1 00:00:27,577 --> 00:00:31,349 MURDER IS EASY 1X01 BY AGATHA CHRISTIE 2 00:01:44,455 --> 00:01:45,455 Next. 3 00:02:01,231 --> 00:02:02,480 Next. 4 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,404 Train to London Waterloo departing at platform 1. 5 00:02:32,405 --> 00:02:35,000 In a carriage, please! In a carriage! 6 00:02:58,953 --> 00:03:01,303 Let me help you with your... 7 00:03:00,081 --> 00:03:01,599 {\an8}DERBY RACE DAY AT EPSON 8 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:02,600 Oh, thank you! 9 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:04,520 A thousand thanks. 10 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:28,120 Candy? 11 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:30,200 Homemade. 12 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,570 Keep the newspaper too. 13 00:03:36,617 --> 00:03:38,167 I chose a horse. 14 00:03:48,041 --> 00:03:49,891 I see he has a sweet tooth. 15 00:03:50,499 --> 00:03:52,199 Are you going to London to study? 16 00:03:53,455 --> 00:03:56,400 No, the period of study is long over. 17 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,580 Luke Obiako Fitzwilliam. 18 00:04:01,503 --> 00:04:03,119 I will soon be part of Whitehall. 19 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,033 Lavinia Pinkerton. Nice to meet you. 20 00:04:05,034 --> 00:04:07,040 Is he Nigerian? I guessed right. 21 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,159 Dad was stationed there. 22 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,889 But why leave so much beauty 23 00:04:13,425 --> 00:04:16,279 per queste lande desolate, non lo so. 24 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:17,830 Non le mancherà la famiglia? 25 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,720 E lei non mancherà alla famiglia? 26 00:04:19,882 --> 00:04:22,940 I think I'm here to make orgogliosa la mia famiglia. 27 00:04:22,941 --> 00:04:26,826 Ero il diplomatico di Sir William Ossington dell'Ufficio Coloniale. 28 00:04:26,827 --> 00:04:29,199 He always said I was sprecato nel governo regionale. 29 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,319 So when he got called back, he got me asked to work for him in Whitehall. 30 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,319 Did you say Whitehall? 31 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,992 Maybe he knows what time Scotland Yard closes. 32 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,359 It's important that I don't miss it. 33 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,145 You see, I have to get back to Algernon but... 34 00:04:45,443 --> 00:04:46,943 but I have to point out... 35 00:04:47,646 --> 00:04:48,746 a murder. 36 00:04:48,946 --> 00:04:49,946 A murder? 37 00:04:50,575 --> 00:04:51,575 A murder. 38 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,080 Tommy Pierce, pushed. 39 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:57,610 I found it on the parapet. 40 00:04:57,877 --> 00:04:59,999 Harry Carter, the pub owner 41 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,719 down to the nearby village, Ashe Bottom, drowned. 42 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,767 - Two murders? - Maybe three. 43 00:05:05,768 --> 00:05:07,679 If my suspicions are true. 44 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,040 But I know for sure that there will be others. 45 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,199 The killer has a plan to carry out 46 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,250 and will continue to kill until he reaches it. 47 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,999 - I have to stop him. - But if you know the identity of the murderer, 48 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,759 why not tell the police? 49 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:22,810 I tried! 50 00:05:23,408 --> 00:05:25,999 The village policeman is good with lost cats, 51 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,983 but listen to an old aunt talking about mass murder... 52 00:05:30,468 --> 00:05:34,199 Especially when the suspect he is a respectable person. 53 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,159 No, not many people would listen, you know? 54 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:38,560 Look. 55 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,090 Scotland Yard is my last hope. 56 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 But... 57 00:05:44,730 --> 00:05:45,730 aunt... 58 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,799 how can one kill three people in an English village 59 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,900 without anyone noticing? 60 00:05:53,345 --> 00:05:55,040 I noticed it, my dear. 61 00:05:56,280 --> 00:06:00,023 And murder is easy for a certain type of people. 62 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,877 Well, we must not lose the race. 63 00:06:08,751 --> 00:06:10,003 Did you pick a winner? 64 00:06:10,004 --> 00:06:11,800 I love Derby, don't you? 65 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,649 It's absurd to think that in these days and times 66 00:06:37,650 --> 00:06:40,719 a grown woman can't do one bet without being criticized. 67 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:45,087 Dad and I used to take part in the Port Harcourt runs every week. 68 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,999 He always knew how to recognize a winner, as I believe too. 69 00:06:48,599 --> 00:06:50,649 {\an8}END IN SIGHT FOR FOOD RATIONING 70 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,780 I sent my bags early. 71 00:06:50,781 --> 00:06:54,040 Can I... can I take you to Scotland Yard? 72 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:56,790 There's no need. 73 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,400 Whatever happens now, 74 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,350 someone else knows the truth. 75 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,660 Someone I can trust, right? 76 00:07:08,089 --> 00:07:09,089 Yes. 77 00:07:09,649 --> 00:07:11,159 - Yes, of course. - Last bets! 78 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,559 - Last bets! - Oh, let's hurry! 79 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,510 Attention, last bets! 80 00:07:17,847 --> 00:07:19,879 40-1 on Jujube II! 81 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,439 40-1! Aunt, are you really sure? 82 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:23,520 Absolutely. 83 00:07:26,649 --> 00:07:28,543 20 guineas on Jujube II. 84 00:07:28,544 --> 00:07:29,999 And now they're lining up. 85 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,345 - And... - They align. 86 00:07:31,346 --> 00:07:33,738 All about Never Say Die. 87 00:07:33,739 --> 00:07:35,680 1954 Epsom Derby. 88 00:07:36,115 --> 00:07:37,679 ... they took their seats. 89 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,719 Thinking back, about Jujube II. 90 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,039 - They're coming pretty quickly... - Jujube II. 91 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,143 - All right. - The first start could be fine. 92 00:07:44,144 --> 00:07:46,479 The judges give the go-ahead. He seems satisfied. 93 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,387 And they started on the first one, excellent start! 94 00:07:49,388 --> 00:07:51,157 An extremely good start! 95 00:07:51,158 --> 00:07:53,799 Moonlight Express in I arrive from the side of the stands. 96 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,719 Then come Arabian Phoenix and Never Say Die. 97 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:01,359 Dark Corsair is positioned very well, and Never Say Die is behind Dark Corsair! 98 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,439 Arabian Phoenix retires! 99 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,239 And here comes Jujube II! 100 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,719 Jujube II comes from outside to beat them all! 101 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,326 50 meters to go! 102 00:08:10,327 --> 00:08:12,360 Jujube II will win! 103 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:17,920 Jujube II is the winner! 104 00:08:44,119 --> 00:08:46,320 Here you go, buddy. Take your winnings. 105 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,319 Agent! 106 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:00,520 Agent... 107 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:02,999 I know this woman! 108 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,639 I have... I have your money here! 109 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,999 See? My name is Luke Obiako Fitzwilliam. 110 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,000 O-B... 111 00:09:10,356 --> 00:09:11,356 I... 112 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:14,740 My mistake. It does not matter. 113 00:09:15,011 --> 00:09:17,011 Officer, I saw a car. 114 00:09:20,088 --> 00:09:22,788 WEST AFRICA EDUCATION CENTRE 115 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,700 A respectable old lady, Jimmy. 116 00:09:33,645 --> 00:09:35,479 She spoke, and the next moment she was dead. 117 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,000 While I was there, with his Derby win in hand! 118 00:09:41,671 --> 00:09:44,359 Maybe I should find the village where he lived, 119 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,639 pay my respects to his family in quality of the last person to have seen it? 120 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,283 Very admirable, cousin, but how? 121 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,439 What about Whitehall and from your old employer? 122 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:55,719 Sir William Ossington. 123 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:56,720 Ossington? 124 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:59,470 The colonialist butcher? 125 00:10:01,542 --> 00:10:04,451 Here is the imperial African! 126 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,159 It self-colonizes, collaborate with his oppressors! 127 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,520 Hey, no wonder if you look like an English gentleman. 128 00:10:12,578 --> 00:10:14,533 - He offered me a job. - As? 129 00:10:14,534 --> 00:10:15,800 On his Friday? 130 00:10:17,134 --> 00:10:19,199 I hope you know how to type. 131 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,599 How's the storage going? 132 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,785 As your diplomat here in London. 133 00:10:22,786 --> 00:10:24,636 It's a high-end place. 134 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,640 - No typewriter. - Ngozi! Huh, huh? 135 00:10:54,875 --> 00:10:56,839 But that poor thing, that poor woman. 136 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,474 Obi, please, I beg you. Stop talking about this aunt. 137 00:10:59,475 --> 00:11:00,999 He was talking about murder! 138 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,599 Of murders in his village. 139 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,759 He said he would kill again, and now she's dead. 140 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:05,960 Doesn't it look like...? 141 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:07,999 Someone should go there and... 142 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,595 Let me get this straight, oh great black savior. 143 00:11:11,917 --> 00:11:16,564 You find yourself in a remote place in the bush full of murders... 144 00:11:16,565 --> 00:11:19,357 And you start asking questions about killers? 145 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,600 Do you want to get arrested? 146 00:11:22,278 --> 00:11:24,046 Shouldn't I at least give his money back? 147 00:11:24,047 --> 00:11:25,999 You shouldn't be in your village, 148 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,820 to help your people conquer independence at home? 149 00:11:28,821 --> 00:11:32,000 When did the last one come home once, Miss Ngozi? 150 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,559 You've been in England "studying" for years. 151 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:37,860 Or maybe you've grown fond of the climate? 152 00:11:38,090 --> 00:11:41,490 Ngozi, the hook catches the fish only if his mouth is open. 153 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,298 Or... 154 00:11:43,299 --> 00:11:48,104 maybe we owe it to our people to do what is right to make her proud, 155 00:11:48,105 --> 00:11:51,560 whether it is in his native village or in any place in England? 156 00:11:52,711 --> 00:11:53,711 No! 157 00:11:53,828 --> 00:11:56,528 You won't go to any village, go to bed! 158 00:11:57,669 --> 00:11:59,440 And tomorrow, Whitehall! 159 00:12:25,694 --> 00:12:26,794 No, that's fine. 160 00:12:27,603 --> 00:12:29,753 Thanks for letting me know. 161 00:12:37,650 --> 00:12:39,379 And what did they say? 162 00:12:39,380 --> 00:12:40,780 Sir William is away. 163 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:42,999 Nothing to worry about. 164 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,999 I have to wait for your letter before showing up to work. 165 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,650 Just a couple of days. 166 00:13:41,589 --> 00:13:45,571 INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES OF THE DEATHS OF HARRY CARTER AND TOMMY PIERCE. 167 00:14:07,883 --> 00:14:08,883 Miss? 168 00:14:12,077 --> 00:14:13,477 Miss, can you...? 169 00:14:13,806 --> 00:14:15,999 Can you tell me your family of a certain Miss Pin...? 170 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,300 Hurry, or we'll lose the verdict. 171 00:14:20,365 --> 00:14:23,612 In the absence of witnesses of the death of Harry Carter, 172 00:14:23,613 --> 00:14:26,365 owner of the pub "Le Seven Stars", in Ashe Bottom, 173 00:14:26,889 --> 00:14:31,374 I return a verdict of death by drowning at Wychwood Watermill, 174 00:14:31,375 --> 00:14:35,399 under the influence of great quantity of strong liquor. 175 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,000 For the avoidance of doubt... 176 00:14:37,947 --> 00:14:39,097 an accident. 177 00:14:39,113 --> 00:14:40,353 Next case. 178 00:14:40,354 --> 00:14:44,601 Tommy Pierce, window cleaner from Ashe Bottom. 179 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,930 Major Horton on the witness stand! 180 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:57,296 Well, he was having fun on the balcony balustrade 181 00:14:57,367 --> 00:15:00,089 at Ashe Manor, east wing. 182 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,400 He did imitations. 183 00:15:03,055 --> 00:15:04,440 Imitations of whom? 184 00:15:05,777 --> 00:15:06,902 Well, 185 00:15:06,903 --> 00:15:08,647 I believe by Lord Whitfield. 186 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:13,595 Well, I threatened him with my fist and I continued to walk my dogs. 187 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,240 I didn't see him fall. 188 00:15:16,825 --> 00:15:19,639 I'll call Dr. Thomas on the witness stand. 189 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,822 The impact of that fall resulted 190 00:15:22,823 --> 00:15:27,188 the complete bisection of C3 and C4. 191 00:15:31,643 --> 00:15:33,543 He broke his neck. 192 00:15:34,132 --> 00:15:36,040 Thank you, Dr. Thomas. 193 00:15:37,128 --> 00:15:40,319 I'll call the lady Waynflete on the witness stand. 194 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,161 So Tommy Pierce had been hired to clean the windows of Ashe Manor. 195 00:15:44,162 --> 00:15:45,854 Where were you at that moment? 196 00:15:45,855 --> 00:15:47,257 I was working downstairs, 197 00:15:47,258 --> 00:15:50,358 I cataloged the glasses Lord Whitfield's Anglo-Saxons. 198 00:15:50,521 --> 00:15:53,530 I heard his imitations, but I didn't see him fall. 199 00:15:53,531 --> 00:15:55,119 So who found the body? 200 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,670 Lavinia Pinkerton on the witness stand! 201 00:15:59,552 --> 00:16:00,680 Where? 202 00:16:02,279 --> 00:16:05,200 Dear old Pinkerton. Probably he's taking care of Algernon. 203 00:16:05,201 --> 00:16:06,351 Not present. 204 00:16:07,001 --> 00:16:08,951 - In which case... - Damn! 205 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:10,993 With no more witnesses, 206 00:16:10,994 --> 00:16:16,046 and having listened to extensive testimonies of the deceased, the past behavior 207 00:16:16,047 --> 00:16:18,839 delinquent and reckless by Thomas Pierce, 208 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,243 I conclude this investigation with confidence 209 00:16:21,244 --> 00:16:23,594 with a verdict of accidental death. 210 00:16:49,117 --> 00:16:51,917 So he's a journalist? This explains everything. 211 00:16:53,555 --> 00:16:55,187 A rather poor journalist. 212 00:16:55,188 --> 00:16:56,188 I? No! 213 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,482 I thought she was. 214 00:16:58,765 --> 00:17:01,101 I'm just a secretary moderately insightful. 215 00:17:01,504 --> 00:17:03,092 I live in Wychwood, so it's really there 216 00:17:03,093 --> 00:17:06,843 little to test with my observation skills. 217 00:17:07,874 --> 00:17:09,373 Until you arrived. 218 00:17:11,777 --> 00:17:12,784 Fitzwilliam. 219 00:17:13,082 --> 00:17:14,082 Here... 220 00:17:14,575 --> 00:17:15,878 Luke Fitzwilliam. 221 00:17:15,963 --> 00:17:17,631 And what brings you to Wychwood... 222 00:17:17,963 --> 00:17:19,175 Fitzwilliam? 223 00:17:19,456 --> 00:17:21,174 Our sparkling society? 224 00:17:21,175 --> 00:17:23,254 - Actually... - Because he isn't there. 225 00:17:24,360 --> 00:17:26,096 Fresh air and exercise? 226 00:17:26,262 --> 00:17:27,459 A convalescence? 227 00:17:27,871 --> 00:17:29,474 Are you an invalid, Mr. Fitzwilliam? 228 00:17:29,475 --> 00:17:31,067 I enjoy excellent health. 229 00:17:31,068 --> 00:17:32,365 I'm glad to know that. 230 00:17:33,554 --> 00:17:36,045 But I hope he has a reason to stay here, in Wychwood... 231 00:17:36,060 --> 00:17:38,805 otherwise I will be forced to inform the authorities. 232 00:17:40,004 --> 00:17:42,118 What if you were on a secret mission? 233 00:17:44,254 --> 00:17:46,232 Blink twice if he's a spy. 234 00:17:53,475 --> 00:17:55,003 Cultural anthropologist. 235 00:17:55,004 --> 00:17:56,205 - Health. - Thank you. 236 00:17:56,206 --> 00:17:57,859 No. Me. 237 00:17:58,106 --> 00:17:59,354 It's me. 238 00:17:59,624 --> 00:18:01,418 The cultural anthropologist. 239 00:18:01,844 --> 00:18:04,494 I'm doing research for a book. 240 00:18:05,267 --> 00:18:08,845 "A comparison of habits and customs in the English countryside and in Nigeria." 241 00:18:09,918 --> 00:18:11,676 I'll be staying in Wychwood for a while... 242 00:18:11,677 --> 00:18:13,024 to compare the uses... 243 00:18:13,070 --> 00:18:14,448 premises and... 244 00:18:15,316 --> 00:18:16,487 the costumes. 245 00:18:18,889 --> 00:18:19,961 Well... 246 00:18:20,137 --> 00:18:23,086 satanic rituals are every third Tuesday of the month. 247 00:18:24,928 --> 00:18:26,070 Very funny. 248 00:18:29,534 --> 00:18:31,387 Well, it was a pleasure meeting you... 249 00:18:31,388 --> 00:18:32,541 Miss...? 250 00:18:34,781 --> 00:18:35,883 Conway. 251 00:18:37,287 --> 00:18:38,574 Bridget Conway. 252 00:19:05,497 --> 00:19:06,889 The manager is away. 253 00:19:10,433 --> 00:19:11,816 FULLY 254 00:19:35,307 --> 00:19:37,168 FREE ROOMS 255 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:38,884 Thanks. 256 00:19:46,976 --> 00:19:49,893 {\an8}TWO MURDERS. HARRY CARTER: DROWNED. TOMMY PIERCE: FALLEN. "A RESPECTABLE MAN" 257 00:19:47,173 --> 00:19:50,105 The killer has a plan to carry out. 258 00:19:51,428 --> 00:19:52,871 I have to stop him. 259 00:20:11,409 --> 00:20:15,860 LORD WHITFIELD WOULD LIKE YOURS PRESENCE AT ASHE MANOR, TONIGHT 260 00:20:45,493 --> 00:20:49,548 WHITFIELD, THE NEW TOWN THAT CEMENTS YOUR FUTURE 261 00:22:07,478 --> 00:22:10,878 I think he'll find out where he is in the wrong place, sir. 262 00:22:13,948 --> 00:22:17,498 His Lordship and the other guests I'm inside the house. 263 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:05,141 Lord Whitfield? 264 00:23:09,061 --> 00:23:10,789 I received your generous invitation... 265 00:23:10,790 --> 00:23:13,340 - and I just wanted... - Mr. Fitzwilliam? 266 00:23:15,395 --> 00:23:18,126 We never had a cultural anthropologist at dinner... 267 00:23:18,738 --> 00:23:21,838 so we thought to have it for the appetizers. 268 00:23:22,131 --> 00:23:23,669 Mr Fitzwilliam... 269 00:23:23,670 --> 00:23:24,966 Lord Whitfield. 270 00:23:25,549 --> 00:23:29,402 My Bridget tells me she's writing a book on superstitions. 271 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:33,560 Yes. 272 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,160 Yes. 273 00:23:35,271 --> 00:23:37,255 The similarities between cultures... 274 00:23:37,376 --> 00:23:40,768 - the remarkable universality... - Yes, never liked superstitions. 275 00:23:40,769 --> 00:23:42,327 Isn't that right, Bridget? 276 00:23:43,841 --> 00:23:45,649 "Pay no attention to endless fables and genealogies. 277 00:23:45,650 --> 00:23:49,600 Instead of promoting the work of God, based on faith". Timothy, 4:7. 278 00:23:50,858 --> 00:23:53,934 So, what kind of person are you, Mr. Fitzwilliam? 279 00:23:53,935 --> 00:23:55,183 Old fashioned? 280 00:23:55,463 --> 00:23:57,161 Someone who drinks rum and ginger beer? 281 00:23:57,162 --> 00:23:58,900 I'm more into whiskey and soda, I'd say. 282 00:23:59,412 --> 00:24:00,862 I'll make him one. 283 00:24:02,089 --> 00:24:05,289 Remember Dr. Thomas, from the judicial investigation? 284 00:24:07,917 --> 00:24:09,991 The Reverend Humbleby and Mrs. 285 00:24:10,478 --> 00:24:11,765 And daughter, Rose. 286 00:24:11,766 --> 00:24:13,755 Pleased to meet you, young man. 287 00:24:13,756 --> 00:24:15,313 Nice to meet you. 288 00:24:15,314 --> 00:24:16,526 You know what? Some... 289 00:24:16,527 --> 00:24:19,106 they say that books are the keys to Paradise. 290 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,014 And look where they took her. 291 00:24:22,852 --> 00:24:24,910 From his mud hut... 292 00:24:25,673 --> 00:24:26,971 to all this. 293 00:24:32,985 --> 00:24:34,108 Thank you. 294 00:24:34,458 --> 00:24:36,227 Dinner is served. 295 00:24:38,865 --> 00:24:39,906 My dear... 296 00:24:39,907 --> 00:24:41,558 Thanks. Better sit down. 297 00:24:41,961 --> 00:24:45,057 Bridget was his secretary. Now they are engaged. 298 00:24:45,058 --> 00:24:46,400 It's so romantic! 299 00:24:46,401 --> 00:24:47,601 Come on, Rose. 300 00:24:57,367 --> 00:25:00,057 I'm comparing practices daily pagans... 301 00:25:00,058 --> 00:25:03,308 in a typical English village, with those in Nigeria. 302 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,140 Have you heard? 303 00:25:05,671 --> 00:25:07,033 Pagan practices! 304 00:25:07,365 --> 00:25:09,423 To Wychwood, Reverend Humbleby! 305 00:25:10,577 --> 00:25:13,297 We are no longer in the Middle Ages, My Lord. 306 00:25:13,298 --> 00:25:15,863 The church is increasingly far-sighted. 307 00:25:15,864 --> 00:25:17,464 So, Fitzwilliam... 308 00:25:18,155 --> 00:25:21,669 he earns a living decently writing books? 309 00:25:22,765 --> 00:25:25,215 - I never had to find out. - And why? 310 00:25:25,562 --> 00:25:28,182 My father's village is very lucky. 311 00:25:28,183 --> 00:25:30,858 3,000 square kilometers of arable land, and... 312 00:25:31,435 --> 00:25:32,785 mud huts. 313 00:25:35,555 --> 00:25:36,708 And oil. 314 00:25:37,409 --> 00:25:39,959 She'll handle it, in no time. 315 00:25:40,176 --> 00:25:43,072 Well, Fitzwilliam, I deal with concrete... 316 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,410 that holds the modern world together. 317 00:25:45,663 --> 00:25:47,679 My father was the village cobbler. 318 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,774 But I pulled myself together... 319 00:25:50,775 --> 00:25:52,775 Profiting from the war? 320 00:25:54,775 --> 00:25:56,031 the sleeves... 321 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,250 With the righteousness of hard work and the grace of God. 322 00:26:11,799 --> 00:26:14,399 The chapter I'm working on now... 323 00:26:14,771 --> 00:26:18,443 well, it's about popular beliefs about violent death... 324 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,205 for falls or accidents. 325 00:26:21,947 --> 00:26:26,181 Many cultures believe that if life comes cut short, the spirit lives on... 326 00:26:26,182 --> 00:26:27,800 wandering endlessly. 327 00:26:27,801 --> 00:26:29,514 Good heavens! It's scary! 328 00:26:30,036 --> 00:26:31,400 He's absolutely right. 329 00:26:31,474 --> 00:26:33,453 Nobody wants people like Harry Carter 330 00:26:33,454 --> 00:26:36,570 - wander around without stopping. - Mr. Carter was pure terror. 331 00:26:36,571 --> 00:26:41,051 That violent drunk approached me in my estate! Isn't that right, Bridget? 332 00:26:41,052 --> 00:26:43,341 And as for Tommy Pierce... 333 00:26:44,384 --> 00:26:46,157 That impertinent devil... 334 00:26:46,349 --> 00:26:47,696 With the voice of an angel. 335 00:26:47,697 --> 00:26:50,247 My medical opinion is that the boy was unstable, 336 00:26:50,248 --> 00:26:51,705 in every sense. 337 00:26:51,706 --> 00:26:56,206 He did not mention this detail Interesting in the investigation, Dr. Thomas. 338 00:26:57,515 --> 00:27:00,345 How sad. Many deaths recently. 339 00:27:06,861 --> 00:27:09,597 Already. And now, Miss Pinkerton. 340 00:27:13,236 --> 00:27:14,236 What? 341 00:27:15,025 --> 00:27:16,025 Dead? 342 00:27:16,393 --> 00:27:17,393 As? 343 00:27:17,606 --> 00:27:19,833 Invested. Yesterday, in London. 344 00:27:20,197 --> 00:27:21,197 What? 345 00:27:21,786 --> 00:27:24,356 I should be warned of any accident. It's the protocol. 346 00:27:24,357 --> 00:27:26,330 Dead? Are you absolutely sure? 347 00:27:26,331 --> 00:27:29,352 Yes. Mr. Fitzwilliam, how is this possible know something like that? 348 00:27:29,353 --> 00:27:31,203 Woman hit by a car. 349 00:27:33,022 --> 00:27:35,799 It was written in "The Standard", in the evening edition. 350 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,400 Don't they deliver it here? 351 00:27:37,708 --> 00:27:39,258 Poor, dear Lavinia. 352 00:27:40,524 --> 00:27:42,137 Another tragic accident. 353 00:27:44,694 --> 00:27:46,527 A real shame. 354 00:27:56,416 --> 00:27:58,961 Sorry, I still don't understand. 355 00:27:58,962 --> 00:28:02,820 What caught his attention about the death of a complete stranger? 356 00:28:02,926 --> 00:28:04,975 I happened to notice his address. 357 00:28:04,976 --> 00:28:06,057 Wychwood. 358 00:28:06,780 --> 00:28:08,253 Just a coincidence. 359 00:28:08,274 --> 00:28:09,340 Own. 360 00:28:11,556 --> 00:28:13,209 How did they identify her? 361 00:28:14,568 --> 00:28:17,223 I think the name was engraved on his umbrella. 362 00:28:19,470 --> 00:28:21,558 Miss Pinkerton has no family? 363 00:28:21,559 --> 00:28:23,353 Only Algernon Jones. 364 00:28:24,892 --> 00:28:25,933 His cat. 365 00:28:26,967 --> 00:28:28,525 Poor old Pinkerton... 366 00:28:29,122 --> 00:28:32,318 he will not live to see the New Town of Whitfield. 367 00:28:32,540 --> 00:28:34,423 None of us will see it, God willing. 368 00:28:34,424 --> 00:28:35,491 Gentlemen. 369 00:28:36,634 --> 00:28:38,372 Let's not talk about business now. 370 00:28:38,373 --> 00:28:40,617 If it were up to me... 371 00:28:40,814 --> 00:28:45,003 the New Town of Whitfield would be fully erect at this time. 372 00:28:45,004 --> 00:28:48,701 The concrete lighthouse that lights the way for a bright future! 373 00:28:49,018 --> 00:28:51,062 If some hadn't objected. 374 00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:53,207 A bright future for whom? 375 00:28:54,952 --> 00:28:58,003 Certainly not for the inhabitants of Ashe Bottom. 376 00:28:58,385 --> 00:29:02,548 He sits here, in his palace, to prepare his elaborate plan, 377 00:29:02,549 --> 00:29:07,354 instead of building decent houses at an affordable price! 378 00:29:08,759 --> 00:29:10,326 This is a new city... 379 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,947 that bears my name! 380 00:29:13,109 --> 00:29:14,812 Nobody gives a f... 381 00:29:14,858 --> 00:29:16,160 damn his name! 382 00:29:16,161 --> 00:29:18,861 - Calm down, vicar, old boy. - And you, doctor... 383 00:29:18,862 --> 00:29:20,675 What exactly does he do on the board? 384 00:29:20,676 --> 00:29:24,960 As well as acting as a toady to His Lordship's pipe dream? 385 00:29:25,227 --> 00:29:28,102 I said this at the last board meeting, and as your priest, 386 00:29:28,103 --> 00:29:29,962 it's pure vanity! 387 00:29:30,273 --> 00:29:31,641 It's not good at all! 388 00:29:33,365 --> 00:29:34,422 Not at all... 389 00:29:37,450 --> 00:29:39,258 - Arthur? - Dad? 390 00:29:43,158 --> 00:29:46,004 - Arthur, what's wrong? - Move, man! 391 00:29:51,492 --> 00:29:52,840 He just passed out. 392 00:29:55,001 --> 00:29:56,659 We will bring him home safe and sound. 393 00:29:57,100 --> 00:29:58,112 Until we meet again. 394 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,084 Well... 395 00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:09,433 I hope everything goes well for Saturday. 396 00:30:09,434 --> 00:30:11,593 We need Humbleby for mixed doubles. 397 00:30:11,594 --> 00:30:12,756 You too, Fitzwilliam. 398 00:30:12,757 --> 00:30:15,051 Too much of your excellent port, My Lord. 399 00:30:15,052 --> 00:30:18,702 Nothing more than a strong coffee and an aspirin they can't fix. 400 00:30:32,157 --> 00:30:33,314 Thank you. 401 00:30:33,665 --> 00:30:35,015 Miss Conway. 402 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:39,358 Good night. 403 00:30:55,506 --> 00:30:56,558 Help! 404 00:31:06,436 --> 00:31:07,564 Help! 405 00:31:13,307 --> 00:31:16,047 Agent Reed! Someone help me! 406 00:31:17,221 --> 00:31:20,142 It's my maid, Amy! He's in his room! 407 00:31:21,020 --> 00:31:24,347 A terrible thing! The door is locked from the inside! 408 00:31:29,745 --> 00:31:31,759 It's the first door on the left! 409 00:31:38,069 --> 00:31:39,069 Amy! 410 00:31:39,367 --> 00:31:40,559 Amy! Amy! 411 00:31:41,016 --> 00:31:42,995 Stay with me! Stay with me! 412 00:31:43,642 --> 00:31:44,642 Amy! 413 00:31:48,779 --> 00:31:49,779 No! 414 00:32:06,390 --> 00:32:07,563 I'm sorry... 415 00:32:08,620 --> 00:32:10,529 I arrived too late. 416 00:32:10,894 --> 00:32:12,453 He couldn't have saved her anyway. 417 00:32:12,454 --> 00:32:15,425 Oxalic acid. Red hat dye. 418 00:32:15,616 --> 00:32:18,442 Its internal organs must have liquefied. 419 00:32:18,443 --> 00:32:19,454 Poisoned? 420 00:32:19,931 --> 00:32:21,945 Do you think anyone could have it...? 421 00:32:22,658 --> 00:32:25,253 Forced to drink hat dye? 422 00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:29,999 I gave her some cough syrup yesterday. He must have mixed up the bottles. 423 00:32:30,756 --> 00:32:32,529 A very stupid girl... 424 00:32:32,530 --> 00:32:35,156 he had a very stupid accident. 425 00:32:39,152 --> 00:32:40,950 What a scary morning. 426 00:32:41,937 --> 00:32:42,987 Poor Amy. 427 00:32:43,476 --> 00:32:44,626 Did he know her? 428 00:32:44,900 --> 00:32:45,968 She was an orphan. 429 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,573 The Carters took her into foster care. 430 00:32:48,574 --> 00:32:50,626 Put into service at 15 years... 431 00:32:50,733 --> 00:32:54,033 but it was a spirit too much free for such work. 432 00:32:54,516 --> 00:32:56,129 What a tragic life! 433 00:32:58,260 --> 00:33:00,860 Wychwood can be a welcoming place. 434 00:33:01,083 --> 00:33:03,833 - But it depends on the case. - "It depends on the case"? 435 00:33:03,893 --> 00:33:04,923 For example? 436 00:33:05,282 --> 00:33:06,782 Where you come from. 437 00:33:09,454 --> 00:33:11,661 I hope the parish priest has recovered. 438 00:33:11,662 --> 00:33:12,962 He has an infection. 439 00:33:13,103 --> 00:33:16,103 The learned Thomas has them prescribed penicillin. 440 00:33:16,707 --> 00:33:18,707 Be well, Mr. Fitzwilliam. 441 00:33:19,342 --> 00:33:20,342 Agent? 442 00:33:39,074 --> 00:33:41,282 This village is an authentic... 443 00:33:41,283 --> 00:33:43,264 Lost place in the bush full of murders? 444 00:33:43,265 --> 00:33:44,283 Exactly. 445 00:33:44,419 --> 00:33:46,197 Haven't you found any relatives? 446 00:33:46,198 --> 00:33:49,086 No, there are no relatives to whom the money should be returned. 447 00:33:49,087 --> 00:33:50,543 A girl just died. 448 00:33:50,544 --> 00:33:52,086 Before my eyes. 449 00:33:52,087 --> 00:33:55,171 And everyone insists on the fact that it was an accident. 450 00:33:55,172 --> 00:33:58,361 Please forward the letter to me from Whitehall when it arrives, Ngozi. 451 00:33:58,885 --> 00:33:59,925 Now, however... 452 00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:03,222 I have to go and find out how to drown a man. 453 00:34:23,119 --> 00:34:24,124 A crime... 454 00:34:24,125 --> 00:34:25,268 Harry Carter... 455 00:34:25,269 --> 00:34:27,444 the owner of the pub in the nearby town... 456 00:34:27,445 --> 00:34:28,503 Ashe Bottom... 457 00:34:28,504 --> 00:34:29,554 Drowned... 458 00:35:13,392 --> 00:35:14,610 Mr Fitzwilliam? 459 00:35:16,147 --> 00:35:17,410 I stopped the water. 460 00:35:18,378 --> 00:35:21,012 I think he got himself into quite a mess. 461 00:35:35,211 --> 00:35:37,212 Now that I saved her life... 462 00:35:37,651 --> 00:35:40,151 it might be the right time to... 463 00:35:45,093 --> 00:35:46,393 to ask her... 464 00:35:47,466 --> 00:35:48,943 Mr Fitzwilliam... 465 00:35:50,538 --> 00:35:52,281 what are you doing here. 466 00:35:52,282 --> 00:35:53,282 I? 467 00:35:53,573 --> 00:35:54,573 Nothing. 468 00:35:55,371 --> 00:35:57,119 I could ask you the same question. 469 00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:59,970 Well, I'm here because I've always been here. 470 00:36:00,363 --> 00:36:01,694 All my life. 471 00:36:03,577 --> 00:36:04,695 While she... 472 00:36:05,269 --> 00:36:09,319 he is one of those men who don't know When is it time to give up? 473 00:36:10,063 --> 00:36:12,142 You witty women are the most ruthless. 474 00:36:13,084 --> 00:36:14,084 You know... 475 00:36:14,542 --> 00:36:17,942 the reward for ours wit is often paltry... 476 00:36:17,978 --> 00:36:21,728 so let's grasp the small pleasures, as soon as we can catch them. 477 00:36:36,398 --> 00:36:38,772 So, with the dress brand new tweed... 478 00:36:38,773 --> 00:36:41,086 he showed up at an inquest on a stranger, 479 00:36:41,087 --> 00:36:45,617 and boasted of a focused book about habits and customs of which he knows nothing. 480 00:36:45,618 --> 00:36:47,125 The only field... 481 00:36:47,533 --> 00:36:50,100 in which he demonstrates to have a certain degree of competence... 482 00:36:50,101 --> 00:36:51,988 it is the death of Miss Pinkerton. 483 00:36:51,989 --> 00:36:55,580 A subject he knows so well, enough to push me to draw only one conclusion. 484 00:36:55,581 --> 00:36:57,931 You killed Miss Pinkerton! 485 00:37:00,608 --> 00:37:03,386 I know she was killed. Deliberately. 486 00:37:03,509 --> 00:37:06,602 - And even if Carter wasn't pushed... - He had been drinking. 487 00:37:06,603 --> 00:37:08,080 He fell and drowned. 488 00:37:08,452 --> 00:37:09,501 An accident. 489 00:37:09,722 --> 00:37:10,722 Agree. 490 00:37:11,044 --> 00:37:13,470 And what does it say about Amy Gibbs and his red hat dye? 491 00:37:13,471 --> 00:37:15,819 - Amy Gibbs and her thing? - Amy Gibbs and her... 492 00:37:16,519 --> 00:37:20,435 red dye for hats. Amy Gibbs has exchanged oxalic acid for syrup. 493 00:37:21,330 --> 00:37:23,080 He sure didn't! 494 00:37:23,784 --> 00:37:27,493 He accuses me of killing old women, but does it stop at hat dye? 495 00:37:27,494 --> 00:37:29,394 Only a man wouldn't do that! 496 00:37:30,450 --> 00:37:32,937 Because no one uses that dye since the war. 497 00:37:32,938 --> 00:37:36,011 What if Amy Gibbs wanted a hat in a different color, he would have bought it. 498 00:37:36,012 --> 00:37:37,897 - And it would never have been red! - Why? 499 00:37:37,898 --> 00:37:40,372 Amy Gibbs had fiery red hair... 500 00:37:40,373 --> 00:37:42,873 and redheads don't wear red hats! 501 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:47,040 Has... 502 00:37:47,989 --> 00:37:49,039 He's right. 503 00:37:52,076 --> 00:37:54,726 It would never have occurred to a man. 504 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:57,200 Well. 505 00:37:58,071 --> 00:37:59,877 I'll go and see Miss Waynflete 506 00:37:59,878 --> 00:38:03,752 and I will try to shed some light on this nonsense of the syrup-dye exchange for hats. 507 00:38:05,492 --> 00:38:06,642 Are you coming with me? 508 00:38:23,623 --> 00:38:25,423 I was worried about her... 509 00:38:25,634 --> 00:38:27,516 after the tragic events of this morning. 510 00:38:27,517 --> 00:38:29,421 Thank you, Mr. Fitzwilliam. 511 00:38:29,979 --> 00:38:32,749 I thought the young lady might be helpful in your research. 512 00:38:32,750 --> 00:38:35,508 Miss Waynflete She is a great history buff. 513 00:38:35,509 --> 00:38:37,110 At an amateur level! 514 00:38:38,087 --> 00:38:41,497 I take care of the private collection and Lord Whitfield's library. 515 00:38:41,695 --> 00:38:44,595 - Sugar? - Yes, four cubes, please. 516 00:38:48,913 --> 00:38:51,551 I don't mean to upset you any further, Miss Waynflete, 517 00:38:51,552 --> 00:38:53,855 but could I check Amy's room? 518 00:38:54,175 --> 00:38:56,431 It's just... I think I lost my watch. 519 00:38:56,432 --> 00:38:57,485 This morning. 520 00:39:05,671 --> 00:39:07,813 - Was the door locked? - Strange girl. 521 00:39:07,814 --> 00:39:11,066 He persisted in locking himself away in the room, every evening. 522 00:39:11,364 --> 00:39:13,414 Oh, poor Algernon Jones! 523 00:39:14,003 --> 00:39:16,033 He has a bad ear infection. 524 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:18,218 But it was Lavinia's cat... 525 00:39:18,219 --> 00:39:20,505 so I can't trust him to strangers. 526 00:39:22,269 --> 00:39:23,269 Algernon. 527 00:39:25,184 --> 00:39:27,197 Look! His watch. 528 00:39:27,576 --> 00:39:30,839 - Thank you. - What a lynx-eye, Miss Waynflete. 529 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:32,782 Was Amy with her for a long time? 530 00:39:32,783 --> 00:39:33,783 No. 531 00:39:33,784 --> 00:39:36,529 Badmouthing the dead goes against that Christian principles... 532 00:39:36,530 --> 00:39:39,394 but Amy was very distant from the ideal of the perfect maid. 533 00:39:39,395 --> 00:39:43,761 I'm afraid Lord Whitfield had fired her because his tongue was a little too long. 534 00:39:43,762 --> 00:39:46,886 - I doubt, however, that she died of insolence. - Certain. 535 00:39:57,639 --> 00:40:00,621 Dr. Thomas said that Amy had mixed up the bottles, but... 536 00:40:00,622 --> 00:40:02,322 there is only one here. 537 00:40:05,216 --> 00:40:09,216 Even being in the dark, Amy couldn't get confused, with just one bottle. 538 00:40:09,860 --> 00:40:13,000 If there is a killer, why Miss Pinkerton didn't mention any names? 539 00:40:13,001 --> 00:40:17,100 He only said that the killer was a man "respectable", with "a plan to carry out". 540 00:40:17,101 --> 00:40:20,677 And we know he was in London when the Miss Pinkerton was killed. 541 00:40:23,138 --> 00:40:26,038 - And the car that hit you? - She ran away. 542 00:40:26,116 --> 00:40:28,369 The police at the scene were quite... 543 00:40:28,370 --> 00:40:30,999 I didn't succeed to identify the driver. 544 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,000 At that time? 545 00:40:33,367 --> 00:40:36,323 - Who wasn't in town that day? - Augustus! Come here, sir! 546 00:40:36,324 --> 00:40:37,348 Nelly! 547 00:40:37,349 --> 00:40:39,249 Nelly, don't be naughty. 548 00:40:39,539 --> 00:40:40,839 Hello, Major. 549 00:40:58,137 --> 00:40:59,972 But is that gentleman okay? 550 00:40:59,973 --> 00:41:01,296 Major Horton? 551 00:41:01,297 --> 00:41:02,297 It's... 552 00:41:02,649 --> 00:41:05,844 a little strange since his wife died last year. 553 00:41:06,306 --> 00:41:07,307 Although... 554 00:41:07,530 --> 00:41:09,429 left him all his possessions... 555 00:41:09,430 --> 00:41:11,830 and although it was, frankly speaking, 556 00:41:11,956 --> 00:41:13,509 a sort of gorgon. 557 00:41:13,953 --> 00:41:17,503 Even dogs walk more cheerfully since she died. 558 00:41:18,709 --> 00:41:22,359 You know, Miss Pinkerton he had mentioned a third victim. 559 00:41:22,930 --> 00:41:24,930 How did Mrs. Horton die? 560 00:41:25,020 --> 00:41:26,934 Due to a horrible stomach infection. 561 00:41:26,935 --> 00:41:28,237 At least that's what they say. 562 00:41:29,921 --> 00:41:30,922 And if... 563 00:41:31,214 --> 00:41:33,118 there really was a murderer... 564 00:41:33,119 --> 00:41:34,518 among us? 565 00:41:34,519 --> 00:41:35,816 And what would happen... 566 00:41:35,981 --> 00:41:38,275 if he found out that she is not who she says she is, 567 00:41:38,276 --> 00:41:39,926 and who knows too many things, 568 00:41:40,476 --> 00:41:42,234 and come looking for her and... 569 00:41:52,844 --> 00:41:55,467 There's something I'd like to show you. 570 00:41:56,780 --> 00:41:59,530 Miss Conway, can I take you home? 571 00:42:00,910 --> 00:42:02,279 If you like it... 572 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:03,409 Luke Fitzwilliam. 573 00:42:03,410 --> 00:42:04,410 Obiako. 574 00:42:06,643 --> 00:42:08,537 Luke Obiako Fitzwilliam. 575 00:42:13,535 --> 00:42:16,898 Excuse the question, but where was it? Lord Whitfield on Derby day? 576 00:42:16,899 --> 00:42:18,318 Don't worry about Gordon. 577 00:42:18,319 --> 00:42:20,500 He has the perfect alibi: me. 578 00:42:38,727 --> 00:42:39,893 The parapet. 579 00:42:40,605 --> 00:42:44,555 Miss Pinkerton said having found Tommy's body... 580 00:42:47,773 --> 00:42:48,773 here. 581 00:42:51,554 --> 00:42:53,441 Tommy couldn't have fallen from here... 582 00:42:53,442 --> 00:42:54,593 landing there, 583 00:42:54,594 --> 00:42:56,420 without gaining speed. 584 00:42:57,395 --> 00:42:59,737 - In other words... - Tommy was pushed. 585 00:43:01,287 --> 00:43:02,871 It wasn't an accident. 586 00:43:03,766 --> 00:43:05,516 Like the others. 587 00:43:06,626 --> 00:43:07,626 No. 588 00:43:08,103 --> 00:43:09,603 It was murder. 589 00:43:15,791 --> 00:43:17,511 We have to find a connection. 590 00:43:18,638 --> 00:43:21,096 A bond that connects the victims. 591 00:43:22,023 --> 00:43:23,840 We are not talking about saints. 592 00:43:24,003 --> 00:43:25,373 They had enemies. 593 00:43:26,247 --> 00:43:27,247 Perhaps. 594 00:43:27,729 --> 00:43:30,629 Although sincerely I don't know, since... 595 00:43:33,546 --> 00:43:35,528 all three were from Ashe Bottom! 596 00:43:35,689 --> 00:43:37,259 Near the brick factory. 597 00:43:37,260 --> 00:43:39,565 We could define them as "the slums". 598 00:43:40,401 --> 00:43:41,917 So, I have to go... 599 00:43:42,911 --> 00:43:45,367 to uncover this assassin's plan... 600 00:43:45,368 --> 00:43:48,618 and whoever was not in town, on the day of the Derby race. 601 00:43:54,643 --> 00:43:56,543 No, be careful or you'll drop it! 602 00:44:10,273 --> 00:44:13,173 {\an8}SEVEN STARS 603 00:44:12,925 --> 00:44:14,460 {\an7}WINE AND BEER 604 00:44:34,930 --> 00:44:36,044 I could... 605 00:44:36,443 --> 00:44:37,993 could I have a menu? 606 00:44:43,236 --> 00:44:47,851 Then, I'd have a pint of yours better beer and fried pork rind. 607 00:44:52,277 --> 00:44:55,552 My condolences to... Amy Gibbs. 608 00:44:56,535 --> 00:44:58,109 What does my niece have to do with it? 609 00:44:58,687 --> 00:45:02,987 I would be grateful if you would avoid coming here to twist the knife in the wound. 610 00:45:09,702 --> 00:45:11,432 What is this devil's food? 611 00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,274 "Nelly! Come here, miss! 612 00:45:23,275 --> 00:45:24,479 Augustus! Good job!" 613 00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:25,707 It's Horton! 614 00:45:26,027 --> 00:45:30,273 “It is my moral duty to give to this publish my name. Am I right, Bridget?" 615 00:45:30,795 --> 00:45:32,234 - Lord Whitfield. - Yes! 616 00:45:32,235 --> 00:45:35,885 Our servile and dishonest capitalist lord of the manor. 617 00:45:36,347 --> 00:45:37,968 I hear everything while driving. 618 00:45:37,969 --> 00:45:39,610 His plots and projects. 619 00:45:39,611 --> 00:45:41,126 You know what I don't hear about? 620 00:45:41,127 --> 00:45:43,327 Of jobs in Ashe Bottom. 621 00:45:43,505 --> 00:45:47,310 He will have his own shiny new town and we'll have a damn thing. 622 00:45:47,311 --> 00:45:48,621 - As always. - But... 623 00:45:48,844 --> 00:45:50,853 Lord Whitfield is a respectable man. 624 00:45:51,013 --> 00:45:52,257 It will certainly do... 625 00:45:52,904 --> 00:45:54,089 Respectable? 626 00:45:54,892 --> 00:45:57,749 As respectable as anyone was born in Ashe Bottom. 627 00:45:58,391 --> 00:45:59,478 He's one of us! 628 00:45:59,479 --> 00:46:00,756 Or at least, it was. 629 00:46:01,199 --> 00:46:03,720 Born and raised in this same street. 630 00:46:04,101 --> 00:46:06,957 He paid for the noble title with wartime speculation 631 00:46:06,958 --> 00:46:10,141 and some bribes in the pockets of the right people. 632 00:46:10,142 --> 00:46:13,989 He climbed the maypole towards respectability and removed the lineup 633 00:46:13,990 --> 00:46:17,540 faster than it would take to scream, "Bridget"! 634 00:46:18,372 --> 00:46:21,284 - Come on, now it's your turn. - Yes, we are all ears! 635 00:46:21,368 --> 00:46:23,361 I can play Doctor Thomas. 636 00:46:24,185 --> 00:46:25,350 No, not him. 637 00:46:26,351 --> 00:46:28,352 There is nothing funny about him. 638 00:46:28,410 --> 00:46:30,569 He only has time for his private patients... 639 00:46:30,570 --> 00:46:32,976 - and for us just syrup. - Syrup? 640 00:46:33,630 --> 00:46:34,924 What kind of syrup? 641 00:46:35,047 --> 00:46:36,330 Cheap codeine. 642 00:46:36,490 --> 00:46:39,390 It's the only medicine that he has ever prescribed to us. 643 00:46:39,730 --> 00:46:40,985 Even to children? 644 00:46:41,570 --> 00:46:43,420 He prescribed it to Tommy. 645 00:46:44,010 --> 00:46:46,559 The boy hung like the tower of Pisa. 646 00:46:46,930 --> 00:46:50,332 Then another brown bottle for Harry in which to drown one's sorrows. 647 00:46:50,333 --> 00:46:52,649 He drank so much that he lost consciousness. 648 00:46:52,650 --> 00:46:55,720 Amy was coughing like a consumptive before he visited her. 649 00:46:55,930 --> 00:46:57,192 And what did he give her? 650 00:46:58,530 --> 00:46:59,785 Codeine syrup. 651 00:47:00,889 --> 00:47:05,639 I bet they won't investigate the death of Amy, as they didn't do it with Tommy. 652 00:47:07,248 --> 00:47:08,745 Welcome to Wychwood. 653 00:47:28,370 --> 00:47:32,409 Continue taking penicillin. It will clear up the infection on your hand. 654 00:47:33,057 --> 00:47:34,548 Doctor Thomas! 655 00:47:40,858 --> 00:47:42,379 I was wondering if you could... 656 00:47:42,380 --> 00:47:43,620 give me a check. 657 00:47:48,060 --> 00:47:49,207 Reverend Humbleby. 658 00:47:49,477 --> 00:47:50,844 I hope he's not still sick. 659 00:47:50,851 --> 00:47:53,888 Don't let that fool you. You charge more for good remedies. 660 00:47:53,889 --> 00:47:55,176 - Dad! - What? 661 00:47:55,177 --> 00:47:56,416 Doctor Thomas is just... 662 00:47:56,417 --> 00:48:00,530 All that coaxing and nagging they don't screw me, it greases the gears. 663 00:48:00,531 --> 00:48:04,235 There is nothing that the young man doesn't he would do to get what he wants. 664 00:48:08,833 --> 00:48:12,033 I hoped I was in shape for tennis at the estate. 665 00:48:13,039 --> 00:48:15,967 An old injury of rugby coming back. 666 00:48:15,968 --> 00:48:17,318 Maybe it's the weather. 667 00:48:17,518 --> 00:48:18,518 All right. 668 00:48:18,930 --> 00:48:21,630 You walk to the window and back. 669 00:48:28,955 --> 00:48:30,699 How's the book going? 670 00:48:30,700 --> 00:48:33,129 I told her I'm writing a book too? 671 00:48:33,130 --> 00:48:34,130 Really? 672 00:48:34,675 --> 00:48:35,923 About what? 673 00:48:36,876 --> 00:48:38,621 The leg seems fine. 674 00:48:39,450 --> 00:48:43,940 Yes, a scientific guide to improve society. 675 00:48:44,654 --> 00:48:45,741 Interesting. 676 00:48:46,370 --> 00:48:47,392 And how? 677 00:48:48,010 --> 00:48:49,982 Wise elimination. 678 00:48:50,610 --> 00:48:51,610 Whose? 679 00:48:52,018 --> 00:48:53,284 He knows the genre. 680 00:48:53,285 --> 00:48:54,470 People like... 681 00:48:55,330 --> 00:48:56,439 Carter. 682 00:48:57,253 --> 00:48:58,698 A drunk who beats his wife. 683 00:48:58,699 --> 00:49:00,349 It's not a big loss. 684 00:49:00,763 --> 00:49:05,255 Tommy's death did not spare us his inevitable future life of crime? 685 00:49:05,319 --> 00:49:06,963 Interesting theory, isn't it? 686 00:49:07,424 --> 00:49:09,929 I don't think its patients would agree. 687 00:49:09,930 --> 00:49:11,465 How would they know? 688 00:49:12,810 --> 00:49:14,729 You Africans are right about this, 689 00:49:14,730 --> 00:49:18,732 the power of life and death resides in the sole hands of... 690 00:49:19,084 --> 00:49:20,780 of Chief Bongo Bongo. 691 00:49:22,765 --> 00:49:24,349 It's not that simple. 692 00:49:24,670 --> 00:49:25,929 We have the laws. 693 00:49:25,930 --> 00:49:29,875 Laws. Certain. But now it gets me for a mass murderer. 694 00:49:31,810 --> 00:49:33,575 Would a murderer be so sincere? 695 00:49:33,576 --> 00:49:36,098 - I'm just expressing a scientific thought. - A thought? 696 00:49:36,099 --> 00:49:39,249 Yesterday, he said that Amy he had exchanged the bottles. 697 00:49:39,250 --> 00:49:42,409 - Unpleasant accident. - Miss Waynflete has found one. 698 00:49:42,410 --> 00:49:44,620 I have the other one to examine. 699 00:49:45,541 --> 00:49:46,541 View? 700 00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:48,962 There is always a scientific explanation. 701 00:49:48,963 --> 00:49:51,489 Some would call it tampering with evidence, doctor. 702 00:49:51,490 --> 00:49:54,089 I am a doctor, Criminology is my hobby. 703 00:49:54,090 --> 00:49:56,752 - I always follow the protocols. - Protocols? 704 00:49:56,753 --> 00:49:58,148 Augustus! 705 00:49:58,175 --> 00:50:01,420 Master, behave yourself and with the right manners. 706 00:50:07,250 --> 00:50:10,950 They were not followed up after death of Miss Pinkerton. 707 00:50:12,288 --> 00:50:13,990 Where were you on the day of the Derby race? 708 00:50:14,261 --> 00:50:16,595 Three villages from here, giving birth. 709 00:50:17,902 --> 00:50:18,902 Here you go. 710 00:50:20,491 --> 00:50:24,674 "Inferiority and Crime" by Kreuzhammer, translated from German. 711 00:50:24,801 --> 00:50:25,801 And... 712 00:50:26,881 --> 00:50:28,500 breed hygiene. 713 00:50:33,704 --> 00:50:37,922 A scientific program it would eliminate the degenerates. 714 00:50:36,754 --> 00:50:39,354 {\an8}HYGIENE OF THE RACE CREATING THE SUPREME RACE 715 00:50:48,730 --> 00:50:50,530 Do you keep a supply of these? 716 00:50:52,499 --> 00:50:53,985 Shouldn't they be prescribed? 717 00:50:54,517 --> 00:50:56,420 Just codeine syrup. 718 00:50:57,050 --> 00:51:00,900 Cures many common diseases, little more than a placebo, to be honest. 719 00:51:01,448 --> 00:51:02,934 Why? Do you want some? 720 00:51:17,410 --> 00:51:18,660 Kedu. 721 00:51:19,530 --> 00:51:20,882 She can talk... 722 00:51:21,148 --> 00:51:22,148 Igbo? 723 00:51:22,570 --> 00:51:23,857 And Efik. 724 00:51:24,930 --> 00:51:26,700 A little Ijaw. 725 00:51:26,701 --> 00:51:28,669 I tried to locate... 726 00:51:28,670 --> 00:51:31,040 his precise tribe from the investigation. 727 00:51:31,041 --> 00:51:32,558 Before handing... 728 00:51:32,958 --> 00:51:34,420 a fitting greeting. 729 00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,564 Glad to have bet on the right horse. 730 00:51:43,565 --> 00:51:45,215 Let's go to a real pub. 731 00:51:45,541 --> 00:51:48,569 I can't believe she built it the field where I played rugby. 732 00:51:48,570 --> 00:51:50,795 With my hands, son. 733 00:51:51,930 --> 00:51:54,280 Its principal was a good friend of mine. 734 00:51:54,730 --> 00:51:56,729 He had a great influence on me. 735 00:51:56,730 --> 00:51:58,451 Yes, I realize that. 736 00:52:00,847 --> 00:52:02,537 Did you know Miss Pinkerton? 737 00:52:02,538 --> 00:52:03,985 Pinkie? But certainly. 738 00:52:04,315 --> 00:52:07,997 Every week we racked our brains together on the "Racing Post". 739 00:52:08,183 --> 00:52:10,106 I loved horses like Pinky. 740 00:52:11,290 --> 00:52:12,580 How was the Derby? 741 00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:15,008 Jujube II. 742 00:52:16,116 --> 00:52:17,664 He had wings on his feet. 743 00:52:17,930 --> 00:52:19,430 I told the priest... 744 00:52:20,375 --> 00:52:21,740 "Back the nag!" 745 00:52:22,784 --> 00:52:24,022 We were there. 746 00:52:24,214 --> 00:52:25,414 Me and Humbleby. 747 00:52:28,370 --> 00:52:29,965 Well, raise your glass. 748 00:52:30,518 --> 00:52:32,418 Here's to my dear wife. 749 00:52:35,170 --> 00:52:37,770 His death affected her deeply. 750 00:52:39,810 --> 00:52:42,016 Well, he was getting so much better. 751 00:52:43,399 --> 00:52:46,165 Then he had a sudden relapse. 752 00:52:46,166 --> 00:52:47,615 It wasn't her anymore. 753 00:52:47,658 --> 00:52:50,158 He told Amy that they were poisoning her. 754 00:52:50,770 --> 00:52:52,809 Was Amy Gibbs your housekeeper too? 755 00:52:52,810 --> 00:52:54,160 A bad deal. 756 00:52:57,370 --> 00:52:58,970 By the way, Major, 757 00:52:59,650 --> 00:53:02,550 who was the doctor who were you treating your wife? 758 00:53:02,723 --> 00:53:04,819 That impertinent young lad, 759 00:53:04,820 --> 00:53:06,170 Dr. Thomas. 760 00:53:10,410 --> 00:53:11,510 Well. 761 00:53:11,511 --> 00:53:13,246 It was a breeze. 762 00:53:13,570 --> 00:53:15,475 The last ball was definitely out. 763 00:53:15,476 --> 00:53:17,392 She's almost there at Chipping Norton. 764 00:53:17,393 --> 00:53:18,459 Sorry, but... 765 00:53:19,221 --> 00:53:20,371 what did he say? 766 00:53:23,770 --> 00:53:25,598 - What did he say? - I do not believe. 767 00:53:25,689 --> 00:53:28,339 The chalk flew off. Isn't that right, Gordon? 768 00:53:29,250 --> 00:53:30,935 Yes, like a bird. 769 00:53:32,409 --> 00:53:33,409 Well. 770 00:53:33,786 --> 00:53:35,199 Like a dead bird. 771 00:53:36,620 --> 00:53:38,930 Dr. Thomas had in looks after Mrs. Horton. 772 00:53:38,931 --> 00:53:40,261 She was his first victim. 773 00:53:40,262 --> 00:53:42,929 The one whose Miss Pinkerton wasn't sure? 774 00:53:42,930 --> 00:53:44,850 She said they were poisoning her. 775 00:53:44,851 --> 00:53:46,369 And Amy was her maid. 776 00:53:46,370 --> 00:53:48,281 Maybe he knew too much and killed her too. 777 00:53:48,282 --> 00:53:50,929 Dr. Thomas had opportunities and means to kill Amy. 778 00:53:50,930 --> 00:53:53,543 He gave Carter and Tommy the syrup of codeine like Amy. 779 00:53:53,544 --> 00:53:55,529 And Derby day wasn't here. 780 00:53:55,530 --> 00:53:57,422 Where is the good doctor? 781 00:53:57,845 --> 00:53:59,019 With a patient? 782 00:53:59,294 --> 00:54:00,625 Or to kill one. 783 00:54:03,749 --> 00:54:04,831 The fact is... 784 00:54:06,410 --> 00:54:08,820 Mrs. Horton was not from Ashe Bottom. 785 00:54:10,083 --> 00:54:13,933 - It means that the next victim... - It could be anyone. 786 00:54:17,308 --> 00:54:20,125 Come on! It was clearly my joke. 787 00:54:22,957 --> 00:54:24,267 Miss Conwey. 788 00:54:24,649 --> 00:54:25,649 Yes, yes. 789 00:54:25,650 --> 00:54:28,300 Bridget, why are you marrying that man? 790 00:54:30,690 --> 00:54:32,552 Do you know how much a secretary earns? 791 00:54:35,015 --> 00:54:36,543 Obviously not. 792 00:54:36,930 --> 00:54:38,637 Well, pennies. 793 00:54:39,564 --> 00:54:41,559 Compared to Lady Whitfield. 794 00:54:41,999 --> 00:54:43,600 And for very different tasks. 795 00:54:43,601 --> 00:54:44,601 Really? 796 00:54:47,170 --> 00:54:50,700 I doubt Gordon will kiss me goodnight after a year. 797 00:54:54,615 --> 00:54:56,015 Why does she care? 798 00:54:56,564 --> 00:54:57,914 It will be in Whitehall. 799 00:54:58,930 --> 00:55:00,900 Because that's not what he deserves. 800 00:55:01,831 --> 00:55:03,460 - This is not... - What? 801 00:55:05,833 --> 00:55:06,947 Love? 802 00:55:10,644 --> 00:55:11,994 Have you ever tried it? 803 00:55:13,112 --> 00:55:14,251 Love... 804 00:55:14,252 --> 00:55:15,573 to the point of suffering? 805 00:55:18,027 --> 00:55:21,127 Only to be planted for a millionaire widow? 806 00:55:23,302 --> 00:55:24,851 An engagement... 807 00:55:28,536 --> 00:55:29,929 broken... 808 00:55:31,822 --> 00:55:33,588 it's the perfect cure... 809 00:55:34,040 --> 00:55:36,158 for dangerously romantic nonsense. 810 00:55:41,930 --> 00:55:43,737 I just want to feel safe. 811 00:55:44,241 --> 00:55:46,017 And not just from being poor. 812 00:55:48,930 --> 00:55:50,389 But from feelings. 813 00:56:07,270 --> 00:56:08,402 Fitzwilliam! 814 00:56:08,599 --> 00:56:10,280 It's next with the doctor. 815 00:56:18,834 --> 00:56:21,046 So, Fitzwilliam, is your knee any better? 816 00:56:22,050 --> 00:56:23,050 Yes. 817 00:56:23,336 --> 00:56:24,359 Thank you. 818 00:56:25,330 --> 00:56:29,145 I just can't stop think about your theory, doctor. 819 00:56:29,146 --> 00:56:30,620 It's not a theory. 820 00:56:31,330 --> 00:56:32,415 It's science. 821 00:56:33,930 --> 00:56:34,951 Tommy. 822 00:56:35,227 --> 00:56:36,227 Carter. 823 00:56:36,373 --> 00:56:37,373 Amy. 824 00:56:38,040 --> 00:56:39,690 Who will be next... 825 00:56:39,791 --> 00:56:41,679 for careful elimination? 826 00:56:42,650 --> 00:56:43,754 Degenerate. 827 00:56:43,970 --> 00:56:45,700 Is that the word he used? 828 00:56:47,710 --> 00:56:48,797 Humbleby. 829 00:56:49,381 --> 00:56:50,886 Look, these... 830 00:56:51,130 --> 00:56:52,914 pagan rites... 831 00:56:52,915 --> 00:56:56,226 that Fitzwilliam and my Bridget they are busy discovering... 832 00:56:56,227 --> 00:56:57,550 I want them to stop. 833 00:56:57,551 --> 00:56:59,801 So, doctor, who's next? 834 00:56:59,810 --> 00:57:01,488 One of an inferior race? 835 00:57:01,691 --> 00:57:02,691 Io? 836 00:57:03,444 --> 00:57:06,522 The scriptures teach us to rebuke those who continue to sin. 837 00:57:06,523 --> 00:57:08,506 He who throws the first stone... 838 00:57:08,507 --> 00:57:09,929 Mrs Humbleby? 839 00:57:09,930 --> 00:57:11,969 As mayor of Wychwood... 840 00:57:11,970 --> 00:57:13,043 Roses? 841 00:57:14,330 --> 00:57:16,779 God has other things to worry about... 842 00:57:16,780 --> 00:57:19,398 So, doctor, who will it be? 843 00:57:19,399 --> 00:57:21,019 In Wychwood. 844 00:57:30,410 --> 00:57:31,647 Arthur? 845 00:57:32,930 --> 00:57:34,375 In Wychwood. 846 00:57:37,770 --> 00:57:39,024 Arthur! 847 00:57:48,210 --> 00:57:49,409 Doctor? 848 00:57:49,410 --> 00:57:50,410 Doctor? 849 00:58:06,271 --> 00:58:09,064 Subtitles: A7A https: /t. 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