Sherlock Holmes The Pearl of Death Page #6

---

but the police sergeant.

Back broken hey?

Snapped clean sir.

Died instantaneous

the doctor said.

Lestrade would you mind

if Doctor Watson

has a look at him?

Not at all.

Thank you.

Watson I'd like to know

whether the break is

cervical,

thoracal, lumbar

and I'll wager

it's lumbar.

Awe tush.

Who found the

body Murdock?

She did sir,

his housekeeper.

Said she came in to clear

away supper things

and found him lying there.

And that's the

first and last word

we've been able

to get out of her.

Oh it is, is it?

Well I'll soon get a

word out of her, here you.

I shouldn't do that if

I were you Lestrade.

Why not?

The woman's

suffering from shock.

Cataleptic if you ask me.

I ain't asking

you Mr. Holmes.

Naturally.

Get her out of

here Murdock.

Get her to a hospital.

Can't you see she's

suffering from cata...

from shock.

Come on now.

Nobody's going

to hurt you.

Major Harker seems

to have thought

very highly of Napoleon.

He's rather overdone it.

I don't think

much of that one.

Where was the

break Watson?

One of the lumbar

vertebrae as you thought,

the third vertebrae.

I can't for the life of me

imagine how it happened.

I can.

Oh really?

Well it happened

just as I thought.

The house

breaker comes in

through this

window over here.

So you see

Mr. Sherlock Holmes

I shan't be needing

you after all.

Simple as A-B-C isn't it?

Yeah.

The murderer comes in

through that open window,

Major Harker's having

supper over there,

with his back to

him, carry on.

Well he tiptoes over

behind his victim here.

Harker rises,

they come to gripes.

They barge all

around the room

banging into this table,

dishes go every which way,

Harker falls and

breaks his back.

Simple ain't it?

So simple my dear Lestrade

as to be almost childish.

For instance, will

you kindly explain

how the dishes that

were on this table

could have been knocked

off in the struggle

and this silver milk

jug left standing

and all these knives

and forks and spoons

in perfect arrangement?

Well Mr. Holmes if

it's a psychology

of knives and

forks and milk jugs

you're talking about

I beg to be excused.

I'm trying to account

for this broken

china Lestrade.

That's the outstanding

feature of this case

whether you

know it or not.

All these broken plates,

plaster ornament,

bric-a-brac,

why was all

this china mashed

and nothing

else disturbed?

Why?

Yes and how about his

back being broken?

A man can't just fall

down and break his back

in that casual

way you know.

Right you are Watson.

External force

is indicated.

There's no doubt about it.

Major Harker's back was

broken deliberately.

I suppose you're going to

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes