1 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:38,499 - Barton, please. 2 00:01:38,792 --> 00:01:40,041 - Don't try to stop me, Pauline. 3 00:01:40,334 --> 00:01:41,541 I have to do it. 4 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:44,749 - I'm afraid. 5 00:01:45,042 --> 00:01:46,249 - Don't be. 6 00:01:48,334 --> 00:01:50,833 Two years almost to the day. 7 00:01:53,834 --> 00:01:57,374 He will rest, Iris. I swear it. 8 00:02:17,625 --> 00:02:19,124 - Good morning, Poirot. 9 00:02:19,417 --> 00:02:20,708 - Bonjour, Hastings. 10 00:02:22,959 --> 00:02:25,333 - Is that all you're having? 11 00:02:25,625 --> 00:02:26,708 - What more is there to have? 12 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,874 - A decent English breakfast. - And what is that, Hastings? 13 00:02:29,167 --> 00:02:32,249 - Well, porridge, two eggs, sausage, bacon, tomato, 14 00:02:32,542 --> 00:02:34,041 toast and marmalade, and a pot of tea. 15 00:02:34,334 --> 00:02:35,124 That's what I had, anyway. 16 00:02:35,375 --> 00:02:37,749 - After such a meal of things, I think I will return to my bed. 17 00:02:38,042 --> 00:02:40,249 No, no, no. This will suffice for Poirot. 18 00:02:40,542 --> 00:02:41,833 - Is there anything in the English cuisine 19 00:02:42,125 --> 00:02:42,958 that you like, Poirot? 20 00:02:43,250 --> 00:02:44,958 - The English, they do not have a cuisine, my friend. 21 00:02:45,250 --> 00:02:46,874 They have only the food. - Well, that's a bit harsh. 22 00:02:47,167 --> 00:02:49,083 - Like the meat, overcooked. The vegetables, too soft. 23 00:02:49,375 --> 00:02:50,666 The cheese, inedible. 24 00:02:50,959 --> 00:02:52,833 And the day the English create their own wines 25 00:02:53,125 --> 00:02:55,624 is the day I return home to Belgium. 26 00:02:55,917 --> 00:02:59,333 - Oh, this new restaurant should be right up your street then. 27 00:02:59,625 --> 00:03:02,208 Le Jardin des Cygnes. 28 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:04,416 It's opening this week in Jermyn Street. 29 00:03:04,709 --> 00:03:07,291 They say it'll serve the best French food in London, 30 00:03:07,584 --> 00:03:08,708 all flown in specially. 31 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,208 - Le Jardin des Cygnes. 32 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:13,458 That name, it is familiar to me. 33 00:03:13,750 --> 00:03:18,624 - The garden of scenes? 34 00:03:18,917 --> 00:03:21,291 - Swans, Hastings. Swans. 35 00:03:21,584 --> 00:03:23,416 - Oh, well, perhaps they'll be on the menu. 36 00:03:23,709 --> 00:03:25,458 It all looks very exotic. 37 00:03:25,750 --> 00:03:27,499 What do you say, Poirot? Dinner for two? 38 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:31,208 - I say, Hastings, it is time for work. 39 00:03:35,125 --> 00:03:35,958 Thank you. 40 00:03:37,834 --> 00:03:39,541 And there is Miss Lemon. 41 00:03:39,834 --> 00:03:41,291 Juste a l'heure. 42 00:03:44,584 --> 00:03:46,041 - Good morning, Mr. Poirot. 43 00:03:46,334 --> 00:03:47,708 - Bonjour, Miss Lemon. 44 00:03:51,334 --> 00:03:52,541 What is it that you have there? 45 00:03:52,834 --> 00:03:54,249 - I found it with the post. 46 00:03:54,542 --> 00:03:56,249 I suppose someone must have left it for you. 47 00:03:56,542 --> 00:03:59,124 An admirer, perhaps? 48 00:03:59,417 --> 00:04:02,124 - The yellow iris. 49 00:04:02,417 --> 00:04:05,583 First Le Jardin des Cygnes, and now this. 50 00:04:05,875 --> 00:04:07,333 It is a conspiracy. - Poirot. 51 00:04:07,625 --> 00:04:09,249 - Hastings, why do you now mention this restaurant to me? 52 00:04:09,542 --> 00:04:11,166 And you, Miss Lemon. - I didn't mean to upset you. 53 00:04:11,459 --> 00:04:13,499 - The yellow iris. 54 00:04:13,792 --> 00:04:15,458 It returns to provoke me. 55 00:04:30,375 --> 00:04:32,291 - I say, old chap, are you feeling all right? 56 00:04:32,584 --> 00:04:34,708 - Can I get you anything, Mr. Poirot? 57 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,583 - No, thank you, Miss Lemon. Please, do sit. 58 00:04:49,375 --> 00:04:52,124 There is something I must get out of my chest. 59 00:04:52,417 --> 00:04:53,541 - The yellow iris. 60 00:04:53,834 --> 00:04:56,833 - Yes, Hastings, the yellow iris. 61 00:04:57,125 --> 00:04:59,166 It reminds me of a case that I was not able to solve. 62 00:04:59,459 --> 00:05:00,458 - I don't believe it. 63 00:05:00,750 --> 00:05:03,166 - Through no fault of my own, Miss Lemon. 64 00:05:04,959 --> 00:05:06,041 You will recall, Hastings, 65 00:05:06,334 --> 00:05:07,374 that you once asked me to visit you 66 00:05:07,667 --> 00:05:08,874 when you were living in the Argentine? 67 00:05:09,167 --> 00:05:10,624 - Well, that was two years ago. 68 00:05:10,917 --> 00:05:11,708 And you were going to come, 69 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,666 but you canceled at the last minute. 70 00:05:13,959 --> 00:05:14,958 - That is true. I said as much. 71 00:05:15,250 --> 00:05:17,041 But it was not quite like that. 72 00:05:20,625 --> 00:05:23,374 I was looking forward to my visit to you, Hastings. 73 00:05:23,667 --> 00:05:26,749 It was to be my first time in the Argentine. 74 00:05:27,042 --> 00:05:28,624 I broke my journey in Buenos Aires 75 00:05:28,917 --> 00:05:31,958 and was due to travel to your ranch in Los Pampas. 76 00:05:32,250 --> 00:05:34,791 However, because a general strike 77 00:05:35,084 --> 00:05:36,624 had disrupted the transport services, 78 00:05:36,917 --> 00:05:39,041 I was forced to book into a hotel. 79 00:05:43,084 --> 00:05:44,499 - You are a liar and a cheat, 80 00:05:44,792 --> 00:05:46,749 and I don't ever want to see you again! 81 00:05:47,042 --> 00:05:47,833 - Pauline. 82 00:05:48,084 --> 00:05:49,208 - All those things you said to me, 83 00:05:49,500 --> 00:05:50,916 all those promises you made. 84 00:05:51,209 --> 00:05:52,791 You're not interested in me at all. 85 00:05:53,084 --> 00:05:53,874 - That's not true. 86 00:05:54,167 --> 00:05:55,208 - You're just using me to get 87 00:05:55,500 --> 00:05:57,083 your rotten interview with Barton! 88 00:05:57,375 --> 00:05:58,708 - I meant what I said. 89 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,041 I'm in love with you. 90 00:06:02,334 --> 00:06:03,624 It's true; I do want the interview. 91 00:06:03,917 --> 00:06:05,208 - Well, the answer is no. 92 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:06,541 I won't help you. 93 00:06:06,834 --> 00:06:07,666 You can't come to the dinner, 94 00:06:07,959 --> 00:06:09,874 and I don't want to see you again. 95 00:06:18,084 --> 00:06:20,291 - The path of true love? 96 00:06:20,584 --> 00:06:23,208 - It was all going so smoothly until-- 97 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:25,624 Wait a minute. I know you. 98 00:06:25,917 --> 00:06:27,208 I've seen your picture. 99 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:29,999 You're Hercule Poirot. 100 00:06:30,292 --> 00:06:31,583 The rumors are that President Yrigoyen 101 00:06:31,875 --> 00:06:32,999 can't last much longer. 102 00:06:33,292 --> 00:06:34,874 - He is old? - 79. 103 00:06:35,167 --> 00:06:36,958 That's not the point. 104 00:06:37,250 --> 00:06:38,249 He's out of touch. 105 00:06:38,542 --> 00:06:39,666 He's got the military on one side 106 00:06:39,959 --> 00:06:40,791 and the Catholics on the other. 107 00:06:41,084 --> 00:06:42,333 It's just a matter of time before one of them 108 00:06:42,625 --> 00:06:43,749 pushes him out. 109 00:06:44,042 --> 00:06:45,583 - It is for this reason that you are here? 110 00:06:45,875 --> 00:06:47,583 - No, I'm following Barton Russell 111 00:06:47,875 --> 00:06:49,791 and his partner, Stephen Carter. 112 00:06:50,084 --> 00:06:50,916 In fact, that's Carter over there 113 00:06:51,209 --> 00:06:53,458 with a drink in his hand. 114 00:06:53,750 --> 00:06:55,708 There's been a huge oil strike down in the south, 115 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,458 and they're after the concession. 116 00:06:57,750 --> 00:06:58,833 They set up the company together: 117 00:06:59,125 --> 00:07:00,124 Sovereign Oil. 118 00:07:01,625 --> 00:07:02,666 - Thank you. 119 00:07:03,959 --> 00:07:04,791 - Sant�. 120 00:07:05,084 --> 00:07:06,124 - Cheers. 121 00:07:09,084 --> 00:07:12,958 - So tell me, 122 00:07:13,250 --> 00:07:14,708 what of your young lady? 123 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,958 - Pauline Wetherby. 124 00:07:17,250 --> 00:07:19,791 You must've heard about the beautiful Wetherby girls. 125 00:07:20,084 --> 00:07:22,333 Pauline and Iris, daughters of Lord Wetherby. 126 00:07:22,625 --> 00:07:24,083 - No. 127 00:07:24,375 --> 00:07:25,583 - He was a Labor Peer. 128 00:07:25,875 --> 00:07:27,208 He made his fortune in textiles. 129 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:30,041 When he died, Iris got it all. 130 00:07:30,334 --> 00:07:32,708 - And Iris Wetherby, she is also here? 131 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:33,791 - Of course. 132 00:07:34,084 --> 00:07:35,499 She's Barton Russell's wife. 133 00:07:35,792 --> 00:07:37,374 - Ah. - She'll be there tonight. 134 00:07:37,667 --> 00:07:38,999 Le Jardin des Cygnes. 135 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:40,541 Barton's having a big dinner. 136 00:07:40,834 --> 00:07:43,124 And I was trying to get Pauline to invite me. 137 00:07:43,417 --> 00:07:45,791 You see, I think Barton Russell's up to something, 138 00:07:46,084 --> 00:07:48,624 and I want to be the first person to find out what. 139 00:07:52,417 --> 00:07:55,374 - So, General, do we have a deal? 140 00:07:56,834 --> 00:07:59,458 - You have most persuasive, Se�or Russell. 141 00:08:04,459 --> 00:08:06,791 Government bonds. 142 00:08:07,084 --> 00:08:09,166 - It seemed appropriate. 143 00:08:11,875 --> 00:08:15,416 - Let us consider it signed and sealed. 144 00:08:16,667 --> 00:08:19,583 - There was, Hastings, in the hotel, an atmosphere. 145 00:08:19,875 --> 00:08:22,499 It was not just the heat but the uncertainty. 146 00:08:24,250 --> 00:08:26,624 I could also feel a growing sense of unease 147 00:08:26,917 --> 00:08:28,333 and, indeed, of fear. 148 00:08:30,292 --> 00:08:31,583 - Oops, the lights. 149 00:08:31,875 --> 00:08:34,624 I'm sorry, Se�or. Happens every day now. 150 00:08:34,917 --> 00:08:36,166 It's complete confusion. 151 00:08:36,459 --> 00:08:37,249 Have this one. 152 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:38,416 - Thank you. 153 00:08:38,709 --> 00:08:40,249 Room 217, if you please. 154 00:08:40,542 --> 00:08:41,749 - 217, yes. 155 00:08:44,292 --> 00:08:45,499 - Thank you. 156 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,166 - Mr. Poirot, isn't it? 157 00:08:51,459 --> 00:08:52,291 - Yes. 158 00:08:52,584 --> 00:08:54,541 - I saw you talking to that writer. 159 00:08:54,834 --> 00:08:57,791 You're--you're not here on business, are you? 160 00:08:58,084 --> 00:08:59,124 - No, no, no, no, monsieur. 161 00:08:59,417 --> 00:09:00,374 I am en route to Los Pampas. 162 00:09:00,667 --> 00:09:02,291 - Then I should get a move on if I were you. 163 00:09:02,584 --> 00:09:04,958 Pretty dangerous round here. 164 00:09:05,250 --> 00:09:07,291 Buenos Aires really isn't the place to be. 165 00:09:07,584 --> 00:09:08,458 - You are most kind, monsieur. 166 00:09:08,750 --> 00:09:09,749 Thank you. 167 00:09:10,042 --> 00:09:11,083 - Thank you. 168 00:09:11,375 --> 00:09:12,166 - Oh, hello, Iris. 169 00:09:12,417 --> 00:09:13,541 - What's happened to the electricity? 170 00:09:13,834 --> 00:09:15,624 Oh, don't tell me it's another power cut. 171 00:09:15,917 --> 00:09:16,999 May I have my key, please? 172 00:09:17,292 --> 00:09:18,249 - Iris, I need to speak to you. 173 00:09:18,542 --> 00:09:20,124 - Now? - May I take this? 174 00:09:20,417 --> 00:09:21,208 - Yes, of course. 175 00:09:21,500 --> 00:09:22,291 - Where's Barton? 176 00:09:22,542 --> 00:09:25,166 - I don't know. I haven't seen him. 177 00:09:25,459 --> 00:09:26,874 - Who's that man you're talking to? 178 00:09:27,167 --> 00:09:28,499 - Nobody. 179 00:09:28,792 --> 00:09:29,874 Only a tourist. 180 00:09:30,167 --> 00:09:32,583 - I didn't think there were any tourists in Buenos Aires. 181 00:09:32,875 --> 00:09:33,666 It's hardly the time. 182 00:09:33,917 --> 00:09:35,916 - That's what I've been trying to tell him. 183 00:09:38,834 --> 00:09:40,083 Iris! 184 00:09:41,125 --> 00:09:42,749 I beg you. 185 00:09:43,042 --> 00:09:43,958 You don't know what you're doing. 186 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:45,083 - I know exactly what I'm doing. 187 00:09:45,375 --> 00:09:46,541 I'm going to stop it. - It's too late. 188 00:09:46,834 --> 00:09:48,499 - For you maybe. 189 00:09:48,792 --> 00:09:50,166 - Iris, please. 190 00:09:50,459 --> 00:09:52,333 You'll destroy me. 191 00:09:52,625 --> 00:09:54,083 - You should've thought of that before you got involved 192 00:09:54,375 --> 00:09:55,333 in an affair like this. 193 00:09:55,625 --> 00:09:56,541 - What does it matter? 194 00:09:56,834 --> 00:09:57,916 Nobody knows about it. 195 00:09:58,209 --> 00:09:59,958 - I know. 196 00:10:00,250 --> 00:10:01,624 And I can't live with it, Stephen. 197 00:10:01,917 --> 00:10:04,291 I just can't live with it. 198 00:10:06,084 --> 00:10:08,833 - Never will I forget the words of Iris Wetherby, 199 00:10:09,125 --> 00:10:11,041 for it was then that I resolved that I, too, 200 00:10:11,334 --> 00:10:12,499 would take dinner that night 201 00:10:12,792 --> 00:10:15,583 at the restaurant called Le Jardin des Cygnes. 202 00:10:30,084 --> 00:10:31,833 - Barton, cari�o. 203 00:10:32,125 --> 00:10:33,541 It is sweet of you to invite me. 204 00:10:33,834 --> 00:10:35,666 - Lola. 205 00:10:35,959 --> 00:10:38,166 You look wonderful. 206 00:10:38,459 --> 00:10:39,708 - Let me introduce you. 207 00:10:41,667 --> 00:10:43,458 You know my wife, Iris. 208 00:10:43,750 --> 00:10:44,541 - Of course. 209 00:10:44,834 --> 00:10:47,041 - Pauline, her sister. - Enchanted. 210 00:10:47,334 --> 00:10:50,666 - And this is my new partner, Stephen Carter. 211 00:10:50,959 --> 00:10:52,374 - How do you do? - How do you do? 212 00:10:52,667 --> 00:10:54,333 - Lola Valdez. 213 00:10:54,625 --> 00:10:56,374 Her dancing is the talk of the Argentine. 214 00:10:56,667 --> 00:10:58,166 - Ah. 215 00:10:58,459 --> 00:10:59,749 You will forgive me, Barton. 216 00:11:00,042 --> 00:11:03,249 I bring with me a young English friend. 217 00:11:03,542 --> 00:11:05,624 - Good evening, sir. - Good evening. 218 00:11:05,917 --> 00:11:07,791 - He's a periodista, a journalist. 219 00:11:08,084 --> 00:11:10,333 And he will write a grand piece on me 220 00:11:10,625 --> 00:11:12,416 to tell the whole of England about me. 221 00:11:13,792 --> 00:11:15,833 - He's doing us all a favor. 222 00:11:16,125 --> 00:11:18,833 Please, Mr. Chapell, join us. 223 00:11:19,125 --> 00:11:22,416 - Se�orita, if you will just move over to make some room. 224 00:11:24,167 --> 00:11:26,958 - Why, you certainly got a nerve, Mr. Chapell. 225 00:11:27,250 --> 00:11:29,458 - I had to get in somehow. - To get your story? 226 00:11:29,750 --> 00:11:31,708 - Hell with the story. I came to see you. 227 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,041 - Se�orita. 228 00:11:34,417 --> 00:11:36,624 - The food here is said to be excellent. 229 00:11:39,459 --> 00:11:42,208 - You did not see my new revue, Mrs. Russell. 230 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:44,708 - No. I'm not fond of dancing. 231 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,624 - You missed a wonderful performance, darling. 232 00:11:48,834 --> 00:11:50,708 - I like to dance before I eat. 233 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,041 Barton. 234 00:11:54,584 --> 00:11:56,374 - Do you mind? 235 00:11:56,667 --> 00:11:58,999 - No. You enjoy yourself. 236 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:25,833 - The city, it was about to ignite, Hastings. 237 00:12:26,125 --> 00:12:28,499 The military, it was everywhere. 238 00:12:28,792 --> 00:12:31,416 And many of the streets, they were closed. 239 00:12:31,709 --> 00:12:33,249 This was the background against which 240 00:12:33,542 --> 00:12:37,208 the dinner of Barton Russell was to take place. 241 00:12:41,709 --> 00:12:42,958 - Allow me to introduce myself. 242 00:12:43,250 --> 00:12:45,999 I am Luigi de Monico, le patron. 243 00:12:46,292 --> 00:12:48,291 Welcome to Le Jardin des Cygnes. 244 00:12:48,584 --> 00:12:50,333 - You are too kind, Signor Luigi, 245 00:12:50,625 --> 00:12:51,458 but you must excuse my lateness. 246 00:12:51,750 --> 00:12:52,541 I was delayed. 247 00:12:52,792 --> 00:12:54,083 There is some disturbance in the town. 248 00:12:54,375 --> 00:12:56,458 - In this town, there is always some disturbance. 249 00:12:56,750 --> 00:12:57,541 Please. 250 00:12:57,834 --> 00:13:00,124 The best table for my distinguished guest. 251 00:13:00,417 --> 00:13:01,624 - Thank you. 252 00:13:02,625 --> 00:13:04,916 - Thank you, Barton. Thank you. 253 00:13:07,334 --> 00:13:09,124 - Ah, that was fun. 254 00:13:10,292 --> 00:13:12,124 - It's that detective. 255 00:13:12,417 --> 00:13:13,666 What's he doing here? 256 00:13:13,959 --> 00:13:15,458 - It's a free country. 257 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:18,208 At least it was when we came in. 258 00:13:18,500 --> 00:13:19,499 - Which reminds me, 259 00:13:19,792 --> 00:13:21,583 I have to telephone my stock broker in London 260 00:13:21,875 --> 00:13:23,624 before he goes to bed. 261 00:13:23,917 --> 00:13:25,583 Please excuse me. 262 00:13:47,459 --> 00:13:49,041 Merci. 263 00:13:49,334 --> 00:13:52,083 I see you favor the red rose of England. 264 00:13:52,375 --> 00:13:54,499 - If it disturbs you, Signor, I have it removed. 265 00:13:54,792 --> 00:13:56,791 - No, no, no, no, no. Pas de tout. 266 00:13:57,084 --> 00:13:58,916 It is a symmetry over here. 267 00:13:59,209 --> 00:14:01,999 On all of the tables, the red rose, 268 00:14:02,292 --> 00:14:05,499 except on that one table, the yellow iris. 269 00:14:05,792 --> 00:14:07,416 - It is a command, Monsieur, 270 00:14:07,709 --> 00:14:08,999 a special order. 271 00:14:09,292 --> 00:14:11,999 They are the favorite flowers of la bella signora. 272 00:14:12,292 --> 00:14:15,208 - Ah. Madame Iris Russell. 273 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:16,791 - Her husband insisted. 274 00:14:17,084 --> 00:14:18,541 A true romantico. 275 00:14:18,834 --> 00:14:22,083 Please, enjoy your meal. 276 00:14:22,375 --> 00:14:23,624 - Merci. 277 00:15:08,917 --> 00:15:10,666 - I've heard her before. - Ah. 278 00:15:10,959 --> 00:15:12,583 - I like her very much. I'd like to use her when I-- 279 00:15:13,917 --> 00:15:16,624 - Ladies, gentlemen, 280 00:15:16,917 --> 00:15:18,208 I want to make a toast. 281 00:15:19,542 --> 00:15:22,208 A man is never happier to have his friends around him 282 00:15:22,500 --> 00:15:24,749 than when he's in a foreign city far from home. 283 00:15:25,042 --> 00:15:25,916 - Yes. 284 00:15:26,209 --> 00:15:29,416 - So my toast is to you, 285 00:15:29,709 --> 00:15:33,374 and especially to my dear wife, Iris. 286 00:15:35,459 --> 00:15:36,666 What can I say? 287 00:15:39,084 --> 00:15:41,958 Well, in the words of the song, 288 00:15:42,250 --> 00:15:45,333 I shall think of you until I die. 289 00:15:47,209 --> 00:15:48,624 Iris. 290 00:15:49,667 --> 00:15:51,041 Iris. 291 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,374 - Thank you. 292 00:16:10,167 --> 00:16:11,208 - What's the matter? 293 00:16:16,250 --> 00:16:17,624 - Iris? 294 00:16:21,792 --> 00:16:23,958 - Excuse me. Excuse me. 295 00:16:33,625 --> 00:16:34,583 I'm sorry. 296 00:16:34,875 --> 00:16:37,291 - No. 297 00:16:49,459 --> 00:16:51,166 Potassium cyanide. 298 00:16:51,459 --> 00:16:52,999 - It's not possible. 299 00:17:05,917 --> 00:17:07,041 - Voil�. 300 00:17:09,625 --> 00:17:11,791 - What are you saying? 301 00:17:12,084 --> 00:17:15,916 Iris didn't kill herself. She'd never kill herself. 302 00:17:16,209 --> 00:17:17,333 No. - My God. 303 00:17:17,625 --> 00:17:21,458 - I suggest you touch nothing until the police arrive. 304 00:17:28,167 --> 00:17:30,999 My worst fears had been realized. 305 00:17:31,292 --> 00:17:33,083 And yet even as I prepared to investigate 306 00:17:33,375 --> 00:17:35,083 the death of Iris Russell, 307 00:17:35,375 --> 00:17:37,499 events were taking over. 308 00:17:37,792 --> 00:17:39,833 When I came down to breakfast the next day, 309 00:17:40,125 --> 00:17:41,499 the hotel, it was deserted. 310 00:17:41,792 --> 00:17:44,749 The guests and the staff, it seemed, had fled. 311 00:17:48,917 --> 00:17:51,041 - Mr. Poirot, have you heard the news? 312 00:17:51,334 --> 00:17:53,208 It's incredible. There's been a coup d'�tat. 313 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:56,291 President Yrigoyen-- the rumors are he's been shot. 314 00:17:56,584 --> 00:17:59,333 In any event, the military are in control. 315 00:17:59,625 --> 00:18:01,624 - Well, then it appears you will have your story after all. 316 00:18:01,917 --> 00:18:03,666 - What with everything today and Iris, I-- 317 00:18:05,292 --> 00:18:06,333 - I'm sorry. 318 00:18:09,125 --> 00:18:11,916 - Once again, mademoiselle, you have my condolences. 319 00:18:13,417 --> 00:18:16,499 - I just can't believe it, Mr. Poirot. 320 00:18:16,792 --> 00:18:19,041 Iris would never have killed herself. 321 00:18:24,667 --> 00:18:27,791 - You are Hercule Poirot? 322 00:18:28,084 --> 00:18:29,041 - Yes, I am. 323 00:18:29,334 --> 00:18:30,958 - You are under arrest. 324 00:18:31,959 --> 00:18:33,874 - Wait a minute. - Be silent. 325 00:18:34,750 --> 00:18:35,791 You come now. 326 00:18:36,959 --> 00:18:38,041 - Here, se�or. - No. 327 00:18:38,334 --> 00:18:40,583 - Don't worry, Monsieur Poirot. I'll call the French Embassy. 328 00:18:40,875 --> 00:18:43,749 - No, no, no, no! The Belgian Embassy! 329 00:19:10,334 --> 00:19:12,583 - We know all about you, Se�or Poirot. 330 00:19:12,875 --> 00:19:15,333 You're here to engage in espionage. 331 00:19:15,625 --> 00:19:18,124 - Cet imb�cile. You have my passport? 332 00:19:18,417 --> 00:19:19,458 - A forgery. 333 00:19:21,375 --> 00:19:22,416 Do you appreciate that 334 00:19:22,709 --> 00:19:26,374 I could have you taken outside now and shot? 335 00:19:26,667 --> 00:19:28,208 - I wish to see the consul. 336 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:30,666 - You will see no one. 337 00:19:30,959 --> 00:19:34,041 There is a ship leaving Ensenada in one hour. 338 00:19:34,334 --> 00:19:35,541 You will be on it. 339 00:19:37,292 --> 00:19:38,499 No argument. 340 00:19:41,125 --> 00:19:42,541 Deportalo. 341 00:20:17,625 --> 00:20:19,624 - And that was the end of it. 342 00:20:20,834 --> 00:20:24,333 I was taken to a ship and deported on the same day 343 00:20:24,625 --> 00:20:26,416 in a cabin of the third class. 344 00:20:27,875 --> 00:20:30,208 - So that's why you never came. 345 00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:32,333 But why on earth didn't you tell me? 346 00:20:32,625 --> 00:20:35,124 - Hercule Poirot, arrested and deported 347 00:20:35,417 --> 00:20:37,041 like a common criminal? 348 00:20:37,334 --> 00:20:39,708 It was something that I preferred not to describe. 349 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,208 - So who did kill Iris Russell? 350 00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:44,708 - It was never discovered, Miss Lemon. 351 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,833 The official verdict, it was suicide. 352 00:20:47,125 --> 00:20:48,708 Et c'est possible. 353 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,083 The body, it was sent back to England. 354 00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:53,374 The case, it was closed. 355 00:20:53,667 --> 00:20:55,083 - Until now. 356 00:20:55,375 --> 00:20:56,666 - Yes. 357 00:20:56,959 --> 00:20:58,916 A yellow iris. 358 00:20:59,209 --> 00:21:01,541 - Do you think it could have been sent to you as a warning? 359 00:21:03,834 --> 00:21:06,833 - A new Jardin des Cygnes opens in London, eh. 360 00:21:07,125 --> 00:21:10,041 And on the day it is announced, 361 00:21:10,334 --> 00:21:13,666 a yellow iris arrives through the post. 362 00:21:13,959 --> 00:21:15,666 No. 363 00:21:15,959 --> 00:21:18,958 I think it comes rather as a call for help. 364 00:21:19,250 --> 00:21:21,124 - But from whom? 365 00:21:21,417 --> 00:21:23,999 - It is that that we must now find out. 366 00:21:25,459 --> 00:21:26,541 - Who owned the restaurant, Poirot? 367 00:21:26,834 --> 00:21:28,916 - His name, Hastings, was Luigi, an Italian. 368 00:21:29,209 --> 00:21:30,708 - An Italian with a French restaurant 369 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,541 in a South American city. 370 00:21:32,834 --> 00:21:34,666 Now he's opened up here in London. 371 00:21:34,959 --> 00:21:36,749 - Signor Poirot! 372 00:21:37,042 --> 00:21:38,708 I'm so glad you are here. 373 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:39,791 - Signor Luigi. 374 00:21:40,042 --> 00:21:41,499 - It happens all over again. 375 00:21:41,792 --> 00:21:42,874 A disaster. 376 00:21:43,167 --> 00:21:46,583 Signor Russell, he telephones to make a reservation. 377 00:21:46,875 --> 00:21:50,124 Six people, he says, just like last time. 378 00:21:50,417 --> 00:21:52,916 And once again, he demands the yellow iris. 379 00:21:53,209 --> 00:21:56,333 This time, la povera Signora Russell, 380 00:21:56,625 --> 00:21:57,708 she is not here. 381 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,208 - They come on Friday? 382 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:00,583 - Si. 383 00:22:00,875 --> 00:22:02,249 My opening night. 384 00:22:02,542 --> 00:22:04,624 - Exactly two years since the last occasion. 385 00:22:04,917 --> 00:22:06,708 - Good Lord. 386 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,666 - And you say six places? 387 00:22:08,959 --> 00:22:10,708 Monsieur Barton Russell and five others? 388 00:22:11,792 --> 00:22:12,916 - A reunion? 389 00:22:13,209 --> 00:22:15,916 - Hastings, I need a guide to the London theaters. 390 00:22:17,250 --> 00:22:18,166 - Let's take it from the top, please. 391 00:22:18,459 --> 00:22:19,874 One, two, three, and... 392 00:23:08,417 --> 00:23:10,333 Okay, that's it till tonight. Thank you very much. 393 00:23:10,625 --> 00:23:11,416 Thank you. 394 00:23:12,834 --> 00:23:14,458 - Mademoiselle, 395 00:23:14,750 --> 00:23:17,416 I was wondering whether you remember that fateful night 396 00:23:17,709 --> 00:23:18,999 in Le Jardin des Cygnes, 397 00:23:19,292 --> 00:23:20,458 when were in Buenos Aires. 398 00:23:20,750 --> 00:23:21,583 - Of course I remember. 399 00:23:21,875 --> 00:23:24,916 That terrible night, the police--such brutes. 400 00:23:25,209 --> 00:23:27,249 They asked so many questions, and why? 401 00:23:27,542 --> 00:23:28,916 It was obvious. 402 00:23:29,209 --> 00:23:30,749 - You believe that Madame Iris Russell, 403 00:23:31,042 --> 00:23:32,124 she committed suicide? 404 00:23:32,417 --> 00:23:34,333 - Of course she committed suicide. 405 00:23:34,625 --> 00:23:35,749 - But for what reason? 406 00:23:36,042 --> 00:23:39,791 - Because she knew Barton no longer loved her. 407 00:23:40,084 --> 00:23:41,583 - How well did you know her? 408 00:23:41,875 --> 00:23:42,791 - I didn't know her. 409 00:23:43,084 --> 00:23:44,874 She never talked to me, to a dancer. 410 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:48,458 - Have you seen since that time Monsieur Barton Russell? 411 00:23:48,750 --> 00:23:51,458 - Yes. He's a good friend to me. 412 00:23:51,750 --> 00:23:52,958 And I need the friends. 413 00:23:53,250 --> 00:23:55,124 I have lost everything. 414 00:23:55,417 --> 00:23:57,583 - Did you have to leave the Argentine? 415 00:23:57,875 --> 00:23:58,958 - The new regime. 416 00:23:59,250 --> 00:24:01,041 I had too many friends in the old government. 417 00:24:01,334 --> 00:24:03,458 And now I am in exile. 418 00:24:03,750 --> 00:24:05,041 - It is the loss of the Argentine. 419 00:24:05,334 --> 00:24:06,124 - Oh. 420 00:24:06,375 --> 00:24:07,583 You are kind. 421 00:24:07,875 --> 00:24:09,541 But tell me, Se�or Poirot, 422 00:24:09,834 --> 00:24:12,041 what is your purpose of your visit? 423 00:24:12,334 --> 00:24:15,249 - We came, Hastings and I, to welcome you personally 424 00:24:15,542 --> 00:24:16,916 to this country 425 00:24:17,209 --> 00:24:19,374 and to inform you that we will be attending your performance 426 00:24:19,667 --> 00:24:20,458 on Friday night. 427 00:24:22,042 --> 00:24:23,541 Then I'm afraid I must disappoint you. 428 00:24:23,834 --> 00:24:25,374 There is no performance. 429 00:24:25,667 --> 00:24:27,041 I have an arrangement for dinner. 430 00:24:27,334 --> 00:24:28,124 - Oh. 431 00:24:28,375 --> 00:24:30,416 - It is, in fact, amusing. 432 00:24:30,709 --> 00:24:33,624 You know there is now a new Jardin des Cygnes in London? 433 00:24:33,917 --> 00:24:35,208 Well, I go there. 434 00:25:05,875 --> 00:25:07,124 - How could you write this? 435 00:25:07,417 --> 00:25:08,999 I just don't understand you. 436 00:25:09,292 --> 00:25:11,166 - Pauline, I'm a journalist! 437 00:25:11,459 --> 00:25:12,833 - Anthony, you're a fink! 438 00:25:13,125 --> 00:25:14,333 thud! 439 00:25:17,584 --> 00:25:20,333 - Pauline! Come back, Pauline! 440 00:25:22,417 --> 00:25:23,583 Mr. Poirot. 441 00:25:23,875 --> 00:25:25,374 - Very nice to see you again, Monsieur Chapell. 442 00:25:25,667 --> 00:25:27,666 My associate, Captain Hastings. 443 00:25:27,959 --> 00:25:29,166 - Oh. Come in. 444 00:25:29,459 --> 00:25:30,666 - Thank you. 445 00:25:34,875 --> 00:25:36,833 - Talk about history repeating itself. 446 00:25:37,125 --> 00:25:38,458 Another row with Pauline, and suddenly, 447 00:25:38,750 --> 00:25:39,874 you show up again. 448 00:25:40,167 --> 00:25:41,999 And there's this dinner on Friday. 449 00:25:42,292 --> 00:25:44,708 - Oh, so you're invited too? - Yes, and Pauline. 450 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,833 We're engaged to be married. 451 00:25:47,125 --> 00:25:48,083 At least, we were. 452 00:25:48,375 --> 00:25:50,416 After this little contratante, who knows? 453 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:53,458 - It's for this reason we are here. 454 00:25:53,750 --> 00:25:55,708 You have spoken to Monsieur Barton Russell? 455 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,291 - No. He's lying low. 456 00:25:58,584 --> 00:25:59,916 If you want to know the honest truth, 457 00:26:00,209 --> 00:26:02,083 it's Stephen Carter I feel sorry for. 458 00:26:02,375 --> 00:26:03,166 - For what reason? 459 00:26:03,459 --> 00:26:06,083 He was never in Barton's league. 460 00:26:06,375 --> 00:26:08,791 He was basically a subcontractor for the British government. 461 00:26:09,084 --> 00:26:10,374 They were backing him to find oil 462 00:26:10,667 --> 00:26:12,208 somewhere up in the north of England, 463 00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:13,583 Derbyshire or somewhere. 464 00:26:13,875 --> 00:26:16,458 - So why on earth did Barton want to work with him? 465 00:26:16,750 --> 00:26:18,333 - That's a good question. 466 00:26:18,625 --> 00:26:20,374 Anyway, Carter wanted the big time. 467 00:26:20,667 --> 00:26:22,499 The oil concession's worth millions. 468 00:26:22,792 --> 00:26:24,499 - This oil business, it is always full of the risks, 469 00:26:24,792 --> 00:26:25,583 n'est-ce pas? 470 00:26:25,834 --> 00:26:29,208 - Yes, but they had the concession in their hands. 471 00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:31,541 They won it from a chap called Pereira. 472 00:26:31,834 --> 00:26:32,708 - Pereira. 473 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,624 Wasn't he the one who arrested you? 474 00:26:35,917 --> 00:26:37,083 - General Pereira, yes. 475 00:26:37,375 --> 00:26:39,874 - After the coup, he became Minister of Oil. 476 00:26:40,167 --> 00:26:42,791 - But in your article, you say that he is no longer in power? 477 00:26:43,084 --> 00:26:44,333 - Exactly. 478 00:26:44,625 --> 00:26:45,458 It seems he's been found 479 00:26:45,750 --> 00:26:47,208 with his hand in the till once too often 480 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:48,999 even for the Argentine government. 481 00:26:49,292 --> 00:26:51,916 It looks like he's for the chop, and if he goes, 482 00:26:52,209 --> 00:26:54,124 Sovereign Oil will go with him. 483 00:27:15,792 --> 00:27:16,583 - Cargen. 484 00:27:20,292 --> 00:27:21,916 Apunten. 485 00:27:22,209 --> 00:27:22,999 Fuego! 486 00:27:33,125 --> 00:27:36,374 - It's Mr. Poirot. 487 00:27:36,667 --> 00:27:38,416 Mr. Poirot, is there not any comment 488 00:27:38,709 --> 00:27:42,291 about financial thieves... 489 00:27:42,584 --> 00:27:43,916 - Mr. Poirot, can you give us any comment? 490 00:27:44,209 --> 00:27:44,999 Please, sir? 491 00:27:45,250 --> 00:27:47,624 - Yes, Mr. Poirot, I'm getting out. 492 00:27:47,917 --> 00:27:49,749 Going back to what I'm best at. 493 00:27:50,042 --> 00:27:51,541 - And what is that, Monsieur Carter? 494 00:27:51,834 --> 00:27:53,583 - I had my own business, you know, 495 00:27:53,875 --> 00:27:55,874 before Sovereign Oil, 496 00:27:56,167 --> 00:27:58,916 before Barton Russell. 497 00:28:00,167 --> 00:28:01,999 - And you now return to this business? 498 00:28:02,292 --> 00:28:05,249 - Yes, if I can untangle it from this mess. 499 00:28:05,542 --> 00:28:06,999 - But I understand that much of your finance came 500 00:28:07,292 --> 00:28:08,083 from the government. 501 00:28:08,334 --> 00:28:09,124 - Yes. 502 00:28:09,417 --> 00:28:10,958 We were excavating for them 503 00:28:11,250 --> 00:28:12,583 in Derbyshire and up in Scotland. 504 00:28:12,875 --> 00:28:14,916 Interesting work. 505 00:28:15,209 --> 00:28:18,666 Although, of course, there were only small returns. 506 00:28:18,959 --> 00:28:21,374 - I suppose that's what attracted you to Sovereign. 507 00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:24,874 - Yes. 508 00:28:25,167 --> 00:28:29,666 It was an adventure. 509 00:28:29,959 --> 00:28:32,416 That strike in Santa Cruz. 510 00:28:32,709 --> 00:28:35,624 And if we'd held onto it... 511 00:28:35,917 --> 00:28:38,166 - But now you have lost the concession, Monsieur Carter. 512 00:28:38,459 --> 00:28:39,416 - Yes. 513 00:28:39,709 --> 00:28:40,833 Just two more weeks, 514 00:28:41,125 --> 00:28:44,249 and we'd have had that oil flowing. 515 00:28:44,542 --> 00:28:47,999 We won that contract fair and square, Mr. Poirot. 516 00:28:48,292 --> 00:28:50,958 And now we've got nothing. 517 00:28:51,250 --> 00:28:53,833 And I'm out. 518 00:28:54,125 --> 00:28:56,458 - Thank you, Monsieur Carter. 519 00:28:56,750 --> 00:29:00,833 One last question, if I may, Monsieur Carter. 520 00:29:01,125 --> 00:29:04,541 Are you to see again Monsieur Barton Russell? 521 00:29:04,834 --> 00:29:07,958 - As a matter of fact, 522 00:29:08,250 --> 00:29:10,541 I'm dining with him this week. 523 00:29:10,834 --> 00:29:12,166 - At Le Jardin des Cygnes. 524 00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:13,249 - Yes. 525 00:29:13,542 --> 00:29:16,958 I had a feeling that's why you'd come here. 526 00:29:17,250 --> 00:29:19,166 Two years to the day. 527 00:29:21,500 --> 00:29:23,749 - I don't really see what business it is of yours, 528 00:29:24,042 --> 00:29:25,249 Monsieur Poirot, 529 00:29:25,542 --> 00:29:27,916 if I choose to have a private meal with friends. 530 00:29:28,209 --> 00:29:32,249 - You say friends, and yet, 531 00:29:32,542 --> 00:29:34,499 one of them, he is a journalist 532 00:29:34,792 --> 00:29:35,874 who has just written something about you 533 00:29:36,167 --> 00:29:37,374 that is most unflattering, 534 00:29:37,667 --> 00:29:40,708 and the other is a businessman who has decided 535 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,916 that he will do with you no further business. 536 00:29:43,209 --> 00:29:44,416 - I see you've been busy. 537 00:29:44,709 --> 00:29:45,624 - Oui, bien s�r. 538 00:29:45,917 --> 00:29:49,124 And there is one thing that I still do not understand. 539 00:29:50,459 --> 00:29:51,833 - What is that? 540 00:29:52,125 --> 00:29:55,708 - Anthony Chapell, Stephen Carter, Lola Valdez, 541 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,124 Mademoiselle Pauline, and your good self. 542 00:29:59,417 --> 00:30:01,291 That is five persons, huh? 543 00:30:01,584 --> 00:30:04,083 And yet the table, it is for six. 544 00:30:05,417 --> 00:30:09,666 - As I said, Mr. Poirot, it's none of your business. 545 00:30:10,875 --> 00:30:14,166 - The sixth place is for Iris. 546 00:30:14,459 --> 00:30:15,249 - Comment? 547 00:30:15,542 --> 00:30:17,041 - It's a commemorative dinner: 548 00:30:17,334 --> 00:30:19,333 The second anniversary of her death, 549 00:30:19,625 --> 00:30:21,374 and we've all got to be there. 550 00:30:21,667 --> 00:30:22,458 - Pauline. 551 00:30:22,750 --> 00:30:24,833 - Well, I think it's a horrible idea. 552 00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:26,541 I don't want to go. 553 00:30:26,834 --> 00:30:29,416 - You will go, Pauline. 554 00:30:29,709 --> 00:30:30,666 - Yes. 555 00:30:30,959 --> 00:30:33,583 But you can't boss me around forever, Barton. 556 00:30:33,875 --> 00:30:36,166 Just one more month. 557 00:30:36,459 --> 00:30:39,791 Excuse me. I'm going to go home. 558 00:30:40,084 --> 00:30:41,291 - Mademoiselle. 559 00:30:45,042 --> 00:30:47,541 I'm sorry. 560 00:30:47,834 --> 00:30:48,708 Please. 561 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,124 - Thank you. 562 00:30:51,417 --> 00:30:55,624 - Anyway, now you know. 563 00:30:55,917 --> 00:30:58,208 - Monsieur Russell, if you would be so kind 564 00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:00,999 as to tell me, this dinner, 565 00:31:01,292 --> 00:31:03,208 why do you have it, huh? 566 00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:05,083 Why do you wish to re-create 567 00:31:05,375 --> 00:31:06,999 the night of the death of your wife? 568 00:31:07,292 --> 00:31:10,166 - All right, I'll tell you. 569 00:31:10,459 --> 00:31:13,416 It's very simple, Mr. Poirot. 570 00:31:13,709 --> 00:31:16,083 I know-- 571 00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:19,083 I have always known. 572 00:31:19,375 --> 00:31:23,166 Iris did not commit suicide. 573 00:31:23,459 --> 00:31:24,999 She was killed by one of the people 574 00:31:25,292 --> 00:31:27,416 sitting at that table. 575 00:31:27,709 --> 00:31:31,999 And tomorrow night, I intend to find out which. 576 00:31:32,292 --> 00:31:34,874 - Hastings, I must reserve for myself immediately 577 00:31:35,167 --> 00:31:37,416 for tomorrow night a table at Le Jardin des Cygnes. 578 00:31:37,709 --> 00:31:38,749 - You want to be in at the kill, eh? 579 00:31:39,042 --> 00:31:39,999 - It is exactly that, Hastings. 580 00:31:40,292 --> 00:31:41,374 Twice it is arranged: 581 00:31:41,667 --> 00:31:42,958 the dinner, the restaurant, the guests. 582 00:31:43,250 --> 00:31:46,916 And tomorrow night, I must be there 583 00:31:47,209 --> 00:31:49,458 to prevent a second death. 584 00:32:02,875 --> 00:32:05,416 - I don't like you going to this restaurant, Mr. Poirot. 585 00:32:05,709 --> 00:32:06,583 It could be dangerous. 586 00:32:06,875 --> 00:32:08,541 - Ah, but when Poirot himself is involved, 587 00:32:08,834 --> 00:32:10,166 he, too, is dangerous, Miss Lemon. 588 00:32:10,459 --> 00:32:12,958 - I still Captain Hastings were going with you. 589 00:32:13,250 --> 00:32:15,374 - Ah, yes. 590 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:17,666 The good captain Hastings. 591 00:32:17,959 --> 00:32:22,083 By now he should be in Norfolk, the village of Reepham. 592 00:32:22,375 --> 00:32:25,249 - Why did you send him there, Mr. Poirot? 593 00:32:25,542 --> 00:32:27,499 What do you want him to find? 594 00:32:27,792 --> 00:32:29,874 - A motive for murder. 595 00:32:38,709 --> 00:32:41,499 - Two years. 596 00:32:41,792 --> 00:32:43,624 Two years to the day. 597 00:32:43,917 --> 00:32:47,124 - I hope you don't mind my coming here, Mr. Grove. 598 00:32:47,417 --> 00:32:50,416 - I'm very glad you did, Captain Hastings. 599 00:32:50,709 --> 00:32:53,166 You see, I was her father's solicitor. 600 00:32:53,459 --> 00:32:55,374 Lord Wetherby, you know. 601 00:32:55,667 --> 00:32:57,166 A wonderful man. 602 00:32:57,459 --> 00:32:59,333 Showed him the Ramsay MacDonald. 603 00:32:59,625 --> 00:33:01,749 - And Iris Russell inherited his fortune. 604 00:33:02,042 --> 00:33:04,749 And his ideals. 605 00:33:05,042 --> 00:33:07,416 She was such a beautiful girl. 606 00:33:07,709 --> 00:33:09,791 It was a tragedy. 607 00:33:13,875 --> 00:33:16,208 - You were telling me about Iris' will. 608 00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:18,124 - Oh, there's no secret about it. 609 00:33:18,417 --> 00:33:20,083 You see, her husband, Barton Russell, 610 00:33:20,375 --> 00:33:21,999 was a wealthy man in his own right, 611 00:33:22,292 --> 00:33:25,708 so her money was passed across to her sister, Pauline, 612 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,041 to be held in trust until her 21st birthday. 613 00:33:28,334 --> 00:33:29,666 - I suppose you were the trust's administrator. 614 00:33:29,959 --> 00:33:30,749 - Oh, no. 615 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,791 Mr. Russell is the administrator. 616 00:33:33,084 --> 00:33:36,458 His wife made him Pauline's guardian. 617 00:33:36,750 --> 00:33:38,541 - So if Pauline were to die, 618 00:33:38,834 --> 00:33:41,249 does that mean that Barton would inherit the trust? 619 00:33:41,542 --> 00:33:43,208 - Uh, no. 620 00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:46,999 You see, Pauline has made a will of her own. 621 00:33:47,292 --> 00:33:49,791 Although--well, I mustn't speculate 622 00:33:50,084 --> 00:33:51,458 about Pauline's intentions. 623 00:33:51,750 --> 00:33:53,791 And yet... 624 00:33:54,084 --> 00:33:58,208 Sometimes, I feel afraid for her. 625 00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:02,499 Captain Hastings, what I can tell you is this: 626 00:34:02,792 --> 00:34:05,916 when she signed the will, 627 00:34:06,209 --> 00:34:08,249 she was accompanied by a young man. 628 00:34:08,542 --> 00:34:11,708 I assumed him to be her fianc�. 629 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,124 Make of that what you will. 630 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,874 - Madame, welcome to Le Jardin des Cygnes. 631 00:34:31,167 --> 00:34:32,374 Sir. 632 00:34:34,792 --> 00:34:35,999 - After you. 633 00:35:07,750 --> 00:35:08,958 - Thank you. 634 00:35:47,959 --> 00:35:50,208 - So... 635 00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:52,583 Here we all are. 636 00:36:00,292 --> 00:36:01,458 - Signor Poirot. 637 00:36:01,750 --> 00:36:03,999 - Signor Luigi, bonsoir. 638 00:36:04,292 --> 00:36:05,708 They are all here? - Si. 639 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,749 And I have a message for you. 640 00:36:10,042 --> 00:36:11,291 - Merci. 641 00:36:14,292 --> 00:36:16,958 Ah, from Captain Hastings. C'est bien. 642 00:36:18,875 --> 00:36:22,249 Signor Luigi, that table you have for me? 643 00:36:22,542 --> 00:36:25,916 I have for it no further need. 644 00:36:28,334 --> 00:36:29,708 - I know it seems a little odd, 645 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,666 celebrating the second anniversary 646 00:36:31,959 --> 00:36:36,291 of a death in this way, but I have a reason. 647 00:36:36,584 --> 00:36:38,874 And I think it's time I explained. 648 00:36:41,959 --> 00:36:46,416 Two years ago, my wife died 649 00:36:46,709 --> 00:36:50,541 at a table like this in a room like this. 650 00:36:50,834 --> 00:36:54,041 The same five people surrounded her. 651 00:36:54,334 --> 00:36:57,874 The police-- The Argentine police-- 652 00:36:58,167 --> 00:37:02,166 recorded a verdict of suicide. 653 00:37:02,459 --> 00:37:06,083 But I have known-- I have always known-- 654 00:37:06,375 --> 00:37:09,749 - And tonight, you wish to establish the truth, 655 00:37:10,042 --> 00:37:12,291 Monsieur Russell. 656 00:37:12,584 --> 00:37:13,833 - Mr. Poirot. 657 00:37:14,125 --> 00:37:15,249 I wasn't expecting you. 658 00:37:15,542 --> 00:37:17,624 - But I was there on the first night, was I not? 659 00:37:17,917 --> 00:37:18,708 - That's true. 660 00:37:18,959 --> 00:37:21,333 - And I also have a desire to establish the truth, 661 00:37:21,625 --> 00:37:23,333 if you permit. 662 00:37:25,750 --> 00:37:28,791 - Let him stay, Barton. 663 00:37:29,084 --> 00:37:31,041 - You're right, Mr. Poirot. You should be here. 664 00:37:31,334 --> 00:37:32,666 You're welcome to join us. 665 00:37:32,959 --> 00:37:34,166 - Thank you. 666 00:37:41,584 --> 00:37:43,708 - What's going on? 667 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,124 What were you going to say, Barton? 668 00:37:45,417 --> 00:37:46,458 - Monsieur Russell was about to say 669 00:37:46,750 --> 00:37:48,208 that he believes his wife was murdered 670 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:51,041 by someone seated around this table. 671 00:37:51,334 --> 00:37:52,916 Wait a minute. 672 00:37:53,209 --> 00:37:54,291 - Who would've harmed her? 673 00:37:54,584 --> 00:37:55,749 It's--it's crazy. 674 00:37:56,042 --> 00:37:58,791 - Of course it is. 675 00:37:59,084 --> 00:38:01,499 Iris committed suicide. 676 00:38:01,792 --> 00:38:03,333 Everybody knows that. 677 00:38:03,625 --> 00:38:05,874 - I do not believe that she committed suicide. 678 00:38:06,167 --> 00:38:08,083 - And I can prove it. 679 00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:13,041 I have to speak to the band. 680 00:38:13,334 --> 00:38:15,666 I have a surprise for you. 681 00:38:17,292 --> 00:38:18,541 - Mr. Poirot, can't you stop him? 682 00:38:18,834 --> 00:38:21,541 - Do not worry yourself, Monsieur Carter. 683 00:38:21,834 --> 00:38:24,124 - Mr. Poirot, 684 00:38:24,417 --> 00:38:26,708 I'm afraid. 685 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,624 - There is no need, mademoiselle. 686 00:38:55,750 --> 00:38:58,666 My God. 687 00:38:58,959 --> 00:39:00,291 It's the same song. 688 00:39:00,584 --> 00:39:03,166 - The hell is he playing at? 689 00:40:24,250 --> 00:40:26,374 - It takes you back, doesn't it? 690 00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:30,666 Come on, Carter. Raise your glass. 691 00:40:30,959 --> 00:40:34,374 What was our toast two years ago? 692 00:40:34,667 --> 00:40:38,666 To Iris. 693 00:40:38,959 --> 00:40:41,041 - Absolument. 694 00:40:42,750 --> 00:40:44,958 To Iris. 695 00:40:54,334 --> 00:40:56,708 - Damn you, then. 696 00:41:02,125 --> 00:41:04,208 To Iris. 697 00:41:06,459 --> 00:41:09,041 - To Iris. - To Iris. 698 00:41:09,334 --> 00:41:10,583 - To Iris. 699 00:41:12,917 --> 00:41:15,041 - So what now, Barton? 700 00:41:15,334 --> 00:41:16,541 What other things are you going-- 701 00:41:21,084 --> 00:41:22,374 - Oh, my goodness. 702 00:41:22,667 --> 00:41:24,166 - What on earth! 703 00:41:24,459 --> 00:41:26,416 - Good gracious. - She's fallen dead. 704 00:41:28,084 --> 00:41:30,041 - No, that's not meant to happen! 705 00:41:30,334 --> 00:41:32,791 - It is the same. 706 00:41:33,084 --> 00:41:34,499 - Oh, God. 707 00:41:34,792 --> 00:41:36,083 - Pauline! 708 00:41:37,625 --> 00:41:39,124 - She is dead. 709 00:42:07,292 --> 00:42:10,333 La pauvre petite. 710 00:42:10,625 --> 00:42:13,166 And I, who thought I could protect her. 711 00:42:13,459 --> 00:42:15,458 - Protect her. 712 00:42:15,750 --> 00:42:16,791 You helped kill her. 713 00:42:19,834 --> 00:42:22,166 - I'm cold. 714 00:42:24,167 --> 00:42:26,333 - I have sent for some coffee, mademoiselle. 715 00:42:26,625 --> 00:42:29,124 - I'd prefer something stronger. 716 00:42:29,417 --> 00:42:31,666 - It's my fault. 717 00:42:31,959 --> 00:42:33,874 I should've known. 718 00:42:34,167 --> 00:42:37,083 Pauline always said 719 00:42:37,375 --> 00:42:39,583 she knew something about Iris. 720 00:42:39,875 --> 00:42:42,333 That was why she was killed. 721 00:42:42,625 --> 00:42:45,541 - No, Monsieur Russell. 722 00:42:45,834 --> 00:42:49,041 That was not the reason why Mademoiselle Pauline had to die. 723 00:42:49,334 --> 00:42:51,333 - Then why? - No, no, no, no, no, no. 724 00:42:51,625 --> 00:42:54,166 That is not the question we must ask. 725 00:42:54,459 --> 00:42:57,791 We have here two murders. 726 00:43:01,167 --> 00:43:02,874 And in order to solve the second, 727 00:43:03,167 --> 00:43:07,958 we must return two years to the first. 728 00:43:09,375 --> 00:43:13,291 Why did Madame Iris Russell have to die? 729 00:43:13,584 --> 00:43:15,874 - So you agree. She was killed! 730 00:43:16,167 --> 00:43:17,874 - C'est �vident. 731 00:43:19,125 --> 00:43:23,291 And there were perhaps several reasons. 732 00:43:25,542 --> 00:43:27,958 For example, 733 00:43:28,250 --> 00:43:32,374 she stood in between you and Monsieur Russell. 734 00:43:32,667 --> 00:43:34,083 - Between us? 735 00:43:34,375 --> 00:43:35,999 Ridiculous! 736 00:43:36,292 --> 00:43:38,333 - She also stood between her younger sister 737 00:43:38,625 --> 00:43:40,666 and the great fortune. 738 00:43:40,959 --> 00:43:42,958 - Pauline never cared about the money. 739 00:43:43,250 --> 00:43:45,374 - But you care for Mademoiselle Pauline. 740 00:43:45,667 --> 00:43:47,874 You would not have been happy, perhaps, to marry an heiress? 741 00:43:48,167 --> 00:43:49,541 - What? 742 00:43:49,834 --> 00:43:53,708 So I killed Iris so Pauline could inherit? 743 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,333 - And finally, she stood in the way of you, Monsieur. 744 00:43:57,625 --> 00:44:01,249 - Me? - Yes, you, Monsieur Carter. 745 00:44:01,542 --> 00:44:06,124 You and the biggest gamble of your career. 746 00:44:10,542 --> 00:44:13,208 In the hotel in Buenos Aires, 747 00:44:13,500 --> 00:44:15,083 I overheard. 748 00:44:15,375 --> 00:44:16,499 - Iris! 749 00:44:16,792 --> 00:44:18,749 You'll destroy me! 750 00:44:19,042 --> 00:44:20,958 - You should've thought of that before you got involved 751 00:44:21,250 --> 00:44:22,166 in an affair like this. 752 00:44:22,459 --> 00:44:24,083 - What does it matter? 753 00:44:24,375 --> 00:44:25,374 Nobody knows about it. 754 00:44:25,667 --> 00:44:27,249 - I know! 755 00:44:27,542 --> 00:44:29,791 But I can't live with it, Stephen. 756 00:44:30,084 --> 00:44:32,499 - What was the affair of which Madame Iris Russell spoke? 757 00:44:32,792 --> 00:44:34,083 - There was no affair. 758 00:44:34,375 --> 00:44:37,749 - No love affair, perhaps, but the business affair. 759 00:44:38,042 --> 00:44:41,166 Monsieur Carter, I can see with the eyes of my mind, 760 00:44:41,459 --> 00:44:43,541 and I will speak. 761 00:44:47,209 --> 00:44:49,166 Please show us what you have in your breast pocket. 762 00:44:49,459 --> 00:44:51,374 - What? 763 00:44:51,667 --> 00:44:52,458 What are you saying? 764 00:44:52,750 --> 00:44:54,416 - Do what he says. 765 00:45:11,292 --> 00:45:13,666 You put it there! 766 00:45:21,459 --> 00:45:24,166 - Potassium cyanide. 767 00:45:24,459 --> 00:45:27,499 The case, it is complete. 768 00:45:29,084 --> 00:45:30,833 - Carter. 769 00:45:31,125 --> 00:45:33,833 I always knew it was you! 770 00:45:34,125 --> 00:45:34,916 - Why? 771 00:45:35,167 --> 00:45:36,083 - Why do you not tell us what really happened 772 00:45:36,375 --> 00:45:37,499 in Buenos Aires, Monsieur Carter? 773 00:45:37,792 --> 00:45:38,583 - I can't. 774 00:45:38,834 --> 00:45:40,083 - The shadow of a noose hangs over you! 775 00:45:40,375 --> 00:45:41,999 - No! - Very well. 776 00:45:42,292 --> 00:45:43,208 Then I will tell it! 777 00:45:43,500 --> 00:45:44,958 - Your coffee, sir. 778 00:45:45,250 --> 00:45:48,083 - Bring it in. 779 00:45:48,375 --> 00:45:50,124 The oil concessions that were acquired 780 00:45:50,417 --> 00:45:52,374 by yourself and Monsieur Russell, 781 00:45:52,667 --> 00:45:54,333 they were not acquired from the legitimate government 782 00:45:54,625 --> 00:45:56,541 of President Yrigoyen. 783 00:45:59,292 --> 00:46:01,791 - You're right. 784 00:46:02,084 --> 00:46:04,124 It was Barton's idea. 785 00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:09,791 - So, General, do we have a deal? 786 00:46:10,084 --> 00:46:11,583 - He could tell there was going to be a coup. 787 00:46:11,875 --> 00:46:13,291 - Government bonds, hmm? 788 00:46:13,584 --> 00:46:15,874 - So he went straight to the rebels to General Pereira. 789 00:46:16,167 --> 00:46:17,749 - And the money that was paid, 790 00:46:18,042 --> 00:46:19,999 the money that would assist the rebels to gain power, 791 00:46:20,292 --> 00:46:21,083 from where had it come? 792 00:46:21,375 --> 00:46:23,749 - It was mine. - No, Monsieur Carter! 793 00:46:24,042 --> 00:46:26,166 It was money entrusted to you by the government of Britain 794 00:46:26,459 --> 00:46:28,916 for excavations in this country! 795 00:46:29,209 --> 00:46:29,999 - My God. 796 00:46:30,250 --> 00:46:31,874 - And that is Madame Iris Russell had discovered, 797 00:46:32,167 --> 00:46:36,541 and that is why she had to be silenced! 798 00:46:36,834 --> 00:46:38,208 The daughter of a Labor Peer, 799 00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:40,749 could she stand by and watch as government funds were used 800 00:46:41,042 --> 00:46:42,624 to support the military junta? 801 00:46:42,917 --> 00:46:45,749 Of course not! - And you killed her, Carter. 802 00:46:46,042 --> 00:46:48,833 - No. Wait. 803 00:46:49,125 --> 00:46:53,208 Everything you say is true, but I didn't kill her. 804 00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:54,874 It was him! 805 00:46:55,167 --> 00:46:56,791 He had as much to lose as me! 806 00:46:57,084 --> 00:46:58,749 - But, Monsieur Carter, you forget 807 00:46:59,042 --> 00:47:00,541 that Monsieur Russell, he was not even at the table 808 00:47:00,834 --> 00:47:02,541 when the champagne, it was being served. 809 00:47:02,834 --> 00:47:04,416 - Exactly. - And tonight also. 810 00:47:04,709 --> 00:47:06,249 Barton was not there. 811 00:47:06,542 --> 00:47:07,499 - But wait a minute. 812 00:47:07,792 --> 00:47:09,249 If Carter had put the poison in Pauline's glass, 813 00:47:09,542 --> 00:47:10,333 I'd have seen him. 814 00:47:10,625 --> 00:47:12,166 I was next to her. 815 00:47:12,459 --> 00:47:13,249 - Exactement. 816 00:47:13,500 --> 00:47:14,833 - So you mean he didn't kill her. 817 00:47:15,125 --> 00:47:17,874 - It was not I who said that he did. 818 00:47:19,584 --> 00:47:20,708 Merci. 819 00:47:21,917 --> 00:47:24,541 - Well, if it wasn't Carter, who was it? 820 00:47:28,292 --> 00:47:29,583 - Who, indeed? 821 00:47:38,209 --> 00:47:40,124 - In Buenos Aires, 822 00:47:40,417 --> 00:47:42,958 who could approach the table with impunity, 823 00:47:43,250 --> 00:47:45,458 invisible in the crowd? 824 00:47:45,750 --> 00:47:48,124 Poison a drink, 825 00:47:48,417 --> 00:47:51,124 and at the same time 826 00:47:51,417 --> 00:47:54,541 provide the evidence of a suicide? 827 00:47:57,042 --> 00:47:59,458 And tonight also, 828 00:47:59,750 --> 00:48:03,624 who circled around the table holding a bottle of champagne? 829 00:48:03,917 --> 00:48:05,374 Only this time, it was Mademoiselle Pauline 830 00:48:05,667 --> 00:48:07,083 who was to be the victim, 831 00:48:07,375 --> 00:48:10,499 and Monsieur Carter who was to take the blame. 832 00:48:13,250 --> 00:48:17,041 In the dark, when the attention of everyone is elsewhere, 833 00:48:17,334 --> 00:48:20,458 seen by everyone and yet unseen, 834 00:48:20,750 --> 00:48:22,499 the murderer can plant the evidence 835 00:48:22,792 --> 00:48:24,749 and then vanish again 836 00:48:25,042 --> 00:48:28,416 if he is disguised as a waiter, 837 00:48:28,709 --> 00:48:30,499 can he not, Monsieur Russell? 838 00:48:33,334 --> 00:48:35,249 - What are you saying? 839 00:48:35,542 --> 00:48:38,999 Why should I have wanted to kill Pauline? 840 00:48:39,292 --> 00:48:40,791 - This evening, I learned that you are the guardian 841 00:48:41,084 --> 00:48:42,291 of Mademoiselle Pauline 842 00:48:42,584 --> 00:48:45,708 and that you hold her money in trust until she is 21. 843 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:46,874 - What of it? 844 00:48:47,167 --> 00:48:49,749 - That time is to be very soon. 845 00:48:50,042 --> 00:48:52,166 I understand that you have also suffered huge losses 846 00:48:52,459 --> 00:48:54,124 in the Argentine. 847 00:48:54,417 --> 00:48:56,083 I think it will be discovered 848 00:48:56,375 --> 00:48:57,499 that the money of Mademoiselle Pauline, 849 00:48:57,792 --> 00:49:00,999 it is gone, and that you have spent it. 850 00:49:04,917 --> 00:49:07,166 - This is ridiculous! 851 00:49:07,459 --> 00:49:08,999 I mean, this waiter business. 852 00:49:09,292 --> 00:49:11,916 Are you really telling me nobody would've noticed? 853 00:49:14,209 --> 00:49:17,833 - Did you notice the waitress who served you with coffee 854 00:49:18,125 --> 00:49:21,124 just a few moments ago? 855 00:49:21,417 --> 00:49:22,791 - What? 856 00:49:30,709 --> 00:49:31,749 Pauline. 857 00:49:34,584 --> 00:49:36,083 I don't understand. 858 00:49:36,375 --> 00:49:38,166 - How is it possible? 859 00:49:38,459 --> 00:49:40,291 - Pauline. 860 00:49:41,667 --> 00:49:43,249 I thought I'd lost you. 861 00:49:44,542 --> 00:49:47,249 - Mr. Poirot told me when he sat next to me. 862 00:49:47,542 --> 00:49:49,916 He said not to touch the champagne. 863 00:49:50,209 --> 00:49:51,874 I was just to pretend to drink it 864 00:49:52,167 --> 00:49:54,916 and then pretend to be dead. 865 00:49:55,209 --> 00:50:00,083 - And you played the part but to perfection, Mademoiselle. 866 00:50:00,375 --> 00:50:01,416 But tell me, Mademoiselle Pauline, 867 00:50:01,709 --> 00:50:05,624 it was you, was it not, who sent me the yellow iris? 868 00:50:05,917 --> 00:50:08,374 - I was very frightened. 869 00:50:08,667 --> 00:50:10,916 I didn't want to believe it, 870 00:50:11,209 --> 00:50:13,208 but I knew. 871 00:50:13,500 --> 00:50:16,416 I have always known. 872 00:50:16,709 --> 00:50:19,083 - And so you called for Poirot. 873 00:50:19,375 --> 00:50:23,458 And Poirot, he was there. 874 00:50:39,667 --> 00:50:41,083 - Poirot. 875 00:50:41,375 --> 00:50:44,416 - Ah, Hastings. 876 00:50:44,709 --> 00:50:46,624 Mon ami. - How did it go? 877 00:50:46,917 --> 00:50:48,208 - Well, the case, it is solved, 878 00:50:48,500 --> 00:50:50,749 and your message, Hastings, it was most useful. 879 00:50:51,042 --> 00:50:52,874 - Oh. Good. 880 00:50:53,167 --> 00:50:54,541 - There is just one thing. 881 00:50:54,834 --> 00:50:56,333 - What's that? 882 00:50:56,625 --> 00:50:58,624 - With all this affair, I have not been able to eat. 883 00:50:58,917 --> 00:51:01,291 - Oh, I say, that's a bit rough. 884 00:51:01,584 --> 00:51:02,999 Not going to be easy finding somewhere 885 00:51:03,292 --> 00:51:04,083 at this time of night. 886 00:51:04,375 --> 00:51:05,583 - Oh, that is true. 887 00:51:07,792 --> 00:51:10,541 - I do know one place, though. 888 00:51:17,750 --> 00:51:18,958 English cuisine. 889 00:51:19,250 --> 00:51:20,041 There's nothing like it in the world. 890 00:51:20,334 --> 00:51:22,583 You must agree, Poirot. 891 00:51:22,875 --> 00:51:24,874 - Eh bien, Hastings, when it is cold and dark, 892 00:51:25,167 --> 00:51:26,833 and there is nothing else to eat, 893 00:51:27,125 --> 00:51:30,041 it is... 894 00:51:30,334 --> 00:51:31,499 passable.