The Body in the Library. Part 2
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00:30Of course, it's too ridiculous. I haven't been to the seaside for years.
00:34And now, instead of doing whatever it is one does at the seaside,
00:37here I am, sleuthing like mad, trying to clear my poor husband's name.
00:42I mean, it's potty, isn't it?
00:44Look around you.
00:46Would anyone think that 24 hours ago
00:49a perfectly strange young girl was found dead in our library?
00:54And now here I am with you,
00:56trucking down suspects at a five-star seaside hotel.
01:00Murder of the Majestic.
01:04Oh, I'm sorry, Jane. Were you thinking?
01:06What?
01:07Oh, no. Well, perhaps, yes.
01:09Ah. Well, then, I'll be quiet.
01:20Jane, what is it?
01:22A tube.
01:24Yes.
01:26Oh, I don't know. I just wondered.
01:32It's just a tube.
01:34I suppose the key to it all was that eight years of mourning were coming to an end.
01:42I've only just realized it.
01:43Thanks to you, Annie.
01:44To me?
01:46Yes.
01:47Yes.
01:48If you hadn't struggled free of me a little this holiday, then I doubt...
01:52dear God.
01:53Poor little Ruby.
01:54poor little Ruby.
01:56Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Jefferson.
01:57Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Jefferson.
01:58We policemen can rarely see you.
01:59I've only just realized it.
02:00I've only just realized it.
02:01Thanks to you, Annie.
02:02To me.
02:03To me.
02:04Yes, if you hadn't struggled free of me a little this holiday, then I doubt...
02:08dear God.
02:09Poor little Ruby.
02:11Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Jefferson.
02:13We policemen can rarely leave at decent interval.
02:15Quiet.
02:16But I want to help, Chief Constable.
02:19Very much.
02:21What do you want me to tell you?
02:23Well, as I understand it, eight years ago in the plane crash, you lost not only your wife,
02:28but both your children.
02:29A son and a daughter.
02:30And they each left behind a wife and a husband.
02:32Namely, Mrs. Jefferson here and Mr. Mark Gaskell.
02:35Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Jefferson.
02:36I'm sorry, Mr. Jefferson.
02:37We policemen can rarely leave at decent interval.
02:38Quiet.
02:39But I want to help, Chief Constable.
02:40Very much.
02:41What do you want me to tell you?
02:42Well, as I understand it, eight years ago in the plane crash, you lost not only your wife,
02:43but both your children, a son and a daughter.
02:45And they each left behind a wife and a husband.
02:48Namely, Mrs. Jefferson here and Mr. Mark Gaskell.
02:52Yes, we were very much thrown together, as you might imagine.
02:57Mark and Adelaide were very good to me.
03:00I sometimes think I owe my will to live to them.
03:04I've become more independent, mind you, over the years.
03:13Perhaps it was necessary.
03:16If you'll excuse me, Colonel, I really ought to find my son, Peter.
03:24Yes, of course.
03:26I'll see you soon, Jeff.
03:28Mr. Jefferson, when you announced that you intended to adopt Ruby Keane as your daughter,
03:43what was the reaction of Mrs. Jefferson and Mark Gaskell?
03:47They weren't tremendously pleased, but they took it all right.
03:50And was that the reaction that you expected?
03:54It was, yes.
03:56I didn't expect them to like it.
03:59I had made healthy provision for both of them when they married my children.
04:03Yes.
04:04So I didn't expect them to behave unreasonably.
04:08It's my experience that families often do.
04:11Oh, but we'd shared a lot.
04:15Don't forget.
04:18And they had no blood claim on me.
04:20True.
04:22And when you decided to adopt Ruby Keane,
04:25did you also tell them how much you were going to leave her?
04:27They're not stupid.
04:30They'd have made educated guesses.
04:33How much was it, in fact?
04:36A hundred thousand.
04:38Yes, I suppose that's a motive.
04:45But I don't envy you trying to prove either Mark or Adelaide a murderer.
04:53Oh, Jane, really?
04:57One can't solve a murder with sand in one's shoes.
05:05I want my lunch.
05:06Oh, yes, of course, Lady.
05:07I'll run along.
05:09Yes, I'm sorry not to be more companionable.
05:13Oh, come on, Jane.
05:15Are you going to tell me or aren't you?
05:18I'm sorry?
05:20Well, for heaven's sake, who strangled Ruby Keane?
05:22And why did they leave her body in our life?
05:25Oh.
05:26Oh, that, yeah.
05:27Well, isn't that what you've been thinking about?
05:29Well, the way.
05:31Yes.
05:33Of course, it's obvious who might have done it.
05:36But as I say, there's something missing.
05:39Yes.
05:41You don't.
05:42Oh, and cars on standby 24 hours a day.
05:43Inspector Slack's table there.
05:44Backup table's here.
05:45Let's get on, then.
05:46Go on, Cheryl.
05:47Ah, yes, Mr. Bartley.
05:48Ruby Keane seemed happy enough to dance with you.
05:49I hadn't thought of that, yeah.
05:50Well, it's sort of a job, really, isn't it?
05:51I think she was quite...
05:52I danced quite decently, then.
05:53You finished dancing?
05:54No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
05:59And as soon as we can, I want a direct line to HQ.
06:01Oh, and cars on standby 24 hours a day.
06:03Inspector Slack's table there.
06:04Backup table's here.
06:05Let's get on, then.
06:06Go on, Cheryl.
06:09Ah, yes, Mr. Bartley.
06:10Ruby Keane seemed happy enough to dance with you.
06:13I hadn't thought of that, yeah.
06:14Well, it's sort of a job, really, isn't it?
06:17I think she was quite, um...
06:19I danced quite decently in her.
06:20you finished dancing when gosh sorry I couldn't say no idea at all sorry it's a
06:26thing in time isn't it what did you do after you stopped dancing well you know
06:29how it is thought I might get lucky take some for a spin you know but then she
06:34pushed off who did Ruby after I last danced Lake yawning like a monkey through
06:38most of it anyway then she said she had a headache I say was I the last one to
06:44see her I mean where did she go to her room she said what did you do do yeah
06:50see what you mean could have been anything really what was it in fact drink
06:56probably usually drink after waggling a leg I think think I wandered about and
07:01stood about outside hate it when it's stuffy hate of course that's it must have
07:06because that's what I spotted it what well I didn't spot it because it wasn't
07:09there sorry um but I spotted it had gone what the motor your car absolutely sorry
07:16I reported it with the chaps down at the station at thingamy Road I say you
07:20couldn't could you I mean you seem to be a little more intelligent than those
07:24chaps down there it's a Vauxhall coaster red with sorry mr. Bartley that was a
07:30murder inquiry oh yeah sorry go on here for God sorry
07:39so
08:00I'm sorry to trouble you again.
08:19Not at all.
08:20We need to establish...
08:22Blake!
08:23Sir?
08:24That should be so good as to...
08:26Hello?
08:27Yes, can I help her?
08:29Ackroyd.
08:31Mrs. Perkins.
08:34Now, Miss Turner.
08:37We need to establish the actual times, you see, of your cousin's movements.
08:41And, of course, the movements of others who are involved.
08:44Yes, of course.
08:46Now, you said in your previous statement
08:48that she did her exhibition dance with Mr. Starr.
08:51Yes, that was 10.30, there or thereabouts.
08:54She used to look forward to it.
08:59Ladies and gentlemen,
09:01Miss Ruby Keene!
09:04APPLAUSE
09:06Where have you been, Mark?
09:10Sorry.
09:11Sorry.
09:12Writing letters.
09:13Come on, Mark.
09:14Rubies is starting to dance.
09:16where do you be at mark sorry sorry writing letters come on mark ruby's
09:28just starting to dance
09:58so
10:01so
10:05so
10:10so
10:13so
10:17so
10:21so
10:25the next appearance was scheduled at midnight was just after that the ray came over to the table
10:49he wasn't pleased
10:55i'm sorry to interrupt
11:02not at all
11:03long as you don't change around the cards
11:05as long as you do
11:06josie ruby hasn't turned up
11:08we were supposed to be on again five minutes ago
11:10she was dancing with poor little rich boy
11:12george bartlett hasn't seen her for half an hour
11:14she isn't in her room
11:16i wish she wouldn't do this sort of thing
11:18excuse me for a moment will you
11:19will you
11:20i am sorry
11:26but we're supposed to be on now
11:28yes
11:29but she's your responsibility
11:30where the hell is she
11:31bridget have you seen ruby
11:33listen ray we'll have to do a toned down version ourselves
11:37right i'll buzz upstairs and change
11:39you work out a routine with plenty of the slow spectacular not too much of the athletic flash
11:44you'll probably put that ankle right back
11:51and you stayed up for her
12:10till nearly two
12:12mr star persuaded me to go to bed eventually
12:14when did the bridge game actually begin
12:1710 30
12:18we would have started earlier but mr gaskell had some letters to write
12:21at least that's what he said
12:23i think it was an excuse actually
12:25he's not that keen on bridge i don't reckon
12:27but he was back in time to see ruby's dance
12:29yes
12:31and did anyone leave the table before ruby was reported missing
12:35no
12:36i knew what i was doing
12:39others will tell you that ruby
12:42amused me
12:45it was more than that
12:47to an extent of course she was performing she was a natural storyteller
12:52she had that from her background
12:55her parents were both theatricals
12:58what a childhood
13:01dreadful lodgings
13:04catching the train on sundays and not going to church
13:07they had to get to the next touring date you see
13:11fascinating to me this sort of thing
13:15and you know even the most horrifying anecdotes always ended in laughter
13:21her laughter i mean
13:23no complaints no comments
13:26just clear headed amusement
13:29she had a marvelous knowledge of life
13:36and it had left her unsullied
13:38unsullied
13:40unsullied
13:41yes
13:42i want to make that clear
13:45and you must send a hundred
14:00britney markham
14:02excuse me
14:19have you talked to sir henry yet
14:21no sir
14:23why the hell not
14:25you're a bloody old woman edwards
14:27if i told you it was urgent
14:29i haven't spoken to sir henry sir because he was not at home
14:33i did however leave a message with his housekeeper who said she could contact him
14:38i have no doubt that he will be here for lunch as requested and if you'll excuse me sir i shall now go and confirm the arrangements
14:46edwards
14:48edwards
14:50what
14:52bring me tomorrow
14:54excuse me i say you're from scotland yard
14:59i'm peter carnady
15:01my name's not jefferson you see because mommy was married before
15:04my real daddy was killed in the war
15:06gotcha
15:07do you like detective stories
15:09i do most of them
15:11got lots of autographs
15:12dixon carrie
15:13you see bailey
15:14and dorothy sayers
15:15will the murder be in the papers
15:17well
15:18because i'm going back to school next week
15:20and i'll be able to tell the chapters i knew her
15:22i mean really knew her well
15:23you did did you
15:24yes
15:25what did you think of her
15:26not much quite honestly she was pretty thick
15:29mommy and uncle mark didn't like her much either
15:32only grandfather
15:33she was always butting in
15:34they're glad she's dead
15:35how do you know
15:36how do you know
15:37uncle mark said it was one way out anyway
15:39and mommy said yes
15:40but it was so horrible or something
15:42and uncle mark said he didn't see the point in being hypocritical
15:51sir
15:52thank you slack
15:53thought i should take a look at ruby keen's room for myself
15:56of course sir
15:57your prerogative
15:59that was mrs jefferson's boy wasn't it
16:02did he have anything to say for himself
16:04oh he thinks his mother probably did it aided and abetted by his uncle
16:07does he now
16:12chambermaids only do the staff rooms once a week so nothing was touched
16:15no unaccounted prints
16:17is this the dress she was wearing for the exhibition dance
16:21yes sir
16:22yes sir
16:23as far as we can tell she left george bartlett at half past eleven and nobody saw her after that
16:28so presumably she came up here changed out of this into the white dress she was wearing when she was found
16:33yes sir
16:34yes sir
16:36who occupies the other rooms on this floor
16:37only josie turner opposite the other rooms are empty
16:40the extra summer staff use them later
16:42so there was no one to see her
16:45the fire escape's hardly lit at night she could climb down and practically guarantee not to be noticed
16:54yes
16:55there's only one reason why a girl changes her dress
16:58right
16:59she was gonna meet someone
17:00I saw you had to cancel your little gathering I was looking forward to it
17:06everyone's catching it
17:08the nailers rang last night to cancel their do
17:11yeah nevermind
17:14yes yes
17:15well my regards to mrs. Duffy
17:18goodbye
17:30come on Malcolm
17:40come on
17:41you said you wanted to see the colonel you can't back out now
17:44you've got to tell
17:45now come on
17:52here's a good look
17:54Malcolm
17:56how's the world with you?
17:58Malcolm's made a discovery sir
18:01oh yes
18:03found a body
18:05what?
18:08found a body
18:09found a body
18:28assuming she was gonna meet somebody
18:41now suppose it was a boyfriend and he was a bit of a hard case
18:45exactly the sort of person she'd want to keep dark so as not to foul up her chances with Jefferson
18:49it's hardly surprising nobody knew about him
18:51now
18:53suppose she tells him that Jefferson is gonna adopt her
18:58he doesn't like this a bit
19:00gonna take her right out of his class he's as good as lost her
19:03he probably doesn't mean to kill her but he's stupid
19:06doesn't know his own strength
19:08panics
19:10rings her neck
19:12drives around a bit
19:14hardly knows where he is
19:17passes Gossington Hall
19:20big house
19:22easy to break into
19:24dumps her there to divert attention and clears off to London
19:27well
19:30I think it's about the best line we have at the moment
19:34there is the financial motive of course but at this stage it looks as if
19:37Mrs. Jefferson and Gaskell have a cast-iron alibi
19:41well I must be off
19:52slack
19:54I want you to report to me at the end of each day
19:57whenever you finish
19:58that Bantry's are neighbors of mine
20:02huh
20:14late
20:15tell Prescott
20:17that's the manager
20:18that I want to speak to that flash piece of goods who teaches tennis
20:21what's his name
20:22Starr
20:23Bridget hop down to the tennis courts and ask Mr. Starr to come up
20:26you should be finished by now
20:27there
20:29there
20:30I'll send Mr. Starr along to the room that we've given you
20:33thank you sir
20:34thank you sir
20:36it isn't too big
20:59can I help you madam
21:09something
21:10something
21:11something I've seen and I don't know what it is
21:13madam
21:15oh
21:16oh I beg your pardon
21:17now can I help you madam
21:18oh I only wish you could
21:19I sometimes feel we have no control over what our eyes decide to see or not to see
21:24oh
21:27oh
21:28that's it
21:29yes
21:30I should like to buy one of those newspapers
21:31no no
21:32compliments of the house
21:33oh
21:34thank you
21:35thank you very much
21:36I only knew her as a dancing partner
21:37she seemed a very pleasant girl
21:38bit dim
21:39what about men
21:40well for what it's worth
21:42I always thought of her as very innocent
21:44she spent most of her time with the Jeffersons
21:46I assumed she was missing a family
21:48did you know that Mr. Jefferson was planning to adopt her legally
21:52crafty little maiden
21:54not so dim perhaps
22:02good morning
22:03my name is Glithering
22:05would you telephone Mr. Jefferson's room
22:07he is expecting me
22:08yes indeed
22:09it's Henry Glithering
22:10I'll phone his suite now sir
22:12thank you
22:16Henry Glithering is downstairs
22:18Mr. Jefferson's suite is on the first floor sir
22:25his man will meet you at the stairs
22:27thank you
22:28thank you
22:50do you think Josie Turner knew about the adoption business?
22:52I don't know she usually knew what was in the wind
22:54she's got her head on a Josie
22:56matter of fact seems to me more likely that Josie planned it all
22:59than little Ruby sized it up for herself
23:01why do you think that?
23:03Josie was as cross as I was when Ruby didn't turn up for the exhibition dance
23:06I wondered why at the time
23:08it would make sense if Josie had told her to keep her nose clean
23:11wouldn't it?
23:13if you could give me just one moment please madam
23:18excuse me sir there's a lady outside
23:20I'm busy late
23:23now the exhibition dance was about
23:25what's the matter with you?
23:26she won't go away sir
23:28who is it?
23:29I don't know sir
23:30a Miss Marple
23:34let her in
23:36this way please madam
23:37yes
23:38thank you
23:39I'm so sorry to interrupt you inspector
23:43it's just that it's so important
23:44I thought you ought to know
23:45it's this missing school girl in the newspaper
23:48yes madam
23:49what about her?
23:50she's
23:51well I don't know what she is
23:53but I know that it's important
23:55I'm afraid I'm not putting this very well
23:57but er
23:59oh why do I keep thinking of Mozart?
24:03and the girl
24:05why do I keep thinking it's too late?
24:07do you know her Miss Marple?
24:09now there's another thing
24:10no one seems to know anyone else in this business
24:13this business?
24:15are you suggesting that the missing school girl
24:17is in some way connected with the death of Ruby Keane?
24:20of course
24:21how?
24:23well I don't know how
24:25but what is being done about this missing school girl?
24:28it's not my department I'm afraid
24:29that would be local
24:30I'm county
24:32if you're really concerned Miss Marple
24:34I should have a word with the duty staff at Danemouth
24:36that would be the er
24:38the Harold Road station
24:39do you know it?
24:40oh dear
24:41oh dear
24:43well it's probably too late anyway
24:45anyway
24:46sorry
24:50but
24:51that is
24:52...
24:56oh but
24:57Any clues?
25:17Young girl.
25:21Ruby and I did our 10.30 dance together.
25:23I didn't notice what happened to her then.
25:25I had my partners to look after.
25:27When she hadn't turned up by midnight,
25:30I saw George Bartlett.
25:32He said that he hadn't seen her
25:33since around 11.30.
25:37So I went to look for Josie.
25:41Sorry to interrupt.
25:44Josie, Ruby hasn't turned up.
25:46George Bartlett hasn't seen her
25:47for half an hour.
25:48I wish she wouldn't do this sort of thing.
25:51Excuse me.
25:52I am sorry.
25:55Damn little fool.
25:59She can't do this sort of thing.
26:00It'll ruin all her chances.
26:02She's not with that film bloke, is she?
26:06She's changed.
26:09She must be with someone, little idiot.
26:12How I'm going to square this with the Jeffersons, God knows.
26:15The Jeffersons?
26:17Never mind.
26:18Come on.
26:18Lake Hill.
26:27Who do you think Josie Turner meant
26:29when she talked about that film bloke?
26:31Oh, chap who comes here occasionally,
26:33bazils somebody.
26:34Where?
26:34Got a weekend cottage somewhere around.
26:36I suppose that's who she needs.
26:38Thanks.
26:40Excuse me, sir.
26:42Well?
26:42HQ, sir.
26:43They think they found the schoolgirl.
26:44Think?
26:45The body's very charred, apparently.
26:47She's in a burnt-out car
26:48in a disused quarry
26:49about five miles from here.
26:51Ben's quarry.
26:53The car's a Vauxhall coaster, sir.
26:54The car's a Vauxhall coaster, sir.
27:24The car's a Vauxhall coaster, sir.
27:25The car's a Vauxhall coaster, sir.
27:26The car's a Vauxhall coaster, sir.
27:27The car's a Vauxhall coaster, sir.
27:28The car's a Vauxhall coaster, sir.
27:29Where do the parents live?
27:30Westclay, sir.
27:31You have to admit, it is all the bizarre ingredients
27:35of a cheap thriller.
27:39Most extraordinary.
27:42That really is the most extraordinary story.
27:47Arthur Bamford's place.
27:50What do you want me to do?
27:52Well, what I would do
27:53if I went in this damn chair.
27:56Find out who killed the girl?
27:58Yes.
27:59You're the professional.
28:01Oh.
28:02It's a long time since I did any detection.
28:05Mind you, I suppose now I've retired from the yard,
28:08I can nose around a bit
28:09without fretting on too many toes.
28:12Good.
28:13All the same.
28:15May I make a suggestion?
28:17Do.
28:17Did you know that downstairs in the foyer
28:20is one of the most formidable criminologists in England?
28:24Really?
28:25Oh, yes.
28:27And I can lay you almost any odds
28:29you would never recognize her as such.
28:32Her?
28:33Hmm.
28:35There she sits.
28:36An elderly Westminster.
28:38Sweet.
28:40Classed, so you'd think.
28:41Yet her mind has plumbed the depths of human iniquity
28:45and taken it all in the day's work.
28:48How do we involve her?
28:50I expect she's involved already.
28:53She lives in St. Mary Mead,
28:54only a couple of miles from Arthur and Dolly's place.
28:58It's extraordinary.
29:00She knows the world
29:02only through the prison of that village
29:04and its daily life.
29:06By knowing the village so thoroughly,
29:08she seems to know the world.
29:09Miss Martha?
29:20Oh!
29:21Oh, Sir Henry!
29:23Oh, what luck!
29:24What a great pleasure!
29:26Oh, how kind of you to say so.
29:28Are you staying here?
29:30Yes, as a matter of fact.
29:31Poor Dolly Bantry and I are sharing a suite.
29:34I thought you might be involved.
29:36Have you found any village parallel yet?
29:39Well, not really, no.
29:41You don't sound sure.
29:42Well, I was trying to account for Mr. Jefferson's infatuation
29:45with the poor child that was murdered, I must admit.
29:48Mr. Harbottle came to mind.
29:50And to a certain extent, Mr. Badger the chemist.
29:53I knew you wouldn't fail me.
29:56Miss Marple, Conway Jefferson has asked me to keep an eye on the case.
30:00Unofficially, of course.
30:02May I call you in for consultation?
30:04Equally unofficially.
30:06Oh, of course.
30:08Sir Henry, if you think my little ramblings would be to the purpose.
30:11Oh, good.
30:12Then may I ask you and Mrs. Bantry to dine with me this evening?
30:16I can't wait to hear the Harbottle Badger thesis.
30:20Oh, yeah.
30:20Until tonight.
30:29What was the name again?
30:31Reeve.
30:31Major Reeve.
30:32The girl was called Pamela.
30:33Pamela Reeve.
30:34Reeve.
30:35Major Reeve.
30:49Yes.
30:50May we come in, sir?
30:51Oh, God.
30:53Oh, my God.
30:54Campbell.
30:59Come in.
31:05I don't think Conway Jefferson
31:34is a nasty old man, you know, Jane.
31:37Oh, certainly not.
31:38Oh, no, I wasn't implying that for one moment.
31:41No.
31:42I simply think he was looking for a nice, bright girl
31:44to take his dead daughter's case
31:46and this girl saw her opportunity
31:48and feared it for all she was worth.
31:50Like the young maid of Mr. Harbottle.
31:53Ah.
31:54Harbottle.
31:54Good.
31:55Yes, ordinary girl.
31:56Nice manner she had.
31:58Mr. Harbottle's sister kept house free
32:00and went away to nurse a dying relative.
32:02When she returned,
32:04she found the girl completely above herself,
32:07sitting down in the drawing room,
32:08laughing and talking
32:09and not wearing her uniform.
32:11Tut, tut.
32:12People said things,
32:13but I don't think there was any familiarity.
32:16I think it was simply that the old man
32:18found it much pleasanter
32:19to have a young, charming girl
32:20telling him how amusing and clever he was
32:23than Miss Harbottle
32:24continually pointing out his food still.
32:27Yes.
32:34So you think it was foul play?
32:36Yes, sir.
32:36We think she was dead
32:37before she was placed in the car
32:38and that somebody tried to destroy the evidence.
32:41We found containers for several gallons of fuel.
32:44I see.
32:47You don't think she was...
32:49We think she was killed
32:52because she was an unwitting witness
32:54to another crime.
32:55We don't believe the motive was...
32:57We don't believe the motive
32:59was personal in any way.
33:01You mean sexual?
33:03Yes, sir.
33:04Another girl has been killed
33:05and we think Pamela may have stumbled
33:07across something that made her
33:08too dangerous for the murderer.
33:12Do you think you feel up
33:13to answering some questions now, sir?
33:15We want to catch this person
33:19and we need all the help we can get.
33:22Of course.
33:23Now, according to your first statement
33:25when you reported her missing
33:27at Harold Road,
33:28Pamela left Westcliffe
33:30to attend a guides rally in Danemouth
33:32and you expected her home for supper?
33:34Yes.
33:36She was supposed to come home by bus?
33:40The local station questioned
33:41some of her friends
33:42and they all agreed that Pamela said
33:44she was going down to Woolworths
33:46and would catch the bus later
33:47from the depot.
33:48Is that the sort of thing
33:49she often did?
33:51And she had no other plans?
33:55Not so far as I know.
33:57She hadn't got a real boyfriend
33:59or anything like that.
34:01Like playing games.
34:04She was a sporting...
34:06And when Mr. Badger discovered
34:20that Miss Hart was carrying on
34:21with a very undesirable young man
34:23connected with racecourses
34:25and had actually pawned
34:26some of Mr. Badger's presence, well...
34:28He was furious.
34:29Well, he was certainly disgusted.
34:31I'm not sure that Mr. Badger
34:33was capable of anything
34:34so forthright as fury.
34:36Mrs. Badger got a fur coat out of it.
34:39Do you think Mr. Jefferson
34:41would be capable of fury?
34:43Conway?
34:44Oh, yes.
34:46He has drive.
34:47I'm sure he's capable of great anger.
34:50What do you think, Dolly?
34:51Yes, I do.
34:53Why do you ask, Jane?
34:57Miss Marple?
34:58You don't think...
34:59Conway?
35:00Conway?
35:01You don't really think that.
35:03Oh, no, no.
35:04No, I don't think it, Sir Henry.
35:07No.
35:09But this is a very muddy business.
35:11And I merely say
35:12that your friend Conway Jefferson
35:14is a rich, powerful, and ingenious man
35:16whom I suspect
35:18would hate to be made a fool of.
35:21That's all.
35:21Miss Marple, Miss Marple.
35:24Why were you never called to the bar?
35:27What a wonderful prosecuting counsel
35:30you'd have made.
35:30But she would.
35:32She is wonderful.
35:34Oh, no, I wouldn't have liked it at all.
35:36All that plumbery and pretense.
35:38Far too theatrical.
35:40Oh, dear me.
35:41No, no.
35:41I wouldn't have been good at all, no.
35:43I want everything you can find on Barclay.
35:46I can't believe anyone can be that's barmy.
35:49And I want confirmation
35:50that this film bloke
35:51the Turner woman was talking about
35:52is, in fact, Basil Blake.
35:53And if it is,
35:54then I want as much as possible
35:54about his visits to Danemouth.
35:56Check him out with a film studio.
35:57As usual, drill.
35:58Ah!
36:00Forensic prelim.
36:01Good.
36:01Good.
36:01Good.
36:02Good.
36:03Good.
36:04Good.
36:05Good.
36:06Good.
36:07Now,
36:08is there a long-haired rug
36:09in that library?
36:10No.
36:11The hearth rug
36:12was a...
36:15a patented Oriental
36:16sort of thing.
36:19That dress she was wearing
36:20had some long hairs
36:21stuck to it,
36:22apparently.
36:23Unlike white hairs.
36:26Not wool.
36:28Ah!
36:30They were written
36:30it was probably a goat,
36:32mountain goat,
36:33something like that.
36:34Mountain goat, really?
36:35I don't reckon I've ever seen one.
36:38Whose house would you find one of those in, then?
36:40How about an ex-colonial type?
36:43Favorite occupation when bored with safeguarding the empire,
36:46shoot a Himalayan goat or two, eh?
36:47What, Bantry?
36:48Why not?
36:50On his own admission, driving around between 10 and 11.45
36:53on the night in question.
36:55No witnesses.
36:57Was it the Majestic last week?
37:00No's the Jeffersons?
37:01But who'd be so stupid as to dump a body in their own library?
37:05Or so clever.
37:29Oh, I certainly think that if Ruby had had a young man,
37:32she would have been careful to keep very quiet about it.
37:34And the young man might have resented it.
37:36Yes, that's plausible.
37:38You know, it struck me when her cousin, Miss Turner,
37:41was at Gossington yesterday that she looked angry with the dead girl.
37:44Of course, it may be that she was hoping to do well
37:47out of this business of her adoption.
37:49Now, to get back to Conway,
37:51what do you suppose sparked off this infatuation with the girl?
37:55Oh, that's easy.
37:57From what I can gather, the bond between him and his young-in-laws
38:00was not so much respect and love as sorrow.
38:03Mr Gaskell and Mrs Jefferson are both young.
38:06They're beginning to feel less sorrowful, that's all.
38:09They're beginning to look at the world again.
38:11And, you know, gentlemen can so easily feel neglected.
38:15Yes.
38:19Yes, I think if... if you'll excuse me, I...
38:22I'll just telephone to Arthur.
38:24I know that you two have lots to natter about.
38:30Jane, let's breakfast together.
38:32Oh, Dolly, dear, yes indeed, of course.
38:34Good night, Sir Henry.
38:36Good night.
38:44Why did you refer to Mrs Bantry as poor Dolly this afternoon?
38:48Well, Sir Henry, it seems to me that this may well be the sort of crime
38:52that never does get resolved like the Brighton trunk murders.
38:55That would be a disaster for the Bantry's.
38:57People would think there's no smoke without fire.
39:00Some will even say it, too.
39:03They'll be quietly shunned.
39:05Colonel Bantry is very sensitive.
39:07He'll turn in and in upon himself.
39:09He's probably started already.
39:12I think this could quite literally kill them.
39:16So you see, Sir Henry, we have got to find out the truth.
39:20It's such an open case, though, isn't it?
39:23It's 15 miles to Gossington.
39:26Now, Ruby Keane was last seen here at 11.30.
39:31By midnight or earlier, she was dead.
39:35Almost any type of car could have made the journey in that time,
39:39if it was midnight.
39:41But why anyone should kill her here and take her body to Gossington,
39:48or take her to Gossington and kill her there, beats me.
39:56Well, of course it does, because it didn't happen.
40:00What, do you think it was a number of meditated killing?
40:03I don't think anything of the kind.
40:05I think that a very careful plan was made,
40:08and what happened was that the plan went wrong.
40:12What is it?
40:21The orchestra.
40:26Their tune.
40:28Dolly was humming it this morning.
40:30Do you know, it's...
40:32It's been haunting me, and here they are playing it.
40:35Do you know what it is?
40:37I'm not very up on the latest thing.
40:40It's Mozart, Sir Henry.
40:43Now, why do I keep thinking of it?
40:46It's jolly nice.
40:50It's a mystery.
40:53But then we all are, aren't we?
40:55Even to ourselves.
40:58Especially to ourselves.
41:07It's an hour and a half of a party.
41:10It's my turn.
41:13I am going to be a little Henina.
41:17I am going to be a little too.
41:19There he is.
41:21That's a good thing.
41:22Let's go.
41:23The only thing I'm talking about.
41:25Have you ever had?
41:26What about this?
41:27If you're on the other side of the road?
41:29It's not going to be a little.
41:32What?
41:33What about this?
41:34It was a little too.
41:35The other side of the road is going to be a little,
41:36A bit, it's impossible.
41:37come in
42:00ah that's the police again I'm afraid it is sir no need to be afraid Lorimer no
42:12sir you seen any tobacco no sir I think I'll go and get some what do they want
42:20then they're asking if we have any long-haired white rugs in the house and
42:26have we not white I believe sir pale yes I said they want to take samples of what
42:33of the hairs in the rug sir well let him search the place if this is the open
42:40season on hairy rugs let them loose oh why not all right go ahead turn the place
42:50upside down Liberty Hall Liberty Hall
42:55thank you mr. broken
43:16good morning mrs. there's going to you mr. broken or internal what can I get you I
43:31think I'll take a two ounce tinn of my usual please certainly sir
43:35thank you put it down will you oh yes something wrong nothing sir well then
43:54that old colonel please sad day mr. broken sad day
44:11you were gonna refuse him tick weren't you just because some madman dumps a body in
44:16his house suddenly he's untouchable my god this place give me babble on any day
44:24I just wanted to say how sorry I am sir well but what this business of the body in your house
44:43it can't be very amusing I must say you've got a damn funny way of putting things on
44:49not like well quite it must be awful something so inexplicable it's inexplicable quite I just
45:00hope it isn't look I think I'll be on my way if there's anything I can do no
45:06play you and I've never got on very well together in the past have we thanks for
45:11the offer and all that but I can't see that situation changing can you oh yes it was all
45:25Addie's fault all right too many tennis lessons with that good-looking young fellow mark Jeff felt
45:32neglected no wonder he turned to our little dance hostess you weren't exactly over attentive to
45:37yourself oh no but it's female company that's the key to it as to everything else yes but I mean a
45:43girl like Ruby key oh quite Jeff's always been such a sensible level-headed old boy gentlemen are sometimes not so
45:51level-level-headed as they seem
45:59oh well there how is Conway today I thought he looked well enough yesterday but I hear he's been ill
46:07oh yes he's all right tell me Ruby keen what was she really like oh lord well I don't see why we
46:19shouldn't talk about her she was a common garden gold digger oh mark and she knew her stuff we never
46:24spotted her luckily for her I'd have wrung her neck mark for heaven's sake it's just a figure of speech
46:31Addy we were mugged not to have tumbled as Henry and I uh I was angry that's all I'm sure Addy and I
46:39are both under heavy suspicion Jeff was proposing to settle an absolute fortune on the half-baked little
46:44sourpuss which we have to assume would have been our loss well well what an unscrupulous person you are Addy
47:01I say isn't that dear old Hugo McLean yes Addy only has to whistle and along he comes wagging his tail
47:09the most reliable man in England he's hoping to marry her of course do you take this sack of potatoes to
47:16be your lawful wedded husband I don't know well will you excuse me my daily duty
47:24Jeff's constitutional a quick burn up the corniche in the wheelchair bye
47:31well what do you think of the principal beneficiaries of the murder well I think
47:40Mrs. Jefferson should marry again she's a likable woman she make a good companion
47:46no wonder Mr. Jefferson missed her and Mark Gaskell oh he's a downy fellow village parallel please
47:54Mr. Cargill the builder he bluffed a lot of people in having more done to their houses than
47:59they wanted to and then charged them the earth he married money too like Mr. Gaskell so you don't
48:07like him oh yes yes I do oh yes I think he's reactive but he doesn't take me in a downy fellow
48:14who talks a little too much that's what I think
48:19and there's another little story
48:30do you mean
48:34are you suggesting that that star fellow is entertaining ideas of marrying Mrs. Jefferson
48:40yes because if so well Dolly we're told that Hugo McClain is and anyone who marries Adelaide
48:47Jefferson would not want to see her disinherited quite yes
48:58so you're still trying to tell me that where there's a motive there's no opportunity and when
49:01there's opportunity there's no motive who stands to gain sir Mrs. Jefferson and Mr. Gaskell both playing
49:11bridge from Ruby Keane's exhibition dance until well after midnight scores of witnesses
49:18rock-solid alibis
49:22same with star
49:22what about Blake he was at a studio party until the small house he knew Ruby Keane we think but
49:30there's no discernible motive
49:33Bartlett
49:35well he had the opportunity true
49:38and he can't account for his movements for the time when she was killed
49:42and the reeve girls in his car but everything else is against him there's no motive in either case
49:47amiable sort
49:47completely dim oh we're following him up it's a thousand to one now
49:56by the way sir
49:58i suppose Ruby Keane really was dead by midnight was she
50:02ah now i'd already asked myself that question
50:06so i rang dr haylock just to verify
50:10he got quite shirty as a matter of fact
50:12now he puts midnight as the absolute limit
50:15oh yes here we are apparently she was heavily drugged before she was killed
50:21a barbiturate which doesn't look like impromptu violence does it sir
50:25what a random killer you mean a psycho
50:29no no no no i don't think so
50:33Melchart
50:33thank you sir
50:35oh yes Lake
50:36we contacted the night watch
50:41thank you
50:43uh no no he's with me i'll tell him
50:46yes goodbye
50:50apparently basil blake was seen leaving the studio car park at about 11 o'clock on the night in question
50:58would that have given him time
51:01yes sir it would
51:06yes sir
51:24what do you be doing what does it look like
51:26oh
51:33i do stink
51:35you be burning your car
51:38no my old granny as a matter of fact
51:44Ha!
51:46Ha! Ha!
51:48Ha! Ha!