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First broadcast 23rd December 1987.

Miss Marple has a nostalgic stay at one of London's most elegant and venerable hotels where nothing seems to have changed from long ago.

Joan Hickson as Miss Marple
Caroline Blakiston as Bess Sedgwick
Helena Michell as Elvira Blake
James Cossins as Colonel Luscombe
Joan Greenwood as Selina Hazy
George Baker as Chief Inspector Fred Davy
Preston Lockwood as Canon Pennyfather
Irene Sutcliffe as Miss Gorringe
Brian McGrath as Michael Gorman
Neville Phillips as Henry
Robert Reynolds as Ladislaus Malinowski
Peter Baldwin as Mr Humfries
Douglas Milvain as Sir Ronald Graves
Philip Bretherton as Det. Inspector Campbell
Edward Burnham as Dr Whittaker
Rashid Karapiet as Indian Waiter
Amanda Royle as B.E.A. Stewardess
Randal Herley as Richard Egerton
Henrietta Voigts as Alice
Charlotte Barker as Bridget Sotheby
Kate Duchêne as Rose
Helen Horton as Mrs Cabot
Daphne Neville as Woman at Airport
Donald Burton as TV Commentator (voice)
Uncredited actress as Monica Sotheby

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00:00.
00:30So
01:00So, let's go.
01:30...
01:39Could you tell me about your relationship with Long Island?
01:44Excuse me. May I have your autograph?
01:46Yes.
01:47Of course.
01:58Oh, thank you, ladies Hedgewick.
02:05I told you it was.
02:06You did.
02:07Break and make.
02:17aim, slow, and socially.
02:27I return, yes.
02:28Thank you
02:33And Mrs. Jackson and Marley are leading to the passenger of a box on the street to the station now just for us.
03:03thanks
03:08Bertram's hotel is
03:33the
03:40the
03:47the
03:54the
04:30Good afternoon madam.
04:32You don't mind this deck now.
04:36You don't want any accidents.
04:41Good. After you madam.
04:43Someone will get your luggage.
04:45Miss Scorridge will see to you.
04:48Oh thank you.
04:50Just a moment. No madam.
04:52That's all right. Enjoy your stay now.
04:54Oh I shall. Thank you very much.
04:56Good afternoon.
04:58My name is Marple and I think my nephew...
05:02Of course.
05:04Welcome to Bertram's Miss Marple.
05:06Or rather welcome back.
05:08I gather from your nephew you've stayed here before.
05:10Only when I was a little girl.
05:12I don't think you'll find it much change.
05:14No indeed. It's quite remarkable.
05:16I'll put you in room 57.
05:18It's nice and quiet.
05:20If you'll just...
05:22Thank you very much.
05:26Hello.
05:28So you'd like tea served in your room?
05:38Certainly madam.
05:40I'll send someone up.
05:42Oh James. Thank you.
05:44Will you take Miss Marple up to room 57?
05:48Okay.
05:50I hope you'll be coming.
05:51I do believe that's old Jane Marple.
05:54She looks hungry.
05:56Good afternoon.
05:58Good afternoon.
06:02Good afternoon.
06:32Colonel.
06:33Hello, Humphries.
06:34How'd you get on at Newbury yesterday?
06:35Oh, don't ask.
06:36That filly of Harry Waddles was hopeless.
06:37What about Swanhilda?
06:38Tailed off.
06:39Obviously not fit yet.
06:40Disastrous day.
06:41Well, I can't hang about.
06:42I've got to meet my ward at the airport.
06:43From Italy.
06:44Been finished.
06:45Whatever that may mean.
06:47Just hope I recognise her.
07:01I recognise her.
07:05Bess Cedric's just arrived.
07:07Has she?
07:25Oh!
07:26Canon Pennyfather!
07:28Upon my soul!
07:30if it isn't my dear old friend Jane Marple what a pleasant surprise well let's see now
07:39when did we last meet didn't you come down to Chapmanster for tea last summer well I did but
07:47I oh yes I remember now I double booked you with the bishop oh it didn't matter I'm afraid my
07:53memory's not what it was mine's just as bad never I'm sure yours is as razor sharp as ever
07:59oh that's very kind of you well if you'll excuse me we must have a good powwow sometime I'm going to
08:06Lucerne on Wednesday a congress on biblical history I shall be back the following day or rather night
08:13and I shall be around tomorrow off and on oh well I shall hope to see you then oh goodbye for the
08:19present goodbye thank you
08:29well well this is nice
08:55did you have a good journey yes thank you and how was Italy fine
09:01is that your lot over there yes I'll just go and tell Miss Carpenter you're here
09:09until tomorrow
09:14oh my fools never would have thought it you know
09:38when I was living in America last year they had what they called muffins on the breakfast menu but they
09:45weren't muffins at all they were just tea cakes with raisins oh
09:51the Americans have a lot to answer for
09:55and are you still living at dear St Mary Mead oh yes
10:02good god
10:04Cicely Longhurst she's dyed her hair again such a sweet simple village I suppose it hasn't changed at all
10:15well no no not quite we have the new council estate and of course some of the shocks aren't quite what they were but
10:22but one has to accept change progress they call it
10:29though I often think it isn't progress at all I mean
10:31take these smart plumbing fixtures they have nowadays every shade of colour but do they really pull or push come to that
10:44oh I don't
10:46oh I don't
10:50Bess Sedgwick
10:53of all places
10:55I do hope you won't find Bertram's too stuffy
10:59it is rather old fashioned
11:01a lot of old fogies
11:03still it is only for the one night
11:06only one night
11:08am I going to cousin Mildred's tomorrow
11:11yes
11:12in the afternoon
11:13she's a good sort I hope you'll be happy with them
11:16I'm sure it's even fun
11:18jolly good
11:19for the time being
11:20mmm scrumptious
11:26now that's what I call real doughnut
11:35madam
11:36extraordinary girl
11:40I've known her since she was a child and no one could handle her then
11:45she ran off with one of the grooms when she was only 16
11:51really
11:52they managed to buy him off and marry her safely off to old Coniston
11:57awful old rip
11:59but darty about her
12:02that didn't last
12:05then she married
12:08an American yacht owner
12:11divorced within a year
12:14then she upped and off with Johnny Sedgwick
12:18I suppose that might have stuck
12:21if he hadn't broken his next little chasing
12:25oh yes yes
12:26of course yes
12:27and since then
12:28oh
12:30one loses count
12:32thank you
12:33I don't think she's ever married again
12:37but there's always someone
12:39she's the sort of woman who always needs a man
12:42oh do you think so
12:43no
12:44I would have said that men were more of an adventure to her than any
12:49and what brings you up to town
12:54selena
12:55I went to see some man in harley street about my arthritis
12:59oh
13:00and what does he do
13:01he tore me by the neck and wrung it like a ticket
13:04oh good precious
13:05it's extraordinary
13:07I can look over my right shoulder for the first time in years
13:12oh
13:13there's old Dickie Ludgrove
13:15you know
13:16just this Ludgrove
13:18good afternoon
13:19my lord
13:20you heard what happened to him last time he was here
13:23no
13:24my dear he nearly got arrested
13:25oh
13:26you remember that big bank robbery some while ago
13:29well which one
13:30because there have been so many lately
13:31there have been so many lately
13:32the London and Metropolitan
13:34oh
13:34you mean the Carmola Street branch
13:36yes
13:37well
13:37apparently some probation officer saw old Dickie near the scene of the crime
13:42and behaving suspiciously
13:44except of course he wasn't yet
13:46he was staying here at Bertram's and was in court all morning
13:51but I'd imagine if he hadn't had an alibi
13:55a man in his position
13:58oh
13:59and did they find the other man his double
14:01no I don't think so
14:03oh
14:04how interesting
14:05well the police seem incapable of solving anything these days
14:09anything further I can get you m'lady
14:12we're serving very good seed cake today
14:15seed cake
14:16lovely Henry
14:18I haven't had seed cake since god knows when
14:22how about you Jane
14:24is it real seed cake
14:26oh yes madam
14:27the cook has had the receipt for years
14:30please
14:32do you still see my mother?
14:36occasionally
14:37where is she now?
14:38abroad
14:39whereabouts?
14:41I'm not entirely sure
14:43do you think she'll ever agree to see me?
14:46I really couldn't say Elvira
14:48in other words
14:50no
14:56selena
14:57haven't seen her since crafts
14:58how are the borzois?
14:59fine
15:00what on earth are you doing here a bit?
15:03recovering
15:04I've just been on safari
15:05but why here?
15:06someone told me about their gorgeous donuts
15:09I thought it'd be quite amusing
15:12I thought it'd be quite amusing
15:13this is my ward
15:16welcome
15:17here
15:18excuse me I just remembered something
15:20excuse me Miss Gawling
15:23extraordinary
15:26and just as I was about to introduce you
15:30expect you'd like to go to your room first
15:32and then a cup of tea
15:34or a drink perhaps
15:36a drink would be lovely
15:48selena do you know who that is?
15:50well
15:51that man just leaving
15:53no one in particular
15:55no one in particular
15:57surprising
16:00everyone else seems very much someone in particular
16:23well
16:45well
16:46I suppose we ought to be
16:49thinking about your future Elvira
16:52yes
16:53I'm told a secretarial course is the thing
16:55oh yes
16:56finishing school
16:57secretarial course
16:58marriage
16:59quite
17:04I'm afraid we don't know each other as well as we ought
17:08my fault
17:10perhaps if I'd had daughters of my own
17:13but I hope if there's anything you want to ask
17:16there is actually
17:18have I any money?
17:20yes
17:21yes
17:22some
17:23that is you will have when you're 21
17:25how much?
17:28quite a bit
17:30and you're the trustee?
17:31yes
17:32along with Richard Egerton
17:34naturally the family's...
17:35what happens if I die?
17:38well Elvira
17:40what sort of question is that?
17:42well only last week that airliner crashed and everyone was killed
17:46yes but that was just a flash and...
17:48if I did die
17:49who would inherit my money?
17:52well I haven't the least idea
17:55would it be worth anyone's while to kill me?
17:59really Elvira this is a most unhealthy conversation
18:02who would get my money if I was married?
18:05well your husband I suppose but...
18:09are you sure?
18:11no
18:13not all together
18:15it would depend on the wording of the trust
18:18but since you're not married I shouldn't bother your pretty head with such a thought
18:23now you were asking about your allowance
18:28I believe you wanted an advance
18:30yes
18:31it's just that my friend Bridget and I thought we'd go and have a look around the shops tomorrow morning
18:35fine
18:36splendid
18:37I'm sure that can be arranged
18:49is Lady Sedgwick staying here?
18:52are you with the press?
18:54no
18:56rest assured the name of Bertram's hotel will remain unsullied
19:00she is here then?
19:01yes
19:02as it happens
19:03did you want me to...
19:04no no no no
19:07I only wish to leave a note
19:10I was just checking it was the right hotel
19:13I've left it in the writing room but I'm not quite sure
19:18we'll go and look for it will lady
19:20thank you Elvira you're all so helpful
19:22my god
19:24where do they dig them up?
19:26I'll see that Lady Sedgwick gets your note
19:29and now if there's nothing else
19:31he wouldn't be trying to get rid of me would he?
19:37what is the telephone number here?
19:391129 isn't it?
19:40no 3925
19:42that's regent?
19:43no
19:44Mayfair
19:46odd
19:47I got a sworn it was regent 1129
19:52and have a dirty
19:54hardly the Bertram sort
19:56chap looked vaguely familiar
19:58oh
20:01I know
20:03isn't he that racing driver
20:04Johnny smashed himself up a couple of years ago
20:08fellow with the unpronounceable name
20:10Ladislaus Malinowski
20:11if you'll excuse me I'll go up now
20:12I'll see you at dinner?
20:13yes of course my dear
20:14I had thought of getting tickets for a show but I thought you'd be tired after your journey
20:22I'd rather watch television
20:23I'm dying to see ITV
20:24I hear it's ghastly
20:25for you colonel
20:26for you colonel
20:27thank you Henry
20:28there is a television room here is a
20:29yes sir the Americans like it but it's tucked well away
20:31yes
20:32yes sir the Americans like it but it's tucked well away
20:34yes sir
20:35yes sir the Americans like it but it's tucked well away
20:37yes sir the Americans like it but it's tucked well away
20:44thank you Henry
20:45thank you Henry
20:46for you colonel
20:47thank you Henry
20:48there is a television room here is a
20:51yes sir the Americans like it but it's tucked well away
20:56away
20:58this is room 43
21:21could you get me
21:23Regent 1129
21:25hello Ladislaus it's me
21:35yes you were wonderful
21:39when can we meet
21:42oh no sooner than that please
21:47I'm dying to see you
21:51Derek at last
21:52you got my note then
21:54I've no idea you were here Bess
21:55or I'd never have brought her
21:57where is she now
21:57watching television
21:59how long are you here for
22:06early overnight
22:07I've taken her to Mildred's
22:09tomorrow afternoon
22:09why for that
22:10I'd really no idea Bess
22:12I'd hate you to think
22:13that you were trying to
22:14stay at a sentimental reunion
22:15I wouldn't put it past you
22:16I should hope if I was I'd come straight up with it
22:19not that it wouldn't be a good idea
22:22no dear
22:23hang it Bess you are her mother
22:26she's done very well without me all these years
22:28I think she feels it though
22:30do you think I don't?
22:32it was easy
22:33thanks for the photographs
22:38she looks
22:40she looks
22:40just as I hoped she would
22:43what harm could there be in your meeting now
22:46saying there always was she needs protecting
22:48from what?
22:49from me you idiot
22:51I know you were always a bit headstrong
22:53for God's sake I'm not safe to be with
22:55I never have been
22:56yes but now that you're getting on a bit
22:59not that you look a day older of course
23:02but you'll want to settle down
23:05settle down to what?
23:07knitting by the hearse
23:08oh thank you
23:09when I go I shall go with a bloody great bang
23:12we're snap crackling
23:14pop come on the run
23:16then join the fun
23:17let's get off breakfast musketeers
23:19now all together let's give three rousing cheers
23:22hooray hooray
23:23get off rice krispies to top
23:25please snap
23:26they crackle
23:26they pop
23:27try rice krispies today
23:29they're good for you
23:30so tasty too
23:31we're on our way
23:33come join rice krispies
23:35right time back
23:36it's okay
23:39curse the square
24:01next month Alan Brewster and his team will be attempting to climb L'Ediard
24:15Devil Mountain by the South Face
24:19there has only been one successful attempt in the past
24:34that was in 1938
24:36when Sir David Squire led a team of the North Face
24:39the team included one woman
24:41the young Bess Sedgwick
24:44oh what a coincidence
24:47she's staying here you know
24:50here
24:51at Bertram's
24:53yes
24:53are you sure
24:56we saw her tea didn't we Dame
24:58yes yes indeed
24:59extraordinary creature
25:03I knew her as a girl
25:05I knew her as a girl
25:05quite a handful
25:07race horses
25:10power boats
25:11motor rallies
25:13everything a woman isn't supposed to do
25:17good luck to her I say
25:19Devil Mountain is one of the most treacherous peaks in the Alps
25:23more than a dozen climbers have lost their lives attempting it
25:27yes sir Humphrey the heating has been adjusted
25:32about time
25:33good night sir Humphrey
25:34good night
25:35could I have my key please
25:41just one minute Miss Blake
25:42it is room 43
25:50yes
25:51oh how silly of me it was in my bag all the time
26:00good night
26:01oh hello Uncle Derek
26:04I was just looking for you
26:06fed up with watching television
26:07I thought I'd go up now
26:09good fine
26:11well I'll say good night then
26:13good night
26:14and thank you for everything
26:18good night my dear
26:19sleep well
26:21good night
26:51come in
26:58come in
27:01come in
27:02hello
27:07I'm Alvera
27:11so he couldn't resist it
27:14well Uncle Derek didn't tell me
27:16I found out myself
27:18what do you want?
27:32to meet you?
27:34to meet you
27:36so now you've met me
27:38is that all you can say?
27:40what else is there to say?
27:42it's no use pretending we're anything but strangers
27:44you were two years old the last time I clapped eyes on you
27:48why didn't you take me with you when you left?
27:50didn't want to be lumbered with a baby
27:51knew your father would see you were taken care of
27:54and when he died?
27:55you haven't gone without anything
27:57you haven't gone without anything have you?
27:58not materially
27:59I couldn't give you anything else
28:02I'm not the maternal type
28:04I'm sorry but there it is
28:06could we just meet each other from time to time?
28:10there'd be no point
28:12all these years I've put you on a pedestal
28:17I saw you as a
28:19bold romantic person
28:21who loved me
28:23deep down
28:24well now you know different
28:27yes
28:31Elvira
28:35you're much better off without me honestly
28:38let's go
29:08come in
29:25good morning madam
29:26oh good morning
29:27I trust you slept well?
29:29oh very well yes indeed
29:31as well as one can at my age
29:33it's a very comfortable bed
29:35oh yes now that's what all our guests say
29:37oh yes
29:38there
29:39oh thank you
29:40now
29:41is everything to your liking madam?
29:43oh it looks delicious
29:44all piping hot
29:46the eggs properly poached
29:48really it seems too good to be true
29:52good morning
29:54good morning
29:55stay in line
29:56I'm sorry
29:57I'm sorry
29:58I'm sorry
29:59I'm sorry
30:00I'm sorry
30:01I'm sorry
30:02I'm sorry
30:03I'm sorry
30:04I'm sorry
30:05not hungry
30:06not awfully
30:07not awfully
30:08you'll have to make up for it at lunchtime
30:12I'll drop you off
30:13you and your friend can do your shopping
30:15and then we'll meet up at Pruneer's
30:16before we go down to cousin Mildred's
30:17fine
30:18nothing the matter is there?
30:31I saw her last night
30:32oh who?
30:33you know
30:35did you make yourself known to her?
30:48yes
30:49but it was no good
30:52no good
30:57good morning
31:00I'll see you down here in about half an hour then
31:06good afternoon Miss Marple
31:07I mean good morning
31:09off shopping?
31:10I shall be presently yes
31:11I'm bound for the Athenille quest
31:13oh no that's tomorrow
31:15where am I going today?
31:17oh yes I know
31:18the police museum
31:19oh
31:20that's it
31:21I think
31:27oh
31:28I nearly forgot
31:29thank you canon
31:30have a pleasant day
31:31thank you
31:34oh good morning
31:35here we are
31:39god bless
31:41mind yourself now
31:47good morning
32:12good morning
32:17good morning
32:18good morning
32:33my god
32:35Mickey Gorman
32:42it can't be
32:43I recognised you when you arrived yesterday
32:46it's more than I did you
32:49people seldom notice the man behind the uniform
32:53well well
32:54little best
32:55oh don't use that revolting name
32:57didn't think it's so revolting then
33:00what have you been up to all these years?
33:03this and that?
33:04I bet
33:05I know all about your doings
33:07aren't my fish and chips wrapped in them more often than not
33:11it's been a long time
33:14it certainly has
33:16a lovely slip of a girl you are
33:18I've worn a damn sight better than you
33:20still hitting the bottle I suppose
33:22it's easy to wear well when you're in the money
33:25no money wouldn't have done you any good
33:27you'd have gone to the dogs completely
33:29how on earth did you get taken on in this place?
33:31twas the medals pinched it
33:35I'm sure
33:36genuine too in case you wondered
33:38I wasn't
33:39you never lacked courage
33:40the army must have suited you
33:41the army's alright in more time but no good in peace
33:46I've thought of writing to you you know
33:48what for?
33:49what for?
33:51I've not forgotten Valley Galvan
33:55what's that supposed to mean?
33:57just reminding you
33:59if you mean what I think you do
34:01then listen chum
34:03you start raking all that up and I'll shoot you for the rat you are
34:08mmm
34:11I do believe you would too
34:13oh I would
34:19you
34:20I do believe you would too
34:21you
34:22I'm sure you would too
34:24hate me
34:25work
34:27with me
34:28you
34:29I'm sure
34:31I'm sure
34:33you
34:36I'm sure
34:37you
34:39I'm sure
34:40you
34:42yeah
34:44yeah
34:46yeah
34:48yeah
34:49where's mr. Humphries? I mean he's obvious Lady Sedgewick. I want a word with you.
35:03please sit down. engage that man Michael Gorman. I did. Parfid left. he was in a car accident.
35:07we had to replace him quickly. Gorman seemed all right. ex-army. good references.
35:12medals. if you insist we'll give him notice. forget it. it's a bit late for
35:16that anyway. what exactly? I said forget it. the harm's done. look at the time. it's supposed to be in Kensington.
35:32taxi madam. windows. as a matter of fact I think I'm going by bus. oh no madam. you don't want to go on buses at your time of life. all that jolton and jerkin could do you a
35:42damage. I'll whistle up a taxi and you shall travel like a queen.
35:46oh at the time. oh well. very well. yes.
35:49where to madam? the army and navy sauce please.
35:56Darian Thompson. quick.
36:01there's the aristocracy for you.
36:08here we are madam.
36:14here we are madam.
36:16mind the step now.
36:18yes.
36:20army and navy stores.
36:23oh.
36:25on second thoughts driver I'd like to go to Darian Thompson's please.
36:30thank you.
36:32ever thought of shinning down from the roof gardens?
36:36about time.
36:37perhaps we should try it sometime.
36:39aren't we living dangerously enough?
36:41why were you so late?
36:43something came up at Bertrand's.
36:45which reminds me what the hell were you doing there yesterday?
36:49checking you derived.
36:50bloody fool.
36:51you know damn well you're not supposed to be seen though.
36:53why not?
36:54everyone knows we're friends.
36:56you had another reason for coming didn't you?
37:00what a nasty suspicious mind you.
37:02i know you lousy.
37:03probably some wretched woman.
37:05now why should you think that?
37:07with you there's always a woman.
37:10i'd know better than to do it on hallowed steps of bathrooms.
37:13could you?
37:14no wonder.
37:15might give you a kick.
37:17how well you know me best.
37:19stay up here.
37:21okay okay.
37:22i've got the message.
37:24now can we talk about them all?
37:31so everything's set?
37:32yes.
37:33you've checked the weather forecast?
37:35of course.
37:44but how on earth will you manage Elvira?
37:47it'll be utterly drears for you stuck down there.
37:50we managed in italy didn't we?
37:53cousin mildew will be a cinch after old macarona.
38:01i'll pretend to come up to london for classes and things.
38:04the tate and all that jazz.
38:06can i help you madam?
38:07we're just looking.
38:08thank you.
38:09i think it's your only.
38:10we're looking.
38:11we're looking at the camera.
38:12we're looking at the camera.
38:14i know.
38:15now about tomorrow oh yes I've got to get away for 24 hours without anyone noticing you mean
38:40with him no such luck where then I can't tell you but I've simply got to there's something I have to
38:48find out I need your help biddy what sort of help I've got it all worked out when I get there I'll
38:58tell cousin mildew I've got a dental appointment in town tomorrow and I have to leave first thing
39:02then round about 11 o'clock you ring her up pretending to be your mother oh lord you can
39:09do your lady Bracknell tell cousin mildew I'll be spending the night with you as a dentist wants
39:15to see me again please biddy is it really desparagas yes it is it's a matter of life and death
39:28the most unattractive old thing trella with a caricature of a face a caricature of a face
39:40French I heard them at tea time asking for
40:00you know for a moment I could have sworn it was well they say that everyone has a doppelganger and
40:06extraordinary
40:07extraordinary
40:38you know for a moment I can't tell me Selina did Beth Sedgwick have any children by Lord Coniston
40:45now you mention it there was a baby he had custody a daughter yes she must be quite grown up by now
40:56ah that explains it explains what almost everything goodbye ma see you later
41:13Carissa
41:16are you coming to her
41:20you
41:23you
41:24you
41:26you
41:27you
41:31you
41:33have
41:34you
41:36you
41:38Good morning.
41:59May I speak to Mrs. Melford, please?
42:03Oh, hello.
42:05This is Monica Sotheby.
42:07My daughter, Bridget, is a friend of Elvira's.
42:12Yes, they are very good friends.
42:17Actually, I'm phoning on Elvira's behalf.
42:20Would it be all right if she spent the night with us?
42:25Yes.
42:26Oh, my dear.
42:28Well, after a long search.
42:31You know, it's almost impossible now
42:32to find ones that aren't covered in baby lambs
42:35or radishes
42:37or Nelson on his column.
42:40Oh, and I also treated myself to a handkerchief sachet.
42:44Ah!
42:46Oh, how pretty.
42:49My old one had fallen to bits.
42:50Well, I'd had it ever since I was a girl, you know.
42:52Oh, the things I used to hide in my handkerchief sachet.
42:58Photographs, love letters, diaries.
43:02Oh, yes.
43:04I once kept a Valentine card in mine for years,
43:08given to me by a young man called Lionel Mattingly.
43:13Romance, Jane.
43:14What happened?
43:16Oh, nothing.
43:17Mother nipped it in the bath.
43:19You mean you never saw him again?
43:21Oh, indeed, yes.
43:22I came across him years later.
43:24And, of course, Mother was absolutely right.
43:27A young girl needs a mother's watchful eye.
43:33Oh, God.
43:37Oh, my God.
43:38Oh, my God.
43:40Oh, my God.
43:41Oh, my God.
43:42Oh, my God.
43:43Thank you so much.
43:57Bye-bye.
43:58Bye-bye.
44:01Off to Lucerne now, Callum.
44:03Yes.
44:04At least, no.
44:05I shall be spending the afternoon at the Athenaeum.
44:08I shall be going straight to the air terminal from there.
44:10Well, enjoy the conference.
44:13I'll be back tomorrow night, or first thing the following morning, depending on flight.
44:17Don't worry.
44:18We'll keep the room for you.
44:19The next booking isn't until Saturday.
44:21Well, I've left most of my things.
44:23Just take this.
44:24Excuse me while I answer that.
44:26Yes.
44:30Goodbye.
44:30Goodbye.
44:30Penny, Father.
44:52Penny, Father.
44:54Hello there.
44:55hello there Dr Whittaker how are you I haven't seen you since that lecture on
45:02the Dead Sea Scrolls surprised to find you're not at the Lucerne Congress oh I
45:07am or rather I shall be I'm off to catch my plane now afraid I can't stop
45:12surely what date is the Congress tomorrow the 19th I'll let you know if
45:18anything crops up oh my dear chair well see you at dinner Jane oh yes indeed
45:27oh there's Dolly Ledbetter Dolly
45:35oh hello me oh thank you thank you so much oh that is a handsome pattern oh do you
45:51think so oh I am glad you know I wasn't quite sure it's for my nephew he's
45:58treating me to a fortnight here oh very nice yes he originally thought of
46:04Bournemouth but I stayed at Bertram's with an aunt as a child and I've never
46:07forgotten it has it changed much no that's the queer thing at first you know it
46:16seemed wonderful stepping right back into the past but but it should have changed
46:21shouldn't it just like St Mary Mead I mean one might not like the new school
46:26buildings but it's a sign of the times and the essence of life is going forward
46:32quite even though it appears to be backward
46:36yes Bertram seems to me I don't know why do I keep thinking the same thing what
46:46thing but it's almost too good to be true
46:50is that why you're here I beg your pardon well you are a policeman aren't you oh why I'm so sorry
46:59was it meant to be a secret
47:01I'm checking in for the flight to Lucerne your ticket please sir and your passport yes
47:06I'm checking in for the flight to Lucerne your ticket please sir and your passport yes
47:22I'm sorry sir this seems to be the wrong ticket oh no no no that's it flight 200 and something or other oh
47:26where are my glasses it's the date sir this ticket is dated the 18th
47:32I'm sorry sir this seems to be the wrong ticket oh no no no that's it flight 200 and something or other oh where are my glasses it's the date sir this ticket is dated the 18th
47:54today is the 19th oh but that's impossible that would mean my plane went yesterday yes sir and the conference took place today
48:09thank you
48:12thank you
48:16Bertrams
48:18Bertrams
48:20that's sir Ronald just a hunch
48:22your bloody hunches
48:24that was the Carmel Street robbery and all the confusion with Justice Ludgrove and
48:29him staying at Bertrams
48:31you surely do water oh please sir Ronald
48:34you surely don't think old Dickie Ludgrove's running a crime syndicate between settings no no no it's just something nagging at the back of my mind
48:47which is why you've been hogging muffins at Bertrams cheers
48:51can't explain it nice respectable hotel impeccable clientele it's just well almost too good to be true to coin a phrase
49:03all right
49:33Can I help you, sir?
49:53Oh, a table for one, please.
49:55You can choose anyone you like.
49:57Oh, thank you.
50:00I'll have that one by the heater.
50:03It's chilly out.
50:05A very good night for a curry.
50:08And I've just had rather a shock, too.
50:11Oh, dear.
50:13I'm sorry to hear that.
50:16Perhaps you would like a drink.
50:23All right, Burks.
50:24I'm going off now.
50:24Good night.
50:33I'm going off now.
50:55Ah, there you are.
51:25Ah, there you are.
51:55Thank the Lord I kept my room on.
52:00That's all I can say.
52:01Indeed, sir.
52:03Looking for accommodation in London is no joke.
52:07No.
52:08And it must have been a terrible disappointment to you
52:11to miss so great a conference.
52:15Entirely my own fault.
52:19I tend to get confused these days.
52:22It is the pace of life.
52:23Hmm.
52:25I rather feared it was senile decay.
52:28Oh, no, sir.
52:30Since I came to London,
52:32I also am sorely confused.
52:34I have Oh, no, ma'am!
52:43Yes!
52:45Oh, my God.
53:15Satsang with Mooji
53:45What the?