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First broadcast 10th February 1991.

Following a string of robberies, Poirot helps Chief Inspector Japp try to find the jewel thief.

David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings
Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp
Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon
Kika Markham as Countess Vera Rossakoff
David Lyon as Marcus Hardman
David Bamber as Bernard Parker
Charmian May as Lady Runcorn
Nicholas Selby as Mr Johnstone
Michael Packer as Redfern
William Chubb as Blake
Mark Fletcher as Constable
William Osborne as Receptionist
Meriel Dickinson as Katherine Bird
Yitkin Seow as Nacora
Richard Ryan as Porter
Jill Goldston as Railway Station Canteen Waitress

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00:00The train now arriving on platform 1 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
00:30The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
01:00The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
01:06The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
01:13The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
01:20The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
01:26The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
01:33The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
01:40The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
01:47The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
01:53The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
02:00The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
02:07The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
02:14The train now arriving on platform 2 is the 5.30 from Ilfric Hall, Barnstable, Exeter and Yokel.
02:21Sorry old chap, red light.
02:25I prefer the winter, it is safer.
02:29Now there's a pleasant sight for you on a summer's day.
02:34Have you ever thought about it?
02:37In my experience, I've known of five cases of women murdered by their devoted husbands.
02:42Yes?
02:43And 22 husbands murdered by their devoted wives.
02:47So thank you.
02:49No.
02:50Marriage it is not for me.
02:53And now I think the light it is green, we can proceed gently.
02:58Righto.
03:05Well I'm not going to have a crash.
03:08Anyway, we saw a bride, there's supposed to be good luck.
03:11Mr. Porrow, you're back.
03:13The chief inspector's waiting inside.
03:14The chief inspector's here?
03:17That must be the luck of which you speak, Hastings.
03:20I think he's worried about something.
03:23He hasn't said a word.
03:27Chief inspector.
03:31Afternoon, Father.
03:33Captain Mason.
03:34Chief inspector.
03:35Please sit yourself.
03:39What matter is it that brings you here today?
03:41A matter of my job, if you want the honest truth.
03:45They'd never dismiss you, would they, chief inspector?
03:47They will if I don't get results soon, Captain Hastings.
03:56Three robberies in as many weeks.
03:58Jewelry each time.
04:01The Atterton diamonds were the first to go.
04:04Lady Atterton.
04:06In the West Country.
04:07Lady Atterton.
04:09In the West Country.
04:12Happened during dinner.
04:14Two dukes, a duchess and some Russian countess ran the table.
04:18Not your usual run of witnesses.
04:20The high society.
04:21Can't get much higher.
04:23That's the trouble.
04:24The commissioner's come down on me.
04:26He wants action.
04:28If not, he's going to have to give them a scapegoat.
04:31A goat?
04:33Me.
04:35When was this last robbery?
04:38Three days ago.
04:39Three days?
04:41But it is too late.
04:43It is better to strike while the metal is warm, yes?
04:48So what can we do?
04:50We wait.
04:54Already the thief is planning his next crime.
04:58And the next crime...
05:01It will be his last.
05:05Oh, my God.
05:18Oh, my God.
05:23I'm going to let you go.
05:24Just let me go.
05:25Huh?
05:26Just let me go.
05:35Oh, my God.
05:41This way, countess.
05:58Lady Roderick.
06:00How good of you to come.
06:02And how exquisite you look.
06:03Your parties are always an experience, Marcus.
06:06And tonight is no exception.
06:08We have N'Kora the pianist playing for us.
06:11And you know, Catherine Byrne.
06:13The contraltive.
06:15My dear Marcus, one can't get tickets to hear her for love or money.
06:19No need for either.
06:21Oh, let me introduce you to a colleague of mine from South Africa.
06:24Martin Johnston, Lady Runcorn.
06:26How do you do?
06:28Excuse me.
06:29Are you also a collector, Mr. Johnston?
06:31What?
06:32Jewellery.
06:34Mr. Hardman has one of the finest collections in England.
06:39Lady Runcorn here?
06:41Yes, I was just talking to her.
06:43How good.
06:45She's quite attractive, really.
06:47I wonder if she misses the late Lord Runcorn.
06:50For heaven's sake, do try to be discreet.
06:54You know me, Marcus.
06:56Yes.
07:02Who's that?
07:04Countess Vera Rosikoff.
07:08She come over from Russia, quite recently.
07:11Yes.
07:13I suggest you keep your hands off her, dear boy.
07:17Why?
07:19You're not in her league.
07:23I wonder.
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10:56No, I haven't.
11:12You couldn't ask for the trail to be much fresher this time, Poirot.
11:15I only heard myself this morning.
11:17I've been chasing all over the country on the other three robberies.
11:20This is the first one that's been close to London.
11:24Tell me about this Mr Marcus Hartman.
11:26He's a jewellery collector.
11:28Something of a celebrity in his own way.
11:31Throws a lot of parties, that sort of thing.
11:33A collector, do you say?
11:35Yes. Natural target, I suppose.
11:39And yet, in other circumstances, perhaps also the natural suspect.
11:54They were in the garden when it happened.
11:56Some sort of concert.
11:58In the garden?
11:59As a marquee.
12:01Sir?
12:02You were the constable on duty last night?
12:04Yes, sir.
12:05Tell us what happened then.
12:07I was on my beat, sir.
12:09I walked past Miss Drarden's house at about half past ten.
12:12And?
12:15Well, sir, I did see something.
12:18I saw a woman.
12:20Well, sir, I did see something.
12:23A vagrant.
12:24He was going the other way, down there.
12:27That vagrant could have had a £10,000 necklace in his pocket.
12:32I wasn't to know, sir.
12:34Indeed not.
12:36Thank you, officer. You've been most assiduous in your duties.
12:45It's a ghastly thing, just ghastly.
12:47I mean, the publicity will destroy me.
12:49When did you notice that the jury was absent, Mr Hartman?
12:52It was this morning. I got up late after last night's concert.
12:55We have an accordion player and Catherine Byrd.
12:58I came into the room.
13:00My beautiful emerald necklace.
13:02But it is insured, Mr Hartman.
13:04Insured? Is it?
13:06Of course it's insured. That's not the point.
13:08It's irreplaceable.
13:10It used to belong to Catherine de' Medici, you know.
13:15It's through here.
13:20Mr Hartman.
13:24This window, it is kept locked, yes?
13:27Of course.
13:29I'll show you the safe.
13:35What's different about this window? It looks just like all the others.
13:38But there is one significant difference, mon ami.
13:41It is at this point that the climbing plant outside almost reaches the sill.
13:45And Mr Hartman is, I think, a little overconfident about the latches.
13:54Has anything been touched?
13:56No, Chief Inspector. This is just how it was when I came in.
13:59The safe was open and the emeralds were gone.
14:05So what's this, then?
14:08Is this yours, Mr Hartman?
14:10No.
14:13What do you make of this, Poirot?
14:22It is a glove of a man.
14:26A man with small hands.
14:33What have we here?
14:43Cigarette case.
14:47Empty.
14:52The initial is BP.
14:54BP.
14:56Is that of any significance to you, Mr Hartman?
14:58Well, yes. I suppose it could belong to Bernard Parker.
15:02And who is he, sir?
15:04A young friend of mine. A business associate.
15:07The glove could be his, too.
15:09What makes you say that?
15:10Well, he'd lost it. He'd lost both his gloves.
15:12At least that's what he said.
15:15Excuse me.
15:18So what do you think, Poirot?
15:21I think that it is strange.
15:23The glove and the cigarette case.
15:25It is, as you might say, the double clue.
15:28Twice as much for us to work on.
15:31It is too much, Hastings. Too much.
15:33To leave the glove inside the safe.
15:35Perhaps he was in a hurry.
15:37Someone could have disturbed him.
15:43Warren.
15:44May I introduce you?
15:46This is the kindness Vera Rosakov.
15:48She was here at the party last night.
15:57Enchanté, madame.
16:00Et moi aussi, monsieur.
16:03Et moi aussi, monsieur.
16:08Perquis, Poirot.
16:11At your service, madame.
16:21What beautiful gardens, monsieur Poirot.
16:24It is so good of you to escort me.
16:27I wanted to bring you somewhere that was worthy of you.
16:29You mustn't flatter me, monsieur Poirot.
16:31You will make me cry.
16:33I've been so lonely since I arrived.
16:35And it's been a lovely day.
16:38Yes.
16:39I also know what it is to come to a new country
16:42and to know no one.
16:44Of course.
16:45You yourself are a refugee.
16:47Yes.
16:49I was head of the police in Belgium.
16:52But then came the Great War.
16:54I was forced to leave.
16:57I came to England,
16:59to the village of Stals and Mary.
17:02But it was a sad and painful time for me,
17:04so far from my family and my home.
17:06Poor monsieur Poirot.
17:08Oh, no. I've had a good fortune.
17:10My talent has been recognised.
17:12It is reported that I am the most famous detective in England.
17:20Poirot here.
17:21No, I'm afraid not.
17:22Hastings?
17:23Yes.
17:24Excuse me.
17:27Where is he?
17:28You all right, Chief Inspector?
17:30No, I'm not all right.
17:31And I'll be lucky to be Chief Inspector by the end of the week.
17:34As bad as that, eh?
17:35It's been three days, Captain Hastings.
17:37Three days and nothing.
17:39Well, Poirot is on the case, you know.
17:41Then why aren't you with him?
17:43I don't know.
17:44I suppose he wanted to pursue his own line of inquiry.
17:49This jewellery business is going to be the end of me.
17:51Don't worry, old chap.
17:53You know Poirot.
17:54He really is getting somewhere?
17:55Oh, yes.
17:57I'm sure he's on the right track.
18:05And so you are investigating the case of the stolen jewellery?
18:09It seems a simple matter, madame.
18:11To England's most famous detective, of course.
18:15Do you suspect me?
18:17Should I?
18:18I was there.
18:20That is true.
18:21So, tell me, madame.
18:23Why did you return the following day?
18:25I had an appointment with Mr. Hartman.
18:29I was considering selling some of my own jewellery.
18:41I had a house like this once in Pietrograd.
18:45It was very nice.
18:48I had a house like this once in Pietrograd.
18:53First a house.
18:58Then a wing in the house.
19:01Then a room in the wing.
19:03And now nothing.
19:05But that does not make you the thief, madame.
19:08No.
19:13Life itself is the thief.
19:17It has taken everything I have.
19:41Well, I suppose it had to happen one day.
19:45He's really quite taken, you know.
19:48Are you sure, Captain Hastings?
19:50You should have seen him.
19:52Well, anyway, we haven't seen him.
19:54Not for three days.
19:56It's not like him.
19:58What about poor old Jack?
20:00Looks like he could be for the chop.
20:02If only we could help.
20:05Maybe we can.
20:07How?
20:08Look, according to Marcus Hartman,
20:10only four people went into the house during the concert.
20:13That's when the jewels were taken.
20:15Bernard Parker, Martin Johnston, Lady Runcorn and the Countess.
20:19Suppose it was her.
20:21No, it can't have been her.
20:23I mean, I hope to God it wasn't.
20:25So what can we do?
20:27Well, we can talk to the other three and solve the case ourselves.
20:33I know old Jack suspects that trap the constable spotted,
20:36but I think we should speak to them all, starting with Mr Johnston.
20:44How dare you, sir?
20:47If I want a jewel necklace,
20:50I can afford to go into a shop and buy one.
20:54In fact, I can afford to buy the shop.
20:58So why did you go back into the house, Mr Johnston?
21:01A call of nature, if you must know.
21:06Were there any witnesses?
21:14DOOR SLAMS
21:19So, Lady Runcorn, you don't deny that you went back into the house?
21:24But I just told you that, Captain Hastings.
21:27Hm. Did you see anyone else inside?
21:30Yes, there was someone coming out of the downstairs bathroom,
21:34but I didn't see who it was.
21:37Why were you in the house, Lady Runcorn?
21:40I went to fetch my handbag.
21:43I'd left it inside.
21:52Eh bien, Countess, tomorrow I will take you to the Tate Gallery
21:56to see their collection of the Turners.
21:58But I find these expressionist painters so exciting.
22:02Don't you, Hercule?
22:04In part, yes.
22:08You know, I do not believe that there is anyone of my acquaintance
22:11who calls me by that name.
22:13Oh. I'm so sorry.
22:16Excuse me.
22:18Madame.
22:22Now, this I find most pleasing.
22:25Marc Chagall. Another Russian. An exile.
22:29He lives in Paris, I believe.
22:31A constructivist, they call him.
22:35But one only has to look at his work to see.
22:39Yes?
22:41He's still in Russia. He never left.
22:44Like you, Countess.
22:46Oh, no.
22:48It's another world now.
22:51Stalin, Hitler.
22:53Everywhere you look, it's all changing.
22:57Goodbye, Lady Runcorn.
23:01Goodbye, Captain Hastings.
23:08Captain Hastings, look.
23:11B.P.
23:13Bernard Parker.
23:18Yes, I do some work for Marcus.
23:21Mr. Hardman.
23:23I arrange his more insalubrious deals.
23:27What do you mean by that?
23:29When the client doesn't want his or her name dragged through the mud,
23:33I act as a sort of go-between.
23:36I don't...
23:38In high society, Captain, nobody is ever hard-up.
23:41At least, they don't admit to it.
23:43So, when they are hard-up,
23:45they don't admit to it.
23:47At least, they don't admit to it.
23:49So, when they are hard-up,
23:51they come to me,
23:53and I go to Marcus.
23:55Have you lost a glove, Mr. Parker?
23:57Oh, the glove.
23:59That simply loathsome Inspector Snapp
24:01has already been on to me about the glove.
24:04You know he wanted to arrest me.
24:06Was it yours?
24:08Yes.
24:10But I've told him I had both my gloves when the concert began,
24:13and that was the last time I saw them.
24:15And as for the cigarette case,
24:17I've never seen it before in my life.
24:19It had your initials.
24:21Oh, my dear, I'm sure you'll find plenty of people in London
24:24with the initials BP.
24:28By the way, have you ever done any embroidery?
24:32Embroidery?
24:34You know, needlework, that sort of thing.
24:37No.
24:41No.
24:46And what of the perfect crime?
24:50It is an illusion, Countess.
24:53Maybe.
24:55But let me tell you something I heard.
24:58It was a robbery,
25:00like the one at Mr. Hartman's,
25:02but this time it was diamonds.
25:04Please go on.
25:06Twelve people sat down to dinner.
25:09The safe was in the next room.
25:11The hostess herself had checked
25:13that the diamonds were in place before the meal had begun.
25:16And after?
25:18The safe was open and empty.
25:22And there were no clues?
25:24None.
25:25It is strange that you should choose to relate this to me, Countess.
25:28I also have read of it.
25:29Yes?
25:30Oh, yes, the Atterton diamonds.
25:32And it is true that the police, they were confounded,
25:34but that is because they look with the eyes that is too... English.
25:38I don't understand.
25:40Whenever they see the dukes and the duchesses, the lords and the ladies,
25:43but they fail to ask themselves the one simple question.
25:46Which is?
25:48What person was at that dinner,
25:50who was also at the soirée of Mr. Hartman,
25:53and on two other occasions when some jewels were stolen?
25:58So, you are saying the police cannot solve it because they are too English.
26:04Or because the culprit, he is not English enough.
26:10Yes.
26:20Thank you for a really lovely day.
26:22Countess.
26:38Will I see you tomorrow?
26:40For lunch? Yes.
26:43The Carlton Hotel.
27:02Bernard Parker must have been in love with Lady Runcorn.
27:05He gave her the embroidery, but lied about it to us.
27:08I think Johnston was a liar as well. I'm sure. It's him.
27:11Yes.
27:15I say, poor old man.
27:17Learning Russian. I wonder why.
27:20It has been an invaluable aid, mon ami.
27:23I couldn't get past the alphabet myself.
27:25Good. No, it is indeed complicated.
27:27Yes. Like this case.
27:29The stolen jewels?
27:31We've been investigating, Mr. Poirot.
27:33You're not the only private detective in London, you know.
27:37This is true, mon ami.
27:42Eh bien, tell me all that you have discovered.
27:47So we think Bernard Parker is blackmailing Lady Runcorn.
27:51We've discovered she has huge debts
27:53and she's recently sent four paintings to auction.
27:56She must have sold them to pay him off.
27:58So you say Lady Runcorn requires money?
28:01Yes.
28:03So is it not more likely
28:05that Lady Runcorn would meet with Monsieur Bernard Parker
28:08to discuss the selling of her jewels?
28:10That is his occupation, is it not?
28:12Ah, but what about the embroidery?
28:14He signed it, BP.
28:16But, um, I wonder what Lady Runcorn was called
28:19before she became Lady Runcorn.
28:21Ah.
28:23I hadn't thought of that.
28:25If you are to be a cute Poirot, you must think of everything.
28:37Lady Runcorn, born Beatrice Palmerston.
28:41Beatrice Palmerston.
28:45BP.
28:46He's right.
28:53It's all right there, Poirot.
28:55What do you think?
28:57I think, Hastings, you must ask yourself one question.
28:59Yes?
29:01The tramp, what was he doing there?
29:03And the answer?
29:05You will find only by returning to the home of Monsieur Marcus Hartman.
29:09I suggest that you go tomorrow.
29:11What about you?
29:13No, this case does not interest Poirot.
29:15I have no enthusiasm for it.
29:17And it is as you yourself say, Hastings.
29:20There are other private detectives.
29:22Yes, I'm sure.
29:24What about poor old Jack?
29:32No, sir, nothing as yet, sir.
29:34But I am following up a few leads.
29:37Well, no, sir, they haven't actually led anywhere yet.
29:41But if you could just give me a little bit more time.
29:4648 hours.
29:49Well, I was hoping for a little bit more time than that, sir.
29:54I can assure you, sir, your wife is perfectly safe.
29:58If you'd like to put her on, I can assure her myself, sir.
30:03No, sir, I didn't mean that, sir.
30:08Right, sir.
30:12Sir, I am working on this, sir.
30:17I'll do that, sir.
30:34Good evening.
30:36Please, allow me to introduce myself.
30:46Poirot?
30:48Not the Hercule Poirot.
30:50The very same.
30:51Please, sit down, sir.
30:52No, thank you.
30:54What can we do for you?
30:56I have a friend who requires my immediate help.
30:59But I cannot help, and so I turn to you.
31:02You mean you want us to sort of deputize for you?
31:06Oui, c'est ça.
31:08You must act on my behalf.
31:10It must be something important for you to ask for our help, monsieur Poirot.
31:14It is a matter of the utmost importance, monsieur.
31:17There is a reputation.
31:20Now, there is a life that is at stake.
31:24But Hercule Poirot is not involved.
31:33The tramp.
31:35What was the tramp doing here?
31:37I can't see how wandering around the grounds is going to give us the answer.
31:41Let's be methodical, Captain Hastings.
31:43Mr Poirot must have a reason for sending us here.
31:46Four people went into that house.
31:48You'd have thought one of them must have done it.
31:51How about Lady Roncorn?
31:53If her name was Beatrice Palmerston once, the cigarette case could have belonged to her.
31:57BP?
31:59Maybe she was working with Bernard Parker.
32:02They were in the house at the same time.
32:04What about that wretched tramp?
32:06I just don't see where he fits in.
32:08Miss Lambert, look. Over there.
32:11It's him.
32:13Wait here.
32:14Hey, you! Stop!
32:17Captain Hastings! He's got a gun!
32:21No!
32:28Are you all right?
32:30I think so.
32:32Listen.
32:37Well, that's the first tramp I've seen behind the wheel of an MG.
32:44Ow!
32:45It's iodine, Captain Hastings. I said it'd sting.
32:49It's me who suffers, my friend, to think that I sent you.
32:52Oh, it's not your fault, Poirot.
32:54But yes, Hastings.
32:56It was me who sent you to the house, and but for your speed and agility...
33:00He fired four times, Mr Poirot.
33:02I know, Miss Lambert.
33:04Did you know the tramp would come back?
33:06No. But I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture.
33:09I don't even say that.
33:12Miss Lambert, would you be so good as to telephone the Chief Inspector Shep?
33:16Ask him to meet us at the home of Marcus Hartman.
33:19What about your lunch with the Countess?
33:22And...
33:24We will meet after lunch at three o'clock.
33:27Where are you taking her?
33:29It is the Countess who takes me.
33:42You astonish me, madame.
33:44I am lost in admiration.
33:46It's just a picnic.
33:50I used to have such picnics.
34:02Suppose he...
34:05Poirot and the Countess...
34:09He wouldn't.
34:14Would he?
34:15I don't know.
34:17I've never seen him like this before.
34:26And now a toast.
34:28I shall propose one if I may.
34:31To crime.
34:33That is a strange toast, coming from a detective.
34:37And yet it is my raison d'être.
34:40My life is ruled by it.
34:42And it is crime that has brought us together.
34:48Then...
34:50To crime.
34:54He couldn't.
34:57He just couldn't.
35:03You'd be out of a situation.
35:09What about you?
35:11Oh, I could travel.
35:13I've always had a dream about South America, you know.
35:16Farming.
35:18You'd miss him, though, wouldn't you?
35:21Of course I would.
35:25What about you?
35:34I don't want to talk about it.
35:42And now I think...
35:45Yes.
35:47I have an investigation with the Chief Inspector Jabb.
35:52And it must be resolved.
35:56Is there anything I can do?
35:59This time I fear the culprit may escape.
36:02Or this time...
36:05The culprit may never be named.
36:09That depends entirely upon you.
36:12Me?
36:14I think so.
36:27Could this help?
36:39No.
36:51Only four people came into the house during the concert.
36:55The Countess, Mr. Johnson, Lady Runcorn and Mr. Bernard Parker.
37:00The thorough investigation of my colleagues eliminated Mr. Johnson and Lady Runcorn.
37:04Mr. Johnson, because he's a very worthy man.
37:07Lady Runcorn?
37:08Lady Runcorn because...
37:10She came to the house in order to meet with Mr. Bernard Parker.
37:16Is that not so, Mr. Hartman?
37:19Yes.
37:20But no one must know.
37:22My whole business, it thrives on nobody knowing.
37:28D'accord.
37:29And finally there is the Countess,
37:32who entered the house in order to get her coat.
37:36Her coat?
37:37I thought it was a warm evening.
37:39Yes, it was, Chief Inspector.
37:41But I had been outside for more than an hour.
37:44Oh, yes, but...
37:45And forgive me, but if that Japanese contrato had some one more high note,
37:50my head would have shattered.
37:52And while you were inside, Countess, you caught sight of a figure, no?
37:56And you disturbed him, n'est-ce pas?
37:58Yes, but I only glimpsed him.
38:00Going where?
38:02From this room to the window.
38:04Ah, yes.
38:05The window with a climbing plant.
38:09That brings us to the tramp,
38:11and one very important question.
38:15Why did he come back?
38:16Yes, and how could he afford an M.G. for that matter?
38:20The tramp who was no tramp
38:22used the climbing plant in order to enter the house.
38:26Now, for him, the window was no obstacle.
38:29The safe also he opened with ease.
38:32So what about the clues?
38:33The glove belonged to Monsieur Bernard Parker.
38:36It was put there to incriminate him.
38:38The case belonged to Lady Runcorn,
38:40or Beatrice Palmerston, as what she was called.
38:43But always, I think, she will deny it.
38:45Why?
38:46Because she brought it here in order to sell it.
38:48She'll never admit that. She's too proud.
38:51That is quite true, Miss Lemon.
38:56So the tramp took the jewels.
38:59What did he do then?
39:01He returned to the window
39:02where he was disturbed by the Countess.
39:06He slipped and he fell.
39:08And the necklace?
39:11The necklace he dropped,
39:14which is why he had to come back.
39:21Wait a minute.
39:31Come on.
39:50I've got it.
39:51Voila, green against green, a necklace.
40:03What about the tramp?
40:10I'm still out of color.
40:11I mean, I'm far.
40:12Oui, d'accord, but I fear it is too late.
40:14I'm still out of color.
40:15I mean, I'm far.
40:16I mean, I fear it is too late.
40:47What's the matter?
40:53Just something she said.
40:58Who?
40:59The countess.
41:01She said the singer was Japanese.
41:04It was the pianist who was Japanese.
41:06What of it?
41:07Well, if she really had been in the garden for an hour, surely she would have known.
41:14Good night.
41:16Miss Lemon, I thought you had already gone.
41:19No, I have some letters to finish.
41:27You're working late, Mr. Poirot.
41:31Yes, I have run out of time.
41:34I'm afraid I have to go.
41:37I'm afraid I have to go.
41:40I'm afraid I have to go.
41:43Yes, I have from the Chief Inspector Juppe the reports of the jury thefts.
41:48This work, Miss Lemon, sometimes it is not so straightforward.
41:54You do work so hard, Mr. Poirot.
41:57Sometimes I think really you ought to...
41:59Yes, Miss Lemon?
42:01Nothing, Mr. Poirot.
42:05Good night, Miss Lemon.
42:07Good night.
42:13Good night, Mr. Poirot.
42:16Good night, Mr. Poirot.
42:42Ten minutes until your train.
42:44Yes.
42:45Send your ship to America.
42:48Yes.
43:04Madame, you are the most remarkable, the most unique woman that I have ever met.
43:12But also...
43:14opposite.
43:16C'est ça.
43:19You must continue your work and I must continue mine.
43:25But not in the same country.
43:39Countess, please allow me to introduce two colleagues of mine.
43:43Monsieur Redfern and Blake.
43:45Good evening, Madame.
43:46They are, like myself, private detectives.
43:52Do you really think I need an escort?
43:54No, no, no.
43:55They are for your protection.
43:57During your short visit in England, there have been four very clever robberies.
44:01I would not wish you to be involved in a fifth.
44:05Of course.
44:14Are they armed?
44:17I believe that Monsieur Redfern does carry a gun.
44:19Yes. Loaded with blanks, of course.
44:22Ah, yes.
44:23Monsieur Redfern played the trump more convincingly than I had expected.
44:27I could probe by his things.
44:29I am afraid that it was necessary to lead him of the scent.
45:03But I forget.
45:05I have something for you.
45:08A parting present.
45:11A souvenir.
45:14A cigarette case?
45:16It's a double clue.
45:20It's of no use to me.
45:23It's inscribed BP.
45:26Yes.
45:29And yet, in the Russian alphabet,
45:31a B is a V and a P is an R, is it not?
45:36We are a Russian coup.
45:40Yes.
45:46You've been studying.
45:49You will keep it, I hope.
45:52Something to remember me by.
45:54Oh.
45:57I won't forget you.
46:03How cute.
46:07Nor I you.
46:11Countess.
46:24Au revoir.
46:40Au revoir.