1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,120 I like a good detective story... 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:09,240 ..but, you know, they begin in the wrong place. 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,200 They begin with the murder. 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:12,920 No, no. 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,440 The murder is the end. 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,480 The story begins long before, 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,000 years before, 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,440 when the murder is...seeded. 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,240 The point zero, if you will. 10 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,080 SHOUTING 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,400 Mr Strange! Mr Strange! Mr Strange! 12 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,560 SHOUTING CONTINUES 13 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,720 Mr Strange... 14 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,720 SHOUTING DROWNS OUT SPEECH 15 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:47,320 The murder is the end of a long chain of cause and effect - 16 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:52,040 insult, injury, grievance. 17 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,640 Mrs Strange... Mrs Strange... SHOUTING 18 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:59,800 SHOUTING CONTINUES 19 00:01:08,030 --> 00:01:10,840 It may be as simple as the unfortunate 20 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,880 collision of individuals. 21 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,200 People converging, 22 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,520 fatefully, unknowingly, 23 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,200 in time or space. 24 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:36,440 It may be chance that knits together this tangled web of people. 25 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,640 But we must also consider 26 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,720 that intention may be at work. 27 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,800 Someone, somewhere, 28 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,280 unbeknownst to us, 29 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,600 laying a trap, 30 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,960 compelling us 31 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:02,000 to some place or time, 32 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,360 drawing us, unwitting, 33 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,030 towards zero itself. 34 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,680 BELL RINGS 35 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,480 JUDGE: The solemn and regrettable purpose of this case - 36 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,000 to examine the claim by Mrs Audrey Strange 37 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,320 as to the alleged infidelity of her husband, Nevile Strange, 38 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,200 allegations Mr Strange denies. 39 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:50,600 MR COLES: Mr Strange... 40 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,160 ..you and Mrs Strange, you were married...? 41 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,880 Nine years ago. And not for the first time, I believe. 42 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,520 No. No, the, erm, 43 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,000 first time, we eloped. 44 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,240 We ran away to Gretna Green. 45 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:07,720 We were 16. 46 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,160 Then, er, naturally, we did it properly. 47 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:13,440 Church and family and... 48 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,440 ..roses and lace. 49 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,440 MURMURS FROM ONLOOKERS 50 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,600 Yes, you are a romantic, Mr Strange. 51 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,800 Tell me, when were you first unfaithful to your wife? 52 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,760 I have never been unfaithful to Audrey. 53 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,000 These are baseless accusations. 54 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,120 She has my heart, and I have hers. 55 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,400 MURMURS FROM ONLOOKERS 56 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,360 MUSIC: Egli non riede ancora by Verdi 57 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,320 Oh, Audrey! 58 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,560 The humiliation. 59 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,600 The public humiliation of it all. 60 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,800 She asked for it! 61 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,960 I said, "They will strip you bare," 62 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,840 but Audrey will never be told. 63 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:05,240 That girl, heart and stomach of a king. 64 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,040 Nevile has never been a cad. 65 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,160 He was always devoted to Audrey. 66 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,960 It's impossible, 67 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,640 absurd that he should throw his reputation away 68 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:17,640 for this Venus flytrap. 69 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,240 Well, they call her a "wildcat". 70 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,040 They say she shot a man. 71 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,840 Stop reading those rags, Mary! 72 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:33,150 Your Honour, we call the co-respondent, Miss Kay Elliot. 73 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,520 GASPS FROM ONLOOKERS 74 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:52,320 Miss Elliot, you first met Mr Strange at a tennis match. 75 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,560 Yes, the Championships at Wimbledon. 76 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,840 Thank you. Thank you very much. 77 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:01,360 Thank you. Thank you very much. 78 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:03,600 Thank you very much. 79 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,960 WOMAN: Loved watching you play. 80 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,360 Thank you. Thank you very much. 81 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,560 I don't have a piece of paper, so... 82 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:16,080 I know you. 83 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:19,440 I always seem to win when you're watching. 84 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:26,720 "For my lucky charm." 85 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,360 You met again in the South of France. 86 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,960 Tell us about the pool, Miss Elliot, 87 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:40,560 the mermaid pool. 88 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,560 I was told there was a party there. 89 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,440 You'd been flirting all week. 90 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,720 You couldn't believe your good fortune to find him there alone. 91 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:54,880 He said he'd been stood up. 92 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,960 By his wife, yes. 93 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,480 What did you do then, Miss Elliot? 94 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,200 You had a private party, 95 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,080 just the two of you. 96 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:23,000 You drank the champagne intended for his wife. 97 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,920 You swam in the moonlight. 98 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:30,120 What else did you do in his wife's place, Miss Elliot? 99 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,480 GASPS AND MURMURS 100 00:07:38,150 --> 00:07:42,040 Your Honour, we call Mr Taylor, gentleman's valet. 101 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,280 MURMURS FROM ONLOOKERS 102 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:47,920 DOOR OPENS 103 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,360 You worked for Mr Strange, Mr Taylor? 104 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:00,720 For three years, sir. 105 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,800 Tell us, Mr Taylor, what you found in Mr Strange's car. 106 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,240 A compact. 107 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,280 I assumed, naturally, that it belonged to Mrs Strange. 108 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,160 But it did not. 109 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:15,440 It belonged, for the benefit of the court... 110 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,040 The monogram... 111 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:21,480 ..KE. 112 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,320 It belonged to Miss Kay Elliot. 113 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:27,560 GASPS 114 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,320 JUDGE: Order! 115 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,320 Order! 116 00:08:36,790 --> 00:08:42,550 Miss Elliot, you are a freebooter, a parasite. 117 00:08:42,550 --> 00:08:45,800 You work the casinos, the parties, 118 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:47,760 wherever the rich can be found. 119 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,520 You live off their scraps. 120 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,760 What exactly are you suggesting? 121 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,000 I think it's clear, Miss Elliot. I would like to hear you say it. 122 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,080 Very well. You are, are you not, Miss Elliot, 123 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:00,760 what was once called an "adventuress" 124 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,840 and we now call a gold digger? 125 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,520 GASPS AND CHATTER 126 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,840 HE WHISPERS: Excuse me. JUDGE: Order! 127 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:09,360 Order! 128 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,120 This is your compact, Miss Elliot? 129 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,560 It is. I put it to you, Miss Elliot, 130 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:22,160 that you left your compact 131 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,400 in Mr Strange's car by design, 132 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,800 because you had your sights set on the unfortunately married 133 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,200 Mr Nevile Strange, of Grosvenor Square, 134 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:34,160 and you were going to ensnare him by any means necessary. 135 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,080 GASPS 136 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,080 Order! 137 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,280 Order in the court! 138 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,520 We'll adjourn there for the day, Mr Treves. Sir. 139 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,440 Excuse me, sir. There's a side entrance, if you'll come with me? 140 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:55,720 REPORTER: Mr Strange! 141 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,080 REPORTERS SHOUT, CAMERAS FLASH 142 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,200 Do you know Miss Elliot?! 143 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,320 Are you an adulterer, Mr Strange? Is this entrapment, sir? 144 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,400 Are you an adulterer, Mr Strange? 145 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,800 You'll be needing someone you can trust, sir. 146 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,240 Arthur Macdonald. 147 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,320 Someone who can handle things for you. 148 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,120 REPORTER: Mr Strange! Mr Strange! 149 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:29,640 Where do you think you're going, pal? 150 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,600 Hold on! Just one question... THUD 151 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:32,880 Cockroach! 152 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,640 "Macdonald". Don't sound like a Jock. 153 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,360 No, sir. Well, I need a good kit man. 154 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,080 Tennis, golf, shooting, 155 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,120 fishing, riding. Mm. 156 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,200 Mm... 157 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,840 You say you've been out of service for a year. 158 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,280 I had other concerns, sir. 159 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:17,440 Hmm. 160 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:20,320 Reputation in tatters. 161 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,800 Press having a bloody field day. 162 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,840 If you should see my wife troubled or harassed by these apes... 163 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,040 I will make your feelings known, sir, yes. 164 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:37,840 Very good. 165 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,640 Well, you're a useful fellow, Macdonald. When can you start? 166 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,640 I'm at your service, sir. 167 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,120 I'll go to the club after my bath. 168 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:49,720 Very good, sir. 169 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,520 RUNNING WATER 170 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,760 BELL RINGS 171 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,040 Miss Kay Elliot, sir. 172 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,960 Kay! For God's sake, you can't be here! You'll be seen! 173 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,680 I gave them the slip, Nevile. Give me some credit. 174 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:51,840 How can you let him talk to me like that? Mr Treves. 175 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,400 Saying it was deliberate, calling me a gold digger. 176 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,080 He was calling me a whore, Nevile. Mm, it's wretched. 177 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,200 The whole miserable business. 178 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,960 But the compact, he had to discredit it. 179 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:04,920 What else could we do? 180 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:06,640 You could tell the truth, Nevile. 181 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,400 It's easily fixed. 182 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:14,960 Declare our love, divorce her, marry me. Divorce! 183 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,280 The public are already turning against me. 184 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:21,160 Adultery? My God, it'll ruin me. 185 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:22,920 I'll be a pariah. 186 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,640 I mean, no tournament will have me. 187 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,040 Tennis, it's, it's my life. 188 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:30,800 I live to play. What will I do? 189 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:36,760 You saw how they were today. They can smell blood. 190 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:38,360 I mean, do, do you want to live like that? 191 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,560 Do you want to be an outcast? 192 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:42,360 Well, then, what are we to do? 193 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,680 MR TREVES: Mrs Strange, you and Mr Strange, 194 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:52,720 you met at what age? 195 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,800 I was 11. Mm. 196 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,400 And how would you describe your relationship? 197 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,680 Fire meets oxygen. 198 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:06,960 GASPS 199 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,560 Oxygen? Mm. 200 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:12,720 You were each other's everything, 201 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:16,200 and yet, you would drag your soulmate 202 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,240 through the muck of the divorce courts, 203 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,640 to what end? Money? 204 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,360 Money? No. I've got my own. 205 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:25,840 You make it sound petty. 206 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,760 Petty, Mrs Strange? 207 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:32,160 These sordid accusations, this undignified spectacle? 208 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,760 I've asked for this divorce for one reason alone. 209 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,000 The lonely shame, behind doors, 210 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,800 of the humiliated wife, 211 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:42,320 I will not accept. 212 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:45,960 Mr Strange... 213 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,760 DOOR OPENS, GASPS 214 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,240 ANIMATED CHATTER 215 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,960 JUDGE: Order! 216 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,960 Order! Order! 217 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:57,560 CHATTER STOPS 218 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,960 Mr Strange, your wife, how did she come to be in your life? 219 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,880 Er, she... Er, she had been orphaned. 220 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:11,120 She came to live at Saltcreek with my cousins, the Roydes, 221 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,600 her godparents. She had, er, no-one, 222 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:19,080 no-one in the world. She trusted you, Mr Strange. She loved you. 223 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,760 Since childhood, she has not once left your side, 224 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,000 and yet, you betrayed that trust and... No. 225 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,600 Er... I'm... I'm sorry. 226 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:32,160 I-I-I really can't allow any more of this. 227 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,160 Audrey, questioned and exposed, 228 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,800 hounded by reporters when she has done nothing wrong. 229 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,840 No, I... 230 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,880 I owe her the truth. 231 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:44,600 I must tell the truth. 232 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,520 I beg pardon of the court. 233 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,280 I admit I was unfaithful to my wife. 234 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,120 GASPS 235 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,120 JUDGE: Order! 236 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,800 Order! Order! 237 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,600 I bitterly regret the hurt I have caused. 238 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:02,920 I fell in love. 239 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:07,760 What's a man to do? 240 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,800 Look at her. How could you not? 241 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,960 I am sorry and I beg Audrey's forgiveness. 242 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,360 By his own admission, 243 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,440 Mrs Strange, you are granted your Decree Nisi. 244 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:53,600 MARY: "The strangest divorce, 245 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,960 "for although Nevile Strange lost his case, 246 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,920 "you would think, for all the world, that he was the winner." 247 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:01,880 Is that the post? 248 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:12,000 BELL RINGS 249 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,000 "My dear Mary. 250 00:17:21,350 --> 00:17:23,720 "May I call you dear? 251 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:25,240 "I find I can only think of you now 252 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,880 "with the tenderest of feelings." 253 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,400 "Thomas, dear, you may. 254 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,040 "Of course you may. 255 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,960 "Perhaps it is strange to be so free 256 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,400 "with someone I have not even met." 257 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,560 "After everything we've shared, 258 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,120 "all our sorrows and frustrations..." 259 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:43,600 "I feel I know you better than 260 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,760 "any of the people I see every day. 261 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,400 "I don't mean to be so ungrateful. 262 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,160 "Just one of those grey days, when the wind comes off the sea 263 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,680 "and Gull's Point can seem the bleakest spot on Earth." 264 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,560 "I've never known a house so cold, 265 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,160 "even when the sun is out. 266 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,040 "My memories of it, 267 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,840 "I must confess, they make me a little melancholy sometimes. 268 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,720 "And, yet, I am homesick." 269 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,440 BELL RINGS Miss Aldin! She's asking for you. 270 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,680 "I miss England. Would you help me, Mary?" 271 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,160 ..repairs to the cottage roofs... "I want to come home, 272 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,560 "but Lady Tressilian won't reply to my letters. 273 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,760 "Won't you put in a good word for me? 274 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,760 "If you would only tell her how very much I want to make the peace." 275 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,280 ..the culvert at Capton Brewer... Lady Tressilian. 276 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,920 BELL RINGS IN DISTANCE 277 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:41,880 The ferryman is out. 278 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,280 There's a body in the water. 279 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,120 Another death. 280 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:49,080 That damned hotel! 281 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,760 Some city fool tried to swim across. 282 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,720 Got caught in the rip? Yes. 283 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:12,720 REPORTER: Mrs Strange, you must be 284 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:14,800 looking forward to the honeymoon very much. 285 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,320 Er, no, tennis first. We agreed. 286 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,040 And then in September, 287 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:20,440 yachting off the Cap d'Antibes. 288 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,400 No, Lucky, my dearest love, 289 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,520 we agreed tennis, and then September in Saltcreek. 290 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:27,640 CAMERA FLASHS 291 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,480 Saltcreek, that's where you summered as a boy. 292 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,240 You said, er, it was the closest thing you had to a home. 293 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,680 We're not spending our honeymoon in rainy old Devon, 294 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,320 not when it's 80 degrees off the Cap! 295 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:44,640 Fine. How's a man to resist? 296 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:48,840 Ha! We'll just have to have two honeymoons, or three, or four. 297 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:50,680 Our whole life is going to be a honeymoon. 298 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:56,280 AUDREY READS: "I shall very much enjoy being the new Mrs Strange." 299 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:57,520 We'll see. 300 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,720 "Camilla, I should have written sooner, 301 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,560 "but I feel sure you will understand..." 302 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,760 SHE READS: "I hope there are no hard feelings between us." 303 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,240 Do you think she wants to come and visit? 304 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,320 It was her childhood home too. 305 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,440 She gave all that up when she divorced him. 306 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,520 Nevile plays the tournaments in August, doesn't he? 307 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,360 Can't she come then, when he's not here? 308 00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:28,280 And then he can come in September, with the new one. 309 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,920 Yes. She'll be long gone before they arrive. 310 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,160 I shall be glad to see Audrey again. 311 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,680 Not a dull bone in her body. 312 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,240 COMMENTATOR: England's Nevile Strange faces the Dutchman Vanrile 313 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,440 in the final stages of this game, 314 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:51,320 Strange having reached this stage for the third time in three years. 315 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:52,840 A tense opening rally now, 316 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,040 both players showing extreme acumen. 317 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,320 APPLAUSE 318 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,320 UMPIRE: 15-love. 319 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,240 Powerful forehand from Strange, 320 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,080 catching Vanrile off-guard. 321 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,920 30-love. 322 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,920 APPLAUSE 323 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:15,880 GASPS FROM CROWD 324 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,160 Quiet, please! 325 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:21,760 Quiet, please! 326 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,760 And it's a cannonball from Strange, 327 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,280 sending it speeding down the line. 328 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:47,720 40-love. 329 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,680 NEVILE: Audrey, what are you doing here? 330 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,120 I've come to see Fred Perry play. Audrey... 331 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:03,800 I've come to tell you that... 332 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:07,760 ..Camilla has invited me to Gull's Point... 333 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:12,080 ..and I've said yes. 334 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,520 I'm going in August. 335 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,000 You'll be playing. You won't even be there. 336 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,360 Will you? 337 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:28,000 No, Audrey, I won't. 338 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:32,680 KAY: The front row! 339 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,800 She sat in the front row, Nevile! 340 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:40,120 Yes. I need to talk to you about that, about her. 341 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,080 Come here. 342 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,200 Aunt Camilla has invited Audrey to Gull's Point. 343 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,720 Listen, Lucky, listen. When I spoke to her today, 344 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,240 I felt like this weight had been lifted and I felt free of her. 345 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,080 And it got me thinking, she's going in August, 346 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,080 what if we went in August too? 347 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,080 No, listen, listen. 348 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,680 Friendly relations. 349 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:17,520 We just put it all behind us. 350 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:21,760 You want me to spend our honeymoon, my honeymoon... Mm. 351 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,360 ..with your ex-wife? 352 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:26,960 HE CHUCKLES 353 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,800 Yes, well, when you put it like that... Yeah. 354 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,600 Oh, it's just that... 355 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,480 ..Saltcreek, it's the happiest place I've ever known. 356 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,760 It's bright blue days and golden evenings, 357 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,160 and I want to share that with you. 358 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,240 Then we'll go another time. 359 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:49,040 Look, the truth is, I feel a heel. 360 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:54,600 We treated Audrey badly... I, I treated Audrey badly. 361 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,880 But we're the winners, aren't we? 362 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,480 You're the winner. 363 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,080 Mm... Mm? Mm-hm. 364 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:39,760 Lady Tressilian? 365 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,160 Thomas has written to me, 366 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:43,880 Thomas Royde. 367 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,400 Thomas Royde? 368 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,040 He has asked me to speak to you 369 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,080 on his behalf, as...as you will not 370 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:50,720 reply to his letters. 371 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,320 He wishes to visit and speak to you in person. 372 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:55,960 No, Mary. 373 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,680 Categorically, emphatically, no! 374 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,680 And it's extremely low of him to use you. 375 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,000 He's... He's not using me. 376 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,680 Why are you so set against him? 377 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,760 Family business, Mary. 378 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:11,360 Doesn't concern you. 379 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,880 FIREWORKS WHISTLE AND EXPLODE 380 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,480 For the love of God! 381 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,080 Fireworks at 10:00 in the morning? 382 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,360 Mary, call Inspector Leach. 383 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,040 Mary, call Inspector Leach! 384 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:27,480 Go on with you now. 385 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,240 Ah, Inspector! 386 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,280 Thank you for coming. 387 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,040 How can I help you today, Lady Tressilian? 388 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,040 I want you to see for yourself. 389 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,720 FIREWORKS WHISTLE AND EXPLODE 390 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,720 There. 391 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,040 Gomorrah. 392 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:14,320 It is, um, a pleasure hotel. 393 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:18,200 There's no law against...pleasure. 394 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,760 One death already this year. 395 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:27,200 That cursed hotel brings the worst kind to Saltcreek. 396 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:28,880 No law against stupidity. 397 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,600 Stupidity, fecklessness, decadence. 398 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,920 My men make daily patrols, we answer all complaints. 399 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,560 Are you being modern, Inspector? 400 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:43,360 This lack of deference, I find very unamusing. 401 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:45,480 I'm being neither modern nor amusing. 402 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,280 I simply couldn't care less. 403 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,160 You've got the black dog on you. 404 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,880 Devil's got your soul. 405 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:05,600 I'll make an inspection myself. 406 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,360 Would that satisfy you? 407 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:12,080 Close the damn place down. That would satisfy me. 408 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,320 BRASS BAND MUSIC PLAYS 409 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,240 Whisky. 410 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:19,960 Just leave the bottle. 411 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,280 Thank you. 412 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,400 What's your pleasure, sir? 413 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,560 I don't think I've seen you here before. 414 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,800 No, sir, I'm new to this hotel. 415 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:50,880 But be assured, I can help you to anything your heart desires. 416 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,560 Girls, boys... 417 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:56,520 If you stop talking, I won't have to tell you that I'm a policeman. 418 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,600 CHURCH BELL TOLLS 419 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:51,640 Huh! 420 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,920 Nevile. Audrey! My Lord. 421 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,000 It's, er, it's been a while. You look wonderful. 422 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,000 I've been climbing, in the Alps. 423 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:06,880 Alone, if that's what you're wondering. 424 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:14,160 You know, it's, er, it's uncanny. 425 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,760 I was... I was going to write to you this morning. 426 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,200 Gull's Point, it's a change of plans. 427 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,960 We will be there in August, Kay and I, if you don't mind. 428 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,880 Do you know, I think it might be a good thing, 429 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,960 to be friends again. Yes. 430 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,600 Yeah, I mean, after all we've shared, 431 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,960 everything we've been through, 432 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:39,360 well, it'd be madness not to be in each other's lives. 433 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,240 Madness. 434 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,520 Well, until August. 435 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,080 Yes. 436 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:04,000 Friends, Mary! They've decided they're all going to be friends. 437 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,120 It's intolerable, bizarre. 438 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:07,720 May I? 439 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,120 SHE SCOFFS 440 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,720 He wants to bring his new wife to stay here, with his ex-wife. 441 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,160 Isn't it their honeymoon? 442 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,800 Water and electricity, Mary. 443 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,000 But perhaps if they can put it all behind them 444 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,840 and find some ease with each other, 445 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,600 wouldn't that be best for everyone? 446 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,680 You just want a ringside seat, Mary. 447 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,520 Well, I... I'm sorry you find life here so very boring. 448 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,040 Matthew would not deny them. 449 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,400 I must do as Matthew would wish. 450 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,480 But I will have Mr Treves here. 451 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,960 I will need a man about the place. 452 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:53,960 My mother used to say, "Why have a husband when you can have a lawyer?" 453 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,360 CAR APPROACHES 454 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,080 HEADMISTRESS: "Dear Mr Treves, 455 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,640 "following a spate of thefts at the school, 456 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,880 "the items in question were all discovered 457 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,400 "in your ward's possession. 458 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,760 "There is no place for delinquency in my school. 459 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,600 "And regrettably, I must inform you 460 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,960 "that Sylvia will not be staying with us for the long holiday. 461 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:23,400 "Nor will she be returning to us next term." 462 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,600 Oh, Sylvia! 463 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,400 What am I to do with you? 464 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,880 He's bringing his ward. She's 14. 465 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:38,600 I'm not paid to look after children! 466 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,160 He says they're going to stay at the hotel, but they'll be joining us 467 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,080 for meals, so you'll have to get more help in, Barrett. 468 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,240 Well, I'm not asking her. You're the housekeeper. 469 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,400 Well, you're... You're... I'm her companion and friend. 470 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,800 You're her paid friend. 471 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,440 The maids are your responsibility, Mrs Barrett. 472 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:55,320 I'm not wasting my breath. 473 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:56,520 We both know what she'll say. 474 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,320 No! Camilla, I am not a maid, 475 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,120 but too often, I find myself up to my elbows in dirty dishes, 476 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:03,680 because Barrett needs help. 477 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:07,480 You're doing a great deal of plain speaking today, Mary. 478 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,280 Well, then, I-I shall go on. 479 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,360 I have had another letter from Thomas. 480 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,480 He asks again if he may visit. 481 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:21,680 You will write to him, and for the last time, you will tell him no. 482 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,920 He is not to come here. 483 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,400 I forbid it. 484 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,680 And you are not to mention this matter again, Mary. 485 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,000 I mean it. 486 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,640 We have always gotten along very well together, you and I. 487 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,600 I should be sorry to have to part with you. 488 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,040 That will be all. 489 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,710 SHE SCREAMS 490 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:24,520 MARY: "Thomas, you are not welcome at Gull's Point. 491 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,320 "Come anyway. 492 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,040 "I will make up a room for you. 493 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,520 "I will be very glad to meet you." 494 00:34:44,710 --> 00:34:48,520 THOMAS: "Mary, dear Mary. 495 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:50,150 "Arrive in eight days. 496 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,710 "Coming by air, 497 00:34:53,710 --> 00:34:55,440 "because I cannot wait." 498 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,000 TREVES: A goat, a broomstick... 499 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:02,320 ..and vinegar. 500 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:07,080 The Headmistress went to the market and she bought a goat, 501 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:11,080 a broomstick, vinegar and... 502 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,480 ..a bottle of cyanide. 503 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,960 HE LAUGHS 504 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,120 KAY: I can't believe I let you talk me into this - us, with her! 505 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:43,520 We'll hardly see her. And we can go bathing and rockpooling 506 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:45,280 and dancing at Easterhead. 507 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,440 I dare say I could force myself onto a yacht. 508 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:51,960 No. No, no, no. 509 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,640 No boats. No boating allowed. 510 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,760 No boats? No. 511 00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:58,560 What on earth do you mean? 512 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,040 Well, Uncle Matthew... 513 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,280 ..his yacht went down not half a mile from Saltcreek. 514 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,280 Aunt Camilla saw the whole thing from her window. 515 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,600 She never left her room after that. 516 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:11,040 No, the only boat she'll allow is the ferry. 517 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,840 It's treacherous, that headland. 518 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,480 Tidal races, rip currents, awful stuff. 519 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:41,800 MARY: They're here! 520 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,560 Welcome! 521 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:45,160 Mary! 522 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,120 Hello, Nevile. You look well. 523 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:49,920 Look at you! Oh, stop! 524 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:53,080 Meet... Meet Kay. Lucky, this is Mary. 525 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:54,520 She's the boss, 526 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,320 so you must be very, very nice to her! 527 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,080 Oh, I'm just Lady Tressilian's companion. 528 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,880 Oh... 529 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:10,480 Mrs B! Oh, it's so good to see you! 530 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,240 Kay, this is Barrett. 531 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:16,520 Dear old Mrs B, this is Mrs Strange! 532 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,720 Hurstall will show you to your rooms. Thank you. 533 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,600 Audrey's not here yet. 534 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,240 This will be your room, Mr... 535 00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:09,080 Macdonald, Miss Aldin. 536 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:13,680 And you'll serve as footman at dinner? 537 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:15,000 Yes, Miss Aldin. 538 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:25,360 Right, yes. 539 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,160 UPBEAT MUSIC IN BACKGROUND 540 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:56,120 Well, isn't this nice? 541 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,400 How nice to see you, sir. Yes. Ah, thank you. 542 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,680 PHONE RINGS 543 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:53,240 Oh! 544 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:53,240 SHE LAUGHS 545 00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:54,840 Audrey, you're here. 546 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:56,920 Was the traffic bad at Saltington? 547 00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:58,560 Well, it's market day. Of course it was. 548 00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:00,000 SHE LAUGHS 549 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:12,200 Kay. 550 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:13,640 Audrey. 551 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,120 I'll ask Barrett to bring some tea. Yes. Mm. 552 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,920 BELL RINGS 553 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,920 Ah, well, that'll be for me. 554 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:36,720 Better go and account for myself. 555 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:39,880 Nevile! 556 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:06,200 One letter, Nevile, in six months. 557 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:10,080 I've had to read the newspapers to know what's going on in your life. 558 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,440 You've managed everything very poorly. 559 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,160 If you'd thought to consult me... 560 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:16,160 I didn't... I didn't want to trouble you. 561 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:21,240 This nonsense, your wife and your ex-wife under the same roof, 562 00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:23,240 my roof, Nevile. 563 00:41:23,240 --> 00:41:24,720 Ah! 564 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,800 Some lavender, from Provence... 565 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,520 ..and that lovely soap you like from Marseille. 566 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,200 And, oh, Mrs B? 567 00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:39,560 Here. It's that hand cream you like, from Switzerland. 568 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:43,480 Oh! 569 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,280 My hands get that dry. 570 00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:51,040 Oh... 571 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:56,880 Don't think for a minute that you're forgiven, Nevile. No. 572 00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:58,560 I mean, I wouldn't dream of it. 573 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:01,600 Mm. 574 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,400 Ahem... 575 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,640 DOORBELL RINGS 576 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:18,920 I won't stay too late. 577 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,160 I've had to leave Sylvia with one of the maids. 578 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,440 I just hope she doesn't give her the slip. 579 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,040 And how is Her Ladyship? 580 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:29,840 Still alive. Mm. 581 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:54,640 JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS 582 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,120 LIVELY CHATTER 583 00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:59,200 I'm not sure I'm speaking to you, Mr Treves. 584 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:04,680 As the family lawyer, I was compelled to act for Mr Strange, 585 00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:07,520 but let's have no hard feelings about it. 586 00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:09,160 I am the successful party. 587 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,240 I have no hard feelings whatsoever. 588 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,040 Thank you. 589 00:44:24,720 --> 00:44:29,240 Now, Aunt Camilla takes her dinner in her room, in bed, 590 00:44:29,240 --> 00:44:32,120 so we'll be called one by one for an audience. 591 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:36,400 But Mr Treves is here, in her place. 592 00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:40,960 So, everyone, behave. I'm here as friend and guest... 593 00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:46,960 ..but I sincerely hope that I shan't be called upon to play umpire. 594 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:49,600 BELL RINGS 595 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:54,960 Nevile, Audrey, you're first. 596 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,240 Sorry, er... 597 00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:01,200 Er, surely you mean Kay? 598 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:04,120 She should be welcoming my new wife first. 599 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:06,480 I don't know, Nevile. She asked for you and Audrey. 600 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:09,040 Together, she said. 601 00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:10,800 She made a point of it. 602 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:12,920 BELL RINGS 603 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:18,320 Well, I can't possibly eat this, all this cream, so... 604 00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:19,480 Mm. 605 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:23,200 Bring Mrs Strange something else. 606 00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:27,680 And for the avoidance of all doubt, 607 00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:29,880 I am Mrs Strange. 608 00:45:31,240 --> 00:45:32,440 Come on. 609 00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:45,080 Nevile, Audrey, 610 00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:47,000 you say you mean to be friends? 611 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,600 We thought it for the best. We called a truce. Mm. 612 00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:52,560 And you've come here together, the three of you - 613 00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:55,320 husband, wife, ex-wife? 614 00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:58,520 I hope this isn't some kind of unfinished business 615 00:45:58,520 --> 00:45:59,840 between the two of you. 616 00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:03,920 You will not make a mockery of marriage under my roof. 617 00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:05,800 We've put all that behind us now. 618 00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:07,640 Let bygones be bygones, I say. 619 00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:10,120 Mm-hm. 620 00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:17,240 BELL RINGS 621 00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:30,520 Mrs Kay Strange. 622 00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:35,880 On my own? 623 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:42,160 You'll be fine, I promise. 624 00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:59,320 Well, then, Mrs Strange, 625 00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:00,520 let's have a look at you. 626 00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:05,360 Beautiful, of course. 627 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:10,600 Thank you. I know your father, by reputation, and your mother... 628 00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:13,360 I have long since disowned them. 629 00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:15,480 I consider myself my own person. 630 00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:20,320 My dear, a woman can't be her own person. 631 00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:22,800 You're Nevile's wife. 632 00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:24,760 It's a fair trade. 633 00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:26,400 He provides, 634 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,120 very generously, I see. 635 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:33,080 I have provided for myself since I was 16, Lady Tressilian. 636 00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:39,000 I may be a wife now, bought and paid for, but if I know one thing, 637 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:41,840 it's that I can always rely on myself. 638 00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:44,040 They call me a gold digger. 639 00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:46,160 Let them. 640 00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:49,880 I didn't marry Nevile for money, I married him for love. 641 00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:51,480 Oh. 642 00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:53,400 I am disappointed. 643 00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:56,080 Well, there it is, my dear. 644 00:47:57,160 --> 00:47:59,200 Your Achilles heel. 645 00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:19,080 Thank you. 646 00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:29,520 DOORBELL RINGS 647 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:31,320 Who the hell is that? I'll go. 648 00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:32,640 I'll see. 649 00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:40,680 Ahem. 650 00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:47,880 M-Mary? 651 00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:50,480 Thomas. 652 00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:52,920 Come in. 653 00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:55,600 Come in. 654 00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:04,760 You're just as I imagined you. 655 00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:10,040 You're rather better, I should say. SHE CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY 656 00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:16,920 Oh, please forgive my... 657 00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:22,560 A long and arduous journey. We had some trouble refuelling in Jaipur. 658 00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:24,000 I knew you'd come. 659 00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:27,640 LAUGHTER IN OTHER ROOM 660 00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:32,200 Er, I shall say you knew nothing of it. 661 00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:34,320 I don't want to get you in trouble. I don't care. 662 00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:44,640 Er, but... But, Mary, best not to mention our friendship... 663 00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:47,360 ..for now. 664 00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,560 BELL RINGS 665 00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:13,840 Thomas Royde. 666 00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,560 Thomas Royde. 667 00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:21,000 How dare you come here, when I expressly forbade it? 668 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:22,600 I am Sir Matthew's nephew, 669 00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:24,680 and I have as much right to be here as anyone else. 670 00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:29,400 You forfeited all that with your insinuations against Nevile, 671 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,400 your lies, Thomas. 672 00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:35,360 And you dare to come here before me filthy, like a tinker? 673 00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,240 I-I... I haven't come to make trouble. 674 00:50:37,240 --> 00:50:40,600 Then why have you come, Thomas? 675 00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:42,040 I want a fair hearing. 676 00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:47,680 I want a fair hearing. 677 00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:50,600 Uncle Matthew was very fond of me. 678 00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:52,640 I believe he'd have given me nothing less. 679 00:50:57,160 --> 00:51:00,280 INDISTINCT CHATTER 680 00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:04,760 LAUGHTER 681 00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:23,720 Dear God! 682 00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:28,200 Thomas Royde. Nevile. 683 00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:34,320 Audrey, what are you doing here? 684 00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:36,320 Could ask you the same. 685 00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:37,400 Hmm. 686 00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:40,120 You've got a bloody nerve, Royde. 687 00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:41,560 Now, Nevile! 688 00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:48,080 Thomas? Er, I...have some business with my aunt. 689 00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:51,800 There's no need for any unpleasantness, 690 00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:53,680 and there shan't be any from me. 691 00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:57,840 Please... 692 00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:21,360 Will somebody please introduce us? No. 693 00:52:23,240 --> 00:52:24,600 Nevile's cousin. 694 00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:26,160 Mm. 695 00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:27,720 The liar. 696 00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:42,320 Well, then... 697 00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:46,360 ..here we all are. 698 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:37,640 I should have stayed at the hotel. 699 00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:40,880 I'll go tomorrow. 700 00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:48,880 Don't. 701 00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:52,880 MUSIC: How Deep Is The Ocean? by Helen Forrest 702 00:54:01,720 --> 00:54:07,040 703 00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:12,600 704 00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:15,200 705 00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:18,400 LEACH: Look, I... I'm going! 706 00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:24,160 BARMAN: Come on, sir. 707 00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:29,160 708 00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:34,000 709 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:39,920 710 00:54:39,920 --> 00:54:46,920 711 00:54:46,920 --> 00:54:52,800 712 00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:55,560 713 00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:58,800 WAVES CRASH 714 00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:03,760 715 00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:07,160 716 00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:10,040 MUSIC FADES