1 00:00:00,467 --> 00:00:03,368 (Man) Who'll start me at 100? 100 for a start. 2 00:00:03,436 --> 00:00:05,301 100 I'm bid. 100 I'm bid. 3 00:00:05,372 --> 00:00:08,398 Who'll give me 10, who'll make it 110? I'm looking for 110. 4 00:00:08,475 --> 00:00:10,534 110? 110 I'm bid. 110? 5 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:14,102 Who'll make it 20? Come on, gentlemen, who'll make it 20? 6 00:00:14,180 --> 00:00:16,580 120 I'm bid. It's with you, madam, at 120. 7 00:00:16,649 --> 00:00:19,049 Do I hear 50? 150 anywhere? 8 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:23,715 Come on, gentlemen, that's a genuine antique. They don't come up every day. 150? 9 00:00:23,790 --> 00:00:25,758 150 I'm bid. 10 00:00:28,428 --> 00:00:31,397 Come on, gentlemen, I'm looking for 350. 11 00:00:31,464 --> 00:00:33,193 350 anywhere? 12 00:00:33,266 --> 00:00:36,793 Don't lose it, madam, don't lose it for another 50. 13 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:39,896 350 anywhere? 350 I'm bid. 14 00:00:39,973 --> 00:00:43,238 At 350. Who'll make it four? I'm looking for four. 15 00:00:43,309 --> 00:00:46,176 Any more? At 350. 16 00:00:46,246 --> 00:00:50,512 Are you all done? At 350? At 350... 17 00:00:51,684 --> 00:00:53,652 Lovejoy. 18 00:00:54,587 --> 00:00:58,182 My shot, I believe, Lovejoy, as I won the toss. 19 00:00:58,858 --> 00:01:00,826 Do your worst, sir. 20 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:25,944 (Both laughing) 21 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:29,747 Oh, beautiful, Michael. 22 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:33,589 (Michael) The French and the Spanish made some superb examples, 23 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:39,496 but the ultimate in exquisite, murderous precision 24 00:01:39,566 --> 00:01:42,831 comes from the dear old peace-loving Brits. 25 00:01:42,902 --> 00:01:45,234 Mint, cased, 26 00:01:45,305 --> 00:01:47,967 flintlock duelers. 27 00:01:48,041 --> 00:01:50,032 1770-something? 28 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:51,873 - Yes. - Manton? 29 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:55,847 Yes. You know as much about these things as I do. 30 00:01:55,915 --> 00:01:59,248 No, nobody knows as much about flinters as you do, Michael. 31 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,947 What's the game, Lovejoy? 32 00:02:02,021 --> 00:02:06,151 Some fellow in Cambridge, he wants a pair of flinters traced. I said I'd see him tomorrow. 33 00:02:06,226 --> 00:02:10,788 Well, of course, if you turn up anything interesting... you'll come to me first? 34 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:23,370 (Lovejoy) Oh, I see, I see. What are you two getting up to? 35 00:02:23,443 --> 00:02:25,877 Is this fair on me or your husband? 36 00:02:25,945 --> 00:02:30,314 I'm making money. An activity of which you heartily approve. 37 00:02:30,383 --> 00:02:34,376 Jane's tarting up one of the cottages for me. I want to lease it next summer. 38 00:02:34,454 --> 00:02:38,322 Speaking of which, let me see if I can find you some wellies and we'll walk over there. 39 00:02:38,391 --> 00:02:40,689 - Good to see you, Lovejoy. - Thank you, Michael. 40 00:02:43,029 --> 00:02:45,497 - What are you up to? - I'm doing some homework. 41 00:02:45,565 --> 00:02:47,556 - Oh? - Fancy a jaunt to Cambridge tomorrow? 42 00:02:47,634 --> 00:02:50,034 Check out the dreaming spires. Or is that Oxford? 43 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:52,731 - Being a redbrick man, I always forget. - (Chuckles) 44 00:02:52,805 --> 00:02:55,137 All right, might be fun. I could do some buying. 45 00:02:55,208 --> 00:02:56,573 Great. 46 00:02:56,643 --> 00:02:58,543 OK, see you, then. 47 00:03:01,447 --> 00:03:06,316 I suppose it was just chance that Jane was doing up a cottage while I was chasing flinters. 48 00:03:07,954 --> 00:03:10,320 I should have seen the trouble coming. 49 00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:12,915 Who is this person you're going to see? 50 00:03:12,992 --> 00:03:15,517 His name is Ronald Field. 51 00:03:15,595 --> 00:03:19,725 Tinker was in a bar after an auction last week, overheard some fellow asking about dealers, 52 00:03:19,799 --> 00:03:21,391 so nipped in, plugged me. 53 00:03:21,467 --> 00:03:24,402 "Best in the business, brilliant but cheap," et cetera, et cetera. 54 00:03:24,470 --> 00:03:26,529 And he wants you to trace flintlocks. 55 00:03:26,606 --> 00:03:30,702 Don't know what the story is. It's all because of something that happened. 56 00:03:50,863 --> 00:03:52,990 (Ronald) We're not sure exactly what happened. 57 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:57,227 But we do know my brother was killed for those pistols. 58 00:03:57,303 --> 00:03:59,271 Whoever has them is the murderer. 59 00:03:59,939 --> 00:04:03,534 - Was he killed by the guns? - The forensic people assume so. 60 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:06,676 He was shot in the eye at close range. 61 00:04:06,746 --> 00:04:09,772 - (Bicycle bell) - Course, without the guns, they can't be 100%. 62 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:14,716 What makes you so certain that the guns were the only things the killer was after? 63 00:04:14,787 --> 00:04:16,755 They were the only things missing. 64 00:04:16,823 --> 00:04:19,724 Muriel, that's my sister-in-law, took an inventory. 65 00:04:19,792 --> 00:04:22,283 She's positive nothing else was stolen. 66 00:04:22,362 --> 00:04:25,331 (Lovejoy) Do you know if they were very valuable? 67 00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:30,267 I imagine they were. I must admit, I'm not terribly versed in antiques. 68 00:04:30,336 --> 00:04:32,304 Except first editions. 69 00:04:32,372 --> 00:04:34,397 However, the last time I spoke to James, 70 00:04:34,474 --> 00:04:39,173 he was in a highly excitable state about a pair of flintlocks he'd acquired, 71 00:04:39,245 --> 00:04:41,509 said they were made by someone called Durrs. 72 00:04:41,581 --> 00:04:43,811 Durrs? That makes them valuable. 73 00:04:44,817 --> 00:04:47,377 James referred to them as the Judas Pair. 74 00:04:47,453 --> 00:04:49,421 Oh, Mr. Field, the Judas Pair does not exist. 75 00:04:49,489 --> 00:04:54,825 In the antique trade, they're known as a myth, a legend. There's no such guns. 76 00:04:54,894 --> 00:04:59,593 They do exist, and my brother was killed for them. 77 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:04,467 (Lovejoy) Oh, Durrs was a genius. 78 00:05:05,705 --> 00:05:08,173 He came to London in 1770-something to make his fortune, 79 00:05:08,241 --> 00:05:10,971 which he did by inventing a very lethal air gun. 80 00:05:11,044 --> 00:05:15,413 He then proceeded to lose it all by making a flying machine called the Flying Dolphin. 81 00:05:15,481 --> 00:05:17,915 Kept it in a hangar in Knightsbridge. 82 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:21,317 - And his dueling pistols? - Well, the story is, he made only 12 pairs. 83 00:05:21,387 --> 00:05:24,845 The legend is that he made a 13th pair and something terrible happened. 84 00:05:24,924 --> 00:05:26,892 - No! What? - Nobody knows. 85 00:05:26,959 --> 00:05:31,020 He supposedly made the last pair and they were never heard of or found. 86 00:05:32,265 --> 00:05:36,634 Well, any antique dealer, if you ask him about the Judas Pair, he'd die laughing. 87 00:05:36,703 --> 00:05:40,833 I thought all this was supposed to be celebrating a commission to find them. 88 00:05:40,907 --> 00:05:43,637 Well, isn't that dishonest, if they don't exist? 89 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:46,873 No. Not that I'm against a little dishonesty, 90 00:05:46,946 --> 00:05:52,543 it's just that I told Ronald Field I'd check out all the existing Durrs and hopefully find the killer. 91 00:05:52,618 --> 00:05:54,916 Isn't that what the police are supposed to be doing? 92 00:05:54,987 --> 00:05:59,549 Janey, we're talking about antiques. It takes someone like me to track them down. 93 00:06:00,159 --> 00:06:01,956 OK, can I help on this one? 94 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:05,896 - Absolutely. In fact, you can start now. - Great. How? 95 00:06:05,965 --> 00:06:08,433 Well, Field's advance was a check. 96 00:06:08,501 --> 00:06:10,025 So? 97 00:06:10,103 --> 00:06:12,094 Would you pay for the punt? 98 00:06:14,941 --> 00:06:19,435 We have to assume we are looking for mint, cased Durrs, 99 00:06:19,512 --> 00:06:21,480 so Tinker's getting down most of the dealers, 100 00:06:21,547 --> 00:06:25,210 and you, Eric, are gonna check out any sales or moves in Durrs. 101 00:06:25,284 --> 00:06:28,117 That's why I want you to go through all those catalogs. 102 00:06:28,187 --> 00:06:30,417 What a totally boring job. 103 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:34,290 Investigative research, young man, is vital intelligence. 104 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,693 - We would be better off with a computer. - A computer? 105 00:06:37,764 --> 00:06:41,131 You're talking to somebody who comes from a generation of multiplication and long division. 106 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,034 Yes, a generation that despises decimalization and the metric system, 107 00:06:45,104 --> 00:06:47,265 and desperately misses sweets in jars. 108 00:06:47,340 --> 00:06:49,501 All right, all right. 109 00:06:49,575 --> 00:06:53,272 I'd still prefer to be doing something more exciting, like following people. 110 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:55,948 Could we have a little milk? 111 00:06:56,015 --> 00:06:57,539 Please? 112 00:07:00,653 --> 00:07:03,121 (Police radio chatter) 113 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:14,927 - Is this Muriel Field's house? - It is. And who's asking? 114 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:16,593 Lovejoy. And you? 115 00:07:16,669 --> 00:07:18,432 Detective Superintendent Paris. 116 00:07:18,504 --> 00:07:20,472 Super. Must be serious. 117 00:07:20,540 --> 00:07:23,475 - Is Mrs. Field OK? - Yeah. 118 00:07:23,543 --> 00:07:26,535 Cleaning woman found that the house had been broken into. 119 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:30,946 There was a murder here recently. That's why we didn't just send a wally on a moped. 120 00:07:33,419 --> 00:07:36,513 - Lovejoy. Antique dealer, right? - So? 121 00:07:36,589 --> 00:07:39,922 Ah, knew the name. Pops up on the police computer now and then. 122 00:07:39,992 --> 00:07:41,857 (Paris) Really? 123 00:07:41,928 --> 00:07:44,362 Perhaps we'd better go inside, then, sir. 124 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:46,762 Have a nice cup of tea. 125 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:48,630 Computers. 126 00:07:50,937 --> 00:07:52,564 (Michael laughing) 127 00:07:52,638 --> 00:07:55,869 Michelangelo's Goliath, Napoleon's woodcuts, 128 00:07:55,942 --> 00:07:59,036 Excalibur, Prince John's necklace from the Wash, 129 00:07:59,111 --> 00:08:01,841 Friar Bacon's perpetual clock. 130 00:08:01,914 --> 00:08:07,443 The antique trade is full of myths. I would say your Judas Pair are on a par with that lot. 131 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,387 We haven't flipped our lids, Mr. Seymour, 132 00:08:10,456 --> 00:08:14,017 we just want to trace the Durrs that do exist. 133 00:08:14,093 --> 00:08:18,325 Lovejoy figured you might give us a lead considering it was your speciality. 134 00:08:18,397 --> 00:08:21,230 Thought you might know where the 12 pairs were. 135 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:23,029 Ten. 136 00:08:23,102 --> 00:08:27,095 - Excuse me? - You only have to trace ten pairs. 137 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:29,908 I have two pairs myself. 138 00:08:31,143 --> 00:08:33,111 I see. 139 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:35,113 Oh, Tinker. 140 00:08:35,181 --> 00:08:40,813 If by some magical chance that 13th pair should prove not to be a myth, 141 00:08:40,887 --> 00:08:42,718 I'd want those too. 142 00:08:57,036 --> 00:08:58,936 Ronald told me who you are. 143 00:08:59,005 --> 00:09:01,803 - He said he trusts you. - He trusts me? 144 00:09:01,874 --> 00:09:06,072 When he offered you money to find the Judas Pair, he said you tried to talk him out of it. 145 00:09:06,145 --> 00:09:08,306 I imagine he considers that makes you honest. 146 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:10,815 I am on your side, Mrs. Field. 147 00:09:19,325 --> 00:09:21,885 My cleaner and her daughter are going to help me clear up. 148 00:09:21,961 --> 00:09:23,929 And Ronald's on his way over from Cambridge. 149 00:09:23,996 --> 00:09:26,123 - Was very much stolen? - No. 150 00:09:26,198 --> 00:09:27,825 They were a day late. 151 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:31,666 My husband's antiques, his valuable pieces, went to the saleroom. 152 00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:34,706 - I was fortunate, I suppose. - Oh. 153 00:09:34,774 --> 00:09:37,572 The things were scheduled to be picked up today, 154 00:09:37,643 --> 00:09:39,736 but as I wanted to stay in London last night - 155 00:09:39,812 --> 00:09:41,939 I had last-minute tickets for Covent Garden - 156 00:09:42,014 --> 00:09:43,982 I had them come yesterday instead. 157 00:09:44,050 --> 00:09:48,885 That could mean that whoever stole the flinters didn't get everything he wanted and came back. 158 00:09:48,955 --> 00:09:52,220 Did many people know that you were putting James's things into a saleroom? 159 00:09:52,291 --> 00:09:55,124 Friends, the solicitors... 160 00:09:56,329 --> 00:10:00,288 and lots of antique people who've been calling endlessly since the funeral. 161 00:10:01,701 --> 00:10:03,794 I'm sorry I had to be one of them. 162 00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:23,415 So it looks like the thief was after something specific, right? 163 00:10:23,489 --> 00:10:26,083 But he was a day late and that something went off to the sale. 164 00:10:26,158 --> 00:10:28,126 - Where? - Gimberts, Thursday. 165 00:10:28,194 --> 00:10:31,789 Well, why don't we ask Charlie Gimbert to let us scan the lot beforehand? 166 00:10:31,864 --> 00:10:34,526 Could do. It'd give him a hint of what we're after. 167 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,659 With his mouth, it'll be all over town in a flash. 168 00:10:36,736 --> 00:10:40,763 Then if the villain we're after doesn't show at the sale, he might come after us. 169 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:42,808 It would force his hand. 170 00:10:42,875 --> 00:10:46,072 Here, hold on, Lovejoy. This guy's a desperate killer. 171 00:10:46,145 --> 00:10:48,113 We might be in danger. 172 00:10:48,180 --> 00:10:50,307 He complained his job was too boring. 173 00:10:55,988 --> 00:10:57,888 (Jane) Are we on the trail of flinters? 174 00:10:57,957 --> 00:11:00,517 (Lovejoy) We are. Tinker got an interesting lead. 175 00:11:00,593 --> 00:11:04,791 Fellow in Norfolk exchanged a revolving percussion longarm for a flinter last month. 176 00:11:04,864 --> 00:11:08,061 Sounds like a serious collector, name of La Grange. 177 00:11:08,134 --> 00:11:12,537 La Grange? What a splendid name for a villain. Don't you think? 178 00:11:12,605 --> 00:11:15,938 Ooh, definitely, got a very suspicious ring to it, La Grange. 179 00:11:16,008 --> 00:11:18,238 Oh, you must mean Dr. La Grange. 180 00:11:18,310 --> 00:11:21,677 He was in quite recently, bought a pistol flash. 181 00:11:21,747 --> 00:11:23,715 Does he live near here? 182 00:11:23,783 --> 00:11:27,651 Er, not anymore. He has a house, er... 183 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,984 Just let me fetch my invoice book. 184 00:11:30,056 --> 00:11:31,887 (Dog barking) 185 00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:36,352 Becky. 186 00:11:36,429 --> 00:11:38,294 (Cockerel crowing) 187 00:11:39,165 --> 00:11:40,826 Morning, Doctor. 188 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:43,368 Good morning. Can I be of any help? 189 00:11:43,436 --> 00:11:45,836 Sorry to intrude, came on the off chance, really. 190 00:11:45,905 --> 00:11:47,497 Really? 191 00:11:47,573 --> 00:11:50,474 Yes, I'm sound in wind and limb, so they tell me. 192 00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:52,511 It's about guns. 193 00:11:54,714 --> 00:11:57,478 - Can I offer you something? - Oh, that's very kind of you. 194 00:11:57,550 --> 00:12:00,144 I was in the antique shop in Blakeney. 195 00:12:00,219 --> 00:12:04,053 I was enquiring after a part and the lady told us of your interest in guns. 196 00:12:04,123 --> 00:12:05,613 A part? 197 00:12:05,691 --> 00:12:09,354 Yes, I'm trying to complete a set of accessories for a pistol I have in a case, 198 00:12:09,428 --> 00:12:12,295 - a pocket Adams revolver. - Oh, percussion. 199 00:12:12,364 --> 00:12:16,767 Yes, but it's almost mint. There's a nipple replaced and a trace of repair. 200 00:12:16,836 --> 00:12:19,236 - I'm afraid, er... - Lovejoy. 201 00:12:19,305 --> 00:12:22,399 Mr. Lovejoy, I'm afraid I have no real interest in percussion. 202 00:12:22,475 --> 00:12:23,965 Flinters? 203 00:12:24,043 --> 00:12:26,170 As it happens, yes. 204 00:12:26,245 --> 00:12:29,043 I know nothing about flinters. I'm just after a flash. 205 00:12:29,115 --> 00:12:31,913 A flash more appropriate to percussion, surely. 206 00:12:33,152 --> 00:12:35,882 Sorry, but I can be of no help to you. 207 00:12:35,955 --> 00:12:38,150 Have we met before? I've seen you somewhere. 208 00:12:38,224 --> 00:12:41,625 Yes, you were just leaving Mrs. Field's as I arrived. 209 00:12:41,694 --> 00:12:43,662 James Field and I were very good friends. 210 00:12:43,729 --> 00:12:46,926 I try to visit Muriel as often as possible to lend solace. 211 00:12:46,999 --> 00:12:51,026 - Yes, I was there. - Yes, Muriel told me why you were there. 212 00:12:53,372 --> 00:12:55,340 Because of your knowledge of flinters. 213 00:12:57,977 --> 00:12:59,842 Ouch. 214 00:13:13,425 --> 00:13:15,359 Careful. 215 00:13:16,762 --> 00:13:18,730 Morning, Charlie. 216 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:22,256 - You're a bit previous, aren't you? - First-Look Lovejoy, I'm known as. 217 00:13:22,334 --> 00:13:25,861 Now, look, I did you a favor letting you case that Field stuff, 218 00:13:25,938 --> 00:13:28,338 so I don't want you rubbishing it. Some nice pieces in there. 219 00:13:28,407 --> 00:13:31,808 Nothing I was really looking for. Had hoped there'd be some flinters. 220 00:13:31,877 --> 00:13:36,610 Oh, yes, I heard that was your new interest in life. Bit high-price for you, Lovejoy. 221 00:13:36,682 --> 00:13:38,946 At this moment in time, so are ashtrays. 222 00:13:45,991 --> 00:13:49,688 - How was Norfolk? - He was a doctor, would you believe? 223 00:13:49,762 --> 00:13:51,559 You got anything new? 224 00:13:51,630 --> 00:13:55,361 Of the auctions we've checked, three sets of Durrs have gone, 225 00:13:55,434 --> 00:13:59,029 two pairs of holsters - one Durrs, one Joseph of Piccadilly - 226 00:13:59,104 --> 00:14:01,402 and a Durrs blunderbuss. 227 00:14:01,473 --> 00:14:03,964 We're working on a couple of private tickles. 228 00:14:05,811 --> 00:14:08,279 The word's out about a bloke from Rutland. 229 00:14:08,347 --> 00:14:12,147 Checked him out. Retired colonel with an arthritic hip. Highly unlikely. 230 00:14:13,853 --> 00:14:16,185 - Michael Seymour's here. - So? 231 00:14:17,022 --> 00:14:20,082 Everyone knows that James Field had a pair of grade-A flinters, 232 00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:23,390 so Seymour's hoping something else may show up. He's a collector, right? 233 00:14:23,462 --> 00:14:28,365 Only a man with the quirks of a collector would kill for a pair of bloody guns. 234 00:14:28,434 --> 00:14:30,231 Come on. 235 00:14:46,552 --> 00:14:48,577 I'm gonna take photographs of everyone there. 236 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:52,021 Well, everyone who looks a bit dodgy. Like at a Mafia funeral. 237 00:14:52,091 --> 00:14:55,686 - Like a what? - The Feds always take secret photographs 238 00:14:55,761 --> 00:14:58,730 at Mafia funerals so they know who all the hoodlums are. 239 00:14:59,765 --> 00:15:03,292 I don't think a Polaroid's a terribly secret camera, Eric. 240 00:15:03,369 --> 00:15:05,360 I think one rather needs a longer lens. 241 00:15:13,212 --> 00:15:15,806 - Are these things all in the Field sale? - Hm? What? 242 00:15:15,881 --> 00:15:19,248 Yes. Nothing to get the old pulse racing, though. 243 00:15:20,185 --> 00:15:23,018 This is rather nice. What is it? 244 00:15:23,088 --> 00:15:24,783 That's an apothecary's box. 245 00:15:24,857 --> 00:15:29,419 Nothing very special but they're often worth more than their price. 246 00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:31,554 Family's used them as medicine chests. 247 00:15:31,630 --> 00:15:33,962 - Lovejoy. - Hello, Michael. 248 00:15:34,033 --> 00:15:35,398 - Jane. - Hello. 249 00:15:35,467 --> 00:15:37,560 - How's things at the cottage? - Oh, fine. 250 00:15:37,636 --> 00:15:41,265 I'm staying there tonight. Got some tiles being delivered first thing. 251 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:44,241 In that case, why don't you come over for dinner? You too, Lovejoy. 252 00:15:44,310 --> 00:15:46,574 OK. Then you can show us what you bought. 253 00:15:46,645 --> 00:15:51,241 What, here? Oh, just browsing, old son. Just browsing. 254 00:15:52,551 --> 00:15:54,280 Lovejoy... 255 00:15:54,353 --> 00:15:58,084 - do you really have much hope for this? - It's worth a shot, Mr. Field. 256 00:15:58,157 --> 00:16:02,890 We're checking out all the collectors, and you might just see a face, or recognize some... 257 00:16:03,862 --> 00:16:04,920 someone. 258 00:16:07,433 --> 00:16:11,597 Now, there's Dr. La Grange, who we know collects flinters. 259 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:14,332 - Uh-huh. - And there's Michael Seymour, who's rich, 260 00:16:14,406 --> 00:16:17,204 powerful, and has a collector's passion. 261 00:16:18,577 --> 00:16:21,603 - And there's Ronald and Muriel. - Ronald and Muriel? 262 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,478 Perhaps they're just too ordinary to be true. 263 00:16:24,550 --> 00:16:28,077 The people who bought things from the Field sale seemed ordinary too. 264 00:16:28,153 --> 00:16:31,782 - So was most of the stuff. - I rather liked that apothecary box. 265 00:16:31,857 --> 00:16:34,587 I thought of getting it for the cottage. 266 00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:36,491 Lovejoy! 267 00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:38,530 Lovejoy, this is my car! 268 00:16:55,547 --> 00:16:57,037 Open up! 269 00:16:57,116 --> 00:16:59,380 I've forgotten something! 270 00:16:59,451 --> 00:17:01,885 Come on! Open up! 271 00:17:01,954 --> 00:17:04,388 - What? - Lovejoy! 272 00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:08,482 Something was nagging me. I couldn't think what, and then you reminded me of the box. 273 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:09,925 Bless you. 274 00:17:09,995 --> 00:17:12,293 I'd like to know what I'm taking the credit for. 275 00:17:12,364 --> 00:17:14,764 You said the box was full of auctioneer's junk. 276 00:17:14,833 --> 00:17:17,734 It wasn't. The screwdriver, it was case-hardened. 277 00:17:17,803 --> 00:17:20,704 - It was what? - It means it was old. 278 00:17:20,773 --> 00:17:24,004 Nobody puts a screwdriver in a felt-lined case for a century. 279 00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:26,977 - It was the guns' turnscrew. - Turnscrew? 280 00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:31,608 The vital part that completes the set, the piece the killer still needs. 281 00:17:31,683 --> 00:17:34,208 Well, the box hadn't been sold when we left. 282 00:17:35,654 --> 00:17:38,179 I've got to know if it's still there, and if it is, I have to have it. 283 00:17:38,257 --> 00:17:41,488 - Tomorrow. - Tomorrow they're closed, and the day after. 284 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,528 Now come on. 285 00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:54,035 There shouldn't be any trouble, but if there is, honk the horn and get the hell out of here. 286 00:18:35,981 --> 00:18:37,448 (Door clunks) 287 00:19:06,778 --> 00:19:08,405 All right, miss? 288 00:19:53,058 --> 00:19:55,185 (Gasps) 289 00:19:55,260 --> 00:19:57,228 (As Bogart) Burn rubber, sweetheart. 290 00:20:02,467 --> 00:20:04,799 (Lovejoy) You see? The peculiar effect? (Jane) Oh. 291 00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:06,929 Like the sheen of petrol on water. 292 00:20:07,005 --> 00:20:09,997 That's what a metallic object acquires if it stays in a case long enough. 293 00:20:10,075 --> 00:20:12,543 That's what we call case-hardened. 294 00:20:13,345 --> 00:20:17,645 That's exactly what I'm becoming, running around with you. Case-hardened! 295 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:20,981 Oh, it's the dynamic duo. You got any booze? 296 00:20:22,354 --> 00:20:24,322 I think the last tenant left some down here. 297 00:20:24,389 --> 00:20:26,152 Where? 298 00:20:28,193 --> 00:20:30,218 What's this? 299 00:20:30,295 --> 00:20:34,254 - (Lovejoy) It's a priest hole! - Hopefully with some decent plonk. 300 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:36,893 Try and find some while I freshen up. 301 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:39,460 - You're staying here tonight, aren't you? - Might as well. 302 00:20:39,538 --> 00:20:42,996 As we're having dinner at Michael's and I've got to make such an early start. 303 00:20:43,775 --> 00:20:48,269 I guess I should too. Well, I'll probably drink too much, and I haven't got my car. 304 00:20:48,347 --> 00:20:51,805 - Then we'll get you a taxi. - That's not what I meant, Janey. 305 00:20:55,854 --> 00:20:57,754 (Coughs) 306 00:21:13,305 --> 00:21:15,273 (Vehicle approaching) 307 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:18,241 ( 308 00:21:24,850 --> 00:21:27,785 - (Groans) - ( 309 00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:39,061 ( 310 00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:42,960 (Volume up) 311 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:49,706 ( 312 00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:52,505 What the bloody hell is that noise? 313 00:21:56,581 --> 00:21:58,344 (Music stops) 314 00:22:00,719 --> 00:22:02,846 Oh. Here you are. 315 00:22:02,921 --> 00:22:05,412 Ooh, to gracious living. 316 00:22:05,490 --> 00:22:07,117 Well. 317 00:22:07,192 --> 00:22:09,490 Well, you look desperate. 318 00:22:09,561 --> 00:22:13,520 That's because rich people like Michael Seymour can afford very good claret. 319 00:22:13,598 --> 00:22:16,795 Yeah, well, you must've sank a few to leave the house all open. 320 00:22:16,868 --> 00:22:19,530 I wasn't that legless. Was I? 321 00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:30,475 Hey, somebody's been here. Why didn't you wake me? 322 00:22:32,784 --> 00:22:34,081 Lucy? 323 00:22:34,152 --> 00:22:37,280 Hello. Yes, I'm sorry, I said I'd phone you earlier. 324 00:22:38,056 --> 00:22:39,990 Hang on a minute. 325 00:22:40,058 --> 00:22:42,856 Hello? Is someone there? 326 00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:46,760 Lovejoy, is that you? 327 00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:50,328 Hello? 328 00:22:52,270 --> 00:22:57,105 Lucy? Yes, OK, just let me give you the info and you can make a start on the fabrics. 329 00:23:01,813 --> 00:23:04,281 Someone's really turned the shed over. 330 00:23:06,618 --> 00:23:07,585 Janey. 331 00:23:07,652 --> 00:23:08,983 Bye. 332 00:23:34,479 --> 00:23:36,845 (Screaming) 333 00:23:40,886 --> 00:23:42,854 (Siren blaring) 334 00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:59,161 - What happened? - She'll be all right. 335 00:23:59,237 --> 00:24:01,899 - What, Janey... - She will be all right, I promise. 336 00:24:01,973 --> 00:24:04,100 - What, is she hurt? - Just... 337 00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:06,144 shock and concussion. 338 00:24:06,211 --> 00:24:08,179 They've taken her to hospital. 339 00:24:08,246 --> 00:24:12,444 But she was lucky. The driver forgot her signature and came back. 340 00:24:12,517 --> 00:24:15,247 - Probably saved her, I would think. - Somebody attacked her? 341 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:19,720 Mm. They didn't get him. 342 00:24:19,791 --> 00:24:23,318 Well, blow me, you get about a bit. 343 00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:27,765 I'd better give my super a bell. 344 00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:32,799 Please come in, sit down. I'll organize some coffee. 345 00:24:32,871 --> 00:24:34,839 Oh, that would be very welcome, sir. 346 00:24:34,906 --> 00:24:37,431 - And many thanks for the use of your house. - Not at all. 347 00:24:37,509 --> 00:24:39,807 It's the least one can do under the circumstances. 348 00:24:39,878 --> 00:24:41,846 And I would like to get to the hospital. 349 00:24:41,913 --> 00:24:44,177 Don't get in a lather, Lovejoy. 350 00:24:44,249 --> 00:24:47,707 Your friend, Lady Felsham, was found with a sash cord around her neck. 351 00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:50,516 She wouldn't still be with us if that tile bloke hadn't shown up. 352 00:24:50,589 --> 00:24:52,989 - So? - So we're not here on a trivial matter, 353 00:24:53,058 --> 00:24:55,026 are we? 354 00:24:55,927 --> 00:24:57,861 I'm sorry, OK, OK, OK. 355 00:24:57,929 --> 00:24:59,726 OK. 356 00:25:02,767 --> 00:25:04,462 She's all right. 357 00:25:04,536 --> 00:25:08,028 So this case will be better served by you and me having a chat 358 00:25:08,106 --> 00:25:10,734 rather than you waiting down at the outpatients. 359 00:25:12,043 --> 00:25:16,377 Well, whatever happened to her is connected with James Field's death. 360 00:25:16,448 --> 00:25:19,611 I figured it must be when I saw Lovejoy's face, sir. 361 00:25:19,684 --> 00:25:21,652 Go on, Lovejoy. 362 00:25:23,421 --> 00:25:26,083 Well, the killer stole the flinters but didn't realize there was a piece missing. 363 00:25:26,157 --> 00:25:30,253 That's why he went back to Muriel's. He did my place last night and came to the cottage today. 364 00:25:30,328 --> 00:25:31,886 Did you have it? 365 00:25:33,131 --> 00:25:35,599 Yes. 366 00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:37,726 It's called a turnscrew. 367 00:25:37,802 --> 00:25:40,327 Is this turnscrew all that important? 368 00:25:40,405 --> 00:25:42,999 Oh, to a serious collector, yes. 369 00:25:43,074 --> 00:25:46,134 It might be hard for you to understand but he must be in a terrible state. 370 00:25:46,211 --> 00:25:48,975 Imagine, he's got this amazing possession 371 00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:51,447 but it's a vital component short. 372 00:25:52,317 --> 00:25:54,285 Well, where is it? 373 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,117 - It was at the cottage. - Is it missing? 374 00:25:59,624 --> 00:26:01,319 Yes. 375 00:26:06,464 --> 00:26:09,194 You don't have to see him. I can tell him you're sleeping. 376 00:26:09,267 --> 00:26:11,235 No, I'd like to. 377 00:26:11,937 --> 00:26:13,905 I'm up to it, really. 378 00:26:15,006 --> 00:26:18,533 You know, a person like Lovejoy spends his entire life courting disaster 379 00:26:18,610 --> 00:26:20,578 or flirting with danger. 380 00:26:20,645 --> 00:26:23,876 If you insist on being his friend, this sort of thing is bound to happen. 381 00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:26,281 I'm sorry to be such a worry. 382 00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:31,051 I've never pretended to understand your friendship with Lovejoy 383 00:26:31,122 --> 00:26:33,090 but I do know it's important to you both. 384 00:26:34,526 --> 00:26:37,188 I'm sure he feels very badly about what's happened. 385 00:26:38,697 --> 00:26:41,257 Alexander, you're a very good man. 386 00:26:44,569 --> 00:26:46,537 I'll get Mrs. Cameron to make some tea. 387 00:26:53,712 --> 00:26:55,009 It was open. 388 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:58,208 - You'll stay for tea, of course. - Oh, thank you, Alexander. 389 00:27:04,689 --> 00:27:06,623 How are you? 390 00:27:07,425 --> 00:27:09,325 I'm fine. 391 00:27:10,662 --> 00:27:12,687 - Sweeties. - Oh. 392 00:27:13,932 --> 00:27:17,732 I'm sorry, Janey, I shouldn't have left the turnscrew at the cottage. 393 00:27:17,802 --> 00:27:19,667 Who could have known it was there? 394 00:27:19,738 --> 00:27:21,603 Anybody. 395 00:27:21,673 --> 00:27:25,006 Look, I made quite a fuss when we got back to the auction rooms. 396 00:27:25,076 --> 00:27:26,509 - Yes. - Yes, well, 397 00:27:26,578 --> 00:27:28,773 there were still plenty of people about, 398 00:27:28,847 --> 00:27:32,305 and if anybody was keeping tabs on me, they'd have seen me get in, 399 00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:35,751 and then assume that I'd either left the turnscrew at home or at the cottage. 400 00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:37,788 How much have you told the police? 401 00:27:37,856 --> 00:27:41,314 I've told them most things. Filled them in on the background. 402 00:27:41,393 --> 00:27:44,453 What do you mean, most things? 403 00:27:44,529 --> 00:27:47,498 I know you, you'll make this a personal vendetta. 404 00:27:47,565 --> 00:27:51,001 This would never have happened if you'd let me stay the night. 405 00:27:52,303 --> 00:27:54,897 I wish I knew what you were up to, Lovejoy. 406 00:27:55,807 --> 00:27:57,900 We're wasting valuable drinking time. 407 00:27:57,976 --> 00:27:59,876 - Get in. - Ow. 408 00:27:59,944 --> 00:28:01,878 - (Tinker) What is this? - A priest hole. 409 00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:04,682 Killer never found it, nor did the police. 410 00:28:04,749 --> 00:28:07,445 - And the turnscrew's down here? - It is. 411 00:28:07,519 --> 00:28:09,487 (Tinker) Now, wait a minute. 412 00:28:12,624 --> 00:28:16,321 Even in my customary befuddled state, Lovejoy, 413 00:28:16,394 --> 00:28:19,989 I remember you saying that you told the coppers that it was missing. 414 00:28:20,065 --> 00:28:21,692 Yes, Tink. 415 00:28:21,766 --> 00:28:24,894 And when tomorrow's papers come out, I hope to God they mention it. 416 00:28:24,969 --> 00:28:27,199 If they don't, the killer will still know I lied. 417 00:28:27,272 --> 00:28:30,901 Yes, but he'll know that he hasn't got it and he'll know that you have. 418 00:28:30,975 --> 00:28:33,102 - That means he'll be coming for you! - Yes. 419 00:28:43,288 --> 00:28:46,086 I'm sorry, Lovejoy, it's over. 420 00:28:46,157 --> 00:28:50,617 I've talked it through with Muriel, and we wish to release you from any further obligation. 421 00:28:50,695 --> 00:28:53,789 - What do you mean, it's over? - It's in police hands. 422 00:28:53,865 --> 00:28:56,299 Please let them handle it. 423 00:28:56,367 --> 00:28:59,894 I've involved you and caused Lady Felsham considerable distress. 424 00:28:59,971 --> 00:29:02,462 - She might have been killed. - Which has to be answered, 425 00:29:02,540 --> 00:29:06,442 - same as your brother. - By the law, not by ourselves. 426 00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:09,577 - Ronald. - I must get back to Cambridge. 427 00:29:10,648 --> 00:29:13,173 I'll send you a check for your... efforts. 428 00:29:14,185 --> 00:29:16,210 Muriel, I'll come down at the weekend. 429 00:29:16,287 --> 00:29:18,255 I'll see you out, Ronald. 430 00:29:21,192 --> 00:29:23,422 (Chatting, indistinct) 431 00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:29,961 (Car door shuts, engine starts) 432 00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:41,572 - Is this what you want? - You must realize how confused I am. 433 00:29:41,646 --> 00:29:43,614 I feel so responsible. 434 00:29:43,681 --> 00:29:46,980 I'm not giving up. There's more to this than my fee. 435 00:29:48,186 --> 00:29:50,552 I don't know if it helps... 436 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:54,149 but I know who my husband bought the guns from in the first place. 437 00:29:54,225 --> 00:29:58,594 I had to go through all James's things. I found a receipt. 438 00:29:58,663 --> 00:30:01,826 So it was La Grange sold him the flinters. 439 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:03,367 (Lovejoy) Yep. 440 00:30:03,434 --> 00:30:06,926 But, look, if you're lunatic enough to kill for a pair of flinters, 441 00:30:07,005 --> 00:30:09,200 you're hardly likely to sell them in the first place. 442 00:30:09,274 --> 00:30:12,471 I reckon we can strike La Grange from our list of suspects. 443 00:30:12,544 --> 00:30:14,512 I don't know, Tink. 444 00:30:14,579 --> 00:30:17,912 I don't know why Ronald Field was so eager to get me off the case. 445 00:30:17,982 --> 00:30:20,041 I mean, when he put me on this case... 446 00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:23,511 Finish the thought, lad. 447 00:30:23,588 --> 00:30:25,988 It's really irritating when you get mysterious. 448 00:30:26,057 --> 00:30:28,082 Well, what does he really want? 449 00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:30,650 His brother's killer or the Judas Pair for himself? 450 00:30:30,728 --> 00:30:34,721 The contemplation of that question requires another bevvy, and it's your shout, Lovejoy. 451 00:30:34,799 --> 00:30:37,825 All right. I'll tell you one thing, mon brave, 452 00:30:37,902 --> 00:30:40,234 I'm beginning to believe in the Judas Pair myself. 453 00:30:40,305 --> 00:30:44,867 I just paid lip service to the idea at the start, kept up a blissful pretence. Now... 454 00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:47,578 I think they're out there. 455 00:30:52,083 --> 00:30:54,381 (Brakes squeal, wood clattering) 456 00:30:54,452 --> 00:30:55,885 Morning, Eric. 457 00:30:56,688 --> 00:30:59,088 Ah. Morning, Lovejoy. 458 00:31:01,192 --> 00:31:03,160 Has she gone, then? 459 00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:07,423 - Has who gone? - I know you had someone here last night. 460 00:31:07,498 --> 00:31:09,557 And the night before. 461 00:31:09,634 --> 00:31:11,465 It's your district nurse. 462 00:31:11,536 --> 00:31:14,437 - Have you been sniffing the furniture restorer? - Course not. 463 00:31:14,505 --> 00:31:16,996 Then what makes you think I've been having sex with a district nurse? 464 00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:22,342 District nurses go round on bikes, and the last few mornings I've seen one here. 465 00:31:22,413 --> 00:31:24,210 Still not with you. 466 00:31:24,282 --> 00:31:27,911 Look, I went to see this band in Ipswich - Torn Limb. Ever heard of them? 467 00:31:27,986 --> 00:31:29,283 Amazingly, no. 468 00:31:29,354 --> 00:31:32,585 Well, they're a bit like Def Leppard but without selling out. 469 00:31:32,657 --> 00:31:34,784 Well, anyway, I'm staying at my cousin's, 470 00:31:34,859 --> 00:31:36,827 and on the way back I pass this place, 471 00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:40,797 and each time I've seen this bike at the end of your lane. So, I reckon... 472 00:31:40,865 --> 00:31:43,129 That I've been having passionate sex with a district nurse. 473 00:31:43,201 --> 00:31:45,692 Well, or a midwife. It was a woman's bike. 474 00:31:45,770 --> 00:31:49,638 I only caught a glimpse, but definitely no crossbar. 475 00:31:52,477 --> 00:31:54,172 You mean you weren't having it away? 476 00:32:34,719 --> 00:32:36,380 (Sighs) 477 00:32:39,891 --> 00:32:41,381 (Grunts) 478 00:32:45,063 --> 00:32:47,190 Are they them? Are they the Judas Pair? 479 00:32:47,265 --> 00:32:49,233 They are Mortimers. I've had them for ages. 480 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:51,894 Never leave a fingerprint on a mint flinter. 481 00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:54,131 Ruins the browning and precipitates rust. 482 00:32:54,205 --> 00:32:56,673 - What does it do, Eric? - Er, ruins the rust... 483 00:32:56,741 --> 00:33:00,905 - Ruins the browning and precipitates rust. - Ruins the browning and precipitates... 484 00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:05,245 - Ruins the browning and precipitates rust. - Ruins the browning and precipitates rust. 485 00:33:05,316 --> 00:33:06,908 - You got a light? - What? 486 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:10,682 - A light. - Er, yeah, sure. What are you gonna do? 487 00:33:10,755 --> 00:33:13,349 Gonna melt some lead and make two round bullets. 488 00:33:13,424 --> 00:33:16,325 When they're cool, you're going to polish them until they're very shiny. 489 00:33:16,394 --> 00:33:21,024 Then I'm going to pop them down the barrels, and all will be lovely. 490 00:33:21,099 --> 00:33:22,532 Lovely for what? 491 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,534 Blowing some bastard's brains out. 492 00:33:24,602 --> 00:33:27,070 (Chatter) 493 00:33:47,825 --> 00:33:50,385 Hello, Doctor. Long way from home. 494 00:33:50,461 --> 00:33:52,691 I was called in to see the police again. 495 00:33:52,764 --> 00:33:55,824 I gather you too have been assisting them in their enquiries. 496 00:33:55,900 --> 00:33:57,367 Duty calls. 497 00:33:57,435 --> 00:33:59,903 I gather you've also been pestering Mrs. Field. 498 00:33:59,971 --> 00:34:01,666 I'd like to think I'm helping her. 499 00:34:01,739 --> 00:34:05,231 What Muriel needs is a chance to forget this whole ghastly business. 500 00:34:05,309 --> 00:34:08,278 As an old family friend, I have her interests very much at heart. 501 00:34:09,380 --> 00:34:12,349 And they won't be served by you making a nuisance of yourself. 502 00:34:24,829 --> 00:34:28,128 I phoned your house, Mrs. Cameron said you were here. I couldn't believe it. 503 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:30,565 Why? I still have a commission to finish. 504 00:34:30,635 --> 00:34:32,694 You were almost killed. Aren't you frightened? 505 00:34:32,770 --> 00:34:36,228 Well, I wouldn't have stayed after dark. Now you're here... 506 00:34:36,307 --> 00:34:37,865 Now I'm here what? 507 00:34:37,942 --> 00:34:41,639 - We might as well tile the bathroom. Come on. - Ohhh... 508 00:34:45,683 --> 00:34:47,651 (Rustling) 509 00:34:50,321 --> 00:34:51,845 (Owl hoots) 510 00:34:57,061 --> 00:34:59,621 Janey, let's go. 511 00:34:59,697 --> 00:35:02,063 I'm taking the last of the wine. We've earned it. 512 00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:10,840 (Sniffs) 513 00:35:17,782 --> 00:35:19,249 (Sighs) 514 00:35:43,207 --> 00:35:46,108 - Are we ready, then? - Shh. 515 00:35:46,177 --> 00:35:47,769 What is it? 516 00:35:48,779 --> 00:35:50,747 Keep away from the windows. 517 00:35:57,321 --> 00:35:59,789 How can you be so certain someone's out there? 518 00:35:59,857 --> 00:36:03,156 He knows I've got the turnscrew and he was bound to show his hand. 519 00:36:03,227 --> 00:36:04,558 - What? - Sorry. 520 00:36:04,629 --> 00:36:08,360 - Never told you I still had the turnscrew. - Oh, Lovejoy... 521 00:36:08,432 --> 00:36:11,765 I swear Alexander will never let me see you again. 522 00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:14,872 Oh, this is madness. 523 00:36:14,939 --> 00:36:16,907 Keep down, Janey. 524 00:36:22,980 --> 00:36:25,312 - It's dead. - (Clunk) 525 00:36:31,589 --> 00:36:33,216 What is it? 526 00:36:34,091 --> 00:36:36,651 Final demand, turnscrew or else. 527 00:36:39,397 --> 00:36:41,991 Or else what? 528 00:36:42,066 --> 00:36:44,034 It didn't say. 529 00:36:51,509 --> 00:36:53,477 (Screams) 530 00:37:04,522 --> 00:37:08,481 - Are you all right? - Yeah, I'm fine, I'm OK. You? 531 00:37:11,329 --> 00:37:13,593 He's got a crossbow. 532 00:37:13,664 --> 00:37:15,996 The bastard's got a crossbow. 533 00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:19,230 No noise, so no one will hear. 534 00:37:22,540 --> 00:37:24,508 He'll hear me. 535 00:37:47,999 --> 00:37:49,489 Come on. 536 00:37:52,370 --> 00:37:54,304 (Resounding bang) 537 00:37:58,142 --> 00:37:59,439 Oh! 538 00:37:59,510 --> 00:38:01,307 Reload. Go on. 539 00:38:01,379 --> 00:38:03,347 Get down! 540 00:38:05,716 --> 00:38:07,946 Oh! 541 00:38:08,019 --> 00:38:09,987 It's all right, it's OK. 542 00:38:24,201 --> 00:38:27,534 - Shh. What's that noise? - What? 543 00:38:33,044 --> 00:38:35,012 Shh! Shh! Listen. 544 00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:37,013 (Crackling) 545 00:38:42,753 --> 00:38:45,654 It's the thatch. He's set fire to the thatch. 546 00:38:45,723 --> 00:38:48,817 - We have to get out. - We're dead as soon as we step outside. 547 00:38:48,893 --> 00:38:50,451 We're dead in here! 548 00:38:54,465 --> 00:38:56,433 The priest hole. 549 00:38:59,270 --> 00:39:02,364 Take these. I'll get some water. (Coughing) 550 00:39:06,844 --> 00:39:08,812 (Both coughing) 551 00:39:20,791 --> 00:39:23,692 (Coughing continues) 552 00:39:32,436 --> 00:39:34,597 Don't worry, someone will see the fire. 553 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:38,937 Oh, it's getting hotter. 554 00:39:41,612 --> 00:39:44,672 - (Jane coughing) - Stay still. 555 00:39:44,749 --> 00:39:47,343 And breathe slowly. 556 00:39:47,418 --> 00:39:48,442 (Coughing) 557 00:39:53,657 --> 00:39:55,648 - (Pop) - (Jane) Oh, God. 558 00:39:56,694 --> 00:39:59,060 (Lovejoy grunts) 559 00:39:59,130 --> 00:40:01,098 (Jane coughing) 560 00:40:05,369 --> 00:40:08,395 (Both coughing) 561 00:40:08,472 --> 00:40:10,667 Janey... 562 00:40:10,741 --> 00:40:12,709 hold this. 563 00:40:14,311 --> 00:40:15,778 There. 564 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,081 (Jane coughing) 565 00:40:33,731 --> 00:40:36,097 (Grunting and coughing) 566 00:40:37,601 --> 00:40:39,569 (Jane wheezing) 567 00:40:42,072 --> 00:40:44,040 (Lovejoy grunting) 568 00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:46,076 (Jane gasping and wheezing) 569 00:40:48,512 --> 00:40:50,480 (Siren blaring) 570 00:40:55,219 --> 00:40:57,847 I don't at all object to my wife's friendship with you, Lovejoy, 571 00:40:57,922 --> 00:41:01,949 it's just that I'm always afraid that she'll end up dead, imprisoned, or sold to white slavers. 572 00:41:02,026 --> 00:41:05,655 Oh, Alexander, I swear, there's no one in the world I'd want to harm less. 573 00:41:05,729 --> 00:41:07,492 (Alexander) Careful, darling. 574 00:41:08,699 --> 00:41:12,829 Perhaps. But every time she involves herself with one of your little escapades, 575 00:41:12,903 --> 00:41:15,133 she imperils her life or her reputation, 576 00:41:15,206 --> 00:41:17,436 so no more adventures for a while, all right, Lovejoy? 577 00:41:17,508 --> 00:41:19,908 Cross my heart, no more heroics. 578 00:41:19,977 --> 00:41:21,808 Good. 579 00:41:23,747 --> 00:41:27,945 No, it's the, er... quiet life for me from now on. 580 00:41:28,018 --> 00:41:29,645 Bullshit. 581 00:41:44,735 --> 00:41:46,703 (Horn toots) 582 00:41:55,079 --> 00:41:57,274 (Groans) 583 00:41:57,348 --> 00:41:59,316 - You all right? - Mm. 584 00:41:59,383 --> 00:42:01,510 - Is Jane all right? - Yeah. 585 00:42:03,888 --> 00:42:06,482 I do seem to have brought you the most appalling bad luck 586 00:42:06,557 --> 00:42:08,889 ever since the day you came to talk to me about flinters. 587 00:42:08,959 --> 00:42:11,894 You never told me it was such a dangerous pastime. 588 00:42:11,962 --> 00:42:13,793 Well, it used not to be. 589 00:42:13,864 --> 00:42:16,958 But of course that was before all this nonsense about the Judas Pair. 590 00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:19,696 There's a killer who doesn't think it's nonsense. 591 00:42:19,770 --> 00:42:21,795 I thought it was you, Michael. 592 00:42:21,872 --> 00:42:24,432 Well, I was convinced it was you. 593 00:42:24,508 --> 00:42:26,476 What made you change your mind? 594 00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:28,569 Oh, the fire burning down the cottage. 595 00:42:28,646 --> 00:42:32,480 Because it's my property? I have it handsomely insured. 596 00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:37,749 No, no, because you knew there was a priest hole, there was a chance of me surviving, 597 00:42:37,821 --> 00:42:41,552 because it was you who phoned the fire brigade instead of waiting till dawn 598 00:42:41,625 --> 00:42:44,253 and raking through the ashes for the turnscrew. 599 00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:49,226 - Do you know who did it? - Mmm. 600 00:42:49,300 --> 00:42:51,268 Are you gonna tell me? 601 00:43:05,049 --> 00:43:06,516 Lovejoy. 602 00:43:06,584 --> 00:43:10,384 I read in the evening paper you've been involved in a frightful accident, a fire. 603 00:43:10,454 --> 00:43:12,922 It wasn't an accident. That's why I'm here. 604 00:43:12,990 --> 00:43:14,958 Philip should be back shortly. 605 00:43:15,025 --> 00:43:17,050 Dr. La Grange, he's been staying here. 606 00:43:17,127 --> 00:43:19,118 I know. Philip La Grange is a murderer. 607 00:43:19,196 --> 00:43:23,132 He killed your husband and almost killed Lady Felsham and myself. 608 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,397 He killed your husband for the Judas Pair. 609 00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:27,767 But... 610 00:43:29,006 --> 00:43:32,305 - Philip sold them to my husband. - He was broke. 611 00:43:32,376 --> 00:43:35,834 Your husband didn't tell you because of Philip's pride and because you were all friends. 612 00:43:35,913 --> 00:43:39,940 La Grange stole them back but he didn't realize that the turnscrew was not in the case. 613 00:43:40,017 --> 00:43:42,485 Oh, it can't be true. 614 00:43:42,553 --> 00:43:44,521 Please, it can't be true. 615 00:43:47,091 --> 00:43:48,922 Sorry. 616 00:43:48,993 --> 00:43:51,154 It must have broken his heart to part with them. 617 00:43:51,228 --> 00:43:53,287 You've no idea how obsessive collectors can be. 618 00:43:53,364 --> 00:43:55,332 He had to get them back. 619 00:43:55,399 --> 00:43:57,629 You can understand that, Lovejoy. 620 00:43:58,736 --> 00:44:02,467 Just as you can understand how I had to have the complete case. 621 00:44:02,539 --> 00:44:05,406 - No. - It's true. Everything he says is true. 622 00:44:08,045 --> 00:44:10,013 Would you like to see them? 623 00:44:16,086 --> 00:44:18,316 He did kill James, he's just admitted it. 624 00:44:18,389 --> 00:44:20,550 Admitted what? 625 00:44:20,624 --> 00:44:23,525 A man forces himself into the house carrying a loaded gun 626 00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:27,030 and accuses me of murders, burnings, robberies I've never heard of... 627 00:44:27,931 --> 00:44:32,095 surely anyone would try to humor him into reasonable behavior. 628 00:44:32,169 --> 00:44:34,137 What did you bring? 629 00:44:34,204 --> 00:44:35,501 Mortimer. 630 00:44:36,807 --> 00:44:37,774 Hmm. 631 00:45:02,966 --> 00:45:04,593 Thank you. 632 00:45:13,844 --> 00:45:18,338 I don't think we shall put too many finger marks on such lovely surfaces. Do you? 633 00:45:19,683 --> 00:45:21,173 We? 634 00:45:21,251 --> 00:45:24,414 I'm sure you wouldn't kill me in cold blood, Lovejoy, 635 00:45:24,488 --> 00:45:29,425 and a duel will provide superb irony and the perfect resolution. 636 00:45:30,194 --> 00:45:34,096 I offer you the privilege of the Judas Pair. 637 00:45:34,164 --> 00:45:36,132 Philip, you're mad. 638 00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:39,498 Muriel, consider the benefits. 639 00:45:40,304 --> 00:45:42,397 Should things go right for Lovejoy, 640 00:45:42,473 --> 00:45:45,909 he'll have the satisfaction of knowing that justice was done. 641 00:45:45,976 --> 00:45:50,208 And whoever wins, no one can be blamed afterwards. 642 00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:54,774 I'll tell the police that I was made to fight a duel by this maniac here. 643 00:45:54,852 --> 00:46:00,654 But alternatively, Lovejoy will have the proof that I killed James. 644 00:46:04,928 --> 00:46:06,896 Call the police, Muriel. 645 00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:13,403 I'm disappointed. 646 00:46:14,037 --> 00:46:15,527 Don't be. 647 00:46:28,552 --> 00:46:30,645 They are beautiful. 648 00:46:30,721 --> 00:46:32,712 Identical twins. 649 00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:36,487 I'm afraid the room's not quite 60 feet. Where would you like to choose your ground? 650 00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,222 I would like us both to sit at the table. 651 00:46:39,296 --> 00:46:42,356 - Isn't that a trifle unusual? - Oh, there are precedents. 652 00:46:43,901 --> 00:46:46,267 Please, answer. Please. 653 00:47:03,887 --> 00:47:05,411 Thank you. 654 00:47:09,893 --> 00:47:11,121 Lovejoy? 655 00:47:11,195 --> 00:47:13,390 (Banging on door) Lovejoy? 656 00:47:13,463 --> 00:47:15,397 It's all right, Muriel. 657 00:47:15,465 --> 00:47:17,433 Just wait for the police. 658 00:47:17,501 --> 00:47:19,628 (Clock ticking) 659 00:47:29,279 --> 00:47:32,271 - Does that chime? - Yes. 660 00:47:32,349 --> 00:47:34,317 At the chime, then. 661 00:47:43,026 --> 00:47:47,793 I'm dead the minute I pull the trigger. You don't even have to fire at all. 662 00:47:47,865 --> 00:47:50,766 I... don't know what you're talking about. 663 00:47:50,834 --> 00:47:53,769 I know how James Field died. 664 00:47:55,639 --> 00:47:57,334 (Melodic chiming) 665 00:48:08,285 --> 00:48:11,049 It's all right, it's all right, he's only fainted. 666 00:48:11,822 --> 00:48:14,052 The firing mechanism looks perfectly normal, 667 00:48:14,124 --> 00:48:17,958 except that when you pull the trigger, the bullet comes out backwards 668 00:48:18,028 --> 00:48:20,053 along a concealed barrel. 669 00:48:20,130 --> 00:48:24,658 In other words, you line it up against your eye, 670 00:48:24,735 --> 00:48:26,100 you take aim... 671 00:48:26,169 --> 00:48:27,295 (Click) 672 00:48:27,371 --> 00:48:30,238 ...and you blow your own bloody brains out. 673 00:48:30,307 --> 00:48:33,538 I always thought dueling was an affair of honor. 674 00:48:33,610 --> 00:48:36,306 Somebody had those flinters made deliberately? 675 00:48:36,380 --> 00:48:39,406 Some Regency buck was dashing around bold as brass 676 00:48:39,483 --> 00:48:41,576 - knowing he couldn't bloody lose. - Yes. 677 00:48:41,652 --> 00:48:45,850 And that someone forced the world's greatest gunsmith to make a pair of guns that way. 678 00:48:51,128 --> 00:48:52,595 Oh. 679 00:48:53,497 --> 00:48:55,658 What is it? 680 00:49:00,904 --> 00:49:02,872 Either of you speak Latin? 681 00:49:05,175 --> 00:49:06,938 (Jane) Rex me fecit. 682 00:49:07,010 --> 00:49:09,979 - The king made me? - Could have been George III. 683 00:49:10,047 --> 00:49:14,211 He was mad as a hatter. Or the Prince Regent - he was a wencher, a gambler. 684 00:49:14,284 --> 00:49:17,082 So there was a Judas Pair, and the king made them. 685 00:49:17,154 --> 00:49:20,282 No, no, no, no, no, not the king himself. 686 00:49:20,357 --> 00:49:23,793 No, one of them, George III or the Prince Regent, forced old Durrs to make them. 687 00:49:23,860 --> 00:49:25,828 - Oh. - But he had to explain it. 688 00:49:25,896 --> 00:49:30,765 That's why he made the inscription, hoping that someone someday would know what he meant. 689 00:49:30,834 --> 00:49:33,166 And that someone was you. 690 00:49:34,271 --> 00:49:36,501 King made me. 691 00:49:39,476 --> 00:49:42,104 You know, if I didn't know you better, Lovejoy, 692 00:49:42,179 --> 00:49:44,147 I'd say that's brought tears to your eyes.