1 00:00:47,801 --> 00:00:48,641 What? 2 00:00:50,361 --> 00:00:52,401 What, what is it? 3 00:00:55,881 --> 00:00:56,961 No no no, no. 4 00:00:58,001 --> 00:00:59,321 Please, not now. 5 00:01:07,361 --> 00:01:08,201 A message? 6 00:01:09,721 --> 00:01:10,561 Yes. 7 00:01:15,361 --> 00:01:16,881 It's a young face. 8 00:01:18,921 --> 00:01:19,921 He's waving. 9 00:01:28,401 --> 00:01:29,241 Peaceful. 10 00:01:31,001 --> 00:01:31,521 Oh very peaceful. 11 00:01:32,681 --> 00:01:33,681 (flame hissing) 12 00:01:35,001 --> 00:01:37,001 Oh no no no, ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh. 13 00:01:38,201 --> 00:01:39,041 Hush. 14 00:01:40,521 --> 00:01:41,801 No my darling. 15 00:01:43,041 --> 00:01:45,641 It's all right my precious, no. 16 00:01:46,681 --> 00:01:50,641 No more, no more. 17 00:02:04,041 --> 00:02:06,801 (downbeat music) 18 00:04:22,241 --> 00:04:23,761 Naughty, raining like that. 19 00:04:25,041 --> 00:04:26,121 Very naughty. 20 00:04:33,401 --> 00:04:36,121 (rain thudding) 21 00:04:45,321 --> 00:04:47,521 Turn on the light Billy. 22 00:04:49,001 --> 00:04:50,360 Put the thing up. 23 00:04:50,361 --> 00:04:53,121 (downbeat music) 24 00:05:10,921 --> 00:05:11,761 Yes. 25 00:05:14,601 --> 00:05:18,761 We shall have to test it from the outside tonight. 26 00:05:24,801 --> 00:05:28,521 Of course it's not what it used to be. 27 00:05:30,441 --> 00:05:32,001 Not his room any longer. 28 00:05:33,961 --> 00:05:35,281 But Arthur understands. 29 00:05:36,681 --> 00:05:37,681 We're doing it with his blessing. 30 00:05:38,761 --> 00:05:39,960 That's just how he put it! 31 00:05:39,961 --> 00:05:42,681 He said, "You have my blessing." 32 00:05:48,081 --> 00:05:49,081 Comfy little bed this. 33 00:05:50,521 --> 00:05:52,281 I remember when I slept in it. 34 00:05:53,441 --> 00:05:54,840 Very comfy. 35 00:05:54,841 --> 00:05:56,321 You never slept in that bed. 36 00:05:57,441 --> 00:06:00,041 Yes I did dear, that time you were ill, remember. 37 00:06:00,881 --> 00:06:02,361 No I don't remember. 38 00:06:03,801 --> 00:06:04,801 No well, it's not important dear. 39 00:06:06,281 --> 00:06:09,801 What you say Billy, what anybody says is important. 40 00:06:11,641 --> 00:06:13,161 This was always Arthur's bed. 41 00:06:14,601 --> 00:06:15,801 Till he went to school. 42 00:06:17,401 --> 00:06:19,601 I've never allowed anybody to sleep in it. 43 00:06:22,961 --> 00:06:24,601 Yes of course dear. 44 00:06:27,841 --> 00:06:31,201 Well she'll be nice and comfy in this. 45 00:06:32,361 --> 00:06:33,201 What. 46 00:06:36,641 --> 00:06:37,761 What does it look like? 47 00:06:39,801 --> 00:06:40,281 Very neat. 48 00:06:41,361 --> 00:06:41,881 No no, I mean what does it all look like. 49 00:06:43,281 --> 00:06:44,760 The overall effect. 50 00:06:44,761 --> 00:06:45,640 If you'd never seen it before 51 00:06:45,641 --> 00:06:47,641 and you suddenly woke up in that bed, 52 00:06:49,201 --> 00:06:50,801 where would you think you were. 53 00:06:53,521 --> 00:06:54,601 In a hospital. 54 00:06:56,201 --> 00:06:57,041 Yes! 55 00:06:58,281 --> 00:06:59,961 Exactly in hospital. 56 00:07:02,081 --> 00:07:03,961 Aren't we the clever ones! 57 00:07:04,961 --> 00:07:06,201 It's going to work Billy. 58 00:07:07,841 --> 00:07:09,361 The plan's going to work. 59 00:07:10,281 --> 00:07:13,041 (downbeat music) 60 00:07:35,641 --> 00:07:36,441 Yes? 61 00:07:40,641 --> 00:07:41,720 Perfect. 62 00:07:41,721 --> 00:07:42,201 Did you put the extra strong bulb in? 63 00:07:43,281 --> 00:07:44,280 Yes. 64 00:07:44,281 --> 00:07:44,801 The 150 watt. 65 00:07:45,921 --> 00:07:46,921 Well you saw me put it in. 66 00:07:48,001 --> 00:07:49,080 Good. 67 00:07:49,081 --> 00:07:49,921 It's fine then. 68 00:07:52,281 --> 00:07:53,321 I couldn't see anything. 69 00:07:59,281 --> 00:08:01,961 (clock ticking) 70 00:08:25,241 --> 00:08:27,241 Look at the dust in this place, have you seen the dust. 71 00:08:28,641 --> 00:08:29,800 I thought old Mother Jackson 72 00:08:29,801 --> 00:08:30,640 was supposed to have done this out 73 00:08:30,641 --> 00:08:32,281 before she went on holiday. 74 00:08:35,161 --> 00:08:35,681 [Myra] Well we can live with it. 75 00:08:37,161 --> 00:08:38,680 I can't live with it. 76 00:08:38,681 --> 00:08:39,561 I hate dust. 77 00:08:42,361 --> 00:08:43,361 Oh it's lovely for her, she's on abroad this year you know. 78 00:08:44,441 --> 00:08:45,960 I said to her "Where are you going for your holidays 79 00:08:45,961 --> 00:08:46,441 "this year Mrs Jackson?" 80 00:08:47,961 --> 00:08:48,441 I felt sorry for her, I thought she'd be stuck at Margate 81 00:08:49,721 --> 00:08:52,401 or somewhere, getting her usual third degree burn. 82 00:08:53,241 --> 00:08:54,360 Not a bit of it. 83 00:08:54,361 --> 00:08:56,881 "We're going to France," she said, "in my Cyril's new car." 84 00:08:58,081 --> 00:08:59,240 You can imagine that can't you. 85 00:08:59,241 --> 00:09:00,241 Five of them crammed in the Mini 86 00:09:01,601 --> 00:09:03,281 with her Cyril at the wheel. 87 00:09:06,641 --> 00:09:07,641 A nightmare. 88 00:09:10,521 --> 00:09:12,361 Still it suits our purposes. 89 00:09:13,641 --> 00:09:16,201 The further away the better till it's all over, hmm. 90 00:09:17,681 --> 00:09:19,161 (soaring classical music) 91 00:09:20,561 --> 00:09:21,961 You want that on do you? 92 00:09:24,161 --> 00:09:25,400 Yes. 93 00:09:25,401 --> 00:09:26,881 It helps me to concentrate. 94 00:09:30,041 --> 00:09:31,240 Of course it'd be a marvellous opportunity 95 00:09:31,241 --> 00:09:32,321 not to have her back. 96 00:09:33,201 --> 00:09:34,201 I mean we're not giving up a treasure or anything like that. 97 00:09:35,521 --> 00:09:36,001 She only does it for the gossip. 98 00:09:37,361 --> 00:09:37,881 And we can do without that. 99 00:09:39,001 --> 00:09:41,001 According to the directions it takes a couple of hours. 100 00:09:42,161 --> 00:09:43,881 So we might as well make a start. 101 00:09:46,641 --> 00:09:49,601 You think we ought to start now do you. 102 00:09:52,001 --> 00:09:53,120 Yes. 103 00:09:53,121 --> 00:09:54,121 That's what I just said. 104 00:09:55,161 --> 00:09:56,681 Put the scissors down will you. 105 00:09:58,121 --> 00:10:00,281 You can finish that later. 106 00:10:02,841 --> 00:10:05,841 Well we're not having any last minute doubts are we Billy. 107 00:10:07,041 --> 00:10:08,641 You know it's too late for that. 108 00:10:09,681 --> 00:10:12,721 We have to go through with it, exactly as planned. 109 00:10:14,721 --> 00:10:17,721 Now's the only time, with Mrs Jackson safely away. 110 00:10:21,921 --> 00:10:23,160 Yes, I know. 111 00:10:23,161 --> 00:10:26,681 ♪ For the wings of a dove ♪ 112 00:10:27,641 --> 00:10:28,641 You want that car don't you Billy. 113 00:10:29,681 --> 00:10:30,161 You know the one you saw. 114 00:10:31,361 --> 00:10:32,361 You want things to be different, not only for me 115 00:10:33,681 --> 00:10:35,161 but for all of us. 116 00:10:36,561 --> 00:10:39,121 I'm not doing it for the car. 117 00:10:42,681 --> 00:10:47,001 The car isn't why I'm doing it. 118 00:10:53,441 --> 00:10:53,961 Listen Billy. 119 00:10:55,041 --> 00:10:56,041 Listen will you. 120 00:10:57,121 --> 00:10:57,961 Carefully. 121 00:10:58,761 --> 00:10:59,241 You know that I can never tell 122 00:11:00,561 --> 00:11:02,561 when you're really listening to me. 123 00:11:03,721 --> 00:11:09,201 And try to understand, Billy what I am, what I am 124 00:11:09,761 --> 00:11:11,761 can't just be thrown away can it. 125 00:11:13,281 --> 00:11:14,120 And it's not wrong. 126 00:11:14,121 --> 00:11:15,520 What we're going to do is not wrong. 127 00:11:15,521 --> 00:11:16,001 We're doing it for his sake. 128 00:11:17,321 --> 00:11:19,321 Arthur wants me to be recognised for what I am. 129 00:11:20,641 --> 00:11:21,841 I mean I can't tell you. 130 00:11:23,961 --> 00:11:24,961 He convinced me. 131 00:11:26,001 --> 00:11:28,841 I had to be convinced myself before I told you. 132 00:11:30,121 --> 00:11:31,921 I mean I know it's different for you. 133 00:11:33,041 --> 00:11:34,041 I've know that all along and I do try to make-- 134 00:11:35,561 --> 00:11:38,201 (clock chiming) 135 00:11:47,601 --> 00:11:49,401 It's so quiet in here. 136 00:11:51,281 --> 00:11:54,041 Suddenly so terribly quiet. 137 00:11:59,321 --> 00:11:59,841 Did you turn that off? 138 00:12:01,241 --> 00:12:01,761 No dear, you did it yourself. 139 00:12:03,161 --> 00:12:04,681 I did, I turned, I wanted it on, 140 00:12:05,801 --> 00:12:07,001 why would I turn it off. 141 00:12:08,801 --> 00:12:10,361 Well then it must've been me. 142 00:12:13,841 --> 00:12:16,001 Why did I ever marry you Billy? 143 00:12:20,041 --> 00:12:22,121 I don't know dear, why did you. 144 00:12:25,521 --> 00:12:30,521 Because you're weak and because you need me. 145 00:12:35,401 --> 00:12:37,121 Well those are two good reasons. 146 00:12:42,441 --> 00:12:44,361 We've had so much sorrow Billy. 147 00:12:47,361 --> 00:12:49,281 Too much sorrow. 148 00:12:50,121 --> 00:12:51,121 But it's all going to be changed now. 149 00:12:52,281 --> 00:12:54,041 Everything's going to be different. 150 00:12:57,681 --> 00:12:59,201 You know what I sometimes wish? 151 00:13:01,441 --> 00:13:05,961 I sometimes wish I were ordinary like you. 152 00:13:07,241 --> 00:13:09,161 Dead ordinary. 153 00:13:10,041 --> 00:13:12,521 Ordinary and dead like all the others. 154 00:13:13,721 --> 00:13:15,321 Too much sorrow Billy. 155 00:13:19,641 --> 00:13:20,641 And you can't buy your own happiness 156 00:13:21,921 --> 00:13:24,321 at the expense of somebody else's unhappiness. 157 00:13:28,241 --> 00:13:29,241 Who was it that said that? 158 00:13:30,281 --> 00:13:31,281 Do you know? 159 00:13:32,761 --> 00:13:33,601 Yes. 160 00:13:34,641 --> 00:13:35,441 Who? 161 00:13:36,681 --> 00:13:38,081 Arthur said it. 162 00:13:40,201 --> 00:13:41,041 Oh yes. 163 00:13:42,801 --> 00:13:43,641 Of course. 164 00:13:45,761 --> 00:13:47,121 Fancy you remembering. 165 00:13:53,921 --> 00:13:57,401 He didn't say it to you did he? 166 00:13:58,681 --> 00:13:59,521 No dear. 167 00:14:00,561 --> 00:14:01,361 You told me. 168 00:14:03,041 --> 00:14:03,881 Oh yes. 169 00:14:05,681 --> 00:14:07,561 Funny he's never been close to you. 170 00:14:08,401 --> 00:14:09,920 Not that I blame you. 171 00:14:09,921 --> 00:14:10,921 It's easier for me. 172 00:14:12,001 --> 00:14:13,361 You don't have my gift. 173 00:14:15,161 --> 00:14:16,681 It all might've been different 174 00:14:17,721 --> 00:14:19,721 if Mummy hadn't left me this house. 175 00:14:22,721 --> 00:14:23,201 She wanted me to have it. 176 00:14:24,441 --> 00:14:26,001 They read it out. 177 00:14:26,761 --> 00:14:28,681 The solicitor read it out of the will. 178 00:14:31,401 --> 00:14:35,441 He sat just there. 179 00:14:38,761 --> 00:14:40,241 We've never really quarrelled have we, 180 00:14:41,361 --> 00:14:42,801 except about this house. 181 00:14:44,001 --> 00:14:45,641 Have you ever thought of that? 182 00:14:45,801 --> 00:14:46,281 Yes I've thought about it dear. 183 00:14:47,721 --> 00:14:50,201 Still I have made it up to you in other ways, haven't I. 184 00:14:51,241 --> 00:14:52,281 Yes lots of ways. 185 00:14:53,161 --> 00:14:55,041 And you do need me, don't you. 186 00:14:58,601 --> 00:15:00,001 Well say it then. 187 00:15:04,081 --> 00:15:05,081 I don't have to say it. 188 00:15:06,321 --> 00:15:08,321 I wouldn't be here would I, if I didn't. 189 00:15:10,961 --> 00:15:13,961 No, but I do think you had second thoughts just now. 190 00:15:15,321 --> 00:15:16,321 Not that I mind, I mean I understand. 191 00:15:17,561 --> 00:15:18,041 It's not easy for you. 192 00:15:19,121 --> 00:15:20,641 But you did have second thoughts didn't you Billy. 193 00:15:22,081 --> 00:15:25,081 Well not second thoughts as such, no. 194 00:15:26,161 --> 00:15:27,560 Well what then? 195 00:15:27,561 --> 00:15:28,960 Well. 196 00:15:28,961 --> 00:15:32,841 As you said, I don't have your gift. 197 00:15:34,801 --> 00:15:35,640 Yes. 198 00:15:35,641 --> 00:15:36,441 You're right. 199 00:15:37,601 --> 00:15:39,201 I do keep forgetting that. 200 00:15:43,801 --> 00:15:46,281 You see when they first found out, when I was little, 201 00:15:47,321 --> 00:15:49,321 you remember I told you about my aunt. 202 00:15:50,361 --> 00:15:50,881 She was the first one. 203 00:15:52,201 --> 00:15:53,400 She knew. 204 00:15:53,401 --> 00:15:54,321 She'd tumbled it. 205 00:15:55,761 --> 00:15:58,281 She used to go on endlessly to Mummy in this room. 206 00:15:59,441 --> 00:16:00,441 I used to hear them. 207 00:16:03,561 --> 00:16:04,041 (children giggling) 208 00:16:05,081 --> 00:16:08,161 I used to creep to the top of the stairs to listen. 209 00:16:11,201 --> 00:16:14,201 And then at Sunday tea all the family came 210 00:16:15,601 --> 00:16:17,081 and I had to perform. 211 00:16:18,321 --> 00:16:21,361 I had to get up and do my party piece. 212 00:16:24,561 --> 00:16:28,441 And in the end I began to enjoy it. 213 00:16:29,521 --> 00:16:30,641 To look forward to it. 214 00:16:33,401 --> 00:16:35,121 It was nice being different. 215 00:16:37,441 --> 00:16:37,961 I mean you didn't get told off, 216 00:16:39,401 --> 00:16:41,881 you just had all the nice things, all the. 217 00:16:44,681 --> 00:16:45,681 You see, it wasn't a trick. 218 00:16:47,121 --> 00:16:49,921 It was there all those years ago, here in this room. 219 00:16:50,841 --> 00:16:52,320 And it was real. 220 00:16:52,321 --> 00:16:54,001 It was happening to me. 221 00:16:55,321 --> 00:16:57,041 I didn't have to make it up. 222 00:16:59,521 --> 00:17:00,960 Don't you see. 223 00:17:00,961 --> 00:17:04,041 That's why, that's why it has to happen Billy. 224 00:17:06,041 --> 00:17:08,321 Otherwise what's it all been for. 225 00:17:10,921 --> 00:17:12,401 Just to take a collection every Wednesday afternoon, 226 00:17:13,921 --> 00:17:15,001 rain or fine. 227 00:17:17,761 --> 00:17:21,201 I mean eight pounds ten in a biscuit tin. 228 00:17:23,961 --> 00:17:24,801 No, no. 229 00:17:30,121 --> 00:17:32,641 It has to be more than that Billy, it has to be. 230 00:17:33,961 --> 00:17:38,961 And Arthur's quite certain is he. 231 00:17:39,281 --> 00:17:42,281 If you're ready. 232 00:17:43,321 --> 00:17:44,321 Well then. 233 00:17:46,921 --> 00:17:49,001 I mustn't disappoint him. 234 00:17:52,681 --> 00:17:53,521 Must I? 235 00:18:16,721 --> 00:18:19,881 (bike engine revving) 236 00:18:28,001 --> 00:18:30,761 (downbeat music) 237 00:21:09,041 --> 00:21:12,041 (children shouting) 238 00:21:36,121 --> 00:21:38,721 (bell chiming) 239 00:21:46,521 --> 00:21:49,241 (birds chirping) 240 00:21:54,121 --> 00:21:57,201 (car engine roaring) 241 00:22:15,161 --> 00:22:17,761 (bell ringing) 242 00:22:44,721 --> 00:22:46,721 Excuse me, are you Mr Clayton's chauffeur? 243 00:22:48,201 --> 00:22:49,041 Yes. 244 00:22:49,961 --> 00:22:51,080 The headmistress, Miss Bray, 245 00:22:51,081 --> 00:22:53,081 she's got a letter for you to give to Mr Clayton. 246 00:22:54,401 --> 00:22:55,281 Oh thank you. 247 00:22:56,321 --> 00:22:57,760 No no I haven't got it. 248 00:22:57,761 --> 00:22:59,761 She wanted to give it to you in person. 249 00:23:01,001 --> 00:23:01,921 Oh right. 250 00:23:03,281 --> 00:23:05,361 See you in a tick Amanda. 251 00:23:24,761 --> 00:23:27,521 (dramatic music) 252 00:23:32,201 --> 00:23:35,201 (car horn blasting) 253 00:23:45,201 --> 00:23:48,121 (brakes squealing) 254 00:25:24,721 --> 00:25:26,201 Open the door, there's a good girl. 255 00:25:27,241 --> 00:25:28,520 Come on be a good girl, open it up. 256 00:25:28,521 --> 00:25:31,521 (children shouting) 257 00:25:44,081 --> 00:25:45,521 I won't hurt you, I promise. 258 00:25:47,201 --> 00:25:48,720 It's only a game, I promise. 259 00:25:48,721 --> 00:25:51,161 Cross my heart, it's only a game. 260 00:25:57,961 --> 00:26:00,801 (ball clattering) 261 00:26:11,961 --> 00:26:12,441 It must be out here somewhere. 262 00:26:13,961 --> 00:26:14,801 I know. 263 00:26:16,281 --> 00:26:17,441 Where is it? 264 00:26:20,401 --> 00:26:21,361 Hey, here. 265 00:26:24,921 --> 00:26:25,401 - Thanks Mister! - Thanks Mister. 266 00:26:26,761 --> 00:26:29,241 Well play further away next time, you'll hit someone. 267 00:26:30,361 --> 00:26:32,361 - All right! - All right. 268 00:27:00,441 --> 00:27:02,361 Don't be afraid dear. 269 00:27:03,841 --> 00:27:05,161 Don't be afraid. 270 00:27:06,321 --> 00:27:07,640 It's only a game. 271 00:27:07,641 --> 00:27:10,881 (train engine roaring) 272 00:28:13,081 --> 00:28:16,241 (bike engine roaring) 273 00:28:30,241 --> 00:28:33,001 (water gurgling) 274 00:28:39,161 --> 00:28:40,161 I think it needs one more good rinse. 275 00:28:41,561 --> 00:28:42,760 Can you manage? 276 00:28:42,761 --> 00:28:44,081 Yes thank you. 277 00:28:45,041 --> 00:28:48,361 I'll just go have another look at her. 278 00:29:25,241 --> 00:29:28,761 (soaring classical music) 279 00:29:33,441 --> 00:29:34,280 I've had another look at her. 280 00:29:34,281 --> 00:29:36,121 She's still all right. 281 00:29:38,401 --> 00:29:40,281 Well don't fuss. 282 00:29:41,201 --> 00:29:42,721 The worst thing you can do with children is to fuss. 283 00:29:44,201 --> 00:29:45,681 It confuses them. 284 00:29:52,801 --> 00:29:53,281 Read this to me will you. 285 00:29:54,721 --> 00:29:56,201 I want to hear how it sounds. 286 00:29:57,561 --> 00:30:01,121 Use this in case we want to make corrections. 287 00:30:02,921 --> 00:30:05,401 You want me to read it out loud do you? 288 00:30:06,641 --> 00:30:07,441 Yes. 289 00:30:09,561 --> 00:30:13,041 Well could we have that a little quieter please? 290 00:30:14,241 --> 00:30:15,761 Oh Billy, I do wish you weren't such a bore 291 00:30:16,881 --> 00:30:18,281 about good music. 292 00:30:22,121 --> 00:30:22,641 Dear sir. 293 00:30:23,841 --> 00:30:24,321 This is to notify you that your-- 294 00:30:25,761 --> 00:30:26,601 Uh-uh. 295 00:30:27,841 --> 00:30:28,321 That's not a good start. 296 00:30:29,561 --> 00:30:30,560 Too formal. 297 00:30:30,561 --> 00:30:31,520 Cross it out. 298 00:30:31,521 --> 00:30:32,001 We don't need an introduction. 299 00:30:33,361 --> 00:30:34,160 Oh. 300 00:30:34,161 --> 00:30:35,440 This is to notify you 301 00:30:35,441 --> 00:30:37,441 that your daughter is in our possession. 302 00:30:38,681 --> 00:30:40,681 She is quite safe and if you follow instructions 303 00:30:41,961 --> 00:30:43,321 she will remain safe. 304 00:30:44,361 --> 00:30:46,881 By this time you will have informed the police, 305 00:30:48,281 --> 00:30:49,560 that was to be expected, 306 00:30:49,561 --> 00:30:52,641 but do not tell them about this letter. 307 00:30:54,161 --> 00:30:55,600 Oh full stop after letter. 308 00:30:55,601 --> 00:30:56,081 Do not tell them about this letter. 309 00:30:57,201 --> 00:30:58,121 Destroy it. 310 00:30:59,161 --> 00:31:01,161 We are professionals and we mean business. 311 00:31:02,361 --> 00:31:03,881 You will find enclosed 312 00:31:05,121 --> 00:31:07,761 a lock of your daughter's hair as proof. 313 00:31:08,801 --> 00:31:10,281 Wait, um, change that. 314 00:31:11,561 --> 00:31:12,921 Lock means curl. 315 00:31:14,961 --> 00:31:17,601 Make it piece, her hair's straight. 316 00:31:19,761 --> 00:31:21,080 Or just some. 317 00:31:21,081 --> 00:31:21,961 Piece. 318 00:31:25,241 --> 00:31:25,761 Piece. 319 00:31:27,161 --> 00:31:29,681 I enclose a piece of your daughter's hair as proof. 320 00:31:30,921 --> 00:31:32,401 Your instructions are as follows, full stop. 321 00:31:33,641 --> 00:31:34,441 One. 322 00:31:35,801 --> 00:31:36,801 You will put an advert into the personal column 323 00:31:38,081 --> 00:31:38,601 of tomorrow's Evening Standard 324 00:31:39,961 --> 00:31:44,321 to the effect that you are willing to oblige and sign, 325 00:31:45,321 --> 00:31:47,321 willing to oblige and sign it with your Christian name. 326 00:31:48,641 --> 00:31:49,441 Good. 327 00:31:50,401 --> 00:31:52,401 This advert you will address to Longfellow. 328 00:31:53,721 --> 00:31:55,040 Full stop. 329 00:31:55,041 --> 00:31:55,881 Two. 330 00:31:57,121 --> 00:31:58,641 You will get a blue BOAC overnight bag 331 00:32:00,081 --> 00:32:03,921 and put into it £25,000. 332 00:32:06,561 --> 00:32:07,561 You will be informed later by telephone 333 00:32:08,721 --> 00:32:10,201 where and when you are to deliver the money. 334 00:32:11,321 --> 00:32:16,001 After delivery your daughter will be returned unharmed 335 00:32:17,041 --> 00:32:19,561 but if these instructions are not followed perfectly 336 00:32:20,801 --> 00:32:25,041 or if there is any attempt to detain the man to whom. 337 00:32:27,001 --> 00:32:28,561 That doesn't have an E does it. 338 00:32:30,561 --> 00:32:31,360 What? 339 00:32:31,361 --> 00:32:32,201 [Billy] Whom. 340 00:32:33,241 --> 00:32:34,081 No. 341 00:32:36,001 --> 00:32:36,881 You've got one. 342 00:32:39,041 --> 00:32:39,561 If there's any attempt to detain the man 343 00:32:40,801 --> 00:32:42,281 to whom you will give the money, 344 00:32:43,321 --> 00:32:46,841 you will never see your daughter alive again. 345 00:32:49,321 --> 00:32:50,241 Signed Longfellow. 346 00:32:53,801 --> 00:32:54,801 Well I suppose we need that last bit do we. 347 00:32:55,881 --> 00:32:57,001 Yes we need it. 348 00:33:00,761 --> 00:33:02,241 Even though we don't mean it. 349 00:33:03,281 --> 00:33:04,440 Even though we don't mean it, 350 00:33:04,441 --> 00:33:06,161 they have to believe we mean it. 351 00:33:09,281 --> 00:33:11,281 Yes I suppose the truth of the matter is 352 00:33:12,321 --> 00:33:15,561 I haven't taken it in yet. 353 00:33:18,441 --> 00:33:19,281 What we've done. 354 00:33:20,841 --> 00:33:22,000 Well what have we done? 355 00:33:22,001 --> 00:33:25,401 We've borrowed a child, that's what we've done. 356 00:33:26,601 --> 00:33:29,241 They have another word for it. 357 00:33:32,201 --> 00:33:32,721 We have borrowed a child Billy. 358 00:33:34,201 --> 00:33:34,721 Borrowed, borrowed. 359 00:33:35,761 --> 00:33:37,041 Just keep saying that. 360 00:33:39,081 --> 00:33:39,601 Now get on with your letter. 361 00:33:40,921 --> 00:33:43,081 I'll be back down shortly. 362 00:34:06,641 --> 00:34:07,961 Very good Billy. 363 00:34:15,361 --> 00:34:16,361 It won't be a joke anymore will it. 364 00:34:17,561 --> 00:34:18,681 Once you've posted it. 365 00:34:21,401 --> 00:34:22,800 It never was a joke Billy. 366 00:34:22,801 --> 00:34:23,801 [Billy] No but you know what I mean. 367 00:34:24,961 --> 00:34:26,041 Once you post it 368 00:34:27,041 --> 00:34:29,241 no one else is going to use the word borrow. 369 00:34:30,361 --> 00:34:31,241 Oh Billy. 370 00:34:32,201 --> 00:34:34,201 How many times must I tell you. 371 00:34:35,921 --> 00:34:37,921 What we're doing is a means to an end. 372 00:34:39,121 --> 00:34:40,961 Now you agree with the end don't you. 373 00:34:42,601 --> 00:34:44,761 Well then you must agree with the means. 374 00:34:45,761 --> 00:34:47,681 You can't have one without the other. 375 00:34:49,681 --> 00:34:51,361 Burn these after I leave. 376 00:34:53,561 --> 00:34:54,041 But we're not going to keep the money 377 00:34:55,201 --> 00:34:57,161 and the child won't be hurt in any way. 378 00:34:59,361 --> 00:35:00,201 [Billy] No. 379 00:35:01,401 --> 00:35:03,921 Except if it goes wrong, who's going to believe that. 380 00:35:04,961 --> 00:35:08,601 I mean we can't expect anybody to believe the real reason. 381 00:35:09,801 --> 00:35:12,001 The trouble is Billy you lack imagination. 382 00:35:13,761 --> 00:35:14,761 You miss all the good things in life 383 00:35:16,121 --> 00:35:17,641 just because you won't reach that bit further 384 00:35:18,841 --> 00:35:19,961 to touch the truth. 385 00:35:23,401 --> 00:35:24,841 Say you love me. 386 00:35:28,841 --> 00:35:29,761 I love you. 387 00:35:32,161 --> 00:35:35,201 And you couldn't live without me could you. 388 00:35:36,521 --> 00:35:38,801 I mean you tried it once and you had to come back 389 00:35:39,841 --> 00:35:41,521 and I took you back, didn't I. 390 00:35:43,201 --> 00:35:46,361 And you made me a promise, remember. 391 00:35:48,681 --> 00:35:49,921 You promised me. 392 00:35:52,841 --> 00:35:53,681 Yes. 393 00:35:55,801 --> 00:35:56,641 I promised you. 394 00:36:01,201 --> 00:36:02,721 Go on, post your letter. 395 00:36:05,401 --> 00:36:06,761 And come back safely. 396 00:36:08,361 --> 00:36:09,561 Say come back safely. 397 00:36:13,041 --> 00:36:14,201 And come back safely. 398 00:36:32,121 --> 00:36:34,121 Oh God, oh Jesus, take her before it's too late. 399 00:36:35,561 --> 00:36:38,041 (tense music) 400 00:37:05,321 --> 00:37:05,841 Girl missing. 401 00:37:07,001 --> 00:37:08,001 Where, oh. 402 00:37:09,281 --> 00:37:09,801 "The only daughter of Charles Clayton, 403 00:37:11,201 --> 00:37:12,201 "wealthy chairman of Clayton Industries Limited 404 00:37:13,401 --> 00:37:16,921 "was last night stated to be missing from home." 405 00:37:17,961 --> 00:37:18,961 [Billy] It doesn't say much does it. 406 00:37:20,281 --> 00:37:22,281 They never do at first, that doesn't worry me. 407 00:37:23,441 --> 00:37:24,441 I want it to start slowly. 408 00:37:25,521 --> 00:37:27,401 You get her breakfast, I'll change. 409 00:37:56,121 --> 00:37:58,881 (downbeat music) 410 00:38:23,361 --> 00:38:24,280 Good morning Amanda. 411 00:38:24,281 --> 00:38:28,201 How are you feeling this morning, a bit better? 412 00:38:37,321 --> 00:38:38,321 Just going to take your temperature 413 00:38:39,681 --> 00:38:41,521 and then you can have your breakfast. 414 00:38:42,401 --> 00:38:43,680 Who are you? 415 00:38:43,681 --> 00:38:45,160 [Myra] Nice scrambled eggs, 416 00:38:45,161 --> 00:38:47,241 and we don't want them to get cold do we. 417 00:38:48,201 --> 00:38:48,721 Lie back and open your mouth. 418 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:51,681 I want to know who you are first. 419 00:38:52,801 --> 00:38:54,001 [Myra] I'm your nurse. 420 00:38:55,001 --> 00:38:56,360 What nurse? 421 00:38:56,361 --> 00:38:56,881 [Myra] Nurse Johnson. 422 00:38:57,921 --> 00:38:58,761 Under the tongue. 423 00:39:00,241 --> 00:39:01,280 There. 424 00:39:01,281 --> 00:39:02,281 No talking now. 425 00:39:12,881 --> 00:39:13,361 You're in hospital. 426 00:39:14,401 --> 00:39:16,121 Ever been in hospital before? 427 00:39:19,441 --> 00:39:21,561 Well then you'll know how to behave. 428 00:39:28,041 --> 00:39:30,081 You didn't take that long enough. 429 00:39:31,721 --> 00:39:32,840 [Myra] Didn't I? 430 00:39:32,841 --> 00:39:35,601 No, Doctor Loxton takes ages. 431 00:39:37,761 --> 00:39:38,801 Why am I in hospital? 432 00:39:40,041 --> 00:39:41,240 [Myra] Why? 433 00:39:41,241 --> 00:39:42,320 Yes. 434 00:39:42,321 --> 00:39:44,881 Caroline says you only go to hospital to die. 435 00:39:46,121 --> 00:39:47,200 [Myra] Who's Caroline? 436 00:39:47,201 --> 00:39:48,401 My best friend. 437 00:39:51,161 --> 00:39:52,681 [Myra] Well Caroline is just being silly. 438 00:39:53,721 --> 00:39:55,561 No she isn't, she's very clever. 439 00:39:57,321 --> 00:39:58,321 She's a Christian Scientist. 440 00:39:59,841 --> 00:40:00,801 [Myra] Oh is she. 441 00:40:02,841 --> 00:40:03,921 There we are. 442 00:40:05,961 --> 00:40:06,881 What have I got? 443 00:40:08,881 --> 00:40:10,320 [Myra] German measles. 444 00:40:10,321 --> 00:40:11,161 Had it. 445 00:40:12,121 --> 00:40:13,961 Oh no, this is a very special kind. 446 00:40:14,921 --> 00:40:16,041 Double German measles. 447 00:40:17,041 --> 00:40:17,881 Very catchy. 448 00:40:21,441 --> 00:40:22,441 Is it very special? 449 00:40:23,521 --> 00:40:24,001 [Myra] Mm, very. 450 00:40:25,401 --> 00:40:28,521 That's why you've got a room to yourself. 451 00:40:38,841 --> 00:40:41,001 I was at school, I wasn't ill. 452 00:40:42,121 --> 00:40:42,641 [Myra] Yes you were. 453 00:40:43,921 --> 00:40:46,441 You were sent home from school, don't you remember. 454 00:40:48,241 --> 00:40:49,961 Now eat your breakfast. 455 00:40:51,921 --> 00:40:53,801 Why have you got that on your face? 456 00:40:55,521 --> 00:40:58,521 [Myra] I have to wear it in case I catch your measles. 457 00:41:04,001 --> 00:41:05,161 You eat it up. 458 00:41:20,721 --> 00:41:21,721 You didn't tell her she'd be going, 459 00:41:22,961 --> 00:41:23,441 you didn't tell her she'd be going home soon. 460 00:41:24,721 --> 00:41:25,201 I think you ought to tell her that. 461 00:41:26,441 --> 00:41:27,441 I thought you were gonna tell her that right away. 462 00:41:28,721 --> 00:41:29,641 Well I forgot. 463 00:41:34,881 --> 00:41:36,881 You know with children you have to tell them. 464 00:41:38,121 --> 00:41:39,121 Set their little minds at rest right away. 465 00:41:40,201 --> 00:41:43,001 Billy what do you know about children. 466 00:41:44,361 --> 00:41:44,881 They're really quite adaptable, children. 467 00:41:46,081 --> 00:41:47,081 They're like little animals. 468 00:41:48,601 --> 00:41:50,601 You know how animals look in the pet shop, in the windows. 469 00:41:51,761 --> 00:41:53,761 When you see them they, you take them home and you feed them 470 00:41:55,041 --> 00:41:58,281 and they adapt in a matter of hours. 471 00:42:00,081 --> 00:42:00,921 Billy. 472 00:42:04,601 --> 00:42:07,241 Yes dear, you're right I'm sure. 473 00:42:08,681 --> 00:42:10,681 Well you remember what Arthur was like at her age. 474 00:42:12,001 --> 00:42:13,521 I mean they're quite pleased to be sick. 475 00:42:14,801 --> 00:42:18,001 Makes them feel different and important. 476 00:42:23,321 --> 00:42:24,161 Billy. 477 00:42:31,761 --> 00:42:33,121 I wonder could you help me. 478 00:42:35,721 --> 00:42:38,361 Do you know where a Mr and Mrs Clayton live? 479 00:42:40,401 --> 00:42:40,921 In what connection is it madam? 480 00:42:42,241 --> 00:42:43,241 I want to see Mr Clayton. 481 00:42:44,521 --> 00:42:45,921 Do you have an appointment? 482 00:42:47,081 --> 00:42:47,921 No I don't. 483 00:42:49,281 --> 00:42:50,120 Well this is the house 484 00:42:50,121 --> 00:42:51,641 but I don't think Mr Clayton can see you. 485 00:42:52,801 --> 00:42:54,441 It's not official business is it. 486 00:42:56,441 --> 00:42:57,281 No. 487 00:42:58,961 --> 00:42:59,441 But I really do think he would see me 488 00:43:00,681 --> 00:43:02,521 if he knew what I'd come about. 489 00:43:04,201 --> 00:43:05,601 What have you come about then? 490 00:43:07,721 --> 00:43:10,361 Something that vitally concerns him at this moment. 491 00:43:15,241 --> 00:43:16,921 Well I'll ask up at the house. 492 00:43:18,161 --> 00:43:19,001 Come with me. 493 00:43:28,401 --> 00:43:29,681 [Photographer] Hey Miss! 494 00:43:36,201 --> 00:43:37,160 [Policeman] I'd like to see Mr Clayton 495 00:43:37,161 --> 00:43:39,241 for a minute please Miss. 496 00:43:54,561 --> 00:43:56,561 We'll just have to cancel, that's no problem surely. 497 00:43:57,881 --> 00:43:58,721 Thank you Karla. 498 00:44:00,281 --> 00:44:01,440 Yes officer, what is it now. 499 00:44:01,441 --> 00:44:02,560 I'm sorry to trouble you again sir 500 00:44:02,561 --> 00:44:03,561 but I believe this lady has some information regarding-- 501 00:44:04,761 --> 00:44:06,761 This is my card Mr Clayton. 502 00:44:09,281 --> 00:44:09,801 Who is it darling? 503 00:44:10,961 --> 00:44:11,441 Look I don't know sweetie. 504 00:44:12,801 --> 00:44:13,841 I'm just finding out. 505 00:44:14,881 --> 00:44:15,361 All right officer, I'll deal with this. 506 00:44:16,761 --> 00:44:17,241 Perhaps you better hang on a moment will you. 507 00:44:18,721 --> 00:44:20,200 Karla will you ask Mrs Miles, oh it's all right. 508 00:44:20,201 --> 00:44:21,560 Mrs Miles, will you get the constable 509 00:44:21,561 --> 00:44:22,721 a cup of coffee please. 510 00:44:24,201 --> 00:44:25,120 Would you like one darling? 511 00:44:25,121 --> 00:44:26,240 No. 512 00:44:26,241 --> 00:44:27,241 Will you come this way Mrs Savage. 513 00:44:28,641 --> 00:44:29,440 (phone ringing) Oh I'm so sorry. 514 00:44:29,441 --> 00:44:30,961 Darling this is Mrs Savage, my wife. 515 00:44:32,401 --> 00:44:33,241 In here. 516 00:44:36,761 --> 00:44:39,081 No I'm sorry, that's all I have to say. 517 00:44:40,601 --> 00:44:41,440 Who was that? 518 00:44:41,441 --> 00:44:43,441 [Sheila] Nothing Mr Clayton, just another newspaper. 519 00:44:44,681 --> 00:44:46,121 Get me some cigarettes Sheila, will you. 520 00:44:46,961 --> 00:44:47,961 Couple of packets, box of 100, anything. 521 00:44:49,281 --> 00:44:50,441 Oh I'm sorry, sit down. 522 00:44:55,321 --> 00:44:56,841 Yes Mrs Savage, what information do you have. 523 00:44:58,201 --> 00:45:00,201 Well I'm afraid I don't have anything definite, 524 00:45:01,241 --> 00:45:02,681 that is definite to you. 525 00:45:03,921 --> 00:45:07,121 But I read the papers this morning and I felt I must come. 526 00:45:08,201 --> 00:45:11,681 You see last night I had a dream. 527 00:45:13,081 --> 00:45:14,240 A dream? 528 00:45:14,241 --> 00:45:15,081 Yes. 529 00:45:17,041 --> 00:45:17,921 Mrs Savage. 530 00:45:19,001 --> 00:45:21,721 I don't want to be rude but we've been up all night. 531 00:45:22,721 --> 00:45:23,201 I'm sure you came here with the best of intentions 532 00:45:24,441 --> 00:45:25,440 but we've had offers of help 533 00:45:25,441 --> 00:45:27,041 from other people like yourself. 534 00:45:27,961 --> 00:45:28,441 We had a man in here half an hour ago 535 00:45:29,601 --> 00:45:30,560 who offered to find our daughter 536 00:45:30,561 --> 00:45:33,041 with the aid of a divining rod, you do see don't you. 537 00:45:34,401 --> 00:45:35,921 Yes of course, but there is a difference. 538 00:45:37,241 --> 00:45:39,241 You see I am a professional medium 539 00:45:40,641 --> 00:45:41,641 and my dreams are not without significance. 540 00:45:42,881 --> 00:45:44,681 What sort of dream was it? 541 00:45:46,801 --> 00:45:48,281 I saw a little girl sitting alone. 542 00:45:49,441 --> 00:45:49,961 She was lost. 543 00:45:51,041 --> 00:45:52,041 I was quite sure she was lost. 544 00:45:53,361 --> 00:45:54,361 Of course that in itself wouldn't mean much 545 00:45:55,601 --> 00:45:57,601 but the symbolism was very strong. 546 00:45:58,881 --> 00:45:59,721 Symbolism? 547 00:46:00,801 --> 00:46:02,080 Yes. 548 00:46:02,081 --> 00:46:03,601 The little girl was surrounded by clay. 549 00:46:05,041 --> 00:46:05,561 Wet clay. 550 00:46:06,961 --> 00:46:07,441 And when I read your name in the papers 551 00:46:08,641 --> 00:46:10,921 I coupled it with the clay. 552 00:46:13,601 --> 00:46:14,401 I see. 553 00:46:17,761 --> 00:46:18,761 Darling you don't have any cigarettes do you. 554 00:46:19,881 --> 00:46:20,881 No, no I haven't. 555 00:46:22,121 --> 00:46:26,681 And that means something does it, Mrs Savage. 556 00:46:27,561 --> 00:46:28,361 Oh yes. 557 00:46:29,321 --> 00:46:32,841 Yes the connection between the clay and your name 558 00:46:34,201 --> 00:46:34,721 was too strong to ignore. 559 00:46:36,201 --> 00:46:37,560 Was that all? 560 00:46:37,561 --> 00:46:38,361 No. 561 00:46:39,401 --> 00:46:41,921 The child in my dream used some names. 562 00:46:43,161 --> 00:46:44,001 Names? 563 00:46:44,841 --> 00:46:46,280 Yes. 564 00:46:46,281 --> 00:46:49,361 She said Caroline first of all. 565 00:46:50,241 --> 00:46:52,201 That's her best friend at school. 566 00:46:53,121 --> 00:46:53,641 Yes well she kept saying that. 567 00:46:54,921 --> 00:46:59,161 And then just before my dream ended she said hedge. 568 00:47:00,961 --> 00:47:01,441 Could that mean anything? 569 00:47:02,761 --> 00:47:04,761 Yes Hedgey, that's her toy. 570 00:47:06,001 --> 00:47:06,521 Well it's a sort of funny old hedgehog 571 00:47:07,881 --> 00:47:09,240 all falling to pieces. 572 00:47:09,241 --> 00:47:10,241 She won't ever sleep without it. 573 00:47:11,721 --> 00:47:14,241 Well it must be that, mustn't it darling. 574 00:47:15,881 --> 00:47:16,881 You see she had it with her when, 575 00:47:18,041 --> 00:47:20,001 well she'd taken it to school with her. 576 00:47:22,361 --> 00:47:24,041 It's something to go on isn't it. 577 00:47:25,921 --> 00:47:26,921 Nothing else Mrs Savage. 578 00:47:27,961 --> 00:47:29,441 No just those three things. 579 00:47:30,521 --> 00:47:31,561 Mrs Savage. 580 00:47:33,081 --> 00:47:35,601 You are a professional medium are you? 581 00:47:36,681 --> 00:47:37,521 Yes. 582 00:47:39,161 --> 00:47:40,681 Darling what do you think we ought to do. 583 00:47:41,721 --> 00:47:42,641 Now just a moment sweetie. 584 00:47:44,041 --> 00:47:45,001 Mrs Savage. 585 00:47:45,921 --> 00:47:47,921 Again I don't want to appear rude or ungrateful. 586 00:47:49,001 --> 00:47:49,840 But what you've just told us 587 00:47:49,841 --> 00:47:50,840 you could've learned by accident 588 00:47:50,841 --> 00:47:53,161 or by half a dozen other different ways. 589 00:47:54,121 --> 00:47:55,160 People gossip. 590 00:47:55,161 --> 00:47:56,161 I have a staff, they gossip. 591 00:47:57,201 --> 00:47:57,721 You could've read about it in a magazine. 592 00:47:58,801 --> 00:47:59,801 They're always writing things about my wife. 593 00:48:00,881 --> 00:48:02,360 Anyway you could've come by this information 594 00:48:02,361 --> 00:48:03,760 in a dozen different ways. 595 00:48:03,761 --> 00:48:04,761 Yes but the point is that I didn't. 596 00:48:05,801 --> 00:48:06,281 I had a dream. 597 00:48:07,401 --> 00:48:07,921 The point is Mrs Savage, and forgive me 598 00:48:09,001 --> 00:48:10,521 I don't know why you came to see me and not the police. 599 00:48:11,921 --> 00:48:13,040 If your dream means so much, 600 00:48:13,041 --> 00:48:14,560 and presumably you think it does, 601 00:48:14,561 --> 00:48:16,041 I find it very odd that you didn't go to the police first. 602 00:48:17,401 --> 00:48:18,401 Now let me ask you a question Mrs Savage. 603 00:48:19,721 --> 00:48:20,960 What do you want out of it? 604 00:48:20,961 --> 00:48:22,440 - Darling. - I'm sorry? 605 00:48:22,441 --> 00:48:23,920 Well what's in it for you? 606 00:48:23,921 --> 00:48:25,161 You must have some angle. 607 00:48:27,361 --> 00:48:28,361 You think I'm after money? 608 00:48:29,561 --> 00:48:30,960 Well it's possible isn't it. 609 00:48:30,961 --> 00:48:31,800 Eh? 610 00:48:31,801 --> 00:48:33,801 People do do things for money, it has been known. 611 00:48:35,361 --> 00:48:36,361 I'm so sorry. 612 00:48:37,201 --> 00:48:40,521 I'm obviously wasting your time, but I do understand. 613 00:48:41,841 --> 00:48:43,841 Goodbye Mrs Clayton and don't worry. 614 00:48:44,961 --> 00:48:45,441 I know your little girl is safe. 615 00:48:46,921 --> 00:48:47,401 You don't know anything of the kind 616 00:48:48,521 --> 00:48:49,521 so don't give my wife any false hopes. 617 00:48:50,961 --> 00:48:51,800 I'll tell you something 618 00:48:51,801 --> 00:48:53,280 that wasn't in your dream Mrs Savage, 619 00:48:53,281 --> 00:48:53,801 and I might just as well tell you 620 00:48:55,001 --> 00:48:55,521 because it'll be in the papers any moment. 621 00:48:56,961 --> 00:48:57,441 Our little girl has been kidnapped, 622 00:48:58,601 --> 00:49:00,081 she's being held for ransom. 623 00:49:00,721 --> 00:49:03,161 - I'm so sorry, I didn't know. - (phone ringing) 624 00:49:03,201 --> 00:49:05,081 No no exactly, thank you for coming. 625 00:49:06,041 --> 00:49:07,241 Yes, speaking. 626 00:49:08,161 --> 00:49:09,080 I'm terribly sorry Mrs Savage. 627 00:49:09,081 --> 00:49:09,601 It's just that we're both so worried. 628 00:49:10,841 --> 00:49:11,680 [Charles] No I've got 629 00:49:11,681 --> 00:49:12,680 - nothing to say! - Although I do think the fact 630 00:49:12,681 --> 00:49:13,800 that they've got in touch with us 631 00:49:13,801 --> 00:49:14,281 means that she's safe, don't you. 632 00:49:15,681 --> 00:49:16,161 I mean they usually do this sort of thing 633 00:49:17,401 --> 00:49:18,320 for the money, don't they. 634 00:49:18,321 --> 00:49:19,600 Nothing else. 635 00:49:19,601 --> 00:49:20,081 I'm quite sure she'll be all right 636 00:49:21,161 --> 00:49:23,161 and I do understand your husband not having time for me. 637 00:49:24,641 --> 00:49:25,440 [Charles] No nothing! 638 00:49:25,441 --> 00:49:26,961 But I'm never wrong about these things. 639 00:49:28,121 --> 00:49:29,121 Thank you very much for coming. 640 00:49:30,201 --> 00:49:30,721 Anything helps at the moment. 641 00:49:32,201 --> 00:49:34,241 Oh Sheila, will you show Mrs Savage out. 642 00:49:35,521 --> 00:49:37,000 Thank you. 643 00:49:37,001 --> 00:49:37,521 Look if I get one more call from you 644 00:49:38,681 --> 00:49:40,161 I'll have the phone disconnected. 645 00:49:43,841 --> 00:49:45,561 What about those bastards darling? 646 00:49:46,881 --> 00:49:48,361 They wanna take a picture of you and me in her bedroom. 647 00:49:49,841 --> 00:49:50,841 What with them and that phoney bitch and her stupid dreams, 648 00:49:51,921 --> 00:49:53,200 I've just about had enough. 649 00:49:53,201 --> 00:49:54,041 Yes. 650 00:49:57,041 --> 00:49:59,201 Well I don't care about any of them really. 651 00:50:00,401 --> 00:50:03,601 I don't care what pictures they take or who finds her. 652 00:50:07,041 --> 00:50:09,321 Just as long as we get her back. 653 00:50:12,601 --> 00:50:14,081 Excuse me ma'am. 654 00:50:15,321 --> 00:50:16,600 Excuse me. 655 00:50:16,601 --> 00:50:17,601 I wonder if I could trouble you for one of those cards. 656 00:50:18,921 --> 00:50:19,760 [Myra] I'm sorry? 657 00:50:19,761 --> 00:50:20,600 Your name and address ma'am. 658 00:50:20,601 --> 00:50:21,520 I'm supposed to make a note of everybody 659 00:50:21,521 --> 00:50:22,441 who comes and goes. 660 00:50:23,401 --> 00:50:25,401 Oh yes, of course. 661 00:50:26,441 --> 00:50:27,280 It's purely for the record. 662 00:50:27,281 --> 00:50:28,440 Thank you. 663 00:50:28,441 --> 00:50:29,961 Oh by the way, those blokes hanging about the gate. 664 00:50:31,201 --> 00:50:32,520 Reporters. 665 00:50:32,521 --> 00:50:33,001 Take my tip and walk right past. 666 00:50:34,201 --> 00:50:35,521 You don't wanna get mixed up with them. 667 00:50:37,081 --> 00:50:38,521 Oh no, of course not. 668 00:50:40,321 --> 00:50:41,680 Thank you for telling me. 669 00:50:41,681 --> 00:50:43,121 I'll use the other gate. 670 00:50:51,241 --> 00:50:54,441 She wants some cocoa and some potato crisps. 671 00:50:55,561 --> 00:50:56,561 We haven't got any have we. 672 00:50:57,721 --> 00:50:58,201 We have cocoa. 673 00:50:59,401 --> 00:51:01,081 What about crisps? 674 00:51:02,561 --> 00:51:03,361 Listen. 675 00:51:13,161 --> 00:51:13,681 Turn out the light. 676 00:51:15,161 --> 00:51:18,161 (car door slamming) 677 00:51:37,921 --> 00:51:40,841 (doorbell ringing) 678 00:51:52,081 --> 00:51:53,081 - Nothing. - Try and knock then. 679 00:51:54,441 --> 00:51:57,361 (knocking at door) 680 00:52:04,681 --> 00:52:05,161 (door rattling) 681 00:52:06,641 --> 00:52:08,721 That's the garage door. 682 00:52:10,801 --> 00:52:12,200 Is it locked? 683 00:52:12,201 --> 00:52:13,041 Yes. 684 00:52:15,681 --> 00:52:17,000 What about the back door though, 685 00:52:17,001 --> 00:52:18,521 supposing they go round the back? 686 00:52:19,641 --> 00:52:21,201 Go and make sure. 687 00:52:24,121 --> 00:52:25,041 Be careful. 688 00:53:02,041 --> 00:53:03,561 (plates crashing) 689 00:53:05,041 --> 00:53:06,561 [Amanda] Doctor! 690 00:53:09,761 --> 00:53:10,601 Nurse! 691 00:53:14,081 --> 00:53:15,521 Nurse I want you! 692 00:53:20,241 --> 00:53:21,081 Nurse! 693 00:53:24,161 --> 00:53:25,001 Doctor! 694 00:53:37,761 --> 00:53:40,841 (car engine revving) 695 00:53:50,921 --> 00:53:51,761 Nurse! 696 00:53:54,201 --> 00:53:55,641 Nurse I want you! 697 00:53:58,841 --> 00:53:59,321 It's all right. 698 00:54:00,641 --> 00:54:02,120 It's all right. 699 00:54:02,121 --> 00:54:04,441 Go and see what she wants. 700 00:54:06,401 --> 00:54:08,161 And put your mask on. 701 00:54:12,841 --> 00:54:14,921 I'll get her drink ready. 702 00:54:23,721 --> 00:54:25,201 [Amanda] It slipped off. 703 00:54:26,281 --> 00:54:27,520 [Billy] Oh dear. 704 00:54:27,521 --> 00:54:29,841 Well accidents will happen. 705 00:54:31,041 --> 00:54:33,001 I thought perhaps you'd fallen out of bed. 706 00:54:34,201 --> 00:54:35,201 The nurse is just making your drink. 707 00:54:36,521 --> 00:54:37,521 Did you enjoy your dinner? 708 00:54:38,641 --> 00:54:40,040 I don't like eating in bed. 709 00:54:40,041 --> 00:54:41,520 You get all crumbs. 710 00:54:41,521 --> 00:54:43,001 [Billy] Yes I've found that. 711 00:54:44,441 --> 00:54:45,801 Are you really a doctor? 712 00:54:47,721 --> 00:54:48,201 [Billy] Yes of course. 713 00:54:49,281 --> 00:54:50,921 You don't smell like a doctor. 714 00:54:52,121 --> 00:54:53,001 [Billy] Don't I? 715 00:54:53,961 --> 00:54:54,441 Well what do doctors smell like? 716 00:54:55,761 --> 00:54:56,681 All pepperminty. 717 00:54:58,361 --> 00:54:59,881 [Billy] Well we'll have to do something about that then 718 00:55:00,961 --> 00:55:02,120 won't we. 719 00:55:02,121 --> 00:55:03,961 Nurse'll be up in a tick. 720 00:55:05,361 --> 00:55:06,441 You'll be all right. 721 00:55:30,241 --> 00:55:31,600 What was it? 722 00:55:31,601 --> 00:55:34,081 Oh she just dropped her tray. 723 00:55:35,161 --> 00:55:37,681 She's really bright you know, really quite bright. 724 00:55:38,881 --> 00:55:41,361 What about the police, will they be back? 725 00:55:42,401 --> 00:55:43,721 Yes but not tonight. 726 00:55:45,401 --> 00:55:46,401 Watch that will you, it's about to boil. 727 00:55:47,681 --> 00:55:49,241 Well they must suspect something. 728 00:55:50,521 --> 00:55:52,521 Everyone's under suspicion once they've made contact. 729 00:55:53,841 --> 00:55:55,121 I knew they'd call. 730 00:55:56,001 --> 00:55:57,440 They were just a little more efficient than I'd imagined, 731 00:55:57,441 --> 00:55:58,281 that's all. 732 00:55:59,881 --> 00:56:01,041 I'm not ready for that. 733 00:56:03,041 --> 00:56:05,041 I think we should take her back now, tonight, 734 00:56:06,121 --> 00:56:07,361 while there's still time. 735 00:56:10,601 --> 00:56:11,680 Oh I need some sugar. 736 00:56:11,681 --> 00:56:13,160 Did you hear what I said? 737 00:56:13,161 --> 00:56:14,080 [Myra] Sugar, sugar. 738 00:56:14,081 --> 00:56:15,080 Look it's not going to work. 739 00:56:15,081 --> 00:56:17,081 If we do something now we might just get away with it. 740 00:56:18,201 --> 00:56:18,721 What would we get away with Billy? 741 00:56:20,001 --> 00:56:20,880 Nothing. 742 00:56:20,881 --> 00:56:21,361 We'd just be taking all the risks 743 00:56:22,801 --> 00:56:24,081 with none of the benefits. 744 00:56:25,721 --> 00:56:26,201 Myra. 745 00:56:27,281 --> 00:56:30,761 We, I committed a criminal act. 746 00:56:31,641 --> 00:56:33,921 I kidnapped her, I didn't borrow her. 747 00:56:34,961 --> 00:56:36,041 And they're onto us. 748 00:56:37,601 --> 00:56:39,801 They made a call, that's all. 749 00:56:40,801 --> 00:56:43,441 Part of a routine investigation. 750 00:56:44,521 --> 00:56:45,001 If they'd had any strong suspicions 751 00:56:46,281 --> 00:56:47,801 they never would've left so easily, now would they. 752 00:56:49,081 --> 00:56:50,081 But they'll be back, you said so yourself. 753 00:56:51,601 --> 00:56:54,081 Yes they'll be back, but not tonight. 754 00:56:55,521 --> 00:56:56,760 They won't be back tonight. 755 00:56:56,761 --> 00:56:57,720 First thing tomorrow morning, 756 00:56:57,721 --> 00:56:59,161 what difference does it make. 757 00:57:00,401 --> 00:57:01,921 A great deal of difference Billy. 758 00:57:03,001 --> 00:57:04,761 She won't be here tomorrow morning. 759 00:57:12,761 --> 00:57:15,681 (spoon clattering) 760 00:57:18,961 --> 00:57:20,321 Billy what was our plan? 761 00:57:21,441 --> 00:57:23,761 Our beautiful perfect plan. 762 00:57:25,521 --> 00:57:26,521 How brave, how excited we were. 763 00:57:27,961 --> 00:57:28,961 Don't you remember conceiving it? 764 00:57:30,321 --> 00:57:31,721 Have you forgotten Billy? 765 00:57:32,801 --> 00:57:35,281 We were going to do something so perfect, so pure, 766 00:57:36,681 --> 00:57:38,120 that would harm no one. 767 00:57:38,121 --> 00:57:38,641 It would only do good. 768 00:57:40,041 --> 00:57:42,281 And we've made a start, a wonderful start. 769 00:57:43,161 --> 00:57:44,681 It's all going exactly as we said. 770 00:57:45,841 --> 00:57:46,841 And when we've done the rest, 771 00:57:47,881 --> 00:57:48,361 when we've got the ransom money 772 00:57:49,441 --> 00:57:50,961 and it's all over the front pages, 773 00:57:52,121 --> 00:57:53,121 that's when it can all come true for us Billy. 774 00:57:54,601 --> 00:57:55,601 I'll make it come true. 775 00:57:56,641 --> 00:57:57,121 I'll tell them where she can be found 776 00:57:58,401 --> 00:57:59,921 and where the money is hidden. 777 00:58:02,201 --> 00:58:03,721 Well I have to do this little lie Billy 778 00:58:05,041 --> 00:58:06,961 so they can know the whole truth. 779 00:58:08,921 --> 00:58:10,961 That's what you want, isn't it. 780 00:58:13,761 --> 00:58:16,681 That's what you've always wanted, ever since. 781 00:58:21,441 --> 00:58:23,561 Well ever since I can remember. 782 00:58:24,961 --> 00:58:27,281 You've wanted nice things for me, haven't you. 783 00:58:28,561 --> 00:58:29,961 That's true isn't it. 784 00:58:32,241 --> 00:58:33,401 Yes that's true dear. 785 00:58:34,761 --> 00:58:35,761 So you know what you have to do tonight. 786 00:58:36,921 --> 00:58:38,441 Just as we rehearsed it. 787 00:58:41,841 --> 00:58:45,081 (train engine roaring) 788 00:59:16,201 --> 00:59:17,720 (phone ringing) 789 00:59:17,721 --> 00:59:18,201 Yes, Barnet three. 790 00:59:19,361 --> 00:59:20,441 Charles Clayton here. 791 00:59:23,161 --> 00:59:24,201 This is Longfellow. 792 00:59:25,281 --> 00:59:26,801 Keep him talking as long as you can. 793 00:59:27,841 --> 00:59:28,921 Yes, yes I'm here. 794 00:59:30,201 --> 00:59:31,361 Where's my little girl? 795 00:59:33,001 --> 00:59:34,641 What have you done with my baby? 796 00:59:37,241 --> 00:59:38,921 Please tell me she's all right. 797 00:59:41,121 --> 00:59:41,641 Hello? 798 00:59:42,721 --> 00:59:43,561 Hello! 799 00:59:45,601 --> 00:59:48,961 Yes, well, listen carefully. 800 00:59:50,841 --> 00:59:51,841 Yes yes, I'm listening. 801 00:59:53,121 --> 00:59:53,641 [Billy] Have you got the money ready? 802 00:59:55,041 --> 00:59:55,561 - Yes. - In the BOAC bag? 803 00:59:56,721 --> 00:59:57,960 [Charles] Yes. 804 00:59:57,961 --> 00:59:58,441 [Billy] Then listen to me. 805 00:59:59,681 --> 01:00:02,001 Go alone to Leicester Square 806 01:00:03,321 --> 01:00:05,521 to the phone box nearest to the taxi rank, 807 01:00:06,361 --> 01:00:07,561 in the northwest corner. 808 01:00:09,001 --> 01:00:09,840 Yes sir. 809 01:00:09,841 --> 01:00:10,681 Yes. 810 01:00:12,601 --> 01:00:13,400 Keep him talking, 811 01:00:13,401 --> 01:00:13,921 - they're tracing it. - Hello, are you listening? 812 01:00:15,081 --> 01:00:15,920 Yes yes, I'm listening, yes. 813 01:00:15,921 --> 01:00:18,201 Go inside it and wait there. 814 01:00:19,641 --> 01:00:20,121 Don't do anything. 815 01:00:21,441 --> 01:00:22,681 Don't use the phone. 816 01:00:23,801 --> 01:00:25,841 Just go inside and wait there. 817 01:00:27,441 --> 01:00:28,720 Have you got all that? 818 01:00:28,721 --> 01:00:29,561 Yes. 819 01:00:31,521 --> 01:00:33,001 Would you repeat that last part again please? 820 01:00:34,281 --> 01:00:37,561 Northwest corner, last booth. 821 01:00:39,241 --> 01:00:40,241 - Northeast? - West, west! 822 01:00:41,601 --> 01:00:43,521 I've said it three times. 823 01:00:44,801 --> 01:00:46,200 Have you got it now? 824 01:00:46,201 --> 01:00:47,520 Yes. 825 01:00:47,521 --> 01:00:48,320 Well that's all then. 826 01:00:48,321 --> 01:00:49,161 Wait! 827 01:00:51,801 --> 01:00:53,081 Don't hurt my baby. 828 01:01:02,361 --> 01:01:04,881 About bleedin' time an' all. 829 01:01:40,081 --> 01:01:41,001 Where to? 830 01:01:48,521 --> 01:01:49,840 That could've been fatal 831 01:01:49,841 --> 01:01:50,841 if I hadn't made you turn your pockets out. 832 01:01:52,041 --> 01:01:53,561 You know that, don't you. 833 01:01:54,921 --> 01:01:58,761 Yes, I'm not a master criminal you know. 834 01:02:13,121 --> 01:02:14,280 [Myra] Is it clear outside? 835 01:02:14,281 --> 01:02:15,720 Yes absolutely, shall I take her. 836 01:02:15,721 --> 01:02:16,760 No I can manage, you take care of those. 837 01:02:16,761 --> 01:02:17,241 You sure she won't wake up. 838 01:02:18,601 --> 01:02:20,321 She couldn't possibly. 839 01:02:40,961 --> 01:02:41,840 [Billy] I've been thinking. 840 01:02:41,841 --> 01:02:43,841 What if the police haven't been by the time I get back? 841 01:02:45,201 --> 01:02:46,240 What? 842 01:02:46,241 --> 01:02:47,440 Oh. 843 01:02:47,441 --> 01:02:49,041 Yes that is something. 844 01:02:50,241 --> 01:02:52,081 Well we'd better have a signal then. 845 01:02:53,241 --> 01:02:54,680 I'll hang a shirt on the line and leave it there 846 01:02:54,681 --> 01:02:55,681 until the police have been and gone. 847 01:02:56,841 --> 01:02:57,321 [Billy] Yes, right. 848 01:02:58,401 --> 01:02:58,921 If it's still there keep driving round 849 01:03:00,241 --> 01:03:01,640 and coming back to check. 850 01:03:01,641 --> 01:03:02,440 - Right. - Otherwise, 851 01:03:02,441 --> 01:03:03,841 stick exactly to the plan. 852 01:03:05,801 --> 01:03:06,961 [Billy] Yes. 853 01:03:14,041 --> 01:03:16,801 (birds chirping) 854 01:03:30,961 --> 01:03:33,721 (downbeat music) 855 01:04:08,561 --> 01:04:11,041 (tense music) 856 01:06:01,241 --> 01:06:02,440 Yes? 857 01:06:02,441 --> 01:06:03,440 [Policeman] I'm a police officer, 858 01:06:03,441 --> 01:06:04,680 Detective Sergeant Beedle. 859 01:06:04,681 --> 01:06:05,681 Could I have a word with you Mrs Savage? 860 01:06:07,001 --> 01:06:07,521 Well yes, of course. 861 01:06:08,761 --> 01:06:10,241 Won't you come in. 862 01:06:11,241 --> 01:06:14,761 (soaring classical music) 863 01:06:21,281 --> 01:06:22,680 Excuse me. 864 01:06:22,681 --> 01:06:23,521 Please. 865 01:06:33,201 --> 01:06:36,201 We called last night but you were out I think. 866 01:06:37,681 --> 01:06:38,641 Oh yes we were. 867 01:06:40,201 --> 01:06:41,201 It's not about the radio licence is it. 868 01:06:42,361 --> 01:06:43,361 No it's nothing like that. 869 01:06:44,441 --> 01:06:45,960 No it's nothing at all really. 870 01:06:45,961 --> 01:06:47,081 It's just a check. 871 01:06:47,961 --> 01:06:49,240 It's in connection with that little girl 872 01:06:49,241 --> 01:06:49,761 missing from Barnet. 873 01:06:50,801 --> 01:06:53,281 (tense music) 874 01:06:56,841 --> 01:06:57,321 After your visit yesterday 875 01:06:58,441 --> 01:07:00,441 the police at Barnet asked us to check, character and so on. 876 01:07:01,801 --> 01:07:02,720 I was able to tell them 877 01:07:02,721 --> 01:07:03,721 that you weren't known officially to us, et cetera, 878 01:07:04,921 --> 01:07:06,200 and that was all above board. 879 01:07:06,201 --> 01:07:08,721 But they asked if we'd just have a look round the house. 880 01:07:09,881 --> 01:07:12,361 (tense music) 881 01:07:21,601 --> 01:07:23,521 He doesn't work in this area, does he. 882 01:07:24,801 --> 01:07:25,641 Your husband. 883 01:07:27,201 --> 01:07:27,721 He doesn't work at all I'm afraid. 884 01:07:29,001 --> 01:07:30,001 He suffers from ill health. 885 01:07:31,281 --> 01:07:32,120 Oh yes. 886 01:07:32,121 --> 01:07:33,641 I remember my wife mentioning it. 887 01:07:34,681 --> 01:07:35,561 Asthma isn't it. 888 01:07:36,441 --> 01:07:37,880 Yes. 889 01:07:37,881 --> 01:07:38,881 Sometimes it's worse than others. 890 01:07:40,081 --> 01:07:42,601 (tense music) 891 01:09:09,801 --> 01:09:11,281 This isn't your room I take it. 892 01:09:12,241 --> 01:09:12,761 No, my husband's. 893 01:09:13,921 --> 01:09:16,161 He sometimes uses it when he gets an attack. 894 01:09:18,761 --> 01:09:20,241 It's fairly dust free. 895 01:09:22,081 --> 01:09:22,921 Right. 896 01:09:24,681 --> 01:09:27,161 (tense music) 897 01:10:23,321 --> 01:10:25,841 This is where I hold my meetings. 898 01:10:27,041 --> 01:10:28,201 Do you, yes. 899 01:10:30,161 --> 01:10:32,681 Well I'm not taking sides one way or the other. 900 01:10:33,761 --> 01:10:35,241 I keep out of it where my wife's concerned. 901 01:10:36,681 --> 01:10:38,881 Still I suppose there's something in it. 902 01:10:40,721 --> 01:10:41,681 I think so. 903 01:10:43,441 --> 01:10:45,121 Well you would of course, yeah. 904 01:10:46,601 --> 01:10:47,920 What about Mr Savage? 905 01:10:47,921 --> 01:10:48,801 Does he go along? 906 01:10:51,001 --> 01:10:52,001 He believes in what I believe. 907 01:10:53,401 --> 01:10:55,921 (tense music) 908 01:11:34,441 --> 01:11:35,961 What does your husband drive, a Mini? 909 01:11:37,041 --> 01:11:39,561 No a, just an old motorbike. 910 01:11:40,721 --> 01:11:42,361 It's William Savage, isn't it. 911 01:11:43,641 --> 01:11:44,561 William Henry. 912 01:11:46,961 --> 01:11:47,801 Oh yes. 913 01:11:48,681 --> 01:11:51,201 My wife was trying to remember. 914 01:11:56,721 --> 01:11:59,641 (very tense music) 915 01:15:25,841 --> 01:15:28,921 (car engine roaring) 916 01:16:19,601 --> 01:16:20,081 How is she? 917 01:16:21,161 --> 01:16:22,681 She's all right I think, none the worse. 918 01:16:23,881 --> 01:16:24,881 A bit hot perhaps. 919 01:16:25,961 --> 01:16:27,641 I kept looking at her whenever I could. 920 01:16:29,281 --> 01:16:30,400 You weren't followed were you? 921 01:16:30,401 --> 01:16:32,761 No I doubled back a couple of times just in case. 922 01:16:33,681 --> 01:16:34,521 Hot you say. 923 01:16:35,561 --> 01:16:36,640 [Myra] Yes, nothing much. 924 01:16:36,641 --> 01:16:37,761 No but you said hot. 925 01:16:39,081 --> 01:16:40,560 [Myra] You hid the money did you? 926 01:16:40,561 --> 01:16:41,041 [Billy] Yes but what do you mean hot? 927 01:16:42,561 --> 01:16:43,561 What I said Billy, what I said. 928 01:16:44,601 --> 01:16:45,081 A bit hotter than usual, that's all. 929 01:16:46,281 --> 01:16:47,881 Yes but what does that mean! 930 01:16:49,721 --> 01:16:52,201 It means, and do not shout at me, 931 01:16:53,601 --> 01:16:55,601 that she has a bit of a temperature I suppose. 932 01:16:56,881 --> 01:16:58,281 It's nothing unusual in children. 933 01:16:59,841 --> 01:17:01,081 How would you know? 934 01:17:09,281 --> 01:17:11,041 We're mad you and me. 935 01:17:13,121 --> 01:17:14,361 We're both mad. 936 01:17:24,521 --> 01:17:25,441 Are you asleep? 937 01:17:26,721 --> 01:17:27,801 Myra are you asleep? 938 01:17:29,681 --> 01:17:30,161 [Myra] What is it? 939 01:17:31,521 --> 01:17:33,521 Come in here a minute. 940 01:17:38,841 --> 01:17:39,680 [Myra] What's wrong? 941 01:17:39,681 --> 01:17:40,881 Well come and look at her. 942 01:17:42,081 --> 01:17:43,200 [Myra] With my uniform on? 943 01:17:43,201 --> 01:17:46,761 It doesn't matter she, look, just come and look. 944 01:17:53,001 --> 01:17:54,081 You feel her forehead. 945 01:18:01,401 --> 01:18:02,841 Now tell me that's normal. 946 01:18:04,961 --> 01:18:06,400 Yes she is still very hot. 947 01:18:06,401 --> 01:18:07,920 Well of course she's hot. 948 01:18:07,921 --> 01:18:09,841 I took her temperature, it's way up. 949 01:18:11,241 --> 01:18:12,721 Get another blanket there. 950 01:18:23,801 --> 01:18:26,201 We'll have to get a doctor. 951 01:18:29,921 --> 01:18:31,081 Billy don't be stupid. 952 01:18:33,881 --> 01:18:35,641 What do you mean don't be stupid? 953 01:18:36,921 --> 01:18:37,401 Where are you going? 954 01:18:38,601 --> 01:18:39,400 What's stupid about it? 955 01:18:39,401 --> 01:18:40,401 The child's ill and we've got to have a doctor. 956 01:18:41,441 --> 01:18:42,840 Look don't walk away when I'm talking to you. 957 01:18:42,841 --> 01:18:43,841 What are you doing, I'm telling you what we've got to do. 958 01:18:45,161 --> 01:18:46,280 We've got to get a doctor. 959 01:18:46,281 --> 01:18:48,721 Look put that down and listen to me for a minute. 960 01:18:49,641 --> 01:18:50,440 What are you looking in here for, 961 01:18:50,441 --> 01:18:51,320 you won't find the answer in a book. 962 01:18:51,321 --> 01:18:52,320 I'm telling you what the answer is. 963 01:18:52,321 --> 01:18:52,841 Are you Billy, are you? 964 01:18:54,241 --> 01:18:54,761 You know the answer, it's that simple is it. 965 01:18:55,801 --> 01:18:57,200 We just call the doctor. 966 01:18:57,201 --> 01:18:58,201 Now what should we say to him do you think. 967 01:18:59,361 --> 01:19:00,881 Should we say that we've borrowed a, 968 01:19:01,921 --> 01:19:03,761 oh you don't like that word do you. 969 01:19:05,401 --> 01:19:06,401 We'll say we've kidnapped a child 970 01:19:07,761 --> 01:19:09,921 and ask him to treat it in confidence. 971 01:19:11,161 --> 01:19:12,761 Is that what we should do Billy? 972 01:19:17,761 --> 01:19:18,600 And we don't really know 973 01:19:18,601 --> 01:19:20,441 if there's anything wrong at all, do we. 974 01:19:22,321 --> 01:19:22,841 We'll get medicine for her in the morning. 975 01:19:24,241 --> 01:19:25,761 There's no harm that can come to her in a warm bed is there. 976 01:19:26,801 --> 01:19:27,281 I don't know. 977 01:19:28,401 --> 01:19:29,600 I don't know anything any longer. 978 01:19:29,601 --> 01:19:31,721 Except you do know I'm right, don't you. 979 01:19:32,601 --> 01:19:33,441 That I'm right. 980 01:19:36,121 --> 01:19:37,121 Now we have to take turns to sit in with her. 981 01:19:38,601 --> 01:19:40,561 You want to take the first turn or shall I? 982 01:19:44,281 --> 01:19:45,561 I'll take it. 983 01:20:31,161 --> 01:20:32,680 Billy? 984 01:20:32,681 --> 01:20:33,521 Billy! 985 01:20:35,201 --> 01:20:36,121 What is it? 986 01:20:38,841 --> 01:20:40,601 [Billy] The mother's disappeared. 987 01:20:41,521 --> 01:20:42,521 We can't hold your meeting this afternoon. 988 01:20:43,761 --> 01:20:45,401 You must put it off. 989 01:20:46,721 --> 01:20:47,721 I'm giving half the adult dose, 990 01:20:48,921 --> 01:20:49,921 do you think that's all right. 991 01:20:51,001 --> 01:20:52,001 Once every four hours, that means 992 01:20:53,441 --> 01:20:54,960 one now Myra. 993 01:20:54,961 --> 01:20:55,441 and one at 2:30. 994 01:20:56,561 --> 01:20:57,561 Myra we must put it off. 995 01:20:58,801 --> 01:20:59,281 The very worst thing we could do 996 01:21:00,401 --> 01:21:01,401 is change the normal routine. 997 01:21:02,601 --> 01:21:03,520 But the baby'll be in the next room. 998 01:21:03,521 --> 01:21:04,001 That's right Billy, and you'll sit with her 999 01:21:05,361 --> 01:21:06,361 after you've got everyone in. 1000 01:21:07,401 --> 01:21:08,921 We're not going to put it off Billy. 1001 01:21:10,001 --> 01:21:11,001 It would just make people suspicious. 1002 01:21:12,201 --> 01:21:13,841 I'm not putting it off. 1003 01:21:59,001 --> 01:22:01,921 (doorbell ringing) 1004 01:22:05,681 --> 01:22:08,601 - Good afternoon. - Good afternoon. 1005 01:22:13,401 --> 01:22:14,841 Good afternoon. 1006 01:22:16,841 --> 01:22:18,681 Will you go up please. 1007 01:22:27,401 --> 01:22:27,921 (doorbell ringing) 1008 01:22:29,401 --> 01:22:30,241 Excuse me. 1009 01:22:34,761 --> 01:22:35,241 [Mrs Clayton] Oh good afternoon. 1010 01:22:36,561 --> 01:22:37,041 [Billy] Good afternoon. 1011 01:22:38,321 --> 01:22:39,321 [Mrs Clayton] Is Mrs Savage holding her usual meeting 1012 01:22:40,801 --> 01:22:42,160 this afternoon? 1013 01:22:42,161 --> 01:22:42,681 [Billy] Oh yes, why don't you come in please. 1014 01:22:44,001 --> 01:22:45,400 Thank you. 1015 01:22:45,401 --> 01:22:46,840 [Billy] You haven't been before, have you. 1016 01:22:46,841 --> 01:22:48,200 No, no I haven't. 1017 01:22:48,201 --> 01:22:48,721 [Billy] May I have your name please. 1018 01:22:49,921 --> 01:22:50,761 Clayton. 1019 01:22:51,961 --> 01:22:53,281 Mrs Clayton. 1020 01:22:57,361 --> 01:22:58,201 Upstairs. 1021 01:23:00,241 --> 01:23:00,761 The room's upstairs. 1022 01:23:01,921 --> 01:23:03,441 Oh, thank you. 1023 01:23:19,081 --> 01:23:20,521 Straight ahead. 1024 01:23:32,521 --> 01:23:33,801 Yes I've just seen her. 1025 01:23:34,721 --> 01:23:36,040 I thought she might come. 1026 01:23:36,041 --> 01:23:37,320 [Billy] But you can't with the child in here, 1027 01:23:37,321 --> 01:23:38,440 you just can't. 1028 01:23:38,441 --> 01:23:39,961 Oh yes Billy, yes. 1029 01:23:41,041 --> 01:23:42,041 Oh it's good that she's come, don't you see. 1030 01:23:43,441 --> 01:23:43,961 It's good. 1031 01:23:45,201 --> 01:23:47,201 It strengthens my connection, now I can help her. 1032 01:23:48,601 --> 01:23:50,321 I can help her Billy. 1033 01:23:52,281 --> 01:23:54,121 Now she can share my truth. 1034 01:24:02,321 --> 01:24:03,720 Good afternoon. 1035 01:24:03,721 --> 01:24:06,561 - Good afternoon. - Good afternoon. 1036 01:24:46,081 --> 01:24:47,961 Shall we make our circle? 1037 01:25:35,441 --> 01:25:36,281 What? 1038 01:25:38,321 --> 01:25:39,761 What, what is it? 1039 01:25:46,801 --> 01:25:47,881 He had a car. 1040 01:25:49,801 --> 01:25:50,641 A red car. 1041 01:25:52,521 --> 01:25:54,161 Going over a bridge. 1042 01:25:55,081 --> 01:25:56,001 Going home. 1043 01:25:58,401 --> 01:25:59,241 Happy. 1044 01:26:00,721 --> 01:26:01,961 Oh they're all singing. 1045 01:26:04,241 --> 01:26:05,521 He sends his love. 1046 01:26:07,401 --> 01:26:09,401 That's my Fred, that's my darling. 1047 01:26:11,001 --> 01:26:15,441 Take good care of all at number 43. 1048 01:26:16,881 --> 01:26:18,321 I will, I will my darling. 1049 01:26:19,801 --> 01:26:22,761 We put flowers on your grave last Sunday, me and the girls. 1050 01:26:24,001 --> 01:26:25,641 Somebody else. 1051 01:26:28,761 --> 01:26:29,601 Worried. 1052 01:26:32,041 --> 01:26:33,721 Somebody on my left. 1053 01:26:39,401 --> 01:26:44,401 Your guardian angel has put candles on both your knees. 1054 01:26:45,601 --> 01:26:46,081 One on each knee. 1055 01:26:47,441 --> 01:26:51,641 A white one on the left and a blue one on the right. 1056 01:26:53,561 --> 01:26:56,561 He's telling you not to worry. 1057 01:26:58,041 --> 01:26:58,881 Mummy. 1058 01:27:02,881 --> 01:27:09,881 You are worried about a church. 1059 01:27:11,321 --> 01:27:12,161 No. 1060 01:27:15,801 --> 01:27:17,641 About a child. 1061 01:27:17,801 --> 01:27:18,641 Mummy! 1062 01:27:21,641 --> 01:27:23,641 You're worried about a little girl. 1063 01:27:24,801 --> 01:27:26,160 Mummy. 1064 01:27:26,161 --> 01:27:27,001 Oh yes. 1065 01:27:28,841 --> 01:27:30,401 No need to worry. 1066 01:27:31,641 --> 01:27:32,441 No need. 1067 01:27:33,321 --> 01:27:34,321 She's quite safe. 1068 01:27:36,241 --> 01:27:39,561 She's being taken care of by three, 1069 01:27:42,401 --> 01:27:47,401 three people who are concerned about her future happiness. 1070 01:27:47,841 --> 01:27:48,961 [Amanda] Mummy. 1071 01:27:51,601 --> 01:27:53,881 Oh she's playing, she's happy. 1072 01:27:57,001 --> 01:27:58,921 All the future is happiness. 1073 01:27:59,921 --> 01:28:01,601 - Mummy. - Ssh, ssh. 1074 01:28:05,121 --> 01:28:07,961 When, when will I see her again? 1075 01:28:10,001 --> 01:28:11,841 What is it Arthur, what? 1076 01:28:14,041 --> 01:28:15,561 Well say it then, what. 1077 01:28:16,801 --> 01:28:17,641 Please. 1078 01:28:18,761 --> 01:28:20,120 When will I see her? 1079 01:28:20,121 --> 01:28:20,961 Mummy. 1080 01:28:22,801 --> 01:28:23,641 Please. 1081 01:28:25,041 --> 01:28:25,881 When? 1082 01:28:27,081 --> 01:28:28,601 Not another, no! 1083 01:28:49,921 --> 01:28:51,401 What is it dear? 1084 01:28:55,641 --> 01:28:56,441 Die. 1085 01:29:00,241 --> 01:29:02,241 It's all right, she'll be all right in a minute. 1086 01:29:03,521 --> 01:29:06,241 It's all right dear, you're all right. 1087 01:29:07,881 --> 01:29:08,761 You fainted. 1088 01:29:16,601 --> 01:29:18,080 Silly me. 1089 01:29:18,081 --> 01:29:18,921 I fainted. 1090 01:29:20,361 --> 01:29:20,881 That's very silly of me. 1091 01:29:22,201 --> 01:29:23,721 Yes just sit quietly for a minute. 1092 01:29:25,121 --> 01:29:27,121 I think perhaps we'll stop it here for today. 1093 01:29:28,641 --> 01:29:30,561 Yes yes, of course Mr Savage. 1094 01:29:31,801 --> 01:29:34,801 If someone could perhaps help me I'll get her to her room. 1095 01:29:36,121 --> 01:29:37,280 Yes yes, of course. 1096 01:29:37,281 --> 01:29:38,201 [Mrs Wintry] Let me. 1097 01:29:41,321 --> 01:29:43,321 Mr Savage, who is going to die. 1098 01:29:44,801 --> 01:29:45,640 [Myra] Die? 1099 01:29:45,641 --> 01:29:46,641 Yes you said the word, who was it for. 1100 01:29:48,041 --> 01:29:49,081 Was it to do with me? 1101 01:29:50,201 --> 01:29:50,721 Nobody's dead. 1102 01:29:51,881 --> 01:29:52,361 [Mrs Wintry] No not dead, die. 1103 01:29:53,641 --> 01:29:55,121 I distinctly heard you say it. 1104 01:29:56,841 --> 01:29:59,321 [Myra] No, nobody's dead. 1105 01:30:00,361 --> 01:30:03,041 [Billy] Look if you don't mind Mrs Wintry, please. 1106 01:30:15,241 --> 01:30:18,001 (downbeat music) 1107 01:30:23,281 --> 01:30:25,081 I'll just see them out dear. 1108 01:30:26,241 --> 01:30:27,241 You sure you'll be all right? 1109 01:30:28,361 --> 01:30:28,881 [Myra] Yes I'm fine. 1110 01:30:30,001 --> 01:30:30,841 I'm fine. 1111 01:30:33,761 --> 01:30:34,241 I do apologise. 1112 01:30:35,361 --> 01:30:36,880 Please accept my wife's apologies. 1113 01:30:36,881 --> 01:30:38,320 She's overtired I think. 1114 01:30:38,321 --> 01:30:40,041 Oh yes, yes of course. 1115 01:30:46,881 --> 01:30:47,881 What do I owe Mrs Savage? 1116 01:30:49,001 --> 01:30:49,521 [Billy] Oh nothing, nothing please. 1117 01:30:50,921 --> 01:30:51,881 But I must. 1118 01:30:53,081 --> 01:30:54,081 Well I'll send her something through the post. 1119 01:30:55,361 --> 01:30:56,440 [Billy] Please, I assure you. 1120 01:30:56,441 --> 01:30:56,961 Oh no, I'd like to. 1121 01:30:58,321 --> 01:31:03,321 You see I am so worried and she has given me some hope. 1122 01:31:04,361 --> 01:31:09,321 Whatever my wife told you I'm sure will come true. 1123 01:31:10,801 --> 01:31:12,281 You will thank her for me won't you. 1124 01:31:13,801 --> 01:31:18,801 [Billy] Yes of course. 1125 01:31:27,321 --> 01:31:28,161 Billy. 1126 01:31:34,641 --> 01:31:36,441 Billy I've got something to tell you. 1127 01:31:37,801 --> 01:31:39,801 Something tremendous to tell you. 1128 01:31:40,921 --> 01:31:42,001 Come in here. 1129 01:31:58,361 --> 01:31:59,680 Oh there you are. 1130 01:31:59,681 --> 01:32:01,401 I was just going to call you again. 1131 01:32:02,721 --> 01:32:04,281 Isn't it a wonderful afternoon. 1132 01:32:05,361 --> 01:32:05,881 I'm always so surprised. 1133 01:32:07,281 --> 01:32:09,361 So bright after a seance. 1134 01:32:11,121 --> 01:32:13,601 Brightness just seems to fall from the air. 1135 01:32:15,561 --> 01:32:16,561 Have you noticed? 1136 01:32:17,721 --> 01:32:18,561 Yes. 1137 01:32:19,961 --> 01:32:20,801 No. 1138 01:32:22,081 --> 01:32:23,081 You don't notice. 1139 01:32:24,161 --> 01:32:25,081 Yes I do. 1140 01:32:26,121 --> 01:32:27,961 What is it you want to tell me? 1141 01:32:29,641 --> 01:32:30,641 Arthur was very close this afternoon. 1142 01:32:31,961 --> 01:32:34,441 He was so close, he kept talking about love, 1143 01:32:35,921 --> 01:32:36,401 that was the word he used. 1144 01:32:37,601 --> 01:32:40,081 He was chattering on, I couldn't keep up with him. 1145 01:32:41,121 --> 01:32:43,161 He so wants her to be happy. 1146 01:32:44,081 --> 01:32:45,320 Her? 1147 01:32:45,321 --> 01:32:46,680 Yes, the child. 1148 01:32:46,681 --> 01:32:49,921 He's grown so fond of her since she's been using his room. 1149 01:32:53,201 --> 01:32:54,721 That's what gave him the idea. 1150 01:32:56,521 --> 01:32:57,960 Idea, what idea. 1151 01:32:57,961 --> 01:32:59,601 Well it's very simple really 1152 01:33:00,841 --> 01:33:03,841 and as Arthur says, it's the answer for all of us. 1153 01:33:05,121 --> 01:33:06,281 And for the plan. 1154 01:33:07,321 --> 01:33:10,121 He says she doesn't really want to go back. 1155 01:33:11,441 --> 01:33:13,521 He says she'd be much happier with him. 1156 01:33:16,561 --> 01:33:19,321 Then they'd have to take notice of me wouldn't they. 1157 01:33:20,241 --> 01:33:23,841 I mean they couldn't ignore me if we do what he says. 1158 01:33:24,841 --> 01:33:26,321 It'd make the whole thing that much more important. 1159 01:33:27,801 --> 01:33:31,841 And he kept saying how much happier she'd be 1160 01:33:32,681 --> 01:33:34,081 if we sent her to him. 1161 01:33:37,321 --> 01:33:38,161 Myra. 1162 01:33:40,881 --> 01:33:42,361 Arthur didn't say anything. 1163 01:33:43,401 --> 01:33:47,081 You said it, it was you, it's what you've been thinking. 1164 01:33:49,521 --> 01:33:52,001 - Didn't say-- - It's you, it's all you. 1165 01:33:53,041 --> 01:33:53,561 [Myra] Well of course he said it. 1166 01:33:54,841 --> 01:33:55,841 - Why wouldn't-- - Arthur doesn't exist! 1167 01:33:57,001 --> 01:33:58,041 He's never existed. 1168 01:33:59,641 --> 01:34:00,840 He was dead, he didn't live. 1169 01:34:00,841 --> 01:34:02,321 He was dead Myra, he was born dead. 1170 01:34:03,401 --> 01:34:04,401 You never saw him, I was the only one who saw him. 1171 01:34:05,921 --> 01:34:06,921 They wouldn't let you see him. 1172 01:34:08,241 --> 01:34:09,761 It's you Myra, it's always been you. 1173 01:34:11,161 --> 01:34:12,000 No. 1174 01:34:12,001 --> 01:34:12,840 Yes it has, 1175 01:34:12,841 --> 01:34:14,280 - it's what you want. - No! 1176 01:34:14,281 --> 01:34:15,240 - No! - Yes, 1177 01:34:15,241 --> 01:34:16,921 this last thing was you! 1178 01:34:18,041 --> 01:34:19,520 You thought of it. 1179 01:34:19,521 --> 01:34:20,320 - No no! - You're the one 1180 01:34:20,321 --> 01:34:21,160 who wanted her to die. 1181 01:34:21,161 --> 01:34:22,161 You thought of it, it's only in your mind. 1182 01:34:23,361 --> 01:34:24,361 [Myra] That's not true, you mustn't say that, 1183 01:34:25,601 --> 01:34:26,400 that is not true. 1184 01:34:26,401 --> 01:34:28,001 Arthur is dead! 1185 01:34:29,601 --> 01:34:30,601 You always wanted him so much but he's dead. 1186 01:34:31,881 --> 01:34:33,361 All those clothes you've got upstairs in the room, 1187 01:34:34,881 --> 01:34:37,201 that's in your mind too. 1188 01:34:38,201 --> 01:34:39,040 You don't have to say it. 1189 01:34:39,041 --> 01:34:41,041 Yes, yes I have to say it! 1190 01:34:42,441 --> 01:34:43,920 And you have to hear me. 1191 01:34:43,921 --> 01:34:45,401 This time you have to hear me! 1192 01:34:46,601 --> 01:34:48,081 - He's-- - Say it, Arthur is dead. 1193 01:34:49,321 --> 01:34:49,841 He was born dead. 1194 01:34:51,041 --> 01:34:52,721 - Billy please. - Go on, say it! 1195 01:34:53,601 --> 01:34:54,880 Say it! 1196 01:34:54,881 --> 01:34:55,720 No! 1197 01:34:55,721 --> 01:34:57,721 I know he's dead, I know that, I do know that. 1198 01:34:59,081 --> 01:35:00,081 But I do talk to him. 1199 01:35:01,241 --> 01:35:02,440 And he does talk to me, 1200 01:35:02,441 --> 01:35:05,281 please don't make me say he doesn't talk to me, please. 1201 01:35:05,441 --> 01:35:06,840 I do and I see him. 1202 01:35:06,841 --> 01:35:08,321 I am different and I do see him. 1203 01:35:09,441 --> 01:35:10,880 That's why I want her. 1204 01:35:10,881 --> 01:35:12,361 She makes me feel so much closer to him. 1205 01:35:13,881 --> 01:35:14,921 That's why Billy. 1206 01:35:17,881 --> 01:35:18,760 Billy? 1207 01:35:18,761 --> 01:35:19,601 Oh Myra. 1208 01:35:22,241 --> 01:35:23,801 Oh Myra, what to do now. 1209 01:35:25,081 --> 01:35:27,401 It's what I have to think about, what to do now. 1210 01:35:28,601 --> 01:35:29,081 I have to think, I have to think. 1211 01:35:30,321 --> 01:35:31,200 [Myra] Billy. 1212 01:35:31,201 --> 01:35:32,441 Myra don't say anymore. 1213 01:35:33,281 --> 01:35:34,121 Just let me think. 1214 01:35:35,321 --> 01:35:36,281 Billy please. 1215 01:35:38,241 --> 01:35:40,241 Just do this for me so I can keep her. 1216 01:35:41,761 --> 01:35:44,761 It wouldn't be fair to take away from me now. 1217 01:35:46,121 --> 01:35:46,961 [Amanda] Mummy! 1218 01:35:56,841 --> 01:35:57,881 You go back to bed. 1219 01:35:58,841 --> 01:35:59,761 You'll catch cold. 1220 01:36:01,081 --> 01:36:03,041 What were they all shouting about? 1221 01:36:04,241 --> 01:36:06,401 Well it was just a game. 1222 01:36:07,801 --> 01:36:09,281 [Amanda] This isn't really a hospital is it. 1223 01:36:10,401 --> 01:36:11,921 Hospitals are all white. 1224 01:36:15,961 --> 01:36:18,441 You stay in bed this time like a good girl. 1225 01:36:19,601 --> 01:36:21,241 You'll be home soon, I promise. 1226 01:36:51,441 --> 01:36:54,961 I must've left her door unlocked. 1227 01:36:56,601 --> 01:36:57,441 Yes Billy. 1228 01:36:59,761 --> 01:37:02,761 Rushing in to see you. 1229 01:37:04,001 --> 01:37:04,881 Yes Billy. 1230 01:37:11,681 --> 01:37:13,041 She's seen you Billy. 1231 01:37:14,881 --> 01:37:16,081 She's seen your face. 1232 01:37:20,961 --> 01:37:22,241 Do it for me Billy. 1233 01:37:24,401 --> 01:37:26,081 Then we can both be safe forever. 1234 01:37:40,721 --> 01:37:43,201 (tense music) 1235 01:37:51,721 --> 01:37:54,441 (birds chirping) 1236 01:39:51,281 --> 01:39:52,801 You see how easy it was Billy. 1237 01:39:54,161 --> 01:39:55,681 She didn't suffer, she didn't feel anything. 1238 01:39:56,961 --> 01:39:57,961 She just went to sleep. 1239 01:39:59,201 --> 01:40:00,561 Now she's safe with Arthur. 1240 01:40:07,001 --> 01:40:09,001 You don't want me to say that anymore do you. 1241 01:40:10,241 --> 01:40:11,080 But I won't. 1242 01:40:11,081 --> 01:40:12,440 I promise you I won't. 1243 01:40:12,441 --> 01:40:14,721 Because of all the things you've done for me. 1244 01:40:20,681 --> 01:40:22,081 Billy look at me. 1245 01:40:25,641 --> 01:40:27,081 I won't ever forget. 1246 01:40:32,881 --> 01:40:34,361 Just a few more hours and I'll go and tell them 1247 01:40:35,761 --> 01:40:37,081 where they can find her. 1248 01:40:38,081 --> 01:40:38,601 And it'll all come true. 1249 01:40:40,001 --> 01:40:41,241 Just as Mummy said. 1250 01:40:44,201 --> 01:40:45,281 Are you cold? 1251 01:40:50,201 --> 01:40:51,321 You look cold. 1252 01:40:52,881 --> 01:40:54,881 It's always cold in this room isn't it. 1253 01:40:56,201 --> 01:40:57,721 Even in the afternoons when the sun comes in. 1254 01:40:58,841 --> 01:41:01,241 Never really warms it up. 1255 01:41:02,521 --> 01:41:03,521 Billy we won't stay here once it's over. 1256 01:41:05,001 --> 01:41:05,521 Once it's over we'll go away. 1257 01:41:06,761 --> 01:41:08,201 You'd like that wouldn't you. 1258 01:41:11,081 --> 01:41:13,241 We'll never quarrel again. 1259 01:41:14,321 --> 01:41:16,761 I'll just do things to please you. 1260 01:41:20,761 --> 01:41:21,881 Say you love me. 1261 01:41:24,441 --> 01:41:25,761 You know I love you. 1262 01:41:32,561 --> 01:41:37,121 I want to read over exactly what it is I want to say. 1263 01:41:42,241 --> 01:41:44,241 (knocking at door) 1264 01:41:45,641 --> 01:41:48,321 That's the evening papers, would you get it Billy. 1265 01:42:04,161 --> 01:42:05,001 She was. 1266 01:42:17,681 --> 01:42:22,681 ♪ Oh for the wings, for the wings of a dove ♪ 1267 01:42:24,441 --> 01:42:29,441 ♪ Far away, far away would I rove ♪ 1268 01:42:31,321 --> 01:42:36,321 ♪ Oh for the wings, for the wings of a dove ♪ 1269 01:42:37,961 --> 01:42:42,961 ♪ Far away, far away, far away, far away would I rove ♪ 1270 01:42:52,401 --> 01:42:55,001 This is Superintendent Walsh. 1271 01:43:04,001 --> 01:43:05,761 Superintendent Walsh. 1272 01:43:07,681 --> 01:43:08,161 [Superintendent] Good evening Mrs Savage. 1273 01:43:09,681 --> 01:43:11,161 Very sorry to call on you like this without warning. 1274 01:43:12,201 --> 01:43:13,360 Oh well, that's quite all right. 1275 01:43:13,361 --> 01:43:14,881 You know Sergeant Beedle I believe. 1276 01:43:15,961 --> 01:43:16,441 Yes, good evening Mrs Savage. 1277 01:43:17,921 --> 01:43:19,401 Yes we had a long talk a few days ago. 1278 01:43:20,921 --> 01:43:21,920 Yes, well, as a matter of fact 1279 01:43:21,921 --> 01:43:22,401 that's why I'm calling on you. 1280 01:43:23,641 --> 01:43:25,121 Once again this is not an official visit as such. 1281 01:43:26,201 --> 01:43:26,721 We just thought perhaps you might be able to help us 1282 01:43:28,121 --> 01:43:30,121 a little further, in your professional capacity. 1283 01:43:31,361 --> 01:43:32,281 I'm sorry, I. 1284 01:43:33,361 --> 01:43:35,241 The little girl missing from Barnet. 1285 01:43:36,361 --> 01:43:37,881 You gave the parents some information I believe. 1286 01:43:39,321 --> 01:43:39,841 Yes that's right, I-- 1287 01:43:40,881 --> 01:43:42,881 Before I go any further Mrs Savage 1288 01:43:44,281 --> 01:43:46,801 I think I ought to say that off duty I'm not a non-believer. 1289 01:43:48,001 --> 01:43:48,521 Matter of fact I'm president of my local society 1290 01:43:50,001 --> 01:43:51,281 for psychical research. 1291 01:43:52,841 --> 01:43:54,320 Oh are you? 1292 01:43:54,321 --> 01:43:54,841 How very interesting. 1293 01:43:56,001 --> 01:43:56,521 Yes it is, very. 1294 01:43:57,681 --> 01:43:58,681 I'm a very keen president. 1295 01:43:59,921 --> 01:44:01,240 I've had one or two papers published. 1296 01:44:01,241 --> 01:44:02,241 Nothing much, just our own magazine, 1297 01:44:03,321 --> 01:44:05,801 and mostly concerned with the Kroner experiments. 1298 01:44:07,681 --> 01:44:08,521 Oh. 1299 01:44:09,801 --> 01:44:10,801 Oh yes. 1300 01:44:12,801 --> 01:44:13,801 Of course, I know the Kroner experiments. 1301 01:44:14,961 --> 01:44:15,961 As I'm sure you know they followed them up in Austria 1302 01:44:17,441 --> 01:44:18,441 with startling results. 1303 01:44:19,521 --> 01:44:21,001 I went into it when I was there on holiday last year. 1304 01:44:22,361 --> 01:44:24,321 Rather a busman's holiday I suppose but 1305 01:44:25,161 --> 01:44:26,921 I like to get to the end of things. 1306 01:44:27,801 --> 01:44:28,801 That's why I'm here. 1307 01:44:30,721 --> 01:44:32,721 I wondered if you would consider holding a seance for me. 1308 01:44:34,041 --> 01:44:34,561 Here? 1309 01:44:35,641 --> 01:44:36,800 This evening? 1310 01:44:36,801 --> 01:44:38,321 Well if it's at all possible. 1311 01:44:39,601 --> 01:44:40,081 We seem to have drawn a blank with orthodox methods 1312 01:44:41,361 --> 01:44:41,881 and since you did make contact before 1313 01:44:43,281 --> 01:44:44,921 you might be a great help again. 1314 01:44:45,801 --> 01:44:47,120 Of course it's only a request, 1315 01:44:47,121 --> 01:44:49,521 you're quite at liberty to refuse. 1316 01:44:53,161 --> 01:44:55,681 What help do you think my wife could give you? 1317 01:44:56,881 --> 01:44:58,320 Well in a case like this Mr Savage 1318 01:44:58,321 --> 01:44:59,321 we are grateful for small mercies. 1319 01:45:00,681 --> 01:45:01,681 And since your wife does appear to have powers 1320 01:45:02,881 --> 01:45:04,881 beyond the ordinary, I'd like to make use of them. 1321 01:45:06,281 --> 01:45:07,160 You already enjoy 1322 01:45:07,161 --> 01:45:09,721 a very considerable reputation Mrs Savage. 1323 01:45:10,641 --> 01:45:12,080 [Myra] Do I? 1324 01:45:12,081 --> 01:45:12,601 Oh yes, indeed. 1325 01:45:13,961 --> 01:45:15,441 News in our particular circle, if I may put it like that, 1326 01:45:16,921 --> 01:45:19,401 may not travel widely, but it travels very surely. 1327 01:45:20,841 --> 01:45:22,841 You want me to give you exact information 1328 01:45:24,321 --> 01:45:25,321 about the little girl, is that it. 1329 01:45:26,681 --> 01:45:28,161 Well it doesn't have to be exact Mrs Savage. 1330 01:45:29,401 --> 01:45:31,561 Just a clue, that's all we're looking for. 1331 01:45:32,441 --> 01:45:33,441 [Myra] And you want to have the seance now? 1332 01:45:34,681 --> 01:45:35,681 If that's at all possible. 1333 01:45:36,921 --> 01:45:40,761 Speaking as a policeman now, time isn't exactly on our side. 1334 01:45:42,281 --> 01:45:44,281 Well I usually have a circle. 1335 01:45:45,401 --> 01:45:45,921 Yes, well, I thought we'd ask Beedle here 1336 01:45:47,121 --> 01:45:48,561 and Mr Savage. 1337 01:45:50,801 --> 01:45:54,001 Oh my husband isn't a regular sitter. 1338 01:45:55,161 --> 01:45:56,680 Well I don't think that matters. 1339 01:45:56,681 --> 01:45:57,161 I'd like him to be in on this one. 1340 01:45:58,201 --> 01:45:59,201 Will you excuse me a moment? 1341 01:46:00,361 --> 01:46:01,640 Do you suppose you can get the station 1342 01:46:01,641 --> 01:46:02,961 on the car radio from here? 1343 01:46:03,921 --> 01:46:04,401 Well I can't say for certain sir. 1344 01:46:05,441 --> 01:46:06,680 [Superintendent] You don't know. 1345 01:46:06,681 --> 01:46:07,920 I'm not positive. 1346 01:46:07,921 --> 01:46:08,401 [Superintendent] But do you think it's possible? 1347 01:46:09,561 --> 01:46:10,840 [Detective] Well yes. 1348 01:46:10,841 --> 01:46:11,841 I couldn't say for sure sir. 1349 01:46:13,081 --> 01:46:13,601 Right, you wait outside. 1350 01:46:14,961 --> 01:46:16,440 So sorry. 1351 01:46:16,441 --> 01:46:18,441 Right Mrs Savage, if you'll show us where. 1352 01:46:19,801 --> 01:46:20,641 Yes. 1353 01:46:22,121 --> 01:46:23,441 This way please. 1354 01:46:24,801 --> 01:46:25,641 Billy. 1355 01:46:54,121 --> 01:46:56,201 Oh I haven't got a match. 1356 01:46:57,841 --> 01:46:58,681 Match. 1357 01:46:59,641 --> 01:47:00,641 Will a lighter do? 1358 01:47:01,721 --> 01:47:02,561 Yes please. 1359 01:47:08,121 --> 01:47:09,601 Would you turn out the light? 1360 01:47:13,921 --> 01:47:17,241 Superintendent there, Billy over there. 1361 01:47:21,441 --> 01:47:22,281 Mr Beedle. 1362 01:47:33,321 --> 01:47:35,921 Is there anything special you want us to do? 1363 01:47:38,441 --> 01:47:39,281 No. 1364 01:47:40,521 --> 01:47:41,680 It's a great help to me 1365 01:47:41,681 --> 01:47:46,681 if we all give ourselves up completely and concentrate. 1366 01:47:46,801 --> 01:47:47,921 But nothing special. 1367 01:47:48,841 --> 01:47:49,321 I have no tricks. 1368 01:47:50,681 --> 01:47:52,841 I'm sure you don't need them Mrs Savage. 1369 01:47:53,841 --> 01:47:55,321 Could we all join hands. 1370 01:48:01,041 --> 01:48:04,561 And now concentrate on one thing. 1371 01:48:06,641 --> 01:48:10,721 Empty your minds of everything except the subject. 1372 01:48:15,681 --> 01:48:18,401 (downbeat music) 1373 01:48:47,281 --> 01:48:50,241 Oh it's tea time. 1374 01:48:52,801 --> 01:48:55,001 Take my hand precious, it's tea time. 1375 01:48:56,001 --> 01:48:56,521 We have to go downstairs. 1376 01:48:57,561 --> 01:48:58,641 Everybody's waiting. 1377 01:49:01,001 --> 01:49:01,921 Downstairs. 1378 01:49:05,681 --> 01:49:07,321 You have to be a good girl today. 1379 01:49:09,361 --> 01:49:10,201 Good girl. 1380 01:49:11,881 --> 01:49:14,361 No no, no good saying you're tired, it's Sunday. 1381 01:49:15,601 --> 01:49:17,081 Never tired on Sunday. 1382 01:49:18,601 --> 01:49:19,081 (children giggling) 1383 01:49:20,161 --> 01:49:23,321 Mummy, you've got butter on your chin. 1384 01:49:26,401 --> 01:49:27,241 Look. 1385 01:49:31,321 --> 01:49:35,681 I'm standing at the top of the stairs. 1386 01:49:37,201 --> 01:49:38,361 Look at me. 1387 01:49:42,561 --> 01:49:44,641 Stop that shouting. 1388 01:49:46,561 --> 01:49:48,041 No I won't, I won't! 1389 01:49:49,401 --> 01:49:50,281 No don't. 1390 01:49:51,281 --> 01:49:52,801 Don't make me go downstairs again. 1391 01:49:53,841 --> 01:49:57,201 Don't make me go today, I want to stay with Arthur. 1392 01:49:59,721 --> 01:50:00,561 Arthur. 1393 01:50:06,201 --> 01:50:06,721 [Billy] He was born dead! 1394 01:50:08,001 --> 01:50:13,001 You can't see him, you can't see him. 1395 01:50:14,441 --> 01:50:16,441 They won't let me see him. 1396 01:50:17,721 --> 01:50:18,561 All that waiting. 1397 01:50:20,881 --> 01:50:22,081 All that time. 1398 01:50:25,001 --> 01:50:25,841 Nothing. 1399 01:50:28,761 --> 01:50:30,081 Nothing to hold. 1400 01:50:35,001 --> 01:50:35,921 Only Billy. 1401 01:50:41,681 --> 01:50:45,201 Arthur why are you waiting under the tree alone? 1402 01:50:50,001 --> 01:50:51,001 In the dark. 1403 01:50:52,721 --> 01:50:54,881 Why are you waiting there? 1404 01:51:01,721 --> 01:51:04,881 Mummy why's he waiting under the tree? 1405 01:51:05,921 --> 01:51:06,401 No. 1406 01:51:07,601 --> 01:51:08,561 It's all different. 1407 01:51:10,041 --> 01:51:11,121 I said die. 1408 01:51:13,361 --> 01:51:14,361 Die! 1409 01:51:18,921 --> 01:51:20,401 They said dead, he's not. 1410 01:51:21,841 --> 01:51:23,521 He is not dead, he is not! 1411 01:51:28,361 --> 01:51:31,961 Arthur why are you waiting there all alone. 1412 01:51:34,161 --> 01:51:35,441 She should be there. 1413 01:51:36,561 --> 01:51:39,281 She should've come by now, where is she. 1414 01:51:43,881 --> 01:51:47,801 Oh she was here, she was here in Arthur's room. 1415 01:51:51,841 --> 01:51:53,240 Oh she saw him. 1416 01:51:53,241 --> 01:51:54,601 She saw Billy. 1417 01:51:55,721 --> 01:51:56,561 She saw him. 1418 01:51:57,881 --> 01:51:58,881 She saw him. 1419 01:52:02,041 --> 01:52:03,000 (ghostly whispering) 1420 01:52:03,001 --> 01:52:03,521 Yes. 1421 01:52:04,561 --> 01:52:06,681 I'm coming precious, I'm coming, I'm coming. 1422 01:52:09,681 --> 01:52:12,161 Billy you've taken her. 1423 01:52:13,201 --> 01:52:15,201 You take her Billy, take her, kill her. 1424 01:52:16,281 --> 01:52:17,720 Arthur's waiting Billy. 1425 01:52:17,721 --> 01:52:18,201 Take her Billy. 1426 01:52:19,441 --> 01:52:19,961 Kill her Billy. 1427 01:52:21,441 --> 01:52:22,800 Take her. 1428 01:52:22,801 --> 01:52:25,881 Arthur's waiting, he's waiting Billy. 1429 01:52:29,881 --> 01:52:30,801 I'm coming. 1430 01:52:32,081 --> 01:52:34,081 Precious I'm coming, I am coming. 1431 01:52:35,601 --> 01:52:37,080 Wait. 1432 01:52:37,081 --> 01:52:41,641 Wait, wait, wait, wait for me. 1433 01:52:45,121 --> 01:52:46,121 Wait for me. 1434 01:52:49,961 --> 01:52:52,041 It's all right, precious. 1435 01:53:11,121 --> 01:53:14,441 Where'd you hide the money Mr Savage? 1436 01:53:16,201 --> 01:53:17,761 In the coal bunker. 1437 01:53:20,561 --> 01:53:21,441 The garden. 1438 01:53:47,201 --> 01:53:48,521 She's all right is she. 1439 01:53:53,001 --> 01:53:56,201 I put her where the scouts would find her. 1440 01:54:05,841 --> 01:54:08,601 (downbeat music) 1441 01:54:26,721 --> 01:54:28,001 Did I do it right Billy? 1442 01:54:31,921 --> 01:54:32,841 Yes dear. 1443 01:55:00,281 --> 01:55:02,881 (gentle music)