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10 - The Golden Pince-Nez - Part Two

Released Tuesday, 5th December 2023
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10 - The Golden Pince-Nez - Part Two

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10 - The Golden Pince-Nez - Part Two

Tuesday, 5th December 2023
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details. said

2:00

as he was dying. Elder Koram,

2:02

it was she. Koram is planning

2:05

something with all the saviours. Human

2:08

sacrifice. Roll

2:17

up, roll up for the Golden Prince May

2:19

Part 2! As

2:22

warned in the previous episode, this adventure

2:24

contains murder. So, hold

2:27

on to your hats! Oh,

2:30

and also just some general

2:35

law-breaking from the

2:37

both of us, actually. Shh, don't

2:39

tell anyone! Yeah,

2:42

but seriously, if there are any law enforcement listening,

2:45

it was all for the greater good. So,

2:48

yeah, anyway, back to the case. To

2:51

the patrol car of PCSO

2:53

Stanley Hopkins, and his accusation

2:55

of human sacrifice at Yoxley

2:57

Old Place. Home of

2:59

Elder Koram, and the saviours of God.

3:07

You'll need to wear these forensics

3:09

overalls inside, and put these masks

3:11

on. Stanley,

3:14

Stanley, bringing us into

3:17

this crime scene uninvited, posing as CSI,

3:19

is it getting into

3:21

serious trouble? It's not like they're going to

3:23

revoke his office of status, as

3:25

he needs to be the forefather. I

3:27

know, Sherlock, but this is dangerous for him

3:29

still, alright? I know. And

3:32

the wrath of the roof. Well,

3:36

okay, well, let's suit up

3:39

then, shall we? Oh,

3:44

God! It's hard to do in a

3:46

car this, isn't it? That's

3:50

the leather squeaking that noise. It's

3:53

not me. It's the

3:56

leather. Whoo,

4:02

okay. Charlotte, put your overalls on before you go and try.

4:04

I'm not going inside. Yet.

4:09

What's he doing? I don't know. He's

4:12

getting stoked. Is

4:14

he going to get caught doing that? There's only one member of

4:16

the force on sight until morning. Oh,

4:18

right. Who's that? Me.

4:21

Course, yeah. Yep, just

4:23

under five hours to solve this thing. Where

4:28

is he? Who? The

4:31

victim. Will he be? In

4:34

the morgue. Do you have pictures?

4:37

Er, yeah. Er... Er...

4:41

yeah, there. Small

4:45

knife. Good evening. Finding

4:49

things, Thams? If you were

4:51

to search all England, I

4:53

don't suppose you would find a

4:55

household more self-contained or freer from

4:57

outside influences. That's how

4:59

they like it. Sherlock, here's

5:02

the pictures of Willoughby. Mmm.

5:06

Yeah. Small knife

5:08

wound, isn't it? Yeah, and

5:10

into the carotid artery. What

5:12

did you find out there? PCSO Hopkins, did

5:15

you or any of your colleagues happen to

5:17

use the pathway on the eastern side of

5:19

the property tonight? What, the one that goes

5:21

on the Chatham Road? No. Er, we've been

5:23

using the main drive. Yes, well.

5:26

The main drive has cameras and security

5:28

lights. The pathway from the house

5:30

to Chatham Road does not. But

5:33

what it does have... are

5:35

footprints. But nobody

5:37

uses that path. It's all overgrown. Somebody

5:40

used that path, Mr Hopkins. A

5:42

somebody with a pair of basic gardening

5:45

cactiurs and size six feet. Oh.

5:49

Shall we... Hop in? Can

6:03

I

6:16

take the mask off yet? No.

6:19

Why not? We're not even in

6:21

the house. It's uncomfortable and

6:23

these overalls are oot-hoo. I

6:25

tease my clothing specifically based

6:27

around my sensory needs. Sherlock,

6:29

this is protocol. Yes, for

6:32

crime scene investigation unit. Are

6:35

we a crime scene investigation unit, Watson? Oop.

6:38

Evening. Don't

6:42

know if you remember me. I'm Officer Hopkins. I've

6:44

just got a couple of the forensics team with

6:46

me. Hello. Hi. Yes,

6:48

come through. Up. I

6:51

know you from Scott. Saviour Colton, please.

6:56

Of course. Yeah. Hello, Saviour

6:58

Colton. This is Officer

7:00

Watson and Holmes from London.

7:02

Hi, mate. We're

7:05

very sorry about Willoughby. Saviour

7:08

Willoughby has taken up arms

7:10

against the forces of evil. Yep.

7:14

Yep. Have you

7:17

seen everything

7:19

you want to see, Sherlock?

7:25

Put your mask back on. Is this

7:27

a chimney cavity here? That

7:29

is my belief, yes. Belief?

7:33

Yes. Quite a thing. Watson,

7:35

you may remove your mask. It's fine.

7:37

I'm your superior officer. That's an

7:39

order. Right. It's

7:42

going to be like that, are you? I

7:45

wish to see the crime scene. Elder

7:47

Corum is resting. If

7:50

you'd like to ask their saviours what

7:52

they've witnessed, I will take you to

7:54

the dormitories, but Elder Corum must not

7:56

be disturbed any more tonight. Saviour Colton,

7:58

who is your youngest member? Er...

8:01

there are some saviours that are around nine, ten

8:04

years old, but they don't

8:06

live in the dormitaries, they live in properties

8:09

on the land with their fathers. Mm-hmm.

8:12

And what have you saviours told? Where

8:15

do you reside? Er...

8:17

in the East Wing, Mr Holmes, just through

8:20

there. The East Wing? Same

8:22

as Elder Corum, yes? How

8:24

did you know that? Well, it's the

8:27

closest wing of the property to Chateau Road. Wakey

8:30

wakey, Mr Corum, it's the police! You

8:33

can't wake Elder Corum!

8:35

Sherlock, Sherlock, wait! Save

8:37

it, Helton! Please calm down, let

8:39

the investigator do his work. What

8:44

are you doing? He can't get up and answer

8:46

it, can he? Mm... yeah, that's quite right. Look

8:50

what? What? In

8:52

this corridor, no other entry point but

8:54

the back door. The back door fed

8:57

by the pathway to Chateau Road. Helton!

8:59

Helton! You chush, it's

9:01

midnight. What is it? I

9:04

will not let you in Elder Corum's room! Yes you will,

9:06

but first my companion Watson here just raised an

9:08

important point. It is late and we

9:10

would like to get back to London sharpish, so if you

9:12

could explain how you witnessed the murder, that would be much

9:14

appreciated. I didn't...

9:17

I did not... I was sleeping... Sleeping until

9:19

when? Pardon? I woke you.

9:22

I don't know what you mean. Yes you

9:24

do. You have been concerned that I would wake others

9:27

with my loudness if I did something like this. Osu!

9:29

Osu! Osu! Stop!

9:33

Sherlock, see? It disturbs the

9:35

sleeping, doesn't it, Saviour Talton? Now

9:37

I am asking, what disturbed

9:39

you? He

9:42

screamed. Who? Corum?

9:45

No, Saviour Willoughby. And

9:47

you cradled him? Did

9:49

you not? He

9:52

was a friend. A

9:55

brother? An

10:04

actual brother, or looks like

10:06

a brother in arms, don't you? He's brother in

10:08

a cell for this nonsense. He means like you

10:10

said, brother in arms. A single

10:12

word more of the devil's propaganda out

10:14

of your disgusting mouth. I dare you

10:16

mate, come on then, yeah go on

10:18

Liam, come on Liam. Don't call me

10:20

that. What, your bloody name? That isn't

10:22

enough. Get off me. That's enough,

10:24

okay, that is enough. Get off me. Yeah,

10:27

yeah. There. There. Saviour

10:34

Willoughby died in your arms, did

10:37

he not? How

10:39

did you know that? Waking

10:42

in the night to wash your hands

10:44

so thoroughly is a tad unusual, Saviour

10:46

Tarleton. So thoroughly in

10:48

fact they are frequent with lemongrass

10:50

and I'd say lavender. Wouldn't

10:53

you Doctor? Is that what that is? Quite

10:56

nice. We must get some for the flat.

10:58

Do I need to put this man under

11:00

arrest? Well, you can't as a community support

11:02

officer anyway. Saviour Tarleton, the

11:05

Bible in your lobby lays open on

11:07

Psalm 26.6. I

11:10

will wash my hands in innocence, so

11:13

will I compass thine altar. Why

11:15

did you wash your hands? Elder

11:18

Quorum ordered me to sir.

11:21

Why? Because. Because

11:23

why? Because they carried

11:25

the blood of Saviour Willoughby. I

11:28

tried to. I tried to

11:30

stop it.

11:35

The blood just kept

11:37

coming. The

11:55

blood just

11:57

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13:37

This place not so normal though Yep,

13:40

yeah What

13:42

do you think, Sherlock? Mud

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Mud, yes I

13:48

take it you don't mean

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mud Where? Where's

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mud exactly? school

14:00

splashes at best. They

14:02

must have been removed. What was

14:05

removed? The weather. Watson. That

14:07

pathway, those footprints, mud

14:09

would be everywhere in that hallway. But

14:11

there's nothing but a few splashes on the stairs.

14:14

What stairs? The stairs up to the dormitories. Right.

14:16

Do we want to go check them out? Firstly,

14:19

we need entry to Elder Corum's bedroom

14:21

and we need it now. Won't

14:24

be long. We

14:28

have requested that save your Talt and wake

14:30

Elder Corum so we could see the crime

14:32

scene. He's just helping him dress now. When's

14:37

this episode going to go out? Dunno. Actually,

14:39

it depends. Depends on what? How long it

14:41

takes to solve. How long will that take? Sherlock. How long

14:43

do you think until we solve

14:45

this one? We will have it done by 4.55am, Doctor.

14:50

What, really? Yes. Hence

14:53

the alarm I asked you to set. I thought we were

14:55

just going to get started on the case then.

14:57

You thought wrong, I'm afraid, good doctor. Solved

15:00

by 4.55am. Excellent.

15:02

And if we don't, we'll be arrested

15:04

by Kent Police. Great choice.

15:07

Nice to have an incentive. Yeah,

15:10

so then I'll edit it together, which can

15:12

take a few days. Because I record a

15:15

lot of material, I need to make sure

15:17

that key scenes like that one just then

15:19

are edited together, cut

15:21

together in a really coherent episode.

15:25

And then I tend to cut away a

15:27

lot of irrelevant chat and waffle, really. Because

15:30

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15:32

that just witter on and on and on

15:34

and on, and don't really have

15:36

anything valuable to add to any given

15:39

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15:41

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15:43

no bloody reason. Blah, blah, blah, blah,

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15:48

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15:50

podcasts on double speed because of that

15:52

exact reason. Because it's just endless

15:54

inane, inconsequential bollocks that adds

15:56

absolutely nothing. Yeah.

16:01

Okay. Elder Quorum is ready for

16:04

visitors. Okey-dokey! PCSO Hopkins, I

16:06

wish to examine the crime scene with

16:08

just Dr Watson. If you'd

16:10

be so kind. Oh, right. I have

16:12

a task for you. There is a car

16:15

parked outside on Chatham Road, a blue Volkswagen

16:17

polo. This is its license plate. Use the

16:19

facilities at the station to locate the driver

16:22

details and do it immediately, please. Certainly,

16:24

Mr Holmes. Yes. Everything

16:29

all right? Yes. Yes, nearly there.

16:37

Elder Quorum, these gentlemen

16:39

are from the police. This is

16:41

Officer Holmes and Officer Watson. Yes.

16:48

Elder Quorum, how very kind

16:50

of you to permit a visit. Apologies, your

16:52

evening has been so troublesome. Bless

16:55

you. Troublesome indeed, but

16:58

the passage to God is not always a quiet

17:00

one. Savior

17:03

Willoughby's fight in life will

17:06

be continued beyond his death. I

17:09

said they could look around the room. Yes,

17:11

of course. It is the business of the

17:14

authorities. I can only apologize

17:16

for staying in bed as you do so. So

17:21

we are in the bedroom of Elder

17:23

Quorum. It's a big room,

17:26

high ceilings, lots of

17:28

pictures of various biblical stuff, I think. On

17:32

the back wall is a bookcase.

17:35

In front of it is a patch of floor that's been cordoned off. There's

17:37

a few pieces of evidence with labels on them, patches

17:40

of blood, a book, a

17:42

desk, a glass. And

17:46

way down the other end of the bedroom is

17:48

Quorum, who is in his bed. Tell

17:51

me, Elder Quorum, how did the

17:53

night's events play out to you exactly? Early

17:56

in the evening I had awoken to some

17:58

room. Wind.

18:00

Howling winds. It was rattling something in the garden. A gate

18:03

or a fence, perhaps. It irritated me somewhat. Then

18:05

I must have drifted off. Like

18:07

Saviour Tarleton, heard the scream as

18:09

if I had been You

18:21

heard the scream and nothing else. Perhaps a thud? Some

18:23

kinetic force? A rushing of some physicality?

18:25

Not much more than that. Then Tarleton

18:27

entered. Indeed. I was

18:29

not a Saviour

18:32

Marker and Mortimer of the Quorum. Yes. I was a

19:01

Mortimer of the Quorum. Yes, right. Of

19:03

course. And where are they now?

19:06

In the dormitories? No. They

19:08

reside in this wing. Rooms

19:11

next to mine. Nobody from the

19:13

dormitories, the front lobby or the

19:15

central hallway came running. No. Does

19:18

anyone else know what has even happened? Do

19:21

they, Saviour Tarleton? Mortimer,

19:24

Marker, myself. Saviour

19:27

Adebayo, who was in the lobby, to let the

19:29

police in. But no, that's it. Who else lives

19:31

in this wing? Just

19:34

Elder Quorum, Mortimer Marker, myself and... And

19:37

who? Saviour Willoughby. Watson, leave

19:39

the room. Close the

19:41

door to this bedroom and to the hallway. Go

19:43

into the lobby and see if your microphone picks up my

19:45

voice. Er,

19:48

oh... Okay. Okay,

19:50

close the door through the

19:53

hallway. Okay,

19:57

close the door through the hallway. close

20:01

hallway door in

20:03

the lobby yeah

20:13

that's barely audible at all is it I

20:20

can hear you but very very faint interesting

20:26

Sherlock mm-hmm what are you

20:29

doing jumping right

20:32

elder Coram I hope you don't mind if I

20:34

jump next to your bed absolutely thank

20:40

you Sherlock yes

20:43

you're coming across as

20:45

the craziest person in

20:47

the room and that's

20:49

really saying something all

20:51

relevant studies doctor nice

20:54

books thank you not

20:57

sovereign indeed sacred

21:00

texts sure yeah yeah

21:05

we thinking I'm thinking

21:07

I'd like to take a closer

21:09

look here Sherlock is

21:11

kneeling down where the body was found at the far

21:13

end of the bedroom I hold

21:17

on I have a question elder

21:19

Coram I

21:21

am I don't mean to be

21:23

rude but well

21:28

a young man was murdered in here tonight

21:31

so why are you choosing to

21:33

sleep in here elder Coram is

21:35

extremely delicate we do not amend

21:38

in death here doctor right yeah

21:40

you know that I sort

21:43

of understand you believe

21:45

in a higher calling but this

21:48

to even someone of my

21:50

disposition a doctor a former

21:52

soldier this is a disturbing choice

21:54

you've made to be honest to

21:56

stay here to you doctor

24:02

Well, um, yeah, there's

24:04

a rectangular sort of, um...

24:08

There's a clean bit of carpet here. Rectangular

24:10

dust has gathered around the outside. Excellent,

24:13

Watson. So the

24:15

mat has been removed. Why?

24:18

My suspect because it was caked in

24:20

mud. Okay. But,

24:23

so, the murder weapon... I can

24:26

repeat myself if you want, Sherlock. It

24:28

is irrelevant. Well, what is relevant? A

24:31

number of things. Possible the golden

24:33

pantsnay may be the most relevant thing here.

24:36

Right, yeah. Golden pantsnay. A

24:38

pantsnay is... I

24:40

know what a pantsnay is, alright? Do you? Yeah,

24:43

mate. Okay, good. Good work, Watson. Where

24:45

are you going? Back outside. Ah, alright.

24:47

Yeah, right behind you. Just gonna check

24:50

something with the mic. Google,

24:53

help me out here. What is a pantsnay? The

24:56

pantsnay is a style of glasses, popular

24:58

in the late 19th and early 20th

25:00

centuries, that are supported without earpieces by

25:02

pinching the bridge of the nose. The

25:05

name comes from French answer to pinch

25:07

the nose. Uh,

25:10

okay. Right. Sherlock! Right,

25:22

this is insane. This palace is

25:24

getting wobbly. Climb. Climb

25:27

with me, Watson. I

25:30

am climbing. Sorry, this isn't climbing.

25:32

This is breaking and entering. No,

25:34

no. This is slooping. No,

25:37

slooping is when you go to the bathroom

25:39

at an inner party, not when you scale

25:42

the wall of a manna out. We've already

25:44

entered the hospital. Have

25:46

we not, Watson? Yes,

25:48

exactly. Why do we have to go out?

25:51

Why do we have to climb up the wall to the

25:53

doors? Because I wish

25:55

to observe. Observe

25:58

what? What

26:01

is it? Xavier Tarleton is in his

26:03

door. What's he doing?

26:07

He looks distressed. Yes, don't we

26:09

all? God, this is right. Look

26:11

what? Jesus, he's coming to the window.

26:14

He's feeling yourself. Oh yes,

26:16

great. I'll just chuck on my invisibility

26:18

cloak and Malfoy will be none the wiser. Oh no,

26:20

wait, I'm not in Hogwarts and clinging to the side of

26:22

a man-a-how. Right now, what? To

26:25

the balcony. We

26:36

are currently holding on to the side

26:38

of the house. A couple of stories

26:40

up. And Tarleton

26:42

is at the window. What

26:51

was that? Did he throw something out the window? He

26:53

did indeed. Right, what was it?

26:57

Our missing doormat.

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