- [last lines]
- Dr Watson: Is that the answer, Holmes?
- Sherlock Holmes: Yes, that is the answer, Watson. Come on, let me explain.
- Sherlock Holmes: [Asking for a red-headed, mustached, man] I've never met the man.
- Woodley: [Approaching the bar] Well, now's your chance.
- Sherlock Holmes: Mr Woodley, I believe?
- Woodley: None of your damned business!
- Sherlock Holmes: Our landlord here keeps a respectable establishment and your language is not welcome.
- Woodley: Who the hell do you think you are coming in here asking all these damn questions?
- Sherlock Holmes: Quite right, Landlord. Evidently not a gentleman.
- Woodley: I'm as much a gentleman as anyone!
- [Backhands Holmes]
- Carruthers: Get out of this house!
- Woodley: All right! I'm going. I'm not interested in old men. And old maids!
- [first lines]
- Sherlock Holmes: Watson.
- Dr Watson: Yes?
- Sherlock Holmes: Watch.
- [they move to his chemistry setup]
- Sherlock Holmes: The chemical reaction you are about to witness will solve the mystery concerning the persecution of Mr John Vincent Harden.
- Dr Watson: Oh. Excellent! The tobacco millionaire. Shall I take notes?
- Sherlock Holmes: No, I will dictate in the fullness of time.
- Sherlock Holmes: What happened to spoil it?
- Violet Smith: A visitor.
- Sherlock Holmes: Mr. Woodley.
- Violet Smith: However did you guess, Mr. Holmes?
- Sherlock Holmes: Miss Smith, I never guess.
- Sherlock Holmes: And Carruthers, you made the mistake of falling in love with her.
- Carruthers: The first time that ever I knew what love was, Mr. Holmes.
- Sherlock Holmes: Why didn't you tell her of the danger she was in?
- Carruthers: Because-because she would have left me, and I couldn't bear to face that.
- Carruthers: Oh, what will happen to my daughter, Sarah?
- Dr Watson: We'll see she's well taken care of.
- Carruthers: You see, even if she couldn't love me, it meant a great deal to see her about the house and hear the sound of her voice.
- Dr Watson: You may call it love, Mr. Carruthers, I should call it selfishness.
- Carruthers: Maybe the two things go together.
- Carruthers: But I tried to protect her,
- Woodley: [Holmes throws 3 straight punches at Woodley after Woodley had backhanded Holmes] Swine!
- Sherlock Holmes: No, sir, a gentleman! Only a ruffian deals a blow with the back of the hand. A gentleman uses the straight, left!
- [Holmes punches Woodley again]
- Sherlock Holmes: And I, sir, am a gentleman!