S01 E05. The Third Floor Flat.

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First broadcast 5th February 1989.  A group of young people return from a night out, but they have to use the coal lift because they have lost the keys to the apartment.   David Suchet as Hercule Poirot Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon Suzanne Burden as Patricia Matthews Nicholas Pritchard as Donovan Robert Hines as Jimmy Amanda Elwes as Mildred Josie Lawrence as Mrs. Grant Susan Porrett as Trotter Alan Partington as Inspector Flint James Aidan as Major Sadler (as James Aiden) Gillian Bailey as Mrs Sadler (as Gillian Bush Bailey) Norman Lumsden as Vicar George Little as Dicker Jona Jones as Police Constable John Golightly as Removal Man Peter Aubrey as Removal Man Helena McCarthy as Coffee Stall Owner

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00:44Now, easy now.

00:46I'm on the facework.

00:48Oh, you and your bloody facework.

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01:12Leave it there, thank you.

01:14All right.

01:16And, uh, could we have a signature, please?

01:18Certainly.

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02:13The backache has the post-calvis level.

02:16Yes, and I'm afraid there was nothing for you.

02:19Oh.

02:20It's only been three weeks since your last case.

02:22Well, three weeks is an eternity to a brain like mine.

02:26Without the constant stimulation, my little grey cells will starve and die.

02:30Already you can see I am suffering the effects.

02:43The backache.

02:57The backache.

03:01No.

03:34There's a letter for you. Read it.

03:50Dear Miss Matthews, I am the new tenant of 36B, directly below you.

03:55I wonder if I might have a word at your earliest convenience.

03:58Ernestine Grant, Mrs.

04:00Sounds a bit ominous. What could she want?

04:02Lord knows.

04:03And the clapped eyes aren't there.

04:05Probably complained about the gramophone or something.

04:07Oh, my dear.

04:10Oh, my God.

04:12Oh, my God.

04:17Oh, my God.

04:47Oh, my God.

05:17How's the cold, old boy?

05:20And now also you're trying to give it a heart attack?

05:23I wouldn't be surprised if riding in that car were not responsible for my present malady.

05:28She's much too much of a lady to give anyone a cold.

05:31She's running like a bird since I fitted those new gaskets.

05:34Birds do not run, Hastings.

05:37When you were little, you should have paid more attention to your lessons in biology.

05:41You're really in a bad way, aren't you?

05:44Well, my friend, as one approaches the end, one begins to see life as it truly is.

05:52Don't worry. I've got something that'll cheer you up.

05:55Really?

05:56A couple of tickets for The Deadly Shroud.

05:58You know, the new murder mystery at Wyndon's.

06:00My dear Hastings, that he's most kind, but how can a mere stage play be compared to the real-life cases of Hercule Poirot?

06:07Tell you what.

06:07I'll wager you ten quid. You can't solve The Deadly Shroud.

06:12You are?

06:14Well, the money, of course, is of no importance.

06:18But I find your challenge irresistible.

06:22I accept.

06:23Oh, it's you.

06:37Oh, it's you.

06:51You better come in.

07:21Mother, are you all right?

07:41Oh, my God.

07:43Help her, someone.

07:43Lady Milhoffield.

07:53She's dead.

07:54It was the sherry, of course.

08:16What was it?

08:17The kid, Lady Muriel.

08:18The sherry.

08:20It was poison.

08:20Oh, do you think so?

08:24I think that Mrs. Sadler's looking pretty suspicious.

08:27No, no, no.

08:37Whiskey?

08:38No, thank you.

08:39Don't open this now, only at the end.

08:47What is it?

08:48The name of the murderer, of course.

08:54This is Mademoiselle Matthews.

08:57Over there, Hastings, the girl in the red dress.

08:59She lives in the flat below me, in Whitehaven mansions.

09:05An enchanting, Mademoiselle Nesma.

09:08Yes.

09:08The question of motive has had me worried, I can tell you.

09:17Why should anyone want to kill Lady Muriel?

09:22Who would gain by her death?

09:26The answer, ladies and gentlemen, is nobody.

09:33Why?

09:36Because Lady Muriel was never the intended victim.

09:41No.

09:42The person who should have drunk the poison sherry, the person for whom it was intended,

09:52was the missing son and heir who stood to inherit Lady Muriel's fortune.

09:58Major Sadler.

09:59Only one other person in this room knew of this well-kept secret

10:09and stood to gain from the Major's death, his wife.

10:16Am I not correct, Mrs. Sadler?

10:21Oh.

10:23That's absurd.

10:25The writer is an ebersome.

10:27It was clever.

10:28So clever that it almost had me fooled.

10:32Until I noticed that there were not five,

10:34but only four shed glasses on the side.

10:38What had happened to the missing glass?

10:46Perhaps it is time I retire his things.

10:49I say, Poirot, you're beginning to make me feel badly about all this.

10:52No, no, no, no, not at all.

10:53No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

10:58Even if the playwright is not.

11:01We were not given all the facts.

11:04It was only at the end that we discovered

11:05that Major Sadler is Lady Muriel's son.

11:10And the theatre has made my cold even worse.

11:15of course i knew i got it at the end of it

11:22i knew it was that mrs sandler right from the beginning takes one to know one i suppose

11:34is that trash you were in the first act i mean it was so

11:38i can't find my key perhaps you just forgot to bring it darling of course i didn't i'm not a

11:44completely complete donovan i always bring my key actually i saw her put it in her bag before

11:49we left there you see the point is how are we going to get in well the night port will be off

11:53duty now donovan darling you wouldn't care to be a cat burglar would you no pat i think even among

11:59cat burglars a fourth floor flat might be regarded as rather a reckless proposition is there a fire

12:03escape no but there's a coal lift that's the point it's loaded in the basement of the flats and goes

12:11up to a hatch in the kitchen you put the dustbins on it as well set them down won't the hatch be bolted

12:16i never really bothered to bolt mine it's too stiff well it's worth a try wouldn't you say

12:21absolutely

12:22absolutely

12:24oh really my dear chap it's not necessary only a bit of fun you know no no no no no ten pounds we agreed

12:46agreed that about that shall be

12:53yeah

12:55secure here it is late to put out the dustbin

13:01it is late to put out the dustbin

13:08this things be so kind as to extinguish the light

13:23this will be are you sure of course i'm bloody sure

13:30put the light on that thing won't work try the city room all right

13:45looks like burglars no no no i do not think so they are wearing the evening dress

14:00oh mama

14:03life is just a bottle of cherries

14:07so we can say dear nice to miss you

14:10you work you play you worry so but you can't take your dough when you go go go

14:18so keep repeating it's the berries for the strongest oak must fall

14:25the sweet things in life to you were just loaned

14:29so how can you lose what you've never owned

14:33life is just a bowl of cherries

14:36so dear and I'll find it all

14:39what the earth's pat been up to everything's the wrong bloody place

14:54this isn't pat's flat

14:56jeepers

14:58this is ernestine groan

15:01oh lord when 36 b not 46 b i suggest we get out of here before she finds us

15:07look

15:15good god

15:23life is just a bowl of cherries

15:39don't be so serious

15:41life's too mysterious

15:43you work you play

15:45you worry so

15:47but you can't take your dough when you go go go

15:51what are we going to do?

15:53i don't know

15:55what is your longest oak must fall

15:57the sweet things in life to you

15:59pat?

16:00mildred?

16:01something's happened

16:02what is it?

16:03there's a dead woman down here

16:05oh my god

16:07there's a dead man down here

16:09oh my god

16:10well

16:15Jimmy?

16:32This is Jimmy Faulkner, Monsieur Poirot.

16:35Ah, bonsoir, Monsieur Faulkner.

16:37Not the Monsieur Poirot.

16:41Yes, he lives in the flat above me.

16:42Gosh, I didn't know. This is an honour, sir.

16:45Well, thank you.

16:48You see, Hastings, I am still a force to be calculated.

16:55So, the doors were unbolted.

17:05You walk across the kitchen.

17:10Did you say the light did not switch on?

17:12No, the bulb had gone or something.

17:16Uh-huh.

17:26I'm very hot.

17:27Maybe there's a loose connection.

17:31Or perhaps the bulb has been replaced.

17:33We heard that sound before, sir.

17:39Oh.

17:51Uh-huh.

18:02Mm-hm.

18:03Huh?

18:04It is the domestique, the maid.

18:17We will let her sleep for the moment.

18:34You'd better watch your step, lads.

18:36This is where the famous private detective, Mr. Hercule Poirot, lives.

18:40So, Donovan and I came in here.

18:42I mean, we still thought we were in Miss Matthew's flat,

18:45and then we put the light on and realised we weren't,

18:48and we saw the body.

18:50Ha-ha. She has been dead for some time.

18:53What, ours, do you mean?

18:57What is that on your hand?

18:58What?

19:00Oh, what's that?

19:02My God, I think it's blood.

19:05Did you touch the body?

19:06No!

19:10So...

19:12The crime was committed at the table,

19:16and then the body was moved to the window.

19:22It is blood.

19:24Eastings, be so kind as to go downstairs and ask Mr. Dicker

19:28what time the last post was delivered this evening.

19:31Right.

19:33Eastings.

19:34Ah, my dear Chief Inspector Jarreb.

19:37You'll be having murders in your back bedroom next, Poirot.

19:43Right, who's the victim?

19:45Mrs. Ernestine Grant.

19:47Apparently she only moved into the flat today.

19:50And how is the body found?

19:52Well, I'm afraid that's rather a long story, Chief Inspector.

19:57It would be.

19:58I shall want statements from everybody.

20:00Omelette for you, Mildred.

20:01Oh, I couldn't.

20:02I suppose you're inured to this sort of thing, Mr. Poirot.

20:03No, no, no.

20:04On the contrary.

20:05I think it is very nice.

20:06You know, Mademoiselle Patricia,

20:07I once loved a very young, beautiful English girl

20:09who resembled you greatly.

20:10But alas, she could not cook.

20:11In the relationship with her.

20:12No.

20:13I meant, well, you know, poor Mrs. Grant and everything.

20:16Mademoiselle Patricia, a little bread, perhaps?

20:17Hmm.

20:18It is essential to keep up the strength

20:19of my little brother.

20:20You know, Mr. Poirot?

20:21No, no, no.

20:22On the contrary.

20:23I think it is very nice.

20:24You know, Mademoiselle Patricia,

20:25I once loved a very young, beautiful English girl

20:27who resembled you greatly.

20:28But alas, she could not cook.

20:31In the relationship with her.

20:33No.

20:34I meant, well, you know,

20:36poor Mrs. Grant and everything.

20:39Mademoiselle Patricia, a little bread, perhaps?

20:42Hmm.

20:43It is essential to keep up the strength

20:45of my little graces.

20:47You seem a little better, sir.

20:50I am feeling better.

20:51It doesn't seem real at all.

20:53It's like making a play or something.

20:55A better play, I trust,

20:56than far ago we saw this evening.

20:58Oh, didn't you like it?

20:59Well, we all thought it was terrific.

21:01I beg to differ, on the contrary.

21:04We were not given all the facts.

21:06The facts as presented pointed to Chivers the butler.

21:09Oh, do you think so, sir?

21:10Mr. Questio, consider his position.

21:13He was the only person who had the motive

21:15and the opportunity to poison the sherry.

21:17And then the writer has this character

21:19of a simple, bloody policeman

21:21speaking a wheat bag of the subbing up,

21:23arresting his whole case

21:25on his infantile subplot.

21:27Uh, the door was open.

21:29Come in, Inspector.

21:31Well, it looks like pretty cut-and-dried matter.

21:35Not worth your while, I'm afraid, Poirot.

21:37The dead woman's Mrs. Grant, all right.

21:39A maid identified her.

21:41She was shot at the table

21:43with a small-caliber automatic pistol.

21:45She fell forward,

21:46which accounts for the blood on the cloth.

21:48So somebody actually shot her in cold blood?

21:50That's the way it looks, sir, yes.

21:52How dreadful.

21:53And the time of death?

21:55The doctor estimates between five and six hours ago.

21:58None of you noticed anyone unusual

22:00in the flats around that time, I suppose?

22:02Mildred arrived just after lunch

22:04and we didn't go out

22:05until Jimmy and Donovan

22:06came to collect us for the theatre

22:07at about seven, wasn't it?

22:08Hmm.

22:09And you got back at what time?

22:10Ooh, 10.30 or so.

22:12What does the maid say?

22:14Ah, Miss Trotter.

22:16Excuse me.

22:18Uh, since she had the evening off,

22:21she went out at five

22:23and got back about ten o'clock,

22:24letting herself in with her own key.

22:26She noticed nothing unusual?

22:28She thought her mistress was in bed.

22:30Never thought to look behind the packing cases.

22:33It's very curious.

22:36Curious.

22:38To try and hide the body.

22:41Didn't want the crime discovered

22:43until he made his getaway.

22:45Perhaps.

22:46Perhaps.

22:47Perhaps.

22:50Oh, pardon.

22:51Please continue, Chief Inspector.

22:53Well, we found this on the floor.

22:56Dropped in his haste, I expect.

22:58Take a look at the corner for her.

23:03J.F.

23:04That's right.

23:05J.F.

23:06Now, take a look at this.

23:08It was found in the pocket

23:09of the dead woman's dress.

23:15If it suits you, I will come this evening.

23:19Shall we say six o'clock?

23:21Fraser.

23:23An incriminating document for this Fraser.

23:26Well, I think we may take it that

23:28J.F. and Fraser are one and the same.

23:30A John Fraser, perhaps.

23:33We'll get a line on him in due course.

23:35Chief Inspector, sir.

23:37Miss Trotter here was wondering if she can go home now, sir.

23:44I'm going to stay at my sister's, if that's all right.

23:47I couldn't sleep here.

23:48Not tonight, I couldn't.

23:49Yes, that'll be all right for her.

23:50Oh, thank you, sir.

23:52Excuse me, mademoiselle.

23:54Yes, sir?

23:55Permit me, if I may, to ask you the question.

23:57Yes, sir.

23:58When you returned to the flat belonging to Mrs. Grant this evening,

24:02did you enter the sitting room?

24:04Oh, yes, sir.

24:06I'd collected the evening post on my way up

24:08and I left the letters for Mrs. Grant on the sitting room table.

24:12And you noticed nothing strange in that room?

24:15No, sir, nothing.

24:17Thank you very much, mademoiselle.

24:20Thank you, sir.

24:21Good night.

24:25Ah, pardon.

24:27Apparently the last post arrived at nine o'clock this evening.

24:31Thank you, Hastings.

24:32And according to Dicker, nobody out of the ordinary

24:34came in and out of the building all night.

24:38Inspector.

24:39Please.

24:43A little favor, if I may.

24:45Here we go.

24:46I would like to examine the flat belonging to Mrs. Grant.

24:51There's nothing there, Poirot.

24:53When?

24:55I've put out a call for this John Fraser.

24:58We find him.

24:59That's the end of it.

25:00As you say.

25:02Well, then.

25:08Oh, examine it as much as you like.

25:10You all right?

25:11I'm all right.

25:12Shivering, you must be cold.

25:25There's just this terrible thing with Mrs. Grant.

25:26I know.

25:27We were having such a lovely evening.

25:32And we'll have lots more lovely evenings.

25:33Do you see that?

25:34Hmm?

25:35They're taking her away.

25:36Shocking business.

25:37She only was too ugly, I don't know.

25:38It's just this terrible thing with Mrs. Grant.

25:39I know.

25:41We were having such a lovely evening.

25:47And we'll have lots more lovely evenings.

25:52Do you see that?

25:58Do you see that?

25:59Hmm?

26:00They're taking her away.

26:03Shocking business.

26:05And she only moved in this morning.

26:20Let us, my friends, consider the facts.

26:24First, the letter, which was found at the scene of the crime,

26:29with the name John Fraser written on the bottom.

26:32Then, the handkerchief with the monogram, J.F., marked on one corner.

26:38So, it would appear, would it not, my friends,

26:41that this man, John Fraser, was carelessness...

26:54Poor Oak, why are you rummaging around at the dusk?

27:01Uh-huh. I thought so.

27:06Voila!

27:12Pardon. I have a cold.

27:14Would you be so kind, Monsieur Donovan?

27:22No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

27:23Why did he take off the leg, and he's stupid?

27:29Jimmy, fetch some brandy, if you please.

27:31In the sitting room, I think.

27:33Hastings, the damn clothes.

27:35The damp cloth.

27:45What happened?

27:47Here, drink this, my friend.

27:50You are fortunate, Monsieur Bailey.

27:51It could have been worse.

27:53Even poison, perhaps.

27:55You must be more careful.

27:58A kick like a mule.

28:00Feeling any better?

28:02I think so, thanks.

28:05Oh, mon dieu.

28:07Hastings, take him upstairs to the flat, huh?

28:11Perhaps prepare for him some coffee.

28:13No, I'm sure I'll be fine now, thanks.

28:15No, no, no, no, no, no, I insist.

28:17You are still weak, yes?

28:19I suppose I do feel a bit wonky still.

28:21Better come along, little chap.

28:22Take it easy for a bit.

28:24Hastings, make sure Monsieur Bailey is very comfortable,

28:27because Hastings,

28:29I am anxious for his health.

28:33Right.

28:35So, what now, sir?

28:55Now, Jimmy?

28:56Nothing.

28:57The case is finished.

29:03Finished?

29:04Oh, yes, my friend.

29:08I now know everything.

29:10I don't understand, sir.

29:38Have they arrested this Fraser chap already?

29:40There is no Fraser chap.

29:45He is the name only.

29:48The name carefully marked on a handkerchief.

29:52The name written on the bottom of a letter,

29:55which was placed in the pocket of the dead woman where we would find it.

29:59Good Lord.

29:59But who changed the light, Bob, in the kitchen, then?

30:04No one.

30:04The light, it works to perfection.

30:07It was a ruse to get you into this sitting room.

30:11Come, I'll show you.

30:12You see, Jimmy, with the light on, it is obvious at once that this is not the kitchen of Mademoiselle Patricia.

30:23You would have had no reason to go into the sitting room, would you?

30:26No.

30:27Jimmy, what is this?

30:30The key to this flat?

30:31No.

30:33It is the key to the flat upstairs.

30:37The key to Mademoiselle Patricia's flat.

30:41Monsieur Bailey stole this key, Jimmy, from her bag, and I presume sometime during the evening.

30:46Donovan stole it?

30:47Yes.

30:47What on earth for?

30:49To prevent you all from going into her flat when you came back from the theater.

30:52But why would he want...

30:53Oh, mon Dieu!

30:54To drive you into this flat instead!

30:56To drive you, my friend, into the service lift.

31:02But where did you find the key?

31:05We are expected to find it.

31:09In the pocket of Monsieur Bailey.

31:11You see, Jimmy, I only pretended to find this bottle in the rubbish bin.

31:19I had it in my pocket all the time.

31:22But I hand it to Monsieur Bailey, he sniffs it, and...

31:25In this bottle is ethyl chloride.

31:30A most powerful instant anesthetic.

31:35So, for the few moments, Monsieur Bailey is unconscious.

31:39But it is time enough.

31:41While you are in this room to fetch the brandy...

31:45For me to take the two items from Monsieur Bailey's pocket that I knew I would find there.

31:52Yes, but...

31:52No, no, no, no, no, patience, my friend, and you will learn everything.

31:57I ask myself, why hide the body behind the packing cases?

32:05To gain time?

32:08Yes.

32:08But for the very special reason.

32:14You see, Jimmy, earlier this evening, the murderer entered this flat in order to take something.

32:20But that something was nowhere to be found, so it was necessary for him to return, but only after the last post was delivered.

32:29So, he had to hide the body behind the curtain.

32:33Then, Mademoiselle Trotter, the domestic enters, sees nothing unusual, places the last post on the table, and retires to bed.

32:44And what's that letter, then, sir?

32:48Oh, this letter, Jimmy.

32:51This was the second item I took from Monsieur Bailey's pocket.

32:56It was this letter that he was so desperate to find.

33:00Are you saying, then, that Donovan murdered Mrs. Grant?

33:06Exactly.

33:06Exactly. But why? He didn't even know Mrs. Grant. Why should he want to kill her?

33:18Jimmy. Before I tell you, allow me to ask you a question. It is a most personal one.

33:29Are you in love with Mademoiselle Patricia? Don't come on, come on, come on. Don't be shy.

33:34If I were your age, monsieur, without doubt, I too would be in love with her.

33:42Well, yes, as a matter of fact, I care for Pat, damnably, but of course she's engaged to Donovan.

33:47She will need you once this trouble is known.

33:50How do you mean?

33:51Once this case becomes public, Jimmy, it will be very difficult to keep her name out of it entirely.

33:58You see, Mademoiselle Patricia was the motive for the murder.

34:04Quarrow!

34:06Vite.

34:07Quarrow! He's made a dash for it!

34:15Customer, stop that man in the lead. Hurry. And you, Jimmy.

34:17Let's go.

34:19Let's go.

34:20Let's go.

34:21Let's go.

34:22Let's go.

34:23Let's go.

34:24Let's go.

34:25Let's go.

34:26Let's go.

34:27Let's go.

34:28Let's go.

34:29Let's go.

34:30Let's go.

34:31Let's go.

34:32Let's go.

34:33Let's go.

34:34Let's go.

34:35Let's go.

34:36Let's go.

34:37Let's go.

34:38Let's go.

34:39Let's go.

34:40Let's go.

34:41Let's go.

34:42Let's go.

34:43Let's go.

34:44Let's go.

35:17Well, there's not a sign of him out there, sir.

35:30That's dashed hard.

35:32He can't have got far.

35:33Your friend is not a fool, Monsieur Faulkner.

35:36He presses the button inside the lift, but does not descend himself.

35:40Voila.

35:45Quick, the basement.

35:47It's down there.

36:08It's down there.

36:10Nothing here.

36:37It must have been something else we heard, Monsieur Poirot.

36:42I think we'd better go back upstairs, eh?

37:07I think we'd better go back upstairs.

37:12We'll be right back upstairs.

37:15Huh?

38:15Disappeared altogether?

38:17Grown men do not vanish into Cine of Anastasia.

38:20Well, he did.

38:21Oh, my God.

38:46Donovan, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Bailey.

38:54I'd better call an ambulance, sir, I think.

38:56Is he badly hurt?

38:57Oh, my God.

39:00Oh, my God.

39:00That front axle's just sheared right through.

39:24No more, my poor Hastings.

39:26But you must not brood.

39:28You must occupy yourself, huh?

39:31Go and telephone the Chief Inspector Jacques and tell him we have caught his fissure.

39:35What's happened to Donovan?

39:43You don't need a whole new front end.

39:46Mr. Bailey, please give me the letter you have just taken from the table.

40:09Thank you, monsieur.

40:18Thank you, monsieur.

40:25Jimmy, be so kind as to read us this letter written to Mrs. Grant.

40:30Well, it looks as if it comes from a solicitous.

40:38Dear Madam, we return the document you forwarded to us.

40:42It is quite in order, and the fact of the marriage having taken place abroad does not invalidate it in any way.

40:49Yours truly, et cetera, et cetera.

40:51So, Jimmy, you ask why Mrs. Grant, huh?

40:58Eh bien, voilà.

41:02The marriage certificate between Donovan Grant and Ernestine Trapshore dated 1930.

41:13Who's Donovan Grant?

41:14He now calls himself Donovan Bailey.

41:24I wanted a divorce.

41:28I begged Ernestine, but she refused.

41:31Said she'd never let me free.

41:36After I fell in love with Pat, Ernestine started hounding me.

41:41Telephoned me every day.

41:42Held it over me, threatening to tell Pat everything.

41:48Drove me mad.

41:55And she suddenly announced she'd taken a flat here, right underneath Pat's.

42:01I couldn't believe it.

42:04By then I knew she was crazy enough to do anything.

42:09So, what happened yesterday, monsieur?

42:12Hergistine called me in the afternoon.

42:21Said she'd written to Pat to arrange to see her, to tell her the truth about us.

42:28Well, I naturally assumed the worst.

42:32I knew I had to do something once and for all.

42:34I called round to her flat around about six.

42:41Well, it's you.

42:43You'd better come in.

42:44Drink.

42:45You've absolutely no right to go hounding Pat.

42:49But I'm not hounding her, my darling.

42:52I'm simply telling her what a rotten bounder you are promising to marry her when you're already married to me.

43:10We got married in Switzerland, Ernestine, if you remember, it doesn't count under British law.

43:16So you keep telling me.

43:18But I thought I'd test your little theory.

43:24So I sent my solicitor a copy of our marriage certificate.

43:28I thought I'd test my solicitor a copy of our marriage certificate.

43:32And he's written back to me to confirm it.

43:35Show me.

43:36I haven't received his letter yet.

43:41It'll arrive in the evening post, I expect.

43:44It's going to be quite a shock for poor Miss Matthews.

43:48I'm warning you, Ernestine.

43:50If you approach Pat, so help me God, I'll kill you, I swear it.

43:53Oh, Donovan.

43:56Don't make me laugh.

44:00Now run along and try and impress somebody else, will you?

44:03I'll kill you, Donovan.

44:07Poor Miss Matthews.

44:09You really have let her down, Donovan.

44:33I warned her, you see.

44:37But she wouldn't listen.

44:42Afterwards I went back home and changed for the theatre.

44:49I couldn't let her hurt Pat like that.

44:52Could I?

44:53Ah, my dear Chief Inspector.

45:03Came as fast as I could, partner.

45:04No, no, my friend.

45:05You came just in time.

45:07The case is closed.

45:08Peaches.

45:37What?

45:38Jimmy, go to Mademoiselle Patricia.

45:48She doesn't want me.

45:50She wants him.

45:51No, no, no, no, no, my name.

45:53She needs you.

45:55Go on, go to her.

46:08Hangings too good for some people.

46:21Basically, what you've got here, Hastings, is some very expensive scrap metal.

46:28Hastings, my friend, Poirot is as magnanimous in defeat as he is modest in victory.

46:35Oh, yes.

46:36In view of the fact that you are going to need every penny you can get to restore this

46:41beautiful machine to health, I have decided to pay up and be content.

46:53I see.

46:56Thanks, old boy.

46:58Think nothing of it, old boy.

47:00Good morning.

47:18good morning miss lemon good morning mr. Poirot and what a beautiful morning it is lovely I hear

47:37you've been having all sorts of excitement here no it was nothing a case like any other I've got

47:44your friars balsam for you my what you're inhalant for your cold Poirot does not have colds miss lemon

47:51it is well known the Poirot scorns all but the gravest afflictions but yesterday you were

47:56miss lemon yesterday was yesterday my tisane if you please

48:14you

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