1 00:01:24,718 --> 00:01:26,218 - Morning. - Morning. 2 00:02:29,366 --> 00:02:32,493 Good morning, Madam. Lady Selina is over here. 3 00:02:32,661 --> 00:02:34,203 Oh, yes. 4 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:39,917 - May I? - Of course. 5 00:02:40,085 --> 00:02:43,420 - Thank you very much. - Good morning, Jane. 6 00:02:45,382 --> 00:02:49,093 - SELINA: Have you heard the news? - What news? Good morning. 7 00:02:49,719 --> 00:02:53,305 There's been another robbery. During the night. 8 00:02:54,015 --> 00:02:57,810 I heard it on the wireless. I'm just telling Bess. 9 00:02:57,894 --> 00:03:00,396 Oh. And what this time? 10 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,064 The Irish Mail Train. 11 00:03:02,148 --> 00:03:05,526 Apparently they held it up and nabbed all the special mail bags 12 00:03:05,610 --> 00:03:10,155 - while the passengers were asleep. - Got away with a small fortune. 13 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,033 They think it was the same gang as last time. 14 00:03:13,118 --> 00:03:14,243 Was anyone injured? 15 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:16,704 No. Only trussed and gagged. 16 00:03:16,788 --> 00:03:19,164 Got to hand it to them. Clever blighters. 17 00:03:19,249 --> 00:03:21,500 BESS: Henry, could I have some more toast, please? 18 00:03:21,501 --> 00:03:22,543 Milady. 19 00:03:22,627 --> 00:03:23,919 Oh, dear. 20 00:03:28,508 --> 00:03:32,761 Passengers from Geneva, please contact Air Italia. 21 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,478 Hello, Biddy. It's me, I'm back. 22 00:03:42,939 --> 00:03:44,898 Yes, I did find out. 23 00:03:45,608 --> 00:03:48,694 No, it wasn't all right. Listen, can you call cousin Mildew 24 00:03:48,778 --> 00:03:50,695 and tell her I won't be back till this evening? 25 00:03:51,072 --> 00:03:53,073 I've got to see someone urgently. 26 00:03:53,158 --> 00:03:55,117 And then I'm going to see you-know-who. 27 00:03:56,119 --> 00:03:58,037 Well, use your initiative. 28 00:04:10,717 --> 00:04:15,846 EGERTON: The last time I saw you, you were about... ten years old. 29 00:04:15,930 --> 00:04:19,433 How old are you now? Sixteen, 17? 30 00:04:19,517 --> 00:04:22,102 - I'm nearly 20. - I had no idea. 31 00:04:22,812 --> 00:04:25,814 Derek Luscombe always talks about you as if you were still... 32 00:04:25,899 --> 00:04:28,025 I know. But I'm not a child, Mr. Egerton. 33 00:04:28,526 --> 00:04:31,361 No. Well, let me see. 34 00:04:31,446 --> 00:04:35,074 You have been away in Italy, haven't you? Finishing? 35 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:36,450 Yes. 36 00:04:37,911 --> 00:04:42,372 I'm not sure. I suppose, as one of my trustees, 37 00:04:42,457 --> 00:04:44,583 you'd have to agree to anything I did want. 38 00:04:44,667 --> 00:04:46,960 Yes. Is there something, then? 39 00:04:47,045 --> 00:04:50,547 - Not at the moment. - Then why are you here? 40 00:04:51,508 --> 00:04:54,635 Well, it's just... No one ever tells me things. 41 00:04:56,304 --> 00:05:00,349 - You mean... things about yourself. - Yes. 42 00:05:00,433 --> 00:05:05,270 Well, Uncle Derek is very kind, but... I'm tired of being shielded. 43 00:05:05,563 --> 00:05:07,981 I thought perhaps you might treat me like an adult. 44 00:05:10,318 --> 00:05:13,278 What is it you want to know, my Elvira? 45 00:05:14,572 --> 00:05:16,281 Doing some sight-seeing, Madam? 46 00:05:16,366 --> 00:05:18,826 MRS. CABOT: Yes. We thought we'd go to the Tower of London. 47 00:05:20,286 --> 00:05:25,786 There you are. God bless you. Enjoy yourselves, now. 48 00:05:32,799 --> 00:05:35,843 So... I'm really quite rich? 49 00:05:36,678 --> 00:05:39,555 You'll be very rich indeed, when you're 21. 50 00:05:40,014 --> 00:05:42,641 Until then, it's in the hands of your trustees. 51 00:05:42,725 --> 00:05:45,185 ELVIRA: Unless I marry before then? 52 00:05:46,187 --> 00:05:49,064 That would alter the situation, yes. 53 00:05:49,983 --> 00:05:52,526 If I was married, and died, 54 00:05:52,610 --> 00:05:55,654 I suppose my husband would get my money, would he? 55 00:05:55,738 --> 00:05:59,116 - Yes. - And if not? 56 00:05:59,534 --> 00:06:02,536 It would go to Lady Sedgwick, as your closest relative. 57 00:06:03,538 --> 00:06:04,580 Close? 58 00:06:05,915 --> 00:06:08,083 She is still your mother, Elvira. 59 00:06:19,762 --> 00:06:21,221 Morning . 60 00:06:21,389 --> 00:06:23,140 Colonel Luscombe, please. 61 00:06:37,780 --> 00:06:38,989 Thank you. 62 00:06:44,787 --> 00:06:47,456 But we will be able to see each other, won't we? 63 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:48,749 LADISLAUS: Of course. 64 00:06:48,833 --> 00:06:52,211 But I mean often. I can come up to town whenever you want. 65 00:06:54,047 --> 00:06:56,548 You mustn't go taking stupid risks. 66 00:06:59,135 --> 00:07:00,844 For you I'd risk anything. 67 00:07:20,573 --> 00:07:23,242 I'll drop you at the station. 68 00:07:23,326 --> 00:07:26,078 Next time I'll borrow Cousin Mildew's car. 69 00:07:29,249 --> 00:07:30,916 I wish I didn't have to go. 70 00:07:31,834 --> 00:07:33,335 Me too. 71 00:07:33,419 --> 00:07:35,754 If only we could be together all the time. 72 00:07:36,673 --> 00:07:37,923 One day. 73 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,300 Promise? 74 00:07:41,052 --> 00:07:43,387 - You mustn't miss your train. - Promise. 75 00:07:51,813 --> 00:07:53,480 I promise. 76 00:09:15,313 --> 00:09:19,191 Goodbye, Jane. You will keep in touch, won't you? 77 00:09:19,275 --> 00:09:24,696 And perhaps one of these days, I'll visit dear St. Mary Mead again. 78 00:09:24,781 --> 00:09:29,242 Oh, do, please. There. 79 00:09:31,245 --> 00:09:33,705 Goodbye, Lady Selina. Safe journey. 80 00:09:33,831 --> 00:09:35,374 Thank you. Goodbye. 81 00:09:39,670 --> 00:09:42,881 LUSCOMBE: Ah, Miss Gorringe. I'm back. 82 00:09:42,965 --> 00:09:46,593 I've come to see Lady Sedgwick. She is expecting me. 83 00:09:46,677 --> 00:09:48,428 One moment, Colonel. 84 00:09:48,721 --> 00:09:51,473 Alice, would you put through to Lady Sedgwick? Please? 85 00:09:55,478 --> 00:09:58,522 Ah, Lady Sedgwick. Miss Gorringe speaking. 86 00:09:58,606 --> 00:10:00,732 I have Colonel Luscombe here. 87 00:10:02,235 --> 00:10:05,070 Certainly. Would you care to go up to her suite, Colonel? 88 00:10:05,196 --> 00:10:06,238 It's number two. 89 00:10:06,322 --> 00:10:07,864 - First floor. - Thank you. 90 00:10:11,953 --> 00:10:17,290 Oh, forgive me. You don't know me. At least we've nodded to each other. 91 00:10:18,626 --> 00:10:20,961 I was staying here when you were here last week. 92 00:10:21,045 --> 00:10:23,880 - Oh, yes. - Yes. With your niece, was it? 93 00:10:23,965 --> 00:10:25,632 - My ward. - Oh, yes. 94 00:10:25,967 --> 00:10:28,593 Well, I wondered if I could have a word with you. 95 00:10:29,554 --> 00:10:31,012 In private. 96 00:10:32,014 --> 00:10:36,476 Thank you. I didn't feel I could tell Lady Sedgwick, in the circumstances. 97 00:10:36,561 --> 00:10:38,186 Why don't we... 98 00:10:40,690 --> 00:10:42,023 Thank you. 99 00:10:42,108 --> 00:10:45,485 Well, I do hope you won't think it presumptuous of me. 100 00:10:45,570 --> 00:10:48,738 I don't usually interfere in these things, and I wouldn't now, 101 00:10:48,823 --> 00:10:51,867 if it wasn't for his uncanny resemblance to Basil Twisk. 102 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:53,452 I beg your pardon? 103 00:10:53,578 --> 00:10:56,746 Someone in my village. A philanderer, if ever there was one. 104 00:10:56,831 --> 00:10:58,248 I'm sorry, but I'm not... 105 00:10:58,416 --> 00:11:00,167 I thought you ought to know... 106 00:11:00,251 --> 00:11:04,921 That is, if you don't know already. Of course, I could be mistaken. 107 00:11:05,006 --> 00:11:07,007 He may be a friend of the family. 108 00:11:07,091 --> 00:11:08,091 Who, Madam? 109 00:11:08,176 --> 00:11:11,887 But on the other hand, in that case, why did they pretend 110 00:11:11,971 --> 00:11:15,140 not to know each other when he came here last week? 111 00:11:15,558 --> 00:11:17,476 Thank you, Mrs. Cabot. 112 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:20,187 Did you enjoy your visit to the Haymarket last night? 113 00:11:20,271 --> 00:11:23,648 Yes, indeed. Such a cute little theater that is. 114 00:11:23,733 --> 00:11:25,192 I said to Elmer, 115 00:11:25,276 --> 00:11:29,529 "Can't you just picture Henry Irving walking across that stage?" 116 00:11:33,910 --> 00:11:36,328 ALICE: Bertram's Hotel, at your service. 117 00:11:37,330 --> 00:11:40,499 Oh, yes. What name shall I say, Madam? 118 00:11:41,834 --> 00:11:43,710 It's for you, Miss Gorringe. 119 00:11:43,794 --> 00:11:47,589 A Mrs. MacCrae. She says she's Canon Pennyfather's housekeeper. 120 00:11:53,596 --> 00:11:55,805 Hello, Mrs. MacCrae. Miss Gorringe here. 121 00:11:55,890 --> 00:11:57,098 I'm so glad you've rung. 122 00:11:58,851 --> 00:12:01,353 No, that's what I was about to ask you. 123 00:12:01,938 --> 00:12:04,189 We expected him back the day before yesterday. 124 00:12:04,357 --> 00:12:07,943 We've had no word from him and his luggage is still here. 125 00:12:09,820 --> 00:12:11,196 Oh, yes, it is. 126 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,865 Of course we know the Canon is apt to be a little... 127 00:12:14,784 --> 00:12:17,285 Well, forgetful at times. 128 00:12:18,162 --> 00:12:20,038 I'm sure he'll be in touch. 129 00:12:20,498 --> 00:12:23,500 Indeed I will, and I'd be grateful if you'd do the same. 130 00:12:24,085 --> 00:12:26,795 Meanwhile, we've put his cases in the baggage room. 131 00:12:27,964 --> 00:12:30,799 Not at all. Goodbye, Mrs. MacCrae. 132 00:12:32,593 --> 00:12:34,719 BESS: You are an old fusspot, Derek. 133 00:12:34,804 --> 00:12:37,556 LUSCOMBE: It was Richard Egerton put the wind up me. 134 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,225 He phoned me as soon as she'd left his office. 135 00:12:40,309 --> 00:12:42,852 Said he felt sure there was a man involved. 136 00:12:44,021 --> 00:12:46,982 It'd be surprising if a girl as attractive as Elvira 137 00:12:47,066 --> 00:12:48,441 hadn't got a boyfriend. 138 00:12:48,526 --> 00:12:52,821 Some decent young chap, perhaps. Vetted by myself or Mildred. 139 00:12:53,531 --> 00:12:55,740 But I'm afraid Egerton was right. 140 00:12:56,576 --> 00:12:58,868 - You know who it is, then? - I do, now. 141 00:12:59,245 --> 00:13:01,788 Some well-meaning old biddy downstairs 142 00:13:01,872 --> 00:13:04,332 saw them in the park together a couple of days ago. 143 00:13:06,627 --> 00:13:08,753 You're not gonna like this, Bess. 144 00:13:09,297 --> 00:13:12,215 Oh, this is Room 57 145 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:15,010 and I should like a telephone number, please. 146 00:13:15,761 --> 00:13:20,098 Um... Chadminster 5-2-0. 147 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:23,518 Yes. Thank you. 148 00:13:29,108 --> 00:13:33,570 Oh, Mrs. MacCrae? This is Jane Marple speaking. 149 00:13:34,655 --> 00:13:37,324 Yes. How clever of you to remember. 150 00:13:38,326 --> 00:13:40,535 Oh, yes. Very well, thank you. 151 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:43,330 I'm staying at Bertram's Hotel. 152 00:13:44,915 --> 00:13:48,376 Yes. Quite. That's why I'm ringing. 153 00:13:48,461 --> 00:13:51,296 I do hope you don't think I'm interfering, Mrs. MacCrae, 154 00:13:51,380 --> 00:13:56,009 but I think you should report his disappearance to the police at once. 155 00:13:57,887 --> 00:14:01,640 I hope you don't mind my dragging along behind you, Inspector Campbell. 156 00:14:01,766 --> 00:14:03,266 Not in the least, sir. 157 00:14:03,351 --> 00:14:06,144 It's just that I've got an interest in Bertram's Hotel. 158 00:14:06,228 --> 00:14:08,647 Quite beyond your missing clergyman. 159 00:14:08,731 --> 00:14:10,899 As long as I know what the form is, sir. 160 00:14:10,983 --> 00:14:12,817 Don't you worry. I shan't butt in. 161 00:14:13,611 --> 00:14:15,028 Oh, by the way... 162 00:14:15,237 --> 00:14:18,657 There's no... no need to call me "sir" while we're here. 163 00:14:19,867 --> 00:14:22,702 Uh... Just treat me as your stooge. 164 00:14:22,787 --> 00:14:25,163 Yes, sir. As you wish. 165 00:14:26,999 --> 00:14:28,375 Thank you. 166 00:14:29,585 --> 00:14:32,545 Not at all. It's a pleasure. Goodbye. 167 00:14:32,630 --> 00:14:36,925 Good afternoon, Madam. I telephoned earlier. Police. 168 00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:38,968 Would you mind keeping your voice down? 169 00:14:39,053 --> 00:14:40,053 Sorry. 170 00:14:40,554 --> 00:14:42,389 Would you fetch Mr. Humfries, please? 171 00:14:42,973 --> 00:14:45,392 - You'll be Miss... - Gorringe. 172 00:14:46,143 --> 00:14:48,812 Detective Inspector Campbell. And this is Ch... 173 00:14:48,896 --> 00:14:52,148 - Uh... my assistant. - We've met before. 174 00:14:52,233 --> 00:14:54,567 I've had tea here once or twice. 175 00:14:54,652 --> 00:14:56,236 Oh, yes. 176 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,113 DAVY: I'm very partial to your muffins. 177 00:14:58,197 --> 00:15:01,241 We'd like to talk to you about Canon Pennyfather. 178 00:15:01,534 --> 00:15:04,202 You'd better come into the office. Will you take over, Alice? 179 00:15:06,997 --> 00:15:09,165 I do hope it won't get into the Sunday papers. 180 00:15:09,250 --> 00:15:10,375 That he's missing, that is. 181 00:15:10,418 --> 00:15:12,585 Or at any rate, that they won't mention Bertram. 182 00:15:15,631 --> 00:15:17,257 Hello, Bessie. 183 00:15:17,341 --> 00:15:20,760 I told you not to use that god-awful name. 184 00:15:20,845 --> 00:15:23,263 It was good enough for you back in Ballygowlan. 185 00:15:23,931 --> 00:15:26,015 Please will you get out of my way? 186 00:15:26,100 --> 00:15:27,892 Where are you off to in such a hurry? 187 00:15:27,977 --> 00:15:29,519 To sort out another rat. 188 00:15:29,603 --> 00:15:31,813 Now, don't be like that. 189 00:15:32,148 --> 00:15:34,983 I was wondering if we couldn't have a little chat some time. 190 00:15:35,067 --> 00:15:37,193 So you can try to screw some money out of me? 191 00:15:37,278 --> 00:15:40,447 - I warned you the other day... - You've got me all wrong, Bessie. 192 00:15:40,531 --> 00:15:41,781 Have I? 193 00:15:42,366 --> 00:15:44,075 If it's money I was after, 194 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,912 there's others round here I've got more on than you. Hmm? 195 00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:53,626 All right. 196 00:15:54,378 --> 00:15:58,631 So Canon Pennyfather left here at approximately 2.30 p.m. 197 00:15:58,716 --> 00:16:01,301 on Wednesday last. The 19th. 198 00:16:01,385 --> 00:16:02,719 That is correct. 199 00:16:02,803 --> 00:16:05,221 He had with him a small overnight bag 200 00:16:05,306 --> 00:16:07,932 and left in a taxi for the Athenaeum Club. 201 00:16:08,809 --> 00:16:10,727 - The Commissionaire will verify that. 202 00:16:10,811 --> 00:16:13,855 And he should have returned here late the following evening. 203 00:16:13,939 --> 00:16:15,106 Or first thing next morning. 204 00:16:15,191 --> 00:16:18,902 Was it a little BOAC bag? That he had with him? 205 00:16:19,820 --> 00:16:23,198 One of their little blue bags? It is blue, isn't it? 206 00:16:23,574 --> 00:16:25,617 - Yes. - Oh, I thought so. 207 00:16:25,701 --> 00:16:27,410 I used to have a similar one. 208 00:16:28,078 --> 00:16:29,954 And the rest of his luggage is still here? 209 00:16:30,748 --> 00:16:33,208 In the baggage room. Two suitcases. 210 00:16:37,004 --> 00:16:39,589 You've known Canon Pennyfather for some time, haven't you? 211 00:16:39,715 --> 00:16:42,425 Oh, yes. He's been a regular here for years. 212 00:16:42,927 --> 00:16:45,303 I'm afraid he's always been absent-minded. 213 00:16:45,679 --> 00:16:49,265 Are you absolutely certain there was no message from him? 214 00:16:49,767 --> 00:16:51,142 Positive. 215 00:17:00,027 --> 00:17:01,569 Yes, Miss Gorringe, what... 216 00:17:01,654 --> 00:17:04,781 Oh, Mr. Humfries. These are the two gentlemen from Scotland Yard. 217 00:17:04,865 --> 00:17:06,282 About Canon Pennyfather. 218 00:17:06,367 --> 00:17:08,117 Ah, yes. You rang, didn't you? 219 00:17:08,744 --> 00:17:11,746 Extraordinary business. Hope nothing's happened to him. 220 00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:13,998 Such a splendid chap. One of the old school. 221 00:17:14,083 --> 00:17:15,750 Inspector Campbell was just asking 222 00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:18,044 if he might interview some of the staff. 223 00:17:18,128 --> 00:17:20,088 We'll be pleased to help in any way we can. 224 00:17:20,464 --> 00:17:21,923 Who did you want to see, Inspector? 225 00:17:22,216 --> 00:17:25,635 The waiter who attended Canon Pennyfather's table, for one. 226 00:17:25,719 --> 00:17:27,428 HUMFRIES: Henry'll help you there. 227 00:17:27,763 --> 00:17:29,514 - Henry? - Our head waiter. 228 00:17:29,598 --> 00:17:32,725 A bit of a personality. Sets the tone of the place. 229 00:17:33,686 --> 00:17:34,686 Anyone else? 230 00:17:34,770 --> 00:17:37,480 The chambermaid. Rose Shelton? 231 00:17:37,565 --> 00:17:39,065 I'm sure that can be arranged. 232 00:17:39,191 --> 00:17:42,360 - She'll be on duty at... - Five o'clock, Mr. Humfries. 233 00:17:42,695 --> 00:17:45,613 Perhaps in the meantime you'd care to have tea in the lounge? 234 00:17:45,698 --> 00:17:48,073 - No, I think perhaps we'd better... Oh, what a good idea. 235 00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:50,827 Who can resist tea at Bertram's? 236 00:17:53,247 --> 00:17:54,914 Good afternoon, Miss Marple. 237 00:17:54,999 --> 00:17:57,584 - Oh. - Might I have some tea? 238 00:17:57,668 --> 00:18:00,545 - Good afternoon. - Mind if I join you? 239 00:18:00,629 --> 00:18:02,255 Oh, please do. 240 00:18:02,339 --> 00:18:04,841 - Would you like me to...? - Oh, would you? 241 00:18:04,925 --> 00:18:06,926 Oh, I should be most grateful. 242 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,137 Oh. There. 243 00:18:09,930 --> 00:18:11,014 Thank you. 244 00:18:12,683 --> 00:18:15,101 I believe you know Canon Pennyfather. 245 00:18:15,185 --> 00:18:17,353 Yes. Oh, yes, indeed. Yes. 246 00:18:17,730 --> 00:18:21,524 His father was a great friend of my uncle, the Canon of Ely. 247 00:18:21,609 --> 00:18:24,736 Was it by any chance you who rang his housekeeper this morning? 248 00:18:24,820 --> 00:18:26,446 Well, yes, I did, yes. 249 00:18:26,530 --> 00:18:29,157 Because I felt there was something not quite right. 250 00:18:29,241 --> 00:18:32,160 Of course you see I realized on Wednesday evening 251 00:18:32,244 --> 00:18:34,078 - there must have been a muddle. - Wednesday? 252 00:18:34,121 --> 00:18:37,457 Oh, yes. I thought perhaps that he might have missed his plane. 253 00:18:37,541 --> 00:18:39,250 That would account for it, wouldn't it? 254 00:18:39,627 --> 00:18:42,003 - Account for what? - His coming back here. 255 00:18:42,087 --> 00:18:44,964 - He came back? - Oh, yes. Yes, I saw him. 256 00:18:45,049 --> 00:18:48,718 - When did he come back? - Well, I don't know. 257 00:18:49,595 --> 00:18:51,137 But you said just now you saw him? 258 00:18:51,263 --> 00:18:54,974 Well, that must have been later. I wasn't sleeping properly. 259 00:18:55,059 --> 00:18:56,935 I was worrying about something else, 260 00:18:57,019 --> 00:18:58,645 about a young girl who's staying here, 261 00:18:58,771 --> 00:19:00,480 but nothing to do with Bertram's. 262 00:19:01,523 --> 00:19:04,317 And yet... maybe... 263 00:19:05,110 --> 00:19:08,905 Somehow... everything here seems to be... 264 00:19:08,989 --> 00:19:11,157 I don't know, of a pattern. 265 00:19:12,785 --> 00:19:16,162 What was once so reassuring now seems to be false. 266 00:19:17,206 --> 00:19:18,498 Menacing, even. 267 00:19:18,582 --> 00:19:21,042 But getting back to Canon Pennyfather... 268 00:19:21,293 --> 00:19:24,128 Oh, yes. Yes, indeed. Well, I was lying awake. 269 00:19:24,213 --> 00:19:25,505 Or something woke me, 270 00:19:25,589 --> 00:19:27,882 because there are a lot of strange noises in London. 271 00:19:28,050 --> 00:19:31,511 And I looked at my little clock and it said ten past one. 272 00:19:32,346 --> 00:19:35,473 And then I heard footsteps in the corridor. 273 00:19:35,683 --> 00:19:37,934 For some reason, I felt uneasy. 274 00:19:38,268 --> 00:19:43,768 So I opened my bedroom door, and there was Canon Pennyfather, 275 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,819 walking towards the stairs with his outdoor coat on. 276 00:19:48,654 --> 00:19:50,363 Was he carrying anything? 277 00:19:51,323 --> 00:19:53,157 No. No, he wasn't. 278 00:19:53,283 --> 00:19:54,409 Interesting. 279 00:19:54,535 --> 00:19:57,120 I thought there must be some connection, you see. 280 00:19:57,788 --> 00:19:58,830 - Connection? - Yes. 281 00:19:58,914 --> 00:20:02,542 Between the Canon's disappearance, and whatever it is 282 00:20:02,626 --> 00:20:04,002 that's going on here. 283 00:20:08,799 --> 00:20:12,343 All right. So I've seen the girl a few times. 284 00:20:12,594 --> 00:20:14,554 I should have guessed, shouldn't I? 285 00:20:15,514 --> 00:20:16,931 I met her in Italy. 286 00:20:17,391 --> 00:20:19,225 When she mentioned she was your daughter... 287 00:20:19,309 --> 00:20:21,185 You thought you'd play her along. 288 00:20:21,270 --> 00:20:23,312 It did lend an added frisson, yes. 289 00:20:23,897 --> 00:20:25,231 You bastard. 290 00:20:27,234 --> 00:20:29,068 Does she know about you and me? 291 00:20:29,153 --> 00:20:30,453 Not as far as I know. 292 00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:32,638 Since when are you so interested in her well-being? 293 00:20:32,664 --> 00:20:36,576 Since now. She's young and vulnerable. 294 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:38,494 I'm not letting you ruin her life. 295 00:20:39,079 --> 00:20:40,371 Now would I do that? 296 00:20:40,456 --> 00:20:45,956 Yes. I know what it's like to have your life messed up at that age. 297 00:20:46,879 --> 00:20:49,756 From now on you leave her alone. Do you understand, Lausy? 298 00:20:52,176 --> 00:20:53,593 And if I don't? 299 00:21:02,686 --> 00:21:06,814 Oh, no, Bess. We need each other too much. 300 00:21:09,068 --> 00:21:11,235 Then there is something wrong with this place? 301 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:12,779 I've no doubt about it. 302 00:21:12,863 --> 00:21:17,867 Poor Bertram's. It's always sad when a work of art has to be destroyed. 303 00:21:17,951 --> 00:21:19,701 - Yes... - You know, it's like when you get 304 00:21:19,703 --> 00:21:22,497 that weed ground elder in a garden border. 305 00:21:22,581 --> 00:21:25,708 There's nothing you can do, except dig the whole lot up. 306 00:21:25,876 --> 00:21:28,753 Well, I'm not in a position to start digging anything up, yet. 307 00:21:29,254 --> 00:21:31,756 The whole operation is managed and financed from here. 308 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:36,094 That I know. Though I don't know who's masterminding it. 309 00:21:36,845 --> 00:21:39,889 No. Uh, I think you're wanted. 310 00:21:40,682 --> 00:21:42,600 You'll have to excuse me, Miss Marple. 311 00:21:42,684 --> 00:21:45,561 I've got to go and see the chambermaid. Rose Shelton. 312 00:21:45,854 --> 00:21:48,231 Ah. Now, you'd do well to talk to that young woman. 313 00:21:48,315 --> 00:21:50,817 I've trained quite a few maids in my time, 314 00:21:51,193 --> 00:21:53,361 but I've never seen a bob curtsey like that 315 00:21:53,445 --> 00:21:57,240 since the St. Mary Mead Players put on a French farce. 316 00:22:02,246 --> 00:22:05,331 So you didn't go into his room at all on Thursday? 317 00:22:05,415 --> 00:22:08,709 Yes, I did. I went in as usual. To dust, sir. 318 00:22:09,128 --> 00:22:11,254 We dust all the rooms every day. 319 00:22:11,588 --> 00:22:13,840 And then I took back his two clean shirts as well. 320 00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:17,552 - Had the bed been slept in? - No, sir. 321 00:22:18,137 --> 00:22:20,012 What about the bathroom? 322 00:22:20,430 --> 00:22:22,306 Any towels been used? 323 00:22:23,016 --> 00:22:24,392 Just the hand towel, sir. 324 00:22:24,601 --> 00:22:25,977 He must've washed his hands 325 00:22:26,061 --> 00:22:28,146 just before going off the day previous. 326 00:22:28,730 --> 00:22:31,524 But there was nothing to suggest that he had come back to the room 327 00:22:31,608 --> 00:22:34,235 - late the same night? - Oh, no, sir. 328 00:22:34,403 --> 00:22:35,528 Hmm. 329 00:22:40,576 --> 00:22:43,911 What about his clothes? Were they packed up in cases? 330 00:22:44,580 --> 00:22:46,414 No, sir. They were hanging in the cupboard. 331 00:22:46,690 --> 00:22:49,325 Until Miss Gorringe asked for them to be moved because the room 332 00:22:49,409 --> 00:22:52,503 was needed for the new lady. Then I put them in the suitcase. 333 00:22:52,588 --> 00:22:55,173 DAVY: What about his little blue bag? 334 00:22:55,966 --> 00:22:57,550 I beg your pardon, sir? 335 00:22:57,634 --> 00:23:01,554 His BOAC bag. You must have seen that? 336 00:23:02,181 --> 00:23:05,016 Oh, yes, that. Yes. 337 00:23:06,476 --> 00:23:09,395 At least... No. I mean, he'd taken that abroad with him. 338 00:23:09,479 --> 00:23:13,900 Ah, but he didn't go abroad. So he must've left it behind. 339 00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:16,836 Or else he came back and left it with the other luggage. 340 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:22,000 Yes. Yes, that's wha... I think... That... I'm not quite sure. 341 00:23:23,285 --> 00:23:24,702 I'm sorry, sir. 342 00:23:25,704 --> 00:23:27,163 That will be all, Rose. 343 00:23:27,748 --> 00:23:29,081 Thank you, sir. 344 00:23:33,545 --> 00:23:36,464 Well, they forgot to brief her about that, didn't they? 345 00:23:37,841 --> 00:23:40,051 Let's see if they've done any better with Henry. 346 00:23:56,610 --> 00:24:00,238 So you served Canon Pennyfather yourself that morning, Henry? 347 00:24:00,322 --> 00:24:05,034 Supervised the service. I like to keep an eye on our regulars. 348 00:24:05,661 --> 00:24:09,080 And no doubt you exchange a few pleasantries with them? 349 00:24:09,164 --> 00:24:11,249 I consider that part of my job, sir. 350 00:24:13,543 --> 00:24:16,045 Did you converse with Canon Pennyfather? 351 00:24:16,129 --> 00:24:19,757 Yes, sir. We had some discussion about his haddock. 352 00:24:20,175 --> 00:24:22,969 And that led on to the Parable of the Loaves and Fishes. 353 00:24:25,514 --> 00:24:28,432 But he said nothing that might indicate a change of plan? 354 00:24:28,934 --> 00:24:29,976 No, sir. 355 00:24:30,227 --> 00:24:33,479 "I'm seeing an old missionary I met in Arizona." Something like that? 356 00:24:33,563 --> 00:24:35,564 Nothing remotely like that, sir. 357 00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:38,734 He told me he wouldn't be here the following morning 358 00:24:38,819 --> 00:24:40,152 as he would be in Lucerne. 359 00:24:40,904 --> 00:24:44,907 He was a trifle disparaging about continental breakfasts. 360 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,165 The Pendlebury's were absolutely right about this place. 361 00:24:53,250 --> 00:24:55,001 It just is old England. 362 00:24:55,919 --> 00:24:58,004 I feel as if any minute now, 363 00:24:58,088 --> 00:25:01,590 Edward VII will walk right out of those doors. 364 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,887 Elmer, be careful with those cases. 365 00:25:06,972 --> 00:25:08,973 - Taxi, sir? - No, thank you. 366 00:25:10,767 --> 00:25:12,184 Police. 367 00:25:12,269 --> 00:25:16,897 I believe you put Canon Pennyfather in a taxi last Wednesday afternoon. 368 00:25:17,691 --> 00:25:20,443 That's right, sir. He was going to his club. 369 00:25:21,194 --> 00:25:23,487 Ah. Excuse me, sir. Can I have a word with you? 370 00:25:23,572 --> 00:25:25,614 We've just had a call from the Yard. 371 00:26:08,575 --> 00:26:11,327 PENNYFATHER: It's no use, Inspector. I can't remember a thing. 372 00:26:11,411 --> 00:26:13,621 CAMPBELL: You don't recall being hit by a car? 373 00:26:13,705 --> 00:26:14,789 Afraid not. 374 00:26:14,873 --> 00:26:17,917 Then what makes you think that you were knocked down? 375 00:26:18,251 --> 00:26:20,127 Well, the couple who found me said so. 376 00:26:20,212 --> 00:26:22,755 Well, that's what they surmised. 377 00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:26,675 How else could I be lying in the road? 378 00:26:27,969 --> 00:26:29,929 With your BOAC bag. 379 00:26:37,896 --> 00:26:41,148 And you've no idea how you came to be in the area of Milton St. John? 380 00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:44,026 Never heard of the blessed place. 381 00:26:44,111 --> 00:26:45,820 Are you quite sure? 382 00:26:45,904 --> 00:26:49,073 As sure as anyone can be in a state of concussion. 383 00:26:49,157 --> 00:26:52,076 Just tell us, Canon, in your own good time... 384 00:26:53,161 --> 00:26:55,496 What was the last thing that you do recall? 385 00:26:57,707 --> 00:27:00,709 Mirror, mirror, on the wall. 386 00:27:01,378 --> 00:27:03,712 - What's that? - What? 387 00:27:04,756 --> 00:27:06,841 You said something about the mirror. 388 00:27:07,259 --> 00:27:09,510 Did I? I can't think why. 389 00:27:10,887 --> 00:27:12,304 I'm sorry, you were asking... 390 00:27:12,389 --> 00:27:15,933 The last thing you remember before waking in a strange bed 391 00:27:16,017 --> 00:27:17,685 in Milton St. John. 392 00:27:20,063 --> 00:27:22,773 I remember taking a taxi to the air terminal. 393 00:27:23,567 --> 00:27:24,859 And after that? 394 00:27:25,777 --> 00:27:27,236 Not a sausage . 395 00:27:28,655 --> 00:27:33,200 Not, for instance, traveling on a train? 396 00:27:34,369 --> 00:27:37,204 Why should I take a train when I'm supposed to be flying? 397 00:27:37,998 --> 00:27:40,833 An acquaintance of yours, a Mrs., uh... 398 00:27:42,002 --> 00:27:45,671 A Mrs. Pierce. She sings in the church choir, I believe? 399 00:27:46,047 --> 00:27:47,590 Oh, I remember her. 400 00:27:48,550 --> 00:27:50,551 She reported seeing you on a train. 401 00:27:51,136 --> 00:27:53,596 In the early hours of Thursday morning. 402 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,806 A train? What train? 403 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,065 The Irish Mail. 404 00:28:05,484 --> 00:28:08,611 You're saying she saw him in the Irish Mail Train? 405 00:28:08,695 --> 00:28:09,904 This Mrs. Pierce? 406 00:28:10,447 --> 00:28:12,448 Seems she woke up when the train stopped. 407 00:28:12,532 --> 00:28:15,659 Looked out in the corridor, rather as you had done earlier, 408 00:28:15,744 --> 00:28:19,538 and saw Canon Pennyfather, climbing into the compartment. 409 00:28:20,081 --> 00:28:22,791 She saw him climbing into the train? 410 00:28:22,876 --> 00:28:25,836 She presumed he had climbed down onto the line previously 411 00:28:25,921 --> 00:28:27,254 to see what was going on. 412 00:28:27,797 --> 00:28:30,090 And she was sure it was Canon Pennyfather? 413 00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:33,677 Positive. He has a very distinctive appearance. 414 00:28:34,346 --> 00:28:37,598 Yes. Like Justice Ludgrove. 415 00:28:40,268 --> 00:28:42,518 Well, that was the name of the judge who was implicated 416 00:28:42,521 --> 00:28:44,271 in the bank robbery, wasn't it? 417 00:28:45,106 --> 00:28:47,399 There are no flies on you, Miss Marple. 418 00:28:47,651 --> 00:28:50,319 Oh. How very kind of you to say so. 419 00:28:52,364 --> 00:28:55,241 And Canon Pennyfather himself remembers nothing 420 00:28:55,325 --> 00:28:56,867 about being in the train? 421 00:28:56,952 --> 00:29:01,914 Nothing whatever. There was one thing, though. 422 00:29:02,499 --> 00:29:04,583 He muttered something about a mirror. 423 00:29:05,085 --> 00:29:06,794 Didn't seem to know why. 424 00:29:07,420 --> 00:29:11,882 It sounded like that rhyme from... one of those fairy stories. 425 00:29:12,676 --> 00:29:16,345 - "Mirror, mirror, on the wall..." - "Who is the fairest of them all?" 426 00:29:16,429 --> 00:29:18,639 Yes. Snow White . The wicked stepmother. 427 00:29:19,808 --> 00:29:25,308 Yes. Mothers and daughters, they do seem to keep cropping up, don't they? 428 00:29:41,871 --> 00:29:46,208 This chap who's courting Lady Sedgwick and her daughter... 429 00:29:46,501 --> 00:29:47,710 What's he like? 430 00:29:48,587 --> 00:29:54,087 Oh, about 30-ish. Handsome. But his face is a bad face. 431 00:29:54,634 --> 00:29:58,470 Predatory. And if Basil Twisk's record is anything to go by... 432 00:29:58,638 --> 00:29:59,805 Basil Twisk? 433 00:29:59,931 --> 00:30:02,850 Yes. He sold insurance in Much Benham. 434 00:30:03,226 --> 00:30:05,769 And I'm afraid that's not all he sold. 435 00:30:06,104 --> 00:30:07,980 He drove a racing car, too. 436 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,817 - Does this chap drive a racing car? - Yes. A red Jaguar. 437 00:30:11,901 --> 00:30:13,819 I saw it in the park the other day. 438 00:30:14,404 --> 00:30:16,071 You don't happen to remember the number? 439 00:30:17,365 --> 00:30:22,745 Uh, F-A-N, double two, double six. 440 00:30:22,829 --> 00:30:23,871 You're sure? 441 00:30:23,955 --> 00:30:26,999 Yes, indeed. Because it made me think of my cousin Fanny, 442 00:30:27,083 --> 00:30:29,543 who had a stutter. T... two. Si... six. 443 00:30:30,170 --> 00:30:33,422 - Ah. - I've seen it round here, too. 444 00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:37,009 I saw it earlier today. 445 00:30:37,510 --> 00:30:38,719 Really? 446 00:30:39,179 --> 00:30:42,097 Do you think he has any connection with the robberies? 447 00:30:42,182 --> 00:30:43,265 Do you, Miss Marple? 448 00:30:43,642 --> 00:30:46,894 Isn't everything to do with Bertram's connected? 449 00:30:48,271 --> 00:30:50,856 Oh, I feel so worried about that poor girl. 450 00:30:51,524 --> 00:30:53,776 I have a dreadful sense of foreboding. 451 00:30:53,860 --> 00:30:57,821 You see, Chief Inspector, in the case of Basil Twisk, 452 00:30:59,115 --> 00:31:00,449 there was a death. 453 00:31:13,838 --> 00:31:16,048 Someone tried to kill me. 454 00:31:17,384 --> 00:31:18,717 Someone... 455 00:31:33,316 --> 00:31:34,400 Oh, God. 456 00:31:37,821 --> 00:31:40,489 They shot at me. If it hadn't been for him... 457 00:31:50,542 --> 00:31:52,251 Is he badly hurt? 458 00:31:55,714 --> 00:31:57,381 I'm afraid he's had it. 459 00:32:00,719 --> 00:32:03,178 What's happened? I thought I heard shots. 460 00:32:03,263 --> 00:32:05,013 I'm sure it was nothing, Lady Sedgwick. 461 00:32:05,140 --> 00:32:06,807 ...Just a car backfiring. 462 00:32:06,891 --> 00:32:09,393 - Elvira. - Oh, Mother. 463 00:32:09,477 --> 00:32:12,312 - What's happened? - There's been an attempt on her life. 464 00:32:12,397 --> 00:32:15,232 - What, darling? - I was on my way here. 465 00:32:17,193 --> 00:32:18,944 And suddenly there was a shot. 466 00:32:19,362 --> 00:32:22,364 A bullet went past my cheek. 467 00:32:22,949 --> 00:32:26,702 And then he came running down the road. The Commissionaire... 468 00:32:27,245 --> 00:32:31,582 He shoved me behind him and then... There was another shot. 469 00:32:33,168 --> 00:32:36,003 - He's dead, Mother. - Mick Gorman? 470 00:32:36,755 --> 00:32:38,505 Did you see whoever it was? 471 00:32:39,132 --> 00:32:43,552 No. He rushed past me into the fog and 472 00:32:44,095 --> 00:32:46,638 he must have been hiding in the area below. 473 00:32:47,766 --> 00:32:50,434 Do you know why anybody should want to kill you, Miss Blake? 474 00:32:50,518 --> 00:32:51,810 No... 475 00:32:54,147 --> 00:32:56,482 But it isn't the first time they've tried. 476 00:33:08,411 --> 00:33:11,622 Sir! Inspector Campbell, sir. 477 00:33:11,956 --> 00:33:13,624 Inspector Campbell! 478 00:33:25,136 --> 00:33:27,930 The other day, something else happened. 479 00:33:28,598 --> 00:33:32,142 I was on the tube. There were lots of people on the platform. 480 00:33:33,019 --> 00:33:34,853 Someone tried to push me onto the rails. 481 00:33:35,939 --> 00:33:38,398 Oh, darling, you were imagining things. 482 00:33:38,483 --> 00:33:42,236 I told myself so at the time, but after this evening... 483 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,196 ...Steady, steady. 484 00:33:45,031 --> 00:33:47,241 I understood that you were living in Kent. 485 00:33:48,326 --> 00:33:49,993 What were you doing up in London? 486 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,664 I came up to meet my friend Bridget Sotheby for lunch. 487 00:33:54,249 --> 00:33:57,292 And then we went to a Sunday concert at the Festival Hall. 488 00:33:58,253 --> 00:34:01,505 It was foggy when we came out. But not too thick. 489 00:34:01,881 --> 00:34:05,133 So I started to drive home. Then it got worse. 490 00:34:05,802 --> 00:34:09,513 I thought I'd better not take any risks as it was Cousin Mildred's car. 491 00:34:10,473 --> 00:34:12,933 So I wasn't far from here, so I parked. 492 00:34:13,017 --> 00:34:15,978 And thought I might find a room at Bertram's. 493 00:34:17,313 --> 00:34:19,398 I hoped I might see mother again, too. 494 00:34:22,235 --> 00:34:24,987 Did you see or hear anyone near you? 495 00:34:26,155 --> 00:34:29,366 I heard footsteps behind me, but there are a lot of people 496 00:34:29,450 --> 00:34:31,952 - walking about in London. 497 00:34:32,036 --> 00:34:33,120 Yes? 498 00:34:33,538 --> 00:34:35,706 Excuse me, sir. I thought you'd want to see this. 499 00:34:35,790 --> 00:34:37,291 Oh, thank you. 500 00:34:41,796 --> 00:34:43,630 ...Sorry about this. 501 00:34:45,216 --> 00:34:48,010 Miss Blake, do you know anybody 502 00:34:48,094 --> 00:34:50,929 of the name of Ladislaus Malinowsky? 503 00:34:52,724 --> 00:34:56,727 The racing car driver? No, I don't. 504 00:34:58,021 --> 00:35:00,105 You do, of course, Lady Sedgwick. 505 00:35:01,107 --> 00:35:05,235 Oh, Lord, yes. We've been chums for years. Why? 506 00:35:07,989 --> 00:35:09,197 I see. 507 00:35:10,116 --> 00:35:14,244 So I drove this feeble-minded clergyman 508 00:35:15,413 --> 00:35:17,623 from Bertram's to Bedhampton, 509 00:35:17,957 --> 00:35:23,457 and the two of us... then proceeded to waylay the Irish Mail Train. 510 00:35:29,886 --> 00:35:33,347 Supposing I were to tell you that a red sports car similar to yours 511 00:35:33,723 --> 00:35:37,351 was seen in the area around Bedhampton 512 00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:39,186 just before the robbery? 513 00:35:40,021 --> 00:35:42,648 I should ask if it had the same number plates as mine. 514 00:35:47,528 --> 00:35:49,279 Number plates can be changed. 515 00:35:49,364 --> 00:35:51,489 You'll have to do better than that, Chief Inspector. 516 00:36:00,416 --> 00:36:02,876 Do you own a revolver, Mr. Malinowsky? 517 00:36:06,339 --> 00:36:11,839 Certainly. I have a revolver and an automatic pistol. 518 00:36:12,804 --> 00:36:14,805 Both with proper licenses. 519 00:36:15,348 --> 00:36:16,390 And where are they now? 520 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,476 The pistol is in the pocket of my car. 521 00:36:20,937 --> 00:36:22,896 And the revolver in a drawer at my flat. 522 00:36:23,356 --> 00:36:26,024 You're right about the revolver, but... 523 00:36:27,068 --> 00:36:28,443 what about this? 524 00:36:38,788 --> 00:36:40,163 Where did you get this from? 525 00:36:41,082 --> 00:36:43,458 The basement area near Bertram's Hotel. 526 00:36:44,168 --> 00:36:47,921 It was used last night to shoot Michael Gorman, 527 00:36:48,006 --> 00:36:49,339 the Commissionaire. 528 00:36:51,926 --> 00:36:56,430 I see. So now I'm guilty of murder as well as robbery? 529 00:36:56,764 --> 00:36:58,223 This is ridiculous. 530 00:36:58,516 --> 00:37:00,642 Why should I kill that pathetic old war relic? 531 00:37:01,310 --> 00:37:03,353 The bullet wasn't intended for him. 532 00:37:04,397 --> 00:37:08,442 It was intended for a young lady. Someone I believe you know. 533 00:37:09,110 --> 00:37:10,444 Elvira Blake. 534 00:37:14,866 --> 00:37:18,201 Why should I kill the girl that I'm going to marry? 535 00:37:20,830 --> 00:37:24,291 Apart from any romantic qualms, I'd hardly ditch a fortune. 536 00:37:25,043 --> 00:37:27,210 Unless you were married to her already. 537 00:37:27,295 --> 00:37:28,628 Then you'd inherit it. 538 00:37:31,549 --> 00:37:33,842 Good try, Chief Inspector, but wrong again. 539 00:37:34,260 --> 00:37:36,011 I was playing poker last night. 540 00:37:37,096 --> 00:37:38,472 Any other suspects? 541 00:37:39,682 --> 00:37:40,766 Her mother, perhaps. 542 00:37:40,850 --> 00:37:42,476 Bess, kill her own daughter? 543 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:43,602 She's next of kin. 544 00:37:43,686 --> 00:37:45,854 She gets enough money from her American ex. 545 00:37:46,230 --> 00:37:48,982 Enough is not the same as a fortune. 546 00:37:52,111 --> 00:37:54,029 And she might've had an additional motive. 547 00:37:56,074 --> 00:37:59,493 Suppose her daughter was about to marry the man that she loved? 548 00:37:59,577 --> 00:38:01,119 Now I've heard everything. 549 00:38:05,750 --> 00:38:07,125 All right, all right. 550 00:38:08,127 --> 00:38:10,003 Bess and I have been lovers. 551 00:38:11,422 --> 00:38:13,090 It was never serious. 552 00:38:14,008 --> 00:38:16,635 On your part, perhaps. 553 00:38:23,017 --> 00:38:24,059 What a hoot. 554 00:38:24,435 --> 00:38:27,104 Trish Gormsby-Smyth at a Hunt Ball. 555 00:38:27,188 --> 00:38:29,106 She looks like a horse herself. 556 00:38:32,026 --> 00:38:34,319 Why did you tell them you didn't know Ladislaus? 557 00:38:43,287 --> 00:38:44,621 You don't have to lie to me. 558 00:38:47,208 --> 00:38:49,751 He's no good, Elvira. He's using you. 559 00:38:49,836 --> 00:38:53,088 You say that because you're jealous. I know about you and him. 560 00:38:53,172 --> 00:38:55,048 Darling, that meant nothing. 561 00:38:55,133 --> 00:38:57,092 Well, this means everything. 562 00:39:04,892 --> 00:39:06,476 I know what it's like. 563 00:39:07,562 --> 00:39:10,564 When I was your age, I thought I was in love with someone... 564 00:39:10,648 --> 00:39:13,483 How can you compare what you felt for that revolting Irishman 565 00:39:13,568 --> 00:39:15,152 with what I feel for Ladislaus? 566 00:39:15,945 --> 00:39:18,405 You don't know what it is to love someone... 567 00:39:19,157 --> 00:39:20,574 ...the way I love him. 568 00:39:30,293 --> 00:39:32,085 Oh, Canon Pennyfather. 569 00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:35,505 Oh, the answer to my prayers. Fully recovered, I trust? 570 00:39:35,590 --> 00:39:39,885 How kind. I've come to fetch... Oh, what was it now? 571 00:39:39,969 --> 00:39:42,762 - Oh, yes, my luggage. - Well, before you go... 572 00:39:42,847 --> 00:39:45,557 I wonder, would you take part in a little experiment? 573 00:39:45,641 --> 00:39:46,683 Yes. 574 00:39:52,690 --> 00:39:57,068 One, two, three, four, 575 00:39:57,904 --> 00:40:01,865 five, six, seven, eight. 576 00:40:07,079 --> 00:40:09,748 Oh, thank you, Canon. That will do nicely. 577 00:40:10,917 --> 00:40:12,500 Was it all right? 578 00:40:12,585 --> 00:40:14,544 Oh, it wasn't you I saw that night. 579 00:40:15,087 --> 00:40:17,339 No, he looked like you but the walk was different. 580 00:40:17,423 --> 00:40:19,507 And I think it was a younger man. 581 00:40:19,592 --> 00:40:22,219 You mean... I didn't come back here? 582 00:40:22,303 --> 00:40:24,888 Oh, yes, you came back. There's no question of that. 583 00:40:24,972 --> 00:40:27,933 You must've come upstairs without anyone noticing you. 584 00:40:28,017 --> 00:40:29,392 And then what happened? 585 00:40:29,685 --> 00:40:33,188 You opened the door, so. And what did you see? 586 00:40:33,898 --> 00:40:36,066 I'm sorry. It's still a complete blank. 587 00:40:36,651 --> 00:40:38,777 Something in the mirror, perhaps. 588 00:40:39,362 --> 00:40:42,822 Mirror, mirror... Yes, that's it. 589 00:40:43,324 --> 00:40:46,117 - Except... - There is no mirror... 590 00:40:46,494 --> 00:40:48,370 ...visible from the door. 591 00:40:48,704 --> 00:40:50,956 My room is identical to the one you had. 592 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,459 What you saw was someone dressed up to look like you. 593 00:40:54,835 --> 00:40:58,380 Yes. By George, I remember now. I couldn't think what... 594 00:40:58,464 --> 00:41:02,384 - And then... - Then someone hit you on the head. 595 00:41:03,094 --> 00:41:05,470 And the false Canon Pennyfather, your doppelganger, 596 00:41:05,972 --> 00:41:08,223 was driven post haste to Bedhampton. 597 00:41:10,768 --> 00:41:14,771 And you say that the couple who found him in the road were in on it too? 598 00:41:14,855 --> 00:41:16,273 Oh, I've no doubt about it. 599 00:41:16,357 --> 00:41:19,276 There's a network of contacts throughout the country. 600 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:23,947 Really! Well, I'm very sorry if I misled you, Chief Inspector. 601 00:41:24,031 --> 00:41:27,575 But I might've known it wasn't Canon Pennyfather. 602 00:41:27,660 --> 00:41:30,537 A perfectly natural mistake, and one they've been trading on. 603 00:41:30,621 --> 00:41:32,122 Not only Justice Ludgrove. 604 00:41:32,206 --> 00:41:33,957 But an admiral, an archdeacon... 605 00:41:34,041 --> 00:41:37,877 All the distinctive appearances, all near the scene of the robbery. 606 00:41:38,462 --> 00:41:40,797 And while we've been running around in circles, 607 00:41:40,881 --> 00:41:43,341 the impersonator returns to normal. 608 00:41:44,302 --> 00:41:47,137 Well, thank you very much for coming in, Miss Marple. 609 00:41:48,597 --> 00:41:52,559 Well, I think it's a very complicated way of doing things. 610 00:41:52,643 --> 00:41:55,979 The person behind all this is a very complicated character. 611 00:41:57,064 --> 00:41:59,441 - And you know who it is? - At long last. 612 00:42:00,026 --> 00:42:02,902 I only wish I knew who murdered Michael Gorman. 613 00:42:03,321 --> 00:42:06,114 Then I could clear the whole thing up in one fell swoop. 614 00:42:06,407 --> 00:42:09,492 Well, if I might make a suggestion, Chief Inspector... 615 00:42:09,994 --> 00:42:12,787 Of course, I might be barking up the wrong tree again. 616 00:42:12,872 --> 00:42:14,247 I doubt it, Miss Marple. 617 00:42:14,332 --> 00:42:19,832 But I think you'll find the answer lies in a place called Ballygowlan. 618 00:42:27,428 --> 00:42:29,846 Good afternoon, Madam. Your table's ready. 619 00:42:29,930 --> 00:42:31,556 Oh, thank you. 620 00:42:55,539 --> 00:42:57,999 Right. Now we'll go straight to Bertram's. 621 00:42:58,084 --> 00:43:00,251 Do you want to handle this on your own, sir, 622 00:43:00,336 --> 00:43:02,128 or would you like me to come along? 623 00:43:02,213 --> 00:43:05,006 No, I want you to supervise the other arrangements. 624 00:43:05,091 --> 00:43:08,343 - You sure you won't need someone? - Yes. I'll have Miss Marple. 625 00:43:12,890 --> 00:43:14,432 Come in, sit down. 626 00:43:14,517 --> 00:43:15,975 Let me sit over there. 627 00:43:21,857 --> 00:43:23,591 Would you like me to fetch Elvira? 628 00:43:23,593 --> 00:43:25,510 It's you I'd like to speak to, Lady Sedgwick. 629 00:43:25,578 --> 00:43:27,737 Have you any news of the man who tried to shoot her? 630 00:43:27,738 --> 00:43:30,949 - Please. - Not what you'd call news. 631 00:43:32,034 --> 00:43:33,618 Tell me, Lady Sedgwick. 632 00:43:34,578 --> 00:43:36,579 How much did that business upset you? 633 00:43:37,415 --> 00:43:40,500 What a question. I was sad, of course. 634 00:43:40,584 --> 00:43:43,628 But as I only knew the man to nod to, my concern was... 635 00:43:43,712 --> 00:43:45,755 - You're sure? - What? 636 00:43:46,340 --> 00:43:48,258 I think you knew him rather better than that. 637 00:43:49,718 --> 00:43:51,428 Wasn't he your husband? 638 00:43:53,556 --> 00:43:58,268 Oh, dear. You police aren't as slow-witted as people make out. 639 00:43:59,562 --> 00:44:01,062 All right. We were married once. 640 00:44:02,022 --> 00:44:04,649 But I hadn't seen him for 30 years. 641 00:44:06,235 --> 00:44:08,445 He was a groom on my parents' estate. 642 00:44:08,529 --> 00:44:11,448 I ran away with him when I was younger than Elvira. 643 00:44:11,782 --> 00:44:15,535 First 24 hours were enough to disillusion me. Drunken brute. 644 00:44:17,288 --> 00:44:21,791 Fortunately, my family caught up with us and paid Mickey off. 645 00:44:22,126 --> 00:44:24,085 And you didn't tell them that you'd married him? 646 00:44:24,170 --> 00:44:25,420 Not on your nelly. 647 00:44:25,921 --> 00:44:30,049 So when you married Lord Coniston, you committed bigamy. 648 00:44:30,676 --> 00:44:34,095 And when I married Ridgway Becker and Johnny Sedgwick. 649 00:44:35,055 --> 00:44:36,681 Bigamy, trigamy, what's the difference? 650 00:44:37,141 --> 00:44:38,391 Scotch? 651 00:44:38,976 --> 00:44:40,226 No, thank you. 652 00:44:40,686 --> 00:44:42,896 Did you never think of getting a divorce? 653 00:44:43,147 --> 00:44:44,981 Why rake that all up? 654 00:44:46,066 --> 00:44:49,652 And then Gorman turned up here and tried to blackmail you. 655 00:44:51,030 --> 00:44:54,365 That is pure supposition, Chief Inspector. 656 00:44:54,450 --> 00:44:57,952 Oh, no. We have it on excellent authority. 657 00:44:59,455 --> 00:45:01,164 How on earth could you know? 658 00:45:01,624 --> 00:45:04,959 The chairs in the writing room have very high backs. 659 00:45:05,044 --> 00:45:06,336 Eavesdropping, eh? 660 00:45:06,921 --> 00:45:09,130 It is a public room. 661 00:45:10,216 --> 00:45:12,884 She wasn't the only person that overheard your conversation. 662 00:45:12,968 --> 00:45:16,012 Not Selina Hazy. It'll be all around London. 663 00:45:16,222 --> 00:45:19,641 No, Lady Sedgwick. Your daughter. 664 00:45:22,186 --> 00:45:24,062 Oh, my God. What must she have thought? 665 00:45:24,396 --> 00:45:26,564 Enough to do as we have done. 666 00:45:27,608 --> 00:45:30,151 Go over to Ireland and search out the truth. 667 00:45:32,404 --> 00:45:34,489 I must talk to her, explain. 668 00:45:34,782 --> 00:45:38,243 Oh, you might reassure her that she wasn't the intended murder victim. 669 00:45:39,745 --> 00:45:41,162 That's how it appeared to her. 670 00:45:42,331 --> 00:45:44,499 That's how the murderer wanted it to look. 671 00:45:44,833 --> 00:45:49,254 He fired a shot, taking care that the bullet went nowhere near her, 672 00:45:49,338 --> 00:45:52,799 she screamed, Gorman ran down the road, 673 00:45:53,676 --> 00:45:57,178 and then the murderer shot the person he always wanted to shoot. 674 00:45:58,931 --> 00:46:00,265 Michael Gorman. 675 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:12,527 I'm glad you said "he", Chief Inspector. 676 00:46:12,611 --> 00:46:14,904 For a moment I thought you were about to accuse me. 677 00:46:14,989 --> 00:46:19,033 Oh, there's plenty of people besides yourself with motive to bump him off. 678 00:46:19,118 --> 00:46:24,247 After all, Bertram's is a blackmailer's paradise, isn't it? 679 00:46:24,999 --> 00:46:26,082 Bertram's? 680 00:46:26,166 --> 00:46:28,918 Well, it's the headquarters of one of the biggest crime syndicates 681 00:46:29,003 --> 00:46:30,169 we've ever known. 682 00:46:30,504 --> 00:46:32,422 Dear old Bertram's? 683 00:46:32,548 --> 00:46:34,757 It's the most respectable place in London. 684 00:46:34,842 --> 00:46:37,594 And a lot of money and time have gone into making it so. 685 00:46:37,678 --> 00:46:39,637 The genuine and the phony all mixed up. 686 00:46:39,722 --> 00:46:42,223 And a superb actor manager in Henry. 687 00:46:42,308 --> 00:46:45,101 But Henry is Bertram's. 688 00:46:45,185 --> 00:46:47,353 Humfries is wonderfully plausible, too. 689 00:46:47,771 --> 00:46:50,857 Not to mention Miss Gorringe and Rose Shelton, 690 00:46:50,941 --> 00:46:54,360 and all those foreign visitors with their luxury luggage. 691 00:46:54,737 --> 00:46:58,031 Tailor-made for carrying money in and out of the country. 692 00:46:58,365 --> 00:47:00,241 Take those Cabots that were staying here. 693 00:47:00,326 --> 00:47:03,536 Those dreadful Americans? Don't tell me they're crooks. 694 00:47:03,621 --> 00:47:07,832 They left with 300,000 pounds stashed away in their wardrobe. 695 00:47:07,916 --> 00:47:09,500 Oh, but of course. 696 00:47:09,585 --> 00:47:12,003 Proceeds from the Irish Mail robbery. 697 00:47:12,421 --> 00:47:16,507 An affair in which your friend Ladislaus Malinowsky 698 00:47:16,592 --> 00:47:18,134 was up to his neck. 699 00:47:18,844 --> 00:47:20,511 Ladislaus? 700 00:47:21,388 --> 00:47:23,556 Which Michael Gorman must have known. 701 00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:27,226 And which you know too, Lady Sedgwick. 702 00:47:27,311 --> 00:47:29,270 How on earth should I know? 703 00:47:29,688 --> 00:47:31,814 Because you're the brains behind it all. 704 00:47:32,816 --> 00:47:35,652 Me? 705 00:47:36,153 --> 00:47:37,779 A master criminal? 706 00:47:38,030 --> 00:47:41,783 Why not? You've tried most things. 707 00:47:42,076 --> 00:47:44,452 Oh, it wasn't the money that tempted you. 708 00:47:45,204 --> 00:47:48,456 No, it was the excitement. The challenge. 709 00:47:52,419 --> 00:47:55,254 - Where're you going? - To ring my solicitor. 710 00:47:56,340 --> 00:47:58,091 You'd be well-advised. 711 00:48:00,511 --> 00:48:02,053 On second thought, what the hell? 712 00:48:03,806 --> 00:48:06,057 Yes, I ran the show. 713 00:48:08,686 --> 00:48:12,897 And I loved every crazy minute of it. 714 00:48:13,190 --> 00:48:17,860 I haven't had such fun since I sabotaged the Royal Tournament. 715 00:48:19,163 --> 00:48:21,572 But you're wrong about Ladislaus shooting Michael Gorman. 716 00:48:21,615 --> 00:48:22,657 He didn't. I did. 717 00:48:23,742 --> 00:48:26,244 I warned him I'd shoot him if he started anything. 718 00:48:26,787 --> 00:48:29,664 You heard me didn't you, Miss Marple? In the writing room that day. 719 00:48:29,748 --> 00:48:33,334 - Yes. - And that's what I did. 720 00:48:34,753 --> 00:48:36,421 Just as you described it. 721 00:48:37,323 --> 00:48:39,023 I'd spent the day before with Ladislaus. 722 00:48:39,107 --> 00:48:41,134 I pinched the pistol from his car. 723 00:48:41,218 --> 00:48:43,302 It was so easy. 724 00:48:45,639 --> 00:48:47,098 Remember, Miss Marple... 725 00:48:47,850 --> 00:48:49,434 you're a witness to what I'm saying. 726 00:48:50,477 --> 00:48:52,812 I killed Michael Gorman. 727 00:48:55,524 --> 00:48:58,317 And now... catch me if you can. 728 00:49:20,424 --> 00:49:22,467 There are men posted, sir. She won't get away. 729 00:49:22,551 --> 00:49:24,176 I wouldn't be too sure. Where's her car? 730 00:49:24,219 --> 00:49:25,678 - Around the back. - Right. Come on. 731 00:49:41,737 --> 00:49:45,114 She's on the roof. She just came by. 732 00:49:52,623 --> 00:49:54,916 Oi. What are you doing? 733 00:49:55,709 --> 00:49:56,834 Help! 734 00:51:53,410 --> 00:51:54,493 Poor woman. 735 00:51:54,995 --> 00:51:56,913 At least she told her story first. 736 00:51:57,205 --> 00:52:00,374 You heard it, Miss Marple. She confessed to Gorman's murder. 737 00:52:00,876 --> 00:52:03,085 Yes. I heard. 738 00:52:03,253 --> 00:52:05,922 Well, we'd better go and talk to the young lady. 739 00:52:06,673 --> 00:52:07,840 Yes. 740 00:52:23,148 --> 00:52:24,148 Come in. 741 00:52:29,154 --> 00:52:30,738 I'm so sorry. 742 00:52:31,198 --> 00:52:32,990 Don't ask me how I feel. 743 00:52:34,159 --> 00:52:35,743 I can't feel anything. 744 00:52:36,745 --> 00:52:39,664 I believe Miss Marple told you that your mother had confessed 745 00:52:39,748 --> 00:52:41,248 to Michael Gorman's murder? 746 00:52:41,333 --> 00:52:42,333 Yes. 747 00:52:44,503 --> 00:52:46,837 Now that you've had time to think, Elvira... 748 00:52:48,298 --> 00:52:50,549 ...is there anything you'd like to tell us? 749 00:52:52,928 --> 00:52:54,512 No. Nothing. 750 00:52:55,055 --> 00:52:56,138 Are you sure? 751 00:52:57,224 --> 00:52:58,641 Quite sure. 752 00:53:09,528 --> 00:53:11,862 Oh, what a pretty sachet. 753 00:53:13,281 --> 00:53:15,658 I had one like this when I was your age. 754 00:53:16,618 --> 00:53:18,285 I kept my diary in it. 755 00:53:20,205 --> 00:53:21,330 No! 756 00:53:22,207 --> 00:53:25,751 A diary in which I used to write everything I did. 757 00:53:28,296 --> 00:53:32,049 Are you sure there's nothing you want to tell the Chief Inspector? 758 00:53:32,300 --> 00:53:33,759 You old witch! 759 00:53:34,928 --> 00:53:37,430 All right. So what? So bloody what? 760 00:53:37,514 --> 00:53:40,891 Why shouldn't she take the blame? That's all she ever did for me. 761 00:53:41,476 --> 00:53:43,561 I hated her. Hated her! 762 00:53:49,109 --> 00:53:50,109 No. 763 00:53:51,111 --> 00:53:54,447 Please. Or I'll lose him. 764 00:53:56,033 --> 00:53:57,366 And he does love me. 765 00:53:57,451 --> 00:53:58,868 I know he does. 766 00:54:23,685 --> 00:54:26,479 I don't know. Are you a witch, Miss Marple? 767 00:54:26,563 --> 00:54:29,398 - Oh, no. - When did you suspect? 768 00:54:30,317 --> 00:54:33,402 Oh, when I saw them together. Such passion. 769 00:54:34,446 --> 00:54:36,489 - It was the money, I suppose. - Hmm. 770 00:54:36,865 --> 00:54:39,492 She feared Malinowsky wouldn't marry her without it. 771 00:54:40,285 --> 00:54:44,580 It's extraordinary. He even looked like Basil Twisk. 772 00:54:44,664 --> 00:54:45,915 So you said. 773 00:54:46,708 --> 00:54:49,502 When she found that her mother had married Gorman, 774 00:54:49,961 --> 00:54:53,506 she realized that the marriage to her father was illegal. 775 00:54:54,007 --> 00:54:55,758 She thought she wouldn't inherit. 776 00:54:56,426 --> 00:54:58,344 No money, no lover. 777 00:54:58,929 --> 00:55:00,721 And I suppose her mother guessed. 778 00:55:00,931 --> 00:55:04,100 And confessed to the murder so that her daughter could go free. 779 00:55:05,018 --> 00:55:07,228 A remarkable woman. 780 00:55:32,963 --> 00:55:34,588 Poor Bertram's. 781 00:55:35,549 --> 00:55:38,676 It's always sad when a work of art has to be destroyed. 782 00:55:40,512 --> 00:55:42,847 It's like when you get that weed ground elder 783 00:55:42,931 --> 00:55:44,682 really badly in the garden border. 784 00:55:45,517 --> 00:55:48,060 There's nothing you can do but dig the whole lot up. 785 00:55:50,385 --> 00:55:54,385 SubRip: HighCode