Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Previously on Sherlock and Co. We are going to present him as a big, beautiful, gleaming Trojan horse. A Trojan horse? Yes. John, the horse, will woo a girl by the name of Hayley Pycroft. This Hayley individual is working for an insidious corporation in the city of London that may have been responsible for the brutal ostracization and beating of Neville Sinclair.
Ruby's husband? From The Man with the Twisted Lip?
That's right.
Well, Neville was hoping to, you know, get back on the horse. And Neville says, well, what are the chances of me getting my old job at Mawson & Williams back? Start as a stockbroker, maybe even a stockbroker's clerk. They're old-fashioned at that place. Well, anyway, recruiter cuts him off. Neville says the guy was nearly shaking. He leans in and says... Mawson and Williams are compromised.
Compromised. He apparently then goes, the greatest bank robbery of all time. And he says the key is Hayley Pycroft. Then Neville said the guy got quite upset and shifty.
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Chapter 2: What is the significance of Hayley Pycroft in the case?
Conversation kind of fizzled out to usual city talk. Hasn't been able to get a hold of him since. Hayley Pycroft. Hayley Pycroft.
Did she tell you where she worked? What? Did Hayley Pycroft mention her place of work? It's important, John. Um... Yeah. Yeah, I think so. Somewhere in... Birmingham.
Chapter 3: How does Sherlock Holmes plan to investigate Mawson and Williams?
Why, is she in danger? Possibly. But she is also perhaps... dangerous. I'm still forming my judgement. Shit. You look frustrated. Well, yes, I am. Why? Because I wanted to stay away from whatever this was, but now you've said she's in danger. I said it was possible. Why? How? Come with me and find out. To where? Euston Station. Hi. You have a table. And some spare seats. Perfect. Perfect?
For what?
For us. To hear your confession. Hello. This episode contains a stunt that you absolutely cannot try at home. Two reasons. One, it's impossible because the stunt would never be able to take place in a house. And two, it was and is a very stupid thing to do. Yeah. Welcome to part two of the Stockbroker's Clerk.
I don't work there.
Lies. Truths. Falsehoods. Facts. Alright, alright. That's enough. John. What, mate? Here, another SD card. Okay. I would like to have this inserted into our adventure. Right, and what is it, exactly? It's a little tale of how Sherlock Holmes and Mariana O'Metsuzura obtained proof that, although she denies it, Hayley Pycroft here is employed by Mawson and Williams.
For God's sake.
And action. You don't need to say action. I'll just cut it into the edit. When? Now. At this point in the adventure? Well, yeah, unless... Actually, timeline-wise, I don't usually go back and forth, and obviously this took place... Last night, before I appeared at your restaurant.
He was at the restaurant? Like, stalking?
He's... To be fair, a lot of his job involves that kind of behaviour. Thank you, John. Right, so, yeah, maybe I should just put it in before... Don't want to mess the listeners around. No, fuck them, actually, they won't mind. Yeah, I'll put it in now. Now?
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Chapter 4: What clues suggest that Hayley Pycroft may be in danger?
Thank the driver. Walk to the southern entrance of Lombard Street. Access a crane currently erect and parked on the site of St James' Place. Climb it. Lower ourselves onto the grade two listed skylight of the Mawson and Williams buildings.
gain entry through its service window and into the ventilation hatch of the plant room, exit, take a left, shut off the circuit marked Power Offset 9, which will take up the interior sensors and the WAN, which the cameras are using, tut tut, access the computer of Georgina Powell that she leaves on so she can remote into it from home when Asian markets open.
We then access the local network, find the staff list, locate the name Hayley Pycroft, and get to the bottom of what exactly is going on. I... Here we go.
Ding! Ah, Sherlock. Okay, I found the circuit. I think I found the circuit. Power offset nine. How the hell do you know all these things about this place? They do a rather wonderful tour.
I attended on Thursday. Do they? Yes, starting in the old Victorian vaults that the Vanderbilts requested to be constructed. They kept acquired European artworks there. Absolutely fascinating. It was a shame to have to sneak off and do all my research, but hey-ho, perhaps we can all go as a team.
Yeah, that'll be cool. I love that kind of stuff, because it... Are you okay? I, uh, yeah. Yeah, uh, no, our circuit is off, but I think another two may have tripped?
Perhaps a backup system attempted to go online and caused a surge.
Is that bad?
For us, no. It's a stroke of great fortune. For Mawson and Williams, yes.
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Chapter 5: How do Sherlock and Watson navigate their way to Birmingham?
Bad. They'll need an electrician first thing Monday morning.
No problem.
Absolutely. This way. We must hurry. I have a date. You do? Well, I don't, but John does. And I would very much like to be in attendance. He is going to kill you. Don't be ridiculous. I'm going to kill you. John, we accessed the staff details. She is lying. She does not work in Birmingham. She works in that very building. I even located her desk on the 17th floor before we left.
Oh.
You are completely delusional. You were born on the 15th of March, 1999. Your passport number is 666. Very appropriate. 7682110. You live at number 4, Waldron Road in Wandsworth, just off Garrett Lane.
I did, and now I don't. I live in Birmingham, where I work.
Lies. Look. You logged out of your workstation at 6.57 on Friday night. You filed your nails that day at your desk and even picked some dead skin off your little finger because I have it right here. This is your skin. What is wrong with you? Take your skin. Oh, please, please stop giving women skin. It is hers. It is from her desk. She is lying. And this, this performance unnerves me greatly.
But performance?
What are you on about?
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Chapter 6: What unexpected twist occurs during the train journey?
But I expect that from him. I don't expect this from you. But it's clear now that I never really knew you, isn't it? Right? Sorry. This is so... Well, no, that's it, isn't it? You don't have to be sorry. We don't know each other, really. So, yeah, back to the dating drawing board. Not that I have that kind of thing in the flat. I'm not like that. I mean, that sounds desperate.
Figurative drawing board. It was nice. Lovely stuff. Great wine choice. I hope the job in Birmingham gets better. You don't truly believe this charade, do you, John?
You think I'm on a train to Birmingham... To pretend I have a job there?
That's correct.
But you think I actually work at Mawson & Williams in the city?
Hayley, it's time to confront the reality of your position. Although you are intimidated and confused, this is in fact favourable. We are not officers of the law. We understand that innocence and guilt exist on a spectrum. If you are being strung along by criminals, bank robbers, if you are doing their bidding against your will... We will take that into consideration.
I must know of this bank robbery. The greatest of all time.
I really, actually work in Birmingham.
Oh, Hayley. Hayley, Hayley, Hayley.
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Chapter 7: How does Hayley Pycroft's background impact the investigation?
A man. An armed man. So what? He came through from Coach F to Coach E. He's shielding the outline of a firearm in his jacket pocket. We must survive until Milton Keyes. What do you mean survive? They know. Who's they? Associates.
I don't know who that is.
Why have you stopped? Who is it? Sherlock, are they going to kill us? He is a member of whatever firm, whatever dark force has infiltrated Mawson and Williams. But we haven't even done anything to them. We've perhaps nudged the hornet's nest a little? No, no, no. You. You have. Ideally, we would keep running. To the front of the train. There we would disperse.
And how exactly do we disperse on a moving train? Well, that's why I said ideally. There's problems. Oh, you surprise me. The organisation of our gunmen are slick, organised and well-versed in catching and punishing their foes. Right. Which means they would employ a far more effective tactic of trapping us on a train.
They wouldn't send one man walking up the carriages from J to A. They would send a second man to, beginning in Coach A, and walking the opposite direction. How do you know that? Because he's right here. Excuse me, sir. Oh, my God! Meant to get the windpipe, sorry. Oh, my God! Don't worry, sir. It can feel a lot like choking, but your airway has in fact just closed involuntarily.
Your body is treating the trauma as if you're choking or drowning. Sherlock! It's a spasm, really, so try not to panic, but I really do need you to black out. No, don't grab me! Get off! Please black out, otherwise I have to hit you again. Okay, there he goes. Nice, Unite. Lovely. What is going on? I'm not entirely sure.
While I frisk this sleepy gentleman, Hayley, you need to look down through the end of the carriage. If a clean-shaven bald 5ft 11 man with a wax barber jacket and Timberland boots comes through, let me know.
Will do.
Watson? Yes, mate? Look out the train window. You will eventually see a white rectangular post. It will flash by the window. Uh, yeah, it just did. Did you see the number? What, it has a number? For God's sake, they're mileposts. I need to know the number. Okay, okay, okay. When's the next one? In a mile. Now. Obviously. I meant in time. How much time? I've told you. This is easy. Hayley?
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Chapter 8: What revelations come to light about the bank robbery?
46. Mile 46, so we're in Buckinghamshire. Four lines running from what I can see out there, not six, so we've passed Leighton Buzzard. We won't be able to get off for 11 and a half minutes, possibly 12. Bugger! Bugger? What's bugger? We don't have time, and our man here doesn't have a gun on him.
What do we do?
What do we do? What do we do? He does have a knife. This way.
Oh.
through here. What are you doing? We're going to pass through Bletchley. There are neutral sections here. Neutral sections? What are neutral sections? Shit! I see him! I see him! John, take the knife. No, no, no. I'm not stabbing anyone, mate. No, you're bloody not. Wedge it into the door here. Sorry, the train door that opens onto the track? Yes.
The neutral sections will cause the train lights to dip. That is a signal that there is a power changeover inside the train. The pantograph contact pressure from above will fluctuate. God almighty. And that causes the split-second voltage drop.
He's coming for us! Oh my god, oh my god, he's pointing the gun!
Sherlock! Wait for the light to go out, Watson. My lights are going to go out in a minute. You wait. No, you figure something out. I have figured something out. Well, I'm holding the door at knife point. Doesn't feel like it. Now, wedge the knife. Ah!
Ah!
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