1 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:45,000 - synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com - 2 00:00:49,166 --> 00:00:51,902 I bagged that one in darkest Africa. 3 00:00:51,936 --> 00:00:54,504 A handsome beast. Ferocious, I'd wager. 4 00:00:54,538 --> 00:00:58,474 Africa? I thought tigers were native to India. 5 00:00:58,509 --> 00:01:01,777 You could be right, my dear. Africa, India, 6 00:01:01,812 --> 00:01:04,213 it is terribly hard to tell them apart. 7 00:01:04,247 --> 00:01:07,249 Now this beggar is a different story altogether. 8 00:01:07,283 --> 00:01:10,251 He was two hundred yards away if he was an inch. 9 00:01:15,958 --> 00:01:18,393 Remind me again as to why we are here. 10 00:01:18,427 --> 00:01:20,862 - The guest speaker. - Who is? 11 00:01:20,897 --> 00:01:24,332 That's the exciting part. It's a surprise. 12 00:01:26,635 --> 00:01:28,736 Thank you. 13 00:01:33,008 --> 00:01:34,975 I do appreciate this, Clarence. 14 00:01:35,010 --> 00:01:36,977 - Appreciate what? - Your sponsorship. 15 00:01:37,012 --> 00:01:39,279 Oh, not a bother. 16 00:01:39,313 --> 00:01:42,149 This club could use a few men of your forthrightness. 17 00:01:42,183 --> 00:01:45,351 We're all getting a bit stodgy in our old age. 18 00:01:45,385 --> 00:01:47,887 Well, I want you to know 19 00:01:47,922 --> 00:01:49,923 that we're both delighted. 20 00:01:49,957 --> 00:01:53,392 When will Thomas know if he's been accepted? 21 00:01:53,427 --> 00:01:55,394 If my husband sponsored you, 22 00:01:55,429 --> 00:01:58,097 - acceptance is a mere formality. - Oh! 23 00:01:58,131 --> 00:02:00,666 Well, Clarence, 24 00:02:00,700 --> 00:02:03,001 do you intend on letting the cat out of the bag? 25 00:02:03,036 --> 00:02:04,970 Whatever do you mean, Dick? 26 00:02:05,004 --> 00:02:07,005 When are you going to tell us who is regaling us this evening? 27 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,007 You'll find out soon enough. 28 00:02:09,042 --> 00:02:11,176 Young Benson is fetching him now. 29 00:02:11,210 --> 00:02:13,745 Look at Margaret. She looks like the cat 30 00:02:13,780 --> 00:02:16,782 - who ate the canary. - It's not everyone 31 00:02:16,816 --> 00:02:21,018 who gets asked to be a member of the Empire Club. 32 00:02:21,053 --> 00:02:23,554 Why would the Inspector want to associate with them? 33 00:02:23,589 --> 00:02:25,590 Perhaps it's to keep 34 00:02:25,624 --> 00:02:29,060 the canary eater happy? 35 00:02:29,094 --> 00:02:31,495 Esteemed Members and Honoured Guests. 36 00:02:31,529 --> 00:02:34,598 It is my pleasure to announce that our speaker will be here 37 00:02:34,632 --> 00:02:36,933 in a matter of moments. So, 38 00:02:36,968 --> 00:02:39,803 if you could all take your places. 39 00:02:47,645 --> 00:02:51,014 Enough foolishness, Clarence. I insist 40 00:02:51,048 --> 00:02:54,149 - you tell us whom we are here to hear. - All right. All right. 41 00:02:54,183 --> 00:02:57,052 Let me say that I have brought, 42 00:02:57,087 --> 00:02:59,054 at great personal expense, 43 00:02:59,089 --> 00:03:02,758 a most wonderful speaker to start the series. 44 00:03:02,792 --> 00:03:05,460 He is an acclaimed humourist 45 00:03:05,495 --> 00:03:07,896 and world renowned travel diarist. 46 00:03:07,931 --> 00:03:10,498 None other than... 47 00:03:10,532 --> 00:03:13,267 Mark Twain. 48 00:03:14,369 --> 00:03:16,570 - Mark Twain! - Mark Twain? 49 00:03:16,605 --> 00:03:19,540 - Have you gotten your marbles mixed? - This is outrageous! 50 00:03:19,574 --> 00:03:21,670 Mark Twain. In our club? Over my dead body. 51 00:03:21,671 --> 00:03:22,941 Bugger this. I'm leaving. 52 00:03:22,945 --> 00:03:25,179 You intercept that scoundrel. 53 00:03:25,213 --> 00:03:29,116 - You make sure he doesn't set a foot in here. - Yes, sir. 54 00:03:31,819 --> 00:03:34,420 I'm guessing this is not the surprise they expected. 55 00:03:34,455 --> 00:03:37,124 - Thomas. What is going on? - I don't know. 56 00:03:37,158 --> 00:03:40,927 - This is horrible. He was your sponsor. - Murdoch, 57 00:03:40,962 --> 00:03:43,896 - what's this all about? - I... 58 00:03:46,399 --> 00:03:49,601 Ladies and gentlemen, 59 00:03:49,636 --> 00:03:51,603 Mark Twain. 60 00:03:56,943 --> 00:03:59,078 Go back to America, Twain. 61 00:03:59,112 --> 00:04:00,179 You don't belong here. 62 00:04:01,213 --> 00:04:03,670 - Thank you. - For king and country! 63 00:04:03,671 --> 00:04:04,971 You don't belong here! 64 00:04:05,084 --> 00:04:06,785 Ladies and gentlemen, what a pleasure 65 00:04:06,819 --> 00:04:08,920 it is to be a guest 66 00:04:08,954 --> 00:04:10,922 in your esteemed city. 67 00:04:12,624 --> 00:04:13,445 Is anyone hurt? 68 00:04:13,446 --> 00:04:14,846 - Thomas! - Margaret, stay close. 69 00:04:15,995 --> 00:04:18,628 Mr. Twain. Are you all right? 70 00:04:18,663 --> 00:04:21,565 I believe I will need another drink. 71 00:04:21,599 --> 00:04:23,934 - Splendid idea. - Oh, Thomas. 72 00:04:31,652 --> 00:04:34,121 .44 calibre. 73 00:04:34,155 --> 00:04:37,090 Please thank Doctor Ogden for escorting Margaret home. 74 00:04:37,124 --> 00:04:40,693 Yes, of course. Sir, did you hear anything of note? 75 00:04:40,727 --> 00:04:42,962 No one appears to have seen anything. 76 00:04:42,996 --> 00:04:45,798 - And you believe them? - No reason not to. We didn't. 77 00:04:45,832 --> 00:04:48,501 - Right. - May I escort Mr. Twain 78 00:04:48,535 --> 00:04:50,836 - back to his hotel? - Wursley, please escort 79 00:04:50,870 --> 00:04:53,339 the two gentlemen back to their hotel. 80 00:04:53,574 --> 00:04:55,673 Mr. Twain, welcome to Canada. 81 00:04:55,708 --> 00:04:59,578 Well, it was a robust one. 82 00:04:59,612 --> 00:05:03,515 Yes. I'll be needing to ask you further questions in the morning. 83 00:05:03,549 --> 00:05:07,384 - Yes. Of course. - Had you taken leave of your senses? 84 00:05:07,419 --> 00:05:10,855 He is the author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, 85 00:05:10,889 --> 00:05:13,857 - I didn't expect... - Mr. Twain is also the vice-president 86 00:05:13,891 --> 00:05:17,428 of the Anti-Imperialist League and a critic of His Majesty. 87 00:05:17,462 --> 00:05:19,070 Why in God's name did you book him? 88 00:05:19,075 --> 00:05:21,450 I may not have researched him thoroughly. 89 00:05:21,799 --> 00:05:23,167 You, sir, 90 00:05:23,201 --> 00:05:26,370 are the master of understatement. 91 00:05:26,404 --> 00:05:27,790 - Mr. Wilson. - Yes. 92 00:05:27,791 --> 00:05:29,071 Detective William Murdoch, 93 00:05:29,072 --> 00:05:31,274 Toronto Constabulary. 94 00:05:31,308 --> 00:05:34,410 I would like a list of all of your members that were present this evening. 95 00:05:34,445 --> 00:05:37,247 You surely don't think one of us... 96 00:05:37,281 --> 00:05:40,283 At the moment, no one is above suspicion. 97 00:05:40,317 --> 00:05:43,786 I trust you will be discrete about this. 98 00:05:43,820 --> 00:05:45,887 Of course we will, sir. 99 00:05:45,921 --> 00:05:48,890 I'll procure you the list. 100 00:05:48,924 --> 00:05:50,892 Chin up, Thomas. 101 00:05:50,926 --> 00:05:53,629 I don't think this will change anything. 102 00:06:06,581 --> 00:06:09,550 Mr. Fanshaw, why did you object to Mr. Twain's presence? 103 00:06:09,584 --> 00:06:13,587 The man is a bounder. Pure and simple. 104 00:06:13,622 --> 00:06:16,657 - Could you expand on that? - Do you know what he says about our way of life? 105 00:06:16,691 --> 00:06:19,526 He calls it the most grotesque swindle 106 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,594 ever perpetrated by man. 107 00:06:21,629 --> 00:06:25,465 He all but proclaims our beloved King a Devil. 108 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:27,300 So he deserves to be shot? 109 00:06:27,335 --> 00:06:30,237 I heard you were an ex-military man, as am I. 110 00:06:30,271 --> 00:06:33,306 What do you think? 111 00:06:33,341 --> 00:06:37,676 - Uh, well, uh... - Mr. Fanshaw. Members of the club 112 00:06:37,710 --> 00:06:41,080 - have stated that you carry a weapon. - I do. What of it? 113 00:06:41,114 --> 00:06:43,082 May we see it? 114 00:06:43,116 --> 00:06:45,084 It's in my locker at the club. 115 00:06:45,118 --> 00:06:47,819 You are more than welcome to examine it. 116 00:06:47,854 --> 00:06:51,357 But I did not shoot at the man. In fact, 117 00:06:51,391 --> 00:06:55,093 I wasn't even in the room when the scoundrel was shot at. I was at the bar, 118 00:06:55,127 --> 00:06:57,862 trying to gather my composure. 119 00:06:57,896 --> 00:07:00,865 Norman will vouch for me. Gentlemen. 120 00:07:04,570 --> 00:07:07,672 I suppose she forgot the date. 121 00:07:07,706 --> 00:07:11,175 - What are you on about, Henry? - Mary Lawrence. 122 00:07:11,209 --> 00:07:13,390 She was to accompany me to the musical theatre last night. 123 00:07:13,391 --> 00:07:14,391 What have you got there? 124 00:07:15,513 --> 00:07:17,614 Oh, I had them made after my promotion. 125 00:07:17,648 --> 00:07:20,684 - When you were in jail. - Right. Subtle. 126 00:07:20,718 --> 00:07:22,652 Anyhow, 127 00:07:22,687 --> 00:07:25,389 I went to collect her last night, and her flatmate said she'd left for the evening. 128 00:07:25,423 --> 00:07:29,024 - Mary Lawrence, this is the one with the sick mother? - She's always sick! 129 00:07:29,059 --> 00:07:31,627 Every time I call on her, her mother's on her deathbed. 130 00:07:31,661 --> 00:07:34,230 I suggested perhaps she should retire 131 00:07:34,264 --> 00:07:36,232 to the country; perhaps the clean air would sort... 132 00:07:36,266 --> 00:07:38,367 Mark Twain. 133 00:07:38,402 --> 00:07:41,304 - Excuse me? - Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass. 134 00:07:41,338 --> 00:07:45,240 W. Epaminondas Adrastus Blab. Sergeant Fathom. 135 00:07:45,274 --> 00:07:47,242 Samuel Langhorne Clemens. 136 00:07:47,276 --> 00:07:49,244 Mark Twain! 137 00:07:49,278 --> 00:07:51,879 Mr. Twain. It's an honour to meet you. 138 00:07:51,914 --> 00:07:53,881 The honour is both yours and mine. 139 00:07:53,916 --> 00:07:55,917 Oh, there's no need to say that. George Crabtree, 140 00:07:55,951 --> 00:07:58,853 Constable Third Class. I used to be First Class, 141 00:07:58,887 --> 00:08:01,823 Constable First Class, but I made a rather unfortunate choice 142 00:08:01,857 --> 00:08:05,692 which led to a series of blunders from which I... I'm prattling. 143 00:08:05,727 --> 00:08:07,995 You're here to see some of the Detective's inventions, 144 00:08:08,029 --> 00:08:09,997 - I'll wager. - No, no, no. 145 00:08:10,031 --> 00:08:11,999 Somebody shot at me yesterday. 146 00:08:12,033 --> 00:08:14,535 Well, it's a good thing they missed, I should say. 147 00:08:14,569 --> 00:08:16,670 Mr. Twain. 148 00:08:16,704 --> 00:08:18,938 Thank you for coming in. George, 149 00:08:18,972 --> 00:08:20,727 Henry, I need you to go to the Empire Club 150 00:08:20,728 --> 00:08:22,425 and search Richard Fanshaw's locker. 151 00:08:22,576 --> 00:08:24,368 - Sir. - What are we looking for, sir? 152 00:08:24,369 --> 00:08:25,169 A gun. 153 00:08:25,246 --> 00:08:27,747 Preferably one that's been recently fired. 154 00:08:29,150 --> 00:08:31,684 - Right this way. - Good day to you, Mr. Twain. 155 00:08:31,718 --> 00:08:35,621 - Good to meet you, son. - Henry, 156 00:08:35,655 --> 00:08:38,190 we've just met one of the greatest writers the world has ever seen. 157 00:08:38,224 --> 00:08:40,792 George, do you think it might be possible 158 00:08:40,826 --> 00:08:43,662 that Miss Lawrence is purposely avoiding me? 159 00:08:48,301 --> 00:08:50,369 Mr. Twain, 160 00:08:50,403 --> 00:08:52,470 given your political leanings, 161 00:08:52,504 --> 00:08:55,540 did you not consider that your speaking 162 00:08:55,574 --> 00:08:58,176 at the Empire Club could be seen 163 00:08:58,210 --> 00:09:01,312 as a... a provocative act? 164 00:09:01,346 --> 00:09:04,048 Are you saying that whoever shot at me had the right to? 165 00:09:04,082 --> 00:09:06,116 - Of course not. - I must say 166 00:09:06,151 --> 00:09:09,952 - I was surprised that the organization booked me. - As was I. 167 00:09:09,987 --> 00:09:13,122 Seeing you describe the monarchy as slave owners 168 00:09:13,157 --> 00:09:15,225 who attained wealth by stealing it. 169 00:09:15,259 --> 00:09:17,227 Close, 170 00:09:17,261 --> 00:09:19,962 but what I actually said was: 171 00:09:19,997 --> 00:09:23,032 "I believe 172 00:09:23,067 --> 00:09:26,435 I should really see the end of what is surely 173 00:09:26,469 --> 00:09:29,471 the grotesquest of all swindles 174 00:09:29,506 --> 00:09:32,641 ever invented by man, 175 00:09:32,676 --> 00:09:34,543 the monarchy." 176 00:09:35,945 --> 00:09:37,979 You don't agree? 177 00:09:38,014 --> 00:09:40,916 We are ruled by Britain. 178 00:09:40,950 --> 00:09:43,085 Your comments may be viewed 179 00:09:43,119 --> 00:09:45,953 - by some as offensive. - Well, 180 00:09:45,987 --> 00:09:48,456 if it makes you feel any better, 181 00:09:48,490 --> 00:09:52,760 I don't think of my own government as different. 182 00:09:52,794 --> 00:09:56,964 I am an anti-Imperialist, and as such, 183 00:09:56,998 --> 00:09:59,701 I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons 184 00:09:59,735 --> 00:10:01,935 on any other land. 185 00:10:01,969 --> 00:10:06,005 So you're unpopular both home and abroad. 186 00:10:09,677 --> 00:10:13,046 You think it's possible someone followed you here to Toronto? 187 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,449 It's possible. 188 00:10:15,483 --> 00:10:17,117 Given my points of view, 189 00:10:17,151 --> 00:10:19,184 it's somewhat of a surprise 190 00:10:19,219 --> 00:10:22,288 that someone hasn't shot at me before. 191 00:10:22,322 --> 00:10:26,259 And to what do I owe the pleasure? 192 00:10:26,293 --> 00:10:30,028 - I've been reviewing your application for membership. - And? 193 00:10:30,063 --> 00:10:33,198 - You are a strong candidate. - Thank you. 194 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:38,570 I've canceled Mr. Twain's engagement at our club. 195 00:10:38,604 --> 00:10:41,139 Considering the circumstances, that's a wise move. 196 00:10:41,173 --> 00:10:43,475 I would dearly love 197 00:10:43,509 --> 00:10:46,411 to see that man ridden out of town on a rail. 198 00:10:46,445 --> 00:10:49,648 These self-proclaimed champions of the people 199 00:10:49,682 --> 00:10:53,216 - are nothing but a menace. - Well, I don't exactly have the authority. 200 00:10:53,251 --> 00:10:55,486 You're a police inspector, sir. 201 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,489 What more authority do you need? A Royal Warrant? 202 00:10:58,523 --> 00:11:01,124 The membership review committee 203 00:11:01,159 --> 00:11:03,527 meets in a few days. 204 00:11:03,561 --> 00:11:05,362 Good day. 205 00:11:08,299 --> 00:11:11,467 You would think Miss Lawrence would be interested, you know, 206 00:11:11,502 --> 00:11:13,770 me being a Constable First Class and all. 207 00:11:13,804 --> 00:11:15,772 You'd think. 208 00:11:15,806 --> 00:11:18,508 I'll admit it is nice to have a few extra dollars in the pay packet. 209 00:11:23,314 --> 00:11:27,382 Trumpers and Truefitt, George! 210 00:11:27,417 --> 00:11:30,952 - Rose Mouthwash! The Royal Family uses this. - Henry! 211 00:11:37,593 --> 00:11:39,461 Nothing. 212 00:11:39,495 --> 00:11:42,596 Excuse me, George? 213 00:11:42,631 --> 00:11:46,300 Forget it. Let's go check out behind the club, Henry. 214 00:11:46,335 --> 00:11:48,536 And put that back. 215 00:11:59,747 --> 00:12:02,215 Margaret, what are you doing here? 216 00:12:02,249 --> 00:12:05,452 Oh, I'm just so excited, Thomas. Have you heard any news yet? 217 00:12:05,486 --> 00:12:08,955 - No. - Oh. But I just saw Mr. Wilson leave. 218 00:12:08,989 --> 00:12:10,990 Have you been spying on me, woman? 219 00:12:11,024 --> 00:12:13,660 I just happened to see him leave as I was arriving. 220 00:12:13,694 --> 00:12:15,795 Oh, I don't mean to pry, Thomas, 221 00:12:15,830 --> 00:12:17,796 I'm just a-twitter about the possibility. 222 00:12:17,831 --> 00:12:21,633 Margaret Brackenreid, married to a member of the Empire Club. 223 00:12:21,668 --> 00:12:24,336 That would certainly shut Verna up. 224 00:12:24,371 --> 00:12:26,338 Why are you so worried about bloody Verna? 225 00:12:26,373 --> 00:12:28,440 Oh, it's just her and her gazebo. 226 00:12:28,475 --> 00:12:30,409 If I hear another word... 227 00:12:30,443 --> 00:12:32,082 I don't know why you insist on trying to keep up 228 00:12:32,083 --> 00:12:33,995 with Verna bloody Jones. Now come on. 229 00:12:34,079 --> 00:12:36,080 Oh, Thomas. 230 00:12:39,518 --> 00:12:42,119 It is foul back here. 231 00:12:42,153 --> 00:12:46,056 I didn't notice, Henry, all I can smell is you. 232 00:12:46,091 --> 00:12:49,861 Perhaps you can continue here, and I'll check the locker rooms again. 233 00:12:49,895 --> 00:12:53,363 You go ahead and do that, Henry. 234 00:12:53,398 --> 00:12:56,867 I'll go ahead and bring in the evidence. 235 00:12:56,901 --> 00:12:58,835 I'll take that. 236 00:13:08,318 --> 00:13:10,686 I was a riverboat captain for two years, 237 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:14,055 until the War of the States broke out. 238 00:13:14,090 --> 00:13:17,526 - That's when I took my pen name. - Do tell. 239 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:19,695 Mark Twain. 240 00:13:20,729 --> 00:13:24,324 Means twelve foot of water, safe for sail. 241 00:13:24,325 --> 00:13:26,267 Seemed an appropriate moniker 242 00:13:26,301 --> 00:13:29,704 to launch my literary adventuring. 243 00:13:29,738 --> 00:13:32,506 Yeah. 244 00:13:32,541 --> 00:13:35,209 After that it was Virginia City 245 00:13:35,244 --> 00:13:38,279 - and the silver rush. - William went to the Klondike. 246 00:13:39,113 --> 00:13:41,415 The gold rush. 247 00:13:41,449 --> 00:13:42,991 - Indeed. - Make any money? 248 00:13:42,992 --> 00:13:44,392 Can't say I did. 249 00:13:44,618 --> 00:13:47,753 Neither did I. 250 00:13:47,787 --> 00:13:50,122 Unfortunately the story of my life lately. 251 00:13:50,157 --> 00:13:53,659 That Constable Crabtree says you're something of a tinkerer. 252 00:13:53,693 --> 00:13:55,661 Oh, he's more than that. 253 00:13:55,695 --> 00:13:58,830 William is an inventor. I daresay if he ever left the police force, 254 00:13:58,865 --> 00:14:00,966 he'd give Mr. Tesla a run for his money. 255 00:14:01,220 --> 00:14:03,188 Julia, I hardly think that... 256 00:14:03,222 --> 00:14:05,290 Inventions... 257 00:14:05,324 --> 00:14:08,026 I put all my money 258 00:14:08,060 --> 00:14:10,661 into a brand new printing press, 259 00:14:10,696 --> 00:14:13,398 the Paige Compositor. 260 00:14:13,432 --> 00:14:16,133 Left me destitute. 261 00:14:16,167 --> 00:14:19,269 Hence the dog and pony show I am currently on. 262 00:14:19,304 --> 00:14:22,306 I've got hundreds of creditors on my back. 263 00:14:24,542 --> 00:14:26,910 Are any of those creditors from Toronto? 264 00:14:26,944 --> 00:14:29,413 Well, poss... 265 00:14:32,517 --> 00:14:34,484 You don't think... 266 00:14:34,518 --> 00:14:37,887 Two main motives for murder, Mr. Twain: 267 00:14:37,921 --> 00:14:40,456 love and money. 268 00:14:49,966 --> 00:14:52,534 Anything of interest? 269 00:14:52,568 --> 00:14:55,837 Henry's found the weapon. It's been recently fired 270 00:14:55,871 --> 00:14:58,240 and it matches the calibre of the bullets we retrieved. 271 00:14:58,274 --> 00:15:00,242 - Is it Fanshaw's? - It is. 272 00:15:00,276 --> 00:15:02,677 But his alibi still holds up. 273 00:15:02,711 --> 00:15:05,780 So anyone could have used it. 274 00:15:05,814 --> 00:15:09,016 Do you know if Mr. Twain is planning on leaving town soon? 275 00:15:09,051 --> 00:15:12,186 I... I don't think so. 276 00:15:12,220 --> 00:15:14,288 It would be in his best interests if he did. 277 00:15:14,322 --> 00:15:16,524 Perhaps you could persuade him. 278 00:15:16,558 --> 00:15:18,526 May I ask why? 279 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,162 The Empire Club would like him gone. 280 00:15:21,196 --> 00:15:23,564 They've made that quite clear to me. 281 00:15:23,598 --> 00:15:25,965 And you would like to secure your membership. 282 00:15:25,999 --> 00:15:28,668 Hear me out, Murdoch. Just hear me out. 283 00:15:28,702 --> 00:15:31,003 I give my wife more grief than good. 284 00:15:31,038 --> 00:15:34,374 She would dearly love a taste of high society and I'd like to give her it. 285 00:15:36,377 --> 00:15:38,344 I'll tell Mr. Twain 286 00:15:38,379 --> 00:15:40,380 that our investigation can proceed 287 00:15:40,414 --> 00:15:43,549 - without him. - Thank you, Murdoch. 288 00:15:47,573 --> 00:15:50,775 You two are lucky people. 289 00:15:50,810 --> 00:15:55,381 - What makes you say that? - You seem to be in a relationship of equals. 290 00:15:55,415 --> 00:15:58,916 My wife Livy has been by my side my entire life. 291 00:15:58,950 --> 00:16:02,153 - A true partner. - I've heard of her by reputation. 292 00:16:02,187 --> 00:16:05,789 She's dying now. Been dying since my daughter died. 293 00:16:05,824 --> 00:16:08,926 - Mr. Twain, I'm so sorry. - And we are broke. 294 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:12,497 Due in no small part to reckless ways. 295 00:16:12,531 --> 00:16:15,565 That Empire job would have paid well. 296 00:16:15,599 --> 00:16:17,567 There must be people who want to hear you. 297 00:16:17,601 --> 00:16:21,204 Well, I did secure an engagement in Albany, but the job pays nothing. 298 00:16:21,239 --> 00:16:23,206 Mr. Twain, I have a proposition. 299 00:16:23,241 --> 00:16:25,308 I'd like to pay you for a series of lectures 300 00:16:25,343 --> 00:16:27,544 to the Dominion Woman's Enfranchisement Association. 301 00:16:27,578 --> 00:16:29,679 I hear you're a supporter. 302 00:16:29,713 --> 00:16:32,814 Yes, I am. 303 00:16:32,849 --> 00:16:37,286 Julia, the last time Mr. Twain tried to take the podium, he was shot at. 304 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,523 - It's not wise. - So you would rather he run and hide 305 00:16:40,557 --> 00:16:42,624 than exercise his right to free speech? 306 00:16:42,659 --> 00:16:45,094 Of course not. I am merely suggesting 307 00:16:45,128 --> 00:16:48,764 that Toronto may not be the most hospitable venue for his views. 308 00:16:48,798 --> 00:16:50,798 Then what better place to express them? 309 00:16:50,832 --> 00:16:55,136 I doubt there's a more useless endeavour than preaching to the already converted. 310 00:16:55,171 --> 00:16:56,704 Your wife? 311 00:16:56,738 --> 00:17:00,475 She's hired him for a series of speaking engagements. 312 00:17:00,509 --> 00:17:02,910 The man is desperate for money. 313 00:17:02,945 --> 00:17:04,946 So he's staying then? 314 00:17:06,948 --> 00:17:10,584 For the foreseeable future, yes. 315 00:17:10,618 --> 00:17:12,886 Bollocks. 316 00:17:17,892 --> 00:17:20,594 And that's all of them? 317 00:17:20,628 --> 00:17:23,063 All I can recall. 318 00:17:24,831 --> 00:17:27,400 These people who invested in your schemes 319 00:17:27,434 --> 00:17:29,835 did so of their own free will? 320 00:17:29,869 --> 00:17:33,172 I have surprising powers of persuasion. 321 00:17:33,207 --> 00:17:36,675 Mr. Twain, 322 00:17:36,710 --> 00:17:40,212 do you really need to speak at this engagement? 323 00:17:44,417 --> 00:17:46,384 My wife is dying. 324 00:17:46,419 --> 00:17:51,389 I have squandered her fortune and mine. 325 00:17:51,424 --> 00:17:55,393 I need to offer her some comfort 326 00:17:55,428 --> 00:17:57,761 after all she has done for me. 327 00:17:57,795 --> 00:18:00,264 So, yes, 328 00:18:00,298 --> 00:18:04,801 I need to speak at this engagement. 329 00:18:08,373 --> 00:18:10,741 I'll look into this. 330 00:18:10,775 --> 00:18:12,876 I'll be right back. 331 00:18:15,212 --> 00:18:18,615 Gentlemen. I'd like you to find out the whereabouts of these men 332 00:18:18,649 --> 00:18:21,717 the night that Mr. Twain was intended to speak. Sir. 333 00:18:21,752 --> 00:18:23,853 - Thank you. - I'll take Mr. Bertrand, 334 00:18:23,887 --> 00:18:26,556 Mr. Potts, and Mr. Hendrickson. 335 00:18:26,590 --> 00:18:30,193 Let me have a look at that, George. I am Constable First Class now. 336 00:18:30,227 --> 00:18:33,928 Right you are, Henry. I apologize. 337 00:18:33,963 --> 00:18:36,765 I will get 338 00:18:36,799 --> 00:18:38,767 the others. 339 00:18:38,801 --> 00:18:41,436 You can have Hendrickson. 340 00:18:41,471 --> 00:18:44,806 - He lives almost ten miles out of town. - Oh, I'm aware of that. 341 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,309 - Then why would you volunteer? - Because he lives right next 342 00:18:47,343 --> 00:18:49,544 to Mrs. Hampshire's Finishing School. 343 00:18:49,578 --> 00:18:50,565 Mary Lawrence went there. 344 00:18:50,566 --> 00:18:52,306 - Did she? - For a time. 345 00:18:52,914 --> 00:18:56,817 - She left, she said the women there were of easy virtue. - Oh, indeed, 346 00:18:56,851 --> 00:18:58,653 and if I recall correctly, today is laundry day. 347 00:18:58,687 --> 00:19:01,289 I remember once, Jackson and I had to reprimand 348 00:19:01,323 --> 00:19:03,957 a couple of them for wandering around in their unmentionables. 349 00:19:03,992 --> 00:19:05,125 - Did you? - Yes. 350 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:06,439 And they were from France. 351 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,540 The unmentionables. Parisian undergarments. 352 00:19:09,697 --> 00:19:13,433 Well, allow me to save you the trip. 353 00:19:16,704 --> 00:19:20,039 I could use a brisk bicycle ride. 354 00:19:23,009 --> 00:19:25,177 It's a shame 355 00:19:25,212 --> 00:19:27,846 you don't have a fence that needs painting. 356 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:31,517 - That was last summer, sir. - Mr. Twain. 357 00:19:31,551 --> 00:19:33,652 Could I have a word? 358 00:19:36,055 --> 00:19:39,591 So this is where you do the King's bidding? 359 00:19:39,625 --> 00:19:41,593 I simply enforce the Criminal Code. 360 00:19:41,627 --> 00:19:44,295 I apologize. 361 00:19:44,330 --> 00:19:47,562 I was trying for humour. I fail as much as I succeed. 362 00:19:47,799 --> 00:19:49,821 You've ruffled a few feathers. 363 00:19:49,968 --> 00:19:53,238 - Beg your pardon? - I said, you've ruffled a few feathers. 364 00:19:53,272 --> 00:19:56,840 - I suppose I have. - And you've put your own life at risk. 365 00:19:56,874 --> 00:19:59,309 Perhaps it would be for the best if you were to leave town. 366 00:20:01,312 --> 00:20:04,481 I speak out against injustice. 367 00:20:04,516 --> 00:20:07,384 No matter what side of the border. 368 00:20:07,419 --> 00:20:09,786 Imperialism, British or American, 369 00:20:09,820 --> 00:20:12,356 is a scourge on this earth. 370 00:20:12,390 --> 00:20:14,424 It is our duty to civilize these people. 371 00:20:14,458 --> 00:20:17,360 Oof... 372 00:20:19,996 --> 00:20:23,332 Your "White Man's Burden" is an insult, sir. 373 00:20:23,367 --> 00:20:27,103 What right do we have to impose our way of life on other people? 374 00:20:27,137 --> 00:20:30,105 America lied to the Filipino people. 375 00:20:30,139 --> 00:20:32,974 Promised them liberation, delivered tyranny. 376 00:20:33,008 --> 00:20:34,876 You sound like a traitor, sir. 377 00:20:34,910 --> 00:20:38,846 No. I simply protest 378 00:20:38,881 --> 00:20:41,483 when the "powers that be" do something wrong. 379 00:20:41,517 --> 00:20:44,986 I doubt there is anything traitorous about that. 380 00:20:45,020 --> 00:20:47,488 - And you feel you have the right. - Of course I have the right. 381 00:20:47,522 --> 00:20:50,657 You have the right, I have the right. We are free men, sir. 382 00:20:50,692 --> 00:20:53,627 You live in a new country. 383 00:20:53,661 --> 00:20:56,297 One that could chart its own course. 384 00:20:56,331 --> 00:20:59,133 Why would you willfully labour 385 00:20:59,167 --> 00:21:01,135 under the yoke of scoundrels? 386 00:21:01,169 --> 00:21:03,737 My King is a scoundrel? 387 00:21:03,771 --> 00:21:06,639 All Kings are scoundrels. 388 00:21:06,673 --> 00:21:10,210 Mr. Brackenreid, you seem like a good man. 389 00:21:10,244 --> 00:21:12,945 You don't deserve to have a master. 390 00:21:15,583 --> 00:21:18,851 - Why am I in here? - Mr. Hendrickson, 391 00:21:18,885 --> 00:21:20,853 the Constable who spoke with you 392 00:21:20,887 --> 00:21:23,589 said you became agitated at the mention 393 00:21:23,623 --> 00:21:27,092 of Mark Twain. As such, I'd like a few words. 394 00:21:27,127 --> 00:21:29,094 If you want to know my personal feelings 395 00:21:29,129 --> 00:21:31,163 toward Mr. Twain, 396 00:21:31,197 --> 00:21:33,698 I can be most clear. I hate the man. 397 00:21:33,733 --> 00:21:35,667 Enough to kill? 398 00:21:35,701 --> 00:21:38,503 If I could do it without consequence, certainly. 399 00:21:38,537 --> 00:21:42,273 The man lied to me, took every penny I had. 400 00:21:42,307 --> 00:21:45,576 I may have been a fool, but he was a thief. 401 00:21:45,611 --> 00:21:47,645 Yes. Mr. Twain convinced you to invest 402 00:21:47,679 --> 00:21:49,780 in the Paige Compositor. 403 00:21:49,814 --> 00:21:52,116 It was going to change the world. 404 00:21:52,151 --> 00:21:55,085 Revolutionize the printing process. 405 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:57,287 It was a sure thing, he said. 406 00:21:57,321 --> 00:21:59,322 The only sure thing about it was penury. 407 00:22:01,825 --> 00:22:04,594 I have to ask: 408 00:22:04,629 --> 00:22:06,729 do you know what this is? 409 00:22:08,732 --> 00:22:10,567 That's a Webley and Scott. Military Issue. 410 00:22:10,601 --> 00:22:13,636 But it certainly isn't mine. 411 00:22:13,670 --> 00:22:17,105 It looks like Fanshaw's. 412 00:22:17,140 --> 00:22:19,775 You knew he kept it at the club, yes? 413 00:22:19,809 --> 00:22:22,344 He usually pulled it out when regaling us 414 00:22:22,379 --> 00:22:25,013 with stories of the Battle of Rorke's Drift. 415 00:22:25,048 --> 00:22:27,583 Zulus to the left of us, Zulus to the right of us. 416 00:22:27,617 --> 00:22:29,584 That sort of thing. 417 00:22:29,618 --> 00:22:32,153 But I was nowhere near the Club that night. 418 00:22:32,188 --> 00:22:34,155 The Club? 419 00:22:34,190 --> 00:22:36,057 That's where the shooting was. 420 00:22:36,091 --> 00:22:38,059 How do you know that? 421 00:22:38,093 --> 00:22:39,827 The newspapers. 422 00:22:39,861 --> 00:22:42,830 The shooting was never reported to the press. 423 00:22:42,864 --> 00:22:45,400 And certainly wasn't made public. 424 00:22:45,434 --> 00:22:48,268 Club President Wendel Wilson made sure of that. 425 00:22:48,303 --> 00:22:51,838 Then I must have heard it from one of the members. 426 00:22:55,543 --> 00:22:59,045 I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to stay here, Mr. Hendrickson. 427 00:23:07,454 --> 00:23:11,591 - Mark Twain? - He's supported suffrage for years. 428 00:23:11,625 --> 00:23:14,760 - Oh, so an intelligent man. - Yes. 429 00:23:14,794 --> 00:23:16,762 Will you still be here to see him? 430 00:23:16,796 --> 00:23:20,099 - I don't leave for a week yet. - I envy you. 431 00:23:20,133 --> 00:23:23,401 London is going to be such an adventure. 432 00:23:23,436 --> 00:23:26,104 Won't it? 433 00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:28,806 I... I just wonder, sometimes, 434 00:23:28,841 --> 00:23:31,243 why I just grasp at the next new thing. 435 00:23:31,277 --> 00:23:34,112 - Shouldn't I have a plan? - You're young. 436 00:23:34,146 --> 00:23:36,147 Plans are for the old. 437 00:23:36,181 --> 00:23:39,983 That's why I've never made any. 438 00:23:40,017 --> 00:23:43,086 Now, Mr. Wilson, have you ever seen this man before? 439 00:23:43,121 --> 00:23:45,989 Of course. That's Randolf Hendrickson. A member. 440 00:23:46,023 --> 00:23:48,125 Seriously in arrears. 441 00:23:48,159 --> 00:23:52,229 I see. Was he at the club the night of the shooting? 442 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:55,965 I'm not sure. But he was there earlier in the day. 443 00:23:55,999 --> 00:23:59,034 Clearing out his locker, I believe. 444 00:24:01,037 --> 00:24:03,740 Thank you. 445 00:24:03,774 --> 00:24:05,742 I'll need you to sign a statement 446 00:24:05,776 --> 00:24:08,611 - confirming what you've just told me. - Of course. 447 00:24:08,646 --> 00:24:11,747 - Murdoch, we have a problem. - What is it, sir? 448 00:24:11,781 --> 00:24:14,249 There's been a shooting at Mr. Twain's hotel room. 449 00:24:25,185 --> 00:24:27,521 I opened the door. The man started firing. 450 00:24:27,555 --> 00:24:29,956 Can you describe him? 451 00:24:29,990 --> 00:24:32,659 I didn't have my glasses, it all happened so quickly. 452 00:24:32,693 --> 00:24:35,694 And I was going to give chase, but I saw young Benson on the floor. 453 00:24:35,729 --> 00:24:37,496 Did you see anything? 454 00:24:37,531 --> 00:24:39,498 All I saw was the gun. 455 00:24:39,533 --> 00:24:42,167 Are you all right? 456 00:24:42,201 --> 00:24:45,037 I stumbled when I tried to get out of the way. 457 00:24:47,073 --> 00:24:49,942 Both Mr. Hendrickson and Mr. Wilson were with me 458 00:24:49,976 --> 00:24:52,811 at the moment the shots were fired. 459 00:24:52,845 --> 00:24:55,713 Despite Wilson's objections, somebody could have been acting on their behalf. 460 00:24:55,748 --> 00:24:57,715 Bugalugs does have a point. 461 00:24:57,750 --> 00:25:01,319 And besides, Hendrickson did lie about being at the club. 462 00:25:01,353 --> 00:25:04,589 - What about Fanshaw? - I checked his alibi. 463 00:25:04,623 --> 00:25:07,525 It still holds up. 464 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,260 George, have you questioned Mr. Potts? 465 00:25:10,294 --> 00:25:12,429 - No, sir. - Please do. 466 00:25:12,464 --> 00:25:14,865 And also question any remaining folks who may have 467 00:25:14,899 --> 00:25:17,568 invested in schemes at Mr. Twain's behest. 468 00:25:17,602 --> 00:25:19,870 Sir, shouldn't we still be looking into the Club? 469 00:25:19,904 --> 00:25:22,072 I mean, it seems the most likely place. 470 00:25:22,106 --> 00:25:25,943 No, I intend to. Henry, I'd like you to apply for membership 471 00:25:25,977 --> 00:25:29,679 at the Empire Club. Sir! George, 472 00:25:29,713 --> 00:25:31,246 Henry's worked hard on this case. 473 00:25:31,281 --> 00:25:33,935 He brought in Mr. Hendrickson. He found the gun. 474 00:25:34,451 --> 00:25:37,720 Besides, have you taken a whiff of him lately? 475 00:25:37,754 --> 00:25:40,990 He smells like a bloody toff. 476 00:25:43,426 --> 00:25:46,528 Henry James of James, James, Jarvis and James. 477 00:25:46,562 --> 00:25:48,530 Ahh. And your uncle 478 00:25:48,564 --> 00:25:50,532 is a member of the Royal Victorian Order? 479 00:25:50,566 --> 00:25:54,068 Indeed. Uncle Clive served Her Majesty until her death. 480 00:25:56,071 --> 00:25:59,340 - And you're recently emigrated? - Scant months ago, yes. 481 00:25:59,375 --> 00:26:02,576 - Homesick? - Oh, I shall adjust, 482 00:26:02,611 --> 00:26:04,778 but I do sometimes think that the only soil 483 00:26:04,813 --> 00:26:07,314 worth standing on is British soil. 484 00:26:07,348 --> 00:26:09,116 I concur. 485 00:26:09,150 --> 00:26:11,719 But you'll soon see this place as British soil. 486 00:26:11,753 --> 00:26:14,488 It does seem a most genteel environment. 487 00:26:14,523 --> 00:26:16,991 Take a look around, ask some questions. 488 00:26:17,025 --> 00:26:19,893 I believe some of our younger members may be around today. 489 00:26:19,927 --> 00:26:22,595 Thank you, sir. 490 00:26:33,874 --> 00:26:37,108 It's a grand country, really. Once you get used to the bloody winters. 491 00:26:37,143 --> 00:26:40,779 - And the colonials. - That takes some doing. 492 00:26:40,813 --> 00:26:43,314 I hear you had a rather infamous one of them in here recently. 493 00:26:43,349 --> 00:26:45,316 A Mr. Twain. 494 00:26:45,351 --> 00:26:47,786 That was Clarence Eldridge's doing. 495 00:26:47,820 --> 00:26:49,788 The old man's dotty. 496 00:26:49,822 --> 00:26:52,456 Didn't even know who he was. 497 00:26:52,490 --> 00:26:54,992 But Mr. Wilson had that scoundrel out the door 498 00:26:55,027 --> 00:26:57,528 - with hardly a fare thee well. - And lucky for him. 499 00:26:57,563 --> 00:27:00,831 I would have loved to introduce him to a proper pair of dukes. 500 00:27:05,236 --> 00:27:08,372 Yes. I heard through the grapevine 501 00:27:08,406 --> 00:27:10,874 that shots may have been fired. 502 00:27:10,908 --> 00:27:13,342 No one was hurt. 503 00:27:13,377 --> 00:27:17,614 Still, I imagine it would have made for a riotous evening. 504 00:27:17,648 --> 00:27:20,617 You've heard Mr. Twain is speaking this evening. 505 00:27:20,651 --> 00:27:22,852 - Here? - Here? 506 00:27:22,887 --> 00:27:26,689 A speech about allowing women the right to vote? 507 00:27:26,723 --> 00:27:29,524 Mr. Wilson says that speech will occur 508 00:27:29,559 --> 00:27:32,327 over his dead body. 509 00:27:32,361 --> 00:27:35,330 His or Mr. Twain's. 510 00:27:41,237 --> 00:27:43,936 Really, they seem nothing more than a bunch of blowhards 511 00:27:43,937 --> 00:27:45,037 with an appetite for port, sir. 512 00:27:45,107 --> 00:27:48,542 Although I did hear that some members of the Empire Club 513 00:27:48,577 --> 00:27:51,079 - plan to disrupt Mr. Twain's speech. - Oh? 514 00:27:51,113 --> 00:27:54,548 So, sir, I thought maybe I should go back, 515 00:27:54,583 --> 00:27:57,518 investigate further, as it were. 516 00:27:57,552 --> 00:28:00,386 Get back in uniform, Henry. 517 00:28:00,421 --> 00:28:02,889 Sir. 518 00:28:02,924 --> 00:28:05,659 I could get used to this. 519 00:28:05,693 --> 00:28:07,661 Good for you, Henry. 520 00:28:07,695 --> 00:28:09,663 Miss Lawrence is excited about the news 521 00:28:09,697 --> 00:28:12,465 - that I am soon to be a member of the Empire Club. - Is that right? 522 00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:14,610 I assume her mother's health has taken a turn for the better. 523 00:28:14,611 --> 00:28:15,611 It has indeed. 524 00:28:16,237 --> 00:28:19,404 Did you question the rest of the investors 525 00:28:19,439 --> 00:28:21,741 - as the Detective asked? - Yes, I did. 526 00:28:21,775 --> 00:28:24,176 In fact, here are my notes. 527 00:28:24,210 --> 00:28:26,245 Why don't you take credit for those as well? 528 00:28:28,381 --> 00:28:31,884 Whatever do you mean, George? 529 00:28:55,439 --> 00:28:57,574 I would rather this didn't proceed. 530 00:28:57,608 --> 00:29:00,878 William, you sound like a phonograph that's become stuck. 531 00:29:00,912 --> 00:29:03,547 Julia, 532 00:29:03,581 --> 00:29:05,325 I don't want you on the stage with him. 533 00:29:05,517 --> 00:29:09,085 - William, I'm going to be on stage. - Doctor Ogden, 534 00:29:09,119 --> 00:29:11,087 I agree with the Detective. Keep in mind, 535 00:29:11,121 --> 00:29:13,723 whoever's gunning for Mr. Twain does not seem to be a very good shot. 536 00:29:13,757 --> 00:29:17,493 Thank you very much, George. 537 00:29:17,527 --> 00:29:19,933 You realize the Empire Club has half of the city up in arms. 538 00:29:19,934 --> 00:29:20,734 What a surprise. 539 00:29:20,798 --> 00:29:23,725 Any time anyone in Toronto suggests anything progressive, 540 00:29:23,726 --> 00:29:25,026 half the city is up in arms! 541 00:29:28,838 --> 00:29:30,692 I'm just not sure it is necessary to have 542 00:29:30,693 --> 00:29:32,493 a man advocating for our cause. 543 00:29:32,575 --> 00:29:35,577 - You are a sour one. - I am not. 544 00:29:35,611 --> 00:29:38,213 I just believe we women are more than capable of stating our own case. 545 00:29:38,247 --> 00:29:41,416 We can state it all we want, but it makes no matter if no one is listening. 546 00:29:41,450 --> 00:29:44,118 - I suppose so... - Did you just agree with me? 547 00:29:44,152 --> 00:29:46,921 - I suppose I did. - We are making progress. 548 00:29:46,955 --> 00:29:49,456 What is happening here? Excuse me. 549 00:29:51,526 --> 00:29:52,749 Let us pass. 550 00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:53,750 - Go home. - No, 551 00:29:53,829 --> 00:29:57,765 - we shall not. Now let us pass. - There will be no lecture tonight, I'm afraid. 552 00:29:57,799 --> 00:29:59,999 Move out of our way, sir. Or I shall be forced to... 553 00:30:00,034 --> 00:30:02,102 Hit me with your handbag? 554 00:30:02,136 --> 00:30:04,604 - Give it your best. - Stand aside, Mr. Wilson. 555 00:30:04,638 --> 00:30:06,439 Look at this rabble. 556 00:30:06,473 --> 00:30:08,674 Send them home. 557 00:30:08,709 --> 00:30:11,211 Did you not hear me? 558 00:30:11,245 --> 00:30:13,780 Send them home and call off this lecture. 559 00:30:13,814 --> 00:30:15,781 Move out of our way. 560 00:30:15,815 --> 00:30:18,683 - Oi, watch it! - Do I need remind you what's at stake here? 561 00:30:18,718 --> 00:30:21,954 No, you don't. Now please clear out of the way, Mr. Wilson. 562 00:30:21,988 --> 00:30:23,833 If you and your friends want to attend the event, 563 00:30:23,834 --> 00:30:25,174 buy a ticket like the rest of them. 564 00:30:25,658 --> 00:30:29,327 - If not, stop being a nuisance. - You're not calling off this lecture? 565 00:30:29,362 --> 00:30:32,064 You got wax in your ears? Move along, 566 00:30:32,098 --> 00:30:35,800 - otherwise you'll be spending a night in my cells. - You, sir, 567 00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:38,335 have just made yourself a very dangerous enemy. 568 00:30:38,370 --> 00:30:41,338 Oh, I've made worse. 569 00:30:41,373 --> 00:30:43,674 I hope you realize 570 00:30:43,708 --> 00:30:46,644 I am formally rescinding my sponsorship. 571 00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:50,413 Oh, move along, Eldridge, you old codger! 572 00:30:50,447 --> 00:30:52,415 Ladies... 573 00:30:52,449 --> 00:30:55,085 - Inspector. - Thank you. 574 00:30:59,356 --> 00:31:01,357 Wow... 575 00:31:03,261 --> 00:31:05,662 Mr. Twain, 576 00:31:05,696 --> 00:31:07,177 perhaps this wasn't a good idea. 577 00:31:07,178 --> 00:31:09,078 Perhaps I should tell them that you've taken ill. 578 00:31:09,166 --> 00:31:11,267 I can't do that. 579 00:31:11,301 --> 00:31:13,068 Look at that crowd. 580 00:31:13,103 --> 00:31:15,271 William has often accused me of being impulsive. 581 00:31:15,305 --> 00:31:18,107 Perhaps he's right. 582 00:31:18,141 --> 00:31:20,009 Are you ready, Mr. Twain? 583 00:31:20,043 --> 00:31:22,544 I certainly am. 584 00:31:25,547 --> 00:31:28,416 Keep your eyes open, George. 585 00:31:28,450 --> 00:31:31,719 Ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honour 586 00:31:31,753 --> 00:31:35,556 to introduce to you one of America's finest men of letters. 587 00:31:35,590 --> 00:31:37,591 The author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 588 00:31:37,626 --> 00:31:39,828 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 589 00:31:39,862 --> 00:31:43,096 and countless essays, both literary and scholarly. 590 00:31:43,131 --> 00:31:44,764 Please welcome 591 00:31:44,799 --> 00:31:48,101 Mr. Mark Twain. 592 00:31:50,404 --> 00:31:54,074 Thank you, ladies. And gentlemen. 593 00:31:54,108 --> 00:31:56,543 Your welcome 594 00:31:56,577 --> 00:31:58,711 is a lot warmer than the one I received earlier. 595 00:31:58,745 --> 00:32:01,247 And a lot less dangerous. 596 00:32:03,317 --> 00:32:07,619 You know, when you have lived as long as I have, 597 00:32:07,654 --> 00:32:09,822 you have the right to change your mind. 598 00:32:09,857 --> 00:32:12,624 And that's what I'm going to do here tonight. 599 00:32:12,659 --> 00:32:15,493 I'm gonna change the minds of those of you 600 00:32:15,527 --> 00:32:19,497 who believe that women should not have the right to vote. 601 00:32:22,301 --> 00:32:25,770 Let me read you something. 602 00:32:29,041 --> 00:32:31,376 "I never want to see 603 00:32:31,410 --> 00:32:33,677 the women voting, and gabbling 604 00:32:33,711 --> 00:32:35,946 about politics, and electioneering. 605 00:32:35,981 --> 00:32:38,515 There is something revolting 606 00:32:38,549 --> 00:32:41,252 in the thought. 607 00:32:41,286 --> 00:32:43,254 Let your natural bosses 608 00:32:43,288 --> 00:32:45,589 do the voting." 609 00:32:45,623 --> 00:32:49,125 Those were my words. 610 00:32:49,159 --> 00:32:52,128 That's what I believed, 611 00:32:52,162 --> 00:32:54,730 until I met my wife, Olivia Langdon. 612 00:32:56,867 --> 00:32:59,302 After that meeting, 613 00:32:59,336 --> 00:33:01,938 I came to believe that a woman 614 00:33:01,972 --> 00:33:04,040 is always right. 615 00:33:06,142 --> 00:33:08,810 And I became a woman's rights man! 616 00:33:08,844 --> 00:33:11,746 You know, if women held the right to vote, 617 00:33:11,781 --> 00:33:17,585 the world would not be in the state it's in. 618 00:33:20,323 --> 00:33:23,357 I am prepared to speak 619 00:33:23,392 --> 00:33:26,794 until I have convinced every single one of you. 620 00:33:26,828 --> 00:33:30,398 Mr. Benson, would you? My mother... 621 00:33:31,468 --> 00:33:32,468 George. Upstairs! 622 00:33:34,001 --> 00:33:35,002 Bloody Hell. 623 00:33:45,417 --> 00:33:47,410 I'll get him to the morgue, Julia. 624 00:33:47,411 --> 00:33:48,411 Let the detective know 625 00:33:48,453 --> 00:33:51,154 - my report will be on his desk. - Thank you, Emily. 626 00:33:53,541 --> 00:33:55,509 Are you all right, Mr. Twain? 627 00:33:55,543 --> 00:33:59,012 - The fault is all mine. - No, the blame can be shared 628 00:33:59,046 --> 00:34:01,181 equally. I should never have suggested this. 629 00:34:01,215 --> 00:34:04,284 If they hadn't attempted it here, they would have attempted it somewhere else. 630 00:34:04,318 --> 00:34:06,319 We'll find out who did this, Mr. Twain. 631 00:34:06,353 --> 00:34:09,101 Some of the members from the Empire Club were outside the building. 632 00:34:09,102 --> 00:34:11,508 One of those buggers will be responsible for this. 633 00:34:11,509 --> 00:34:12,509 Sir. 634 00:34:12,593 --> 00:34:15,361 Shall I escort Mr. Twain back to his hotel? 635 00:34:15,396 --> 00:34:18,698 Yes, please, George. And stand guard for the night. Be vigilant. 636 00:34:18,732 --> 00:34:21,032 Sir. Mr. Twain. 637 00:34:34,246 --> 00:34:38,081 - The fatal shot came from up here. - It was an easy shot. 638 00:34:38,116 --> 00:34:41,084 Would've been like shooting fish in a barrel. 639 00:34:41,119 --> 00:34:43,954 He should have succeeded this time. 640 00:34:43,988 --> 00:34:46,990 Yes. He should have. 641 00:34:54,465 --> 00:34:57,400 I am prepared... 642 00:34:57,435 --> 00:35:00,870 to convince every single one of you. 643 00:35:00,904 --> 00:35:03,406 He should never have missed. 644 00:35:10,247 --> 00:35:13,114 Sir. 645 00:35:13,149 --> 00:35:16,719 What if Mr. Twain was never the intended target? 646 00:35:16,753 --> 00:35:18,920 The young lad. Benson. 647 00:35:18,955 --> 00:35:21,056 He appears to be the only one unfortunate enough 648 00:35:21,090 --> 00:35:24,226 to have been struck by a bullet. 649 00:35:24,260 --> 00:35:28,028 Mr. Twain, why was Mr. Benson in your employ? 650 00:35:28,063 --> 00:35:30,030 How do you mean? 651 00:35:30,065 --> 00:35:32,967 Well, he was an employee at the Empire Club. 652 00:35:33,001 --> 00:35:36,270 He left that position to work with me. 653 00:35:36,304 --> 00:35:39,674 Forgive me for asking, but you mentioned you were broke. 654 00:35:39,708 --> 00:35:41,676 How could you afford to pay him? 655 00:35:41,710 --> 00:35:44,678 He agreed to work on commission. 656 00:35:44,712 --> 00:35:46,780 He would find me speaking engagements 657 00:35:46,814 --> 00:35:50,016 - and take a percentage. - Why would he leave a job 658 00:35:50,050 --> 00:35:52,986 at one of the finest clubs in the city and give up a regular paycheque? 659 00:35:53,020 --> 00:35:55,622 He would have made more with me. 660 00:35:55,656 --> 00:35:58,658 He had already found me several engagements. 661 00:35:58,693 --> 00:36:02,428 We were to go to St. Louis 662 00:36:02,462 --> 00:36:04,997 after the speech tonight. 663 00:36:05,031 --> 00:36:08,233 That boy was a smooth operator. 664 00:36:08,268 --> 00:36:10,636 You had conversations with him. 665 00:36:10,670 --> 00:36:13,171 Did he have any enemies? 666 00:36:13,206 --> 00:36:16,809 The only thing he ever said to me was that his time 667 00:36:16,843 --> 00:36:19,944 with the Empire Club was short-lived. 668 00:36:19,978 --> 00:36:23,347 - That it was time for him to move on. - Why? 669 00:36:23,382 --> 00:36:25,717 I don't know. 670 00:36:25,751 --> 00:36:28,219 I'm sorry. 671 00:36:28,253 --> 00:36:31,523 Perhaps another visit to the Empire Club is in order. 672 00:36:31,557 --> 00:36:35,859 Then maybe we should send in our own smooth operator. 673 00:36:35,894 --> 00:36:39,296 You'll need to find out everything you can 674 00:36:39,330 --> 00:36:41,899 - about Mr. Benson. - Yes, sir. 675 00:36:41,933 --> 00:36:45,235 Um, what would you like to know exactly? 676 00:36:45,269 --> 00:36:48,004 How about if anyone there would have been inclined to murder him. 677 00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:50,206 Oh, of course, sir. 678 00:36:50,241 --> 00:36:54,109 Um, I was wondering if I shouldn't bring a female companion? 679 00:36:54,143 --> 00:36:57,347 - It could provide an excellent cover... - It's a men's club! 680 00:36:57,881 --> 00:36:59,882 Quite right. 681 00:37:09,092 --> 00:37:11,827 - Damn shame. - That it is. 682 00:37:11,861 --> 00:37:14,395 But life goes on. 683 00:37:14,430 --> 00:37:16,431 For some of us at least. 684 00:37:16,466 --> 00:37:18,834 Barkeep. 685 00:37:18,868 --> 00:37:20,836 Yes. What can I get for you? 686 00:37:20,870 --> 00:37:24,405 - And you are? - Samuel. Samuel Langhorne. 687 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,508 - I'm the new man. - Good to meet you, Samuel. 688 00:37:27,542 --> 00:37:30,711 Could you prepare me a gimlet? 689 00:37:30,745 --> 00:37:33,080 A gimlet. Yes, of course. 690 00:37:33,114 --> 00:37:37,117 Let's see if he prepares one as well as Bens. 691 00:37:37,151 --> 00:37:40,588 - A gimlet, um... - Well, obviously he can't. 692 00:37:40,622 --> 00:37:45,525 Do you prefer fresh limes, sir, or cordial? 693 00:37:45,559 --> 00:37:48,227 Fresh, of course. 694 00:37:48,261 --> 00:37:51,531 Very good. You were having us on. 695 00:37:54,101 --> 00:37:56,068 To Benson. 696 00:37:56,103 --> 00:37:58,872 He was a good one. 697 00:37:58,906 --> 00:38:00,973 You are speaking of the man I'm replacing, I assume? 698 00:38:01,007 --> 00:38:03,108 We are indeed. 699 00:38:03,142 --> 00:38:05,911 But no one will ever replace Benson. 700 00:38:05,945 --> 00:38:08,113 Gentlemen, I assure you, 701 00:38:08,147 --> 00:38:10,115 I've tended bar in some of the... 702 00:38:10,149 --> 00:38:12,384 finest establishments in all the land. 703 00:38:12,418 --> 00:38:14,887 I'm sure you mix a fine drink, 704 00:38:14,921 --> 00:38:17,489 but Benson could do so much more. 705 00:38:17,523 --> 00:38:20,625 - You could always count on him. - For a favour. 706 00:38:20,659 --> 00:38:24,294 - An alibi. - A spot of female comfort. 707 00:38:24,329 --> 00:38:26,931 When he himself wasn't comforting females. 708 00:38:28,534 --> 00:38:31,235 - Very good. - I'm sometimes surprised 709 00:38:31,269 --> 00:38:35,138 he lasted here as long here as he did, considering some of his escapades. 710 00:38:35,172 --> 00:38:38,074 - Escapades? - Hello, fellows. 711 00:38:38,108 --> 00:38:39,843 Ah, James. Come over here. 712 00:38:39,877 --> 00:38:43,046 We're having a bit of a wake for our dear departed. 713 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:44,680 Sir, please allow me... 714 00:38:44,681 --> 00:38:45,681 Thank you. 715 00:38:49,787 --> 00:38:52,487 - Anything I can get for you, sir? - Scotch and water. 716 00:38:52,522 --> 00:38:55,257 - Any brand you prefer? - Scottish. 717 00:38:56,660 --> 00:39:00,596 These escapades you were speaking of... 718 00:39:00,630 --> 00:39:04,700 Well, far be it from me to gossip, but... 719 00:39:04,734 --> 00:39:06,769 - Good work, George. - Thank you, sir. 720 00:39:06,803 --> 00:39:08,903 Even if you weren't authorized to do so. 721 00:39:08,938 --> 00:39:12,040 Sir, I felt I needed to remind you that I'm capable of dealing with anything 722 00:39:12,074 --> 00:39:14,208 that's thrown at me. Despite my rank. 723 00:39:14,242 --> 00:39:17,278 George, you're Constable Third Class in name only. 724 00:39:17,312 --> 00:39:20,314 We all know that. 725 00:39:20,348 --> 00:39:22,316 Why did you book Mr. Twain? 726 00:39:22,350 --> 00:39:24,819 He's a renowned humourist. A world traveler. 727 00:39:24,853 --> 00:39:28,188 - And an enemy of the British Empire. - I didn't know that. 728 00:39:28,222 --> 00:39:30,423 Mr. Eldridge, 729 00:39:30,458 --> 00:39:33,060 you may enjoy acting the fool, but don't play me for one. 730 00:39:33,094 --> 00:39:35,228 You knew all about Mr. Twain's reputation, 731 00:39:35,262 --> 00:39:37,464 - and you knew it would cause a stir. - Thomas, 732 00:39:37,498 --> 00:39:40,701 I realize you must be upset, but I had no choice 733 00:39:40,735 --> 00:39:43,368 but to withdraw my offer of sponsorship. 734 00:39:43,403 --> 00:39:45,973 I don't give two monkeys about your sponsorship. 735 00:39:46,074 --> 00:39:46,974 I believe that you knew 736 00:39:47,007 --> 00:39:49,609 Mr. Twain's visit would cause a great deal of commotion. 737 00:39:49,643 --> 00:39:52,344 And in a commotion, many things can happen. 738 00:39:52,378 --> 00:39:55,948 And indeed they did. But I would never have suspected 739 00:39:55,983 --> 00:39:58,217 - that a member of our club would... - I recall you telling me 740 00:39:58,251 --> 00:40:00,819 - you shot that gnu. - I did. 741 00:40:00,853 --> 00:40:02,988 Two hundred yards if it was an inch. 742 00:40:03,022 --> 00:40:03,577 Indeed. 743 00:40:03,578 --> 00:40:07,158 A pistol's a different proposition altogether though, isn't it? 744 00:40:07,192 --> 00:40:09,193 I would imagine. 745 00:40:09,228 --> 00:40:11,162 I think you now know that for a fact. 746 00:40:11,196 --> 00:40:14,733 Why did you assign Mr. Benson to be Mr. Twain's minder? 747 00:40:14,767 --> 00:40:16,734 He was an able young fellow. 748 00:40:16,768 --> 00:40:19,503 An excellent concierge at the club, 749 00:40:19,537 --> 00:40:21,505 as well as a fine bartender. 750 00:40:21,539 --> 00:40:24,207 I knew he'd be able to make Mr. Twain's stay comfortable. 751 00:40:24,242 --> 00:40:26,710 He was known to make a lot of people comfortable, 752 00:40:26,745 --> 00:40:29,050 - isn't that true? - Yes. It's a shame to lose him. 753 00:40:29,051 --> 00:40:30,051 Is it? 754 00:40:30,381 --> 00:40:32,349 How's Clarissa taking it? 755 00:40:32,383 --> 00:40:34,350 Excuse me? 756 00:40:34,384 --> 00:40:37,086 Your wife, Clarissa. 757 00:40:37,121 --> 00:40:38,955 Almost thirty years your junior. 758 00:40:38,989 --> 00:40:42,191 How is she feeling about Mr. Benson's death? 759 00:40:42,225 --> 00:40:44,593 Why are you bringing my wife into this? 760 00:40:44,628 --> 00:40:46,462 Because she's at the center of it, isn't she? 761 00:40:46,496 --> 00:40:48,464 She is not. 762 00:40:48,498 --> 00:40:50,932 Your wife had been seeing young Benson for some time. 763 00:40:50,967 --> 00:40:53,201 I imagine you might have been able to handle it, 764 00:40:53,235 --> 00:40:56,805 but when the rest of the club found out, they looked on you as a laughing stock. 765 00:40:56,839 --> 00:41:00,909 The wife of a member of the Empire Club sleeping with a lowly bartender 766 00:41:00,943 --> 00:41:02,477 and not caring who knew. 767 00:41:02,511 --> 00:41:05,547 - You don't know that. - Men talk to bartenders. 768 00:41:05,581 --> 00:41:08,082 Even more than they do their priests. 769 00:41:08,116 --> 00:41:11,652 We know exactly what your wife was doing with Mr. Benson. 770 00:41:11,687 --> 00:41:13,387 And you knew it too, didn't you? 771 00:41:13,421 --> 00:41:16,290 - I told her to stop. - But she wouldn't, 772 00:41:16,324 --> 00:41:18,625 so you killed Benson instead! 773 00:41:20,662 --> 00:41:24,431 Mr. Twain was nothing more than a diversion. 774 00:41:26,433 --> 00:41:28,401 Look on the bright side, Clarence. 775 00:41:28,435 --> 00:41:30,704 She won't be sleeping with him anymore. 776 00:41:35,812 --> 00:41:37,760 Did you really say that to Mr. Wilson? 777 00:41:37,815 --> 00:41:39,816 - Indeed I did. - Thomas... 778 00:41:39,850 --> 00:41:41,610 Now, Margaret, I know that you're probably upset... 779 00:41:41,611 --> 00:41:42,611 You did the right thing. 780 00:41:43,054 --> 00:41:45,021 Your honour is far more important 781 00:41:45,056 --> 00:41:47,023 than associating with a bunch of windbags. 782 00:41:47,058 --> 00:41:50,226 So you're satisfied with the odd policeman's ball? 783 00:41:50,260 --> 00:41:52,227 More than satisfied. 784 00:41:52,261 --> 00:41:56,031 Besides, you'd have probably been kicked out of there within two weeks anyway. 785 00:41:56,066 --> 00:41:59,101 What about Verna Jones's gazebo? 786 00:41:59,135 --> 00:42:01,103 Didn't you hear? 787 00:42:01,137 --> 00:42:03,438 It burnt down in a mysterious fire. 788 00:42:08,111 --> 00:42:11,378 I will give Nikola your best the next time I see him. 789 00:42:11,413 --> 00:42:14,849 - Please do. - And Doctor Ogden, 790 00:42:14,883 --> 00:42:17,284 I do hope you'll be successful. We will be, 791 00:42:17,319 --> 00:42:20,221 - one day. - And Inspector, 792 00:42:20,255 --> 00:42:22,323 I owe you an apology. 793 00:42:22,357 --> 00:42:24,358 An autograph will suffice, Mr. Twain. 794 00:42:24,392 --> 00:42:27,227 They rejected me. 795 00:42:27,261 --> 00:42:30,931 - The Empire Club? - Apparently my thievery was noted. 796 00:42:30,965 --> 00:42:34,634 - You didn't say anything, did you, George? - Of course not. 797 00:42:34,668 --> 00:42:37,670 And Henry, all they would've had to do was take a whiff of you. 798 00:42:37,705 --> 00:42:40,440 Constable Crabtree, 799 00:42:40,474 --> 00:42:43,308 you strike me as a man with a nimble mind. 800 00:42:43,343 --> 00:42:45,711 - Thank you, sir. - And this work of yours 801 00:42:45,746 --> 00:42:48,547 shows some promise. 802 00:42:48,581 --> 00:42:50,916 - You read it? - I started it. 803 00:42:50,951 --> 00:42:52,985 Got any more in you? 804 00:42:53,019 --> 00:42:57,556 I don't know. I haven't much felt like writing lately. 805 00:42:57,590 --> 00:43:00,258 You spent some time in penitentiary. 806 00:43:00,292 --> 00:43:02,493 Lost a fiancée. 807 00:43:02,527 --> 00:43:05,230 - Indeed. - Take it from me, son. 808 00:43:05,264 --> 00:43:07,866 Reality can be beaten 809 00:43:07,900 --> 00:43:09,934 with enough imagination. 810 00:43:12,337 --> 00:43:13,838 Go to it. 811 00:43:13,873 --> 00:43:16,374 Thank you, Mr. Twain. 812 00:43:16,376 --> 00:43:22,904 On the next Murdoch. 813 00:43:23,049 --> 00:43:24,616 She was deliberately targeted. 814 00:43:24,817 --> 00:43:26,125 Murder hits close to home. 815 00:43:26,286 --> 00:43:27,421 Why would she lie to me? 816 00:43:27,487 --> 00:43:29,008 But can they find the murderer... 817 00:43:29,155 --> 00:43:30,148 The real killer could still be living 818 00:43:30,150 --> 00:43:31,275 under an assumed name. 819 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:32,890 ... before death comes knocking? 820 00:43:32,925 --> 00:43:36,490 Murdoch Mysteries, returns Monday, October 26th on CBC. 821 00:43:36,491 --> 00:43:41,491 - synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com -