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Albert Campion,
born May 20th, 1900.

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Name known to be a pseudonym.
Education privileged. Embarked
on adventurous career 1929.

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Justice neatly executed. Nothing

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sordid. Deserving cases preferred.

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Police no object.

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Piccadilly, London W1.

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Specialist in fairy stories.

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I'll have to ask you to move on.
The Inspector's due any minute.

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If you'll...accept this, you'll
have visible means of support

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Baker. This is very kind of you.

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That's all right, sir. You once
gave me £5 on Boat Race night.
Did I really?

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..The Inspector.

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(Where the devil can I go?)

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Ebury Square. Off Southampton Row.
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of you-ou...

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every time I felt blue.

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of my lonely little room

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you whispered "I love you".

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Excuse me! You dropped something.

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Everything's off except sausage
and mash. There was stew
but I'm having that meself.

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Is this Hemp's, 32A, Wembley Road?
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This envelope has my name on one
side and this address on the other.

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I see. You're claiming to be...
"Percival...

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"St John...

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"Wykes...Gy-rth."? Gyrth.
I'm not claiming, I AM.

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I-I don't quite follow you.
Can you prove it? Prove what?

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Prove it's your proper handle.
If you'll take my tailor's word
for it, my name's on the tab here.

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Bit big. I've lost weight recently.
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I've got another letter for you.

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Sit down. I'll get some supper.

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Do you have any use for sauce?
Have you heard of an Albert Campion
who lives at 17, Bottle Street?

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Sounds familiar.
Can't say as I place him.

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It's handy for blocking the taste.

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You'll be able to take a taxi
when you go. When I go where?

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Bottle Street.
He'll be expecting yer.

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Taxi!

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Where to, guv?
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SCREE-EACH!!

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Bottle Street, off Piccadilly!

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You're going the wrong way!

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And you're driving too fast!
Shut up!

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KNOCKS ON DOOR

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Mr Gyrth? Yes. I hope you didn't
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Do come through.

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This is going to sound
frightfully rude but who ARE you?

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Albert Campion.
Born May 20th, 1900.

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Justice neatly executed. Nothing

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sordid. Deserving cases preferred.

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Police no object.

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Specialist in fairy stories.
Shall I tell you a fairy story?

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I'm living THROUGH a fairy story!
I'm given an envelope directing me
to Hemp's Cafe in Clerkenwell.

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There, I get a letter directing me
HERE, then in the taxi
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My mistake. My apologies.
Is the balloon part of the plot?

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I'd just come in from a gala when
Lugg phoned to say you were coming.
The balloon is a green herring.

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Now, before we start, you should go
to the blood and gore department.

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Do you take the long road,
Mr Gyrth? The man at Hemp's said
that. I don't know what it means.

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It's a kind of test. You passed
with first-class honours.

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There! I think you'll be cured,
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I told you about myself,
now let me tell you about you.

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Full name - Percival St John
Wykes Gyrth. Usually known as Val.

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Only son of Colonel St John Gyrth,

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Baronet, of The Tower, Sanctuary,

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Suffolk. Correct?

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"Society Illustrated"
is seen much on the Embankment?

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"The Sporting Life" is a luxury.

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..Aunt Di.

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The Chalice!
The first photograph of it.

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Are you working for my father? No.

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Now for the fairy story.

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About 50 years ago,
there were six wealthy men

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who were lovers of objets d'art.
As they were so rich, they could
buy almost anything they wanted...

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ALMOST anything.
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If they wanted such things,
they had to be stolen. Stolen?

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Now, wealthy men don't do
their own stealing... Wealthy men
don't do their own anything.

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They hired the best thief to do it
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George was paid handsomely and took
the consequences for any mistakes.
What has this to do with me?

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I have spent two weeks finding you
because, unless YOU do something,

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the Gyrth Chalice will be in

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the collection of an illustrious

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Who tried to kidnap you
in the taxi? Why are there
two men watching my door?

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Why don't they just march in and
grab me? You leave your door open.

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I live next to a police station.

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We oppose any breaking of the law.

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This isn't amusing. I'm never more
serious than when I am joking.

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If the Chalice is lost,
all our family possessions
are forfeit to the Crown. I know.

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a VERY powerful organisation.
I am endangering my life.

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Those chaps would KILL you?
They'd kill anyone.
They're working for George? Yes.

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But he isn't George.
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I thought you knew everything,
Mr Campion (!)

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I know the rules
by which they work.

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George is appointed as an agent
in charge of the operation.

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He is an expert with knowledge
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ends up imprisoned or deceased,

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that is regarded as the end
of the matter. They look out
for another family album.

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We have to kill George?
We have to dispose of George.

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But how do we start?

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You have to go home to Suffolk.
Mr Gyrth. Home...

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You are estranged from your father?
Yes. Cut off without a thing.

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I'm completely useless on my own.
I couldn't even get a job.

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That's why I asked
about the long road. Why?

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It's a password among George's
friends. If I'd replied correctly,

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it would have meant I'd been chosen
by George to steal the Chalice?

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George yourself... But you're not.

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And tomorrow we'll smuggle you out

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and we'll take the turnpike

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to Suffolk!

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'We'll find George and the wicked
weasels from the wild wood

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'and we'll whack 'em
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Last time I come this way
was in a police van.

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I got 3 months hard.
The joke was on the beak, though.
I was the wrong man.

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Very clever - fooling the judge.
That alibi was worth something!

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servants, so behave. I can handle
them. Up to grievous bodily harm.

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I got discretion, me...

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..in both fists. You should
get on well with the butler.

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What's his moniker?

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..Does he have a name, this butler?

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He's called Branch.

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First name Roger? Little thin bloke?

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Talks with a provincial accent?

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That's right. Do you know him?

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The Prince of Parkhurst,
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You ARE a fantastic pair.

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We can take our place
in any company. We can supply
testimonials. We wrote 'em!

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Do you anticipate any difficulties
with your father? I don't think so.

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if I'd been sensible. You see...

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If it's anything to do with

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a woman, you can tell him. He's been

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disappointed several times.

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Go away, Lugg. I'll be in the pub.
You have your Motorist's Lunch.

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He was one of the most promising
burglars around, but he can't make
the weight any more... Heigh ho!

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Tell me about the woman
in the photograph.

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Your aunt. Aunt Diana. Lady
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Since my mother died, she's tended

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to boss the show a bit.

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Is she...batty?

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Not certifiably. A keen amateur.

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Wears funny clothes and communes
with the stars at night.

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And if George were to approach her?
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who tried to steal the Chalice.

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Good.

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Everything all right, sir?
Memorable. Quite memorable.

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Now, tell me about the row
with your father.

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Was it a woman? Yes. I fell

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I THOUGHT I did. I wanted to
marry her. Father didn't approve
and said he'd stop my allowance.

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"Go ahead, then!" I said.

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And he did? Yes. And the girl
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How did you know? A blind, totally
speculative shot in the dark (!)

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I was too proud
to admit that I was wrong.

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Since then I've been proving how
useless I am at making a living...

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I never underestimate the power of
prayer. (I'm hiding from a woman!)

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Generally a sound precaution.

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Who is she? Mrs Dick Shannon.

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Owns a racing stable at Heronhoe
Heath. She's got a 'personality'.

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the county in no time. Hide behind

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my fashionable profile.

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Val Gyrth!!
So you're back, eh? Made it up
with the old man, have you?

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Bring hither the fatted calf!

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I've just seen your father. Trying
to make him sell me two yearlings.

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He can't train racehorses properly.

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He'll soon be as batty as your aunt.
Excuse us. We must go.

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Heard you were down and out.
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Loathsome woman!
More of an apparition, really.

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Never mind your big words, I've been
working. Me - I've been noticin'.

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Who do you think I saw in the bar?
Robertson Hare? Stanley Baldwin?
Aldous Huxley?

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Natty Johnson. I was warm.

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One of the dirtiest race-gang toughs
I've ever known. The Cleaver gang.

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You DO know him. Was he alone?
He was talking to a little
arty bloke with a beard.

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to the flat and sat on the floor and
sent me out for kippers and Chianti.

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Bohemia passed him by in
the Scrubs. I ain't finished yet.

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This artistic cove and his mates
are staying at The Tower, Sanctuary.
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Arty cove talking
to Natty Johnson... Confidential.

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That's conspiracy...
speaking as one who knows.

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MRS BULLOCK:
How will this suit you, Mr Campion?

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Beautiful, Mrs Bullock.
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I've sent a message to The Tower for
your sister. How are they, Bully?

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Your father's well, but worried.
Miss Penny - that's LOVELY...

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Just like your mother. And my aunt?

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She's been photographed
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but otherwise? She's right enough,

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except that she's filled the place
with a pack o' loonies! Artists?

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No, not artists.
I've had artists staying here.

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No, this lot - more like Bolsheviks,

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I shouldn't wonder!

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..I'll get you some vittles.

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I always thought your story
was incredible, but...down here,

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with everything as it always was,

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suddenly your fairy story sounds
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Look, this isn't some silly stunt
to get me back into the bosom of
the family, is it? Of course not!

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Though you're pleased to be back,
aren't you? Yes. ..Where's Lugg?

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I expect he's in the bar -
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I brought you a drop o' home-brewed.
The company stuff ain't any good.

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Home-brewed? Anythin' that's
worth anythin' is home-brewed.

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And here's the proof. Penny!
Val! Hello, old dear! Hello, sis.

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Val, this is Beth Cairey.

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We moved in soon after you left.
The Caireys are our neighbours.

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But Lady Pethwick dislikes strangers
especially if they're Scottish.
Father won't speak to anyone now.

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Perhaps he will now you're home.
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I didn't introduce you. I always
stand aside during a warm reunion.

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Albert Campion, my sister Penny...

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..And Beth Cairey. Hello.
How do you do?

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Really? Part-time or full-time?

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Yes... Both of those.

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Let's talk about it while we walk
up to The Tower. Are you serious?

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The sooner you see your father,
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And it would help me considerably

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if I could case the joint.

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I didn't understand a word of that.

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People always say that to me.

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..Now do you understand?
Yes. Thank you, Mr Campion.

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I'm so worried about the Chalice.
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Traditionally, she's guardian of
the Chalice - Mistress of the Cup.

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It all sounds dotty, but...having
her photograph taken with it,
and letting weird people draw it...

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The arty types? One man has
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That's apart from the chanting
and sandals and long white gowns.

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This is near enough.

228
00:23:56,360 --> 00:24:01,400
..Not much, but we call it home (!)

229
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,080
Yes. We do.

230
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:09,960
I know.
I'll do my best to keep it nice.

231
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,480
Thank you, Mr Campion.

232
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:18,040
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I left Dr Watson investigating.

233
00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:23,080
What an extraordinary man!
Where did you find him?

234
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:27,640
In Bottle Street.
Next to the police station.

235
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:07,640
Ha!

236
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:35,600
Are you home to stay?
If you'll have me.

237
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:57,240
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You are a social handicap!

238
00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:01,360
I don't have to go
touting for knighthoods.

239
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:09,200
What have you discovered, then?
We should never have come here.
It's all hanky-panky, this place.

240
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,720
Have YOU had any hanky-panky?

241
00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:16,280
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Not just goin', but gorn.

242
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,760
Almost 'airless.

243
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:24,800
They tell me she's the local witch.
It's her family business -

244
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,440
witchin' and hauntin' and cursin'.

245
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:34,040
We are not here on a witch-hunt.
There's more hanky-panky too.

246
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:39,960
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living in an hollow. Let's go 'ome!

247
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:46,000
What about The Tower? The Gyrths?
That's the real reason I wanna go.

248
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:51,520
They've a secret room in the east
tower containing a nameless horror.

249
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:56,840
There's a window but no door.
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250
00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:02,160
his father shows him the nameless
horror... He's never the same again!

251
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:06,800
What sort of nameless horror?
They don't know.

252
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:11,560
It's bound to be
some sort of monster!

253
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,320
(Something you feed with a pump.)

254
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:19,960
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I don't call it fun!

255
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,440
Would you like to hear the truth?

256
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:30,920
I can take or leave the truth.
There IS, in the east tower,
a room with no visible entrance.

257
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:36,000
There is an initiation ceremony
when the son of the house is 25.

258
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,800
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259
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:45,680
it's nothing to do with us.
Good! I just wanna go home!

260
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:51,000
I can't STAND the countryside!
It's full of smells and noises.

261
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,000
When's his birthday? Who? His nibs.

262
00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,760
Percival St John Fauntleroy thingy!

263
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:05,160
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You check that. Sharp.

264
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:09,280
I'll check it up. Sharp.
Can you hear that?

265
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:13,400
..I can't hear a thing.
What is it?

266
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,640
People...

267
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,760
bein' haunted.

268
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,600
AAA-AAA-AAAGH !!

269
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,640
HAMMERING ON DOOR

270
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,040
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271
00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:41,280
Never mind what time it is.
There's been a murder!

272
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,880
Did you see the look on her face?

273
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:53,440
She saw something dreadful, Val.
She died of fright.
She had a bad heart.

274
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:57,600
She was out last night
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275
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,880
Come on.

276
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:18,320
I've spoken to Dr Cobden.
There'll be no need for an inquest.
Everyone knew about her heart.

277
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:23,840
Something frightened her.
Owl? Rabbit? We all warned her.

278
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:32,320
Val, get rid of your aunt's peculiar
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Are you trying to hush things up?

279
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:39,120
I'm trying to observe some decorum.
We have to think about
Val's birthday too.

280
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:48,120
HE LEAVES ROOM >

281
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:48,120
What is he worried about?

282
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:48,120
Until yesterday it was you.

283
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:10,080
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284
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:10,080
and Miss Penny Gyrth.

285
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:10,080
Do come in, Mr Campion.

286
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:18,240
Be that who I think?

287
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:18,240
Who do you think it be?

288
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:18,240
Aye! It be you!

289
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,880
C 749 !

290
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,880
A 631 !

291
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:33,920
I let myself in. There's an old
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292
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:40,560
..Forgive the levity. I'm sorry
about your aunt... What happened?

293
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:45,280
Some locals found her
in a clearing by the woods.

294
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:51,320
Is it tasteless of me to ask if
I may see the clearing? Not at all.

295
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:57,880
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Bohemian friends. I'll show you.

296
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,040
Thank you.

297
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:06,240
You'll ask the Bohemians
to go when? Tomorrow? Probably.

298
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:13,760
Last night Val told me everything.

299
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:13,760
About you, the danger to

300
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:13,760
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301
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:21,320
You can count on our total support.
Thank you. Now my aunt is dead,
I'm responsible for the Chalice.

302
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:27,880
Mistress of the Cup. Please don't
imagine that I'm weak and feeble.
I'll try.

303
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:33,920
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our wood from the Tyde Hall land.

304
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,000
Where your friend Beth lives? Yes.

305
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:46,160
"Or in the night,
imagining some fear,

306
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:50,600
"how easy a bush suppos'd a bear."
Sorry?

307
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:55,800
Shakespeare and I had the same
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308
00:31:55,800 --> 00:32:01,200
..Is this place haunted?
The locals believe it is.

309
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:04,720
A ghost? Something much worse.

310
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:09,400
Do YOU believe it?
No, of course not.

311
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:18,240
And where exactly was Lady Pethwick
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Will Tiffin, the man who found her.

312
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:26,560
I'm told that there's a witch
on the High Street. Mrs Munsey?

313
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,520
She didn't leave her card (!)

314
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:34,600
In the church there's a list
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315
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:39,880
Every other name on the sheet is
Munsey. Where does Mrs Munsey live?

316
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:45,000
In a sort of hen-house with
her son. They're both simple.

317
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:50,560
I might pay a call. I just can't
get any bat's wool, newt's eyes...

318
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:54,600
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My aunt died last night!

319
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,640
I'm sorry.

320
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:02,000
They found her here...
under this tree.

321
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:06,240
I see.

322
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,000
I know you'll think me a fool...

323
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:15,360
but Mrs Munsey put a curse on
Aunt Di at the last full moon. Why?

324
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:20,320
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annoyed Mrs Munsey somehow.

325
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:28,360
Does she curse many people? And how
successful has she been before?
Last night was also a full moon.

326
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:35,880
This morning when I saw her face,
I'll swear she died of fright.
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327
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:41,360
When Will Tiffin found her,
she wasn't lying as she'd fallen,

328
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:46,560
she was stiff and straight,
hands folded, eyes closed.

329
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:51,560
Will said
she'd been laid out as a corpse.

330
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:19,800
Did you sleep well?
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331
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:27,800
Nothing went bump in the night.
I suggest you should stay here until
this business is resolved. Agree?

332
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,360
Thank you, Colonel. I agree.

333
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:38,280
If you'll excuse me...

334
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:42,840
We nicked this lot
out the Bohemians' traps.

335
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:50,400
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small items from visitors' luggage.
Only when his nibs tells me.

336
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:57,520
Did you see the geezer
with the ginger beard and barnet?
Yes. He once worked for me.

337
00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:05,040
Worked for you? Yes.
His trade name was Arthur Earle.
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338
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:11,800
He's a jeweller's copyist.
He's noted the measurements, look.

339
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:17,720
He's a good craftsman. Years ago
he'd have ornamented cathedrals.

340
00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:23,280
You think he was going to make
a substitute Chalice? Yes.

341
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:29,440
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Chalice. Natty Johnson's in this.

342
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:35,040
They're all minnows - Johnson,
Earle... No sign of the trout.

343
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,280
A trout called George? Exactly.

344
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:42,320
Maybe that's him.

345
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:47,240
Who?
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346
00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:52,800
I know who that is! I bet
that's your trout called George.

347
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:58,440
That's Beth's father!

348
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:58,440
Professor Cairey. He isn't a thief!

349
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:04,040
He's an archaeologist. I've known
some deadly professors in my time.

350
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:11,400
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your heart for a LITTLE tolerance?
I leave all that to HIM !

351
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:16,440
Now, I promised the butler
I'd help with the family silver.

352
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:21,040
What do YOU think? Hm?
Professor Cairey.

353
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:25,640
I think he has
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354
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,760
CHURCH BELLS TOLL SOLEMNLY

355
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:46,560
Good. We have now consulted half
the village on the cause of death.
What did the public bar say?

356
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:53,600
Murdered by gypsies.
The saloon shared that view.
Or else by the Devil.

357
00:36:53,600 --> 00:37:01,120
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358
00:36:53,600 --> 00:37:01,120
temper? No. Did anyone think it was

359
00:36:53,600 --> 00:37:01,120
natural causes? Not in the public.

360
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:08,040
..Nor in the saloon.
They reckon that doctor's
in the pay of the family.

361
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:15,080
And what is your considered view?
<font color="
The 'orrible beast.

362
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,880
Got to be the odds-on favourite.

363
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,160
Visitors! Tourists on horseback.

364
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:45,040
Day after the funeral. Not quite
the article in the best of circles.

365
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,800
Not quite the article.

366
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:55,600
Albert, can you come to the rescue?

367
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:55,600
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368
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:55,600
upstairs and launch the lifeboat.

369
00:37:55,600 --> 00:38:01,880
Very funny (!) The awful Mrs Shannon
is here. Wants to see the Chalice.

370
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:06,520
Good. I'd quite like
to look at it myself.

371
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:18,920
Mrs Shannon, this is a young friend
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372
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:23,920
Major King...
and Mr Horace Putnam.

373
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,000
Penny Gyrth,

374
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:33,040
the guide-book says the Chapel
is open to visitors today.
Mr Putnam leaves tomorrow.

375
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:38,840
The Chalice is veiled.
It always is, for 10 days.

376
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:43,160
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UN-veil it!

377
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:48,600
It might be quicker
in the long run.

378
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,080
Fetch the keys, Val.

379
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:08,640
When a death occurs in the family,
the Chalice is veiled.

380
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:12,680
Is there another key
for it? Of course.

381
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:24,560
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I'm missing a day's racing for this.

382
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:39,000
Do you play this joke
on all your visitors (?)

383
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:45,720
I must apologise...
especially to Mr Putnam.
I'd quite forgotten.

384
00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:50,160
The Chalice is away
being cleaned. >

385
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,600
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386
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:58,440
Where are the keys kept?
In my desk. And who knows that?

387
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:02,880
Just the immediate family.

388
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:02,880
< And me, sir.

389
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,440
I know what you're thinking.

390
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:11,600
I wouldn't dream of accusing YOU !
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391
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:15,400
We've got to solve this ourselves.

392
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:28,760
Fancy a stroll before bed? I'm not
strolling nowhere. You may be right.

393
00:40:56,360 --> 00:41:01,400
Can you give me a lift?
It's rather urgent. Certainly.

394
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:24,080
<font color="
Where are you going? It's a girls'
day out in London. Perfect!

395
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,600
I'll join you.

396
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:33,640
..Forgive me being direct,
but are you planning to ride
with us all the way to London?

397
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:38,680
<font color="
police station. What do you mean?

398
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:44,320
This suitcase - may I open it?
I've mislaid my liberty bodice (!)

399
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,840
Don't touch it, please.

400
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,040
Leave it alone.

401
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:58,560
This is a gun. And when I have read
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402
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:01,440
He's guessed what's in the case.

403
00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:15,760
No, this definitely ISN'T
my liberty bodice.

404
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:22,000
There's a pub outside Coggeshall.
I'm meeting my associate there.

405
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:44,960
Are YOU his associate?
'Afraid so. Sorry.

406
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:55,760
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The Chapel hadn't been burgled,
ergo, it was opened with a key.

407
00:42:55,760 --> 00:43:00,920
Ergo, it must have been you two.
I couldn't see your father do that.

408
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:07,480
All right.
Where were we taking the Chalice?
The Chancery Lane Safe Deposit?

409
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:13,520
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home again? We ought to split up.

410
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:21,040
Penny and I will take the case.
And we'll ride shotgun.
Will you ride shotgun with me?

411
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:28,240
I don't know what it means, but yes.
What are you expecting?!
An armed attack.

412
00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:35,960
<font color="
behind my back! Where else
could he conspire? Come along!

413
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,200
Shouldn't you slow down? Why?

414
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:51,840
I want to give the chap a run for
his money. Which chap? That one.

415
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:12,840
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416
00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:30,960
BRAKES SQUEAL

417
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:43,600
Where is it? I'm sorry,
I don't wish to subscribe.
I'm not a music lover.

418
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,560
Nothing in the front.

419
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,560
A case...

420
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:51,520
Don't take that!

421
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,880
This has got to be it!

422
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,880
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423
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:16,640
Well, I think that went
rather well, don't you?

424
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,680
Oh, my Lord...

425
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,600
There, there...

426
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,720
CAR APPROACHES

427
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:57,960
Having trouble, guvnor? Clearing up
nicely, ta. Is this the missus?

428
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:03,360
Yeah. I'm the ole lady.
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429
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:19,600
Lemon time's over.
Time for the second half.

430
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:27,960
How many of the gangsters
did you identify?

431
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:35,000
Natty Johnson had the gun.
Fingers Hawkins took the suitcase,
an associate of Sanderson -

432
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:41,840
<font color="
who wanted to see the Chalice
yesterday. I see.

433
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:47,000
In London we are going to visit
Mr Melchizadek of Aldgate. Are we?

434
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:52,040
We could visit Mr Aldgate of
Melchizadek, but London's nearer.

435
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:58,040
<font color="
date? Oh, impossible to say.

436
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:05,760
It's certainly pre-Conquest.
Over 1,000 years old. It's worth
going to a bit of trouble!

437
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:15,600
He may call me
Christopher Twelvetrees,
but since Campion's a pseudonym,

438
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:18,200
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439
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:25,280
If you'll come into my office,
Mr Twelvetrees, we will not be
overheard or interrupted.

440
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:33,200
Now... You wish me
to make a copy, perhaps?

441
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:39,080
Perhaps of a very famous chalice?
Taking the long road, perhaps?

442
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:44,120
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to follow any road but my own.

443
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:49,800
Thank Heaven for that. This will be
a delightful experience for me.

444
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:55,640
In the last 200 years we've been
privileged to handle many treasures,

445
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:58,240
but even so, this...

446
00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:02,280
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447
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:06,720
Pre-Conquest.
Over 1,000 years old.

448
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:14,640
Ah-ha...

449
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:17,720
It's exquisite.

450
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,960
The workmanship's magnificent.

451
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:27,120
But it's not medieval.

452
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:30,280
Not medieval?! I don't understand!

453
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:34,640
Would you let me ask
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454
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:41,720
I happen to have in the next room
one of the most famous experts
on this subject.

455
00:48:41,720 --> 00:48:46,920
What do you think? You may rely
on his discretion. Good.

456
00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:56,000
Campion, is this another
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They usually have happy endings.

457
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:59,160
How can you guarantee that...?

458
00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:02,160
Professor Gardner Cairey.

459
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:06,640
Mr Gyrth.
Mr Christopher Twelvetrees.

460
00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:21,680
Their design is Renaissance...

461
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:25,480
The workmanship...much later.

462
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:29,120
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463
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:36,160
If you'll permit me,
I think I can prove that to you.

464
00:50:08,360 --> 00:50:13,040
"I. M." Israel Melchizadek.

465
00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:17,840
"1772." 1772 ?!

466
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:24,040
This was made
by my great, great-grandfather.

467
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:30,600
He signed every piece that he made,
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his signature.

468
00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:38,320
But this is what we have always
believed to be the Gyrth Chalice!
Therefore the world believes that.

469
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:42,800
We must hang on to it
like a pair of bull pups.

470
00:50:57,680 --> 00:51:02,800
I had my doubts about the Chalice
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471
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:07,840
So I consulted my old friend
Professor Cairey. Your old friend?

472
00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:14,200
I rarely lie, but I can be picky
with the truth. My theory is this.

473
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:17,240
That is known as a 'mock chalice'.

474
00:51:17,240 --> 00:51:23,960
Historically, there are plenty of
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475
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:28,040
The real Chalice
has always been hidden away

476
00:51:28,040 --> 00:51:34,960
while the showpiece appeased
nosey-parkers, thieves
and Thursday sightseers.

477
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:40,680
Then why don't we let the thieves
have it and get a replica made?

478
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:47,320
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479
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:47,320
it isn't genuine.

480
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:47,320
They can afford the best advice...

481
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:52,920
Or, at least, the second best.
They will want the REAL thing.

482
00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:56,360
But where IS the real Chalice?

483
00:51:56,360 --> 00:52:04,400
As an outsider, I would suggest
that the point will be made quite
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484
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,360
Oh, the room in the east tower...

485
00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:12,800
I'd suggest that the real Chalice,
which is made of English red gold,

486
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,600
and is no bigger than a man's hand,

487
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:19,640
has a very terrible
and effective guardian.

488
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,800
Oh, my Gawd!!

489
00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:50,120
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