S01 E04. (2015) N or M? Part 1 of 3.

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First broadcast 16th August 2015.  Major Carter commandeers Tommy for a mission he must keep completely secret, even from Tuppence. There is a leak on the Third Floor and Tommy is the only man Carter can trust.   Danny Lee Wynter as Gilbert Worthing Hannah Waddingham as Blonde Assassin Jessica Raine as Tuppence Beresford David Walliams as Tommy Beresford James Fleet as Carter Tam Williams as Harrison Saffron Hocking as Teller Trevor Cooper as Mr Harrison Susan Brown as Mrs Harrison Matthew Steer as Albert Pemberton Joanna Horton as Barbara Kemp Josh Cook as Dennis Harrison Paul Cowling as Shopkeeper David Moorst as Wilfred Aoife McMahon as Sheila Perenna Issy Van Randwyck as Mrs Minton Robert Hands as Mr Minton Pinar Ögün as Veronika Urbanowicz Ed Speleers as Carl Denim Christina Cole as Mrs Sprot Roy Marsden as Commander Haydock Alyy Khan as Major Khan

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00:48It's Gilbert.

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03:34We've been stung before.

03:36Disappearing bee disease is no laughing matter.

03:38I know, Tommy, but to be abandoned by your own swarms...

03:41It's not just me. It's happening all over the world.

03:44It's a beekeeping phenomenon.

03:46OK. OK, let's do this.

03:49Let's knock the socks off Uncle Carter with an investment offer he can't resist.

03:53That's the spirit.

03:55And if it doesn't interfere with the plan, can we try and have a little fun at the opera, too?

03:58Hold on tight, please!

04:04Uncle.

04:06What?

04:07It doesn't look like your sort of place.

04:09Oh, really?

04:10No, no, they do a wonderful seafood platter.

04:16So, how's George? Scout trip going all right?

04:19Yes. He loves the Highlands. Had a run-in with a billy goat.

04:23No.

04:24You couldn't grab a couple of brandies, could you?

04:26And something for yourself.

04:31Yes. Of course.

04:35No, Uncle, I know the bees didn't quite work out, but I'm sure you'll relish the prospect of...

04:39Yes, just be quiet and listen.

04:41Your country is in grave danger.

04:43A British scientist by the name of Gilbert Worthing has gone missing from a military base in Norfolk.

04:48He was working on a top-secret project for the Home Secretary.

04:51I want you to meet an agent called Harrison at the Opera tonight. We're sharing a box.

05:00He'll have a message for me. Just remember everything he says, word for word.

05:03Why can't you go?

05:05There's been a leak on the third floor, which is why I'm having to meet you in this flea pit.

05:10I can't work with anyone inside the building, because wherever I go, the Russians find out about it.

05:15I just need a nobody. A go-between.

05:18But this comes from the very top, Tom. It's absolutely hush-hush here to tell no one.

05:23Not even Thomas.

05:25But she'll smell a rat.

05:27We could just have to lie better.

05:29Well, where's Carter?

05:42Tommy?

05:59I don't know!

06:04Okay, sorry!

06:08I've got risk.

06:10Should we get to this..?

06:15Oh wait, right, no peace...

06:16On your heart.

06:19You're that...

06:21Yes, sure you're moments,

06:37Are you having another?

06:39Well, you only live once.

06:41Will you join me?

06:42No, no, I won't be able to enjoy the performance.

06:44It'll be George's nativity play all over again.

06:52Everyone's so glamorous, Toby.

06:56Come on, let's find our box.

06:58I'm sorry, I could.

07:01And so...

07:03tall.

07:06Well, there must be here somewhere.

07:08I'm sorry, sir, there must be some kind of mistake.

07:19Buck C, your friends are at the bar, sir.

07:22Hey, look at us.

07:23Like bloody royalty.

07:26Ladies and gentlemen, nice performance will begin...

07:29It looks like we're sharing a box.

07:30I'm Tuppence Beresford.

07:32Tommy Beresford.

07:33Nice to meet you both.

07:34Bob Harrison.

07:35The wife's over there.

07:39Oh, well, Tuppence can introduce herself.

07:42What?

07:43You...

07:43Harrison, you say?

07:44Yeah, I don't go in for this sort of nonsense, really.

07:48The son got us the tickets.

07:50He works in the city.

07:51I just didn't spend the night at the dog track.

07:53Well, it's opera.

07:54What a nonsense, eh?

07:56Bob's in the Navy.

07:57What does your fella do?

08:01He's in wicks.

08:02Beautiful, isn't it?

08:08I don't care for all this fancy business.

08:12So, I'm up on deck.

08:15And I see it in the distance.

08:16It's a great wife.

08:17It's unmistakable.

08:19I look closer.

08:20It's not one, but three.

08:21And they start circling us.

08:24And there's this young lad, Boris, the Russian sailor.

08:27You know, you should be writing this down to make a great picture.

08:33Oh, yes, of course.

08:37Ready.

08:39Well, I want credit if you make it.

08:41Ladies and gentlemen, please take your...

08:43Oh, hang on.

08:45Come on, girl.

08:49I'll see you later.

08:57Oh, I'm sorry.

09:12For your sake.

09:16Sir, sir, your umbrella.

09:17Sorry, did Boris say control the fish or control the fish?

09:47I'll finish.

09:51Oh, look what you made me do.

09:53Oh, bloody wasted my drink.

09:56Oh.

09:58Are you all right, Mr. Harrison?

10:00Oh.

10:00Oh, are you all right?

10:02Oh, Mr. Harrison.

10:04Mr. Harrison.

10:05You all right?

10:07You all right?

10:09Oh, Mr. Harrison.

10:10Give me some air.

10:12Give me some air.

10:12Oh.

10:14Get a doctor, Tom.

10:16Oh, Mr. Harrison.

10:16Oh.

10:18No, no, no.

10:19Just get some air, bro.

10:24They're saying it was a heart attack.

10:29Life says he's fit as a fiddle.

10:32Fit as a fiddle, they say.

10:38Hello, third floor.

10:39Yes.

10:40Hello, I need to speak to Major Carter.

10:42Hello.

10:42I called a few times last night.

10:45Hello, third floor.

10:47Yes, I need to speak to Major Carter.

10:50I'm sorry, it's a bad line.

10:51Could you call back?

11:01Oh, for pity's sake.

11:03Tommy, your shirt is ruined.

11:09Hello, third floor.

11:10Please turn around.

11:12Tommy.

11:13I need to speak to Major Carter.

11:14Tommy.

11:14It's Thomas Beresford.

11:17Major Carter said cricket cancelled due to bad weather.

11:19Please sit tight.

11:20Tommy, what are you doing?

11:21You'd better start talking, Thomas Beresford, right now.

11:33Boris the sailor wrestled a white shark.

11:36Well, Boris is obviously Russia.

11:39A sailor could be their navy or a submarine.

11:43You're very good at this.

11:44Too late for flattery, Beresford.

11:45And a white shark is America?

11:51Could he be planning an attack?

11:52Rotten like he had a heart attack before finishing the message.

11:57What if it wasn't a heart attack?

12:00Harrison spilled his drink on your shirt, this stain.

12:04I don't follow.

12:06It could have been poison.

12:09No, you don't mean he was...

12:10Murdered?

12:11Well, we have to find out.

12:12Now, hold on.

12:13Carter said sit tight.

12:14He would contact me.

12:15The message was very clear.

12:16Oh, come on, Tommy.

12:17What harm could a little investigating do?

12:20Then when Carter gets in contact,

12:21we'll have the whole thing tied up in a bow.

12:23Our only lead is a dirty shirt.

12:27No, not just that.

12:31There was a man.

12:33Watching the box.

12:37Maybe he was involved.

12:39Can you even remember what he looked like?

12:41Tall.

12:42Dark.

12:43He was very handsome.

12:45Oh.

12:46Now I can picture him right now.

12:49Try not to.

12:53I'm sure Benjamin will be very happy here, Mr. and Mrs. Jones.

12:57Bye-bye.

12:58Bye-bye.

12:58Bye.

12:59Thanks.

13:00Okay.

13:03You're not sending George here?

13:04Why shouldn't we?

13:05I need you to identify this stain.

13:08It's the only clue we have.

13:09I'm in the middle of an open day.

13:11But it won't take very long.

13:12Just get your thingamie-bob kit.

13:15The head is already crossed with me for missing time on our last adventure.

13:18He's right, Tuppens.

13:19This is meant to be top secret.

13:21Oh, top secret?

13:22Death of a spy at the opera.

13:27Missing scientist.

13:29A real mystery.

13:32Can I get you anything from the canteen, Mr. Pemberton?

13:38Oh, yes, please, Barbara.

13:39Miss Kemp.

13:41A crumpet.

13:46Miss Kemp.

13:47Chemistry.

13:54Drama department, actually.

14:00Pass the sodium hydroxide.

14:09Sweep her off her feet, Albert.

14:11Take her on an adventure.

14:13Hydrochloric acid.

14:14I wouldn't rush it.

14:18Play the long game, Albert.

14:20Work for me.

14:22Not all girls would be as patient as I was, Tommy.

14:25Tommy.

14:25Cyanide.

14:45Cyanide.

14:48Poison.

14:51He was murdered.

14:52I knew it.

14:53I knew it.

14:55Are you going to tell me what this is about?

14:58I'm still on Carter's books, you know.

14:59I do have clearance.

15:00Oh, we can't.

15:02I'm sorry.

15:04Yes.

15:06Good old Albert.

15:07Called in to test for stains and nothing more.

15:10Part-time nobody.

15:11There is one other thing you can help us with.

15:15Have you ever heard of a scientist called Gilbert Worthing?

15:18Gilbert Worthing.

15:19Gilbert Worthing.

15:20Gilbert Worthing.

15:22Gilbert Worthing.

15:27We were at Cambridge together.

15:28He's an atomic physicist.

15:29Atomic.

15:30As in bombs.

15:31He's an atomic physicist.

15:37Atomic.

15:39As in bombs.

15:42He worked on the Manhattan Project.

15:49At least tell me the plan.

15:51I'm not sure we should even be here.

15:53We're going to talk to Mrs. Harris.

16:00I'm so sorry for your loss.

16:03Oh.

16:05Your husband had a message for us.

16:14What?

16:16About his work?

16:18Who are these people?

16:20Well, they were at the opera.

16:22They sat next to me and your dad.

16:24He talked to us about a sailor called Boris.

16:27Boris died at sea.

16:29What are you bringing that up for?

16:31What are you talking about?

16:33I think he really was in the Navy.

16:35Well, what were they doing in our box then?

16:38I don't know what they're on about, Mum.

16:40It'll be all right.

16:40Don't worry.

16:41Wait a minute.

16:43Um.

16:45You didn't seem too fond of the box seats.

16:48I was wondering what made you get the tickets.

16:50My son got them.

16:51I didn't buy her a box.

16:53I could barely afford the nosebleeds.

16:55Terribly sorry.

16:56Excuse me.

16:56They were in the wrong seats.

17:01Oh, there must have been two Harrisons.

17:03The man I saw has to be the real Harrison.

17:06It's all right now.

17:08Don't they killed the wrong man?

17:16Inspector Beresford, we understand somebody here has been accepting bribes to upgrade tickets to box status.

17:22What?

17:24No, not bribes.

17:25It was a mistake.

17:26An honest mix-up with the tickets.

17:27Well, then would you care to verify the identity of the Mr. Harrison who lost his box seat?

17:34I don't have his details, but he left behind an umbrella.

17:37A fancy one.

17:38We kept it for him.

17:39Hmm.

17:40Can you remember what he looked like?

17:44He was tall.

17:46Dark hair.

17:47Had a face like a...

17:49Cary Grant.

17:50Yes.

17:52Brown eyes.

17:53High cheekbones.

17:54Stern, but tender stare.

17:57Yes.

17:59Yes, yes.

18:00Well, thank you very much.

18:00You've been most helpful.

18:02Come along, Tuppence.

18:02It's a menace, this choking, eye-watering smog.

18:09Our intrepid cameraman drove through hog-shrouded London to report on the traffic chaos.

18:14Clearing in London was completely...

18:16It's beautiful.

18:27Yes, I certainly want to return it to the rightful owner.

18:29Ah, serial number.

18:31Leave it with me.

18:32I'll give him a call later.

18:33Uh, any chance I could call him?

18:35I'd like to return it in person.

18:36I'm not in the business of giving out customer details.

18:39I'm sure he'd like to meet the man who found it.

18:41I'd rather think that's up to him.

18:43Will you let go?

18:50I'm terribly sorry.

18:52Be sure to tell him that a friend of Carter's returned it.

18:57Remember to say the name Carter.

18:59Two pounds.

19:04A bill.

19:06What the hell are you doing?

19:07Shh!

19:07Have a little faint of time.

19:09Look.

19:11All we have to do is wait.

19:13Mr. Harrison, good afternoon, sir.

19:19I believe I have your umbrella.

19:21What about him?

19:34No, I said dark and dark.

19:36All right, all right.

19:43Harrison's smart.

19:44He sent someone.

19:45Wait.

19:55We're friends of Carter's.

19:58Where's Carter?

19:59Who are you?

20:01Carter's my uncle.

20:02He's unavailable.

20:05What's your relationship to Mr. Harrison?

20:07He's my mentor.

20:09In music?

20:13We met at a literary salon.

20:17Well, he has a message for us.

20:19For Carter.

20:20We were at the opera.

20:22Mr. Harrison was intercepted.

20:23If you could tell us where he is.

20:25No.

20:26Well, we can help him.

20:28Forget it.

20:29I keep him safe.

20:30No one else.

20:35Beresford's Barnets.

20:36Tell him to contact us.

20:41Let's be the smocked uppers.

20:42Come on out.

20:47What makes you think he'll go straight to Harrison?

20:49Something tells me they're more than just friends.

20:52Oh.

20:53Do you think Carter knows?

20:55I suspect Harrison is pretty good at leading a double life.

20:58But he must have broken a few girls' hearts.

21:00Yours, I hope.

21:01Stay close.

21:08Keep hold of my hand.

21:10This way.

21:11Excuse me.

21:17Excuse me.

21:21Tuppence?

21:22Tuppence?

21:24Tommy?

21:25Tuppence?

21:27Tommy?

21:29Tommy?

21:30What are you trying to get to, madam?

21:34Oh, I lost my husband.

21:35I don't know.

21:36I should probably try and get back to Waterloo.

21:39This way, to Waterloo, madam.

21:41Are you sure?

21:41I could have sworn that way was seven dials.

21:43This way, madam.

21:44I'm certain.

21:47That's right.

21:49Keep going.

21:53Just at the end of the tunnel, madam.

21:55That's it.

21:59Turn right for Waterloo.

22:01Is this your usual beat?

22:03That's definitely seven dials, or can't you see?

22:05Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

22:08Oh, boy.

22:10Oh, oh.

22:13Oh, oh.

22:15Oh.

22:15Oh, oh, oh, oh.

22:29Oh.

22:29Oh, my God.

22:59Tuppence?

23:03Tuppence?

23:09You're shaking.

23:13I looked everywhere for you.

23:17What happened?

23:29What time is it?

23:56Ten.

23:58Ten?

24:00You needed the rest.

24:03And now you need the sustenance.

24:04Oh, Tommy, how lovely.

24:08Marmalade.

24:13What are you eating?

24:15I've been up since six.

24:17You're not Mrs Morgan's cockerel.

24:18Bloody bird.

24:20I just couldn't sleep.

24:26Well, that'll be the late-night Bickies.

24:32Anything from Harrison?

24:37Well, let's try Albert, see if he's heard anything.

24:40No.

24:41I'm afraid this is where it ends.

24:45We had another postcard from George this morning.

24:47Well, what's wrong?

24:48Is he all right?

24:49He's fine.

24:50I just imagined having to write back to him

24:52to tell him his mother had been shot.

24:56It's just too dangerous, Tuppence.

25:03But...

25:03If we work together...

25:05For either of us...

25:08That is the end of the matter.

25:11Have we finished the stock list?

25:31Yes.

25:32I think we need to order more brunettes.

25:35Doris Day, Grace Kelly, Diana Dawes.

25:38Mons.

25:39We need to order more blunts.

25:40Bings.

25:46Bings.

25:47Bings.

25:48Bings.

25:49Bings.

25:50Bings.

25:51Oh.

25:52A letter for Beersfield's barnets.

25:53Mm-hmm.

26:03A letter for Beersfield's barnets.

26:07It has to be from him.

26:16It has to be Harrison.

26:23We'll miss our chance.

26:31Come on.

26:34Keys?

26:37There is no 201.

26:57There has to be.

27:00Tommy?

27:01That's him.

27:03Are you sure?

27:05There.

27:07Oh, my God.

27:17Is he dead?

27:22Tell Carter there's a spy in the house.

27:28They've taken Gilbert.

27:35It's...

27:36Did you say N?

27:40I heard N.

27:41Did you say N or M?

27:43He's gone.

27:59What if we led them to him?

28:04What if we had Harrison killed?

28:06No, no, no, no, no.

28:08No.

28:29It's Carter.

28:30What's he going to do to us?

28:36Not us.

28:36Me.

28:38What?

28:38I took the mission.

28:39I'll take the consequences.

28:40You wait upstairs.

28:43Tommy!

28:45Tommy!

28:48Where have you been, Uncle?

28:48Oh, don't Uncle me.

28:49I've been looking for this leak.

28:51Look where it's got me.

28:52What did he say?

28:55Who?

28:56Oh, don't be soft, Tommy.

28:57Harrison.

28:58Gilbert's been kidnapped.

29:01And he said there's a spy in the house.

29:03Did he mention a name?

29:06I think he said...

29:08M.

29:10M?

29:13Now I don't know an M.

29:16Not that I recall.

29:17I mean, they do change the code.

29:20Are you sure he said M?

29:23Could have been N.

29:27N.

29:32Does N mean something?

29:35Close that door.

29:36Promise me you'll keep Tapp inside of this.

29:56I know she's been involved so far.

29:58For your ears only.

30:00Yes, Uncle.

30:01Uncle.

30:06So who is that?

30:10A Soviet agent.

30:12Who has eluded us for years.

30:15A number of British traitors who sympathize with the USSR.

30:19They turn to communism.

30:23Are you familiar with the fifth column, Tommy?

30:27I've heard the phrase.

30:28The enemy within.

30:30N has contacts in the British government.

30:32Definitely in the military and very possibly in my own department.

30:37One of them tipped N off about Gilbert's project.

30:40That means the Russians have Gilbert.

30:44What is the project?

30:46Oh, it's a bomb.

30:47A new bomb prototype.

30:52Morning, Mr. B.

30:56All your windows, same as usual.

30:58Oh, for goodness sake, Tommy.

31:00What are they going to do with the bomb?

31:16I suspect that after the technology,

31:18which means their priority would be getting in out of the country.

31:22I have Gilbert in secret.

31:24It's not very hush-hush.

31:25We're missing the cricket.

31:31The home secretary asked me to send someone I could trust.

31:33We knew there was a leak,

31:35so the smaller the operation, the better.

31:37You sent Harrison?

31:41That's right.

31:42To the guest house in Norfolk,

31:44where Gilbert had been staying.

31:45See where he could find out.

31:46The spy in the house is N.

31:51But if they have Gilbert and the bomb,

31:54why are they still there?

31:56Someone,

31:57something

31:58of value

31:59remains in that hotel.

32:01The San Sousa Hotel Cromer?

32:17The delicate nature of the job

32:18has meant getting background information

32:20on the other guests.

32:21Not slow.

32:23You'll have to meet up with Albert tomorrow.

32:25He'll brief you on the train.

32:26But what do you want me to do?

32:28I want you to find N, of course.

32:30You'll find N.

32:32You'll find Gilbert.

32:34You'll find the bomb.

32:41Another word to tap into the room.

32:42Yes, Uncle.

32:48What did he say?

32:51He said thank you.

32:53Thank you?

32:55For all our help

32:56in finding Harrison.

32:57I told him what we knew.

33:00He said thank you.

33:01And

33:01that was that.

33:16Wasn't he angry that Harrison got killed?

33:20It's all part of the game, I suppose.

33:21So that was it?

33:27Well, it's not all bad news.

33:29Do you remember that weird convention

33:30in Scotland I was telling you about?

33:32Well, a place has come up.

33:34Train leaves tomorrow at nine, actually.

33:38Did you marry an idiot?

33:40Sorry?

33:40Do you, Thomas Beresford,

33:41take this gullible idiot?

33:43Is that what the vicar said?

33:44I don't know what you mean.

33:45Carter's given you a new mission.

33:46Absolutely not.

33:47What?

33:50Swear it.

33:55I...

33:55swear.

34:01Thomas Beresford.

34:06You reasonable, Thomas.

34:08It's only for a week.

34:11Or so.

34:12You'll need to keep warm up there.

34:16Scotland could be very chilly.

34:18I really wish you could come with me, Tuppence.

34:21I worry a wig convention is no place for a lady.

34:24Absolutely.

34:25I completely understand.

34:26I'd be bored stiff.

34:27You really would be.

34:29I know.

34:29I can't imagine anything worse.

34:33In fact,

34:35I've been thinking of getting away myself.

34:36Oh, have you?

34:38Just to see Aunt Julie.

34:41She's been hinting for help

34:42with her Christmas chutney since July.

34:44You can't stand chutney.

34:46But I love Aunt Julie.

34:47No, you don't.

34:48Anyway, excuse me.

34:51Can I set off now?

34:53I can get there before dark.

34:56You can bring me some shortbread.

34:58What? Why?

35:00Scotland, Tommy.

35:01Famous for it.

35:07Well, I won't forget the shortbread.

35:12Don't miss your train, Tommy.

35:13Come here.

35:35Hey!

35:37Hey!

35:38Hey!

35:39Hey!

35:40Hey!

35:41Hey!

35:43That's more for good measure.

35:54Sheila Perenna, proprietress of the San Sousi, Irish.

35:58What part?

35:59Connemara.

36:00Next.

36:01Carl Denim, son of a publican, lived here for a few years at the San Sousi, just a couple of months.

36:07Next.

36:08Major Carl, fought in the liberation of Italy.

36:10Medals?

36:12Victoria Cross.

36:12No.

36:14Military Cross.

36:15Come on, Tommy.

36:17You can't afford to make a false move.

36:18If you saw what happened to Harrison, it could be a war hero, an office clerk, or a nun.

36:24Trust no one.

36:26But get everyone to trust you.

36:28San Sousi, police driver.

36:30Next.

36:31Mrs. Sprott.

36:32Married, but travelling alone.

36:34Likes walks on the beach.

36:35Where's Miss Dior by Christian Dior?

36:39I remembered her pretty easily.

36:40Well, we don't forget a name like Sprott.

36:43Quite.

36:44Next.

36:45Mr. and Mrs. Minton.

36:47Okay.

36:48Psychologist.

36:49Sounds like mumbo-jumbo to me.

36:51But I have read The Ego and the It.

36:53Finally.

36:54Veronica Banowicz, the Polish maid.

36:56Which leads us right on to your cover.

36:59George Meadows.

37:00Bachelor, bookworm, birdwatcher.

37:03What's your avian speciality?

37:05Warblers.

37:06Excellent.

37:07George Meadows.

37:08Birdwatcher.

37:10Here to spot some nerds.

37:11Just remember, Tommy.

37:12Any of these could be N.

37:14Carl Denham.

37:15Major Khan.

37:16Sheila Perenna.

37:17The Minton's.

37:18Mrs. Sprott.

37:19Avanavitz.

37:20Any of them.

37:24Be charming, but anonymous.

37:27Friendly, but forgettable.

37:30Good luck out there, Tommy.

37:31We're full.

37:34George Meadows, I booked.

37:36Right.

37:38Well, act like it, then, and go in.

37:44Did your mother never teach you to wipe your feet?

37:47Breakfast is seven to eight, and not a minute after.

37:50Dinner's at six.

37:51Lunch, you fend for yourself.

37:54I take it you're here for the Veterans Hall?

37:56Ah, yes, yes, of course.

37:57Taxis are booked.

37:58Don't be late.

37:58Is that a West Coast accent I detect?

38:02Colomara, perhaps?

38:04God, don't talk to me about that place.

38:06Nothing but sheep and rocks.

38:08Your room is just at the top of the stairs.

38:11You must attract a better class of guests at a house like this.

38:15You're not writing a review, are you?

38:17No, no, I just...

38:20Good.

38:28Oh, I'm terribly sorry.

38:50Wrong room.

38:51Can I help you?

38:53I'm George Meadows.

38:54Pleased to meet you.

38:56I'm Mr. Minton.

38:57This is my wife.

38:59Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness.

39:04For anyone who seeks meaning in today's world, Jung is a must.

39:09I'm more of a Freud man myself.

39:12Have you read any?

39:13One chooses their teacher and remains faithful.

39:16Are you in the business?

39:19We're psychologists, yes.

39:21I can tell by your stance you're a military man.

39:23Well, I...

39:24I did my bit in the last show.

39:26You saw a lot in that time.

39:30I can tell by your grip.

39:35If you'll excuse me, I should find my room.

39:37Of course, Mrs. Blankensort, it won't happen again.

40:07Thank you for pointing it out, Mrs. Blankensort.

40:21Mr. Meadows, I presume.

40:24It is Meadows, isn't it?

40:27Oh, yes, that's right.

40:29And, um, you must be...

40:31Mrs. Blankensort.

40:32Oh.

40:33Would you care for some tea?

40:35How did you know where to come?

40:42Walls have ears, Tommy.

40:43Don't you remember?

40:45So poor Aunt Julie is making chutney on her own again this year.

40:48Let me guess, the wig convention finished early.

40:53Is there a, uh, Mr. Blankensort?

40:55Horrible, slow death by disease.

40:58Mrs. Meadows?

41:00Bachelor.

41:00How original.

41:08Any thoughts on N yet?

41:10They're all coming down for tea in a minute.

41:11Do your own detective work.

41:15Mrs. Blankensort.

41:18Oh, don't tell me you've replaced me already.

41:20Mr. Denim, you do tease.

41:22I am old enough to be your big sister.

41:26This is Mr. Meadows.

41:28You'll get along famously.

41:30He's a bachelor, too.

41:32Hunter.

41:34Birdwatcher.

41:36I thought I heard an unfamiliar male voice.

41:39Hello.

41:40Hello.

41:41I do hope we won't be unfamiliar for long.

41:47Oh, hey, Doc.

41:48Major Khan.

41:49Might be feeling fresh.

41:51I say we have a good number here from a game of five-card stud.

41:55Gambling's a vice.

41:57One of my top three.

41:59Oh.

42:00Five-card stud.

42:01Perfect.

42:02What do you think I could do with a change of luck?

42:03How about you, Cotton?

42:05Hey, Doc.

42:06Commander, hey, Doc.

42:07Oh, George Meadows.

42:10Where's it?

42:12Do you face your game?

42:14Oh, no, no, no.

42:14I'm not a card man myself.

42:16Oh, come on, Mr. Meadows.

42:20Sit next to me, Mr. Meadows.

42:22I won't bite.

42:32Any time today is good here, Doc.

42:49So, Commander, are you a guest here at the Saint-Souci?

42:55No, I live up at Prussia Cove.

43:02Is that a nice spot?

43:15Hold.

43:16He's just here for the company.

43:18Oh.

43:24Mrs. Sprott?

43:25So, Major, where did you serve?

43:36I know you're new to this, Meadows,

43:37but we don't normally chin-wank during poker.

43:39Oh.

43:40I'm sorry.

43:41I understand.

43:44Mrs. Sprott?

43:45Rolled.

43:52Mr. Denham?

43:55I just got lucky.

44:14Wait.

44:23What, a little bit of Meadows.

44:25I can never remember.

44:28Are aces highest or lowest?

44:33Aces highest.

44:34Only an idiot wouldn't know that.

44:38Or a liar.

44:43I'm not a liar.

44:45Just...

44:46lucky.

44:50Yeah, you're lucky.

44:51What exactly is your business here, Mr. Meadows?

44:59I'm a bird watcher.

45:00Really?

45:02What's your speciality?

45:07Palace's Warblers.

45:09Palace's Warblers.

45:11And in England?

45:13At this time of year?

45:14Well, this is their autumn migration path.

45:21And the picture there is actually a very fine example of a pair of Palace's Warblers.

45:27Arctic Warblers, actually.

45:30Family heirloom.

45:32Worth quite a lot, that.

45:34A child could spot the difference.

45:35Well, I'm not sure, is it?

45:38Impressionistic, though, isn't it?

45:40Don't know about that, Mrs. Blankensault.

45:42I think we've just been hassled.

45:44What?

45:44By this gentleman?

45:47Yes.

45:47While you were busy making notes of your novel.

45:51Novelist?

45:51Crime fiction.

45:52Ah, well, of course.

45:54An urgent letter just arrived for you, Major Khan.

45:57Ah, thank you.

46:06Excuse me.

46:09Aren't you going to finish your tea?

46:12Yes, thank you.

46:15I used to do a spot of bird watching myself.

46:19Will this go tomorrow, hmm?

46:23Yes, great.

46:24Hmm.

46:30A USSR postmark?

46:32You think he's in?

46:34He's clearly in the lead.

46:35Hold on, let's think about this.

46:37We need to keep an open mind.

46:39Well, who are you suggesting?

46:41Carl Denham, for one.

46:42I like him.

46:43I could tell.

46:44And Mrs. Sprott?

46:46What about her?

46:48Tuppence, this is serious.

46:50And it's got hold of an atomic bomb, for goodness sake.

46:52I am well aware of that, Tommy.

46:54The Major is clearly the most suspicious.

46:56All right, well, how do we play this?

46:59I need to go into his room.

47:01I've got to see inside that envelope.

47:03Well, what if he finds you in there, then?

47:04I'll use the oldest trick in the book.

47:10Seduction?

47:11Don't.

47:15Don't Corin?

47:28Mm.

47:29I don't know.

47:59I don't know.

48:29I don't know.

48:31I don't know.

48:33I didn't have you down as a snooper.

48:56I don't know.

48:57I was just looking for Miss Perenna.

48:59Well, she's downstairs.

49:00Oh, good.

49:01I think.

49:03Well, maybe she popped out to get her hair done for tonight.

49:06Oh, that's a good idea.

49:07Yeah.

49:08It's the veteran's ball, isn't it?

49:10Are you going?

49:11Oh, I wouldn't miss it for the world.

49:13But I'll have no one to dance with.

49:17Do I make you nervous, Mr. Meadows?

49:19No, no, no, no.

49:20No, no, no.

49:21I just don't.

49:22Just get some tea for a second.

49:23Do some refreshment.

49:24No, no, no, no.

49:25No, no, no.

49:26I just don't.

49:27Just get some tea for a second.

49:28Do some refreshment.

49:29Baris Viz Barnet.

49:30Who's Baris Viz Barnet?

49:31Suppliers of the finest quality postiche.

49:42Why didn't they just say wigs?

49:44Well, it's more discreet.

49:47Classier.

49:48To attract a better sort of customer.

49:50Why do you have it?

49:52I use their services.

49:57Well.

49:58They must be doing something right.

50:03I wouldn't have noticed the thing.

50:11Well, they're the best in the business.

50:14Oh, do you mind if I keep it?

50:15I might feel like changing my look.

50:17What brings you to the East Coast, Mrs Sprott?

50:23Relocation.

50:25Had a change in circumstance.

50:28I'm looking for a new beginning.

50:30Well, that's a beautiful spot.

50:33A beautiful spot for the beautiful Mrs Sprott.

50:37Yes, I'm finding it quite charming.

50:40So far.

50:41Is that the time I should be getting ready for the ball?

50:49Yes.

50:51You and me both.

51:11I think you had better come out of there.

51:38Who are you?

51:56Mrs Blenkinsop.

51:59Try again.

52:02I am Mrs Blenkinsop.

52:04So, why are you in my room, Mrs Blenkinsop?

52:15I wanted to talk to you in private.

52:18About what?

52:20Mr Meadows.

52:22I believe he's a card cheat.

52:25How sweet of you to look out for me.

52:27The question is, are you willing to die for that lie?

52:38Because if you don't tell me the truth, I'm going to be forced to blow out your pretty little brains.

52:47So, N might actually just detonate this bomb.

52:58I just thought they were an odd, not spies.

53:02We haven't been watching them. Who knows what we've missed?

53:05Stop!

53:06Oh, let me do the glasses here.

53:08No, no, there's no problem.

53:09Honestly, Tubbs.

53:10You'll chase communists, killers and spies, but you're still afraid of the dark.

53:14Do you know this man?

53:15Yes.

53:16No.

53:17I have a role to play.

53:18Why don't we get too used to the bachelor life?

53:20Good thing.

53:21You still think it's nothing?

53:23I can't hold him much longer.

53:26Human nature is so difficult to predict.

53:29It certainly is.

53:30May the best man win.

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