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- Mr. Holmes feels better today. - Is that so?
Mr. Holmes feels so much better,
we're about to start an investigation.
Of what?
The crime wave that has done away
with a number of our apiary's most prominent residents.
Well. If you need suspects, you know where to find me.
Mum, wait.
I bet if we asked, Mr. Holmes would... do his thing.
The thing he does where he tells people
who they are and where they've been, just from looking.
Do Mum for her.
I'm sure your mother doesn't need to be told where she's been.
Stop bother Mr. Holmes with any foolishness.
It's not foolishness. Here.
You come and stand in front of Mr. Holmes. Just like that.
And he will tell you where you've been.
Do it.
You want her to turn in a circle?
No, that won't be necessary.
Turn in a circle.
You've been away most of the day.
The soot on your dress attests that you went by train to Portsmouth,
as all other nearby rail lines which might accommodate
a return trip of this length are under repair or beyond it.
In Portsmouth, you met the couple who run the hotel.
Your hair and nails are evidence
that you wished to make a favourable impression.
They made you an offer, you accepted.
You declined tea, and did not see the sister
for whom you have no particular fondness,
using my indisposition as an excuse to hurry back.
- It wasn't an excuse. - You accepted?
Start a week Monday.
Both of us?
- We're both going. - She wants me to be a bootblack!
She wants me to do what she does!
There is no shame in what I do!
You complain enough about it! Always going on about how hard things are.
And I wish you had it better!
She can barely read!
Go after her.
Apologise for saying things that were meant to hurt.
You were cruel!
If you don't apologise, you will regret it.
- People always say that. - Because it's true.
- You regret... - So much!
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