1 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,344 You didn't tell me everything, did you, Myrna? 2 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,037 About Rudi Scherz. 3 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,989 Yeah, I told you everything. 4 00:01:48,361 --> 00:01:49,670 I told you 5 00:01:51,361 --> 00:01:52,718 nearly everything. 6 00:01:54,442 --> 00:01:55,681 Tell me the rest. 7 00:01:55,682 --> 00:01:58,535 My mum said that I'd be an, 8 00:01:59,682 --> 00:02:02,302 an accessory before the fact. 9 00:02:02,842 --> 00:02:04,666 Do you know what that means? 10 00:02:04,883 --> 00:02:06,473 It sounded horrible. 11 00:02:08,043 --> 00:02:09,726 I'm sure your mother's wrong. 12 00:02:10,883 --> 00:02:12,192 What happened? 13 00:02:13,162 --> 00:02:14,285 Well, 14 00:02:15,603 --> 00:02:17,194 the night Rudi died 15 00:02:18,723 --> 00:02:20,482 we were supposed to be going to the pictures 16 00:02:20,483 --> 00:02:24,043 and then he said he wouldn't be able to come. 17 00:02:24,044 --> 00:02:27,365 And I got cross 'cause I'd just had my hair done. 18 00:02:27,684 --> 00:02:31,381 And I told him I didn't fancy being stood up by a foreigner 19 00:02:31,884 --> 00:02:33,567 and he got mad at that 20 00:02:34,044 --> 00:02:36,429 and showed me that advertisement in the paper. 21 00:02:36,965 --> 00:02:39,350 The one that said, "A murder is announced"? 22 00:02:39,924 --> 00:02:42,592 He said it was a silly English joke. 23 00:02:42,885 --> 00:02:45,692 He was always going on about silly English Jokes. 24 00:02:47,846 --> 00:02:50,372 What exactly did he say he was going to do? 25 00:02:51,045 --> 00:02:54,925 He told me he was going stage a sham hold-up. 26 00:02:54,926 --> 00:02:57,967 Pretend he was a gangster and scare all the people. 27 00:02:58,886 --> 00:03:00,102 Why was he doing this? 28 00:03:00,166 --> 00:03:02,318 'Cause somebody was paying him. 29 00:03:02,527 --> 00:03:04,163 He said he'd be well into pocket 30 00:03:04,167 --> 00:03:05,897 and he was going to buy me 31 00:03:06,727 --> 00:03:07,849 a watch. 32 00:03:08,807 --> 00:03:11,326 Somebody paid him to put the advertisement in the local paper, 33 00:03:11,327 --> 00:03:12,684 and do the hold-up? 34 00:03:12,887 --> 00:03:14,711 - Yeah. - Who? 35 00:03:14,887 --> 00:03:16,009 He never said. 36 00:03:17,127 --> 00:03:18,247 You're sure about that? 37 00:03:18,247 --> 00:03:21,847 Sure. Honest, I mean I'd tell you if I knew. 38 00:03:21,848 --> 00:03:25,169 Now that I know it don't make me an accessory. 39 00:03:26,928 --> 00:03:28,752 Did you know he had a gun? 40 00:03:29,129 --> 00:03:31,982 I wouldn't go out with a bloke if I thought he had a gun. 41 00:03:32,328 --> 00:03:34,667 And anyway, I don't believe he ever had a gun. 42 00:03:34,689 --> 00:03:37,527 He told me it was just a silly English joke 43 00:03:37,528 --> 00:03:41,085 and that he was gonna enjoy laughing at their silly English faces. 44 00:03:41,177 --> 00:03:42,968 It stands to reason, he wouldn't have done it 45 00:03:42,969 --> 00:03:45,870 if he'd thought he was going to get shot himself, would he? 46 00:03:47,210 --> 00:03:49,221 It will be very funny, he said. 47 00:03:51,450 --> 00:03:52,619 Some joke. 48 00:04:01,810 --> 00:04:03,690 Inspector Craddock. 49 00:04:03,691 --> 00:04:05,649 Have you had any success with Myrna? 50 00:04:05,650 --> 00:04:07,730 You were quite right, Miss Marple. 51 00:04:07,731 --> 00:04:09,130 She hadn't told me the full story. 52 00:04:09,131 --> 00:04:10,250 No, no, I though not, no. 53 00:04:10,251 --> 00:04:11,654 As you suggested, 54 00:04:11,691 --> 00:04:13,130 somebody paid Rudi Scherz 55 00:04:13,131 --> 00:04:15,658 to place the advertisement and stage the hold-up. 56 00:04:16,211 --> 00:04:18,410 And had no indications to who it was? 57 00:04:18,411 --> 00:04:19,908 None at all. 58 00:04:20,171 --> 00:04:22,571 Inspector, I shall be staying in Chipping Cleghorn 59 00:04:22,572 --> 00:04:23,651 for the next few days. 60 00:04:23,652 --> 00:04:25,772 I don't suppose there's anything I can do 61 00:04:25,772 --> 00:04:28,018 but I shall in fact be at the vicarage. 62 00:04:28,132 --> 00:04:29,676 In case you should want me. 63 00:04:29,972 --> 00:04:31,142 The vicarage? 64 00:04:31,493 --> 00:04:35,131 Mrs. Harmon, the vicar's wife, is a distant niece. 65 00:04:35,132 --> 00:04:38,033 So I took the liberty of inviting myself. 66 00:04:38,293 --> 00:04:43,568 So, I may perhaps see you again in Chipping Cleghorn. 67 00:04:44,014 --> 00:04:45,510 I daresay. 68 00:04:57,694 --> 00:04:59,050 Guess what? 69 00:04:59,534 --> 00:05:00,984 Um... 70 00:05:01,614 --> 00:05:03,894 They want me to be Archbishop of Canterbury? 71 00:05:03,895 --> 00:05:05,157 Very close. 72 00:05:05,615 --> 00:05:07,334 Aunt Jane's coming to stay. 73 00:05:07,335 --> 00:05:10,142 - Even better. - I knew you'd be pleased. 74 00:05:11,415 --> 00:05:13,735 Aunt Jane is coming to stay? 75 00:05:13,735 --> 00:05:16,615 I seem to remember telling you so a minute ago. 76 00:05:16,616 --> 00:05:19,855 A man dies in highly suspicious circumstances, 77 00:05:19,856 --> 00:05:24,815 here in Chipping Cleghorn and suddenly Aunt Jane is coming to stay? 78 00:05:24,816 --> 00:05:26,776 Yes, I noticed that too. 79 00:05:29,456 --> 00:05:32,936 So, whoever paid Rudi Scherz to play these silly games, 80 00:05:32,937 --> 00:05:35,256 is it the same person who tried to shoot Miss Blacklock? 81 00:05:35,257 --> 00:05:36,536 It's possible. 82 00:05:36,537 --> 00:05:39,856 He or she could have crept up behind Scherz in the dark 83 00:05:39,857 --> 00:05:42,056 fired the shots, then dropped the gun. 84 00:05:42,057 --> 00:05:43,456 He or she? 85 00:05:43,457 --> 00:05:45,234 We have to keep an open mind. 86 00:05:46,658 --> 00:05:49,604 You mean that refugee woman who works up at the house? 87 00:05:49,698 --> 00:05:50,977 She's a bit hysterical. 88 00:05:50,978 --> 00:05:52,657 No, I don't mean the maid. 89 00:05:52,658 --> 00:05:54,856 I mean we have to keep an open mind. 90 00:05:55,218 --> 00:05:58,137 It seems obvious that Scherz wasn't the murdering kind. 91 00:05:58,138 --> 00:06:00,665 And there's no evidence the gun belonged to him. 92 00:06:00,899 --> 00:06:02,098 It was a German automatic. 93 00:06:02,098 --> 00:06:03,177 Yeah and since the war, 94 00:06:03,178 --> 00:06:04,931 the whole country's awash with German guns. 95 00:06:04,932 --> 00:06:06,418 Anybody who was in the services 96 00:06:06,419 --> 00:06:08,758 might have brought it home as a souvenir. 97 00:06:10,499 --> 00:06:12,042 Laura, my dear! 98 00:06:15,180 --> 00:06:17,018 I can't find my pistol. 99 00:06:17,019 --> 00:06:18,891 Well, you don't need it today, do you? 100 00:06:19,180 --> 00:06:20,910 That isn't the point. 101 00:06:22,980 --> 00:06:24,804 You mean you really can't find it. 102 00:06:24,900 --> 00:06:26,678 I thought that's what I said. 103 00:06:28,621 --> 00:06:30,398 My goodness! 104 00:06:31,501 --> 00:06:32,670 It should be in here. 105 00:06:33,501 --> 00:06:34,940 When did you see it last? 106 00:06:34,941 --> 00:06:36,952 God knows. Months ago. 107 00:06:38,901 --> 00:06:41,781 Well I remember clearly, I saw it on Saturday. 108 00:06:41,782 --> 00:06:43,887 On Saturday? Are you sure? 109 00:06:44,341 --> 00:06:45,979 Absolutely certain. 110 00:06:46,462 --> 00:06:48,636 You were grumbling about your collars and the laundry. 111 00:06:48,637 --> 00:06:49,596 Come, come, my dear, 112 00:06:49,597 --> 00:06:50,637 I never grumble. 113 00:06:50,638 --> 00:06:51,801 You were grumbling 114 00:06:51,806 --> 00:06:54,094 and I looked in this drawer and the gun was there. 115 00:06:54,142 --> 00:06:56,996 It was the day after that business at Little Paddocks. 116 00:06:57,463 --> 00:07:01,302 And I remember thinking, well at least it wasn't your gun he used. 117 00:07:01,303 --> 00:07:04,016 Unless he took it, and did the job, 118 00:07:04,183 --> 00:07:05,492 replaced it. 119 00:07:06,743 --> 00:07:08,426 And then stole it again? 120 00:07:09,223 --> 00:07:11,657 Rather tricky, as the young man's dead. 121 00:07:12,023 --> 00:07:13,103 Well spotted, my dear. 122 00:07:13,104 --> 00:07:15,223 Still we needn't bother the police about it. 123 00:07:15,224 --> 00:07:17,282 It's just an old war souvenir. 124 00:07:17,584 --> 00:07:20,625 No bullets. No license, come to that. 125 00:07:20,785 --> 00:07:22,328 Mum's the word. 126 00:07:23,064 --> 00:07:25,498 You're my old war souvenir. 127 00:07:26,064 --> 00:07:28,778 I got a couple of letters I must write. 128 00:07:31,505 --> 00:07:33,824 To begin with, the story Rudi Scherz told you 129 00:07:33,825 --> 00:07:36,117 when he visited the house was a pack of lies. 130 00:07:36,345 --> 00:07:39,864 He wasn't the son of the proprietor of the Hotel des Alpes in Montreux. 131 00:07:39,865 --> 00:07:42,110 Which explains why I didn't recognize him. 132 00:07:42,625 --> 00:07:44,025 Well who was he? 133 00:07:44,026 --> 00:07:45,945 He'd had various jobs. 134 00:07:45,946 --> 00:07:50,345 A hospital orderly in Berne, a waiter, a shop assistant. 135 00:07:50,346 --> 00:07:53,808 Wherever he went, things tended to disappear. 136 00:07:54,266 --> 00:07:56,793 A picker up of unconsidered trifles? 137 00:07:56,827 --> 00:07:59,706 Exactly. The Swiss police were becoming a little tired of him, 138 00:07:59,707 --> 00:08:03,121 so he armed himself with forged papers and came to England. 139 00:08:03,627 --> 00:08:07,147 Another displaced person with a good cover story. 140 00:08:07,148 --> 00:08:09,533 Yes, but why pick on me? 141 00:08:09,588 --> 00:08:12,226 Yes, why should he want to murder Letty? 142 00:08:12,227 --> 00:08:14,027 He didn't want to murder you, Miss Blacklock. 143 00:08:14,027 --> 00:08:17,396 It looked as if he did. He burst in here with a gun and I... 144 00:08:17,428 --> 00:08:19,720 - I'm sure. - He was paid to do that. 145 00:08:19,828 --> 00:08:21,465 - Paid? - Yes. 146 00:08:23,829 --> 00:08:26,308 Somebody else wanted to have me murdered? 147 00:08:27,068 --> 00:08:28,588 Is that what you're suggesting? 148 00:08:28,589 --> 00:08:30,268 That is what the evidence suggests. 149 00:08:30,269 --> 00:08:32,509 Nobody could possibly want to murder Letty. 150 00:08:32,509 --> 00:08:33,818 It's ludicrous. 151 00:08:34,109 --> 00:08:38,976 Please understand, Inspector, I have no hidden Rembrandts, 152 00:08:39,470 --> 00:08:41,621 no enemies that I am aware of 153 00:08:41,790 --> 00:08:44,349 and no guilty secrets about myself 154 00:08:44,350 --> 00:08:46,268 or anyone else for that matter. 155 00:08:48,630 --> 00:08:50,990 I would like to speak to your maid, is she at home? 156 00:08:50,991 --> 00:08:52,110 Hannah's in the kitchen. 157 00:08:52,111 --> 00:08:56,415 Because she's a foreigner, she's an automatic suspect, is that it? 158 00:08:57,991 --> 00:08:59,628 No, that is not it. 159 00:08:59,751 --> 00:09:04,070 She works hard and her papers and her permit are in perfect order. 160 00:09:04,071 --> 00:09:05,943 The same applied to Rudi Scherz. 161 00:09:07,872 --> 00:09:09,883 The late Rudi Scherz. 162 00:09:15,032 --> 00:09:17,271 I'm beginning to lose patience with Inspector Craddock. 163 00:09:17,272 --> 00:09:19,311 He'd only trying to protect you, Letty. 164 00:09:19,312 --> 00:09:22,311 Protect me? I'm perfectly capable of protecting myself. 165 00:09:22,312 --> 00:09:24,912 - But don't you see? - See what? 166 00:09:24,913 --> 00:09:27,712 If somebody paid that young man to kill you, 167 00:09:27,713 --> 00:09:29,022 and it didn't work, 168 00:09:29,513 --> 00:09:31,150 then whoever it is, well, 169 00:09:31,713 --> 00:09:33,912 he's likely to try again. 170 00:09:36,473 --> 00:09:37,689 Yes, I'm sorry. 171 00:09:38,274 --> 00:09:40,033 I'm being a bit slow in the uptake, aren't I? 172 00:09:40,033 --> 00:09:42,794 It's natural. You've had a difficult time. 173 00:09:43,434 --> 00:09:44,791 Apart from that, 174 00:09:45,594 --> 00:09:48,869 I think you should tell Mr. Craddock everything. 175 00:09:52,354 --> 00:09:54,741 What does it matter what I say? 176 00:09:54,755 --> 00:09:56,714 I am just a refugee. 177 00:09:56,715 --> 00:09:59,475 If I say the wrong thing, you can always send me home. 178 00:09:59,515 --> 00:10:01,292 Unless you send me to prison. 179 00:10:01,555 --> 00:10:04,877 Besides, you shouldn't be talking to me. 180 00:10:04,995 --> 00:10:08,318 You should be talking to that nice English lady. 181 00:10:08,835 --> 00:10:11,831 - Which nice English lady? - Mrs. Haymes. 182 00:10:12,556 --> 00:10:14,941 Why should I be speaking to Mrs. Haymes? 183 00:10:14,996 --> 00:10:16,353 The young man, 184 00:10:16,796 --> 00:10:20,164 he comes to the house and asks Miss Blacklock for money. 185 00:10:20,397 --> 00:10:21,916 You know about that? 186 00:10:21,917 --> 00:10:23,647 Miss Blacklock told me. 187 00:10:24,677 --> 00:10:26,080 I watch him go. 188 00:10:26,397 --> 00:10:31,672 He stops and talks to Mrs. Haymes in the summerhouse. 189 00:10:35,277 --> 00:10:37,277 And what do you suppose they were talking about? 190 00:10:37,278 --> 00:10:38,517 I don't know. 191 00:10:38,518 --> 00:10:41,437 How to steal Miss Blacklock's money, I expect. 192 00:10:41,438 --> 00:10:43,877 Miss Blacklock isn't a rich woman. 193 00:10:43,878 --> 00:10:45,798 She's richer than me. 194 00:10:45,799 --> 00:10:48,077 She's richer, too, than Mrs. Haymes. 195 00:10:48,078 --> 00:10:50,797 Mrs. Haymes is a fine lady who loses her husband 196 00:10:50,798 --> 00:10:52,718 and no longer has any money. 197 00:10:52,718 --> 00:10:55,718 She sends her son to school and has to work as a gardener. 198 00:10:56,799 --> 00:11:00,822 That is not a proper job for a fine English lady. 199 00:11:02,439 --> 00:11:04,679 Will you excuse me please? 200 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:06,999 I need the kitchen to myself. 201 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,228 I have to make a very careful sauce. 202 00:11:27,522 --> 00:11:31,358 Wrong door, Inspector. That one doesn't open. 203 00:11:31,482 --> 00:11:33,361 It's from when there were two rooms. 204 00:11:33,362 --> 00:11:35,700 We used to have the hall table against it. 205 00:11:35,842 --> 00:11:37,572 When was the table moved? 206 00:11:37,882 --> 00:11:39,847 A couple of weeks ago. 207 00:11:40,042 --> 00:11:42,662 Something to do with flowers. 208 00:11:42,682 --> 00:11:45,961 Phillipa, Mrs. Haymes did a big vase. 209 00:11:45,962 --> 00:11:50,549 All twigs and branches and people getting their hair tangled up. 210 00:11:51,323 --> 00:11:53,802 So we moved the table. 211 00:11:56,003 --> 00:11:59,372 - Is it nailed up? - No, just locked. 212 00:12:00,043 --> 00:12:01,634 Do you have the key? 213 00:12:02,123 --> 00:12:05,212 Yes, in here I think. 214 00:12:05,683 --> 00:12:06,900 Yes, here. 215 00:12:08,284 --> 00:12:10,803 There, careful! 216 00:12:10,804 --> 00:12:13,705 There might be something resting against the inside! 217 00:12:29,165 --> 00:12:31,973 This door's been opened quite recently, Miss Bunner. 218 00:12:32,366 --> 00:12:34,645 The hinges and the lock have both be oiled. 219 00:12:34,646 --> 00:12:36,190 Good gracious. 220 00:12:38,406 --> 00:12:41,635 - Which means... - You'd like to wash your hands? 221 00:12:42,446 --> 00:12:44,130 Which means? 222 00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:48,605 When Scherz came in this door and did his party piece 223 00:12:48,606 --> 00:12:51,086 anybody could have slipped out through the other door, 224 00:12:51,127 --> 00:12:54,246 stood behind him and fired the shots at you, Miss Blacklock. 225 00:12:56,248 --> 00:12:59,616 Are you suggesting, that one of my neighbors, 226 00:13:00,007 --> 00:13:02,127 one of my nice commonplace neighbors, 227 00:13:02,128 --> 00:13:04,687 slipped through that door and tried to murder me? 228 00:13:06,448 --> 00:13:08,647 Who is your main suspect, Inspector? 229 00:13:08,688 --> 00:13:10,185 The vicar's wife? 230 00:13:13,008 --> 00:13:15,607 We have to be very direct about this, Miss Blacklock. 231 00:13:15,608 --> 00:13:17,947 If you die, who benefits? 232 00:13:18,449 --> 00:13:21,115 Patrick and Julia. And, 233 00:13:21,809 --> 00:13:24,848 Bunny here gets a small legacy and all the furniture in the house. 234 00:13:24,849 --> 00:13:26,719 I didn't know that. 235 00:13:28,050 --> 00:13:29,529 Thank you, Letty. 236 00:13:29,530 --> 00:13:31,928 It's hardly the sort of thing one talks about as a rule. 237 00:13:31,929 --> 00:13:35,089 But I still think you should tell the Inspector. 238 00:13:35,090 --> 00:13:38,833 Yes, Bunny, I know what you think, and I am going to tell him! 239 00:13:39,331 --> 00:13:42,290 Now, I think we should both like a cup of tea if you'd be so kind. 240 00:13:42,291 --> 00:13:45,285 I'm sorry. I'll see to it. 241 00:13:50,331 --> 00:13:52,764 What is Miss Bunner anxious for you to tell me? 242 00:13:53,291 --> 00:13:56,005 I not worth murdering now, Inspector. 243 00:13:57,171 --> 00:14:00,730 But in a few weeks' time I might be. 244 00:14:00,731 --> 00:14:01,947 Why? 245 00:14:02,132 --> 00:14:04,659 Because I shall be a very rich woman. 246 00:14:06,213 --> 00:14:07,709 Please sit down. 247 00:14:18,973 --> 00:14:22,015 Does the name Randall Goedler mean anything to you? 248 00:14:22,773 --> 00:14:25,300 No, perhaps you're a little too young. 249 00:14:25,613 --> 00:14:28,773 He was a financier, died just before the war? 250 00:14:28,774 --> 00:14:30,785 Yes, 1938. 251 00:14:31,894 --> 00:14:35,637 Well, until his death, I was his personal secretary. 252 00:14:35,734 --> 00:14:38,541 Well, more a junior partner really. 253 00:14:39,734 --> 00:14:40,950 When he died, 254 00:14:41,334 --> 00:14:44,469 he left all his money in trust for his wife, Belle. 255 00:14:45,135 --> 00:14:48,877 But if she dies before me, I inherit... 256 00:14:49,375 --> 00:14:51,012 A great deal of money. 257 00:14:51,695 --> 00:14:53,707 Randall Goedler was a millionaire, 258 00:14:54,255 --> 00:14:56,173 so, yes, a great deal of money. 259 00:14:57,576 --> 00:15:00,215 You said you might very soon be a rich woman. 260 00:15:00,216 --> 00:15:02,295 Is Mrs. Goedler likely to die? 261 00:15:02,296 --> 00:15:03,747 Yes. 262 00:15:04,376 --> 00:15:06,775 That may sound callous Inspector, but you asked the question 263 00:15:06,776 --> 00:15:08,647 and that's a truthful answer. 264 00:15:09,937 --> 00:15:14,288 Belle Goedler is a very sweet creature and an invalid. 265 00:15:15,216 --> 00:15:19,195 We exchange cards and letters at Christmas time 266 00:15:19,897 --> 00:15:23,125 and her nurse keeps me informed of her medical condition. 267 00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:27,392 I gather it may now be only a matter of weeks. 268 00:15:28,178 --> 00:15:30,704 - Where does Mrs. Goedler live? - In Scotland. 269 00:15:32,378 --> 00:15:34,777 Perhaps you'll let me have the address before I leave. 270 00:15:34,778 --> 00:15:36,088 Yes. 271 00:15:36,258 --> 00:15:38,177 Going back three spaces, 272 00:15:38,178 --> 00:15:41,417 Patrick and Julia are the beneficiaries in the event of your death. 273 00:15:41,418 --> 00:15:44,378 - Yes. - But if you die before Mrs. Goedler? 274 00:15:44,379 --> 00:15:46,109 What happens then? 275 00:15:46,459 --> 00:15:48,564 Belle and Randall had no children. 276 00:15:49,219 --> 00:15:50,338 So when he made his will, 277 00:15:50,339 --> 00:15:53,661 he nominated the offspring of his sister, Sonia. 278 00:15:54,459 --> 00:15:55,768 And who are they? 279 00:15:57,179 --> 00:15:59,285 Please don't laugh, Inspector, 280 00:16:00,020 --> 00:16:02,827 but I only know them as Pip and Emma. 281 00:16:03,020 --> 00:16:05,359 - Pip and Emma? - Yes. 282 00:16:05,661 --> 00:16:08,842 - Who and where are they? - Nobody knows. 283 00:16:08,860 --> 00:16:10,420 Goedler's sister, Sonia 284 00:16:10,421 --> 00:16:13,060 married some smooth-talking, Greek called Stamfordis. 285 00:16:13,061 --> 00:16:14,820 More or less a crook. 286 00:16:14,821 --> 00:16:17,580 And they lost contact with the Goedlers, 287 00:16:17,581 --> 00:16:21,500 except it's known that they had two children, born in the early 1920's. 288 00:16:21,501 --> 00:16:25,011 - So they'd now be... - 25, 26. 289 00:16:25,262 --> 00:16:27,661 The same age as Patrick and Julia? 290 00:16:27,662 --> 00:16:30,422 - Yes. - Is that possible? 291 00:16:31,742 --> 00:16:33,502 Miss Blacklock's never seen them. 292 00:16:33,503 --> 00:16:35,662 Mrs. Goedler's never seen them. So yes, it's possible. 293 00:16:35,663 --> 00:16:37,628 As I say, you have a lot of checking to do. 294 00:16:38,742 --> 00:16:41,363 - Where are we going? - Back to H.Q. 295 00:16:41,383 --> 00:16:42,645 No, we're not. 296 00:16:43,143 --> 00:16:44,862 I want to speak to Mrs. Haymes. 297 00:16:44,863 --> 00:16:47,624 See what she was doing in the summerhouse. 298 00:16:55,984 --> 00:16:59,493 I'm happy to verify a statement if it means I can stand up straight. 299 00:16:59,864 --> 00:17:03,303 The dead man, Rudi Scherz, you told me he was a stranger to you. 300 00:17:03,304 --> 00:17:04,426 Yes. 301 00:17:06,945 --> 00:17:09,104 Did you at any time have a conversation with him 302 00:17:09,105 --> 00:17:11,771 in the summerhouse at Little Paddocks? 303 00:17:12,225 --> 00:17:13,534 In the summerhouse? 304 00:17:14,545 --> 00:17:15,807 It's absurd. 305 00:17:16,265 --> 00:17:17,809 Who told you that? 306 00:17:17,985 --> 00:17:21,775 A statement was made to me that you were seen speaking to him. 307 00:17:22,866 --> 00:17:24,549 I expect it was Hannah. 308 00:17:25,946 --> 00:17:27,349 She tells lies. 309 00:17:28,386 --> 00:17:30,678 I've never met Rudi Scherz in my life. 310 00:17:30,786 --> 00:17:32,705 And I couldn't have seen him. 311 00:17:32,706 --> 00:17:34,204 I'm here every day. 312 00:17:39,107 --> 00:17:40,697 Thank you, Mrs. Haymes. 313 00:17:49,107 --> 00:17:51,212 Good morning, Colonel! 314 00:17:51,427 --> 00:17:52,707 Good morning, Inspector. 315 00:17:52,708 --> 00:17:54,547 You're up bright and early. 316 00:17:54,548 --> 00:17:58,027 Habit of a lifetime. Up with the lark. Check the defensive perimeter. 317 00:18:00,948 --> 00:18:03,709 I'm told you have a German pistol. 318 00:18:04,228 --> 00:18:09,188 Yes. Unofficially, of course. Souvenir of victory and all that. 319 00:18:09,189 --> 00:18:11,527 May I see it? Officially? 320 00:18:12,389 --> 00:18:17,349 Well, the fact of the matter is, Inspector, the damn thing's disappeared. 321 00:18:17,870 --> 00:18:19,506 I see. When? 322 00:18:20,269 --> 00:18:24,387 All I can tell you is that my wife saw it in my drawer last Saturday. 323 00:18:25,190 --> 00:18:27,763 You mean, it disappeared after the killing? 324 00:18:28,230 --> 00:18:32,161 Well, according to my good lady, yes. 325 00:18:33,591 --> 00:18:34,900 I see. 326 00:18:37,071 --> 00:18:41,704 Well, I'll leave you to check your defensive perimeters. 327 00:18:54,712 --> 00:18:57,471 You know, the English village has changed 328 00:18:57,472 --> 00:18:59,391 since before the war. 329 00:18:59,392 --> 00:19:02,712 That's really because the whole world has changed. 330 00:19:02,713 --> 00:19:05,231 A village like Chipping Cleghorn, for example, 331 00:19:05,232 --> 00:19:10,099 it may look the same, simple and peaceful and eternal, 332 00:19:10,673 --> 00:19:12,404 but it isn't. 333 00:19:15,233 --> 00:19:19,819 You see, in the old days, everyone knew each other. 334 00:19:20,274 --> 00:19:23,081 And if someone new came to the village, 335 00:19:23,082 --> 00:19:24,873 then they brought letters of introduction. 336 00:19:24,874 --> 00:19:28,313 They'd either been in the same regiment, or the same ship, 337 00:19:28,314 --> 00:19:32,434 or the same colony as someone already living in the village, you see. 338 00:19:32,435 --> 00:19:33,914 And that no longer applies? 339 00:19:33,915 --> 00:19:36,395 Gone forever, I suspect. 340 00:19:36,835 --> 00:19:39,755 Well, the big houses are sold, the cottages converted, 341 00:19:39,755 --> 00:19:42,797 and people simply come in from anywhere. 342 00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:46,354 From India, Hong Kong, or Italy, 343 00:19:46,355 --> 00:19:50,315 and made a little money and are able to retire. 344 00:19:50,316 --> 00:19:53,263 No letters of introduction, no roots. 345 00:19:53,516 --> 00:19:57,352 You have to believe their stories and take them at their face value. 346 00:19:57,676 --> 00:20:00,075 Plus their ration books and identity cards. 347 00:20:00,076 --> 00:20:04,943 Can you really believe in a ration book and identity card? 348 00:20:05,117 --> 00:20:07,408 Horrible things. Inhuman. 349 00:20:11,158 --> 00:20:15,436 So, Pip and Emma could be Patrick and Julia? 350 00:20:15,437 --> 00:20:19,597 Quite easily, I imagine, but I think they sound rather fun, 351 00:20:19,598 --> 00:20:22,405 and not at all the homicidal type. 352 00:20:22,478 --> 00:20:24,717 But I'll try and find out. 353 00:20:24,718 --> 00:20:26,169 You will be careful, won't you? 354 00:20:26,318 --> 00:20:28,117 Of course. 355 00:20:28,118 --> 00:20:31,118 A policeman asking questions is open to the gravest suspicion. 356 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:36,394 But an old lady asking questions is just an old lady asking questions. 357 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,759 Who's the old biddy? 358 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,678 Mrs. Harmon's aunt. 359 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,680 I could go to my room and pretend to work. 360 00:20:53,681 --> 00:20:55,759 Well, Mrs. Harmon's quite fun. 361 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:58,660 Pick of the village idiots, really. 362 00:21:00,761 --> 00:21:03,895 Shall I be charming and terribly amusing? 363 00:21:04,161 --> 00:21:06,680 No. Not a good idea. 364 00:21:06,681 --> 00:21:08,960 It must have seemed quite dreadful to you, 365 00:21:08,961 --> 00:21:11,253 like Chicago come to Chipping Cleghorn. 366 00:21:11,362 --> 00:21:13,360 I was scared stiff. 367 00:21:13,361 --> 00:21:16,329 Well, it was rather an alarming experience. 368 00:21:16,330 --> 00:21:18,041 But it must have seemed quite providential 369 00:21:18,042 --> 00:21:21,081 when the young man tripped himself up and shot himself. 370 00:21:21,082 --> 00:21:23,601 Of course, burglary is so violent nowadays. 371 00:21:23,602 --> 00:21:26,962 There used to be a certain grace and decorum about it, but... 372 00:21:26,963 --> 00:21:29,121 I blame the war, Miss Marple, don't you? 373 00:21:29,122 --> 00:21:31,762 - And the Viennese waltz. - Absolutely. 374 00:21:31,763 --> 00:21:35,523 Yes. And was that the door that he came in at? 375 00:21:35,524 --> 00:21:37,202 - Yes. - The very one. 376 00:21:37,203 --> 00:21:39,442 And I'm told there were bullet holes. 377 00:21:39,443 --> 00:21:41,042 Right over here, Miss Marple. 378 00:21:41,043 --> 00:21:43,403 I've never seen a real bullet hole. May I? 379 00:21:43,404 --> 00:21:45,322 Yes, of course, please. 380 00:21:46,404 --> 00:21:48,403 It's a miracle Lotty wasn't killed. 381 00:21:48,404 --> 00:21:49,523 Good gracious! 382 00:21:49,524 --> 00:21:52,563 But you were jolly severely wounded, weren't you? 383 00:21:52,564 --> 00:21:54,603 Are you fully recovered now, Miss Blacklock? 384 00:21:54,604 --> 00:21:56,324 Yes, of course. It was only a scratch. 385 00:21:56,325 --> 00:22:01,097 I only wear this plaster to get sympathy from my nearest and dearest. 386 00:22:01,165 --> 00:22:03,083 It doesn't work 387 00:22:04,405 --> 00:22:06,004 unfortunately. 388 00:22:06,005 --> 00:22:07,605 So you were over here when it happened? 389 00:22:07,606 --> 00:22:11,405 I'd just gone for the cigarette box, and then the lights went out. 390 00:22:11,406 --> 00:22:14,447 What a delightful lamp! 391 00:22:14,726 --> 00:22:17,626 - Dresden. It's one of a pair. - Really? 392 00:22:18,206 --> 00:22:19,610 The other's in the spare room. 393 00:22:19,726 --> 00:22:23,001 Really? I'd forgotten about that. 394 00:22:23,046 --> 00:22:24,966 I like nice things. Don't you? 395 00:22:24,966 --> 00:22:27,867 Yes, indeed. Yes, very much. 396 00:22:28,086 --> 00:22:32,063 I'm afraid I can't work up any enthusiasm for possessions. 397 00:22:33,447 --> 00:22:35,447 Do you like nice things? 398 00:22:35,448 --> 00:22:36,766 I prefer naughty things. 399 00:22:36,767 --> 00:22:38,006 Julia! 400 00:22:38,007 --> 00:22:42,687 I have very few possessions, all of them precious. 401 00:22:43,128 --> 00:22:46,356 And each one, a cherished memory. 402 00:22:47,008 --> 00:22:48,727 And as for photographs, 403 00:22:48,728 --> 00:22:51,567 people don't seem to keep photographs nowadays, do they? 404 00:22:51,568 --> 00:22:53,447 I do. Have hundreds. 405 00:22:53,448 --> 00:22:57,687 All my nieces and nephews when they were babies and children, 406 00:22:57,688 --> 00:22:59,408 and grown up and parents. 407 00:22:59,409 --> 00:23:02,328 You've got a horrible one of me with a squint and a fox terrier. 408 00:23:04,409 --> 00:23:06,488 And despite all your aunt says, 409 00:23:06,489 --> 00:23:10,328 I'm sure she's got hundreds of photographs of you all tucked away. 410 00:23:10,329 --> 00:23:11,967 We're only distant cousins. 411 00:23:12,249 --> 00:23:14,688 To tell you the truth, Miss Marple, 412 00:23:14,689 --> 00:23:18,009 I didn't remember these two existed until earlier this year. 413 00:23:18,010 --> 00:23:19,289 I had a letter from their mother 414 00:23:19,290 --> 00:23:21,689 saying they were going to be studying in this area. 415 00:23:21,690 --> 00:23:23,982 And when did you last see my mama? 416 00:23:24,091 --> 00:23:26,524 About 30 years ago. 417 00:23:27,050 --> 00:23:28,409 I remember she was very pretty. 418 00:23:28,410 --> 00:23:30,970 And luckily we've both inherited her good looks. 419 00:23:30,971 --> 00:23:33,545 Not only that. You're quite right, Miss Marple. 420 00:23:33,732 --> 00:23:36,370 Aunt Letty has a marvelous old photograph album. 421 00:23:36,371 --> 00:23:38,330 We looked through it the other day. 422 00:23:38,331 --> 00:23:40,931 But I'm not obsessive about the past. 423 00:23:40,932 --> 00:23:43,931 Well, I, of course, have more past than future. 424 00:23:43,932 --> 00:23:46,251 Don't be silly, Aunt Jane! 425 00:23:46,252 --> 00:23:48,731 My dear, you've married a vicar. 426 00:23:48,732 --> 00:23:53,224 You must know we're allocated three score years and 10. 427 00:23:53,453 --> 00:23:55,979 And I shall soon be overdrawn. 428 00:23:58,333 --> 00:24:01,772 - You did it on purpose, didn't you? - What, my dear? 429 00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:03,893 Talked about photographs. 430 00:24:03,894 --> 00:24:06,812 Well, I now know that Miss Blacklock had never seen 431 00:24:06,813 --> 00:24:11,013 Patrick and Julia in the flesh until they turned up on her doorstep. 432 00:24:11,014 --> 00:24:13,540 - And rang the bell? - Exactly. 433 00:24:14,134 --> 00:24:17,175 Tomorrow, I shall explore your village. 434 00:24:17,254 --> 00:24:19,453 It's quite small. It won't take long. 435 00:24:19,454 --> 00:24:23,293 There are more things in Chipping Cleghorn, Horatio, 436 00:24:23,294 --> 00:24:25,294 than are dreamt of in your philosophy. 437 00:24:25,295 --> 00:24:26,931 I daresay. 438 00:24:27,615 --> 00:24:30,422 Horatio? I thought he had a bridge. 439 00:24:46,417 --> 00:24:49,317 - Morning, Phillipa. - Hello. 440 00:24:52,697 --> 00:24:54,415 What are you doing? 441 00:24:54,416 --> 00:24:55,856 Can't you see? 442 00:24:55,857 --> 00:24:57,856 Well, I'm no gardener. 443 00:24:57,857 --> 00:25:01,576 And you seem to be poking around aimlessly in the soil. 444 00:25:01,577 --> 00:25:04,244 I'm pricking out winter lettuce. 445 00:25:04,337 --> 00:25:06,676 And, um, exquisitely, too. 446 00:25:07,297 --> 00:25:10,537 Please go away, Edmund. You've no business to be here. 447 00:25:10,538 --> 00:25:13,977 Wrong! I have business. Mrs. Lucas rang my mama this morning, 448 00:25:13,978 --> 00:25:18,798 very anxious to trade one of her surplus vegetable marrows for, um, 449 00:25:19,538 --> 00:25:20,942 a pot of honey. 450 00:25:23,299 --> 00:25:25,618 Yes, we're swamped with vegetable marrows. 451 00:25:25,619 --> 00:25:27,498 So, I have my alibi. 452 00:25:27,499 --> 00:25:30,587 Using the word loosely and incorrectly. 453 00:25:31,540 --> 00:25:34,627 - There's no question of dalliance. - Good. 454 00:25:35,859 --> 00:25:41,135 "Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null." 455 00:25:42,180 --> 00:25:44,819 - I beg your pardon? - It's Tennyson writing about Maud. 456 00:25:44,820 --> 00:25:48,282 But it's really about you, Phillipa. Splendidly null. 457 00:25:48,580 --> 00:25:51,300 - It isn't much of a compliment. - Well, it isn't meant to be. 458 00:25:51,301 --> 00:25:55,780 It's meant to stir you into speaking. What are you like? What do you feel? 459 00:25:55,781 --> 00:25:58,460 - That's my business. - It's mine, too. 460 00:25:58,461 --> 00:26:01,220 Can't you see I'm smitten? 461 00:26:01,221 --> 00:26:03,540 I didn't want to fall in love with you. 462 00:26:03,541 --> 00:26:05,460 I just wanted to worry about the working classes, 463 00:26:05,461 --> 00:26:08,421 and write my book about the world's misery. 464 00:26:08,422 --> 00:26:10,261 And then you came along, 465 00:26:10,262 --> 00:26:11,941 and you won't even talk to me. 466 00:26:11,942 --> 00:26:15,061 - I'm talking to you now. - Not really talking. 467 00:26:15,062 --> 00:26:19,413 Tell me about anything. Tell me about your husband if you like. 468 00:26:20,743 --> 00:26:23,456 We met, we got married. 469 00:26:24,103 --> 00:26:25,927 Harry was born. 470 00:26:26,703 --> 00:26:29,090 Ronald was killed in Italy. 471 00:26:30,303 --> 00:26:32,742 Harry's a nice kid, I like him. 472 00:26:32,743 --> 00:26:35,143 I think he likes me, too. 473 00:26:35,144 --> 00:26:37,703 Let's get married, Phillipa. 474 00:26:37,704 --> 00:26:41,224 You can go on gardening, and I can go on writing my tripey book. 475 00:26:41,225 --> 00:26:43,798 And we can sponge off Mother. 476 00:26:44,584 --> 00:26:47,018 My eyesight is defective, 477 00:26:47,785 --> 00:26:49,515 but I'm very sincere. 478 00:26:50,024 --> 00:26:53,020 No. I don't think so. 479 00:26:55,705 --> 00:26:58,584 Very well, in that case, 480 00:26:58,585 --> 00:27:02,001 you'd better lead me to that vegetable marrow. 481 00:27:09,906 --> 00:27:12,994 Sergeant Fletcher! Are you keeping an eye on us? 482 00:27:12,995 --> 00:27:14,762 Inspector Craddock's orders, Miss Blacklock. 483 00:27:14,763 --> 00:27:16,641 Well, we're just going down to the village. 484 00:27:16,642 --> 00:27:18,666 It's Hannah's day out so there's nobody in. 485 00:27:18,667 --> 00:27:19,866 - I see. - So, if you could... 486 00:27:19,867 --> 00:27:21,514 - Keep an eye on the house? - Yes, please. 487 00:27:21,515 --> 00:27:23,386 The sergeant could make himself a cup of tea. 488 00:27:23,387 --> 00:27:25,026 Yes, of course, Sergeant, please do. 489 00:27:25,027 --> 00:27:29,799 The door's open. We never lock doors. Come along, Bunny. We'll be late. 490 00:28:40,032 --> 00:28:44,831 You startled me, Sergeant! I thought you were another burglar. 491 00:28:44,832 --> 00:28:47,546 No, Mrs. Swettenham. It's only me. 492 00:28:49,833 --> 00:28:51,632 You came through the back door? 493 00:28:51,633 --> 00:28:56,112 Yes, it's always open. I just brought up some of my quinces. 494 00:28:56,113 --> 00:28:58,633 Perhaps you'd tell Miss Blacklock when she comes back? 495 00:28:58,634 --> 00:29:00,513 I'll leave them here. 496 00:29:00,514 --> 00:29:03,073 It seems anybody can walk into this house just as they like. 497 00:29:03,074 --> 00:29:04,383 Of course. 498 00:29:04,434 --> 00:29:07,802 How else could we leave quinces on the kitchen table? 499 00:29:11,955 --> 00:29:13,778 Murgatroyd? 500 00:29:14,435 --> 00:29:16,025 Yes, Hinch? 501 00:29:17,115 --> 00:29:19,834 I've been doing a bit of thinking. 502 00:29:19,835 --> 00:29:21,314 What about? 503 00:29:21,315 --> 00:29:25,198 Well, that pantomime the other night. 504 00:29:25,875 --> 00:29:27,955 It's all too fishy. 505 00:29:27,956 --> 00:29:30,762 Now, take this revolver. 506 00:29:30,956 --> 00:29:33,395 - Well, that's a trowel. - I know it's a trowel! 507 00:29:33,396 --> 00:29:35,556 We don't stock revolvers, do we? 508 00:29:35,557 --> 00:29:38,598 - I suppose not. - And this torch. 509 00:29:38,996 --> 00:29:40,316 Now, go outside, come back in, 510 00:29:40,317 --> 00:29:42,995 wave the torch around and the revolver like he did, 511 00:29:42,996 --> 00:29:44,774 and say, "Stick 'em up." 512 00:29:45,797 --> 00:29:47,012 Why? 513 00:29:47,957 --> 00:29:49,957 Because what happened the other night was fishy, 514 00:29:49,958 --> 00:29:53,139 and I want to find out what made it fishy. 515 00:29:53,798 --> 00:29:55,201 I'll try. 516 00:30:07,239 --> 00:30:08,454 Stick 'em up! 517 00:30:10,318 --> 00:30:11,958 The door won't stay open! 518 00:30:11,959 --> 00:30:14,918 Exactly. That's the fishy bit. 519 00:30:14,919 --> 00:30:17,078 The door at Little Paddocks is just the same. 520 00:30:17,079 --> 00:30:21,238 Letty Blacklock brought that huge glass doorstop from Elliot's, remember? 521 00:30:21,239 --> 00:30:24,039 Well, perhaps the burglar used the doorstop to keep it open. 522 00:30:24,039 --> 00:30:26,878 That's a non-starter, Murgatroyd. 523 00:30:26,879 --> 00:30:29,279 You fling the door open, you shout, "Reach for the sky," 524 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:33,599 and then you say, "Excuse me a moment while I adjust the doorstop"? 525 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,612 It's all so awkward. 526 00:30:36,441 --> 00:30:38,686 Give me that revolver. 527 00:30:39,281 --> 00:30:41,520 You'd have shot yourself by now. 528 00:30:41,521 --> 00:30:44,515 Well, he did shoot himself, didn't he? 529 00:30:50,921 --> 00:30:54,337 Somebody must have held the door open for him. 530 00:30:58,442 --> 00:31:01,249 I'm not at all sure he did shoot himself. 531 00:31:03,723 --> 00:31:04,845 You mean, 532 00:31:06,082 --> 00:31:08,281 somebody else shot him? 533 00:31:08,923 --> 00:31:13,087 That's the only alternative to shooting oneself, in my experience. 534 00:31:13,483 --> 00:31:15,307 You've had experience? 535 00:31:15,723 --> 00:31:18,683 Of crimes of violence? Lots! 536 00:31:20,844 --> 00:31:25,803 Two-gun Hinchcliffe, the terror of Kidderminster. 537 00:31:30,684 --> 00:31:32,524 I don't believe you. 538 00:31:32,525 --> 00:31:34,630 Neither do I. 539 00:31:35,324 --> 00:31:37,243 But if it wasn't one of us who killed that boy, 540 00:31:37,244 --> 00:31:39,725 it was somebody very like us. 541 00:32:20,567 --> 00:32:21,830 Miss Marple! 542 00:32:22,688 --> 00:32:24,607 Do sit here. 543 00:32:24,608 --> 00:32:27,207 How kind. Thank you so much. 544 00:32:27,208 --> 00:32:29,728 - I'm on my own. - Dear. 545 00:32:29,729 --> 00:32:32,848 Such a sharp wind. 546 00:32:32,849 --> 00:32:34,532 My rheumatics, you know. 547 00:32:34,889 --> 00:32:37,847 I had sciatica last year. I was in agony. 548 00:32:37,848 --> 00:32:41,248 Dear, yes. Now then, coffee and cakes? 549 00:32:41,249 --> 00:32:43,963 - Yes, please. - For two. Thank you. 550 00:32:47,930 --> 00:32:50,768 You know, I don't think the cakes here look so delicious 551 00:32:50,769 --> 00:32:52,489 as the ones I had in your house. 552 00:32:52,490 --> 00:32:54,329 - Hannah made those. - Hannah? 553 00:32:54,330 --> 00:32:56,622 Our cook. She's very good. 554 00:32:56,850 --> 00:32:59,729 Some sort of a foreigner. Swiss, I think. 555 00:32:59,730 --> 00:33:01,930 It's a pity she screams so much. 556 00:33:01,931 --> 00:33:04,530 Well, it's a sign of life. 557 00:33:04,531 --> 00:33:08,410 And what about the other person who I didn't see? 558 00:33:08,411 --> 00:33:11,031 - The young woman who lives with you? - Phillipa? 559 00:33:11,331 --> 00:33:13,670 We call her our lodger. 560 00:33:13,811 --> 00:33:15,776 I suppose she is in a way. 561 00:33:16,251 --> 00:33:18,590 - Who? Phillipa? - Haymes. 562 00:33:18,652 --> 00:33:20,770 Haymes. Yes, really. 563 00:33:20,771 --> 00:33:24,609 Yes, I knew a Colonel Haymes in the Indian cavalry. 564 00:33:24,652 --> 00:33:28,572 - Her father, perhaps? - She's Mrs. Haymes. A widow. 565 00:33:28,573 --> 00:33:32,362 Her husband was killed in Sicily or Italy. 566 00:33:32,933 --> 00:33:34,523 How sad. 567 00:33:34,693 --> 00:33:36,563 Here we are. 568 00:33:43,254 --> 00:33:45,813 Now then, would you like me to pour out? 569 00:33:45,814 --> 00:33:47,217 Yes, please. 570 00:33:48,773 --> 00:33:49,896 Coffee. 571 00:33:54,694 --> 00:33:56,773 They're terribly pink, aren't they? 572 00:33:56,774 --> 00:34:00,704 Well, probably an artificial substitute for flavor. 573 00:34:00,974 --> 00:34:02,236 Thank you. 574 00:34:04,495 --> 00:34:06,880 And, has she many admirers? 575 00:34:07,335 --> 00:34:11,174 That waitress? I doubt it. Much too surly. 576 00:34:11,175 --> 00:34:14,534 Yes. No. Mrs. Haymes. 577 00:34:14,535 --> 00:34:16,359 Well, 578 00:34:17,256 --> 00:34:21,254 Young Edmund Swettenham moons around her a bit. 579 00:34:21,255 --> 00:34:25,015 He's a very odd young man. Writes books, and I... 580 00:34:25,016 --> 00:34:27,215 I have heard that he's a... 581 00:34:27,216 --> 00:34:28,575 A communist. 582 00:34:28,576 --> 00:34:32,136 Really? Yes, well, he must be rather lonely in Chipping Cleghorn. 583 00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:34,936 I'm told they can grow out of it. Do you believe that? 584 00:34:34,937 --> 00:34:37,376 Yes, yes. I should think that's quite likely, yes. 585 00:34:37,377 --> 00:34:38,686 Good. 586 00:34:40,137 --> 00:34:41,817 And, 587 00:34:41,818 --> 00:34:44,056 have you known Miss Blacklock long? 588 00:34:44,057 --> 00:34:46,443 We were at school together. 589 00:34:47,658 --> 00:34:49,996 Then, we lost touch for years. 590 00:34:50,538 --> 00:34:54,842 She was secretary to this millionaire, Goedler, and... 591 00:35:02,219 --> 00:35:05,775 Tell me I didn't do wrong, Miss Marple. 592 00:35:07,019 --> 00:35:09,578 I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about, Miss Bunner. 593 00:35:09,579 --> 00:35:11,979 I was living on my own, just with my pension. 594 00:35:11,980 --> 00:35:14,218 Well, in a bedsitter, and I... 595 00:35:14,219 --> 00:35:17,168 I saw Letty's name in the local newspaper. 596 00:35:17,300 --> 00:35:21,276 She was at a charity luncheon in aid of the Milchester Hospital. 597 00:35:21,540 --> 00:35:23,500 And I wrote to her. 598 00:35:23,501 --> 00:35:25,899 Not a begging letter. It wasn't that. 599 00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:28,099 No, no, of course not. 600 00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:32,460 No, you wrote a friendly letter to an old school chum and you met. 601 00:35:32,461 --> 00:35:34,613 She was lonely and you were lonely. 602 00:35:35,181 --> 00:35:37,420 And she asked you to move in with her, that's all. 603 00:35:37,421 --> 00:35:39,151 You do understand. 604 00:35:39,501 --> 00:35:42,780 I understand everything about lonely old ladies. 605 00:35:42,781 --> 00:35:46,700 I can tell. You're very comfortable to talk to, Miss Marple. 606 00:35:46,701 --> 00:35:51,896 You see, I get so angry when I see people taking advantage of Letty. 607 00:35:52,422 --> 00:35:55,417 And I do hope that I'm not like that. 608 00:35:56,062 --> 00:36:01,101 She's left me all the household goods and an annuity, 609 00:36:01,102 --> 00:36:03,582 but that's her decision. 610 00:36:03,583 --> 00:36:07,422 I... I haven't taken advantage of her. Truly. 611 00:36:07,423 --> 00:36:10,511 No, no. I'm quite sure you haven't. 612 00:36:10,583 --> 00:36:11,752 No. 613 00:36:15,223 --> 00:36:17,188 And do other people take advantage? 614 00:36:20,784 --> 00:36:22,187 Young 615 00:36:22,944 --> 00:36:24,534 Patrick. 616 00:36:25,345 --> 00:36:29,424 He's had money from her, twice, at least, to my certain knowledge. 617 00:36:29,425 --> 00:36:31,384 And all Letty will say is, "The boy's young. 618 00:36:31,385 --> 00:36:33,864 "Youth must have its fling." 619 00:36:33,905 --> 00:36:36,144 Yes, that's true, you know. 620 00:36:36,145 --> 00:36:38,864 And, of course, he is handsome, and, er... 621 00:36:38,865 --> 00:36:42,225 A trifle insolent, I agree, but on the other hand... 622 00:36:42,226 --> 00:36:47,279 I saw him with an oilcan in the garden. 623 00:36:49,306 --> 00:36:50,709 Really? 624 00:36:51,666 --> 00:36:56,626 And the other door to the drawing room has been oiled. 625 00:36:57,226 --> 00:37:02,501 And I heard him having an argument with Julia the other day. 626 00:37:03,267 --> 00:37:08,542 But that's human nature, isn't it, arguments between brothers and sisters? 627 00:37:09,267 --> 00:37:12,449 Shepherds and shepherdesses. 628 00:37:14,108 --> 00:37:16,073 I beg your pardon? 629 00:37:16,308 --> 00:37:19,208 The lamp on the table. 630 00:37:20,148 --> 00:37:24,507 I noticed that it was the shepherdess 631 00:37:24,508 --> 00:37:28,112 and not the shepherd. 632 00:37:29,269 --> 00:37:31,936 Coffee and gossip, Bunny? 633 00:37:32,229 --> 00:37:33,428 Good morning, Miss Marple. 634 00:37:33,429 --> 00:37:35,788 Good morning. Won't you join us? 635 00:37:35,789 --> 00:37:38,068 Thank you very much, but we are rather late. 636 00:37:38,069 --> 00:37:40,229 Have you done your shopping, Bunny? 637 00:37:40,230 --> 00:37:42,269 I must call at the chemist. I... 638 00:37:42,270 --> 00:37:45,358 I need some aspirin and corn-plasters. 639 00:37:46,470 --> 00:37:47,749 Please can I pay? 640 00:37:47,750 --> 00:37:50,029 No, you certainly won't. 641 00:37:50,030 --> 00:37:52,870 - Thank you. - Come along, Bunny. That's it. 642 00:37:52,871 --> 00:37:54,350 - Goodbye, Miss Marple. - Goodbye. 643 00:37:54,351 --> 00:37:56,070 - Excuse me. - Come along, Bunny. 644 00:37:56,070 --> 00:37:58,410 Goodbye, Miss Bunner. Goodbye. 645 00:38:00,671 --> 00:38:05,491 She's terribly sweet, Miss Marple. Such a good listener. 646 00:38:06,992 --> 00:38:10,781 I don't suppose you gave her much choice, Bunny dear. 647 00:38:23,192 --> 00:38:25,192 - No, not that one. - No? 648 00:38:25,193 --> 00:38:28,312 No, no, I tried one of those. They taste of salmon. 649 00:38:30,113 --> 00:38:31,632 I think I'lljust have the coffee. 650 00:38:31,633 --> 00:38:33,363 Very wise. 651 00:38:33,553 --> 00:38:35,846 So, what were you talking about? 652 00:38:36,194 --> 00:38:37,456 Family loyalty. 653 00:38:37,554 --> 00:38:39,833 I hope it wasn't as tedious as it sounds. 654 00:38:39,834 --> 00:38:41,892 No. On the contrary, very revealing. 655 00:38:42,274 --> 00:38:47,034 You see, nearly everyone assumes that people murder out of hatred, 656 00:38:47,035 --> 00:38:50,403 but, of course, it may be out of loyalty. Or even love. 657 00:38:50,435 --> 00:38:51,744 Love? 658 00:38:53,555 --> 00:38:56,970 Now, tell me again who was in the room that night. 659 00:38:57,235 --> 00:38:59,948 Miss Blacklock, Rudi Scherz. 660 00:39:00,155 --> 00:39:03,475 And devoted Dora, and handsome Patrick. 661 00:39:03,476 --> 00:39:08,751 Mrs. Swettenham of the honeypots, and her serious son Edmund, yes. 662 00:39:08,836 --> 00:39:13,555 Um, the pukka sahib Colonel Easterbrook, and the fluffy Mrs. Easterbrook. 663 00:39:13,556 --> 00:39:17,439 Not forgetting the cool and distant Phillipa Haymes. 664 00:39:17,597 --> 00:39:19,195 And? 665 00:39:19,196 --> 00:39:21,996 - Am I forgetting somebody? - Yes. 666 00:39:21,997 --> 00:39:24,635 - Julia! - That's right. Julia, yes. 667 00:39:24,636 --> 00:39:27,725 Julia. PrettyJulia is peculiar. 668 00:39:28,197 --> 00:39:30,556 Three and six, and I'm not a peculiar, Mrs. Harmon. 669 00:39:30,557 --> 00:39:31,956 I've always been a good C of E. 670 00:39:31,957 --> 00:39:35,597 I'm so sorry, I was just quoting an old song. 671 00:39:35,598 --> 00:39:37,421 I didn't know your name was Julia. 672 00:39:37,918 --> 00:39:39,929 No offense, I'm sure. 673 00:39:40,838 --> 00:39:42,237 There. Thank you very much. 674 00:39:42,238 --> 00:39:44,108 Thank you very much, Mrs. Marple. 675 00:39:45,758 --> 00:39:50,109 Well, yes... Now, do we believe in Pip and Emma? 676 00:39:50,158 --> 00:39:52,838 Miss Blacklock says they exist, so we have to. 677 00:39:52,839 --> 00:39:56,118 Even though she's never seen them, and doesn't know what they look like? 678 00:39:56,119 --> 00:39:59,518 But they are the only people to benefit from Miss Blacklock's death. 679 00:39:59,519 --> 00:40:03,519 Well, not necessarily. Either of them might have married. 680 00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,839 Their mother and father might be alive. 681 00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,559 You see, they'd all be interested parties. 682 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,399 So, the police should be looking for a murderer who... 683 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:15,050 Who is either male or female, in the middle 20s 684 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:17,290 or someone nearly as old as I am. 685 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,760 You also said somebody who would murder out of love. 686 00:40:21,761 --> 00:40:24,800 Yes, but a very special kind of love. 687 00:40:24,801 --> 00:40:28,560 A deep and abiding passion for large sums of money. 688 00:40:32,082 --> 00:40:34,046 - Except... - What? 689 00:40:37,601 --> 00:40:41,281 That waitress thought you were talking about her. 690 00:40:41,282 --> 00:40:43,996 It's just a simple mistake. 691 00:40:45,482 --> 00:40:46,792 Yes. 692 00:41:41,286 --> 00:41:43,365 Mrs. Goedler's very much looking forward 693 00:41:43,366 --> 00:41:45,191 to your visit, Inspector. 694 00:41:45,567 --> 00:41:47,926 Is she really? That makes a change. 695 00:41:47,927 --> 00:41:51,623 Well, she has very few visitors for obvious reasons. 696 00:41:51,727 --> 00:41:54,726 There's, one question I have to ask. 697 00:41:54,727 --> 00:41:56,925 I can guess what it is. 698 00:41:57,167 --> 00:41:59,687 - Well? - She's a dying woman. 699 00:41:59,688 --> 00:42:04,727 She's surviving on drugs, and on her willpower, 700 00:42:04,728 --> 00:42:07,956 but it can't last for more than a few weeks. 701 00:42:08,128 --> 00:42:13,403 And our dear Miss Blacklock was not hurt by the attempt on her life? 702 00:42:13,928 --> 00:42:15,613 A grazed ear. 703 00:42:15,688 --> 00:42:17,841 Poor Blackie. 704 00:42:19,169 --> 00:42:21,367 You know about her family background? 705 00:42:21,769 --> 00:42:22,848 No. 706 00:42:22,849 --> 00:42:25,797 Is it important to your investigation? 707 00:42:26,849 --> 00:42:28,300 I have no idea. 708 00:42:28,370 --> 00:42:33,645 Well, let me ramble on, and stop me if it becomes boring. 709 00:42:33,850 --> 00:42:35,720 - Agreed? - Agreed. 710 00:42:35,970 --> 00:42:41,245 Two sisters. The father, an old country doctor and a tyrant. 711 00:42:42,890 --> 00:42:45,930 Letty rebelled, ran away to London, 712 00:42:45,931 --> 00:42:49,345 made herself into a chartered accountant. 713 00:42:49,611 --> 00:42:53,540 The other sister, Charlotte, was an invalid. 714 00:42:54,251 --> 00:42:56,530 Now, when the old man died, 715 00:42:56,531 --> 00:43:00,789 Blackie left the firm to go and look after her sister. 716 00:43:01,252 --> 00:43:06,527 Randall was furious with her, shouted at her, but she was determined. 717 00:43:08,532 --> 00:43:11,199 And she took her sister to Switzerland. 718 00:43:12,892 --> 00:43:15,372 Tell me about your husband's sister. 719 00:43:15,373 --> 00:43:16,776 Sonia? 720 00:43:18,013 --> 00:43:22,083 She was wild. I was fond of her. 721 00:43:22,613 --> 00:43:24,572 But we've lost touch. 722 00:43:24,573 --> 00:43:29,848 She married this chap, Stamfordis, a genuine crook, I've no doubt. 723 00:43:29,854 --> 00:43:32,192 You'd have enjoyed locking him up. 724 00:43:33,454 --> 00:43:38,320 Randall disapproved of the marriage, but Sonia took no notice. 725 00:43:38,414 --> 00:43:43,689 We got a letter about 18 months after the wedding 726 00:43:44,255 --> 00:43:49,294 to say she'd had twins just after midday, 727 00:43:49,295 --> 00:43:52,654 so she intended to call them Pip and Emma. 728 00:43:55,015 --> 00:44:00,290 We forgot about them. A terrible thing to say about one's relatives. 729 00:44:00,656 --> 00:44:03,575 But Mr. Goedler left his estate to the children, 730 00:44:03,576 --> 00:44:06,615 in the event of Miss Blacklock predeceasing you? 731 00:44:06,616 --> 00:44:09,096 The lawyers pestered him. 732 00:44:10,177 --> 00:44:13,136 He told them that Blackie was strong as a horse 733 00:44:13,137 --> 00:44:16,739 and I was delicate, but they insisted. 734 00:44:16,817 --> 00:44:18,407 Lawyers do. 735 00:44:18,977 --> 00:44:24,252 They're so serious about life and death, things like that. 736 00:44:26,257 --> 00:44:28,737 But you have no idea where they may be? 737 00:44:28,738 --> 00:44:32,341 Your sister-in-law, her husband or their children. 738 00:44:32,578 --> 00:44:36,509 They may be dead. They may be anywhere. 739 00:44:39,219 --> 00:44:44,038 They may be in Chipping Cleghorn. 740 00:44:45,379 --> 00:44:47,249 Indeed, they may. 741 00:44:48,219 --> 00:44:50,458 Don't let them hurt Blackie. 742 00:44:50,459 --> 00:44:52,752 She's too good to lose. 743 00:44:53,220 --> 00:44:56,459 Er, sardine sandwiches and tomato, 744 00:44:56,460 --> 00:45:00,016 and some of those little scones you do so nicely. 745 00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:03,635 And I want you to make your special cake. 746 00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:05,300 My cake? 747 00:45:05,301 --> 00:45:07,539 Is it a party, you want such things? 748 00:45:07,540 --> 00:45:10,500 It's Miss Bunner's birthday and some people are coming to tea. 749 00:45:10,501 --> 00:45:12,839 Birthdays! Parties! 750 00:45:13,140 --> 00:45:15,300 At her age, it's better to forget. 751 00:45:15,301 --> 00:45:18,020 She doesn't want to forget. She wants a cake. 752 00:45:18,021 --> 00:45:20,360 I want her to have a cake. 753 00:45:21,062 --> 00:45:23,261 I have nothing to make such a cake. 754 00:45:23,262 --> 00:45:28,537 I need butter, sugar, chocolate, raisins. 755 00:45:30,022 --> 00:45:35,297 Butter, sugar, chocolate, raisins. 756 00:45:38,583 --> 00:45:40,622 Where do you get such things? 757 00:45:40,623 --> 00:45:42,541 None of your business, Hannah. 758 00:45:42,902 --> 00:45:48,178 Very well. I shall make such a cake. With icing. 759 00:45:48,663 --> 00:45:53,742 And on the top and I will write, "Good wishes." 760 00:45:53,743 --> 00:45:54,982 Thank you, Hannah. 761 00:45:54,983 --> 00:46:00,258 I will show your English friends what such a cake should taste like. 762 00:46:00,304 --> 00:46:03,464 English cakes taste like sand. 763 00:46:03,465 --> 00:46:06,984 My cake will taste like heaven. 764 00:46:06,985 --> 00:46:08,823 I'm sure it will. 765 00:46:08,824 --> 00:46:12,184 And you must tell Mr. Patrick not to call it names. 766 00:46:12,185 --> 00:46:14,184 I'm sure he wouldn't dream of calling it names. 767 00:46:14,185 --> 00:46:17,624 My last cake, he calls it delicious death. 768 00:46:17,625 --> 00:46:20,025 But that's a compliment. 769 00:46:20,026 --> 00:46:22,224 Death is a compliment? 770 00:46:24,026 --> 00:46:29,301 ♫ Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you 771 00:46:30,506 --> 00:46:34,265 ♫ Happy birthday, dear Bunny ♫ Happy birthday, dear Dora 772 00:46:34,266 --> 00:46:38,010 ♫ Happy birthday to you ♫ 773 00:46:41,987 --> 00:46:43,626 Delicious death! 774 00:46:43,627 --> 00:46:46,466 Hannah doesn't like you talking about her cake like that. 775 00:46:46,467 --> 00:46:48,186 She disapproves of everything I do. 776 00:46:48,187 --> 00:46:50,146 - Well, it looks a lovely cake. - Yes. 777 00:46:50,147 --> 00:46:54,920 Foreigners, they make damn good cakes. 778 00:46:55,228 --> 00:46:57,787 Mind you, it's plain boiled pudding that stumps them. 779 00:47:03,188 --> 00:47:06,748 Got a new gardener, Miss Blacklock? Saw a chap snooping around the henhouse. 780 00:47:06,749 --> 00:47:09,548 No, that's our own special detective. 781 00:47:09,549 --> 00:47:12,348 Detective? Why? 782 00:47:12,349 --> 00:47:13,508 To protect Letty. 783 00:47:13,509 --> 00:47:15,380 But isn't that all over now? 784 00:47:15,389 --> 00:47:16,949 They adjourned the inquest. 785 00:47:16,950 --> 00:47:19,228 Police not satisfied. It's obvious. 786 00:47:19,229 --> 00:47:20,669 They never are. 787 00:47:20,670 --> 00:47:23,509 As I see it, we're all under suspicion. 788 00:47:23,510 --> 00:47:25,149 Suspicion of what? 789 00:47:25,150 --> 00:47:28,350 Here and now, I'd say loitering with intent. 790 00:47:28,350 --> 00:47:31,350 That sounds quite amusing. What sort of intent? 791 00:47:31,351 --> 00:47:34,149 Intent to commit murder upon the first opportunity. 792 00:47:34,150 --> 00:47:37,910 Please don't, Mr. Swettenham! It's so awful. 793 00:47:37,911 --> 00:47:40,270 - Now, Bunny. - I'm sure nobody would want 794 00:47:40,271 --> 00:47:41,990 to murder poor Letty. 795 00:47:41,991 --> 00:47:44,910 - Don't distress yourself. - Come on, Bunny. 796 00:47:44,911 --> 00:47:48,093 It's usually me who spoils the party with a bad joke. 797 00:47:55,552 --> 00:47:58,191 Good day, Mrs. Swettenham, Mr. Swettenham. 798 00:47:58,192 --> 00:48:01,632 Mrs. Easterbrook, Colonel. 799 00:48:01,632 --> 00:48:04,272 Afternoon. Good day, Miss Murgatroyd, Miss Hinchcliffe. 800 00:48:04,273 --> 00:48:07,672 Sergeant Fletcher, we thought you might like a piece of Hannah's cake. 801 00:48:07,673 --> 00:48:10,339 Thank you, that's very kind. 802 00:48:10,713 --> 00:48:14,993 All the suspects have gone home now. Are you under orders to stay? 803 00:48:14,994 --> 00:48:18,113 Another 10 minutes, then I hand over to the local bobby. 804 00:48:18,114 --> 00:48:21,273 We do sleep sounder for the police presence. 805 00:48:21,274 --> 00:48:22,536 Good. 806 00:48:41,115 --> 00:48:43,394 - Did you enjoy your party? - I did. 807 00:48:43,395 --> 00:48:45,034 But I've got a dreadful headache. 808 00:48:45,035 --> 00:48:47,047 Too much excitement. 809 00:48:47,476 --> 00:48:49,253 Too much cake. 810 00:48:49,796 --> 00:48:51,754 And those lovely chocolates, 811 00:48:51,755 --> 00:48:53,315 where did you find them? 812 00:48:53,316 --> 00:48:56,956 It's easy, if you don't mind breaking the law. 813 00:48:56,957 --> 00:49:00,559 I... I think I'll take a couple of aspirin 814 00:49:02,316 --> 00:49:04,796 and lie down for a while. 815 00:49:17,358 --> 00:49:19,717 Shall I shut up the ducks, Aunt Letty? 816 00:49:19,718 --> 00:49:22,277 Well, if you can do it properly. 817 00:49:22,278 --> 00:49:25,357 There's absolutely no guarantee, but I promise to try my hardest. 818 00:49:25,358 --> 00:49:28,868 All you have to do is make sure that the latch is down firmly. 819 00:49:30,239 --> 00:49:31,557 I knew there was a secret. 820 00:49:31,558 --> 00:49:34,787 Don't worry, Aunt Letty. I'll make sure it's all right. 821 00:49:37,959 --> 00:49:41,558 I seem to have mislaid the aspirin I bought in the village. 822 00:49:41,559 --> 00:49:46,279 This house is chock-full of aspirin. They fall out of every cupboard. 823 00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:48,104 There's a bottle on my dressing table. 824 00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:50,999 Take mine, Bunny dear, they're by my bed. 825 00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:52,919 Thank you, Letty. 826 00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:57,197 Ducks. 827 00:50:01,761 --> 00:50:03,064 All you have to do 828 00:50:03,065 --> 00:50:04,680 - is see that the latch Is see the latch 829 00:50:04,681 --> 00:50:08,611 - is down firmly, Julia. - Is down firmly, Patrick. 830 00:50:11,081 --> 00:50:14,640 Imagine you were Pip and Emma. What would you do? 831 00:50:14,641 --> 00:50:18,573 - I come to England penniless. - Yes. 832 00:50:18,642 --> 00:50:21,801 Then, assuming I'm of criminal mentality, 833 00:50:21,802 --> 00:50:24,602 I seek out any rich relations I might have. 834 00:50:24,603 --> 00:50:27,921 I know my uncle, Randall Goedler, left a vast fortune, 835 00:50:27,922 --> 00:50:31,481 so I inquire about his widow, discover she's still alive, 836 00:50:31,482 --> 00:50:34,042 and that the only obstacle between me and the money 837 00:50:34,043 --> 00:50:37,002 is Miss Letitia Blacklock of Chipping Cleghorn. 838 00:50:37,003 --> 00:50:39,856 - Therefore... - Murder Miss Blacklock. 839 00:50:40,683 --> 00:50:43,323 Have we checked about Patrick and Julia? 840 00:50:43,324 --> 00:50:46,412 Yes. They are precisely what they claim to be. 841 00:50:47,044 --> 00:50:49,992 Patrick has rather a good war record. 842 00:50:52,204 --> 00:50:55,994 - Fletcher's been busy, too. - So I see. 843 00:50:56,444 --> 00:50:58,783 - Wee dram? - Please. 844 00:50:59,125 --> 00:51:01,643 I waited hopefully for somebody to offer, 845 00:51:01,644 --> 00:51:04,204 but Scotland appears to be totally dry. 846 00:51:07,285 --> 00:51:09,530 Helps the concentration. 847 00:51:18,766 --> 00:51:20,075 Bunny? 848 00:51:35,167 --> 00:51:37,505 Phillipa! Phillipa! 849 00:51:37,647 --> 00:51:40,127 Yes. 850 00:51:40,128 --> 00:51:41,607 Yes, I see. 851 00:51:41,608 --> 00:51:43,407 Don't go. There's been another one. 852 00:51:43,408 --> 00:51:46,028 Yes. 853 00:51:52,929 --> 00:51:54,612 Dora Bunner. 854 00:51:55,609 --> 00:51:57,807 But that's most unfair. 855 00:51:58,689 --> 00:52:01,968 The village policeman's on duty. He called the doctor. 856 00:52:01,969 --> 00:52:04,088 There's to be an autopsy, but... 857 00:52:04,089 --> 00:52:06,474 Well, it looks like narcotic poisoning. 858 00:52:07,249 --> 00:52:09,776 But she's a complete innocent. 859 00:52:11,650 --> 00:52:13,568 Is it the fate of the innocent to suffer? 860 00:52:14,930 --> 00:52:17,082 Very often, it is, yes. 861 00:52:17,570 --> 00:52:19,908 In spite of her innocence? 862 00:52:20,530 --> 00:52:22,963 Or because of her innocence?