owe it to you.
No, no, not to me but
to my friend Sherlock Holmes.
With all the will in the world,
I could never have followed
up-a clue which has taxed
even his analytical genius.
As it was, we very nearly lost
it at the last moment.
It is a shock to me to know that I had
placed my friends in such horrible
peril.
That is all over.
It was nothing.
I got leave to bring it with me. It
would interest you to be the first to
see it.
What a pretty box!
This is Indian work, I suppose?
Yes, it is Benares metal-work.
And so heavy!
- Where is the key?
- Small threw it into the Thames.
I must borrow Mrs. Forrester's poker.
The treasure is lost.
Thank God!
Why do you say that?
Because I love you, Mary, as truly
as ever a man loved a woman.
But this treasure,
these riches, sealed my lips.
Now that they are gone
I can tell you how I love you.
That is why I said, 'Thank God.'
Then I say 'Thank God,' too.
The Doctor is being brought.
What is going on, Doctor Watson?
I am arrested.
This gentleman stole the treasure.
Here is the box, but it is empty.
It became empty
when the gentleman was in the
house.
I was at the porch.
You disappointed me!
And you, dear theoretic!
It is a lie.
Where is the treasure then? Where?
- This is your doing, Small?
- Yes.
I have put it away where you
shall never lay hand upon it.
No living man has any right to it,
unless it is three men who are in
the Andaman convict-barracks and
myself.
I have acted all through
for them as much as for myself.
It's been
the sign of four with us always.
They would throw the treasure
into the Thames
rather than let it go
to kith or kin of Sholto or Morstan.
You'll find the treasure where
the key is and where little Tonga is.
When I saw that your launch must
catch us, I put the loot away in a
safe place.
You are deceiving us, Small?
If you had wished to throw the
treasure it would have been easier
for you
to have thrown box and all.
Holmes?
Easier for me to throw
and easier for you to recover.
The man that was clever enough to
hunt me down could pick an iron
box from the river.
Now that they are scattered over
five miles or so, it may be a harder
job.
This is a very serious matter, Small.
If you had helped justice,
instead of thwarting it in this way,
you would have
had a better chance at your trial.
Yes, yes.
Justice?
Where is the justice that I should
give it up to those who have never
earned it?
Twenty long years
in that fever-ridden swamp,
all day at work
under the mangrove-tree,
all night chained up
in the filthy convict-huts.
That was how I earned
the Agra treasure.
I would rather swing a score of
times, than live in a convict's cell
and feel that another man is in a
palace with the money that should
be mine.
I think we should send him
to a safe place, Mr. Holmes.
There is a four-wheeler
and two policemen outside.
I am very grateful
to you and your friend for your help.
And your presence in court
is obligatory.
Get up.
Quick!
Good luck, gentlemen.
You first, Small, I'll take particular
care that you don't club me with
your wooden leg.
Quickly!
Quickly!
What about me?
Ah, yes, I'm sorry.
Your hands.
Down.
A real savage!
The Times was very wrong when
they said that he is the best
detective.
Miss Morstan has done me the
honour
to accept me
as a husband in prospective.
I feared as much.
Have you any reason
to be dissatisfied with my choice?
Not at all.
I think she is one
of the most charming young ladies.
But love is an emotional thing,
which is opposed to cold reason.
It is obvious, my friend.
I should never marry myself,
lest I bias my judgment.
I trust that my judgment
may survive the ordeal.
No, my dear friend,
I'm afraid that it was the last time,
when you studied my deductive
theory.
I will come back!
The division seems rather unfair.
You have done
all the work in this business.
Doctor Watson gets a wife out of it.
Lestrade