First broadcast 13th November 2013.
After almost thirty years apart, Hercule Poirot, now crippled with arthritis and being tended to at the post-war guest house at Styles Court, is reunited with his old companion Captain Hastings, who has since become a widower.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings
Helen Baxendale as Elizabeth Cole
Anne Reid as Daisy Luttrell
John Standing as Colonel Toby Luttrell
Aidan McArdle as Stephen Norton
Philip Glenister as Sir William Boyd Carrington
Adam Englander as Curtis
Alice Orr-Ewing as Judith Hastings
Shaun Dingwall as Doctor Franklin
Matthew McNulty as Major Allerton
Anna Madeley as Barbara Franklin
Claire Keelan as Nurse Craven
Gregory Cox as Coroner
David Yelland as George
After almost thirty years apart, Hercule Poirot, now crippled with arthritis and being tended to at the post-war guest house at Styles Court, is reunited with his old companion Captain Hastings, who has since become a widower.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings
Helen Baxendale as Elizabeth Cole
Anne Reid as Daisy Luttrell
John Standing as Colonel Toby Luttrell
Aidan McArdle as Stephen Norton
Philip Glenister as Sir William Boyd Carrington
Adam Englander as Curtis
Alice Orr-Ewing as Judith Hastings
Shaun Dingwall as Doctor Franklin
Matthew McNulty as Major Allerton
Anna Madeley as Barbara Franklin
Claire Keelan as Nurse Craven
Gregory Cox as Coroner
David Yelland as George
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00:00:00Satsang with Mooji
00:02:02Still needs must these days, and at least one of us has a good business head, don't I, Toby? Chop, chop. Take the captain up to his room. Unless, of course, you'd prefer to see Monsieur Poirot first.
00:02:14Yes, I would.
00:02:15Oh, a drawing room, Toby. And then see to the cases.
00:02:18Oh, no. A pair of nesting black caps down by the Sycamore. This is a...
00:02:32Blast it, builders!
00:02:35Bill, this is Captain Hastings.
00:02:38Hastings, yes.
00:02:39Sir William Boyd Carrington.
00:02:41Excuse the tantrum. Having my old place tarted up. Natan Hall, you know. Lazy blighters need to go kick up the backside.
00:02:47So, you're the famous Hastings. Little Belgian chap, he never stops talking about you. And we've got your daughter up here as well.
00:02:54Yes.
00:02:55Fine girl. Hilly Franklin has us slicing up rats and rabbits all day. Excuse me while I give him another earful.
00:03:02Tadmins down, 7211.
00:03:18Waro, there's someone to see you.
00:03:32Hastings?
00:03:39Oh, Hastings, my dear, dear Hastings.
00:03:42Poor old chap.
00:03:44Oh, mon ami, mon ami.
00:03:48But I look at myself. And this is the talented Mademoiselle Cole.
00:03:56Captain Hastings.
00:03:57You have one woman, I mean, with a straight back and the grey of their hair, with a wound that is still fresh, huh?
00:04:11No man could have wished for better.
00:04:14Still, she died as she would have wanted. No long drawn-out suffering.
00:04:20Oh.
00:04:21And how are you?
00:04:22Me? I am a wreck. No, a ruin.
00:04:25I cannot walk. I am crippled and twisted. I have to be attended to like a baby.
00:04:31But the core of Hastings, that is still sound.
00:04:34You have the best heart in the world, Poirot.
00:04:36Heart? No. But the brain, as magnificent as ever.
00:04:40Hastings, do you suck? Do you suck?
00:04:43It's not a wheelbarrow.
00:04:45Sorry, old chap.
00:04:47So, is it good to be back after all these years?
00:04:50The food, it is disgusting.
00:04:52Rationing, I suppose.
00:04:53No, it is the English cooking.
00:04:56And the water always so tepid, and the towels so thin.
00:05:00They were of no use at all.
00:05:02Then why did you come?
00:05:03Because when I see the advertisement in the newspaper and discover your daughter, she will be here.
00:05:09I conceive of a plan.
00:05:11I will persuade my old friend Hastings to join us, and we shall all be together on family.
00:05:15That is most agreeableness, but...
00:05:19You're up to something, aren't you?
00:05:22What?
00:05:24I knew it.
00:05:25Otherwise, why come back to the scene of our first murder?
00:05:27Because, mon ami, I fear it will soon be the scene of another.
00:05:39Are you sure about this?
00:05:40You think I have the softening of the brain?
00:05:42No, no, but it seems so unlikely.
00:05:46Another murder, all these years later, under the same roof.
00:05:49Maybe that is how it is.
00:05:51Well, can't you stop it?
00:05:52How do you propose that I do that?
00:05:54Well, you could warn the victim.
00:05:55I do not know who is the victim.
00:05:57Well, you must know who the killer is.
00:05:59No.
00:06:01Well, then how on earth do you know it's going to happen?
00:06:03I cannot say.
00:06:05Why not?
00:06:06Because you are still the same old Hastings.
00:06:11You have the speaking countenance, mon ami, and I do not wish you to sit staring at all the guests with your mouth wide open and give, as you say, the game away.
00:06:20I say, poor, that's a bit strong.
00:06:21I do play poker, you know.
00:06:22Yes, and always lose.
00:06:26But this is not a game, mon ami, make no mistake.
00:06:28There is here work to be done.
00:06:31And that is why I ask you here.
00:06:34Now, the thinking you will leave to me, but I need you, my most invaluable Hastings, to be my eyes and my ears, to go to places where I cannot go.
00:06:43To sniff out the snatched conversation, the shared confidence, and report back to me.
00:06:49For I tell you, mon ami, there is here amongst us a murderer, and that person must be stopped.
00:06:55Here is Curtis, more valley.
00:07:00Your valley?
00:07:01Where's George?
00:07:03It was necessary for him to go to Eastbourne to care for his ailing father.
00:07:06Well, I got here.
00:07:19Very clever of you.
00:07:23You remember my father?
00:07:25Hello.
00:07:26I hear you work my daughter very hard, Dr. Frankry.
00:07:29Nonsense.
00:07:30I'm afraid I get so awfully wrapped up in a thing.
00:07:32How did you find Uncle Hercule?
00:07:36Not well.
00:07:38Not well at all.
00:07:40I promised I'd read to Barbara.
00:07:41I'd better.
00:07:46As if she couldn't read herself.
00:07:49How is Mrs. Franklin?
00:07:50The same, and rather more so.
00:07:53She just likes making a fuss.
00:07:54That's rather harsh.
00:07:55It's true.
00:07:56She takes no interest in John's work.
00:07:58Goes on and on about her health.
00:08:00Ah, there you are.
00:08:03I thought Frankenstein had dragged you off to his lab again.
00:08:06This is my father.
00:08:08Allerton.
00:08:09Hastings.
00:08:09I've heard a lot about you.
00:08:11Poirot's loyal lieutenant, eh?
00:08:13I'm so glad you're here.
00:08:32Uncle Hercule always manages to bring you out of yourself.
00:08:36He gets so sad.
00:08:37Ah, well, you must allow him that, my dear.
00:08:39What's the use of dwelling on the past?
00:08:42We must all look forward.
00:08:44You know, you've been rather queer all evening.
00:08:46I don't know what you mean.
00:08:48Staring at everyone.
00:08:50So transparent.
00:08:52Maybe it's being back here with its memories and ghosts.
00:08:55There was a murder, wasn't there?
00:08:57Well, the lady of the house, she was poisoned.
00:09:00She controlled, as you say, the purse strings.
00:09:04But her stepchildren thought they had no life of their own.
00:09:07That's so selfish.
00:09:09Old people.
00:09:10Sick people shouldn't be allowed to ruin the lives of others.
00:09:13Jude.
00:09:15Oh, I didn't mean...
00:09:16Selfishness is not the monopoly of the old, I can assure you, my share.
00:09:20No, it's just that I was thinking of this case of a man who treated his daughters appallingly.
00:09:25But when the eldest steeled herself to cut the knot, so to speak, in order that her sisters might go free, she gave herself up and was hanged.
00:09:35Margaret Litchfield?
00:09:37Yes.
00:09:38How did you know?
00:09:40It is the case most famous.
00:09:42Well, I think she was very brave.
00:09:44And Dr. Franklin, what does he think?
00:09:46He thinks it served the old man right.
00:09:48Some people just ask to be murdered.
00:09:50Murder is never justified, Judith.
00:09:52But when a situation is so extreme...
00:09:54And who has been putting into your head these ideas?
00:09:57Nobody.
00:09:58Pernicious nonsense.
00:10:03Actually, I came over to give you a message from Mrs. Franklin.
00:10:06She's invited you to her room.
00:10:08Excuse me.
00:10:08I've never understood that girl.
00:10:13No, she is her own woman.
00:10:14And a good one, too, Hastings.
00:10:16She's become so cold-hearted.
00:10:19I put it down to the company she keeps.
00:10:22That wretched Dr. Franklin.
00:10:26And Allerton.
00:10:28I don't like that man.
00:10:29What you call the nasty bit of goods, eh?
00:10:31But most attractive to the ladies.
00:10:33Isn't that always the way?
00:10:34No.
00:10:38I'm delighted you're here, Captain Hastings.
00:10:44Dear Monsieur Poirot must be so pleased.
00:10:47Sharp as a knife, old Poirot.
00:10:49Even though he is falling to bits.
00:10:51And it will be so nice for Judith.
00:10:53The child has been working far too hard.
00:10:56She looks very well on it.
00:10:57Oh, how I envy her.
00:11:00Ill health has been the bane of my life.
00:11:03Pillows, Craven.
00:11:05Yes, my husband's a real slave driver.
00:11:07Aren't you, John?
00:11:09Hmm?
00:11:11What's that, Barbara?
00:11:13She was just saying how you work poor Judith into the ground.
00:11:16Judith, yes.
00:11:18There was something we had to, uh, do.
00:11:20Excuse me.
00:11:23Oh, I feel so inadequate.
00:11:26I know I ought to take more interest.
00:11:29You shouldn't worry yourself, Babs.
00:11:30But I find it all so nasty.
00:11:33The guinea pigs and the rats and everything.
00:11:36It makes me feel quite sick.
00:11:39I just want to think about lovely, happy things.
00:11:43Babs and I are old playmates, even though she's 15 years younger.
00:11:46Darling, Bill.
00:11:47Then when I came back from Burma to find her a beautiful young lady.
00:11:52My family used to live in this part of the world.
00:11:54And Bill would come to stay with his uncle at Natton Hall.
00:11:57A mausoleum of a place.
00:11:59Needs a woman's hand.
00:12:00I don't mind telling you I completely lost my heart.
00:12:08But she went and married Franklin.
00:12:10The fellow doesn't understand her.
00:12:12He's only interested in his test tubes, damn fool.
00:12:16Fancy a rubber?
00:12:21Hearts, you stupid man!
00:12:23There's nothing for it.
00:12:26We'll have to start again.
00:12:28I don't know what's got into me.
00:12:29I'm all at sixes and sevens.
00:12:34We haven't cut yet.
00:12:37Oh, I'm sorry, dear.
00:12:39I'm so sorry.
00:12:50Well, that was pretty ghastly.
00:12:52Shh.
00:12:54It gets my back up to seem bullied like that.
00:12:56Keep it down.
00:12:57It's too bad.
00:12:58It really is.
00:12:59And what's worse, he just takes it.
00:13:02Couldn't assert himself if he tried.
00:13:07What would you shout, Pat?
00:13:09Ah, I don't think everybody's in yet.
00:13:12Well, who's still out?
00:13:13Your daughter, I think.
00:13:16And Alison.
00:13:16Here we go.
00:13:17Here we go.
00:13:26Here we go.
00:13:30Still about, old chap?
00:13:51I couldn't sleep. I was going to get some pills from Poirot.
00:13:57I'll fix you up. I need to wake him.
00:14:00Do you normally stay up this late?
00:14:11I never go to bed when there's sport abroad.
00:14:14These moonlit evenings aren't made to be wasted.
00:14:20This is the real stuff.
00:14:22It'll make you sleep like a log.
00:14:25Slumber-ill. Is it dangerous?
00:14:27It is if you take too much of it.
00:14:29It's one of the barbiturates.
00:14:31Don't you need a prescription?
00:14:32I'm right. But I've got to pull in that line.
00:14:36An old friend of mine gave me a few useful introductions.
00:14:38Dead now, sadly.
00:14:40A chap called Etherington.
00:14:42Leonard Etherington?
00:14:44That's the one.
00:14:46A wife of his.
00:14:47Who'd have thought she'd have a dinner?
00:14:49Arseneck, wasn't it?
00:14:50Yes.
00:14:51Knew him too, did you?
00:14:52No, I read about it.
00:14:53I see.
00:14:56Funny, chap.
00:14:57Good company.
00:14:58With small doses.
00:15:01Sleep well.
00:15:02This is the Calabar bean, visostigma venenosine.
00:15:11I've been experimenting with various alkaloids derived from it.
00:15:14You know, Poirot, this stuff's really more up your street than mine.
00:15:17How is that money?
00:15:18Well, you see, it's also called the ordeal bean.
00:15:21Supposed to prove innocence or guilt.
00:15:23Don't you like rats, Father?
00:15:25I certainly don't like Hamilton.
00:15:27So that's it.
00:15:28And I suspect you don't like him.
00:15:30Why shouldn't I like him?
00:15:32He's not your type.
00:15:33What is my type?
00:15:35You have no idea, have you?
00:15:38Well, as it happens, I find him most amusing.
00:15:41Amusing, yes.
00:15:42And very attractive.
00:15:43Any woman would.
00:15:44Well, that's the trouble.
00:15:45Really, Father?
00:15:46You were out with him very late last night.
00:15:47What has that to do with you?
00:15:49This is most interesting.
00:15:51I would find it a great help if I could test so easily the guilt or innocence.
00:15:55Then you have to ask, what is guilt or innocence?
00:15:58Well, pretty obvious, I'd say.
00:16:00One would always feel guilt when it comes to murder.
00:16:02You think so?
00:16:03There are lots of people I'd like to kill without my conscience being too much trouble.
00:16:08And I do so hate making a fuss.
00:16:12I sometimes think, if one isn't healthy, one should be quietly put away.
00:16:19God, no matter.
00:16:20Look at me.
00:16:22All cramped, twisted, not able to move.
00:16:25Yet I do not think of quitting.
00:16:27I enjoy still what I can.
00:16:30But you have only yourself to consider.
00:16:33In my case, there's poor John.
00:16:36I feel such a millstone round his neck.
00:16:39But I'm sure he's never said such a thing.
00:16:41These scientist chaps can get quite obsessive about their work.
00:16:45Absolutely.
00:16:46Sometimes, Monsieur Poirot, I think I can hear the poor little creatures screaming in the night.
00:16:53Perfectly horrid.
00:16:54Stephen and I are as one on this.
00:16:57I can get so terribly depressed that I think, what a relief it would be to end it all.
00:17:02Oh, come, madame.
00:17:03Don't we use the might to anybody?
00:17:05Oh, to step into the great unknown.
00:17:08And then John would be free.
00:17:12I'll fetch a malted milk.
00:17:14I will come with you.
00:17:16Hastings.
00:17:17Madame.
00:17:18Monsieur.
00:17:19All right, old chap.
00:17:20Yes, I need to rest.
00:17:24I gather you were here in the First War.
00:17:27Yes, in 1916.
00:17:28I came here to convalesce.
00:17:30That's when I met Poirot.
00:17:31Didn't an old lady get murdered?
00:17:33Really?
00:17:34I was once in a house where there was a murder.
00:17:36She was an old lady too.
00:17:38One of my patients.
00:17:39It was not by any chance the case of Miss Sharples, was it?
00:17:43Yes, it was, actually.
00:17:45Her niece, Frida Clay, was accused of her poisoning, but there was evidence insufficient to prosecute.
00:17:50How did you know?
00:17:50Well, it is my job to know, Nurse Craven.
00:17:54He doesn't miss a trick.
00:18:04Blasted pigeons.
00:18:05They do a lot of damage, you know.
00:18:08Toby's always been a fine shot.
00:18:09Oh, I used to be.
00:18:12You know, I often used to think of evenings like this back home.
00:18:14I'm out in India, but nothing's ever quite as you picture it.
00:18:18I don't know why, but I've got quite a thirst on.
00:18:22Oh, well, why'd you have a drink on the house, what'd you say?
00:18:25Splendid idea.
00:18:28Have you done the tropics, Norton?
00:18:30No, no.
00:18:32My hands were tied with Mother.
00:18:37You're right, old chap.
00:18:39Can't stand blood.
00:18:40Well, you'd get used to it.
00:18:42Nothing like bagging a few birds and blasting the old bunny, eh, Hastings?
00:18:46Darn good fun.
00:18:47What an avenue to your beautiful coat.
00:18:49I just thought I'd give the fellas a snifter.
00:18:51You don't know such thing.
00:18:53Give that fuck to me.
00:18:54Oh, but Daisy...
00:18:54How do you think we'll ever make this place pay?
00:18:57If you keep standing, we will drink.
00:18:59Dear old friends, Daisy.
00:19:02Locked up.
00:19:03That's the way of it.
00:19:04I won't have it.
00:19:04You won't have it for you, I'd like to know.
00:19:15I'm awfully sorry, you chaps.
00:19:17We seem to run out of whiskey.
00:19:20Do you know, I'm not that thirsty anyway.
00:19:23We'll soon be having dinner.
00:19:25Oh, dinner.
00:19:26Yes.
00:19:26Don't worry, Toby, old chap.
00:19:28We'll live.
00:19:28Right.
00:19:32Stretch the old pins before meth call.
00:19:38He's a splendid chap, isn't he?
00:19:41Yes.
00:19:42Whatever he turns his hand to always makes a success of it.
00:19:46Some chaps have all the luck.
00:19:48All he needs now is a wife.
00:19:50So long as she doesn't bully him.
00:19:52He won't get bullied.
00:19:54He wouldn't let himself.
00:19:55There's a damn drabbit.
00:19:59Is there?
00:19:59Nibbling at the bark.
00:20:00I thought I'd wired the place.
00:20:07My God.
00:20:18Get Franklin.
00:20:22It's all right, Mrs. Duttrell.
00:20:25It's all right.
00:20:27That's it.
00:20:28It's fine.
00:20:29Oh.
00:20:42Franklin's seen Daisy.
00:20:43She's going to be fine.
00:20:45Do you think he did it on purpose?
00:20:47Well, I did until I saw them together.
00:20:49Now I'm not so sure.
00:20:51Poor old Luttrell.
00:20:52I mean, Daisy's a good sort, I suppose, but a chap can only take so much.
00:20:57After the bridge, Norton actually said as much.
00:21:00I'm sure Luttrell heard every word.
00:21:03The killer is here.
00:21:05I know it.
00:21:06How do you know?
00:21:07I know.
00:21:08Whether Luttrell shot his wife by accident or whether he meant to.
00:21:13It is impossible to prove.
00:21:15Well, you'll prove it, all right.
00:21:17You always do.
00:21:19If only life were that simple.
00:21:23Poirot always gets his man.
00:21:25Perhaps this time he does not wish to.
00:21:27You've lost me there, old chap.
00:21:30Unless, of course, someone was hiding in the bushes.
00:21:34And at the exact moment the colonel fired, they fired too.
00:21:36And who might be this mystery killer in the bushes, Hastings?
00:21:39I wouldn't put it past that drug-addled Lothario Allerton.
00:21:42Drug-addled?
00:21:43He was a chum of Leonard Etherington, that addict who was poisoned by his wife.
00:21:47And how do you know this?
00:21:49He told me.
00:21:50And you did not think to tell it to me?
00:21:53Well...
00:21:53The trouble with you, Hastings, is that you are lazy.
00:21:56Mentally.
00:21:56I say, Poirot, look, I know I'm not much of a fellow, but there's no need to rub it in.
00:21:59You do not like to work with this.
00:22:01Perhaps you should get someone else on board.
00:22:03Boyd Carrington.
00:22:04Certainly not.
00:22:05He's a good deal cleverer than me.
00:22:07That would not be difficult.
00:22:08But Boyd Carrington...
00:22:09He's a pompous boar, whose memory is so bad that he tells back to you the story that you have told to him.
00:22:15I forbid you to speak of this matter to anyone.
00:22:20Do you understand?
00:22:21Yes.
00:22:21It is up to you to follow people where I cannot go.
00:22:26To talk to them, to listen to them, to spy on them.
00:22:28Watch through keyholes.
00:22:30I will not look through keyholes.
00:22:31Oh, very well, very well.
00:22:32You will not look through keyholes.
00:22:34You will remain the English gentleman, and someone will be killed.
00:22:39Don't dash it all, Poirot.
00:22:41Oh, you can be quite obstinate at times.
00:22:44Do you know that, Hastings?
00:22:48I also wish there were someone else I could trust.
00:22:52But I suppose I will have to put up with you.
00:22:54And since you cannot use your little grey cells, because you do not possess them.
00:22:58At any rate, use your eyes, your ears, your nose, if need be.
00:23:02But only, of course, as far as the dictates of honour will allow.
00:23:10Now, go away.
00:23:13I'm very tired.
00:23:14At it again, are you?
00:23:34At your deadly exercise.
00:23:36For my sins, I knew you would be.
00:23:42For my sins, I knew you would.
00:23:46But while I have breath in my body, I will...
00:23:50I will damn you to escape.
00:24:20What the hell?
00:24:23Whatever the cost.
00:24:34He doesn't look too happy.
00:24:36He isn't.
00:24:38He was offered the chance to go to Africa, you know, to continue his research.
00:24:43But his wife protested.
00:24:45He probably felt he couldn't leave her.
00:24:47Do you know much about her, Captain?
00:24:49Only that she's an invalid.
00:24:50She certainly enjoys ill health.
00:24:54So you don't think that's very much the matter?
00:24:56Well, she always seems to be able to do anything she wants.
00:24:59You know the Franklins well, do you?
00:25:01Uh, no.
00:25:04What I've told you, I learnt from your daughter.
00:25:07She's up in arms on his behalf.
00:25:09What do you think of Mr. Norton?
00:25:13Why do you ask?
00:25:14Oh, you seem to get on well.
00:25:18We have a good deal in common.
00:25:20And he's awfully kind.
00:25:22If a little...
00:25:24ineffectual.
00:25:26He's a gentle soul.
00:25:27He lived with his mother for many years.
00:25:29She was very bossy.
00:25:30And I don't think he had a very good time at school, either.
00:25:35He's very perceptive, you know.
00:25:39Quiet people often are.
00:25:42Yes.
00:25:42That's the depressing thing about places like this.
00:25:48It's full of failures.
00:25:50I suppose it's having endured another war.
00:25:53We've all had the stuffing knocked out of us.
00:25:55Did you see much action, Captain Hastings?
00:25:58Oh, not allowed to this time round.
00:26:00Gammy leg.
00:26:02And let's face it, I'm pushing it a bit.
00:26:06But your life's just beginning.
00:26:08Anything might happen.
00:26:11If you mean marriage,
00:26:14I could never think of it.
00:26:16Not with my history.
00:26:18What do you mean?
00:26:21You have no idea who I am, have you?
00:26:24I know your name.
00:26:26It isn't Cole.
00:26:28It's Litchfield.
00:26:29Matthew Litchfield.
00:26:30Yes, he was my father.
00:26:33A wicked man, Captain Hastings.
00:26:36He was our jailer until my sister Margaret...
00:26:39Yes, I know it was in all the papers.
00:26:40But you don't.
00:26:44It's...
00:26:45inconceivable she'd murder him.
00:26:48I know she gave herself up, but...
00:26:51I've always felt it wasn't true.
00:26:57It wasn't Margaret.
00:27:00It can't have been.
00:27:01Good morning, gentlemen.
00:27:17Good morning, Mrs. Franklin.
00:27:18Well, you sound very happy today, madame.
00:27:20I am.
00:27:21I am, Monsieur Poirot.
00:27:22I'm going on a little outing with Sir William to Natan Hall...
00:27:25...to advise him on his cretons.
00:27:27The silly me left my handbag in the studio yesterday...
00:27:30...when I was talking to John.
00:27:31Head like a sieve.
00:27:33Where is Dr. Franklin?
00:27:34He and Judith have driven into Tadminster...
00:27:37...for some chemical or other.
00:27:39I'm so glad I don't have a scientific mind.
00:27:42On a day like this, it all seems so puerile.
00:27:45I do not let the scientists hear you say that, madame.
00:27:48Oh.
00:27:49Oh, you mustn't think I don't admire my husband, monsieur.
00:27:52The way he lives for his work is really tremendous.
00:27:55But it makes me nervous the lengths to which you might go.
00:27:59What exactly do you mean, madame?
00:28:01Well, this...
00:28:02...horrible Calabar bean thing.
00:28:06I'm so afraid he's going to start experimenting on himself.
00:28:09You see, he can only learn so much from animals.
00:28:14He'd take every precaution, surely.
00:28:16Oh, you don't know, John.
00:28:17Absolutely oblivious of his own safety.
00:28:20He really is a sort of saint.
00:28:23You ready, Babs?
00:28:24Oh, mustn't keep the baronet waiting.
00:28:30Dr. Franklin, the modern saint.
00:28:33She's a feather for every wind.
00:28:35So you think she's a fool?
00:28:38Do you notice this?
00:28:39She's not the most brilliant intellect.
00:28:41First a handbag, now a gloves.
00:28:43I don't know how that girl puts up with it.
00:28:50Oh, that's so gracious, wasn't it?
00:28:53That would have been a good idea.
00:28:54Yes.
00:28:59I...
00:29:00...can't help noticing, Captain.
00:29:02Allerton, we're looking a little uneasy.
00:29:06Am I?
00:29:07I have to say, well...
00:29:08I'd feel the same way.
00:29:13Things change all the time, don't they?
00:29:16Girls are more independent now.
00:29:18I suppose that war had a lot to do with that.
00:29:21What are you trying to say, Norton?
00:29:26Don't let it go further, but...
00:29:27When it comes to young women,
00:29:32Allerton has rather a special technique in that line.
00:29:39I happen to know something pretty foul about him, actually.
00:29:43And what would that be?
00:29:44Not long ago, I heard of a girl, but just like Judith.
00:29:50Modern, independent, falling prey to the major's charms.
00:29:57Once he'd got her in his clutches,
00:29:59just when she was at her most vulnerable,
00:30:02he abandoned her, leaving her desperate.
00:30:05So...
00:30:07Devastated was she.
00:30:11She took her own life.
00:30:13Overdose of...
00:30:15Veranil.
00:30:15Poor old woman.
00:30:35Devilish pain.
00:30:37Overdose of morphia finished her off.
00:30:39And her niece, Frieda, said it was a slip-up.
00:30:41The police had other ideas,
00:30:43but didn't have enough evidence to prosecute.
00:30:45You knew her, did you?
00:30:46Frieda Clay?
00:30:48Yes.
00:30:49What is just that I have heard this story before?
00:30:51So have I, from someone who was there, actually.
00:30:54Ah, have you?
00:30:56It was in all the papers.
00:30:59Get a bit, um...
00:31:01fuddled in the old brain box sometimes.
00:31:03Oh, Bill, can't you think of anything jollier to talk about?
00:31:05I'm sure Monsieur Poirot is fed up to the back teeth
00:31:08of people killing and dying,
00:31:09and who did what and why.
00:31:11She certainly keeps us on our toes, eh, Franklin?
00:31:15Just the ticket.
00:31:17They do say, don't they, that men tend to marry their mothers.
00:31:20I'm not quite sure about that.
00:31:22Better ask Norton.
00:31:22He's the expert.
00:31:23A full compliment.
00:31:27What a treat, isn't it, Toby?
00:31:29Yes, my sweet.
00:31:30Our little dinners are not the same without you, Monsieur Poirot.
00:31:33No, they're not.
00:31:34I don't like the thought of your eating alone.
00:31:36I myself do not like to miss anything, my cher.
00:31:40Never a moment's rest in your line of work?
00:31:42No.
00:31:43No, Monsieur Norton.
00:31:44There's always still so much more to do.
00:31:46But the clock, it ticks, no?
00:31:51Such is the will of God.
00:31:53We'll all miss you, old chap.
00:31:55But you won't be forgotten.
00:31:59Hmm.
00:32:01A damn good claret.
00:32:03My point is...
00:32:04Oh, now, Bill...
00:32:04You can see where this Frida girl was coming from,
00:32:06putting somebody out of their misery.
00:32:08Don't you think it should only be done with the patient's consent?
00:32:11Yeah, it can't be left to the patient.
00:32:13It's the duty of someone who loves them to take responsibility.
00:32:16And end up being charged with murder.
00:32:18If you love someone, you take that risk.
00:32:21Would you?
00:32:22Yes.
00:32:23I would.
00:32:25Well, I certainly wouldn't, and neither would Toby, would you, dear?
00:32:30Sip of water, that'll shift it.
00:32:33You can't have people taking the law into their own hands.
00:32:37I quite agree.
00:32:38What about you, Franklin?
00:32:39What?
00:32:40Euthanasia.
00:32:41You must have an opinion, you're a doctor.
00:32:43Sorry, my mind was elsewhere.
00:32:46Most people wouldn't have the nerve.
00:32:49I don't believe you would, if it came to it.
00:32:52Don't you?
00:32:53Unless, of course, you have an axe to grind.
00:32:56You don't understand, do you?
00:32:58Of course I couldn't, if the motive was personal.
00:33:00Well, even if it weren't,
00:33:02I'm not sure you would actually pull the trigger, so to speak.
00:33:06Talk about something else.
00:33:07I quite agree.
00:33:08It's all far too grim.
00:33:09I don't hold life as sacred as you people do.
00:33:13Unfit lives, useless lives, they should be got out of the way.
00:33:16Judith!
00:33:16Well, they should!
00:33:17So much mess about.
00:33:18She might have a point.
00:33:20It's really a question of courage.
00:33:23Does one have the guts, to put it vulgarly?
00:33:26And you see, Miss Hastings, but I don't believe you have.
00:33:29Oh, Judith's got guts, all right.
00:33:32You're a lot more than you think, Mr. Nation.
00:33:34Excuse me.
00:33:48Judith!
00:33:50Look, I do understand, you know.
00:33:53Your mother was so much better at this than I am,
00:33:55but I do understand.
00:33:56I'm not so sure that you do.
00:33:58He isn't worth it.
00:34:00Believe me, he isn't.
00:34:01I know you care about it, but it's no good.
00:34:04Perhaps I know that as well as you.
00:34:06It has no future.
00:34:07It will break your heart, and I can't bear to see that happen.
00:34:10He's worth everything in the world to me.
00:34:12Judith, please.
00:34:13And I don't want you ever to speak of him again.
00:34:15Because if you do, I will hate you even more.
00:34:18Do you understand that?
00:34:19Well, I never.
00:34:43A speckled woodpecker.
00:34:46Such a lovely bird.
00:34:47Oh, what is it?
00:34:52Flown away.
00:34:53Have you seen?
00:34:54I think I might have made a mistake.
00:34:58It's gone, Captain Hastings.
00:35:06What's wrong?
00:35:10Bird's gone.
00:35:11Bird's gone.
00:35:11Hello, you chaps.
00:35:25Hello, Sir William.
00:35:27We've had a perfectly marvellous morning.
00:35:29I haven't been able to do a good shop for simply ages.
00:35:33Oh, Bill, could you take that up?
00:35:35It's very fragile.
00:35:36I can bring the rest.
00:35:40Thanks awfully.
00:35:49Anything the matter, Stephen?
00:35:51No.
00:35:52You look as if you've seen a ghost.
00:35:53No, no, no ghosts.
00:35:55Just thinking.
00:35:56Monsieur Poirot.
00:35:58So what is it?
00:36:00Is anything the matter?
00:36:02The matter, monsieur?
00:36:03What should be the matter?
00:36:06Do you know I'm suddenly terribly tired?
00:36:09If you could bring those up.
00:36:11Thank you so much.
00:36:12Oh, Babs.
00:36:22Well, I must say, nurse is very good at the old palm reading.
00:36:26Take these, Craven, and fix me an egg flip.
00:36:29I'm exhausted.
00:36:32Can I do anything, Babs?
00:36:33Yes, Bill.
00:36:34You can go away.
00:36:36I'm dead on my feet.
00:36:38Has it all been too much for you?
00:36:39I didn't want to mention it.
00:36:41I do so hate being tiresome.
00:37:03I'd recommend for a storm tonight, eh, Hastings?
00:37:06Yes, probably right.
00:37:09Excuse me.
00:37:11Care to take a stroll around the gardens?
00:37:12It's, um...
00:37:13Not now, Norman.
00:37:14But, Captain...
00:37:26Amateur.
00:37:33You can't let go of me.
00:37:34There's nothing you can do.
00:37:35They're the expert parent, eh?
00:37:37What?
00:37:38What?
00:37:38What?
00:37:38This won't get you anywhere.
00:37:53Well, I'll settle then.
00:37:56Go up to town tomorrow.
00:37:57I'll say I'm off to Whipswich for a night or two.
00:37:59You'll wire from London that you can't make it back.
00:38:02And we'll have a charming little dinner at my flat.
00:38:05You won't regret it.
00:38:06I promise.
00:38:10Please, Hastings.
00:38:13What do you need is a large scotch.
00:38:15You won't regret it anyway.
00:38:33You won't regret it.
00:38:37You won't regret it.
00:38:39You won't regret it.
00:38:41Let's go.
00:39:11Let's go.
00:39:41Let's go.
00:40:11Let's go.
00:40:41But I have just the thing.
00:40:44The hot chocolate.
00:40:48It nourishes the nerves.
00:40:51You comprehend?
00:40:54Drink, drink.
00:40:55Hello, do you not already feel much improved?
00:41:04Drink it all, Jeremy.
00:41:07Every last drop.
00:41:08Here I am.
00:41:24Hello, Jim.
00:41:26Here I go.
00:41:27Let's go.
00:41:28Here it is.
00:41:29Here it is.
00:41:30Here it is.
00:41:30Here it is.
00:41:31My God, Poirot, what was I thinking of?
00:41:45What indeed?
00:41:48Why did you not tell it to me last night?
00:41:51I was afraid you'd stop me.
00:41:53Most assuredly I would.
00:41:54Do you think I wish to see you hanged?
00:41:56All on account of a scoundrel so unpleasant called Allerton?
00:41:59Oh, they wouldn't have caught me.
00:42:00I'd wipe my fingerprints off the bottle.
00:42:02Yes, and also those of Allerton.
00:42:05And then when he is found dead,
00:42:07they establish that he died of an overdose.
00:42:10And whether by accident or by design,
00:42:12he would have had no reason to wipe off his own fingerprints.
00:42:17Ah.
00:42:19And then...
00:42:20they find the aspirin.
00:42:26Well, everyone has aspirin.
00:42:27Not mixed with their sleeping pills.
00:42:30And not everyone has a daughter whom Allerton is pursuing with the intentions so dishonourable.
00:42:36You see, it would not have looked too good for you, Hastings.
00:42:40And then, of course, it is possible that someone may have seen you.
00:42:43Oh, I can assure you they didn't.
00:42:44But Hastings, someone might have been peeping through the keyhole.
00:42:47And people do not spend their time peeping through keyholes.
00:42:49I'm not...
00:42:50It's simply not done.
00:42:51Anyway, it didn't come off.
00:42:53Thank heavens for that.
00:42:55But there's still the problem of my Judith and that wretched Allerton.
00:42:58She's gone up to London with him today.
00:43:00To his flat.
00:43:01Straight into the lion's den.
00:43:02No, Hastings, you are not clever enough to deal with those two.
00:43:10I would advise you to trust her.
00:43:12Judith.
00:43:31The poison works and must be stopped.
00:43:35God help us.
00:43:41God help me.
00:43:50Are the Lutrals joining us?
00:43:51They're setting up the cards.
00:43:54Miss Hastings, you look splendid this evening.
00:43:57Like your namesake might have appeared before cutting off the head of Holophanes.
00:44:02Big grim old boy.
00:44:03Oh, no, she did it for strictly moral reasons.
00:44:06To...
00:44:07To save others.
00:44:10Jealousy is a green-eyed monster, this person said.
00:44:13Shakespeare.
00:44:15Oh, now, was that Othello or Emilia?
00:44:17Iago.
00:44:19Look!
00:44:19A shooting star!
00:44:21Where?
00:44:22I've got another one.
00:44:24Oh, you must come and see Uncle Hercule.
00:44:26No, no, no, no, merci.
00:44:27I insist.
00:44:30You're supposed to make a wish, Captain.
00:44:33Babs, come on over, why don't you?
00:44:38Oh, I'm too tired.
00:44:40God.
00:44:41It's too good to miss.
00:44:44Bill, put me down!
00:44:46Come on, come on, come on, come on.
00:44:47Come on, come on, come on.
00:44:50Come on, come on, come on.
00:44:52Come on, come on, come on.
00:44:54What are you doing?
00:44:56I'm just seeing if there was a copy of...
00:45:01I remember Mother telling me how you once carried her out onto a balcony to look at the stars.
00:45:07Ah, here we are.
00:45:09Now it's quite hard at times, isn't it?
00:45:16Othello.
00:45:17Now, where is it?
00:45:20Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy.
00:45:25You see, it is a green-eyed monster.
00:45:29Splendid.
00:45:33You were right for her.
00:45:34It was the audio.
00:45:36But, of course.
00:45:37Did I miss anything?
00:45:38I do not know Hastings, did you?
00:45:40Oh, but you did, Captain Hastings.
00:45:42I've never seen so many shooting stars.
00:45:44Where's Craven?
00:45:46Not sure.
00:45:47I need my drops.
00:45:48Where are they?
00:45:49In the bathroom cabinet.
00:45:52Oh, thank you, dear.
00:45:54I think I'll take a stroll.
00:45:56You seem pleased with yourself, Doctor.
00:45:59I am.
00:46:01Oh, there you are.
00:46:02Open my drops, would you?
00:46:13Ah!
00:46:16Ah!
00:46:18Ah!
00:46:19Ah!
00:46:19Ah!
00:46:20Ah!
00:46:20Ah!
00:46:20Ah!
00:46:21Ah!
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00:46:46Ah!
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00:46:47Ah!
00:46:47Ah!
00:46:48Ah! Ah!
00:46:49It is established that Barbara Franklin died as a result of poisoning by phisostigmine sulfate
00:46:57and other alkaloids of the calabar bean.
00:47:01Monsieur Poirot, could you tell the court how Mrs. Franklin seemed to you in the hours before her death?
00:47:06On the day before her death, I had a conversation with Madame Franklin.
00:47:24She appeared very depressed and several times expressed the desire to be, how do you say, out of it all.
00:47:43Her health and fits of melancholy made her life seem not to be worth living.
00:47:50On the morning of October the 10th, you were sitting outside the laboratory?
00:47:56Oui.
00:47:58Did you see Mrs. Franklin come out of the laboratory?
00:48:02Yes, I did.
00:48:04And did she have anything in her hand, Monsieur Poirot?
00:48:09She had a small bottle clasped in her right hand.
00:48:16You are quite sure of that?
00:48:17Yes, quite sure.
00:48:25Did you not see it also?
00:48:27Well, the question is, did you?
00:48:29You think I would lie?
00:48:30Well, that would be perjury.
00:48:32No, I was not on oath.
00:48:34So it was a lie.
00:48:38You yourself heard her speak of suicide.
00:48:40But she was a woman of many moods. You didn't clarify that.
00:48:43Perhaps I did not wish to.
00:48:45Well, you mean you wanted the verdict to be suicide.
00:48:49You think she was murdered, don't you?
00:48:52She was.
00:48:53But this verdict stops all further inquiry.
00:48:55What are you playing at, Poirot?
00:48:58This is not a game, Mon Ami. I assure you.
00:49:01I must say, old man, you really should see a doctor.
00:49:15Doctors, doctors.
00:49:17You are looking pretty ropey.
00:49:18They've done all they can for me.
00:49:20I do wish you would.
00:49:21Very well.
00:49:27Very well.
00:49:29I will see Dr. Franklin.
00:49:30Franklin?
00:49:31His things just do as I tell you.
00:49:32For once.
00:49:33How is he?
00:49:47He's for it, I'm afraid.
00:49:48Does he know?
00:49:50Oh, yes.
00:49:53I gather he's worried about getting something finished.
00:49:55That's right.
00:49:56And I hope he does.
00:49:58Isn't there any treatment?
00:50:00Nothing doing.
00:50:00Just as ampoules of amyl nitrite when he feels angina coming on.
00:50:06A remarkable man.
00:50:09He has a great respect for human life, hasn't he?
00:50:12Yes, absolutely.
00:50:13Unlike me.
00:50:15Since death comes anyway, what's it matter?
00:50:18Oh, well, ten days and I'm off.
00:50:20Where to?
00:50:21Africa.
00:50:22Job's still open.
00:50:24Isn't that rather soon?
00:50:27What's to stop me?
00:50:30It's no good pretending that Barbara's death wasn't the greatest relief.
00:50:34It doesn't worry you that she's just committed suicide?
00:50:37But I don't really believe she did.
00:50:39Then what do you think happened?
00:50:42I don't know.
00:50:45And I don't want to know.
00:50:48Understand?
00:50:48Understand?
00:50:48Norton, what's the matter?
00:51:14Well, when anything's right or wrong, it should be awfully simple to say so, shouldn't it?
00:51:25Do you see what I mean?
00:51:26No.
00:51:28What I'm trying to say is, say, for example, you happened to open a letter that wasn't yours.
00:51:36By mistake, of course, or saw something through a keyhole, say.
00:51:42A keyhole?
00:51:43Yes.
00:51:44Why on earth would you be looking through a keyhole?
00:51:46The key might have got stuck.
00:51:48Norton, stop beating about the bush.
00:51:50Did you see something through a keyhole?
00:51:52No.
00:51:52But you did see something through those glasses of yours, didn't you?
00:51:57That day we went out rambling with Miss Cole, there was something you didn't want me to see, wasn't there?
00:52:02Yes.
00:52:04No.
00:52:06What was it?
00:52:08I don't know if I ought to say.
00:52:12I didn't mean to see it.
00:52:14There really was a speckled woodpecker.
00:52:17Lovely fellow.
00:52:19Then I saw the other thing.
00:52:20Is this something to do with Mrs. Franklin's death?
00:52:23I'm dumb at all.
00:52:25I don't know what to do.
00:52:29He saw something that he will not tell to you.
00:52:31That's right.
00:52:34Has he told this to anyone else?
00:52:36I don't think so.
00:52:41Ask him to come up and see me after dinner.
00:52:43Just a friendly little visit.
00:52:45And be careful, Hastings.
00:52:51Be very careful.
00:52:53I'll be back to my old pile tomorrow.
00:53:12I don't mind telling you.
00:53:15I'll be glad to be shot at this place.
00:53:17It gives me the creeps.
00:53:19Poor Babs, for instance.
00:53:20If she killed herself,
00:53:25then I'm a monkey's uncle.
00:53:28You know what I think?
00:53:30I think it was that husband of hers.
00:53:32You don't mean that.
00:53:33And I'm not the only one.
00:53:35I had the tip from someone who want to know.
00:53:40Well, good deal.
00:53:41Talk with the devil.
00:53:42I thought she left after the funeral.
00:53:44And she's back for the night.
00:53:46Between engagements.
00:53:47Mr. Poirot.
00:54:12I think he's back for you.
00:55:45Entrez.
00:55:55How are you, old chap?
00:55:59Not dead yet.
00:56:00Did you have a good chat with Norton?
00:56:04Oui.
00:56:06And he told you what he saw?
00:56:09Oui.
00:56:10Well, what was it?
00:56:14You might misunderstand.
00:56:16Of course I won't.
00:56:18He tells to me that he saw two people.
00:56:21Judith and Allerton.
00:56:22I knew it.
00:56:23You see?
00:56:24No, not Judith and Allerton.
00:56:27You have lard for a brain.
00:56:29Well, that's a bit harsh.
00:56:30Drink.
00:56:34No, thanks.
00:56:35For me.
00:56:37Oh, sorry.
00:56:38If anything should happen...
00:56:56Nothing will happen to you, Poirot.
00:56:58You will find in here all the clues you need.
00:57:03With this.
00:57:04What kind of clues?
00:57:06Indications that will lead you to the truth.
00:57:08Why do you have to make things so difficult?
00:57:10I'm completely in the dark as it is.
00:57:12Rest assured, mon ami, when you see the light, you may wish you had not.
00:57:21And now, I need to think.
00:57:25But Poirot...
00:57:25Go down to breakfast, mon ami.
00:57:28The case, it is ended.
00:57:31Is it?
00:57:34Only loose ends to be tied.
00:57:42You laid up this morning.
00:57:49I didn't get much sleep.
00:57:52Have you seen Norton?
00:57:53He wasn't at breakfast.
00:58:08Oh!
00:58:12He locked the door.
00:58:18I heard him.
00:58:24He shot himself?
00:58:26Well, that's what they're saying.
00:58:28The door was locked.
00:58:29The key was in his pocket.
00:58:30The gun was in his hand.
00:58:31I suppose he must have done.
00:58:33It is like a conjuring trick, Nespa.
00:58:36Oh.
00:58:42He stings.
00:58:46Sometimes you are like a little child.
00:58:49So innocent.
00:58:51So trusting.
00:58:56Poirot.
00:58:58You're looking pretty awful.
00:59:00Don't you think I should call a doctor?
00:59:03What good would that do?
00:59:06What will be will be.
00:59:07I have always tried to do my best, you know.
00:59:18You do believe that, Hastings?
00:59:20How could I not?
00:59:24Do you think God will forgive me?
00:59:26Of course he'll forgive you.
00:59:29You're a good man.
00:59:32The best a fellow could know.
00:59:36My heart bleeds for you.
00:59:40My poor, lonely Hastings.
00:59:45Poirot.
00:59:46Go now, Jeremy.
00:59:48Let me rest.
00:59:49It was not suicide.
01:00:07It was murder.
01:00:09It was murder.
01:00:09It was murder.
01:00:39It was murder.
01:00:41It's okay.
01:01:11Forgive me.
01:01:12Forgive me.
01:01:13Forgive me.
01:01:36Captain Hastings?
01:01:41Sure.
01:01:42Probably.
01:02:05it was bound to happen
01:02:16that doesn't make it any easier
01:02:20no
01:02:22no, of course it doesn't
01:02:25natural causes
01:02:29I wonder
01:02:31you're not suggesting foul play
01:02:34I hope
01:02:34it doesn't seem very likely, does it?
01:02:37father, he had a heart attack
01:02:40all the same
01:02:41anything could have triggered it
01:02:43or perhaps nothing
01:02:45perhaps his time had come
01:02:48and it surely wasn't suicide
01:02:52like poor Mr. Norton
01:02:53bad investment, so they say
01:02:55the coroner did think it strange
01:02:58that he would shoot himself
01:02:59in the centre of his forehead
01:03:01what a suspicious soul you are
01:03:04all those years with Poirot, I expect
01:03:07he was my dearest friend, you know
01:03:10he was always there
01:03:12keeping an eye on me
01:03:14ticking me off
01:03:15like a father, really
01:03:18I'm not quite sure how I'd cope without him
01:03:21father
01:03:30I have something to tell you
01:03:33oh dear
01:03:34I don't like the sound of that
01:03:37I haven't told you before
01:03:38what with one thing and another
01:03:40but
01:03:40the fact is
01:03:42I'm going to Africa
01:03:43Africa?
01:03:44yes
01:03:45with Dr. Franklin
01:03:46you can't do that
01:03:47what will people say?
01:03:48I don't care what people say
01:03:50the fact is
01:03:51I'm going
01:03:51it's one thing to be his assistant
01:03:53here in England
01:03:53with his wife's alive
01:03:54but shooting off to Africa
01:03:55with him now she's dead
01:03:56I'm not going as his assistant
01:03:58I'm going as his wife
01:03:59but
01:04:02what about Allerton?
01:04:05there was never anything in that
01:04:06I'd have told you
01:04:07if you had made me so angry
01:04:08but I saw him kiss you
01:04:10these things happen
01:04:11you can't marry frankly
01:04:13not yet
01:04:14it's so soon
01:04:14I can and I will
01:04:16but Judith
01:04:17we've nothing to wait for now
01:04:19when you see the light
01:04:25you may wish you had not
01:04:28I can and I will
01:04:58I believe Monsieur Poirot
01:04:59left you some sort of message
01:05:00message sir?
01:05:02yes for me
01:05:02no sir
01:05:03not that I'm aware of
01:05:04are you quite sure?
01:05:07yes sir
01:05:07I'd remember that
01:05:08well
01:05:09my mistake I suppose
01:05:12how is your father?
01:05:16my father?
01:05:17he's very well
01:05:18thank you sir
01:05:18oh he's better then
01:05:20better than what sir?
01:05:22well that's why you had to leave
01:05:23Monsieur Poirot wasn't it?
01:05:24to look after him
01:05:25I didn't want to leave sir
01:05:27and Monsieur Poirot sent me away
01:05:28why would he do that?
01:05:30I can only suggest
01:05:31that he discharged me
01:05:32because he wanted to engage Curtis
01:05:34but why?
01:05:38I really couldn't say sir
01:05:39not the brightest specimen
01:05:41although he was strong
01:05:42of course
01:05:43but I'd hardly have thought
01:05:44he was quite the class
01:05:46Monsieur Poirot would have liked
01:05:47he'd been an assistant
01:05:48in a mental home
01:05:49a mental home?
01:05:51it wouldn't surprise me
01:05:52he'd been slanted off there
01:05:53as a patient
01:05:53I have instructed my lawyers
01:06:12to deliver this manuscript
01:06:15to you
01:06:15four months
01:06:17after my death
01:06:18by which time
01:06:21you will no doubt
01:06:22have evolved
01:06:22the most preposterous theories
01:06:25but really mon ami
01:06:27you should by now
01:06:29have been able to work out
01:06:30who killed Norton
01:06:31as to who killed
01:06:33Barbara Franklin
01:06:34that may come
01:06:36as more of a shock
01:06:37when you asked
01:06:39if I knew
01:06:40who was the killer
01:06:41I did not quite
01:06:43tell to you the truth
01:06:44I knew
01:06:45but had to make sure
01:06:47you see
01:06:49I had never met
01:06:50this person before
01:06:51and had never seen
01:06:52this person in action
01:06:53it did not take me long
01:06:56at last
01:06:58at the end of my career
01:07:00I had come across
01:07:03the perfect criminal
01:07:04well
01:07:06nearly perfect
01:07:08a pair of nesting
01:07:10black caps
01:07:11down by the sycamore
01:07:11no one gets the better
01:07:13of Hercule Poirot
01:07:15not even
01:07:17Stephen Norton
01:07:18well happy
01:07:21oh yes
01:07:22Norton was our man
01:07:23he had been a sickly boy
01:07:26with a domineering mother
01:07:27he had had a hard time
01:07:29at school
01:07:29and disliked
01:07:30blood and violence
01:07:32a trait
01:07:33most un-English
01:07:34but he had a sympathetic
01:07:36character
01:07:37and soon discovered
01:07:39how easy it was
01:07:39to make use of it
01:07:40by understanding people
01:07:42he could penetrate
01:07:44their innermost thoughts
01:07:46he's very perceptive
01:07:47you know
01:07:47quiet people
01:07:49often are
01:07:50and then make them
01:07:51do things
01:07:51they did not want to
01:07:53compensation
01:07:54for a lifetime
01:07:55of derision
01:07:56this sense
01:07:59of power
01:07:59gradually developed
01:08:01into a morbid taste
01:08:02for violence
01:08:03at second hand
01:08:04which soon
01:08:05turned into
01:08:05an obsession
01:08:06our gentle
01:08:08Norton
01:08:09was in fact
01:08:10a sadist
01:08:11addicted
01:08:11to pain
01:08:12and mental torture
01:08:14remember the remarks
01:08:16he made
01:08:17that first evening
01:08:18you played bridge
01:08:18it gets my back up
01:08:20to seem
01:08:20bullied like that
01:08:21keep it down
01:08:22Norton meant him
01:08:23to hear
01:08:24couldn't assert himself
01:08:24if he tried
01:08:26sometimes successful
01:08:27sometimes not
01:08:29it was a drug
01:08:30he constantly craved
01:08:32no motive
01:08:36no evidence
01:08:37no proof
01:08:38simply evil
01:08:40for the sake of it
01:08:41a criminal
01:08:42who could never
01:08:43be convicted
01:08:44of his crimes
01:08:45you will have
01:08:48realized by now
01:08:49that Franklin
01:08:50was in love
01:08:50with Judith
01:08:51and she with him
01:08:52but with Madame Franklin
01:08:54alive
01:08:55life was very
01:08:56difficult for Judith
01:08:58and Norton
01:08:59knew exactly
01:09:00how the wind
01:09:01lay
01:09:01he played
01:09:02most cleverly
01:09:04on the theme
01:09:04of useless
01:09:05lives
01:09:06I don't hold
01:09:07life as sacred
01:09:08as you people do
01:09:09unfit lives
01:09:11useless lives
01:09:12they should be
01:09:12got out of the way
01:09:13and gently
01:09:14ridiculed
01:09:14the idea
01:09:15that she would
01:09:16ever have the nerve
01:09:17to take
01:09:18decisive action
01:09:19does one have
01:09:20the guts
01:09:21to put it
01:09:22vulgarly
01:09:22and you see
01:09:23Miss Hastings
01:09:24I don't believe
01:09:26you have
01:09:26but with a murder
01:09:30addict
01:09:31one iron in the fire
01:09:33it is not enough
01:09:34he sees opportunities
01:09:36for pleasure
01:09:36everywhere
01:09:37and found one
01:09:38in you
01:09:39mon ami
01:09:40he discovered
01:09:41every weak spot
01:09:43to exacerbate
01:09:44your profound
01:09:45dislike
01:09:46of Major
01:09:47Allerton
01:09:47when it comes
01:09:48to young
01:09:49women
01:09:49Allerton
01:09:51has rather
01:09:52a special
01:09:53technique
01:09:54in that line
01:09:54then
01:09:57you saw
01:09:58Allerton
01:09:58and Judith
01:09:59kiss
01:10:00you can't
01:10:00Norton
01:10:01hauled you away
01:10:02so that you
01:10:03did not see
01:10:03what followed
01:10:04you went
01:10:06to the glass house
01:10:07and thought
01:10:07you heard
01:10:08Allerton
01:10:09talking to
01:10:09Judith
01:10:10why from London
01:10:11that you can't
01:10:11make it back
01:10:12and we'll have
01:10:13a charming
01:10:14little dinner
01:10:14at my flat
01:10:15yet you did
01:10:16not see her
01:10:16or even hear her
01:10:18speak
01:10:18Norton made sure
01:10:20of that
01:10:20for if you had
01:10:21you would have
01:10:22discovered
01:10:22that there had
01:10:23never been
01:10:23any question
01:10:24of Judith
01:10:24going to London
01:10:25that day
01:10:26it was Nurse Craven
01:10:28with whom he was
01:10:29having the affair
01:10:30but you fell
01:10:31headlong
01:10:32into the trap
01:10:33of Norton
01:10:33and made up
01:10:35your mind
01:10:35to murder
01:10:36I heard you
01:10:39come up
01:10:40that evening
01:10:40and was already
01:10:42exercised about
01:10:43your state of mind
01:10:44so when I heard
01:10:45you in the corridor
01:10:46and go into
01:10:47the bathroom
01:10:48of Allerton
01:10:49I slipped
01:10:50out of my room
01:10:52slipped out
01:10:53of your room
01:10:53but
01:10:54how
01:10:55I hear you say
01:10:56you see
01:10:58Hastings
01:10:58I was not
01:10:59helpless
01:11:00at all
01:11:01what
01:11:02why do you
01:11:03think I sent
01:11:03George away
01:11:04because I could
01:11:06not have fooled
01:11:06him into believing
01:11:07that I had
01:11:08suddenly lost
01:11:08the use
01:11:09of my limbs
01:11:09I heard you
01:11:12in the bathroom
01:11:12of Allerton
01:11:13and promptly
01:11:14in a manner
01:11:15you so much
01:11:16diplo
01:11:17dropped to
01:11:18my knees
01:11:19I realised
01:11:21what you were
01:11:22up to
01:11:23made my
01:11:24preparations
01:11:25and sent
01:11:26Curtis
01:11:27to fetch you
01:11:28I'm awfully
01:11:31sorry old boy
01:11:32I've got a
01:11:33blinder of a
01:11:34headache
01:11:34so I gave
01:11:35to you
01:11:35the hot
01:11:36chocolate
01:11:36it nourishes
01:11:38the nerves
01:11:38you comprehend
01:11:39drink
01:11:40drink
01:11:41but I also
01:11:42mon ami
01:11:43have sleeping
01:11:43pills
01:11:44no no no
01:11:45every last
01:11:46drop
01:11:46when you
01:11:52awoke
01:11:53the next
01:11:53morning
01:11:53you were
01:11:54your own
01:11:55self again
01:11:55horrified
01:11:57at what
01:11:58you had
01:11:58nearly done
01:11:59but it
01:12:01decided
01:12:02me
01:12:02Hastings
01:12:02you are
01:12:04not a
01:12:04murderer
01:12:04but might
01:12:05have been
01:12:05hanged
01:12:06for one
01:12:06I knew
01:12:08that I
01:12:08must act
01:12:09and could
01:12:09put it
01:12:10off
01:12:10no longer
01:12:10but before
01:12:12I was
01:12:12able to
01:12:13Barbara
01:12:14Franklin
01:12:15died
01:12:15and I
01:12:17do not
01:12:17think that
01:12:17you have
01:12:18once
01:12:18suspected
01:12:19the truth
01:12:20for you
01:12:21see
01:12:22Hastings
01:12:22you killed
01:12:24her
01:12:24I killed
01:12:25her
01:12:26oui mon ami
01:12:26you did
01:12:28there was
01:12:29you see
01:12:29yet another
01:12:30angle
01:12:31to the
01:12:31triangle
01:12:32one that
01:12:34I had not
01:12:34fully
01:12:35taken
01:12:35into
01:12:36account
01:12:36did it
01:12:39ever
01:12:39enter
01:12:40your mind
01:12:40why
01:12:40madame
01:12:41franklin
01:12:41was
01:12:41willing
01:12:42to
01:12:42come
01:12:42to
01:12:42stiles
01:12:43she
01:12:44enjoys
01:12:44the
01:12:45good
01:12:45life
01:12:45yet
01:12:46insisted
01:12:47on
01:12:47staying
01:12:47in a
01:12:48guest
01:12:48house
01:12:48and
01:12:49I
01:12:49have
01:12:50no
01:12:50doubt
01:12:50that
01:12:51Norton
01:12:51knew
01:12:52why
01:12:52hello
01:12:53you
01:12:53chaps
01:12:54boyd
01:12:54carrington
01:12:55madame
01:12:57franklin
01:12:57was a
01:12:58disappointed
01:12:59woman
01:12:59she had
01:13:00expected
01:13:00dr
01:13:01franklin
01:13:01to have
01:13:01a
01:13:02brilliant
01:13:02career
01:13:03there was
01:13:03something
01:13:03we had
01:13:04to
01:13:04do
01:13:05excuse
01:13:05me
01:13:05not
01:13:06shut
01:13:06himself
01:13:06away
01:13:06in
01:13:07esoteric
01:13:07research
01:13:08and here
01:13:09is
01:13:09boyd
01:13:10carrington
01:13:10rich
01:13:11and aristocratic
01:13:12who had
01:13:13nearly asked
01:13:13to marry
01:13:14her when
01:13:14she was
01:13:15a girl
01:13:15still
01:13:16paying
01:13:16court
01:13:17so the
01:13:18only way
01:13:19was for
01:13:20her husband
01:13:20to die
01:13:21and
01:13:22Norton
01:13:22had found
01:13:23her only
01:13:24too
01:13:24ready
01:13:25a tool
01:13:26these
01:13:26scientist
01:13:27chaps
01:13:27can get
01:13:28quite
01:13:28obsessive
01:13:29about
01:13:29their
01:13:29work
01:13:30it
01:13:32was
01:13:32so
01:13:32obvious
01:13:33her
01:13:34protestations
01:13:34of admiration
01:13:35then her
01:13:36fears
01:13:37for her
01:13:37husband
01:13:38but it
01:13:39makes me
01:13:39nervous
01:13:40the lengths
01:13:40to which
01:13:40he might
01:13:41go
01:13:41what exactly
01:13:42do you
01:13:43mean
01:13:43mother
01:13:43well
01:13:44this
01:13:44horrible
01:13:46calabar
01:13:47bean
01:13:47thing
01:13:48i'm so
01:13:49afraid
01:13:50he's going
01:13:50to start
01:13:50experimenting
01:13:51on himself
01:13:52but when
01:13:53she saw
01:13:53nurse
01:13:54craven
01:13:54reading
01:13:55the palm
01:13:55of boyd
01:13:56carrington
01:13:56she had
01:13:57a fright
01:13:57she knew
01:13:58he would
01:13:58be
01:13:59susceptible
01:13:59to the
01:13:59charms
01:14:00of an
01:14:00attractive
01:14:00woman
01:14:01and perhaps
01:14:02nurse
01:14:02craven
01:14:03might end
01:14:03up as
01:14:03lady
01:14:04boyd
01:14:04carrington
01:14:04instead
01:14:05of her
01:14:05so she
01:14:07decided
01:14:07to act
01:14:08quickly
01:14:08she invites
01:14:10us all
01:14:11up to
01:14:11her room
01:14:12for coffee
01:14:12her cup
01:14:14is beside
01:14:14her
01:14:15and that
01:14:16of her
01:14:16husband
01:14:16is on
01:14:17the other
01:14:17side
01:14:17look
01:14:18a shooting
01:14:19star
01:14:19then everyone
01:14:20goes to watch
01:14:21the shooting
01:14:22stars
01:14:22except you
01:14:23mon ami
01:14:24left with
01:14:25your crossword
01:14:26and your
01:14:26memories
01:14:27what are you
01:14:30doing
01:14:30you hide
01:14:31your emotion
01:14:32by swinging
01:14:32around the
01:14:33bookcase
01:14:33as if
01:14:34looking for
01:14:34a book
01:14:35and so
01:14:36when we
01:14:37all return
01:14:37madame
01:14:39franklin
01:14:39drinks
01:14:40the poisoned
01:14:40coffee
01:14:41meant
01:14:41for her
01:14:41husband
01:14:42and he
01:14:43drinks
01:14:43the coffee
01:14:44meant
01:14:44for her
01:14:45i realized
01:14:49what must
01:14:50have happened
01:14:50that she
01:14:51had poisoned
01:14:52the coffee
01:14:52and you
01:14:53had unwittingly
01:14:54turned the
01:14:54table
01:14:55but you
01:14:55see
01:14:56hastings
01:14:56i could
01:14:57not
01:14:57prove it
01:14:58if the
01:14:59death
01:15:00of madame
01:15:00franklin
01:15:00was thought
01:15:01to be
01:15:01anything
01:15:01but suicide
01:15:02suspicion
01:15:03would inevitably
01:15:04fall on
01:15:05either
01:15:05franklin
01:15:06or judith
01:15:06and that
01:15:08is why
01:15:08i was so
01:15:08insistent
01:15:09that madame
01:15:10franklin
01:15:10had killed
01:15:11herself
01:15:11and i
01:15:12knew
01:15:12that my
01:15:12statement
01:15:13would be
01:15:13accepted
01:15:14because
01:15:15i am
01:15:16hercule
01:15:16poirot
01:15:17you
01:15:19were not
01:15:20pleased
01:15:20but
01:15:21mercifully
01:15:22you
01:15:22did
01:15:23not
01:15:23suspect
01:15:23the
01:15:23true
01:15:24danger
01:15:24will
01:15:26it
01:15:26come
01:15:26into
01:15:26your
01:15:27mind
01:15:27after
01:15:27i
01:15:27am
01:15:28gone
01:15:28like
01:15:29some
01:15:29dark
01:15:29serpent
01:15:30that
01:15:30now
01:15:30and
01:15:30then
01:15:30raises
01:15:31its
01:15:31head
01:15:32and
01:15:32says
01:15:32suppose
01:15:33just
01:15:34suppose
01:15:35it
01:15:35was
01:15:35my
01:15:36judith
01:15:37and
01:15:40therefore
01:15:41you
01:15:41must
01:15:42know
01:15:42the
01:15:42truth
01:15:43there
01:15:45was
01:15:45one
01:15:45person
01:15:46most
01:15:46unhappy
01:15:46with the
01:15:47verdict
01:15:47not
01:15:48on
01:15:49he
01:15:50was
01:15:51deprived
01:15:51you
01:15:51see
01:15:52of
01:15:52his
01:15:52pound
01:15:53of
01:15:53flesh
01:15:53madame
01:15:55franklin
01:15:55had
01:15:55died
01:15:56yes
01:15:56but
01:15:57not
01:15:58how
01:15:58he
01:15:58desired
01:15:59the
01:16:00murder
01:16:01he
01:16:01had
01:16:01arranged
01:16:02had
01:16:02gone
01:16:02awry
01:16:03so
01:16:04what
01:16:05to
01:16:05do
01:16:05what's
01:16:06the
01:16:06matter
01:16:07he
01:16:09began
01:16:09to
01:16:09throw
01:16:09out
01:16:10hints
01:16:10about
01:16:10what
01:16:11he
01:16:11saw
01:16:11that
01:16:11day
01:16:12with
01:16:12you
01:16:12and
01:16:12mademoiselle
01:16:13cole
01:16:13what
01:16:13is
01:16:13it
01:16:13he
01:16:15had
01:16:15never
01:16:15said
01:16:16anything
01:16:16definite
01:16:16so if
01:16:17he could
01:16:17convey
01:16:18the
01:16:18impression
01:16:18that it
01:16:19was
01:16:19franklin
01:16:20and judith
01:16:20that he
01:16:21saw
01:16:21not
01:16:21allerton
01:16:22and judith
01:16:23then that
01:16:23could
01:16:24open up
01:16:24an interesting
01:16:26new
01:16:26angle
01:16:27on the
01:16:27suicide
01:16:28case
01:16:28perhaps
01:16:29even
01:16:29throw
01:16:29doubts
01:16:30on the
01:16:30verdict
01:16:31and
01:16:32and
01:16:32and I
01:16:32realized
01:16:33that
01:16:34what
01:16:34I
01:16:34had
01:16:34planned
01:16:34all
01:16:35along
01:16:35had
01:16:36to
01:16:37be
01:16:37done
01:16:37at
01:16:38once
01:16:38the
01:16:39moment
01:16:39I
01:16:40had
01:16:40read
01:16:40it
01:16:40the
01:16:42most
01:16:42difficult
01:16:43decision
01:16:43of
01:16:44my
01:16:44life
01:16:44that
01:16:49is
01:16:49why
01:16:50I
01:16:50invited
01:16:50Norton
01:16:51to my
01:16:51room
01:16:51that
01:16:52night
01:16:52and
01:16:53told
01:16:54him
01:16:54all
01:16:55that
01:16:55I
01:16:55knew
01:16:56Madame
01:17:04Constance
01:17:05Etherington
01:17:05tried
01:17:06for the
01:17:07poisoning
01:17:07of her
01:17:08husband
01:17:08a man
01:17:09who is
01:17:09very
01:17:10sadistic
01:17:10but also
01:17:11addicted
01:17:11to the
01:17:11drugs
01:17:12and with
01:17:12whom
01:17:12you
01:17:13are
01:17:13on
01:17:13terms
01:17:14most
01:17:14intimate
01:17:14Nore
01:17:20Sharples
01:17:21poisoned
01:17:22by her
01:17:23niece
01:17:23Frida
01:17:23Clay
01:17:23I
01:17:25hope
01:17:25you're
01:17:25not
01:17:25suggesting
01:17:26I
01:17:26was
01:17:26on
01:17:27intimate
01:17:27terms
01:17:27with
01:17:28her
01:17:28you
01:17:32and
01:17:33Mademoiselle
01:17:33Clay
01:17:34taking a
01:17:34walk
01:17:35together
01:17:35you see
01:17:36I do
01:17:36my
01:17:36homework
01:17:36Monsieur
01:17:37Norton
01:17:37and
01:17:40Matthew
01:17:41Litchfield
01:17:41now
01:17:43you
01:17:43visited
01:17:43him
01:17:44did
01:17:44you
01:17:44not
01:17:44on
01:17:44the
01:17:44night
01:17:45that
01:17:45he
01:17:45was
01:17:45killed
01:17:45by
01:17:45his
01:17:46daughter
01:17:46Margaret
01:17:46what
01:17:47is
01:17:48your
01:17:48point
01:17:49Mr.
01:17:49Boire
01:17:50my
01:17:50point
01:17:51is
01:17:51this
01:17:51Monsieur
01:17:52Norton
01:17:52that
01:17:53in
01:17:53none
01:17:54of
01:17:54these
01:17:54murders
01:17:54was there
01:17:55any
01:17:55real
01:17:55doubt
01:17:55there
01:17:56was
01:17:56one
01:17:56clear
01:17:56suspect
01:17:57no
01:17:57other
01:17:58but
01:17:58you
01:17:59Monsieur
01:17:59Norton
01:18:00are the
01:18:01one
01:18:02factor
01:18:02malevolent
01:18:03common
01:18:03to all
01:18:04oh
01:18:06dear
01:18:07Monsieur
01:18:08Poirot
01:18:08is that
01:18:10the best
01:18:10your little
01:18:11grey
01:18:12cells
01:18:12can come up
01:18:13with
01:18:13your proximity
01:18:14to these
01:18:14three murders
01:18:15was too much
01:18:16of a coincidence
01:18:16and I smelt
01:18:17as you say
01:18:18the rat
01:18:19and that
01:18:20is why
01:18:20I came
01:18:20to
01:18:20Stiles
01:18:21to observe
01:18:23your function
01:18:23and you
01:18:24have not
01:18:24disappointed
01:18:25Monsieur
01:18:25no
01:18:25you are
01:18:26a man
01:18:26who is
01:18:26very
01:18:27clever
01:18:27but not
01:18:29clever
01:18:29enough
01:18:29so
01:18:32what are you
01:18:36going to
01:18:37do about
01:18:38it
01:18:38execute
01:18:46you
01:18:47execute
01:18:50me
01:18:51what
01:18:52then
01:18:54do get
01:18:56on with it
01:18:56now
01:18:56I promised
01:18:58myself
01:18:58an early
01:18:58night
01:18:59justice
01:18:59is no
01:19:00joking
01:19:00matter
01:19:00Monsieur
01:19:01I do
01:19:02what I
01:19:02can
01:19:02to serve
01:19:02it
01:19:03but
01:19:03if I
01:19:04fail
01:19:04there
01:19:04is a
01:19:05justice
01:19:05that
01:19:05is
01:19:05higher
01:19:05believe
01:19:06me
01:19:06you
01:19:06pathetic
01:19:07self
01:19:08important
01:19:09little
01:19:10man
01:19:11murder
01:19:13me
01:19:13there's
01:19:16mortal
01:19:17sin
01:19:17if
01:19:18ever
01:19:18there
01:19:18was
01:19:18and
01:19:20then
01:19:20what
01:19:20suicide
01:19:22to
01:19:23escape
01:19:23the
01:19:23ignominy
01:19:24of
01:19:24hanging
01:19:25your
01:19:27God
01:19:29will give
01:19:29you
01:19:29a hell
01:19:30of a
01:19:30time
01:19:30all
01:19:32those
01:19:32years
01:19:33of
01:19:33piety
01:19:33up
01:19:34in
01:19:34smoke
01:19:35because
01:19:35of
01:19:35me
01:19:36you
01:19:37can't
01:19:39go yet
01:19:39you
01:19:40don't
01:19:41think
01:19:41I'd
01:19:41let
01:19:41you
01:19:42die
01:19:43on me
01:19:43and
01:19:44deprive
01:19:45me
01:19:45of my
01:19:45ultimate
01:19:45triumph
01:19:46you
01:19:49see
01:19:51if
01:19:51you
01:19:51don't
01:19:52succeed
01:19:52I'm
01:19:53a
01:19:53free
01:19:53man
01:19:53even
01:19:54if
01:19:54you
01:19:54do
01:19:55it
01:19:56would
01:19:56still
01:19:57be
01:19:57a
01:19:57victory
01:19:58of
01:19:58sorts
01:19:58because
01:19:59in
01:19:59the
01:19:59eyes
01:20:00of
01:20:00the
01:20:00law
01:20:00I
01:20:01would
01:20:01be
01:20:01innocent
01:20:02whereas
01:20:03you
01:20:04and
01:20:04your
01:20:04reputation
01:20:05your
01:20:06precious
01:20:07reputation
01:20:08blown
01:20:10to
01:20:10bits
01:20:10you
01:20:12can
01:20:14see
01:20:15them
01:20:15now
01:20:15went
01:20:16off
01:20:16his
01:20:16rock
01:20:16or
01:20:16in
01:20:16the
01:20:17end
01:20:17you
01:20:17can
01:20:17never
01:20:17trust
01:20:17a
01:20:17foreigner
01:20:18you
01:20:19see
01:20:21how
01:20:22good
01:20:22I
01:20:22am
01:20:22to
01:20:22you
01:20:23old
01:20:24man
01:20:24there
01:20:27you
01:20:28go
01:20:28take
01:20:29your
01:20:29time
01:20:30see
01:20:32how
01:20:32it
01:20:32all
01:20:32pans
01:20:33out
01:20:34shall
01:20:34we
01:20:34who
01:20:36will
01:20:37be
01:20:37there
01:20:37at
01:20:37the
01:20:37final
01:20:38curtain
01:20:39I
01:20:57pity you
01:20:58not
01:20:58how
01:21:01very sad
01:21:01to find
01:21:02this great
01:21:02and beautiful
01:21:03world
01:21:03he's
01:21:05so
01:21:05foul
01:21:05and
01:21:06disappointing
01:21:06and
01:21:10your
01:21:10mother
01:21:10I
01:21:12pity
01:21:13even
01:21:14more
01:21:15my
01:21:15mother
01:21:16you pity
01:21:18my
01:21:18mother
01:21:18to
01:21:19endure
01:21:20the
01:21:20agony
01:21:20of
01:21:20bringing
01:21:20you
01:21:21forth
01:21:21only
01:21:22to
01:21:22discover
01:21:22that
01:21:22she
01:21:22had
01:21:23nurtured
01:21:23in
01:21:23her
01:21:23loins
01:21:24such
01:21:25wickedness
01:21:26is that
01:21:27not
01:21:27worthy
01:21:28of
01:21:28pity
01:21:29it
01:21:29is
01:21:29you
01:21:30who
01:21:30is
01:21:30not
01:21:30worthy
01:21:31she
01:21:32meant
01:21:33the
01:21:33world
01:21:34to
01:21:34me
01:21:34and
01:21:34you
01:21:34to
01:21:35her
01:21:35she
01:21:36loved
01:21:37me
01:21:37loved
01:21:39me
01:21:39more
01:21:40than
01:21:40more
01:21:42than
01:21:42did
01:21:42she
01:21:43ever
01:21:43hold
01:21:43you
01:21:43Norton
01:21:44as
01:21:45mothers
01:21:46do
01:21:46stroke
01:21:48your
01:21:48hair
01:21:48kiss
01:21:50your
01:21:50cheek
01:21:51she
01:21:52she
01:21:53scared
01:21:54you
01:21:54did
01:21:55she
01:21:55not
01:21:55she
01:21:57pushed
01:21:57you
01:21:58away
01:21:58starved
01:21:59you
01:21:59of
01:22:00what
01:22:00we
01:22:00all
01:22:00desire
01:22:01because
01:22:02she
01:22:02knew
01:22:02everything
01:22:03about
01:22:04you
01:22:04my
01:22:04mother
01:22:05knew
01:22:05nothing
01:22:06oh
01:22:07monsieur
01:22:08Norton
01:22:08mothers
01:22:09know
01:22:09they
01:22:12always
01:22:13know
01:22:13shots in the
01:22:29dark
01:22:29boiro
01:22:30shots
01:22:33in
01:22:33the
01:22:33dark
01:22:34chocolate
01:22:51chocolate
01:22:52what do you mean awfully if I drank yours instead
01:23:01not at all
01:23:09it was quite immaterial I take the sleeping tablets and have acquired a certain tolerance the dose that would send not
01:23:31to sleep
01:23:32to sleep would have little effect on me
01:23:38with the greatest of difficulty I put him in my wheelchair then when the coast was clear I wheeled him to his room
01:23:51you will not have realized Hastings that recently I have taken to wearing the false mustache
01:23:56even George does not know that
01:23:59I put on the dressing gun of Norton
01:24:02tapped on your door
01:24:05then went into his bathroom
01:24:10presently I heard you open your door
01:24:15I left the bathroom and returned to the room of Norton
01:24:19locking the door behind me
01:24:21I put the dressing gown on Norton
01:24:24and lay him on his bed
01:24:27I had a pistol
01:24:35which on two occasions I had placed ostentatiously on the dressing table of Norton when he was out
01:24:41so that the maid would have seen it
01:24:43are waiting for the room
01:24:48inaudible
01:24:52the
01:24:54the
01:24:58inaudible
01:25:00inaudible
01:25:01I put the key into the pocket of his dressing gown, and locked the door from the outside with a duplicate I had made.
01:25:22Then returned to my room, and began writing this.
01:25:26THE END
01:25:56That, mon ami, is my nature, and should have told to you the truth.
01:26:03Take my advice for the last time.
01:26:06Tell to Mademoiselle Cole all that I have said.
01:26:10But you also might have done what her sister did, had there been no watchful Poirot to stop you.
01:26:17Take the nightmare away, and show how Norton, not her sister, was responsible for the death of her father.
01:26:25Look at that.
01:26:26Tell me what her sister did.
01:26:26Oh, I'm sorry.
01:26:27Look at that.
01:26:28I'm sorry.
01:26:28I'm sorry.
01:26:28I'm sorry.
01:26:29I'm sorry.
01:26:30I'm sorry.
01:26:30I'm sorry.
01:26:30I'm sorry.
01:27:01Captain Hastings?
01:27:26I have no more to say.
01:27:27Am I justified in what I have done?
01:27:32I do not know.
01:27:35I do not believe that a man should take the law into his own hands.
01:27:39But by taking the life of Norton, have I not saved others?
01:27:44I have always been so sure.
01:27:48But now...
01:27:50When the moment comes, I will not try to save myself, but humbly offer my soul to God and pray for his mercy.
01:28:01It is for him to decide.
01:28:07Ah, Hastings, my dear friend.
01:28:12They were good days.
01:28:15Yes, they have been good days.
01:28:19Hercule, Poirot.
01:28:49Have a great day.
01:28:57Yes, Hastings.
01:28:57Yes, they have been good days.