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Miss Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel (1987) Part one
In Part Two of Miss Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel (1987), the mystery deepens as shocking secrets are revealed and the genteel facade of the hotel begins to crumble. Joan Hickson delivers a masterful performance as Miss Marple, whose sharp mind and quiet observation uncover a criminal conspiracy hiding in plain sight. With suspense building to a dramatic conclusion, this Agatha Christie classic wraps up with signature twists and satisfying resolution.
In Part Two of Miss Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel (1987), the mystery deepens as shocking secrets are revealed and the genteel facade of the hotel begins to crumble. Joan Hickson delivers a masterful performance as Miss Marple, whose sharp mind and quiet observation uncover a criminal conspiracy hiding in plain sight. With suspense building to a dramatic conclusion, this Agatha Christie classic wraps up with signature twists and satisfying resolution.
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02:21Good morning, madam. Lady Selina is over here.
02:25Oh, yes, oh, yes.
02:31Of course.
02:33Good morning, Jane.
02:37Have you heard the news?
02:39What news?
02:41There's been another robbery during the night.
02:45I heard it on the wireless.
02:47I'm just telling Bess.
02:49Oh, and what this time?
02:51The Irish mail train.
02:53Apparently they held it up and nabbed all the special mailbags
02:56while the passengers were asleep.
02:58Got away with a small fortune.
03:00They think it was the same gang as last time.
03:03Was anyone injured?
03:05No, only trust and gang.
03:07Got to hand it to them. Clever blighters.
03:09Henry, could I have some more toast, please?
03:11My lady.
03:13Yeah.
03:15Hello, Piddy. It's me. I'm back.
03:30Yes, I did find out.
03:32No, it wasn't all right.
03:34Listen.
03:35Can you ring cousin Mildew and tell her I won't be back till this evening?
03:39But I've got to see someone urgently.
03:41And then I'm going to see you-know-who.
03:43Well, use your initiative.
03:45The last time I saw you, you were about ten years old.
04:04How old are you now? 16? 17?
04:07I'm nearly 20.
04:08I had no idea.
04:10Derek Luscombe always talks about you as if you were still a child.
04:13I know, but I'm not a child, Mr. Egerton.
04:16No.
04:17Well, let me see.
04:18You have been away in Italy, haven't you?
04:21Finishing?
04:22Yes.
04:23And what next?
04:25I'm not sure.
04:26I suppose, as one of my trustees, you'd have to agree to anything I did want.
04:31Yes.
04:32Is there something then?
04:34Not at the moment.
04:35Then why are you here?
04:37Well, it's just no one ever tells me things.
04:42You mean things about yourself?
04:45Yes.
04:46Well, Uncle Derek's very kind, but I'm tired of being shielded.
04:51I thought perhaps you might treat me like an adult.
04:54What is it you want to know, Elvera?
04:58Let's do some sightseeing, madam.
05:01Yes, we've got to go to the Tower of London.
05:03Very close to my stable.
05:04I might say something.
05:05Here you are.
05:06Here you are.
05:07Here you are.
05:08God bless you.
05:09Join yourself now.
05:17So, I'm really quite rich.
05:20You'll be very rich indeed when you're 21.
05:24Until then, it's in the hands of your trustees.
05:27Unless I marry before then.
05:29That would alter the situation, yes.
05:33If I was married and died, I suppose my husband would get my money, would he?
05:39Yes.
05:40And if not?
05:42It would go to Lady Sedgwick as your closest relative.
05:45Close?
05:46She's still your mother, Elvera.
05:47Good morning.
05:48Colonel Luscombe, please.
05:49Colonel Luscombe, please.
06:05Colonel Luscombe, please.
06:27We will be able to see each other, won't we?
06:29Of course.
06:30I mean often.
06:32I can come up to town whenever you want.
06:35You mustn't go taking stupid risks.
06:38I'll take you at the station.
06:40Next time, I'll borrow Cousin Milford's car.
07:01I'll drop you at the station.
07:04Next time, I'll borrow Cousin Milford's car.
07:09I wish I didn't have to go.
07:11Me too.
07:13If only we could be together all the time.
07:16One day.
07:18Promise.
07:20You mustn't miss your train.
07:21Promise.
07:22I promise.
07:31I promise.
07:32Your job.
07:33I promise.
07:34I know.
07:35I need to make a castle.
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08:57and i'd said i'll visit dear St Merrymead again.
09:00oh do please!
09:06goodbye Lady Selina. safe journey.
09:08thank you goodbye.
09:11ah Miss Gorringe I'm back I've come to see Lady Sedgwick she is expecting me
09:21one moment Colonel Alice would you put me through to Lady Sedgwick please
09:25ah Lady Sedgwick Miss Gorringe speaking I have Colonel Luscombe here
09:34certainly would you care to go up to her sweet colonel it's number two
09:40first floor thank you
09:45oh forgive me you don't know me at least we nodded to each other I was staying here
09:53when you were here last week oh yes yes with your niece was it my ward oh yes
09:58well I wondered if I could have a word with you in private thank you I didn't
10:06feel I could tell Lady Sedgwick in the circumstances
10:09why don't you read it
10:12thank you well I do hope you won't think it presumptuous of me I don't usually interfere in these things and I wouldn't now if it wasn't for his uncanny resemblance to Basil Twisk
10:23I beg your pardon someone in my village a philander if ever there was one I'm sorry but I'm not sure I thought you ought to know that is if you don't know already of course I could be mistaken he he may be a friend of the family oh madam but on the other hand in that case
10:41why did they pretend not to know each other when he came here last week
10:46thank you mrs. Cavett did you enjoy your visit to the Haymarket last night oh yes indeed such a cute little theater that is I said to Elmer can't you just picture Henry Irving walking across that stage
10:59Bertram's hotel at your service oh yes what name shall I say madam it's for you miss
11:12Gorange and mrs. Mcrae she says she's canon Pennyfather's housekeeper
11:17hello mrs. Mcrae miss Gorange here I'm so glad you've run
11:26no that's what I was about to ask you we expected him back the day before yesterday we've
11:33had no word from him and his luggage is still here
11:36yes it is of course we know the canon is apt to be a little
11:42well forgetful at times I'm sure he'll be in touch indeed I will and I'd be grateful if you do the
11:51same meanwhile we put his cases in the baggage room not at all goodbye mrs. Mcrae
11:58you are an old fusspot Derek it was Richard Edgerton put the wind up me he phoned me as soon as she'd left his office said he felt sure there was a man involved
12:10it'd be surprising if a girl as attractive as Elvira hadn't got a boyfriend
12:15some decent young chap perhaps vetted by myself or Mildred but I'm afraid Edgerton was right
12:22you know who it is then I do now some well-meaning old biddy downstairs saw them in the park together a couple of days ago
12:31you're not gonna like this miss oh this is room 57 and I should like a telephone number please
12:40um Chadminster 520
12:45yes thank you
12:49oh Mrs. Mcrae oh this is Jane Marple speaking
12:58yes oh how clever of you to remember
13:02oh yes very well thank you I'm staying at Bertram's Hotel
13:07yes quite that's why I'm ringing I do hope you don't think I'm interfering Mrs. Mcrae
13:16but I think you should report his disappearance to the police at once
13:20I hope you don't mind my dragging along the orange here Inspector Campbell
13:26not in the least sir
13:27it's just that I've got an interest in Bertram's Hotel
13:30quite beyond your misencouragement
13:32as long as I know what the form is sir
13:34oh don't you worry I shan't put in
13:36oh by the way there's no uh no need to call me sir while we're here
13:42uh just treat me as your stooge
13:46yes sir as you wish
13:48not at all it's a pleasure
13:54goodbye
13:55good afternoon madam I telephoned earlier
13:58police would you mind keeping your voice down
14:01sorry
14:02would you fetch Mr. Humphreys please
14:04you'll be Miss um
14:07Gorringe
14:07Detective Inspector Campbell and this is
14:11uh my assistant
14:13well we've met before I've had a tear once or twice
14:17oh yes
14:18well I'm very partial to your muffins
14:20we'd like to talk to you about Canon Pennyfather
14:23you'd better come into the office will you take over Alice
14:26I do hope it won't get into the Sunday papers that he's missing that is
14:31or at any rate that they won't mention Bertram
14:33hello Bessie
14:37I told you not to use that god-awful name
14:41it was good enough for you back in Barry Gowden
14:43please will you get out of my way
14:46where are you off to in such a hurry
14:47to sort out another rat
14:49now don't be like that
14:52I was wondering if we couldn't have a little chat sometime
14:55so you can try to screw some money out of me
14:57I warned you the other day
14:58you've got me all wrong Bessie
15:00have I?
15:02if it's money I was after
15:04there's others around here I've got more on than you
15:07hmm
15:08all right
15:12so Canon Pennyfather left here at approximately 2.30pm
15:18on Wednesday last the 19th
15:20that is correct
15:21he had with him a small overnight bag
15:24and left in a taxi for the Athenaeum club
15:27the commissioner will verify that
15:29and he should have returned here late the following evening
15:32or first thing next morning
15:33was it a little BOAC bag
15:36that he had with him
15:37one of their little blue bags
15:39oh it is blue isn't it?
15:42yes
15:42oh he thought so
15:44I used to have a similar one
15:45and the rest of his luggage is still here?
15:49in the baggage room
15:50two suitcases
15:51you've known Canon Pennyfather for some time haven't you?
15:57oh yes
15:58he's been a regular here for years
15:59I'm afraid he's always been absent minded
16:02are you absolutely certain there was no message from him?
16:06positive
16:07yes Miss Gorringe what what?
16:18oh Mr Humphreys these are the two gentlemen from Scotland Yard
16:21about Canon Pennyfather
16:22ah yes you rang didn't you?
16:25extraordinary business
16:26hope nothing's happened to him
16:28such a splendid chap
16:29one of the old school
16:30inspector Campbell was just asking if he might interview some of the staff
16:33we'll be pleased to help in any way we can
16:36who did you want to see inspector?
16:38the waiter who attended Canon Pennyfather's table for one
16:41Henry will help you there
16:42Henry?
16:44our head waiter
16:45a bit of a personality
16:46sets the tone of the place
16:48anyone else?
16:50the chambermaid
16:51Rose Shelton
16:52I'm sure that can be arranged
16:54she'll be on duty at
16:55five o'clock
16:56Miss Danfrey's
16:57perhaps in the meantime
16:59you care to have tea in the lounge
17:00no I think perhaps we'd better
17:02oh what a good idea
17:02who can resist tea at Bertram's?
17:08good afternoon Miss Marrow
17:09oh might I have some tea?
17:12good afternoon
17:13mind if I join you?
17:15oh no please
17:16oh
17:16would you like me to?
17:18oh would you?
17:19oh I should be most grateful
17:21oh there
17:22thank you
17:24I believe you know
17:27Canon Pennyfather
17:28yes
17:29oh yes indeed
17:30yes
17:31his father was a great friend of my uncle
17:33the Canon of Ely
17:34was it by any chance you
17:36who rang his housekeeper this morning?
17:38well yes I did
17:39yes
17:40because I felt there was something not quite right
17:42of course you see
17:43I realised on Wednesday evening
17:45there must have been a muddle
17:46Wednesday?
17:47oh yes
17:47I thought perhaps that he might have missed his plane
17:50that would account for it
17:51wouldn't it?
17:52account for what?
17:53but he's coming back here
17:54oh he came back?
17:56oh yes yes
17:57I saw him
17:57well when did he come back?
17:59well I don't know
18:01but you said just now you saw him
18:03well that must have been later
18:05I wasn't sleeping properly
18:07I was worrying about something else
18:09about a young girl who was staying here
18:10but nothing to do with Bertram's
18:12and yet
18:14maybe
18:15somehow
18:17everything here seems to be
18:20I don't know
18:21of a pattern
18:22what was once so reassuring
18:25now seems to be false
18:27menacing even
18:29but getting back to Ken and Pennyfather
18:32oh yes yes indeed
18:33well I was lying awake
18:35or something woke me
18:36because there were a lot of strange noises in London
18:38and I looked at my little clock
18:40and it said ten past one
18:42and then I heard footsteps in the corridor
18:46and for some reason I felt uneasy
18:48so I opened my bedroom door
18:50and there was Ken and Pennyfather
18:53walking towards the stairs with his outdoor coat on
18:57and was he carrying anything?
19:00no
19:01no he wasn't
19:03interesting
19:04I thought there must be some connection you see
19:06connection?
19:08yes between the canon's disappearance
19:09and whatever it is
19:12that's going on here
19:13all right
19:18so I've seen the girl a few times
19:21I should have guessed
19:22shouldn't I?
19:24I met her in Italy
19:25when she mentioned she was your daughter
19:27you thought you'd play her alone
19:29it did lend an added free song yes
19:31fast
19:33does she know about you and me?
19:37not as far as I know
19:39since when were you so interested in the workplace?
19:40since now
19:41she's young and vulnerable
19:44I'm not letting you ruin her life
19:46now would I do that?
19:48yes
19:48I know what it's like to have your life messed up at that age
19:54from now on you leave her alone
19:56do you understand lousy?
19:59and if I don't?
20:09oh no Bess
20:10we need each other too much
20:13then there is something wrong with this place
20:18oh I've no doubt about it
20:19oh poor Bertrams
20:20it's always sad when a work of art has to be destroyed
20:24yes
20:24you know it's like when you get that weed ground elder
20:27and a garden border
20:28there's nothing you can do
20:30except dig the whole lot up
20:31well I'm not in a position to start digging anything up yet
20:34the whole operation is managed in finance from here
20:37that I know
20:38no uh
20:39I don't know who was mastermind in it
20:42no
20:43uh
20:44I think you're wanted
20:45you'll have to excuse me Miss Marple
20:48I've got to go and see the chambermaid
20:49Rose Shelton
20:50ah
20:51now you'd do well to talk to that young woman
20:53I've trained quite a few maids in my time
20:56but I've never seen a Bob Curtsy like that
20:58since the St Mary Mead players
21:00put on a French farce
21:02so you didn't go into his room at all on Thursday
21:09yes sir I did
21:10I went in as usual
21:11to dust sir
21:12we dust all the rooms every day
21:15and then I took back his two clean shirts as well
21:18had the bed been slept in?
21:21no sir
21:21what about the bathroom?
21:24any towels been used?
21:26just a hand towel sir
21:28he must have washed his hands just before going off the day previous
21:31but there was nothing to suggest
21:33that he had come back to the room late the same night
21:36oh no sir
21:37what about his clothes?
21:45were they packed up in cases?
21:47no sir
21:48they were hanging in the cupboard
21:49until Miss Gorringe asked for them to be moved
21:51because the room was needed for the new lady
21:53and then I put them in the suitcase
21:54what about his little blue bag?
21:58I beg your pardon sir?
22:00his B.I.C. bag
22:01you must have seen that
22:03oh yes that
22:05yes
22:06at least no
22:09I mean he'd taken that abroad with him
22:11oh but it didn't go abroad
22:12so he must have left it behind
22:15or else he came back and left it with the other luggage
22:18yes yes that's what
22:19I think
22:20that
22:21I'm not quite sure
22:23I'm sorry sir
22:25that will be all Rose
22:28thank you sir
22:29well they forgot to brief her about that didn't they
22:36let's see if they've done any better with Henry
22:40so you served
22:57Canon Pennyfather yourself
22:59that morning
22:59Supervised the service
23:02I like to keep an eye on our regulars
23:04and no doubt you exchange a few pleasantries with them
23:08I consider that part of my job sir
23:10did you converse with Canon Pennyfather?
23:15yes sir
23:16we had some discussion about his haddock
23:18and that led on to the parable of the loaves and fishes
23:21but he said nothing that might indicate a change of plan
23:27no sir
23:28I'm seeing an old missionary I met in Arizona
23:31something like that
23:32nothing remotely like that sir
23:34he told me he wouldn't be here the following morning
23:37as he would be in Lucerne
23:38he was a trifle disparaging about continental breakfasts
23:42Pendleberries were absolutely right about this place
23:50it just is old England
23:52I feel as if any minute now
23:55Edward VII will walk right out of those doors
23:58down here
24:01be careful with those cases
24:03taxi sir
24:05well thank you
24:06police
24:08they believe you put Canon Pennyfather in a taxi last Wednesday afternoon
24:13that's right sir
24:15he was going to his club
24:17ah
24:18excuse me sir
24:19can I have a word with you
24:19we've just set a call from the yard
24:21three little nids who quite contrary come from the ladies seminary
24:34three little nids who quite contrary come from the ladies seminary
24:42three little nids who quite contrary come from the ladies seminary
24:49three little mates from school
24:53it's no use inspection I can't remember a thing
25:05you don't recall being hit by a car afraid not
25:08then what makes you think that you were knocked down well the couple who found
25:13me said so well that's what they surmised
25:16how else could I be lying in the road
25:20with your BOAC bag
25:23and you've no idea how you came to be in the area of Milton St. John
25:34never heard of the blessed place
25:37are you quite sure
25:38as sure as anyone can be in a state of concussion
25:42just tell us canon in your own good time
25:45what was the last thing that you do recall
25:48mirror on the wall
25:53what's that
25:54what
25:55you said something about a mirror
25:58did I
26:00I can't think why
26:01I'm sorry you were asking
26:04the last thing you remember before waking
26:06in a strange bed in Milton
26:08St. John
26:09I remember taking a taxi to the air terminal
26:14and after that
26:15not a sausage
26:18not for instance
26:21traveling on a train
26:24why should I take a train when I'm supposed to be flying
26:28an acquaintance of yours
26:30a Mrs.
26:31a Mrs. Pierce
26:33she sings in the church choir I believe
26:36oh I remember her
26:37she reported seeing you on a train
26:40in the early hours of Thursday morning
26:43a train
26:45what train
26:46the Irish mail
26:54you say she saw him in the Irish mail train
26:57this Mrs. Pierce
26:59seems she woke up when the train stopped
27:01looked out in the corridor
27:03rather as you had done earlier
27:05and saw canon Pennyfather
27:06climbing into the compartment
27:08she saw him climbing into the train
27:11oh she presumed that he'd climbed down onto the line previously
27:14to see what was going on
27:16and she was sure it was canon Pennyfather
27:18positive
27:19well it has a very distinctive appearance
27:22yes
27:23like Justice Ludgrove
27:26well that was the name of the judge who was implicated in the bank robbery wasn't it
27:32there are no flaws on you Miss Maripal
27:35oh how very kind of you to say so
27:38and canon Pennyfather himself remembers nothing about being in the train
27:44nothing whatever
27:46there was one thing though
27:49he muttered something about a mirror
27:51didn't seem to know why
27:54it sounded like that rhyme from one of those fairy stories
27:59mirror mirror on the wall
28:01who is the fairest of them all
28:03yes Snow White
28:04the wicked stepmother
28:05yes
28:07mothers and daughters
28:08they do seem to keep cropping up
28:11don't they
28:12this chap who's caught in
28:29the lady's edific and her daughter
28:31what's he like
28:32oh about 30-ish
28:36handsome
28:37but his face is a bad face
28:39a predatory
28:40and if Basil Twisk's record
28:42does anything go by
28:43Basil Twisk?
28:44yes
28:45he sold insurance in much venom
28:47and I'm afraid that's not all he sold
28:50he drove a racing car too
28:52does this chap drive a racing car?
28:55yes
28:55a red Jaguar
28:56I saw it in the park the other day
28:58don't happen to remember the number
29:00F-A-N-double-two-double-six
29:07you're sure?
29:08yes indeed
29:09because it made me think of my cousin Fanny
29:11who had a stutter
29:11two-two-six-six
29:13ah
29:14I've seen it around here too
29:17I saw it earlier today
29:20really?
29:22do you think he has any connection with the robberies?
29:25do you Miss Marvel?
29:26isn't everything to do with Bertram's?
29:29connected?
29:31oh I feel so worried about that poor girl
29:33I have a dreadful sense of foreboding
29:36you see Chief Inspector
29:38in the case of Basil Twisk
29:40there was a death
29:42whew!
29:46whew!
29:48whew!
29:48whew!
29:55someone tried to kill me
29:58someone
29:59Oh, my God.
30:19They shot at me, if it hadn't been for him.
30:29Oh, my God. Is he badly hurt?
30:35I'm afraid he's had it.
30:40What's happened? I thought I heard shots.
30:43I'm sure it was nothing, Lady Sedgwick. Just a car backfiring, I think.
30:47Oh, Mother!
30:50There's been an attempt on her life. Charlie!
30:53I was on my way here.
30:56Suddenly there was a shot.
30:59A bullet went past my cheek.
31:01He came running down the road.
31:03The commissioner.
31:05He shoved me behind him.
31:07Then there was another shot.
31:10He's dead, Mother.
31:13Mick Corman.
31:15Did you see whoever it was?
31:17No.
31:19He rushed past me into the fog.
31:22He must have been hiding in the area below.
31:25Do you know why anybody should want to kill you, Miss Black?
31:28No.
31:31But it isn't the first time they've tried.
31:34Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:35Inspector Campbell!
31:36Inspector Campbell!
31:37Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:38Inspector Campbell!
31:39Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:40Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:41Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:42Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:43Inspector Campbell!
31:44Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:45Inspector Campbell!
31:46Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:47Inspector Campbell!
31:48Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:49Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:50Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:51Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:52Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:53Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:54Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:55Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:56Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:57Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:58Inspector Campbell, sir!
31:59Inspector Campbell, sir!
32:00Inspector Campbell, sir!
32:01Inspector Campbell, sir!
32:02something else happened I was on the tube there were lots of people on the
32:07platform someone tried to push me onto the rails
32:12you were in those things I told myself so at the time after this evening I
32:19understood that you were living in Kent you do not be London I came up to meet
32:27my friend Bridget Sotheby for lunch and then we went to a Sunday concert at the
32:31Festival Hall it was foggy when we came out but not too thick so I started to
32:37drive home then it got worse I thought I better not take any risks as it was
32:43cousin Mildred's car so I wasn't far from here so I parked thought I might find a
32:49room at Bertram's I hoped I might see mother again too did you see or hear
32:58anyone knew you I heard footsteps behind me but there are a lot of people
33:03walking about in London yes excuse me sir I thought you'd want to see this thank
33:10you sorry about this miss Blake do you know anybody of the name of Ludislos Malinowski
33:24the racing car driver no I don't you do of course lady Cedric oh lord yes we've been
33:35travelers for years why I see so I drove this feeble-minded clergyman from Bertram's to Bedhampton
33:49and the two of us then proceeded to waylay the Irish mail train well the costus finished jumping on
33:59his mother supposing I were to tell you that a red sports car similar to yours was seen in the
34:06area around Bedhampton just before the robbery I should ask if it had the same
34:12number plates as mine he loves to lay a bad skin in the sun number plates can be changed you'll have
34:20to do better than that chief inspector or take one consideration with another a policeman's lot is
34:28not a happy one do you want a revolver mr. Malinowski certainly I have a revolver and an automatic
34:41pistol both with proper licenses where are they now the pistol is in the pocket of my car and
34:50the revolver in a drawer at my flat you're right about the revolver but about this
35:06where did you get this from the basement area near Bertram's Hotel it was used last night to suit
35:15Michael Gorman the commissioner I see so now I'm guilty of murder as well as robbery this is
35:25ridiculous why should I kill a pathetic old war relic the bullet wasn't intended for him it was intended
35:33for a young lady someone I believe you know Elvira Blake why should I kill the girl that I'm going to marry
35:45apart from any romantic qualms I'd hardly ditch a fortune unless you were married to her already then you'd inherit it
35:55good try chief inspector but wrong again I was playing poker last night any other suspects a mother perhaps
36:06best kill her own daughter she's next of kin she gets enough money from her American ex
36:11enough is not the same as a fortune she might have had an additional motive suppose her daughter was
36:23about to marry the man that she loved now I've heard everything
36:26all right all right Bess and I have been lovers
36:34it was never serious
36:37on your part
36:39perhaps
36:41what a hoot
36:48Trish Gormsby Smythe at a hunt ball
36:51she looks like a horse herself
36:53why did you tell them you didn't know Ladislaus
36:58you don't have to lie to me
37:08he's no good Elvira he's using you
37:13you say that because you're jealous
37:14I know about you and him
37:16darling that meant nothing
37:18well this means everything
37:20I know what it's like
37:29when I was your age I thought I was in love with someone
37:32how can you compare what you felt for that revolting Irishman with what I feel for Ladislaus
37:37you don't know what it is to love someone
37:40the way I love him
37:42oh canon Pennyfather
37:53oh the answer to my prayers
37:55oh fully recovered I trust
37:57how kind
37:57I've come to fetch
37:59oh what was it now
38:01oh yes my luggage
38:02well before you go
38:04I wonder would you take part in a little experiment
38:06yes
38:07one two three four five six seven eight
38:22oh thank you canon that will do nicely
38:29was it all right
38:32oh it wasn't you I saw that night
38:34no he looked like you but the walk was different
38:37and I think it was a younger man
38:39you mean I didn't come back here
38:41oh yes you came back there's no question of that
38:44you must have come upstairs without anyone noticing you
38:46and then what happened
38:48you opened the door so
38:50and what did you see
38:52I'm sorry it's still a complete blank
38:55something in the mirror perhaps
38:57mirror mirror
39:00yes that's it
39:01except
39:03there is no mirror
39:04visible from the door
39:06my room is identical to the one you had
39:09what you saw was someone dressed up to look like you
39:12yes by George I remember now
39:15I couldn't think what
39:16and then
39:18and then someone hit you on the head
39:20and the false canon penny father
39:22your doppelganger
39:23was driven post haste to Bedhampton
39:25and you say that the couple who found him in the road
39:31were in on it too
39:32oh I've no doubt about it
39:33there's a network of contacts throughout the country
39:36really
39:37well I'm very sorry if I misled you chief inspector
39:41but I might have known that it wasn't canon penny father
39:44oh a perfectly natural mistake
39:45and one they've been trading on
39:47not only justice ludgrove
39:48but an admiral and archdeacon
39:50all with distinctive appearances
39:52all near the scene of the robbery
39:54and while we've been running around in circles
39:57the impersonator returns to normal
39:59well
40:01thank you very much for coming in miss ma'am
40:03well I think it's a very complicated way of doing things
40:08well the person behind all this is a very complicated character
40:11and you'll know who it is
40:14at long last
40:15I only wish I knew who'd murdered Michael Gorman
40:18then I could clear the whole thing up in one fell swoop
40:21well if I might make a suggestion chief inspector
40:24of course I might be barking up the wrong tree again
40:27I doubt it miss Marvel
40:29but I think you'll find the answer lies
40:32in a place called Valley Garden
40:35good afternoon
40:42your table's ready
40:44right now we'll go straight to merchants
40:57do you want to handle this on your own sir or would you like me to come along
41:15oh I want you to supervise the other arrangements
41:17you sure you won't need someone
41:19yes
41:19I'll have miss Marvel
41:21come in sit down
41:26don't you sit over there
41:28would you like me to fetch Elvira
41:35it's you I want to speak to
41:37have you any news of a man who tried to shoot her
41:39please
41:40not what you'd call news
41:43tell me ladies
41:44how much did that business upset you
41:47what a question
41:49I was sad of course
41:52but as I only knew the man to nod to
41:54my concern was
41:55you sure
41:55I think you knew him rather better than that
41:59wasn't he your husband
42:02oh dear
42:05you police aren't as slow
42:07widget as people make out
42:09all right we were married once
42:11but I hadn't seen him for 30 years
42:15he was a groom on my parents estate
42:18I ran away with him when I was younger than Elvira
42:21first 24 hours were enough to disillusion me drunken brute
42:25fortunately my family caught up with us
42:29and paid Mickey off
42:31and you didn't tell them that you'd married him
42:33not on your nelly
42:34so when you married Lord Coniston
42:37you committed bigamy
42:39and when I married Ridgeway Becker
42:42and Johnny Sedgwick
42:43bigamy trigger me
42:45what's the difference
42:46Scotch
42:46no thank you
42:49did you never think
42:50you'd get any divorce
42:51why rake that all up
42:53and then Gorman turned up here and tried to blackmail you
42:58that is pure supposition chief inspector
43:02oh no
43:03we have it on excellent authority
43:06how on earth could you know
43:09the chairs in the writing room
43:11have very high backs
43:12eavesdropping eh
43:14it is a public room
43:17she wasn't the only person
43:19that overheard your conversation
43:20not Selina Hayes
43:22it'll be all around London
43:23no Lady Sedgwick
43:25your daughter
43:26oh my god
43:30what must she have thought
43:31enough to do
43:32as we have done
43:33go over to Ireland
43:35and search out the truth
43:36I must talk to her
43:40explain
43:41oh you might reassure her
43:42that she wasn't the intended murder victim
43:44well that's how it appeared to her
43:47that's how the murderer wanted it to look
43:50he fired a shot
43:52taking care of the bullet
43:54went nowhere near her
43:55she screamed
43:56Gorman ran down the road
43:58and then the murderer shot
44:01the person he always wanted to shoot
44:03Michael Gorman
44:05I'm glad you said he chief inspector
44:17for a moment I thought you were about to accuse me
44:20oh there's plenty of people besides yourself
44:22with a motive to bump him off
44:23after all
44:25Bertrams is a blackmailer's paradise
44:28isn't it
44:29Bertrams?
44:30well it's the headquarters
44:31for one of the biggest
44:32crime syndicates we've ever known
44:34dear old Bertrams
44:37it's the most respectable place in London
44:39and a lot of money and time
44:40we've gone into making it so
44:41the genuine and the phony
44:43all mixed up
44:43and a superb actor manager in Henry
44:46but Henry is Bertrams
44:49Humphreys is wonderfully plausible too
44:51not to mention
44:52Miss Gorringe and Rose Shelton
44:54and all those foreign visitors
44:56with their luxury luggage
44:58tailor-made for carrying money in and out of the country
45:01look at those caverns that was near you
45:03those dreadful America
45:04don't tell me they're crooks
45:06they're left with 300,000 pounds
45:09stashed away in their wardrobe
45:10oh but of course
45:12proceeds from the Irish mail robbery
45:14an affair in which
45:16your friend
45:17Ladislaus Malinovsky
45:19was up to his neck
45:20Ladislaus?
45:23which Michael Gorman must have known
45:25and which you know too
45:28Lady Sedgwick
45:29how on earth should I know?
45:32because you're the brains behind it all
45:33me?
45:35a master criminal
45:39why not?
45:41you've tried most things
45:43oh it wasn't the money that tempted you
45:46no it was the excitement
45:47the challenge
45:49where are you going?
45:55to ring my solicitor
45:56you'd be well advised
45:58on second thoughts
46:02what the hell
46:02yes
46:05I ran the show
46:06and I've loved
46:10every crazy
46:12minute of it
46:13I haven't had such fun
46:15since I sabotaged
46:16the Royal Tournament
46:17but you're wrong about
46:20Ladislaus shooting Michael Gorman
46:21he didn't I did
46:22I warned him I'd shoot him
46:25if he started anything
46:26you heard me didn't you
46:27Miss Marple in the writing room
46:28that day
46:29yes
46:30and that's what I did
46:32just as you described it
46:35I spent the day before
46:37with Ladislaus
46:38I pinched the pistol
46:39from his car
46:40it was so easy
46:42remember Miss Marple
46:46you're a witness
46:47to what I'm saying
46:48I killed Michael Gorman
46:51and now
46:54catch me if you can
46:56there are a man posted sir
47:19she won't get away
47:19wouldn't be too sure
47:20where's her car?
47:21around the back
47:22hey what are you doing?
47:51Sommer
47:52Cheryl!
47:53No!
47:54no!
47:55how!
47:55he ended up
47:56huh no!
47:56give me away
47:57go!
47:57summer
47:59oh
47:59now
48:00Ioma
48:01hey
48:01go!
48:02who?
48:03Iima
48:03Iima
48:04Iima
48:04Iisma
48:04Iima
48:04Iima
48:04Iima
48:05IAny
48:06Iima
48:18Iima
48:18Oh, my God.
48:48Oh, my God.
49:18Oh, my God.
49:19Oh, my God.
49:20Oh, my God.
49:21Oh, my God.
49:23Oh, my God.
49:24Oh, my God.
49:26Oh, my God.
49:27Oh, my God.
49:29Oh, my God.
49:30Oh, my God.
49:31Oh, my God.
49:32Oh, my God.
49:33Oh, my God.
49:34Oh, my God.
49:35Oh, my God.
49:36Oh, my God.
49:37Oh, my God.
49:38Oh, my God.
49:40Oh, my God.
49:41Oh, my God.
49:42Oh, my God.
49:43Poor woman.
49:45At least she told her story first.
49:47You heard of Miss Marple.
49:49She confessed to Gorman's murder.
49:51Yes, I heard.
49:53Well, we'd better go and talk to the young lady.
49:56Yes.
49:58Come in.
50:18I'm so sorry.
50:20Don't ask me how I feel.
50:23I can't feel anything.
50:25I believe Miss Marple told you that your mother had confessed to Michael Gorman's murder.
50:30Yes.
50:32Now that you've had time to think, Elvera,
50:36is there anything you'd like to tell us?
50:41No, nothing.
50:43Are you sure?
50:45Quite sure.
50:55Oh, what a pretty sachet.
51:00I had one like this when I was your age.
51:03I kept my diary in it.
51:07No!
51:09A diary in which I used to write everything I did.
51:12Are you sure there's nothing you want to tell the chief inspector?
51:18You old witch!
51:21All right.
51:22So what?
51:23So bloody what?
51:24Why shouldn't she take the blame?
51:25That's all she ever did for me.
51:27I hated her!
51:28Hated her!
51:29Hated her!
51:35No.
51:37Please.
51:39Or I'll lose him.
51:41And he does love me.
51:43I know he does.
51:59I don't know.
52:00Are you a witch, Miss Marple?
52:01Oh, no.
52:02When did you suspect?
52:03Oh, when I saw them together.
52:04Such passion.
52:05It was the money, I suppose.
52:06Hmm.
52:07She feared Malinowski wouldn't marry her without it.
52:08It's extraordinary.
52:09He even looked like Basil Twisk.
52:10So you said.
52:11When she found that her mother had married Gorman,
52:13she realised that the marriage to her father was illegal.
52:16She thought she wouldn't inherit.
52:18No money.
52:19No money.
52:20No money.
52:21No money.
52:22Oh, no.
52:23When did you suspect?
52:24Oh, when I saw them together.
52:25Such passion.
52:26It was the money, I suppose.
52:27Mm-hmm.
52:28She feared Malinowski wouldn't marry her without it.
52:30It's extraordinary.
52:31He even looked like Basil Twisk.
52:33So you said.
52:36When she found that her mother had married Gorman,
52:40no lover
52:42and I suppose her mother guessed
52:44and confessed to the murder so that her daughter could go free
52:47a remarkable woman
53:10poor Bertrams
53:16it's always sad when a work of art has to be destroyed
53:20it's like when you get that weed ground elder
53:24really badly in a garden border
53:26there's nothing you can do
53:28but take the whole lot up
53:40there's nothing you can do
54:10there's nothing you can do
54:40there's nothing you can do
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