First broadcast 27th October 2010.
Joyce Reynolds, a girl who claims to have witnessed a murder, is found drowned at a children's Halloween party.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Amelia Bullmore as Judith Butler
Zoë Wanamaker as Ariadne Oliver
Deborah Findlay as Rowena Drake
Mary Higgins as Miranda Butler
Sophie Thompson as Mrs Reynolds
Georgia King as Frances Drake
Ian Hallard as Edmund Drake
Timothy West as Reverend Cottrell
Fenella Woolgar as Miss Whittaker
Macy Nyman as Joyce Reynolds
Richard Breislin as Leopold Reynolds
David Yelland as George
Paola Dionisotti as Mrs Goodbody
Julian Rhind-Tutt as Michael Garfield
Paul Thornley as Inspector Raglan
Vera Graziadei (credited as Vera Filatova) as Olga Seminoff
Phyllida Law as Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
Eric Sykes as Mr Fullerton
Joyce Reynolds, a girl who claims to have witnessed a murder, is found drowned at a children's Halloween party.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Amelia Bullmore as Judith Butler
Zoë Wanamaker as Ariadne Oliver
Deborah Findlay as Rowena Drake
Mary Higgins as Miranda Butler
Sophie Thompson as Mrs Reynolds
Georgia King as Frances Drake
Ian Hallard as Edmund Drake
Timothy West as Reverend Cottrell
Fenella Woolgar as Miss Whittaker
Macy Nyman as Joyce Reynolds
Richard Breislin as Leopold Reynolds
David Yelland as George
Paola Dionisotti as Mrs Goodbody
Julian Rhind-Tutt as Michael Garfield
Paul Thornley as Inspector Raglan
Vera Graziadei (credited as Vera Filatova) as Olga Seminoff
Phyllida Law as Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
Eric Sykes as Mr Fullerton
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00:00:00It doesn't have to be a masterpiece, Ariadne.
00:00:13No, no.
00:00:15Better take my time.
00:00:17Last one looked like it had a stroke.
00:00:19How are we doing, girls?
00:00:21Grand, grand.
00:00:23Sharp now, the children are arriving.
00:00:24You will stay for the party, Mrs. Oliver.
00:00:26Well, I'm not feeling too well.
00:00:28Don't go on long.
00:00:29You know what children are like.
00:00:30They get so giddy.
00:00:31Will that suit you?
00:00:32Excellent.
00:00:33First rate.
00:00:34They'll be thrilled to meet you, I'm sure.
00:00:36Well, must get on.
00:00:37Time's winged what's it, eh?
00:00:41Rather a force of nature, Mrs. Drake.
00:00:44It's very good of you to muck in like this, Ariadne.
00:00:47And you'll talk tomorrow.
00:00:48Oh, well, I've been mean to have a word with you about that, Judith.
00:00:51I'm not feeling too clever.
00:00:53I hope we've not picked up Miranda's cold.
00:00:55Such a shame she couldn't come to the party.
00:00:57She was so looking forward to it.
00:00:58Two.
00:00:59Bless you.
00:01:00Which followed President Roosevelt's speech earlier on today.
00:01:06That is the end of the news.
00:01:13Are you sitting comfortably?
00:01:15No.
00:01:16No?
00:01:17Good.
00:01:18We wouldn't want that, would we?
00:01:19Not on a dark and stormy night like this one.
00:01:21We'll have to keep an eye on you, Mrs. Oliver.
00:01:47There'll be no apples left to bob with.
00:01:49They might be setting sin, I'm afraid.
00:01:50I can't resist them.
00:01:53All this must have set Mrs. Drake back a bob or two.
00:01:56The year's on the turn, vicar.
00:01:58Must we freeze yet again?
00:01:59Ah, alas, I'm afraid the heating at St. Wulfric's packed up ages ago.
00:02:04Maybe you should try wearing an extra woolly.
00:02:06It's all right for you in that cassock.
00:02:07Bet you'll got up like Scott of the bloody Antarctic under that lot.
00:02:11Oh, bless you.
00:02:13I do beg your pardon.
00:02:14No, no, no, it's my fault.
00:02:16I'm always in the way.
00:02:19Mrs. Reynolds, local Marsha.
00:02:22Frances, did you ask Cook to soak the raisins?
00:02:24Of course I did, Mark.
00:02:26Don't pace yourself, darling.
00:02:28Sun's well over the yardarm, mother mine.
00:02:31Come on, Edmund.
00:02:33Lend a hand, for God's sake.
00:02:34I'm rather absorbed as it happens.
00:02:37Roderick Usher has just found his sister bricked up.
00:02:40We have put her living in the tomb.
00:02:42It's awfully good.
00:02:44Well, I'm more concerned with the fall of the house of Drake at the moment,
00:02:47so stir your stumps.
00:02:48Oh.
00:02:50Oh, dear.
00:02:51Joyce Reynolds, you duffer.
00:02:52What do you think you're doing?
00:02:54Sorry, miss, I'm sure.
00:02:55Look at the poor pumpkin.
00:02:57Joyce smashed the pumpkin.
00:02:58Joyce smashed the pumpkin.
00:02:59Go and boil your head, Leopold.
00:03:03Ride out, Joyce.
00:03:10Now, who's next?
00:03:14Patience, Cathy.
00:03:15Patience.
00:03:15In a minute.
00:03:17Leave that, Mrs Reynolds.
00:03:19The party's not over yet.
00:03:20Do you enjoy yourself?
00:03:21Oh, I don't mind.
00:03:22I like Dale Powell.
00:03:23All right, all right.
00:03:24Who's next?
00:03:25Mrs Drake says you're a writer.
00:03:27The one who does the murder stories.
00:03:29Yes.
00:03:30You must make a lot of money out of it.
00:03:32A bit.
00:03:33That's not very polite, is it, Joyce?
00:03:35And you have a detective, who's a Finn, haven't you?
00:03:38Sven Hearsen.
00:03:39Why a Finn?
00:03:41I've often wondered.
00:03:43I saw a murder once.
00:03:45Don't be silly, Joyce.
00:03:46I did.
00:03:47Oh, really?
00:03:48Of course you didn't see a murder.
00:03:49Don't say such foolish things, dear.
00:03:52Has everyone had a go at the apples, Vicar?
00:03:54Victoria, I didn't see a murder.
00:03:55I did.
00:03:56I did?
00:03:57What kind of murder, you ridiculous creature?
00:04:00She's making it up.
00:04:02Again.
00:04:03I'm not.
00:04:03I saw one.
00:04:05We're going to play Snapdragon next.
00:04:06It's great fun.
00:04:07It wasn't really till a long time afterwards, I mean,
00:04:10that I began to realise it was a murder, I saw.
00:04:12It's more a Christmassy thing, isn't it?
00:04:13Well, we Drakes always played at Halloween.
00:04:16Why didn't you go to the coppers, then?
00:04:18Because I didn't know at the time that it was a murder.
00:04:20Is that the one where you pluck fruit over a bowl or something?
00:04:24Yes, that's right.
00:04:24Raisin soaked in nickel.
00:04:25A bit like Francis.
00:04:27Ha, ha.
00:04:27Then set fire to him in the dark.
00:04:29Of course.
00:04:30Now I'm older, I know that it was a murder I saw.
00:04:34Utterly possible.
00:04:35When was all this supposed to have happened?
00:04:37Years ago.
00:04:38I was quite young at the time.
00:04:40You're young now, you nip.
00:04:41Who murdered whom?
00:04:43Oh, I shan't tell any of you now.
00:04:45You're all so beastly.
00:04:46Poor Miranda.
00:04:47Linda, she's missing a smashing party.
00:04:49Oh, God.
00:04:50You got a shockwave?
00:04:52Who's there?
00:04:55What is it, Miss Whittaker?
00:04:58What I saw?
00:05:01It's just the wind, I expect.
00:05:03The feeling of sick dread came over me as I gazed upon that dreadful countenance, at that obscene
00:05:12parody of a human face.
00:05:15Even as I watched, his bloodshot eyeball began to roll down the livid green skin.
00:05:21Fool!
00:05:22He is insect.
00:05:24Not enjoying it, sir.
00:05:25It is the subject matter, Georges.
00:05:27It is distasteful.
00:05:28I am evil.
00:05:28Poirot, he has seen much evil in this world.
00:05:31He should not be the subject of such mockery.
00:05:33Oh, it's just a bit of fun, sir.
00:05:34I love a good bloodcurdler, me.
00:05:36And very appropriate for the time of year.
00:05:38Georges, at this time of year in Belgium, it is the custom to light the candles in memory
00:05:42of the dead.
00:05:44Not to tell the stories macabre.
00:05:49I grieve for your carpet, Mrs. Drake.
00:05:51There's water everywhere.
00:05:53It'll set you back quite a bit to get it spruced up.
00:05:55Oh, it's old vicar, not to worry.
00:05:58Now what?
00:06:02Jehovah's Witnesses.
00:06:09It's hiring for young and old.
00:06:14Now, who would like their fortune told?
00:06:18All the bells and whistles, I see.
00:06:21Woodley Commons' very own witch.
00:06:23Ma, I won't like this.
00:06:25Mrs. Goodbody was certainly not invited.
00:06:27Mummy?
00:06:28Yes, dear.
00:06:29Very good.
00:06:29You should be in films.
00:06:31Now, come along.
00:06:31We don't want any unpleasantness in front of the children.
00:06:34Now, come along.
00:06:35No, but I want to stay.
00:06:36Come along.
00:06:38For the kiddies.
00:06:39For the kiddies.
00:06:42Everybody ready now.
00:06:43Come along.
00:06:44Yes, come on.
00:06:44Into the parlour.
00:06:45Come on now.
00:06:45Snap, dragon, dear.
00:06:46Snap, snap, dragon.
00:07:02Take care.
00:07:04Don't take too much.
00:07:05Be not greasy in your clutch.
00:07:07Snap, snap, dragon.
00:07:08With his blue and lapping tongue, many of you will be stung.
00:07:13Snip, snap, dragon.
00:07:14All he snaps at all that comes.
00:07:17Snatching at his feast of plums.
00:07:19Snip, snap, dragon.
00:07:21Give him a red flag and gold.
00:07:23Shove a door.
00:07:24Oh, see, you're drenched.
00:07:32What a clumsy thing you must think of being.
00:07:33No, no.
00:07:34It can happen to us all.
00:07:36We mustn't let the children run about in their stocking feet.
00:07:39I'll get a brush.
00:07:41Mrs. Baker?
00:07:53Oh, well, everyone, that's your last go.
00:08:09Oh, yes.
00:08:11Come along now.
00:08:12It's ten o'clock.
00:08:13It's way past most of your bedtime.
00:08:15It's time to go home now.
00:08:16Come along now.
00:08:17Home, home.
00:08:20Would you all be dears and round up the little...
00:08:23waste and strays?
00:08:24Some of the older ones gravitate to the cloakrooms and what have you.
00:08:27Whatever for.
00:08:29What have you, I should think.
00:08:30Has anyone seen my joycee?
00:08:33I'll do a head count.
00:08:45Hercule Parraux speaks.
00:08:47Oh, thank God you're in.
00:08:48My friend, Ariadne.
00:08:49Yes, it's me.
00:08:50But you are breathless.
00:08:51What is the matter?
00:08:52Something it has upset you?
00:08:53Upset me?
00:08:55Dear God.
00:08:56I shall never be able to look at another apple again.
00:08:58Glorious, isn't it?
00:09:27The leaves are like gold.
00:09:33No, no, I meant the mucky old window and the dusty seats with a pervasive odour of capstone
00:09:39navy cut and schoolboy socks.
00:09:41I see you've been out of England some little time, monsieur.
00:09:44Fresh off the boat, from Athens.
00:09:47Superb.
00:09:48But I do miss the old country.
00:09:52Heading far?
00:09:53Woodley common?
00:09:54Me too.
00:09:55How very nice.
00:09:56I live there, as a matter of fact.
00:09:58Indeed?
00:09:58Hmm.
00:09:58For how long, may I ask?
00:10:00About three years.
00:10:02Yes.
00:10:02Came to do a garden, never left.
00:10:05That's what I do, gardens, creation thereof.
00:10:08Very beautiful part of the world.
00:10:11Michael Garfield.
00:10:13Hercule Poirot.
00:10:14Oh, well, there's a turn-up.
00:10:17Oui.
00:10:19Good to know you, monsieur.
00:10:20Je vous en prie.
00:10:21On pleasure bend, I trust.
00:10:24Indeed, non.
00:10:25No.
00:10:25No.
00:10:29Regardez.
00:10:29Food court.
00:10:38Poor kid.
00:10:39Oui, d'accord.
00:10:40The murder of a child, it is a crime so terrible, n'est-ce pas?
00:10:45Have they got anyone for it?
00:10:47No.
00:10:48And this little girl, Joyce, she was known to you?
00:10:51No, no.
00:10:52I couldn't claim to know her, but...
00:10:55I've seen her around the place, I suppose.
00:10:57So you'll be coming round to give everyone the third degree, then?
00:11:02Perhaps.
00:11:04In the meantime, I wonder, some advice still will play.
00:11:07Yes, fire away.
00:11:08If I were to seek out the local, uh, how do you call it, the chitter-chatter, um, why, the local gossip, to whom should I go?
00:11:17Monsieur?
00:11:20Tell me, do you believe in witches?
00:11:27Oh, God, this is grim.
00:11:40What?
00:11:41I mean, clearing up after a party is always a bit of a chore.
00:11:44But when one's had a murder, it feels so very parochial.
00:11:48Stop trying to be clever.
00:11:49I don't have to try, Edmund.
00:11:51Stop it, both of you.
00:11:52Sorry, Mummy.
00:11:53Sorry, Mummy.
00:11:53It's bad enough that this terrible thing happened in our house without you two snapping at one another like a couple of terriers.
00:12:03You know who the police will be straight on to, of course.
00:12:06What the hell do you mean?
00:12:08Well, they hauled you in when that grubby little crook got himself killed.
00:12:11And they couldn't find anything to pin on me then either, could they, Edmund?
00:12:25What are you doing, Mummy?
00:12:27Oh, just all clutter.
00:12:30Lots of things I should have got rid of long ago.
00:12:33I'd rather you stayed in, Miranda.
00:12:35You're still off-colour.
00:12:37And besides...
00:12:38I know what you're going to say.
00:12:39There really is a maniac on the loose.
00:12:42Will you stay indoors for me?
00:12:46Of course I will.
00:12:48I'll have to telephone Cathy, though.
00:13:00Mum, where's it?
00:13:01Who are you?
00:13:03Hercule Poirot.
00:13:04Oh, hello.
00:13:06Yes, Ariadne said you were coming.
00:13:07Mum.
00:13:08I'm sorry it's under such dreadful circumstances.
00:13:10Ah, yes, indeed.
00:13:11But it is most kind of you to accommodate me.
00:13:13Oh, it's a pleasure.
00:13:14We're in my manners.
00:13:15Come in, please.
00:13:17Merci.
00:13:21Are you the detective man?
00:13:23Ah, oui.
00:13:25Hercule Poirot.
00:13:27He is the greatest detective in the world.
00:13:29And how do you call yourself?
00:13:33I'm Miranda.
00:13:34Mademoiselle Miranda?
00:13:35You'll be wanting to see Ariadne, I expect.
00:13:39I'm afraid she's in bed, poor thing.
00:13:40Indeed.
00:13:41Indeed.
00:13:41You'll stay, then.
00:13:56Get to the bottom of this ghastly thing.
00:13:58Oui, madame.
00:13:59I saw a murder once.
00:14:04That is what the girl said?
00:14:05Lots of people were talking, but we all heard her quite distinctly, didn't we?
00:14:09It was a general poo-pooing.
00:14:11Did you believe her?
00:14:13Of course not.
00:14:14She was showing off, I'm afraid.
00:14:16It's a rather tiresome age.
00:14:19It seems unkind to say it.
00:14:21No, no, no, no, madame.
00:14:23In the case of murder, it is not unkind to say what the victim was like.
00:14:27Indeed, it is most necessary.
00:14:30And this girl, she gave no details, no names?
00:14:33No.
00:14:34She got a bit upset because people were laughing at her.
00:14:38Did she say when this murder occurred?
00:14:40Years ago, she said.
00:14:41But she said it in a rather would-be-grown-up sort of way.
00:14:45And she had not told the police?
00:14:47No.
00:14:48She said, I didn't know at the time that it was a murder.
00:14:53Well, that is her remark most interesting, huh?
00:15:00How is it that you come to know, madame Oliver?
00:15:03I went on a Hellenic cruise this year.
00:15:06I managed to prevent Ariadne from falling into the harbour.
00:15:09We became fast friends after that.
00:15:12And you have lived here a long time, in Woodley Common?
00:15:15Oh, yes, years.
00:15:17And Monsieur Butler?
00:15:19I'm afraid it's rather a sad story.
00:15:22Max was a pilot.
00:15:24He had an accident.
00:15:26It happened before Miranda was born, so...
00:15:29He never saw his little girl.
00:15:31Oh, je suis désolé, madame.
00:15:33But he would have been of her most proud, I am sure.
00:15:38What now, monsieur?
00:15:40Now it is time for Poirot to make a visit to the police.
00:15:43It's a horrible business.
00:15:46The death of a child is always a bit of a wrench, but this...
00:15:49He was probably peeping through the French windows.
00:15:53That lock's very unsound.
00:15:56He saw there was a kiddie's party going on,
00:15:58lured the girl to the library and then killed her.
00:16:00He?
00:16:02Some lunatic.
00:16:03They let all sorts of people roam the streets these days.
00:16:05And you have interviewed all those who were present at the Halloween party
00:16:10and established their whereabouts, huh?
00:16:12Of course.
00:16:14With what result?
00:16:16No one seems to remember when they last saw Joyce Reynolds.
00:16:19The murder almost certainly took place during the game of Snapdragon.
00:16:22All the lights in the parlour were off.
00:16:24If anyone came or went, no one saw who they were.
00:16:27And what about what was said by the little girl?
00:16:29That she witnessed once a murder.
00:16:32That's a rot.
00:16:33You know what kids are like, always exaggerating.
00:16:35They tell you black was white at that age.
00:16:38What?
00:16:38You reckon there's something in it?
00:16:39I do not know.
00:16:40A young girl boasts to have seen a murder
00:16:44and some hours later that girl, she is dead.
00:16:46It could be cause and effect.
00:16:48But if so, somebody lost no time.
00:16:53There have been murders not solved in this area?
00:16:57Look, I don't mean to be rude, sir.
00:16:59I mean, I've heard of you, of course.
00:17:00Who hasn't?
00:17:01But we have very modern methods of policing nowadays.
00:17:05I know you're very hot on your theorising,
00:17:08your psychological whatnots.
00:17:10But I think this is better left to us, don't you?
00:17:13To the professionals.
00:17:16We'll get there.
00:17:17Don't you worry?
00:17:18Of that I have no doubt.
00:17:22What are you going to do now, then?
00:17:25With your permission,
00:17:26I will visit the scene of the crime.
00:17:30Good day to you, Inspector.
00:17:40This is Mrs. Drake's famous garden.
00:17:54But it is exquisite.
00:17:57I'll have to tell Mrs. Drake,
00:17:58Ariadne can't give her WI talk this afternoon.
00:18:01Though under the circumstances...
00:18:03Ah oui, vraiment, oui.
00:18:04She's assumed to come on magnificently.
00:18:07She's rather good at that.
00:18:08All right?
00:18:31Oui, merci.
00:18:33C'est formidable.
00:18:34And yet people very rarely visit here.
00:18:37And why is that?
00:18:39Monsieur?
00:18:40Ah, Monsieur Garfield.
00:18:42Hmm.
00:18:43Mrs. Butler.
00:18:45So what do you make of my little kingdom?
00:18:48Oh, so this was the garden that you came here to execute?
00:18:51Oh, c'est vraiment superbe.
00:18:53Of course, officially, I finished it ages ago,
00:18:55but beauty always draws me back.
00:18:59I'm a bit like that dauber they used to drag out of art galleries
00:19:02because he'd still be retouching his paintings years after they'd been sold.
00:19:06Another five minutes, then it'll be a masterpiece.
00:19:08We really shouldn't keep Mrs. Drake waiting.
00:19:10No.
00:19:12Monsieur?
00:19:12Monsieur.
00:19:13Oh, my poor Joyce.
00:19:19It's God's will, I suppose.
00:19:21He moves in mysterious ways.
00:19:24They say he gathers those close to him
00:19:28who he cannot bear to be parted from.
00:19:31Now, what is my Leopold?
00:19:34Oh, thank you.
00:19:39Mrs. Butler.
00:19:40And this must be...
00:19:42Hercule Foireau.
00:19:44Enchantée, madame.
00:19:45This is Mrs. Reynolds.
00:19:48And Leopold.
00:19:50Master Leopold.
00:19:53I'm so very sorry for your loss.
00:19:55Oh, thank you.
00:19:56You are the detective, are you?
00:19:58Oui, madame.
00:19:59Oh, it's very good of you, I'm sure,
00:20:01to come down here and help us.
00:20:03Doria, I do not wish to distress you.
00:20:06Well, I only wish to ask of you a few questions, perhaps.
00:20:12Oh, of course.
00:20:13Please do sit down.
00:20:15Merci, madame.
00:20:18No, Mrs. Oliver.
00:20:20I'm afraid she's come down with Miranda's cold.
00:20:23Oh.
00:20:26Madame, you saw no one leave the room
00:20:28during the game of the snub dragon?
00:20:30No.
00:20:31No, no.
00:20:31It was pitch black, you see.
00:20:33And there was an awful lot of to-ing and fro-ing.
00:20:36Yes, no wonder nobody noticed him.
00:20:38Noticed who, madame?
00:20:40The killer.
00:20:42I mean, the police think it was a tramp or something,
00:20:44don't they?
00:20:46Why, madame.
00:20:46Do you know this remark that was made by your daughter,
00:20:49that she once witnessed a murder?
00:20:53Oh, God, forgive me for saying this,
00:20:55but we all know what my Joyce was like.
00:20:58She loved to tell a tall tale.
00:20:59She'd have been showing off
00:21:01to try and impress that London person.
00:21:05Perhaps, but if she did witness such a thing, then...
00:21:08Are you sure you're going about this the right way, monsieur?
00:21:12Shouldn't you be looking for Joyce's killer
00:21:13in the here and now?
00:21:15Old sins cast long shadows, mother.
00:21:18Snap.
00:21:22Snap.
00:21:23Snap.
00:21:26Snap.
00:21:27Snap.
00:21:29Snap.
00:21:32Snap.
00:21:35Snap.
00:21:38Snap.
00:21:41Snap.
00:21:44Snap.
00:21:45I don't know.
00:22:15Madam Goodbody, I am told that you have the knowledge unrivaled in this village.
00:22:28Nosy, in other words.
00:22:29No, no, not at all.
00:22:31I don't mind what people think.
00:22:34You'll always get the truth out of Mother Goodbody, mister.
00:22:38More than from most others round here.
00:22:41I've always been on the outside, I mean.
00:22:43Looking in.
00:22:44That way is you get to see things differently.
00:22:49I see things all the time.
00:22:52Sometimes with me eyes, sometimes in the leaves.
00:22:55Comment? The leaves?
00:22:56Tea leaves, my dog.
00:22:59You can see a lot in them.
00:23:01Past, future, sometimes just tea.
00:23:06Maybe our little Joyce might have seen things too.
00:23:11Quite so.
00:23:14Let me see.
00:23:17Death's in the village.
00:23:18Where?
00:23:18How far back?
00:23:19Well, Mademoiselle Joyce said that the murder took place when she was quite young, so...
00:23:25Perhaps in the last five years or so.
00:23:28Well, of course, there's plenty that's had their three score and ten and died natural.
00:23:33But as far as I can see, there's only three possibles for this murder, what Joyce said she saw.
00:23:38And they are...
00:23:39And they are...
00:23:40Beatrice White.
00:23:45Madame, Mademoiselle.
00:23:47Monsieur Leslie Ferrier.
00:23:56And Mrs. Llewellyn Smythe.
00:23:58Hello, let us take them then in the order of their deaths.
00:24:09Mrs. Llewellyn Smythe went first.
00:24:11Two and a half years back, she was Mrs. Drake's old aunt.
00:24:16I used to chow for her.
00:24:20And then she got rid of me and got herself a...
00:24:23What's it?
00:24:25An opera girl.
00:24:27An opera girl?
00:24:29Op...
00:24:30Ah.
00:24:31An au pair girl.
00:24:32That's what I said.
00:24:34Olga Seminoff.
00:24:38Foreign, she was.
00:24:41The vicar arranged it.
00:24:42I always thought that Olga was a right little gold digger.
00:24:48Mrs. Llewellyn Smythe was rich, you see.
00:24:51Ooh, rich as creases.
00:24:54So there was some suspicion surrounding her death?
00:24:57Well, she had a bad heart.
00:25:00Nobody said there was anything funny about her going like that.
00:25:04But it was sudden.
00:25:06So therefore it is possible that she was poisoned by this Olga.
00:25:09But then, how would little Joyce know of a thing like this?
00:25:13Oh, it's possible.
00:25:15Isn't it?
00:25:17Oui.
00:25:19And the next name, Leslie Ferrier?
00:25:22He was a clerk.
00:25:23Solicitor's clerk here, in the village.
00:25:28They never got who did it.
00:25:31But the point is, he and Joyce were under the same roof.
00:25:35He was Mrs. Reynolds' lodger.
00:25:38Ah, so there is certainly the connection there.
00:25:43And this Leslie Ferrier, did he have any other associates?
00:25:46Well, he was courting a girl in the village.
00:25:50That tartie piece, Rowena Drake's daughter.
00:25:54And yet, the little Joyce said that I did not know at that time it was a murder.
00:26:03So this does not fit in with a crime of such violence.
00:26:09Hello, the last name, this Mademoiselle Beatrice White?
00:26:13She was Joyce's schoolteacher.
00:26:18Drowned.
00:26:19Accident, they reckon.
00:26:21Apparently, she had been drinking.
00:26:23Ah, but this Poirot likes better.
00:26:32It is much more likely.
00:26:34The thing is, you see, there'd be mutterings about her.
00:26:37From the parents, about her suitability.
00:26:41She was very thick with the church organist, Elizabeth Whittaker.
00:26:44She was very thick.
00:26:50I see.
00:26:52Anna, you have been of the greatest assistance, madame.
00:26:57Merci beaucoup.
00:26:57Evening, Vicar.
00:27:14Oh, Miss Whittaker.
00:27:15I was just shutting up shop.
00:27:16Mrs Reynolds is thinking of before Jehovah's awful throne for the funeral,
00:27:21and I'm a bit rusty.
00:27:23I thought I might do some practice.
00:27:24You might guest.
00:27:25Oh.
00:27:26You've had another one, then?
00:27:29Yes.
00:27:31Good evening.
00:27:32Good evening.
00:27:40Tell to me, if you please, Monsieur Fullerton,
00:27:42were you satisfied with Monsieur Leslie Ferrier as an employee?
00:27:46He had his points, handled clients well, but...
00:27:49But?
00:27:51He'd been in bother with the police when he was younger.
00:27:54I gave him the benefit of the doubt, took him on here.
00:27:59Didn't really work out, though, alas.
00:28:01No?
00:28:02I rather suspected he was snooping into private documents.
00:28:06I was on the point of giving him a formal warning when...
00:28:10He was stabbed to death, no?
00:28:11I'm afraid so.
00:28:13Vraiment.
00:28:15Now, I am given to understand that Monsieur Leslie Ferrier was close to Mademoiselle Frances,
00:28:20the daughter of Madame Drake?
00:28:22I believe they were stepping out together, yes.
00:28:24And I wonder, Monsieur Fullerton, did you ever act on behalf of the late Madame Llewellyn's smile?
00:28:29I did, indeed.
00:28:31Nothing fishy about her passing, I'd say.
00:28:33She was a good age.
00:28:36No, the queer business was what happened afterwards.
00:28:40With the will.
00:28:41The will?
00:28:42As you are aware, Louise Duellin's smile's last word and testament have remained unaltered for several years now.
00:28:51Legacies were Frances and Edmund.
00:28:54Then the bulk of the estate passed on to yourself, Mrs Drake, and to your late husband.
00:29:00Come on, Fullerton.
00:29:01Don't drag it out.
00:29:03A few weeks ago, however, I received the following letter from Mrs Llewellyn Smythe, which contained the following document.
00:29:12It is a codicil to the original will drawn up in her own hand.
00:29:16Your aunt states clearly her desire to leave her entire estate and fortune to Miss Olga Semyloff.
00:29:29What? It must be some mistake.
00:29:32Olga?
00:29:33The notion that she would disinherit her own flesh and blood and leave everything to a virtual stranger.
00:29:42And the family Drake, they contested the codicil, huh?
00:29:45No need in the end.
00:29:47A forgery.
00:29:49A forgery.
00:29:51D'accord.
00:29:52And what became of Olga Semyloff?
00:29:54Up and left, soon after.
00:29:57Just so.
00:30:06Well, if that's all...
00:30:09Ah, yes, of course.
00:30:11Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Fullerton.
00:30:13Chère madame.
00:30:29You should not work.
00:30:30You should rest.
00:30:30I have deadlines, Poirot.
00:30:32I have deadlines, Poirot.
00:30:33In sickness and in health.
00:30:35And my child of an editor is pressing me for another draft of I'll huff and I'll puff.
00:30:40How?
00:30:40How?
00:30:40How?
00:30:40How?
00:30:40How?
00:30:40How?
00:30:41Sven Harrison solved the murder in a hot air balloon over Abyssinia.
00:30:45Anyway, how are you getting on with the real murder?
00:30:50Eh bien, I have verified what was told to me by Madame Goodbody.
00:30:55And there appears to be three deaths, which might possibly be the murder which was referred
00:31:02to by Joyce Reynolds.
00:31:03Ah, now, I've been thinking about that.
00:31:06It seems to me Joyce wouldn't have said what she did had she known who had actually committed
00:31:10this murder she saw.
00:31:11No, Poirot has considered this also.
00:31:13Either that or she did not recognize that the murderer was present at the Halloween party.
00:31:20She's most intriguing, no?
00:31:22Ready when you are, Monsieur.
00:31:24Madame, I must now take my leave.
00:31:25I attend the morning service here in the church in the village.
00:31:31What's the matter?
00:31:34It is my feet.
00:31:37They cause me the pain.
00:31:38It's those silly patent leather shoes of yours.
00:31:41Ludicrous for the country.
00:31:43Now, why don't you get yourself a nice pair of those buckskin ones with the rubber soles?
00:31:47Madame, chère mother, I do not know that I agree with you.
00:31:58And they brought also unto him infants that he would touch them.
00:32:03But when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
00:32:06But Jesus called them unto him and said,
00:32:10Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God.
00:32:18Verily I say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God...
00:32:22You must come to luncheon today, monsieur.
00:32:25Well, I should be delighted, madame.
00:32:28But alas...
00:32:28Excellent, shall we say one o'clock?
00:32:30The famous man arriving at the village...
00:32:33Don't worry, Mr. Poirot, we can spare you.
00:32:37But the disciples think this is important.
00:32:39They say, no, stay away.
00:32:42And Jesus says, no, that is the whole point.
00:32:45You must wrap up, Miranda.
00:32:53It's nippy, our guy.
00:32:55It's nippy in here.
00:32:57Only sleeping.
00:32:59Do you think that's true, Molly?
00:33:01Well, as a gardener, I'd have to say no.
00:33:04I favour turning into compost.
00:33:07I'm not used to seeing you here, Mr. Garfield.
00:33:10Have you seen the light?
00:33:10Compost.
00:33:13Well, not a bad idea, is it?
00:33:15To return to nature.
00:33:18I was wondering if we could go and take some tea sometime soon.
00:33:23Oh, yes.
00:33:24No, I'm afraid not.
00:33:25Why not?
00:33:26You've been poorly, my darling.
00:33:27That's why.
00:33:28It's not made of glass, you know.
00:33:37Monsieur?
00:33:39Lovely morning.
00:33:40Cheerio, Mr. Fullerton.
00:33:44Inspector, you progress in the hunt for the lunatic?
00:33:48Yep.
00:33:53Master Leopold, is it not?
00:33:57Oh, c'est très joli.
00:33:59That is a present, perhaps, huh?
00:34:01Pocket money.
00:34:01I saved up.
00:34:03Most perspicacious.
00:34:04I wouldn't pay much attention to what Joyce said if I were you.
00:34:12Indeed?
00:34:13It was all a lot of hooey.
00:34:15Who on earth would she see murdered?
00:34:18It's because you expect me to be all sad and boo-hooing about the place, but I'm not.
00:34:22And I know she was my sister and all that, but I didn't really like her.
00:34:32Bye.
00:34:41Extraordinary woman, Mrs. Reynolds.
00:34:43Quite extraordinary.
00:34:45Not the girl's flesh and blood, of course, but still, it's very stoic.
00:34:50It's Monsieur Poirot, isn't it?
00:34:53Yes, indeed, Reverend Cutler.
00:34:56Pardon, but not the girl's flesh and blood?
00:34:58Stepmother.
00:35:00Tell to me, if you please, about the child, Joyce Reynolds.
00:35:03What was she like?
00:35:05Well, one hates to speak ill of the dead,
00:35:08but she was rather given to embroidering things, I'm afraid.
00:35:12Well, always telling tall stories.
00:35:15I remember her uncle had been to India on holiday,
00:35:18and she had us all believing that she'd been there.
00:35:20Went on about a Maharaja and shooting at tigers and elephants and so on,
00:35:25and the stories got added to every time.
00:35:27There were more tigers, far more tigers than were remotely possible.
00:35:31And she hadn't even been there.
00:35:33But this does not mean that every story she told was a lie.
00:35:37Oh, excuse me if you please.
00:35:39My Mr. Whittaker?
00:35:41Oh.
00:35:41You must be Monsieur Poirot.
00:35:44I heard you were here.
00:35:45Mademoiselle,
00:35:46if you please tell me about your poor friend,
00:35:49Mademoiselle Beatrice White.
00:35:51What do you mean?
00:35:53Beatrice, what for?
00:35:55Well, it might be relevant to the death of the child, Joyce Reynolds.
00:35:58But how could it?
00:36:00There was nothing suspicious about Beatrice's death.
00:36:02It was an accident.
00:36:04The inquest said it was an accident.
00:36:05But at this present time, no one is suggesting otherwise.
00:36:07She meant to you a great deal.
00:36:10Beatrice was the finest person I've ever met.
00:36:14I cared for her very deeply, Monsieur.
00:36:17And I only discovered how much she cared when it was too late.
00:36:21Good day, Monsieur.
00:36:22Miss Whittaker?
00:36:40Are you all right?
00:36:43Yes.
00:36:44Quite all right, thank you.
00:36:45This is where it happened, isn't it?
00:36:55Your poor friend.
00:36:58I know what it's like to lose someone.
00:37:03But the pain does pass in time, believe me.
00:37:05Right.
00:37:08I've just gone up thinking of what might have been.
00:37:12Do you understand?
00:37:13Of course.
00:37:15So many of us have lost loved ones, haven't we?
00:37:18Poor Mrs Reynolds now.
00:37:20Oh, that woman.
00:37:23She rather gives me the horrors.
00:37:25Putting it all down to the Almighty and his impenetrable plans.
00:37:29Well, I suppose we all cope in our own way.
00:37:31What's the sort of thing?
00:37:32She's the model, Christian.
00:37:35But there's not a lot of charity in that heart, I can tell you.
00:37:39Reynolds wanted Beatrice out of the school.
00:37:43Well, she got her way.
00:38:01You can't keep her way.
00:38:03Monsieur?
00:38:03Madame Butler, she has told me that this garden, it is open to the public.
00:38:08And yet this place of beauty, it is deserted.
00:38:11Oh, yes.
00:38:12It's supposed to be unlucky.
00:38:13It's old superstitions left over from the Civil War.
00:38:16Indeed.
00:38:17Oh, yeah.
00:38:18Yes.
00:38:18The witch finder general, very active around these parts he was.
00:38:22A lot of poor old hags were dunked to death.
00:38:24And they used to put the accused witch on a ducking stool and plunge her into the water.
00:38:37And if she floated, she was guilty.
00:38:38And if she sank, she was innocent.
00:38:40So, a bit of a no-win situation, frankly.
00:38:44It is curious to consider, is it not, that this garden so beautiful of Madame Llewellyn Smythe was nearly inherited by someone else?
00:38:58What do you mean?
00:38:59With a claim of the au pair, Olga Seminoff.
00:39:01Oh, that, yes, yes.
00:39:03That was funny.
00:39:04Very like her, to aim high.
00:39:06Oh, so you knew her?
00:39:07Oh, yes.
00:39:08Ever so popular with the young men of Woodley Common.
00:39:11You are suggesting she was possessed of the loose morrows?
00:39:14Well, that is one way of putting it.
00:39:17Young Olga was a raven-haired beauty.
00:39:19You were an admirer of hers, monsieur?
00:39:21No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:39:22Not my type at all.
00:39:23Ah.
00:39:28You off to the house?
00:39:29Ah, oui.
00:39:29I have a luncheon appointment with Madame Drake.
00:39:31Do take care, old boy.
00:39:33You will only survive if you look at her reflection in a polished shield.
00:39:37Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:39:41Monsieur.
00:39:49Sven Hearson narrowed his eyes and surveyed the room.
00:39:54You do realize, of course, that the killer was in the balloon the whole time.
00:40:01No, no, no, that doesn't work, does it?
00:40:04He couldn't have been there if he had to sign the poison register.
00:40:08Oh.
00:40:11Miranda, dear, are you listening?
00:40:12Hmm?
00:40:14Oh, yes.
00:40:14Sorry.
00:40:16Sorry, Mrs. Oliver.
00:40:17Where were we?
00:40:18I've just realized I've got to cut one of my favorite ideas.
00:40:23Shame.
00:40:25Does that happen a lot?
00:40:26Oh, more than you'd think.
00:40:27Hey-ho.
00:40:30One often has to sacrifice one's babies.
00:40:33Sacrifice?
00:40:33Sorry, sorry.
00:40:34I didn't mean that to sound, oh, dear.
00:40:37It's me going on and my silly book.
00:40:39It's perfectly all right, honestly.
00:40:42It's awfully nice having you here, you know.
00:40:44Really?
00:40:46Can't say I've been exactly effervescent company.
00:40:49Even so,
00:40:51it's always just been the two of us.
00:40:53I think Mummy must get awfully lonely.
00:41:05Please put that book away, Edmund.
00:41:08Yes, Mummy.
00:41:09Sorry.
00:41:15How are you finding us here in Woodley Common, Mr. Burrow?
00:41:18Common?
00:41:18Indeed, most uncommon, Mademoiselle Frances.
00:41:24Oh, Frankie, please.
00:41:26I mean, fancy saddling your daughter with a name like Frances Drake.
00:41:29I've told you a thousand times,
00:41:31it's only ignorant people who make a joke.
00:41:34But it's me who has to live with it.
00:41:36I've heard them all.
00:41:38Armada this, game of bowls that.
00:41:40I've even been begged to throw down my raincoat
00:41:42over a puddle for some queen or other.
00:41:45I forget his name.
00:41:46That was Raleigh, not Drake.
00:41:48Shut up, Edmund.
00:41:55You have lived here a long time?
00:41:57Ten years or so.
00:41:59My late husband and I came here to be with my aunt.
00:42:01We were the only family she had.
00:42:04Yes.
00:42:05Mother Llewellyn Smythe.
00:42:07That's right.
00:42:08And then poor Daddy died.
00:42:11Run down by a motor car.
00:42:12Some youths going at a reckless speed.
00:42:16And when Aunt Louise passed away,
00:42:19the house came to us.
00:42:21Although,
00:42:22there was a moment when we feared it wouldn't.
00:42:25All that fuss with that wretched babushka.
00:42:27What was she called?
00:42:29Molotov?
00:42:30Don't pretend you don't remember Olga's name.
00:42:33Poor ignorant girl.
00:42:34I felt rather sorry for her.
00:42:36I didn't.
00:42:37What a bitch.
00:42:38Language, Frances.
00:42:39At least Olga was genuinely fond of Aunt Louise.
00:42:42And like you, you were always snapping at her.
00:42:44She thought you were a snivelling little mummy's boy.
00:42:46Children!
00:42:50I'll fetch the port.
00:42:51Mother.
00:42:52Not entirely sure where it's got to.
00:42:54Now we no longer have a man about the house.
00:42:56Mrs. Baker!
00:43:00How is your investigation going, Mr. Poirot?
00:43:03Do you really think Joyce was telling the truth?
00:43:07Eh bien, there is still a murder not solved here in Woodley Common, eh?
00:43:10That of Monsieur Leslie Ferrier, the clerk to the solicitor.
00:43:14And I believe that he was a close acquaintance of yours, mademoiselle?
00:43:18Leslie had certain attractions, but he was...
00:43:22deeply unsuitable.
00:43:23You spent most of the time consumed by the green-eyed monster, didn't you, sis?
00:43:29Anyway, it was all over between us when it happened.
00:43:33All over?
00:43:34Yes.
00:43:35I can still hear the smashing of crockery.
00:43:38Success!
00:43:39A vintage tourney.
00:43:42Bottled the year of Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
00:43:45What do you say, monsieur?
00:43:46A quick snifter and then a bracing stroll in the garden.
00:43:50Mm-hmm.
00:43:52Mm-hmm.
00:43:55It's a devil to keep up, but Aunt Louise loved it, so...
00:43:59Oh, really?
00:44:00It's intolerable.
00:44:02Oh, mother!
00:44:03You loiter's.
00:44:04It's unnerving.
00:44:05Well, I shan't stand for it any longer.
00:44:07Mummy, don't.
00:44:07You!
00:44:08Get away from this house.
00:44:09You are not welcome here.
00:44:10I beg your pardon?
00:44:11I've made it perfectly clear to you, Mr Garfield, on numerous occasions, that I do not approve
00:44:16of you hanging around in this fashion.
00:44:18Oh, I'm afraid I can't help it.
00:44:20It's such a lovely view.
00:44:23So if you don't mind, come up, go and tend my astroblongifolias.
00:44:30Ta-da.
00:44:30There's something I don't like about that man, something uncanny.
00:44:36I wouldn't be at all surprised if...
00:44:37No, no, no, madame.
00:44:39Michael Garfield is not responsible for the death of Joyce Reynolds.
00:44:43He was in Athens at the time.
00:44:45Poirot, he has already checked, and the sources of Poirot, they are impeccable.
00:44:49Oh, it's you.
00:45:06Not surprised, Jim Jumpy.
00:45:09Not surprised at all.
00:45:11Can I help you?
00:45:13Jay's fluid.
00:45:15You've kind of got through the last lot already.
00:45:16Well, I dare say, I could make it go a bit further.
00:45:23That foreigner's been to see me.
00:45:26Asking questions.
00:45:27Really?
00:45:28He was particularly interested in that ol' gut of your...
00:45:32Only mine.
00:45:33Well, you was the one that organised all them girls to come over here, and there hasn't been one since, has there?
00:45:38I discontinued the scheme.
00:45:40Olga let me down.
00:45:43She let us all down.
00:45:43I always wondered, though, what you got out of it.
00:45:49What on earth do you mean?
00:45:51Well, putting all them waifs into service.
00:45:54What was in it for you?
00:45:55My Christian duty, nothing more.
00:45:58Obviously, there were one or two minor expenses.
00:46:02I'll bid you goodnight, then.
00:46:04Sweet dreams.
00:46:05Oh, and if you can remember the disinfectant, Vicka, this whole place needs a thorough clean now.
00:46:14There we go.
00:46:19I don't know.
00:46:20I don't know.
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00:48:29where Joyce was found not long after.
00:48:32Maybe she saw someone she didn't expect to see.
00:48:36And did you yourself see there anyone?
00:48:38No.
00:48:39It is strange because Madam Drake,
00:48:41she does not strike me as a woman that could be startled easily.
00:48:44You can't come.
00:48:45I most certainly do.
00:48:59Oh, take me you should be scared, our missus.
00:49:05Look to yourself, bloody curse there is on you.
00:49:09Come on, Naebald.
00:49:10First your husband, then your little girl, even your lodger,
00:49:15all dead and mouldering in their graves.
00:49:18Who's next?
00:49:20Eh?
00:49:20Madam Drake, I understand that during the party
00:49:29you met with an accident.
00:49:31Accident?
00:49:32With the vase that was dropped.
00:49:34Oh, that.
00:49:35It was very irritating.
00:49:38I'd noticed earlier that the flowers needed water.
00:49:42The party was in full swing,
00:49:43so I took the vase down to the downstairs cloakroom
00:49:46and filled it up.
00:49:47Next thing you know, it had slipped out of my hands.
00:49:50It was a dreadful mess all over the hall.
00:49:52Very stupid of me.
00:49:53I felt an awful fool in front of our guest of honour.
00:49:56But, Madam Oler,
00:49:57it was she that thought that something startled you
00:50:00or it was something unexpected that you saw?
00:50:04No, I didn't see anything unexpected.
00:50:08What would there have been to see?
00:50:10Everyone was playing Snapdragon.
00:50:12Well, you did not see perhaps someone
00:50:13to open the door of the library?
00:50:15The library door?
00:50:16No, of course not.
00:50:17Are you certain, Madam?
00:50:18It is unwise to conceal matters from Poirot.
00:50:20I'm not accustomed to being accused of lying, Monsieur.
00:50:23No, no, no.
00:50:23Pas du tout, Madame.
00:50:26Pas du tout.
00:50:26There may be an explanation quite innocent for all of this,
00:50:30but you must realise, Madame,
00:50:31that if you glimpse someone in the library,
00:50:34at that moment,
00:50:36you may well have seen the murderer.
00:50:38And by remaining silent,
00:50:40you would be placing yourself in the peril
00:50:42most considerable.
00:50:44I'm touched by your concern, Monsieur Poirot.
00:50:47But rest assured,
00:50:48I am in no danger.
00:50:50No danger at all.
00:50:58You know,
00:50:58I think it's turning chillier.
00:51:00I don't know how you can stand to be in here.
00:51:10I'm incurably morbid.
00:51:12Or hadn't you heard?
00:51:13What are you reading?
00:51:16Fascinating stuff.
00:51:17The old religion.
00:51:19What about it?
00:51:21Some practices haven't died out
00:51:23like they have in the cities, you know.
00:51:25Practices?
00:51:26You mean the way Joyce was?
00:51:27Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
00:51:37Oh!
00:51:39Hello.
00:51:40What's your boy?
00:51:41Oh, Mlle. Battler.
00:51:43Now, you should not be out here on your own.
00:51:45Your mammo would...
00:51:46Oh, I'm perfectly safe.
00:51:48I love it, dear.
00:51:50No way.
00:51:50It is glorious.
00:51:52Nobody knows where I am, you see,
00:51:54when I come here.
00:51:55I sit in the trees
00:51:56and watch.
00:51:59I like that.
00:52:00Watching things happen.
00:52:02And what is it that you watch, Mlle?
00:52:04Oh, birds and squirrels
00:52:05and that sort of thing.
00:52:06And people?
00:52:08Sometimes.
00:52:10But not many people come here.
00:52:14What is it, Mlle?
00:52:16Well, I was just thinking about Joyce.
00:52:19Oh.
00:52:19I'll miss her.
00:52:20Hmm.
00:52:21We used to share secrets.
00:52:23But she never told you
00:52:24about the murder that she saw?
00:52:25Hmm.
00:52:26No.
00:52:28Joyce never told me
00:52:28she'd seen a murder.
00:52:43One codicil.
00:52:45Merci.
00:52:46He's most kind of you, Inspector.
00:52:47Kindness doesn't come into it.
00:52:49Seems like you've got friends
00:52:50in high places.
00:52:51Friends at the yard.
00:52:53Ah, this justice was told to Poirot.
00:52:56Madame Llewellyn Smythe
00:52:57leaves the whole estate
00:52:58to the au pair
00:52:59or a seminar?
00:53:00A farcical, of course.
00:53:01Huh?
00:53:02It's a forgery.
00:53:03Not a very good one at that.
00:53:04And the signatures
00:53:05of the witnesses
00:53:05of Mr. and Mrs. James Jenkins?
00:53:07The odd job man
00:53:08and his missus.
00:53:09Ah.
00:53:09Emigrated to Australia
00:53:10just after the old woman died.
00:53:12And were they contacted?
00:53:13No point.
00:53:14No?
00:53:14The signatures were checked.
00:53:16Forged.
00:53:17Like the rest of it.
00:53:24It is possible for Poirot
00:53:25to examine the belongings
00:53:27of Leslie Ferrier?
00:53:28Why not?
00:53:30It's like bloody Liberty Hall
00:53:31round here.
00:53:32Such disarrangement.
00:54:01Yes, that's the codicil, all right.
00:54:10The forgery.
00:54:12No, monsieur.
00:54:13You are mistaken.
00:54:14I can assure you.
00:54:15No, no, no, monsieur.
00:54:17This is the codicil
00:54:18that was given to me
00:54:19by the inspector Raglan
00:54:20and it was this document
00:54:22that was examined
00:54:23by the experts
00:54:23and declared to be the fake.
00:54:25What's this, then?
00:54:28That is the codicil
00:54:29that I discovered
00:54:30amongst the personal belongings
00:54:31of your former employee,
00:54:32Leslie Ferrier.
00:54:33Were you aware, monsieur Fullerton,
00:54:39that amongst the other
00:54:40petty misdemeanors
00:54:41of Leslie Ferrier,
00:54:42one of his convictions
00:54:44was a three-month sentence
00:54:45in prison for forgery?
00:54:47Good lord.
00:54:49So Olga Semenov
00:54:50got him
00:54:51to forge the codicil?
00:54:53It certainly appears so.
00:55:00Now, this is odd.
00:55:02For what?
00:55:02I'm no expert,
00:55:04but it seems to me
00:55:05that Ferrier
00:55:05has made a far better job
00:55:07on this one
00:55:07than the one
00:55:09he sent to me.
00:55:35Good evening, Mrs. Drake.
00:55:40Good evening.
00:56:35Idiot!
00:56:36You scared me half to death.
00:56:38Guy Fawkes' night
00:56:38is almost upon us,
00:56:39Mrs. Drake.
00:56:40That's all.
00:56:40There's no need to be scared.
00:56:59Oh, God.
00:57:00Oh, God.
00:57:05Just like his blessed sister.
00:57:23Inspector?
00:57:25Do you still search
00:57:27for your lunatic
00:57:27who has escaped?
00:57:29All right, Mr. Poro.
00:57:30I'll give in.
00:57:32Help me out, will you?
00:57:33So now you wish to involve
00:57:36Poirot in your detection model?
00:57:37I'll listen to anyone
00:57:38right now.
00:57:41And Mama?
00:57:43Of course.
00:57:53Mademoiselle.
00:57:55A discovery
00:57:56is a very most distressing,
00:57:57Nesma.
00:57:59Brought us all back.
00:58:02Beatrice.
00:58:04This is where
00:58:05they found her.
00:58:08In the death
00:58:09of Mademoiselle
00:58:09Beatrice White,
00:58:10it was not an accident,
00:58:11was it, Mademoiselle?
00:58:12I've told you before,
00:58:13Beatrice wasn't murdered.
00:58:14No, no, no.
00:58:15Not murdered, ma'am.
00:58:17Poirot,
00:58:18he has considered
00:58:18what you told to him
00:58:19in the churchyard.
00:58:20I cared for her
00:58:21very deeply, monsieur.
00:58:23And I only discovered
00:58:24how much she cared
00:58:25when it was too late.
00:58:28When it was too late, huh?
00:58:31How did you discover
00:58:32her feelings?
00:58:33There was a note,
00:58:34was there not?
00:58:38And she took
00:58:39her own life.
00:58:41God knows,
00:58:41I thought she was
00:58:42happy enough.
00:58:44But Beatrice...
00:58:45Beatrice could never
00:58:48reconcile herself
00:58:49to her true nature.
00:58:53Could never love me
00:58:54the way.
00:58:57I didn't tell the police
00:58:58about the note.
00:58:59I wanted to save her
00:59:01from the final indignity.
00:59:04An unconsecrated grave.
00:59:07I thought I could do that
00:59:08for her at least.
00:59:11If only we could have
00:59:12been left alone.
00:59:14Left in peace.
00:59:18Job, Reverend Cotterall,
00:59:28Job was afflicted
00:59:29by the Lord just like me.
00:59:30He had everything
00:59:31taken away from him.
00:59:33Indeed, dear lady,
00:59:34these things are sent
00:59:35to try us.
00:59:36It's his will.
00:59:37First he took my hour
00:59:38but from me,
00:59:39then Joyce,
00:59:40now dear Leopold,
00:59:41has been called
00:59:42to him.
00:59:43Reverend Cotterall,
00:59:48mother,
00:59:49you have made...
00:59:50The fire of God
00:59:51is fallen from heaven
00:59:52and hath burnt up
00:59:53the sheep
00:59:54and the servants
00:59:55and consumed them
00:59:56and I only
00:59:57am escaped alone
00:59:59to tell thee.
01:00:08Isn't it dreadful?
01:00:11Quite dreadful.
01:00:12Yes, indeed.
01:00:16Reverend Cotterall,
01:00:17a word with you,
01:00:18if I may?
01:00:19Of course.
01:00:20Madam Goodbody
01:00:21tells to me
01:00:21that you are responsible
01:00:22for the presence
01:00:23of Olga Seminov
01:00:24here in Woodley Common.
01:00:25Olga, yes.
01:00:27I started a little scheme,
01:00:29a sort of missionary
01:00:30work in reverse.
01:00:31Indeed.
01:00:32I visited Czechoslovakia
01:00:34some time ago
01:00:34and forged links
01:00:35with some churches there.
01:00:37Various families
01:00:38were eager
01:00:39that their daughters
01:00:39should better themselves,
01:00:41seek opportunities
01:00:42in this country.
01:00:43I was happy to help.
01:00:44And Olga Seminov,
01:00:45she was one of them?
01:00:47Yes,
01:00:47I managed to find
01:00:48a position for her
01:00:49with Mrs. Llewellyn Smythe.
01:00:51That is most worthy
01:00:52of you, monsieur.
01:00:53Well,
01:00:53I did my best
01:00:54to try to keep
01:00:55a pastoral eye on her.
01:00:58And this scheme
01:01:00of charity,
01:01:01it no longer operates?
01:01:03No.
01:01:04No.
01:01:04Olga's disappearance,
01:01:06rather,
01:01:06brought it to a shuddering halt.
01:01:09Her parents
01:01:10are still writing to me,
01:01:11blaming me,
01:01:12for heaven's sake.
01:01:12Blaming you?
01:01:14Well,
01:01:14she's never been in touch,
01:01:15you see.
01:01:16Never returned home.
01:01:19Two years it's been now.
01:01:21Hardly my fault.
01:01:23The girl was troubled, monsieur.
01:01:25Why do you say that?
01:01:26Well,
01:01:27I can't claim
01:01:29to know all the details,
01:01:30but Mrs. Llewellyn Smythe
01:01:31did come and see me one night
01:01:33in a terrible state.
01:01:34It's all because of Olga,
01:01:35you see.
01:01:36My dear lady,
01:01:36what has she done?
01:01:37There's so much wickedness
01:01:38in the world,
01:01:39it's really most upsetting.
01:01:40Whatever's the matter?
01:01:41Can it be true?
01:01:42If it is,
01:01:42then I have no choice.
01:01:43I will have to involve
01:01:44the police,
01:01:45but oh,
01:01:45the scambles.
01:01:46Would you like me
01:01:47to speak to her?
01:01:47No, forget I came to you.
01:01:49I'll deal with it
01:01:50in my own way.
01:01:52At the time,
01:01:54I didn't know
01:01:55what she was on about,
01:01:56but when all that business
01:01:57about the forged codicil
01:01:58came to light,
01:02:01Olga was a wrong'un.
01:02:04That's all there is to it.
01:02:07I wonder where she is now.
01:02:11I,
01:02:11I didn't know
01:02:13what to do,
01:02:14you see.
01:02:17Yes,
01:02:18you're right.
01:02:19It was me.
01:02:22Sacrifices are
01:02:24sometimes necessary.
01:02:26I see that now.
01:02:28There's someone
01:02:29at the door.
01:02:29Mrs. Drake's just heard
01:02:50about poor Leopold.
01:02:52I shall never forgive myself.
01:02:57Of course,
01:02:57you were right,
01:02:58monsieur.
01:02:59I ought to have told you
01:03:01what I saw,
01:03:01but I thought,
01:03:02I thought.
01:03:05Carnivore,
01:03:06madame.
01:03:07Tell all to Puegret.
01:03:09I thought I was acting
01:03:10for the best.
01:03:11You must believe me.
01:03:13And now,
01:03:15if only I'd told you,
01:03:17maybe we could have
01:03:18saved him.
01:03:19Begin at the beginning,
01:03:20madame.
01:03:20I did see something
01:03:29that night
01:03:31in the hallway.
01:03:34The library door
01:03:35opened
01:03:36rather carefully
01:03:38and I saw him.
01:03:41Whom did you see,
01:03:42madame?
01:03:42Leopold.
01:03:45Of course,
01:03:46it startled me.
01:03:47I thought he was
01:03:48playing snapdragon
01:03:49with the others.
01:03:51And what's more,
01:03:52he had such a
01:03:54queer look
01:03:55on his face.
01:03:57He was always
01:03:58rather a strange boy.
01:04:00Not quite bright,
01:04:01you know.
01:04:03The way he looked,
01:04:04it upset me
01:04:05and that's why
01:04:06I dropped the vase.
01:04:07Oh dear,
01:04:08you're drenched.
01:04:10It's a clumsy thing,
01:04:11you must think me.
01:04:12I didn't think anything
01:04:12of it at the time.
01:04:13It was only later,
01:04:16later when we found Joyce
01:04:18that I began to think it over.
01:04:20And of course,
01:04:21you concluded
01:04:22that Master Leopold,
01:04:24he killed his sister,
01:04:25Nespel.
01:04:26God help me,
01:04:27I did.
01:04:27And then,
01:04:30when you came
01:04:31and questioned me
01:04:33about things,
01:04:33I couldn't say anything.
01:04:36He's so young.
01:04:37He was so young.
01:04:40He couldn't have known
01:04:41what he was doing.
01:04:44I suppose I had
01:04:45a half-baked notion
01:04:46that I could
01:04:47get treatment for him
01:04:49or not have him sent
01:04:51to some
01:04:52dreadful institution.
01:04:54I understand,
01:04:55madame.
01:04:55His being killed
01:04:57must mean
01:04:57something quite different.
01:05:00He must have
01:05:01gone in there
01:05:02and found Joyce dead.
01:05:05And that must have
01:05:06given him
01:05:07the most awful shock.
01:05:09Not because
01:05:10he'd killed her,
01:05:11but because
01:05:12he'd found her.
01:05:15Oh God!
01:05:17Who can have done
01:05:19these dreadful things?
01:05:22Poirot will discover
01:05:23all, madame.
01:05:25It will not be long now.
01:05:31So that's
01:05:32the schoolteacher
01:05:32out of the picture.
01:05:34Where does that leave us?
01:05:36The poisoned old lady
01:05:37or the solicitor's clerk?
01:05:42Coco, anyone?
01:05:43No, merci, madame.
01:05:44What do you think, Judith?
01:05:46How much did Rowena Drake
01:05:47disapprove of her daughter's liaison
01:05:49with a crook like Ferrier?
01:05:50Enough to kill?
01:05:50Well...
01:05:51Or could Mrs. Reynolds
01:05:52have been secretly attracted
01:05:54to her lodger all along?
01:05:55And where has
01:05:56Olga Semenoth
01:05:57got to?
01:05:58It occurred to me
01:05:59the vicar
01:06:00might be shielding her.
01:06:01And then...
01:06:02Then there's
01:06:03Mrs. Goodbody.
01:06:04Well, she's just odd.
01:06:05She was implored, madame.
01:06:07This is not one of your
01:06:08detective fictions.
01:06:10We must deal here
01:06:10only with the truth.
01:06:11I've only tried to help.
01:06:13I know you are, Ariadne.
01:06:14The final piece
01:06:15of this puzzle
01:06:16is a huge Poirot still.
01:06:20The victim.
01:06:21One must always return
01:06:22to the victim
01:06:23for their personality,
01:06:24their nature.
01:06:25It is the key.
01:06:27What has everybody
01:06:28told to Poirot
01:06:29about Mademoiselle Joyce Reynolds,
01:06:30huh?
01:06:30She is a liar,
01:06:31a teller of the tall tales,
01:06:33a boaster,
01:06:33a little liar.
01:06:34So when she claims
01:06:35to have witnessed the mother,
01:06:36nobody believes her.
01:06:39And yet she is...
01:06:41dead.
01:06:44Monsieur?
01:06:46I have been an imbecile.
01:06:48Three times over,
01:06:49an imbecile.
01:06:50It was there all along.
01:06:52The Maharaja.
01:06:53What?
01:06:54Tigers, mesdames.
01:06:55Elephants.
01:06:56I remember her uncle
01:06:57had been to...
01:06:58Your story got added to
01:06:59every time.
01:06:59And she hadn't even been.
01:07:01She had not even been.
01:07:03She appropriated the story.
01:07:06A murder that was witnessed
01:07:08by someone else.
01:07:10Someone with whom
01:07:11she shared her secrets.
01:07:13Miranda.
01:07:14Your daughter, madame.
01:07:16She is in the danger.
01:07:17Most terrible.
01:07:20Miranda?
01:07:27Miranda!
01:07:29I only hope
01:07:30we are in time.
01:07:33Are you sure
01:07:34mummy won't be worried?
01:07:38Merci beaucoup, inspector.
01:07:40He will meet us there.
01:07:41Come on, Ariadne!
01:07:43Come on, Ariadne!
01:07:51It's so beautiful.
01:07:54It's bright as day.
01:08:00You do look funny.
01:08:01I don't mind if you laugh.
01:08:14No one can hear.
01:08:19Shall we?
01:08:19You know people used to worship here.
01:08:35The sun and the moon
01:08:38and the stars
01:08:40and they used to sacrifice
01:08:43things as well.
01:08:44I've explained to you
01:08:45about sacrifice, haven't I?
01:08:48I have to die
01:08:49so that others might live.
01:08:52So that beauty can live.
01:08:53That's right.
01:08:55What I saw,
01:08:57was that a sacrifice too?
01:08:59In a way.
01:09:00And Joyce
01:09:01and Leopold?
01:09:02Mm-hmm.
01:09:03Is it time?
01:09:08Yes.
01:09:10And now
01:09:11you and I will drink
01:09:12to the past
01:09:14and the future
01:09:15and
01:09:16to beauty.
01:09:23That'll be nice.
01:09:25Uh,
01:09:25what does it taste of?
01:09:28It'll taste of
01:09:29whatever you want it to.
01:09:30It's magical, you see.
01:09:32It's quite magical.
01:09:34You remember what I said, Miranda,
01:09:36about returning to nature.
01:09:38Look at the moon.
01:09:41And you
01:09:42will be there soon.
01:09:46Out there
01:09:47amongst the cold stars.
01:09:52Immortal.
01:09:55Now,
01:09:56you hold the cup
01:09:58and drink.
01:09:59Hmm?
01:10:00Drink.
01:10:10Drink to beauty, Miranda.
01:10:11No, no, no, no,
01:10:12it's not here!
01:10:13It's not here!
01:10:13It's not here!
01:10:14It's not here!
01:10:18Get him!
01:10:19Ugh!
01:10:22Ugh!
01:10:22Why are we here?
01:10:23Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
01:10:23You're right,
01:10:24you're right, of course.
01:10:31Joyce just repeated
01:10:32what I had told her.
01:10:34I suppose she wanted
01:10:35to impress everyone.
01:10:36And alas,
01:10:37it cost her her life, huh?
01:10:39But you are now safe,
01:10:40ma petite.
01:10:42Tell to Poirot
01:10:43what you saw.
01:10:45Well, I thought
01:10:46it must have been
01:10:46an accident, you see.
01:10:48And nobody said anything
01:10:49the next day,
01:10:50so I sort of just
01:10:51forgot about it.
01:10:54I'd been by myself,
01:10:56reading in the garden
01:10:56when I spotted Michael.
01:10:58I was going to wave
01:10:59and then I noticed
01:11:00he was dragging something.
01:11:02It was a body.
01:11:03But why didn't you
01:11:04tell anyone, Miranda?
01:11:06Why?
01:11:07Well, I thought
01:11:08it might have been
01:11:08a sacrifice.
01:11:10Michael told me
01:11:11sacrifices are necessary.
01:11:13It was only today
01:11:14that he guessed.
01:11:15Guessed that it was me,
01:11:16not Joyce,
01:11:17that had seen him.
01:11:20Thing is,
01:11:21I never even told Joyce
01:11:22it was Michael,
01:11:23just that I'd seen a murder.
01:11:25But whose body was it?
01:11:27I don't know.
01:11:28I couldn't tell.
01:11:29As I didn't understand,
01:11:30he couldn't have killed Joyce,
01:11:32could he?
01:11:33I thought he was in Greece.
01:11:37Well, my men and I
01:11:38will be off, Mr. Poirot.
01:11:40Get Garfield down the station.
01:11:41Bon, Inspector.
01:11:46And perhaps it is time
01:11:47we were all of us
01:11:48in our beds, no?
01:11:50Yes.
01:11:53Or perhaps it is time
01:11:54for Poirot to tell
01:11:56to you a story.
01:11:56a Halloween story.
01:11:59A Halloween story.
01:12:07It was a dark
01:12:09and stormy night.
01:12:14Is that not how
01:12:15one should begin?
01:12:16Huh?
01:12:17And such indeed
01:12:18was the night
01:12:19of the Halloween party
01:12:20here in this very house.
01:12:23a little girl
01:12:24claims.
01:12:27I saw a murder once.
01:12:30But which murder
01:12:30was this, huh?
01:12:32The stabbing of Leslie Ferrier,
01:12:33the clerk to the solicitor?
01:12:35The drowning of the teacher,
01:12:36Mademoiselle Beatrice White?
01:12:37Or could it be
01:12:38that the elderly
01:12:39Madame Llewellyn Smythe
01:12:40was in fact poisoned?
01:12:43Poisoned?
01:12:43But all of those people,
01:12:46including Aunt Louise,
01:12:47are lying in the churchyard.
01:12:49Certainly not in our garden.
01:12:50Precisement,
01:12:51Monsieur Drake.
01:12:53In fact,
01:12:53there is only one person
01:12:54who has disappeared
01:12:54from Woodley Common
01:12:55and whose whereabouts
01:12:56are not known.
01:12:57And Poirot believes
01:12:58that a poor soul
01:12:59who lies buried
01:12:59in this garden
01:13:00so beautiful
01:13:02is the foreigner
01:13:05sans ami,
01:13:07without a friend,
01:13:09the au pair
01:13:09Olga Seminov.
01:13:10Nonsense.
01:13:13Olga left the village
01:13:14after that stunt
01:13:15with the codicil.
01:13:16Oui.
01:13:17The codicil
01:13:18that everyone thought
01:13:19was a forgery,
01:13:20and indeed,
01:13:23this one,
01:13:24it is.
01:13:27This one
01:13:28is the article genuine.
01:13:36You mean
01:13:37Mrs. Llewellyn Smythe
01:13:38did leave everything
01:13:39to Olga?
01:13:40Oui.
01:13:41Don't be silly.
01:13:42No, but it is true,
01:13:43madame.
01:13:45The Reverend Cottrell
01:13:46told me of a conversation
01:13:47he had with your aunt.
01:13:48Whatever's the matter?
01:13:49Can it be true?
01:13:50If it is,
01:13:50then I have no choice.
01:13:51I will have to
01:13:52involve the police,
01:13:53but oh, what a scandal.
01:13:55And what scandal
01:13:55was this, huh?
01:13:58Perhaps the au pair
01:13:59Olga Seminov
01:14:00has seen evidence
01:14:01of a love affair illicit?
01:14:03A love affair
01:14:03between Monsieur
01:14:04Michael Garfield,
01:14:05the gardener
01:14:05of her employer,
01:14:06and someone
01:14:07who loved him
01:14:08with every cell
01:14:09in their body,
01:14:10someone who is
01:14:11determined to have
01:14:11this Michael Garfield
01:14:12no matter what
01:14:13the cost.
01:14:15And it has led
01:14:15this little village
01:14:16to become
01:14:17the slaughterhouse.
01:14:21Has it not?
01:14:22Madame Rowena Drake.
01:14:29I beg your pardon?
01:14:32Are you seriously suggesting
01:14:34Michael Garfield and me?
01:14:36Well, you can't stand Michael.
01:14:38Once again,
01:14:39Monsieur Drake,
01:14:40précisément.
01:14:43And it is this
01:14:44that first caused
01:14:45Poirot to suspect.
01:14:47To quote the Shakespearean
01:14:47and thinks the lady
01:14:48doth protest too much.
01:14:50You loved him,
01:14:50Madame.
01:14:51You love him still.
01:14:53And so you set out
01:14:54on your campaign
01:14:56of butchery.
01:14:57Oh,
01:14:58that's utterly crazy.
01:15:01You think so?
01:15:02The reckless youths
01:15:03who caused the death
01:15:04of your husband,
01:15:05they were never caught,
01:15:05were they, Madame?
01:15:06So I wonder
01:15:10what the good inspector
01:15:10Raglum would discover
01:15:11if he searches
01:15:12into the alibis
01:15:13of yourself
01:15:13and Michael Garfield
01:15:14on the day
01:15:15that your husband,
01:15:15he died.
01:15:16Did you plan
01:15:17to stop there, Madame?
01:15:18Because now
01:15:19you are the widow,
01:15:20but you are still
01:15:21financially dependent
01:15:23upon your aunt.
01:15:26And you stand
01:15:27to inherit
01:15:28her house
01:15:29and her garden.
01:15:32If this old lady,
01:15:33she dies
01:15:33and her health,
01:15:34it is most poor,
01:15:35so what could be
01:15:35more natural
01:15:36than her heart
01:15:36which is exhausted
01:15:37giving out.
01:15:40But in the ointment
01:15:41there is a fly,
01:15:42eh?
01:15:43Unbeknownst to you,
01:15:46the au pair
01:15:46Olga Seminov,
01:15:48who had the devotion
01:15:49so genuine
01:15:50towards your aunt,
01:15:52has confided
01:15:53her suspicions
01:15:53about your love affair.
01:15:56And Madame Llewellyn Smythe
01:15:58believes her.
01:16:00The wickedness
01:16:00which she spoke about
01:16:01to the Reverend Cottrell
01:16:02was yours, Madame.
01:16:04Is it then
01:16:05that Leslie Ferrier,
01:16:06the crooked solicitous clerk,
01:16:08contacts you
01:16:09and tells you
01:16:09of the news
01:16:10so terrible
01:16:10that your aunt
01:16:11has disinherited
01:16:12both you
01:16:13and your children
01:16:13of neither of whom
01:16:14she is fond
01:16:15and left everything
01:16:16to Olga Seminov?
01:16:18So the plan,
01:16:19it is this.
01:16:20The criminal Ferrier
01:16:22will make another version
01:16:24of the codicil
01:16:25and substitute it
01:16:27for the original.
01:16:29A fake so clumsy
01:16:31that any amount
01:16:32of scrutiny
01:16:32will discredit
01:16:33and the claim
01:16:33of Olga Seminov
01:16:34will collapse.
01:16:36And of course,
01:16:36you and Michael Garfield
01:16:37agree to this plan.
01:16:38And so now
01:16:45you are free
01:16:46to dispose
01:16:46of your aunt.
01:16:48Upon her death,
01:16:50everything goes
01:16:51according to plan.
01:16:52The au pair,
01:16:53Olga Seminov,
01:16:53is dismissed
01:16:54as a gold digger.
01:16:56But she herself,
01:16:56she does not understand
01:16:57what has happened
01:16:58that this codicil
01:16:58is now shown
01:16:59to be a lie.
01:17:01So was it in desperation
01:17:02that she came
01:17:03to you,
01:17:03Madame Drake?
01:17:04I know it.
01:17:06I know it.
01:17:07In my bones,
01:17:08you did away with her,
01:17:10with my poor mistress,
01:17:12and with your husband
01:17:13before that.
01:17:14You're absolutely
01:17:15raving girl.
01:17:16For goodness sake,
01:17:16get a hold of yourself.
01:17:18You do not deserve
01:17:19to live in this
01:17:19beautiful place.
01:17:21It is mine.
01:17:22It is mine.
01:17:27And this tale
01:17:28of carnage
01:17:29and horror
01:17:31is not over.
01:17:33No,
01:17:33not even yet.
01:17:34But Leslie Foyer
01:17:36is never to see
01:17:37the rewards
01:17:38of his actions,
01:17:39the concealing
01:17:40of the codicil.
01:17:41No!
01:17:43Foyer?
01:17:44Mr. Garfield.
01:17:48It's all there,
01:17:49I trust.
01:17:52Pleasure doing business
01:17:53with you.
01:17:57Pleasure is all mine.
01:18:04The two of you
01:18:09are now safe.
01:18:11The house of your aunt,
01:18:14it is yours.
01:18:15The money of your aunt,
01:18:16it is yours.
01:18:17And of course,
01:18:18the garden so cherished.
01:18:21It is your paradise.
01:18:23paradise.
01:18:26But its soil is drenched
01:18:28in the blood
01:18:29of the innocent
01:18:29and its fruit
01:18:31is black
01:18:33and bitter.
01:18:36And what,
01:18:36two years later,
01:18:38at a simple party
01:18:39for children,
01:18:39you hear a young girl
01:18:40say that she witnessed
01:18:41once a murder?
01:18:43I saw a bad one.
01:18:44And your heart
01:18:45that is so full of guilt,
01:18:47it leaps
01:18:50into your mouth.
01:18:53Now Joyce,
01:18:53what's all this
01:18:54about a murder?
01:18:55Oh, it's true.
01:18:56I really saw one.
01:18:58Where?
01:18:58In your garden.
01:19:01I didn't realise it then,
01:19:02but I know now.
01:19:03Well, I'll believe you,
01:19:04thousands wouldn't.
01:19:06I bet you,
01:19:07half a crown,
01:19:08you can't get that
01:19:09last apple out of the bucket.
01:19:11Oh, bet I can.
01:19:12Show me then.
01:19:14And only after
01:19:38when this deed so terrible
01:19:40it has been committed,
01:19:41you realise
01:19:41that you are soaking wet.
01:19:44No adult has played
01:19:45the game of what
01:19:46the apple bombing,
01:19:47huh?
01:19:48So at once
01:19:49you realise
01:19:49how suspicious
01:19:50it will appear
01:19:51and so you devise
01:19:52a deception,
01:19:52also very clever,
01:19:54to explain away
01:19:55the soaking
01:19:55of your dress.
01:19:58Oh dear,
01:19:59you're drenched.
01:20:00What a clumsy thing
01:20:01you must think of me.
01:20:02You blame the accident
01:20:04on a glance
01:20:05directed towards
01:20:06the door
01:20:07of the library.
01:20:08a glance that was staged
01:20:10and that you will use
01:20:13later to cause suspicion
01:20:14elsewhere.
01:20:15Michael Garfield,
01:20:16he returns from Greece,
01:20:17you tell to him
01:20:18what has occurred
01:20:19and once again
01:20:20you consider yourselves
01:20:21to be safe.
01:20:22Not so, madame.
01:20:24For you were observed
01:20:25to enter the library
01:20:27with the little girl,
01:20:28Joyce.
01:20:29Now, Joyce,
01:20:30what's all this
01:20:30about a murder?
01:20:31Oh, it's true.
01:20:33I really saw one.
01:20:34Where?
01:20:35And Poirot himself
01:20:36has observed
01:20:37that
01:20:38Master Leopold
01:20:41has unexpectedly
01:20:43become flush
01:20:44with his pocket money
01:20:45over the last few days.
01:20:46How so?
01:20:46Because his silence
01:20:47it was being bought.
01:20:50But, madame,
01:20:51you are not sure
01:20:51for how long
01:20:52and so you
01:20:53decide
01:20:54to kill
01:20:55Master Leopold.
01:20:58And you use
01:20:59the glance
01:21:00towards the door
01:21:01of the library
01:21:02to divert suspicion
01:21:03unto him.
01:21:04He's so young.
01:21:07Was so young.
01:21:09Another lie
01:21:10so callous
01:21:10to add
01:21:11to your
01:21:11catalogue
01:21:12of deceit.
01:21:18You idiot!
01:21:20You scared me
01:21:21half to death.
01:21:22Guy Fawkes' night
01:21:23is almost upon us,
01:21:24Mrs Drake,
01:21:24that's all.
01:21:24There's no need
01:21:25to be scared.
01:21:31Is it done?
01:21:38It's done.
01:21:41Do you still have
01:21:42the receipt?
01:21:50Good God!
01:21:52And me?
01:21:52Well, really, monsieur,
01:21:56that was
01:21:57quite a horror story.
01:22:00Perhaps you will not
01:22:01snare, madame,
01:22:02when we have
01:22:03exhumed the body
01:22:03of madame Llewellyn Smythe
01:22:05and examined
01:22:05the contents
01:22:06of her stomach.
01:22:07And when this garden
01:22:08it is torn up
01:22:09to reveal
01:22:10the last resting place
01:22:11of Olga Seminov
01:22:12because this is
01:22:13where she lies
01:22:13as I mimic.
01:22:14No mistake!
01:22:16In a place
01:22:17where it is not
01:22:18remarkable
01:22:19that the soil
01:22:19it is continually
01:22:20freshly turned.
01:22:24And this
01:22:25garden
01:22:26with which
01:22:28Michael Garfield
01:22:29is never satisfied.
01:22:32His masterpiece!
01:22:37Oh, perhaps
01:22:38your composure
01:22:38so absolute
01:22:39it will be shaken
01:22:40when you hear
01:22:41from his very own lips
01:22:42that Michael Garfield
01:22:43never loved you.
01:22:46Ah.
01:22:49It's all I have
01:22:51I'm afraid
01:22:51old thing.
01:22:53I've no idea
01:22:54what he's talking about.
01:22:55Indeed,
01:22:56I doubt that
01:22:56Michael Garfield
01:22:58ever loved anybody
01:22:58but himself.
01:23:01But he had
01:23:01a secret, huh?
01:23:04There had been
01:23:05someone else
01:23:05in his life.
01:23:08Another lover.
01:23:12Had there not
01:23:13madame Butler?
01:23:14God help me,
01:23:21it's true.
01:23:21I did love him
01:23:22once and then
01:23:22I became afraid.
01:23:25His nature,
01:23:25even his passion
01:23:26for beauty
01:23:27and creation,
01:23:27there was a sort
01:23:28of madness to it.
01:23:30I never told him
01:23:31about Miranda.
01:23:32Do you not think
01:23:33I guessed,
01:23:34Judith?
01:23:35Hmm?
01:23:38My beautiful child.
01:23:39No, no, no, no.
01:23:44No, no, no!
01:23:47It's you
01:23:48I should have drowned,
01:23:49you filthy little beast!
01:23:50It should have been you!
01:23:52And you never had him,
01:23:53never!
01:23:55I'm the only one
01:23:56he ever wanted,
01:23:57ever loved!
01:24:00Say it isn't so,
01:24:01Michael.
01:24:01Please, please!
01:24:02Don't make a fuss,
01:24:04you silly creature.
01:24:05It's so undignified.
01:24:07It's true.
01:24:11I did it all
01:24:13for the money.
01:24:15Hmm?
01:24:15Of course I did.
01:24:17Uh, and
01:24:18for the garden.
01:24:21Actually,
01:24:21I was thinking
01:24:22about buying
01:24:23a little Greek island.
01:24:26Start afresh.
01:24:26No!
01:24:28No!
01:24:29No!
01:24:30No!
01:24:32I just like
01:24:33pretty things,
01:24:34you see.
01:24:35Is that so wrong?
01:24:36No!
01:24:37One
01:24:38must have
01:24:40money
01:24:40to get
01:24:42pretty things.
01:24:44I was very fond
01:24:45of you, Judith.
01:24:47Once.
01:24:49But even you're
01:24:50losing your looks now.
01:24:51Hmm?
01:24:53It is an awful
01:24:55shame.
01:24:56Do you not think,
01:24:57monsieur,
01:24:57that we must all
01:24:59wither
01:25:00and die?
01:25:02come out there.
01:25:04Come out there.
01:25:08No!
01:25:09No!
01:25:17Thank you,
01:25:21Écule.
01:25:22Sir!
01:25:52It's incredible.
01:25:56No.
01:25:58As soon as Madame Oliver told me of the dropping of the vase, my suspicions, they were aroused.
01:26:03Because I knew that the killer of Joyce Reynolds would have been soaking wet.
01:26:07Dreadful woman. I always said so.
01:26:09Trying to bully me into giving that lecture.
01:26:12And what about me and Michael?
01:26:15How did you know?
01:26:17Ah.
01:26:19Your histoire, Madame, it did not fool Poirot.
01:26:24Your husband who is dead? No.
01:26:27Your husband was a figure of fantasy, eh?
01:26:30A figure tragique, a figure to conceal your long-ago affair of the heart.
01:26:34This husband, this pilot, this Max, so beloved.
01:26:39And yet there was not one single photograph of him on your mantel-shelf.
01:26:44I wanted to give Miranda some notion of stability.
01:26:48A father figure who was loving and selfless, dependable.
01:26:52Everything Michael wasn't capable of.
01:26:55I hadn't seen him for years, you see.
01:26:57Then that day he turned up in Woodley Common.
01:26:59I tried to stay out of his way.
01:27:01I expected he'd soon be gone, but he stayed.
01:27:04I had no idea he and Miranda had become so close.
01:27:07His influence over her.
01:27:09There was a bond.
01:27:10A bond that was natural.
01:27:13But even this was not sufficient to prevent him from attempting to kill his own daughter and save himself.
01:27:20You had a lucky escape, Jude.
01:27:22Right.
01:27:23What now? Will you stay here?
01:27:25I don't think so.
01:27:27Hard to believe it all happened.
01:27:29All those grisly deaths.
01:27:32It's like a nightmare.
01:27:34Or a tale of terror.
01:27:36Poirot, he was right, huh?
01:27:39Halloween is not the time for the telling of the stories macabre,
01:27:43but to light the candles for the dead.
01:27:45Come, mes amis.
01:27:46Let us do so.