1 00:01:54,959 --> 00:01:56,541 - We need the river for access. 2 00:01:56,834 --> 00:01:58,749 - What about the other area downstream? 3 00:01:59,042 --> 00:02:00,333 - We can't afford them both, Simeon. 4 00:02:00,625 --> 00:02:02,333 - Well, we've got to. 5 00:02:02,625 --> 00:02:03,791 If anyone else starts prospecting, 6 00:02:04,084 --> 00:02:05,249 we'll have lost all that we've done 7 00:02:05,542 --> 00:02:08,333 over the last six months. 8 00:02:08,625 --> 00:02:09,958 - There. 9 00:02:10,250 --> 00:02:12,416 That's my share for the claim. 10 00:02:26,375 --> 00:02:28,916 - I'm off at first light. 11 00:02:29,209 --> 00:02:31,208 I should make Pretoria in four days. 12 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:32,791 - And be back in ten, eh? 13 00:02:33,084 --> 00:02:36,124 - And in six months... 14 00:02:36,417 --> 00:02:38,499 we'll be rich. 15 00:02:38,792 --> 00:02:41,874 Good night, Gerrit. 16 00:02:42,167 --> 00:02:44,291 - Good night. 17 00:04:12,542 --> 00:04:13,791 - Who the hell are you? 18 00:04:14,084 --> 00:04:15,624 - Stella de Zuigder. 19 00:04:15,917 --> 00:04:17,124 And you? 20 00:04:17,417 --> 00:04:20,458 - Lee. 21 00:04:20,750 --> 00:04:22,291 Simeon Lee. 22 00:04:22,584 --> 00:04:24,124 How long have I been here? 23 00:04:24,417 --> 00:04:26,624 - This is your third day. 24 00:04:34,917 --> 00:04:38,083 You'd have died in half a day if we hadn't have found you. 25 00:04:47,375 --> 00:04:48,791 - Thanks. 26 00:04:52,542 --> 00:04:55,583 I was, uh, mauled by a lion. 27 00:04:55,875 --> 00:04:57,624 - Yeah, I know. 28 00:04:57,917 --> 00:04:59,916 I took the bullet out. 29 00:05:02,334 --> 00:05:05,416 - All right. 30 00:05:05,709 --> 00:05:08,458 My partner attacked me. 31 00:05:08,750 --> 00:05:10,958 - That's what diamonds do to people, eh? 32 00:05:11,250 --> 00:05:12,624 Don't worry. 33 00:05:12,917 --> 00:05:14,791 They're safe. 34 00:05:21,292 --> 00:05:22,208 And your map. 35 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:23,791 It's a bit bloodstained, though. 36 00:05:24,084 --> 00:05:27,666 - Do you, uh... 37 00:05:27,959 --> 00:05:29,624 live out here all by yourself? 38 00:05:29,917 --> 00:05:34,666 - My father got tired of trying to marry me off. 39 00:06:45,750 --> 00:06:47,499 - Simeon? 40 00:06:52,750 --> 00:06:54,541 Simeon? 41 00:07:03,334 --> 00:07:06,541 Simeon! 42 00:07:40,542 --> 00:07:41,499 - Happy Christmas. 43 00:07:41,792 --> 00:07:43,041 - And to you, sir. 44 00:07:43,334 --> 00:07:45,124 Thank you very much. 45 00:07:45,417 --> 00:07:46,916 - Well, that's the last decent meal I'll get 46 00:07:47,209 --> 00:07:48,083 till the New Year I expect. 47 00:07:48,375 --> 00:07:49,291 - You are not looking forward 48 00:07:49,584 --> 00:07:50,833 to your Christmas, Chief Inspector? 49 00:07:51,125 --> 00:07:53,249 - We're going to Mrs. Japp's family in Wales. 50 00:07:53,542 --> 00:07:54,416 - Ah. 51 00:07:54,709 --> 00:07:56,666 - If they start singing again... 52 00:07:56,959 --> 00:07:58,291 - I shall think of you, Chief Inspector, 53 00:07:58,584 --> 00:08:00,749 as I sit down to my simple repast. 54 00:08:01,042 --> 00:08:03,458 For Poirot, it will be a quiet Christmas, 55 00:08:03,750 --> 00:08:05,208 with my radio perhaps, a book, 56 00:08:05,500 --> 00:08:08,583 and a box of exquisite Belgian chocolates. 57 00:08:08,875 --> 00:08:10,041 - Well, listen, Poirot. 58 00:08:10,334 --> 00:08:14,124 Think of me on Christmas morning when you open this. 59 00:08:14,417 --> 00:08:15,958 - Oh, thank you very much, Chief Inspector. 60 00:08:16,250 --> 00:08:17,124 - Merry Christmas, Poirot. 61 00:08:17,417 --> 00:08:19,458 - Merry Christmas to you. 62 00:08:28,709 --> 00:08:29,624 - Oh, yes, of course. 63 00:08:29,917 --> 00:08:31,208 There we are, my dear. - Thank you, sir. 64 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:32,666 - And a very happy Christmas to you. 65 00:08:32,959 --> 00:08:35,291 - And to you. - Thank you. 66 00:09:12,750 --> 00:09:16,541 - All right, all right, I'm not a child. 67 00:09:16,834 --> 00:09:18,583 Bring them in. 68 00:09:31,750 --> 00:09:32,916 - Mr. Simeon Lee? 69 00:09:33,209 --> 00:09:36,374 - Yes. 70 00:09:36,667 --> 00:09:38,583 Have you got them? 71 00:10:06,875 --> 00:10:08,291 Get out. 72 00:10:08,584 --> 00:10:10,999 Get out, all of you! 73 00:10:11,292 --> 00:10:12,708 - Beg pardon. 74 00:10:25,375 --> 00:10:27,083 Voil�. 75 00:11:16,459 --> 00:11:17,458 - Can I help you? 76 00:11:17,750 --> 00:11:18,999 - Yes, Monsieur Dicker? - Yes. 77 00:11:19,292 --> 00:11:21,499 - Monsieur Dicker, my radiator, it has gone cold. 78 00:11:21,792 --> 00:11:23,749 And there is a-- - The boiler is broken, sir. 79 00:11:24,042 --> 00:11:25,624 - Well, then the boiler, it must be repaired. 80 00:11:25,917 --> 00:11:27,041 - It will be after Christmas, sir. 81 00:11:27,334 --> 00:11:30,124 - After Christmas? That is most unsatisfactory. 82 00:11:30,417 --> 00:11:31,999 - Unfortunately, I can't do anything about it. 83 00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:33,208 - I don't-- 84 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:34,791 - I cannot get ahold of a plumber, sir, 85 00:11:35,084 --> 00:11:36,041 until after the holidays. 86 00:11:36,334 --> 00:11:37,499 - I see. I see. 87 00:11:37,792 --> 00:11:39,583 - I'm sorry about it, but there's nothing I can do. 88 00:11:39,875 --> 00:11:42,083 - Au revoir, Monsieur Dicker. 89 00:11:46,292 --> 00:11:49,249 Oh, non. 90 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:51,916 Yes? 91 00:11:52,209 --> 00:11:53,249 - Hercule Poirot? 92 00:11:53,542 --> 00:11:55,624 - Yes, it is I, Hercule Poirot, who speaks. 93 00:11:55,917 --> 00:11:57,874 - I need a detective 94 00:11:58,167 --> 00:12:01,208 to come and stay here in my house for Christmas. 95 00:12:01,500 --> 00:12:02,291 - Non, monsieur, I... 96 00:12:02,584 --> 00:12:03,624 - Don't say no just like that. 97 00:12:03,917 --> 00:12:05,041 Hear me out. 98 00:12:05,334 --> 00:12:07,958 Superintendent Sugden of the Shropshire Police 99 00:12:08,250 --> 00:12:09,124 recommended you. 100 00:12:09,417 --> 00:12:10,458 - I do not know him. 101 00:12:10,750 --> 00:12:11,958 - I don't care if you don't know him. 102 00:12:12,250 --> 00:12:13,749 He knows you. 103 00:12:14,042 --> 00:12:16,458 My life is in danger. 104 00:12:16,750 --> 00:12:19,624 - Have you received any threats, Monsieur... 105 00:12:19,917 --> 00:12:21,541 - Lee. Simeon Lee. 106 00:12:21,834 --> 00:12:24,874 Ah, well, you'd have to be here to understand. 107 00:12:25,167 --> 00:12:27,041 - Tell to me if you please, Monsieur Lee, 108 00:12:27,334 --> 00:12:28,999 does your house have the central heating? 109 00:12:29,292 --> 00:12:33,166 - What? Yes, of course. 110 00:12:33,459 --> 00:12:34,791 - Very well. 111 00:12:35,084 --> 00:12:38,291 Poirot will be there tomorrow. 112 00:12:38,584 --> 00:12:40,333 Give to me, if you please, your address. 113 00:12:49,250 --> 00:12:50,916 - Help the needy at Christmas. 114 00:12:58,584 --> 00:12:59,999 - Thank you so much, sir. 115 00:13:00,292 --> 00:13:01,458 Thank you. 116 00:13:04,459 --> 00:13:05,624 - Madam? 117 00:13:05,917 --> 00:13:07,874 Help the needy at Christmas? 118 00:13:08,167 --> 00:13:09,749 Oh. 119 00:13:21,417 --> 00:13:24,249 - Are you ready to order, sir? 120 00:13:24,542 --> 00:13:25,708 - Yes. Thank you very much. 121 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,124 But please to tell me, 122 00:13:28,417 --> 00:13:31,624 what is this brown Windsor soup? 123 00:13:31,917 --> 00:13:36,208 - Well, sir, it's soup... 124 00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:37,791 from Windsor. 125 00:13:38,084 --> 00:13:39,083 - I see. 126 00:13:39,375 --> 00:13:41,999 Then I will have this brown Windsor soup, 127 00:13:42,292 --> 00:13:45,541 followed by the... 128 00:13:45,834 --> 00:13:47,958 and a side order of lamb, separate... 129 00:13:48,250 --> 00:13:51,458 - Okay if I share your table? 130 00:13:51,750 --> 00:13:53,916 - Of course. 131 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,208 Well, I'll be glad to get out of London, 132 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:08,791 I don't mind telling you. 133 00:14:09,084 --> 00:14:10,499 Oh, it's a terrible place. 134 00:14:10,792 --> 00:14:13,124 - But you are English, no? 135 00:14:13,417 --> 00:14:15,708 - Been abroad for years. 136 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:16,916 What about you? 137 00:14:17,209 --> 00:14:19,416 - I am Spanish. 138 00:14:19,709 --> 00:14:21,374 - Did you see any of this, uh, 139 00:14:21,667 --> 00:14:24,333 civil war business over in Spain? 140 00:14:24,625 --> 00:14:26,499 - I saw a bomb drop. 141 00:14:26,792 --> 00:14:28,958 And it blew up a car. 142 00:14:29,250 --> 00:14:31,333 - That didn't upset you? 143 00:14:31,625 --> 00:14:33,958 - One is alive for a time in this world, yes, 144 00:14:34,250 --> 00:14:35,416 and then one is dead. 145 00:14:35,709 --> 00:14:39,791 And one's friends are sad, and one's enemies rejoice. 146 00:14:40,084 --> 00:14:43,624 - Don't you believe in forgiving your enemies, 147 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:45,458 se�orita? 148 00:14:45,750 --> 00:14:49,791 - No. I do not. 149 00:14:50,084 --> 00:14:53,458 If I had an enemy, I would cut his throat, 150 00:14:53,750 --> 00:14:55,416 like this. 151 00:14:57,709 --> 00:15:02,208 I wouldn't like to be your enemy, se�orita. 152 00:15:05,292 --> 00:15:09,041 - But it does not look very... d�licieux. 153 00:15:09,334 --> 00:15:12,208 - Well, sir, it is brown Windsor soup. 154 00:15:14,584 --> 00:15:18,541 - What, um, brings you to England? 155 00:15:18,834 --> 00:15:22,083 - I am going to stay with my English relations. 156 00:15:22,375 --> 00:15:23,624 They are very rich, I think. 157 00:15:23,917 --> 00:15:25,916 They live in a big house called Gorston Hall. 158 00:15:26,209 --> 00:15:29,958 - Good God. 159 00:15:30,250 --> 00:15:32,666 - What is it? 160 00:15:32,959 --> 00:15:35,416 - You must be Jennifer's girl. 161 00:15:35,709 --> 00:15:38,791 - My mother's name was Jennifer. 162 00:15:39,084 --> 00:15:41,666 - I'm Harry Lee. 163 00:15:41,959 --> 00:15:47,374 Jennifer was my sister. 164 00:15:47,667 --> 00:15:49,333 Do the family know you're coming? 165 00:15:49,625 --> 00:15:51,374 - Oh, yes. 166 00:15:51,667 --> 00:15:53,999 - That's more than they do with me. 167 00:16:07,750 --> 00:16:10,874 - He's playing God as he always does. 168 00:16:11,167 --> 00:16:13,124 It's the role he enjoys most. 169 00:16:13,417 --> 00:16:15,499 - Well, I think it's extremely boring. 170 00:16:15,792 --> 00:16:16,791 - Well, boring or not, 171 00:16:17,084 --> 00:16:19,458 it's our duty to be here, Magdalene. 172 00:16:19,750 --> 00:16:23,166 Moreover, it enables us to save considerably. 173 00:16:23,459 --> 00:16:25,874 - But we shouldn't have to scrimp and save like this. 174 00:16:26,167 --> 00:16:28,124 Well, can't you make your father give you some more money? 175 00:16:28,417 --> 00:16:30,499 - He upped my allowance last year. 176 00:16:30,792 --> 00:16:32,249 - And what happens when he dies? 177 00:16:32,542 --> 00:16:34,833 - The bulk of his money comes to Alfred and myself. 178 00:16:35,125 --> 00:16:36,374 - Isn't there another brother? 179 00:16:36,667 --> 00:16:37,416 - No. No, no. 180 00:16:37,667 --> 00:16:38,541 Harry left years ago. 181 00:16:38,834 --> 00:16:40,291 We don't talk about him, incidentally. 182 00:16:40,584 --> 00:16:43,083 A very disreputable character. 183 00:16:43,375 --> 00:16:45,916 - Well, your father's not all that reputable, George. 184 00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:50,291 - What on earth do you mean by that? 185 00:16:50,584 --> 00:16:51,333 - When he gets me alone, 186 00:16:51,584 --> 00:16:53,541 he makes me feel quite uncomfortable. 187 00:16:53,834 --> 00:16:54,666 The things he says. 188 00:16:54,959 --> 00:16:55,833 - Yes, yes. 189 00:16:56,125 --> 00:16:58,541 Well, one has to make allowances. 190 00:16:58,834 --> 00:17:01,083 - It isn't only the things he says. 191 00:17:01,375 --> 00:17:06,458 - At Father's age, with his health being so bad... 192 00:17:32,334 --> 00:17:34,291 - Must you always give in to him, Alfred? 193 00:17:34,584 --> 00:17:36,624 - He's a very old man, Lydia. 194 00:17:36,917 --> 00:17:39,833 - Then he'll get older and more tyrannical. 195 00:17:40,125 --> 00:17:42,999 But why must we have George and Magdalene for Christmas? 196 00:17:43,292 --> 00:17:47,624 - Father hasn't seen George for a long time. 197 00:17:47,917 --> 00:17:49,291 He's very good to us, you know, Lydia. 198 00:17:49,584 --> 00:17:51,874 - Oh, Alfred! 199 00:17:52,167 --> 00:17:54,958 Magdalene's going to be frightfully bored, anyway. 200 00:17:55,250 --> 00:17:57,124 - Well, why George has to go and marry a girl 201 00:17:57,417 --> 00:18:00,083 20 years younger than himself, I shall never know. 202 00:18:00,375 --> 00:18:01,916 He always was a fool. 203 00:18:02,209 --> 00:18:03,624 - I suppose she's been quite a help to him 204 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:06,833 in his constituency. 205 00:18:07,125 --> 00:18:08,416 - What is it, Horbury? 206 00:18:08,709 --> 00:18:09,499 - Beg pardon, sir. 207 00:18:09,792 --> 00:18:11,458 Is it convenient if I take the car? 208 00:18:11,750 --> 00:18:13,416 Mr. Lee has asked me to go to the station 209 00:18:13,709 --> 00:18:15,958 and meet some more guests. 210 00:18:16,250 --> 00:18:18,458 - Some more guests? 211 00:18:26,667 --> 00:18:28,249 - Wait a minute! 212 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:48,583 Come in! 213 00:18:48,875 --> 00:18:50,583 - We have just seen Horbury, and he says that-- 214 00:18:50,875 --> 00:18:54,833 - Ah, Lydia, my dear. 215 00:18:55,125 --> 00:18:56,874 What a nice color you've got. 216 00:18:57,167 --> 00:18:58,999 - He says there are to be more guests for Christmas. 217 00:18:59,292 --> 00:19:02,208 - Just straighten my legs for me, 218 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:04,916 would you, my dear? 219 00:19:12,750 --> 00:19:16,916 It's a terrible thing to get old, Lydia. 220 00:19:17,209 --> 00:19:18,958 - Who are these people that are coming? 221 00:19:19,250 --> 00:19:20,208 - Well, first of all, 222 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:23,374 there's my old friend Hercule Poirot. 223 00:19:23,667 --> 00:19:24,624 - Who's he? 224 00:19:24,917 --> 00:19:26,958 - A friend. 225 00:19:27,250 --> 00:19:29,458 And then there's Pilar. 226 00:19:29,750 --> 00:19:30,541 - Pilar? 227 00:19:30,834 --> 00:19:32,666 - Pilar Estravados, 228 00:19:32,959 --> 00:19:36,999 Jennifer's girl, my granddaughter. 229 00:19:37,292 --> 00:19:39,208 - But you didn't tell me. 230 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:42,124 - It's going to be a grand Christmas! 231 00:19:42,417 --> 00:19:46,833 All my children round me. 232 00:19:47,125 --> 00:19:48,416 There, now, Alfred. 233 00:19:48,709 --> 00:19:50,249 There's your clue. 234 00:19:50,542 --> 00:19:52,458 Guess who the other visitor is. 235 00:19:52,750 --> 00:19:55,333 - But you haven't got any more... 236 00:19:55,625 --> 00:19:59,958 - Your brother, Harry, of course. 237 00:20:12,417 --> 00:20:15,166 - What do you think of the spats? 238 00:20:15,459 --> 00:20:17,333 And the patent leather shoes? 239 00:20:18,792 --> 00:20:21,124 - Just the thing for a weekend in the country. 240 00:20:23,792 --> 00:20:26,583 And those mustachios must have enough wax in them 241 00:20:26,875 --> 00:20:29,249 to keep Madame Tussauds going for a fortnight. 242 00:20:42,167 --> 00:20:43,458 - Miss Estravados? - Yes. 243 00:20:43,750 --> 00:20:45,208 - Mr. Simeon Lee sent me to meet you. 244 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:47,124 Mr. Harry Lee? - Sure. 245 00:20:47,417 --> 00:20:48,958 - I'll put your bags in the boot. 246 00:20:54,917 --> 00:20:56,208 Mr. Poirot? 247 00:21:02,125 --> 00:21:05,416 - Are you a friend of the old bastard Simeon? 248 00:21:05,709 --> 00:21:08,874 - I am a friend of Mr. Lee, yes. 249 00:21:09,167 --> 00:21:11,291 - There's no good you calling him Mr. Lee, chum. 250 00:21:11,584 --> 00:21:14,166 There'll be more Mr. Lees than you can shake a stick at 251 00:21:14,459 --> 00:21:15,749 at Gorston this X-mas. 252 00:21:16,042 --> 00:21:17,499 And I'm one of 'em. 253 00:21:17,792 --> 00:21:20,249 Harry Lee's the name. 254 00:21:20,542 --> 00:21:21,791 - Hercule Poirot. 255 00:21:22,084 --> 00:21:23,124 - Pardon? 256 00:21:23,417 --> 00:21:24,999 - Poirot. Hercule Poirot. 257 00:21:25,292 --> 00:21:27,041 - French, eh? - Non. 258 00:21:27,334 --> 00:21:29,916 - I'm her long lost uncle. 259 00:21:30,209 --> 00:21:32,291 Tell him your name, Pilar. 260 00:21:32,584 --> 00:21:35,124 - Pilar Estravados. 261 00:21:35,417 --> 00:21:39,124 - You two should get on, being foreign. 262 00:22:05,292 --> 00:22:07,041 - Alfred, the car's arrived. 263 00:22:07,334 --> 00:22:08,374 What are you doing? 264 00:22:08,667 --> 00:22:10,249 - I'm writing a note to Father, 265 00:22:10,542 --> 00:22:12,208 protesting in the strongest possible terms-- 266 00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:13,458 - A note! 267 00:22:13,750 --> 00:22:16,958 Whatever good do you think notes are going to do? 268 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:26,541 Bless my soul. 269 00:22:26,834 --> 00:22:30,374 If it ain't Tressilian! 270 00:22:30,667 --> 00:22:34,291 How are you, Tressilian? 271 00:22:34,584 --> 00:22:36,166 - Mr. Harry! 272 00:22:36,459 --> 00:22:39,083 - Still here, eh? 273 00:22:39,375 --> 00:22:42,416 - Miss. 274 00:22:42,709 --> 00:22:46,624 - Still the same ugly old dump. 275 00:22:52,625 --> 00:22:56,124 - You don't look very tough. 276 00:22:56,417 --> 00:23:00,374 - Hercule Poirot is a detective, not a bodyguard, monsieur. 277 00:23:00,667 --> 00:23:01,833 - Oh, is he? 278 00:23:02,125 --> 00:23:05,333 Got a brain, has he? 279 00:23:05,625 --> 00:23:07,583 Well, good thing somebody has. 280 00:23:07,875 --> 00:23:10,208 All my sons are complete nincompoops. 281 00:23:10,500 --> 00:23:13,124 I've probably got better sons scattered all over the world, 282 00:23:13,417 --> 00:23:17,458 born on the wrong side of the blanket. 283 00:23:17,750 --> 00:23:20,583 My family hate me, you know. 284 00:23:20,875 --> 00:23:24,624 - It is not hard to see why, Monsieur Lee. 285 00:23:24,917 --> 00:23:27,833 - They're frightened of me. 286 00:23:28,125 --> 00:23:30,708 - It is often the way with men who are old and rich. 287 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,124 - Well, anyway, I'm going to make 288 00:23:32,417 --> 00:23:33,458 an announcement this evening, 289 00:23:33,750 --> 00:23:36,499 and then they'll have good cause to hate me. 290 00:23:36,792 --> 00:23:37,916 What do you want? 291 00:23:38,209 --> 00:23:39,708 - You wanted to see Miss Estravados, sir. 292 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,333 She's outside. 293 00:23:41,625 --> 00:23:42,624 - All right. 294 00:23:42,917 --> 00:23:44,708 One more minute. 295 00:23:47,959 --> 00:23:49,791 - What is it that you wish me to do here, Monsieur Lee? 296 00:23:50,084 --> 00:23:52,249 - Keep your eyes open. Keep your ears open. 297 00:23:52,542 --> 00:23:54,374 - Bien. What am I looking for? 298 00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:55,624 What am I listening for? 299 00:23:55,917 --> 00:23:57,874 - You'll know when it happens. 300 00:24:09,417 --> 00:24:13,624 - Tressilian is taking your bags to your room, sir. 301 00:24:13,917 --> 00:24:16,541 - Thank you. 302 00:24:30,209 --> 00:24:33,583 - I've been a very wicked man, Pilar. 303 00:24:33,875 --> 00:24:35,208 What do you think of that? 304 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:38,124 - The nuns say all men are wicked. 305 00:24:38,417 --> 00:24:40,874 - Nuns? 306 00:24:41,167 --> 00:24:42,458 But I don't regret it. 307 00:24:42,750 --> 00:24:44,958 I've enjoyed every moment of it. 308 00:24:45,250 --> 00:24:48,999 I've cheated, and I've stolen, and I've lied. 309 00:24:49,292 --> 00:24:51,291 And the women! 310 00:24:51,584 --> 00:24:53,291 Are you shocked, Pilar? 311 00:24:53,584 --> 00:24:55,916 - Why should I be shocked? 312 00:24:56,209 --> 00:24:57,541 Men always desire women. 313 00:24:57,834 --> 00:25:02,124 That is why wives are unhappy and go to church and pray. 314 00:25:02,417 --> 00:25:05,583 - You are the devil's brat. 315 00:25:05,875 --> 00:25:08,166 - Oh, you like me to sit here with you, Grandfather? 316 00:25:08,459 --> 00:25:09,541 - Yes, I do. 317 00:25:09,834 --> 00:25:11,791 It's a long time since I was close 318 00:25:12,084 --> 00:25:14,166 to anything as young and beautiful as you are. 319 00:25:14,459 --> 00:25:17,624 It warms my old bones. 320 00:25:21,084 --> 00:25:22,416 Ah, but you don't fool me. 321 00:25:22,709 --> 00:25:24,624 Don't think I don't know why you sit here 322 00:25:24,917 --> 00:25:26,791 listening to me droning on. 323 00:25:27,084 --> 00:25:28,958 Money. 324 00:25:29,250 --> 00:25:31,791 All right. 325 00:25:32,084 --> 00:25:34,416 I'll show you something. 326 00:25:52,417 --> 00:25:55,666 I just got these yesterday 327 00:25:55,959 --> 00:26:00,249 from the company museum in Pretoria. 328 00:26:02,292 --> 00:26:05,333 These are the first diamonds 329 00:26:05,625 --> 00:26:09,666 I ever took from my first mine. 330 00:26:09,959 --> 00:26:11,791 - But they are little pebbles; that is all. 331 00:26:12,084 --> 00:26:13,083 - They are uncut. 332 00:26:13,375 --> 00:26:18,499 That's how diamonds are when they're found. 333 00:26:18,792 --> 00:26:20,124 - Well, why do you not have them cut? 334 00:26:20,417 --> 00:26:23,999 - Because I like them like this. 335 00:26:24,292 --> 00:26:28,249 It all comes back to me. 336 00:26:28,542 --> 00:26:30,291 The sunshine, 337 00:26:30,584 --> 00:26:32,958 the oxen, 338 00:26:33,250 --> 00:26:38,666 and the smell of the veldt 339 00:26:38,959 --> 00:26:43,791 and the quiet of the evenings. 340 00:26:48,917 --> 00:26:51,666 - It is unfortunate that these so-called Republicans 341 00:26:51,959 --> 00:26:54,291 have forced him to take the action he has taken. 342 00:26:54,584 --> 00:26:55,583 But take it from me, 343 00:26:55,875 --> 00:26:58,958 Generalissimo Franco has right on his side. 344 00:26:59,250 --> 00:27:01,666 - Well, yes, it is always reassuring 345 00:27:01,959 --> 00:27:04,958 to hear the opinion of an expert on these matters. 346 00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:06,791 - Can I top anybody's glass up? 347 00:27:07,084 --> 00:27:08,333 - You're very tanned. 348 00:27:08,625 --> 00:27:10,291 Have you spent time in South Africa too, 349 00:27:10,584 --> 00:27:11,458 like your father? 350 00:27:11,750 --> 00:27:12,624 - Only a year or two. 351 00:27:12,917 --> 00:27:14,416 I've been in Argentina mostly. 352 00:27:14,709 --> 00:27:16,333 Well, apart from my time in Macao. 353 00:27:16,625 --> 00:27:18,291 - I'm afraid I've been absolutely nowhere. 354 00:27:18,584 --> 00:27:20,083 - Could I have a word, Lydia? 355 00:27:20,375 --> 00:27:21,666 I'm sorry. 356 00:27:21,959 --> 00:27:23,416 - Excuse me. 357 00:27:26,584 --> 00:27:29,041 - I've remembered who this Hercule Poirot is. 358 00:27:29,334 --> 00:27:30,624 He's a detective. 359 00:27:30,917 --> 00:27:31,874 - The police? 360 00:27:32,167 --> 00:27:33,208 Oh, surely not. 361 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:34,958 - He's one of those private detectives. 362 00:27:35,250 --> 00:27:37,124 - But why should your father want to... 363 00:27:37,417 --> 00:27:39,958 - Excuse me, sir. 364 00:27:40,250 --> 00:27:41,041 - What is it, Horbury? 365 00:27:41,334 --> 00:27:43,708 - Mr. Lee is ready to see you all now. 366 00:27:48,417 --> 00:27:49,499 - Come in! 367 00:27:49,792 --> 00:27:50,749 Hello. 368 00:27:51,042 --> 00:27:52,708 Is that you, Charlton? 369 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:53,874 Oh, yes. 370 00:27:54,167 --> 00:27:55,749 I'm sorry to trouble you at home, 371 00:27:56,042 --> 00:27:57,749 but it is rather urgent. 372 00:27:58,042 --> 00:28:01,249 I want you to make a new will for me. 373 00:28:01,542 --> 00:28:02,583 Yes. 374 00:28:02,875 --> 00:28:05,458 Sit down. I won't be long. 375 00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:07,458 Yes, well, you see, it's some time 376 00:28:07,750 --> 00:28:12,416 since the other will was made, and things have changed. 377 00:28:12,709 --> 00:28:13,708 No, no, no. 378 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,291 I don't want to spoil your Christmas. 379 00:28:15,584 --> 00:28:19,791 Come over on Boxing Day or the next day, yes, yes. 380 00:28:20,084 --> 00:28:22,124 I shan't be dying just yet! 381 00:28:24,625 --> 00:28:26,416 Good-bye. 382 00:28:29,459 --> 00:28:31,958 You're all looking very glum. 383 00:28:32,250 --> 00:28:33,624 What's the matter? 384 00:28:33,917 --> 00:28:35,083 Harry. 385 00:28:35,375 --> 00:28:40,249 I'd have known you anywhere, even after all these years. 386 00:28:40,542 --> 00:28:43,874 Your taste in clothes hasn't improved, I see. 387 00:28:44,167 --> 00:28:45,249 - Good to see you, Dad. 388 00:28:45,542 --> 00:28:46,999 You're looking well. 389 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:56,249 - Fortunately, I did not ask you all up here 390 00:28:56,542 --> 00:29:00,083 for the pleasure of seeing your smiling faces 391 00:29:00,375 --> 00:29:02,291 but because I want to say 392 00:29:02,584 --> 00:29:05,291 that we have to reorganize things a bit 393 00:29:05,584 --> 00:29:09,374 now that we have two more people living in the house. 394 00:29:09,667 --> 00:29:11,166 - What do you mean? 395 00:29:11,459 --> 00:29:15,624 - Pilar will make her home with us here, naturally. 396 00:29:15,917 --> 00:29:19,041 And Harry is home for good. 397 00:29:19,334 --> 00:29:21,291 - Harry's coming to live here? 398 00:29:21,584 --> 00:29:22,791 - What's wrong with that, old boy? 399 00:29:23,084 --> 00:29:25,749 - Harry is my son too, you know, George. 400 00:29:26,042 --> 00:29:27,958 Of course, it is going to mean 401 00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:30,916 cutting back a little in other areas. 402 00:29:31,209 --> 00:29:33,833 Your allowance, for instance, George, will have to go. 403 00:29:34,125 --> 00:29:35,791 - You can't do that, Father. 404 00:29:36,084 --> 00:29:38,624 You don't understand how heavy my expenses are already. 405 00:29:38,917 --> 00:29:39,833 - Oh? 406 00:29:40,125 --> 00:29:42,041 Well, let your wife do her bit then. 407 00:29:42,334 --> 00:29:44,833 She could make her own clothes. 408 00:29:45,125 --> 00:29:46,666 Even my wife could make her own clothes, 409 00:29:46,959 --> 00:29:48,666 and she was one of the most stupid women 410 00:29:48,959 --> 00:29:50,249 it's been my sorrow to meet. 411 00:29:50,542 --> 00:29:52,833 - You've no right to talk about our mother like that. 412 00:29:53,125 --> 00:29:54,791 - Right? 413 00:29:55,084 --> 00:29:57,499 Right! 414 00:29:57,792 --> 00:29:59,833 You've no rights, any of you. 415 00:30:00,125 --> 00:30:02,999 You're just a set of namby-pamby weaklings! 416 00:30:03,292 --> 00:30:06,124 Has any of you produced one grandson for me? 417 00:30:06,417 --> 00:30:07,458 No! 418 00:30:07,750 --> 00:30:09,041 - Hold hard, Dad. 419 00:30:09,334 --> 00:30:11,083 - I'm just sick to death of the lot of you. 420 00:30:11,375 --> 00:30:12,791 Get out! Get out, all of you! 421 00:30:13,084 --> 00:30:14,791 Get out! Get out! 422 00:30:21,084 --> 00:30:22,333 - What's got into him? 423 00:30:22,625 --> 00:30:24,166 - Go to hell! 424 00:31:02,667 --> 00:31:03,499 - I blame you, Alfred. 425 00:31:03,792 --> 00:31:04,999 You've had charge of him here. 426 00:31:05,292 --> 00:31:07,249 - What are you talking about? 427 00:31:07,542 --> 00:31:10,083 - I think there's a case for getting a doctor in right away. 428 00:31:10,375 --> 00:31:11,416 - A doctor? 429 00:31:11,709 --> 00:31:13,458 There's nothing wrong with him. 430 00:31:13,750 --> 00:31:15,791 - He's clearly not of sound mind. 431 00:31:16,084 --> 00:31:17,624 Two doctors, isn't it? 432 00:31:17,917 --> 00:31:21,416 - Ladies, shall we? 433 00:31:26,084 --> 00:31:28,624 - Shall I announce you, superintendent? 434 00:31:28,917 --> 00:31:30,041 - That's all right, Tressilian. 435 00:31:30,334 --> 00:31:32,333 Mr. Lee's expecting me. 436 00:31:36,334 --> 00:31:37,624 - Come and have some coffee. 437 00:31:37,917 --> 00:31:39,416 The gentlemen will be through in a minute. 438 00:31:39,709 --> 00:31:42,166 - Over here? 439 00:31:42,459 --> 00:31:44,124 - It's wonderful that you could come, Pilar. 440 00:31:44,417 --> 00:31:46,583 - It's wonderful for me to meet my uncles and aunts 441 00:31:46,875 --> 00:31:49,249 and this grand house. 442 00:31:51,459 --> 00:31:52,749 - After seven years? 443 00:31:53,042 --> 00:31:55,916 - But I've got these blokes chasing me for cash! 444 00:31:58,334 --> 00:32:00,624 - I was having a word at a cocktail party with Buffy, 445 00:32:00,917 --> 00:32:05,124 and you know he has the ear of the PM. 446 00:32:07,375 --> 00:32:08,708 - Who was it? 447 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,916 - Mr. Sugden. 448 00:32:11,209 --> 00:32:12,749 Superintendent of police. 449 00:32:14,750 --> 00:32:15,999 Watch what you're doing! 450 00:32:16,292 --> 00:32:17,333 - I'm sorry, Mr. Tressilian. 451 00:32:17,625 --> 00:32:20,583 - You've got no right to go touching things. 452 00:32:20,875 --> 00:32:23,458 - What did he want, this police superintendent? 453 00:32:23,750 --> 00:32:25,874 - He's collecting for the police orphanage. 454 00:32:26,167 --> 00:32:27,124 - Oh? 455 00:32:27,417 --> 00:32:28,499 And did he get anything? 456 00:32:28,792 --> 00:32:31,499 - I'm sure he did. 457 00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:41,958 - We'll be having more snow tonight, I shouldn't wonder. 458 00:32:42,250 --> 00:32:45,583 - We'll be cut off again, if we're not careful. 459 00:32:47,875 --> 00:32:48,791 - Good night, ladies. 460 00:32:49,084 --> 00:32:50,124 - Going to the pictures? 461 00:32:50,417 --> 00:32:52,083 - I expect so. 462 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,041 - It's coming from Dad's room! 463 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,291 - It's locked! It's locked! 464 00:34:29,584 --> 00:34:33,083 Dad! Dad! 465 00:34:33,375 --> 00:34:34,791 - We're gonna have to break the door down. 466 00:34:35,084 --> 00:34:36,624 - Don't be a fool. It's made of solid oak. 467 00:34:36,917 --> 00:34:39,416 - Quick! Battering ram! 468 00:34:42,250 --> 00:34:44,708 - What's going on? - One, two, three! 469 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,458 - Try again, harder. - What does this mean? 470 00:34:46,750 --> 00:34:47,999 - What was that terrible noise? 471 00:34:48,292 --> 00:34:49,916 - One, two, three! 472 00:34:51,417 --> 00:34:55,416 Again. One, two, three! 473 00:34:55,709 --> 00:34:57,458 - You've got to put some more effort into it. 474 00:34:57,750 --> 00:35:00,999 - One, two, three! 475 00:35:01,292 --> 00:35:02,791 One more should do it. 476 00:35:03,084 --> 00:35:06,458 One, two, three! 477 00:35:08,292 --> 00:35:09,374 - Dad! 478 00:35:10,875 --> 00:35:12,416 - Excuse-moi, monsieur. 479 00:35:25,334 --> 00:35:26,124 - I've forgotten my book. 480 00:35:26,417 --> 00:35:27,791 - I didn't know whether to open it, sir. 481 00:35:28,084 --> 00:35:29,291 - What's going on? 482 00:35:29,584 --> 00:35:31,833 - Something's happened upstairs, sir. 483 00:35:32,125 --> 00:35:34,416 - Superintendent, I was just going to telephone the police. 484 00:35:34,709 --> 00:35:35,958 I would've used old Mr. Lee's phone, 485 00:35:36,250 --> 00:35:37,583 but they told me not to touch anything. 486 00:35:37,875 --> 00:35:38,791 Oh, dear. - What? 487 00:35:39,084 --> 00:35:40,291 - It's old Mr. Lee, sir. Mr. Simeon, 488 00:35:40,584 --> 00:35:41,958 he's been killed! 489 00:35:42,250 --> 00:35:43,291 Murdered! 490 00:35:43,584 --> 00:35:45,624 - My God, what a shambles. 491 00:35:45,917 --> 00:35:47,541 Nothing must be touched. 492 00:35:47,834 --> 00:35:49,583 - All right. 493 00:35:52,625 --> 00:35:53,874 I want this room cleared. 494 00:35:54,167 --> 00:35:54,958 - Who are you? 495 00:35:55,250 --> 00:35:56,999 - Police. Superintendent Sugden. 496 00:35:57,292 --> 00:35:59,374 - You got here very quickly. 497 00:35:59,667 --> 00:36:04,874 - Would everybody please wait downstairs? 498 00:36:05,167 --> 00:36:06,208 Excuse me, miss. 499 00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:08,249 Nothing must be touched or disturbed. 500 00:36:08,542 --> 00:36:10,083 - She knows that. 501 00:36:10,375 --> 00:36:12,333 - You picked up something from the floor just now. 502 00:36:12,625 --> 00:36:14,041 - I did? 503 00:36:14,334 --> 00:36:16,374 - It's in your hand now. 504 00:36:16,667 --> 00:36:17,916 Please give it to me. 505 00:36:31,709 --> 00:36:34,666 Ah. You must be Mr. Poirot. 506 00:36:34,959 --> 00:36:36,791 - Superintendent. 507 00:36:37,084 --> 00:36:39,416 - Lucky we had a detective here on the spot. 508 00:36:39,709 --> 00:36:40,833 - Perhaps. 509 00:36:41,125 --> 00:36:42,124 - Stay in here, would you? 510 00:36:42,417 --> 00:36:45,833 - Look! 511 00:36:46,125 --> 00:36:47,749 - Don't touch it. 512 00:36:52,459 --> 00:36:55,458 - It is where he kept his diamonds. 513 00:36:55,750 --> 00:36:57,499 They have gone. 514 00:38:14,584 --> 00:38:16,791 - What are you doing here, Poirot? 515 00:38:17,084 --> 00:38:19,499 - I've come to rescue you, mon ami. 516 00:38:25,750 --> 00:38:28,624 The Superintendent Sugden was going to call in Scotland Yard 517 00:38:28,917 --> 00:38:30,083 in any case, so I suggested that, 518 00:38:30,375 --> 00:38:33,124 as you were just across the border... 519 00:39:07,917 --> 00:39:11,083 - Well, it must have been the work of a lunatic. 520 00:39:11,375 --> 00:39:12,458 - That's your theory, is it? 521 00:39:12,750 --> 00:39:14,666 - Isn't there some mental home in the vicinity? 522 00:39:14,959 --> 00:39:16,208 A homicidal maniac. 523 00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:18,499 - How do you suppose this homicidal maniac 524 00:39:18,792 --> 00:39:20,708 gained admittance to the house, Mr. Lee? 525 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,124 The only door that wasn't locked was the kitchen door, 526 00:39:23,417 --> 00:39:26,083 and the kitchen staff didn't see any homicidal maniacs. 527 00:39:26,375 --> 00:39:27,291 - Well... 528 00:39:29,667 --> 00:39:30,624 - Pardon. 529 00:39:30,917 --> 00:39:32,666 - No, come in, Mr. Poirot. 530 00:39:32,959 --> 00:39:35,916 - I have the Chief Inspector Japp with me, superintendent. 531 00:39:36,209 --> 00:39:38,291 - Japp? 532 00:39:38,584 --> 00:39:39,458 - Oui. 533 00:39:39,750 --> 00:39:43,624 - From Scotland Yard? 534 00:39:43,917 --> 00:39:45,499 This is a pleasure indeed, Chief Inspector. 535 00:39:45,792 --> 00:39:47,083 - Thank you, sir. 536 00:39:47,375 --> 00:39:49,541 - I expect you're used to this kind of thing, Chief Inspector, 537 00:39:49,834 --> 00:39:50,958 but murders are few and far between 538 00:39:51,250 --> 00:39:52,124 in this part of the country. 539 00:39:52,417 --> 00:39:53,791 - I imagine so, sir. 540 00:39:54,084 --> 00:39:55,291 - Well... 541 00:39:55,584 --> 00:39:57,291 I was just about to ask Mr. George Lee 542 00:39:57,584 --> 00:39:58,749 the crucial question. 543 00:39:59,042 --> 00:40:00,791 - Oh, yes? 544 00:40:01,084 --> 00:40:02,624 - Which is, of course, Mr. Lee, 545 00:40:02,917 --> 00:40:05,666 where were you at the time of the murder? 546 00:40:05,959 --> 00:40:08,041 - I was in here... 547 00:40:08,334 --> 00:40:10,249 on the telephone... 548 00:40:10,542 --> 00:40:11,791 calling my agent in Westeringham, 549 00:40:12,084 --> 00:40:13,458 as a matter of fact. 550 00:40:13,750 --> 00:40:16,291 - So you were actually in this room 551 00:40:16,584 --> 00:40:19,041 when you heard the noises from upstairs? 552 00:40:19,334 --> 00:40:23,624 - The crashing about and screaming. 553 00:40:23,917 --> 00:40:26,124 Yes. 554 00:40:26,417 --> 00:40:28,791 - Mr. Poirot tells me these diamonds 555 00:40:29,084 --> 00:40:30,291 have gone from the safe, sir. 556 00:40:30,584 --> 00:40:32,749 - Yes, I'm getting a few more men in from Shrewsbury 557 00:40:33,042 --> 00:40:34,916 to do a thorough search of the house and grounds. 558 00:40:35,209 --> 00:40:36,666 But the theft of the diamonds 559 00:40:36,959 --> 00:40:39,624 may not be as indicative as it seems. 560 00:40:39,917 --> 00:40:40,791 - Forgive me, 561 00:40:41,084 --> 00:40:42,958 but I don't understand, superintendent. 562 00:40:43,250 --> 00:40:45,333 - Mr. Lee telephoned me yesterday afternoon. 563 00:40:45,625 --> 00:40:48,416 He wanted me to come over and see him at 8:15. 564 00:40:48,709 --> 00:40:50,541 Made a special point of the time. 565 00:40:50,834 --> 00:40:52,291 What's more, he told me to tell the butler 566 00:40:52,584 --> 00:40:54,166 that I was collecting for some police charity. 567 00:40:54,459 --> 00:40:55,541 - Ah. 568 00:40:55,834 --> 00:40:59,124 - Well, Mr. Lee is an important person in these parts, 569 00:40:59,417 --> 00:41:00,958 so I did as he said. 570 00:41:01,250 --> 00:41:02,916 He told me that several thousand pounds' worth 571 00:41:03,209 --> 00:41:05,666 of uncut diamonds had been stolen from his safe... 572 00:41:05,959 --> 00:41:06,999 he thought. 573 00:41:07,292 --> 00:41:08,249 - He thought? 574 00:41:08,542 --> 00:41:09,958 - He said they definitely were missing 575 00:41:10,250 --> 00:41:11,874 but that only two people could have done it, 576 00:41:12,167 --> 00:41:15,208 and one of them might have done it as a joke. 577 00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:16,291 - I have yet to meet anybody 578 00:41:16,584 --> 00:41:17,874 in this household, superintendent, 579 00:41:18,167 --> 00:41:19,958 that has even the most rudimentary sense of humor. 580 00:41:20,250 --> 00:41:22,124 - He didn't happen to name these people, did he, sir? 581 00:41:22,417 --> 00:41:24,083 - No, he didn't, Chief Inspector. 582 00:41:24,375 --> 00:41:25,499 But it's odd. 583 00:41:25,792 --> 00:41:26,666 He wanted me to go away 584 00:41:26,959 --> 00:41:28,708 and come back again in about an hour. 585 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,249 Said he'd have a clearer idea then 586 00:41:30,542 --> 00:41:32,624 about if he'd been robbed or if it was a joke. 587 00:41:32,917 --> 00:41:34,499 I can tell you, by this time, 588 00:41:34,792 --> 00:41:36,416 I was getting pretty fed up with Mr. Lee. 589 00:41:36,709 --> 00:41:38,416 - But of the two people that he suspected, 590 00:41:38,709 --> 00:41:40,291 is it possible that one could be a servant 591 00:41:40,584 --> 00:41:41,916 and the other a member of his family? 592 00:41:42,209 --> 00:41:43,083 - And if it was family, 593 00:41:43,375 --> 00:41:44,458 he didn't want to drop them in it? 594 00:41:44,750 --> 00:41:45,624 - Well, yes. 595 00:41:45,917 --> 00:41:47,291 Perhaps my visit was just meant to put 596 00:41:47,584 --> 00:41:48,791 the frighteners on them. 597 00:41:49,084 --> 00:41:50,374 - So you left? 598 00:41:50,667 --> 00:41:51,833 - Yes, I did. 599 00:41:52,125 --> 00:41:53,999 It wasn't worth my while going all the way home, 600 00:41:54,292 --> 00:41:55,624 so I went and sat in the car. 601 00:41:55,917 --> 00:41:57,708 I was just on my way back-- 602 00:41:58,000 --> 00:41:59,374 I was to use leaving the orphanage 603 00:41:59,667 --> 00:42:01,666 subscription book behind as an excuse-- 604 00:42:01,959 --> 00:42:03,749 when all this hell broke loose. 605 00:42:16,917 --> 00:42:18,333 - What's been going on in here? 606 00:42:18,625 --> 00:42:20,916 - Simeon Lee was a man who was shrunken, old, and frail, 607 00:42:21,209 --> 00:42:22,208 n'est-ce pas? 608 00:42:22,500 --> 00:42:24,083 And yet all this. 609 00:42:24,375 --> 00:42:25,291 It signifies, 610 00:42:25,584 --> 00:42:26,833 do you not think so, Chief Inspector? 611 00:42:27,125 --> 00:42:28,499 - Looks more like a five-star riot 612 00:42:28,792 --> 00:42:31,083 than a simple throat-cutting. 613 00:42:31,375 --> 00:42:32,791 This door was locked, you say? 614 00:42:33,084 --> 00:42:33,958 - Yes. 615 00:42:34,250 --> 00:42:35,458 - May I? 616 00:42:35,750 --> 00:42:38,416 - There are no prints on it, apart from the old man's. 617 00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:47,291 - Ah, you observe the little scratches 618 00:42:47,584 --> 00:42:49,291 at the end of the barrel, Chief Inspector? 619 00:42:49,584 --> 00:42:51,833 - It's been turned from the outside, 620 00:42:52,125 --> 00:42:54,499 using long-nosed pliers. 621 00:42:54,792 --> 00:42:56,208 - But why, mon ami? 622 00:42:56,500 --> 00:42:57,749 So that we would think that Simeon Lee 623 00:42:58,042 --> 00:42:59,833 locked the door himself and that it was suicide? 624 00:43:00,125 --> 00:43:01,666 That is a suicide most strange, n'est-ce pas. 625 00:43:01,959 --> 00:43:03,499 Who hurls around the room all the furniture 626 00:43:03,792 --> 00:43:06,124 and then screams before he commits the act? 627 00:43:06,417 --> 00:43:08,374 - Suppose Mr. Lee put up more resistance 628 00:43:08,667 --> 00:43:09,958 than the murderer expected 629 00:43:10,250 --> 00:43:12,124 and made such a racket that he had to get out quick 630 00:43:12,417 --> 00:43:14,291 before he had time to put the room to rights. 631 00:43:14,584 --> 00:43:16,416 - He couldn't have got out through the window? 632 00:43:16,709 --> 00:43:20,458 - All bolted shut. 633 00:43:20,750 --> 00:43:21,958 - This one isn't. 634 00:43:22,250 --> 00:43:24,499 - But it's locked in that position for ventilation. 635 00:43:24,792 --> 00:43:25,874 - But is it not a possibility 636 00:43:26,167 --> 00:43:29,291 that Simeon Lee did, in fact, commit a suicide 637 00:43:29,584 --> 00:43:31,666 but wanted it to look like murder? 638 00:43:31,959 --> 00:43:33,291 - Why would he do that? 639 00:43:33,584 --> 00:43:35,791 - Because Simeon Lee was a man most vengeful, Chief Inspector, 640 00:43:36,084 --> 00:43:38,083 and had not a great love for his family. 641 00:43:38,375 --> 00:43:40,916 - Blimey. 642 00:43:50,584 --> 00:43:51,541 - Superintendent, what was it 643 00:43:51,834 --> 00:43:53,749 that Mademoiselle Estravados picked up from the floor 644 00:43:54,042 --> 00:43:55,291 in the room of Monsieur Simeon Lee? 645 00:43:55,584 --> 00:43:57,083 - Oh, last night? 646 00:43:57,375 --> 00:43:58,208 - Oui. 647 00:43:58,500 --> 00:43:59,958 - Here. 648 00:44:05,125 --> 00:44:06,708 In detective stories, it's the sort of thing 649 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,624 that solves the whole mystery. 650 00:44:09,917 --> 00:44:11,291 What do you think? 651 00:44:11,584 --> 00:44:15,416 - A little wooden peg. 652 00:44:15,709 --> 00:44:17,833 And a little rubber ring. 653 00:44:18,125 --> 00:44:19,083 - Keep them if you like. 654 00:44:19,375 --> 00:44:20,999 If they've got anything to do with the murder, 655 00:44:21,292 --> 00:44:23,249 I'll retire from the police force. 656 00:44:23,542 --> 00:44:24,583 - No, no, no, no. 657 00:44:24,875 --> 00:44:28,124 I would not deprive you of them, mon ami. 658 00:44:28,417 --> 00:44:30,333 Tell me, what was it that made you recommend me 659 00:44:30,625 --> 00:44:32,541 to Monsieur Simeon Lee? 660 00:44:32,834 --> 00:44:33,958 - I didn't. 661 00:44:34,250 --> 00:44:35,999 - Ah. 662 00:44:37,792 --> 00:44:39,291 - What time was it you went out last night? 663 00:44:39,584 --> 00:44:41,416 - Just after 8:00. 664 00:44:41,709 --> 00:44:44,416 I went to the cinema in Oswestry. 665 00:44:44,709 --> 00:44:45,749 It's only ten minutes on the bus. 666 00:44:46,042 --> 00:44:47,291 - Anybody see you there? 667 00:44:47,584 --> 00:44:49,958 - I was with a young lady. 668 00:44:50,250 --> 00:44:51,541 - Oh, yes? 669 00:44:51,834 --> 00:44:52,916 What's her name? 670 00:44:53,209 --> 00:44:54,624 - Doris Buckle, sir. 671 00:44:54,917 --> 00:44:57,874 She works in the United Dairies at Markham Road. 672 00:44:58,167 --> 00:45:00,124 I didn't have anything to do with this, sir. 673 00:45:00,417 --> 00:45:01,749 - What can you tell us about the diamonds 674 00:45:02,042 --> 00:45:02,833 Mr. Lee kept in his safe? 675 00:45:03,084 --> 00:45:05,166 - Nothing, sir. 676 00:45:05,459 --> 00:45:07,458 They arrived the day before yesterday. 677 00:45:07,750 --> 00:45:12,499 Mr. Lee said they came from his old company museum in Africa. 678 00:45:12,792 --> 00:45:14,374 It's not very pleasant 679 00:45:14,667 --> 00:45:16,458 when the murder happens in a house. 680 00:45:16,750 --> 00:45:20,208 - Nobody said it was. 681 00:46:04,584 --> 00:46:06,208 - Morning. 682 00:46:06,500 --> 00:46:07,624 - Good morning. 683 00:46:07,917 --> 00:46:08,791 - Can I help you? 684 00:46:09,084 --> 00:46:10,708 - No, no, thank you. 685 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:12,583 I'm just looking. 686 00:46:19,625 --> 00:46:21,708 - Christmas presents, is it? - Oui. 687 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:22,874 - For the wife? 688 00:46:23,167 --> 00:46:26,499 - Uh, no, no, no. 689 00:46:26,792 --> 00:46:27,916 No, if you please, monsieur, 690 00:46:28,209 --> 00:46:30,416 I should like to buy the present for a good friend. 691 00:46:30,709 --> 00:46:33,124 - With a sense of humor, I dare say. 692 00:46:33,417 --> 00:46:35,124 - Well... 693 00:46:35,417 --> 00:46:38,749 - Bulb-operated hairy spider? 694 00:46:39,042 --> 00:46:40,374 - Oh! 695 00:46:40,667 --> 00:46:43,416 No. Thank you. 696 00:46:43,709 --> 00:46:45,499 - My three-in-one packet of itching powder, 697 00:46:45,792 --> 00:46:46,874 ink blot, and stink bombs? 698 00:46:47,167 --> 00:46:47,958 - No, no, no. 699 00:46:48,250 --> 00:46:50,624 No, you see, my friend, he is a policeman. 700 00:46:50,917 --> 00:46:52,166 - Oh. 701 00:46:52,459 --> 00:46:54,083 He won't be wanting 702 00:46:54,375 --> 00:46:56,374 the Sherlock Holmes detective set then? 703 00:46:56,667 --> 00:46:59,291 - I do not imagine so, non. 704 00:47:03,042 --> 00:47:04,333 - Cigars? 705 00:47:04,625 --> 00:47:06,124 - Exploding? 706 00:47:06,417 --> 00:47:07,999 - Jamaican. 707 00:47:08,292 --> 00:47:10,458 - Ah! 708 00:47:10,750 --> 00:47:13,291 Bon. 709 00:47:38,500 --> 00:47:39,666 Bonjour, Madame Lee. 710 00:47:39,959 --> 00:47:41,124 Bonjour, monsieur. 711 00:47:41,417 --> 00:47:43,624 - Good morning, Mr. Poirot. 712 00:47:43,917 --> 00:47:47,583 - Pardon, madame, but I do not understand that which you do. 713 00:47:47,875 --> 00:47:49,833 - Oh, it's just a hobby of mine: 714 00:47:50,125 --> 00:47:51,458 miniature gardens. 715 00:47:51,750 --> 00:47:53,624 Um, this one's a desert oasis. 716 00:47:53,917 --> 00:47:55,958 And this will be an Italian vineyard 717 00:47:56,250 --> 00:47:57,458 when it's finished. 718 00:47:57,750 --> 00:47:59,791 And this is a Japanese garden. 719 00:48:00,084 --> 00:48:03,291 Do you see all the stones? 720 00:48:03,584 --> 00:48:05,374 - C'est charmant. 721 00:48:05,667 --> 00:48:07,374 - Mr. Poirot, why did my father-in-law 722 00:48:07,667 --> 00:48:10,499 ask you to Gorston? 723 00:48:10,792 --> 00:48:14,624 - To tell you the truth, madame, I am not sure. 724 00:48:14,917 --> 00:48:17,374 He told to me that his life was in danger. 725 00:48:17,667 --> 00:48:19,583 - But from whom? 726 00:48:19,875 --> 00:48:22,833 - He did not specify. 727 00:48:27,167 --> 00:48:29,958 - There is somebody I don't trust. 728 00:48:30,250 --> 00:48:34,791 Horbury's only been with us a year and... 729 00:48:35,084 --> 00:48:36,916 - Tell me, madame. 730 00:48:37,209 --> 00:48:39,083 At the time of the murder, your husband, 731 00:48:39,375 --> 00:48:43,249 he was in the dining room with Monsieur Harry? 732 00:48:43,542 --> 00:48:44,833 Where were you? 733 00:48:45,125 --> 00:48:46,458 - I was in the drawing room having coffee. 734 00:48:46,750 --> 00:48:48,291 - So you were alone? 735 00:48:48,584 --> 00:48:50,791 - No, no, the Spanish girl was there. 736 00:48:51,084 --> 00:48:52,749 No, no, she wasn't. 737 00:48:53,042 --> 00:48:55,124 She went out a couple of minutes before. 738 00:48:55,417 --> 00:48:57,874 First, Magdalene went, 739 00:48:58,167 --> 00:49:02,249 and then Pilar went. 740 00:49:02,542 --> 00:49:04,874 - So you were quite alone? 741 00:49:05,167 --> 00:49:08,291 - Yes, I suppose I was. 742 00:49:08,584 --> 00:49:10,041 - And tell me, who was the first to arrive 743 00:49:10,334 --> 00:49:11,958 at the door of your father-in-law? 744 00:49:12,250 --> 00:49:15,166 - I was. 745 00:49:15,459 --> 00:49:16,708 - It's locked! It's locked! 746 00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:18,124 - And you saw there no other person, 747 00:49:18,417 --> 00:49:19,916 no other person who came out of the room? 748 00:49:20,209 --> 00:49:21,874 - Of course not. 749 00:49:25,417 --> 00:49:27,874 - Tell me, Monsieur Lee. 750 00:49:28,167 --> 00:49:28,999 I have to, I'm afraid, 751 00:49:29,292 --> 00:49:30,583 ask the questions most obvious 752 00:49:30,875 --> 00:49:33,041 as well as the subtle ones. 753 00:49:33,334 --> 00:49:34,833 Did you know the combination of the safe 754 00:49:35,125 --> 00:49:36,041 belonging to your father? 755 00:49:36,334 --> 00:49:37,374 - No. Nobody did. 756 00:49:37,667 --> 00:49:40,291 But it would have been easy enough to discover. 757 00:49:40,584 --> 00:49:43,666 You must find out who did this awful thing, Mr. Poirot. 758 00:49:43,959 --> 00:49:46,583 You must find out! 759 00:50:02,584 --> 00:50:04,958 - Very violent sort of blokes, these Africans. 760 00:50:05,250 --> 00:50:07,083 - Europeans do not figure too badly 761 00:50:07,375 --> 00:50:09,041 in the arts of violence, Chief Inspector. 762 00:50:09,334 --> 00:50:11,166 - But it gives you the creeps, this place, doesn't it? 763 00:50:11,459 --> 00:50:13,333 - You are too sensitive, mon ami. 764 00:50:13,625 --> 00:50:16,041 - That's true. 765 00:50:16,334 --> 00:50:17,791 - Chief Inspector... 766 00:50:18,084 --> 00:50:19,124 - What is it, Poirot? 767 00:50:19,417 --> 00:50:21,374 - We know of two possible motives 768 00:50:21,667 --> 00:50:23,124 for the murder of Monsieur Simeon Lee. 769 00:50:23,417 --> 00:50:26,374 One is a simple case of the theft of the diamonds. 770 00:50:26,667 --> 00:50:28,124 - And the other's old Simeon's will. 771 00:50:28,417 --> 00:50:29,541 Did someone want him dead 772 00:50:29,834 --> 00:50:31,708 before he could make the changes he was threatening? 773 00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:33,249 - Pr�cis�ment. 774 00:50:35,417 --> 00:50:37,083 - No, no, no, no. 775 00:50:37,375 --> 00:50:40,333 You'll go in-off if you do that. 776 00:50:40,625 --> 00:50:45,999 Now, grip the butt of the cue firmly... 777 00:50:46,292 --> 00:50:47,124 and... 778 00:50:48,750 --> 00:50:49,624 - Ah, good morning. 779 00:50:49,917 --> 00:50:51,499 Mr. Harry Lee, I presume? 780 00:50:51,792 --> 00:50:52,708 - And who are you? 781 00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:54,833 - Chief Inspector Japp, Scotland Yard. 782 00:50:55,125 --> 00:50:57,333 - Ah, brought in the big guns, have they? 783 00:50:57,625 --> 00:51:00,791 - I'd like a word with Miss Es-trah-vados. 784 00:51:01,084 --> 00:51:03,833 - Estra-vah-dos. 785 00:51:04,125 --> 00:51:05,749 - Yes. 786 00:51:06,042 --> 00:51:07,416 In private. 787 00:51:15,417 --> 00:51:17,874 - Don't let them bully you, kid. 788 00:51:20,834 --> 00:51:22,458 - Now, then, Miss Estra-- - Vados. 789 00:51:22,750 --> 00:51:25,499 - Estravados. Quite. 790 00:51:25,792 --> 00:51:28,291 You understand English all right, do you? 791 00:51:28,584 --> 00:51:31,041 - My mother was English. 792 00:51:31,334 --> 00:51:33,666 I am really a very English person. 793 00:51:33,959 --> 00:51:37,416 - Is your passport English? 794 00:51:37,709 --> 00:51:38,999 - It is Spanish. 795 00:51:39,292 --> 00:51:41,791 - We'd better have a look at that, if you don't mind. 796 00:51:42,084 --> 00:51:43,958 - It's in my luggage I think. 797 00:51:44,250 --> 00:51:47,208 - So your grandfather sent for you to come from Spain, 798 00:51:47,500 --> 00:51:49,499 and you arrived here yesterday; is that right? 799 00:51:49,792 --> 00:51:50,624 - Yes. 800 00:51:50,917 --> 00:51:53,666 - Tell me, mademoiselle, when you-- 801 00:51:53,959 --> 00:51:57,249 - Sorry; I was looking for Sergeant Coombes. 802 00:51:57,542 --> 00:51:59,583 Please, don't let me interrupt. 803 00:52:04,125 --> 00:52:06,041 - When you first met your grandfather, 804 00:52:06,334 --> 00:52:07,916 what did you think of him? 805 00:52:08,209 --> 00:52:10,666 - He was very, very old. 806 00:52:10,959 --> 00:52:15,999 He had to sit in a chair, and his face was all dried up. 807 00:52:16,292 --> 00:52:18,583 But I like him all the same. 808 00:52:18,875 --> 00:52:20,416 I think that when he was a young man, 809 00:52:20,709 --> 00:52:24,958 he must have been very handsome. 810 00:52:25,250 --> 00:52:27,708 Like you. 811 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,291 - There you are, sir. 812 00:52:30,584 --> 00:52:33,791 - I think I'd better go and find Sergeant Coombes. 813 00:52:34,084 --> 00:52:35,958 - Now, these diamonds that have been stolen... 814 00:52:36,250 --> 00:52:37,541 - They were not like diamonds, 815 00:52:37,834 --> 00:52:39,791 just very ugly little stones. 816 00:52:40,084 --> 00:52:41,624 - So he showed them to you, did he? 817 00:52:41,917 --> 00:52:43,874 Didn't give you any of them, I suppose? 818 00:52:44,167 --> 00:52:45,791 - No. 819 00:52:46,084 --> 00:52:47,374 But I thought that one day he would, 820 00:52:47,667 --> 00:52:49,291 if I was very nice to him 821 00:52:49,584 --> 00:52:51,791 and came often to sit with him, 822 00:52:52,084 --> 00:52:53,624 because old men-- 823 00:52:53,917 --> 00:52:56,624 they like very much young girls. 824 00:53:01,250 --> 00:53:02,624 - Tell me, mademoiselle. 825 00:53:02,917 --> 00:53:04,333 Who do you think stole them? 826 00:53:04,625 --> 00:53:05,791 - Horbury. 827 00:53:06,084 --> 00:53:06,958 - Why do you say that? 828 00:53:07,250 --> 00:53:08,916 - He has the face of a thief. 829 00:53:09,209 --> 00:53:11,624 His eyes go so... 830 00:53:11,917 --> 00:53:15,249 from side to side, and he listens at doors. 831 00:53:17,417 --> 00:53:20,458 - Where were you when the crime was committed, Miss Estravados? 832 00:53:20,750 --> 00:53:22,666 - I went up to my room. 833 00:53:22,959 --> 00:53:26,208 I remember the butler had just brought in the coffee. 834 00:53:26,500 --> 00:53:27,958 But I wanted a clean handkerchief, 835 00:53:28,250 --> 00:53:31,791 so I went upstairs. 836 00:53:32,084 --> 00:53:34,416 I was sitting at my dressing table, 837 00:53:34,709 --> 00:53:38,208 repairing my makeup. 838 00:53:38,500 --> 00:53:40,124 And then far away, I heard a scream 839 00:53:40,417 --> 00:53:42,958 and everybody running, 840 00:53:43,250 --> 00:53:44,958 and so I went too. 841 00:53:45,250 --> 00:53:46,624 - I see. 842 00:53:46,917 --> 00:53:48,749 So you were all by yourself, 843 00:53:49,042 --> 00:53:50,958 up in your bedroom, 844 00:53:51,250 --> 00:53:53,291 when Simeon Lee died? 845 00:53:53,584 --> 00:53:55,958 - Yes. 846 00:53:56,250 --> 00:53:59,208 Yes, I was. 847 00:54:13,834 --> 00:54:16,291 - Here, Sergeant! 848 00:54:31,500 --> 00:54:33,791 - Empty. 849 00:54:34,084 --> 00:54:35,458 - Whose room is this? 850 00:54:35,750 --> 00:54:36,958 - It's that member of Parliament's 851 00:54:37,250 --> 00:54:39,499 and his wife's. 852 00:55:24,750 --> 00:55:26,333 - You know what I think, Poirot? 853 00:55:26,625 --> 00:55:28,416 - Non, Chief Inspector. What is it that you think? 854 00:55:28,709 --> 00:55:30,166 - I think this murder was done by a woman. 855 00:55:30,459 --> 00:55:31,333 That's what I think. 856 00:55:31,625 --> 00:55:34,124 - And why is it that you think that? 857 00:55:34,417 --> 00:55:35,208 - Right. - Merci. 858 00:55:35,500 --> 00:55:37,416 - Simeon Lee was a frail, old man, yes? 859 00:55:37,709 --> 00:55:40,124 - Monsieur Simeon Lee was a man of the frailness extreme, oui. 860 00:55:40,417 --> 00:55:42,291 - Then how do you account for the furniture in his room 861 00:55:42,584 --> 00:55:44,291 being knocked about all over the shop like it was? 862 00:55:44,584 --> 00:55:46,208 I mean, he couldn't have put up much of a struggle 863 00:55:46,500 --> 00:55:47,291 against a man, could he? 864 00:55:47,584 --> 00:55:48,624 But against a woman... 865 00:55:48,917 --> 00:55:51,416 - Ah, Chief Inspector, you have been thinking again. 866 00:55:51,709 --> 00:55:53,291 I have warned you of this before. 867 00:55:53,584 --> 00:55:54,666 - Oh, well. 868 00:55:54,959 --> 00:55:56,499 - But you know, seriously, Chief Inspector, 869 00:55:56,792 --> 00:55:58,499 all of the family, the women included, 870 00:55:58,792 --> 00:56:00,624 they will have alibis for the time of the murder. 871 00:56:00,917 --> 00:56:02,124 - Well, the lovely Magdalene Lee's 872 00:56:02,417 --> 00:56:03,458 is pretty flimsy, 873 00:56:03,750 --> 00:56:07,083 and it was her luggage we found the diamond case in. 874 00:56:07,375 --> 00:56:08,791 - If I'd stolen the diamonds, 875 00:56:09,084 --> 00:56:10,458 do you really think I'd be stupid enough 876 00:56:10,750 --> 00:56:12,583 to leave the box in my own luggage? 877 00:56:12,875 --> 00:56:14,624 - Would you tell us where you were 878 00:56:14,917 --> 00:56:16,333 at the time of the murder, Mrs. Lee? 879 00:56:16,625 --> 00:56:17,499 - In the drawing room. 880 00:56:17,792 --> 00:56:19,833 - In the drawing room with Mrs. Lydia Lee? 881 00:56:20,125 --> 00:56:21,458 - Um...no. 882 00:56:21,750 --> 00:56:23,124 I'd come in here to telephone. 883 00:56:23,417 --> 00:56:24,999 - Was anybody in the room with you? 884 00:56:25,292 --> 00:56:26,541 - No. 885 00:56:26,834 --> 00:56:28,249 It was a private call. 886 00:56:28,542 --> 00:56:29,541 I was alone. 887 00:56:29,834 --> 00:56:31,458 - How long were you in here, Madame Lee? 888 00:56:31,750 --> 00:56:34,124 - What's it got to do with you? 889 00:56:34,417 --> 00:56:35,916 - Just answer the question. 890 00:56:36,209 --> 00:56:37,833 - How should I know? 891 00:56:38,125 --> 00:56:40,624 15 minutes? 20? 892 00:56:40,917 --> 00:56:42,041 You know how long it takes 893 00:56:42,334 --> 00:56:43,583 to put a call through in the evening. 894 00:56:43,875 --> 00:56:45,291 - It was a trunk call then? 895 00:56:45,584 --> 00:56:47,124 - Well, of course it was. 896 00:56:47,417 --> 00:56:48,916 You don't honestly think I'd know anybody 897 00:56:49,209 --> 00:56:51,291 in this godforsaken dump, do you? 898 00:56:51,584 --> 00:56:53,624 - Well, one of them's lying. 899 00:56:53,917 --> 00:56:55,208 The lovely Magdalene can't have been 900 00:56:55,500 --> 00:56:56,666 in there alone making a phone call, 901 00:56:56,959 --> 00:56:57,999 the same time as her husband was 902 00:56:58,292 --> 00:56:59,791 in there alone making a phone call. 903 00:57:00,084 --> 00:57:01,124 - Exactement. 904 00:57:01,417 --> 00:57:03,124 Perhaps we should tax them with this together, 905 00:57:03,417 --> 00:57:05,083 Chief Inspector. 906 00:57:08,209 --> 00:57:10,124 - Here's another thing I've been thinking, Poirot... 907 00:57:10,417 --> 00:57:11,458 - Boy! 908 00:57:11,750 --> 00:57:14,333 On the desk in my room, you'll find my spectacles. 909 00:57:14,625 --> 00:57:15,874 - In your room, madam? 910 00:57:16,167 --> 00:57:18,291 - There's something not quite English about this murder. 911 00:57:18,584 --> 00:57:19,416 - Comment? 912 00:57:19,709 --> 00:57:20,791 - This throat-slitting. 913 00:57:21,084 --> 00:57:23,083 Not quite our style. 914 00:57:29,959 --> 00:57:31,499 What'll you have then, Poirot? 915 00:57:31,792 --> 00:57:33,624 - Well, that's very kind of you, Chief Inspector. 916 00:57:33,917 --> 00:57:36,624 A glass of dry white wine. 917 00:57:36,917 --> 00:57:37,916 - Wine? 918 00:57:38,209 --> 00:57:40,666 - A Muscadet, perhaps? 919 00:57:40,959 --> 00:57:43,416 - Well, they might have some cider. 920 00:57:48,417 --> 00:57:49,916 - Hello, Hercule. 921 00:57:52,042 --> 00:57:55,208 How are you doing? 922 00:57:55,500 --> 00:57:56,624 Let me buy you a drink. 923 00:57:56,917 --> 00:57:58,166 - Non, merci. 924 00:57:58,459 --> 00:58:00,541 The Chief Inspector Japp is already buying me one. 925 00:58:00,834 --> 00:58:05,208 - So...it was the glamorous Magdalene 926 00:58:05,500 --> 00:58:09,208 had the diamonds all the time I hear. 927 00:58:09,500 --> 00:58:13,291 - Uh...the leather box but not the diamonds. 928 00:58:13,584 --> 00:58:14,624 - Ah. 929 00:58:14,917 --> 00:58:16,666 - Ah, Mr. Lee, I've been looking for you. 930 00:58:16,959 --> 00:58:19,749 - Well, you only had to look in the nearest pub. 931 00:58:20,042 --> 00:58:20,833 But tell me, though. 932 00:58:21,125 --> 00:58:22,458 What do you think of the opening times 933 00:58:22,750 --> 00:58:24,874 in this country? 934 00:58:25,167 --> 00:58:27,166 - Sit down for a minute. 935 00:58:30,292 --> 00:58:32,249 Good health. 936 00:58:36,250 --> 00:58:37,583 What made you decide to return to England 937 00:58:37,875 --> 00:58:39,083 after all these years? 938 00:58:39,375 --> 00:58:43,833 - I thought the fatted calf would make a welcome change. 939 00:58:44,125 --> 00:58:47,541 No, my father wrote to me a year or so ago, 940 00:58:47,834 --> 00:58:50,083 suggesting that I came home, so I came. 941 00:58:50,375 --> 00:58:51,791 - And, Monsieur Alfred, 942 00:58:52,084 --> 00:58:54,083 how did he feel about your return? 943 00:58:54,375 --> 00:58:56,874 - Alfred's always been jealous of me. 944 00:58:57,167 --> 00:58:59,749 You see, he was the good, stay-at-home, 945 00:59:00,042 --> 00:59:01,708 stick-in-the-mud son. 946 00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:03,458 - Mm. 947 00:59:03,750 --> 00:59:05,666 Tell me, Monsieur Lee. 948 00:59:05,959 --> 00:59:07,958 What do you think was the purpose of the confrontation 949 00:59:08,250 --> 00:59:09,499 that your father had with his family 950 00:59:09,792 --> 00:59:10,958 before dinner last evening? 951 00:59:11,250 --> 00:59:14,874 He wanted to see the fur fly. 952 00:59:15,167 --> 00:59:17,874 He was watching us like a cat 953 00:59:18,167 --> 00:59:19,499 to see how we reacted. 954 00:59:19,792 --> 00:59:22,291 - What changes in his will was he thinking about; do you know? 955 00:59:22,584 --> 00:59:24,958 - I imagined... 956 00:59:25,250 --> 00:59:27,583 shall I say, I hoped... 957 00:59:27,875 --> 00:59:29,166 the change would be to the benefit 958 00:59:29,459 --> 00:59:31,166 of your humble servant. 959 00:59:31,459 --> 00:59:33,499 Pilar, too, I wouldn't be surprised. 960 00:59:33,792 --> 00:59:36,208 - You got any theories about this murder, Mr. Lee? 961 00:59:36,500 --> 00:59:38,791 - I don't understand it at all. 962 00:59:39,084 --> 00:59:40,249 I mean, that door was locked. 963 00:59:40,542 --> 00:59:42,374 It took some doing to break it open. 964 00:59:42,667 --> 00:59:44,791 And there was no one in the room but Dad. 965 00:59:45,084 --> 00:59:47,208 Nobody could have got out through the window. 966 00:59:47,500 --> 00:59:49,791 - The door was locked from the outside. 967 00:59:50,084 --> 00:59:53,291 - No, key was on the inside. 968 00:59:53,584 --> 00:59:55,499 - You noticed that, Monsieur Lee? 969 00:59:55,792 --> 00:59:58,708 - Well... 970 00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:01,958 I do notice things. 971 01:00:02,250 --> 01:00:04,958 It's a habit of mine. 972 01:00:05,250 --> 01:00:08,333 I, um... 973 01:00:08,625 --> 01:00:11,708 I must get back to my friends. 974 01:00:16,959 --> 01:00:19,499 - I've been feeling very queer. 975 01:00:19,792 --> 01:00:21,291 Very queer indeed. 976 01:00:21,584 --> 01:00:23,124 - It is indeed a business most odd. 977 01:00:23,417 --> 01:00:25,791 - Oh, dear, it gave me quite a turn, it did, 978 01:00:26,084 --> 01:00:27,041 when I went into the hall, 979 01:00:27,334 --> 01:00:30,083 and there was this strange man standing there. 980 01:00:30,375 --> 01:00:33,541 And Mr. Harry's voice said, 981 01:00:33,834 --> 01:00:35,624 "Still here, Tressilian?" 982 01:00:35,917 --> 01:00:39,333 Alive. The same as ever. 983 01:00:39,625 --> 01:00:41,791 - It must have been a feeling most strange. 984 01:00:42,084 --> 01:00:43,291 - It seems sometimes 985 01:00:43,584 --> 01:00:45,249 as if the past isn't the past at all. 986 01:00:45,542 --> 01:00:48,458 It seems to be, the bell rings, and I go to let someone in-- 987 01:00:48,750 --> 01:00:51,333 doesn't matter if it's Mr. Harry or Mr. George 988 01:00:51,625 --> 01:00:53,791 or Superintendent Sugden even. 989 01:00:54,084 --> 01:00:57,708 But I'm saying to myself, 990 01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:00,583 "But I've done all this before." 991 01:01:02,667 --> 01:01:05,249 - That is most interesting, Tressilian. 992 01:01:05,542 --> 01:01:08,291 - Yes, well... 993 01:01:08,584 --> 01:01:09,749 I'd just like to check 994 01:01:10,042 --> 01:01:11,833 some times with you, Mr. Tressilian. 995 01:01:12,125 --> 01:01:16,041 When the noise started upstairs, Mr. George Lee was telephoning. 996 01:01:16,334 --> 01:01:17,333 Can you confirm that? 997 01:01:17,625 --> 01:01:19,083 - Oh, somebody telephoned, sir. 998 01:01:19,375 --> 01:01:21,458 Yes, the bell rings in my pantry here. 999 01:01:21,750 --> 01:01:23,874 If anybody lifts the receiver to dial a number, 1000 01:01:24,167 --> 01:01:25,666 there's a faint noise on the bell here. 1001 01:01:25,959 --> 01:01:28,624 - Hmm, and about this fellow Horbury, the valet, 1002 01:01:28,917 --> 01:01:30,166 he was definitely out of the house 1003 01:01:30,459 --> 01:01:31,458 by a quarter past 8:00? 1004 01:01:31,750 --> 01:01:33,041 - It was a bit before that, I'd say, sir. 1005 01:01:33,334 --> 01:01:35,083 It was just after the superintendent arrived. 1006 01:01:35,375 --> 01:01:37,791 I remember particularly because he broke a coffee cup. 1007 01:01:38,084 --> 01:01:41,624 - Horbury broke a coffee cup? How was that? 1008 01:01:41,917 --> 01:01:45,499 - He was just lifting it up, admiring it, like, 1009 01:01:45,792 --> 01:01:46,749 and I happened to mention 1010 01:01:47,042 --> 01:01:49,708 that Superintendent Sugden had arrived, 1011 01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:52,499 and he just dropped it. 1012 01:01:52,792 --> 01:01:56,124 - Did he, indeed? 1013 01:02:02,750 --> 01:02:04,416 - Sit down, will you? 1014 01:02:07,209 --> 01:02:08,499 - I prefer to stand. 1015 01:02:08,792 --> 01:02:10,958 - Very well. 1016 01:02:11,250 --> 01:02:14,749 It's about these telephone calls on the night of the crime. 1017 01:02:15,042 --> 01:02:16,958 You put through a call to Westeringham, 1018 01:02:17,250 --> 01:02:18,333 I think you said, Mr. Lee. 1019 01:02:18,625 --> 01:02:20,874 - To my agent in the constituency, yes. 1020 01:02:21,167 --> 01:02:24,708 - Your call went through at 7:56 exactly. 1021 01:02:25,000 --> 01:02:26,499 - Well, I couldn't say the exact time. 1022 01:02:26,792 --> 01:02:28,791 - Ah, but we can, you see, Mr. Lee. 1023 01:02:29,084 --> 01:02:34,208 Your call was put through at 7:56 and ended at 8:09. 1024 01:02:34,500 --> 01:02:37,374 Your father was killed, Mr. Lee, at about 8:15, 1025 01:02:37,667 --> 01:02:39,624 so I must ask you for an account of your movements 1026 01:02:39,917 --> 01:02:41,124 during those six minutes. 1027 01:02:41,417 --> 01:02:45,541 - Well, the exchange must have made a mistake. 1028 01:02:45,834 --> 01:02:49,166 Well, I may have just finished telephoning. 1029 01:02:49,459 --> 01:02:52,791 I think I debated making another call. 1030 01:02:53,084 --> 01:02:53,958 - You would hardly debate 1031 01:02:54,250 --> 01:02:55,749 whether or not to make a telephone call 1032 01:02:56,042 --> 01:02:57,291 for six minutes. 1033 01:02:57,584 --> 01:02:59,249 - Are you doubting my word? 1034 01:02:59,542 --> 01:03:02,291 - We do like these questions answered, Mr. Lee, 1035 01:03:02,584 --> 01:03:03,791 in a murder case. 1036 01:03:04,084 --> 01:03:06,791 - I don't like your tone, Chief Inspector. 1037 01:03:07,084 --> 01:03:08,833 - I'm sorry for that, Mr. Lee. 1038 01:03:09,125 --> 01:03:13,249 Mrs. Lee, I think you said that you were telephoning 1039 01:03:13,542 --> 01:03:17,458 when the alarm broke out and that, at that time, 1040 01:03:17,750 --> 01:03:19,958 you were alone in the study. 1041 01:03:20,250 --> 01:03:22,374 - Telephoning? 1042 01:03:22,667 --> 01:03:24,624 You didn't telephone from here. 1043 01:03:24,917 --> 01:03:26,458 - Didn't I? 1044 01:03:26,750 --> 01:03:29,124 Um...I don't know. 1045 01:03:29,417 --> 01:03:31,166 I was so upset. 1046 01:03:31,459 --> 01:03:32,249 - Well, you stated that-- 1047 01:03:32,500 --> 01:03:34,124 - George, don't let them bully me. 1048 01:03:34,417 --> 01:03:35,833 You know if people shout at me, 1049 01:03:36,125 --> 01:03:38,124 I can't remember anything at all. 1050 01:03:38,417 --> 01:03:40,624 I'm so upset. 1051 01:03:45,167 --> 01:03:46,708 - I won't have my wife treated like this! 1052 01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:47,791 It's disgraceful. 1053 01:03:48,084 --> 01:03:49,291 She's a very sensitive woman. 1054 01:03:49,584 --> 01:03:51,083 I warn you: 1055 01:03:51,375 --> 01:03:52,916 I shall have a question asked in the House 1056 01:03:53,209 --> 01:03:55,958 about the bullying methods of the police. 1057 01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:01,791 - She'll be back. 1058 01:04:02,084 --> 01:04:03,458 - In about five minutes, I should say. 1059 01:04:03,750 --> 01:04:07,208 - When she's worked out a story, eh, Poirot? 1060 01:04:10,750 --> 01:04:12,791 - You know, Chief Inspector, this case-- 1061 01:04:13,084 --> 01:04:14,833 it certainly gives one to think, n'est-ce pas? 1062 01:04:15,125 --> 01:04:17,249 - It gives one to think, all right, Poirot. 1063 01:04:17,542 --> 01:04:18,624 - Puh! Stop it! 1064 01:04:21,334 --> 01:04:22,249 - Oh! 1065 01:04:24,500 --> 01:04:26,208 - Oh! 1066 01:04:26,500 --> 01:04:28,791 Look at it, poor thing. 1067 01:04:30,750 --> 01:04:33,083 It's what I picked up in Grandfather's room. 1068 01:04:33,375 --> 01:04:38,416 He must have had a balloon too, only his was a pink one. 1069 01:04:50,959 --> 01:04:54,999 - You seen a ghost or something, Poirot? 1070 01:04:55,292 --> 01:05:00,666 - Chief Inspector, I might just have done precisely that. 1071 01:05:49,834 --> 01:05:52,833 - Good-bye, sir. - Good-bye, and merry Christmas. 1072 01:05:53,125 --> 01:05:54,374 Ah, Madame Lee. 1073 01:05:54,667 --> 01:05:56,416 - Monsieur Poirot. - Hmm? 1074 01:05:56,709 --> 01:06:00,624 - Funnily enough, I want a word with you. 1075 01:06:00,917 --> 01:06:05,541 I can trust you, I know, Mr. Poirot. 1076 01:06:05,834 --> 01:06:08,291 You look so kind. 1077 01:06:08,584 --> 01:06:09,916 You see, there's-- 1078 01:06:10,209 --> 01:06:13,083 this doesn't have to go any further, does it? 1079 01:06:13,375 --> 01:06:15,624 I mean, you don't have to tell that awful policeman? 1080 01:06:18,917 --> 01:06:21,374 I wanted to telephone somebody. 1081 01:06:21,667 --> 01:06:23,624 A friend of mine. 1082 01:06:23,917 --> 01:06:25,624 A man. 1083 01:06:25,917 --> 01:06:28,791 And I didn't want George to know about it. 1084 01:06:29,084 --> 01:06:30,499 I know it was wrong. 1085 01:06:30,792 --> 01:06:32,666 - I do not judge, madame. 1086 01:06:32,959 --> 01:06:35,291 - No. 1087 01:06:35,584 --> 01:06:37,666 Anyway, I went to telephone after dinner, 1088 01:06:37,959 --> 01:06:39,958 when I thought George would be safely in the dining room. 1089 01:06:40,250 --> 01:06:41,333 - After seven years? 1090 01:06:41,625 --> 01:06:43,999 - But I've got these blokes chasing me for cash! 1091 01:06:47,750 --> 01:06:49,458 - And when I got there, I heard him telephoning, 1092 01:06:49,750 --> 01:06:51,499 so I waited. 1093 01:06:53,750 --> 01:06:55,041 - And where did you wait, madame? 1094 01:06:55,334 --> 01:06:57,291 - There's a little place for coats and hats and things 1095 01:06:57,584 --> 01:06:58,791 just by the door. 1096 01:06:59,084 --> 01:06:59,958 And I slipped back there 1097 01:07:00,250 --> 01:07:02,041 where I could see George come out of the study. 1098 01:07:02,334 --> 01:07:04,583 Only he didn't come out. 1099 01:07:04,875 --> 01:07:07,291 And then I heard all the noise, 1100 01:07:07,584 --> 01:07:11,124 and I heard Mr. Lee screaming. 1101 01:07:11,417 --> 01:07:14,291 Anyway, it would be very, very awkward for me 1102 01:07:14,584 --> 01:07:16,708 to talk about this in front of George. 1103 01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:18,791 You do see that, don't you? 1104 01:07:27,084 --> 01:07:28,249 - Here, Poirot! 1105 01:07:30,250 --> 01:07:31,791 - At the back of the house! 1106 01:07:32,084 --> 01:07:33,916 - Listen to this. 1107 01:07:34,209 --> 01:07:35,458 - Good afternoon, sergeant. - Sir. 1108 01:07:35,750 --> 01:07:37,874 - Tell Mr. Poirot what you just told me. 1109 01:07:38,167 --> 01:07:39,624 - Well, sir, the superintendent asked me 1110 01:07:39,917 --> 01:07:41,333 to make a few inquiries, 1111 01:07:41,625 --> 01:07:43,541 like, about any reason that Horbury might have 1112 01:07:43,834 --> 01:07:45,208 for being a bit careful about the police. 1113 01:07:45,500 --> 01:07:46,666 - Did you find any reason, sergeant? 1114 01:07:46,959 --> 01:07:47,833 - That he did, 1115 01:07:48,125 --> 01:07:49,999 extorting money under threat in Bedfordshire, 1116 01:07:50,292 --> 01:07:51,458 modified blackmail. 1117 01:07:51,750 --> 01:07:53,958 The case couldn't be proved, so he got off. 1118 01:07:54,250 --> 01:07:55,499 - Yeah, but he could not have possibly 1119 01:07:55,792 --> 01:07:57,124 have committed the murder. 1120 01:07:57,417 --> 01:07:59,624 His ladyfriend says he was at the cinema, 1121 01:07:59,917 --> 01:08:02,041 and everyone agrees that he left the house before 8:00. 1122 01:08:02,334 --> 01:08:04,291 - Yes, I know. Blessed infuriating. 1123 01:08:04,584 --> 01:08:06,208 Tell him the other thing, Coombes. 1124 01:08:06,500 --> 01:08:08,374 - Well, sir, we also made an inquiry or two 1125 01:08:08,667 --> 01:08:09,874 about Mrs. George Lee. 1126 01:08:10,167 --> 01:08:11,041 - Ah. 1127 01:08:11,334 --> 01:08:12,291 - Magdalene Jones, as she was, 1128 01:08:12,584 --> 01:08:13,999 when she was living with a Commander Jones 1129 01:08:14,292 --> 01:08:15,166 down in Hambledon, 1130 01:08:15,459 --> 01:08:16,666 passed her off as his daughter, 1131 01:08:16,959 --> 01:08:17,916 only she wasn't. 1132 01:08:18,209 --> 01:08:19,124 - And before that, 1133 01:08:19,417 --> 01:08:21,416 she was Madeline Potts of Willesden. 1134 01:08:21,709 --> 01:08:23,916 She left with most of the commander's savings 1135 01:08:24,209 --> 01:08:26,791 and debts all over Hampshire. 1136 01:08:27,084 --> 01:08:28,291 - Huh. 1137 01:08:28,584 --> 01:08:30,291 Thank you very much, sergeant. 1138 01:08:30,584 --> 01:08:32,624 I do not think that that one is as simple as she seems, 1139 01:08:32,917 --> 01:08:34,458 Chief Inspector. 1140 01:08:34,750 --> 01:08:35,666 On the night of the murder, 1141 01:08:35,959 --> 01:08:37,958 she said that she went to telephone a man, hmm? 1142 01:08:38,250 --> 01:08:39,833 But she overheard her husband on the telephone 1143 01:08:40,125 --> 01:08:41,583 and concealed herself until he finished. 1144 01:08:41,875 --> 01:08:44,499 - Well, it sounds like about her dap. 1145 01:08:50,417 --> 01:08:52,291 What are these blooming things, Poirot? 1146 01:08:52,584 --> 01:08:55,624 - Ah, now, these are the miniature gardens 1147 01:08:55,917 --> 01:08:57,249 of Madame Alfred Lee. 1148 01:08:57,542 --> 01:08:59,624 - What's the point of having a miniature garden? 1149 01:08:59,917 --> 01:09:01,624 I mean, you can't do anything with it, can you? 1150 01:09:01,917 --> 01:09:04,583 You can't take a deck chair out and sit in it. 1151 01:09:04,875 --> 01:09:06,999 - They are art, Chief Inspector. 1152 01:09:07,292 --> 01:09:09,458 See here? 1153 01:09:09,750 --> 01:09:13,166 This one is a vineyard italien. 1154 01:09:13,459 --> 01:09:16,624 And this one is the garden Japanese. 1155 01:09:16,917 --> 01:09:18,458 - Well, it's just stones, isn't it? 1156 01:09:18,750 --> 01:09:21,624 I mean, I know the Japanese are peculiar, but... 1157 01:09:25,584 --> 01:09:26,874 What are you looking at? 1158 01:09:31,209 --> 01:09:32,999 What is it? 1159 01:09:35,042 --> 01:09:37,458 It's a stone. 1160 01:09:37,750 --> 01:09:39,249 Very nice. 1161 01:09:43,667 --> 01:09:46,249 - Nicer than you think, Chief Inspector. 1162 01:09:58,417 --> 01:10:01,666 - Little frog's been doing his Christmas shopping. 1163 01:10:01,959 --> 01:10:03,624 - I want to see what he has brought for me. 1164 01:10:03,917 --> 01:10:06,249 - Steady on! 1165 01:10:06,542 --> 01:10:07,999 - Oh, it's not for me, I think. 1166 01:10:08,292 --> 01:10:10,208 - What the devil is it? 1167 01:10:10,500 --> 01:10:12,791 - It is an imitation moustache. 1168 01:10:13,084 --> 01:10:16,499 - I knew that thing of his couldn't be real. 1169 01:10:21,042 --> 01:10:22,249 - What is it? 1170 01:10:22,542 --> 01:10:24,541 - We'd like a word, Mrs. Lee, if that's convenient. 1171 01:10:24,834 --> 01:10:26,541 - Oh, yes, all right. 1172 01:10:26,834 --> 01:10:29,041 I'll come out. 1173 01:10:29,334 --> 01:10:30,791 I'm sorry. Alfred's resting. 1174 01:10:31,084 --> 01:10:33,374 He had very little sleep last night. 1175 01:10:33,667 --> 01:10:35,249 Would you come through here? 1176 01:10:38,917 --> 01:10:40,124 This is his mother's old room. 1177 01:10:40,417 --> 01:10:43,291 It hasn't been touched since she died. 1178 01:10:43,584 --> 01:10:45,958 - Tell me, madame, your husband, 1179 01:10:46,250 --> 01:10:47,458 he was very attached to his mother? 1180 01:10:47,750 --> 01:10:48,749 - He adored her. 1181 01:10:49,042 --> 01:10:52,249 - We were wondering if you can explain these. 1182 01:10:52,542 --> 01:10:53,374 - What are they? 1183 01:10:53,667 --> 01:10:54,958 - Uncut diamonds, Mrs. Lee. 1184 01:10:55,250 --> 01:10:57,541 We found them in your Japanese garden. 1185 01:10:57,834 --> 01:11:00,374 - My dear Chief Inspector, if I'd stolen the diamonds, 1186 01:11:00,667 --> 01:11:02,499 I would have just dug a hole in a flowerbed somewhere 1187 01:11:02,792 --> 01:11:05,208 and buried them there. 1188 01:11:05,500 --> 01:11:06,666 Have you still really no idea 1189 01:11:06,959 --> 01:11:08,374 who could have done this awful murder? 1190 01:11:08,667 --> 01:11:10,624 - We got more idea who didn't do it. 1191 01:11:10,917 --> 01:11:12,666 - Oh, please, God, let it be a stranger, 1192 01:11:12,959 --> 01:11:16,083 not a member of the family. 1193 01:11:16,375 --> 01:11:18,541 - It might be both. 1194 01:11:18,834 --> 01:11:20,458 - What do you mean? 1195 01:11:20,750 --> 01:11:22,291 - It might be a member of the family 1196 01:11:22,584 --> 01:11:26,749 and at the same time a stranger. 1197 01:11:27,042 --> 01:11:28,208 It is merely a little idea 1198 01:11:28,500 --> 01:11:31,416 that has occurred to the mind of Hercule Poirot. 1199 01:11:34,584 --> 01:11:36,541 - The official reading of the will 1200 01:11:36,834 --> 01:11:37,958 generally takes place 1201 01:11:38,250 --> 01:11:40,791 after the funeral of the deceased. 1202 01:11:41,084 --> 01:11:44,291 However, as that will not now be until after the inquest, 1203 01:11:44,584 --> 01:11:46,624 I have been asked to give you the bare bones 1204 01:11:46,917 --> 01:11:49,166 of Mr. Simeon Lee's testament now. 1205 01:11:49,459 --> 01:11:51,458 - Asked by whom? 1206 01:11:51,750 --> 01:11:54,458 - Interested parties, Mr. Lee. 1207 01:11:54,750 --> 01:11:56,291 The main provisions of the will, 1208 01:11:56,584 --> 01:11:59,749 which was made ten years ago, are quite simple. 1209 01:12:00,042 --> 01:12:04,208 Half Mr. Simeon Lee's property goes to his son, Mr. Alfred Lee. 1210 01:12:04,500 --> 01:12:07,666 The remainder is divided equally between his other children. 1211 01:12:07,959 --> 01:12:10,958 - Alfred's struck lucky again, as per usual! 1212 01:12:11,250 --> 01:12:13,458 Half the old man's fortune! 1213 01:12:13,750 --> 01:12:15,166 - You ought to think yourself lucky 1214 01:12:15,459 --> 01:12:18,291 my father left you anything at all. 1215 01:12:18,584 --> 01:12:20,958 - Well, I don't think I need to go any further. 1216 01:12:21,250 --> 01:12:22,291 - What about Pilar? 1217 01:12:22,584 --> 01:12:24,833 - Miss Estravados is not mentioned in the will. 1218 01:12:25,125 --> 01:12:27,791 - Doesn't she get her mother's share? 1219 01:12:28,084 --> 01:12:30,291 - Jennifer Estravados, if she had lived, 1220 01:12:30,584 --> 01:12:32,499 would, of course, have received her equal share 1221 01:12:32,792 --> 01:12:33,958 with the rest of you. 1222 01:12:34,250 --> 01:12:36,791 As she is dead, the portion that would have been hers 1223 01:12:37,084 --> 01:12:39,958 goes back into the estate to be shared out between you. 1224 01:12:40,250 --> 01:12:43,749 - Then...I have nothing? 1225 01:12:44,042 --> 01:12:46,083 - Oh, my dear, the family will see to that, of course. 1226 01:12:46,375 --> 01:12:48,624 - I think she ought to get Jennifer's whack. 1227 01:12:48,917 --> 01:12:51,624 - Well, I really must be going. 1228 01:12:51,917 --> 01:12:53,249 Good-bye, Mrs. Lee. 1229 01:12:53,542 --> 01:12:57,249 Anything I can do, please consult me at any time. 1230 01:13:00,542 --> 01:13:01,624 - I agree with Harry. 1231 01:13:01,917 --> 01:13:04,666 I think Pilar is entitled to a definite share. 1232 01:13:04,959 --> 01:13:07,291 I mean, this will was made years before Jennifer's death. 1233 01:13:07,584 --> 01:13:10,458 - The law is the law, I'm afraid. 1234 01:13:10,750 --> 01:13:12,499 We must abide by it. 1235 01:13:12,792 --> 01:13:14,749 Yes, we're all very sorry for Pilar, 1236 01:13:15,042 --> 01:13:18,291 but as George says, the law is the law. 1237 01:13:18,584 --> 01:13:20,916 - My dear, this must be very unpleasant for you. 1238 01:13:21,209 --> 01:13:23,416 Would you please leave us while we discuss the question? 1239 01:13:23,709 --> 01:13:26,541 - Yes. 1240 01:13:26,834 --> 01:13:28,999 Yes, very well. 1241 01:13:37,834 --> 01:13:41,124 - Well, gentlemen, you've heard what you came for. 1242 01:13:41,417 --> 01:13:45,374 This is family business now. 1243 01:13:57,250 --> 01:14:02,124 You really are a skinflint, George, aren't you, huh? 1244 01:14:02,417 --> 01:14:04,416 - At least I'm not a sponger. 1245 01:14:04,709 --> 01:14:07,708 - You have battened on Dad these last 30 years! 1246 01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:10,791 - As an elected member of his Majesty's Parliament-- 1247 01:14:11,084 --> 01:14:15,041 - Can we please discuss this sanely and quietly? 1248 01:14:15,334 --> 01:14:16,291 - Yes. 1249 01:14:16,584 --> 01:14:18,041 Jennifer only died last year. 1250 01:14:18,334 --> 01:14:21,124 I am sure that when Simeon sent for Mr. Charlton, 1251 01:14:21,417 --> 01:14:23,624 he intended to make provision for Pilar in a new will. 1252 01:14:23,917 --> 01:14:26,458 I think we should carry out what we can assume were his wishes. 1253 01:14:26,750 --> 01:14:28,333 - I agree. - Certainly not! 1254 01:14:28,625 --> 01:14:29,791 The whole thing's preposterous. 1255 01:14:30,084 --> 01:14:32,124 - Considering George is the only person in this family 1256 01:14:32,417 --> 01:14:33,624 who has done anything in the world, 1257 01:14:33,917 --> 01:14:36,124 I think it's shameful his father left him so little. 1258 01:14:36,417 --> 01:14:38,291 - Well, that's clear enough. 1259 01:14:38,584 --> 01:14:41,958 Of the family, Alfred and I are in favor of the motion. 1260 01:14:42,250 --> 01:14:43,333 George is against. 1261 01:14:43,625 --> 01:14:44,833 The ayes have it. 1262 01:14:45,125 --> 01:14:47,541 - There isn't any question of ayes or noes. 1263 01:14:47,834 --> 01:14:51,374 My share of my father's estate is mine absolutely. 1264 01:14:51,667 --> 01:14:54,458 I shall not part with one penny of it. 1265 01:15:06,917 --> 01:15:08,916 - So who profits by the fact that Simeon Lee 1266 01:15:09,209 --> 01:15:10,791 didn't have time to alter his will? 1267 01:15:11,084 --> 01:15:14,583 - All of them, except the Spanish girl. 1268 01:15:14,875 --> 01:15:16,416 - So we can cross her off the list then? 1269 01:15:16,709 --> 01:15:19,833 - Yes. 1270 01:15:20,125 --> 01:15:22,624 Well, maybe. 1271 01:15:27,917 --> 01:15:29,333 - No! I will not! 1272 01:15:29,625 --> 01:15:31,624 - It's your right, Pilar, your blood right! 1273 01:15:31,917 --> 01:15:32,958 - You speak like that! 1274 01:15:33,250 --> 01:15:34,624 That is why I cannot do it! 1275 01:15:34,917 --> 01:15:37,291 - But it's not a matter of charity; it's justice! 1276 01:15:37,584 --> 01:15:39,583 - You have all spoiled everything. 1277 01:15:39,875 --> 01:15:41,166 I am going away. 1278 01:15:41,459 --> 01:15:44,499 Now. At once. 1279 01:15:44,792 --> 01:15:49,624 You will not be troubled by me no more. 1280 01:15:49,917 --> 01:15:51,624 - Now, the matter of your passport, Miss-- 1281 01:15:51,917 --> 01:15:53,583 - Go to hell! 1282 01:15:57,750 --> 01:15:59,041 - What's going on? 1283 01:15:59,334 --> 01:16:00,666 - It's a family matter. 1284 01:16:00,959 --> 01:16:02,291 I'm sorry. 1285 01:16:02,584 --> 01:16:04,124 Alfred and I had agreed to settle a third 1286 01:16:04,417 --> 01:16:05,916 of our share of the estate on her. 1287 01:16:06,209 --> 01:16:07,874 She refused to take it. 1288 01:16:30,334 --> 01:16:32,333 - She is still alive. 1289 01:19:12,042 --> 01:19:12,958 - Good morning, Tressilian. 1290 01:19:13,250 --> 01:19:14,708 - Good morning, sir. 1291 01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:15,958 - Merry Christmas. 1292 01:19:16,250 --> 01:19:18,916 - Oh, thank you, sir. 1293 01:19:21,042 --> 01:19:25,583 - Hercule, have you heard how the girl is this morning? 1294 01:19:25,875 --> 01:19:28,124 - Merry Christmas to you, Monsieur Harry. 1295 01:19:28,417 --> 01:19:32,416 Yes, Mademoiselle Estravados, she sleeps peacefully. 1296 01:19:32,709 --> 01:19:35,291 She has, I think, the clavicle that is broken. 1297 01:19:35,584 --> 01:19:37,916 - Mm, yes, yes, I heard all that from the doc last night. 1298 01:19:38,209 --> 01:19:41,416 But I mean, who would want to do such a thing? 1299 01:19:41,709 --> 01:19:42,499 - Ah. 1300 01:19:44,959 --> 01:19:47,083 Excuse me. 1301 01:19:57,917 --> 01:19:59,333 - What have you got to tell me then, Poirot? 1302 01:19:59,625 --> 01:20:01,124 - It is most interesting, Chief Inspector. 1303 01:20:01,417 --> 01:20:02,874 I went into the room of Mademoiselle Pilar. 1304 01:20:03,167 --> 01:20:05,916 I opened the drawer, and I took out her passport, 1305 01:20:06,209 --> 01:20:09,291 and, Chief Inspector... 1306 01:20:38,542 --> 01:20:40,583 - What's the meaning of all this? 1307 01:20:43,917 --> 01:20:45,749 - Merry Christmas, Maggie. 1308 01:20:47,875 --> 01:20:48,791 - Good morning. 1309 01:20:49,084 --> 01:20:51,416 Please to come in now. 1310 01:21:08,959 --> 01:21:13,374 Please to make yourselves as comfortable as possible. 1311 01:21:13,667 --> 01:21:15,833 Mademoiselle...Estravados 1312 01:21:16,125 --> 01:21:20,124 has something that she wishes to say to you. 1313 01:21:20,417 --> 01:21:26,374 - You think I am your niece, Pilar Estravados. 1314 01:21:26,667 --> 01:21:28,791 That is not so. 1315 01:21:29,084 --> 01:21:31,124 - I don't understand, Pilar. 1316 01:21:31,417 --> 01:21:35,166 - I would not have told you, not ever, 1317 01:21:35,459 --> 01:21:36,666 but for the money. 1318 01:21:36,959 --> 01:21:40,916 To come here and pretend and cheat and act, 1319 01:21:41,209 --> 01:21:43,958 that was fun. 1320 01:21:44,250 --> 01:21:47,416 But when Lydia said that the money was mine 1321 01:21:47,709 --> 01:21:52,458 and that it was only justice, it was not fun any longer. 1322 01:21:52,750 --> 01:21:54,083 I am sorry. 1323 01:21:54,375 --> 01:21:57,583 Pilar was killed when I was traveling with her 1324 01:21:57,875 --> 01:22:00,916 in her car in Spain. 1325 01:22:01,209 --> 01:22:03,416 And I had not much money and nowhere to go, 1326 01:22:03,709 --> 01:22:05,458 and I thought, 1327 01:22:05,750 --> 01:22:07,833 "Why should I not go to England and become rich?" 1328 01:22:08,125 --> 01:22:10,624 And when it began, it was fun, wondering if I could-- 1329 01:22:10,917 --> 01:22:12,458 - This is preposterous! 1330 01:22:12,750 --> 01:22:14,124 This is criminal! 1331 01:22:14,417 --> 01:22:15,958 Getting money by false pretenses! 1332 01:22:16,250 --> 01:22:18,833 - Well, she didn't get much from you, old boy, did she? 1333 01:22:19,125 --> 01:22:23,291 So...I'm not your uncle anymore, eh? 1334 01:22:23,584 --> 01:22:26,124 - I'm afraid it's rather more serious than that. 1335 01:22:26,417 --> 01:22:29,624 If she could lie about that, she could lie about anything. 1336 01:22:29,917 --> 01:22:31,624 I'll tell you what I think, Miss... 1337 01:22:31,917 --> 01:22:33,458 what's your name? 1338 01:22:33,750 --> 01:22:35,916 - L�pez. 1339 01:22:36,209 --> 01:22:37,291 Conchita L�pez. 1340 01:22:37,584 --> 01:22:39,083 - Very well, Miss L�pez, 1341 01:22:39,375 --> 01:22:41,166 I'll tell you what I think happened. 1342 01:22:41,459 --> 01:22:43,249 When Mr. Lee found that the diamonds were missing, 1343 01:22:43,542 --> 01:22:44,833 he sent word for you to come and see him 1344 01:22:45,125 --> 01:22:46,291 immediately after dinner. 1345 01:22:46,584 --> 01:22:48,958 You did so, and he accused you of the theft. 1346 01:22:49,250 --> 01:22:50,291 You denied it. 1347 01:22:50,584 --> 01:22:52,791 - No! This is not true. 1348 01:22:53,084 --> 01:22:56,291 I left the drawing room after dinner. 1349 01:22:56,584 --> 01:22:58,333 I came up here to my room. 1350 01:22:58,625 --> 01:22:59,666 I wanted a clean handkerchief. 1351 01:22:59,959 --> 01:23:03,166 But then I thought I would go and see the old man. 1352 01:23:05,792 --> 01:23:08,416 I thought he would be pleased. 1353 01:23:08,709 --> 01:23:10,416 But when I turned out onto the stairs, 1354 01:23:10,709 --> 01:23:16,166 I saw that someone else was there at his door. 1355 01:23:16,459 --> 01:23:17,791 I slipped back into the corridor 1356 01:23:18,084 --> 01:23:21,458 in case the person turned around. 1357 01:23:21,750 --> 01:23:23,916 I did not want them to think that I was... 1358 01:23:24,209 --> 01:23:24,999 I don't know the word. 1359 01:23:25,292 --> 01:23:27,458 - Ingratiating yourself? 1360 01:23:27,750 --> 01:23:29,458 - Yes? - No. 1361 01:23:29,750 --> 01:23:31,666 Go on, Pilar-- Conchita. 1362 01:23:31,959 --> 01:23:35,666 - I heard those horrible noises, crashes, screams. 1363 01:23:35,959 --> 01:23:37,624 And when the people came running, 1364 01:23:37,917 --> 01:23:39,458 I came out at the end and joined them. 1365 01:23:39,750 --> 01:23:40,791 - Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 1366 01:23:41,084 --> 01:23:42,749 This is all very airy-fairy. 1367 01:23:43,042 --> 01:23:46,499 You say you saw someone standing outside Simeon Lee's door. 1368 01:23:46,792 --> 01:23:48,124 Who did you see? 1369 01:23:48,417 --> 01:23:51,541 - I do not know who it was. 1370 01:23:51,834 --> 01:23:54,916 It was too dimly lit to see, but... 1371 01:23:55,209 --> 01:23:56,083 it was a woman. 1372 01:23:56,375 --> 01:23:57,416 - Rubbish! 1373 01:23:57,709 --> 01:24:00,291 She's just saying anything to get off the hook. 1374 01:24:00,584 --> 01:24:04,708 I always said an outsider killed my father. 1375 01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:09,791 - In my opinion, Simeon Lee, your father, 1376 01:24:10,084 --> 01:24:12,833 he was killed by his own flesh and blood. 1377 01:24:13,125 --> 01:24:15,249 - One of us? 1378 01:24:15,542 --> 01:24:16,416 I deny that. 1379 01:24:16,709 --> 01:24:17,999 - Oh, yes. 1380 01:24:18,292 --> 01:24:22,958 There is a case against every person in this room. 1381 01:24:23,250 --> 01:24:24,458 - Nonsense. 1382 01:24:24,750 --> 01:24:26,958 Balderdash! 1383 01:24:27,250 --> 01:24:31,291 - Et bien. 1384 01:24:31,584 --> 01:24:33,791 I will begin with the case against you, 1385 01:24:34,084 --> 01:24:35,291 Monsieur George Lee. 1386 01:24:35,584 --> 01:24:36,541 - Now, wait a minute! 1387 01:24:36,834 --> 01:24:38,624 - You had no love for your father. 1388 01:24:38,917 --> 01:24:42,291 You kept on good terms with him for the sake of money. 1389 01:24:42,584 --> 01:24:43,458 On the day that he died, 1390 01:24:43,750 --> 01:24:45,166 he threatened to cut down your allowance. 1391 01:24:45,459 --> 01:24:46,583 But you knew that when he died, 1392 01:24:46,875 --> 01:24:48,999 you would probably inherit a sum most substantial. 1393 01:24:49,292 --> 01:24:50,791 And there is your motive. 1394 01:24:51,084 --> 01:24:51,958 - I never heard such-- 1395 01:24:52,250 --> 01:24:53,666 - After dinner, you went to telephone. 1396 01:24:53,959 --> 01:24:56,916 This telephone call lasted 13 minutes. 1397 01:25:02,584 --> 01:25:04,666 You could then have easily visited the room of your father 1398 01:25:04,959 --> 01:25:07,624 and killed him. 1399 01:25:07,917 --> 01:25:11,958 Afterwards, you left the room, turned the key from the outside 1400 01:25:12,250 --> 01:25:13,416 in the hope that the whole affair 1401 01:25:13,709 --> 01:25:14,958 would look like that of a burglar. 1402 01:25:15,250 --> 01:25:16,249 But you omitted, in your panic, 1403 01:25:16,542 --> 01:25:18,499 to make sure that the window, it was left open 1404 01:25:18,792 --> 01:25:20,624 to support this burglar theory. 1405 01:25:20,917 --> 01:25:22,791 And that was stupid, but you are, 1406 01:25:23,084 --> 01:25:24,208 you will pardon me for saying so, 1407 01:25:24,500 --> 01:25:25,624 rather a stupid man. 1408 01:25:25,917 --> 01:25:27,249 But, you know, many other stupid men 1409 01:25:27,542 --> 01:25:28,624 have become criminals. 1410 01:25:28,917 --> 01:25:30,416 - How dare you speak to my husband like that! 1411 01:25:30,709 --> 01:25:31,499 - Ah, yes. 1412 01:25:31,792 --> 01:25:37,249 Then there is, of course, Madame Lee. 1413 01:25:37,542 --> 01:25:39,791 She also had a motive. 1414 01:25:40,084 --> 01:25:41,833 She is, I think, in debt. 1415 01:25:42,125 --> 01:25:43,874 And the tone of the remarks made by Simeon Lee 1416 01:25:44,167 --> 01:25:45,833 would have caused her some uneasiness. 1417 01:25:46,125 --> 01:25:47,458 - Roger, you know this... 1418 01:25:47,750 --> 01:25:50,458 - She also has no alibi. 1419 01:25:50,750 --> 01:25:51,958 She said she went to the telephone, 1420 01:25:52,250 --> 01:25:54,291 but did she, in fact, make a call? 1421 01:25:54,584 --> 01:25:57,666 And in any case, we only have her word for what she did. 1422 01:26:00,084 --> 01:26:02,958 - I suppose it's our turn now. 1423 01:26:03,250 --> 01:26:04,958 Now, how do you suggest 1424 01:26:05,250 --> 01:26:08,124 that dear Alfred killed his beloved father 1425 01:26:08,417 --> 01:26:12,666 when we were both together in the dining room at the time? 1426 01:26:12,959 --> 01:26:18,458 - Et bien, that is very simple, monsieur. 1427 01:26:18,750 --> 01:26:20,958 You and your brother are on the terms very bad, n'est-ce pas? 1428 01:26:21,250 --> 01:26:22,624 Oh, that is well-known. 1429 01:26:22,917 --> 01:26:24,333 But let us suppose that these bad terms 1430 01:26:24,625 --> 01:26:25,999 were all part of a clever plot. 1431 01:26:26,292 --> 01:26:27,458 Let us suppose that you and he 1432 01:26:27,750 --> 01:26:29,583 had got together some time before. 1433 01:26:29,875 --> 01:26:32,249 And then comes the night of the murder, 1434 01:26:32,542 --> 01:26:36,291 which, together, you have planned so cleverly. 1435 01:26:36,584 --> 01:26:37,958 One of you remains in the dining room, 1436 01:26:38,250 --> 01:26:39,999 talking out loud and quarreling, 1437 01:26:40,292 --> 01:26:41,499 to make it appear as though there were 1438 01:26:41,792 --> 01:26:43,749 two people in the room, 1439 01:26:44,042 --> 01:26:44,874 while the other brother, 1440 01:26:45,167 --> 01:26:47,791 he goes upstairs and commits the crime. 1441 01:26:48,084 --> 01:26:49,791 - I mean, I don't think you understand. 1442 01:26:50,084 --> 01:26:52,791 You devil! 1443 01:26:53,084 --> 01:26:55,583 - But what if it was not a woman that Mademoiselle L�pez saw 1444 01:26:55,875 --> 01:26:57,333 outside the room of Simeon Lee? 1445 01:26:57,625 --> 01:27:00,291 What if Mademoiselle L�pez is again lying, 1446 01:27:00,584 --> 01:27:01,583 but this time to support a man 1447 01:27:01,875 --> 01:27:03,166 of whom she has grown rather fond? 1448 01:27:03,459 --> 01:27:04,291 - Now, look! 1449 01:27:04,584 --> 01:27:05,416 - No, you're wrong. 1450 01:27:05,709 --> 01:27:08,666 It was me that Pilar saw. 1451 01:27:08,959 --> 01:27:10,333 - You, Lydia? 1452 01:27:10,625 --> 01:27:13,791 - I can't believe I've been such a coward, 1453 01:27:14,084 --> 01:27:16,583 to keep silent just because I was afraid. 1454 01:27:16,875 --> 01:27:18,916 - I think you'd better tell us now, Mrs. Lee. 1455 01:27:19,209 --> 01:27:23,291 - I'd been thinking all evening about the unpleasant scene 1456 01:27:23,584 --> 01:27:28,166 we'd had with Simeon before dinner. 1457 01:27:28,459 --> 01:27:31,124 When Pilar-- I'm sorry, Conchita-- 1458 01:27:31,417 --> 01:27:32,791 left the drawing room, 1459 01:27:33,084 --> 01:27:35,249 I decided to go up and see him. 1460 01:27:39,209 --> 01:27:40,624 I was going to be firm with him. 1461 01:27:40,917 --> 01:27:44,124 I was going to tell him that Alfred and I were leaving. 1462 01:27:44,417 --> 01:27:45,666 - Lydia! 1463 01:27:45,959 --> 01:27:46,958 - Yes, yes, I was! 1464 01:27:47,250 --> 01:27:50,208 I'd had enough humiliation, Alfred. 1465 01:27:53,917 --> 01:27:56,083 I knocked on Simeon's door. 1466 01:27:56,375 --> 01:27:57,458 There was no answer. 1467 01:27:57,750 --> 01:27:59,083 I knocked again. 1468 01:27:59,375 --> 01:28:00,916 Still no answer. 1469 01:28:01,209 --> 01:28:03,291 I tried the door handle. 1470 01:28:03,584 --> 01:28:06,291 And the door was locked. 1471 01:28:06,584 --> 01:28:11,708 Then those terrible noises started inside the room. 1472 01:28:12,000 --> 01:28:16,791 I stood there, paralyzed. 1473 01:28:17,084 --> 01:28:19,374 And then Alfred and the others came running 1474 01:28:19,667 --> 01:28:23,958 and battered down the door, and we saw inside the room. 1475 01:28:24,250 --> 01:28:27,624 And there was no one there. 1476 01:28:27,917 --> 01:28:30,374 Just Simeon lying dead. 1477 01:28:30,667 --> 01:28:32,291 There was no one else there. 1478 01:28:32,584 --> 01:28:35,291 Do you understand me? 1479 01:28:35,584 --> 01:28:38,291 And no one had come out. 1480 01:28:38,584 --> 01:28:40,916 - And all this time, you've said nothing. 1481 01:28:41,209 --> 01:28:42,124 - No! 1482 01:28:42,417 --> 01:28:43,374 Because if I had, 1483 01:28:43,667 --> 01:28:45,624 there is only one thing that you could have thought: 1484 01:28:45,917 --> 01:28:47,499 that I had killed my father-in-law. 1485 01:28:47,792 --> 01:28:50,124 - Non, non, non, non, madame. 1486 01:28:50,417 --> 01:28:52,208 When you heard those screams most awful, 1487 01:28:52,500 --> 01:28:54,249 when you heard the sounds of the struggle, 1488 01:28:54,542 --> 01:28:55,958 Simeon Lee was already dead. 1489 01:28:56,250 --> 01:28:58,166 - Already dead? 1490 01:28:58,459 --> 01:29:00,624 What do you mean, already dead? 1491 01:29:00,917 --> 01:29:02,416 - Did I not tell to you, Chief Inspector, 1492 01:29:02,709 --> 01:29:05,999 that I thought I had seen a ghost? 1493 01:29:06,292 --> 01:29:07,749 The first intimation I had of this 1494 01:29:08,042 --> 01:29:09,791 was when I visited the shop in the village. 1495 01:29:10,084 --> 01:29:11,458 And the owner of this shop, 1496 01:29:11,750 --> 01:29:14,833 he is a fellow most jovial, n'est-ce pas? 1497 01:29:15,125 --> 01:29:18,416 He delights in the childish pranks and... 1498 01:29:18,709 --> 01:29:21,416 how do you say, la blague? 1499 01:29:21,709 --> 01:29:23,624 The practical tricks. 1500 01:29:23,917 --> 01:29:24,958 - You're not trying to tell us 1501 01:29:25,250 --> 01:29:27,458 that this was all a practical joke? 1502 01:29:27,750 --> 01:29:29,708 - Non, non, non, madame, not a joke, 1503 01:29:30,000 --> 01:29:32,958 but a trick most deadly. 1504 01:29:33,250 --> 01:29:35,916 The killing itself was simple. 1505 01:29:44,417 --> 01:29:46,749 Our murderer sets the scene. 1506 01:29:47,042 --> 01:29:48,666 The diamonds are taken from the safe, 1507 01:29:48,959 --> 01:29:51,916 which had already been opened by Simeon Lee. 1508 01:29:53,959 --> 01:29:55,291 As much furniture as possible 1509 01:29:55,584 --> 01:29:58,374 is piled in the center of the room like a tower. 1510 01:30:02,625 --> 01:30:05,541 Then a strong, thin length of cord 1511 01:30:05,834 --> 01:30:08,541 is tied around this tower. 1512 01:30:16,375 --> 01:30:18,291 The two ends of the cord are then passed 1513 01:30:18,584 --> 01:30:21,499 through the narrow gap in the window 1514 01:30:21,792 --> 01:30:24,874 and allowed to drop to the ground below. 1515 01:30:27,084 --> 01:30:29,583 The door, it is locked from the outside. 1516 01:30:35,125 --> 01:30:38,083 The stage, it is set. 1517 01:30:39,500 --> 01:30:41,958 Our murderer walks casually away, 1518 01:30:42,250 --> 01:30:44,333 waits a little while, 1519 01:30:44,625 --> 01:30:46,958 then returns to the wall below the window 1520 01:30:47,250 --> 01:30:51,208 and takes up the slack on both ends of the cord. 1521 01:30:54,917 --> 01:30:57,374 And now, at last, the perpetrator has prepared 1522 01:30:57,667 --> 01:31:00,999 the final element in his ruthless plot. 1523 01:31:06,250 --> 01:31:07,166 - But the scream? 1524 01:31:07,459 --> 01:31:08,291 The terrible scream? 1525 01:31:08,584 --> 01:31:09,416 - Ah, yes, of course, 1526 01:31:09,709 --> 01:31:11,791 the dying screams of Simeon Lee, 1527 01:31:12,084 --> 01:31:13,458 the cry of a man in mortal agony, 1528 01:31:13,750 --> 01:31:16,249 a soul in hell. 1529 01:31:16,542 --> 01:31:18,083 Monsieur Harry Lee came closest to it 1530 01:31:18,375 --> 01:31:20,791 when he described that sound as that of the killing of a pig. 1531 01:31:21,084 --> 01:31:22,958 And it was here that my friend in the village shop 1532 01:31:23,250 --> 01:31:25,458 unwittingly played his part. 1533 01:31:29,084 --> 01:31:30,791 - Morning. 1534 01:31:31,084 --> 01:31:34,041 - In that establishment most eccentric, 1535 01:31:34,334 --> 01:31:36,624 the owner sells long pink bladders, 1536 01:31:36,917 --> 01:31:40,416 which have painted on them faces. 1537 01:31:40,709 --> 01:31:43,916 These are called Dying Pigs. 1538 01:31:44,209 --> 01:31:45,416 They are blown up like a balloon, 1539 01:31:45,709 --> 01:31:48,624 and the little wooden peg is placed in one end 1540 01:31:48,917 --> 01:31:50,624 to prevent the escape of air. 1541 01:31:50,917 --> 01:31:53,458 Our murderer had placed in the room 1542 01:31:53,750 --> 01:31:54,791 one of these balloons 1543 01:31:55,084 --> 01:31:59,249 and had attached the cord to the little wooden peg. 1544 01:32:16,250 --> 01:32:17,458 His plan accomplished, 1545 01:32:17,750 --> 01:32:20,624 our murderer then pulls the remains of the Dying Pig 1546 01:32:20,917 --> 01:32:22,458 out through the window, 1547 01:32:22,750 --> 01:32:25,874 leaving behind only the little wooden peg 1548 01:32:26,167 --> 01:32:29,499 and a telltale fragment of the balloon. 1549 01:32:31,667 --> 01:32:32,458 But you know, 1550 01:32:32,750 --> 01:32:34,333 the most valuable clue in this case 1551 01:32:34,625 --> 01:32:37,541 was uttered quite unknowingly by the butler, Tressilian. 1552 01:32:37,834 --> 01:32:41,416 He said that he felt strange. 1553 01:32:41,709 --> 01:32:43,583 He said that he felt that things were happening 1554 01:32:43,875 --> 01:32:46,041 that had happened before. 1555 01:32:49,000 --> 01:32:50,624 And it was one very simple occurrence 1556 01:32:50,917 --> 01:32:52,958 that gave to him this feeling most strange. 1557 01:32:53,250 --> 01:32:55,458 It was when he met Monsieur Harry Lee, 1558 01:32:55,750 --> 01:32:57,999 when Monsieur Harry Lee first entered the house. 1559 01:32:58,292 --> 01:32:59,291 Bless my soul. 1560 01:32:59,584 --> 01:33:00,624 If it ain't Tressilian! 1561 01:33:00,917 --> 01:33:02,791 - Mr. Harry! 1562 01:33:03,084 --> 01:33:04,958 - And when you look at the face of Monsieur Harry Lee, 1563 01:33:05,250 --> 01:33:06,458 you can see why. 1564 01:33:06,750 --> 01:33:08,458 - What the devil do you mean? 1565 01:33:08,750 --> 01:33:10,458 - In the face, 1566 01:33:10,750 --> 01:33:14,374 Monsieur Harry Lee closely resembled his father. 1567 01:33:14,667 --> 01:33:16,458 But the similarity is quite striking 1568 01:33:16,750 --> 01:33:18,749 when one observes the portrait of Monsieur Simeon Lee 1569 01:33:19,042 --> 01:33:20,124 in the sitting room. 1570 01:33:20,417 --> 01:33:22,708 En effet, all of the men in the Lee family 1571 01:33:23,000 --> 01:33:25,749 have a likeness that is most strong. 1572 01:33:30,625 --> 01:33:31,833 - All right, Poirot. 1573 01:33:32,125 --> 01:33:33,833 All very clever, no doubt. 1574 01:33:34,125 --> 01:33:36,791 But who is this murderer we keep hearing about? 1575 01:33:37,084 --> 01:33:39,541 - Ah, the good Chief Inspector Japp 1576 01:33:39,834 --> 01:33:42,958 always the one to make Poirot stick to his task. 1577 01:33:43,250 --> 01:33:44,166 Et bien, Chief Inspector, 1578 01:33:44,459 --> 01:33:45,624 in order to answer your question, 1579 01:33:45,917 --> 01:33:49,166 it is necessary that we make a short journey. 1580 01:34:05,792 --> 01:34:08,166 Suivez-moi. 1581 01:34:12,417 --> 01:34:15,124 - I hope you know what you're up to, Poirot. 1582 01:34:19,792 --> 01:34:22,124 - Bonjour, Madame de Zuigder. 1583 01:34:22,417 --> 01:34:25,958 We would like to see your son, if you please. 1584 01:34:26,250 --> 01:34:28,291 - Oh, God. 1585 01:34:33,625 --> 01:34:37,749 - This was indeed the death of an evil man. 1586 01:34:38,042 --> 01:34:41,458 Remember the reputation of Simeon Lee? 1587 01:34:41,750 --> 01:34:43,124 How he broke the heart of his wife 1588 01:34:43,417 --> 01:34:46,541 because of his numerous affairs with other women? 1589 01:34:46,834 --> 01:34:47,833 Remember, also, his boasts 1590 01:34:48,125 --> 01:34:52,416 of the illegitimate sons that he had sired. 1591 01:34:52,709 --> 01:34:55,208 A man born, you will pardon me, madame, 1592 01:34:55,500 --> 01:34:56,791 on the wrong side of the blanket 1593 01:34:57,084 --> 01:35:00,749 can nonetheless inherit the features of his father: 1594 01:35:01,042 --> 01:35:04,833 his pride, his patience, 1595 01:35:05,125 --> 01:35:06,624 and his vengeful spirit. 1596 01:35:06,917 --> 01:35:11,958 - It was my revenge, my pride, my vengeful spirit. 1597 01:35:12,250 --> 01:35:14,958 And I did not inherit it from Simeon Lee. 1598 01:35:15,250 --> 01:35:17,124 I got nothing from Simeon Lee, 1599 01:35:17,417 --> 01:35:18,791 nothing. 1600 01:35:19,084 --> 01:35:21,458 - And you waited. 1601 01:35:21,750 --> 01:35:24,583 You and your son followed Simeon Lee, 1602 01:35:24,875 --> 01:35:25,791 and you waited. 1603 01:35:26,084 --> 01:35:27,791 - 40 years. 1604 01:35:28,084 --> 01:35:30,458 - You instilled into your son your own rage. 1605 01:35:30,750 --> 01:35:32,499 - I saved Simeon Lee's life. 1606 01:35:32,792 --> 01:35:34,958 And he used me, and he stole from me, 1607 01:35:35,250 --> 01:35:37,124 and he deserted me and my child. 1608 01:35:37,417 --> 01:35:40,458 - Your son changed his name, settled down to a career, 1609 01:35:40,750 --> 01:35:42,999 and he also waited. 1610 01:35:43,292 --> 01:35:46,333 Nothing in this life was so important to either of you 1611 01:35:46,625 --> 01:35:48,541 but the total destruction of Simeon Lee. 1612 01:35:48,834 --> 01:35:51,833 - Simeon Lee earned his death as he earned nothing else 1613 01:35:52,125 --> 01:35:53,249 in his whole life. 1614 01:35:53,542 --> 01:35:55,583 He was a... 1615 01:36:14,875 --> 01:36:16,458 - Come in, superintendent. 1616 01:36:28,125 --> 01:36:29,958 - What's going on? 1617 01:36:30,250 --> 01:36:32,666 - And now you can see it, can you not, Chief Inspector? 1618 01:36:32,959 --> 01:36:36,624 You can see why Tressilian felt so disoriented. 1619 01:36:36,917 --> 01:36:39,458 - What's all this about? 1620 01:36:39,750 --> 01:36:41,333 - The extent of his disorientation 1621 01:36:41,625 --> 01:36:44,124 did not fully dawn upon me 1622 01:36:44,417 --> 01:36:47,791 until I purchased from the village shop 1623 01:36:48,084 --> 01:36:51,124 the false moustache and attached it 1624 01:36:51,417 --> 01:36:54,916 to the portrait of Simeon Lee in the sitting room. 1625 01:37:06,500 --> 01:37:08,333 The likeness... 1626 01:37:08,625 --> 01:37:11,291 it was extraordinary. 1627 01:37:11,584 --> 01:37:14,791 - You're saying I look like Simeon Lee? 1628 01:37:21,667 --> 01:37:26,166 - You are like Simeon Lee in almost every respect. 1629 01:37:27,375 --> 01:37:28,583 - None of that! 1630 01:37:31,584 --> 01:37:36,499 - You resemble very closely your father! 1631 01:37:36,792 --> 01:37:39,791 And also, like your father, 1632 01:37:40,084 --> 01:37:43,583 you are prepared to wait years, if necessary, for your revenge. 1633 01:37:54,250 --> 01:37:57,249 And your revenge is indeed terrible. 1634 01:38:06,209 --> 01:38:11,958 And so you embark on your ingenious subterfuge... 1635 01:38:16,625 --> 01:38:20,333 Weaving the intricate web of deception 1636 01:38:20,625 --> 01:38:23,291 that will make the murder which you have committed 1637 01:38:23,584 --> 01:38:25,541 appear to have been perpetrated 1638 01:38:25,834 --> 01:38:28,958 by an innocent member of the household, 1639 01:38:29,250 --> 01:38:32,541 while you yourself were absent. 1640 01:38:35,084 --> 01:38:36,874 You make sure that Tressilian notes well 1641 01:38:37,167 --> 01:38:39,041 your exit from the house. 1642 01:38:39,334 --> 01:38:41,791 - We'll be having more snow tonight, I shouldn't wonder. 1643 01:38:43,542 --> 01:38:44,458 Good night. 1644 01:38:44,750 --> 01:38:46,458 - Good night, sir. 1645 01:38:52,917 --> 01:38:57,458 - You stop halfway down the drive... 1646 01:38:57,750 --> 01:38:59,999 wait long enough to distance yourself from the crime 1647 01:39:00,292 --> 01:39:02,708 in the minds of the family... 1648 01:39:04,750 --> 01:39:07,083 And then return to the house. 1649 01:39:16,209 --> 01:39:18,624 Once beneath the window, 1650 01:39:18,917 --> 01:39:21,874 you activate the mechanism most crude 1651 01:39:22,167 --> 01:39:24,833 that creates the hideous sound of a murder 1652 01:39:25,125 --> 01:39:27,166 that you had already committed. 1653 01:39:34,209 --> 01:39:35,958 And then, to further your alibi, 1654 01:39:36,250 --> 01:39:39,958 you find an excuse to actually come back into the house. 1655 01:39:40,250 --> 01:39:42,249 - I've forgotten my book. 1656 01:39:46,250 --> 01:39:47,333 I want this room cleared. 1657 01:39:47,625 --> 01:39:50,333 - In this way, you are fortuitously present 1658 01:39:50,625 --> 01:39:52,583 to investigate your own crime. 1659 01:39:52,875 --> 01:39:55,874 - These are mere ravings. 1660 01:39:58,542 --> 01:40:00,458 Unsubstantiated ravings. 1661 01:40:00,750 --> 01:40:03,083 - Non, non, non, non, superintendent. 1662 01:40:03,375 --> 01:40:05,708 Also like your father, 1663 01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:09,416 you are prepared to stop at nothing to achieve your aim. 1664 01:40:13,125 --> 01:40:15,124 As the investigating officer, 1665 01:40:15,417 --> 01:40:17,749 you are perfectly placed to put the diamonds 1666 01:40:18,042 --> 01:40:20,416 where you know they will be found... 1667 01:40:24,417 --> 01:40:29,291 And to do the same with the black leather case. 1668 01:40:29,584 --> 01:40:34,583 In this way, you sought to incriminate the innocent... 1669 01:40:38,042 --> 01:40:40,124 And worse. 1670 01:40:40,417 --> 01:40:42,583 Mademoiselle L�pez had given to you already 1671 01:40:42,875 --> 01:40:44,291 one very nasty moment. 1672 01:40:44,584 --> 01:40:47,458 - I think that when he was a young man, 1673 01:40:47,750 --> 01:40:51,041 he must have been very handsome. 1674 01:40:51,334 --> 01:40:53,916 Like you. 1675 01:40:54,209 --> 01:40:56,249 - You knew, which we did not know, 1676 01:40:56,542 --> 01:40:58,458 that she meant that literally. 1677 01:40:58,750 --> 01:41:01,333 - I think I'd better go and find Sergeant Coombes. 1678 01:41:01,625 --> 01:41:03,458 - She saw the likeness. 1679 01:41:03,750 --> 01:41:05,374 And then... 1680 01:41:05,667 --> 01:41:08,124 she made the discovery of the balloon. 1681 01:41:08,417 --> 01:41:11,124 - It is what I picked up in Grandfather's room. 1682 01:41:11,417 --> 01:41:13,416 He must have had a balloon too. 1683 01:41:13,709 --> 01:41:16,458 - Suddenly, you were afraid. 1684 01:41:16,750 --> 01:41:19,541 You thought that she might put the two and two together. 1685 01:41:19,834 --> 01:41:23,916 And from that moment, the fate of Mademoiselle L�pez, 1686 01:41:24,209 --> 01:41:25,749 it was sealed. 1687 01:41:31,459 --> 01:41:32,708 - It was indeed fortunate for her 1688 01:41:33,000 --> 01:41:34,999 that at your first clumsy blows, she screamed, 1689 01:41:35,292 --> 01:41:39,958 and you were forced to leave the task unfinished. 1690 01:41:40,250 --> 01:41:42,624 - Madre de Dios! 1691 01:41:42,917 --> 01:41:45,249 - Harold Sugden, 1692 01:41:45,542 --> 01:41:46,999 I am arresting you on a charge 1693 01:41:47,292 --> 01:41:51,791 of the willful murder of your father, Simeon Lee. 1694 01:41:52,084 --> 01:41:54,458 - May his soul rot in hell. 1695 01:42:07,584 --> 01:42:10,124 I'm sorry, Mother. 1696 01:42:12,125 --> 01:42:14,624 - We did well, Harold. 1697 01:42:20,625 --> 01:42:22,708 - Come on. Let's get it over with. 1698 01:43:08,250 --> 01:43:10,041 - Who were you going to telephone then? 1699 01:43:10,334 --> 01:43:11,499 - My dressmaker. 1700 01:43:11,792 --> 01:43:14,499 - At 8:00 on the night before Christmas Eve? 1701 01:43:19,584 --> 01:43:23,291 - Why did old Simeon ask you down here in the first place? 1702 01:43:23,584 --> 01:43:24,958 - Ah, because Superintendent Sugden 1703 01:43:25,250 --> 01:43:27,083 wanted an expert witness to the proceedings 1704 01:43:27,375 --> 01:43:28,958 to prove that he could not have been involved. 1705 01:43:29,250 --> 01:43:31,458 So he asked Simeon Lee to invite me. 1706 01:43:31,750 --> 01:43:33,708 - But Sugden said he didn't. 1707 01:43:34,000 --> 01:43:35,874 - That is because he did not want us to know 1708 01:43:36,167 --> 01:43:39,374 that he'd been in contact with Simeon Lee before. 1709 01:43:46,417 --> 01:43:48,874 - Mr. Poirot, Chief Inspector Japp, 1710 01:43:49,167 --> 01:43:51,458 must you go so soon? 1711 01:43:51,750 --> 01:43:54,791 - It is with regret, madame, but we have to catch the train. 1712 01:43:55,084 --> 01:43:56,249 Monsieur Lee. 1713 01:43:56,542 --> 01:43:59,666 - Mr. Poirot, I wanted to thank you so very much. 1714 01:43:59,959 --> 01:44:02,083 - Non, non, non, pas de tout, madame. 1715 01:44:02,375 --> 01:44:04,624 It is a sad thing, non? 1716 01:44:04,917 --> 01:44:09,499 To meet like this and at Christmas. 1717 01:44:09,792 --> 01:44:10,958 Au revoir, mon amie. 1718 01:44:23,584 --> 01:44:26,833 - Monsieur Poirot! 1719 01:44:27,125 --> 01:44:31,041 I wanted to say good-bye and to thank you. 1720 01:44:31,334 --> 01:44:33,624 - Mademoiselle L�pez. 1721 01:44:33,917 --> 01:44:35,333 And might I suggest that, in the future, 1722 01:44:35,625 --> 01:44:37,416 you maintain your own identity? 1723 01:44:37,709 --> 01:44:43,083 It will cause, I am sure, much less of the complications. 1724 01:44:43,375 --> 01:44:45,166 - Harry and I are going to Paris. 1725 01:44:45,459 --> 01:44:48,916 - She knows she'll be safe with an old man like me. 1726 01:44:49,209 --> 01:44:50,999 - I'm sure she will, Monsieur Harry. 1727 01:44:51,292 --> 01:44:53,083 - Good-bye. 1728 01:44:55,625 --> 01:44:57,624 - Oh, yes? 1729 01:45:24,375 --> 01:45:25,833 - Merry Christmas, Chief Inspector. 1730 01:45:26,125 --> 01:45:29,124 - Oh, Poirot, you shouldn't have. 1731 01:45:29,417 --> 01:45:31,208 - I have not yet thanked you for my present. 1732 01:45:31,500 --> 01:45:32,874 - I hope you like them. 1733 01:45:33,167 --> 01:45:35,041 - Oh, I do very, very much indeed. 1734 01:45:35,334 --> 01:45:37,791 Such wonderful colors and such workmanship. 1735 01:45:38,084 --> 01:45:38,958 - Emily's been knitting away 1736 01:45:39,250 --> 01:45:41,624 at those blessed gloves for months. 1737 01:45:41,917 --> 01:45:46,249 - Ah, well, you must tell to her how much I thank her 1738 01:45:46,542 --> 01:45:49,124 and how much her skill it is appreciated. 1739 01:45:49,417 --> 01:45:52,249 - I will. I will. 1740 01:45:55,084 --> 01:45:57,291 You're not going to wear them now, then? 1741 01:45:57,584 --> 01:46:00,958 - Non, non, non, non, non, non, mon ami. 1742 01:46:01,250 --> 01:46:04,041 These must be kept for best, huh? 1743 01:46:04,334 --> 01:46:07,666 I shall wear them only when I go to church.