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First broadcast 28th December 1984.
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00:00Music
00:30I'm sorry it's not my pigeon I've retired and what is more I'm on holiday
00:46oh sir Henry yes I'm sorry about the papers stuff and nonsense it's damn nuisance they tried to put
01:07the brakes on but someone leaked it good morning darling listen to this
01:14Colonel Arthur Bantry squire of the small village of St Mary Mead has told police that he cannot
01:20explain the presence of the murdered platinum blonde glamorous nightclub chanteuse Ruby Keane
01:26who was found strangled in the library of his house Gossington Hall in the early hours of Saturday
01:31morning mrs. Bantry it is understood has gone away to the seaside I must telephone to Arthur at once
01:39heaven knows what I'd be thinking if he reads any of that kind of trash excuse me Henry
01:44have you thought any further oh yes to any conclusion oh yes well are you going to tell me
02:05well whoever killed Ruby Keane killed Pamela Reeve and I'm afraid that very shortly a third murder will be attempted
02:21come in for me sir yes sir have the lab sent a report for those hairs you took from the rugs at
02:30Gossington Hall yes sir the tests were inconclusive I think the rug was probably in the killer's car sir
02:36yes I suppose that's fair enough what did the chap from the yard say about Blake the night watchman saw
02:43Blake drive out of the studio car park at a few minutes to 11 sir that's definite as the cars go past his
02:48hut the light falls on the driver's side he's positive about it and how far did you say it
02:52was from the studios to St Mary Mead 20 miles so we could have done it now we've had corroborated
03:00evidence that Blake was at the studio party at 2 o'clock as well you mean he could have gone back
03:04there to establish his alibi exactly sir she put her finger on Blake right from the first moment who did
03:14miss Marple of course who do you think slack I retain the impression that you don't really take her
03:24seriously I'll do you in what way sir let me give you a piece of advice that old lady is tougher minded more
03:39cynical and just plain cleverer than most barristers you'll meet in what I hope is
03:44going to be your long and no doubt distinguished career excuse me yes sir Henry
03:56clithering what downstairs good morning miss Marple oh good morning mr. Gaskell good morning no
04:19tennis today mr. Jefferson you know later on actually of course but with respect sir Henry we've
04:32already taken statements from all Pamela Reeves friends her friends at school and the girls were
04:37at the girl guide rally but miss Marble's point is that one of them must know more that the Reeve girl
04:44was an average child and that every average child has a special friend in whom she confides well if
04:50that's so you haven't found her have you no sir I haven't if that's so inspector I realize this is a
05:03great imposition I know you must have an enormous amount on your plate nothing we're not abreast of
05:09sir oh no no no no no of course not no I was just going to suggest that if you could organize an
05:16afternoon of interviews perhaps one of your junior officers could preside and if miss Marple could just
05:24be present very well sir I'll set that up anything else sir thank you inspector keep me informed good
05:37morning sir Henry good morning inspector
05:41excuse me are you a detective no no no no somebody told me you're a rather important to take you from London I mean the head of
06:08Scotland Yard or something miss Marple oh sir Henry well I can see that one person at least is enjoying this horrid
06:16business yes I am rather I've been sniffing around to see if I could find any clues but I haven't got a
06:24souvenir though my mother wanted me to chuck it away honestly parents this fingernail you see one of
06:33hers fingernail of the murdered woman what do you think good isn't it where did you get
06:41it well it was quite lucky really because nobody knew she was going to be murdered then it was on the
06:49night in question you see Robey caught a broken nail on Josie's shawl so my mother cut it for her and told me to
06:57chuck it away I just put it in my pocket to chuck away later and forgot do you think it's nearly
07:03lunchtime I'm very hungry Josie Josie hello hello Peter how are you oh good morning Miss Turner is
07:15everything all right I can't leave the hotel reporters they don't care do they I don't leave the building
07:21oh dear anyway better get on Josie I want to interrogate you how long did you know the deceased Peter you've been
07:33worrying me how to account for her nails her nails well they were so short a girl like that usually has
07:42elegant little claws but I suppose she'd torn one and she might have had to keep the others to match
07:51I wonder I don't know well I oh there slack I'll go and ask inspector yes sir Henry
08:03just a detail did you find any nail clippings in the girls room yes sir whole lot in the
08:13waste paper basket oh good thanks and manage to set up the interviews yet I'm seeing to it now sir
08:23I'll let you know
08:25Miss Marple
08:30deliver me from amateurs sir not only do we have a retired chief taking a busman's holiday
08:42we now have the flaming attentions of an aging spinster to contend with
08:45give me some straightforward robbery with violence anything more on Blake yet yes sir quite a lot
09:00gotcha
09:01gotcha
09:02I don't want it but sir get out
09:07edwards edwards edwards
09:33go
09:35go
09:36go
09:40go
09:45go
09:45go
09:48go
09:51go
09:51Oh, Mr. Gaskell.
10:12What's the matter, Edwards?
10:14You look as if the cat just died.
10:15I'm not sure he'd welcome a visit, sir.
10:18What is it today? The glooms or the shouts?
10:20He's refusing his medication, sir.
10:23Well, that's bad.
10:25What's about me trying?
10:27Well, you can try, sir.
10:28Good. You bring it out.
10:31Very well, sir.
10:35Morning, Geoff.
10:39What have you been up to?
10:41Humping furniture?
10:43Five black marks for overdoing it.
10:45Oh, go to hell.
10:46Ah, now, Geoff, it's like Adelaide to come up and have coffee with you today.
10:56He's a dominating man.
10:59Sometimes uncontrollable temper.
11:03And his weakness is that he needs people to dominate.
11:06How interesting.
11:08When Frank and I married, Geoff gave us so much money that Frank had absolutely nothing to strive for.
11:15See, in a way, that money was a way of denying Frank the means of becoming himself.
11:23And Geoff knew he wouldn't handle it properly.
11:25Do you rather hate Geoff?
11:29You are extraordinary.
11:30No.
11:33He is selfish.
11:34He's a collector of souls.
11:36But he loved Rosamund and Frank.
11:41He lives his life on thin ice.
11:42I mean, he could die at any moment.
11:44No, I don't hate him.
11:45I think it's time I was independent of him.
11:50You're going to get married again.
11:52What fun.
11:54How is dear old Hugo?
11:57Yes, he wants to marry me.
11:58I suppose that's what you wanted to know, wasn't it?
12:01Anyway, I haven't accepted.
12:08Forgive my asking, Mrs. Jefferson, but I wonder, did you like this poor dead girl who became...
12:13She was a vulgar, gold-digging simpleton.
12:17I didn't like her, no.
12:20When I discovered what she was up to, I'm afraid I was very angry.
12:24I could have killed her.
12:26Adelaide!
12:27For God's sake!
12:32Hello, Hugo.
12:35Right.
12:36So, we know that Blake left the studios and returned,
12:40giving him time to carry out one or both murders.
12:44We've established his presence in Danemouth on three separate occasions
12:47and his presence at the Majestic at least once.
12:51We've established that he knew Ruby Key.
12:55Blake lied about when he left the studio party.
12:58Lied about being at the Majestic.
13:00I think it's time we had a look at Mr. Blake's car, don't you?
13:04Tell Blake we need a statement, just routine.
13:06We can have a shifty in his automobile while he's making it.
13:09Have you set up those interviews with the schoolgirls?
13:10Oh, yes, sir.
13:11All the girls in Pamela Rees' form are also in the girlguides.
13:14Right.
13:15What about the financial inquiry?
13:16Sir?
13:17Mrs. Jefferson and Mr. Gaskell.
13:18Oh, yes, sir.
13:18They're both hired up, matter of fact.
13:20Gaskell's in debt, quite a packet, but I thought we'd drop them.
13:22Cast-iron alibis.
13:24A hundred thousand green ones is as good a motive as you'll get.
13:27But it won't wash in this case.
13:28Now, I think we'll have a look at Mr. Blake's car.
13:39Four hand out of the gate.
13:40Nice and easy.
13:41Good girl.
13:42Keep those legs back.
13:43Four hand.
13:45Oh, I can't get them.
13:47Hard luck.
13:49Bend your legs.
13:50Yes, watch that.
13:52Follow through.
13:53Good girl.
13:55Bend your knees.
13:56Good girl.
13:57Good girl.
13:58Good girl.
14:02Adelaide, lovely.
14:06Watch your grip.
14:12Adelaide, I'll show you.
14:14It's the grip you sense to do.
14:16Now, relax.
14:17I'm not going to eat you.
14:18You see, fork the thumb there, on there, and grip it nice and tight.
14:30Oh, you see that?
14:31Oh, I see.
14:32Nice way.
14:33Good luck.
14:34Good job.
14:35Right there.
14:36You see?
14:37Keep square.
14:38Right there, John.
14:39All right?
14:40All right.
14:41Good going.
14:42I think we've got you down for 11.30 tomorrow, eh?
14:49Is that all right?
14:51Fine, Ray.
14:52See you then.
15:03I'm improving, don't you think?
15:05Yeah.
15:07Oh, Hugo, stop it so grumpy.
15:12Ray.
15:13Ah, Mrs. Comberton, on time as usual.
15:15Yes, yes.
15:16Off you go then.
15:17That fellow damn nearly...
15:18I just don't damn well like it, that's all.
15:19Oh, Hugo, stop stuffing your shirt.
15:20Can't help how I feel, Adelaide.
15:21It's the way I am.
15:22I told her no more to you.
15:23Did you know that Hugo McCain was staying over at Dainbury Head when all this happened?
15:28Hadn't far to come when he was summoned, had he?
15:29What a coincidence.
15:30Isn't it?
15:31Yes, Inspector.
15:32I know where you are.
15:33Just off Castle Street.
15:34Not at all.
15:35I'll drive over to HQ this afternoon.
15:36I'll drive over to HQ this afternoon.
15:40I'll drive over to HQ this afternoon.
15:43The locket is on the door.
15:44It's best for you to leave.
15:45There have been loads of people that leave it until you leave it to see it.
15:46It's been a few mistakes in getting to see it.
15:51And it's carried away my block.
15:55If Matthew, he's like, is it possible to get back to the back of the door?
15:56I can't even say it's over.
15:57It's from a wall.
15:58I can't do anything.
15:59Just to watch Bishop?
16:00It was an easy mess.
16:01What a coincidence.
16:02Isn't it?
16:03Yes, Inspector?
16:04I know where you are.
16:05Just off Castle Street.
16:06Not at all.
16:07I'll drive over to HQ this afternoon.
16:13just routine
16:17I mean the police were bound to want to question me
16:22what's going on Blake
16:26Blake
16:30I've got something to tell you dear Lee
16:34all right Grisada
16:37thank you dear
16:43I must go back to Gossington
16:53Grisada says that people are saying that I left
16:57because I couldn't bear the shame of it
16:59that must mean that they think I believe
17:03all the horrible things they're saying
17:04I'll keep this suite on Jane
17:08you will stay won't you and clear this thing up
17:12oh Jane you're so clever
17:16why haven't you solved this mystery by now
17:18you don't seem to be getting on at all
17:21I thought you'd know at once
17:23oh dear I didn't know at once
17:26not for some time
17:28what
17:30you mean you know now who killed Ruby Key
17:37oh yes
17:37yes I know that
17:40it's a question of the others
17:42who else you see
17:44Jane
17:47you're not to tease me
17:49you're to tell me at once
17:50who it is and what you mean
17:52oh no that would never do at all
17:54donny dear
17:54why wouldn't it do
17:56because you're so indiscreet
17:57go around telling everyone
18:00or at least hinting
18:01no no there's a long way to go yet
18:05great many things that are still quite obscure
18:08take it round the box
18:16right here
18:18okay let's start with the bag of the car
18:43slack says ten minutes
18:45he means five
18:45right sir
18:46quite frankly sir Henry
18:57once he got over his grief
18:59if he ever did that is
19:01the one thing that keeps mr. Jefferson alive
19:04is his anger
19:05anger against the gods
19:07is what I call it
19:08he'll go down fighting
19:11did any particular things make him angry
19:15oh inefficiency
19:17time wasters
19:18the petrol shortage
19:19anything that prevents him from getting on
19:23deceit
19:25yes
19:28deceit
19:30may I be frank sir Henry
19:34please do
19:35there was an incident
19:37you see sir
19:40the young woman that mr. Jefferson was so taken up with just wasn't worth it
19:45she was to put it bluntly a common little piece
19:48I don't think she particularly liked him even
19:52it was one afternoon
19:55about a week ago
19:58when Miss Keene was with mr. Jefferson
20:02you'll never believe it
20:04it was the same landlady as at the dog in Huddersfield
20:08the stinking
20:09the stinking
20:09she'll move
20:13are you alright Jeff?
20:19speck of dust
20:20don't do that
20:22worst thing you can do
20:24here let me
20:26now come on
20:32be a brave boy
20:34be a brave boy and open it
20:34come that's it
20:37look up
20:37look up
20:38come on you little beggar
20:43there
20:45got you
20:46someone's been sweeping their chimney
20:49what's this
20:53from your handbag
20:54what is?
20:56this
20:57who is it?
21:00search me Jeff
21:02it's not mine
21:03what kitten has just thrown out of your handbag
21:06what?
21:08I don't see how it could have
21:09I'll be true
21:12sweet ruby roo
21:14to you
21:16to you
21:20can I have a look at it please Jeff?
21:25oh I don't know
21:26I'm not sure
21:28no kitten
21:30oh I know who it is
21:33he comes here sometimes
21:35I've danced with him
21:37says he's in films or something
21:3924 carat nutcase he is
21:41silly idiot
21:43must have stuffed his photo in my bag
21:45honestly Jeff
21:47those boys are so stupid
21:49they're always Nicky my picky
21:50from the showcase in the foyer
21:52always was
21:55Nicky my picky course
21:58Nicky my picky
22:01I don't think Mr. Jefferson
22:11quite believed her
22:12he was on edge all that day
22:15and completely lost his temper
22:18in the afternoon
22:19with his broker on the phone
22:20all things returned to normal of course
22:23but
22:24I fancy he was
22:25more watchful of her
22:27from then on
22:27he asked her more questions
22:30about what she was doing
22:31did you see the photograph?
22:34no sir
22:35what do you think he would have done
22:38had he discovered
22:39she had a secret lover?
22:42quite honestly sir
22:43I think
22:43in his state of health
22:47I think it would have finished him
22:48thanks very much for coming in then sir
22:56glad to have been of some help
22:58I hope you don't feel you've wasted your time
23:01not at all
23:02forensic lab
23:07drive carefully then sir
23:11cheerio inspector
23:14bye now
23:16now you will tell the inspector about the dress
23:38won't you
23:38this is Ruby Keane's dress
23:41we're talking about isn't it?
23:42of course
23:43the idea is isn't it
23:45that she changed her dress
23:47and then went off to meet someone
23:49a man it may be supposed
23:50that is the general impression
23:52well it won't do
23:54if Ruby was going to wear
23:56the kind of dress she was wearing
23:57then she'd make sure
23:58it was her best one
23:59girls do
24:00then why didn't she?
24:04now that is the key
24:06to the whole business
24:07good I think that's all the questions
24:18I've got for you now
24:19thank you Jenny
24:30I've interviewed all six girls Miss Marple
24:53I really don't think
24:54yes yes
24:55I should like to speak to Flory Small
24:58did you notice her as she went out?
25:02she relaxed too soon
25:03Flory Small?
25:12Flory Small?
25:15it's all right
25:17we just want to have another word with you
25:28I think it'll be okay
25:41you're sure then Flory are you
25:44that you've told us everything
25:46I'd rather hear you say it out loud Flory
25:52yes
25:56you must be a brave girl
26:00and make a clean breast of things
26:02Flory Small
26:06if you refuse to tell us what you know
26:09it will be a very serious matter indeed
26:12very serious
26:13practically perjury
26:15and for that
26:17as you know
26:18you can be sent to prison
26:20I don't know
26:25now Florence don't eradicate
26:27tell me everything you know at once
26:28Pamela was not going to Woolworths
26:31was she?
26:35something to do with films
26:36wasn't it?
26:40wasn't it Flory?
26:44yes
26:45yes it was
26:47oh miss I've been ever so worried
26:50I can't tell you
26:52I've hardly eaten a thing
26:55it's been horrible
26:56you see I promised poor Pammy
27:00promised
27:00all Edwards could tell me
27:05was that Ruby Keane
27:06referred to the chap in the photograph
27:08as something to do with films
27:11Blake again
27:12Blake is Inspector Slack's favourite
27:14he lied about his movements
27:17on the night of the crime
27:18and now we found some hairs
27:19on the upholstery of his car
27:20we're having them checked
27:21against those we found
27:22on Ruby Keane's dress
27:23ah
27:24now talking about this dress
27:26there's something
27:28I should like to suggest
27:29yes
27:29now look here Melchard
27:32you don't think I'm interfering
27:34do you?
27:35I suspect you're going to talk
27:36about Miss Marple again
27:38aren't you?
27:39all right
27:39what did she ask you to tell me?
27:42well it's about the girl's dress
27:44but we've been
27:45Miss Marple says
27:46it's the key to the whole business
27:49now Flory take your time dear
27:55and tell us what Pammy told you
27:57that's when we were walking
27:59up the lane to the bus
28:01on the way to the rally
28:03but she told me
28:06Pammy asked me
28:08if I could keep a secret
28:09well can you?
28:11of course I can
28:12swear it?
28:13I swear
28:14promise Pammy
28:15I won't tell
28:16do you remember
28:17when we went shopping
28:18last time?
28:20yes
28:20I didn't only do that
28:23I met a man
28:24Pammy
28:25oh it's all right
28:26nothing like that
28:27what then?
28:29oh you picked me up
28:30all right on the front
28:31just started talking to me
28:33what about?
28:35three guesses
28:35what I'm going to do
28:36after the rally
28:37this afternoon
28:38Pammy
28:40you're not
28:41not that dope
28:43give up
28:44film test
28:45I'm going to be tested
28:47for a film
28:48get off
28:49that's what I reckoned
28:50at first
28:51he's told me
28:52I mustn't be disappointed
28:53he's looking for
28:55a particular type
28:56he says
28:56and he won't be able
28:57to tell until
28:58he sees me on film
28:59but Pammy
29:00how do you know
29:01well you know
29:02that oh he was
29:02terribly businesslike
29:04if there was a contract
29:05he reckoned my parents
29:07should get a solicitor
29:08to look at it
29:08and I'm going to be
29:11chaperoned at the test
29:12a woman will be there
29:14all the time
29:14to help me
29:15someone who really
29:17knows what's happening
29:18oh Pammy
29:19that's amazing
29:20and where was Pamela
29:21supposed to meet him
29:22at his hotel
29:26you don't know
29:27which one
29:28no
29:30she didn't say
29:31and where was
29:33this supposed
29:34film test
29:35to take place
29:36he said
29:38they had a small
29:39studio
29:40in Danemouth
29:41I see
29:44I should have stopped her
29:46I should have
29:48I should have
29:50come in
29:56just got you sir
29:58good
29:59what is it slack
30:00the lab sir
30:01the hairs we found
30:03on the girl's dress
30:04are identical
30:05with those we took
30:05from Blake's car
30:06congratulations
30:08good work
30:09I had a feeling
30:12it would be
30:12ordinary police work
30:13that had cracked
30:13this one sir
30:14what about the second
30:17murder
30:17have you tied that in yet
30:18I think that's only
30:20a matter of time
30:20the lab says we can
30:22have something
30:22barrister approved
30:23by morning
30:24then we'll pull Blake in
30:25once we've got a charge
30:28that sticks
30:28I'll get the second
30:29murder out of him
30:29easily
30:30I wouldn't be too
30:32sure about that
30:33why do you say that sir
30:34well I checked him
30:35out a bit myself
30:36you know
30:36he was a conscientious
30:37objector during the war
30:38that'd be par for the
30:39course
30:40yes he joined the
30:41fire service auxiliary
30:42got the George
30:43medal
30:44goodnight slack
30:46oh I am so glad you're here
31:06may I come in
31:07sure
31:09why not
31:10take a pew
31:23I beg your pardon
31:25park your
31:26would you like to sit down
31:29oh yes thank you
31:31so what is it this time
31:38this time
31:40so far I've had the
31:42knave restoration fund
31:43the needlework guild
31:44the bishop's appeal
31:45for deep sea fishermen
31:46what are you
31:48boy scouts
31:49or unmarried mothers
31:50all right
31:53don't answer that
31:55you've only come to look
31:56around
31:57I've taken to giving
31:58conducted tours and
31:59charging a couple of bob
32:00where would you like to
32:02start
32:02the kitchen
32:04I came to offer you some
32:08advice
32:08oh my god
32:10the league of decency
32:11which I hope might help
32:13in the difficult time ahead
32:14what are you talking about
32:16I want to advise you most strongly
32:19not to continue using your maiden
32:21name in the village
32:22in a short while
32:24you'll need all the goodwill
32:26you can find
32:26and there's a prejudice
32:28in old-fashioned country places
32:29against people who are not married
32:31living together
32:32oh it's amused you no doubt
32:35calling yourself Miss Lee
32:36when you are in fact
32:37Mrs. Blake
32:37and it has helped to keep all
32:40but the most curious
32:42at a distance
32:43but the time for such games
32:46is over
32:47how did you know we were married
32:53oh my dear
32:54the way you quarrel
32:56you quarrel like people
32:58who are tied to each other
32:59by more than a mere love affair
33:00you see
33:01you're astonishing
33:02I thought you'd been to
33:04Somerset House or something
33:05oh
33:07Somerset House
33:10and the rest of it
33:17I'm so sorry
33:19why are we going to need
33:20all this sympathy
33:21because almost certainly
33:25sometime today
33:26your husband will be arrested
33:28for murder
33:29but he didn't do it
33:30I know he didn't dear
33:31I know
33:32but that's not the point now
33:33I'm glad he's told you about it
33:35he shouldn't have got rid of the rug
33:38what did he do with it
33:39I burnt it
33:41but you didn't clear up properly
33:49look
33:51that would be enough
33:53and your car
33:57how thorough were you
33:59car
34:03not cut out for this
34:09am I
34:09how much do you know
34:12I should like to know more
34:15all right
34:16I'll tell you
34:17Dinah and I had a row
34:20I left the studio party early
34:22the truth is
34:24I'd had a skinful
34:24we'll gather lilacs
34:28in the spring
34:30again
34:32and walk together
34:36down an English lane
34:40mmm
34:44mmm
34:45mmm
34:48mmm
34:50mmm
34:51mmm
35:00mmm
35:01a visitor by my truth
35:22wake up
35:31I suppose I panicked
35:41I just knew I had to get her
35:44out of the house
36:01I had no idea where I was going
36:08I just drove and drove
36:16maniac
36:27then I found myself going past
36:37Gossington Hall
36:38suddenly
36:42that seemed to be the answer
36:44yes
36:46I knew I was going past
36:47I knew him
36:59but I needed to be the answer
37:02I knew I had no good
37:04then I realized
37:05this one
37:06what I needed
37:08that was interesting
37:09and that was surprising
37:10that was understood
37:42It sounds like madness, I know, but I thought it was rather a good joke.
38:08Bantry can be an appallingly pompous ass, you know.
38:13It seems so wonderfully incongruous.
38:16A girl like that, his library.
38:20It's a cruel trick.
38:22I know.
38:24But didn't you know who it was?
38:27No.
38:28I hardly knew Ruby Keane.
38:31And the face was...
38:32Yes, yes.
38:34What are we going to do about this, Blake?
38:38Well, may I suggest that you engage the very best of lawyers?
38:44The police.
38:45I won't be a moment, Inge.
39:10Yes, ma'am.
39:11Ah, Jane, thank goodness you're here.
39:14We've been trying to get in touch with you all morning.
39:16Come in.
39:17Oh, I can't stay, Dolly.
39:18But I thought I'd better bring you the news.
39:20News?
39:21Basil Blake has just been arrested for the murder of Ruby Keane.
39:26Blake?
39:27He didn't do it.
39:29How do you know?
39:30He did, however, deposit the body in your library.
39:34Well, like Tommy Bond and his frog, he resented his teacher.
39:37So he put his frog in her clock and it jumped out at her.
39:40Blake?
39:41In my library?
39:43What on earth did he do that for?
39:45I think he did it as a kind of joke.
39:48What?
39:49Well, of course, he was drunk.
39:51Oh, was he?
39:53So that was it.
39:55Ah, well.
39:56Well, who did do it then?
39:58Well, I think the answer to that lies in London.
40:01Yes, now, London.
40:03Inge, if we hurry, we can catch the 10 o'clock.
40:05Come along.
40:05Yes, ma'am.
40:06I'm not sure you should be seen with me, old man.
40:18Oh?
40:18How's that?
40:19Suspect number one.
40:21Top of the list.
40:21Oh, come off it, Gaskell.
40:24What is it?
40:25Certainly somebody I don't want to be seen with.
40:27Excuse me to the King of Wimbledon, will you?
40:32Not the subtlest of human beings, is he?
40:34I don't know why he has to be so bloody rude about it.
40:37Hardly spoken to the man.
40:40What are you drinking?
40:41Look here, Star, I think there's something you should understand about Adelaide.
40:46What's that?
40:46Well, you do realise that Adelaide believes in the code of the Jeffersons, don't you?
40:51What does that mean?
40:52Well, it just means that true Jeffersons aren't in the habit of marrying tennis players, old boy.
40:59That's all.
41:01Another whiskey, please.
41:02Afternoon, Ray.
41:15Ray?
41:15What is it, Ray?
41:16Mr. Jefferson is expecting you.
41:34Right.
41:35I'm off, then.
41:37Lucky you.
41:38Pound, pound, down the local.
41:39Not a hope.
41:40Back to HQ.
41:41Another session with Blake.
41:42Stubborn, isn't he?
41:43By midnight.
41:44One confession, signed and sealed.
41:46Do you want to bet?
41:47Slack.
41:52I wonder if we could have a word.
41:55Of course, sir.
41:56Miss Marple?
41:58Oh, do you think...
41:59Yes, yes.
42:00I've just returned from London.
42:05Somerset House, you know.
42:07And I just thought, perhaps...
42:09At our request, Conway Jefferson has informed Mrs. Jefferson and Mr. Gaskell
42:19that as Ruby Keane is dead, he's going to endow a fund with the hundred thousand pounds
42:25that he had intended to settle on her.
42:27The fund is to be used to establish a hostel for young dancers in London.
42:31That's right, yes.
42:32He has also told them that he's going to finalise the details with his solicitor tomorrow.
42:38Now, this is what I want done.
42:41It'll be dark in a couple of hours, so we've got to move quickly.
44:32oh I'm rightfully sorry oh if anybody should want me tonight they can ring me
44:39at my flat I'm in the book be back about lunchtime tomorrow all right
45:02so
45:32OK.
45:51Flickie, three o'clock, Vanco.
45:53Oh, come on.
46:02Oh, come on.
46:32Let's go.
47:02Let's go.
47:32Let's go.
47:34Let's go.
47:36Let's go.
47:38Let's go.
47:40Let's go.
47:42Let's go.
47:44Let's go.
47:46Let's go.
47:48Let's go.
47:50Let's go.
47:52Let's go.
47:54Let's go.
47:56Let's go.
47:58Let's go.
48:00Let's go.
48:02Let's go.
48:04Let's go.
48:06Let's go.
48:08Let's go.
48:10Let's go.
48:12Let's go.
48:14Let's go.
48:16Let's go.
48:18Let's go.
48:20Let's go.
48:22Let's go.
48:24Let's go.
48:26Let's go.
48:28Let's go.
48:30Let's go.
48:32Let's go.
48:34Let's go.
48:36Let's go.
48:38Let's go.
48:40Let's go.
48:42Let's go.
48:44Let's go.
48:46Let's go.
48:48Let's go.
48:50No, Miss Marple, I'm afraid I don't.
48:52Hardly a thing.
48:54Well, of course, it was the nails that worried me.
48:57Although Ruby Keane had cut hers quite short,
49:00the poor girl in the library had bitten hers.
49:03It just wasn't right.
49:05Too like a book to be true.
49:07And then, of course, I realized, finally,
49:09that the body in the library wasn't Ruby Keane at all.
49:15Well, then whose body was it?
49:17Pamela Reeves.
49:19And Pamela Reeves, fake film producer, was Mark Gaskell?
49:23Yes.
49:24But the person behind it all was Josie.
49:27It was obvious from the first that she was a very capable woman,
49:31quite capable of engineering the whole thing.
49:34It was a very clear-sighted plan and quite remorseless.
49:39Mark Gaskell was her ticket for wealth and a good position.
49:43And nothing, certainly not little Ruby Keane, was going to stop her.
49:47It was all her own idea, the double murder and the substitute body.
49:52She cold-bloodedly chose Basil Blake as chief murder suspect.
49:57She put his snapshot into Ruby's handbag.
50:00She mentioned this film bloke to the police.
50:04And, of course, she was poor little Pamela's so-called chaperone for the film test.
50:09She bleached her hair, painted her bitten nails, made her up as Ruby Keane,
50:15put her into one of Ruby's dresses and finally drugged her,
50:19ready for the deadly attentions of Mark Gaskell.
50:22Who then completed the plan by getting her out to Blake's cottage shortly after 10 o'clock,
50:28killing her and getting back to the hotel.
50:31So, at the time when the doctor said that she'd died,
50:34Gaskell and Josie had a perfect alibi.
50:37They were sitting there, playing bridge, watching the real Ruby Keane alive and dancing.
50:41After giving Ruby something earlier in the evening to make her head achy and sleepy,
50:45Josie told her then to go up to her, that is Josie's room,
50:49and lie down till her next dance,
50:51knowing that the drug would shortly have full effect.
50:55It was when she went up to change for her exhibition dance
50:59that Josie killed her.
51:02She strangled the poor child in her sleep.
51:06And later that evening,
51:08she and Gaskell dressed her in the guide's uniform,
51:10stole Bartlett's car,
51:12drove out to Venn's quarry and incinerated the lot.
51:16Tell me,
51:17that tune that was racketing around in your head,
51:20Mozart, didn't you say?
51:22What bearing did that have on the case?
51:25Oh, oh yes.
51:26Oh yes, most interesting.
51:28The marriage of Figaro, Susanna's aria.
51:31It was because Susanna was dressed up as the Countess.
51:35It was the wrong dress.
51:37That's all.
51:39So it all boils down to fingernails and Mozart.
51:43Yes, quite.
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