1 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,160 GASPS There he goes. 2 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,399 His name is Harold Sneed. 3 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,479 Uh... He's a medium, a psychic. 4 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,679 ALL GASP AND SHRIEK 5 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,719 SCREAMS 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,799 The question is one of motive, then. 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:25,439 Well, you met the man. 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,799 Why would any of these people want to kill him? 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:32,359 First up is the factotum, one Ayesha Jean-Baptiste, 10 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,279 then Miss Geraldine Mercer. 11 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:37,439 I just got a phone call confirming I was on the list. 12 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,359 BLISS:Our old friend, Mrs Ada Dredge. 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,559 Mr Sneed and I are on very good terms. 14 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,799 - BLISS:Ved Chopra. - A car struck her. 15 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,279 BRAKES SCREECH 16 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,519 BLISS:And the spinster Misses Plumchute, Clara and Emelia. 17 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,279 Money was of little interest... BOTH: ..to poor Mr Sneed. 18 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:55,719 I don't charge. 19 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,719 Sorry, I didn't mean to distress you, Miss... 20 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,199 Uh, Trottie. Reggie Winters, Colonel. 21 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,319 GABRIEL: Sneed used his tricks to get all sorts of shady contacts. 22 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,719 The prints on the dagger belonged to Hopper, an executed Nazi. 23 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,400 Harold Sneed was murdered by a dead man. 24 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,920 EERIE VOICES WHISPERING 25 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,720 WHISPERING CONTINUES 26 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:50,680 SIGHS 27 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,040 Hmm. 28 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:15,919 BLISS:Where are we going? 29 00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:19,719 Uh, isn't that what we all ask ourselves every day, Inspector? 30 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,319 No, where are we actually going? LIFT CLANKING 31 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,679 - Are you a believer? - In what? 32 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,120 The eldritch, the uncanny, the supernatural. 33 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:32,119 Uh, no, I wouldn't say so. I mean, I...I don't walk under ladders. 34 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,239 Only prudent. And I say good morning to magpies. 35 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:39,159 Mm, it'd be rude not to. It's deeper than that, though, isn't it? 36 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,319 Scratch the veneer of civilisation, 37 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,880 it's extraordinary what tosh people believe. 38 00:02:58,120 --> 00:02:59,839 Take this case, for example. 39 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,639 Here we have a group of perfectly rational-seeming human beings, 40 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:06,999 content to sit around a table holding hands, 41 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,479 or rather, wrists, 42 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:13,119 trying to get in touch with the departed. 43 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,399 Yeah, well, someone got into very close touch 44 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,999 with the departed, didn't they? 45 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,999 - Sent Harold Sneed up to the pearly gates. - Quite. 46 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,279 But a dead man's hand 47 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,800 did not wield that knife, Inspector. 48 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,239 So how was it done, then, huh? 49 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,959 EERIE VOICES WHISPERING 50 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,720 How did Harrison Hopper's fingerprints end up on the dagger? 51 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:42,920 Ah. 52 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,519 Hang on, I mean, this is... 53 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,399 Yes, the Black Museum. 54 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,199 Scotland Yard's infamous museum of crime. 55 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,119 Oh, and I thought I'd ask along 56 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,599 the city's foremost expert on violent death. 57 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,920 I know how much she'll enjoy it. 58 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,280 This is the best day ever. 59 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,080 HORN BLARES 60 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,759 TROTTIE:The pattern, Book? GABRIEL: We all of us develop habits. 61 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,559 We tend to go to the same grocers, cobblers, bakers. 62 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:42,680 We wear a groove into our own lives, a groove that can be analysed. 63 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,080 Come on, you two. 64 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,320 BELL RINGS 65 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:04,919 We need to find out everything we can 66 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,920 about all the people who attended the fatal seance. 67 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:13,319 And there's really no better way 68 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,759 than by scrutinising their spending habits. 69 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,560 BELL RINGING, TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING 70 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,360 ELEPHANT TRUMPETING 71 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,799 TROTTIE:You and I shall adopt the guises of twittery persons 72 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,319 and go about our business. 73 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,400 - Madam. - Oh. I wonderif you can tell me... 74 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:59,840 - CHILDREN SCREAMING Hey! - Come on! 75 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,719 REGGIE:Oh. I do beg your... Oh! 76 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:05,759 BOTH CHUCKLE 77 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,280 - Good afternoon. - Hello again. 78 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,799 Is it a terrible cliche to say we must stop meeting like this? 79 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,759 CHUCKLES Off taking your constitutional? 80 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,759 - Yes, yes, that's right, yes. Old habits. - Mm. 81 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,439 Can't bear being cooped up. 82 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,479 I sometimes watch the poor beggars in the zoo, pacing up and down. 83 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:26,919 I'd go crackers. CHUCKLES 84 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,559 - Chap must get out and about. Mm. - Where are you, uh... 85 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,879 Oh, I...I'm just off to the haberdasher's. 86 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,199 Oh, winter drawers, eh? BOTH CHUCKLE 87 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,640 CHILDREN PLAYING MAN:I saw that! 88 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,160 - Well. - Yes, I must let you get on. 89 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,680 Uh, perhaps... 90 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,879 Yes? 91 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,280 Perhaps you might like to take tea some time? 92 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:54,960 Perhaps. 93 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,160 My card. 94 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,320 Thank you. HE CHUCKLES 95 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,400 BELL RINGING, TRADERS CALLING OUT 96 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,280 OFFICERS TALKING QUIETLY 97 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:54,560 SIGHS 98 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:04,879 SIGHS 99 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,360 EERIE VOICES WHISPERING 100 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,000 WHISPERING CONTINUES 101 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:30,079 Like a reliquary for disreputable saints. 102 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:34,399 Nooses, false footprint makers, death masks. 103 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,999 Oh, I've always wanted to come here. 104 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,799 OFFICER CHUCKLES Mm. Well, sir, 105 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,799 the Black Museum's not open to the public, as you know. 106 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,279 The public? 107 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:47,759 A special dispensation can be made. Any friend of Mr Churchill. 108 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:49,479 GABRIEL CHUCKLES 109 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,519 So why are we here? 110 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,279 You've had a break-in, Mr Kendall, haven't you? 111 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,759 What? No! Don't be ridiculous. A break-in at Scotland Yard? 112 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:59,519 - Are you sure? - Positive. 113 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,759 Been watchman here for 20 year, and I've ne... 114 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:03,639 Broken window pane back there, 115 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,759 now stuffed with a newspaper, a recent newspaper, 116 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,439 seems to be the point of entry. 117 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,519 Residue of crushed glass on the carpet leading here. 118 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,999 - No mystery as to why you mightn't have heard anything. - Eh? 119 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,679 Well, if you'd drunk as much whisky as I can smell on you today, 120 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:20,519 you were probably sleeping like a baby when it happened. 121 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,600 How dare you? I had... SNIFFS 122 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,039 It m... must have been kids, sir. Nothing was taken. 123 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,160 Outside, Kendall. Outside! 124 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,160 I'll deal with you in a minute. 125 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,640 So? What? What's in here, then? Nora? 126 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,759 - Stuff from the Harrison Hopper case, of course. - I knew you'd know. 127 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,520 I knew she'd know. Lock's been forced recently. 128 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,319 Harrison Hopper's confession. 129 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,759 Alongside the noose that hanged him and a cast of his face. 130 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,479 Yeah, they did a plaster cast cos he was so notorious. 131 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,919 It was very common once upon a time. 132 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:02,359 Burke, of Burke and Hare, they did him. 133 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,679 A cast of his face and... 134 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:06,719 And his hands. 135 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,719 TELEPHONE RINGING 136 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,159 - Oh, I see. - Nothing's been stolen, 137 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,039 but clear signs of interference here, Inspector, 138 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,559 and residual traces of wax. 139 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:21,119 - Someone's been copying Harrison Hopper's fingerprints. - Clever. 140 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:22,759 - Clever! - The easiest thingin the world, then, 141 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,119 to make another impression from the wax mould 142 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,559 and transfer the fingerprints to the hilt of the dagger. 143 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:29,839 But why? 144 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,040 KENDALL:Message for you, Inspector. 145 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,520 PAPER RUSTLING 146 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,639 Morris has made a discovery. 147 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,759 First time for everything. 148 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,079 Geraldine Mercer isn't Geraldine Mercer. 149 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:51,759 Oh? 150 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:55,600 She used to be Geraldine Hopper. 151 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,200 Oh! 152 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,480 FILM PROJECTOR WHIRRING 153 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,640 NEWS THEME MUSIC PLAYS 154 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:20,159 ANNOUNCER: This is Cinegraph News. Harrison Hopper is no more. 155 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:21,279 The treacherous Briton, 156 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,079 who did so much to undermine morale on behalf of his Nazi paymasters, 157 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,479 has kept one final appointment with the gallows. 158 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,039 Seen here taking exercise before his trial, 159 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,279 Hopper threw himself upon the mercy of British justice. 160 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,559 And justice found him wanting. 161 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:41,959 On January 3rd, 1946, at Wandsworth Jail, he met his final end. 162 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:46,279 Who will mourn him? No loyal Briton, that's for sure. 163 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,280 THEME MUSIC PLAYS 164 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,799 It's not fair. I've had the best day 165 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,559 doing something I'm actually interested in, 166 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:03,599 and then you wanna... 167 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,720 Life is not fair, young lady. You better get used to it. 168 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:10,680 Now, cook. SPEAKS TURKISH 169 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,000 Cook! 170 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,519 Be gentle with her, Yusuf, it's that age. 171 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:26,479 That age? She was always like that. Even when my brother was alive. 172 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,759 Head in the clouds, thinking things 173 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,319 a young lady should not be thinking. 174 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:31,839 Well, that's a matter of opinion. 175 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:33,759 Come on, they've brought Geraldine back in. 176 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,000 In a sec. 177 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,279 Mr Book. 178 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:39,479 The Kormos. 179 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,079 Oh, is that the special? 180 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,279 Well, I look forward... No, the Kormos. The spirits. 181 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,680 My niece says you are involved with them. 182 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:49,719 In a sense. 183 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,799 It is best not to meddle with these things, my friend. 184 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:57,000 These spirits, these ghosts, they are devils. 185 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:02,199 They come back to Earth from the underworld, Tamag, 186 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,079 and they do not wish us well. 187 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,400 Be careful, my friend. Be very careful. 188 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,000 They only bring death. 189 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:26,959 DOOR CLOSES 190 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,680 HINGES CREAK WOMAN:Put them in the back. 191 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,119 Oh... 192 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,599 Uh... 193 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,120 TRADERS CALLING OUT 194 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,960 Harrison Hopper was my father, yes. 195 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:07,679 You'll perhaps understand why I didn't mention the fact, 196 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:12,319 and why I changed my name, but what has this got to do with... 197 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:15,159 What... what was your relationship like with him? 198 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,239 GERALDINE: We'd had no contact with him for years. 199 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,439 Well, once he began to show his true colours, 200 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,079 my mother and I, we had no truck with him. 201 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,359 Then he was all over the papers, 202 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,119 propagandising for the Nazis. 203 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,439 It was horrible. 204 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,399 It was easier to regard him as having died. 205 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:38,200 And then he did. Executed by the state. 206 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:40,399 Convicted, we now believe, 207 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,320 on evidence provided by Harold Sneed. 208 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:48,719 But I...I had no idea. 209 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,719 Nevertheless, miss, 210 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,839 there's a clear link between you and the murdered man. 211 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,319 Now, now, Mr... Mr Book here has been kind enough to show us 212 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,679 how your father's fingerprints ended up on the murder weapon. 213 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:04,560 I...I didn't shed a single tear when my father died, believe me. 214 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,519 If Harold Sneed had anything to do with his arrest 215 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:12,599 and... and subsequent execution, then I...I knew nothing of it. 216 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:14,679 I'd far more likely to have shaken his hand 217 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:16,280 than to have stabbed him with a dagger. 218 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:24,959 She broke into the museum, 219 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,879 used a cast of her father's hands to make the prints, 220 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:28,959 and then she used the dagger to murder Sneed. 221 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,719 - Motive? - Revenge, obviously. 222 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:33,959 On the man whose evidence sent her father to the gallows. 223 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:35,399 Well, why would she? 224 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:39,599 Why would she deliberately create a direct link back to herself? 225 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,279 It doesn't make any sense. He has a point, Morris. 226 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,839 Well, it's the psychology, innit? 227 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,800 That's what you're always banging on about, Book. 228 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,279 She wanted her dad's dabs to be all over that crime, 229 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:53,759 even if it meant her swinging for it. 230 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:55,439 We have to charge her. 231 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:56,920 He's right. 232 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,239 How does Moliere have it? 233 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:05,039 "Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error." 234 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:06,879 Yeah, well, Moliere didn't have 235 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,840 the chief constable breathing down his ruddy neck. 236 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,279 JACK:The pattern, Book. 237 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,559 Stand someone a pint or... or buy a paper off 'em. 238 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,039 Get talking to 'em about the test match or... or... or the war trials, 239 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,919 and suddenly they're your best pal. 240 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,799 I mean, it's like this massive network 241 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:52,839 of people behind counters, innit? 242 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:54,719 And, I mean, it's right across London, 243 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,519 with Trottie as the sort of... 244 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,479 wallpaper paste that holds it all together. 245 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:04,319 Precisely. As a method of gathering information, it's invaluable. 246 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,799 And as a metaphor, that's gorgeous. 247 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,240 Could we all form a circle, please? 248 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:11,920 Aah. 249 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,999 Well? JACK:Well? 250 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,999 - Report. - Oh, right. 251 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,639 Yeah, uh... Professor Chopra. 252 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,039 Yeah, he's a deep one. 253 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:25,159 Doesn't seem to spend much on anything. 254 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,719 Grocers, ironmongers, tailors. 255 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,439 Man of very simple taste, 256 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:30,999 except when it comes to travel. 257 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,239 Exotic travel? 258 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,839 You shouldn't even be here. Exotic travel? 259 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,359 Strictly domestic. 260 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:40,479 Chap called Fancy at St. Pancras. 261 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:41,759 Oh, dear old Fancy. 262 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:46,079 Now, he said that he noticed the professor a lot. 263 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,199 He said that he used to get the train up to Scotland 264 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,519 every week for months on months. 265 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:54,559 - Scotland is where the hit-and-run occurred, isn't it? - Yeah. 266 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,560 GIRL LAUGHING 267 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:01,840 GIGGLES 268 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,120 Lakshme? 269 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:11,320 LAKSHME SCREAMING 270 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:20,280 Lakshme? 271 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:24,319 Lakshme? Lakshme! 272 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,479 SOBBING 273 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,959 GABRIEL: Visiting the scene of the accident, perhaps. 274 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,839 And then suddenly, he just stopped going up there. 275 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,119 Maybe that's when he started attending the seances. 276 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:38,160 Hmm. Could we all hold hands, please? 277 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,279 Do you have a date for the last visit to Scotland? 278 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:43,880 Top pocket. 279 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,480 And what about the Misses Plumchute? 280 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,039 TROTTIE:Hmm, usual stuff. 281 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,959 They patronise their local butcher, baker, grocer. 282 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,759 - The odd bottle of sherry from Fortnum's. - Mm! 283 00:19:55,760 --> 00:20:00,840 But they have an unexpected account with a gentleman's outfitter. 284 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,279 - Not local? - Very much not. - Well away from where they live. 285 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,239 What have they been buying recently? 286 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,800 Two pairs of men's trousers. 287 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:24,399 - Cavalry twill. - Yes, how did you... Could we all hold wrists, please? 288 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,520 Hold with the right, be held by the left. 289 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:30,680 An unbroken circle. 290 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:33,840 But someone broke it, didn't they? 291 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,719 Someone. Hm. Who's next? 292 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:41,879 Uh, Mrs Dredge. We know most about her, of course. 293 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:43,399 She seemed low on funds. 294 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:44,999 Waiting for Mr Harkup's inheritance. 295 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,879 As we know. SHE SIGHS 296 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:48,759 Miss Mercer. 297 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:52,200 She has a standing order at a florist in Knightsbridge. 298 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,760 CROW CAWING 299 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,439 Once a month, edelweiss. 300 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:14,839 Edelweiss? 301 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:16,799 Yeah, special order. Pricey. 302 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,359 Where does it go, this edelweiss? 303 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:22,079 Brompton Road Cemetery. It's her mother's grave. 304 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,199 CLOCKWORK WHIRRING Beerbohm Tree. 305 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,200 Lillie Langtree, lily of the valley. 306 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,399 BELL RINGS Ah, and what about Ayesha? 307 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,759 Well, you remember Sneed told her she worked in a circus? 308 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,399 - Yes. - Turned out to be true. 309 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,520 She was a magician's assistant, it seems, amongst other things. 310 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,479 Got herself injured doing some acrobatics, 311 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,399 and then gave it all up to work for Sneed. 312 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,479 AUDIENCE GASPING 313 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,800 APPLAUSE 314 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,399 And she's never spoken? 315 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,879 No. Rossini, the circus owner, swears it. 316 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,599 He rescued her from a fire when she was a child. 317 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,559 Says she's dumb as a wall. 318 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,079 Nothing much else to report on her. 319 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,239 Cook, valet, bottle washer to Sneed. 320 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,959 She did all the grocery shopping. 321 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,919 Oh, but she bought a lot of muslin. 322 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:17,639 Of course she did. 323 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,759 How else do you think they produce ectoplasm? 324 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,719 Edelweiss symbolises courage or devotion, 325 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,119 which rather backs up Miss Mercer's story 326 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:29,519 about the ordeal she and her mother went through. 327 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,839 Or rather, it backs up Miss Hopper's story. 328 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:34,119 Hopper? 329 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,999 Geraldine is Harrison Hopper's daughter. 330 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,799 Ooh, blimey. 331 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,679 Can I see all those, your findings? 332 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:43,799 And what did you find out about the victim himself? 333 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,879 Well, starting from the top. 334 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,319 Literally. His syrup of figs. 335 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,439 Sneed had three wigs, in fact, 336 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,319 each representing different stages of length. 337 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,839 CHUCKLES So he could pretend it was growing. 338 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:57,959 - He patronised Wendover's. - Expensive. 339 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,279 Quite, and got his wigs regularly attended to there. 340 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,719 Three syrups, all kept spruce. 341 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,239 So Sneed had a bit of money. 342 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,959 And he just got two brand-new suits made. 343 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,999 More money. And yet he didn't charge, apparently. 344 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,479 Underwear from Jermyn Street. 345 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,319 Silk, monogrammed. 346 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:18,680 WHISTLES 347 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:26,879 Well, what is it? 348 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,439 All these notes, all these records... 349 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,640 - There's something you've missed. - Oh? 350 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,479 They've been spending less. 351 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,959 There's been a small but significant decrease in their spending 352 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,919 over the past few months, apart from... 353 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:44,279 CLOCKWORK WHIRRING 354 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,639 Huh. Capital work, Nora. BELL RINGS 355 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,519 Capital. 356 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,399 Well, that would seem to make sense of it. 357 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:52,799 Make sense of what? 358 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:54,719 What this case appears to be about. 359 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:56,639 And what's that? 360 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,480 Blackmail, of course. 361 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,599 GABRIEL: A little case of spirits 362 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,999 But who has done the deed? 363 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,279 For blackmail is the key 364 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,040 To the death of Harold Sneed 365 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,639 Miss Mercer was Miss Hopper 366 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,199 Now she sits and bides her time 367 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,519 Has the professor told a whopper 368 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:39,320 About the motor and the crime? 369 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,119 The dear ladies in their velveteen 370 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:46,679 Doing good deeds for the poor 371 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,599 Or is something else a-lurking 372 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,360 Behind their saintly mission door? 373 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,999 Ayesha speaks no evil 374 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,239 Nor can she speak at all 375 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,800 Of the unlamented Harold Sneed 376 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,240 And the mystery of his fall 377 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,679 And what of Mrs Ada Dredge 378 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:16,799 Living well beyond her means? 379 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,279 Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. 380 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:19,799 Blessed art thou among women 381 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,439 and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. 382 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:22,799 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, 383 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,519 now and at the hour of our death. 384 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:29,919 Sans son, sans cash, sans husband 385 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,159 Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee... 386 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,599 And living on her dreams 387 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:38,160 MUSIC: Blaze Away! by Abe Holzmann 388 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,200 WHINES 389 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,280 Sorry, dog. Helps me think. 390 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,880 RUMBLING 391 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,279 RUMBLING CONTINUES 392 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,320 BELL RINGS 393 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,440 CHUCKLES 394 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,919 We had no idea, Mr Book, that you... 395 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:25,399 ...you have the gift yourself. 396 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,919 Oh, well, I make no great claims, ladies, 397 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,239 but my mother always said she could see around corners, as it were. 398 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,279 Tea leaves? Oh, you could never stop her. 399 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:36,639 Always emptying out the Darjeeling and predicting the future, 400 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,279 sometimes before we'd finished drinking it. 401 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:40,639 - Oh! - So perhaps it's no surprise that 402 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,119 I've, uh, inherited some of her gifts. 403 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:46,599 Why are we all here, though, and what is this in aid of? 404 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,119 Well, we're hoping that my husband will be able 405 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:50,879 to make contact with Mr Sneed himself. 406 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,439 Oh, God help us. 407 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:53,799 Well, it's a little unorthodox, 408 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,319 but I have every faith in Mr Book here. 409 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,239 ADA:You just wait, young man. I have seen such wonders. 410 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,199 Manifestations. 411 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,639 Even heard the heavenly choir itself once. 412 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,919 A host of angels singing in perfect, 413 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,999 blissful harmony, pure, sublime, impossibly beautiful. 414 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,839 Oh, yeah? Where was that? 415 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:13,520 Cockfosters. 416 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,760 Sergeant Morris, if you'd be so good as to, uh, lower the lights. 417 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:26,000 Now, let us all join hands in the prescribed manner. 418 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,920 Hold with the right, be held by the left. 419 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,359 BREATHES DEEPLY 420 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:37,919 Spirits, spirits, are you there? 421 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:39,959 Are you there? EERIE VOICES WHISPERING 422 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,800 If so, give us a sign. Spirits. 423 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,840 SILENCE 424 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:49,759 - Surprise, surprise. - Morris. 425 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,760 Are you there? Are you there? 426 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,559 The veil is lifting. 427 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:56,999 LOUD CRASH, ALL SHRIEK 428 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,719 Yes, they are coming through, coming through now. 429 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,479 GASPING 430 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:06,439 SCOTTISH ACCENT: Oh, hello. Evening, friends. Charming night for it. 431 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:07,919 Who's this? 432 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:12,399 ♪ I'll take the high road And you'll take the low road 433 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,999 ♪ And I'll be in Scotland afore ye ♪ 434 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,239 Oh, it's Harry Lauder. 435 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,759 - It's Sir Harry Lauder. - Blimey. 436 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,199 I didn't think he was dead. 437 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,959 Aye, well, I have to be going now. WHOOSHING 438 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:27,239 Oh? WHISPERING RESUMES 439 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:28,839 BIRDSONG 440 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,919 Oh! Listen! 441 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,599 Oh, they're the... ...dear, dear things. 442 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,959 SCOUSE ACCENT: Strotford? Strotford, is that you? 443 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:39,959 Um, yes. 444 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,959 I'm so proud of you, darling. Doing very well, aren't you? 445 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,119 I can still see you now, with your little blue pinafore dress, 446 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,719 always rushing around. 447 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,919 You always had time for my suet and custard, didn't you? 448 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,079 Oh! That's my Auntie Winnie. I know it. 449 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,559 That was her favourite recipe. She always... 450 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,399 WHOOSHING, VOICES WHISPERING 451 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,960 So we are all gathered again. 452 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,679 Oh, it's him. 453 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,519 It's Mr Sneed. Oh, poor soul. 454 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:11,199 I hope you are at peace now. 455 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:15,679 All is well, dear lady. I bear no ill will to anyone. 456 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,319 Death was a release. VOICES WHISPERING 457 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:19,519 A release? 458 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,000 From the guilt. 459 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:23,959 What do you mean? 460 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:28,919 My crimes, what I was doing to you all. 461 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:30,080 ADA GASPS 462 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,279 SHRIEKING Great heavens! 463 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,759 A man... A manifestation! 464 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,799 Take my hand, dear lady. 465 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:43,760 Let me feel an earthly touch one last time. 466 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,519 GASPING What the hell? 467 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,079 Sorry for the charade. 468 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:50,279 GASPING 469 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,119 I thought it the best way to explain to you how you've been deceived, 470 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:54,879 how you've all been deceived. 471 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,399 It was a parlour trick, as I've said all along. 472 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,880 Like that. Nora? 473 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,959 Clever little thing, old trick of Houdini's. 474 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,040 This is how it's usually done. 475 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,199 RATTLING 476 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,159 I just use my knee. 477 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:11,920 Presto, no mystery. 478 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,839 The lights are lowered, we all join hands, 479 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:17,959 I do a bit of judicious heavy breathing 480 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,319 and give the impression of being in a trance, 481 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:21,759 throw in a bit of celebrity... 482 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,039 Apologies, I thought Sir Harry Lauderwasdead. 483 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:25,679 And off we go. 484 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,759 Sorry so shamelessly to use your aunt's suet pudding, Trottie, 485 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,679 but it served as an easy example. 486 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,799 The medium simply gathers as much intelligence as possible 487 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:38,239 about the people around the table, and the rest is guesswork. 488 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,439 But we all had our hands joined. How did you... 489 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,479 Another trick of Houdini's. Pliable metal. 490 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,119 I simply clamp it to the wrist of the person next to me. 491 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:51,079 - When I let go, it feels as if the wrist is still being held. - Oh, my... 492 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,079 And then, in the darkness, 493 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,919 the medium's hand is free to do whatever they like, 494 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,999 including shoving a luminous rubber glove 495 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,039 onto the end of their foot. 496 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:06,240 Voila. The cold, dead hand of the spirit. 497 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,359 ADA SIGHS And then, down there, 498 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,919 a useful way of turning off the lights. 499 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,279 This is all very well, Book, 500 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,639 but it doesn't tell us who killed Harold Sneed. 501 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,679 Oh, but it does, Inspector, it does. 502 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,439 That was the moment it happened, 503 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,559 that the unbroken circle was briefly interrupted, 504 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:28,679 leaving someone free to stick the dagger into Harold Sneed's chest. 505 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,039 But who? 506 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:34,199 Everyone present at that seance had been very carefully chosen. 507 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,199 Because they were being blackmailed? 508 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,800 Yes. Something Sneed said to me... 509 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:46,199 All I offer is a little comfort, a little hope. My clients... 510 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:47,999 Your customers. 511 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,199 Well, hardly. I don't charge. CLOCKWORK WHIRRING 512 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,439 BELL RINGS 513 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,719 They see me as a... a confidant. 514 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,679 Uh, a father confessor, if you will. 515 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,759 All those little secrets Sneed's sitters let slip, harvested. 516 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,919 Perfect fodder for the seances, of course, 517 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,719 but also for blackmailing them. 518 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:10,799 Blackmailing people like Professor Chopra. 519 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,760 BRAKES SCREECHING 520 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,159 Lakshme? 521 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,239 TYRES SQUEAL 522 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,600 Lakshme? Lakshme? 523 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:24,880 Lakshme! 524 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,039 SOBBING Lakshme! 525 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:30,839 Oh, my sweet... 526 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,079 GABRIEL: Remember what he said at the interview? 527 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,760 The police said they could do nothing. 528 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,720 The driver? 529 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:44,119 There were no witnesses, so it was impossible to trace her. 530 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,120 BELL RINGS 531 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,559 "Her". He said "her". 532 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:52,959 There were no witnesses. 533 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,039 How did the professor know the driver was a woman? 534 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,239 All those trips you made to Scotland, Professor. 535 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,319 To visit the scene of the crime or to track down the driver? 536 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,720 The driver whom only you had seen. Nora? 537 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:12,919 Newspaper cutting from six months after your daughter's accident. 538 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,919 "Death of the Honourable Jane Clement." 539 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,759 Someone sabotaged the brakes of her sports car. 540 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:20,639 GABRIEL: I did a little digging. 541 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,999 She lived near to your holiday home at the time in question. 542 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,999 BLISS:Oh, you think that... 543 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,599 Do you think the professor tracked her down and... 544 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,119 ...took the law into his own hands? 545 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:31,839 You have no proof. 546 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:35,280 No, I have no proof. 547 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:40,239 Next, Emelia and Clara Plumchute. Charming ladies. 548 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,199 But with a secret? You're getting the idea. 549 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,679 You see, after we lost Teddy... In the war. 550 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:48,679 - The previous war. - The Great War. 551 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,519 - The war to end all wars. - Oh. - Oh, the horrible irony of that. 552 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,399 If any of us had known... How could we had known? 553 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,879 ...that a few wretched years later... ...it would all happen again. 554 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,519 And poor Teddy's sacrifice... All for nothing. 555 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,959 Jack, remember what I said to you outside the homeless mission? 556 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:03,839 - No. - Oh. 557 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,800 But I did write it down. You're learning. 558 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:11,680 "Handiwork as distinctive as the brushwork of an old master." 559 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:16,039 - Whose handiwork? - Harold Gillies. 560 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:17,399 The plastic surgeon? 561 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,159 Theplastic surgeon. 562 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,439 GABRIEL: Pioneered reconstructive surgery 563 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,680 for hundreds of men coming home from the Western Front. 564 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:37,679 But your brother didn't come home, did he? He was killed. Oh. 565 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:41,679 EMELIA: That's what we needed... ...we needed everyone to believe. 566 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,719 Uh, poor Teddy. 567 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:46,639 EMELIA: He deserted, you see. 568 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:48,679 We had no choice. We took him in or... 569 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:51,959 He'd have been shot... Executed... for cowardice. 570 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,239 You've been sheltering him all these years? 571 00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:55,959 GABRIEL: And giving the poor old soldier 572 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,039 a measure of dignity via his cavalry twill. 573 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:00,879 And Sneed knew this? 574 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,840 Evidently. 575 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,679 What about Mrs Dredge? CLOCKWORK WHIRRS 576 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:16,400 ADA SOBBING 577 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,119 CLOCKWORK WHIRRS 578 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:32,919 It wasn't an accidental overdose. She... she did him in? 579 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,440 GABRIEL: No. It was suicide. 580 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,560 "Did I do the right thing?" 581 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:43,439 Mrs Dredge's own words at the seance. 582 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:47,400 Alf deliberately drank too much of the morphine. 583 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,640 And all I did was... Was to remove the suicide note. 584 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,799 Alf had been writing that night, hence his inky fingers. 585 00:35:55,800 --> 00:36:00,439 You see, Alf Dredge was a fervent Roman Catholic and suicide is a... 586 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,559 A mortal sin. 587 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,919 It didn't take too much effort to discover that 588 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,319 the Dredges' local priest was something of a tartar, 589 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,639 a real stickler. 590 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:13,519 Mrs Dredge was attempting to cover up her son's suicide as an accident, 591 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:18,119 because otherwise, poor Alf would never lie in consecrated ground 592 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:19,359 next to her late husband. 593 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,879 More than that. That... that bugger, Father Jessup, 594 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,519 he would have dug Alf up if he'd known. 595 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,359 And I'd always taken great succour from my spiritualism, 596 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:29,879 and I thought, through Mr Sneed, 597 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,520 that I got in touch with Alf's spirit. 598 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,199 And then the notes started to arrive? Blackmail notes? 599 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,639 Yes. SIGHS 600 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:44,039 It was obvious whoever sent them knew what had happened. 601 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:47,759 And then Sneed rang, confirming the next seance. 602 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:52,120 He made it very clear that I would meet my blackmailer there 603 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,200 and that there would be revelations. 604 00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:58,839 It was a very different atmosphere that time. 605 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,199 Everyone was guarded, tense. 606 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,879 And after Sneed's death, before the police arrived, 607 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,319 there was some kind of chat? 608 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:07,999 This is just my supposition, of course, 609 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,559 but I wonder if there wasn't a meeting of minds, 610 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,560 a realisation you were all in it together. 611 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,720 A realisation that Sneed was blackmailing you all. 612 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:23,239 I'm going to take a risk, 613 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:25,639 but I think perhaps that all of us here tonight 614 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,719 have something in common. 615 00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:29,759 Is that not so? 616 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,439 You mean we're all clients? Clients of Mr Sneed? 617 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,719 Oh, poor Mr Sneed! GASPS 618 00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:36,600 Rather more than that, I think. 619 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,319 The usual form was invitation by post. 620 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,799 This time, I received a telephone call. 621 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,200 GASPS 622 00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:46,920 VED:I see I was not alone. 623 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,640 Everyone had had a letter, a blackmail letter. 624 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,839 - All except. - You. 625 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:03,199 - You hadn't? - I hadn't. 626 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,519 I said we should all keep quiet, 627 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:07,559 not breathe a word to the police. 628 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,839 Well, after all, if we were all being blackmailed... 629 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:11,839 Things could get rather sticky with the peelers. 630 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:15,759 Sound advice, though it has complicated matters somewhat. 631 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,799 Hey, you don't, you... CLOCKWORK WHIRRING 632 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,039 You don't think they all did it, do you? 633 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:23,479 I'm afraid that kind of thing only happens in novels, Inspector. 634 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,959 No, the killer's aim was to obfuscate, 635 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,879 to cloud the crime with as many motives as possible 636 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:31,320 and then point the finger very specifically 637 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,760 at Geraldine Hopper. 638 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,000 Fingerprints of a dead man. 639 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,119 Impossible, of course. 640 00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:01,999 The killer knew that we'd very soon find our way back to Geraldine, 641 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,319 daughter of a notorious executed Nazi. 642 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:09,239 She was to be put in the frame, and in good time, 643 00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:11,199 for her to be hanged for it. 644 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,039 BLISS:But who by? 645 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,159 GABRIEL: Who was sitting directly opposite Harold Sneed? 646 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:17,759 Who had the requisite skills? 647 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:22,319 Who knew precisely who to invite to the seance on that fatal night, 648 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,720 using the telephone for once? 649 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:30,960 Out of a job, aren't I? 650 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:40,519 PAGES FLUTTERING, 651 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,079 BELL RINGS 652 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:45,239 Ayesha Jean-Baptiste learned a great deal 653 00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:47,719 from that magician she assisted in the circus. 654 00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:52,080 Acrobatics, high-wire walking, and... 655 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:55,079 ...knife throwing. 656 00:39:55,080 --> 00:40:00,440 HIGH-PITCHED:..universal, never-ending peace and joy. 657 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,559 Oh, the connection is fading. 658 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,600 Oh, it fades. 659 00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,079 Oh, bless you... 660 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,680 GASPS 661 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,600 ALL GASP AND SHRIEK 662 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:32,239 Oh, well. 663 00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:34,279 ALL GASPING AND WHISPERING 664 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,279 LAUGHS You can talk. 665 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,319 Oh, course I can bloody well talk. CHUCKLES 666 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,559 But wh... why pretend you can't? 667 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:42,960 She wasn't pretending. 668 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,480 Aphasia voluntaria. 669 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:48,959 BLISS:Huh? It's a psychological term. 670 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:50,959 People who have suffered some trauma, 671 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:54,279 such as nearly perishing in a big top blaze, 672 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:57,319 use not speaking as a way of controlling their environment, 673 00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,360 of having a measure of control. 674 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,599 Came in pretty useful, too, for the job, I imagine. 675 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:05,800 No one would suspect complicity. 676 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,360 I could stand silently in the shadows... 677 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:19,760 ...overhearing everyone's secrets in their private moments. 678 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,600 Making sure Harold got to know them, 679 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,560 and how to use them. 680 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,319 What a clever old bugger he was. 681 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,360 You were more than just an employee, though, weren't you? 682 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,720 A tender touch, brusquely fended off. 683 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:45,319 Could have been evidence of a lovers' tiff. 684 00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,399 But rather more, I thought? Rather more. 685 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,400 Once upon a time, I loved him. 686 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:54,160 He took me in after my accident. 687 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,880 Gave me a living, encouraged me. 688 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:03,520 Even got me talking. 689 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,520 The first words I decided to utter were... 690 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:09,960 ..."I love you." 691 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:14,319 You did the voices of the dead? 692 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,079 The ones he couldn't get away with, yeah. 693 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:17,879 And the bird whistles. 694 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,959 Look, I know how all the tricks are done, Mr Book. 695 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,959 But I'm better at it than he was. 696 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,759 And I know where all the bodies are buried. 697 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:27,120 Literally. 698 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,880 He was so sure of himself, 699 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:33,040 of his control of me. 700 00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,159 It blinded him. 701 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,999 He didn't even notice that the list of patrons to the last seance 702 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,759 was rather a special one, 703 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,519 till he came out from behind that curtain. 704 00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,279 All the people he was blackmailing. 705 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:46,719 Oh, no. 706 00:42:46,720 --> 00:42:50,720 Not all, sir. Just the juiciest ones, only the prize pigeons. 707 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:55,439 I called them all up in my best... 708 00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:58,559 AS HAROLD:..Harold Sneed voice. 709 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:00,480 Prize pigeons like Geraldine? 710 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,640 EveryonebutGeraldine. Isn't that right, Ayesha? 711 00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:09,400 What a story she had. 712 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,880 She told Sneed about it, you see, 713 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,159 when they were getting cosy. 714 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:19,319 Hmm, I wondered. The new clothes, the new wigs. 715 00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,079 Sneed's eye had wandered elsewhere. 716 00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,159 His eye. 717 00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:24,919 His hands. 718 00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,960 His... everything. 719 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,200 He'd set his cap at Miss Hopper there. 720 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:35,840 I was to be thrown aside like a dish rag. 721 00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:41,840 He told me in no uncertain terms that it was over. 722 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:44,840 Miss Mercer... 723 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,240 Miss Hopper was to be his. 724 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,120 I would have to go. 725 00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,319 Now, he didn't blackmail her, 726 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:56,199 but I knew her secret. 727 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,199 I knew all about her father. 728 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:01,679 No, I knew nothing of this. Nothing. You must believe me. 729 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:03,599 My God, you would have let me hang. 730 00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:04,920 Eh. 731 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:08,680 Read about the relics here at the museum, too. 732 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:11,919 What could be more fitting than for my dearest Harold 733 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,640 to be murdered by her father's ghost? 734 00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:17,359 GABRIEL: Very neat. 735 00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,960 Two birds killed with one stone. 736 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:26,599 Ayesha Jean-Baptiste, 737 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:29,120 I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder. 738 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:35,160 ALL EXCLAIM 739 00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:40,959 Oh, hell's bells. 740 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:42,399 CLICK 741 00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:44,120 ALL SHRIEKING 742 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,439 Can do a lot of damage with this peashooter. 743 00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:49,799 ADA WHIMPERS 744 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:53,200 Remember, it was a lady's gun that did for Lincoln. 745 00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:56,040 It's not loaded. 746 00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:58,680 Will it be loaded? 747 00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:01,320 GUN CLICKS, ALL SHRIEK 748 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,200 ALL EXCLAIMING 749 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:18,080 ELECTRICITY CRACKLING 750 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:40,640 - Morris. - It's this way, sir! - Hurry up. 751 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:05,560 Well, I think Mr Kendall might have redeemed himself, Inspector. 752 00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:08,240 Don't you think? 753 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:11,000 KENDALL CHUCKLES Mm! 754 00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:16,639 BIG BEN RINGS 755 00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:18,120 CROWS CAWING 756 00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:20,799 ADA:Well, I've decided. 757 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:24,439 Once me money comes in, I'm going into trade. 758 00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,759 Mr Basehart here has done me the honour of... 759 00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:30,279 Oh!..asking me to run a newsagent's with him. 760 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:31,479 Oh, how nice. 761 00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:33,959 - I've always had a hankering to run a little shop. - Mm. 762 00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:36,479 So we're going to pool our resources. 763 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:38,679 Just hope it's the right thing to do at my time of life. 764 00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:41,360 Oh, you'll be marvellous, Ada. 765 00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:43,999 Won't she be marvellous? 766 00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:45,679 I have no doubt. ADA CHUCKLES 767 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,719 So we'll be neighbours, Mr Book. Oh, yes? 768 00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:53,039 - Mm. Thanks again, for everything. Yes. - Not at all. 769 00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:56,079 Thank you. And sorry for... 770 00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:58,439 Well, you know, all the fuss. 771 00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:01,080 Don't give it a second thought. I just... 772 00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:05,999 Well, I...I just hope my Alf can rest in peace now. 773 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:07,879 Yes, indeed. 774 00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:09,640 - Cheerio. - Oh.- Cheerio. 775 00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:12,319 Ah. Shall we? 776 00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:14,320 CHILDREN SHOUTING HAPPILY 777 00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:17,760 GABRIEL: Nora. 778 00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,399 Very good work with that accounts clue. 779 00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:23,759 Oh, ta. 780 00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,399 Looks like I am useful after all, then. 781 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:27,879 Occasionally. 782 00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:30,519 I should really give you some sort of bonus. 783 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:33,319 A Chelsea bun, packet of sherbet. 784 00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:37,919 Mrs Dredge and Mr Baseheart are opening a newsagent. 785 00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:41,440 Oh, I was hoping for a fruit and veg shop. 786 00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:44,959 Did I mention I've never even had a b... 787 00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:47,599 BELL RINGS Don't make yourself sick. 788 00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:50,239 And go easy on your Uncle Yusuf, too. 789 00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:52,000 Just give him time, all right? 790 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:55,440 SHE SNIFFS 791 00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:58,480 BASEHEART CHUCKLES 792 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:34,599 REGGIE:Good grief, what a tale. 793 00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,959 You had rather a lucky escape, I think, Colonel. 794 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:39,439 - Reggie, please. - Reggie. 795 00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:40,879 What do you mean? 796 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:44,519 Well, I hope there aren't any skeletons lurking in your cupboard. 797 00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:46,559 CHUCKLES 798 00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:48,119 SIGHS 799 00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:49,759 Let's talk about something nicer. 800 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:51,599 Yes, let's. 801 00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:53,439 You. 802 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,839 - Me? - Mm. Tell me about you. 803 00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:57,839 Oh, what's to tell? 804 00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:01,599 Um, my Christian name is awful. 805 00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:03,359 That's a funny name. SHE CHUCKLES 806 00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:08,359 So everybody calls me Trottie. I have a shop in Archangel Lane. 807 00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:11,119 - Archangel? - Off Charing Cross. - Strotford Selections. 808 00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:13,799 - Selections of what? - Wallpaper. 809 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,919 Oh! Strotford. 810 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:19,079 - LAUGHS Is that the awful name? - It is. 811 00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:21,319 Well, perhaps I should call you Awful. 812 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:22,999 SHE CHUCKLES Are you awful? 813 00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:24,480 Occasionally. 814 00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:27,200 I was rather hoping you'd say that. 815 00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:31,200 How long have you been married? 816 00:49:32,240 --> 00:49:35,239 Hm. Ten years. 817 00:49:35,240 --> 00:49:37,640 It was during the Spanish Civil War, in fact. 818 00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:41,199 CHUCKLES 819 00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:42,800 You intrigue me. 820 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:46,799 Do you have secrets? 821 00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:48,919 We all have secrets. 822 00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:51,200 You can rely on my discretion. 823 00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:54,799 Can I? 824 00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:59,319 You'll forgive me, but, uh, I scarcely know you. 825 00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:01,480 Well, that's the point of taking tea together, isn't it? 826 00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:05,400 The most British way there is of getting to know someone. 827 00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:08,359 I suppose so. 828 00:50:08,360 --> 00:50:10,839 So the question is, Mrs Book... 829 00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:12,320 Yes? 830 00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:14,880 One lump or two? 831 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,000 CAR HORN BLARES 832 00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:28,999 TROTTIE CHUCKLES 833 00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:30,319 ...a bonus. 834 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:32,359 REGGIE AND TROTTIE LAUGH 835 00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:34,040 Absolutely. 836 00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:06,319 Oh. 837 00:51:06,320 --> 00:51:07,839 Surprised? 838 00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:09,199 No, no. 839 00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:13,119 I know how you people like to rotate personnel, like crops. 840 00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:14,239 CHUCKLES 841 00:51:14,240 --> 00:51:17,519 In fact, your whole department has a whiff of the 18th century. 842 00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:20,439 Wasn't that known as the Age of Enlightenment? 843 00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:23,599 Speaking of which, can you do it? Can you get us in? 844 00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:25,919 - Us? - Me and the boy. 845 00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:29,519 Oh, yes. Yes, of course, the prodigal grandson. 846 00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:31,519 Well? 847 00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:34,679 You know, these things are terribly difficult. 848 00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:36,919 I've inherited a very full diary. 849 00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:39,799 Can you get us into Germany? 850 00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:43,400 After all, you lot started all this, didn't you? 851 00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:48,560 PAPER RUSTLING 852 00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:52,800 Well... 853 00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:56,759 Yes, we still have to dot the I's and cross the T's, 854 00:51:56,760 --> 00:52:00,920 but yes, there's a way. 855 00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:03,360 Thank you. 856 00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,439 Of course, there's no such thing as a free lunch. 857 00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:08,920 CHUCKLES 858 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:11,800 Shall we? 859 00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:24,160 Subtitles by Red Bee Media