The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Part V
Scene 2
INT. A JAIL CELL.
The door is unlocked and thrown open.
BRADSTREET: In here please, Mr. Ryder.
RYDER: Inspector.
HORNER: Thank God you’re here, mate. He’ll tell you, copper, he was the one what engaged me.
BRADSTREET: Well sir?
RYDER: Oh yes. That’s him all right.
HORNER: See? I don’t know what all this is about, but you’ve got the wrong man.
RYDER: I was a fool to leave you alone in that room.
HORNER: Do what?
RYDER: I found the jewel-case all broken open, where you left it.
HORNER: ( Going for him) You bloody liar!
Bradstreet grabs Horner and there is a brief struggle. Bradstreet throws Horner down.
BRADSTREET: Any more of that and I’ll have you chained. Understand?
HORNER: I am not a thief!
BRADSTREET: Clarke and Sons, Dealers in Gemstones, Holborn. March, eighteen seventy-nine.
HORNER: That was ten years ago! I’ve been straight since then. God’s truth.
BRADSTREET: Save your breath, Horner. There’s only one thing I want to hear from you: ( Moving close) Where have you hidden the Countess of Morcar’s blue carbuncle?
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