Quotes
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[last lines]
Mary Morstan : Please... ask me.
Dr. John H. Watson : Will... you, um...
Mary Morstan : Yes.
[they kiss]
Sherlock Holmes : Amazing!
Dr. John H. Watson : Elementary, my dear Holmes. Elementary.
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Dr. John H. Watson : Well, it's frightfully simple, isn't it?
Sherlock Holmes : Is it?
Dr. John H. Watson : Well, now we know who did it, all we have to do is to catch him.
Sherlock Holmes : Yes, that's all. Well, you go out and catch him, and I'll wait here 'til you come back.
Dr. John H. Watson : Yes.
[Watson turns to leave, but suddenly comes to a stop]
Dr. John H. Watson : Er, but where'll I go?
Sherlock Holmes : Exactly. Let's leave jumping to conclusions to the professional detectives.
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Det. Insp. Atherly Jones : I want to know where the pearls are.
Dr. John H. Watson : Yes, where are they?
Mary Morstan : Small's taken them.
Dr. John H. Watson : Then they are at the bottom of the river where we can find them... so now you'll be so terribly rich, I can't even claim you as a friend, much less ask you...
Mary Morstan : What?
Sherlock Holmes : Sorry the jewels are so distasteful to you, Ms. Marston, but I have the pearls. I took them from Jonathan Small when we first came to grips. I didn't want them to get wet, so I'm afraid you'll have to have them back
Dr. John H. Watson : Amazing!
Sherlock Holmes : Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary.
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Sherlock Holmes : An amateur investigator like myself can't have too many facts of a case to work on.
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Det. Insp. Atherly Jones : What I always says is, Mr. Holmes: an ounce of practice is worth a tonne of theory.
Sherlock Holmes : Yes, yes. I've heard you say it.
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Sherlock Holmes : You'd hardly thank me for theorizing over it.
Det. Insp. Atherly Jones : What I always say, Dear Mister Holmes, An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory
Sherlock Holmes : Yes, Yes I've heard you say it.
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Dr. John H. Watson : I'd blow my brains out if I thought it'd do any good.
Sherlock Holmes : Well, they haven't been much use to you, old fellow.