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It's the 1920s: A rather ripping murder occurs in the bathroom of an elegant country house...  Gladys Mitchell's 1929 whodunit stars Mary Wimbush as the sleuth extraordinaire, Mrs Lestrange Bradley.  With Leslie Phillips and Michael Cochrane  Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud  Mrs Bradley ..... Mary Wimbush Carstairs ..... Leslie Phillips Bertie Phillipson ..... Michael Cochrane Garde Bing ..... Philip Sully Alistair Bing .... Garard Green Eleanor Bing ..... Rowan Suart Dorothy Clark ..... Teresa Gallagher Mabel Cobbn ..... Lois Burgess Sir Joseph .... David King Inspector Boring ..... Christopher Scott Ferdinand Lestrange/Doctor .... Simon Treves Parsons ..... Fraser Kerr  Director Sue Wilson  First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1990.   Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows #radio #crime #thriller #drama To Support this channel please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio

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00:00:00We present Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell, dramatised for radio by Elizabeth Proud,

00:00:21with Mary Wimbush as Mrs. Lestrange Bradley, Leslie Phillips as Carstairs, and Michael Cochran as Bertie Philipson.

00:00:32Speedy Death

00:00:33I know what I know, and I deduce what I deduce.

00:00:42I am a psychologist, not a policewoman.

00:00:45Accusation is not my business, nor is storytelling.

00:00:50Mr. Carstairs would be a better choice for that.

00:00:56He enjoyed the confidence of the police.

00:01:01Well, it's true that as an entomologist I've had some experience of detective work.

00:01:06It's also true that of all the people involved in this extraordinary affair,

00:01:11I alone was never under suspicion. Not even Mrs. Bradley suspected me.

00:01:15True, my friend.

00:01:21Continue.

00:01:22It was the August of 1929. Several of us were staying at Janings, Alistair Bing's country house.

00:01:29I'd known Bing a long time. He called himself an archaeologist, though in fact it was only a rich man's hobby.

00:01:37He was a widower, and his unmarried daughter, Eleanor, ran the house.

00:01:42His son, Gard, was a medical student.

00:01:46The story starts on Tuesday the 13th, with the young Gard Bing waiting at the railway station for his fiancée.

00:01:53One of the guests, Bertie Philipson, was with him.

00:01:59There she is, Gard!

00:02:01Dorothy!

00:02:02Over here!

00:02:03In about time, too.

00:02:06Dorothy!

00:02:07Hello, Gard, darling.

00:02:09Hello, Bertie. I didn't expect to see you.

00:02:11Come along, Dorothy, for goodness sake.

00:02:13It's nearly half past six.

00:02:15The house is full of awful people, and dinner's at 7.30, of all ungodly hours.

00:02:20It's dashed early. But you know what old Bing's like?

00:02:27It's very nice to see you again, Bertie. What have you been doing with yourself?

00:02:31Oh, I've been out and about, you know.

00:02:35As I got to know Philipson, I came to realise that he wasn't at all the silly ass he seemed to be.

00:02:42He was older than he seemed to.

00:02:44He'd fought in Flanders in the Great War.

00:02:46Had quite a beastly time, I suspect, though he never spoke of it.

00:02:50He'd known Dorothy well for some time, and I think was in love with her.

00:02:58Still the little lounge lizard, Bertie.

00:03:00Why don't you get yourself something to do?

00:03:02Oh, I don't know. I mean, not much point, is there?

00:03:06Of course, if you... well, if things have been different...

00:03:09Oh, Bertie, I'm sorry.

00:03:11I do like you ever so much, but with Gard, it's different.

00:03:15There's something about him.

00:03:16Yes, there is. His size and his beastly temper.

00:03:20You'll have to be a good kid when you're married.

00:03:22I know. You can't think how exciting it is to be scared stiff of your future husband.

00:03:27What are you saying about me, woman?

00:03:29Darling, nothing.

00:03:30Do be careful.

00:03:32I'm sure the driver ought not to take notice of what the people behind us are saying.

00:03:36Now, Bertie, tell me about all the guests at Chainings.

00:03:39Is there anyone I know?

00:03:40Let me see. Do you know a fellow called Mudjoy?

00:03:44The Explorer? I've heard of him.

00:03:47A large, hairy, loud-voiced, primissive sort of creature with a big black beard.

00:03:53Oh, rot. He's a little, slim, clean-shaven, shy sort of fellow.

00:03:58In fact, the only person who seems to be able to get two words out of him is, uh...

00:04:01Well, who do you think?

00:04:03Not Eleanor.

00:04:04Eleanor it is. In fact, she's engaged to the fellow. Unofficially, of course.

00:04:08Pull yourself together, Bertie.

00:04:10I've never seen anything so wildly improbable as Eleanor's behavior with men.

00:04:16You'd never think she was God's sister.

00:04:17Then there's Mrs. Bradley. Know her?

00:04:20Little, old, shriveled, clever, sarcastic sort of day.

00:04:25I believe she's a witch. Good old sport, though.

00:04:28Friend of yours, isn't she, God?

00:04:30Huh?

00:04:30Didn't she get you out of a rather nasty scrape on boat race night with a...

00:04:34That's enough, Bertie.

00:04:35Whoops! Sorry, old man. Enough said.

00:04:39Nobody quite knew who she was or why she had been invited.

00:04:43When I asked her later, she only laughed.

00:04:46Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

00:04:50Then there's a chap named Castez.

00:04:53Very decent, scientific sort of bloke.

00:04:55Beetles or something.

00:04:57And that's a lot.

00:04:58Apart from your future power-in-law.

00:05:00Mm, still as bad-tempered as ever, I suppose.

00:05:02Oh, well, Bing's not so bad if you don't see too much of him.

00:05:06He can't stand Mrs. Bradley, by the way.

00:05:08But he gets on famously with Carstairs and the Mountjoy chappy.

00:05:15Mountjoy? Mountjoy, the fella's an arse.

00:05:19He's certainly very late for dinner.

00:05:21Do you know, Carstairs, this very afternoon,

00:05:24that nincompoop, that Everard Mountjoy,

00:05:28stated as he's considered an expert opinion

00:05:30that the mound on Beldendown isn't an ancient British earthwork,

00:05:34but the remains of a bunker on the old golf course?

00:05:38Ridiculous fella.

00:05:40You are a clown.

00:05:44Begging your pardon, sir?

00:05:45Well, what is it, Mabel? I mean Cobb.

00:05:48If you please, sir.

00:05:50Parson says that Mr. Mountjoy went to take his bath upwards of an hour ago

00:05:53and has not reappeared.

00:05:56Reappeared? What do you mean reappeared?

00:05:58Fella isn't a disembodied spirit, is he?

00:06:01Tell Parsons to go and knock at the bathroom door.

00:06:04Ridiculous fella.

00:06:04What are you waiting for, Cobb?

00:06:06If you please, Miss Eleanor,

00:06:08Parsons has hammered and hammered at the bathroom door

00:06:10and there's no answer.

00:06:11We think the gentleman must have been taken ill.

00:06:13Nonsense, nonsense.

00:06:14Rubbish, rubbish.

00:06:15I remember that a friend of mine fainted in the bath some four years ago.

00:06:21She drowned myself.

00:06:23Oh, really?

00:06:23Mrs. Bradley, how terrible.

00:06:25I think I'll go and see if there's anything wrong.

00:06:27Yes, indeed.

00:06:28I'll come with you, guard.

00:06:30Oh, very well.

00:06:32But the whole thing's ridiculous.

00:06:37I say, Eleanor, do you think I should go too?

00:06:41No, Bertie, of course not.

00:06:42I expect it's all a false alarm.

00:06:45If you're not going to eat any more, Dorothy,

00:06:46the girl can remove the plates.

00:06:48Cobb!

00:06:52Guard's legs were longer than mine.

00:06:54By the time I'd reached the upstairs landing,

00:06:57he was already subjecting the bathroom door

00:06:59to a vigorous hammering.

00:07:02I must have fainted.

00:07:04Vote we break in.

00:07:05Half a moment.

00:07:06We might as well try the handle first.

00:07:09Fine.

00:07:09Good heavens, he wasn't locked.

00:07:14Well, I'm damned.

00:07:15It's a woman.

00:07:17I say, she's dead.

00:07:20A doctor, a doctor, our telephone.

00:07:23Where the devil is Mark Joy, though?

00:07:30There's no doubt she's dead.

00:07:32No doubt about it.

00:07:34I've studied enough medicine to be sure of that.

00:07:36It's a weird business, isn't it?

00:07:38What the devil was she doing,

00:07:40having a bath in her house?

00:07:41Who is she?

00:07:43How did she get in?

00:07:44And the devil of a lot of other things.

00:07:46Such as?

00:07:47Such as the bathroom window being wide open,

00:07:49top and bottom,

00:07:49and the door being unlocked.

00:07:51And where's that chap, Mount Joy?

00:07:53There.

00:07:54Dead.

00:07:55What, did you say?

00:07:56I know it's a shock,

00:07:57but we have to face it.

00:07:59That woman is Mount Joy, all right.

00:08:01And I shouldn't tell your sister.

00:08:04Tell Eleanor?

00:08:06But you'll have to know.

00:08:06About the death of Mount Joy, yes.

00:08:09The fact that Mount Joy was a woman.

00:08:12No.

00:08:13I...

00:08:13Oh, yes.

00:08:16I get you.

00:08:17Rather bad luck to find out

00:08:18that the chap you're engaged to is a woman.

00:08:20What?

00:08:21Now...

00:08:21God, stop being a fool.

00:08:26It was no use.

00:08:28I'm afraid young Bing made a poor fist

00:08:30of breaking the news to his sister.

00:08:32His dad.

00:08:33Huh?

00:08:33Oh, why, Mount Joy, of course.

00:08:37That's why he didn't come down to dinner.

00:08:39He couldn't.

00:08:40He was drowned in the bath.

00:08:42God, what do you mean?

00:08:44I mean that Mount Joy is dead.

00:08:46As a doormat.

00:08:47But look here.

00:08:47I can't stop.

00:08:49Doctor will be here any minute.

00:08:50Not that he can do anything.

00:08:51Poor fellow.

00:08:52Well, dead as a doormat.

00:08:53Well, I think we might repair to the drawing room now.

00:09:00According to Bertie,

00:09:01even Mrs. Bradley looked astonished at that.

00:09:05Next morning,

00:09:06I came upon that redoubtable woman

00:09:09talking to Bertie on the veranda.

00:09:11Good morning, Mr. Carstairs.

00:09:13You are just in time for a serious intellectual discussion.

00:09:17Oh?

00:09:17Yes.

00:09:18Mr. Philipson here thinks that an accident

00:09:21took place in this house last night.

00:09:22Oh?

00:09:23Now, I think it was a suicide.

00:09:25Oh.

00:09:26I can trust you two people not to act idiotically

00:09:30if I tell you something very unpleasant, I suppose.

00:09:32Oh, certainly.

00:09:33Of course.

00:09:34There was murder committed in this house last evening.

00:09:38Ah.

00:09:39Fancy that.

00:09:40What, you say, Carstairs?

00:09:41I say murder.

00:09:43Carefully planned,

00:09:44deliberately executed murder.

00:09:47First,

00:09:49there is the queer fact

00:09:50that although a man

00:09:51known to the scientists of two continents

00:09:53as Everard Mountjoy

00:09:54went into that bathroom,

00:09:57we found an unknown woman drowned there

00:10:00and no trace of Mountjoy

00:10:01except his dressing gown.

00:10:04What?

00:10:04A woman?

00:10:06But dash it.

00:10:07Guard said that the dead person was Mountjoy.

00:10:09Yes.

00:10:10You mean that Mountjoy went into the bathroom,

00:10:12locked the door,

00:10:13flung off his dressing gown

00:10:14and turned into a woman?

00:10:15No, it seems incredible.

00:10:17It does, but it must be the truth.

00:10:19Besides, he did not lock the door.

00:10:22Didn't lock the door?

00:10:23Nope.

00:10:24Extraordinary.

00:10:24Yes, rather.

00:10:25Especially as...

00:10:26Yes, exactly.

00:10:28Then there's another thing.

00:10:30Yes?

00:10:30The bathroom window was wide open at the bottom.

00:10:34Well, but doesn't that show

00:10:36that the real Mountjoy, the man,

00:10:38left the bathroom by the window

00:10:40and that the woman, whoever she was,

00:10:42then entered the bathroom the same way

00:10:44or by the door.

00:10:45No, I'm afraid it won't wash, Philipson.

00:10:47First, where did this woman leave her clothes?

00:10:50Secondly, why should Mountjoy take the trouble

00:10:53to climb out of the window

00:10:55when he could just have walked out of the front door?

00:10:58Thirdly, why should a strange woman

00:11:01break into a house and have a bath?

00:11:04Oh, it's not usual, to say the least.

00:11:06Precisely.

00:11:07No, no.

00:11:08Mountjoy was the lady

00:11:09and the lady was Mountjoy.

00:11:13And I intend to avenge his death.

00:11:15Bravo!

00:11:17How do you intend to begin?

00:11:18Have you any proof?

00:11:19Will you inform the police?

00:11:21I have a clue,

00:11:21but I don't know where it is.

00:11:23There may be a case for the police.

00:11:26Will you excuse me now?

00:11:27I must talk to Bing.

00:11:31Of course, somebody in this house did it.

00:11:35You realise that fact, don't you?

00:11:37But look here,

00:11:37you're not suggesting that I murder the poor devil, are you?

00:11:40I accuse no one.

00:11:42No, but seriously,

00:11:43do you tell me that

00:11:44one of these quite ordinary,

00:11:46well-bred, decent, civilised people

00:11:49committed a beastly and unreasonable

00:11:51and illogical crime last night?

00:11:54I simply cannot believe it.

00:11:55Oh, you must.

00:11:56You must get it well into your head

00:11:59and then

00:12:00you had better prepare for yourself

00:12:02a sound, foolproof, watertight,

00:12:04gilt-edged alibi.

00:12:06For Mr. Carstairs won't rest

00:12:08until he gets a noose

00:12:09around somebody's neck.

00:12:11Well, I'm blessed.

00:12:12Anyone might imagine

00:12:13you thought I did it.

00:12:15Do you, Mrs. Bradley?

00:12:16No, I'm not concerned a bit

00:12:18with whether you did it or not.

00:12:19I'm concerned that you do not

00:12:21get hanged for it, young man.

00:12:23Somebody will be hanged, you see.

00:12:26Oh, yes.

00:12:31And it won't be me.

00:12:34Well, I...

00:12:35No, go on, do say it.

00:12:37No.

00:12:38It might be used in evidence against me.

00:12:40I don't trust you, you see.

00:12:41Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

00:12:51I found Alistair Bing in the library

00:12:54in his most truculent mood.

00:12:57I take it very ill

00:12:59that you should suggest

00:12:59that such a thing as a murder

00:13:00could occur in my house, Carstairs.

00:13:03All kinds of wild rumours may spread.

00:13:06Look here.

00:13:08I feel that we should at least try and prove whether the dead body is that of Everard Mountjoy.

00:13:12There can be no doubt, Alistair.

00:13:14Didn't Mountjoy lose two fingers on the left hand after an accident on one of his hunting trips?

00:13:19Yes, he did.

00:13:20Those two fingers on the left hand of the corpse are missing.

00:13:24Oh, man.

00:13:27There'll be an inquest, of course, and all sorts of scandalous tales bandied about.

00:13:33Eleanor will be most upset.

00:13:34Maybe, but what concerns me is the fact that Mountjoy was murdered.

00:13:39You have no proof.

00:13:41You have no right to make such a statement.

00:13:44The unholy act, if that is what it was, was carried out at a time when everybody was dressing for dinner.

00:13:50That is to say, at a time when nobody can fully account for himself or herself.

00:13:54Upon my word, Bing, you're quite right.

00:13:56And then there's the fact that the intruder knew that Mountjoy wouldn't even cry out at the sight of him as he clambered in through the window.

00:14:03Ah, but the murderer didn't get in by the window.

00:14:07Why didn't he?

00:14:08Because it's a physical impossibility.

00:14:11The bathroom window is at least 20 feet above ground level and there's no foothold for climbing.

00:14:16But there's a balcony outside Miss Clark's room, next door.

00:14:20Oh, nonsense.

00:14:21It's too hideously dangerous an undertaking for words.

00:14:24No sane person would dream of attempting it.

00:14:26No sane person.

00:14:28Look here.

00:14:31We can soon settle whether or not it is a possible feat.

00:14:34Let us have another look at the bathroom.

00:14:36Oh.

00:14:44Rubbish!

00:14:45Mountjoy can't have been drowned.

00:14:47People don't allow themselves to be drowned as easily as all that.

00:14:49Don't they?

00:14:50Take off your coat and get into the bath.

00:14:52No, it's quite right.

00:14:54Come on, come on, get in.

00:14:55This is a serious demonstration.

00:14:57Oh, it's ridiculous nonsense.

00:14:58Come along, man.

00:14:59By the way, which of us two do you take to be the stronger?

00:15:03Myself, undoubtedly.

00:15:05I am both taller and heavier than you.

00:15:08And fitter, too, no doubt.

00:15:10Sit down.

00:15:10Oh, really, Carstairs, this is a waste of time.

00:15:14Good.

00:15:14Now, I sit here on the edge of the bath.

00:15:17I'm talking to you on a subject which vitally concerns both of us.

00:15:20Rubbish.

00:15:21Look, I'm tired of this foolery.

00:15:22I'm going to get...

00:15:23Mind your head.

00:15:24What?

00:15:24There.

00:15:26Ow!

00:15:27Now, having caught you off balance by pulling your feet upwards,

00:15:33I proceed to hold your head underwater until you lose consciousness.

00:15:38You see...

00:15:38Oh, it's mere horseplay.

00:15:41Well, I didn't intend it as such, and I'm sorry you bumped your head,

00:15:46but as a demonstration of how Mountjoy probably met his death,

00:15:50or rather her death, I think it was rather successful.

00:15:54Now, scientifically speaking, don't you agree?

00:15:57Well, I see your point.

00:15:59Yeah, that balcony does come pretty close.

00:16:04It'll be child's play to step over onto the sill.

00:16:07And this window's an ordinary sash.

00:16:10So he pulled it open, climbed in, and...

00:16:14Oh, look here, though.

00:16:16The inside sill's a bit high, isn't it?

00:16:18More than four feet.

00:16:20What did he put his foot on, I wonder?

00:16:21The bathroom stool.

00:16:23My clue.

00:16:24Where?

00:16:24Gone, man.

00:16:25Gone.

00:16:25It was under the window, and the murderer stepped onto it,

00:16:29and his shoes left some mark.

00:16:31So he took it away with him, hid it.

00:16:33It would give him away.

00:16:34Yes, I see.

00:16:36Find the stool, find some shoes which could have marked or stained the stool,

00:16:40find the owner of the shoes, and there's your murderer.

00:16:42Neat!

00:16:43Too neat.

00:16:44Can't be as easy as that.

00:16:45No.

00:16:46Look, I suggest that we try to reconstruct the crime.

00:16:50Shall I do the climbing, or will you?

00:16:52Yeah, well, we could do with an assistant, I think.

00:16:55Oh, look!

00:16:56There's Philipson crossing the lawn.

00:16:57Well, let's enlist him.

00:17:01Yes, I follow, Mr. Bing.

00:17:03I'm to hike over this balcony railing,

00:17:05shove my toe on that bit of flattened water pipe,

00:17:07and heave my other knee onto the bathroom windowsill.

00:17:10That's right.

00:17:10It is the bathroom, isn't it?

00:17:12It is.

00:17:13The bathroom?

00:17:14Yes.

00:17:15Oh, I twig!

00:17:18Do you really think that's how he got in?

00:17:20Tough young egg.

00:17:21The murderer, I mean.

00:17:22Well, here goes.

00:17:24Well, I think we should go back to the bathroom

00:17:27and witness the experiment from there.

00:17:28Don't you, Carstairs?

00:17:29Excellent.

00:17:31Help!

00:17:32Help, help, help, help, help!

00:17:33Let me down!

00:17:34Help, help!

00:17:35I can't get down!

00:17:36Here you are, Father.

00:17:38Put this stool somewhere for me, please.

00:17:39Aha!

00:17:40Why Cobb should have put two stools in the upstairs bathroom

00:17:43and none in this is more than I can explain.

00:17:45Got it.

00:17:46Really, Mr. Carstairs, no need to snatch.

00:17:48I'm so sorry, Miss Bing,

00:17:50but it is essential that I examine the stool.

00:17:52Help!

00:17:54I can't get down!

00:17:56Dear me, Bertie,

00:17:58if you wish to do physical exercises,

00:18:00I wish you would find somewhere a little less dangerous.

00:18:02You might have jumped, you idiot,

00:18:14instead of sitting there gibbering.

00:18:16Well, if I had,

00:18:16I should have gone clean through the floor.

00:18:18Well, that proves that the murderer

00:18:19must have had something to step down on.

00:18:21But not the stool, eh, Mr. Carstairs?

00:18:24It's as clean as a whistle.

00:18:25Yeah, God, quite right.

00:18:27Rather puts an end to your theories, I'm afraid, Carstairs.

00:18:30And where's the motive, anyway?

00:18:32Yes, indeed.

00:18:33I'd give a good deal to know

00:18:34what motive anybody in this house had

00:18:36for murdering Mountjoy.

00:18:37Exactly.

00:18:39No, I'm afraid it was just a nasty accident.

00:18:41Oh, and by the way, all of you,

00:18:43I'm sure I needn't ask you

00:18:45not to let Eleanor know

00:18:46that Mountjoy was really a woman.

00:18:48It's bad enough for the poor girl

00:18:50without breaking her pride as well as her heart.

00:18:52I must say, Father,

00:18:53she shows no sign of a broken heart,

00:18:55as far as I can see.

00:18:57Although you never really know

00:18:58what old sis thinks or feels about anything.

00:19:00Still, it's devilish awkward

00:19:01having to remember

00:19:02that she doesn't know

00:19:03her young man was a young woman.

00:19:05After a sleepless night,

00:19:07I took myself off to the summer house

00:19:09to think things out.

00:19:11I just decided

00:19:12that what I really wanted

00:19:13was an intelligent listener

00:19:15when Mrs. Bradley popped up

00:19:17for all the world

00:19:19like a Cheshire cat.

00:19:21There's something peculiar

00:19:22going on in this house

00:19:23and it perturbs me.

00:19:24You do think it was murder?

00:19:26Oh, yes.

00:19:27And the clues must be all round us,

00:19:29but we can't even see them.

00:19:30Well, we know some.

00:19:32Window open at the bottom,

00:19:34unlikely deceased would have had it so.

00:19:36Door unlocked,

00:19:37unlikely deceased would have neglected to lock it.

00:19:40Bathroom stool missing.

00:19:41Oh, that's been found.

00:19:43My best clue's gone west.

00:19:44Oh, found?

00:19:46Well, in the bathroom,

00:19:47on the top floor,

00:19:48the maid appears to have put

00:19:49two stools in the upper bathroom

00:19:51and none in the lower one.

00:19:53That is exceedingly amusing.

00:19:56Did you question the maid about it?

00:19:58No, but Miss Bing said...

00:20:00Oh, Eleanor,

00:20:01what exactly did she say?

00:20:03Oh, merely that she found

00:20:05two stools in the upper bathroom

00:20:06and couldn't imagine

00:20:08what Cobb had been thinking about.

00:20:10You don't think she was lying?

00:20:14Oh, if Eleanor said

00:20:15she found two stools up there,

00:20:16she was probably speaking the truth.

00:20:18But do you mean to tell me

00:20:20that you didn't have a look

00:20:21at the other stool?

00:20:22Good heavens.

00:20:23What a fool.

00:20:24I mean,

00:20:25you mean that the other stool...

00:20:27Exactly.

00:20:32Too late, my friend, I feel.

00:20:43Oh, fiddle.

00:20:48Not proven.

00:21:05Wonderful what a little turpentine will do.

00:21:08Are you a witch?

00:21:10No, merely a fairly observant human being.

00:21:13Well, of course,

00:21:14you're quite right.

00:21:16Mabel Cobb told me

00:21:18that Miss Bing

00:21:19noticed a mark of paint

00:21:21or tar on the cork top

00:21:23and gave orders

00:21:24that it should be cleaned off.

00:21:26Hence the strong smell

00:21:27of turpentine

00:21:28hanging about the house yesterday.

00:21:30Seems to me that Eleanor

00:21:31couldn't shield the criminal

00:21:33better if she knew who he was.

00:21:34You think she knows something?

00:21:36You must question everyone

00:21:38slowly and patiently.

00:21:40Yes, but supposing they object?

00:21:43They will love it.

00:21:44Well, shall we start

00:21:46with Alistair Bing?

00:21:48What exactly are you attempting

00:21:50to insinuate, Castor?

00:21:51Oh, insinuate!

00:21:56Come now, Bing.

00:21:57I mean to avenge

00:21:59Mountjoy's death.

00:22:00Aren't you going to help me?

00:22:01No, I am not.

00:22:03I didn't like Mountjoy

00:22:04and I don't mind who knows it.

00:22:06We never got on together.

00:22:07I'm not sorry that she's dead,

00:22:09but the whole thing

00:22:09is a confounded nuisance.

00:22:11There, now.

00:22:12I'm sure you feel better

00:22:13for having said that, Mr. Bing.

00:22:15Yes, I do.

00:22:16Poor Mountjoy.

00:22:18So you still think

00:22:20it was murder, Castors?

00:22:21If so, the best thing you can do

00:22:23is to lay your suspicions

00:22:24before the police.

00:22:25I'm not at all anxious

00:22:26to call in the police

00:22:27and I'll tell you why.

00:22:29I believe I know

00:22:31who the murderer is.

00:22:33What do you know?

00:22:34I know about the open window,

00:22:36the unlocked door,

00:22:38the disappearing stool,

00:22:40the stool which reappeared

00:22:41but in the wrong bathroom,

00:22:43the rightful stool

00:22:44which had been soiled

00:22:45and was cleaned with turpentine,

00:22:47and then, of course,

00:22:49there is the...

00:22:49The missing watch.

00:22:50Yes, your what?

00:22:52Missing what?

00:22:53What missing watch?

00:22:55Oh, only my little joke.

00:22:58I'm going to call in the police

00:22:59at once.

00:23:00I refuse to have my house

00:23:01turned into a shark

00:23:02Holmes' paradise.

00:23:06Poor Alistair.

00:23:08I can't help sympathising

00:23:09with him over the private

00:23:10detective business.

00:23:12Now, do you recognise

00:23:15this watch, Mr. Castors?

00:23:17Oh, so there really is a watch.

00:23:21It's Mountjoy's, of course.

00:23:23What about it?

00:23:23It wasn't in Mountjoy's bedroom

00:23:25after her death yesterday.

00:23:27I know, because I looked for it.

00:23:29And this morning, I found it.

00:23:32It was at the bottom of the jug

00:23:33on Mountjoy's washing stand.

00:23:37The jug was three quarters full of water.

00:23:40Drowned watch, drowned woman.

00:23:44What?

00:23:45Why did he...

00:23:46I mean, she keep a watch

00:23:49in the toilet jug.

00:23:51I mean, seems utterly idiotic.

00:23:53Put another word in place of idiotic

00:23:56and I think you've hit it.

00:24:01Mad?

00:24:03Mountjoy was mad

00:24:05and it wasn't murder, thank goodness,

00:24:08but suicide.

00:24:09Oh, I'm so glad you found that watch.

00:24:11Are you?

00:24:11Well, I hate to underceive you,

00:24:14but it was most certainly a murder.

00:24:16And not Mountjoy,

00:24:17but the murderer was mad.

00:24:19Oh, but...

00:24:20Well, in that case...

00:24:22Hmm...

00:24:23Oh, please go on.

00:24:24Oh, nothing.

00:24:26You were going to say

00:24:27that if I'm right,

00:24:28then your conclusion

00:24:29as to the murderer's identity

00:24:31must be wrong.

00:24:32Good heavens!

00:24:34Is it clairvoyance?

00:24:35Merely applied psychology.

00:24:37So now, do tell me

00:24:39who you thought it was.

00:24:41I thought it was you.

00:24:44Oh!

00:24:44Ha-ha!

00:24:45Ha-ha!

00:24:46Ha-ha!

00:24:47Ha-ha!

00:24:49How too gorgeous!

00:24:51Oh, I'm awfully flattered.

00:24:55Oh, no, it really was

00:24:57rather a neat method

00:24:58of putting out of the way

00:24:59a person one disliked.

00:25:00Only I shouldn't have forgotten

00:25:02that I'd left the window wide open.

00:25:05Besides, I'm not quite long enough

00:25:07in the leg for that climb

00:25:08from the balcony

00:25:09to the bathroom window.

00:25:09I tried it this morning

00:25:11before anyone was up

00:25:12and found I couldn't

00:25:13quite manage it.

00:25:14Ha!

00:25:14A very obvious point,

00:25:16which would certainly

00:25:16have occurred to me later.

00:25:18But in any case,

00:25:19I'm convinced now

00:25:20that you didn't take

00:25:21Mountjoy's life.

00:25:23You see,

00:25:23whichever way you turn,

00:25:25you come up against

00:25:25this snag.

00:25:27Who had a motive

00:25:28for killing

00:25:28that poor woman?

00:25:31Poor

00:25:31woman.

00:25:35Poor

00:25:36woman.

00:25:37I don't

00:25:39follow.

00:25:40Ah!

00:25:41There goes the gong

00:25:42for lunch.

00:25:43I will leave you

00:25:44to cogitate,

00:25:44Mr. Carstairs.

00:25:47Drowned

00:25:48watch.

00:25:50Drowned

00:25:51woman.

00:25:54Poor

00:25:54woman!

00:25:57Hmm.

00:25:57Mrs. Bradley

00:25:59really was

00:26:00extraordinary.

00:26:01If I hadn't been

00:26:02convinced that she

00:26:03wasn't the murderer,

00:26:04I should have been

00:26:05equally convinced

00:26:06that she was.

00:26:07Drowned

00:26:08watch.

00:26:08Drowned

00:26:09woman,

00:26:10indeed.

00:26:11Meanwhile,

00:26:12however,

00:26:13Alistair had already

00:26:13taken a hand in the

00:26:14matter.

00:26:15After lunch,

00:26:16he called me

00:26:17into the library.

00:26:17Caster,

00:26:20let me introduce

00:26:21you to the

00:26:21chief

00:26:21consul of the

00:26:22county,

00:26:22Sir Joseph

00:26:23Mitchell,

00:26:24and Inspector

00:26:24Boring.

00:26:26I've invited

00:26:27them to make

00:26:28a quite informal

00:26:28preliminary

00:26:29investigation.

00:26:30How do you do,

00:26:31Sir Joseph?

00:26:31Do you?

00:26:32Inspector?

00:26:33Afternoon.

00:26:34Ah,

00:26:34the gentleman

00:26:34with the

00:26:35theories.

00:26:36I've read

00:26:37your notes,

00:26:37Mr.

00:26:38Carstairs.

00:26:38Very

00:26:39interesting.

00:26:39Very.

00:26:40You haven't

00:26:40actually questioned

00:26:42people,

00:26:42though.

00:26:43Well,

00:26:43not having

00:26:44any official

00:26:44standing,

00:26:45I felt...

00:26:46Quite so.

00:26:47Now,

00:26:47the man

00:26:48who first

00:26:48raised the

00:26:49alarm.

00:26:49Parsons.

00:26:50Correct.

00:26:50Did he

00:26:51valet,

00:26:52Mugjoy?

00:26:53Well,

00:26:53he would lay

00:26:54out a clean

00:26:54shirt,

00:26:55turn bath

00:26:56taps on

00:26:57and so forth.

00:26:58He was never

00:26:58required to

00:26:59render more

00:26:59personal,

00:27:00Sir Joseph.

00:27:01Of course,

00:27:01that's all

00:27:02quite comprehensible

00:27:03now.

00:27:03Yes,

00:27:03yes,

00:27:04the sex

00:27:05business,

00:27:05of course.

00:27:07I should

00:27:08like to see

00:27:09Parsons a

00:27:10moment,

00:27:10if I may,

00:27:11and perhaps

00:27:12we might go

00:27:12up to the

00:27:13bathroom.

00:27:17Parsons,

00:27:24you remember

00:27:24running the

00:27:25bath for

00:27:25Mr.

00:27:26Mountjoy on

00:27:26the evening

00:27:27of his death,

00:27:27don't you?

00:27:28Yes,

00:27:29sir.

00:27:29Did you

00:27:29turn on both

00:27:30taps at once?

00:27:32No,

00:27:32sir,

00:27:32the hot

00:27:33tap first,

00:27:34then tested the

00:27:35temperature of the

00:27:36water with the

00:27:36bath thermometer,

00:27:38and reduced the

00:27:38heat by means of

00:27:39the cold tap to

00:27:41the number of

00:27:41degrees specified by

00:27:42things to Mountjoy,

00:27:44who was very

00:27:44particular in such

00:27:45matters.

00:27:46Evidently.

00:27:47Now,

00:27:48would you remember

00:27:48exactly how high

00:27:50up the bath the

00:27:51level of the water

00:27:52was when you had

00:27:53finished your

00:27:53elaborate preparations?

00:27:55Yes,

00:27:56sir,

00:27:56about there.

00:27:59Got the measure

00:27:59boring?

00:28:00Sir?

00:28:01Good man.

00:28:029.3 inches

00:28:04down,

00:28:04sir.

00:28:04But look here,

00:28:05when we took the

00:28:06body out,

00:28:07the water was

00:28:08right up to the

00:28:09overflow pipe.

00:28:10Was it now?

00:28:11Yes,

00:28:13boring?

00:28:135.1 inches

00:28:15down,

00:28:15sir.

00:28:16Oh,

00:28:16this becomes

00:28:17interesting boring.

00:28:18Parsons,

00:28:19I want you to

00:28:20think carefully.

00:28:22At what time

00:28:23did Mr.

00:28:24Mountjoy

00:28:24enter the

00:28:25bathroom?

00:28:26Ten minutes

00:28:26to seven,

00:28:27sir.

00:28:28And what time

00:28:28was it when you

00:28:29heard him turn

00:28:30the water on

00:28:31again?

00:28:3117 minutes

00:28:32past seven,

00:28:34sir.

00:28:34I remember

00:28:35because Mr.

00:28:36Mountjoy was

00:28:36what you might

00:28:37call a quick

00:28:38beaver,

00:28:39sir.

00:28:39In and out

00:28:40and dry

00:28:41and half

00:28:41dressed inside

00:28:42a quarter

00:28:43of an hour

00:28:43he was.

00:28:44That's why

00:28:44I was particularly

00:28:46surprised he

00:28:47took such a

00:28:48long time

00:28:49that evening.

00:28:50Then I

00:28:51heard the

00:28:51taps turned

00:28:52on.

00:28:53Taps?

00:28:53Both taps?

00:28:54Yes,

00:28:55sir,

00:28:55both at once.

00:28:57The two make

00:28:57quite a different

00:28:58noise from just

00:28:59the one.

00:29:00Quite so.

00:29:01Go on.

00:29:03Well,

00:29:03sir,

00:29:04I was puzzled.

00:29:06It was so

00:29:06unusual.

00:29:08In all the

00:29:08six weeks,

00:29:09Mr.

00:29:09Mountjoy was

00:29:10here,

00:29:11I'd never

00:29:11known him

00:29:12stay in the

00:29:12bath like

00:29:13that.

00:29:13Hmm.

00:29:14Now,

00:29:15one more

00:29:16question.

00:29:17Who came

00:29:18out of this

00:29:19bathroom directly

00:29:20afterwards carrying

00:29:21the bathroom

00:29:22stool?

00:29:24Why,

00:29:24nobody,

00:29:25sir.

00:29:25How could

00:29:26they?

00:29:27There was

00:29:27nobody in

00:29:28there except

00:29:29Mr.

00:29:29Mountjoy.

00:29:30Were you there

00:29:31the entire

00:29:31time?

00:29:33I did go

00:29:34away for

00:29:34about three

00:29:35minutes,

00:29:36now I think

00:29:36of it,

00:29:37sir.

00:29:37Oh,

00:29:38why?

00:29:38Miss Eleanor

00:29:39had asked me

00:29:40to speak to

00:29:41Mabel Cobb

00:29:41about the

00:29:42flowers,

00:29:43sir.

00:29:43Oh?

00:29:44Oh,

00:29:44yes,

00:29:44sir.

00:29:45Immediately

00:29:45after lunch,

00:29:46Miss Eleanor

00:29:47said,

00:29:48oh,

00:29:48you might

00:29:49just tell

00:29:49Cobb that

00:29:50I've ordered

00:29:50more roses

00:29:51for this

00:29:51evening.

00:29:52She'd better

00:29:52see about

00:29:53them at

00:29:53once.

00:29:54Well,

00:29:55I'd

00:29:55forgotten.

00:29:57But when

00:29:57I heard

00:29:58Mr.

00:29:58Mountjoy

00:29:58turn the

00:29:59taps on,

00:29:59I thought

00:30:00I'd just

00:30:01have time

00:30:01to run

00:30:02downstairs.

00:30:04I see.

00:30:05Thank you,

00:30:06Parsons.

00:30:06You have

00:30:07been of

00:30:08tremendous

00:30:09assistance.

00:30:10Thank you,

00:30:11sir.

00:30:16There goes

00:30:18an innocent

00:30:18man-servant

00:30:19of impeccable

00:30:20bearing and

00:30:21a model witness

00:30:22or one of

00:30:23the cleverest

00:30:23criminals

00:30:24unhung.

00:30:25And for the

00:30:26life of me,

00:30:26I can't tell

00:30:27which.

00:30:27Well,

00:30:28you don't

00:30:28mean that

00:30:28you think

00:30:29Mountjoy

00:30:29was murdered?

00:30:30I haven't

00:30:30the slightest

00:30:31doubt of

00:30:31it,

00:30:31Bing.

00:30:32I shall

00:30:33need to

00:30:33interview

00:30:33the entire

00:30:34household

00:30:34to find

00:30:35out who

00:30:35can be

00:30:35acquitted

00:30:36of

00:30:36suspicion.

00:30:37Bing

00:30:38have

00:30:38been

00:30:38right

00:30:38about

00:30:39the

00:30:39awkward

00:30:39time

00:30:40of

00:30:40the

00:30:40murder.

00:30:41None of

00:30:41us had an

00:30:42alibi,

00:30:43apart from

00:30:43Mrs. Bradley.

00:30:44Come,

00:30:45Mr.

00:30:45Kirstes,

00:30:46all the

00:30:47servants have

00:30:47alibis as

00:30:48well.

00:30:49By the

00:30:50way,

00:30:50you haven't

00:30:50forgotten

00:30:51the cliff walk

00:30:52you promised

00:30:52to show me,

00:30:53have you?

00:30:53Cliff walk?

00:30:54Yes.

00:30:55I want

00:30:56to talk

00:30:56to you

00:30:57and we

00:30:57daren't

00:30:58talk here.

00:30:59No,

00:31:00here comes

00:31:00young

00:31:01Philipson

00:31:01already.

00:31:02I say,

00:31:03I feel

00:31:04all of a

00:31:05dither.

00:31:05My

00:31:06delicate

00:31:06constitution

00:31:06won't stand

00:31:07much more

00:31:07of it.

00:31:09Look here,

00:31:10I'd like to

00:31:11tell you people

00:31:11something and

00:31:12then perhaps

00:31:13you'll advise me

00:31:13whether to tell

00:31:14that policeman,

00:31:15Johnny.

00:31:15Yes.

00:31:16Well,

00:31:16it's only

00:31:17this.

00:31:18You know

00:31:18what a

00:31:18devil of a

00:31:19time

00:31:19I was

00:31:20in that

00:31:20bathroom?

00:31:21Yes.

00:31:22Well,

00:31:22I waited

00:31:23and waited,

00:31:23you know,

00:31:24until at

00:31:25last I got

00:31:25so fed up

00:31:26that I went

00:31:27and twisted

00:31:27the handle

00:31:28of the

00:31:28door to

00:31:28hurry him

00:31:29up a bit.

00:31:30Her?

00:31:30Yes,

00:31:31her.

00:31:32Well,

00:31:32I swear

00:31:33the door

00:31:33was locked.

00:31:34Ah.

00:31:35Oh.

00:31:36And then

00:31:37someone inside

00:31:39squeaked out,

00:31:40don't come in!

00:31:41Just like that.

00:31:42High pitched,

00:31:43you know,

00:31:43and nervous.

00:31:44Well,

00:31:44of course I

00:31:45yelled,

00:31:45sorry,

00:31:46and came away.

00:31:47And it was

00:31:48after that

00:31:49I met you,

00:31:49Carstairs,

00:31:50coming out

00:31:50of the

00:31:50top floor

00:31:51bathroom.

00:31:51Yes,

00:31:52I remember

00:31:52it well.

00:31:53It wasn't

00:31:54Mountjoy's

00:31:55voice.

00:31:56What?

00:31:56I'm sure

00:31:57it wasn't.

00:31:58Mountjoy's

00:31:59voice was

00:31:59low-pitched

00:32:00and rather

00:32:00harsh,

00:32:01but this

00:32:02voice was

00:32:02high and

00:32:03rather shrill.

00:32:04An absolute

00:32:05woman's voice,

00:32:06if you understand

00:32:07me.

00:32:08Scared,

00:32:08you know?

00:32:09Well,

00:32:10that's quite

00:32:11comprehensible.

00:32:12I think you

00:32:13startled Mountjoy

00:32:14badly,

00:32:14I expect.

00:32:15And in her

00:32:16terror,

00:32:16lest you

00:32:17should discover

00:32:17her secret,

00:32:18she shrieked

00:32:19at you in her

00:32:20normal instead

00:32:21of her disguised

00:32:22voice.

00:32:22By Jove,

00:32:24I never thought

00:32:24of that.

00:32:25Jolly brainy of you

00:32:26to have thought

00:32:27that out,

00:32:27Mrs. Bradley.

00:32:28Opinions do

00:32:29do you think I

00:32:31ought not to tell

00:32:32the police

00:32:32after all,

00:32:33then?

00:32:33I should say

00:32:34not yet.

00:32:36I'll keep

00:32:37mum then.

00:32:38Thanks very

00:32:39much.

00:32:42And now for

00:32:43our walk,

00:32:44Mr. Carstairs.

00:32:45Let us make

00:32:45for the sea.

00:32:46Oh, delightful.

00:32:54Very.

00:32:56But we didn't

00:32:56come just to

00:32:57enjoy the sea

00:32:58air.

00:32:59Did we?

00:33:00No.

00:33:01No.

00:33:02Queer about

00:33:04that voice

00:33:04young Phillipson

00:33:06heard.

00:33:06It must have

00:33:09been Mountjoy.

00:33:10Oh, impossible.

00:33:12Mountjoy must

00:33:13have been dead

00:33:14by that time.

00:33:15Yes, but your

00:33:16own perfectly

00:33:17plausible explanation

00:33:19just now...

00:33:20Merely to put

00:33:21young Phillipson

00:33:22off the scent.

00:33:24You see,

00:33:25the guilty

00:33:26person must

00:33:26never know

00:33:27that anybody

00:33:28suspects anything.

00:33:30It would be

00:33:30fatal.

00:33:32If my

00:33:33deductions are

00:33:34correct,

00:33:35and as they're

00:33:36based on pure

00:33:37psychology,

00:33:37I don't suppose

00:33:38they'll turn out

00:33:39to be at fault.

00:33:40We have to deal

00:33:41with a person

00:33:42who values life

00:33:43so little

00:33:45that she will

00:33:46stick at nothing.

00:33:48She?

00:33:49But surely

00:33:50this wasn't

00:33:51a woman's crime.

00:33:52I am sure

00:33:53of it.

00:33:54But the climb

00:33:55from the balcony

00:33:56to window...

00:33:57Not at all

00:33:57difficult.

00:33:58I could do it

00:33:59if I were an inch

00:34:00longer in the leg.

00:34:03Look here.

00:34:04Who knew

00:34:05that Mount Joy

00:34:06was a woman?

00:34:08No one.

00:34:09Are you sure?

00:34:13Surely

00:34:13you can put

00:34:14your finger

00:34:14on the person

00:34:15in the house

00:34:15who hated

00:34:16Mount Joy

00:34:17with the intense

00:34:18and bitter hatred

00:34:19of one whose

00:34:20finest feelings,

00:34:21whose noblest

00:34:23emotions have been

00:34:24played with,

00:34:25mocked at,

00:34:27scorned,

00:34:30derided?

00:34:33Good God!

00:34:34Of course!

00:34:37Let us go back

00:34:39to the house.

00:34:42Oh, poor, poor house.

00:34:45Yes.

00:34:46Do you really mean that?

00:34:49Of course.

00:34:50We're all murderers.

00:34:53Some indeed

00:34:53and some in thought.

00:34:54this one

00:34:56saw her opportunity

00:34:58and

00:35:00took it.

00:35:02Dinner

00:35:03by tacit consent

00:35:05was a cheerful meal.

00:35:07Only Bertie

00:35:07Phillipson

00:35:08appeared

00:35:08preoccupied

00:35:09and after dinner

00:35:10Mrs. Bradley

00:35:11dragged him out

00:35:12into the

00:35:13moonlit garden.

00:35:16Mr. Phillipson,

00:35:17we can speak

00:35:18freely out here.

00:35:20Eleanor's been

00:35:21making herself

00:35:21a nuisance to you,

00:35:22hasn't she?

00:35:23What?

00:35:24How on earth

00:35:25do you know?

00:35:26Tell me all about it.

00:35:29Well,

00:35:30when I stayed here

00:35:31two years ago,

00:35:33Eleanor began

00:35:33to suggest

00:35:34that I should,

00:35:35well,

00:35:36fall in love

00:35:36with her,

00:35:37I suppose you call it.

00:35:38Once,

00:35:39she asked me

00:35:40outright to marry her.

00:35:41I, uh,

00:35:42tried to let her

00:35:43down lightly,

00:35:44you know.

00:35:45Then she made

00:35:46a, um,

00:35:47suggestion.

00:35:48I can't get into that.

00:35:49But I let her

00:35:50see how horrified

00:35:51I was

00:35:51and made some

00:35:52excuse to obey

00:35:53and left.

00:35:54Well,

00:35:54I only came

00:35:55down here

00:35:56this time

00:35:56because God

00:35:57said Eleanor

00:35:57was engaged

00:35:58and I was keen

00:35:59to see Dorothy

00:36:00again.

00:36:01And I thought

00:36:02Mount Joy

00:36:02probably put me

00:36:03out of the running.

00:36:04Yes.

00:36:05Well,

00:36:06all was right

00:36:07as rain

00:36:08until Monday

00:36:08evening after dinner.

00:36:10And then she

00:36:10started leaning

00:36:11against me

00:36:12and trying

00:36:13to hold

00:36:13my band.

00:36:14It was awful.

00:36:16Monday.

00:36:18Are you

00:36:18positive?

00:36:19The day

00:36:20before

00:36:21Mount Joy

00:36:21died.

00:36:22Positive.

00:36:23Because I

00:36:24remember thinking

00:36:24on Tuesday,

00:36:26Eleanor

00:36:26will surely

00:36:27have more sense

00:36:28of decency

00:36:28than to come

00:36:29and maw me

00:36:29tonight.

00:36:31And it was

00:36:31all right

00:36:31on Tuesday

00:36:32night.

00:36:33But on

00:36:33Wednesday,

00:36:34that is,

00:36:35last night,

00:36:36well,

00:36:36she came to

00:36:37my bedroom

00:36:38about half past

00:36:39twelve and

00:36:39and wanted

00:36:41to stay there.

00:36:43I had to

00:36:43shove her outside

00:36:44and lock the door.

00:36:45Choice,

00:36:45isn't it?

00:36:46Well,

00:36:47of course

00:36:47you will

00:36:47lock your

00:36:48door tonight.

00:36:49You bet

00:36:49I shall.

00:36:50Yes.

00:36:52Well,

00:36:52leave everything

00:36:53else to me.

00:36:55Hmm.

00:36:57Shall we

00:36:58go in?

00:37:03Ah,

00:37:03here you are,

00:37:04Bertie.

00:37:05What about

00:37:05the light

00:37:06fantastic,

00:37:06Father?

00:37:07Shall we

00:37:08be treading

00:37:08on your

00:37:08corns,

00:37:09house of

00:37:10mourning,

00:37:10and so on?

00:37:11What's that?

00:37:12I thought

00:37:13we'd have

00:37:13some dancing.

00:37:14Oh,

00:37:15by all means,

00:37:15my boy,

00:37:16if the others

00:37:16would like it.

00:37:17Brother,

00:37:17I shall go

00:37:18to my study.

00:37:19I think

00:37:19I'll come

00:37:20with you,

00:37:21Father.

00:37:21I could

00:37:22look up

00:37:22your references

00:37:22for you

00:37:23if you like.

00:37:24I'm glad

00:37:25sister's gone.

00:37:26She hates

00:37:26dancing.

00:37:27Right,

00:37:28what shall we

00:37:28have?

00:37:29Foxtrot

00:37:29is the only

00:37:30thing I

00:37:30can manage.

00:37:32Foxtrot

00:37:32it is.

00:37:32I'll work

00:37:33the machinery.

00:37:34No,

00:37:34you won't.

00:37:36Take Dorothy.

00:37:37She'll

00:37:37accuse us

00:37:37to dance

00:37:38with me.

00:37:39Carry on.

00:37:40Come on

00:37:41then,

00:37:41Dorothy.

00:37:41Mrs. Bradley,

00:37:43will you

00:37:43do me the

00:37:44honour?

00:37:45The honour

00:37:45is all

00:37:46mine.

00:37:48I say,

00:37:48you don't

00:37:49think that

00:37:49weirdo woman

00:37:50is the

00:37:50juicy

00:37:51Jimmy

00:37:51who did

00:37:51in that

00:37:52Mount

00:37:52Joy,

00:37:52do you?

00:37:53Mrs. Bradley,

00:37:54gracious,

00:37:54no.

00:37:55All right,

00:37:56only to me.

00:37:57A little touch

00:37:57of reverse,

00:37:58and that's

00:37:59the way.

00:38:00Only to me.

00:38:01She looks

00:38:01the sort

00:38:02of Cesar

00:38:02Borgia

00:38:03near

00:38:03Odom

00:38:03Dicci

00:38:04who would

00:38:04fluff out

00:38:05her own

00:38:05mother

00:38:05for the

00:38:05fun

00:38:05of it.

00:38:06Don't you

00:38:06think so?

00:38:07She's a

00:38:07very gifted

00:38:08woman.

00:38:09Bertie,

00:38:10where are we

00:38:10going?

00:38:11Out into

00:38:11the hall.

00:38:16More room

00:38:16to,

00:38:17don't you

00:38:18know,

00:38:19so that I

00:38:20can...

00:38:20Oh,

00:38:21priest,

00:38:22don't you

00:38:23know that I'm

00:38:23on the verge

00:38:24of being

00:38:24married to

00:38:25God?

00:38:25More's

00:38:25the pity.

00:38:27Oh,

00:38:27let go,

00:38:28idiot.

00:38:29Oh,

00:38:30Eleanor.

00:38:30I say,

00:38:31Eleanor,

00:38:31please go and

00:38:32ask God

00:38:32to shove

00:38:33on a waltz.

00:38:33I feel

00:38:34in the mood

00:38:34for it.

00:38:35So,

00:38:35it appears.

00:38:36Tell him

00:38:36that I'll

00:38:37lend him his

00:38:37wench for

00:38:37the next

00:38:38dance for

00:38:38three.

00:38:39If he's

00:38:40a good

00:38:40boy,

00:38:41that is.

00:38:42Help me

00:38:43down,

00:38:43fool.

00:38:44Quicker,

00:38:44I'll tell

00:38:45my young

00:38:45man.

00:38:46Such

00:38:46goings

00:38:47on.

00:38:47Now,

00:38:47my pretty

00:38:48one,

00:38:49did I

00:38:49ruffle

00:38:49its

00:38:50pretty

00:38:50feathers

00:38:50there.

00:38:55Eleanor,

00:38:56that's

00:38:56my

00:38:57clock,

00:38:57you

00:38:57bad

00:38:58girl.

00:38:58Be

00:38:58careful,

00:38:58Dorothy,

00:38:59I'll

00:38:59cut

00:38:59yourself.

00:38:59Any

00:39:00damage?

00:39:01Good

00:39:01heavens,

00:39:02what a

00:39:02fuss.

00:39:03I'm

00:39:03so

00:39:04sorry,

00:39:05Dorothy.

00:39:07Don't

00:39:07mention

00:39:07it.

00:39:08It

00:39:08really

00:39:08doesn't

00:39:09matter

00:39:09a

00:39:09scrap.

00:39:10Dorothy,

00:39:11dear,

00:39:12leave them

00:39:13to clear up

00:39:14the mess

00:39:14and come

00:39:15out for a

00:39:15breath of

00:39:16air.

00:39:17Did you

00:39:18say it

00:39:19was your

00:39:20clock,

00:39:21your own

00:39:21actual

00:39:22property?

00:39:22Yes,

00:39:23I always

00:39:23take it

00:39:24with me

00:39:24when I

00:39:24visit

00:39:24people.

00:39:25It's

00:39:25like a

00:39:26friendly

00:39:26voice

00:39:26if I

00:39:27wake up

00:39:27in the

00:39:27night.

00:39:27But why

00:39:28should

00:39:29Eleanor

00:39:29be

00:39:29carrying

00:39:30it

00:39:30about

00:39:30the

00:39:30house?

00:39:31What

00:39:31were you

00:39:32doing

00:39:32when she

00:39:32dropped

00:39:33it?

00:39:33That

00:39:33ass

00:39:34Bertie

00:39:34was trying

00:39:34to kiss

00:39:34me.

00:39:35He

00:39:36doesn't

00:39:36mean

00:39:36anything

00:39:36by it.

00:39:37I

00:39:37see.

00:39:39Dorothy,

00:39:40I want you

00:39:40to do

00:39:41something

00:39:41for me.

00:39:42I'm

00:39:42going to

00:39:43make a

00:39:43little

00:39:43experiment

00:39:43tonight.

00:39:45Would

00:39:45you mind

00:39:46sleeping in

00:39:46the other

00:39:46twin bed

00:39:47in my

00:39:47room?

00:39:48Well,

00:39:48I...

00:39:49Just

00:39:49for one

00:39:50night.

00:39:51And

00:39:51you mustn't

00:39:52tell anyone

00:39:53what we're

00:39:53going to

00:39:53do.

00:39:54Not

00:39:54even

00:39:54guard?

00:39:55You see,

00:39:57ever since

00:39:57the murder,

00:39:59I haven't

00:39:59felt safe

00:40:00with anyone

00:40:00except guard.

00:40:01I had a

00:40:02bad car

00:40:03smash last

00:40:03year and

00:40:03it's made

00:40:04me stupidly

00:40:04nervous.

00:40:05I know

00:40:06it's silly

00:40:06because the

00:40:07only person

00:40:07who had

00:40:08any reason

00:40:08to do

00:40:08such a

00:40:09dreadful

00:40:09thing

00:40:09was the

00:40:10most

00:40:10unlikely

00:40:11of all

00:40:11of us.

00:40:12Who?

00:40:13Why,

00:40:13Eleanor.

00:40:14What makes

00:40:15you say

00:40:15she had a

00:40:16reason?

00:40:17Well,

00:40:18I know

00:40:18she wasn't

00:40:18happy

00:40:19because she

00:40:19came into

00:40:20my room

00:40:20weeping

00:40:21and saying

00:40:21she didn't

00:40:21know what

00:40:22to do.

00:40:22About what?

00:40:23About her

00:40:23engagement.

00:40:24I said

00:40:25if she felt

00:40:26unhappy about

00:40:26it,

00:40:26she should

00:40:27break it

00:40:27off.

00:40:27Excellent

00:40:28advice.

00:40:29What did

00:40:30Eleanor say?

00:40:31That she'd

00:40:32have to go

00:40:32through with

00:40:33it because

00:40:33of the

00:40:33shame.

00:40:34Of course,

00:40:35you can

00:40:35see what

00:40:35I thought

00:40:36she meant,

00:40:36Mrs. Bradley,

00:40:37even though

00:40:37I could

00:40:38scarcely imagine

00:40:39Prim

00:40:39Eleanor getting

00:40:40herself into

00:40:40that sort

00:40:41of muddle.

00:40:42But now

00:40:42I know

00:40:43she must

00:40:43have...

00:40:44Yes?

00:40:45Well,

00:40:46found out

00:40:47about

00:40:47Everard

00:40:48Mountjoy's

00:40:49sex.

00:40:50So really

00:40:51it was a

00:40:51blessing he...

00:40:52I mean,

00:40:53she was

00:40:54drowned

00:40:54from Eleanor's

00:40:55point of view.

00:40:56Yes.

00:40:57I expect

00:40:57that was

00:40:58Eleanor's

00:40:59point of view.

00:41:00When did

00:41:01this touching

00:41:02conversation

00:41:02take place,

00:41:03by the way?

00:41:04While I was

00:41:04getting ready

00:41:05for dinner

00:41:05on Tuesday.

00:41:06I'd only

00:41:07just arrived,

00:41:07you know,

00:41:08and I'd

00:41:08realised I'd

00:41:09left my

00:41:09powder compact

00:41:10in the motor.

00:41:11So I had

00:41:11to dash down

00:41:12and get it.

00:41:13Leaving

00:41:13Eleanor

00:41:14in your

00:41:14bedroom.

00:41:15I see.

00:41:18Well,

00:41:18my dear,

00:41:19you may

00:41:19tell your

00:41:20fiancée

00:41:20about

00:41:21tonight's

00:41:21experiment,

00:41:22but nobody

00:41:22else.

00:41:25Listen

00:41:25while I

00:41:26tell you

00:41:26what to

00:41:27do.

00:41:31Here I am,

00:41:32Mrs. Bradley.

00:41:33Finished

00:41:33everything?

00:41:34Yes,

00:41:35everything.

00:41:36The dummy

00:41:37looked horribly

00:41:38lifelike in

00:41:38my bed.

00:41:39I put my

00:41:40shingle cap

00:41:40on it.

00:41:40I'm cold.

00:41:42No,

00:41:43scared.

00:41:44Never mind.

00:41:44Get into bed.

00:41:46Quietly,

00:41:46mind.

00:41:47It's

00:41:48tremendously

00:41:48important that

00:41:49no one

00:41:50knows you

00:41:51either.

00:41:53Good night,

00:41:54my dear.

00:41:54What was that?

00:42:11Scream.

00:42:12What did you

00:42:12think it was?

00:42:12Oh,

00:42:13isn't it horrible?

00:42:14Yes,

00:42:14it is,

00:42:15but it

00:42:15might have

00:42:15been worse.

00:42:16It was

00:42:30too

00:42:31too

00:42:32terrible.

00:42:34Calm yourself,

00:42:35Eleanor.

00:42:35Wasn't you

00:42:36screaming?

00:42:36No,

00:42:37oh,

00:42:37God.

00:42:38There,

00:42:38very.

00:42:41Now,

00:42:41Eleanor,

00:42:42do please

00:42:43calm yourself

00:42:44and speak

00:42:44coherently.

00:42:45silence,

00:42:47please.

00:42:48Mabel,

00:42:48Martins,

00:42:49silence.

00:42:52Now then,

00:42:53Eleanor,

00:42:53tell us

00:42:54what has

00:42:54happened.

00:42:55I had

00:42:56neuralgia

00:42:57and I

00:42:58thought

00:42:58Dorothy

00:42:58might have

00:42:59some aspirin,

00:43:00so I

00:43:01went into

00:43:02her room

00:43:02to ask

00:43:03for it

00:43:03and,

00:43:04and,

00:43:06well,

00:43:07go and

00:43:07see for

00:43:07yourselves.

00:43:08It's

00:43:09horrible.

00:43:11Horrible!

00:43:13Go on,

00:43:13go on.

00:43:14Come on,

00:43:15God,

00:43:16don't leave

00:43:16Jonathan's side

00:43:17until I come

00:43:18back.

00:43:18Right.

00:43:20Now,

00:43:20come along,

00:43:22come with me.

00:43:23I'm going to give you

00:43:23something to make

00:43:24you sleep and

00:43:25when you've taken

00:43:25it,

00:43:26I'll send

00:43:26someone along

00:43:27to see how

00:43:27you are.

00:43:28No!

00:43:29Don't send

00:43:30anybody!

00:43:31I only want

00:43:32to be left

00:43:32alone!

00:43:33Please!

00:43:35The rest of us

00:43:36went into

00:43:36Dorothy's room.

00:43:38Lying on the

00:43:39bed

00:43:39was a dummy,

00:43:40its head

00:43:41cunningly fashioned

00:43:42from a Guy

00:43:43Fawkes mask,

00:43:44partly obscured

00:43:45by a rose-pink

00:43:46shingle cap.

00:43:47Gruesome enough

00:43:48in all conscience,

00:43:49but what was

00:43:50infinitely worse

00:43:51was the fact

00:43:51that the head

00:43:52was staved in

00:43:53as though

00:43:54from a terrific

00:43:54blow,

00:43:55and lying across

00:43:56the dainty

00:43:57coverlet

00:43:58was a heavy

00:43:59poker.

00:44:02We were still

00:44:03recovering from

00:44:04our first sight

00:44:05of this monstrosity

00:44:06when Mrs. Bradley

00:44:08arrived.

00:44:10Just look

00:44:11at this,

00:44:11Mrs. Bradley,

00:44:12will you?

00:44:13I think we must

00:44:13be harbouring

00:44:14a maniac.

00:44:16Yes.

00:44:18Nasty.

00:44:19Nasty?

00:44:20It's frightful.

00:44:22The poker.

00:44:23Yes.

00:44:24But supposing

00:44:25I had been lying

00:44:26there instead

00:44:26of the dummy?

00:44:28Well, you weren't,

00:44:29so it's all right.

00:44:30But I should

00:44:30have been

00:44:31if it hadn't

00:44:31been for Mrs. Bradley.

00:44:32Eh?

00:44:33What's that?

00:44:34It's true.

00:44:35I should have

00:44:35been sleeping

00:44:35here tonight

00:44:36if Mrs. Bradley

00:44:37hadn't suggested

00:44:37this experiment.

00:44:39You mean

00:44:39it was your idea

00:44:40to fashion

00:44:41this frightful effigy,

00:44:42Mrs. Bradley?

00:44:43But had you

00:44:44any reason,

00:44:45any inkling

00:44:46of any...

00:44:46Just an intuition.

00:44:47Oh, rubbish!

00:44:49Rubbish!

00:44:49Good Lord, Father.

00:44:50There's no need

00:44:51to be rude

00:44:51to Mrs. Bradley.

00:44:52I think

00:44:52this is the most

00:44:53ghastly attempt

00:44:55at murder

00:44:55I ever knew about.

00:44:59Oh,

00:44:59how foolish of me.

00:45:01I'm so sorry

00:45:02I said that.

00:45:03You are?

00:45:03Where shall I

00:45:04take her?

00:45:06Your room,

00:45:07Mrs. Bradley.

00:45:08By all means,

00:45:09I shall accompany you.

00:45:10And I suggest

00:45:11that everyone

00:45:12should try

00:45:13to get some sleep.

00:45:15We can continue

00:45:16our discussions

00:45:17at breakfast.

00:45:17I thought the end

00:45:29of the world

00:45:29was come

00:45:29and that we were

00:45:30listening to the

00:45:31last shriek of the day.

00:45:32So did I.

00:45:34Absolutely.

00:45:36Eleanor is apparently

00:45:37washing off the shock.

00:45:39At least the bathroom

00:45:40door was locked

00:45:40and I assumed

00:45:41it was Eleanor.

00:45:42Poor Eleanor.

00:45:44By the way, Bertie,

00:45:44where were you

00:45:46last night?

00:45:47Well,

00:45:47I did begin

00:45:48to get up

00:45:49but when I saw

00:45:51the mobs of people

00:45:51on the landing

00:45:52I thought I might

00:45:53as well get back

00:45:54to bed.

00:45:54I'm jolly glad

00:45:55Dorothy was sleeping

00:45:55in Mrs. Bradley's room.

00:45:57I knew she was going

00:45:57to, of course.

00:45:58Yes, so did I.

00:45:59What?

00:45:59I overheard your

00:46:02conversation with Dorothy.

00:46:04The devil.

00:46:05So you knew

00:46:06where she was

00:46:07all the time.

00:46:08Yes, but it's

00:46:09a beastly business.

00:46:10I mean, anyone

00:46:11who would want

00:46:12to put a topping

00:46:12girl like Dorothy

00:46:13out of the way

00:46:14must be absolutely

00:46:15mad.

00:46:16Eleanor!

00:46:17What's the matter,

00:46:19Alistair?

00:46:19Where is Eleanor?

00:46:21In the bathroom.

00:46:22That horrible place.

00:46:24I should have

00:46:25locked it up

00:46:26and disconnected

00:46:26the water.

00:46:27Get her out!

00:46:27This time

00:46:35the bathroom

00:46:35door was locked

00:46:37so we forced

00:46:38it open

00:46:38while Mrs. Bradley

00:46:39telephoned

00:46:40for the doctor.

00:46:43Sure enough,

00:46:44Eleanor was inside

00:46:45clad in her

00:46:46dressing gown

00:46:47lying over

00:46:48the side of the

00:46:48bath with her

00:46:49head touching

00:46:50the bottom.

00:46:51Oh, heavens!

00:46:53Good God!

00:46:55She's drowned.

00:46:56We carried her

00:46:57into her bedroom

00:46:58and attempted

00:46:59artificial respiration.

00:47:01Bertie worked

00:47:01like one

00:47:02possessed.

00:47:03Eventually,

00:47:04the doctor arrived.

00:47:05That's enough,

00:47:05Philipson.

00:47:06You're exhausted.

00:47:07You take a turn

00:47:08now, young Bing.

00:47:09Right you are,

00:47:09doctor.

00:47:12She wasn't

00:47:13actually in the

00:47:14bath, you say,

00:47:15Mr. Casco?

00:47:15No.

00:47:16Her feet were

00:47:17on the floor,

00:47:17but her head

00:47:18was touching

00:47:19the bottom

00:47:20of the bath.

00:47:21She had the

00:47:21waist-plug chain

00:47:22twisted round

00:47:23her hand.

00:47:24So there was

00:47:24no water

00:47:25in the bath?

00:47:26No.

00:47:26There's another

00:47:27thing, doctor.

00:47:28Doctor!

00:47:30Ah, that's it.

00:47:31She'll do.

00:47:32A dose of

00:47:33salva,

00:47:33luckily,

00:47:34and she'll be

00:47:34as right as rain.

00:47:36Phillips!

00:47:36Oh, he's passed out.

00:47:40Silly fool.

00:47:41Haul him off her.

00:47:42Might cause the

00:47:43poor girl to bite

00:47:43her tongue,

00:47:44clean off,

00:47:44falling all over her

00:47:45like that

00:47:45just when

00:47:46she's coming

00:47:46round.

00:47:47Now, my dear,

00:47:49take hold of

00:47:50this glass.

00:48:00Eleanor, my dear,

00:48:02Sir Joseph and

00:48:03Inspector Boring

00:48:04have asked to

00:48:05see you.

00:48:05I hope you

00:48:06feel better,

00:48:07Miss Bing.

00:48:07Quite.

00:48:08I thank you.

00:48:09Oh, glad to

00:48:10hear it.

00:48:11Well, if you

00:48:13feel equal to

00:48:14doing so,

00:48:15we should

00:48:15like you to

00:48:15answer a few

00:48:16questions.

00:48:17First...

00:48:17First, I should

00:48:18like to request

00:48:19my father to

00:48:20descend to the

00:48:21study for a

00:48:21copy of one

00:48:22of the Latin

00:48:22authors.

00:48:23Which one,

00:48:24my dear?

00:48:25Any one you

00:48:25like.

00:48:26But don't

00:48:26return with it

00:48:27in less than

00:48:27a quarter of

00:48:28an hour.

00:48:29I imagine

00:48:29these gentlemen

00:48:30will have

00:48:30concluded their

00:48:31inquisition by

00:48:32that time?

00:48:37Yes.

00:48:38And now,

00:48:39Miss Bing,

00:48:40we want you

00:48:42to tell us

00:48:42what caused

00:48:43you to fall

00:48:44headfirst into

00:48:44the bath this

00:48:45morning.

00:48:46I was overcome

00:48:47by a feeling

00:48:48of extreme

00:48:49faintness and

00:48:50was unable to

00:48:51call for help

00:48:52before I was

00:48:53wrapped in

00:48:53complete oblivion.

00:48:55The only wonder

00:48:55is that I am

00:48:56alive to tell

00:48:56the tale,

00:48:57or so I am

00:48:58informed by those

00:48:59who rescued me.

00:48:59Yes, yours is a

00:49:01devoted family

00:49:02circle.

00:49:02Oh, come now,

00:49:04Miss Bing,

00:49:04there's no need

00:49:05for us to fence.

00:49:06Who are you

00:49:07shielding?

00:49:08Fence?

00:49:09Shielding?

00:49:10Pray,

00:49:10explain yourself.

00:49:11Who attempted

00:49:12to murder you

00:49:12in the bathroom

00:49:13this morning?

00:49:14Come now.

00:49:14My dear

00:49:15inspector,

00:49:16you are talking

00:49:16the most utter

00:49:17nonsense.

00:49:18Nobody attempted

00:49:19any such thing.

00:49:20I fainted

00:49:21as I have

00:49:22told you.

00:49:22That is all

00:49:23I can say.

00:49:24And as I am

00:49:25still weak,

00:49:26I feel sure

00:49:27you will relieve

00:49:27me of your

00:49:28presence as soon

00:49:29as possible.

00:49:29Yes, of course

00:49:41she's lying.

00:49:42You mean?

00:49:43Sir, somebody

00:49:44half-throttled

00:49:45that young woman.

00:49:46I spotted the

00:49:47bruises on her

00:49:48neck.

00:49:48You sound

00:49:49sympathetic,

00:49:50Boring.

00:49:50Well, I can

00:49:51understand his

00:49:51feelings.

00:49:53There are some

00:49:53women that are

00:49:54past all bearing,

00:49:55and Miss

00:49:56Eleanor Bing is

00:49:57one of them.

00:49:58Now,

00:49:59I wonder

00:50:00who she's

00:50:01shielding.

00:50:03What do you

00:50:03say to a little

00:50:04general interrogation,

00:50:06sir?

00:50:06Carry on,

00:50:07Boring.

00:50:08Carry on.

00:50:14Now,

00:50:14Miss Clark,

00:50:15who in this

00:50:16house had any

00:50:17reason to wish

00:50:17you dead?

00:50:18You mustn't

00:50:19ask me.

00:50:19Oh, come

00:50:19now,

00:50:20Miss Clark.

00:50:21All right,

00:50:21I tell you.

00:50:22It was

00:50:23Eleanor who

00:50:24hated me.

00:50:24She always

00:50:25has.

00:50:26But she

00:50:26didn't try

00:50:27to kill me.

00:50:27I'm sure

00:50:28she didn't.

00:50:28And why

00:50:29are you

00:50:29so sure?

00:50:30It would

00:50:31be too

00:50:31horrible.

00:50:32Yes,

00:50:33I agree,

00:50:34Miss Clark.

00:50:35Thank you,

00:50:36Miss Clark,

00:50:36that will

00:50:36be all.

00:50:38I'll ask

00:50:38God to

00:50:39come in,

00:50:39shall I?

00:50:40If you

00:50:40would,

00:50:41please.

00:50:43Fingerprints

00:50:43might settle

00:50:44the matter,

00:50:44sir.

00:50:45On the

00:50:45poker,

00:50:45you mean?

00:50:46Perhaps.

00:50:47Ah,

00:50:48come in

00:50:48and sit

00:50:49down,

00:50:49Mr.

00:50:49Bing.

00:50:50Right.

00:50:50Are you

00:50:51strongly

00:50:51attached to

00:50:52your sister?

00:50:54No.

00:50:54No?

00:50:55Before or

00:50:56after you

00:50:57knew of her

00:50:57inimical feelings

00:50:58towards your

00:50:59fiancée?

00:51:00I didn't

00:51:00know that

00:51:00Eleanor didn't

00:51:01like Dorothy.

00:51:02That's news to

00:51:03me, I assure

00:51:04you.

00:51:05This is never

00:51:06demonstrative,

00:51:07you know.

00:51:07I see.

00:51:08Any questions,

00:51:09Borey?

00:51:10No,

00:51:11thank you,

00:51:11sir.

00:51:12That'll be

00:51:12all,

00:51:13Mr.

00:51:13Bing.

00:51:14Right,

00:51:14you are.

00:51:15I'll get

00:51:16Carstairs.

00:51:21Well,

00:51:22now,

00:51:22Mr.

00:51:22Carstairs,

00:51:23who killed

00:51:24Mount Joy?

00:51:24To the best

00:51:25of my knowledge,

00:51:26Mount Joy was

00:51:27the victim of

00:51:27an accident.

00:51:28But yesterday,

00:51:29you said...

00:51:29I've changed

00:51:29my mind.

00:51:30Good morning.

00:51:32Of course,

00:51:32you won't be

00:51:33able to shuffle

00:51:33like that in

00:51:34the witness

00:51:34box.

00:51:35Who's next?

00:51:37Ah,

00:51:38good morning,

00:51:38Mrs. Bradley.

00:51:39Good morning,

00:51:40gentlemen.

00:51:41Now then,

00:51:41I should like

00:51:41to make a

00:51:42statement.

00:51:43Yes,

00:51:43of course,

00:51:44I take it,

00:51:44boarding will you?

00:51:45Sir.

00:51:45When I was

00:51:46invited to stay

00:51:47at this house,

00:51:47I was intensely

00:51:48interested from

00:51:49the start in

00:51:50Eleanor Bing's

00:51:51psychological

00:51:52make-up.

00:51:53Of course.

00:51:54Also staying

00:51:55here was the

00:51:55woman Mount Joy.

00:51:56We all thought

00:51:57she was a man.

00:51:58Obviously,

00:51:59Eleanor thought

00:52:00so, too,

00:52:00for they became

00:52:01engaged to be

00:52:01married,

00:52:02and less than

00:52:03a fortnight later,

00:52:05Mount Joy met

00:52:06her death.

00:52:07I think you

00:52:08had doubts

00:52:09yesterday,

00:52:09Sir Joseph,

00:52:10as to the

00:52:11cause of that

00:52:11death.

00:52:12Frankly,

00:52:12Mrs. Bradley,

00:52:13I think

00:52:13Mount Joy

00:52:13was murdered.

00:52:15Ah.

00:52:17Then if I

00:52:18tell you

00:52:19that I had

00:52:20reason to

00:52:20believe that

00:52:21the murderer

00:52:22of Mount Joy

00:52:22had designs

00:52:23also upon

00:52:24the life of

00:52:25Dorothy Clark,

00:52:27you won't be

00:52:28surprised that

00:52:28I took the

00:52:29girl into my

00:52:29room.

00:52:30Well,

00:52:30we'd like to

00:52:31know what

00:52:31made you think

00:52:32an attempt

00:52:32would be made

00:52:33on the girl's

00:52:33life.

00:52:34Also,

00:52:34of course,

00:52:35we'd be

00:52:35interested to

00:52:36know the

00:52:36identity

00:52:37of the

00:52:37murderer.

00:52:38Until this

00:52:39morning,

00:52:39I should have

00:52:40said it was

00:52:41Eleanor Bing.

00:52:42Now I am not

00:52:43at all sure that

00:52:44Mount Joy wasn't

00:52:44the victim of

00:52:45an accident.

00:52:46How did you

00:52:46fix on

00:52:46Eleanor Bing?

00:52:47I haven't

00:52:48any proofs which

00:52:49a jury would

00:52:49consider evidence,

00:52:51but I could

00:52:52suggest a motive.

00:52:53Now,

00:52:54that has puzzled

00:52:55me a good deal,

00:52:56the apparent

00:52:57absence of motive.

00:52:58I present you

00:53:00the picture of

00:53:01a woman,

00:53:0128 to 30

00:53:02years of age,

00:53:03intelligent and

00:53:04healthy,

00:53:05but emotionally

00:53:06starved.

00:53:08One day a man

00:53:09comes into her

00:53:09life.

00:53:10They find mutual

00:53:11attraction in one

00:53:12another's society.

00:53:14They become engaged.

00:53:14Yes,

00:53:15now,

00:53:15why did the

00:53:16woman,

00:53:16Mount Joy,

00:53:17allow herself to

00:53:18become engaged to

00:53:19poor Miss Bing?

00:53:20It may be that

00:53:22Mount Joy was

00:53:22urgently in need

00:53:23of money.

00:53:24Eleanor has a

00:53:25comfortable fortune,

00:53:26and the other

00:53:27woman may have

00:53:28conjured on her

00:53:28dupe's fear of

00:53:29ridicule,

00:53:30being strong enough

00:53:31to keep the secret

00:53:32of Mount Joy's

00:53:33sex.

00:53:34The other

00:53:35explanation may

00:53:36sound to you

00:53:37extraordinary,

00:53:38but it is more

00:53:39probably the

00:53:39correct one.

00:53:41Have you heard

00:53:42of sexual

00:53:42perversion?

00:53:44Not a pleasant

00:53:45subject.

00:53:45I don't propose

00:53:46to discuss it,

00:53:48but I do suggest

00:53:49to you that

00:53:49Mount Joy may have

00:53:51formed a very

00:53:51real and very

00:53:52strong attachment

00:53:54to Eleanor.

00:53:55It is a

00:53:56possibility,

00:53:56of course.

00:53:56whatever happened,

00:53:58one thing must

00:53:59be regarded as

00:53:59certain.

00:54:00In some way,

00:54:01Eleanor discovered

00:54:02the truth about

00:54:03her lover.

00:54:04Motive!

00:54:05Revenge on the

00:54:06person who

00:54:07had deceived her!

00:54:08Exactly!

00:54:09That's what I

00:54:09should have said.

00:54:11Until this morning.

00:54:12That is certainly

00:54:13a very ingenious

00:54:14theory,

00:54:14Mrs. Bradley.

00:54:15It does provide

00:54:16a strong motive

00:54:16for the crime.

00:54:17Did they tell you

00:54:18about the watch?

00:54:19Watch?

00:54:20Mount Joy's watch,

00:54:21which was discovered

00:54:22by me at the bottom

00:54:23of the washstand jug.

00:54:25Drowned watch,

00:54:26drowned woman.

00:54:31That concludes

00:54:32my voluntary

00:54:33statement, John.

00:54:34But what exactly

00:54:35made you think

00:54:36there would be

00:54:36an attempt

00:54:36on Miss Clark's

00:54:37life?

00:54:38Oh, I knew

00:54:39that Eleanor

00:54:40would kill the girl

00:54:41if she could.

00:54:42For one thing,

00:54:43Eleanor is quite mad,

00:54:44you know.

00:54:45Oh, I think

00:54:45you're wrong.

00:54:46We talked with

00:54:47Miss Bing this morning,

00:54:48and I never saw

00:54:48anyone who appeared

00:54:49more entirely in

00:54:50possession of all

00:54:51her mental faculties.

00:54:52And then the clock

00:54:53clinched it.

00:54:55Oh, I didn't tell you

00:54:55how she smashed

00:54:56the clock.

00:54:58Clock?

00:54:58What clock?

00:55:00The Freudian clock.

00:55:03Dorothy's clock.

00:55:05Smashed clock,

00:55:06smashed woman.

00:55:08My dear man,

00:55:09she positively

00:55:10flung it on the ground

00:55:11when she saw

00:55:12them kissing.

00:55:13I think we are

00:55:14wasting time,

00:55:16madam.

00:55:16Good morning.

00:55:17Good morning,

00:55:18gentlemen.

00:55:18Oh, that is

00:55:21a nasty cough,

00:55:22Inspector.

00:55:23Hot lemon and honey

00:55:24is very efficacious,

00:55:26I believe.

00:55:28Let's go and have

00:55:29some food.

00:55:30That woman

00:55:31unnerves me.

00:55:33And this afternoon

00:55:34we must get on

00:55:35with the fingerprinting.

00:55:37I was rather

00:55:38disappointed not

00:55:39to be included

00:55:39in the fingerprinting

00:55:41process.

00:55:42It appeared that

00:55:42my thumbprint

00:55:43was so clearly

00:55:44different from that

00:55:45found on the poker

00:55:46that it would have

00:55:48been a waste

00:55:48of police time.

00:55:50It was at this point,

00:55:51that is,

00:55:52on Saturday morning,

00:55:53that Inspector Boring

00:55:54began to confide in me.

00:55:58You're looking

00:55:58very jovial

00:55:59this morning,

00:56:00if I may say so,

00:56:01Mr. Carstairs.

00:56:01Oh, yes.

00:56:02I'm going to a wedding.

00:56:03Oh.

00:56:04Mr. Gardbing

00:56:05and Miss Clark

00:56:05are getting married

00:56:06by special licence.

00:56:08Are they by Jove?

00:56:10Oh,

00:56:11that's a bit

00:56:11out of the ordinary,

00:56:12isn't it, sir?

00:56:13I mean,

00:56:13yesterday we take

00:56:14everybody's fingerprints

00:56:15and today these two

00:56:16go and get married.

00:56:17I really can't see

00:56:19that the two things

00:56:20have anything to do

00:56:21with one another.

00:56:22Can't you, sir?

00:56:24Well,

00:56:25I can't prove

00:56:26Miss Mountjoy

00:56:26was murdered

00:56:27and yet I know

00:56:28the same as you know

00:56:29that murder was done.

00:56:31But I don't know

00:56:32that murder was done.

00:56:34As I told you yesterday,

00:56:35I've changed my mind.

00:56:36Oh,

00:56:36now,

00:56:37Mr. Carstairs.

00:56:39If Mountjoy

00:56:39wasn't murdered,

00:56:41why did someone

00:56:41try to kill Miss Bing?

00:56:43Somebody still thinks

00:56:44she was the murderer.

00:56:46Why are these two people

00:56:48in such a hurry

00:56:49to get married?

00:56:50Special licence indeed.

00:56:51Or perhaps they think

00:56:52Miss Clark stands

00:56:53in need of her

00:56:54husband's protection.

00:56:56Protection?

00:56:57Mr. Carstairs,

00:56:58you've hit it.

00:57:00They're afraid

00:57:01of another attempt

00:57:01on her life.

00:57:03And that brings us

00:57:04back to Eleanor Bing

00:57:05and this.

00:57:08What?

00:57:10A bottle of aspen?

00:57:11What does that

00:57:13prove, Inspector?

00:57:14That Miss Bing

00:57:15is a very poor liar.

00:57:18Didn't she say

00:57:19that she went

00:57:19into Miss Clark's room

00:57:20on Thursday night

00:57:21for aspirin

00:57:21for her neuralgia?

00:57:23Huh?

00:57:24Well,

00:57:25I found this bottle

00:57:26in the very front

00:57:27of the little cupboard

00:57:28in her own room.

00:57:29The label says

00:57:3050 tablets.

00:57:32The bottle

00:57:32contains 31

00:57:33and it's fairly safe

00:57:35to assume

00:57:35that she hasn't

00:57:36taken 19

00:57:37since Thursday,

00:57:38so they were

00:57:39bought before then.

00:57:40This,

00:57:41taken in conjunction

00:57:42with the fact

00:57:43that the fingerprints

00:57:44on the poker

00:57:45show that Miss Bing

00:57:45was the last person

00:57:46to handle it,

00:57:47justifies me in assuming

00:57:48that she dealt

00:57:49the blow to that dummy.

00:57:53Hope I haven't

00:57:54been boring you.

00:57:56I don't usually

00:57:57say off a whole

00:57:58long piece like that,

00:57:58but I wanted to get

00:57:59the hang of my ideas.

00:58:01Inspector,

00:58:01you belie your name.

00:58:04Be your pardon, sir?

00:58:05Boring.

00:58:06You most certainly

00:58:07are not.

00:58:08Thank you, sir.

00:58:10I think I'll just

00:58:11go and establish

00:58:12if I can exactly

00:58:13when this aspirin

00:58:13was purchased.

00:58:16I hope you enjoy

00:58:17the wedding.

00:58:21Good heavens!

00:58:23Mrs Bradley!

00:58:24What are you doing

00:58:25in that bush?

00:58:26I thought that man

00:58:27would never go

00:58:28and he does hate me

00:58:29so much.

00:58:30I didn't want to spoil

00:58:31his day by confronting him.

00:58:32You, on the other hand,

00:58:33are his little eulah,

00:58:35aren't you?

00:58:35It would seem so.

00:58:38In fact,

00:58:39I think I could murder

00:58:40the whole lot of you

00:58:41and still get off

00:58:42scot-free,

00:58:43even though I should

00:58:44be the only one

00:58:44left alive.

00:58:47What it is to have

00:58:49influence.

00:58:51Now,

00:58:52I want to know

00:58:53your version of all

00:58:54that has occurred

00:58:55since we last talked

00:58:56together.

00:58:57I'm forced to the

00:58:58conclusion that the

00:58:59murderer is a

00:59:00homicidal maniac

00:59:02who killed Mountjoy

00:59:03and attempted to

00:59:04kill first Dorothy

00:59:06and then Eleanor,

00:59:07for all I know,

00:59:08may be lurking

00:59:09behind the

00:59:09summer house

00:59:10at this moment.

00:59:11Oh!

00:59:13I should run

00:59:13and be alive!

00:59:14But there's one point

00:59:16I'm not quite

00:59:17clear about.

00:59:18I thought you'd

00:59:19notice the scream.

00:59:21Huh?

00:59:23Passing over your

00:59:24quite unique habit

00:59:25of reading my mind,

00:59:27why did Eleanor

00:59:29scream like that?

00:59:30Well, why do

00:59:32women usually

00:59:33scream?

00:59:34Because they're in

00:59:34agony or in

00:59:35danger or

00:59:36frightened?

00:59:38Let us say

00:59:39suddenly frightened.

00:59:41We can dismiss

00:59:42the idea that

00:59:43Eleanor was in

00:59:44agony, I think.

00:59:45That leaves us

00:59:46with the alternatives

00:59:46of danger and

00:59:48sudden fright.

00:59:49Exactly.

00:59:51The view that

00:59:51she was in

00:59:52danger mustn't

00:59:53be lost sight of

00:59:53and that something

00:59:54frightened her is

00:59:55undoubtedly

00:59:56true.

00:59:57She admitted it

00:59:58herself, but her

00:59:59explanation is

01:00:00amazingly thin.

01:00:01She said it

01:00:02was the sight of

01:00:03the dummy figure

01:00:04in the bed when

01:00:05she turned on

01:00:05the light.

01:00:07Now, I contend

01:00:08that Eleanor was

01:00:09lying when she

01:00:10said she turned

01:00:10on the light.

01:00:12Go on.

01:00:13Her fingerprints

01:00:13were on that

01:00:14poker.

01:00:15The head of the

01:00:16dummy was staved

01:00:17in by a heavy

01:00:17blow.

01:00:18The inference is

01:00:19that Eleanor

01:00:20struck that

01:00:21blow.

01:00:22She must have

01:00:23intended to

01:00:24kill Dorothy.

01:00:25Would she have

01:00:26risked turning

01:00:26lights on?

01:00:27No, no, no, no,

01:00:28no.

01:00:28The moonlight, she

01:00:30judged, was

01:00:30sufficient.

01:00:31She struck the

01:00:32blow and then

01:00:34she screamed.

01:00:36But why?

01:00:38Because somebody

01:00:39was hiding in the

01:00:40room and this

01:00:42person sprang out

01:00:43and confronted

01:00:43her.

01:00:44He switched on

01:00:45the light.

01:00:47It was his

01:00:48unexpected appearance

01:00:49and his fierce,

01:00:50almost murderous

01:00:51attitude and

01:00:52expression that

01:00:53caused Eleanor to

01:00:54scream.

01:00:54not only did

01:00:56she realise

01:00:56that someone

01:00:57had seen her

01:00:58kill Dorothy,

01:00:59but she thought

01:01:00her own life

01:01:00was in danger.

01:01:01But she

01:01:02didn't kill

01:01:03Dorothy.

01:01:04No, but she

01:01:05thought she

01:01:06had.

01:01:07But, but...

01:01:08And don't you

01:01:09see that this

01:01:10also accounts

01:01:10for the attempt

01:01:11made on

01:01:12Eleanor's life?

01:01:14If Eleanor

01:01:15had killed

01:01:16Dorothy, she

01:01:17herself would

01:01:17never have

01:01:18left that

01:01:18room alive.

01:01:20Because Dorothy

01:01:21was safe,

01:01:21the unknown

01:01:22witness let

01:01:22Eleanor go.

01:01:23later, however,

01:01:26he thought

01:01:26better of

01:01:27allowing her

01:01:27to remain

01:01:28at liberty

01:01:28to injure

01:01:30Dorothy on

01:01:30some future

01:01:31occasion,

01:01:32so he

01:01:32entered the

01:01:33bathroom next

01:01:33morning and,

01:01:35as he

01:01:35thought,

01:01:36drowned

01:01:37Eleanor in

01:01:38the bath.

01:01:39No!

01:01:41I expect

01:01:43he worked

01:01:44tremendously

01:01:44hard yesterday

01:01:45morning trying

01:01:46to bring her

01:01:47round.

01:01:48Oh, it must

01:01:49have been a

01:01:49staggering shock

01:01:50to him when

01:01:51she recovered.

01:01:52You say

01:01:53him?

01:01:55I'm sure

01:01:55he's a man

01:01:56because we

01:01:58can all

01:01:58account for

01:01:58Eleanor

01:01:59and Dorothy

01:02:00and I can

01:02:00account for

01:02:01one another.

01:02:02So that

01:02:02leaves yourself,

01:02:04Alistair,

01:02:05Guard,

01:02:06and Bertie.

01:02:08Which one

01:02:08do you choose?

01:02:11Guard is the

01:02:12likeliest.

01:02:13A fair guess,

01:02:14but a mistake,

01:02:15I think.

01:02:15Try Bertie

01:02:16Philipson.

01:02:18Bertie?

01:02:19Oh, no.

01:02:20Oh,

01:02:20nonsense.

01:02:22Then perhaps

01:02:23you'll tell me

01:02:24why he didn't

01:02:24join the rest

01:02:25of us on the

01:02:25landing outside

01:02:26Dorothy's room.

01:02:28Wasn't he

01:02:28there?

01:02:29You know

01:02:30he wasn't.

01:02:32Don't you

01:02:32remember how

01:02:32Guard teased

01:02:33him at breakfast

01:02:34about his

01:02:34non-appearance?

01:02:36He was still

01:02:37hiding behind

01:02:39Dorothy's bed.

01:02:41Oh,

01:02:42I could

01:02:42wager he

01:02:43spent a

01:02:44remarkably

01:02:44uncomfortable

01:02:45half hour

01:02:46or two

01:02:46wondering if

01:02:47Eleanor would

01:02:48give him away.

01:02:49Yes,

01:02:50yes,

01:02:50if all this

01:02:51is true,

01:02:52why didn't

01:02:53she?

01:02:54She is

01:02:55in love

01:02:56with him.

01:02:58One

01:02:58increasing

01:02:59purpose runs

01:03:00through the

01:03:00whole of these

01:03:01unhappy affairs,

01:03:02and the theme

01:03:03is Eleanor's

01:03:04desire for

01:03:05Bertie

01:03:06Philipson.

01:03:08Oh,

01:03:08no,

01:03:08I really

01:03:09must go

01:03:09and dress

01:03:09for the

01:03:09wedding.

01:03:10Did you

01:03:10say there

01:03:11were to

01:03:11be two

01:03:12bridesmaids?

01:03:12Yes,

01:03:13Eleanor,

01:03:13and a nice

01:03:14girl named

01:03:15Pamela

01:03:15Staubin.

01:03:17She'll come

01:03:18back after

01:03:18the ceremony

01:03:19for lunch,

01:03:19and Bertie

01:03:20will drive

01:03:21her home

01:03:21after dinner.

01:03:23I see.

01:03:25What a shame

01:03:27that Bertie

01:03:28is such a

01:03:28charming

01:03:29squire

01:03:30of dames.

01:03:37The wedding

01:03:38ceremony

01:03:38was soon

01:03:39over.

01:03:39Bertie

01:03:40was best

01:03:41man,

01:03:41and Eleanor

01:03:42and

01:03:4217-year-old

01:03:43Pamela

01:03:44made

01:03:44rather

01:03:44ill-matched

01:03:45bridesmaids.

01:03:47The weather,

01:03:47which had been

01:03:48uncomfortably

01:03:48close all

01:03:49afternoon,

01:03:50suddenly broke

01:03:50during dinner.

01:03:55Can't go home

01:03:56in this,

01:03:56Pamela.

01:03:57Of course

01:03:57not.

01:03:58Quite

01:03:59impossible.

01:04:00Well,

01:04:00if it's all

01:04:00the same

01:04:01to everybody,

01:04:01I'd just

01:04:02as soon

01:04:02not take

01:04:02my little

01:04:03old bus

01:04:03out in

01:04:03this.

01:04:04I doubt

01:04:04whether you

01:04:05get across

01:04:05Hanley Bottom

01:04:05anyway.

01:04:06It'll be

01:04:07flooded.

01:04:07You'd better

01:04:08stay the night,

01:04:08Pam.

01:04:09I really

01:04:09think that'll

01:04:10be best,

01:04:10Pam,

01:04:10darling.

01:04:11Live

01:04:12mine to

01:04:12you,

01:04:12blue eyes.

01:04:14Oh,

01:04:14well,

01:04:14I...

01:04:15Oh,

01:04:15very well.

01:04:16If you will

01:04:16come with me,

01:04:17Miss

01:04:17Staubin,

01:04:17I'll show

01:04:18you your

01:04:18room.

01:04:19Oh,

01:04:19thanks

01:04:19ever so

01:04:20much.

01:04:20Shall I

01:04:21come with

01:04:21you,

01:04:21darling?

01:04:23Oh,

01:04:23God,

01:04:24I say,

01:04:24steady on,

01:04:25Eleanor.

01:04:25Dear me,

01:04:26what a disaster.

01:04:27It's only a

01:04:28vase.

01:04:29Cobb can see

01:04:29to it.

01:04:30Come along,

01:04:31please,

01:04:31Miss Staubin.

01:04:33Dorothy,

01:04:34Dorothy,

01:04:34dear,

01:04:35you might

01:04:35lend Pamela

01:04:36a nightdress.

01:04:37It may not

01:04:38occur to

01:04:38Eleanor that

01:04:39you'll need

01:04:39one.

01:04:40Oh,

01:04:40of course.

01:04:41Hang on,

01:04:41Pam,

01:04:42I'll come

01:04:42with you.

01:04:43I expect

01:04:43you'll be

01:04:43in my old

01:04:44room.

01:04:44And,

01:04:47uneasy about

01:04:49anything.

01:04:50Let me or

01:04:51Mr.

01:04:51Carstairs know,

01:04:52won't you?

01:05:06Ah,

01:05:07Philipson,

01:05:08there you are.

01:05:10Oh,

01:05:10I hope you're

01:05:11not feeling

01:05:11sleepy,

01:05:12because I've

01:05:13got a job

01:05:14of work

01:05:14for you.

01:05:15Oh,

01:05:15dashed

01:05:16annoying of you,

01:05:16Carstairs.

01:05:17What is it?

01:05:18Help me keep

01:05:19watching Dorothy's

01:05:20old room,

01:05:21where young

01:05:22Pamela was

01:05:22supposed to

01:05:23sleep.

01:05:24Yeah,

01:05:24well,

01:05:24what's the

01:05:25game?

01:05:25Where is

01:05:26Pam sleeping

01:05:27then?

01:05:27Shh,

01:05:27shh,

01:05:27in Mrs.

01:05:29Bradley's

01:05:30room.

01:05:31Come on,

01:05:31come on,

01:05:32come on,

01:05:33sit here.

01:05:40Shh,

01:05:41shh,

01:05:42shh,

01:05:42come on,

01:05:42come on.

01:05:43Come on,

01:05:44shh,

01:05:45come on.

01:05:46along here.

01:05:50Ah,

01:05:51good.

01:05:52Now,

01:05:52now,

01:05:53I've moved

01:05:56the bed

01:05:56out

01:05:57about another

01:05:58four inches,

01:05:59so we

01:06:00shall be

01:06:01more comfortable

01:06:02behind it

01:06:03than you

01:06:04were last

01:06:05time.

01:06:05What?

01:06:07So you

01:06:07know?

01:06:08Mrs. Bradley

01:06:10seems to know

01:06:11everything.

01:06:12Are you

01:06:12going to give

01:06:13me away?

01:06:13Of course

01:06:14not.

01:06:15Good man.

01:06:16I'll tell you

01:06:17all about it.

01:06:18It'll be

01:06:19quite a relief

01:06:20to get it

01:06:20off my chest.

01:06:21Far away.

01:06:23Well,

01:06:24of course,

01:06:25you know I'm

01:06:25fond of Dorothy.

01:06:27Always have been.

01:06:28Yes.

01:06:28But she liked

01:06:29Gard better.

01:06:31Anyway,

01:06:31I always felt

01:06:32that I'd

01:06:33well do

01:06:33anything on

01:06:34earth for her.

01:06:35Well,

01:06:35on Thursday

01:06:36night,

01:06:37I overheard

01:06:37Gard and

01:06:38Dorothy

01:06:39talking about

01:06:39the dummy

01:06:40in the bed

01:06:41and I was

01:06:41jolly-caden

01:06:42to find out

01:06:43what was

01:06:43going to

01:06:44happen.

01:06:45So I

01:06:46sneaked into

01:06:46this room

01:06:47and hid.

01:06:47Where we

01:06:48are now?

01:06:49Behind the

01:06:50head?

01:06:51Yes.

01:06:52Anyway,

01:06:52after a bit,

01:06:53a long-toddled

01:06:54Eleanor,

01:06:55complete with

01:06:55poker.

01:06:57Honestly,

01:06:57it was the

01:06:58beastliest thing

01:06:59I ever saw.

01:07:00The moon

01:07:00was fairly

01:07:01blazing in

01:07:02through the

01:07:02window and

01:07:03she raised

01:07:04that heavy

01:07:05poker above

01:07:05her head

01:07:06with both

01:07:06hands

01:07:06and brought

01:07:09it down

01:07:09on what

01:07:10she thought

01:07:11was Dorothy's

01:07:11head.

01:07:13And I

01:07:13distinctly

01:07:14heard her

01:07:14chuckle.

01:07:15I tell you,

01:07:16she was

01:07:17mad at that

01:07:18moment.

01:07:18Horrible.

01:07:19Well,

01:07:20I leapt out

01:07:21at her and

01:07:22she screamed

01:07:23and ran out

01:07:24onto the

01:07:24landing,

01:07:25dropping the

01:07:25poker on

01:07:26the bed.

01:07:26So Mrs.

01:07:27Bradley was

01:07:28right.

01:07:29Clever woman.

01:07:31No,

01:07:31there's more

01:07:31to come.

01:07:32I can't

01:07:33explain what

01:07:34happened next.

01:07:34It was a

01:07:35horrible thing

01:07:36I did.

01:07:37Awful.

01:07:37But it

01:07:38seemed to

01:07:39me then,

01:07:40and it

01:07:40still seems

01:07:41to me,

01:07:41the only

01:07:42possible

01:07:42course to

01:07:43have taken.

01:07:43Yes.

01:07:44I decided

01:07:45that I

01:07:45must stop

01:07:46Eleanor harming

01:07:47my Dorothy.

01:07:48Now,

01:07:49I want you

01:07:49to believe

01:07:50that I

01:07:50didn't

01:07:50actually

01:07:51mean to

01:07:51do her.

01:07:52I thought

01:07:53I might

01:07:53be able

01:07:53to scare

01:07:54her so

01:07:55much that

01:07:56she'd

01:07:56leave

01:07:56Dorothy

01:07:57alone.

01:07:57Sort

01:07:58of blackmail

01:07:59idea.

01:07:59Yes,

01:08:00I see.

01:08:01Well,

01:08:01early next

01:08:02morning,

01:08:03I climbed

01:08:03from the

01:08:04balcony here

01:08:05to the

01:08:05bathroom

01:08:05window.

01:08:06Eleanor

01:08:07had just

01:08:08turned the

01:08:08taps on.

01:08:09I don't

01:08:09know if

01:08:10she saw

01:08:10me or

01:08:10came over

01:08:11faint,

01:08:12but all

01:08:13at once

01:08:13she crashed,

01:08:15head down,

01:08:16over the

01:08:16side of the

01:08:16bath.

01:08:17Well,

01:08:17some devil

01:08:18sees me

01:08:19then.

01:08:19I rushed

01:08:20at her and

01:08:20held her head

01:08:21underwater until

01:08:22I felt certain

01:08:23she must be

01:08:24dead.

01:08:24And then I

01:08:25climbed back

01:08:26the way I'd

01:08:26come.

01:08:27The luck

01:08:28of Beelzebub

01:08:28stuck to me

01:08:29to the very

01:08:30end.

01:08:30Yes.

01:08:32What's

01:08:33that?

01:08:36It's

01:08:37Eleanor

01:08:37with a

01:08:39candle.

01:08:40Good

01:08:40God,

01:08:41she's got

01:08:42a knife.

01:08:46She's

01:08:46mad.

01:08:55For

01:08:55heaven's sake,

01:08:56stop her.

01:08:56Come

01:08:58here.

01:09:01Now

01:09:01then,

01:09:02stop this.

01:09:06Come

01:09:07now.

01:09:08What are

01:09:08you thinking

01:09:09of?

01:09:10You're

01:09:10tired,

01:09:10you want

01:09:10to go

01:09:11back to

01:09:11bed.

01:09:11Come

01:09:11along now.

01:09:12No

01:09:13nonsense.

01:09:13We'll

01:09:14stand by,

01:09:14shall

01:09:15we?

01:09:15In

01:09:15case...

01:09:16No

01:09:16need.

01:09:17No

01:09:17need for

01:09:17you to

01:09:18stay up

01:09:18any

01:09:18longer.

01:09:19Oh,

01:09:19good

01:09:19night and

01:09:20thank you

01:09:20very much

01:09:20for your

01:09:21help.

01:09:22Yes,

01:09:23yes,

01:09:24yes,

01:09:24yes.

01:09:24It's

01:09:25all right

01:09:25now.

01:09:26Come

01:09:26along,

01:09:27come

01:09:27along.

01:09:28It's

01:09:28quite

01:09:29all

01:09:29right

01:09:29now.

01:09:30There

01:09:31you go.

01:09:32That's

01:09:32right,

01:09:33here you

01:09:33go.

01:09:35Oh,

01:09:36extraordinary

01:09:36woman.

01:09:38My

01:09:38hat,

01:09:39yes.

01:09:40Car

01:09:40stairs,

01:09:41what's

01:09:41going

01:09:42on?

01:09:42All

01:09:42amount of

01:09:43noise in

01:09:43the house,

01:09:43shocking.

01:09:45Good

01:09:46heaven,

01:09:47what is

01:09:47that

01:09:48rouch coming

01:09:48from

01:09:48Eleanor's

01:09:49room?

01:09:53Mrs.

01:09:54Bradley,

01:09:54good

01:09:55heaven,

01:09:55what's

01:09:56the

01:09:56matter

01:09:56with

01:09:56Eleanor?

01:09:56Is

01:09:56she

01:09:57ill?

01:09:57Complete

01:09:58nervous

01:09:58breakdown.

01:09:59Nervous?

01:10:00Yeah.

01:10:01I want

01:10:02a drink.

01:10:03And you

01:10:04shall have

01:10:04one.

01:10:05There's

01:10:05some coffee

01:10:06and a

01:10:06flask in

01:10:07my room.

01:10:07If someone

01:10:07could

01:10:08fetch a

01:10:08cup.

01:10:09A cup

01:10:09was found.

01:10:10Mrs. Bradley

01:10:11poured a

01:10:12generous amount

01:10:12of milky

01:10:13coffee into it.

01:10:14Eleanor drank

01:10:15to the

01:10:16dregs.

01:10:17When she

01:10:17appeared to be

01:10:17asleep,

01:10:18we left

01:10:18her.

01:10:19I think

01:10:22I'd

01:10:22better

01:10:22lock

01:10:24her door,

01:10:25don't you?

01:10:28Mr.

01:10:28Bing,

01:10:29you'd

01:10:29better have

01:10:29the

01:10:29key.

01:10:30What?

01:10:31Very well.

01:10:33Now then,

01:10:35to bed.

01:10:35To bed.

01:10:36Good night.

01:10:37Good night.

01:10:41Yes,

01:10:41I think

01:10:42I'll

01:10:43toddle

01:10:43off

01:10:43too.

01:10:45Good night.

01:10:46Good night.

01:10:48Yes.

01:10:49Why didn't

01:10:50you tell

01:10:50Alistair?

01:10:51I have

01:10:52nothing to

01:10:52tell him.

01:10:54Eleanor

01:10:54isn't

01:10:55insane,

01:10:55if that's

01:10:56what you

01:10:56mean.

01:10:56But damn

01:10:57it,

01:10:57she's

01:10:57dangerous.

01:10:58Yes,

01:10:59I know.

01:11:00But only

01:11:01when anybody

01:11:01takes a

01:11:02liking for

01:11:03Bertie

01:11:03Philipson.

01:11:04Oh.

01:11:05It's an

01:11:05awful

01:11:05situation.

01:11:10Still,

01:11:11we must

01:11:11hope for

01:11:12the best.

01:11:13In the

01:11:14morning,

01:11:14it appeared

01:11:15that the

01:11:15best had

01:11:16happened.

01:11:16Eleanor's

01:11:21body was

01:11:22discovered

01:11:23in the

01:11:23locked

01:11:23bathroom.

01:11:25She was

01:11:25colder than

01:11:26the cold

01:11:26water in

01:11:27which she

01:11:28lay.

01:11:29And this

01:11:30time,

01:11:30she was

01:11:31past

01:11:31saving.

01:11:33Not

01:11:33drowned,

01:11:34you say,

01:11:34doctor?

01:11:35What was

01:11:36it,

01:11:36then?

01:11:36Heart

01:11:36failure?

01:11:37Mr.

01:11:38Bing,

01:11:38you must

01:11:39prepare yourself

01:11:39for a

01:11:40shock.

01:11:41I will

01:11:41have to

01:11:41call in

01:11:42another

01:11:42opinion.

01:11:43What?

01:11:43The fact

01:11:43is,

01:11:44I believe

01:11:45your daughter

01:11:45died.

01:11:46From

01:11:47the

01:11:47effects

01:11:47of

01:11:47poison.

01:11:51So what

01:11:51do you

01:11:51make of

01:11:52it boring?

01:11:53Suicide,

01:11:54do you

01:11:54think?

01:11:54A funny

01:11:55drug if

01:11:55it was,

01:11:56sir.

01:11:57Hyosin

01:11:57hydrobromide.

01:11:59Not

01:12:00easily

01:12:00obtained.

01:12:02Apparently,

01:12:02it's used in

01:12:03the treatment

01:12:03of mental

01:12:04patients.

01:12:04is it

01:12:05indeed.

01:12:06Isn't

01:12:07that

01:12:07Mrs.

01:12:07Bradley's

01:12:08line of

01:12:09country?

01:12:10Psychoanalysis?

01:12:11Exactly,

01:12:11sir.

01:12:12We found

01:12:13a wine

01:12:14glass in

01:12:14the deceased's

01:12:15room.

01:12:15It's being

01:12:16analysed.

01:12:16Now,

01:12:17Mrs.

01:12:18Bradley says

01:12:18she gave

01:12:19the girl a

01:12:19sleeping

01:12:20draught in

01:12:20that wine

01:12:21glass.

01:12:21She also

01:12:22gave her

01:12:22a cup of

01:12:23coffee from

01:12:24her own

01:12:24flask in

01:12:25a cup

01:12:25procured from

01:12:26the kitchen.

01:12:27And she

01:12:27did that

01:12:28in front

01:12:28of witnesses.

01:12:29The

01:12:31trouble is

01:12:32the maid

01:12:32took the

01:12:33cup and

01:12:33washed it

01:12:33up.

01:12:35Didn't

01:12:36old

01:12:36Bing say

01:12:37that Mrs.

01:12:37Bradley

01:12:37locked

01:12:38Eleanor's

01:12:38door and

01:12:39gave him

01:12:39the key?

01:12:40Yes,

01:12:40Joseph.

01:12:41Well,

01:12:41you'll find

01:12:42that key

01:12:43worth thinking

01:12:44about boring.

01:12:48Well,

01:12:49sir,

01:12:50we've received

01:12:51the analyst's

01:12:51report on

01:12:52the wine

01:12:52glass.

01:12:53It contained

01:12:54an ordinary

01:12:55sleeping

01:12:55draught,

01:12:55just as

01:12:56Mrs.

01:12:56Bradley

01:12:56said.

01:12:57If only

01:12:58we could

01:12:58have got

01:12:59on to

01:12:59that dirty

01:12:59coffee cup.

01:13:00Oh,

01:13:00you mustn't

01:13:01assume that

01:13:01it would

01:13:02have contained

01:13:02traces of

01:13:03the poison

01:13:03boring.

01:13:04Now,

01:13:04what about

01:13:04the key

01:13:05of the

01:13:05bedroom

01:13:05door?

01:13:06That's

01:13:06got me

01:13:07properly

01:13:07puzzled.

01:13:08Mr.

01:13:09Bing threw

01:13:09it away

01:13:10in a fit

01:13:10of panic,

01:13:11he says.

01:13:12But that

01:13:12interfering

01:13:13maid,

01:13:13Mabel Cobb,

01:13:14spotted him

01:13:15throwing it

01:13:15into the

01:13:15lily pond.

01:13:16I fished

01:13:17it out

01:13:17all right,

01:13:18but it

01:13:19wouldn't

01:13:19fit the

01:13:19door.

01:13:20Aha!

01:13:21That brings

01:13:22us back

01:13:22to Mrs.

01:13:23Bradley.

01:13:23Yes,

01:13:23sir.

01:13:24That key

01:13:25fits the

01:13:25bathroom

01:13:26door.

01:13:26Yes,

01:13:29blocks of

01:13:29the two

01:13:30bathrooms

01:13:30are identical,

01:13:31you know.

01:13:31Ah,

01:13:32but Mrs.

01:13:33Bradley

01:13:33could have

01:13:34handed Alistair

01:13:34Bing one

01:13:35bathroom key

01:13:36and used

01:13:36the other

01:13:37herself,

01:13:38while still

01:13:38keeping possession

01:13:39of Eleanor's

01:13:40bedroom key.

01:13:41Aha!

01:13:45That silly

01:13:46little man

01:13:46boring,

01:13:47thinks I

01:13:47did it.

01:13:49Makes

01:13:49matters very

01:13:50awkward for me

01:13:50since the

01:13:51coffee cup

01:13:51was washed

01:13:52up,

01:13:52you know.

01:13:53Good Lord,

01:13:54no wonder

01:13:54you're perturbed.

01:13:55Good Lord,

01:13:56indeed.

01:13:57Of course,

01:13:57they will find

01:13:58no dress

01:13:59of poisoning

01:13:59the dregs

01:14:00in my

01:14:00flask,

01:14:01which was

01:14:01not washed

01:14:02up.

01:14:03Oh,

01:14:03if only

01:14:04Mabel Cobb

01:14:05had left

01:14:05well alone.

01:14:06I shall

01:14:07find myself

01:14:08in the

01:14:08dock

01:14:09before many

01:14:09weeks are

01:14:10out.

01:14:10You mark

01:14:11my words.

01:14:11Oh,

01:14:11come,

01:14:12I shall

01:14:13plead not

01:14:13guilty,

01:14:14and I shall

01:14:15get Ferdinand

01:14:16Lestrange

01:14:16to conduct

01:14:17my case.

01:14:17He's a

01:14:18very young

01:14:19man,

01:14:19isn't he?

01:14:20He is

01:14:20thirty-nine

01:14:21and was

01:14:21born on

01:14:22my

01:14:22eighteenth

01:14:22birthday.

01:14:24He's my

01:14:24son,

01:14:25by my

01:14:26first husband.

01:14:27Really?

01:14:28Clever

01:14:29boy,

01:14:30Ferdinand.

01:14:30Is this

01:14:31Bradley?

01:14:31A word,

01:14:32please?

01:14:33You see?

01:14:34Good heavens!

01:14:36Oh,

01:14:36while I think

01:14:37of it,

01:14:37Mr.

01:14:37Castez,

01:14:38could you

01:14:38give Dorothy

01:14:39a little bottle

01:14:41of lavender

01:14:41water for me?

01:14:42Well,

01:14:42yes,

01:14:43of course.

01:14:43Thank her

01:14:43very much,

01:14:44and tell her

01:14:44my head

01:14:44is much

01:14:45better.

01:14:45There you

01:14:46are.

01:14:48Yes,

01:14:49Inspector?

01:14:50Beatrice

01:14:50Lestrange

01:14:51Bradley,

01:14:51I arrest

01:14:52you for

01:14:53the willful

01:14:53murder of

01:14:54Eleanor

01:14:54Millicent

01:14:54Bing,

01:14:55and it

01:14:55is my

01:14:55duty to

01:14:56warn you

01:14:56that

01:14:56anything

01:14:57you say

01:14:57may be

01:14:57taken

01:14:58in

01:14:58evidence

01:14:58against

01:14:59you.

01:15:02Oh,

01:15:03God,

01:15:04I'm looking

01:15:04for Alistair.

01:15:06The most

01:15:06frightful thing

01:15:07has happened.

01:15:07Mrs. Bradley

01:15:08has been

01:15:09arrested.

01:15:09Mrs. Bradley?

01:15:10Oh,

01:15:11they can't.

01:15:11Well,

01:15:11that's choice,

01:15:13I must say.

01:15:13We must find

01:15:14some clue

01:15:14to her innocence.

01:15:16I want to

01:15:17see Alistair.

01:15:17That's just

01:15:18what you can't

01:15:18do.

01:15:19Silly ass

01:15:20has gone to

01:15:20Tibet.

01:15:21Gone where?

01:15:22It's the truth.

01:15:23He must have

01:15:23left before

01:15:24anyone was

01:15:24up this

01:15:24morning.

01:15:25We've only

01:15:25just discovered

01:15:26from his

01:15:26papers where

01:15:27he's gone.

01:15:27Yeah,

01:15:27and that's

01:15:27a bit vague.

01:15:29Look here,

01:15:29though,

01:15:29Carstairs.

01:15:30We've come

01:15:31across

01:15:31Eleanor's

01:15:31diary.

01:15:32Is it

01:15:32likely to

01:15:33be any

01:15:33help to

01:15:34Mrs. Bradley?

01:15:35Well,

01:15:35there's no

01:15:36doubt that

01:15:36poor old

01:15:37sis killed

01:15:37Mountjoy,

01:15:38if that's

01:15:38any help.

01:15:39Some of

01:15:39the things

01:15:40she wrote

01:15:40quite curdled

01:15:41your blood.

01:15:42And there's

01:15:43another thing.

01:15:43According to

01:15:44Eleanor's

01:15:45diary,

01:15:45Mr. Bing

01:15:46was having

01:15:47an affair

01:15:48with Mabel

01:15:48Cobb.

01:15:49What?

01:15:50Yeah.

01:15:51Fruity,

01:15:52isn't it?

01:15:52But is it

01:15:53true?

01:15:54Well,

01:15:54it certainly

01:15:54explains Eleanor's

01:15:55attitude to

01:15:56Mabel.

01:15:57She was trying

01:15:57to persuade

01:15:58her father

01:15:58to let the

01:15:58girl go.

01:15:59And Alistair

01:16:00refused.

01:16:01Yes,

01:16:02that explains

01:16:02a lot.

01:16:03I'd better

01:16:04question

01:16:04Mabel,

01:16:05I think.

01:16:06How was

01:16:11I to know

01:16:12I shouldn't

01:16:12have washed

01:16:12that old

01:16:13coffee cup?

01:16:14Miss Eleanor

01:16:14would have

01:16:15something to

01:16:15say,

01:16:15and no

01:16:15mistake

01:16:16if I'd

01:16:16left it

01:16:16lying around

01:16:17dirty.

01:16:17Yes,

01:16:18well,

01:16:18what's

01:16:19done is

01:16:19done.

01:16:20You didn't

01:16:21get on

01:16:22too well

01:16:22with Miss

01:16:23Bing,

01:16:23did you?

01:16:24I'm not

01:16:24going to

01:16:25speak ill

01:16:25of the

01:16:25dead,

01:16:26sir.

01:16:27Pity.

01:16:28Well,

01:16:28now,

01:16:29who was it

01:16:30you saw

01:16:30on the

01:16:31landing on

01:16:31the day

01:16:32of Miss

01:16:32Bing's

01:16:32death?

01:16:34I...

01:16:34I never

01:16:35saw nobody.

01:16:36Come now,

01:16:37that won't

01:16:38do.

01:16:39Oh,

01:16:39won't it?

01:16:40You can go to

01:16:41Jericho with

01:16:42your old

01:16:42questions.

01:16:42I shan't

01:16:43answer any

01:16:43of them.

01:16:45I'm afraid

01:16:45Mrs. Bradley

01:16:46would have

01:16:47handled that

01:16:47better.

01:16:48But then I

01:16:49had a piece

01:16:50of luck.

01:16:51In the

01:16:51recesses of

01:16:52Eleanor's

01:16:52medicine cupboard,

01:16:53I suddenly

01:16:54discovered a

01:16:55small glass

01:16:56containing a

01:16:57drop or two

01:16:57of liquid.

01:16:58I telephoned

01:16:59Inspector

01:16:59Boring at

01:17:00once.

01:17:00What's

01:17:03this, sir?

01:17:04The usual

01:17:05red herring?

01:17:06I've a

01:17:06friend

01:17:07endurance

01:17:08vial,

01:17:08Inspector,

01:17:09and I'm

01:17:09not missing

01:17:10any chances.

01:17:11I suppose

01:17:11you'll test

01:17:12this glass

01:17:13for fingerprints?

01:17:14You suppose,

01:17:14right, sir.

01:17:15And just

01:17:16suppose the

01:17:17stuff in the

01:17:18glass is

01:17:18hyacinth and

01:17:19the fingerprints

01:17:19are Mrs. Bradley's.

01:17:21Then what?

01:17:22I have more

01:17:22faith in

01:17:23Mrs. Bradley's

01:17:24common sense

01:17:25than to suppose

01:17:26any such thing.

01:17:27It annoyed me

01:17:35considerably to

01:17:36find myself

01:17:36called as a

01:17:37witness for the

01:17:38prosecution, and

01:17:39I was determined

01:17:40to give the

01:17:40counsel as little

01:17:41help as I could

01:17:42within the strict

01:17:43terms of my

01:17:44oath.

01:17:45The idiot had

01:17:45actually suggested

01:17:46that Mrs. Bradley's

01:17:48motive for

01:17:48murdering Eleanor

01:17:49was so that she

01:17:51might become

01:17:51Alistair Bing's

01:17:52wife, a

01:17:53suggestion which

01:17:54the accused

01:17:55treated with the

01:17:56contempt it

01:17:56deserved.

01:18:02This reaction

01:18:03undoubtedly had

01:18:05its effect on

01:18:06the jury.

01:18:07Clever woman.

01:18:08My chance came

01:18:09during the

01:18:10cross-examination

01:18:11by Ferdinand

01:18:12the Strange.

01:18:13Mr. Carstairs,

01:18:15can you tell

01:18:16the court where

01:18:16Alistair Bing is

01:18:18now?

01:18:18On his way to

01:18:19Tibet.

01:18:20Indeed.

01:18:21Why did he

01:18:22leave England?

01:18:23I understand

01:18:24there was an

01:18:25unfortunate affair

01:18:26with one of the

01:18:28maidservants.

01:18:29I see.

01:18:32Exactly the kind

01:18:33of man, in fact,

01:18:34that one would

01:18:35expect to find a

01:18:36prisoner risking

01:18:37her neck for.

01:18:40It soon became

01:18:41clear that the

01:18:42absence of motive

01:18:43was the weak part

01:18:44of the prosecution's

01:18:46case.

01:18:47That and the fact

01:18:48that no trace of

01:18:49the poison had been

01:18:50found in Mrs. Bradley's

01:18:52possession, or

01:18:53anywhere else, for

01:18:54that matter.

01:18:55Otherwise, the

01:18:55evidence against

01:18:56Mrs. Bradley was

01:18:57very strong.

01:18:59Then came the

01:19:00turn of the

01:19:00defence.

01:19:01Gradually, witness

01:19:02by witness, the

01:19:03strange demonstrated

01:19:05that nearly everyone

01:19:06present in that

01:19:07house on the

01:19:08night of August

01:19:08the 18th had

01:19:10equal opportunity

01:19:11and more reason

01:19:12to kill Eleanor.

01:19:14Finally, he came

01:19:17into the medicine

01:19:18glass I had

01:19:19found.

01:19:21Well, Inspector,

01:19:23what did the

01:19:24residue in the

01:19:24glass prove to

01:19:26be?

01:19:26A solution of

01:19:27hyacin hydrobromide.

01:19:32And did you also

01:19:33find a bottle

01:19:34containing hyacin

01:19:35hydrobromide, or

01:19:37its traces?

01:19:38We did not.

01:19:40Neither among the

01:19:41effects of the

01:19:41deceased, nor in

01:19:42the possessions of

01:19:43the defendant?

01:19:44No.

01:19:45It is one of the

01:19:46baffling elements of

01:19:47the case, my lord.

01:19:48And were there

01:19:48fingerprints on the

01:19:49glass you found?

01:19:51There were.

01:19:52The prints were

01:19:53those of the

01:19:54deceased woman.

01:19:56That would seem

01:19:57to me to point to

01:19:58suicide, my lad.

01:20:00But I'm sure the

01:20:01members of the jury

01:20:01are sufficiently

01:20:03intelligent to draw

01:20:04their own conclusions.

01:20:11Oh, thank goodness

01:20:12that's over.

01:20:13Darling, anyone

01:20:14would think you had

01:20:15your doubts about

01:20:15the verdict.

01:20:16I should think

01:20:16anybody might be a

01:20:17bit windy when

01:20:18they've got a

01:20:18friend in the

01:20:19dock.

01:20:19Still, there

01:20:20wasn't a shadow

01:20:20of evidence against

01:20:21her, was there?

01:20:22I don't know.

01:20:23After all, when a

01:20:25woman's guilty of

01:20:26murder, there must

01:20:26be some evidence of

01:20:27it somewhere, you

01:20:28know?

01:20:29Guilty?

01:20:30Well, who the

01:20:30hell do you think

01:20:31did it then, if she

01:20:31didn't?

01:20:32But the jury said

01:20:33not guilty.

01:20:34Yes, and very nice

01:20:35too.

01:20:36Well, I like the

01:20:36old girl.

01:20:38Between you and me,

01:20:38darling, my sister

01:20:40was as mad as a

01:20:41hatter.

01:20:42In fact, I was

01:20:42seriously thinking

01:20:43about putting

01:20:44Eleanor's light

01:20:44out myself.

01:20:45Yes, I was

01:20:47jolly sporting

01:20:47her, Mrs. Bradley.

01:20:49She took a big

01:20:49risk for other

01:20:50people's sakes.

01:20:56Of course,

01:20:57Mother, you did

01:20:58do it.

01:21:02Oh, yes.

01:21:04Yes, of course,

01:21:05I did it.

01:21:06One day I'll

01:21:07tell you how.

01:21:08Tell you why.

01:21:10It's difficult to

01:21:11do that.

01:21:12I had no personal

01:21:13feeling in the

01:21:14matter, you know.

01:21:15It all simplified

01:21:17itself to this.

01:21:19If I didn't kill

01:21:20Eleanor, she would

01:21:21kill Dorothy.

01:21:23Or more possibly,

01:21:24if I didn't kill

01:21:25Eleanor, God being

01:21:26might.

01:21:28Or more terribly,

01:21:30Eleanor would kill

01:21:31Dorothy, then God

01:21:32would kill Eleanor,

01:21:33and the law would

01:21:33kill God.

01:21:35Hmm.

01:21:36Just as well for us

01:21:38that the British

01:21:39public doesn't

01:21:39believe in

01:21:40disinterested

01:21:41actions.

01:21:42Of course, if I'd

01:21:44been prosecuted...

01:21:45By the way,

01:21:52Carstairs, I

01:21:53wonder who did

01:21:54kill old

01:21:55Eleanor?

01:21:56Or do you

01:21:57think it was

01:21:57suicide?

01:21:59Suicide?

01:22:00My hat.

01:22:01No, no,

01:22:03Phillipson.

01:22:04When we saw

01:22:05Mrs. Bradley give

01:22:06Eleanor that cup

01:22:07of coffee, we

01:22:08were watching

01:22:09murder take place.

01:22:11Good Lord!

01:22:11As a matter of

01:22:12fact, I cannot

01:22:13understand how

01:22:13Mrs. Bradley could

01:22:14have been so

01:22:15frightfully careless

01:22:16as to leave that

01:22:17cup about, sheer

01:22:19chance that Mabel

01:22:20Cobb washed it up.

01:22:21Yes, but why take

01:22:23the body to the

01:22:24bathroom?

01:22:25Oh, I think that

01:22:26was just her

01:22:26freaky sense of

01:22:28humour.

01:22:28Of course, it was

01:22:29a piece of rare

01:22:30good luck, my

01:22:31finding that

01:22:32medicine glass.

01:22:33Yes, but surely

01:22:34that was strong

01:22:35evidence of

01:22:36suicide.

01:22:38What did

01:22:39Boring think

01:22:40about it?

01:22:41Just what I

01:22:41thought, that it

01:22:42was a red

01:22:43herring.

01:22:44Directly I

01:22:44found it.

01:22:45I smelt a

01:22:46rat.

01:22:47It was so

01:22:48beautifully

01:22:48convincing.

01:22:49Yeah, but what

01:22:51about the one

01:22:52big point?

01:22:53Where is the

01:22:54hyacinth?

01:22:55I mean, dashing

01:22:56the bottle or

01:22:56whatever contained

01:22:57the stuff has

01:22:58just vanished

01:22:58into thin air.

01:22:59Yes, indeed,

01:23:00Phillipson.

01:23:01I mean to ask

01:23:02her about that.

01:23:03If the

01:23:04prosecution could

01:23:04have traced the

01:23:06house into

01:23:07Mrs. Bradley...

01:23:10But that, my

01:23:17friend, was what

01:23:18they could never

01:23:19do.

01:23:20You see, I

01:23:21hadn't it in my

01:23:22possession after I

01:23:23was arrested, and

01:23:24neither had I

01:23:25hidden it anywhere.

01:23:26Then where...

01:23:27It is you who

01:23:29have hidden the

01:23:29house in bottle

01:23:30so well.

01:23:31But I

01:23:32don't understand.

01:23:34Since I cannot

01:23:35be tried twice for

01:23:36the same offence, I

01:23:37will confess to

01:23:38you that I did

01:23:39poison Eleanor.

01:23:42I administered the

01:23:43poison in the

01:23:43coffee which I

01:23:44gave her.

01:23:46That's for the

01:23:46hyacinth.

01:23:47You know better

01:23:47than I where it

01:23:48is.

01:23:50What did you do

01:23:51with the little

01:23:52dark green bottle

01:23:53of lavender water

01:23:53I asked you to

01:23:54give to Dorothy?

01:23:55So that's what

01:23:57it was.

01:23:58Dorothy had her

01:24:00own bottle, of

01:24:01course, and

01:24:02returned me

01:24:03yours.

01:24:03Well, you

01:24:04better make sure

01:24:04that she returned

01:24:05the right bottle.

01:24:07Mine had a tiny

01:24:08label on the

01:24:09bottom.

01:24:09Then it's yours.

01:24:10I have.

01:24:12But why was I

01:24:13chosen for the

01:24:14role of accessory

01:24:15after the fact?

01:24:17Because Boring

01:24:18loved you so.

01:24:20Don't you remember

01:24:20telling me how much

01:24:21he doted on you?

01:24:23Oh, poor Boring.

01:24:25That man worked

01:24:26very hard and

01:24:27very intelligently.

01:24:28He really deserved

01:24:29to win his case.

01:24:30But I don't

01:24:31understand.

01:24:32About the coffee

01:24:33cup.

01:24:34Well, that was a

01:24:35hard piece of luck,

01:24:36Mr. Castez.

01:24:37I took a great deal

01:24:39of trouble to wash

01:24:41out that cup in the

01:24:42flask, and I ran a

01:24:43dreadful risk in

01:24:44stealing down to the

01:24:45kitchen to obtain

01:24:46the dregs of some

01:24:47undrugged coffee with

01:24:49which to dirty them

01:24:50both again.

01:24:50Ah, so if the

01:24:52dirty cup had been

01:24:53analysed, Boring

01:24:55would have found

01:24:56coffee.

01:24:58I found that my

01:24:59intelligent anticipation

01:25:01had been ruined by

01:25:02the zealous Mabel.

01:25:03I was obliged to lay

01:25:04another trail.

01:25:06You remember the

01:25:08doctor gave Eleanor

01:25:09salvolatil after she

01:25:10was nearly drowned

01:25:11by darling Bertie?

01:25:12Yes.

01:25:13Well, I put a little

01:25:15hyacinth into that

01:25:16glass, assuming that

01:25:18it still bore her

01:25:18fingerprints, and then

01:25:20slid a fish slice

01:25:21underneath it, thus

01:25:23managing to carry it

01:25:24to the cupboard

01:25:25without imposing my

01:25:26own prints over

01:25:27Eleanor's.

01:25:28And you cleverly

01:25:30found it.

01:25:31A fish slice?

01:25:33Oh, what would you

01:25:36have used then?

01:25:37Oh, I don't know.

01:25:39A bricklayer's trowel,

01:25:41perhaps?

01:25:42Yes, quite good,

01:25:44but bricklayer's

01:25:45trowels are hard to

01:25:47come by, while the

01:25:48humble fish slice

01:25:50resides in every

01:25:51well-conducted home.

01:25:54So far as I know,

01:25:55this was Mrs. Bradley's

01:25:57first experience in

01:25:58criminal detection.

01:26:00She has, of course,

01:26:00since become Dame

01:26:02Beatrice Lestrange

01:26:03Bradley, consultant

01:26:05psychiatrist to the

01:26:06Home Office, and a

01:26:07detective of some

01:26:09considerable reputation.

01:26:11It is sobering to

01:26:12think that the want

01:26:14of a fish slice could

01:26:15have brought that

01:26:16brilliant career to

01:26:18an untimely end.

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