Dressed to Kill Page #4

five hundred pounds

for one of almost

no value at all.

Odd, very odd.

What was the stolen box like,

Mr. Emery?

Oh, just plain wooden box

about so big.

As a matter fact, I have one over here

almost exactly like it.

I picked this up yesterday at an

auction room in Knightsbridge,

paid only

two pounds for it.

Of course, I wouldn't

have ordinarily

add one like this to my collection

but the tune intrigued me.

I'd never heard it before.

You have a remarkable

ear for music, Holmes.

- Rather an unusual melody.

- Sit down, will you.

Thanks.

You say you bought that box

at an auction hall yesterday?

Yes. The Gaylord Auction

Rooms in Knightsbridge,

run by old...

What's his name?

Crabtree.

That's the man.

At what time was the

robbery committed?

Oh, about three o'clock

this morning.

You know, Mr. Emery

that box and the robbery

might well be cause and effect,

especially since you say

that the stolen box

outwardly resembles

this one a great deal

and Scotland Yard was not

particularly interested, eh?

Oh yes, but I wouldn't

blame them for that,

especially as I told them I was

quite unable to describe the thief,

except, of course, for the fact

that it was definitely a man.

All you remember is

that who came in here

and someone struck

you on the head.

Yes and the

next thing I knew

my man was trying

to revive me.

It might be wise for you to put that

box away somewhere and lock it up.

Oh, I don't think

that's necessary.

Besides, everything's insured.

Well, at least of any further

attempts at robbery are made

I'd suggest that

you call the police

rather than running into

any personal danger.

Oh come, Holmes aren't you

being a bit of an alarmist?

Possibly.

I must agree with

old Stinky.

Seems to me you are making rather

a mountain out of a mole skin.

Molehill is the word,

old boy

and it's time

you were in bed.

Thanks so much for letting

us see your collection.

It's been grand

meeting you.

Holmes, I can't understand

why you were so mysterious.

Seems to me the petty thief explanation

was the only sensible one.

- Really?

- Yes, I can't see how you can believe

it was anything else.

I didn't say I believed

it to be anything else.

The petty thief theory is

the obvious one I grant you.

However, it's often a mistaken

to accept something that's true

merely because it's obvious.

The truth is only arrived at

by the pain staking process

of eliminating the untrue.

We are not able to

do that in this case

without further data.

Rubbish.

You're pulling my leg.

You're trying to turn a

cut on the head and a robbery

into an international plot.

No I'm not.

I just hope that

your friend Stinky

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