1 00:00:18,467 --> 00:00:19,511 Alice! 2 00:00:38,914 --> 00:00:40,448 You don't understand, Dot. 3 00:00:46,696 --> 00:00:48,677 You don't understand at all. 4 00:00:57,982 --> 00:00:59,026 Help me... 5 00:02:13,468 --> 00:02:16,002 If it isn't the Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher! 6 00:02:16,660 --> 00:02:17,943 About time! 7 00:02:18,966 --> 00:02:21,160 How are the Antipodes? 8 00:02:21,290 --> 00:02:24,836 They've missed you desperately. So they damn well should. 9 00:02:25,728 --> 00:02:28,336 Oh, travelling light again. 10 00:02:28,631 --> 00:02:31,102 Must be some advantage to a sea voyage 11 00:02:31,233 --> 00:02:34,563 otherwise I would have joined the Avro air race. 12 00:02:37,710 --> 00:02:38,692 Paper! 13 00:02:40,390 --> 00:02:44,367 What are your intentions? You've had three months at sea to ponder. 14 00:02:44,497 --> 00:02:49,043 Well, I intend to leave my family as far behind as possible. 15 00:02:49,174 --> 00:02:51,468 I think you've managed that. Next? 16 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,776 Well, I could learn Abyssinian. 17 00:02:56,007 --> 00:02:58,547 Or perfect my barefoot dancing. 18 00:03:00,330 --> 00:03:02,215 We both know why you're here. 19 00:03:03,495 --> 00:03:05,893 Darling, you can't bring Janey back. 20 00:03:07,872 --> 00:03:10,166 But I can stop him doing it again. 21 00:03:12,082 --> 00:03:15,398 Premier Hogan is a regular guest of this establishment. 22 00:03:15,529 --> 00:03:17,367 Straight to the top, then. 23 00:03:21,868 --> 00:03:23,015 Miss Fisher? 24 00:03:24,352 --> 00:03:25,396 Thank you. 25 00:03:29,656 --> 00:03:31,805 A luncheon. Today?! 26 00:03:32,421 --> 00:03:33,998 With Lydia Andrews. How lovely. 27 00:03:34,917 --> 00:03:37,418 Oh. And Aunt Prudence. 28 00:03:37,592 --> 00:03:40,718 Shame I have to perform an urgent bowel operation. 29 00:03:57,136 --> 00:03:59,234 Miss Phryne Fisher to see Miss Lydia Andrews. 30 00:03:59,365 --> 00:04:00,878 She's expecting me. 31 00:04:01,180 --> 00:04:02,848 Sorry, Miss... Fisher. 32 00:04:03,498 --> 00:04:06,531 The luncheon's been cancelled due to a family tragedy. 33 00:04:07,128 --> 00:04:08,749 What kind of tragedy? 34 00:04:12,907 --> 00:04:15,306 Mr Andrews passed away this morning. 35 00:04:23,475 --> 00:04:24,508 Oh, Phryne! 36 00:04:25,964 --> 00:04:27,522 I'm so glad you're here. 37 00:04:28,887 --> 00:04:31,792 I've missed you so badly. I'm so sorry for you. 38 00:04:31,922 --> 00:04:33,770 Awful this, all this. 39 00:04:35,847 --> 00:04:37,878 It's alright. 40 00:04:38,996 --> 00:04:41,030 If there's anything I can do. 41 00:04:41,383 --> 00:04:43,028 He just collapsed. 42 00:04:48,864 --> 00:04:50,271 Poor darling man. 43 00:04:51,997 --> 00:04:53,590 Dear, we need tea. 44 00:04:54,781 --> 00:04:56,814 - Aunt Prudence. - Phryne, dear. 45 00:05:00,774 --> 00:05:03,179 Hardly recognised the child in you. 46 00:05:03,951 --> 00:05:05,931 Apart from the length of your skirt. 47 00:05:06,061 --> 00:05:08,802 Whereas you haven't changed one jot, Aunt Prudence. 48 00:05:09,412 --> 00:05:11,358 Smooth passage? So far. 49 00:05:16,513 --> 00:05:19,593 Have you seen a doctor? You look terribly pale. 50 00:05:20,054 --> 00:05:23,078 I've felt dreadful, even before John collapsed. 51 00:05:23,443 --> 00:05:25,717 As if I knew something was coming. 52 00:05:25,848 --> 00:05:27,096 Excuse me, madam. 53 00:05:27,226 --> 00:05:29,447 That detective wants to speak with you again. 54 00:05:38,266 --> 00:05:40,336 So what on earth happened? 55 00:05:41,008 --> 00:05:42,627 Now, you know I'm not one to pry 56 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,144 but I couldn't help overhearing in the hallway. 57 00:05:46,402 --> 00:05:48,703 It seems that John collapsed suddenly 58 00:05:48,834 --> 00:05:52,895 after a light breakfast of tea and cumquat marmalade toast. 59 00:05:53,025 --> 00:05:56,572 And the maid found him purple in the face and cold to the touch 60 00:05:56,702 --> 00:05:58,117 on the bathroom floor. 61 00:05:58,247 --> 00:06:01,314 The police obviously suspect his death had a helping hand. 62 00:06:02,977 --> 00:06:05,906 I'm sorry, the inspector would like all visitors to leave 63 00:06:06,036 --> 00:06:08,654 so that he may question the household. 64 00:06:09,572 --> 00:06:10,406 Very well. 65 00:06:11,748 --> 00:06:12,824 Excuse me. 66 00:06:32,799 --> 00:06:34,785 Uh, excuse me, miss. Your... 67 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,775 - Ta, then. - Uh, excuse me, miss! 68 00:06:38,905 --> 00:06:41,812 - You can't... Oh! - I just need the powder room. 69 00:06:41,991 --> 00:06:44,469 I'm sorry but my instructions... 70 00:06:45,115 --> 00:06:47,097 No-one's to pass this point. 71 00:06:47,650 --> 00:06:49,354 I understand perfectly. 72 00:06:49,484 --> 00:06:52,106 Though, my bladder may not. 73 00:06:54,957 --> 00:06:57,926 I'll just... I'll just check with the inspector. 74 00:06:58,057 --> 00:06:59,100 Just... 75 00:07:39,537 --> 00:07:41,716 This lavatory's fully occupied! 76 00:07:41,847 --> 00:07:43,202 Police! Open up. 77 00:07:55,701 --> 00:07:57,389 You must be the inspector. 78 00:07:57,564 --> 00:08:00,061 Apologies for my urgent call of nature. 79 00:08:00,191 --> 00:08:02,151 This is the scene of a crime. 80 00:08:02,281 --> 00:08:05,472 Well, lucky for you, I'm wearing gloves. 81 00:08:07,458 --> 00:08:08,568 Miss Phryne Fisher. 82 00:08:10,415 --> 00:08:12,947 I assume you weren't close to the deceased. 83 00:08:13,077 --> 00:08:16,529 Never had the pleasure but by all accounts he was charming. 84 00:08:16,659 --> 00:08:18,254 Do you think it was poison? 85 00:08:18,385 --> 00:08:21,983 - Most likely... - We ain't determine the cause of death. 86 00:08:22,114 --> 00:08:24,834 Miss Fisher, I appreciate your curiosity for crime. 87 00:08:25,322 --> 00:08:27,461 Well, every lady needs a hobby. But please... 88 00:08:27,636 --> 00:08:31,053 Given the lack of blood stains, I assume it wasn't a violent death 89 00:08:31,183 --> 00:08:33,304 unless of course it was strangulation 90 00:08:33,434 --> 00:08:36,084 but the foetal position of the victim outline, 91 00:08:36,214 --> 00:08:39,640 although not terribly well executed, indicates a degree of pain 92 00:08:39,819 --> 00:08:43,196 rather than the flailing limbs one might associate with a struggle. 93 00:08:43,327 --> 00:08:46,647 And then of course there's the fact that death occurred after breakfast 94 00:08:46,822 --> 00:08:50,693 according to Mrs Andrews which suggests something ingested? 95 00:08:52,618 --> 00:08:54,322 Oh, wild surmise, of course. 96 00:08:54,935 --> 00:08:57,408 Of course. Now... Do you have a card? 97 00:08:57,582 --> 00:08:59,936 In case I need to call the police. 98 00:09:00,066 --> 00:09:02,710 Because I'm a woman alone. 99 00:09:03,298 --> 00:09:05,919 Newly arrived in a dangerous town. 100 00:09:07,422 --> 00:09:10,759 I plan to make this town less dangerous, Miss Fisher. 101 00:09:11,137 --> 00:09:12,181 Good. 102 00:09:12,546 --> 00:09:14,527 I do like a man with a plan. 103 00:09:15,288 --> 00:09:18,635 Detective Inspector Jack Robinson. 104 00:09:38,531 --> 00:09:39,575 Taxi! 105 00:09:45,397 --> 00:09:48,108 Richmond. She'll give you any directions. 106 00:09:50,749 --> 00:09:52,104 Keep the change. 107 00:09:58,248 --> 00:10:00,304 Where do you live, sweetheart? 108 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:01,887 Hey, wakey-wakey. 109 00:10:02,498 --> 00:10:03,750 Wake up, love! 110 00:10:06,568 --> 00:10:07,854 Oh, no, Bert. 111 00:10:08,029 --> 00:10:11,053 She's bleeding all over me bleeding upholstery. 112 00:10:30,107 --> 00:10:31,411 Telephone, Dot! 113 00:10:33,677 --> 00:10:34,720 Dorothy! 114 00:10:38,477 --> 00:10:41,054 Sorry, madam, the caller stopped calling. 115 00:10:42,939 --> 00:10:46,309 Let me know if I can help with the funeral arrangements. 116 00:10:46,484 --> 00:10:49,437 I can highly recommend the people who lay down Edward. 117 00:10:50,180 --> 00:10:51,858 - Lydia. - Sasha! 118 00:10:53,452 --> 00:10:55,277 I heard the terrible news. 119 00:10:57,972 --> 00:10:59,948 Oh. Apologies, Mrs Stanley. 120 00:11:00,123 --> 00:11:02,541 My manners, well, they have deserted me. 121 00:11:02,672 --> 00:11:05,956 Oh, it's quite alright, Sasha. We're all distraught. 122 00:11:06,286 --> 00:11:10,033 May I present my niece, the Honourable Miss Fisher. 123 00:11:10,729 --> 00:11:13,141 - Pleased to meet you. - Enchante. 124 00:11:15,014 --> 00:11:17,299 My God! The soiree. 125 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,129 Lydia has planned a charity soiree for tomorrow evening. 126 00:11:22,259 --> 00:11:25,918 - Sasha is engaged to dance for us. - Yes, but now I... 127 00:11:26,048 --> 00:11:28,588 No, everything must be cancelled of course. 128 00:11:28,719 --> 00:11:31,754 If only the hospital committee weren't absolutely depending on it. 129 00:11:31,885 --> 00:11:33,865 Tell them Lydia's just been widowed. 130 00:11:33,995 --> 00:11:37,496 If only she weren't so good at raising thousands of pounds. 131 00:11:37,627 --> 00:11:40,832 And goodness knows how we're to contact the guest list in time. 132 00:11:40,962 --> 00:11:43,293 Her guests will understand. 133 00:11:43,768 --> 00:11:45,995 John would want us to go ahead with it. 134 00:11:46,458 --> 00:11:50,772 I know, Phryne and I will take over all the arrangements 135 00:11:50,903 --> 00:11:54,086 and host the entire evening on your behalf, won't we, Phryne? 136 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,204 Thank you, Prudence. 137 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:57,787 I feel so... 138 00:11:59,183 --> 00:12:01,563 Oh, my... Lydia! Maid! 139 00:12:02,239 --> 00:12:03,952 What's her name? Maid! 140 00:12:04,083 --> 00:12:06,168 Get her to bed. I'm going to call a doctor. 141 00:12:06,298 --> 00:12:08,363 Lydia! Attend to her at once. 142 00:12:09,820 --> 00:12:10,864 Goodness. 143 00:12:12,655 --> 00:12:15,246 You said the husband was fatally poisoned at breakfast. 144 00:12:15,376 --> 00:12:17,135 Well, that's one theory. 145 00:12:17,266 --> 00:12:19,744 Do you think Lydia could have been slipped something too? 146 00:12:19,875 --> 00:12:22,438 Headache, palpitations, vomiting and... 147 00:12:22,568 --> 00:12:25,071 You said she looked a little blotchy? 148 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,288 Could be caused by anything. Including Aunt Prudence. 149 00:12:30,573 --> 00:12:33,409 Medicinal? As it comes. Thank you. 150 00:12:34,857 --> 00:12:37,114 I mean, the old favourite's arsenic of course 151 00:12:37,244 --> 00:12:39,556 but half a gram of strychnine will do the trick. 152 00:12:39,686 --> 00:12:42,677 I found these in the bathroom cabinet. 153 00:12:47,875 --> 00:12:51,071 Looks like a nerve powder, usually prescribed for women of course, 154 00:12:51,201 --> 00:12:53,861 the hysterical sex, for nervous exhaustion, 155 00:12:53,991 --> 00:12:56,009 emotional collapse, wandering wombs... 156 00:12:56,139 --> 00:12:58,381 Why on Earth would a womb wander? 157 00:12:58,864 --> 00:13:01,897 Unnatural behaviour will do it according to Hippocrates. 158 00:13:02,028 --> 00:13:05,260 Like celibacy. Oh, good. Mine's not going anywhere. 159 00:13:09,879 --> 00:13:13,044 Excuse me. Dr Macmillan, the Women's Hospital telephoned. 160 00:13:13,174 --> 00:13:14,960 They need you urgently. 161 00:13:15,134 --> 00:13:19,138 Where's the patient, sister? I've put her in Maternity. 162 00:13:19,268 --> 00:13:22,030 These two gentlemen picked her up in their cab. 163 00:13:22,161 --> 00:13:24,606 Good thing you came straight here by the sound of it. 164 00:13:24,736 --> 00:13:26,300 Will she be alright? 165 00:13:27,643 --> 00:13:29,960 Uh, no men in the wards. Thank you. 166 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:38,187 That's good. 167 00:13:46,052 --> 00:13:49,024 Some amateurs tried to take away her troubles. 168 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:53,592 She's just a child. 169 00:13:54,445 --> 00:13:57,261 Got herself into some grown-up trouble, eh? 170 00:13:58,216 --> 00:14:00,823 I'm sure Dr Macmillan will do her best. 171 00:14:03,985 --> 00:14:07,209 How much to the Windsor? 5s should do it. 172 00:14:07,741 --> 00:14:10,349 Nice try. I'm prepared to pay you two and six. 173 00:14:11,811 --> 00:14:13,882 Reckon it was that bloke we saw? 174 00:14:14,485 --> 00:14:16,212 What, there was someone with her? 175 00:14:16,342 --> 00:14:18,633 Just some dumb egg told to get shot of her. 176 00:14:18,764 --> 00:14:21,332 No, no, the other joke around the corner. 177 00:14:21,462 --> 00:14:24,173 He's a lofty beggar, around 6', I reckon. 178 00:14:24,441 --> 00:14:27,782 And something flashed in his paw as he tucked his head down, 179 00:14:27,912 --> 00:14:30,352 maybe a ring on his finger or something? 180 00:14:30,483 --> 00:14:32,684 Forget the Windsor, we need the police. 181 00:14:32,814 --> 00:14:35,787 And I've just met a rather civilised detective. 182 00:14:35,917 --> 00:14:39,423 You and your strays - lost cats, injured mongrels 183 00:14:39,553 --> 00:14:41,488 and now it's fallen bloody women. 184 00:14:41,618 --> 00:14:43,594 Detective Inspector Jack Robinson. 185 00:14:43,724 --> 00:14:45,744 City South Police Station. 186 00:14:46,007 --> 00:14:47,467 Yeah, we know him. 187 00:14:59,373 --> 00:15:00,468 That's him. 188 00:15:01,618 --> 00:15:02,974 George Fletcher. 189 00:15:03,922 --> 00:15:06,112 Butcher George? That's the one. 190 00:15:08,999 --> 00:15:11,327 Miss Fisher. And if it isn't the Red Raggers. 191 00:15:11,903 --> 00:15:13,663 Still fighting the capless menace? 192 00:15:13,838 --> 00:15:16,749 Your time will come. Oppressor of the widow and orphan. 193 00:15:16,925 --> 00:15:20,556 I hate to interrupt the class war, but who is Butcher George? 194 00:15:20,687 --> 00:15:24,174 George Fletcher was a doctor. Once upon a time. 195 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:27,455 But now we suspect he's behind a local abortion racket. 196 00:15:27,585 --> 00:15:30,273 If you know so much about him, why haven't you arrested him? 197 00:15:30,404 --> 00:15:33,146 If you delivered him tied up in brown paper and string, 198 00:15:33,276 --> 00:15:35,060 I still couldn't arrest him. 199 00:15:35,190 --> 00:15:38,513 The ones who die can't talk and the ones who live won't talk. 200 00:15:38,643 --> 00:15:40,989 What's the penalty for procuring an abortion? 201 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,096 Ten to 15 years according to the book. 202 00:15:43,226 --> 00:15:45,295 Who's gonna open their trap for that? 203 00:15:45,425 --> 00:15:48,136 Lenin made Soviet abortion legal in 1920. 204 00:15:49,466 --> 00:15:51,603 I'm going back to the hospital. 205 00:15:54,892 --> 00:15:57,200 I wish I could change the laws for you, Miss Fisher. 206 00:15:57,330 --> 00:15:59,433 You can't? Fine. 207 00:16:00,311 --> 00:16:02,731 I'll just have to find a way around them. 208 00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:04,426 Good day, Inspector. 209 00:16:12,088 --> 00:16:14,047 B, C, D, 210 00:16:14,441 --> 00:16:16,948 E, F, G, H, 211 00:16:17,569 --> 00:16:19,909 I, J, K, L, 212 00:16:20,676 --> 00:16:23,017 M, N, O, P, 213 00:16:24,082 --> 00:16:26,534 Q, R, S, T, 214 00:16:35,802 --> 00:16:38,339 ... six, not because dirty, not because I'm clean. 215 00:16:38,469 --> 00:16:41,421 Just because I stole some bread behind the window seat. 216 00:16:41,552 --> 00:16:44,266 Girls, girls have a lot of fun. 217 00:16:44,396 --> 00:16:47,003 Here comes Phryne with... Don't, Janey! 218 00:17:17,348 --> 00:17:18,808 Should I know you? 219 00:17:29,335 --> 00:17:30,847 My sister's ribbon. 220 00:17:33,492 --> 00:17:34,639 Miss Fisher. 221 00:17:36,208 --> 00:17:37,459 Is still miss? 222 00:17:39,952 --> 00:17:44,023 I'm deeply sorry I couldn't tell your family what you needed to know. 223 00:17:45,027 --> 00:17:46,435 Then tell me now. 224 00:17:50,401 --> 00:17:54,311 I have never confessed to the crime you want me to be guilty of. 225 00:17:57,532 --> 00:17:59,617 And my time here is nearly up. 226 00:18:00,396 --> 00:18:01,647 And here I am. 227 00:18:03,220 --> 00:18:04,906 I've come halfway around the world 228 00:18:05,036 --> 00:18:07,757 to make sure that you never get out of here alive. 229 00:18:09,032 --> 00:18:13,386 Death is only a torment for those who believe it is the end of all things. 230 00:18:14,937 --> 00:18:19,056 I'm not a child anymore, Mr Foyle, so I won't play your lofty games. 231 00:18:21,316 --> 00:18:24,774 Whatever horrors you visited on her, I have imagined tenfold. 232 00:18:27,938 --> 00:18:29,595 And given the chance, 233 00:18:30,453 --> 00:18:34,211 I would do the same to you without smearing my lipstick. 234 00:19:12,796 --> 00:19:15,366 Has she given you any details about what happened? 235 00:19:15,541 --> 00:19:17,871 They never do - either fell down the stairs 236 00:19:18,002 --> 00:19:20,037 or claim to be completely mystified. 237 00:19:20,763 --> 00:19:23,043 This one's not even offering her name. 238 00:19:23,173 --> 00:19:25,111 No clues in her purse? 239 00:19:25,986 --> 00:19:28,517 You don't have to save the world, Phryne. 240 00:19:28,648 --> 00:19:30,089 Where are her things? 241 00:20:05,933 --> 00:20:09,895 'Who would wholeheartedly recommend Miss Hartley...' 242 00:20:29,284 --> 00:20:30,729 John Andrews. 243 00:20:57,068 --> 00:20:58,870 I smuggled this upstairs. 244 00:20:59,001 --> 00:21:01,391 I recommend you swallow at least a bucketful. 245 00:21:01,522 --> 00:21:03,258 Oh, sorry, miss. 246 00:21:08,643 --> 00:21:11,510 You seem to be coping better than your maid. 247 00:21:12,709 --> 00:21:15,191 Aunt Prudence said you had to let the last one go. 248 00:21:15,321 --> 00:21:18,605 Oh, yes. It was unpleasant but trivial. 249 00:21:20,448 --> 00:21:22,981 What, trouble with the telephone like this one? 250 00:21:23,544 --> 00:21:26,081 John caught her stealing the silver cruet set 251 00:21:26,256 --> 00:21:28,602 and I agreed he should dismiss her. 252 00:21:30,406 --> 00:21:33,033 Do you think she'd have any information about the household 253 00:21:33,163 --> 00:21:34,948 that might help the police? 254 00:21:35,079 --> 00:21:36,122 Unlikely. 255 00:21:36,767 --> 00:21:39,791 Alice was a timid thing. She went quietly enough. 256 00:21:49,776 --> 00:21:50,820 Drink up. 257 00:22:03,602 --> 00:22:05,287 Phryne, darling! 258 00:22:08,605 --> 00:22:10,430 You look divine! 259 00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:14,839 And I found you a charming dental technician. 260 00:22:15,014 --> 00:22:16,369 Very thoughtful. 261 00:22:16,638 --> 00:22:19,164 I do appreciate you weren't born to wealth. 262 00:22:19,809 --> 00:22:21,948 At least your mother came from good stock. 263 00:22:22,078 --> 00:22:24,862 It's just unfortunate she ran off with your father. 264 00:22:24,993 --> 00:22:28,144 Lucky then the Great War laid waste to his titled cousins. 265 00:22:28,693 --> 00:22:31,834 Yes... Well, no-one likes a war. 266 00:22:33,361 --> 00:22:37,094 Do you think anyone here would want to harm Lydia or her husband? 267 00:22:37,661 --> 00:22:39,016 Don't be absurd! 268 00:22:39,540 --> 00:22:42,668 You're looking at the cream of Melbourne society. 269 00:22:43,995 --> 00:22:46,747 Apart from Clementine Smythe over there. 270 00:22:46,877 --> 00:22:51,229 She snaffled Lydia's upholsterer just when she needed him the most. 271 00:22:52,259 --> 00:22:56,852 And Tilda Higginbottom, by the punch, as usual. 272 00:22:56,982 --> 00:23:00,593 But that one - she takes the biscuit. 273 00:23:01,285 --> 00:23:03,388 Practically runs a bordello. 274 00:23:04,001 --> 00:23:05,669 Hello there, Prudence. 275 00:23:06,226 --> 00:23:07,416 Madame Breda! 276 00:23:08,234 --> 00:23:11,142 May I present my niece, the Honourable Phryne Fisher. 277 00:23:11,273 --> 00:23:13,306 How do you do? Madame Breda. 278 00:23:13,740 --> 00:23:15,936 Madame Breda has a little establishment 279 00:23:16,066 --> 00:23:17,861 at the far end of the city. 280 00:23:18,681 --> 00:23:21,003 A Turkish bath palace, Miss Fisher. 281 00:23:21,134 --> 00:23:22,335 How interesting. 282 00:23:22,465 --> 00:23:25,035 I'm a devoted patron of the London Hummum. 283 00:23:25,538 --> 00:23:27,780 You should try it, Aunt Prudence. 284 00:23:28,362 --> 00:23:30,123 No, thank you, my dear. 285 00:23:30,253 --> 00:23:33,329 I shall remain all the cleaner for staying away. 286 00:23:34,834 --> 00:23:35,878 Excuse me. 287 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:39,467 Terrible news about John Andrews. 288 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,893 I've been a loyal customer of his for years. 289 00:23:43,024 --> 00:23:44,605 What line of business was he in? 290 00:23:44,736 --> 00:23:46,306 Importing from the Orient. 291 00:23:46,481 --> 00:23:50,310 Cosmetics, manchester, the most beautiful rugs. 292 00:23:50,485 --> 00:23:51,841 He adored Lydia, 293 00:23:52,215 --> 00:23:55,239 though he had less time for her endless social events 294 00:23:55,369 --> 00:23:57,067 and her more colourful friends. 295 00:23:58,461 --> 00:23:59,804 Like who? 296 00:24:00,537 --> 00:24:03,198 Like the adorable Sasha De Lisse. 297 00:24:10,393 --> 00:24:12,135 Mademoiselle est magnifique. 298 00:24:13,514 --> 00:24:14,713 Now I recall. 299 00:24:15,595 --> 00:24:18,663 I saw you dancing in Paris five years ago with your sister. 300 00:24:19,345 --> 00:24:20,799 Death And The Maiden. 301 00:24:20,975 --> 00:24:23,510 It was primitive and spine-chilling! 302 00:24:24,889 --> 00:24:28,173 My sister unfortunately passed away some months ago. 303 00:24:29,658 --> 00:24:30,962 My condolences. 304 00:24:31,553 --> 00:24:34,264 I am still unused to dancing without her. 305 00:24:36,712 --> 00:24:39,833 Do you tango, Miss Fisher? 306 00:24:41,951 --> 00:24:43,442 Ladies and gentlemen, 307 00:24:43,572 --> 00:24:45,720 presenting Sasha De Lisse. 308 00:25:35,816 --> 00:25:37,752 We've been trying to reach Mrs Andrews, 309 00:25:37,927 --> 00:25:40,380 but something seems to be wrong with your telephone. 310 00:25:53,644 --> 00:25:54,688 Bravo. 311 00:25:55,344 --> 00:25:57,035 Excuse me, madam. Yes? 312 00:25:57,165 --> 00:26:00,606 The, um... police need to speak with Mrs Andrews again. 313 00:26:01,159 --> 00:26:02,944 Should I call her down? 314 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:04,240 Poison? 315 00:26:04,371 --> 00:26:07,843 The coroner found traces of arsenic when he examined your husband 316 00:26:07,973 --> 00:26:12,165 and your own symptoms seem to be consistent with a milder dose. 317 00:26:12,295 --> 00:26:14,152 Do you know where it came from? 318 00:26:14,283 --> 00:26:18,729 The sugar bowl with the breakfast tray was laced with rat poison. 319 00:26:20,091 --> 00:26:22,854 John always took so much sugar in his tea. 320 00:26:23,099 --> 00:26:24,878 Thank God I didn't finish my own. 321 00:26:25,008 --> 00:26:27,469 We've been informed your housemaid prepares the morning tray. 322 00:26:27,644 --> 00:26:28,935 That's correct, but... 323 00:26:29,065 --> 00:26:32,080 We'll need to ask Miss Williams a few questions at the station. 324 00:26:32,210 --> 00:26:36,186 You don't seriously suspect this poor child of murder?! 325 00:26:37,020 --> 00:26:40,732 Actually, I was studiously avoiding that term, Miss Fisher. 326 00:26:41,784 --> 00:26:44,260 If you find yourself in legal trouble, 327 00:26:44,390 --> 00:26:46,841 I know a clever woman who might help. 328 00:26:48,383 --> 00:26:49,738 Thank you, Miss. 329 00:26:54,232 --> 00:26:57,249 I can't imagine what grudge that poor girl might have against us. 330 00:27:06,397 --> 00:27:09,579 I hope we have the pleasure to meet again, Miss Fisher. 331 00:27:09,710 --> 00:27:11,889 I'm sure that can be arranged. 332 00:27:14,333 --> 00:27:15,897 Au revoir, ma chère. 333 00:27:19,778 --> 00:27:21,995 Lydia seems calmer now. 334 00:27:22,436 --> 00:27:25,612 If only this awful poisoning business was resolved, 335 00:27:25,743 --> 00:27:27,388 she could busy herself with a wake. 336 00:27:27,518 --> 00:27:29,552 Yes, that could cheer her up. 337 00:27:30,374 --> 00:27:31,521 My earrings! 338 00:27:34,300 --> 00:27:36,664 That man was far too charming. 339 00:27:39,747 --> 00:27:42,279 What's the hurry? My driver's on his way. 340 00:27:42,409 --> 00:27:44,514 I'll explain later. Goodnight, Aunt Prudence. 341 00:27:44,644 --> 00:27:47,508 At this hour? It's not safe! 342 00:27:47,683 --> 00:27:49,878 Why do you think you can just run off on your own? 343 00:27:50,394 --> 00:27:51,888 Because I'm carrying a gun! 344 00:27:52,347 --> 00:27:53,390 Phryne! 345 00:28:21,383 --> 00:28:23,628 Good evening. I need to buy cocaine. 346 00:28:26,355 --> 00:28:28,180 I can pay you with these. 347 00:28:37,344 --> 00:28:38,695 What's your story, huh? 348 00:28:38,826 --> 00:28:41,104 - How did you know? - Get away! I warn you! 349 00:28:41,279 --> 00:28:43,136 Get back! He's got a blade. 350 00:28:43,267 --> 00:28:44,816 Steady, steady on. 351 00:28:45,933 --> 00:28:48,071 Where's your gun? Go after him! 352 00:28:49,149 --> 00:28:50,864 He's getting away! 353 00:28:53,423 --> 00:28:55,613 He's not here. Nothing. Come on. 354 00:29:15,226 --> 00:29:17,766 It is me, Sasha. Mademoiselle, help me. 355 00:29:26,476 --> 00:29:28,490 In here. Not a sound. 356 00:29:29,274 --> 00:29:30,317 Down. 357 00:29:34,251 --> 00:29:35,326 Come on! 358 00:29:43,761 --> 00:29:45,711 Evening, gentlemen. Looking for a frolic? 359 00:29:55,838 --> 00:29:58,474 Yeah, we're looking for a fella. 360 00:29:58,649 --> 00:30:00,434 Seen a man run through here? 361 00:30:00,610 --> 00:30:02,904 Nah, but I seen plenty lying down. 362 00:30:03,195 --> 00:30:05,748 Come on. This scrag's no use. 363 00:30:08,058 --> 00:30:09,517 How much, darling? 364 00:30:10,703 --> 00:30:13,414 Depends, sweetheart. Show us your tackle. 365 00:30:17,379 --> 00:30:18,422 Move away. 366 00:30:25,087 --> 00:30:27,518 The coast is clear. Sasha! 367 00:30:27,780 --> 00:30:29,917 I thought the bullet missed me. 368 00:30:33,487 --> 00:30:34,530 Wonderful. 369 00:30:36,563 --> 00:30:38,231 You're not badly hurt. 370 00:30:39,143 --> 00:30:41,580 But you may have ruined one of the most stunning gowns 371 00:30:41,710 --> 00:30:43,483 Melbourne will ever see. 372 00:30:47,251 --> 00:30:49,337 Why did you steal my earrings? 373 00:30:50,522 --> 00:30:52,034 To pay for cocaine. 374 00:30:53,293 --> 00:30:55,022 That's a dangerous habit 375 00:30:55,152 --> 00:30:57,905 if you're going to be shot in the process. 376 00:30:58,035 --> 00:31:00,538 You should not assume it is my habit. 377 00:31:01,422 --> 00:31:03,157 My reasons were personal. 378 00:31:03,287 --> 00:31:04,852 So were my earrings. 379 00:31:07,204 --> 00:31:09,421 What did you say to the pharmacist? 380 00:31:10,533 --> 00:31:12,775 I asked to meet the King of Snow, 381 00:31:13,493 --> 00:31:16,178 the mastermind of the cocaine business in this town. 382 00:31:17,242 --> 00:31:21,048 Melbourne has certainly become more interesting in my absence. 383 00:31:21,673 --> 00:31:24,644 Life has been hard since we were forced from Russia. 384 00:31:24,820 --> 00:31:26,540 Too hard for my sister. 385 00:31:27,631 --> 00:31:30,567 She became addicted to cocaine and lost her way. 386 00:31:31,543 --> 00:31:33,211 She took her own life. 387 00:31:36,873 --> 00:31:37,917 How awful. 388 00:31:39,089 --> 00:31:41,751 But Lydia was very good to both of us. 389 00:31:42,889 --> 00:31:46,226 But I gather her husband was not a ballet enthusiast. 390 00:31:48,984 --> 00:31:52,050 I never cared for John Andrews. Hmm. 391 00:31:53,456 --> 00:31:56,845 You think I was having a love affair with your friend? 392 00:31:57,478 --> 00:31:58,781 It is not true. 393 00:31:59,563 --> 00:32:01,909 She's too demure for my attentions. 394 00:32:04,176 --> 00:32:05,545 Whereas you... 395 00:32:56,588 --> 00:33:00,325 I'm s... I'm so sorry, Miss Fisher, but I didn't know where else to go. 396 00:33:00,753 --> 00:33:02,514 I've been dismissed without a reference 397 00:33:02,645 --> 00:33:05,272 and I think I need that clever woman you talked about. 398 00:33:05,403 --> 00:33:06,974 You'd better come in. 399 00:33:25,353 --> 00:33:29,303 The, um... matching Mary Jane's up there if you're looking, Miss. 400 00:33:30,303 --> 00:33:31,347 Thank you. 401 00:33:31,963 --> 00:33:34,359 My dance instructor was perfecting my develope. 402 00:33:35,561 --> 00:33:38,794 Now, sit down, have some toast, tell me everything. 403 00:33:43,406 --> 00:33:45,248 The police asked me so many questions 404 00:33:45,378 --> 00:33:47,672 about Mr Andrews it made me giddy. 405 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,043 About what kind of gentleman he was, what kind of boss. 406 00:33:52,409 --> 00:33:54,428 How he treated us household staff. 407 00:33:54,559 --> 00:33:56,104 And what did you tell them? 408 00:33:56,234 --> 00:33:57,850 Well, I couldn't lie. 409 00:33:58,328 --> 00:33:59,999 I'm a Catholic. 410 00:34:00,528 --> 00:34:02,945 I said he was all hands and tried to pin me against the range 411 00:34:03,075 --> 00:34:06,099 and have his way in the kitchen the night before he died. 412 00:34:06,275 --> 00:34:08,047 I told them how he did the same to Alice 413 00:34:08,177 --> 00:34:10,916 and how she took off the morning they found him. 414 00:34:11,456 --> 00:34:13,710 Now I'm worried they're going to blame Alice as well. 415 00:34:14,132 --> 00:34:16,740 Was Alice in the family way to her employer? 416 00:34:17,348 --> 00:34:18,704 To John Andrews? 417 00:34:22,820 --> 00:34:25,744 I can't help you if you won't tell me the truth. 418 00:34:28,255 --> 00:34:33,211 It was a woman who helped me. Her name was Madame Breda. 419 00:34:34,090 --> 00:34:37,270 I've met her. And where did Madame Breda send you? 420 00:34:38,470 --> 00:34:42,686 I couldn't tell. The van had no windows. 421 00:34:43,970 --> 00:34:48,185 But the door off the lane was green. I remember that. 422 00:34:50,053 --> 00:34:55,272 And when I came to, I could smell food, like a bakery, I think. 423 00:34:58,621 --> 00:35:00,446 She said he was a doctor. 424 00:35:13,834 --> 00:35:16,215 Sorry, Miss Fisher. It was by the bath. I just... 425 00:35:16,345 --> 00:35:18,274 Not at all! Phryne will do. 426 00:35:20,595 --> 00:35:22,927 I washed and pressed your clothes 427 00:35:23,420 --> 00:35:25,430 and I mended those stockings for you. 428 00:35:32,772 --> 00:35:35,354 You have a very fine hand, Dot! 429 00:35:36,138 --> 00:35:38,902 It's my gift, Miss... Phryne. 430 00:35:40,450 --> 00:35:42,712 I had more trouble getting those bloodstains 431 00:35:42,842 --> 00:35:44,449 off that lovely gown, though. 432 00:35:44,842 --> 00:35:46,145 Genius! 433 00:35:47,529 --> 00:35:50,087 And I found this under the bed. 434 00:35:50,217 --> 00:35:51,468 Oh! Thank you! 435 00:35:52,525 --> 00:35:54,332 A marvellous device invented by 436 00:35:54,462 --> 00:35:56,727 a thoroughly modern woman called Marie Stopes. 437 00:35:57,974 --> 00:35:59,198 Family planning. 438 00:35:59,582 --> 00:36:01,563 Oh! I could do with a maid. 439 00:36:01,812 --> 00:36:04,949 Though you'll probably want your old position back 440 00:36:05,079 --> 00:36:08,218 once this fuss has blown over and Mrs Andrews is back to her old self. 441 00:36:08,348 --> 00:36:10,495 No, not for all the tea in China. 442 00:36:10,783 --> 00:36:13,937 Even without Mr Andrews, there's still the electric iron to worry about. 443 00:36:15,053 --> 00:36:18,522 And the vacuum cleaner, and the new washing machine. 444 00:36:19,116 --> 00:36:21,952 - Don't they save you labour? - Yes, but at what cost, Miss? 445 00:36:22,411 --> 00:36:25,699 My priest says it's unnatural putting electricity through wires. 446 00:36:26,221 --> 00:36:28,287 Sooner or later, it'll come in contact 447 00:36:28,417 --> 00:36:31,788 with the molten centre of the earth and will blow up the whole world. 448 00:36:33,730 --> 00:36:37,586 Well, if you work for me, you'll have 449 00:36:37,761 --> 00:36:40,003 to answer the telephone promptly. 450 00:36:40,806 --> 00:36:46,011 And I might need you on occasion to bend the Ten Commandments. 451 00:36:48,322 --> 00:36:50,292 - Um... Like when? - Today. 452 00:36:52,050 --> 00:36:55,276 - And how important is the telephone? - Extremely. 453 00:36:55,736 --> 00:36:58,638 Now, get your coat. We're off to the Turkish baths. 454 00:37:09,216 --> 00:37:10,259 Come in. 455 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,199 Madame Breda. 456 00:37:20,851 --> 00:37:22,363 Do you remember me? 457 00:37:23,594 --> 00:37:25,509 You're Lydia's maid, aren't you? 458 00:37:28,265 --> 00:37:31,223 I need your help. I know you helped Alice and... 459 00:37:31,399 --> 00:37:32,998 Oh, not you too. 460 00:37:36,659 --> 00:37:37,858 John Andrews? 461 00:37:41,325 --> 00:37:43,371 Thank you for drawing me out of the house. 462 00:37:43,647 --> 00:37:45,201 I feel so much better here. 463 00:37:45,646 --> 00:37:48,566 It's hardly the bordello Aunt Prudence fears. 464 00:37:49,017 --> 00:37:52,250 Madame Breda has been one of John's best customers. 465 00:37:53,504 --> 00:37:54,548 Lydia... 466 00:37:56,558 --> 00:37:59,303 How much did you know about your husband's business dealings? 467 00:37:59,433 --> 00:38:02,405 Not enough. I've never had a head for figures. 468 00:38:02,973 --> 00:38:05,953 I may have to take over the reins all the same. 469 00:38:06,084 --> 00:38:07,849 Do you think the attempt on your lives 470 00:38:07,979 --> 00:38:10,606 could have something to do with a retaliation 471 00:38:10,736 --> 00:38:13,135 after a falling out with a customer? 472 00:38:14,405 --> 00:38:16,334 I don't know what you mean. 473 00:38:16,620 --> 00:38:19,084 Could John have gotten mixed up in some business dealings 474 00:38:19,215 --> 00:38:20,831 you weren't aware of? 475 00:38:23,396 --> 00:38:25,278 Did he tell you everything? 476 00:38:26,206 --> 00:38:27,989 I loved John, Phryne. 477 00:38:29,035 --> 00:38:31,257 His death has left me bereft. 478 00:38:34,867 --> 00:38:37,082 I'm not ready yet to pick over his bones. 479 00:38:38,190 --> 00:38:39,441 Of course not. 480 00:38:43,865 --> 00:38:45,533 No, just black for me. 481 00:38:46,284 --> 00:38:47,327 Of course. 482 00:39:01,990 --> 00:39:03,294 Here she comes. 483 00:39:06,892 --> 00:39:08,929 I had to miss my second pummelling, 484 00:39:09,060 --> 00:39:11,004 so I hope you've got something to report. 485 00:39:11,135 --> 00:39:14,628 She made me pay ã10 and said to give this to the doctor. 486 00:39:15,420 --> 00:39:17,610 She said not to open and that... 487 00:39:18,603 --> 00:39:21,161 that I have to meet them on the corner of the laneway 488 00:39:21,291 --> 00:39:25,065 near Johnson's Hatters at 7:00am wearing a red rose. 489 00:39:25,793 --> 00:39:26,993 Sounds risky. 490 00:39:28,370 --> 00:39:30,674 Well, if someone hadn't done away with John Andrews, 491 00:39:30,805 --> 00:39:33,263 it could've been me in that hospital. 492 00:39:33,896 --> 00:39:36,157 It's the very least I can do... for Alice. 493 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,354 Now all we need's a red rose. 494 00:39:42,330 --> 00:39:45,077 It's packaged exactly the same way as the Paterson's Powders 495 00:39:45,208 --> 00:39:47,523 I souvenired from Lydia's bathroom. 496 00:39:47,653 --> 00:39:50,894 The pink's only a vegetable dye with a nerve powder. 497 00:39:51,024 --> 00:39:55,030 It's most likely a narcotic base, like opium or a stimulant like cocaine. 498 00:39:55,161 --> 00:39:56,787 Is it legal like that? 499 00:39:56,918 --> 00:40:00,385 Not from a Turkish bath house. You need a doctor's prescription. 500 00:40:00,515 --> 00:40:03,007 If Madame Breda's using it to pay off unsavoury types, 501 00:40:03,137 --> 00:40:04,858 then my bet is cocaine. 502 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:12,345 Definitely cocaine. 503 00:40:13,366 --> 00:40:14,670 I'm the doctor. 504 00:40:16,691 --> 00:40:18,150 Just to make sure. 505 00:40:20,099 --> 00:40:23,272 What has this all to do with Butcher George and backyard abortions? 506 00:40:23,447 --> 00:40:24,955 I'm not sure yet, Mac, 507 00:40:25,086 --> 00:40:27,797 but I think it's time somebody found out. 508 00:40:54,315 --> 00:40:56,296 Let us have a look. Open up. 509 00:40:56,666 --> 00:40:58,266 Yeah. Come on. 510 00:41:10,616 --> 00:41:12,332 Give them a head start. 511 00:41:16,139 --> 00:41:18,286 They'll get a ruddy head start, alright! 512 00:41:22,048 --> 00:41:25,229 Remind me to buy you a new taxi when this is over. 513 00:41:26,731 --> 00:41:27,775 Eureka! 514 00:41:38,292 --> 00:41:39,542 Stop! 515 00:42:02,531 --> 00:42:04,408 Come on, come on, come on! 516 00:42:08,045 --> 00:42:11,548 Proctor's Pies! Alice said she smelled baking. Turn down there. 517 00:42:28,544 --> 00:42:30,317 Hello there, girly! 518 00:42:31,070 --> 00:42:32,784 My name's Doctor George. 519 00:42:34,839 --> 00:42:37,915 And I'll be relieving you of your little burden. 520 00:42:44,928 --> 00:42:46,909 - There's the van. - Hurry. 521 00:42:52,930 --> 00:42:55,335 We're looking for a green door. 522 00:42:57,231 --> 00:43:00,588 Come on, love. It's only nerves. 523 00:43:00,718 --> 00:43:03,156 No, it's not. Just leave me... 524 00:43:03,286 --> 00:43:06,479 You've got the collywobbles! I've seen it all before. 525 00:43:06,609 --> 00:43:08,673 Come on - up on the table. 526 00:43:08,803 --> 00:43:11,149 Let's lie down good and quiet, hmm? 527 00:43:12,324 --> 00:43:14,887 Damn it! Where the hell have they gone? 528 00:43:15,018 --> 00:43:16,539 Let's see how far gone you are. 529 00:43:16,669 --> 00:43:18,069 - No! - Easy! 530 00:43:19,258 --> 00:43:22,939 I'm not far gone. I'm not even gone at all. 531 00:43:23,452 --> 00:43:24,912 What's your caper? 532 00:43:25,385 --> 00:43:27,552 It's gotta be close! Over here. 533 00:43:27,683 --> 00:43:29,160 I'll take this side. 534 00:43:29,291 --> 00:43:31,155 Sit! Give us a hand. 535 00:43:41,916 --> 00:43:43,324 Nothing. Oh, Dot! 536 00:43:44,551 --> 00:43:47,053 This'll calm her down. HELP! HELP ME! 537 00:43:48,548 --> 00:43:49,591 Upstairs! 538 00:43:54,113 --> 00:43:56,320 Get away from that girl, both of you! 539 00:43:56,450 --> 00:43:58,014 Hands toward heaven! 540 00:43:59,464 --> 00:44:01,280 Up, you idiot. 541 00:44:03,077 --> 00:44:06,622 So you're the animal who took the knife to Alice Hartley? 542 00:44:07,139 --> 00:44:09,902 Cec, what have you got to say to this man? 543 00:44:18,182 --> 00:44:19,806 My sentiments exactly. 544 00:44:19,937 --> 00:44:22,324 Now all we need is some brown paper and string 545 00:44:22,455 --> 00:44:24,844 and these two gentlemen can deliver you to the police. 546 00:44:24,974 --> 00:44:29,630 But first, you're going to tell me exactly how you know Madame Breda. 547 00:44:31,535 --> 00:44:34,526 Won't Alice still have to confess? Don't worry, Dot. 548 00:44:35,229 --> 00:44:38,277 Cec will have to tell the police that she paid Butcher George money 549 00:44:38,407 --> 00:44:41,460 and then changed her mind, but he wouldn't listen. 550 00:44:41,591 --> 00:44:44,250 - Is that what happened? - More or less. 551 00:44:44,525 --> 00:44:47,079 That was the most perilous day of my entire life. 552 00:44:47,209 --> 00:44:49,816 Even worse than being a murder suspect. 553 00:44:50,903 --> 00:44:53,530 But the cocoa helps. I'm glad about that, Dot. 554 00:44:53,660 --> 00:44:56,542 'Cause you need to be brave a little longer. 555 00:44:56,673 --> 00:44:57,666 Why? 556 00:44:57,797 --> 00:44:59,502 You'll be safe enough here, 557 00:44:59,632 --> 00:45:03,759 but if I don't return by midnight, you might have to call the police. 558 00:45:03,889 --> 00:45:05,297 On the telephone? 559 00:45:05,798 --> 00:45:07,049 I'm afraid so. 560 00:45:07,894 --> 00:45:08,938 Cheerio! 561 00:45:18,472 --> 00:45:20,579 Now, there's a familiar figure. 562 00:45:21,431 --> 00:45:23,308 You sure about that bloke? 563 00:45:23,653 --> 00:45:26,505 Not entirely. French-Russian extraction. 564 00:45:27,099 --> 00:45:29,028 We've only met... socially. 565 00:45:31,010 --> 00:45:33,313 I'm definitely not sure about those two. 566 00:45:33,443 --> 00:45:36,676 Bastard extraction. We've only met up a dark alley. 567 00:45:38,813 --> 00:45:41,107 They're going into Madame Breda's. 568 00:45:41,842 --> 00:45:42,886 Come on. 569 00:46:02,607 --> 00:46:05,913 Up there. The balcony. We could get over it. 570 00:46:06,044 --> 00:46:07,399 Here, hold this. 571 00:46:11,003 --> 00:46:12,411 Give me a leg up. 572 00:46:18,237 --> 00:46:20,224 Is that all I can do for you? 573 00:46:20,548 --> 00:46:23,948 You might go for help. Things could get interesting around here. 574 00:46:24,079 --> 00:46:26,060 I thought they already were. 575 00:46:46,667 --> 00:46:48,856 Oi, what's your lark? 576 00:46:50,524 --> 00:46:51,775 Get back here! 577 00:47:48,526 --> 00:47:50,037 What are you doing? 578 00:47:53,930 --> 00:47:54,974 Stop it! 579 00:48:04,198 --> 00:48:05,329 You bastards! 580 00:48:06,697 --> 00:48:07,792 I kill you! 581 00:48:08,237 --> 00:48:10,161 I kill you and your mother! 582 00:48:18,224 --> 00:48:19,319 Don't move! 583 00:48:29,129 --> 00:48:32,223 You're that tart we met the night we shot this dago in the alley. 584 00:48:32,467 --> 00:48:35,967 She knows nothing. Let her go and do what you like with me! 585 00:48:36,098 --> 00:48:39,312 I paid to speak with your boss. Have you no honour? 586 00:48:39,443 --> 00:48:42,446 Don't worry, mate. You'll get your chat with the king. 587 00:48:51,010 --> 00:48:53,037 And what will you do in the meeting? 588 00:48:53,767 --> 00:48:54,810 Kill him. 589 00:48:55,483 --> 00:48:57,764 Unless somebody's already beaten you to it. 590 00:48:59,383 --> 00:49:00,790 What do you mean? 591 00:49:01,225 --> 00:49:03,797 The drugs are coming in through JA Imports. 592 00:49:03,928 --> 00:49:05,857 It's John Andrews' company. 593 00:49:07,749 --> 00:49:10,236 So that is what amused those thugs? 594 00:49:11,114 --> 00:49:13,982 That I would meet the king in the afterlife? 595 00:49:22,273 --> 00:49:23,372 Lydia? 596 00:49:23,503 --> 00:49:25,588 They told me you had a floozy. 597 00:49:26,267 --> 00:49:28,272 I didn't think it would be you. 598 00:49:28,403 --> 00:49:29,580 But how? 599 00:49:29,710 --> 00:49:33,516 Lydia poisoned her husband after he had his way with her maid. 600 00:49:33,845 --> 00:49:35,700 It wasn't just his philandering. 601 00:49:35,830 --> 00:49:39,127 Of course not. I know you better than that. 602 00:49:40,356 --> 00:49:42,634 And Madame Breda sorted the pregnancy 603 00:49:42,764 --> 00:49:45,788 like she sorted all your other grubby business. 604 00:49:46,061 --> 00:49:49,358 You helped us. We danced or all your friends. 605 00:49:52,034 --> 00:49:53,494 Why did you do it? 606 00:49:53,767 --> 00:49:56,853 Not all of us did so well out of the war, Phryne. 607 00:49:56,984 --> 00:50:00,320 You inherited a title, but my family lost everything. 608 00:50:01,473 --> 00:50:04,812 And then I met John and he was wealthy, charming. 609 00:50:06,662 --> 00:50:08,070 Far too charming. 610 00:50:08,396 --> 00:50:12,411 And in the end, a hopeless businessman and an utter embarrassment. 611 00:50:12,898 --> 00:50:15,661 I rescued us from bankruptcy and disgrace. 612 00:50:16,487 --> 00:50:18,149 And I built an empire. 613 00:50:19,067 --> 00:50:21,361 All I wanted was my own life back, 614 00:50:22,891 --> 00:50:25,133 but John wouldn't let me have it. 615 00:50:26,053 --> 00:50:27,721 Judge me, if you like. 616 00:50:29,844 --> 00:50:31,356 But I saved myself. 617 00:50:33,268 --> 00:50:36,552 What a shame it took a life of crime for you to find your strength, Lydia. 618 00:50:37,521 --> 00:50:40,024 Haven't you become a dreary crusader. 619 00:50:41,043 --> 00:50:43,389 I'm sure your demise will fix that. 620 00:50:44,552 --> 00:50:45,647 Strip them. 621 00:51:04,345 --> 00:51:06,379 How long can we last in here? 622 00:51:07,115 --> 00:51:10,010 A lot longer if you stay calm. 623 00:51:50,955 --> 00:51:53,841 Miss Fisher needs you down at the Turkish baths in Little Lonsdale. 624 00:51:53,972 --> 00:51:57,621 I hope she's comfortable. She could be waiting a long time. 625 00:52:17,604 --> 00:52:18,685 Sasha. 626 00:52:21,883 --> 00:52:23,708 Sasha, don't fall asleep. 627 00:52:29,532 --> 00:52:32,521 I told you - Cokey and The Bull. 628 00:52:32,651 --> 00:52:35,801 They dragged off this Russian dago and she went after him. 629 00:52:35,932 --> 00:52:38,278 Some commo friend of yours, was he? 630 00:52:39,706 --> 00:52:43,287 If only my eyes could focus in this fog. 631 00:52:49,524 --> 00:52:54,469 If the steam's piped in, we just need to pipe it out again. 632 00:53:56,872 --> 00:54:00,261 City South police station. Constable Collins speaking. 633 00:54:04,028 --> 00:54:05,072 Inspector! 634 00:54:06,641 --> 00:54:09,402 Sir, it's Miss Williams on the telephone. 635 00:54:09,533 --> 00:54:12,556 She said Miss Fisher's in some kind of trouble. 636 00:54:23,004 --> 00:54:25,440 OK, you two, take the front and side entrances. 637 00:54:25,571 --> 00:54:27,995 I'll take the rear with Collins and Foster. 638 00:54:28,125 --> 00:54:30,628 Let's break down this door. Let's go! 639 00:54:41,093 --> 00:54:43,439 Sasha, don't fall asleep. Wake up! 640 00:54:47,365 --> 00:54:48,824 Stand back! 641 00:54:53,559 --> 00:54:55,867 Glad you could make it, Inspector. 642 00:54:55,997 --> 00:54:58,531 I'm a little more steamed up than I wanted to be. 643 00:54:58,661 --> 00:55:02,267 I always wondered what went on in a Turkish bath house. 644 00:55:07,334 --> 00:55:08,585 Come on, then! 645 00:55:08,992 --> 00:55:10,793 Tell me how clever you are. 646 00:55:10,924 --> 00:55:15,234 Now, what made you think Lydia Andrews was the murderer? 647 00:55:15,365 --> 00:55:20,502 Well, firstly, she kept declaring her love for John Andrews, 648 00:55:20,633 --> 00:55:22,682 when we all knew he was a cad. 649 00:55:22,812 --> 00:55:25,193 You could put that down to marital delusion. 650 00:55:25,324 --> 00:55:27,991 Then when she protested that she had no head for business, 651 00:55:28,121 --> 00:55:31,401 though she raised thousands of pounds for the hospital fund. 652 00:55:31,531 --> 00:55:34,294 I tried to put that down as false modesty. 653 00:55:34,733 --> 00:55:38,395 Even when she accused Alice of stealing the cruet set, 654 00:55:38,947 --> 00:55:41,502 though I'd read her glowing reference. 655 00:55:42,799 --> 00:55:44,755 I had hoped it was her husband's lie. 656 00:55:44,885 --> 00:55:46,648 Of course, the other suspects helped. 657 00:55:46,779 --> 00:55:49,804 There was Madame Breda, but she was too obvious. 658 00:55:49,934 --> 00:55:53,046 And she pointed the finger at Sasha De Lisse, 659 00:55:53,176 --> 00:55:56,547 so I was forced to discount him as Lydia's jealous lover 660 00:55:56,677 --> 00:56:00,232 with my own... thorough investigation. 661 00:56:03,997 --> 00:56:07,471 Sorry. Where was I? Oh, the tea! That's hat really bothered me. 662 00:56:08,309 --> 00:56:10,503 She drank just enough sweetened tea 663 00:56:10,633 --> 00:56:13,244 to remove suspicion, poisoning herself, 664 00:56:13,374 --> 00:56:16,555 when I know she always took her tea without sugar. 665 00:56:19,516 --> 00:56:23,478 Must get a wriggle on, Miss, or you'll be late for Premier Hogan. 666 00:56:24,739 --> 00:56:28,024 Just a light chat about the criminal justice system. 667 00:56:47,437 --> 00:56:51,414 Miss, about the job, I don't know what my priest will think 668 00:56:51,544 --> 00:56:54,341 of your... guns and knives and... 669 00:56:54,739 --> 00:56:55,783 dancing. 670 00:56:58,189 --> 00:57:01,139 Considering your last employers were a drug baroness and a rapist, 671 00:57:01,270 --> 00:57:04,033 surely you'd find me a modest improvement. 672 00:57:06,703 --> 00:57:08,428 Cec, Bert, how lovely. 673 00:57:08,558 --> 00:57:10,800 Sit down and have some champagne. 674 00:57:12,131 --> 00:57:14,314 Inspector Robinson and Constable Collins, 675 00:57:14,445 --> 00:57:16,017 what a lovely surprise! 676 00:57:16,147 --> 00:57:18,024 Your handbag, Miss Fisher. 677 00:57:19,079 --> 00:57:22,573 And when you're fully hydrated, I'd like a private word. 678 00:57:23,872 --> 00:57:27,199 Thank you. But feel free amongst my private friends. We're celebrating. 679 00:57:27,329 --> 00:57:31,527 Five minutes after your timely escape from the Turkish Bath Palace, 680 00:57:31,658 --> 00:57:33,730 the steam room exploded in a ball of flames 681 00:57:33,860 --> 00:57:35,642 due to a back-up in the pipes, 682 00:57:35,772 --> 00:57:37,791 resulting in an inferno 683 00:57:37,921 --> 00:57:41,310 attended by every fire truck in the metropolitan area. 684 00:57:41,789 --> 00:57:44,083 Luckily, there were no fatalities. 685 00:57:44,802 --> 00:57:46,262 One less bordello? 686 00:57:47,641 --> 00:57:49,830 This is not a game, Miss Fisher. 687 00:57:52,843 --> 00:57:56,179 Of course not. Now, raise a glass to my new business. 688 00:57:56,940 --> 00:57:58,876 What kind of business? 689 00:57:59,006 --> 00:58:01,700 To my oldest friend's newest enterprise, 690 00:58:01,830 --> 00:58:04,645 the Honourable Miss Fisher, lady detective. 691 00:58:09,154 --> 00:58:11,135 I do like the sound of that.