- 6/11/2025
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A wealthy woman holds a party at her Devon estate for family and friends. When a solicitor and the hostess herself are both murdered, Miss Marple tries to find a clever killer with a devious plan. Starring: Geraldine McEwan, Julian Sands, Zoë Tapper, Greg Wise.
A wealthy woman holds a party at her Devon estate for family and friends. When a solicitor and the hostess herself are both murdered, Miss Marple tries to find a clever killer with a devious plan. Starring: Geraldine McEwan, Julian Sands, Zoë Tapper, Greg Wise.
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00:00:00Such captivating green eyes
00:00:26Those tender and sweet eyes
00:00:30Those never ever meaner eyes
00:00:35They're so loving and true
00:00:39The sea beneath the blue skies
00:00:45Is reflecting your green eyes
00:00:49And the trees
00:00:52Do you know something, Ms. Marple?
00:00:53I rather suspect that you and I both share a secret passion
00:00:56Do we, Mr. Treves?
00:01:00Murder, Ms. Marple
00:01:02Oh
00:01:03Well, I'm not quite sure that I would describe it as such
00:01:08Detective stories, they get it all wrong, don't they?
00:01:10Always begin with the murder
00:01:12When the murder should come at the end, don't you think?
00:01:14In certain cases, perhaps
00:01:16But then again, I...
00:01:18You see, Ms. Marple, I think it'll be safe to say
00:01:20I'm pretty expert in these matters
00:01:22Oh, without a doubt, Mr. Treves
00:01:24You've devoted a whole lifetime to the law
00:01:27And 99 times out of 100
00:01:28The murder evolves over years
00:01:30With all the causes and events
00:01:32Bringing certain people to a certain place
00:01:34At a certain time
00:01:35All...
00:01:36What's the word?
00:01:38Converging, Mr. Treves
00:01:40That's it
00:01:40Converging
00:01:42Converging towards a given spot
00:01:44And then it comes, wallop
00:01:45Zero hour
00:01:47All converging
00:01:48Converging
00:01:50Towards zero?
00:01:53Yes
00:01:53Bullseye
00:01:55Towards zero
00:01:58With all the calls
00:02:12Yeah
00:02:15Huh
00:02:20Yeah
00:02:21Yeah
00:02:25Yeah
00:02:27Huh
00:02:28I bumped into Monty yesterday.
00:02:31Did you?
00:02:33She's asked us to join them in Monty in July.
00:02:38And that used to be divine.
00:02:41It's too sickening we can't.
00:02:45We can't, can we?
00:02:48No, we can't.
00:02:52I don't want to go to Dreary or Devon.
00:02:54We have to.
00:02:56I owe it to Camilla.
00:02:57I know I'm going to suck up to her a bit.
00:02:59It's not a question of sucking up.
00:03:01It's a question of affection.
00:03:04And piles of dosh.
00:03:08You know she hates me.
00:03:10Of course she doesn't.
00:03:11It's all about Audrey, I know it is.
00:03:13I mean, she's never forgiven me.
00:03:15She's old.
00:03:17Her generation finds divorce hard to take.
00:03:21She even thinks you behaved badly.
00:03:24I did.
00:03:24Just because Audrey chose to make such a frightful fuss.
00:03:30She had a nervous breakdown.
00:03:32She was playing up.
00:03:34You have to learn to lose gracefully.
00:03:36You have to accept these things.
00:03:38She did.
00:03:40She divorced me so we could marry.
00:03:43Anyway, you two have nothing in common.
00:03:46She's just like a mangled old dishcloth.
00:03:48She gives me the creeps.
00:03:57Perhaps we should join Bunty down in Monte Carlo.
00:04:01What about Devon, Camilla?
00:04:03You can always pop down in September.
00:04:05But I thought she's always there in September.
00:04:07Audrey, you mean?
00:04:08Yes, of course, Audrey.
00:04:10We can't be there at the same time.
00:04:12Preposterous.
00:04:18The boy must be barking.
00:04:19It does seem rather odd.
00:04:21Wives making friends.
00:04:23Oh, it's too revolting.
00:04:24No, no, no.
00:04:25It can't be Neville's idea.
00:04:27It must have come from that ghastly trollope he married.
00:04:29Well, people tend to be a little more relaxed nowadays about this sort of thing.
00:04:32Not under my roof.
00:04:33And it's only because Matthew, God rest his soul, was so devoted to the boy that I allow
00:04:37that scarlet toad creature here at all.
00:04:39I do not like her.
00:04:41The way she pursued Neville until his marriage was in tatters.
00:04:45No, I blame her entirely for the whole thing.
00:04:47Well, Neville had a little to do with it.
00:04:50Well, of course he did, stupid boy.
00:04:52But if it hadn't been for that harlot's persistence...
00:04:56Poor Audrey.
00:04:57What that woman's been through.
00:05:00And she was so nearly such a good wife.
00:05:02If only she'd been a little more athletic.
00:05:11Nowadays, there's simply no...
00:05:13Discretion?
00:05:14Exactly.
00:05:15So girls like Kay Mortimer go around stealing other people's husbands and gather about with
00:05:20entirely unsuitable types like that young man who's always hanging around her.
00:05:24Ted Latimer.
00:05:26Yes.
00:05:27Touch of the Dago, I suspect.
00:05:29Unless he wears make-up, which wouldn't at all surprise me.
00:05:32Well, he's a friend from her Riviera days.
00:05:34And I'd very much like to know how he manages to live the way that he does.
00:05:38By his wits, I would imagine.
00:05:40Oh, I expect he'll be loafing about at Easterhead while they're here.
00:05:44Oh, why can't everyone leave me in peace?
00:05:47Old Freddy Treves practically next door at the Balmoral Court.
00:05:51Thomas Roy, boring us all senseless with tales from a lair.
00:05:56And there's Marple, of course.
00:05:58Oh, and of course, Marple.
00:06:01A sketching holiday, I ask you.
00:06:04She'll be over at Easterhead, too.
00:06:06Mmm.
00:06:07Marple and the Gigolo.
00:06:09Well, now, there's a thought.
00:06:11No doubt she'll be poking her nose in everywhere.
00:06:14She was just the same at school and such a ghastly swat.
00:06:18Perhaps you'd prefer that I put Neville on.
00:06:20Oh, no.
00:06:21Let them all do what they want.
00:06:23With any luck, I'll be dead by September.
00:06:30Peace.
00:06:41Advantage Strange.
00:06:43His backhand's good.
00:06:50I'll give him that.
00:06:52I wasn't expecting to see you here.
00:06:55Oh, you know me.
00:06:56Never miss an opportunity.
00:06:59And how's the devoted wife today?
00:07:02I'm absolutely furious.
00:07:08Peace.
00:07:10Never got it into his head all this.
00:07:11Except that Audrey and I, Audrey, mind, that we should become bosom buddies.
00:07:16What on earth for...
00:07:20I haven't the faintest idea.
00:07:22Have you ever heard of anything so stupid?
00:07:24And he wants us all to go on a jolly holiday together down to Camilla's in Devon.
00:07:28And I don't know what's got into him.
00:07:31When are you going?
00:07:32September, apparently.
00:07:33It's bound to be her doing.
00:07:36Sneaky little cat.
00:07:37Don't worry, sugar.
00:07:39I'll be there to hold your hand.
00:07:41I'll book a room again at that hotel across the bay.
00:07:42Advantages, Merrick.
00:07:48Oops.
00:07:59Out!
00:08:02The ball was out.
00:08:04It was in.
00:08:05Yes, it was.
00:08:06Game 7 championship, Merrick.
00:08:106-3, 2-6, 6-4.
00:08:14That's Neville's trouble.
00:08:16He's too bloody sporting.
00:08:26I must say, my dear, I found Neville's suggestion quite disgusting.
00:08:30It might, you know, be rather a good thing.
00:08:32But you can't want to be here with that dreadful woman.
00:08:34It's not that bad.
00:08:35And if Neville wants it.
00:08:37But do you want it?
00:08:39That's the question.
00:08:41Yes?
00:08:45My God.
00:08:46What is it?
00:08:48For a second there, I thought it was Rita Hayworth.
00:08:50You stupid child.
00:08:52And he got us out there.
00:08:54A rude, horrible creature.
00:08:58How are you?
00:09:00Irresistible.
00:09:01We've been so looking forward to this, darling, haven't we?
00:09:03We couldn't wait.
00:09:05Hello, Camilla.
00:09:06Kay.
00:09:07Yes.
00:09:09Settled in?
00:09:09Yes, thank you.
00:09:12Naughty boy.
00:09:17This is all perfectly ghastly.
00:09:19Thomas.
00:09:30Hello, Mary.
00:09:34How lovely.
00:09:36Seven years.
00:09:38Nearly eight.
00:09:39Is it really?
00:09:40That's too long.
00:09:41How's the plantation?
00:09:48Damned hard work.
00:09:49Rubber, isn't it?
00:09:51Yes, but I'm thinking of branching out into Sago.
00:09:54Sago?
00:09:57Well.
00:09:59Nothing's changed much around here.
00:10:01Oh, except for that vile new hotel.
00:10:10Come on up.
00:10:19Nice of the old girl to put me up.
00:10:34I hope that he hasn't been a bother.
00:10:36It's a godsend, believe me.
00:10:39Audrey's particularly looking forward to seeing you.
00:10:41Is she?
00:10:43Things have been very difficult with Neville and his wife there as well.
00:10:46His idea, apparently.
00:10:48Not a very good one, as it turns out.
00:11:04Mr. Treed, sir, welcome back to the Balmoral Court.
00:11:07Oh, Mrs. Rogers, the old gaff all speak and span.
00:11:10There's been a slight change of plans, sir.
00:11:12Oh?
00:11:13But I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
00:11:19There she is, stately as a galleon.
00:11:21Yes, dear old gull's point.
00:11:23Yes.
00:11:40Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:11:54I didn't mean to startle you, but I thought...
00:11:58Oh, yes, I'm afraid I've always tended to stand too near the edge.
00:12:05Yes, it is rather tempting, isn't it?
00:12:07Had to fetch this.
00:12:08Thought I'd get some air.
00:12:10Neville Strange.
00:12:11I know.
00:12:13Jane Marple.
00:12:15I've just popped in to see Camilla and came up here to try a little sketch.
00:12:19Friend of hers, aren't you?
00:12:20Oh, yes.
00:12:21We go back a long way.
00:12:23On and off.
00:12:24Such a pity about Wimbledon, Mr. Strange.
00:12:27That boy who beat you.
00:12:28Barry.
00:12:29Merrick.
00:12:30Flash in the pan, I'm sure.
00:12:32The best man on the day.
00:12:34Oh.
00:12:36Sporting life.
00:12:37Oh, how fascinating.
00:12:40You must tell me all about it this evening.
00:12:43This evening?
00:12:43That would be nice.
00:12:47Goodbye, then.
00:12:48Mr. Strange.
00:12:52This is all I could find.
00:12:54The illustrated post.
00:12:56That'll do, I suppose.
00:12:59Neville?
00:13:00I'm so sorry, Neville.
00:13:01I thought you were speaking to me.
00:13:04Oh, that's...
00:13:05I'm so sorry.
00:13:13Who the hell are you?
00:13:14Royd.
00:13:15Thomas Royd.
00:13:16Oh, yes.
00:13:17The man from Malaya.
00:13:18That's right.
00:13:19Well, if I were you, I'd go back.
00:13:20Pronto.
00:13:22Oh, Royd.
00:13:24Hello there.
00:13:25Strange.
00:13:26No, you're right.
00:13:28The wife, I suppose.
00:13:29In a manner of speaking.
00:13:31Yeah.
00:13:32I'd better go now.
00:13:33No.
00:13:33So, here we all are.
00:13:42Is Camilla not joining us?
00:13:44I'm afraid not, Miss Markle.
00:13:46Nowadays, she prefers her own room.
00:13:48Is your hotel comfortable?
00:13:50Oh, yes.
00:13:51Most comfortable, thank you.
00:13:53Yes.
00:13:54It's not a bad old dive.
00:13:56And top-notch brilliance.
00:13:57We should all come over one day.
00:13:59It's got a lovely sandy beach.
00:14:00I was thinking of going sailing tomorrow.
00:14:03I'd like that.
00:14:04We could all go sailing.
00:14:05I thought you were playing golf.
00:14:07I can play another day.
00:14:11Do you play golf, Kay?
00:14:12Hardly.
00:14:14Hardly.
00:14:15She'd be good if she took the trouble.
00:14:17She's got a natural swing.
00:14:19Do you play games, Audrey?
00:14:25No, I don't.
00:14:27So, you and Camilla were at school together, Miss Markle?
00:14:30Yes, indeed.
00:14:32There's a thought.
00:14:33The two of you in boaters and gym slips.
00:14:36How long have you known Camilla, Mr. Treves?
00:14:39Oh, we go back years.
00:14:41Through Matthew, that's how I know her.
00:14:43Matt and I took silk together, yes.
00:14:45And whenever I'm down in this part of the world,
00:14:47I always make sure I see the old girl.
00:14:50Mr. Treves is staying close by at the Balmoral Court.
00:14:53We always have the same suite, don't you, Mr. Treves?
00:14:55Not this year, unfortunately.
00:14:57Some cock-up with the booking said they put me up top.
00:15:00Oh.
00:15:01Good job they've got a lift.
00:15:03Ticky-ticker, you see.
00:15:05Still, sharp as a knife, eh, Mr. Treves?
00:15:08Oh, yes.
00:15:09I haven't forgotten who I am yet.
00:15:12I say, that medic's doing rather well, isn't he?
00:15:16Gave you a damn good thrashing at any rate, eh?
00:15:35Move the table, Neville.
00:15:38Teddy, dance with me.
00:15:46Teddy, dance with me.
00:15:59Oh.
00:16:01That hair flame red, unforgettable.
00:16:03I say, it's a good one.
00:16:04Did you get stones?
00:16:34The lady ships compliments, Miss Marple, and she would be glad to see you up in her room.
00:16:53Excuse me.
00:17:00Everyone behaving themselves?
00:17:02Yes.
00:17:02It was the most delicious dinner.
00:17:04I expect the Gigolo put that dreadful racket on, or was it the frightful Kay?
00:17:08They seem to be having a good time.
00:17:10It's not a bloody dance hall.
00:17:14Sketching, eh?
00:17:15Yeah.
00:17:17Been I did long?
00:17:18Nope.
00:17:19But I must say...
00:17:20Oh, it's good with your hands, weren't you?
00:17:23Needlework, pottery, all that sort of nonsense.
00:17:25Too fiddly for me.
00:17:27Much preferred to be stomping around a pitch with a stick in my hand.
00:17:30I remember.
00:17:31The only exercise I get now is lifting these damn things to my lips.
00:17:39We weren't that bad looking, were we, Jane?
00:17:41No.
00:17:43I think we were...
00:17:44Look at us now.
00:17:45Two old crocs waiting to drop off the twig.
00:17:48So, what do you think to the harem?
00:17:52I'm not sure.
00:17:53I just can't fathom how a chap could leave Audrey for Kay.
00:17:58It does happen.
00:17:59Oh, well, of course it happens.
00:18:01But if you were a man, wouldn't she drive you off your nut?
00:18:04Perhaps it won't last.
00:18:06He may marry again.
00:18:07Maybe even return to his first wife.
00:18:10To Audrey?
00:18:11Oh, no, never.
00:18:13No, she's too proud.
00:18:14Oh, where love is concerned, pride is a quality more often spoken of than acted on.
00:18:18You don't mean she might still hold the candle for him?
00:18:21What?
00:18:22Oh, no.
00:18:23No, no.
00:18:24No, she's behaving perfectly in an impossible situation.
00:18:28Whereas Neville is behaving very badly indeed.
00:18:32Oh, Miss Barbell dismissed the Royal Presence care for a dance.
00:18:39Oh, that's most kind of him, Mr. Treves.
00:18:42But I think perhaps not.
00:18:44Just as well.
00:18:45Probably killed me.
00:18:49Oh, that young fellow knows his onions.
00:18:52Yes.
00:18:53Quite the professional.
00:18:55Rather decorative, too.
00:18:57I wonder what he does for a living.
00:19:00One can only imagine, eh?
00:19:02I sense you're quite a shrewd observer, Mr. Treves.
00:19:05You're a shrewd observer yourself.
00:19:07You know something, Miss Barbell?
00:19:08I rather suspect that you and I both share a secret passion.
00:19:12Do we, Mr. Treves?
00:19:15And what would that be, I wonder?
00:19:18Murder, Miss Barbell.
00:19:20No.
00:19:23Time for your tonic, my lady.
00:19:25Waste disposal on the men, Barrett?
00:19:33Oh, no, my lady.
00:19:35I'll be forever a slave to my bowels.
00:19:37I see they've acquitted the morphine murderer.
00:19:49It was in the Times this morning.
00:19:51Morphine murderer?
00:19:52Jumped the gun calling him that in the first place.
00:19:55Accidental overdose, they decided.
00:19:57You sound sceptical, Mr. Royd.
00:19:59Well, it sounds pretty dodgy to me, where there's smoke and all that.
00:20:03I knew a case once.
00:20:05Oh, perhaps not, no.
00:20:06Oh, do go on, Mr. Treves.
00:20:08Oh, it concerned two children.
00:20:10They were playing with bows and arrows,
00:20:12and one shot an arrow through the other one's eye,
00:20:14and the poor child died.
00:20:16A regrettable accident, the inquest concluded.
00:20:19Was that it?
00:20:20Yes.
00:20:21There was, of course, another side to the story.
00:20:23A farmer sometime previously happened to have noticed
00:20:25the child who fired the fatal shot.
00:20:29Practicing.
00:20:29You mean, it might not have been an accident at all?
00:20:33Well, I don't know, but it was stated at the inquest
00:20:35that neither child had ever used a bow and arrow before.
00:20:37What did the farmer do?
00:20:39He did nothing.
00:20:41Perhaps he felt the child should be given the benefit of a doubt.
00:20:44But you're in no doubt, are you, Mr. Treves?
00:20:46It was murder, Mrs. Strange,
00:20:49particularly ingenious and planned out of the last detail.
00:20:52What was the reason?
00:20:53Childish revenge for a perceived injustice.
00:20:55But to keep hold of that intent,
00:21:00quietly practicing day after day,
00:21:02and then the final piece of acting,
00:21:05with the accident and the pretense of grief,
00:21:08that could only stem from the wickedest mind.
00:21:14Well, now, there's food for thought.
00:21:16What happened?
00:21:17A change of name.
00:21:19The child is now an adult somewhere in the world.
00:21:22The question is,
00:21:23does that person still have a murderer's heart?
00:21:28It was a long time ago,
00:21:30but I would recognize my little killer anywhere.
00:21:34Surely not.
00:21:36Oh, yes.
00:21:40Because of a certain physical peculiarity.
00:21:43But I best not dwell on the subject.
00:21:47I should be on my way.
00:21:48Oh, have another drink, Mr. Treves.
00:21:49Why not come out for a little?
00:21:56I think I shall go to bed.
00:22:07Do excuse me.
00:22:08I must see that Lady Trisillian's settled.
00:22:11You've danced me off my feet, Teddy.
00:22:13Simply must go to bed.
00:22:16Good night, everyone.
00:22:18Good night, Teddy.
00:22:19Oh, there's a plan of foot to come to Easterhead tomorrow.
00:22:25Whenever you're ready, Miss Marple.
00:22:27That's very kind of you, Mr. Latimer.
00:22:30I nearly forgot.
00:22:31There's something I have to get from the car.
00:22:34What a restless young man.
00:22:37A friend of Mrs. Strange, I understand.
00:22:40Of Kay Strange, yes.
00:22:42Confusing, isn't it, having two of them in the house?
00:22:48More uncomfortable, I would imagine, for the original, Mrs. Strange.
00:22:51I expect so.
00:22:52You were brought up together, weren't you?
00:22:56You and Audrey, Strange.
00:22:58Yes.
00:22:58Oh, you must know her well.
00:23:00Why did she come, Mr. Roy?
00:23:03I suppose she didn't like to refuse.
00:23:06I wonder why he would be anxious for such a reunion.
00:23:09I really don't know.
00:23:10It's stupid of him, if you ask me.
00:23:12Good night.
00:23:14Good night.
00:23:17I'm so sorry about that.
00:23:19Your coat, Miss Marple.
00:23:25You must come again.
00:23:27You seem to have cheered her up enormously.
00:23:32What have you got there?
00:23:33Dance records.
00:23:35Kay asked me to bring them over.
00:23:37She didn't say.
00:23:42Ted.
00:23:47We'll make a move.
00:23:48Motor's out front.
00:23:51Goodbye.
00:23:53Trace.
00:23:54Hmm?
00:23:55Trace.
00:23:57I'll walk you back, shall I?
00:23:58Yes.
00:23:59Yes.
00:24:00It's a beautiful night.
00:24:01Yes.
00:24:02Do you know, I think I might join you.
00:24:03A little air would be lovely.
00:24:12Delightful evening.
00:24:17Miss Alden.
00:24:22Most instructive.
00:24:25Oh, Thomas, you gave me a shock.
00:24:27Been down to the ferry for a bit of a walk.
00:24:30No night, there.
00:24:31Shh.
00:24:32Shh.
00:24:33Quiet as the grave, which is perhaps why I feel somewhat more at home.
00:24:40Damnation.
00:24:40What's wrong?
00:24:41Lift's out of order.
00:24:43I'm going to have to walk up.
00:24:44Well, you could always come back and stay the night.
00:24:46Now it sounds fit as a fit.
00:24:47Oh!
00:24:48As a fiddle.
00:24:49Let me come up with you.
00:24:50I wouldn't hear of it.
00:24:51If I go slowly, slowly, one step, two step, up the wooden hill.
00:25:02Good night, ladies.
00:25:03Good night, Mr. Treves.
00:25:04Good night.
00:25:05Good night.
00:25:06Good night.
00:25:06Good night.
00:25:10Good night.
00:25:11Good night.
00:25:37And don't run off, John, before I'm the best of you.
00:25:45John Olds!
00:25:46Such an odd story Mr. Treves told last night, wasn't it?
00:25:50The child and the bow and arrow.
00:25:52Yes.
00:25:54Sent a shiver up my spine.
00:25:58He's such a funny old stick.
00:26:01Fancy what?
00:26:03See you later.
00:26:04Kay and Ted go quite well together, don't they?
00:26:06Be good.
00:26:07I suppose they do.
00:26:09They like the same things, have the same opinions.
00:26:13They lead such different lives from me.
00:26:17I quite envy them.
00:26:19And even you with all your...
00:26:21unhappiness.
00:26:23I've had experiences that I should probably never have.
00:26:27I envy you too.
00:26:29I really do.
00:26:31Can't be much fun for you.
00:26:33Living with Camilla.
00:26:35Well, I'm well fed.
00:26:37Comfortably housed.
00:26:39Thousands of women don't even have that.
00:26:46Oh well, Thomas.
00:26:48I'll go and have a word.
00:26:49I don't even have a word.
00:26:59He's done.
00:27:01He's done.
00:27:02He's done.
00:27:04He's done.
00:27:06He's done.
00:27:08He's done.
00:27:09He's done.
00:27:10He should.
00:27:26He's done.
00:27:30He just gave his word.
00:27:32He's done.
00:27:34Mr. Letterberg?
00:27:47May I?
00:27:50Of course.
00:27:54You've been deserted, I see.
00:27:57Yes.
00:27:59She's been claimed by her legal owner.
00:28:01Are you enjoying yourself down here, Mr. Letterberg?
00:28:08As much as I'd enjoy myself anywhere.
00:28:12They don't like me, Miss Marple.
00:28:15The Gold's Point mob.
00:28:17I'm an outsider, see, and they don't take to outsiders.
00:28:20You don't take much to them, I suspect.
00:28:23What is it particularly you don't like about them, Mr. Letterberg?
00:28:26They're smug. That's what I don't like.
00:28:29Really pleased with themselves.
00:28:32Shot off from the common herd.
00:28:34I'm sorry you feel like that.
00:28:36It's true, though.
00:28:37Perhaps they may from time to time appear, as you say, somewhat smug.
00:28:40But really, you know, inside, I'm sure they're quite human.
00:28:44Whatever their faults, I don't believe Malice to be one of them.
00:28:48You're not very happy, are you?
00:28:56Have you always been in love with her?
00:29:00And she?
00:29:04I thought so.
00:29:07It's all strange, came along.
00:29:09Are you still in love with her?
00:29:10Shouldn't you go away from the end, Mr. Letterberg?
00:29:21You're only letting yourself in for more unhappiness.
00:29:31Sweet old thing, aren't you?
00:29:32By the way, I've got your earring.
00:29:40Oh, good.
00:29:40I hate being without earrings.
00:29:42Why is that?
00:29:44Because of this.
00:29:45Oh, yes, old bouncer bits.
00:29:47You had a sore paw or something.
00:29:49Yes.
00:29:50And I stupidly bent down to stroke him.
00:29:52I was very young.
00:29:54It was just after your family took me in.
00:29:56It was quite nasty, but you can hardly see a thing now.
00:29:59But still, I know it's there.
00:30:05Why did you marry him?
00:30:07I fell in love.
00:30:08Why?
00:30:10What attracted you?
00:30:11You hate him, don't you?
00:30:13Hardly surprising, is it?
00:30:15He's got everything I have, and I'm just dull old Thomas with a gummy arm.
00:30:22He married the only girl I've ever cared for.
00:30:26But you've always known that, haven't you?
00:30:29I know you don't care for me.
00:30:31Even as children, you preferred Adrian.
00:30:33He had a schoolboy crash.
00:30:35Mr. Christ, it'd have been me in that car and not him.
00:30:37Don't.
00:30:38Thomas, please.
00:30:41There's something I don't understand about that.
00:30:44About what?
00:30:45Adrian's death.
00:30:47Well, it's really very simple.
00:30:49He died in a car accident.
00:30:52What was he doing down here?
00:30:54Why didn't he visit Camilla?
00:30:56How should I know?
00:30:57I'm beginning to think it isn't so simple as just another accident on a country road.
00:31:03Hello, Audrey.
00:31:05Roy.
00:31:07I'll stretch my legs.
00:31:08It is all right between us, isn't it?
00:31:20Yes.
00:31:21Of course.
00:31:22I mean, we're good friends, and all that.
00:31:24Yes.
00:31:25Why wouldn't we be?
00:31:27Devil!
00:31:29Audrey.
00:31:32Devil!
00:31:33Your wife wants you.
00:31:35Kay, you mean.
00:31:36That's what I said.
00:31:43You're my wife, Audrey.
00:31:54Miss Alden.
00:31:56Her ladyship wants to see you at once.
00:31:58Oh.
00:31:59Oh, Mary, I'm so glad you're back.
00:32:09Camilla, what is it?
00:32:10It's Freddy Treves.
00:32:11He's dead.
00:32:13Dead?
00:32:14Yes, isn't it terrible?
00:32:16Would you go to the Balmoral Court and ask if there's anything we can do?
00:32:19Yes, yes, of course.
00:32:21I gather Mr. Treves was dining with you at Gulls Point last night.
00:32:24Yes, Doctor.
00:32:25How did he seem?
00:32:27Very well.
00:32:29This heart business.
00:32:31You just never know when it's going to hit you.
00:32:34I had a look at his medication, and it was clear he was in a pretty bad way.
00:32:39He was always so careful.
00:32:40I'm sure he was, Mrs. Rogers, but any extra strain, however slight, and bingo.
00:32:46Such as walking upstairs?
00:32:48Absolutely.
00:32:49Although, I'm sure he would have avoided that.
00:32:51Oh, yes.
00:32:52He always used the lift.
00:32:53Always.
00:32:54Well, except last night.
00:32:55What do you mean, Miss Alden?
00:32:57Well, the lift was out of order, wasn't it?
00:32:59No, it wasn't.
00:33:00It hasn't been out of order for weeks.
00:33:02What a terrible thing.
00:33:06Yes.
00:33:08Perhaps it was some sort of misunderstanding or a practical joke.
00:33:12That's not very funny.
00:33:13You bastard!
00:33:14Oh, dear.
00:33:16This is not what you think.
00:33:17It's exactly what I think.
00:33:19You just can't keep away from her, can you?
00:33:21Oh, for God's sake, Kay.
00:33:22I'll leave you alone.
00:33:23Yes, I wish you would.
00:33:25Yes, that's right.
00:33:26Run away.
00:33:26You've got what you wanted.
00:33:28This has absolutely nothing to do with her.
00:33:29Blame me, if you like.
00:33:30Oh, I do like.
00:33:32Making me look like an idiot.
00:33:34What sort of man are you?
00:33:36A pretty poor one.
00:33:37You come after me.
00:33:39You divorce your wife.
00:33:40It's no good, Kay.
00:33:40We don't belong.
00:33:41I won't let you go back to her.
00:33:46I'll kill you first.
00:33:48And her, too.
00:33:53I expect you'll be glad when things get back to normal.
00:34:02And do you still play the piano?
00:34:10I'm afraid I've let it slip.
00:34:12I used to play rather well.
00:34:13It's what you do like, music.
00:34:15I've wondered how you could manage an octave.
00:34:17Your hands are so small.
00:34:19I've got a long little finger.
00:34:20That means you're selfish.
00:34:24Is that true?
00:34:26Yes, it is.
00:34:28If you're unselfish, you have a short one.
00:34:31Your left hand's what you're born with, and your right hand's what you make of your life.
00:34:34Now, Neville here is a very interesting case, aren't you, darling?
00:34:38Look how small his left hand little finger is.
00:34:42Whereas his right ones, aren't you quite long, which shows just how selfish he's become.
00:34:52An old wife's tale.
00:34:54And you know all about them, don't you?
00:34:58How long is it now you've been with Lady Tresillian?
00:35:02Oh, well, I came when my father died, so going on 15 years now.
00:35:08Tell us about your arm, Mr. Royd.
00:35:12It happened when I was a child.
00:35:15I was jammed in a door during an earthquake.
00:35:18It left me rather lopsided.
00:35:22Stop it, Mr. Royd, please.
00:35:32I think I might pop over to Easterhead, catch Lassimer for a game of billions.
00:35:37Will you take the car?
00:35:39No, very.
00:35:41It's pouring.
00:35:42I know.
00:35:45I'm going to bed.
00:35:46What a killing head.
00:35:48Good night.
00:35:49Good night.
00:35:51Night.
00:35:56Better be on.
00:35:57If you please, sir, Lady Tresillian would like a word.
00:36:10There are certain things, Neville, that I will not permit in my house.
00:36:13Now, I have no wish to listen to anybody's private conversations.
00:36:17But if you and your wife insist on brawling in full view...
00:36:20I'm sorry about that.
00:36:20You wish Kay to divorce you so that you and Audrey can remarry.
00:36:24Is that right?
00:36:26That's the gist of what you've heard.
00:36:27I will not allow it.
00:36:30I would have thought that's my business.
00:36:32You've used my house to make contact with Audrey.
00:36:35Or else she's used it.
00:36:36She's done nothing of the sort.
00:36:37Kay is your wife.
00:36:38She has rights of which you cannot deprive her.
00:36:41You've made your bed, now lie on it.
00:36:43It's got nothing to do with you.
00:36:45It has everything to do with me.
00:36:47And Audrey, what's more, leaves this house tomorrow.
00:36:50You can't do that.
00:36:51Don't raise your voice to me.
00:36:52I will not have it.
00:36:54I will not have it.
00:37:24This is what hit her, is it?
00:37:25Presumably.
00:37:27She must have been hit with the back of it.
00:37:30Well, that's a bit awkward.
00:37:33Darned awkward.
00:37:34The whole thing's awkward.
00:37:36She was struck, you see, on the right temple.
00:37:39Whoever did it must have stood here, on the right-hand side of the bed,
00:37:42looking towards the head of the bed.
00:37:44There's no room on the left.
00:37:45Left-handed?
00:37:46That's the easiest explanation.
00:37:48The Nibelik's right-handed, sir.
00:37:51Perhaps it didn't belong to the man who used it, sir.
00:37:54Supposing it was a man?
00:37:55It's heavy enough for anyone to have landed a terrible swipe.
00:37:58But you couldn't swear this was the weapon, could you, Doctor?
00:38:01I'd need to analyse the blood in the head.
00:38:04Do you think she was awake when she was hit?
00:38:07She looks very astonished.
00:38:08Unless she slept like that.
00:38:10Oh, a lovely set of prints, sir.
00:38:12Very obliging chap.
00:38:14He leaves you the murder weapon.
00:38:16Good set of prints.
00:38:17It's a wonder he didn't leave you his card.
00:38:18I'll bet a seat of Barrett.
00:38:20Who?
00:38:22Lady Tresillian's maid.
00:38:23She was found in a coma early this morning by the young housemaid Alice.
00:38:27She's the one who found the body.
00:38:29She'd been doped with barbiturates.
00:38:31Had she now?
00:38:32She could have rung for help till she was blue in the face.
00:38:34Her maid was out for the count.
00:38:35Someone had spiked her xenopods.
00:38:37I've not heard that one before.
00:38:40So someone who knew all the household routine.
00:38:42That's where you come in, old chap.
00:38:43This is Thomas Roy, an old friend of the family.
00:38:48Audrey Strange.
00:38:49And this is Neville Strange and Kay Strange, Neville's wife.
00:38:54Morning.
00:38:56And this lady?
00:38:57Oh, I'm sorry.
00:38:58This is Miss Marple.
00:39:00Jane Marple.
00:39:02Yes.
00:39:02Good morning, Superintendent.
00:39:04I don't believe we've met.
00:39:05No, madam.
00:39:07But a colleague of mine, Colonel Melchid, has spoken of you on more than one occasion.
00:39:12Well, I hope.
00:39:14Well, he's certainly spoken of you.
00:39:16Dear Colonel Melchid.
00:39:20Does anybody recognise this?
00:39:25Is that what's horrible?
00:39:30Looks like one of mine.
00:39:32Can I see?
00:39:34Oh.
00:39:35Golf as well as tennis, sir.
00:39:43Oh, yes.
00:39:46I saw you at Wimbledon.
00:39:49My daughter's a great fan of tennis.
00:39:52Particularly keen on that Merrick, chap.
00:39:54Certainly knows how to hit a ball, doesn't he?
00:39:58So, ladies and gentlemen, if you've no objection, we'd like to take your fingerprints.
00:40:01It's purely a matter of routine, you understand.
00:40:03If you'd care to make your way into the study, you'll find Detective Sergeant Jones waiting in there with his kit.
00:40:09I wonder if you've got any idea, sir, who Lady Drusillian's solicitors are?
00:40:22Yes.
00:40:23Asquith and Trelawney have salted you.
00:40:25Thank you, sir.
00:40:25I need to look into the estate.
00:40:27You mean who inherits the money?
00:40:29That's right, sir.
00:40:30The will and all that?
00:40:31Well, I don't know about her will.
00:40:32I don't think she had much of her own, but as to the bulk of her property...
00:40:36Yes, Mr. Strange?
00:40:37It comes to me and my wife, under the will of her late husband, Sir Matthew.
00:40:41He was my official guardian, you see.
00:40:43He and Lady Drusillian looked after me when my parents died.
00:40:46He left the estate in trust for his wife only during her lifetime.
00:40:50Any idea of the amount?
00:40:51Not offhand, no.
00:40:54Somewhere in the region of £100,000?
00:40:56Each, between.
00:41:01Tidy sum, nonetheless.
00:41:03It is?
00:41:04Yes.
00:41:04Although, I've plenty of my own.
00:41:14At what hour did Mr. Strange leave the house?
00:41:18Twenty past ten, sir.
00:41:20Or thereabouts.
00:41:22I left the front door on the latch, sir, for when he came back from Easterhead Bay.
00:41:28Do you remember what time that was?
00:41:30About half past two, sir.
00:41:32I heard voices.
00:41:34Then a car drive away.
00:41:37And then I heard Mr. Neville come upstairs.
00:41:40You heard something?
00:41:41I couldn't help it, sir.
00:41:43See, I was going up to bed and I had to pass her ladyship's door.
00:41:47And I heard her and Mr. Neville going at it hammering tongs.
00:41:50Do you remember what was said?
00:41:51Well, I wasn't listening, like.
00:41:54Where'd you find this?
00:41:55Bundled at the bottom of Mr. Strange's wardrobe.
00:41:58And look at this.
00:42:00Looks like blood to me.
00:42:02And it's spattered all the way up the sleeve.
00:42:05Well done, Williams.
00:42:06And there's something else, sir.
00:42:08Red hair, see?
00:42:09Ear on the cuff.
00:42:11And there's brown hairs on the collar and right shoulder there.
00:42:17Well, well.
00:42:18A regular blue beard, our Mr. Strange.
00:42:21His arm around one wife and the other wife's head on his shoulder.
00:42:24And look at this, sir.
00:42:31Could mean he was trying to wash the blood off.
00:42:33Where's that lead to?
00:42:37It's the stranger's room.
00:42:40It's locked.
00:42:41On this side?
00:42:42The other.
00:42:44On her side, eh?
00:42:46This is where Barrett always kept the sanipods, sir.
00:42:49God, nasty little things.
00:42:51She used to put them in the silk at midday and they stood there till she went to bed.
00:42:54So anybody could get at them.
00:42:56No prints on the packet, I suppose, or the glass.
00:42:59Only Barrett's, apparently.
00:43:01Easy enough just to drop the stuff in, anyway.
00:43:04An inside job, don't you think so?
00:43:06Excuse me, sir.
00:43:08But I've done all the prints and only one set matches those on the niblick.
00:43:11Neville Strangers, I presume.
00:43:12Planning your escape, Miss Barclay?
00:43:24Oh, Superintendent.
00:43:25You shouldn't really be up here, you know.
00:43:26That's why I'm on my way down.
00:43:28Now, there was something I was going to tell you.
00:43:29The thing is, Miss Barclay...
00:43:30About the night before last.
00:43:31Ah, yes.
00:43:32Port Mr. Treves.
00:43:33We were dining at Gunn's Point.
00:43:35Is this something that could wait, do you think, Miss Barclay?
00:43:37No, I'm quite sure it couldn't, Superintendent.
00:43:39And after dinner, Mr. Treves told us the most tragic story that occurred some years ago.
00:43:44Two children playing with bows and arrows, and one of them ended up dead.
00:43:47Shot through the eye.
00:43:48Dear, dear.
00:43:49Yes, I know.
00:43:49Accidents will happen.
00:43:50That's just it, Superintendent.
00:43:52Mr. Treves was convinced that it was not an accident, even though the child was acquitted,
00:43:56but quite intentional.
00:43:57Planned down to the last detail.
00:43:59Miss Barclay, we really must...
00:44:00Because of a certain physical peculiarity.
00:44:03He'd recognise the murderer anywhere.
00:44:05Did he specify what happened?
00:44:07No, I'm afraid he didn't.
00:44:07This...
00:44:08This...
00:44:08This'll have to wait.
00:44:09There's more.
00:44:10When Mr. Treves returned to the hotel, he found the lift out of order.
00:44:15Look, I don't really see...
00:44:17But apparently it wasn't.
00:44:18It seems someone put the placard there by accident.
00:44:21Accidents will happen.
00:44:22Yeah, and poor Mr. Treves, who had a very weak heart, had to climb the stairs and died.
00:44:25And I can't help feeling, Superintendent, that the placard was put there not by accident,
00:44:29but by design.
00:44:32Murder on the off chance, you could say.
00:44:34Because he'd recognised at dinner.
00:44:38The person who shot the animal.
00:44:43But please don't let me keep you.
00:44:46Good morning.
00:44:47A bit late, wasn't it, sir?
00:44:52To be going off to Easterhead?
00:44:53Well, it's quite lively over there, Superintendent, as I'm sure you know.
00:44:56And this is something of an early-to-bed household, isn't it?
00:44:59I took a key.
00:45:01But not your wife?
00:45:03She had a headache.
00:45:05Please go on.
00:45:06I was about to go up to change.
00:45:09Into what?
00:45:10I'd been wearing a blue suit.
00:45:14My best, as it happens.
00:45:15And as I proposed taking the ferry, I thought I'd change into an older one.
00:45:19Dove grey.
00:45:21Anthracite lining.
00:45:23Double-breasted.
00:45:23We'd just like to get everything clear, sir.
00:45:26Do continue.
00:45:27I was about to go up and change when...
00:45:29Hurstall told me that Lady Tresillian wanted to see me, so...
00:45:33naturally, I obeyed the summons.
00:45:35You were the last person to see her alive, I think, sir?
00:45:38Yes.
00:45:40I suppose I was.
00:45:41How long were you with her?
00:45:42Twenty minutes or so.
00:45:44Then I changed, hurried off, just about caught the ferry.
00:45:48Then at the hotel, eventually tracked down Latimer.
00:45:51We had a game of billiards, and before we knew it, it was two o'clock.
00:45:55Last ferry had gone by then, of course.
00:45:57So Latimer very decently gave me a lift back.
00:46:00It's quite a way all around the estuary.
00:46:02You dropped me off about half-past.
00:46:05That chat with Lady Tresillian, all right, was it?
00:46:09Why shouldn't it be?
00:46:10Well, the thing is, sir, some of your conversation was overheard.
00:46:17We had a slight disagreement.
00:46:19It was nothing.
00:46:20What about, sir?
00:46:21Well, as a matter of fact, she ticked me off.
00:46:26Nothing unusual there.
00:46:27Old Bird was an expert.
00:46:29Divorce and all that.
00:46:30She wouldn't have it, so we both got a bit heated.
00:46:33But we parted on perfectly friendly terms.
00:46:35And that Niblick, Mr. Strange, any reason why it would have your prince on it?
00:46:40Well, it's my club.
00:46:43Of course they'd be on it.
00:46:45But I certainly didn't bash her over the head with her.
00:46:47No, what I mean is, sir, is there any reason why the prince would show that you were the last person to have handled it?
00:46:53That can't be true.
00:46:56Somebody else must have handled it afterwards.
00:46:58Someone wearing gloves.
00:47:00Not without smudging your prince, sir.
00:47:02It isn't true.
00:47:03It simply isn't true.
00:47:04And perhaps you can explain why the sleeves of your blue suit are stained with blood.
00:47:09That's ridiculous.
00:47:11I wasn't even wearing that suit.
00:47:13Did you cut yourself, Mr. Strange?
00:47:15No, I did not.
00:47:18Surely you can't think I did such a thing.
00:47:20You must realise, Mr. Strange, that we already have sufficient evidence to request a warrant for your arrest.
00:47:27What?
00:47:28But we've decided to give you the benefit of the doubt.
00:47:32For now.
00:47:34I had a headache.
00:47:50So I went to bed early.
00:47:52The next thing I knew, that wretched girl Alice was screaming the house down.
00:47:56Your husband, Mrs. Strange, did he happen to pop in to see how you were before he went off for the evening?
00:48:02No.
00:48:02So you didn't see him from the time you went to bed until he got up this morning, is that right?
00:48:07Yes.
00:48:08I noticed the door between your rooms was locked.
00:48:11Who locked it?
00:48:17Mrs. Strange.
00:48:19What?
00:48:20The bedroom door.
00:48:21Who locked it?
00:48:23I did.
00:48:23We'd had a row earlier on, if you must know.
00:48:29I was furious with him.
00:48:32Absolutely furious.
00:48:34Oh, dear.
00:48:36What was all that about, then?
00:48:38That bloody woman.
00:48:40It's all her fault.
00:48:42She's making him behave like a perfect idiot.
00:48:44And which woman would that be?
00:48:46His first wife, for goodness sake, Audrey.
00:48:50She got him down here in the first place.
00:48:53Neville says it was his idea, but it wasn't.
00:48:56It was she who put the idea into his head and made him believe he'd thought of it himself.
00:49:00Why would she do a thing like that?
00:49:01Because she wants to get her hands on him again.
00:49:06She's never forgiven him for running off with me.
00:49:09And this is her revenge.
00:49:12She's got him wrapped around her little finger.
00:49:14Why didn't you object to coming here, Mrs. Strange?
00:49:17Because it would have looked as though I were jealous.
00:49:21Aren't you?
00:49:21Well, of course I am.
00:49:23I've been jealous of Audrey from the start.
00:49:26Neville's always felt guilty.
00:49:28I'll never quite forget her.
00:49:31Anything you'd care to add, Inspector?
00:49:38Um.
00:49:41No, sir.
00:49:43Well, thank you, Mrs. Strange.
00:49:45We have to ask a good many questions,
00:49:46especially with your husband inheriting so much from Lady Drusillian.
00:49:50£50,000.
00:49:52As much as that.
00:49:55Very generous.
00:49:57We get it from old Sir Matthew's will, don't we?
00:50:00You knew all about it, then?
00:50:01Oh, yes.
00:50:02He left it to be divided between Neville and Neville's wife after Lady Drusillian's death.
00:50:07I must say, I didn't like her.
00:50:11Probably because she didn't like me, but it's too horrible to think of someone coming along and cracking her over the head.
00:50:17Do you know that Lady Drusillian?
00:50:19Do you know that Lady Drusillian has left her maid, Barrett, a legacy?
00:50:22Yes, I did.
00:50:23And that she left you one, too?
00:50:25Yes.
00:50:26Do you know how much?
00:50:27Enough to live on.
00:50:30Lady Drusillian was aware of how very little I have of my own.
00:50:33I always come here in September, and my husband, my ex-husband, wanted to come, too, and asked if I'd mind.
00:50:42It was his suggestion?
00:50:44Yes.
00:50:45Not yours?
00:50:46It was his suggestion.
00:50:48And you agreed?
00:50:49One doesn't like to be disobliging.
00:50:52Are you with the injured party?
00:50:54Yes.
00:50:54And you don't feel any branker against him?
00:50:57Not at all.
00:51:00You have a very forgiving nature, Mrs. Strange.
00:51:04Are you on friendly terms with the present, Mrs. Strange?
00:51:06I don't think she likes me very much.
00:51:08Do you like her?
00:51:10I think she's very beautiful.
00:51:13Well, thank you, Mrs. Strange.
00:51:15It's the most helpful one.
00:51:19You're wrong about Neville, you know.
00:51:26We were married for eight years.
00:51:29He would never kill anyone for money.
00:51:31I do wish you'd believe it.
00:51:35There was any peculiarities yet, sir?
00:51:38They're all bloody peculiar, if you ask me.
00:51:41Audrey's a distant cousin.
00:51:43She lost her parents when she was nine, and my family took her in.
00:51:47She and the second Mrs. Strange haven't been getting on too well, have they, sir?
00:51:52I can't say that I've noticed.
00:51:54You know he found Mr. Strange's fingerprints on the weapon?
00:51:57Yes, he told us.
00:51:58And some blood on the sleeves of his jacket, the same group as Lady Trisillian transpires.
00:52:03Do you think he did it, Mr. Rowan?
00:52:05I think it's most unlikely.
00:52:07Can you think of anyone who seems more likely?
00:52:09No, I can't.
00:52:10Don't loiter!
00:52:11Ma, shh!
00:52:12We're now beginning to think the murderer was left-handed.
00:52:15Well then, that narrows down your options, doesn't it, Superintendent?
00:52:19I'd taken my senna and was getting into bed, when my lady's bell rang.
00:52:26Did you notice what time it was?
00:52:28Twenty-five past ten.
00:52:31Then as I went down, I spotted Mr. Neville on the stairs.
00:52:35He was just going out.
00:52:38Did you see what he was wearing?
00:52:40His grey double-breasted.
00:52:43He did look worried.
00:52:45Then I went in for a ladyship and she was so drowsy, poor dear, she couldn't remember why she'd rung.
00:52:55And that was the last I saw her.
00:53:01Is there anyone who doesn't like you very much, Mr. Strange?
00:53:05I don't think so.
00:53:06Someone you might have injured in any way.
00:53:08Well, there is, uh, one person.
00:53:11My first wife, Audrey.
00:53:13Oh.
00:53:14But I can assure you she doesn't hate me.
00:53:16She's behaved like an angel.
00:53:17You're a very lucky man, Mr. Strange.
00:53:20I can't say I'd like the case against you, but it would have stood up in court.
00:53:24Probably hanged you.
00:53:27Sorry, I don't understand.
00:53:28After you left her last night, Lady Tresillian rang for her maid.
00:53:34Then Barrett must have seen her...
00:53:36Alive and well.
00:53:36What's more, before she went in to her mistress, she saw you leaving the house.
00:53:45But the niblick, my, my fingerprint...
00:53:46No, she must have been killed with something else.
00:53:49The club put there to throw suspicion on you, except because you're right-handed.
00:53:53Are you sure there's no one who'd like to see you hang?
00:53:57We took Mr. Strange across at 10.30 last night.
00:54:01And did you see him after that?
00:54:03Did you see him after that?
00:54:05No, sir, we didn't bring him back.
00:54:07Have you come across a bloke called Latimer?
00:54:10Edward Latimer, staying over at Easterhead?
00:54:12Oh, yes.
00:54:13Yes, handsome young chap.
00:54:15Looks a bit foreign.
00:54:17Could be him.
00:54:18Didn't see him last night, sir.
00:54:20Though I did see him this morning.
00:54:21He popped over first thing.
00:54:23Came back a few hours ago.
00:54:24Wait, sir.
00:54:27Wait, sir.
00:54:28Neville came over last night.
00:54:32He was very down in the mouth over something.
00:54:35Told me he'd had a row with Lady Tresillian.
00:54:38And I know things have been a bit ropey with him and Kay.
00:54:40He seemed quite glad to see me for once.
00:54:43Couldn't find you at first, I understand.
00:54:45Can't think why.
00:54:46I was here.
00:54:48All the time, sir.
00:54:49Well, I may have strolled out for a bit.
00:54:53Do you know, there was a real stink here last night.
00:54:55Strange noticed it, too.
00:54:57I'd like a spot.
00:54:58Trains, I suppose.
00:55:00Or a dead rat.
00:55:01Under the floorboards.
00:55:02So when Mr Strange had found you...
00:55:05We played billiards.
00:55:06We had a drink or two and then I drove him back.
00:55:08He'd missed the ferry by then.
00:55:09And I dropped him off around 2.30.
00:55:12Oh, just one more thing.
00:55:14You popped over to Gulls Point this morning, didn't you?
00:55:17Yes.
00:55:18Any particular reason?
00:55:20To pay my respects.
00:55:22Not that they've ever paid me any.
00:55:25But you like to do the right thing, don't you?
00:55:28Well, he's too pleased with himself for my taster.
00:55:31He's just the type that smashes on Granny's head if he thought he could get away with it.
00:55:34Why would he do it, though?
00:55:35He doesn't stand a game.
00:55:36He's a bit fudgy about what he's up to before Strange tracked him now.
00:55:40Oh, I don't believe it.
00:55:41Oh, Superintendent, Inspector, I'm so glad I've caught you.
00:55:46You seem to pop up everywhere, don't you, Miss Marple?
00:55:48Yes, I do, don't I?
00:55:50Well, I'd love to stay and chat.
00:55:51You really must get on.
00:55:52Oh, I quite understand, Superintendent.
00:55:54It's all very convenient, isn't it?
00:55:56What is, Miss Marple?
00:55:58The nip-bick and poor Barrett in a coma.
00:56:00A little too convenient, perhaps.
00:56:01Maybe the culprit look rather foolish, don't you think?
00:56:04And if the culprit were, for the sake of argument, Mr Strange,
00:56:07he may be many things, but a fool, he certainly isn't.
00:56:10Come on!
00:56:12Miss Marple, we really don't have the time.
00:56:14Oh, something else.
00:56:17Sir, we've got to go.
00:56:19Nobs.
00:56:21I beg your pardon?
00:56:22The fender knob is in the bedroom next door to the first floor bathroom.
00:56:24I popped in there this morning by mistake,
00:56:26and one of them seemed to be different from the other.
00:56:30Of course, it might have been my imagination.
00:56:31Please don't let me detain you.
00:56:37Don't want to miss the boat now, do you?
00:56:40That's it.
00:56:53That's what she meant.
00:56:54The left one is brighter than the right.
00:56:57Check them out, Jones.
00:57:03I'm worried, Thomas.
00:57:06Really very worried.
00:57:09Mr Treves...
00:57:10Why are you worrying about him?
00:57:12Well, I've been wondering.
00:57:14That story he told about the child who shot the arrow,
00:57:17or why exactly he told it?
00:57:22There's prints on the right-hand one, sir, but none on the left.
00:57:27And this is the one we want.
00:57:30Those prints will be the maids,
00:57:31which means this one has been cleaned twice.
00:57:35Look, sir.
00:57:40Bluff.
00:57:42I've been trying to remember.
00:57:44He told it so very deliberately,
00:57:46and he said he recognised the person,
00:57:48as though he already had.
00:57:50I mean, why should he do that?
00:57:53You don't think he knew Camilla was going to be murdered, do you?
00:57:56I don't think that's very likely.
00:58:05A word, if I may, sir.
00:58:25It won't take a minute.
00:58:25A word, if I may, sir.
00:58:27It won't take a minute.
00:58:27You inherit, as I understand it,
00:58:48half of the late Sir Matthew's estate.
00:58:49Am I right, sir?
00:58:51Yes, that's right.
00:58:52Who inherits the other half?
00:58:54I told you, my wife.
00:58:55Yes, but which one, Mrs. Strange?
00:58:59Audrey, of course.
00:59:00She was my wife when the will was made.
00:59:02The bequest is quite simply worded.
00:59:04Our divorce makes no difference whatsoever.
00:59:06I take it Mrs. Audrey Strange is fully aware of this?
00:59:09Yes.
00:59:10And the present Mrs. Strange?
00:59:12Kay?
00:59:13I expect she is.
00:59:15We've never really talked much about it.
00:59:16I think you'll find, sir,
00:59:18that she's under the misapprehension
00:59:19that the money comes to you and the present Mrs. Strange.
00:59:25What the hell are you looking at?
00:59:38I'm sorry.
00:59:39You're always lurking around, aren't you?
00:59:41I didn't know you were in here.
00:59:42Like a bad smell.
00:59:44Oh, she's got it down to a teen,
00:59:45pathetic little look.
00:59:47And Neville's falling for it.
00:59:48Hook, line and sinker.
00:59:49No, Kay, that's not it.
00:59:51Well, you won't get him.
00:59:52And you won't get his money either.
00:59:54I've got it all wrong.
00:59:55I've got it all wrong.
00:59:56You bang on from the start.
00:59:57You're a scheming little bitch.
00:59:59And the sooner you get out of our lives, the better.
01:00:06Audrey, no!
01:00:09No, you don't.
01:00:13What are you doing?
01:00:14I was just...
01:00:16I was...
01:00:18Oh, my poor darling.
01:00:23There's nothing I want anymore.
01:00:29You're so unhappy, aren't you?
01:00:32You're shivering.
01:00:36Audrey, I understand.
01:00:39I do understand.
01:00:40You're not.
01:00:53You'll always be mine.
01:00:56Until the day you die.
01:00:57Oh, Donald, come here!
01:01:21Oh, dear, oh, dear.
01:01:23Oh, Donald, you are naughty.
01:01:25Down!
01:01:26Oh, dear.
01:01:27He's very excited, isn't he?
01:01:29I'm so sorry, Miss Marple.
01:01:31He just seems to be getting worse and worse.
01:01:33Oh, simply honking, isn't he?
01:01:35Yeah, yes, he does seem to be a bit...
01:01:37Oh, you can smell him for miles.
01:01:40I caught him bouncing on a dead fish down on the beach.
01:01:43Oh, I'm sure you'd love that, wouldn't you, Donald?
01:01:46Oh, he did.
01:01:47He found it flat out amongst the rocks.
01:01:49I tried watching him in the sea, but it didn't make a bit of difference.
01:01:52He needs a good soaping, don't you, Donald?
01:01:55Do you know, I smelt exactly the same thing in the billiards room the other night.
01:02:01Donald had run off again, naughty boy.
01:02:04I looked simply everywhere for him.
01:02:06When I popped into the billiards room, it hit me.
01:02:09Poof!
01:02:10I still couldn't find him.
01:02:12Which night was that, Miss Brinton?
01:02:13Oh, I can't remember exactly.
01:02:15But that nice Mr Latimer was there, with the tennis player.
01:02:20Swoon.
01:02:21The same smell, you see?
01:02:23Oh, Donald, really!
01:02:26Oh, Donald, behave!
01:02:28Oh, I'm so sorry!
01:02:30Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
01:02:48Thank you for gathering again at short notice.
01:02:50I realise it's an inconvenience to have a house full of policemen
01:02:52when you're trying to digest your breakfast,
01:02:54but there are one or two things.
01:02:58Who does this belong to?
01:03:01Is it yours, Mrs Strange?
01:03:03No, no, it isn't mine.
01:03:05Miss Alden?
01:03:06No, it's not my colour.
01:03:08And it's certainly not mine.
01:03:10You sure it isn't yours, Mrs Strange?
01:03:11Perhaps you'd like to try it on.
01:03:12And she's already told you, Mallard, it isn't hers.
01:03:26Hmm.
01:03:27Snug fit.
01:03:29Maybe it is mine.
01:03:30I'm always losing them.
01:03:32It probably is yours, Mrs Strange.
01:03:33I found it outside your window,
01:03:34pushed down into the ivy along with its pair.
01:03:37Look here, Superintendent!
01:03:40Oh, word.
01:03:41Oh, word.
01:04:11We've been finding some very curious things, Mr Strange.
01:04:29This, for instance.
01:04:32This consists, as you see,
01:04:33of a steel fender knob screwed and taped
01:04:35into the handle of a tennis racket.
01:04:37Little doubt I would surmise
01:04:38that this is what was used to kill Lady Tresillian.
01:04:41Where on earth did you find that?
01:04:44Looks like Wardry's old racket.
01:04:46The knob had been cleaned and put back on the fender.
01:04:48But the murderer had neglected to clean the screw.
01:04:51We found a trace of blood on that, Mrs Strange.
01:04:53In the same way,
01:04:54the handle and the head of the tennis racket
01:04:55had been taped together again
01:04:56and thrown into a cupboard,
01:04:58where they would doubtless have remained,
01:04:59if Detective Sergeant Jones hadn't been looking for something of the kind.
01:05:03Any fingerprints?
01:05:04Just one.
01:05:06On the tape binding the racket.
01:05:09Of course you're not going to tell me whose print it is.
01:05:11The jacket you wore at dinner on the night of the murder
01:05:14had brown hairs on the collar.
01:05:17They're mine, I suppose.
01:05:19They were a lady's hair, sir.
01:05:21And red hairs on the sleeve.
01:05:24Well, I expect they'd be K's.
01:05:26And the others...
01:05:28Well, they might be Audrey's.
01:05:30I caught my cufflink in her hair the other night.
01:05:33In which case the brown hairs would be on the cuff.
01:05:35What exactly are you implying?
01:05:40There's a trace of powder on the inside of the jacket collar.
01:05:44The same as used by Audrey Strange.
01:05:47The word suggests to me
01:05:48that on some occasion she must have worn it.
01:05:52And then there are the gloves.
01:05:54This is the left-hand one.
01:05:56Stained with blood.
01:05:57She is left-handed, isn't she?
01:06:00To strike Lady Tresillian with the right hand
01:06:03would have been very awkward,
01:06:04the bed being where it was.
01:06:06But for a left-handed person...
01:06:08No trouble at all.
01:06:12Are you quite sure
01:06:13this little get-together was your idea, sir?
01:06:16I'm suggesting that Audrey killed Lady Tresillian
01:06:19just to get her hands on the money.
01:06:20I'm not suggesting anything of the sort.
01:06:23From first to last,
01:06:24this crime has been directed at you, Mr Strange.
01:06:27Ever since you left her,
01:06:28she's been brooding on how to get a revenge.
01:06:31In the end, she decided to have you hanged for murder.
01:06:33She chose an evening when you'd quarrelled with Lady Tresillian.
01:06:38Wore your jacket so it would be stained with blood.
01:06:40Left your niblick in the room
01:06:41knowing we'd find your prince on it.
01:06:43But the one thing she couldn't account for
01:06:45was her ladyship bringing for Barrett,
01:06:47which meant that Barrett saw you leaving the house.
01:06:49That can't be true.
01:06:50I swear to God, it cannot be true.
01:06:52Audrey's never borne a grudge against me.
01:06:55You have the whole thing wrong.
01:06:58He's right, Superintendent.
01:07:01You see, I don't believe
01:07:02that Mr Strange did leave Audrey at all.
01:07:05I rather think that she left him
01:07:07for Adrian Royd.
01:07:09Isn't that so, Mr Strange?
01:07:13When Audrey was taken in by the Royd family,
01:07:16a great rivalry developed between the two boys,
01:07:19but then she married Mr Strange
01:07:21and that was an end to the matter.
01:07:23Adrian, however, bided his time
01:07:25and finally made his move.
01:07:27They planned to run away together.
01:07:29Then Adrian was killed in a car accident.
01:07:32That is the reason Audrey went to pieces.
01:07:34Mr Strange behaved with the utmost chivalry.
01:07:40He arranged that she should divorce him
01:07:42and that he would take the blame.
01:07:45I didn't know anyone knew.
01:07:48When he has things,
01:07:51sees things,
01:07:52gradually a picture forms.
01:07:55So, Audrey has no reason to hate
01:07:58Neville Strange on the contrary.
01:08:00She has every reason to be grateful.
01:08:02And when he arranged this visit,
01:08:04she didn't feel she could refuse.
01:08:07Audrey Strange, superintendent,
01:08:09has no motive.
01:08:12Motive's one thing,
01:08:13facts are another.
01:08:14Facts showed that I was guilty
01:08:16not so long ago.
01:08:18Am I being asked to believe
01:08:20that there's someone who hates
01:08:21both you and Audrey Strange?
01:08:24Someone who,
01:08:25should the plot against you fail,
01:08:26have laid a trail
01:08:27that led directly to her?
01:08:30Do you know her such a person,
01:08:31Mr Strange?
01:08:34Do you, Miss Marple?
01:08:36Superintendent,
01:08:38may I have a word, please?
01:08:44In private.
01:08:45You want me, don't you?
01:08:59Mrs Strange,
01:09:00I have a warrant for your arrest
01:09:01on the charge of murdering
01:09:03Camilla Tresillian
01:09:03on Monday last September 10th.
01:09:06I must caution you
01:09:07that anything you say
01:09:08will be taken down
01:09:08and may be used in evidence
01:09:10at your trial.
01:09:11It's all Mr Relief.
01:09:12No, no, Audrey say nothing.
01:09:13But why not, Neville?
01:09:15I'm glad it's over.
01:09:16I always knew it was you.
01:09:18I knew you were up to something.
01:09:20Didn't I tell you, Neville?
01:09:22Kate, please.
01:09:22Oh, shut up, Kate,
01:09:23for God's sake.
01:09:24Why don't you look after her?
01:09:25I'm all right.
01:09:26I should take you away
01:09:27from the lot of them.
01:09:29Let me come with you.
01:09:30No, Neville.
01:09:33You stay.
01:09:34Is there anything
01:09:34I can do, Audrey?
01:09:36Dear Thomas.
01:09:37I'd better call my semester.
01:09:43Of course, Mr Strange,
01:09:44but first there's
01:09:44a little something
01:09:45I have in mind.
01:09:55You're sick.
01:09:57Deep breaths, Mrs Strange.
01:09:58Very good for nausea.
01:10:00Well, ladies and gentlemen,
01:10:03what a very odd case
01:10:04this has been.
01:10:05One of the oddest
01:10:06I've ever known.
01:10:07And in keeping
01:10:08with the pervading oddness,
01:10:10I'd like to ask
01:10:11Miss Marple here
01:10:12to take the floor.
01:10:14Miss Marple.
01:10:16Thank you, Superintendent.
01:10:18What the hell is this?
01:10:19A WI meeting?
01:10:20The sooner you shut up,
01:10:21Mr Latimer,
01:10:22the sooner we can get back.
01:10:23I'll be as quick as I can,
01:10:24I assure you.
01:10:25Poor Mr Treves,
01:10:26a night he died,
01:10:27said something quite pertinent.
01:10:30The detective stories
01:10:31usually begin
01:10:32with the murder itself,
01:10:33but from his long career
01:10:34at the bar,
01:10:35he'd observed
01:10:36that murder
01:10:37usually comes at the end.
01:10:40Zero hour,
01:10:41he called it,
01:10:42and it's zero hour now.
01:10:45Lady Drusillian's death,
01:10:47you mean?
01:10:47No, Miss Alden,
01:10:48not Lady Drusillian's death.
01:10:49I am talking
01:10:50of the murder
01:10:52of Audrey Strange.
01:10:54You see,
01:10:55this is a crime
01:10:55that has long been planned
01:10:56down to the smallest detail,
01:10:58with one object
01:10:59and one object only,
01:11:00that Audrey Strange
01:11:01should be hanged
01:11:02by the neck
01:11:03until she was dead.
01:11:05And very cunning
01:11:06it was, too.
01:11:07First,
01:11:09there was the faked evidence
01:11:10against Neville Strange.
01:11:12Which we were meant
01:11:13to see through.
01:11:14Yes, indeed,
01:11:15and having been presented
01:11:16with one lot
01:11:17of faked evidence...
01:11:18It wasn't thought likely
01:11:19we consider a second edition.
01:11:21But when you come
01:11:22to look at it,
01:11:22all the evidence
01:11:23against Audrey Strange
01:11:24could have been faked.
01:11:26The weapon taken
01:11:27from her fireplace,
01:11:28the gloves hidden
01:11:28in the ivy,
01:11:29the prints found
01:11:30on the roll of tape
01:11:31taken from her room.
01:11:33And then there was
01:11:34the way she behaved
01:11:35when she was arrested.
01:11:36Practically admitted
01:11:37her guilt,
01:11:38didn't she?
01:11:39But if Audrey
01:11:39was a victim,
01:11:41why arrest her?
01:11:42I have to do my duty, sir.
01:11:44We have to act
01:11:44on the evidence,
01:11:45and at the time
01:11:46there was no evidence
01:11:47to the contrary,
01:11:48until Miss Marple
01:11:49came along.
01:11:51Quite by chance,
01:11:53I was chatting
01:11:54to a fellow guest
01:11:55at the hotel,
01:11:56a young lady
01:11:56by the name
01:11:57of Diana Brinton.
01:11:58The girl
01:11:59with that pesky little dog?
01:12:00Yes.
01:12:01Yes, Donald.
01:12:03Donald?
01:12:04A pleasant young girl,
01:12:05but possessed
01:12:06of rather a fanciful
01:12:08imagination.
01:12:09She reads a lot
01:12:10of historical novels,
01:12:11you see.
01:12:12And she happened
01:12:13to mention seeing
01:12:14late one night,
01:12:15the night of the murder,
01:12:16in fact.
01:12:16A figure
01:12:17on the other side
01:12:18of the bay.
01:12:19A figure?
01:12:20What exactly
01:12:21do you mean?
01:12:22Well, a figure.
01:12:23A figure getting out
01:12:24of the water
01:12:24and climbing a rope
01:12:25which hung from
01:12:26a window up there.
01:12:27Well, I, of course,
01:12:28thought nothing
01:12:29of it.
01:12:30Late at night,
01:12:31she may have been
01:12:31half asleep,
01:12:32and as I say,
01:12:32she has an active
01:12:34imagination,
01:12:35but in the light
01:12:35of later events,
01:12:36I began to think
01:12:37there might be
01:12:37some substance
01:12:39to what she'd said.
01:12:41So it was an outsider
01:12:42after all?
01:12:44Someone who came
01:12:44from the other side
01:12:45of the river,
01:12:46yes.
01:12:47Someone who wasn't
01:12:48seen between
01:12:4910.30 and a quarter
01:12:50past 11 that night,
01:12:51and who might have
01:12:52swum across and back.
01:12:55Hey, Mr. Latimer.
01:13:00But I can't swim.
01:13:03Everybody knows
01:13:04I can't swim, Kate.
01:13:06Tell them.
01:13:06Yeah, Mr. Latimer.
01:13:14Pushed him.
01:13:15She pushed him.
01:13:16Didn't anyone see?
01:13:18He can't swim, can he?
01:13:20I told you that.
01:13:21Teddy!
01:13:24Jones?
01:13:25He's coming under.
01:13:27Teddy!
01:13:28Teddy!
01:13:28See what you've done!
01:13:48Are you all right, Mr. Latimer?
01:13:50Of course he's not all right.
01:13:51You might have killed him.
01:13:52No chance of that,
01:13:53Mrs. Strange.
01:13:54Jones here is highly
01:13:55a profession to the
01:13:56life-saving department.
01:13:57And look on the bright side.
01:13:59At least it's eliminated him
01:14:00from our inquiries.
01:14:01And it can't have been
01:14:02Mr. Royt climbing that rope
01:14:03because of his arm.
01:14:05Which brings us to you,
01:14:06doesn't it,
01:14:07Mr. Strange?
01:14:08Are you seriously suggesting
01:14:15I swam across the river,
01:14:19climbed into the house,
01:14:20killed Lady Tresillian,
01:14:21and then swam back again?
01:14:23Yes, we are.
01:14:27Simply extraordinary.
01:14:29And what about the rope?
01:14:30You left it there yourself
01:14:32before you caught the ferry.
01:14:34So, in other words,
01:14:35I framed myself, did I?
01:14:37I rather think you did.
01:14:40Priceless.
01:14:42Absolutely priceless.
01:14:44And why the hell
01:14:45should I want to kill Camilla?
01:14:47You didn't.
01:14:48But you did want to hang
01:14:49the woman who'd left you
01:14:50for another man.
01:14:51And the fact that it entailed
01:14:52killing a woman who'd been
01:14:53something like a mother to you
01:14:55didn't seem to worry you
01:14:56in the least.
01:14:57You're a bit unhinged,
01:14:58aren't you?
01:15:03I'm not the one
01:15:04who's unhinged.
01:15:05Have been ever since
01:15:06you were a kid.
01:15:07I looked up that old
01:15:08bow and arrow case, see?
01:15:09It was the same then,
01:15:10wasn't it?
01:15:11Anyone who does you an injury
01:15:12has to be punished.
01:15:14Flicked you on the raw,
01:15:15didn't it,
01:15:15when Audrey left you?
01:15:17So you had to think up
01:15:17something special for her,
01:15:18and what better than
01:15:19to get her hanged?
01:15:21Pity you didn't have
01:15:21the brains to pull it off.
01:15:23All that niblick stuff.
01:15:25Powder on the collar,
01:15:26hair on the cuffs.
01:15:28We knew what you were up to
01:15:29all along.
01:15:30Laughing into our sleeves,
01:15:32weren't we, Miss Marple?
01:15:32I'm afraid it was
01:15:33all rather childish,
01:15:35but you see,
01:15:35like so many murderers,
01:15:36you thought you were
01:15:37being so clever,
01:15:38when in fact you were
01:15:39being really rather stupid.
01:15:40Stupid?
01:15:44Stupid?
01:15:44It was the perfect plan.
01:15:51Worked out to the last detail,
01:15:53and you never would have
01:15:54guessed it if you,
01:15:55Miss Marple,
01:15:56weren't such an
01:15:57insufferable busybody.
01:16:00Watch it, Strange.
01:16:01And if that old fool
01:16:02dreams hadn't set you
01:16:03all thinking.
01:16:04Because he recognised
01:16:05your long little finger,
01:16:06didn't he, Mr Strange?
01:16:07Which is why you rushed
01:16:08round to his hotel
01:16:09and put the sign on the lift,
01:16:11knowing full well
01:16:11the state of the poor man's heart.
01:16:13He deserved it.
01:16:16And so does Audrey.
01:16:20She deserves everything
01:16:21she's going to get.
01:16:24How dare she run off
01:16:26and leave me?
01:16:27Me!
01:16:29For that miserable
01:16:31little bastard,
01:16:32Adrian Roy.
01:16:35He shall hang.
01:16:38You've got to hang her.
01:16:40And I want to be there
01:16:43to hear her lousy neck crack.
01:16:48I was afraid of him
01:16:49as soon as we were married.
01:16:52A word or a look.
01:16:55But then I'd fancy
01:16:55I'd imagined it
01:16:56and that I was mad.
01:16:59And so it was for years
01:17:01until Adrian reappeared
01:17:03and told me he still loved me
01:17:04and suddenly my world
01:17:06fell into place.
01:17:09We were planning
01:17:09to run away together.
01:17:12And that's why
01:17:12he was down here
01:17:13just a year ago.
01:17:15But the day I went
01:17:16to meet him
01:17:16he never came.
01:17:18Killed in a crash.
01:17:20And I can't help thinking
01:17:21that Neville
01:17:22had something to do with it.
01:17:23I think you might be right.
01:17:25Neville was very solicitous.
01:17:26Said no one need know
01:17:27and that I could divorce him.
01:17:30I felt so grateful
01:17:32but I never felt
01:17:33I'd really escaped.
01:17:35When he suggested
01:17:36we should all come down here
01:17:37I couldn't refuse.
01:17:39The story Mr. Treves told
01:17:41the out of water sign
01:17:43on the lift
01:17:43even when Camilla was killed
01:17:44I didn't make the connection.
01:17:46When did you realise?
01:17:47When he was cleared.
01:17:49I saw him looking at me
01:17:50and I knew.
01:17:52And you Miss Marple?
01:17:54One thing then another.
01:17:55The smell in the hotel
01:17:56for instance
01:17:57which that girl recognised
01:17:58in the billiards room
01:17:59when Mr. Strange was here
01:18:00it suddenly came to me
01:18:02perhaps he himself
01:18:03was the source of it
01:18:04and I could only think
01:18:05of one way
01:18:06in which he would have
01:18:06come into contact
01:18:07with a dead fish.
01:18:17He must be quite
01:18:18a strong swimmer
01:18:18because he had
01:18:19very little time.
01:18:24My theory was confirmed
01:18:26when I saw a piece
01:18:27of wet rope
01:18:28in the box room.
01:18:29Then after he'd got
01:18:33back into the house
01:18:34he put on his other suit
01:18:35took the weapon
01:18:37which he had fixed
01:18:38beforehand
01:18:39and made his way
01:18:40to Camilla's room.
01:18:46Oh, we won't go into that.
01:18:49Then
01:18:49he slipped back
01:18:51out of his clothes
01:18:52down the rope
01:18:53swam back here
01:18:54to meet Mr. Latimer
01:18:55then after Mr. Latimer
01:18:56had driven him back
01:18:57he had all night
01:18:57to clear up his traces
01:18:59and set the scene.
01:19:01Then, of course
01:19:02there was the bell.
01:19:05The bell?
01:19:06Oh,
01:19:07by Camilla's bed.
01:19:09I nearly got it
01:19:10the morning
01:19:10after the murder
01:19:11when I saw
01:19:13a window pole
01:19:14and the bell wires
01:19:15on the ceiling.
01:19:16it was very, very clever
01:19:22of Mr. Strange
01:19:23he rang the bell
01:19:25for Barrett
01:19:25from outside
01:19:26in the passage
01:19:26after his row
01:19:27with Camilla
01:19:28so that when Barrett
01:19:30came down
01:19:30she'd see him leave
01:19:32and thus
01:19:33he'd have his alibi.
01:19:41Poor Camilla
01:19:42didn't know
01:19:43what she'd rung for
01:19:43because she hadn't
01:19:44rung at all.
01:19:46He struck her
01:19:47backhanded
01:19:49by the way.
01:19:50His backhand
01:19:51was always
01:19:51his strong point.
01:19:55Good morning
01:19:56Miss Marple.
01:19:57Good morning.
01:20:00Oh, Donald
01:20:01can't hear.
01:20:02Is that the girl
01:20:03who saw Neville
01:20:04climbing the rope?
01:20:05Yes, it is.
01:20:07If it weren't for her
01:20:08I must thank her.
01:20:09No, no, no, no
01:20:10my dear
01:20:11don't move
01:20:11I've nearly finished.
01:20:17It was raining
01:20:18wasn't it
01:20:19the night of the murder?
01:20:22Yes
01:20:23it was.
01:20:26If you'd just
01:20:27she must have
01:20:32awfully good eyesight.
01:20:34Yeah
01:20:35perhaps she eats
01:20:37her carrots.
01:20:38Miss Marple.
01:20:44Well
01:20:45as the superintendent
01:20:47says
01:20:47the police
01:20:48have to act
01:20:48on evidence
01:20:49so I thought
01:20:50I'd help them
01:20:50along a bit
01:20:51by suggesting
01:20:51there was a witness.
01:20:53Fortunately
01:20:54Mr. Strange's
01:20:56confession
01:20:56has rendered
01:20:57that redundant.
01:20:58So what you
01:20:59imagined
01:20:59actually happened?
01:21:02Do you have
01:21:03gift for this
01:21:03sort of thing
01:21:04Miss Marple?
01:21:06You know
01:21:07sometimes
01:21:07I think
01:21:07I do.
01:21:22Miss Marple
01:21:23would it
01:21:23spoil your sketch
01:21:24if I
01:21:24No, no
01:21:28Of course
01:21:29not my dear.
01:21:49In fact
01:21:50quite the contrary.
01:21:53to me.
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