1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:08,520 ♪♪ 2 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:14,920 ♪♪ 3 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:16,560 [ Indistinct talking ] 4 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:21,600 ♪♪ 5 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,840 ♪♪ 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,920 [ Breathing heavily ] 7 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:35,280 ♪♪ 8 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:41,720 ♪♪ 9 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,120 [ Indistinct muttering ] 10 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:51,080 [ Slow jazz music plays ] 11 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:57,520 ♪♪ 12 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,320 [ Telephone rings ] 13 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:07,040 ♪♪ 14 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,360 Pritchard. 15 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,000 [ Sighs ] 16 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:13,440 You'll have to stop ringing me here, please. 17 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,000 No. 18 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:16,880 She's upstairs, in bed. 19 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,880 Look, I said I'll do it, and I will -- in my own time. 20 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,040 Now, please, stop ringing me here. 21 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:34,440 [ Ominous music plays ] 22 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,560 [ Putter taps, ball clangs ] 23 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:44,040 ♪♪ 24 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,040 - The protection of the spirits of the wind, the earth, 25 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,520 the fire, and the water around me. 26 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,080 And I beg you spirits not to let evil 27 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,040 cross the boundary into this room tonight. 28 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:54,720 [ Breathing heavily ] 29 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,120 Spirits, please help me. 30 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:58,800 Help me, please. 31 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:03,240 ♪♪ 32 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:12,560 ♪♪ 33 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:19,720 ♪♪ 34 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:27,040 ♪♪ 35 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:29,100 Ah, Caro. 36 00:02:29,260 --> 00:02:30,420 Tell Hester I'll take breakfast 37 00:02:30,580 --> 00:02:31,500 in the study this morning, please. 38 00:02:31,660 --> 00:02:32,820 Yes, sir. 39 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:40,160 ♪♪ 40 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,760 [ Lock rattles ] 41 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:44,400 Mrs. Pritchard? 42 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:47,160 [ Knocking ] 43 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:48,440 Mrs. Pritchard? 44 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,360 Mary? 45 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,120 Mary! 46 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:58,400 Mary! 47 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:07,120 ♪♪ 48 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:15,680 ♪♪ 49 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,320 Oh, no. 50 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,040 No. 51 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,080 [ Breathing heavily ] 52 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:34,200 [ Grunts ] 53 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:35,720 George? 54 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:37,120 George? 55 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:42,800 What is it? 56 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,160 - Mr. Pritchard, you should see this. 57 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,440 [ Gasps ] 58 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:58,800 ♪♪ 59 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,480 Look at the geranium, sir. 60 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:10,080 ♪♪ 61 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,440 [ Buzzing ] 62 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,160 [ Door opens ] 63 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:25,920 - It's the wasp season already, Miss Marple. 64 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,200 So I see. 65 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,240 I hope you're killing them humanely, John. 66 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,480 Nasty little predators. 67 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,920 What's the point of a wasp, Miss Marple? 68 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:36,320 I've never worked it out. 69 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:37,560 I don't know. 70 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,680 I'm sure they have their place. 71 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:42,520 - The garden's going to look wonderful again this year, Miss. 72 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,480 I think so. 73 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,960 - Especially if we can get rid of these blighters. 74 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,760 [ Buzzing ] 75 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:54,520 ♪♪ 76 00:04:54,680 --> 00:05:00,360 ♪♪ 77 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,640 Oh. 78 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,240 [ Gasps ] 79 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,040 - Are you all right, Miss Marple? 80 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,200 Uh...yes. 81 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:20,000 ♪♪ 82 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,360 [ Busy signal ] 83 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,480 [ Sighs ] 84 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,160 - Hello. - Hello. Yes. 85 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,800 I wonder, is it possible to speak to 86 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,040 Detective William Somerset? 87 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,240 - Yes, I believe he has a hearing 88 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:33,800 in front of the Old Bailey today. 89 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:35,120 - Your name, please. - Yes. 90 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:36,440 My name is Jane Marple. 91 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,320 Detective Somerset? 92 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:37,680 One moment, please. 93 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,240 There's a telephone call for you, sir. 94 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,040 It's a Miss Jane Marple. 95 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,120 - Oh, for goodness sake. No. I don't want to talk to her. 96 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:45,160 Tell her -- Tell her to go away. 97 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:46,520 I've got a murderer to hang. 98 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,080 Only put it more politely than that. 99 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:51,920 - He won't come to the phone? 100 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:53,440 - Perhaps you could call back later, Madam. 101 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,560 Goodbye. 102 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,080 Oh, Jane. Jane. 103 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,040 - Scotland Yard. - Hello. Yes. 104 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:11,120 I wondered, could you tell me 105 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:13,840 where I can find Sir Henry Clithering? 106 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:22,480 ♪♪ 107 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,840 - I'm terribly sorry, but as I've explained to you, 108 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,600 this is a gentlemen's club. 109 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,240 Yes, yes, I know, 110 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:29,760 but I have traveled some distance already today, 111 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,080 and I need to see Sir Henry Clithering 112 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:33,960 - on a matter of some urgency. - Jane! 113 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:35,440 - Oh. - Oh, what is it? 114 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,520 - Well, it's this, Sir Henry. Excuse me. 115 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,760 They're going to hang the wrong person for murder. 116 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:43,280 Thank you so much. 117 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,000 - I think you'd better come through. 118 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,120 - But Sir Henry, ladies are not allowed beyond the desk, sir. 119 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:49,920 - I'm a trustee. Make an exception. 120 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:51,720 - Excuse me. Thank you. 121 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:53,000 Oh. 122 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,280 ♪♪ 123 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,440 You need to stop the hearing, Henry, 124 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,920 or there will be terrible consequences. 125 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:02,560 Are you familiar with the case? 126 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,800 - Well, yes, but I retired from Scotland Yard some time ago. 127 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,200 I carry no authority there. 128 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,040 - But you can get to the people in authority, 129 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:11,840 whereas I can't, and I need to. 130 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,600 Calm down, Jane. 131 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,120 - Have you ever known me to be wrong, Sir Henry, 132 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:17,720 in all the years you've known me? 133 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:19,280 No. 134 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,560 Well, I was wrong here. 135 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,600 I was there when it happened, and I've got it wrong. 136 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:26,320 [ Sighs ] 137 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,640 Do you remember when old Mrs. Challinor died 138 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,120 in St. Mary Mead? 139 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:31,760 - Mrs. Challinor was murdered? 140 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,360 No. No, no, no, no, no. 141 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,040 But when she died, she had a knitting basket 142 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,440 that was full of abandoned projects. 143 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,960 They were so entangled that one simply couldn't unravel them. 144 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,720 Well... 145 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,040 that's how I think of this case, 146 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,200 this blue geranium murder. 147 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,800 It became so knotted that it was difficult 148 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,080 to tell one thing from the other. 149 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:00,880 - Tell me what happened, Jane, and then tell me why it's wrong. 150 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,160 - I'd been invited to the West Country 151 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,680 to visit a friend, Dermot Milewater. 152 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,280 He lives in a village called Little Ambrose. 153 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,840 And to get there, you have to catch a bus 154 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,600 from the train station in Fothersby. 155 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:18,320 ♪♪ 156 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,560 There was one other person on the bus. 157 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:26,000 ♪♪ 158 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,400 And he was in a mood to talk. 159 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,360 ♪♪ 160 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,400 - I love nature, don't you? 161 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:37,440 I love the bareness of the trees and the clouds. 162 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,440 Yes. Yes, I do. 163 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:44,040 - "My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky." 164 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:45,320 Wordsworth. 165 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,840 - Yes, yes, and I-I don't mind saying 166 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,680 that I've -- I've been through a tunnel, Missus, um... 167 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,200 Marple. Miss Marple. 168 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,680 - Eddie -- Eddie Seward, or just Ed or Eddie. 169 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,000 Eddie. Eddie. 170 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:00,680 [ Stammering ] 171 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,000 And as I came through this tunnel, I saw a crocus. 172 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,240 Saw it out the window -- an early white crocus. 173 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,640 And it was beautiful. It was terrifically beautiful. 174 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,720 And I thought I've never really seen nature 175 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:14,360 as being beautiful before. 176 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,160 And I should have done. I...I should have done. 177 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,560 And then, my heart leaped up, like in the Wordsworth. 178 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,000 It jumped. 179 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,400 ♪♪ 180 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:26,440 Uh... 181 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,320 ♪♪ 182 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:35,360 ...do you think God is in nature, Miss Marple? 183 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:36,720 I think He is. 184 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,880 ♪♪ 185 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,800 - I think He shows us how terrifically beautiful... 186 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,080 the world could really be. 187 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,800 - Are you going to Little Ambrose, Mr. Seward? 188 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,600 - I'm going to force the moment to its crisis. 189 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,680 - What moment to what crisis? 190 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,320 - And surrounded by such beauty, I... 191 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,520 I feel I will. 192 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:04,120 I feel I can do it. Yes. 193 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:07,040 Yes. 194 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:15,400 ♪♪ 195 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:23,520 ♪♪ 196 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,240 Here. 197 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:31,920 ♪♪ 198 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,640 Madam. 199 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,160 Jane. Jane! 200 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:32,560 - Oh. - Oh! 201 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,040 Oh, I'm sorry I'm late. 202 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,040 - Hello, Dermot. - But I come bearing gifts. 203 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,320 - Oh, they're beautiful. Thank you. 204 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,560 [ Laughs ] 205 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,560 Well...it's been too long, Jane. 206 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,960 - Yes. Yes, it has. Excuse me. 207 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,800 Mr. Seward, do you know where you're going? 208 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,880 - Uh...Uh, y-yes. Thank you. 209 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,560 It's, uh, it's a beaut-- It's a beautiful village. 210 00:11:03,500 --> 00:11:04,780 Hello. 211 00:11:04,940 --> 00:11:07,420 - You must be Miss Marple. - Yes. 212 00:11:07,580 --> 00:11:08,780 Jane, this is Hester. 213 00:11:08,940 --> 00:11:10,420 This is my niece, Robert's daughter. 214 00:11:10,580 --> 00:11:12,620 No! 215 00:11:12,780 --> 00:11:14,780 I remember you when your father had the parish at St. Mary Mead. 216 00:11:14,940 --> 00:11:16,300 You were this tall. 217 00:11:16,460 --> 00:11:18,220 - I remember St. Mary Mead very fondly. 218 00:11:18,380 --> 00:11:19,620 Is it still as pretty? 219 00:11:19,780 --> 00:11:21,380 It is. 220 00:11:21,540 --> 00:11:24,660 But this is, I think, the prettiest village I know -- 221 00:11:24,820 --> 00:11:27,900 and with a much more impressive church. 222 00:11:28,060 --> 00:11:30,940 - Yes, well, as impressive as it may be, 223 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:33,140 it might not be here for much longer. 224 00:11:36,100 --> 00:11:39,220 - We've had some trouble with subsidence on the south wall. 225 00:11:39,380 --> 00:11:42,140 Uncle Dermot's raised funds to dig out the foundations. 226 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:45,900 - It was a botched job, Jane. They completely ruined it. 227 00:11:46,060 --> 00:11:48,140 - Can't the diocese help? - No. 228 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:50,220 But we have a plan. 229 00:11:50,380 --> 00:11:52,340 There's a generous millionaire in the village now -- 230 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:54,700 Mr. Trans Europa Airlines, 231 00:11:54,860 --> 00:11:57,380 who bought Summerleigh at auction when Major Frayn died, 232 00:11:57,540 --> 00:11:59,780 lock, stock, and barrel -- all the contents. 233 00:11:59,940 --> 00:12:02,340 - Uh, Hester's cook at Summerleigh now. 234 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:03,580 Yes. 235 00:12:03,740 --> 00:12:05,340 And our plan is that today, 236 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:07,340 when he's made captain of the golf club, 237 00:12:07,500 --> 00:12:10,260 we're praying he'll be in a benevolent mood. 238 00:12:10,420 --> 00:12:12,020 [ Horn honks ] 239 00:12:14,220 --> 00:12:15,780 Where is she, Philippa? 240 00:12:15,940 --> 00:12:17,260 - George, she says you can honk the horn all you like, 241 00:12:17,420 --> 00:12:18,420 but it's giving her a migraine. 242 00:12:18,580 --> 00:12:20,060 - I've only honked it twice. 243 00:12:20,220 --> 00:12:21,900 - And anyway, she's decided she's not gonna come. 244 00:12:22,060 --> 00:12:23,220 Why not? 245 00:12:23,380 --> 00:12:24,460 Here, let me help you on your bike. 246 00:12:24,620 --> 00:12:26,940 - No, no. Thank you, George. 247 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:29,940 She's had her horoscope read this morning over the telephone. 248 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:31,260 Oh, no. 249 00:12:31,420 --> 00:12:32,500 - And she wants you to ring Dr. Frayn. 250 00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:38,140 - Things are going to fall apart today. 251 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:39,620 That's what he said. 252 00:12:39,780 --> 00:12:41,780 It's a black day. 253 00:12:41,940 --> 00:12:44,420 The moon is in Mars, or something. 254 00:12:44,580 --> 00:12:47,980 He said there were omens -- omens, George. 255 00:12:48,140 --> 00:12:49,780 Pass me the chocolates. 256 00:12:49,940 --> 00:12:51,700 Where are they?! 257 00:12:51,860 --> 00:12:56,060 He said I should stay inside, or bad things will happen to me. 258 00:12:57,820 --> 00:13:01,260 Not these! The truffles, you useless woman! 259 00:13:01,420 --> 00:13:04,460 And we should all stay here. No golf. 260 00:13:04,620 --> 00:13:07,100 Stay here, in this sanctuary, with me. 261 00:13:10,140 --> 00:13:11,500 Except you. 262 00:13:11,660 --> 00:13:13,660 You can go wherever you like, Nurse Copling. 263 00:13:13,820 --> 00:13:15,060 You're annoying today. 264 00:13:15,220 --> 00:13:17,100 I hope bad things happen to you. 265 00:13:18,500 --> 00:13:19,980 - Darling, you said you were looking forward 266 00:13:20,140 --> 00:13:21,420 to going to the golf club. 267 00:13:21,580 --> 00:13:22,860 You were gonna wear your new dress, 268 00:13:23,020 --> 00:13:25,140 which everyone was going to admire. 269 00:13:25,300 --> 00:13:26,740 Darling, they're expecting you. 270 00:13:26,900 --> 00:13:31,260 - Yes, they're expecting me to lie dying on the floor, 271 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:33,480 Thanks for coming, Frayn. 272 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:34,760 No problem. 273 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,480 - I have to be at the golf club by 3:00. 274 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:37,920 - I'll get her there as soon as I can. 275 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,320 - Is she in her room? - Yeah. Follow the noise. 276 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:41,960 George! 277 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:47,640 Is that Dr. Frayn?! 278 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:57,600 He said a "black day," Johnny, and you know how sensitive I am. 279 00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:59,120 Is that your magic medicine? 280 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:00,400 Yes. 281 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:02,400 Oh. 282 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:04,000 Mmm. 283 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,560 That works for me. It settles me. 284 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:08,360 I know. 285 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:09,960 George bought some hyacinths in from the greenhouse, 286 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:11,520 thinking that would settle me, 287 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:14,920 but nothing settles me like you, Johnny. 288 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:16,880 Will you stay close to me at the golf club? 289 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:18,240 Yes. Of course. 290 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:19,920 Will you watch over me all the time? 291 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,000 - So, that afternoon, Sir Henry, 292 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,320 most of Little Ambrose turns up at the golf club. 293 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,720 And I learn from Dermot that George Pritchard's brother, 294 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,520 Lewis, is a penniless writer, 295 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:40,200 and married to Mary Pritchard's sister, Philippa. 296 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,240 - Two brothers have married two sisters? 297 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,000 Yes. 298 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:45,200 And that afternoon, there was something very strange 299 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:46,640 going on between the brothers. 300 00:14:48,860 --> 00:14:50,300 - What happened to your nose? 301 00:14:50,460 --> 00:14:51,740 - You need to give me 20 quid. 302 00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:53,500 I owe Pilger 20 quid. Haven't got it. 303 00:14:53,660 --> 00:14:55,500 What, he did that to you? 304 00:14:55,660 --> 00:14:57,820 - Yeah. I was walking here. He draws up in that car. 305 00:14:57,980 --> 00:15:00,620 He says things will get a lot worse if I don't pay up. 306 00:15:00,780 --> 00:15:02,260 [ Sighs ] 307 00:15:02,420 --> 00:15:03,820 You need any money, you're gonna have to go through Mary. 308 00:15:03,980 --> 00:15:05,460 No! 309 00:15:05,620 --> 00:15:07,100 - Because she needs to know that the money 310 00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:08,820 is gonna get to her sister, and not some bloody bookmaker. 311 00:15:08,980 --> 00:15:10,300 George, George. 312 00:15:11,540 --> 00:15:13,300 I know you like carrying a big wad around -- 313 00:15:13,460 --> 00:15:14,940 more than most people earn in a month. 314 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:16,820 [ Sighs ] 315 00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:25,710 - Next time, don't bother asking me. 316 00:15:25,870 --> 00:15:27,070 You go to Mary. 317 00:15:34,590 --> 00:15:36,830 - Sorry. Sorry I'm late. 318 00:15:36,990 --> 00:15:38,950 - Did you bring the fruit pies? 319 00:15:39,110 --> 00:15:41,070 - No. No, I'm afraid I didn't. 320 00:15:41,230 --> 00:15:42,390 I ran out of time. 321 00:15:42,550 --> 00:15:43,910 Oh, not to worry, not to worry. 322 00:15:44,070 --> 00:15:45,510 I just hope we've got enough to go 'round. 323 00:15:45,670 --> 00:15:46,790 - Hazel's an artist, Miss Marple. 324 00:15:46,950 --> 00:15:49,830 We have to allow her a little dreaminess. 325 00:15:49,990 --> 00:15:51,270 Hello. 326 00:15:51,430 --> 00:15:53,150 - Jane Marple. Nice to meet you. 327 00:15:53,310 --> 00:15:55,670 - Are all these people admiring my dress, Johnny? 328 00:15:55,830 --> 00:15:57,110 Yes, they are. 329 00:15:57,270 --> 00:15:58,470 And what was George speaking to 330 00:15:58,630 --> 00:15:59,910 my sister's useless husband about? 331 00:16:00,070 --> 00:16:01,430 Was it money? 332 00:16:01,590 --> 00:16:03,470 - He handed over about £20. 333 00:16:03,630 --> 00:16:04,870 It'll be for the bookmakers again. 334 00:16:05,030 --> 00:16:06,390 Right. 335 00:16:06,550 --> 00:16:08,590 And where is George now? Where is he? 336 00:16:08,750 --> 00:16:10,350 - He's with Reverend Milewater. 337 00:16:12,350 --> 00:16:13,910 Is he? 338 00:16:14,070 --> 00:16:16,470 Well, I bet I can tell you what that's about. 339 00:16:16,630 --> 00:16:18,470 - Well, it escalates every day. 340 00:16:18,630 --> 00:16:21,230 The diocese think that they could make funds available 341 00:16:21,390 --> 00:16:23,150 by the end of the year, but by that time, 342 00:16:23,310 --> 00:16:25,150 the whole thing could have collapsed completely. 343 00:16:25,310 --> 00:16:26,990 - I hope it does, the miserable place. 344 00:16:27,150 --> 00:16:28,550 Darling. 345 00:16:28,710 --> 00:16:30,950 - How much are they after this time, George? 346 00:16:31,110 --> 00:16:34,390 I mean, you people are shameless. 347 00:16:34,550 --> 00:16:36,110 We have been back here two years, 348 00:16:36,270 --> 00:16:38,630 and already we've forked out to redevelop the golf course, 349 00:16:38,790 --> 00:16:42,350 the cricket pavilion, dig out the culverts. 350 00:16:42,510 --> 00:16:44,630 It's like being stuck in a nightmare village 351 00:16:44,790 --> 00:16:47,430 of Oliver Twist going, "More! More! More!" 352 00:16:49,590 --> 00:16:51,230 Well, come on, 353 00:16:51,390 --> 00:16:54,310 tell us how much you've cost by messing up those renovations. 354 00:16:54,470 --> 00:16:56,190 Well, it's in the region of -- 355 00:16:56,350 --> 00:16:58,070 - Because you're not going to get any. 356 00:16:58,230 --> 00:17:00,110 And I'll tell you why. 357 00:17:00,270 --> 00:17:03,110 Because I hate that miserable little church. 358 00:17:03,270 --> 00:17:05,070 I hate the way it denies 359 00:17:05,230 --> 00:17:07,390 the true old patterns of the world -- 360 00:17:07,550 --> 00:17:12,070 the horoscopes, and the auras, and all of the true things! 361 00:17:12,230 --> 00:17:15,790 I hate the way it bores people to death every Sunday 362 00:17:15,950 --> 00:17:18,590 through this little failure of a preacher. 363 00:17:20,110 --> 00:17:22,310 Oh, ask everyone here, they all think you're boring. 364 00:17:22,470 --> 00:17:23,750 [ Laughs ] 365 00:17:23,910 --> 00:17:27,510 They all think you're a waste of space. 366 00:17:27,670 --> 00:17:28,910 So, no money. 367 00:17:33,910 --> 00:17:36,350 Well, I am done now, so... 368 00:17:36,510 --> 00:17:38,590 so you can all stop gawping. 369 00:17:42,750 --> 00:17:44,150 Shall we go outside, 370 00:17:44,310 --> 00:17:45,870 and perform the ceremony for the new captain? 371 00:17:54,750 --> 00:17:57,790 - Just ignore her, Reverend. She's an awful woman. 372 00:17:57,950 --> 00:18:01,110 If she can say one spiteful thing, she can say a hatful. 373 00:18:01,270 --> 00:18:03,630 She makes her husband's life misery, too, by all accounts, 374 00:18:03,790 --> 00:18:05,030 if that's any consolation. 375 00:18:05,190 --> 00:18:06,790 - God forgive me, but if George Pritchard 376 00:18:06,950 --> 00:18:08,590 were to brain his wife with a hatchet, 377 00:18:08,750 --> 00:18:10,070 there's not a soul in this village 378 00:18:10,230 --> 00:18:11,310 that wouldn't acquit him. 379 00:18:12,670 --> 00:18:14,350 - Couldn't you have stopped her? 380 00:18:14,510 --> 00:18:15,830 - No one can stop her, darling. 381 00:18:15,990 --> 00:18:17,470 You can. 382 00:18:17,630 --> 00:18:19,070 Well, maybe she's right. 383 00:18:19,230 --> 00:18:21,390 Maybe people are beginning to sponge off them. 384 00:18:21,550 --> 00:18:23,430 Wish me luck with the speech. 385 00:18:23,590 --> 00:18:29,150 ♪♪ 386 00:18:29,310 --> 00:18:31,590 Ladies and gentlemen, 387 00:18:31,750 --> 00:18:33,710 since George Pritchard came to Little Ambrose 388 00:18:33,870 --> 00:18:36,150 and bought Summerleigh from my late father, 389 00:18:36,310 --> 00:18:37,910 we've a lot to thank him for. 390 00:18:38,070 --> 00:18:40,950 The cricket pavilion, the work on the back nine, 391 00:18:41,110 --> 00:18:43,430 and many other small projects that have improved our community 392 00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:45,230 are down to George's generosity. 393 00:18:45,390 --> 00:18:46,510 Quite so. 394 00:18:46,670 --> 00:18:47,830 - So it's a pleasure to invite him 395 00:18:47,990 --> 00:18:50,310 to accept the captaincy of our club, 396 00:18:50,470 --> 00:18:52,950 taking over from the many years' service of my father, 397 00:18:53,110 --> 00:18:55,670 and to perform the ceremonial drive off the first tee. 398 00:18:55,830 --> 00:18:57,830 Let's see if he can beat our captain's record -- 399 00:18:57,990 --> 00:19:02,310 held by our ladies' captain, Mrs. Hartopp -- at 183 yards. 400 00:19:02,470 --> 00:19:04,870 - A phenomenal distance, considering she's a woman. 401 00:19:05,030 --> 00:19:06,270 [ Laughter ] 402 00:19:06,430 --> 00:19:08,430 I'll do well to beat that. 403 00:19:08,590 --> 00:19:09,790 Lewis, are your kids out spotting? 404 00:19:09,950 --> 00:19:11,550 - Yeah. They're down there. 405 00:19:11,710 --> 00:19:13,110 - They're being very optimistic. 406 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:22,160 - Oh! - Very good try. 407 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:25,120 And it's the... 408 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:26,520 trees by the river. 409 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,080 [ Laughter, applause ] 410 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:35,800 Do we get a second go? 411 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:37,200 - No. - No. 412 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:38,920 - My kids will never find that, George. 413 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:40,360 They'll be in there for years. 414 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:41,960 Come out looking like Rip van bloody Winkle. 415 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:43,440 [ Laughter ] 416 00:19:46,980 --> 00:19:48,940 Dad! 417 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:50,220 Call the police! 418 00:19:50,380 --> 00:19:52,700 [ Children shouting indistinctly ] 419 00:19:52,860 --> 00:20:00,580 ♪♪ 420 00:20:00,740 --> 00:20:01,980 - He's by the river, Uncle George. 421 00:20:06,820 --> 00:20:10,140 Oh, God. 422 00:20:10,300 --> 00:20:11,620 Quick. Turn him over. 423 00:20:11,780 --> 00:20:13,060 Is he dead? 424 00:20:13,220 --> 00:20:16,180 - Come here. Come here, Michael. Peter. 425 00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:17,500 Turn him over. 426 00:20:17,660 --> 00:20:23,340 ♪♪ 427 00:20:23,500 --> 00:20:26,900 Who is it, George? 428 00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:27,980 Oh. 429 00:20:28,140 --> 00:20:29,940 Oh, my goodness. 430 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,360 - And did Eddie Seward say where he'd come from? 431 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:40,160 I presumed London. 432 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:41,880 His coat was Savile Row, 433 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,920 and to be on the 10:25 bus from Fothersby 434 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,040 meant he'd most likely arrived on the 8:05 from Paddington. 435 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:49,800 Right. 436 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,280 - And it was an impulsive visit, Detective Somerset. 437 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,000 I believe he'd only decided to make the journey that morning. 438 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:56,680 - He told you that, did he? 439 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,120 - No. No, no. He had no travel bag. 440 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,000 - And did he say why he was headed to Little Ambrose? 441 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:04,840 Yes. 442 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,960 He said he was here "to force the moment to its crisis." 443 00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:10,000 - Well, that could mean anything. - No, no. 444 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,000 It's from a poem about a man called Prufrock 445 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:14,840 who's trying to summon up the courage 446 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,320 to ask a woman to marry him. 447 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,120 Is it? 448 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:21,480 - Inspector, I couldn't help noticing when I saw the body 449 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,840 that the bottom half of the tie that killed him was missing. 450 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,600 - Oh, you had a good look, did you? 451 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,080 - Well, you can learn so much 452 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,320 if you're lucky enough to see the body. 453 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:31,960 Um, can I just ask... 454 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:33,800 [ Telephone rings ] 455 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:38,200 ...if the other part of his tie was found on or near him? 456 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,120 - Well, that's a police concern, Miss Marple. 457 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:41,920 Yes. 458 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:43,760 - Inspector, it seems you've just had a phone call 459 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,800 from a certain lady who would like to see you rather urgently. 460 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,080 - Um, and -- and the scratches on his neck. 461 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,400 I wonder, were they made by the dead man 462 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,360 or by a possible assailant? 463 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,160 - Again, Miss Marple, that's a matter 464 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:58,640 that should only concern the police. 465 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,400 And what's the name of this certain lady? 466 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:01,960 Mary Pritchard. 467 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:03,600 I suggest you wear a helmet. 468 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,520 I don't want those pills. I want your magic, Dr. Frayn. 469 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,720 You know I can't take pills without mayonnaise. 470 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,320 - Mrs. Pritchard, I was told you had something urgent to tell me. 471 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:14,680 That's what she said. 472 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,000 I'm being burgled. 473 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,240 - You are not being burgled! 474 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,600 - Jewelry goes missing from this room. 475 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,360 Yes, it does. 476 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:24,880 My emerald ring, for one, that diamond brooch, 477 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,520 snuffboxes from the hall tables spirited away. 478 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,040 Now you're in the village, Inspector, 479 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,640 you can take me seriously, 480 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,320 and put all your efforts into this crime, as well. 481 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:36,160 - Mrs. Pritchard, I have a capital crime here. 482 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,080 Now, I was told you had something urgent to say 483 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:39,600 about the murder of Eddie Seward. 484 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:40,960 That was Eddie Seward? 485 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:42,200 Yes. Did you know him? 486 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,240 Oh, I knew him. 487 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:45,960 You did, too, didn't you, George? 488 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,560 - Just before I left the Yard, we investigated an Edward Seward 489 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:53,800 because his wife went missing. 490 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,320 That's right. 491 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,360 And that's what Detective Somerset found out 492 00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:59,080 after a quick phone call. 493 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,200 - He was a member here, you know. 494 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:03,320 Rich as Croesus, he was. 495 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:04,840 Inherited a mining fortune. 496 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,080 Never did a day's work in his life. 497 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,720 - Yes, I believe we would have been in the same society events 498 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,080 as Eddie Seward, but we weren't friends. 499 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:13,080 I wouldn't have recognized him. 500 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:14,360 Business associates? 501 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,000 No. 502 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:17,040 Would you like a drink, Inspector? 503 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,040 Or are you all right with tea? 504 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:21,960 - No, no, thanks. Tea is fine. 505 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:23,720 Of course. 506 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,040 - So, from what I can gather, he would finance ventures, 507 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:28,560 some of them nefarious. 508 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,160 Yes, well, I steer clear of financiers like that. 509 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:32,600 Tea, Mr. Pritchard? 510 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,080 Yes, thank you, Hester. 511 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,600 No, thanks. 512 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:42,120 - I set up the airline with contacts I had in the Air Force. 513 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,120 Good. 514 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,400 Oh, um, where were you between 11:30 515 00:23:46,740 --> 00:23:54,260 ♪♪ 516 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,040 and the events at the golf course this afternoon? 517 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,240 I was here. 518 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:54,760 Thank you. 519 00:23:54,420 --> 00:24:01,780 ♪♪ 520 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:03,260 Oh. Hello. 521 00:24:03,420 --> 00:24:05,020 I've been looking for you. 522 00:24:05,180 --> 00:24:06,340 How are you? 523 00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:08,180 [ Sighs ] 524 00:24:08,340 --> 00:24:11,580 I have been here for 40 years, Jane. 525 00:24:11,740 --> 00:24:14,700 And the whole thing's gonna fall down around me. 526 00:24:14,860 --> 00:24:16,900 - You'll raise the money. [ Scoffs ] 527 00:24:17,060 --> 00:24:18,540 [ Sighs ] 528 00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:20,420 This where you write? 529 00:24:20,580 --> 00:24:23,020 - I try to get inspiration from these things. 530 00:24:25,780 --> 00:24:32,380 ♪♪ 531 00:24:32,540 --> 00:24:33,900 The seven deadly sins. 532 00:24:34,060 --> 00:24:35,900 [ Laughs ] Yes. 533 00:24:36,060 --> 00:24:37,940 And I think we all know who Gluttony is. 534 00:24:39,740 --> 00:24:41,460 Oh, I try to see the good in people, Jane, 535 00:24:41,620 --> 00:24:43,540 but that woman has not got an ounce of it in her. 536 00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:44,780 Never has had. 537 00:24:44,940 --> 00:24:46,820 Someone ought to teach her a lesson. 538 00:24:46,980 --> 00:24:48,060 Dermot. 539 00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:49,300 No, I mean it. 540 00:24:52,580 --> 00:24:55,820 ♪♪ 541 00:24:55,980 --> 00:24:58,380 She grew up in this village. Did you know that? 542 00:24:58,540 --> 00:25:00,220 No, no. 543 00:25:00,380 --> 00:25:01,940 Well, she was very pretty. 544 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:06,500 And George Pritchard was her sister's fiancé. 545 00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:10,500 They met when they were in the RAF during the war. 546 00:25:10,660 --> 00:25:13,180 And Philippa was so in love with him. 547 00:25:13,340 --> 00:25:16,460 I've never seen anybody so in love. 548 00:25:16,620 --> 00:25:19,460 And...Mary stole him. 549 00:25:20,980 --> 00:25:22,380 This is George. 550 00:25:22,540 --> 00:25:23,900 Hello. 551 00:25:24,060 --> 00:25:26,100 - She broke her sister's heart. 552 00:25:29,940 --> 00:25:31,060 Philippa married the other brother 553 00:25:31,220 --> 00:25:32,540 out of desperation, I suppose. 554 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:34,820 I don't know. 555 00:25:34,980 --> 00:25:37,580 And Mary's been such a terrible wife to George. 556 00:25:37,740 --> 00:25:39,260 She makes him live here 557 00:25:39,420 --> 00:25:41,220 so that she can play the lady of the manor 558 00:25:41,380 --> 00:25:43,860 when he needs to be in London. 559 00:25:44,020 --> 00:25:45,100 She bullies him. 560 00:25:47,260 --> 00:25:48,860 She bullies everyone. 561 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:51,100 - I think Eddie Seward deserved to die. 562 00:25:51,260 --> 00:25:52,980 - That's a terrible thing to say. 563 00:25:53,140 --> 00:25:54,540 - We knew him in London, Philippa. 564 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:56,620 He was a piece of work. 565 00:25:56,780 --> 00:25:59,540 Drunk and violent. 566 00:25:59,700 --> 00:26:00,900 How do you know that? 567 00:26:01,060 --> 00:26:03,860 - I met his wife -- the one who disappeared. 568 00:26:04,020 --> 00:26:05,460 When? 569 00:26:05,620 --> 00:26:08,580 - Mm, at one of those hideous balls on Park Lane, 570 00:26:08,740 --> 00:26:10,740 where everyone dresses up as if Edward VII 571 00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:13,460 were still on the throne. 572 00:26:13,620 --> 00:26:15,500 [ Cries] 573 00:26:15,660 --> 00:26:18,180 Are you all right? 574 00:26:18,340 --> 00:26:20,420 Penelope Seward. 575 00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:22,500 She was quiet, didn't want to talk. 576 00:26:22,660 --> 00:26:24,620 But she was angry. 577 00:26:24,780 --> 00:26:26,340 She said couldn't go back to the ball 578 00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:28,820 because she had a huge bruise on the side of the face 579 00:26:28,980 --> 00:26:30,060 where he'd hit her. 580 00:26:30,220 --> 00:26:31,580 Oh, and that wasn't the worst. 581 00:26:31,740 --> 00:26:33,900 She had scars on her arms 582 00:26:34,060 --> 00:26:38,060 where she said he'd stubbed out his cigars when he was drunk. 583 00:26:38,220 --> 00:26:41,580 She said if she stayed one more day with him... 584 00:26:41,740 --> 00:26:43,100 I'll kill him. 585 00:26:43,260 --> 00:26:45,500 ♪♪ 586 00:26:45,660 --> 00:26:47,500 Now, maybe she has. 587 00:26:47,660 --> 00:26:48,860 Oh, Mary. 588 00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:52,900 - Obviously, the discovery of Eddie's body 589 00:26:53,060 --> 00:26:55,700 had spread unease through the village that night. 590 00:26:55,860 --> 00:26:57,340 [ Children laughing ] 591 00:26:57,500 --> 00:26:58,660 - Put the pots in the kitchen, children, 592 00:26:58,820 --> 00:27:00,020 and straight to bed. 593 00:27:00,180 --> 00:27:01,780 Mother! 594 00:27:01,940 --> 00:27:03,540 - Hi, Dad. - Hello. 595 00:27:03,700 --> 00:27:05,140 Hello, Daddy. 596 00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:07,140 - That's a nice sound. It's what I like to hear. 597 00:27:07,300 --> 00:27:09,380 How's the book going? 598 00:27:09,540 --> 00:27:10,740 Going fine. 599 00:27:10,900 --> 00:27:13,820 - Dad, who do you think killed that man? 600 00:27:13,980 --> 00:27:16,540 - Look, children, don't mess. 601 00:27:16,700 --> 00:27:19,900 Can you just take these pots off the table?! 602 00:27:20,060 --> 00:27:21,420 - If you go and put your pajamas on, 603 00:27:21,580 --> 00:27:22,700 I'll be up in a minute. 604 00:27:22,860 --> 00:27:24,460 I'll take that. I'll take that. 605 00:27:30,100 --> 00:27:35,260 [ Typewriter clacking ] 606 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:37,860 This body down the club would make a good story. 607 00:27:38,020 --> 00:27:40,780 Yeah, a potboiler. 608 00:27:40,940 --> 00:27:43,620 Well, sometimes pots need to boil, don't they? 609 00:27:43,780 --> 00:27:45,100 Otherwise, no one eats. 610 00:27:47,540 --> 00:27:49,460 What does that mean? 611 00:27:49,620 --> 00:27:51,580 - I've put this week's groceries on the tab again. 612 00:27:51,740 --> 00:27:53,140 That's four weeks we owe now. 613 00:27:57,020 --> 00:27:58,660 Can you talk to your brother, Lewis? 614 00:27:58,820 --> 00:28:00,140 Philippa! Philippa! 615 00:28:03,140 --> 00:28:05,740 Everything's gonna be fine. 616 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:15,360 - £20, but I don't want to pay it off yet. 617 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,440 I want you to put this on Flavius the Great, 618 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,120 Towcester, 2:15 tomorrow. 619 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,080 Do you know your history? 620 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,280 Flavius -- named, I presume, after Flavius Belisarius -- 621 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,400 was the only Roman general who never lost a battle. 622 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,200 He never lost. 623 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:34,080 ♪♪ 624 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,680 [ Door opens ] 625 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,800 - Hello. I thought you'd gone, darling. 626 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,320 - Well, uh, Mary asked me if I'd hang around 627 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:42,680 in case she had a relapse. 628 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,480 A relapse of what? 629 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,760 - Actually, I was waiting for you. 630 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,200 Would you like to go for a drink? 631 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:49,520 - Yes. A drink would be nice after today. 632 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,040 Good. 633 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,440 34, blond. 634 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:55,800 Can I have a photograph sent, 635 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,480 because I think she might be here. 636 00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,440 I'll look it up. 637 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,280 - Either that or Eddie Seward came to see George Pritchard, 638 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,840 which Pritchard denies. 639 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,480 - Eddie Seward, George Pritchard. 640 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:05,880 This could be a high-profile case, Bill. 641 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:07,640 Yeah. I'm aware of that. 642 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,080 If I can wrap this up quickly, 643 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:10,320 it could be my ticket back to London. 644 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:11,640 Then, all that stuff will be forgotten. 645 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:12,800 [ Knocking ] 646 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,640 ♪♪ 647 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,000 Hang on one moment. 648 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:20,440 Yes, dear? 649 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,720 - Something I forgot to say, Inspector -- 650 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,920 Eddie Seward was a drunk. 651 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:26,560 That much was obvious. 652 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,960 But from his behavior on the bus this morning, 653 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:30,560 I don't think he'd been drinking today. 654 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,360 - Well, interesting, but could you walk away now, 655 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:33,720 because I'm on confidential police business. 656 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:35,800 - Can I just ask, if I may, 657 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,320 if you think the scratches on his neck were self-inflicted 658 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,360 or the result of a fight? 659 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,440 My friend, Sir Henry Clithering, you see, 660 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,080 says you can always tell if it's self-inflicted 661 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,560 by looking under the fingernails. 662 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,120 - You know Sir Henry Clithering? 663 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:51,760 - Scotland Yard? - Yeah. 664 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,440 Eddie Seward was a drunk, wasn't he? 665 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:58,920 - He disappeared from a drying-out clinic 666 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:00,960 at about 5:00 yesterday afternoon. 667 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:02,880 As I thought. 668 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,760 And I think his wife must be down here somewhere, don't you? 669 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:07,320 Yes. 670 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,760 - Well, if you need any help, Inspector, do let me know. 671 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,120 - Who on Earth was that? - You don't want to know. 672 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:19,840 But I'll bet George Pritchard 673 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,280 knows more about Eddie Seward than he's letting on. 674 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:31,120 ♪♪ 675 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:39,920 ♪♪ 676 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,240 - Sir Henry. - Oh. 677 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,760 Thank you. 678 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:47,080 So, both you and Somerset were right. 679 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,120 Penelope Seward was at Little Ambrose. 680 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:51,240 - Yes. Yes, yes. But wa-- wait. 681 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:52,960 I have to tell this right. 682 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,680 And this is where it becomes tangled -- 683 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,840 like Mrs. Challinor's wool, remember? 684 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,080 Mrs. Challinor's wool? 685 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,000 - Because the next morning, while the whole house was out, 686 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:04,840 Mary Pritchard had a visitor. 687 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:11,000 Now, whenever she heard of a new mystic or fortune-teller, 688 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,120 she couldn't resist arranging for a reading. 689 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,600 The one she had scheduled to call that morning 690 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,440 was a fortune-teller who called herself Zarida. 691 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:20,880 [ Door opens ] 692 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:22,160 Mm! 693 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:23,560 Zarida. 694 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,000 Come in. Come in. 695 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,840 Yesterday, I had the most horrific horoscope, 696 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,040 and it all came true. 697 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,320 I am so in tune with the spiritual -- 698 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:36,720 - I cannot come into this room. 699 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,240 I feel evil and danger. 700 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:40,680 [ Gasps ] 701 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,680 What are they doing here? 702 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:49,160 Blue hyacinths are a warning, Mary Pritchard. 703 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:54,040 If you see blue hollyhocks, they will mean danger. 704 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,520 Danger. 705 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,600 - And blue geraniums will mean your death. 706 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:02,800 ♪♪ 707 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,240 I'm going to die. 708 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:05,960 You're not, darling. 709 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,280 - Warning, then danger, then death. 710 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,040 - You certainly got your money's worth this morning, didn't you? 711 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,120 - I was foretold Eddie Seward's death. 712 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,120 Now, I've been foretold my own. 713 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:16,840 Look... 714 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,080 you don't get blue hollyhocks. 715 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:20,680 They're pink and they're yellow. 716 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,160 So, I think it's fair to say 717 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,320 that you're gonna be with us forever, Mary. 718 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,240 - You know blue has always been repellent to me, George. 719 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:28,800 - [Whispering] Then it's a pity food isn't blue. 720 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:30,320 - Who brought the hyacinths in? 721 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:31,720 Mr. Pritchard. 722 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,200 [ Sighs ] 723 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:37,160 Now, are you gonna host the drinks tonight? 724 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:39,280 You know I've got the golf lot coming 'round. 725 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,880 - I think I might be dead by this evening. 726 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:43,800 Enough! 727 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,240 Enough of this spiritual poppycock! 728 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:47,880 George. 729 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,400 - And the crackpots that you listen to. 730 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,080 I hate this, Mary! I hate it! 731 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:54,840 Everything I've ever done you've ruined! 732 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,960 You ruin every day of my life! 733 00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:58,720 I'm scared, Georgie. 734 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,120 - Well, I'm not scared of you anymore. 735 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,520 - [ Breathing heavily ] - Now you stop this nonsense. 736 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,640 You get out of bed. You go downstairs. 737 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:07,400 you host this evening, you do it well, 738 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,720 because I'm warning you -- I've had enough! 739 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,800 - Do you see there, Jane, that great big crack? 740 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,200 Yes. Yes. 741 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,720 Have there been any new arrivals in the village 742 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,400 over the last couple of years? 743 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,280 Women in their 30s? 744 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,160 - Well, there's been a couple of them, haven't there, Hes? 745 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:31,920 Mm. 746 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,640 - They've had a change of nurse up at Summerleigh. 747 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:39,160 Nurse Copling came with excellent references, 748 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:40,440 didn't she, Hes? 749 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:41,720 She did, yes. 750 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:42,960 Well, I'm new, of course, Miss Marple. 751 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:44,480 Been here a year now. 752 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,440 - Oh, well, of course, that makes three of them. 753 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,920 And if only Dr. Frayn would eventually get 'round 754 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:50,640 to asking you to marry him, 755 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:51,760 well, then, you'd be with us a little longer, wouldn't you? 756 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,040 If he ever does. 757 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,120 [ Chuckles ] 758 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:59,080 - Why would Eddie Seward's body wash up at the golf course? 759 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,480 Is there anything upriver from there? 760 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,280 - Well, only an old water mill, but it's practically abandoned. 761 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:06,880 - Why? What are you thinking, Jane? 762 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,640 - I think that Eddie came to Little Ambrose to find his wife. 763 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,040 I imagine he was going to tell her 764 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:13,360 that he'd cleaned himself up, 765 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,240 and was going to force the moment to its crisis, 766 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,600 and ask her to take him back. 767 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,640 Oh, but instead, she killed him, 768 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,600 and dumped his body in the river? 769 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,440 Well, perhaps. 770 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,040 - Miss Marple, I heard George Pritchard 771 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,120 lie to the police yesterday. 772 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,320 Oh, where you were between 11:30 773 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:33,120 and the events at the golf course this afternoon? 774 00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:35,920 I was here. 775 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:37,640 Thank you. 776 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,320 But he wasn't. 777 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,120 He was absent from Summerleigh the whole time. 778 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:44,600 [ Sighs ] 779 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,080 Hm. 780 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,240 - Who was the third woman who arrived? 781 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:51,920 Um...Hazel Instow. 782 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:53,200 She's lovely. 783 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:54,440 What do you know about her? 784 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:00,680 - I came to Little Ambrose, I'd say, 18 months ago, 785 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:02,240 for the peace and quiet. 786 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,760 - And before that? - I lived in Alexandria. 787 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:06,520 I love the antiquities. 788 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,920 It had always been a dream of mine to paint in Egypt. 789 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:10,080 - How long did you live there? 790 00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:11,800 Oh, a number of years. 791 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:13,600 My sister is married to the British consul. 792 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,760 I'm afraid I never knew this Mr. Seward, Inspector, 793 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,040 so I can't really help you. 794 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:19,440 Of course. 795 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,760 And before Egypt? 796 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,240 London. 797 00:35:25,240 --> 00:35:27,520 May I ask... 798 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,160 is it possible to make a living doing this? 799 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,680 A small one, yes. 800 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,680 There's a gallery in Chelsea which takes the occasional work. 801 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:39,680 But it's a vocation rather than a profession for me, Detective. 802 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:41,920 [ Laughing ] Oh! 803 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,840 Oh! Ah. 804 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,040 Now... 805 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,320 how much would he fetch? 806 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,040 - Oh, no, he's not going anywhere. 807 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,440 That's just a sketch for a commission from the golf club. 808 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,120 When I paint it up, they're gonna hang George 809 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:56,360 in the clubhouse. 810 00:35:58,520 --> 00:35:59,960 In a manner of speaking. 811 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:01,200 Sorry. 812 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:02,480 [ Chuckles ] 813 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:05,560 - Is she coming down, Caroline? 814 00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:06,800 No, Mrs. Pritchard. 815 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,600 - Hazel, will you perform hostess duties for George tonight? 816 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:12,640 No, you. 817 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,200 Please. 818 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,880 - What puzzles me is this -- 819 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,760 fortune-tellers usually are out for what they can get. 820 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,360 From what I can see, 821 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,280 they just say what Mrs. Pritchard wants to hear. 822 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,680 But this Zarida, she seems to be frightening her 823 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,360 with no advantage to herself. 824 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,600 I don't see the point. 825 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,920 - How did Mary hear of Zarida? 826 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,600 - Susan Carstairs, the nurse before me, put her on to her. 827 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,480 - Why does that not surprise me? 828 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:43,880 - Nurse Carstairs was really into this sort of thing. 829 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,440 She sent this letter. 830 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,400 She left about six months ago. 831 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:48,640 It was all very sudden. 832 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,400 - She sent this -- sorry, Hester -- 833 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,560 but she sent this recommendation out of the blue last week. 834 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:55,880 - Did Mrs. Pritchard make the appointment herself? 835 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,000 - No. I rang Zarida at her request. 836 00:36:58,160 --> 00:36:59,520 - Well, I'm going to ring this Zarida now. 837 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:00,840 Ask her what she's playing at. 838 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,000 - Why did Nurse Carstairs leave so suddenly? 839 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,800 - We have a steady flow of staff here, I'm afraid. 840 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,720 My sister isn't the easiest person to work for. 841 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,440 [ Dial tone ] 842 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,000 Is she not in? 843 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:22,520 - The number's discontinued. 844 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:27,840 [ Piano music plays ] 845 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,360 Gonna catch you! 846 00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:30,540 George. 847 00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:32,100 - Ah, Jonathan. Welcome. Come through. 848 00:37:32,260 --> 00:37:33,580 I'm afraid my wife's nerves 849 00:37:33,740 --> 00:37:34,900 have got the better of her this evening. 850 00:37:35,060 --> 00:37:35,940 She won't be joining us. 851 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:38,420 - What a pity. Hazel. 852 00:37:38,580 --> 00:37:39,940 Evening. 853 00:37:40,100 --> 00:37:41,980 - Like to have a drink? - Excuse me. 854 00:37:42,140 --> 00:37:43,580 Sorry to intrude, Pritchard, 855 00:37:43,740 --> 00:37:45,580 but I wonder if I could have a quick word with your employees 856 00:37:45,740 --> 00:37:47,580 Nurse Copling and Miss Milewater. 857 00:37:47,740 --> 00:37:49,860 Whatever for? 858 00:37:50,020 --> 00:37:51,220 Just routine. 859 00:37:53,820 --> 00:37:55,540 - You can use my study. - Thank you. 860 00:37:59,660 --> 00:38:00,940 - Ooh, yum. - Hey. 861 00:38:01,100 --> 00:38:02,220 These are for later, you little rascal. 862 00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:04,460 Can I have three, please? 863 00:38:04,620 --> 00:38:05,540 Thank you. 864 00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:07,220 [ Laughs ] 865 00:38:07,380 --> 00:38:08,860 [ Children laugh ] 866 00:38:14,260 --> 00:38:17,140 ♪♪ 867 00:38:17,300 --> 00:38:20,460 - Mrs. Pritchard, I, uh... 868 00:38:20,620 --> 00:38:22,900 took a bottle of Dr. Frayn's magic medicine 869 00:38:23,060 --> 00:38:24,900 from your sister's bedroom. 870 00:38:25,060 --> 00:38:26,660 - Whatever for, Caroline? 871 00:38:26,820 --> 00:38:29,980 You should taste it. 872 00:38:30,140 --> 00:38:36,780 ♪♪ 873 00:38:36,940 --> 00:38:43,740 ♪♪ 874 00:38:43,900 --> 00:38:47,260 - So, you've been living with your uncle for over a year now? 875 00:38:47,420 --> 00:38:50,620 - That's right. - And where did you live before? 876 00:38:50,780 --> 00:38:52,740 What was the address? 877 00:38:52,900 --> 00:38:55,420 - Strathleven Mansions, Bayswater. 878 00:38:55,580 --> 00:38:56,900 Did you live alone? 879 00:38:58,900 --> 00:39:00,060 Were you married? 880 00:39:00,220 --> 00:39:01,940 Not married, no. 881 00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:04,740 You don't think I'm that dead man's wife, do you, Inspector? 882 00:39:04,900 --> 00:39:06,460 It's just procedure, Miss. 883 00:39:06,620 --> 00:39:09,340 ♪♪ 884 00:39:09,500 --> 00:39:11,700 - Have you played the new course, sir? 885 00:39:11,860 --> 00:39:16,140 - I think Mrs. Pritchard might need to see you, Doctor. 886 00:39:16,300 --> 00:39:18,060 Excuse me. 887 00:39:18,220 --> 00:39:19,340 Thank you. 888 00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:28,860 ♪♪ 889 00:39:29,020 --> 00:39:31,460 - You're a novelist, aren't you, Mr. Pritchard? 890 00:39:31,620 --> 00:39:33,180 That's right. Yeah. 891 00:39:33,340 --> 00:39:35,740 - How is the book going, Pritchard? 892 00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:37,820 You've been working on that for as long as you've been here, 893 00:39:37,980 --> 00:39:39,140 haven't you? 894 00:39:39,300 --> 00:39:40,540 It's a very long book. 895 00:39:42,700 --> 00:39:44,100 What's it about? 896 00:39:44,260 --> 00:39:46,460 Well, it's an historical novel. 897 00:39:46,620 --> 00:39:48,580 It's based on the princes in the tower. 898 00:39:48,740 --> 00:39:52,260 In many ways, it's the best story Shakespeare never wrote. 899 00:39:52,420 --> 00:39:53,580 Didn't he? 900 00:39:53,740 --> 00:39:54,940 - Yes, what we don't tell Lewis 901 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,660 is Shakespeare did actually write it. 902 00:39:57,820 --> 00:39:59,100 He didn't. 903 00:40:01,940 --> 00:40:03,140 He referred to it. 904 00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:04,980 He didn't dedicate a whole work to it. 905 00:40:07,740 --> 00:40:09,900 And what would you know about Shakespeare, anyway, George? 906 00:40:10,060 --> 00:40:12,180 - Nothing. You're right, of course. 907 00:40:12,340 --> 00:40:13,980 Is everyone all right for drinks? 908 00:40:14,140 --> 00:40:16,180 Thank you. 909 00:40:16,340 --> 00:40:18,660 Lewis is nearing the end of it, now, actually, Reverend. 910 00:40:18,820 --> 00:40:20,060 Oh. 911 00:40:22,180 --> 00:40:24,180 - Excuse me. - Yes. 912 00:40:24,340 --> 00:40:26,100 - We saw you talking to the policeman. 913 00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:27,860 Yes. 914 00:40:28,020 --> 00:40:29,460 - We found it by the river. 915 00:40:29,620 --> 00:40:31,460 Oh. 916 00:40:31,620 --> 00:40:33,580 We were making a den. 917 00:40:33,740 --> 00:40:36,300 Well. Very good. 918 00:40:36,460 --> 00:40:38,020 Oh. Inspector. 919 00:40:38,180 --> 00:40:39,660 Yes? 920 00:40:39,820 --> 00:40:43,500 - I think the children have found where Eddie Seward died. 921 00:40:52,460 --> 00:40:55,580 - What is the meaning of this, Jonathan? 922 00:40:55,740 --> 00:40:57,500 - You have the medicine. We were looking for that. 923 00:40:57,660 --> 00:40:59,140 - Why is it filled with water? 924 00:41:05,660 --> 00:41:09,140 - Because your sister's not ill, Mrs. Pritchard. 925 00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:12,020 - She is ill. - Oh, she is, Doctor. 926 00:41:12,180 --> 00:41:13,700 She's nauseous every day. 927 00:41:13,860 --> 00:41:15,500 She has had a succession of viruses, 928 00:41:15,660 --> 00:41:17,500 and she catches everything going. 929 00:41:17,660 --> 00:41:20,460 - The only sickness she has is in her head, Nurse. 930 00:41:20,620 --> 00:41:23,020 - My sister is definitely ill! 931 00:41:24,780 --> 00:41:27,260 - And therefore, the treatment that makes her feel better 932 00:41:27,420 --> 00:41:28,980 is also in her head. 933 00:41:29,140 --> 00:41:31,260 - There has been something seriously wrong with Mary 934 00:41:31,420 --> 00:41:33,100 for years, Dr. Frayn, 935 00:41:33,260 --> 00:41:36,020 and specialists have not been able to get to the bottom of it. 936 00:41:36,180 --> 00:41:39,220 - The only thing wrong with her is that she overeats. 937 00:41:39,380 --> 00:41:41,220 And that's as much the fault of people like you, 938 00:41:41,380 --> 00:41:42,540 who pander to her every taste 939 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:45,420 with ridiculous amounts of food, Philippa. 940 00:41:45,580 --> 00:41:47,420 She's lost her confidence, she's become agoraphobic, 941 00:41:47,580 --> 00:41:49,660 and she imagines all kinds of ailments 942 00:41:49,820 --> 00:41:52,780 in order to keep your attention. 943 00:42:00,900 --> 00:42:04,780 [ Breathing heavily ] 944 00:42:04,940 --> 00:42:12,540 ♪♪ 945 00:42:12,700 --> 00:42:20,220 ♪♪ 946 00:42:20,380 --> 00:42:22,700 [ Screams ] 947 00:42:22,860 --> 00:42:28,060 ♪♪ 948 00:42:28,220 --> 00:42:33,660 ♪♪ 949 00:42:33,820 --> 00:42:37,700 - Oh, George, the hollyhock! It's blue! Look! 950 00:42:37,860 --> 00:42:39,500 [ Sobs ] 951 00:42:39,660 --> 00:42:41,620 But that's impossible. 952 00:42:41,780 --> 00:42:44,100 The hollyhock on the wallpaper turned blue? 953 00:42:44,260 --> 00:42:45,780 - Well, that's what Mary said. 954 00:42:45,940 --> 00:42:47,780 By the time they'd calmed her down, 955 00:42:47,940 --> 00:42:51,060 and got some sense out of her, the hollyhock was pink. 956 00:42:52,980 --> 00:42:56,420 - Which particular hollyhock are we talking about? 957 00:42:56,580 --> 00:43:00,220 - No, it was blue! I saw it turning blue! 958 00:43:00,380 --> 00:43:01,460 I am in danger! 959 00:43:01,620 --> 00:43:02,980 - Just calm down, sweetheart. 960 00:43:03,140 --> 00:43:04,220 Shh. 961 00:43:04,380 --> 00:43:05,460 Come on. 962 00:43:05,620 --> 00:43:13,300 ♪♪ 963 00:43:13,460 --> 00:43:21,140 ♪♪ 964 00:43:21,300 --> 00:43:22,700 - You mean she imagined it? 965 00:43:22,860 --> 00:43:24,380 - Well, that's what people thought. 966 00:43:24,540 --> 00:43:26,420 But she didn't think so. 967 00:43:26,580 --> 00:43:29,820 And neither do I. Not now. 968 00:43:29,980 --> 00:43:32,700 I think someone was trying to scare that woman to death. 969 00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:35,060 - What type of wallpaper was it? 970 00:43:35,220 --> 00:43:36,660 - Well, that evening, Sir Henry, 971 00:43:36,820 --> 00:43:38,940 I tried to find out exactly where it was from. 972 00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:40,860 - I designed it, Miss Marple. - Oh. 973 00:43:41,020 --> 00:43:43,780 - Yes. My sister was almost bedbound last summer, 974 00:43:43,940 --> 00:43:45,260 and didn't want to miss the garden, 975 00:43:45,420 --> 00:43:47,780 so had it brought into her room, as it were. 976 00:43:47,940 --> 00:43:50,100 - And George commissioned me to design a wallpaper 977 00:43:50,260 --> 00:43:51,940 from the flowers in the garden. 978 00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:53,740 He was very specific about the flowers that he wanted. 979 00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:55,580 Very adventurous. 980 00:43:55,740 --> 00:43:58,620 - Primroses, and buttercups, and foxgloves, and hollyhocks 981 00:43:58,780 --> 00:44:00,340 all blooming together. 982 00:44:00,500 --> 00:44:02,420 - I call it "Blooming Madness." - Thank you, Hester. 983 00:44:02,580 --> 00:44:03,940 My pleasure, Philippa. 984 00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:10,580 ♪♪ 985 00:44:10,740 --> 00:44:12,260 This is Susan Carstairs 986 00:44:12,420 --> 00:44:14,020 putting the frighteners on her majesty upstairs. 987 00:44:14,180 --> 00:44:15,780 I don't know how, but I'm sure of it. 988 00:44:15,940 --> 00:44:18,620 - Oh. What, the previous nurse? 989 00:44:18,780 --> 00:44:20,500 What makes you say that? 990 00:44:20,660 --> 00:44:22,900 - Because -- and I didn't want to say this in front of Philippa -- 991 00:44:23,060 --> 00:44:25,660 because, well, I think she still holds a candle 992 00:44:25,820 --> 00:44:27,700 for George Pritchard, don't you, Caro? 993 00:44:27,860 --> 00:44:29,780 I do. 994 00:44:29,940 --> 00:44:32,100 - But Nurse Carstairs definitely left Summerleigh under a cloud. 995 00:44:32,260 --> 00:44:33,340 What sort of cloud? 996 00:44:33,500 --> 00:44:35,420 A saucy cloud. 997 00:44:35,580 --> 00:44:36,940 I was hanging around here one night. 998 00:44:37,100 --> 00:44:38,900 I wasn't being nosy, Jane, 999 00:44:39,060 --> 00:44:41,580 but let's say there was a bit of design to my hanging around, 1000 00:44:41,740 --> 00:44:44,180 because I had suspicions. 1001 00:44:44,340 --> 00:44:46,020 [ George speaks indistinctly ] 1002 00:44:50,260 --> 00:44:53,060 [ Indistinct talking ] 1003 00:44:53,220 --> 00:44:58,860 ♪♪ 1004 00:44:59,020 --> 00:45:04,300 ♪♪ 1005 00:45:04,460 --> 00:45:05,540 Again. 1006 00:45:05,700 --> 00:45:11,580 ♪♪ 1007 00:45:11,740 --> 00:45:14,580 - She left soon afterwards -- overnight. 1008 00:45:14,740 --> 00:45:16,940 - I think she saw George as a main chance. 1009 00:45:17,100 --> 00:45:19,020 Saw herself as the second Mrs. Pritchard. 1010 00:45:19,180 --> 00:45:22,300 And when George realized that, he got rid of her. 1011 00:45:22,460 --> 00:45:24,060 - Did Mary know of the affair? 1012 00:45:24,220 --> 00:45:25,820 I don't know. 1013 00:45:25,980 --> 00:45:28,540 But I reckon Susan Carstairs herself was Zarida, 1014 00:45:28,700 --> 00:45:30,060 and scaring the wits out of George's wife 1015 00:45:30,220 --> 00:45:32,100 is her way of getting revenge. 1016 00:45:32,260 --> 00:45:38,420 ♪♪ 1017 00:45:38,580 --> 00:45:41,180 - I love nature, don't you? 1018 00:45:41,340 --> 00:45:42,780 I love the bareness of the trees. 1019 00:45:46,380 --> 00:45:47,740 - All right, thank you, children. 1020 00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:49,460 If you could just go with the constable now. 1021 00:45:49,620 --> 00:45:52,220 - Come on, now. Let's get you home. 1022 00:45:52,380 --> 00:45:54,340 - So, this is where he was thrown in the river. 1023 00:45:54,500 --> 00:45:56,300 I wonder if he was killed here, as well. 1024 00:45:56,460 --> 00:45:58,940 Or took his own life. 1025 00:45:59,100 --> 00:46:01,540 - No, this is murder, Miss Marple, clear as day. 1026 00:46:01,700 --> 00:46:03,460 I mean, there's no note. Where's the note? 1027 00:46:03,620 --> 00:46:07,060 And I've seen murder got up to look like suicide many times. 1028 00:46:07,220 --> 00:46:09,500 - When people take their own lives, Inspector, 1029 00:46:09,660 --> 00:46:12,260 sometimes, they try and do it in a significant place. 1030 00:46:12,420 --> 00:46:14,140 - What's significant about here to Eddie Seward? 1031 00:46:14,300 --> 00:46:17,420 Well, it's beautiful. 1032 00:46:17,580 --> 00:46:19,100 And he told me that coming through the tunnel 1033 00:46:19,260 --> 00:46:20,580 of his alcoholism, 1034 00:46:20,740 --> 00:46:23,700 he was taking great strength from nature. 1035 00:46:23,860 --> 00:46:25,780 He was finding God in it. 1036 00:46:25,940 --> 00:46:27,020 Yeah, yeah. 1037 00:46:27,180 --> 00:46:28,620 If he was committing suicide, 1038 00:46:28,780 --> 00:46:31,420 why didn't we find him hanging from that tree? 1039 00:46:31,580 --> 00:46:34,340 - Because the tie hadn't supported his weight for long, 1040 00:46:34,500 --> 00:46:36,020 had torn, 1041 00:46:36,180 --> 00:46:38,260 and the body had fallen from where it was hanging. 1042 00:46:38,420 --> 00:46:40,620 - So he fell in the river, and just floated downstream? 1043 00:46:40,780 --> 00:46:42,100 That's a wonderful explanation. 1044 00:46:42,260 --> 00:46:43,820 - Can you think of another? - Yes. 1045 00:46:43,980 --> 00:46:46,620 His wife killed him, and made it look like suicide. 1046 00:46:46,780 --> 00:46:48,620 - But what if the scratches on his neck 1047 00:46:48,780 --> 00:46:50,380 were not the result of a fight, 1048 00:46:50,540 --> 00:46:52,900 but his own hands trying to save himself. 1049 00:46:53,060 --> 00:46:55,660 - If he's committing suicide, why would he try to stop it? 1050 00:46:55,820 --> 00:46:57,900 - Because, as my friend Sir Henry Clithering says, 1051 00:46:58,060 --> 00:47:00,820 sometimes people pull out of their suicides. 1052 00:47:00,980 --> 00:47:03,620 Inspector, surely you know that. 1053 00:47:03,780 --> 00:47:05,260 - No. No. I don't buy it. 1054 00:47:05,420 --> 00:47:07,220 This is still a major murder case. 1055 00:47:09,500 --> 00:47:11,420 - Inspector, why are you no longer working in London? 1056 00:47:11,580 --> 00:47:12,740 Why are you down here? 1057 00:47:16,580 --> 00:47:17,900 - Well, as you know Sir Henry, 1058 00:47:18,060 --> 00:47:19,620 I imagine you'll find out about it. 1059 00:47:22,140 --> 00:47:25,220 There was...an incident. 1060 00:47:25,380 --> 00:47:27,260 Involving drink? 1061 00:47:27,420 --> 00:47:28,860 Involving drink, yes. 1062 00:47:29,020 --> 00:47:30,620 I was on duty, complaints were made, 1063 00:47:30,780 --> 00:47:32,260 and... 1064 00:47:32,420 --> 00:47:34,060 I was told to sort myself out. 1065 00:47:37,140 --> 00:47:38,580 - What was in Eddie's wallet? 1066 00:47:40,100 --> 00:47:43,220 - Uh, money, a business card with his club address on it, 1067 00:47:43,380 --> 00:47:44,540 tickets for various things. 1068 00:47:44,700 --> 00:47:47,260 May I see? 1069 00:47:47,420 --> 00:47:50,220 ♪♪ 1070 00:47:50,380 --> 00:47:52,100 - I'm gonna go to London, try to trace his movements 1071 00:47:52,260 --> 00:47:54,380 between the time that he checked out of the drying-out clinic 1072 00:47:54,540 --> 00:47:56,340 and the time he came here, 1073 00:47:56,500 --> 00:47:58,860 see if he met up with anyone. 1074 00:47:59,020 --> 00:48:00,180 Good idea. 1075 00:48:02,020 --> 00:48:03,500 Thank you. 1076 00:48:03,660 --> 00:48:05,500 Inspector, I don't think it's connected to this, 1077 00:48:05,660 --> 00:48:08,660 but I believe that someone is trying to scare Mary Pritchard. 1078 00:48:08,820 --> 00:48:09,800 Perhaps you should -- 1079 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:12,220 - I don't think it would take much to set that woman off, 1080 00:48:12,220 --> 00:48:12,860 Miss Marple, do you? 1081 00:48:12,860 --> 00:48:14,460 And I agree. I don't think it is connected. 1082 00:48:15,100 --> 00:48:18,220 Magical flowers. I mean, honestly. 1083 00:48:18,380 --> 00:48:26,340 ♪♪ 1084 00:48:26,500 --> 00:48:34,220 ♪♪ 1085 00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:32,960 Hello. 1086 00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:38,760 ♪♪ 1087 00:48:34,380 --> 00:48:42,100 ♪♪ 1088 00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:44,360 ♪♪ 1089 00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:46,120 What's wrong? 1090 00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:49,000 Susan Carstairs. 1091 00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:51,520 You've slept with her since I've lived here. 1092 00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:52,800 That's not true. 1093 00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,200 - You were seen, George. Don't lie. 1094 00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:56,480 Why? 1095 00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,200 Do you not love me enough? 1096 00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:00,680 - Of course I love you. - Then why? 1097 00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,480 Are we not risking enough for each other, George? 1098 00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:06,360 I did it because... 1099 00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:08,920 because she was there. 1100 00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:11,000 She was there, and you're not -- not like that. 1101 00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:16,080 I want to be with you, but you won't let me. 1102 00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:17,680 We talk and talk in circles 1103 00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:19,080 about how much we want to be together, 1104 00:49:19,240 --> 00:49:20,960 but... 1105 00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:23,480 you never show that you really want me. 1106 00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:24,840 It's always meeting like this. 1107 00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:33,880 I love you. 1108 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:37,320 I love you. 1109 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:41,920 I'm so sorry. 1110 00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:44,520 I'd do anything for you. You know that. 1111 00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:46,080 Don't you? 1112 00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:54,840 ♪♪ 1113 00:49:55,000 --> 00:50:03,480 ♪♪ 1114 00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:06,480 [ Ringing ] 1115 00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:08,640 - Hello. - Oh, hello. 1116 00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:10,840 Is that the Fettiplace auction house? 1117 00:50:11,900 --> 00:50:15,180 - Do you think I should go to the police, Reverend Milewater? 1118 00:50:15,340 --> 00:50:17,300 Do you think I should tell them about Dr. Frayn, 1119 00:50:17,460 --> 00:50:20,420 and how he's failing in his hypocritical duties? 1120 00:50:20,580 --> 00:50:21,900 Hippocratic! 1121 00:50:25,020 --> 00:50:28,420 - I think it's theft, Miss Marple, don't you? 1122 00:50:28,580 --> 00:50:32,020 Charging them all this money for nothing but water. 1123 00:50:32,180 --> 00:50:33,500 - Don't be so stupid, Philippa. 1124 00:50:33,660 --> 00:50:35,020 It's "Hippocratic" after Hippocrates, 1125 00:50:35,180 --> 00:50:36,740 the Greek physician, 1126 00:50:36,900 --> 00:50:40,860 not "hypocritic" after everyone in this village. 1127 00:50:44,820 --> 00:50:46,100 - He won't be the first doctor 1128 00:50:46,260 --> 00:50:48,700 to prescribe a placebo for a patient. 1129 00:50:48,860 --> 00:50:50,940 And your sister feels better after the treatment, 1130 00:50:51,100 --> 00:50:52,220 doesn't she, Philippa? 1131 00:50:52,380 --> 00:50:55,020 It's just deceitful. 1132 00:50:55,180 --> 00:50:56,460 When I was in the Air Force... 1133 00:50:56,620 --> 00:50:58,900 Oh, here we go. 1134 00:50:59,060 --> 00:51:01,540 Back when you were in the Air Force, when you met George. 1135 00:51:06,060 --> 00:51:07,780 When you fell in love with him. 1136 00:51:07,940 --> 00:51:14,340 ♪♪ 1137 00:51:14,500 --> 00:51:17,620 - During the war, there was this girl, Miss Marple. 1138 00:51:17,780 --> 00:51:21,420 She used to do this placebo thing with the black market. 1139 00:51:24,700 --> 00:51:28,380 She'd water down perfumes, and whiskey, and things. 1140 00:51:30,740 --> 00:51:35,340 Pass off poor-quality nylons for top brands. 1141 00:51:35,500 --> 00:51:37,620 We used to call her "the Wasp" 1142 00:51:37,780 --> 00:51:40,420 because you'd get stung if you went near her. 1143 00:51:40,580 --> 00:51:43,460 She had this obsession with money, 1144 00:51:43,620 --> 00:51:47,780 this voracious greed for it. 1145 00:51:47,940 --> 00:51:50,060 I think Dr. Frayn is the same. 1146 00:51:50,220 --> 00:51:53,700 And I think he should be drummed out of the medical profession 1147 00:51:53,860 --> 00:51:56,100 like the Wasp was drummed out of the services. 1148 00:51:56,260 --> 00:51:58,540 Now, that looks good. 1149 00:51:58,700 --> 00:52:01,020 - Oh, it is -- and it's not for you. 1150 00:52:01,180 --> 00:52:02,900 It's to cheer Mary up. 1151 00:52:03,060 --> 00:52:09,260 ♪♪ 1152 00:52:09,420 --> 00:52:13,180 - So what would the police do if I went and complained? 1153 00:52:13,340 --> 00:52:14,980 - Very little, I'm afraid. 1154 00:52:15,140 --> 00:52:22,260 ♪♪ 1155 00:52:22,420 --> 00:52:24,580 - During the drinks yesterday, 1156 00:52:24,740 --> 00:52:27,020 did you go upstairs, and talk to Mary? 1157 00:52:28,740 --> 00:52:30,580 - You see everything, Jane, don't you? 1158 00:52:32,060 --> 00:52:34,420 Well, I thought, if I might speak to her alone, 1159 00:52:34,580 --> 00:52:37,620 use what remains of the Milewater charm, 1160 00:52:37,780 --> 00:52:41,260 I could bring her 'round to giving us some money. 1161 00:52:41,420 --> 00:52:43,100 And? 1162 00:52:43,260 --> 00:52:44,780 - Lewis got there before me. 1163 00:52:45,740 --> 00:52:47,700 - Well, if you don't give me the money, 1164 00:52:47,860 --> 00:52:49,220 they're gonna come back to the village. 1165 00:52:49,380 --> 00:52:51,980 They'll hurt Philippa. They'll hurt our children. 1166 00:52:52,140 --> 00:52:53,780 They're gonna take everything we've got. 1167 00:52:53,940 --> 00:52:57,820 - Everything in that cottage is owned by George and me! 1168 00:52:57,980 --> 00:53:01,260 You haven't earned a penny in your life. 1169 00:53:01,420 --> 00:53:04,460 The only way you'll be worth anything is if George and I die. 1170 00:53:04,620 --> 00:53:10,060 - You know, Mary, you are an evil bitch! 1171 00:53:10,220 --> 00:53:12,340 Please go now. 1172 00:53:12,500 --> 00:53:13,900 - George! - I'm going. I'm going. 1173 00:53:14,060 --> 00:53:15,500 George! 1174 00:53:15,660 --> 00:53:19,220 ♪♪ 1175 00:53:19,380 --> 00:53:22,660 - Does he need money because of his gambling on the horses? 1176 00:53:22,820 --> 00:53:24,620 I imagine so. 1177 00:53:24,780 --> 00:53:26,420 Philippa speaks to me sometimes about it, 1178 00:53:26,580 --> 00:53:28,300 how much it worries her. 1179 00:53:28,460 --> 00:53:32,220 Look, do you mind if we just stop here for a moment, Jane? 1180 00:53:35,100 --> 00:53:38,060 Just...stop in this village of mine? 1181 00:53:39,860 --> 00:53:40,980 Dermot? 1182 00:53:41,140 --> 00:53:44,980 ♪♪ 1183 00:53:45,140 --> 00:53:47,260 - I walk here every day. I... 1184 00:53:47,420 --> 00:53:50,700 ♪♪ 1185 00:53:50,860 --> 00:53:53,140 Look, I have some work to do for Sunday. 1186 00:53:53,300 --> 00:53:54,740 I-I really must work. 1187 00:53:57,300 --> 00:54:00,700 Maybe you don't see everything, Jane. 1188 00:54:00,860 --> 00:54:02,900 That evening, Sir Henry, 1189 00:54:03,060 --> 00:54:06,940 as I stood in the center of that quiet, pleasant English village, 1190 00:54:07,100 --> 00:54:08,780 I thought of all the tensions 1191 00:54:08,940 --> 00:54:12,260 that lay in the foundations of the lives that lived there. 1192 00:54:12,420 --> 00:54:13,780 A hundred times, 1193 00:54:13,940 --> 00:54:15,780 they'll be back in the morning demanding money. 1194 00:54:15,940 --> 00:54:17,940 - Then we will get the money! - We haven't got the money! 1195 00:54:18,100 --> 00:54:19,100 - We will get the money! - Where?! 1196 00:54:19,260 --> 00:54:20,420 I promise. 1197 00:54:20,580 --> 00:54:21,860 And I thought of the one woman 1198 00:54:22,020 --> 00:54:23,420 who was going to sleep that night 1199 00:54:23,580 --> 00:54:25,860 in genuine fear of her life. 1200 00:54:26,020 --> 00:54:27,740 Help me. 1201 00:54:27,900 --> 00:54:30,420 The protection of the spirits of the wind and the... 1202 00:54:32,820 --> 00:54:37,780 - But little did I realize how right she was to be scared. 1203 00:54:37,940 --> 00:54:39,500 In my own time. 1204 00:54:39,660 --> 00:54:41,540 Now, please, stop ringing me here. 1205 00:54:41,700 --> 00:54:45,340 ♪♪ 1206 00:54:45,500 --> 00:54:49,180 - And how she was not going to see the morning. 1207 00:54:49,340 --> 00:54:51,420 [ Breathing heavily ] 1208 00:54:53,300 --> 00:54:54,180 [ Knocking on door ] 1209 00:54:54,340 --> 00:54:55,900 Mary? 1210 00:54:56,060 --> 00:54:57,260 Mary! 1211 00:54:57,420 --> 00:55:02,500 ♪♪ 1212 00:55:02,660 --> 00:55:03,940 Oh, no. 1213 00:55:04,100 --> 00:55:07,740 No. 1214 00:55:07,900 --> 00:55:09,500 [ Breathing heavily ] 1215 00:55:09,660 --> 00:55:10,780 [ Grunts ] 1216 00:55:10,940 --> 00:55:14,020 George? 1217 00:55:14,180 --> 00:55:15,380 What is it? 1218 00:55:17,180 --> 00:55:19,020 [ Gasps ] 1219 00:55:19,180 --> 00:55:20,740 Look at the geranium, sir. 1220 00:55:29,540 --> 00:55:31,980 - There had now been two suspicious deaths 1221 00:55:32,140 --> 00:55:34,340 within 36 hours, you see. 1222 00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:37,500 As news of Mary's death raced through the village, 1223 00:55:37,660 --> 00:55:41,060 people found themselves asking terrible questions. 1224 00:55:41,220 --> 00:55:46,780 ♪♪ 1225 00:55:46,940 --> 00:55:49,300 Well... 1226 00:55:49,460 --> 00:55:50,780 is it true? 1227 00:55:52,180 --> 00:55:53,340 Is she dead? 1228 00:55:55,340 --> 00:55:56,980 Yes. 1229 00:55:57,140 --> 00:55:58,500 How? 1230 00:55:59,700 --> 00:56:02,020 - They think she died of shock. 1231 00:56:02,180 --> 00:56:04,420 - People don't die of shock, George. 1232 00:56:04,580 --> 00:56:05,820 Was it you? 1233 00:56:09,020 --> 00:56:11,300 - Did you kill her? - Did I kill your wife? 1234 00:56:11,460 --> 00:56:12,740 Yes. 1235 00:56:12,900 --> 00:56:15,300 How can you say that to me? How can you? 1236 00:56:17,260 --> 00:56:19,180 Go away. 1237 00:56:19,340 --> 00:56:20,260 Go away! 1238 00:56:20,420 --> 00:56:29,180 ♪♪ 1239 00:56:29,340 --> 00:56:38,100 ♪♪ 1240 00:56:38,260 --> 00:56:41,060 - It was definitely blue, Jane, despite what George has said. 1241 00:56:41,220 --> 00:56:42,340 But how? 1242 00:56:42,500 --> 00:56:43,820 It's not damaged, or anything. 1243 00:56:43,980 --> 00:56:45,220 It's just wallpaper. 1244 00:56:45,380 --> 00:56:51,780 ♪♪ 1245 00:56:51,540 --> 00:56:52,900 Everyone in Little Ambrose 1246 00:56:53,060 --> 00:56:55,220 was thrown by the events of that morning, Sir Henry -- 1247 00:56:55,380 --> 00:56:57,820 even Nurse Copling. 1248 00:56:57,980 --> 00:56:59,220 - What am I going to do, Hester? 1249 00:56:59,380 --> 00:57:00,620 You'll be all right. 1250 00:57:00,780 --> 00:57:02,300 - But this will make me unemployed again, 1251 00:57:02,460 --> 00:57:04,540 and I thought it was going to be a permanent position. 1252 00:57:04,700 --> 00:57:06,940 I know Mrs. Pritchard was difficult, 1253 00:57:07,100 --> 00:57:08,340 but I felt at home here. 1254 00:57:08,500 --> 00:57:09,700 I was making friends. 1255 00:57:09,860 --> 00:57:11,300 - You've still got those friends, Caro. 1256 00:57:11,460 --> 00:57:14,620 - We're not going to go away. - I know. 1257 00:57:14,780 --> 00:57:17,620 - Nursing must be a very peripatetic kind of life. 1258 00:57:17,780 --> 00:57:19,220 Quite lonely at times. 1259 00:57:19,380 --> 00:57:20,900 Have you been in it long? 1260 00:57:21,060 --> 00:57:23,620 - Well, I learnt my trade during the war, you know, 1261 00:57:23,780 --> 00:57:25,460 when we all had to do our bit. 1262 00:57:25,620 --> 00:57:28,180 - I served over at Duxford, and then... 1263 00:57:30,900 --> 00:57:33,060 Reverend, you don't look very well. 1264 00:57:33,220 --> 00:57:34,500 Would you like to sit down? 1265 00:57:34,660 --> 00:57:35,780 I'm sorry. 1266 00:57:35,940 --> 00:57:36,860 - Can I get you a glass of water? 1267 00:57:37,020 --> 00:57:38,500 No, I'll do it. 1268 00:57:38,660 --> 00:57:40,660 - Oh. It must be something I ate. 1269 00:57:42,980 --> 00:57:44,740 - Where are your family, Caro? 1270 00:57:44,900 --> 00:57:46,820 - I don't have any, Miss Marple. 1271 00:57:46,980 --> 00:57:48,060 - Have you a gentleman friend? 1272 00:57:48,220 --> 00:57:49,500 No. 1273 00:57:54,300 --> 00:57:56,420 Mr. Pritchard... 1274 00:57:56,580 --> 00:57:58,060 tried the same thing with me 1275 00:57:58,220 --> 00:58:00,820 as he did with Nurse Carstairs, Miss Marple. 1276 00:58:00,980 --> 00:58:02,540 He tried to teach me a golf swing. 1277 00:58:02,700 --> 00:58:03,980 But I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't do what he wanted. 1278 00:58:04,140 --> 00:58:05,500 No. 1279 00:58:05,660 --> 00:58:07,220 And if you ask me, 1280 00:58:07,380 --> 00:58:10,300 I think he's still in touch with Susan Carstairs. 1281 00:58:10,460 --> 00:58:12,660 I heard them talking on the telephone once. 1282 00:58:12,820 --> 00:58:15,780 I think George Pritchard's a bad man. 1283 00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:19,760 - Mr. Edward Seward has been staying at the club off and on, 1284 00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:22,080 but he wasn't here on Thursday night. 1285 00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:23,360 When was he last here? 1286 00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:26,800 Oh, two, three weeks ago. 1287 00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:28,040 Let's see. 1288 00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:35,640 - Whoa, whoa, whoa. Go back. Go back. 1289 00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:39,680 What's that name? 1290 00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:43,120 - That is Mr. George Pritchard, sir. 1291 00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:44,240 Is he a member here, too? 1292 00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:46,720 Yes. 1293 00:58:47,780 --> 00:58:48,820 Look, I was never close to him. 1294 00:58:48,980 --> 00:58:50,460 I didn't like him. 1295 00:58:50,620 --> 00:58:52,860 He was a hopeless alcoholic and a thug around women. 1296 00:58:53,020 --> 00:58:54,660 - This man that you weren't close to 1297 00:58:54,820 --> 00:58:58,380 lent you half a million pounds three years ago for your airline 1298 00:58:58,540 --> 00:59:00,540 to develop haulage routes into Italy and Greece -- 1299 00:59:00,700 --> 00:59:02,260 A venture that was not successful. 1300 00:59:04,940 --> 00:59:08,980 - Yes, but I paid Eddie Seward back every farthing. 1301 00:59:09,140 --> 00:59:12,220 You'll find that detail in your documents, as well, Inspector. 1302 00:59:12,380 --> 00:59:14,020 - Where were you the morning Eddie Seward 1303 00:59:14,180 --> 00:59:16,220 came to Little Ambrose, George? 1304 00:59:16,380 --> 00:59:18,580 - At Summerleigh, like I told you. 1305 00:59:18,740 --> 00:59:20,740 - But your housekeeper, Hester Milewater, 1306 00:59:20,900 --> 00:59:22,140 says that's another lie. 1307 00:59:22,300 --> 00:59:24,060 - I've had enough of this. - Sit down, sir. 1308 00:59:24,220 --> 00:59:26,420 - Look, am I under arrest? - Sit down. 1309 00:59:26,580 --> 00:59:28,940 - I didn't see Eddie Seward that morning. 1310 00:59:29,100 --> 00:59:31,180 I haven't heard from him for two years. 1311 00:59:31,340 --> 00:59:33,660 I don't know why he was here, or where his wife is. 1312 00:59:40,420 --> 00:59:43,180 I'm gonna have to ask you to leave, Inspector. 1313 00:59:43,340 --> 00:59:44,780 My wife died this morning, 1314 00:59:44,940 --> 00:59:47,980 and I have some things that I have to attend to. 1315 00:59:56,800 --> 01:00:00,320 [ Door opens, closes ] 1316 01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:07,240 ♪♪ 1317 01:00:07,400 --> 01:00:08,800 About time you arrived. 1318 01:00:11,840 --> 01:00:13,640 [ Knocking on door ] 1319 01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:16,720 Yes? Hello? 1320 01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:21,040 - Oh, that's an excellent likeness, Hazel. 1321 01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:23,600 You have a very distinctive style. 1322 01:00:23,760 --> 01:00:26,200 - Yes, people have often said that about the work, 1323 01:00:26,360 --> 01:00:29,040 Miss Marple. 1324 01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:32,120 - And what, if I can ask, have been your favorite subjects? 1325 01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:34,800 - Well, I like portraiture, but my real love is, 1326 01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:37,440 well, has always been nature. 1327 01:00:37,600 --> 01:00:39,960 I like to think that you can see God in nature. 1328 01:00:40,120 --> 01:00:48,920 ♪♪ 1329 01:00:49,080 --> 01:00:51,240 - Hi, Hes. Got your message. 1330 01:00:51,400 --> 01:00:52,520 Why didn't you just come 'round to the surgery? 1331 01:00:52,680 --> 01:00:55,720 ♪♪ 1332 01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:58,440 - I want an explanation, Jonathan. 1333 01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:00,080 You're the one who's been stealing from the house, 1334 01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:01,440 aren't you? 1335 01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:02,680 The snuffboxes. 1336 01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:04,440 The carriage clock. Jewelry. 1337 01:01:04,600 --> 01:01:06,000 No, not jewelry. 1338 01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:07,720 Why did you do it? 1339 01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:09,440 - Because that was my parents' stuff. 1340 01:01:11,120 --> 01:01:13,360 Pritchard took advantage of my father when he was in a fix, 1341 01:01:13,520 --> 01:01:16,040 and drove down the price on Summerleigh. 1342 01:01:16,200 --> 01:01:17,640 He died with nothing to his name. 1343 01:01:17,800 --> 01:01:20,160 - But it's not yours anymore, Jonathan. 1344 01:01:20,320 --> 01:01:22,440 - I want to get money to marry you, Hes. 1345 01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:25,000 What? 1346 01:01:25,160 --> 01:01:26,400 - Well, that's why I put up with 1347 01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:28,320 that insufferable woman for so long. 1348 01:01:28,480 --> 01:01:30,520 She was my most lucrative patient, Hes. 1349 01:01:30,680 --> 01:01:32,000 I don't want money. 1350 01:01:32,160 --> 01:01:34,880 I want you. Don't you know that? 1351 01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:38,320 Oh, you must take all that stuff back, 1352 01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:40,600 or that detective will be onto you. 1353 01:01:40,760 --> 01:01:42,120 [ Sighs ] 1354 01:01:45,080 --> 01:01:47,320 I thought that place was abandoned. 1355 01:01:47,480 --> 01:01:48,200 It is. 1356 01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:49,840 So why is there a light on? 1357 01:01:52,560 --> 01:01:54,320 - He found you through one of your paintings, 1358 01:01:54,480 --> 01:01:55,880 didn't he, Hazel? 1359 01:01:56,040 --> 01:01:57,400 Who? 1360 01:01:57,560 --> 01:02:00,160 - Your husband, Eddie Seward. 1361 01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:03,800 I imagine he'd looked for you for two years, 1362 01:02:03,960 --> 01:02:08,200 knowing he'd driven you away, maybe to suicide, 1363 01:02:08,360 --> 01:02:13,400 sinking deeper into his tunnel of alcohol and guilt. 1364 01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:17,760 And then, quite by chance, he recognized one of your paintings 1365 01:02:17,920 --> 01:02:20,400 at Fettiplace, the art dealers in London. 1366 01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:22,160 Lot 172. 1367 01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:26,000 And even though you changed your name, 1368 01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:27,920 he recognized it was your hand. 1369 01:02:43,480 --> 01:02:46,600 Zarida. 1370 01:02:46,760 --> 01:02:47,960 There's no one here. 1371 01:02:48,120 --> 01:02:53,480 ♪♪ 1372 01:02:53,640 --> 01:02:56,040 Jonathan. 1373 01:02:56,200 --> 01:02:58,920 Call the police, Hazel. 1374 01:02:59,080 --> 01:03:00,520 If your husband found you here, 1375 01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:02,480 it's only a matter of time before they do. 1376 01:03:05,120 --> 01:03:07,440 They'll understand, Penelope. 1377 01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:17,080 ♪♪ 1378 01:03:17,240 --> 01:03:18,920 [ Sighs ] 1379 01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:28,360 ♪♪ 1380 01:03:28,520 --> 01:03:29,800 [ Screams ] 1381 01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:34,080 But who was it? 1382 01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:36,840 - The former nurse, Susan Carstairs. 1383 01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:38,760 Pritchard's mistress? 1384 01:03:38,920 --> 01:03:40,760 - And six months' pregnant, 1385 01:03:40,920 --> 01:03:44,200 with George Pritchard's tie tight around her neck. 1386 01:03:44,360 --> 01:03:46,880 She'd been installed in the millhouse by George 1387 01:03:47,040 --> 01:03:49,600 after he made her leave Summerleigh. 1388 01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:51,640 Detective Somerset found evidence 1389 01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:54,440 that she had dressed up as Zarida. 1390 01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:58,120 He found Mary's missing jewelry on her fingers, 1391 01:03:58,280 --> 01:04:02,480 and he also found George's fingerprints all over the place. 1392 01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:04,600 Suddenly, he had three suspicious deaths 1393 01:04:04,760 --> 01:04:07,480 and one missing-persons inquiry on his hands, 1394 01:04:07,640 --> 01:04:11,520 all somehow tangled around George Pritchard. 1395 01:04:11,680 --> 01:04:14,160 But how? And why? 1396 01:04:14,320 --> 01:04:16,440 - I want you to keep everything you've seen to yourself. 1397 01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:18,040 Can I rely on you both? 1398 01:04:18,200 --> 01:04:20,440 - Detective Somerset decided not to release news 1399 01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:22,560 of Susan Carstairs' death, 1400 01:04:22,720 --> 01:04:26,640 but to have George watched while he interviewed Hazel, 1401 01:04:26,800 --> 01:04:28,640 who had just rung the police station 1402 01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:31,360 and admitted she was Penelope Seward -- 1403 01:04:31,520 --> 01:04:33,680 news that was already 'round the village. 1404 01:04:33,840 --> 01:04:38,880 ♪♪ 1405 01:04:39,040 --> 01:04:41,960 - Philippa. Philippa? 1406 01:04:42,120 --> 01:04:43,280 What? 1407 01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:44,680 - I suppose you've heard about Hazel. 1408 01:04:44,840 --> 01:04:47,720 Oh. Yes, yes. 1409 01:04:47,880 --> 01:04:49,800 Caroline and I were just talking about it. 1410 01:04:49,960 --> 01:04:51,800 - Caroline. - Hello. 1411 01:04:51,960 --> 01:04:54,760 Hello, Miss Marple. 1412 01:04:54,920 --> 01:05:00,240 - We think she must have had some kind of...thing over my sister. 1413 01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:02,880 - Or Mrs. Pritchard recognized her as Penelope Seward. 1414 01:05:03,040 --> 01:05:05,080 She recognized her, yes. 1415 01:05:05,240 --> 01:05:06,840 We think she must have... 1416 01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:09,640 killed my sister, somehow. 1417 01:05:09,800 --> 01:05:11,520 I don't think so. 1418 01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:13,840 I don't think Hazel's a murderer. 1419 01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:15,800 - Then who's been doing this, Miss Marple?! 1420 01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:19,000 Who else could have killed these people?! 1421 01:05:22,760 --> 01:05:27,120 God teaches us that life is valuable. 1422 01:05:27,280 --> 01:05:30,160 It's not to be wasted. 1423 01:05:30,320 --> 01:05:33,760 God, when He judges Mary's life, 1424 01:05:33,920 --> 01:05:36,920 I fear will judge it to be wasted. 1425 01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:43,280 God asks us to live our lives in service to Him, 1426 01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:46,080 not dabbling in fancies and superstitions. 1427 01:05:46,240 --> 01:05:49,560 I-I'm sorry to say this, Mr. Pritchard, 1428 01:05:49,720 --> 01:05:52,080 but God teaches us to live our lives 1429 01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:54,960 so that we can try to be good to one another. 1430 01:05:55,120 --> 01:05:58,400 - Reverend Milewater. - Philippa, sit down. 1431 01:05:58,560 --> 01:06:02,440 - Human beings should not be mean and poisonous. 1432 01:06:02,600 --> 01:06:04,520 - I think she was murdered. 1433 01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:06,040 [ Crowd murmuring ] 1434 01:06:09,080 --> 01:06:10,320 - Philippa, we should leave. 1435 01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:12,080 - No, George. She was murdered by that woman. 1436 01:06:12,240 --> 01:06:13,600 - I know she was. - Let's leave. 1437 01:06:13,760 --> 01:06:15,400 - I saw her -- 1438 01:06:15,560 --> 01:06:18,040 early yesterday morning, coming back from Summerleigh. 1439 01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:20,080 - Why would Hazel want to murder Mary? 1440 01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:23,520 - Because you were having an affair with her, George. 1441 01:06:23,680 --> 01:06:26,560 Did you think I wouldn't notice that? 1442 01:06:26,720 --> 01:06:28,120 Did you think I wouldn't see? 1443 01:06:28,280 --> 01:06:31,960 ♪♪ 1444 01:06:32,120 --> 01:06:34,360 And she murdered her husband, too... 1445 01:06:36,760 --> 01:06:40,200 ...because the day he died, she was late at the golf club. 1446 01:06:40,360 --> 01:06:41,920 - Sorry. Sorry I'm late. 1447 01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:43,520 - Where had she been if she hadn't been killing him 1448 01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:44,680 so she could be with you? 1449 01:06:44,840 --> 01:06:47,120 Where had she been?! 1450 01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:49,440 - I did see my husband that morning. 1451 01:06:49,600 --> 01:06:51,120 He asked me to accept him back. 1452 01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:52,600 - Where did this take place? 1453 01:06:52,760 --> 01:06:54,200 Well, here. 1454 01:06:54,360 --> 01:06:56,680 He just turned up, and said he'd changed. 1455 01:06:56,840 --> 01:06:58,440 And that he loved me. 1456 01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:00,760 And that he'd always loved me. 1457 01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:03,840 But I told him I would never go back to him. 1458 01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:05,080 Never go back to him. 1459 01:07:05,240 --> 01:07:07,440 Are you in on it, too, George? 1460 01:07:07,600 --> 01:07:09,680 Because you're free to marry her, now, aren't you? 1461 01:07:09,840 --> 01:07:11,520 Was that always your plan -- 1462 01:07:11,680 --> 01:07:13,960 to let this -- this wasp to come and live in this happy place, 1463 01:07:14,120 --> 01:07:15,320 and then let her sting?! 1464 01:07:15,480 --> 01:07:16,800 Shut up, Philippa, 1465 01:07:16,960 --> 01:07:19,160 before you say something you'll really regret. 1466 01:07:19,320 --> 01:07:20,760 - Did Pritchard follow your husband? 1467 01:07:20,920 --> 01:07:22,080 - No. - How do you know? 1468 01:07:21,860 --> 01:07:23,060 Were you with him the whole time? 1469 01:07:23,060 --> 01:07:24,260 - I know because George told me he didn't, 1470 01:07:24,420 --> 01:07:25,780 and I have faith in him. 1471 01:07:25,940 --> 01:07:27,140 - Even though you didn't know he was having an affair 1472 01:07:27,300 --> 01:07:28,180 with Susan Carstairs. 1473 01:07:28,340 --> 01:07:29,500 I have faith in him. 1474 01:07:29,660 --> 01:07:31,220 The pregnant Susan Carstairs, 1475 01:07:31,380 --> 01:07:33,500 who was found strangled yesterday evening 1476 01:07:33,660 --> 01:07:35,860 with one of George Pritchard's ties. 1477 01:07:37,200 --> 01:07:38,880 - Don't you talk to her like that. 1478 01:07:38,880 --> 01:07:40,000 - Is that the truth, Pritchard? 1479 01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:42,080 - Why? What are you gonna do? Write a book? 1480 01:07:42,900 --> 01:07:44,740 Because if you do, it will take you 20 years. 1481 01:07:44,900 --> 01:07:47,580 What page are you on of your current magnum opus? 1482 01:07:47,740 --> 01:07:50,180 Every talent that you've had, every break, 1483 01:07:50,340 --> 01:07:52,460 you've wasted it or gambled it away. 1484 01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:53,680 Oh, look, I see your friends are here. 1485 01:07:56,280 --> 01:07:58,000 - Well, at least I had the good sense 1486 01:07:58,160 --> 01:08:01,680 to marry the decent sister, George. 1487 01:08:01,840 --> 01:08:03,320 - What did you say? - You heard me! 1488 01:08:03,480 --> 01:08:04,760 That's enough, Lewis. 1489 01:08:04,920 --> 01:08:07,040 - You spent your entire life leeching off me! 1490 01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:09,360 I've lent you money. I've supported you. 1491 01:08:09,520 --> 01:08:11,240 And you've resented it all! 1492 01:08:11,400 --> 01:08:12,600 All of it! 1493 01:08:15,920 --> 01:08:17,880 I'm -- I'm so sorry. 1494 01:08:18,040 --> 01:08:19,200 Everyone, I'm... 1495 01:08:20,840 --> 01:08:22,880 ...I'm sorry. 1496 01:08:29,460 --> 01:08:30,660 [ Sighs ] 1497 01:08:34,460 --> 01:08:36,580 I have to speak to the police. 1498 01:08:36,740 --> 01:08:39,940 - You're in no state to speak to anyone, Dermot. 1499 01:08:40,100 --> 01:08:42,020 - It's just something that I ate. 1500 01:08:42,180 --> 01:08:45,180 But Philippa -- She's got it all wrong. 1501 01:08:45,340 --> 01:08:46,500 What? 1502 01:08:46,660 --> 01:08:49,220 - The morning Mary was found dead, 1503 01:08:49,380 --> 01:08:53,100 Hazel was not on her way back from Summerleigh. 1504 01:08:53,260 --> 01:08:54,580 She was coming to see me. 1505 01:08:56,700 --> 01:09:00,100 Hazel is a devout woman. 1506 01:09:00,260 --> 01:09:03,660 She takes the vows of marriage very seriously. 1507 01:09:03,820 --> 01:09:09,180 She was conflicted about her marriage and George's. 1508 01:09:09,320 --> 01:09:13,400 Though, that morning, she was very distressed, 1509 01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:17,400 having heard of George's affair with Nurse Carstairs. 1510 01:09:17,560 --> 01:09:19,880 She didn't know whether she could trust him anymore. 1511 01:09:20,040 --> 01:09:24,400 She loved him so much, and he had saved her. 1512 01:09:26,360 --> 01:09:28,560 Oh. 1513 01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:30,640 So much sin, Jane. 1514 01:09:32,320 --> 01:09:34,920 And in such a small place as this. 1515 01:09:38,640 --> 01:09:40,680 Where are you going? 1516 01:09:40,840 --> 01:09:42,640 To find you. 1517 01:09:42,800 --> 01:09:44,200 Are you lying again? 1518 01:09:44,360 --> 01:09:47,480 ♪♪ 1519 01:09:47,300 --> 01:09:50,200 Before the police arrive, I need to hear the truth from you, George. 1520 01:09:50,260 --> 01:09:51,860 - You painted the wallpaper. You designed it. 1521 01:09:52,020 --> 01:09:54,360 You -- You did some sort of trick. 1522 01:09:54,720 --> 01:09:56,520 - Did you kill Mary and Eddie? 1523 01:09:56,680 --> 01:09:59,280 - You just had to be a bit more patient, that's all. 1524 01:09:59,440 --> 01:10:01,600 I would have come to you. I would have taken care of you. 1525 01:10:01,760 --> 01:10:03,240 I promised I would. 1526 01:10:03,400 --> 01:10:05,560 I'd have found the strength to leave Mary. 1527 01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:08,560 - Did you kill Susan Carstairs? 1528 01:10:08,720 --> 01:10:12,040 - What? - They know she was Zarida. 1529 01:10:12,200 --> 01:10:14,200 Just tell the truth. 1530 01:10:14,360 --> 01:10:19,200 ♪♪ 1531 01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:20,560 Darling, let's leave. 1532 01:10:20,720 --> 01:10:22,520 Let's go. Let's go. 1533 01:10:22,680 --> 01:10:24,400 - Don't hurt me, George. - Come on. 1534 01:10:24,560 --> 01:10:26,080 Come on. Come on! 1535 01:10:26,240 --> 01:10:27,400 - Don't put your hand on me. 1536 01:10:27,560 --> 01:10:28,960 George! 1537 01:10:35,320 --> 01:10:37,200 - He made a full confession, didn't he? 1538 01:10:37,360 --> 01:10:39,680 - Yes. That he'd killed all three -- 1539 01:10:39,840 --> 01:10:42,920 Eddie, Mary, and Susan Carstairs herself, 1540 01:10:43,080 --> 01:10:45,120 the blackmailer who was trying to ruin him 1541 01:10:45,280 --> 01:10:47,120 unless he made her his wife. 1542 01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:49,640 But you weren't convinced. 1543 01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:54,160 - On the surface, of course, his confession had to be true. 1544 01:10:54,320 --> 01:10:58,080 The only reason for it to be false was if he were... 1545 01:10:58,240 --> 01:11:00,240 - Protecting Hazel. - Yes. 1546 01:11:00,400 --> 01:11:03,000 He was taking the fall, as they say in American books, 1547 01:11:03,160 --> 01:11:05,520 for the one woman he really loved. 1548 01:11:05,680 --> 01:11:07,800 George Arthur Pritchard, 1549 01:11:07,960 --> 01:11:10,080 you are charged with the willful murders 1550 01:11:10,240 --> 01:11:13,760 of Edward St. John Hillier Seward, Mary.... 1551 01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:16,640 - But suddenly, this morning, I knew I'd been wrong, 1552 01:11:16,800 --> 01:11:19,920 and that I had to stop the hearing, because, Henry, 1553 01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:22,720 the truth of these murders is quite extraordinary. 1554 01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:26,080 Do you plead "guilty" or "not guilty"? 1555 01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:27,640 Guilty. 1556 01:11:27,800 --> 01:11:29,800 Yes, yes. 1557 01:11:29,960 --> 01:11:32,440 Please inform Mr. Justice Carmichael 1558 01:11:32,600 --> 01:11:35,040 that some new evidence has just come to light 1559 01:11:35,200 --> 01:11:38,600 which has a strong bearing on the case he's hearing. 1560 01:11:38,760 --> 01:11:41,040 - Mrs. Challinor's knitting box? 1561 01:11:41,200 --> 01:11:42,920 That's right, my lord. 1562 01:11:43,080 --> 01:11:45,200 Sir Henry understood the allusion. 1563 01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:47,280 Did he? 1564 01:11:47,440 --> 01:11:51,520 - And the strand of wool that seemed most knotted to me, 1565 01:11:51,680 --> 01:11:54,480 that was the key to untangling all the half-knitted jumpers 1566 01:11:54,640 --> 01:11:56,600 of Mrs. Challinor's grandchildren... 1567 01:11:56,760 --> 01:11:59,320 - Just pull your strand, Miss Marple. 1568 01:11:59,480 --> 01:12:01,160 We're waiting. 1569 01:12:01,320 --> 01:12:05,120 - ...was, if you were planning to kill someone, my lord, 1570 01:12:04,780 --> 01:12:07,180 would you trust to scaring them to death? 1571 01:12:07,340 --> 01:12:10,380 Wouldn't you be better making a more secure plan than that, 1572 01:12:10,540 --> 01:12:12,740 like poisoning them? 1573 01:12:12,900 --> 01:12:15,780 Are you suggesting that Mary Pritchard was poisoned 1574 01:12:15,940 --> 01:12:17,380 rather than scared to death? 1575 01:12:17,540 --> 01:12:18,940 Undoubtedly. 1576 01:12:19,100 --> 01:12:20,660 By her husband? 1577 01:12:20,820 --> 01:12:23,260 No. No. 1578 01:12:23,420 --> 01:12:25,860 George Pritchard has admitted to these crimes 1579 01:12:26,020 --> 01:12:28,420 because he thinks he's protecting the woman he loves. 1580 01:12:29,980 --> 01:12:33,540 Of all the seven deadly sins, my lord, 1581 01:12:33,700 --> 01:12:36,300 George Pritchard is, I think, Vanity -- 1582 01:12:36,460 --> 01:12:39,740 the sin from which so many others arise. 1583 01:12:39,900 --> 01:12:43,620 It's led him into foolish relationships with other women, 1584 01:12:43,780 --> 01:12:47,060 and led, I think, to the gluttony of his wife, 1585 01:12:47,220 --> 01:12:50,380 who, faced with a philandering husband, took to her bed 1586 01:12:50,540 --> 01:12:54,020 in order to maintain some sort of hold over him. 1587 01:12:54,180 --> 01:12:57,820 - No one took me seriously, and it's about time you all started. 1588 01:12:57,980 --> 01:13:02,020 And it also led to the dreadful wrath of the woman 1589 01:13:02,180 --> 01:13:04,220 he spurned all those years ago 1590 01:13:04,380 --> 01:13:06,180 to go off with her prettier sister. 1591 01:13:10,620 --> 01:13:13,380 When Reverend Milewater became ill, 1592 01:13:13,540 --> 01:13:17,500 he said, "It was just something I ate." 1593 01:13:17,660 --> 01:13:19,460 And he was right, wasn't he, Philippa? 1594 01:13:19,620 --> 01:13:21,580 He'd eaten something you'd prepared for Mary. 1595 01:13:21,740 --> 01:13:23,900 Now, that looks good. 1596 01:13:24,060 --> 01:13:25,780 - Oh, it is -- and it's not for you. 1597 01:13:25,940 --> 01:13:27,300 It's to cheer Mary up. 1598 01:13:31,740 --> 01:13:35,460 - You'd been poisoning her for years, hadn't you? 1599 01:13:35,620 --> 01:13:37,420 Sick. 1600 01:13:37,580 --> 01:13:39,020 Day after day, dish after dish. 1601 01:13:39,020 --> 01:13:42,340 Making life hell for the sister who ruined your dream 1602 01:13:42,500 --> 01:13:44,740 of marrying the handsome young pilot 1603 01:13:44,900 --> 01:13:47,900 you loved more than anyone else in the world. 1604 01:13:48,060 --> 01:13:50,620 - I didn't kill Mary, George. 1605 01:13:50,780 --> 01:13:53,540 I just wanted to punish her. 1606 01:13:53,700 --> 01:13:55,940 - But someone had worked out what you were doing, 1607 01:13:56,100 --> 01:13:57,180 hadn't they, Philippa? 1608 01:13:59,500 --> 01:14:00,660 And when Mary died, they scared you 1609 01:14:00,820 --> 01:14:03,260 into thinking you were responsible. 1610 01:14:03,420 --> 01:14:04,540 Yes. 1611 01:14:04,700 --> 01:14:06,060 Into making desperate accusations 1612 01:14:06,220 --> 01:14:08,460 against George and Hazel 1613 01:14:08,620 --> 01:14:11,100 to deflect attention away from you. 1614 01:14:11,260 --> 01:14:13,140 Are you in on it, too, George? 1615 01:14:13,300 --> 01:14:15,060 Because you're free to marry her now, aren't you? 1616 01:14:15,220 --> 01:14:16,820 Was that always your plan? 1617 01:14:16,980 --> 01:14:19,300 - She told me they would hang me for what I'd done. 1618 01:14:21,020 --> 01:14:22,300 - And she scared you into getting rid of 1619 01:14:22,460 --> 01:14:23,820 all the poison you'd used. 1620 01:14:25,500 --> 01:14:26,900 Didn't you, Caroline? 1621 01:14:29,060 --> 01:14:31,100 - Caroline and I were just talking about it. 1622 01:14:31,980 --> 01:14:33,260 Caroline. 1623 01:14:35,660 --> 01:14:38,540 - My lord, do you know how a wasp trap is made? 1624 01:14:38,700 --> 01:14:40,180 I do. 1625 01:14:40,340 --> 01:14:41,700 Well, it struck me today 1626 01:14:41,860 --> 01:14:44,140 how much cyanide of potassium crystals 1627 01:14:44,300 --> 01:14:47,100 resemble smelling salts. 1628 01:14:47,260 --> 01:14:48,780 What do you mean? 1629 01:14:48,940 --> 01:14:50,980 I suggest, my lord, 1630 01:14:51,140 --> 01:14:54,580 that Caroline Copling made Mary desperately anxious 1631 01:14:54,740 --> 01:14:57,940 through her performance as Zarida the fortune-teller. 1632 01:14:58,100 --> 01:14:59,140 [ Breathing heavily ] 1633 01:14:59,300 --> 01:15:03,100 ♪♪ 1634 01:15:03,260 --> 01:15:05,340 And on the night of Mary's death, 1635 01:15:05,500 --> 01:15:07,660 Caroline had swapped the smelling salts 1636 01:15:07,820 --> 01:15:09,660 for cyanide crystals, 1637 01:15:09,820 --> 01:15:13,220 because it was the cyanide that killed Mary Pritchard. 1638 01:15:14,980 --> 01:15:16,820 On discovery of Mary's body, 1639 01:15:16,980 --> 01:15:19,620 Caroline Copling would have had to have acted quickly 1640 01:15:19,780 --> 01:15:22,340 in the few moments she had in the room alone. 1641 01:15:22,500 --> 01:15:26,340 Using the smelling salts, she turned the geranium blue. 1642 01:15:27,940 --> 01:15:29,580 She then returned them, 1643 01:15:29,740 --> 01:15:32,260 and removed the cyanide crystals. 1644 01:15:34,340 --> 01:15:37,420 - But how did the flowers turn blue? 1645 01:15:37,580 --> 01:15:39,620 - Well, my lord, smelling salts are alkaline, 1646 01:15:39,780 --> 01:15:42,740 and I think a nurse with a bedridden patient 1647 01:15:42,900 --> 01:15:45,300 uses litmus paper, don't they? 1648 01:15:45,460 --> 01:15:47,420 For those little tests they do 1649 01:15:47,580 --> 01:15:50,700 where blue paper turns red with acid, 1650 01:15:50,860 --> 01:15:53,100 and vice versa with alkalines. 1651 01:15:53,260 --> 01:15:54,460 [ Chuckles ] 1652 01:15:54,620 --> 01:15:56,460 How ingenious, then, 1653 01:15:56,620 --> 01:15:59,660 to paste red litmus paper over a red flower -- 1654 01:15:59,820 --> 01:16:02,060 near to the bed, of course, 1655 01:16:02,220 --> 01:16:04,860 where she knew Mary would use her salts, 1656 01:16:05,020 --> 01:16:07,460 and the strong ammonia would turn the flower blue. 1657 01:16:09,300 --> 01:16:11,740 And then remove the litmus paper afterwards... 1658 01:16:15,060 --> 01:16:17,540 ...knowing it wouldn't bear close scrutiny. 1659 01:16:17,700 --> 01:16:19,220 Why? 1660 01:16:19,380 --> 01:16:21,580 Why would I want to kill Mary Pritchard? 1661 01:16:21,740 --> 01:16:24,300 - Because I think you knew the Pritchards from before, 1662 01:16:24,460 --> 01:16:26,460 didn't you, when you were in the Air Force. 1663 01:16:26,620 --> 01:16:28,420 - I learnt my trade during the war, you know, 1664 01:16:28,580 --> 01:16:30,100 when we all had to do our bit. 1665 01:16:30,260 --> 01:16:32,140 I served over at Duxford. 1666 01:16:32,300 --> 01:16:34,780 - And seeing that George was now a millionaire, 1667 01:16:34,940 --> 01:16:38,100 you thought you'd change your appearance and name, 1668 01:16:38,260 --> 01:16:41,220 and come and see how you could get a piece of it. 1669 01:16:41,380 --> 01:16:43,380 This is nonsense. 1670 01:16:43,540 --> 01:16:45,100 Sit down, miss. 1671 01:16:46,420 --> 01:16:47,620 Thank you, Henry. 1672 01:16:49,220 --> 01:16:50,740 I thought it was odd 1673 01:16:50,900 --> 01:16:53,220 the way Philippa used the word "wasp" in church. 1674 01:16:53,380 --> 01:16:55,180 - Was that always your plan? 1675 01:16:55,340 --> 01:16:57,780 To get this -- this wasp to come and live in this happy place, 1676 01:16:57,940 --> 01:16:59,100 and then let her sting?! 1677 01:16:59,260 --> 01:17:00,580 Shut up, Philippa! 1678 01:17:00,740 --> 01:17:02,580 Such an odd term to use 1679 01:17:02,740 --> 01:17:05,500 when she'd used it just one day previously to describe the girl 1680 01:17:05,660 --> 01:17:07,980 in the Air Force who was in the black market. 1681 01:17:08,140 --> 01:17:10,060 - We used to call her "the Wasp" 1682 01:17:10,220 --> 01:17:12,420 because you'd get stung if you went near her. 1683 01:17:12,580 --> 01:17:15,260 She had this obsession with money. 1684 01:17:17,820 --> 01:17:21,180 - And that wasp was you, wasn't it, Caroline? 1685 01:17:22,500 --> 01:17:24,340 How easy it must have been 1686 01:17:24,500 --> 01:17:27,100 for you to enlist the greedy Susan Carstairs 1687 01:17:27,260 --> 01:17:29,380 into your scheme to scare Mary, 1688 01:17:29,540 --> 01:17:31,860 then make it look as though she was Zarida 1689 01:17:32,020 --> 01:17:35,340 before disposing of her when she was no longer needed. 1690 01:17:35,500 --> 01:17:36,580 [ Screams ] 1691 01:17:36,740 --> 01:17:42,140 ♪♪ 1692 01:17:42,300 --> 01:17:44,660 To further incriminate George Pritchard 1693 01:17:44,820 --> 01:17:46,140 in this string of deaths. 1694 01:17:46,300 --> 01:17:48,620 She wanted money. 1695 01:17:48,780 --> 01:17:52,220 She said, with Mary dead and George hanged, 1696 01:17:52,380 --> 01:17:55,740 Lewis and I would inherit the lot. 1697 01:17:55,900 --> 01:17:57,220 And she wanted half of it. 1698 01:17:57,380 --> 01:17:59,500 Otherwise, she'd tell the police I'd poisoned her. 1699 01:17:59,660 --> 01:18:01,580 That is a complete lie. 1700 01:18:01,740 --> 01:18:03,140 You cannot deny it! 1701 01:18:04,420 --> 01:18:07,340 You said you'd worked hard, and had nothing. 1702 01:18:07,500 --> 01:18:08,580 You deserved it. 1703 01:18:08,740 --> 01:18:10,980 You deserved the money. 1704 01:18:11,140 --> 01:18:14,340 - Because you are Envy, aren't you, Caroline? 1705 01:18:14,500 --> 01:18:16,620 You saw George Pritchard's wealth, 1706 01:18:16,780 --> 01:18:19,940 and you wanted it for yourself, whatever the cost. 1707 01:18:23,660 --> 01:18:25,060 [ Gasps ] 1708 01:18:25,220 --> 01:18:28,220 - Caroline Copling, you are being arrested 1709 01:18:28,380 --> 01:18:30,580 for the murder of Mary Pritchard... 1710 01:18:30,740 --> 01:18:32,740 - No! - ...and Susan Carstairs. 1711 01:18:32,900 --> 01:18:34,220 No! No! No! 1712 01:18:34,380 --> 01:18:36,260 - Anything you say will be taken down, 1713 01:18:36,420 --> 01:18:37,620 and used as evidence against you. 1714 01:18:37,780 --> 01:18:40,900 No! No! No! 1715 01:18:41,060 --> 01:18:43,340 No! No! 1716 01:18:43,500 --> 01:18:44,940 - And the murder of Eddie Seward? 1717 01:18:45,100 --> 01:18:47,660 - No, Inspector, that was always suicide. 1718 01:18:48,780 --> 01:18:50,500 [ Sighs ] 1719 01:18:50,660 --> 01:18:53,600 The sad end of another love that curdled into bitterness. 1720 01:18:54,260 --> 01:19:00,660 ♪♪ 1721 01:19:00,820 --> 01:19:01,900 Thank you. 1722 01:19:21,380 --> 01:19:24,900 - Well, Jane, I must come and visit you next time. 1723 01:19:25,060 --> 01:19:27,980 Visit the wasp traps. 1724 01:19:28,140 --> 01:19:29,380 - It would be lovely to see you. 1725 01:19:29,540 --> 01:19:31,020 - Are you all right, Miss Marple? 1726 01:19:31,180 --> 01:19:33,700 - Yes, yes. It's just been quite a day. 1727 01:19:33,860 --> 01:19:35,340 - Well, as you said to me once, Jane, 1728 01:19:35,500 --> 01:19:38,020 nothing's settled until it's settled right. 1729 01:19:38,180 --> 01:19:39,340 No. 1730 01:19:39,500 --> 01:19:41,060 No, it isn't. 1731 01:19:41,220 --> 01:19:42,300 Well... 1732 01:19:42,460 --> 01:19:44,780 ♪♪ 1733 01:19:44,940 --> 01:19:47,100 - ...goodbye, Jane. - Goodbye. 1734 01:19:47,260 --> 01:19:52,700 ♪♪ 1735 01:19:52,860 --> 01:19:53,820 [ Sighs ] 1736 01:19:53,980 --> 01:19:57,460 ♪♪ 1737 01:20:00,060 --> 01:20:08,220 ♪♪ 1738 01:20:08,380 --> 01:20:16,620 ♪♪ 1739 01:20:16,780 --> 01:20:24,740 ♪♪ 1740 01:20:24,900 --> 01:20:33,220 ♪♪