Speaker 1: Doctor Watson, You've titled this evening's adventure murder. I'm a wager,
Speaker 1: but but who would commit such a murder?
Speaker 2: It does seem an extraordinary motivation, doesn't mister hats Well.
Speaker 2: It was a summer evening in the late eighteen nineties.
Speaker 2: We were at our flat two twenty one B Baker Street.
Speaker 2: We had a call.
Speaker 1: You won't represent the bank at Monte Carlo, Monsieur Guillere,
Speaker 1: I do miss your Holmes, the.
Speaker 2: Most remarkable spot Monte Carlo. I'm terribly curious to know
Speaker 2: what prompts this visit with the Guillere.
Speaker 1: I am extending an invitation to you, doctor Watson, and
Speaker 1: to Monsieur Holmes, to visit Monte Carlo, at our expense,
Speaker 1: of course, and for whatever fee you wish to name.
Speaker 1: Surely not to admire the scenic duties, nor Monsieur Holmes, Sir,
Speaker 1: we anticipate hobble. What sort of trouble do you expect?
Speaker 1: Are you acquainted with the names of Roger Douglas and
Speaker 1: Ralph Antrioch.
Speaker 2: Roger Douglas renowned gambler, isn't it?
Speaker 1: Yes, Watson? As for George and Nicktriars, he's an incredible c. Cannic,
Speaker 1: a Greek, Douglas's counterpart in the Near East, given to
Speaker 1: wages of gigantic sums. Oh, not always upon cards or
Speaker 1: dice or schmandn affair, rather on curious events and feats
Speaker 1: of daring er. We maintain a secret service, for they
Speaker 1: backed Monsieur Holmes, and they told us that for the
Speaker 1: very first time, these two treacherous gentlemen, Douglas and Annetrios,
Speaker 1: will meet and at Monte Carlo, each of course with
Speaker 1: his entourage of double dealers and professional killer exactly hmm,
Speaker 1: I should enjoy the spectacle. Both gentlemen are experts in
Speaker 1: every conceivable form of gambling. We wonder, therefore, when the
Speaker 1: two meet, what game they will play? Might they make
Speaker 1: a wager of some sort that would endanger the interest
Speaker 1: of the bank. Might they join forces against us? We
Speaker 1: feel that the meeting of these two may lead to
Speaker 1: a disaster. We implore you to join us. Mussy Holmes
Speaker 1: h hard and necessary to imploy me, sir, since this
Speaker 1: is a meeting of supremely sharp minds, it'll be hard
Speaker 1: to keep me away. Let us prepare our luggy for
Speaker 1: a trip to Monte Carlo.
Speaker 3: Watson mister Douglas.
Speaker 4: Yes, mister Dnhel, I am delighted to meet you. The
Speaker 4: moment I heard you were coming here from Monte Carlo,
Speaker 4: I was most anxious to see you.
Speaker 5: Thank you. You know miss Deborah Stevens.
Speaker 6: I believe I know George very well.
Speaker 7: We're all friends.
Speaker 4: We meet you Deborah. Deborah lived in Athens and Constantinople
Speaker 4: for some time. She and I were very close. I
Speaker 4: first met her when she was dancing professionally.
Speaker 5: We'll all miss her soon she's to be married. I
Speaker 5: thought you wouldn't mind my bringing Deborah to this meeting.
Speaker 5: We required a witness for whatever wager we shall make,
Speaker 5: or whatever game you choose to play.
Speaker 4: Oh, I am so pleased you did bring her, mister
Speaker 4: Dougat as we close the door and begin, most considerate
Speaker 4: of the management to provide this private room for our game.
Speaker 5: As you may see, mister Annatrios, the management has provided
Speaker 5: us with equipment to play whatever we choose.
Speaker 1: H your naive day charming mister Douglas.
Speaker 5: Why do you say that it would.
Speaker 4: Be extremely dullful either of us to indulge in a
Speaker 4: contest of an ordinary sort, who would merely exhaust ourselves
Speaker 4: only to end with a negligible gain of a few
Speaker 4: thousand pounds by one or the other to them.
Speaker 6: What on earth did you expect to play, George.
Speaker 1: I do not know, Deborah.
Speaker 4: Perhaps together mister Douglas and I may conceive of a
Speaker 4: game or wager of truly fabulous states of infinite excitement.
Speaker 5: I have a suggestion that might intrigue you. Yes, did
Speaker 5: you know that at this moment mister Sherlock Holmes is
Speaker 5: on his way here to Monte Carlo. Certainly, mister Holmes
Speaker 5: has a magnificent reputation as a criminologist.
Speaker 6: Well, Roger, what of it?
Speaker 5: Mister Holmes's mission is undoubtedly to prevent either of us
Speaker 5: from committing a crime. Mister Annatrios, I will wager whatever
Speaker 5: some you wish on the fact that you cannot smit
Speaker 5: a crime of whatever nature you specify and elude mister Holmes,
Speaker 5: in short, that you cannot commit a crime while he
Speaker 5: is in the city and go scot free.
Speaker 4: Wonderful suggestion, I accept, Witness Devereau.
Speaker 6: Yes, Roger, to make.
Speaker 4: The wage even more alluring, I shall allow you to
Speaker 4: name the sum and the crime fifty thousand pounds, one
Speaker 4: hundred thousand agreed, and the crime.
Speaker 5: No pedestrian crime will do. It must be a major crime,
Speaker 5: arson on a gigantic scale, embezzlement for an enormous sum,
Speaker 5: or better yet, murder.
Speaker 4: Whatever you like, control a great and efficient organization.
Speaker 1: I have years of experience in these matters.
Speaker 4: My performance should be inspired sufficiently to baffle mister Sylark Holmes.
Speaker 5: Yes, and atios.
Speaker 6: Murder Roger, you're going to par I thought you too
Speaker 6: would play a very exciting game of cards or way
Speaker 6: to battle together against the.
Speaker 4: Bank for your one hundred thousand pounds.
Speaker 1: You have a potential victim.
Speaker 5: Yes, I believe I do. Have you heard of Leslie.
Speaker 4: Dixon Dixon Dixon, Yes, a magician. I've seen him at cabaret.
Speaker 5: He is no longer a magician. I discovered he had
Speaker 5: a more valuable talent for manufacturing.
Speaker 1: Manufacturing.
Speaker 5: Yes, he had designs for wheels, birdcages, marked packs of
Speaker 5: cards where the results would always be in my favor.
Speaker 5: I placed him in business.
Speaker 6: But why do you want Leslie killed Roger?
Speaker 5: He wants considerably more money. He's threatened to go to
Speaker 5: the newspapers. Of course, I can't thought that, nor could
Speaker 5: you Antrios. It would keep the public away from our houses.
Speaker 4: This Leslie Dixon is a very tempting victim.
Speaker 5: He's here now in Monte Carlo.
Speaker 4: Ah Leslie Dixon will be dead by midnight of one
Speaker 4: week from tonight, when Sir r Coombs fails to identify
Speaker 4: the murderer and returns to London defeated. I shall meet
Speaker 4: you on the evening of his departure in the same
Speaker 4: room where you will pay one hundred thousand palms to
Speaker 4: me cash of course, agreed, agreed.
Speaker 7: Read before your evening swim mister Dixon.
Speaker 4: Yes, Reynolds, have my dressing gown and towels ready, Yes, sir,
Speaker 4: They're back in the cottage, Sir, I'll fetch them.
Speaker 7: It's lovely to night here on the beach, isn't it, Yes,
Speaker 7: mister Dixon. I should return within the customering half hours.
Speaker 1: Fine, Reynolds, not tip?
Speaker 7: How is it their?
Speaker 2: What is wonderful?
Speaker 1: I see you later.
Speaker 7: I'm swinging our tops anywhere.
Speaker 4: Legs cramp, legs, Reynolds, my.
Speaker 1: Head, this my legs. I can't swim wed else help
Speaker 1: help hal Well there is the body of Monsie Dixon.
Speaker 1: Mister Holmes washed ashore here on the beach. Just as
Speaker 1: the police found it.
Speaker 2: Bewildering air Holmes. They say Dixon was in perfect physical condition,
Speaker 2: superb swimmer. The sea was very calm, no signs of
Speaker 2: violence or do you make up?
Speaker 1: You've interviewed the butler Monsieur yea. The police did so. Yes,
Speaker 1: he failed to hear anything. If Dixon called for help
Speaker 1: as he found the butler was out of your shut you.
Speaker 2: Might simply have developed a sudden cramp.
Speaker 1: Hey home rather doubt for Watson, a thoroughly experienced swimmer
Speaker 1: would not enter the water immediately after having eaten anything
Speaker 1: that might cause a cramp, Especially Monsieur Dixon. He was
Speaker 1: most careful about food. For may I see now, Watson,
Speaker 1: I'd say this is directly concerned with a visit to
Speaker 1: Monte Carlo of Messrs Douglas and a natriance. But appear
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Speaker 1: Watson, Doctor Watson, Shall we return to the murder committed
Speaker 1: on a waiting.
Speaker 2: Yes, mister Harris, and to Monte Carlo, where on the beach,
Speaker 2: in the moonlight we stood beside the dead body of
Speaker 2: Leslie Dixon. As Holmes went over to examine the body,
Speaker 2: shots rang out from behind the tree. We fell flat
Speaker 2: upon our faces in the sand. When the firing ceased,
Speaker 2: I ran toward the trees from where the bullets had come.
Speaker 1: And as I returned, see anyone, Watson.
Speaker 2: They've escaped, just vanished with the doctor, said Douglas.
Speaker 1: After humors your home. They are afraid you will sorrow
Speaker 1: the murder. Yes, their pears are well grounded. I suggest
Speaker 1: the body be removed. I shall be interested in the
Speaker 1: results of an AUTOPSI yes, but it is obvious that
Speaker 1: Dix that I died of dog crowning. Nevertheless, I do
Speaker 1: an autopsy. I have good reason I should throw in slightly. Police.
Speaker 1: They are most cooperative with requests made by debate. Good
Speaker 1: and as for me, I shall discuss this case with
Speaker 1: someone well qualified in these matters, mister and Nitrios. But
Speaker 1: he has just attempted to kill you. Now you would
Speaker 1: walk into his hands. Physical defeat has never frightened me, sir.
Speaker 1: It's the danger of mental defeat that leoed me to
Speaker 1: whatever Nathan is planned coming.
Speaker 9: Watson, Oh, dazzling crowded homes, princes, millionaires, cabinet officials, diplomat
Speaker 9: see the Indian Raja in the ruby trim headdresser.
Speaker 1: Irrelevant Watson business with mister an.
Speaker 2: The croupiers said, table free. Oh, yes, wouldn't that be he?
Speaker 1: Mister ra neatriance.
Speaker 4: Good evening, mister Holmes.
Speaker 1: Oh, I'm complimented that my face is international Aftermidia.
Speaker 4: I've been expecting you, Sarah stepped into that private room.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't I Why were you home?
Speaker 1: You're upset by something, doctor.
Speaker 2: Watson lyrics, I certainly answer if I were you homes.
Speaker 4: I accept your invitation, mister Anatrian before we stepped into
Speaker 4: the room.
Speaker 1: Would you like to hold my gun?
Speaker 4: Doctor Watton, Well, perhaps it would put you at ease.
Speaker 2: Huh, By jove, I will take.
Speaker 4: Excellent after you, mister Holmes, thank you. I shall save
Speaker 4: a great deal of time for you. Mister Holmes, I
Speaker 4: did not kill Leslie Dixon, didn't you. I was in
Speaker 4: the gambling rooms at the time of his death. For
Speaker 4: two hours. Previous to that, I enjoyed dinner at the
Speaker 4: Hotel Maurice. I can produce a dozen witnesses to that effect.
Speaker 1: Yes, I'd no doubt you have a flawless explanation.
Speaker 4: Previous to dinner, I attended a lawn party. Again, as
Speaker 4: many unimpeachable witnesses as you like.
Speaker 1: See. I'm curious, mister Natrians, about the game you played
Speaker 1: or the wager you made with Roger Douglas last night.
Speaker 1: Could it in any way have been connected with the
Speaker 1: death of Leslie Dixon.
Speaker 4: Very directly, I wagered, mister Douglas that I could murder
Speaker 4: Leslie Dixon in such a way that you, yes you Holmes,
Speaker 4: would never succeed in proving I had committed the homicide.
Speaker 4: That this song one hundred thousand pounds.
Speaker 2: Astumption of all the affrontery, throwing the gauntlet in your face, Homes, Now.
Speaker 1: It was very amusing.
Speaker 2: Well, there's the motive, Homes, there's.
Speaker 4: A man, I say, no reason for concealing the wager. Besides,
Speaker 4: it would be unjust of me to collect. I did
Speaker 4: not kill Dixon. I intended to, yes, but I was late.
Speaker 4: I hadn't even started my plans when I had had
Speaker 4: the news of his death, hadn't you? Perhaps it's a
Speaker 4: move by Roger Douglas. He wanted Dixon to die. He
Speaker 4: suggested the wager. He might eliminate me. That way, as
Speaker 4: a competitor his own men execute the crime in their
Speaker 4: own manner, being sure it's done properly.
Speaker 1: The guilt would seem to be mine.
Speaker 4: Oh, mister Douglas, you know, mister Holmes, doctor John, what
Speaker 4: hell you do?
Speaker 1: We were discussing the late mister Dixon.
Speaker 5: Really I was at the theater when he died.
Speaker 2: Can you prove that?
Speaker 5: Of course, doctor Watson, I can prove my whereabouts throughout
Speaker 5: the entire evening.
Speaker 4: I had told mister Holmes about our waiter you did,
Speaker 4: Why shouldn't I?
Speaker 5: Aren't you writing an invitation to the gallows for yourself?
Speaker 1: Not at all?
Speaker 4: Mister Holmes must produce concrete evidence before I lose. Evidently
Speaker 4: he's finding it impossible.
Speaker 1: Oh, quite the contrary.
Speaker 5: We're leaving, Watson, may I offer my carriage, mister Holms,
Speaker 5: thank you.
Speaker 1: No, I don't believe it's much of a walk to
Speaker 1: the Morgue, the morgue home. Yes, Watson, if you'll excuse us, gentlemen,
Speaker 1: I must visit the Morgue. The dead, you see, are
Speaker 1: often more articulate than the living.
Speaker 2: Well, there's the body on that slab hose. The police
Speaker 2: surgeons that you could examine whatever you wished.
Speaker 1: Yes, I see they've already performed the autopsia.
Speaker 2: Dixon drowned hose? What the dickens are you proving about?
Speaker 2: For his lungs there showed clearly that.
Speaker 1: He was drowned. Yes, why did he drown? Ha?
Speaker 8: Ha?
Speaker 1: As I thought what you see? I see that I
Speaker 1: must pay a visit to the late mister Dixon's cottage.
Speaker 2: Ull Holmes, if you insist upon being secure.
Speaker 1: Watson returned to the casino. Keep an eye on a
Speaker 1: natrios in his associates. I shall meet you at the
Speaker 1: casino very shortly with a thorough explanation of the murder
Speaker 1: and the identity of the killer. Thank you driver, That
Speaker 1: was indeed fast enough, Holmes.
Speaker 2: I've been waiting for you here on the steps of
Speaker 2: the casino for two hours. Did you go to Dixon's
Speaker 2: courage Speak to the butler.
Speaker 5: What have you found?
Speaker 1: Where are a natrios and Douglas and their crew.
Speaker 2: Well, they're having cigars and brandy on the terrace this way.
Speaker 2: It's a terrace on the cliff overlooking the sea.
Speaker 1: Harry Watson, we must find them. I have the evidence.
Speaker 2: Yes, where is it?
Speaker 1: Here in my hand?
Speaker 2: In your hand? What is it?
Speaker 1: This small bottle of salad oil.
Speaker 2: There they are homes with that girl, the table for
Speaker 2: the railing.
Speaker 1: Yes, I see.
Speaker 4: I regret disturbing you, gentlemen, I mean, sir Holmes, and
Speaker 4: you've met mister Douglas.
Speaker 1: This is there, Boras Stephens.
Speaker 4: I presume, mister Holmes, you have some sort of evidence
Speaker 4: you believe will prove by killt Leslie Dixon.
Speaker 1: And no, mister, your remarkable instincts are wrong for once.
Speaker 5: Then, I'm sure, mister Holmes, you are prepared to accuse
Speaker 5: me believing I carried out the crime, having engineered it
Speaker 5: so that the natrios would suffer upon it.
Speaker 1: No, mister Douglas, but Holmes, one of them, Neither of them,
Speaker 1: My dear Watson. The butler nor the butler, mister Leslie,
Speaker 1: Dixon was killed by you, miss Stephens, with this innocent
Speaker 1: looking small bottle of salad oil. Where did you find that?
Speaker 1: You know what you are talking about?
Speaker 4: Homes.
Speaker 1: It was obvious someone had contrived for Dixon to drown,
Speaker 1: but how there was no external evidence of violence. No,
Speaker 1: the sole possibility was that he'd been given something internally,
Speaker 1: in all likelihood, something that would cause him to lose
Speaker 1: control of his arms and legs. It would cause unconsciousness,
Speaker 1: so that when he set off on his nightly swim alone,
Speaker 1: he'd drowned.
Speaker 2: Stay where you are, miss Stevens. I've had my service
Speaker 2: Revolver along this trip. I knew i'd have use.
Speaker 1: For it, Guan Hols, so I insisted upon an autopsy.
Speaker 1: It revealed to me that Dixon's stomach lining was affected
Speaker 1: by an extreme irritant. It confirmed my suspicion Dixon was
Speaker 1: subtly poisoned. I won't fight. You'd better, miss Stevens. It's
Speaker 1: your death warrant. I raised to Dixon's cottage. I spoke
Speaker 1: to the butler. I inquired about what mister Dixon had
Speaker 1: had for dinner prior to his swim. His dinner included
Speaker 1: a salad prepared with a small bottle of oil. This bottle,
Speaker 1: which had been presented that afternoon, is a gift to
Speaker 1: mister Dixon by Miss Deborah Stephens. This oil contains an
Speaker 1: overdose of camphor.
Speaker 2: Camphor whose what sort of diabolical los emper?
Speaker 1: As you know, Watson, is soluble in oil but not
Speaker 1: in water. The salad oil was a magnificent idea. The
Speaker 1: minute amounts of camphor could easily be blended with other
Speaker 1: flavors and odors, so its presence might not be detected.
Speaker 5: But of all the science shut up.
Speaker 1: All of the camphor, Miss Stephens. Is obtainable easily at
Speaker 1: a chemist's, isn't it. There's no suspicion of poison when
Speaker 1: you purchase camphor? Is there? And just a bit too
Speaker 1: much of it will cause leg cramps and dizziness, will
Speaker 1: it not, Miss Stephens? And an autopsy might well be
Speaker 1: a routine drowning report without evidence of poisoning? Am I correct?
Speaker 1: Miss Stephens?
Speaker 6: Yes, yes, you're quite right.
Speaker 5: At one time or another, she's been associated with all
Speaker 5: kinds of men. Lord knows what sort of mess she
Speaker 5: was in with Dixon.
Speaker 1: How was to be married?
Speaker 6: Next week. Dixon knew about where I've been and what
Speaker 6: I've been. He was very much in love with me
Speaker 6: ever since we met, when I was dancing in cabarets
Speaker 6: and he did his magic act.
Speaker 2: I love them.
Speaker 6: Every time I had a chance to marry with sweet
Speaker 6: my fiance and break it up, he was going.
Speaker 9: To do it again.
Speaker 1: So you couldn't wait, could you, Miss Stevens couldn't wait
Speaker 1: for mister and Natrios to eliminate Dixon. Besides, it was
Speaker 1: an ideal circumstance. If there are any suspicion of murder,
Speaker 1: it would point to a natrios. The shots on the
Speaker 1: beach fired by you, Miss Stevens, to create the impression
Speaker 1: that an organized gang would respond. I won't go to prison.
Speaker 1: Dick won't have another victory over me. I won't allow
Speaker 1: his death to send.
Speaker 4: Me to even more misery.
Speaker 2: Not I won't go, let go, Let go my revolver.
Speaker 2: I will get her away from you. And she's tripped.
Speaker 5: She's falling back over the race.
Speaker 2: Fisherman down below said Miss Stevens' body struck the rocks
Speaker 2: floated out to see her.
Speaker 1: Yes, a more satisfactory finish for her. Watson, I dare say,
Speaker 1: avoiding the long, painful trial and inevitable execution. Now, mister Natrios,
Speaker 1: mister Douglas, excuse me?
Speaker 4: Returning to London, Yes, and to Baker Street.
Speaker 1: But before I go, gentlemen, I propose a toast.
Speaker 5: A toast, sir.
Speaker 1: Yes, the George and Atrios Roger Douglas, two surprisingly pleasant scoundrels,
Speaker 1: to our next meeting, to your next fantastic wager. Hell,
Speaker 1: doctor Watson, that was a very gripping adventure.
Speaker 2: Indeed it was, mister Harris.
Speaker 1: And what adventure have you for us next week? Doctor?
Speaker 2: I have called it the Adventure of the Unfortunate Balance.
Speaker 2: It concerns a medical diagnosis, a restless corpse, and a
Speaker 2: domestic