1 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,710 Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine. 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,440 Et in lux perpetua luceat eis. 3 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:11,910 Requiescat in pace. 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:13,320 - Amen. - Amen. 5 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:16,960 Does anyone want to say a few words? 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:23,230 Then I will ask you all to join with me in a moment's silence 7 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,190 to pray for the departed, 8 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:27,900 that his troubled soul may find peace. 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:30,620 Good riddance, if you ask me. 10 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:44,480 God be with you all. 11 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,670 Well, I don't see why I can't take it to the woman on Croft Lane. 12 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,750 Because any self-respecting young lady should know 13 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,310 how to fix a ripped seam! 14 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,310 I can fix a broken fan-belt, 15 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:27,950 and I can fix an excellent martini. 16 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,320 There's nothing wrong with my self-respect. 17 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:35,990 It's bound to be another of his tricks. 18 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:37,550 I'm not so sure. 19 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,750 Flambeau was holding some sort of bomb when the police opened fire. 20 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,630 Oh, spare us the gory details! 21 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,880 Not to speak ill of the dead... 22 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,830 .. but why spare that wicked man a second thought? 23 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,870 Flambeau and I crossed paths a number of times. 24 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,120 He was a thief and a troublemaker. 25 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,280 Exactly why I fear for his soul. 26 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:01,920 I had hoped to lead him to redemption. 27 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,670 Now, it is too late. 28 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,190 You did your best. 29 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,350 And now he's got his comeuppance! 30 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,350 Oh, he wasn't that bad. 31 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,590 Oh, yes, his morals left a little to be desired, 32 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:16,790 but he was terribly charming. 33 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,310 And one could never accuse him of being boring! 34 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,360 Well, much good did it do him! 35 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,550 Enough talk of Flambeau. 36 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,200 When are we going to Gloucester? 37 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:28,310 Gloucester? 38 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,390 To the Cathedral. 39 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,630 To see the crown everyone's talking about. 40 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:34,960 Page three. 41 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,710 Ooh! "The Iron Crown is so called 42 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,990 "because of the single band of metal that holds it together, 43 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,110 "supposedly forged from one of the nails 44 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,000 "at the crucifixion of Christ." 45 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,070 Sounds a little bit morbid as far as head-wear goes. 46 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,070 But a day trip would be fun, wouldn't it? 47 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:55,870 How about it, Father? 48 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,240 Take your mind off Flambeau being flambeed. 49 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:14,670 It will go on display in the Lady Chapel tomorrow, 50 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,440 before continuing north on its tour next week. 51 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:21,270 To think that this very piece of metal 52 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,150 pierced the flesh of our Lord and Saviour. 53 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:28,630 The crown is ancient and fragile. 54 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,000 We've been asked not to touch it. 55 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:34,840 Naturally. It must be treated with the utmost care. 56 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,470 Oh, don't worry, they're your lot. 57 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,190 Sovereign Military Order of Malta. 58 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,550 Been guarding it all the way from Italy. 59 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,470 I imagine you must be expecting quite a crowd. 60 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,190 Oh, yes. 61 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,040 The hoteliers of Gloucester are doing a roaring trade. 62 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,300 All the more kind of you to offer me a bed in the Bishop's Palace. 63 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,030 Will you be staying for the duration? 64 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,550 Oh, while the crown resides here... 65 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:11,870 My Lord. 66 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:13,040 .. so shall I. 67 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,950 As it is only on loan to the Church of England, 68 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,150 Bishop Reynard wishes for the local Catholic diocese 69 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,160 to be represented at all times. 70 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:25,910 Excellent. 71 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:30,080 We always welcome guests from across the great divide. 72 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,110 "11:25am, 27th December. 73 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:47,630 "Dear Father, 74 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,750 "I may be known as the king of thieves, 75 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,710 "but uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. 76 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,550 "There is reason to believe I am in mortal danger. 77 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:55,790 "I send this key, 78 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:58,350 "in the hope that you will do me the honour of looking after it. 79 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,030 "I pray to God that it, and I, may be safely delivered. 80 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,040 "In haste, F." 81 00:05:19,620 --> 00:05:20,560 Goodbye. 82 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:23,310 Ah! 83 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,470 Delighted to see a new face at Mass. 84 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,790 Have you recently moved to Kembleford? 85 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:30,560 Actually, I came here looking for you. 86 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:33,750 You are just as he described. 87 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,030 He? 88 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,910 Oh, sorry, I should introduce myself. 89 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,990 I am Lisandra Flambeau. 90 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,560 Hercule was my husband. 91 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:46,710 Hercule said he entrusted the key to a friend. 92 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,150 Only he didn't have any friends. 93 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:50,920 Except, perhaps, you. 94 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:53,430 What is the key for? 95 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,520 A safe in Hercule's study, containing his most recent will. 96 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,310 It should secure my inheritance against any counter-claims. 97 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:03,750 I believe there is a daughter... 98 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,280 Ah, yes. Marianne. 99 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:07,700 Forgive me for asking... 100 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:10,960 .. but Hercule didn't seem the marrying type. 101 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:14,560 Our love took us both by surprise. 102 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:20,000 We met at a party, and three weeks later we were married. 103 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,600 Hercule wished to put his criminal past behind him... 104 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,400 .. but the authorities had other ideas. 105 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:36,960 Let's explore! 106 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,310 Explore where? 107 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:40,670 The city. 108 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,390 You've lived here for years. 109 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,830 But I am no longer Lisandra Perenze. 110 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:46,670 I am now Lisandra Flambeau. 111 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,240 So I'll be seeing everything for the first time. 112 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:54,160 Why... would I go sightseeing... 113 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,560 .. when I already have the perfect view? 114 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:05,990 What? 115 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:07,360 Get dressed. 116 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,070 Meet me at the statue in the harbour in one hour. 117 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,350 - Where will you go? - I'll give them the slip. 118 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,190 I've a couple of tricks up my sleeve. 119 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:16,440 I want to stay with you. 120 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,190 Do as I say. 121 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:21,400 It's me they're after. 122 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:23,910 One hour. 123 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:25,320 I promise. 124 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,520 Gelato! Gelato! 125 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:48,520 Hey, stop! 126 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,270 Hold your fire, 127 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,040 or we'll all be blown to kingdom come! 128 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:02,190 Hercule! 129 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,600 - Mrs Flambeau... - Oh, Lisandra, please. 130 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,670 I don't wish to upset you any further, 131 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,320 but your husband made no mention of you in his letter. 132 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,520 So he did send you the key. 133 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:21,950 Yes, but... 134 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,200 Forgive me again. 135 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,630 How do I know that you are really his widow? 136 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:27,920 I... 137 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:29,960 I don't know. 138 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,040 I should have brought our marriage certificate! 139 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:36,790 I've come all this way, and... 140 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:39,710 Sorry. 141 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,160 Come with me. 142 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,470 I will find whoever did this, and... 143 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,000 In here! 144 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:58,350 They must have broken in while we were at Mass. 145 00:08:58,400 --> 00:08:59,800 The police are on their way. 146 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,350 The key has gone. 147 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:04,870 What key? 148 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:06,350 It belonged to Flambeau. 149 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:10,070 Ladies, this is Lisandra Flambeau. Hercule's widow. 150 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:11,320 Flambeau was married?! 151 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,440 Did you tell anyone about the key? 152 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:16,960 Not a living soul. 153 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,440 Seen anyone loitering in the area? 154 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:24,660 Now that you mention it... 155 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,670 .. Harold Slow was seen peeking through the window yesterday. 156 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:30,230 Blind Harry? 157 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:31,950 He was waving at you! 158 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,990 The poor man's smitten! 159 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:35,950 Yes, well, even so... 160 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,800 The culprit is not from Kembleford. 161 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:40,430 How would you know that? 162 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:41,670 A hunch. 163 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:46,350 Er, no sign of forced entry, no footprints outside, no witnesses. 164 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,150 Thank you, Sergeant! Opportunists, no doubt. 165 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,870 Realising the place was empty during Mass, 166 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,350 they were looking for any valuables they could pilfer. 167 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,870 No valuables were taken, only the key. 168 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,710 Maybe they were disturbed in the act and snuck out the back. 169 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,950 And naturally you'll be using all resources at your disposal 170 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,320 to apprehend them? 171 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,190 I'm sure the Inspector will do his job. 172 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,550 Now, I must do mine. 173 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:14,830 Come on, Sergeant. 174 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,630 Let's decide which of our resources to deploy first. 175 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:19,960 Yes, sir. 176 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,230 I fear that it is no coincidence that the key went missing 177 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,070 when the Crown appears nearby. 178 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,470 But how are they connected? 179 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,350 Flambeau was killed near Monza Cathedral, 180 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,550 the home of the crown for centuries. 181 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:36,830 And, a few days ago, 182 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:38,640 I received this. 183 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:43,320 "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown." 184 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,430 You think Flambeau was planning to steal the Iron Crown? 185 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,150 And now that he's dead, 186 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,670 someone else is picking up the pieces 187 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,520 - where he left off! - No! 188 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,270 My husband did many bad things, 189 00:10:58,320 --> 00:10:59,830 but he had changed. 190 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:01,600 Our marriage was a new start. 191 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,470 Nonetheless, I feel it is my duty to go to Gloucester 192 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:06,870 and warn the Bishop. 193 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:08,350 What about the key? 194 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,110 My future depends on it! 195 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:11,710 If my suspicions are correct, 196 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:13,960 the key is already on its way to Gloucester. 197 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:19,000 For your journey. 198 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,110 He's only going to Gloucester. They do have food there you know! 199 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,160 You are generous to a fault, Mrs McCarthy. 200 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,550 I made you some tea. 201 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,080 You know, Hercule thought very highly of you. 202 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:33,710 I shall see you at the Red Lion as soon as I get back. 203 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:35,040 Good luck. 204 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:37,660 You're going to miss your train! 205 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:42,950 Now, you be careful. 206 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,750 If one of Flambeau's associates is behind this... 207 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,270 You know me, Mrs McCarthy. 208 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:48,360 Always careful. 209 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:50,960 If only that were true! 210 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:06,640 Good afternoon. 211 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,720 May I have the cassock back after you've finished with it? 212 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:13,550 Pity. 213 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,080 I think it rather suits me. 214 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,670 You've hurt my feelings, Father. 215 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:26,030 How so? 216 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,230 Your occupation involves going to baffling lengths 217 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,030 to celebrate a miraculous resurrection, 218 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:31,950 yet you don't seem at all impressed by mine. 219 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,300 I deem that rather unfair. 220 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,350 In my defence, I had a clue. 221 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,430 - Clue? - Your letter. 222 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,350 Dated December the 27th, yet it only arrived a few days ago. 223 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:44,950 International postal services -- 224 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,190 so infuriatingly unreliable, don't you find? 225 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,150 And why be so specific as to the time, 11:25, 226 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,670 when you were supposedly writing "in haste"? 227 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,430 One must always make time for correspondence with old friends. 228 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,910 After the key was stolen, I realised... 229 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,950 December the 27th is the feast day of St John The Apostle. 230 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,920 And 11:25 refers to Chapter 11, verse 25. 231 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:09,400 John 11:25. 232 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,710 "I am the resurrection and the life." 233 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,870 "He that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live." 234 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:16,960 Bravo, Father. 235 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:19,790 So... 236 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,150 .. did you miss me? 237 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:23,520 Ah. 238 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,710 I'm surprised we Anglicans have been entrusted with the Iron Crown, 239 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,630 even temporarily. 240 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:34,780 You should thank the Archbishop of Milan. 241 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:38,150 He used his influence on the Holy See to arrange the tour. 242 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:39,360 To what end? 243 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,710 Ever since the days of the Holy Roman Empire, 244 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,000 the crown has been a symbol of unification. 245 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,310 The Archbishop is keen for our two churches 246 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:52,000 to put historical conflicts behind us, and work towards... 247 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,550 .. common goals. 248 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,270 You don't share this ambition? 249 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:58,830 Of course I do. 250 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,440 I'm merely concerned about the repercussions... 251 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:03,790 .. should anything go wrong. 252 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:05,070 Fear not. 253 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,030 The safe was commissioned specially. 254 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,030 Impregnable, apparently. 255 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,630 And the Maltese guards will be watching the crown day and night. 256 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:15,110 I pray that you're right, Bishop Golding, 257 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,590 else relations between the Church of England and the Vatican 258 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:20,000 may be set back... 259 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:22,720 .. hundreds of years. 260 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:29,440 Why fake your own death? 261 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,310 It became requisite to rid myself of some unwanted attention. 262 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,510 So I tipped off the police as to my whereabouts. 263 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:38,910 All that remained was to rig the alleyway with explosives, 264 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:40,910 along with enough pig's offal to make them think 265 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,670 I'd been sent to face my eternal damnation. 266 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,040 I hopped down a manhole before the smoke cleared, and voila! 267 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,110 Did it not trouble you to leave a grieving widow? 268 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:52,950 Double-widow, actually. 269 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,350 Poor Lisandra's first husband joined the choir invisible 270 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:56,470 when she was 19. 271 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,390 So why marry her if that was your plan? 272 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,160 I can think of a couple of reasons. 273 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,430 Very well! 274 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:05,830 Shortly after we met, 275 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,680 I had an unfortunate encounter with Lisandra's father. 276 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:11,670 Que? Que? 277 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:12,760 Sta qui? 278 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,110 Would you believe I'm looking for moths? 279 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,550 Roccu Perenze, current head of the Corsican mafia. 280 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,790 To call it a shotgun wedding would be the grandest of understatements, 281 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,040 yet the debacle proved advantageous. 282 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,510 I persuaded Roccu to apply a little pressure, 283 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:31,830 in the way that only a notorious sadist can, 284 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,310 and we were awarded special dispensation 285 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,430 to get married in Monza Cathedral. 286 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,150 - The home of the Iron Crown. - Exactly! 287 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,630 A delicious opportunity to acquire the blueprints 288 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,480 for the safe designed to house the crown during its tour. 289 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,920 I was able to recreate the key. 290 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,380 I even had a replica safe built to ensure it worked. 291 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,910 It's surprisingly useful. I keep my paperwork in it. 292 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,390 So, in order to steal the crown, 293 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,140 you married a woman you hardly knew? 294 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,270 I know a great deal about Lisandra. 295 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:04,360 Such as? 296 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:06,840 Well... 297 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,310 How did her first husband die? 298 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:11,950 What's her favourite music? 299 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,070 Such disapproval! 300 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,150 Although our marriage was brief, I'm sure she'll have some fond memories. 301 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,350 I know I certainly will. 302 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:21,190 Poor woman is heart-broken. 303 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,750 She'll get over me. 304 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:24,280 Eventually. 305 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:27,390 Do you really have the audacity to steal 306 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,470 the most famous crown in Europe from the Pope, 307 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,320 while it's under the protection of the Church of England? 308 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,780 Every single Catholic and Anglican in Europe would come after you! 309 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,550 Would I have the audacity?! 310 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,070 Sometimes, Father, I think you barely know me at all. 311 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:44,590 Of course I'm going to steal it. 312 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,830 That crown has decorated kings and emperors 313 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:48,230 from Charlemagne to Napoleon! 314 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,180 It will be the piece de resistance of my private collection! 315 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:53,470 So... 316 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,400 what's to stop me warning the Bishop of your arrival? 317 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:58,870 Nothing. 318 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:00,590 I rather hope you will. 319 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:02,270 That's why I left a clue. 320 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:03,760 You know I enjoy a challenge. 321 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,790 Anyway, now I have the key, there's no way they can... 322 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:12,640 Forgive me. 323 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,190 I suddenly feel some... 324 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:17,630 Flambeau? 325 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:19,240 Are you unwell? 326 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:31,750 Sorry, Father. 327 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,600 But needs must. 328 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:43,630 Father? Father? 329 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:44,990 End of the line. 330 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:46,200 Thank you, Captain. 331 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,150 Father Brown. To what do we owe this dubious pleasure? 332 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,630 Canon Fox, forgive me. The Iron Crown... 333 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,550 .. will be on display to the public tomorrow. Return then. 334 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,510 .. is in danger. I must warn Bishop Golding. 335 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:28,150 Danger? 336 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,350 Someone wants to steal it. 337 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,150 All right, I'm listening. Who's the thief? 338 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,240 Hercule Flambeau. 339 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,390 Flambeau is dead. I read his obituary in The Times. 340 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,640 It's my fear that may have been published somewhat prematurely. 341 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,430 Flambeau has a copy of the key. 342 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,790 Impossible. I have the only copy. 343 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,430 Please, Your Grace. 344 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:53,800 For my peace of mind. 345 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,480 If you insist. Follow me. 346 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,950 How do you know Flambeau has a key? 347 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,040 He sent it to me, to keep safe. 348 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:11,520 Only... 349 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,000 .. he's stolen it back again. 350 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,830 If the crown isn't still there, 351 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,520 I'm holding you personally responsible! 352 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,030 Even if this Flambeau did have a key, 353 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:32,680 he'd need the combination. 354 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,110 I hope that puts your mind at rest. 355 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,600 - Please accept my sincerest apologies... - Oh, no need. 356 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,680 I'll warn the guards to be vigilant... 357 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:51,920 .. just in case. 358 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,150 Now, you'd be very welcome to stay for the night. 359 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,310 We have lodgings available in the Bishop's Palace. 360 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:03,760 - Thank you, that is very kind. - Come. 361 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,360 Ever considered becoming a hermit? 362 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,550 "He would need the combination." 363 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,920 Ever considered becoming a hermit? 364 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:54,720 Who the blazes is she?! 365 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,200 She is Mrs Flambeau. 366 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:05,150 The crown! You and Father Brown take that woman to Bishop Golding. 367 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,030 You, come with me! Move, move! 368 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,910 I'm sorry, Father, I tried to stop him. 369 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:11,150 Where is he? 370 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,070 Gone. He took the crown. 371 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:14,910 If you hurry, you might still catch him. 372 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,120 Father, could you...? 373 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,070 Admit it, you were only trying to stop him 374 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:23,320 because you wanted the crown for yourself. 375 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,520 - Er... - This is a crime against God! 376 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,390 I had my reasons. 377 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,070 Avarice! 378 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:38,190 My husband's motivation, not mine. My cause is nobler. 379 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:39,680 Cause?! 380 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,070 My father wishes to use the crown to inspire a revolution 381 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:47,440 that will reunite Corsica and Italy. 382 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,270 I planned to wait until Flambeau had taken the crown, 383 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,110 and then steal it from him. 384 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,640 But he died. Or I thought he died. 385 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,160 So I decided to carry out the heist myself. 386 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:07,630 Oh, no! 387 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:09,440 The key alone is not enough. 388 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,630 Oh, I should have killed you on the train. 389 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:16,790 I take it our honeymoon is over? 390 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,270 My father will tear you limb from limb. 391 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,760 Perhaps, but until then you promised to love, honour and obey. 392 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:25,920 So give me the key. 393 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,310 Where will your husband go? 394 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:36,230 He'll vanish. I doubt I'll ever see him again. 395 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:37,510 Pity. 396 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,030 The authorities may have been more lenient 397 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,000 if you'd assisted in his capture. 398 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,430 Please! 399 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,310 Oh, get up. 400 00:22:48,360 --> 00:22:49,710 Forgive me! 401 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,710 Look, this won't help. The police are already on their way. 402 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,270 Oh, but I deserve to face earthly justice. 403 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,350 But it is God's rage I fear. 404 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:04,270 Be truly repentant, child, and God will forgive you. 405 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:08,120 - Thank you. - Oh, no, there now, there. 406 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,270 Hmm. If it's absolution you're after, 407 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,910 you're better off speaking to my Catholic guests. 408 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:20,880 Er, take her to a cell and keep a close eye on her. 409 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:30,830 Oh, forgive me. I didn't take your warning seriously enough. 410 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:35,910 Now it will take a miracle to avoid a major diplomatic incident 411 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,710 between the Church of England and the Vatican. 412 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:42,070 With your permission, I'll attempt to retrieve the crown. 413 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:45,430 You? Haven't you done enough already? 414 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,070 Flambeau only got hold of the combination 415 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:50,030 because of your interference, 416 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,670 and you heard the woman, he'll be long gone by now. 417 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,950 I fear Canon Fox is right. 418 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,910 All we can do is work out how to break the news 419 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:01,920 to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 420 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,670 Return to Kembleford and wait to hear from me. 421 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,400 You might wish to start packing. 422 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,870 The guards tell me you want me to hear confession? 423 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,830 No time. You need to break me out. 424 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,550 And why would I do that? 425 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,360 Without me, you'll never find him. 426 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:26,840 And the crown? 427 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,350 Right now, I only want revenge. 428 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,480 Not something I could condone. 429 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,950 Not even if it meant getting your precious crown back? 430 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,230 I'd trade it to see Flambeau in chains. 431 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,830 You know the police will never catch him. 432 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,350 I thought you didn't know where he was. 433 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,710 I lied. He has a safe house in London. 434 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:48,990 He'll lie low there 435 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,230 while the authorities search the major ports and harbours. 436 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:53,840 But we have to be quick. 437 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:58,150 Hercule will make a dash for the continent as soon as possible. 438 00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:59,680 What if you're lying now? 439 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,910 Then you can leave me here to await my judgment. 440 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,480 It's up to you. 441 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,240 I'm doing this only to retrieve the crown. 442 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,800 And as for judgment, God will take care of that. 443 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,160 Help! Help! 444 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:21,800 Medico! Medico! 445 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:26,400 Hands up! 446 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,440 I am most terribly sorry about this. 447 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,990 For a man of the cloth, Father, you're an excellent liar. 448 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,950 This is the quickest way out. 449 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,680 I left something in the vault. 450 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:52,430 What are you still doing here? 451 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,790 Other than admiring the architecture? 452 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,030 - I'm stealing the crown. - I thought you had. 453 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:58,750 No, it's still in the safe. 454 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,030 We acquired the combination, thanks to you. 455 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,070 And now we've got the real key... thanks to you. 456 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:08,110 - We? - Yes. - So you were working together after all? 457 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,030 I needed to get in front of the Bishop... 458 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,670 - Oh, thank you. - Oh, now... - Thank you. 459 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,960 .. so I allowed myself to get caught. 460 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,870 So the key you sent me was a decoy. 461 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,950 More like bait. 462 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:27,840 So you didn't come to Kembleford to get the key, you came for me. 463 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,910 Without me, the plan wouldn't have worked. 464 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,590 Exquisite, isn't it? My father will be delighted. 465 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,390 You're giving it to him? 466 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,630 Selling it, to be precise. 467 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,200 At a discounted rate for family, of course. 468 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,200 I'll call the guards. 469 00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:48,520 I wouldn't. 470 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,400 Actually, go ahead. 471 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,480 I doubt they'll hear you anyway. 472 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,510 Don't worry, Father. 473 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,040 It's almost dawn, I'm sure you won't be here long. 474 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,030 You were magnificent! 475 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:18,790 I could just say the same about you. 476 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:28,680 Hold this. 477 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:42,800 Throw me the crown and I'll pull you up. 478 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,350 What are you doing? 479 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,390 I don't think I'm ready to settle down. 480 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:57,950 Stop fooling around. 481 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,790 Perhaps we should just be friends? Or pen-pals? 482 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,230 - I'm warning you... - Anyway, an ignoramus like your father 483 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,590 would never fully appreciate the crown. 484 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,550 Pearls before swine. But thank you for a wonderful honeymoon... 485 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,270 This is your last chance. 486 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:15,750 .. and I swear, whenever I gaze upon the crown, I shall think of you. 487 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:21,870 Hercule? 488 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,270 Hercule! Hercule! 489 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,720 HERCULE! HERCULE! 490 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,870 Gloucestershire Constabulary has decided that no further action 491 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:35,310 will be taken against you. 492 00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:36,550 Thank you. 493 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,670 Don't thank me. Bishop Golding persuaded them 494 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,630 that you were acting under duress when you let the woman escape. 495 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:48,150 I did my best to convince them that you're an inveterate troublemaker. 496 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,830 - Any sign of Flambeau? - Not yet. But apparently they've circulated 497 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,750 descriptions of Mr and Mrs Flambeau throughout the country but... 498 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,430 Oh, fat lot of good that will do! 499 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,790 Flambeau could pass himself off as the Duke of Edinburgh 500 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,910 and Scotland Yard would be none the wiser! 501 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,430 Perhaps the Force would have better luck catching criminals 502 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,990 if they weren't aided and abetted by members of the public. 503 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:07,080 Good day! 504 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,710 I played right into Flambeau's hands. 505 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,590 Well, you weren't to know. 506 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,310 And at least you're back with us safe and sound. 507 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:19,520 Not for long. 508 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,750 If Canon Fox has his way, Bishop Reynard will transfer me 509 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:24,840 out of his diocese. 510 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:28,880 Excuse me. 511 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,630 I thought you would be halfway to Corsica. 512 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,120 I was betrayed. 513 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:55,790 Life imitating artifice. 514 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,150 I was fortunate to escape the police. 515 00:29:58,200 --> 00:29:59,750 So why are you back here? 516 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,390 To ask you to help me retrieve the crown. 517 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:03,910 If you have any sense, 518 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,310 you will leave the country before the authorities catch up with you. 519 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:08,800 Together we can find him. 520 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,070 Very well. 521 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,360 If that's your decision, I'll leave you in peace. 522 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:24,400 Poison? 523 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,440 If Flambeau brings the crown here by eight o'clock tomorrow night... 524 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,110 .. I'll give you the antidote. 525 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,080 I have no way of contacting him. 526 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,680 You're a resourceful man. You have 32 hours. 527 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,960 One hour for each day we were married. 528 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:45,590 You really loved him. 529 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,790 More fool I! Yes, I loved him. 530 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,040 And I believed that he cared about me... 531 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:52,960 .. but I was wrong. 532 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,320 Now let's see if he cares about you. 533 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,510 Canon Fox? I wasn't expecting... 534 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,520 Congratulations on your new position, Father. 535 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:17,390 My new...? 536 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,390 Ever heard of Witherly Island? 537 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,670 Off the north-west coast, somewhere. 538 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,560 A few fisherman's cottages, not much else. 539 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:30,350 The previous incumbent, Father Protheroe, has passed away 540 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:34,230 - so his flock are in need of a new protector. - Ah. 541 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,310 You have one week to put your affairs in order. 542 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:38,510 You can't do this! 543 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:40,350 Father Brown is needed here! 544 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:44,710 I must go where the Church feels I am most useful. 545 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,710 Good man. And don't worry, Mrs McCarthy. 546 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,120 We'll find you a replacement in no time. 547 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,670 I'll get straight on the telephone with my uncle. 548 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,190 He can pull some strings. 549 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,150 I have more pressing matters. 550 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,910 What can be more pressing? 551 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:01,120 I'm dying. 552 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,390 Mrs McCarthy, I wonder if you'd do me a kindness? 553 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,190 Anything. 554 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:11,720 I need something typing. 555 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,630 Any luck? 556 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:21,480 Not yet. The symptoms are so vague it could be anything. 557 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,150 You need to keep your strength up! 558 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:25,480 I can't face it. 559 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,400 Has the newspaper arrived yet? 560 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,800 It's rather hidden away, I'm afraid. Due to short notice. 561 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,880 Um, read it, please. 562 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:51,310 "Urgent -- collector of religious artefacts needed. 563 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:55,070 "Much beloved possession of St Mary's Church, Kembleford, 564 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,550 "available for one crown. 565 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:01,750 "In need of repair due to accidental damage by a distressed widow. 566 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,470 "Deadline, 8pm today." 567 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,870 Even if Flambeau sees it and realises it's from you, 568 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,350 what's to say that he'll come? 569 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,510 It is a long shot, yes. 570 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,510 - I want to call the police. - No. 571 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,030 Oh, let us take you to the hospital at least. 572 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,280 No doctors. And no police. 573 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:22,400 All we can do is pray. 574 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,190 Hello. St Mary's Presbytery? 575 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,110 Hello, do you still have the item 576 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:34,270 listed in the classified? 577 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:39,000 No, I'm afraid that item is no longer available. Goodbye. 578 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,790 If it's about the advertisement, I... 579 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:49,920 Is it true? 580 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:56,520 Penelope! Help the Father down here as quick as you can! 581 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,550 Yes, it is true. 582 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,710 He is dying. 583 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:03,830 Thanks to you! 584 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:05,150 I want to speak to him. 585 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,710 And he's coming. 586 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:09,950 Though he's not as light on his feet as once he was, 587 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,630 what with all that poison in his system! 588 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,590 Spare me your indignation. I'm trying to help. 589 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,240 Oh, and you expect me to believe that, do you? 590 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,270 - Flambeau? - You're getting careless, old friend. 591 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,670 Is it too much to hope that you are bringing back the crown? 592 00:34:29,720 --> 00:34:33,750 Evidently. Lisandra is making quite a name for herself. 593 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,390 A woman like that wouldn't want to leave any loose ends. 594 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,270 If I hand her the crown, she'll kill me and let you die anyway. 595 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,110 You cannot be sure of that. 596 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:44,080 Actually, I can. You were wrong about me, Father. 597 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:46,550 I do know her. 598 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,030 Her first husband went down with the Bismarck. 599 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,080 Her favourite piece of music is Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue. 600 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,150 And she is entirely without conscience. 601 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,510 Then why are you calling? 602 00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:58,720 To say sorry. 603 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,120 And good luck. 604 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:03,920 There's always hope. 605 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,480 - Flambeau?! - He's gone. 606 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,920 Now, now, Mrs McCarthy. 607 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,280 We have been delivered from evil before. 608 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,040 He really is without a heart. 609 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:45,400 Well... 610 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:48,200 .. it's not yet eight o'clock. 611 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,190 And I believe that somewhere in Hercule Flambeau there is 612 00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:55,430 a tortured soul waiting for redemption. 613 00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,440 And you must believe the same... 614 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,760 .. or you would not have thought that this plan could work. 615 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:11,640 You and I thought too highly of him and he let us down. 616 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,960 But don't worry, I will avenge us both. 617 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:24,150 "To refrain from imitation is the best revenge." 618 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,190 Don't spout your Scripture at me. 619 00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:30,270 Actually, I think it's Marcus Aurelius. 620 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:31,400 Lisandra... 621 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:36,560 .. why would your first husband have been on board the Bismarck? 622 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:39,800 - What? - The battleship. 623 00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:43,830 That's how he died, isn't it? 624 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:48,920 My husband was shot during the occupation of Corsica in 1942. 625 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:51,480 Ah. 626 00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:54,040 My mistake. 627 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,320 Do you like Gershwin? 628 00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:01,600 Not particularly. Why? 629 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:03,720 No reason. 630 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:06,950 "There's always hope." 631 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:13,030 Lisandra, would you like me to hear your confession now, 632 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:14,400 before it's too late? 633 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,350 You're the one running out of time, not I. 634 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:19,990 Lisandra Flambeau... 635 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:21,230 What is this? 636 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,910 I'm arresting you for the attempted murder of Father Brown 637 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,190 and stealing the Iron Crown of Lombardy. 638 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:27,670 You're not obliged to say anything, 639 00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:31,030 but anything you say may be given in evidence. 640 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,910 You fool! Perhaps I would have given you the antidote anyway, 641 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:36,640 but now you'll never know. 642 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:39,510 My father will break me out, 643 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,110 while your beloved Flambeau has left you to die! 644 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,320 Actually, he's already saved me. 645 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,990 How did you know that she had poisoned you with thallium? 646 00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:01,990 Ah, Flambeau told me that Lisandra's first husband died 647 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:03,470 when the Bismarck sank, 648 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:07,830 a ship named after the most famous Prussian of all, 649 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,920 and that her favourite music was Rhapsody In Blue. 650 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:15,030 Both lies. Or rather clues. 651 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:19,110 Because the antidote to thallium poisoning is Prussian blue. 652 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:20,640 Ah. 653 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:24,350 Even when he's saving my life, he's talking in riddles. 654 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,510 Don't give him too much credit. 655 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:28,870 If it wasn't for Flambeau, 656 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:32,310 - you would never have been in danger in the first place. - Hmm. 657 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,150 Well, we must be off. 658 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,150 Visiting hours are nearly over. 659 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:40,110 We'll come back later. Is there anything you need? 660 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:44,670 An atlas? I probably should find out where Witherly Island is. 661 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:48,110 Oh, yes. I'd rather forgotten about all of that. 662 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:52,160 Don't you worry about that for now. Just concentrate on getting better. 663 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,240 Thank you. 664 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,160 Ah, Doctor. 665 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,800 Everything all right... Doctor? 666 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:14,030 I'm afraid not. I've been running some tests. 667 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:15,550 With a magnet. 668 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,200 A magnet? 669 00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:23,200 The metal strip inside the crown, it isn't iron. 670 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:28,190 Oh. So it wasn't forged with a nail from the crucifixion? 671 00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:30,070 How disappointing for you. 672 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:33,870 Nevertheless, it still has immeasurable historical 673 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:35,310 and financial value. 674 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,150 It will sit well enough amongst my other baubles. 675 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:40,500 I doubt you've come out of hiding to tell me that. 676 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:49,160 I require a favour. 677 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:52,990 I did save your life. 678 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,430 Nevertheless... 679 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:55,710 Hear me out. 680 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:58,190 Lisandra managed to get a message to her father. 681 00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:00,190 He put a bounty on my head. 682 00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:01,910 Not a man to be trifled with. 683 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,990 Has a reputation for using thallium to dispose of his rivals. 684 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:10,000 So your tip-off was an educated guess? Like father, like daughter... 685 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,280 - I was right, wasn't I? - Still... 686 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,350 .. I don't see how I can protect you from her father? 687 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:19,840 Protect me? 688 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:22,800 You're far too late for that. 689 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,700 Nothing as subtle as poison, I'm afraid. 690 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,840 No. No message. 691 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:01,400 What do you need from me? 692 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:09,110 I would consider it a great honour if you would conduct my funeral. 693 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:10,560 On one condition. 694 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,240 Does anyone want to say a few words? 695 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:23,350 Then I will ask you all to join with me in a moment's silence 696 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:27,760 to pray for the departed, that his troubled soul may find peace. 697 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,110 In light of recent events, 698 00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:03,520 the Bishop has decided that you are to... 699 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:06,840 .. remain at Kembleford... 700 00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:09,280 .. for now. 701 00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:13,080 Thank you, Canon Fox. 702 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:19,600 And may you pass on my deep gratitude for the Bishop's leniency. 703 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,040 What now? 704 00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:40,830 The crown has been returned. The assassins are off my back. 705 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,630 I believe that makes us square. 706 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:45,320 I concur. A clean slate. 707 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:48,150 A new beginning. 708 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:49,600 But what will you do with it? 709 00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:52,400 The possibilities are endless. 710 00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:55,190 By the way, I think 711 00:42:55,240 --> 00:42:58,080 you might have been a little more effusive with the eulogy.