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is this an accusation Mrs price whle of

course it's an accusation Vier against

who how on Earth am I to know that I'm

simply pointing to the facts you may

interpret them as you please but facts

are

facts and you Colonel I asked Colonel

proone he very kindly came I wanted

there to be no misunderstanding

I remember it quite clearly yesterday

was the anniversary of my poor dear

Harvey's death and I always put a pound

in the collection on Harvey's day yes

but Mrs price rid no but about it Vicor

it was there a pound note where it was

not however is on the collection list

the highest denomination there was a 10

Shilling

note when none of us as young as we were

we must pay the penalty of advancing

years what did you say colonel must I

say it again it was there

you may be suffering from seeing our

dementia Vicor despite the extreme youth

of your wife but I'm in full possession

of my senses thank you I look into it

vicer I'll have the answer for you it's

quite clear something's a Miss I suggest

I go to the church of C for you do you

no need to burst a vessel Vicor if there

are defalcations it's best at their torn

out root and Branch you know root and

Branch anyway

I'm the treasurer I'll pop around and

get the books from your Cur tomorrow

evening if he isn't too busy with his

hail mes and burning incense are is the

books are at the vicarage in any case I

hardly see this warrant a full scale be

until tomorrow evening then at the

Victor I should watch that c

s it isn't healthy all that jesuitic old

clap

trap I just send you to Dublin room if I

were you you can only do damage in a

place like

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this all right darling the blighters

need a rocket up the backside

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thank

you what time does AA want lunch oh yes

well remembered he'll be a bit late

today uh yes that's right he said he'd

be a bit late so um we better have

it a bit late

bloody frro I mean really bloody

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man now don't you go starting something

with colon bloody Pro he'll do you again

and Constable poke could have you up

before that bench soon has open his eyes

he's no friend of yours so don't you

start messing with P do you hear I don't

want you locked up again so don't you

start can you better take that

through it's a Pity I'm such a shocking

housekeeper Mary's clearly ignoring me

and we are to have no greens

greens

oh F in brass look at

these oh I think things get worse when I

try it's really much better to leave

Mary alone

and make up my mind to be uncomfortable

and have revolting things to

eat oh poor Len I know I'm everything

you most disapprove off you are I'm more

and more convinced that celibacy is

desirable for the clergy and yet you

Adore Me madly passionately beyond all

reason utterly and extravagantly don't

you darling of course I'm very fond of

you my dear

I see that little rat of a poacher has

been let out of

clink Bill Archer back in

circulation expect

trouble I thought I might go back into

the village this afternoon if that's all

right

Dar Lawrence reading's been pestering me

for more time on the portrait I've been

putting him off but I really ought to

give him a couple of sessions this week

as long as the young sewer doesn't come

up here

do what you

like what's

happened ask

her

Pig oh Lord you realize that's going to

cost me hours of morale building don't

you what's been going on Lucius behaving

like a

tart can you be a little more specific

that young sewer reading has been

painting her with practically nothing on

that's

all really I'm not surprised she's very

beautiful why on Earth not for a man

who's supposed to have seen the world

you really are extraordinarily childish

sometimes at least I'll nail that Bloody

little peers to cure

it need

oh yes yes yes

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thanks darling it's afternoon are you

coming I'm sorry about it's Tuesday had

you forgotten to Tian Scandal the

Reverend Leonard Clement and his wife

Grisel at home 4:00 Rock Cakes and

backstabbing at the vicarage I'll do my

best oh good boy if she's got the G the

dreaded price Ridley will be there you

can both be frightfully forgiving to

each other

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good afternoon Mrs lrch good afternoon

doctor enjoyment is the key to it all I

knew I

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knew doctor I wonder if I might impose

upon you of

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course rather busy you know is

it's absurd crazy I was wearing a

swimsuit For Heaven's

Sake I'm too Victorian for bidding a man

the house it's a shriek Lawrence was

practically ill laughing about

it and was quite decent actually I've

usually found that a mother is more

broad step mother matter of fact I yes

of

course you don't happen to know do you

who it was my mother ran off with

nobody's ever told me I'm I don't it was

before you came here oh yes I

it I don't blame her you know I just

wish she'd taken me too that's

all oh Father can be such a total pig

the world would be much better off

without

him you'd be much nicer I think

think so Lawrence reading agreed to

paint The Wretched girl but he painted

her in her bathing

costume which as we all know is simply

nudity by another

name I should give up on that rock cake

Miss Weatherby Mary is a little literal

in her cooking I think you know perhaps

I will Mrs Demond cod in white sauce is

so

filling what's the name of that rather

smart looking woman who's taken

littlegate

Mrs lrange oh of course why I just

wondered whether she were unwell at all

she looks perfectly all right to me I've

seen Dr hok coming out of little Gat so

quite often I just wondered well he's a

neighborly man of course and he is a

neighbor was he carrying a medical bag

I

dear I thought perhaps you see they

might be old

acquaintances when he's keeping very

quiet about it if it is

so as a matter of fact I happen to

know it's a terrible

story her husband was a

missionary he was

eaten actually

eaten she was forced to become the

chief's 15th

wife Dr hok was with the Expedition

which rescued her

ladies do forgive my not joining you I

seem to have been behind with everything

this week darling don't forget the

studio again ah of course since I let Mr

reading have the old summer house as a

studio on Tuesdays I've become diis and

rent collector as well excuse me goodbye

vica I wonder by the way if there really

is anything between Lawrence reading and

lettis prer and what do you think Miss

marle I shouldn't have thought to to

myself not

lettuce no quite another person I should

have thought but the can was very cross

about Lawrence reading painting

lce yes colel P was all struck me as

being rather a stupid man

damn

you saw us didn't

you we love each

other I suppose to you that seems very

wrong do you expect me to say anything

else Mrs brro I

no no I

don't I

haven't I mean things aren't what you

might think they are I'm glad of that I

often wonder why not I don't see how

anyone could be anything but miserable

with Lucius I wish he'd drink himself to

death I know I

know I thought I heard Lawrence might

have

no no

one My Dear Mrs PR no Mr CL you're very

kind and I know the sort of thing you

feel you ought to say the sort of thing

you might like to say but is no good I'm

beyond all that I really am thank you

I'm sorry

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the fact remains that the principal is

exactly the same quite so even so

I good night night major good night

thank

sh M kenning Harvey I oh this is L

strange isn't it Welcome to our little

congregation thank you V VI are you here

for a season or the summer or do

everything there is a season Vier quite

and a Time quite Proverbs yes it's a

pretty church so lucky to have escaped

Victorian

isation the frescos must be very old are

they oh yes 12th century fortunate

survival I congratulate you good night

vior good night Mrs

lrange Mr

reading i' uh I like your advice

Bill

Bill some silly devils carried some sort

of cord beneath the leaves up there

where have you been they broke my neck

where have you been the Bo's been closed

an hour or more you're so through that

Bloody swine prro I'll have to disappear

for a few days you've not been up to

PR's words of you what's happened

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Christopher there you are we heard from

your land lady that you weren't well yes

I wasn't sorry should you be here of

course chatter chatter all night long

Voices All Night

voices the SSB is my land lady in the

Next Room I didn't know what they find

to talk about see bad luck now are you

sure you're all right to take communion

of course

of course I am

Mary would you tell Mrs Clement that if

she misses this train the next one

doesn't get to peddington till 12:00 if

anybody wants me I should be taking a

class I should be back oh sometime what

a day

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bigger I see you at quter 6 suit you yes

very well see you

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then found that little rat Archer

trespassing on my land again last night

but he's only just come out of prison

are you sure of course I'm ass sure I

got the sewer once now it seems I'll get

him again you know he does give his

widowed sister a lot of support oh do

turn off the Taps Vier you should get

him to behave himself if that's the case

two things I don't like messed up Vier

Church ritual and my

feance quarter past 6

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then hello

hello I've uh decided to take your

advice really that's the only damn thing

to do as you say it's bound to get I

mean there's bound to be Talk Sooner or

Later and if it gets back to proo an's

position would

be yeah so I'm going to cut and run I

good boy I know what a difficult

decision this must have been for

you come in and tell me what you intend

to

do hello VI

very well I'll be on my way

now oh Mary I've got to go out to

Abbott's Farm old Mr Abbotts in a bad

way apparently not expected to last oh

really I'm sorry to hear that so would

you see to Colonel Prothro when he

arrives he'll be here at about A4 6 show

him into the study he can wait there

I'll telephone if I'm going to be very

late don't you want bck I'll see to him

your lip and mine two sip of

wine are

l

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I'm afraid the Lord will have to wait a

might longer for The Old Demon vicer

someone's been having you on Father

Vicor says you'll be on your deathbed

says what says you be on your

deathbed I'm not I'm on the Hispanic

bed you been a previous

vicer come back next week he vicer I

might you throttle the old Nuance by

then

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did you want to see me Colonel prro

wants to see me about some accounts but

I shouldn't be long

prro oh you'll see prro all right oh my

God you will you all right I must think

I've got to think

so you're back at last was it you who

rang it's Colonel proo here in the study

been here since qu to past 6 and Mr

reading's been to come a few minutes ago

said he wanted to see you I said colonel

was waiting to see you where he said

study I said so that's where he went to

too thank you

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Mary Dr heog this is the viid doctor

there's been a terrible accident and Via

says to come straight over certainly

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he

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oh M Miss marle there's been the most

hideous accident in here you see I'm

afraid I can't my dear vica you look

quite

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frightened for

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VI oh Miss Marvel Dr hok yes excuse me

of course doctor the reason I came vica

was to give you a message from Griselda

but I I realized that you knew all about

it because I I heard you trying to start

the thing and

uh oh look very shocked vica come sit

down I'm afraid you'll think me

hopelessly vague but I thought I better

come even though she may be back herself

almost Miss by

now yes well I I I'm so

sorry

yes this is a vile business I didn't

realize that things had gone so far

no what message miss m oh oh about your

car I heard you trying to start it yes

Rich thing just back from in's garage

too

really oh how

odd I always found in Mr lab

get me the

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police nice these new Wares aren't

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they well he's been dead nearly an

hour not later than halfast 6 I place it

at 6:25 allowing 10 either

way oh yes

well detective inspector slack where is

it

then

VI Mr Clement Leonard

Clement Dr hok good evening

inspector room been messed around much

do you reckon doctor nothing's been

touched

a good

stopped at least that gives us some sort

of

timing excuse me inspector Lake would

you mind clearing the room of extraneous

Personnel but inspector now

like very

well good evening

inspector St Mary

Maid of

course Miss

marle I just happened to of course you

did I'm sure it will be a great relief

to the dear Vicor to know that someone

so professional and so energetic is in

charge of case inspector as indeed it is

to

me thank you

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fer Pringle see what the boys from

forensic are up to get those reports

down the land come on look

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liy

L I first came across inspector slack of

course over that Dreadful business at

gossington Hall when Arthur and Dolly

Bantry lived

there it's rather like one of these

diesel engines that are now appearing

all over our Railways most

unappealing but I'm told

efficient well I suppose we should have

to learn to live with such things and

such

people I think there was something you

were trying to tell him wasn't the

Via oh

yes well I tried to

quite it was about the clock on my

desk it's just that we keep it about 10

minutes fast at all it's meant to get me

to my appointment some time

then it was actually 12 minutes past in

other words before Colonel prro even

arrived at the

house so it was tampered

with and another thing I'm sure you

noticed it Miss Marvel that note by the

body the handwriting it didn't look

consistent to me ah you noticed it yes

it was a f rather a clumsy one I fear

there's still a lot of people out there

more than there will be to mourn him I

Dare See

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let's go upstairs been such a horrible

day you're very quiet what are you

thinking about I was considering the sin

of

anger and how this cruel event will

change

things we'll never be free of it you

know what do you

mean I shall never forget what I saw

this evening was that side of

it

and how we should always be thought of

oh yes the

Clements they had a murder at their

vicarage didn't they my dearest old

thing what's really wrong you know that

sort of thing doesn't matter what is it

no no

something oh

between me and my

maker I'll go and lock up

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ly I've told you before if you managed

to find the girl was good she would

leave us as soon as she could find

somewhere better Mary knows nobody else

will touch her how do see the point of

having anyone at all stupid girl look at

that I just been talking to the baker's

boy they arrested Mr

reading what arrested Lawrence there

must be some stupid mistake no mistake

about it he went there himself and gave

himself up last night last thing went

right in threw down the pistol on the

table

I did it he says just like that pistol

what pistol his pistol he's always had

one leaves it lying around that studio

place I don't like dusting the thing I

can tell you German it is it's true he

is always leaving it lying around his

brother bought it back from Normandy I

still don't believe

it

t it's quite

mad what possible motive could Lawrence

have for killing Colonel

proo then

they quarrel oh come on so are

you

then then what do you

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know all right then what time it reading

claim to get to the vicarage to 7 10 to

7 about then won't what won he's lying P

would have been dead nearly half an hour

by the time he got to him I confirmed it

now are you sure yes I mean there's no

leeway not enough you know ballistics

say it was reading's gun doesn't make

any

difference

damn

lake

lake I thought it was looking too good

to be

true I should have known better as soon

as I saw that nice little gray-haired

Cobra sliding about I should have known

better mhm the marle woman sticks to

this sort of business likee chewing gun

to the cat Where Have You Been I'll

cancel the scale down the artistic

gentleman in Cell 5 is lying through his

eyeballs get everybody back on the

job who are you

protecting this isn't going to help you

Mr

reading the charge list is already as

long as your

arm obstructing the

police false

information failure to report an offense

unlicensed

firearm

Etc that's very tedious

stuff so tedious I believe I've

forgotten it

already I could however call the duty

sergeant and ask him to start writing it

all down couldn't I who's

it

oh

gotcha quite the local sport this

confession Lo isn't

it in the habit of visiting the

deceased's wife from time to time were

we

sir calm down

sir I only wanted to know who it was you

were

protecting if he's still on the premises

ask ha do to meet us there would you

both the wpcs are

out thank you so much Andor your very

kind

contribution very ecumenical of

you oh than

you

m delicious

they'll be here in a minute I'll explain

everything

then thank you for

coming I'll come straight to the point I

killed my

husband yes Madam I suppose I put it a

bit bluntly but I could never go into

hysterics over anything I've hated him

for a long time and yesterday I shot him

an you know Lawrence has already

confessed to it of course I know he

loves me it was impossibly good of

him how did he know you'd done it

Madam I told him of course what did you

shoot your husband with with his own gun

he used to keep it in the dressing room

wardrobe what type was it I don't

know some kind of War souvenir Italian I

suppose you push the bullets in from the

bottom of the hand

handle if I was to tell you madam that

we've already proved to our satisfaction

that Mr reading could not possibly have

committed this crime would you still

persist in this rather dubious account

of your

activities Oh while I remember it late

oh oh Sergeant inspector what a nice

surprise

Madam I wonder I wonder if I might

impose upon you for a small contribution

to our church restoration

fund I hate your two would

do such a vigorous appeal in the early

days but to tell you the truth I don't

think Mr Halls the new Cur it has helped

a little too spiritual if you know what

I mean to Cur it yes oh thank you that's

it yes thank you very generous now then

have you persuaded Mrs prro and Mr

reading that they couldn't possibly have

murdered the colonel I think it's about

time Mr wanted to tell everyone the

truth don't

you well I presume that's why you're

here miss maror did you know that Mrs

EST strange visited the colonel on the

afternoon before the murder Dr hob drove

her up now I find that very interesting

don't

you I think it would be a good idea Miss

marle if I Dro around later and had the

whole story from you oh sure you're far

too busy to listen to my little ideas

inspector no one can accuse me of not

being thorough indeed I suppose he's

having a ear for gossip and um Talent

for a bit of blind guess work really

what is inspector stops your little idea

as being a waste of time well I don't

think I've ever been complimented quite

like that in my life before inspector

don't mention

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it now would you like a flag thank you

man

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the Elderberry is a little more shall we

say forthright inspector but I'm sure

that will suit your

character oh now let me see where was I

uh in the garden Madam attending to your

batonic Grandy Flora oh yes yes you

understand that I can see the comings

and goings at the Vicor front door from

my little vantage point

but I only see as it were the official

visits you understood Miss

marel come

on we'll see it through

I'll help

you I

will we're leaving

Mrs prro was first to arrive at a quter

6 but that is approximate you

understand she was coming down back lane

from the square good evening Miss marel

oh good evening Mrs proo on her way to

meet the colonel at the Vicor I

understand well perhaps it was that

anyway you know what dresses are these

days nothing could have been hidden

under it you know certainly not a

gun she went around the side of the

vicarage towards the study presumably to

see if the colonel was there yet and I

suppose he wasn't because she came back

almost immediately and went into the old

summer house Mr reading uses the

studio excuse me Madam we've been taking

some statements and yes

Sergeant thank you madam you didn't hear

a shot did you by any chance no not then

but about 10 minutes later it seemed to

come from the woods but it didn't sound

like the shooting one here Us in the

woods but of course it might not if it

were echoing back from the woods and

wasn't a shotgun in the first place but

it sounded

odd yes Sant um well that ties in with

our other statement definite shot

sounded odd about 6:30 the next person

to turn up before the shot you realize

was Mr reading I nearly missed him as a

matter of fact as I was dealing just

then with a very nasty of a dandelion he

came along from the village just about 5

minutes after Mrs prro and

the I'm so sorry madam that's quite

right

Sergeant Mr reading went straight to the

studio and then I heard the shot about

10 minutes later as I said and then

shortly after that he and Mrs prro left

the studio together going towards the

square

later Mr reading returned and went round

to the front of the vicarage at about

10: to 7: so you see whoever it was

didn't enter the victorage by any sides

visible to me thank you miss marle you

make a decent witness I'll give you that

problem is if reading and Mrs prro are

in the clear there's no one else with a

real motive

oh oh well I well I was just thinking of

how many other people might want the

colonel out of the way well I didn't say

they'd murder him to get him out of the

way but

I oh dare me yes I'd forgotten

him I make it five possibly six

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what happened at the inquest Murder By

person or Persons Unknown well we all

knew that didn't we

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get

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I should have given

evidence but I should have been asked I

have pertinent facts to offer

ladies he's going to see the little

strange woman perhaps she's unwell again

I didn't mean you to get

up today I felt frightened for the first

time I wish now

I I suppose if one's father's been

murdered one might not want to what let

us a dreadful

child she wasn't at the inquest that's

all it's hardly a child old enough to be

a little t a r

t like daughter like mother well

stepmother

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the T VI thank

you are you sure you won't stay for tea

Mr hor what no thank you no thank

you

yes oh

D

well holy Quest like that I was

expecting the whole thing to be much

more detailed the police played their

cards very close to their chests don't

you think was

marble well such card as they possess

inspector slack isn't very good at

listening no doubt he'll learn in a

village one can learn a great deal by

listening

thank you much Madam thank you

just a minute wait for

it

yes 5:30 Colonel and Mrs PR leave out

Hall by car at approximately the same

time the Vicor receives a hopes phone

call to go to Abbott's farm and his car

had been tampered with right so he's out

the vicarage by

uh 20 to 6

say yes at between 10 and qu ex Colonel

prro arrives at the vicarage he's shown

through to the study and about 5 minutes

later his wife turns up comes via the

garden going towards the study on Miss

Mar's Authority without a

gun yes but almost immediately comes

back and goes across to the studio a

couple of minutes later her lover

reading turns up they both remain in the

studio and the shot comes 10 minutes

later

good and Miss marel saw saw all this in

her garden the whole time the police

didn't even mention the clock well it

would only have confused things it had

obviously been tampered with so as

evidence it was quite useless no it was

a treatment of the note by the body that

surpris me the handwriting expert seem

to know his onions oh yes was obviously

a fory but we didn't need an expert to

tell us that no the thing was all wrong

anyhow how do you mean well do you

remember what it said dear Clement I'm

afraid I can't wait any longer well

that's nonsense you'd only been there a

few minutes no it was a forgery rather a

clumsy one I'm afraid we're not dealing

with anyone with any degree of subtlety

right if we proved that the prro Widow

and her fancy boy reading couldn't have

done it who does that

leave brother's daughter lece

out playing

tennis claims she can't remember when

she left other Witnesses prove that she

had time to get there and do

it loathed his

guts stands to

inherit then that woman Le strange

visited proo the day before servants

overheard some kind of shouting match

obviously there's a

connection and Shar had

opportunity he do

he had opportunity of

course I can't see the

motive so if we are assuming that the

colonel was shot while I was in my

garden well then the murderer must have

come through the kitchen

door

or

wh what B have already been in the house

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excuse me sir what the gun sir what

about it it was Nick from Reading Studio

wasn't it well the vicker's made cleans

the place and the col had threatened to

Chu that Archer bloke back and choke you

for poaching he was only out on parole

and he had a bad time inside they say

well according to Village gossip archers

having a bit of a thing with the maid of

the vicarage is he by

God right

now Vier left at when

5:35 good about then what do you mean

about it's very important to be precise

well I didn't know anyone was coming to

shoot the old swine did I didn't you and

what does that mean we'll come to that

in a minute no we won't we'll come to it

now what do you mean yes inspector do

you have this specific charge manage

thank you vica and what do you mean you

know what I mean

there is a certain man with whom you are

conducting a certain relationship if

you're talking about Bill Archer you say

so yes I know him and better than

most better than

most have you got a note of that

Lake you realize that Mrs price Ridley

saw Archer arrive at the vicarage the

night before the murder at past midnight

the old crow saw him let into the

kitchen didn't see him

leave um he hurt himself didn't he he

needed

help ah he had a bad fall tripped over

some sort of cord in the woods there or

buried it was in the leaves what Woods

by the vicarage here so he saw a light

so what was he doing in the woods

rabbiting what do you think he wasn't

shooting magistrates

anyway I gave him a cup of tea vica

we better check it I suppose detail for

Pringle inspector I believe I have

information F to your investigation like

Fletcher

Pringle now then madam what can we do

for you there was a man in my Shrubbery

I distinctly heard him

sneeze yes madam

I've considerably revised my opinion of

Mary really way she stood up to

inspector slack was

magnificent no wonder we're a free

country this was sent down by an

proo dearer I wonder if you and Griselda

would come up and see me as soon as

possible I should be very grateful

something very strange has occurred and

I should like some advice yours

Etc well it's a nice evening

let's cycle

up good evening

big There She Goes tail up no down

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oh good afternoon

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l for

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going up Mr horse I won't belong Mrs S

so you'll want your teeth pleas please

I'm just popping around to Dr

Hogs sorry

hello how are you oh well you know

right oh there's nothing wrong there yes

but daugh there's nothing to worry about

Mr

HS now tell me how exactly does your

difficulty in sleeping manifest itself

well it's not really me doctor it's my

landl in her friend they they talk I can

hear them through the wall I I hear

snatches of what they're actually saying

but whenever I hear my name and try to

listen they whisper and I can't hear a

thing and this goes on at night yes only

at night it usually starts as soon as I

try to go to

sleep I'm going to prescribe you some

powders which are a bit of a

relaxant they'll help you to feel

drowsy but I want you to come back at

the end of next week whether they work

or not right

we

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are so something was nailed up between

those trees a rope let's

say why

suppose these poachers are like natives

in the jungle they always follow the

same Trails through the

woods but why should

anyone n it's just another Ruddy mystery

with short

up what did that price Ridley woman have

to say for herself well she says the

colonel is a good as accused whes of

petty theft she reckon some like it

herself money is missing from the church

fund oh yes and she thinks she heard the

murderer in the Shrubbery reckon she

heard him

sneeze so all we got to do is find

someone with a snotty

handkerchief I was out in the garden

replenishing my bird tray when I heard

him well I thought that's someone who

has no business being where they are so

I crept indoors and I went upstairs my

bed see I got I can see into the shr

living there but when I got there he

disappeared well I think it was

Archer what do you think

Jane miss m

I brought it down here because well I

don't know why I wonder if You' mind

taking it away for me of course not it's

horrible I suppose it shouldn't be

destroyed you see in case it's connected

in some way I'll come up and fetch you

tomorrow I don't even know who it's of

it's such an unpleasant incident I'm

sure it isn't a portrait of anyone I

know why should it affect me on top of

everything else I know I know it's like

an attack on someone a desecration a it

makes the place even more difficult to

though Juan and his wife are very sweet

but why didn't you come to stay with us

may I perhaps after Lawrence has gone

I've sent him away you know had be gone

as soon as he sorted out the studio it

would have been impossible here if he'd

stayed the talk is positively venomous

that all seems to be part of it somehow

I don't know how there's poison in the

very atmosphere of this place seems to

worked its way and

everywhere

everywhere I've got to go it wouldn't be

fair to answer he's going to hang on

just to silence a few times in this

wretched place to show she's not

ashamed then we'll get

married I wish to God it hadn't have to

be like

this but an's independent now and she

can spit on this Village and all its

works you know I can sympathize with

that

attitude I sometimes feel very drawn to

a jealous

God who the hell could have done it

Vicor I I don't

know sometimes I feel it was someone

who no never

mind I'll tell you what I

think I think was someone who was

crazy Pro had enemies sure but to kill

him no I think someone just tipped over

the

edge is there anyone in this place who

could have hated him enough

otherwise good night Lawrence

VI can I have a

word it's about Halles hearing

voices

Halls come to think of it yes I thought

you'd be able to tell me I'd call it

psychotic but you may have say it's the

voice of God anything is possible

depends what the voice has said he

hasn't told me I must say he's strikes

me as a fish out of water over

sensitive he's probably reacting more

strongly to this horrible business than

most of us goodness knows it's affected

the whole

place I'll get Griselda to have a word

with him

tomorrow I intimidate him according to

her

now the day before the

murder You' got Dr hok to drive you to

the old Hall yes I did to speak to

Colonel PR can you indicate to me the

nature of that

interview

no I'm afraid I must insist Mrs

lrange no

inspector I will assure you that nothing

which was said at the interview could

possibly have any barar we have

statements to the effect that this

interview got very

acrimonious Colonel pru lost his temper

certainly

but then he was prone to

that I am not and I didn't and you won't

tell me what was

discussed

no Mrs the bloody strange I know her

game

blackmail she was blackmailing

proo he refused to pay threatened to

expose her inspector

have you been questioning Mrs lrange

trying

to could I have a word in

confidence I had HED to catch you before

you went in to see her this is in

the we have to ask ourselves the

question did pugin and moris work and

die in vain are are we to banish Beauty

like the econ class of the Commonwealth

among the most evil men who ever lived I

may add the enemies of beauty are the

enemies of God you know I agree

oh you want to go I'm sorry thank you

for popping r no no it was a pleasure

are you sure you're all right yes of

course I'll see you at Martin's tomorrow

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I

think I believe that you are a

sophisticated woman and by that of

course I don't mean merely in terms of

appearance so that um I'm sure you'll

understand when I say that my advice

would be that there is no point in

misleading people any longer I

understand of course it was necessary

when you first came for everyone's sake

most especially the child's but now

Everything's changed hasn't it

especially as you seem to have told her

anyway so I think you should let it out

in the open now before it causes some

Dreadful problems what are you saying

miss

marble lettuce is your daughter isn't

she

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an what do you love

Lawrence

yes I'm sorry it's all

right I just do

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I don't

mind you're much older than he is aren't

you

what would you be desperate if Lawrence

checked you

over you did it didn't you

an you killed Daddy

you kill him so that

you so that you and lawence

I'm not coming in I've just come to tell

you to keep your bloody daughter out of

my life and tell her to keep a bloody

stupid ideas to herself there's a law

called criminal Lial in this country you

know and I'm damned if I'm going to have

my name smeared by a half-witted little

tart like her you poor thing don't worry

lettuce is coming to stay with

me oh come in

we've both suffered too much at the

hands of that man not to be

friends do sit

down he's out of the way now I can see

my daughter and you can recover yourself

why are you why are you

being I don't understand

because I'm

dying this will be my last

summer there's my doctor you can ask

him it's

true I give anything for it not to

be the portrait it was of you wasn't it

yes we must forgive letters for that I

don't think she meant you to find it she

he was frightened that a connection

might be made between me and Lucius and

that the police might become

bothersome maybe she thought I actually

killed

him wouldn't it be simple if I had

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well it's a good house for Martin

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my text today is taken from Psalm

15 Lord who shall rest on thy Holy Hill

even he that hath used no deceit in his

time and hath not slandered his

neighbor my friends we are all in the

meaning of that text

neighbors amongst us are some who are

pure in heart who will hear with sorrow

what I have to say urging themselves in

Imitation of God's Great son to

forgiveness of Those whom I

address amongst whom I include

myself an act of horrible violence and

cruelty has taken place amongst as my

neighbors and whatever we should

discover the reason finally to be I

believe that this was no mere accidental

occurrence the ground was

prepared the time was ripe for such a

deed we are almost all of us

involved and those who are involved are

guilty and I beg you do not look at it

with mundane eyes with the eyes of pity

justification of everyday excuses look

at it with the eyes of

Eternity for one day we shall all be

judged and we shall not be treated like

recant

children we shall be viewed with the

eyes of that Eternal judge who weighs

our actions

absolutely a fog of

anger and I need remind no one here that

anger is one of the deadly sins a fog of

anger surrounded the murdered man a fog

which the bright light of forgiveness

may have

dispersed how many of us can say that we

found in our hearts even a penny candle

of forgiveness to light our way through

that

Gloom few I suspected and I know I did

not there is one Among Us who has a dark

journey to

make one who has broken the mightiest of

all commandments

let us all pray that this person has

already started on his seemingly

impossible Journey towards the light of

our Maker's presence which alone can

forgive the

unforgivable and what of the rest of

us from the depths of my Contrition I

beg you join

me Journey with me offer your

supplication with

mine call upon our maker to intercede

for our souls that our sins may not have

stained them

forever and in the light of that hope

for forgiveness let us

forgive as he shall forgive

us and renounce that which shall surely

Dam us if we

continue in the name of the Father the

Son and the Holy Ghost amen

hello

borage

hello

hello is is Mr

Clem no he hasn't come back from EV song

yet he had to go on to I I want to

confess hello

they're doing trov is 1812 on the

wireless tonight and for the salute of

cannon at the end they're having some

real guns going off in the park across

the road from the Alit Hall wish I had

one of those recording machines like

young reading

hat

marle oh Canon you say most interesting

is

you you've rearranged your room

yes I thought the memory of that awful

evening might perhaps be dissipated if

I and your fine as vistra was that

always in this room no that was out

there in the

lobby oh yes yes much better where it

is hello vior TR here hello

my yes of

course right away

Hors has attempted to take his own

life thank you Mrs sspr the doctor is on

his way he's very

weak I'm most

surprised Mr

hores look at

this it's what Colonel PR was writing

before he was killed it accuses

Christopher hores of stealing from the

church fund oh dear dear dear well that

must be it mustn't it that must be the

not the other was a forgery oh yes this

is the last mortal thing he

did PA was trying to telephone to

confess Christopher is a murderer

it's

frightening well it depends doesn't it

on what he wanted to confess too and if

he really did want to confess why did he

try to kill himself before doing

so if he did

did tried to kill

himself oh I'm sorry my dear I'm just

trying to get used to how stupid I've

been they're

upstairs

oh it looks doctor as if he had taken an

overdose of those powders which I see

You' given him but I beg you to keep an

open mind on

that I believe you'll see that it was

meant to look like that what do you

reckon God

knows it's

possible anything's possible in this

damn

business Cur could have done it

doctor could have done

it Church cat could have done it as far

as

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I'm there's only one thing about this

business that's

certain wherever you

turn there's one person will always be

there good evening inspector

he took poison whether he meant or not

the tranquilizers I prescribed couldn't

have this effect they were muscle

relaxant basically and their color

looked slightly wrong I'll get them

analyzed anyway it's Touch and Go Excuse

Me Miss marel he didn't intend to

inspector someone intended him to

who well Mrs Solsbury had a glimpse of

the person who visited Mr hores after

dark this evening rather surreptitiously

she thought she is thank heaven an

inquisitive body who was it Miss Marvel

the murderer of

course now may I propose a little

stratagy

oh oh that's right that's who I wanted

to speak

to there's been a most awful accident

you know poor Mr horse took his life

they say is he's dead or good as won't

ever come out of it they reckon he'll be

dead before the night's out

oh they've all gone now thank

goodness police were here

everything I uh I didn't tell them that

I saw you come around earlier I thought

you wouldn't want to be mixed up in it

but as you were a friend of poor Mr

I thought you'd like to know

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eow

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w

e

w

well

well Mr reading

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there's a note

may I see

it oh oh thank you inspector yes so

dear but why did poor an Prothro take

her own

life do you think she suspected that

Reading had shot Prothro and couldn't

live with it oh

no oh no no no what she couldn't live

with was the fact that she was the

murderer she killed her husband you know

man who is just as she told us she did

and of course we weren't meant to

believe

it oh Dy is that the time I think I miss

marel you mustn't go you must tell us

what happened where is that wretched

girl with the

tea hello vicarage

you'd better get home with there tea go

no

hurry you'll be glad to hear that

Christopher Hors has regained

Consciousness and is out of danger oh

oh thank goodness for that oh yes indeed

yes now do sit down then we're not going

to let Miss Mara go to bed until she's

explained everything oh oh well you see

I made the most Dreadful mistake of

underestimating young Mr eding I thought

we were dealing with someone whose

crudity would eventually expose them

what I hadn't bargained for was being

made to think it was someone not very

bright when in fact he was extremely

subtle the double confession pointing

the finger to crew ly at the real

murderer planting the Colonel's letter

on eccentric Mr hes and staging his

suicide

most I think we've been extremely lucky

inspector you see what I still know oh

we want to know how they did it well we

have to go back to the morning of the

murder Mr reading waited till you've

gone out Vicor Griselda was in

London it wasn't until youd rearranged

your room vica that I realized where Mr

ridding must have put his gun

he'd already immobilized your car so the

scene was Now set that evening Mr

reading telephoned you pretending to be

Mr Abbott's neighbor and you were out of

the

way they counted on my being in my

garden good evening Miss marle oh oh

good evening Mrs prro the dress was

selected with great care she knew I was

a noticing sort of person

but I could tell she hadn't so much as a

handkerchief in the top of her stockings

never mind the

gun the gun was

silenced but when it went off Mrs price

Ridley heard it she believed she'd heard

someone in her Shrubbery sneezing she

thought so she went upstairs to get a

better

view now this was very unfortunate as

she was not there to connect the sound

of the sneeze with Mrs prro leaving the

study and Crossing to the studio to

await Mr

reading it was a few minutes before he

turned

up I nearly missed him as a matter of

fact as I was at that moment occupied in

another part of my

garden I didn't notice that he was not

quite his usual self but I should have

been alerted by the fact that he waved

to

me he'd never done that

before he wanted to be noticed was he

Mr Reading had set up one of the nesting

boxes at the edge of the woods with a

loud speaker inside it the wire running

back to his tape recorder inside the

studio this was the wire that bill

Archer tripped over the night before the

murder at precisely 6:30 Mr reading

switched on the tape recorder and the

final touch to this masterpiece of

confusion was applied

the shot sounded odd so it took my

attention Mr reading was relying on the

fact that a gunshot inside a room which

then echoed outside would sound

odd I don't think an prro Ever recovered

from what she'd done Mr reading's

company she might have forgotten

occasionally but I think she realized

she destroyed her

life though she had wealth and freedom

of

course she tried to save Lauren's

reading to the

last well I must say I'm glad she didn't

succeed that would never

do

see oh and uh some of your Rock Cakes

how thoughtful of you

oh my dear you think you should in your

condition I've always suspected you of

keeping a broomstick Under the Stairs

Miss Mar now I know Griselda yes Len

darling what I

mean

condition and little Clement is

forecast oh say yes but when I still

don't see it I

say what oh I

say what was that

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