200 supposed black woman was minus the little finger of the 448 00:32:00,319 --> 00:32:05,000 right hand. You, mister Jevins, are mutilated in the same 449 00:32:05,279 --> 00:32:09,640 way again. I paid you with a five pound note. 450 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,160 Of that note, I took the number. It has been 451 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,519 traced by the number, and you are the man who 452 00:32:16,599 --> 00:32:21,200 paid it away. I saw Jevins jumped up, still white 453 00:32:21,279 --> 00:32:24,920 and shaking. It's a lie, a lie, he said hoarsely. 454 00:32:25,319 --> 00:32:28,720 I did not kill missus Areford. I did not pawn 455 00:32:28,799 --> 00:32:33,240 the beads. I did. You did both those things, said Hagar, 456 00:32:33,319 --> 00:32:36,680 brushing past him. I have two witnesses who can prove 457 00:32:36,799 --> 00:32:41,240 what I say is true, Rosa, mister Horvall. She flung 458 00:32:41,279 --> 00:32:45,960 the outside door wide open, while Jevins again sank into 459 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,000 the arm chair with an expression of horror on his 460 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:54,480 white face. Rosa Horval, he muttered, I am lost, Rosa. 461 00:32:54,519 --> 00:32:58,359 And the detective entered quickly in response to Hagar's call, 462 00:32:58,799 --> 00:33:02,319 and with her look down on the shrinking figure of 463 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:07,480 the accused man. These are my witnesses, said Hagar slowly. Rosa, 464 00:33:07,839 --> 00:33:11,559 I saw dat man in the house when my missy died, 465 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,240 said the negress. I hear noise in the night. I 466 00:33:15,319 --> 00:33:19,160 come down and I see Massa. Jevins run away from 467 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,759 the room of my missy, and missus lyle let him 468 00:33:22,759 --> 00:33:27,000 out by the side door. He kill my pooh missy. Yes, 469 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:32,079 I tink dat you, hear, said Hagar to the terrified man. Now, 470 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:35,759 mister Horvall, I traced the five pound note you gave 471 00:33:35,839 --> 00:33:39,799 me by its number, said the detective. Yes, he paid 472 00:33:39,839 --> 00:33:43,160 it away at his club. I can bring a waiter 473 00:33:43,319 --> 00:33:47,359 to prove it you, hear, said Hagar again. And I 474 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,799 know by the evidence of your lost finger, that you 475 00:33:51,079 --> 00:33:54,680 are the man disguised as a negress who pawned the 476 00:33:54,759 --> 00:33:58,440 necklace which was stolen from the person of Missus Areford 477 00:33:58,519 --> 00:34:02,680 after you murdered her. The dead woman, as Rosa tells us, 478 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,680 wore that necklace night and day. Only with her death 479 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:11,440 could it have been removed. You murdered her, you stole 480 00:34:11,519 --> 00:34:16,679 the necklace of amber beads. Jevin leaped up. No, no, no, 481 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:21,119 he cried loudly, striking his hands together in despair. I 482 00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:25,760 am innocent, that said Horvall, slipping the handcuffs on his wrists. 483 00:34:26,119 --> 00:34:30,519 You shall prove before a judge and jury. When Jevins, 484 00:34:30,559 --> 00:34:34,800 still protesting his innocence, was removed to prison Hagar and 485 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,840 the negress returned to Carbi's Crescent. It can easily be 486 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:43,119 guessed how she had traced the crime home to Jevins. 487 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:47,000 She had noticed that the negress who pawned the beads 488 00:34:47,039 --> 00:34:51,320 had no little finger. On being brought face to face 489 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,719 with Rosa, she had seen that the woman had not 490 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:58,679 lost the finger, and when Jevins had removed his gloves, 491 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,440 she had seen in his right hand the evidence that 492 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:07,400 he was one with the mysterious black woman of the pawnshop. 493 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,960 Still she was not certain, and it was only when 494 00:35:12,079 --> 00:35:15,800 Rosa had deposed to the presence of the man at 495 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:20,039 midnight in the Bedford Garden's house, and when Horwall had 496 00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:23,480 traced the five pound note of which she had taken 497 00:35:23,519 --> 00:35:27,559 the number, that she was certain that Jevons was the murderer. 498 00:35:28,159 --> 00:35:32,519 Hence the accusation, hence the arrest. But now the fact 499 00:35:32,559 --> 00:35:36,519 of his guilt was clearly established. To obtain the wealth 500 00:35:36,559 --> 00:35:40,400 of missus Areford, the wretched man had committed a crime. 501 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,679 To hide that crime and throw the blame on Rosa. 502 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,760 He had pawned the amber beads, and now the amberbids 503 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,199 were about to hang him. In the moment of his triumph. 504 00:35:51,519 --> 00:35:55,599 When preparing to enjoy the fruits of his crime, Nemesis 505 00:35:55,639 --> 00:35:59,000 had struck him down. The news of the arrest, the 506 00:35:59,039 --> 00:36:02,440 story of the Amber beads, was in all the papers 507 00:36:02,559 --> 00:36:06,360 next day, and next day also Miss Lyle came to 508 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:11,000 see Hagar. Pale and sterned. She swept into the shop 509 00:36:11,079 --> 00:36:15,400 and looked at Hagar with a bitter smile. Girl, she said, harshly, 510 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,960 you have been our evil genius. I have been the 511 00:36:19,079 --> 00:36:23,880 means of denouncing your accomplice. You mean, returned Hagar composedly, 512 00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:29,679 my accomplice. No, my son, your son. Hagar recoiled with 513 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:35,519 a startled expression. Your son, Miss Lyle, not miss but missus. 514 00:36:35,599 --> 00:36:40,039 Lyle returned the gaunt, pale woman, And Frederick Jevins is 515 00:36:40,119 --> 00:36:44,239 my son by my first husband. You think he is guilty. 516 00:36:44,639 --> 00:36:48,159 You are wrong, for he is innocent. You believe that 517 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,559 you will hang him. But I tell you, girl, he 518 00:36:51,679 --> 00:36:55,639 will go free. Read this paper, she said, thrusting an 519 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:59,000 envelope into the hand of Hagar, and you will see 520 00:36:59,079 --> 00:37:02,199 how you have been mistaken. I shall never see you 521 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:06,360 again in this life, but I leave my curse on you. 522 00:37:07,079 --> 00:37:12,440 Before Hagar could collect her wits, Miss or rather missus Lyle, 523 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:16,280 as she called herself, went hurriedly out of the shop. 524 00:37:17,079 --> 00:37:22,599 Her manner was so wild, her words so ominous of evil, 525 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,840 that Hagar had it on her mind to follow her 526 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:31,599 and impossible prevent the consequences of her despair. She hurried 527 00:37:31,639 --> 00:37:35,199 to the door, but missus Lyle had disappeared, and as 528 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:38,840 there was no one to mind the shop, Hagar could 529 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:43,000 not go after her. Luckily, at this moment Horval turned 530 00:37:43,039 --> 00:37:46,079 the corner, and at once the girl beckoned to him. 531 00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:50,039 Miss Lyle, did you see her, yes, said Horval with 532 00:37:50,079 --> 00:37:54,719 a nod. She's on her way across Westminster Bridge. Oh 533 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:59,239 follow her, follow her, quickly, cried Hagar wildly. She is 534 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:02,920 not herself. She is bent on some rash deed or 535 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:07,440 of all paused a moment in bewilderment, Then, grasping the situation, 536 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:11,079 he turned without a word and raced down the street 537 00:38:11,559 --> 00:38:16,000 in the trail of miss Lyle. Hagar watched his hurrying 538 00:38:16,039 --> 00:38:19,480 figure until it turned the corner, and she retreated to 539 00:38:19,559 --> 00:38:23,559 the back parlor and hurriedly opened the envelope. On the 540 00:38:23,559 --> 00:38:28,039 sheet of paper she found within the following confession was written, 541 00:38:28,679 --> 00:38:31,559 I am not a spinster, but a widow began the 542 00:38:31,639 --> 00:38:36,119 document abruptly. A twice married woman by my first husband, 543 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,920 I had Frederick Jevans, who passes as my nephew and 544 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,400 whom I love better than my own soul. When my 545 00:38:43,559 --> 00:38:47,760 second husband, mister Lyle died, I cast about for some 546 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:53,280 means of employment as I was poor. Missus Areford advertised 547 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:58,519 for an unmarried woman as a companion. She absolutely refused 548 00:38:58,599 --> 00:39:02,079 to have any companion in but a spinster. To get 549 00:39:02,119 --> 00:39:05,960 the situation, which was a good one as missus Areford 550 00:39:06,159 --> 00:39:10,760 was rich, I called myself miss Lyle and obtained the place. 551 00:39:11,159 --> 00:39:15,440 Missus Areford had no relatives and much money, so I 552 00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:19,119 schemed to obtain her wealth for my son, whom I 553 00:39:19,199 --> 00:39:23,119 introduced as my nephew. Rosa, the Black Maid, had a 554 00:39:23,119 --> 00:39:27,159 great deal of influence over her weak minded mistress, and 555 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:31,880 in some way I don't know how she fathomed my purpose. 556 00:39:32,679 --> 00:39:36,199 It was a battle between us, as Rosa was determined 557 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,239 that I should not get the money of missus Areford 558 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:44,039 for my son. Finally I triumphed and Frederick was left 559 00:39:44,199 --> 00:39:48,079 sole heir of all the old lady's wealth, and Rosa 560 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:53,320 learnt by eavesdropping the true relationship between myself and Frederick. 561 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:58,440 She told her mistress, and with missus Areford, I had 562 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:02,159 a stormy scene in which she declared her intention of 563 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,840 revoking her will and turning me and my son out 564 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:11,280 on the world as paupers. I begged, I implored, I threatened, 565 00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:16,760 but missus Areford, backed up by that wicked Rosa was firm. 566 00:40:17,119 --> 00:40:19,880 I sent for my son to try and soften the 567 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:23,519 old lady, but he was not in town and did 568 00:40:23,559 --> 00:40:26,599 not come to see me till late at night. When 569 00:40:26,599 --> 00:40:30,639 he arrived, I told him that I had killed missus Areford. 570 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,159 I did so to prevent her altering her will, and 571 00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:37,440 out of love for my dear son, lest he should 572 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:41,599 lose the money. Frederick was horrified and rushed from the house. 573 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,639 I believe Rosa saw me let him out by the 574 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:48,599 side door. I was determined to throw the blame on Rosa, 575 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:52,280 as I hated her so, knowing that she coveted the 576 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:55,800 necklace of amber beads, I stole it from the neck 577 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,480 of the dead woman and gave it to my son 578 00:40:58,639 --> 00:41:02,360 next day. I suggested that he should dress up as 579 00:41:02,519 --> 00:41:06,199 Rosa and pawn the necklace, so that she might be 580 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:11,000 suspected to save me. He did so. I obtained a 581 00:41:11,119 --> 00:41:15,400 dress that Rosa was fond of wearing, yellow silk trimmed 582 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:19,960 with black beads, also the jewelry of the creature. Frederick 583 00:41:20,079 --> 00:41:23,440 blackened his face and pawned the beads in a pawn 584 00:41:23,559 --> 00:41:27,760 shop at Lambeth. I sent Rosa on a pretended errand 585 00:41:28,079 --> 00:41:31,840 to Waterloo Station at the time. Frederick was pawning the 586 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:35,960 beads so as to get evidence against her that she 587 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:40,440 was in the neighborhood. Then I suggested to Horrival, the detective, 588 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:45,159 that the beads might have been pawned. He found the shop, 589 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:49,480 and I thought my plot had succeeded that Rosa would 590 00:41:49,519 --> 00:41:53,920 be condemned and hanged. Unfortunately, the woman who kept the 591 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:58,000 pawn shop was clever and traced Frederick by means of 592 00:41:58,079 --> 00:42:02,280 his mutilated right hand. I hate her. Frederick is now 593 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,559 in prison on a charge of murder which he did 594 00:42:05,599 --> 00:42:10,480 not commit. I am guilty. I killed missus Areford. Frederick 595 00:42:10,639 --> 00:42:14,440 knows nothing. He helped me to save myself by trying 596 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:18,960 to throw the blame on Rosa all useless. I am guilty, 597 00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:22,320 and I am determined that he shall not suffer for 598 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:26,199 my sin. Officers of the law. I command you to 599 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:30,599 release my son and arrest me. I am the murderess 600 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:37,760 of missus Areford. I swear it. Julia Lyle witnesses Amelia Tyke, 601 00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:44,119 housemaid Mark Drew butler. Hagar let the document fall from 602 00:42:44,119 --> 00:42:47,599 her hands with a sensation of pity for the wretched woman. 603 00:42:48,199 --> 00:42:51,199 How she must love her son, thought the girl to 604 00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:54,519 have murdered a kind and good woman for his sake. 605 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:57,920 It is terrible. Well, I suppose he will now be 606 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,599 released and will enter in to possession of the wealth 607 00:43:01,679 --> 00:43:05,639 his mother schemed to obtain for him. But he must 608 00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:09,039 do justice to Rosa for all the trouble he has 609 00:43:09,159 --> 00:43:13,079 caused her. He must give her an annuity, and also 610 00:43:13,199 --> 00:43:16,679 the necklace of amber beads, which has been the cause 611 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:20,840 of tracing the crime home to its doer. As for 612 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:25,800 Missus Lyle, at this moment, white and breathless, Horval rushed 613 00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:29,239 into the parlor. Hagar sprang to her feet and looked 614 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:34,039 anxiously at him, expectant of bad news. She was right, 615 00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:40,519 my girl, cried Horval hoarsely. Miss Lyle is dead dead, ah, 616 00:43:40,559 --> 00:43:44,119 said Hagar to herself. I thought as much. She threw 617 00:43:44,159 --> 00:43:48,159 herself over Westminster Bridge and has just been picked out 618 00:43:48,199 --> 00:43:52,679 of the water. Dead, dead, said Hagar. Again, dead as 619 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,440 a door nail, replied the detective in a perplexed tone. 620 00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:01,360 But why why did she commit suicide? Hagar's side and 621 00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:05,079 in silence, handed to the detective the confession of the 622 00:44:05,159 --> 00:44:09,960 dead woman, end of the second customer, and the amber beads.