1 00:00:01,734 --> 00:00:04,469 [Men arguing] 2 00:00:08,807 --> 00:00:10,475 Man: I don't have to tell you every single thing 3 00:00:10,476 --> 00:00:12,177 which happens in my life. 4 00:00:12,178 --> 00:00:14,312 Is it not your concern. 5 00:00:14,313 --> 00:00:16,348 Second man: You can't be serious about this. 6 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:18,383 I've never been more serious in my life. 7 00:00:18,384 --> 00:00:19,851 There's no reason why-- 8 00:00:19,852 --> 00:00:21,153 your life... 9 00:00:21,154 --> 00:00:23,588 Mother would turn in her grave. 10 00:00:23,589 --> 00:00:26,291 Yes. Talk about mother 11 00:00:26,292 --> 00:00:29,061 after what you've done to us. 12 00:00:29,062 --> 00:00:31,296 Whenever you're ready, Mr. Carter. 13 00:00:31,297 --> 00:00:32,997 Thank you, Ella. 14 00:00:48,747 --> 00:00:50,782 [Door slams] 15 00:01:37,096 --> 00:01:40,031 Captioning made possible by acorn media 16 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:07,792 [telephone rings] 17 00:02:09,294 --> 00:02:12,463 Wainthropp detective agency. 18 00:02:12,464 --> 00:02:14,599 [Didgeridoo playing] 19 00:02:15,734 --> 00:02:17,969 Hetty: Geoffrey, I'm on the phone. 20 00:02:20,906 --> 00:02:23,041 I'm so sorry about that. 21 00:02:23,042 --> 00:02:25,743 My assistant is practicing. 22 00:02:25,744 --> 00:02:27,278 How can I help you? 23 00:02:27,279 --> 00:02:29,113 James Carter? 24 00:02:29,114 --> 00:02:30,615 Hetty: You remember. 25 00:02:30,616 --> 00:02:32,817 He was found dead in his garden pond last month. 26 00:02:32,818 --> 00:02:33,918 Oh, yes. 27 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:35,453 In fact... 28 00:02:35,454 --> 00:02:36,688 I'm off to Janet's. 29 00:02:36,689 --> 00:02:38,690 Oh, planning to give her a bit of a tune, are we? 30 00:02:38,691 --> 00:02:39,924 Thought I might. 31 00:02:39,925 --> 00:02:41,459 She'll enjoy that. 32 00:02:41,460 --> 00:02:45,262 There we are. The inquest was yesterday. 33 00:02:45,263 --> 00:02:46,998 "Accidental death." 34 00:02:46,999 --> 00:02:48,265 So who was that on the phone? 35 00:02:48,266 --> 00:02:49,400 His brother Harry. 36 00:02:49,401 --> 00:02:50,568 What did he want? 37 00:02:50,569 --> 00:02:53,671 That, Robert, is what I'm about to find out. 38 00:02:53,672 --> 00:02:54,839 So, Geoffrey... 39 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,775 Oh, only I've arranged to see Janet, you see. 40 00:02:57,776 --> 00:03:00,377 Oh, well, I'll have to manage on my own, then, 41 00:03:00,378 --> 00:03:03,447 but you can drop me off on your way. Come on. 44 00:03:17,663 --> 00:03:19,530 Did he? 45 00:03:20,833 --> 00:03:24,736 Look. I was just about to pour myself a glass of wine. 46 00:03:24,737 --> 00:03:27,772 May I offer you one or something stronger, perhaps? 47 00:03:27,773 --> 00:03:31,242 It's a bit early for me, Mr. Carter, 48 00:03:31,243 --> 00:03:34,311 but I wouldn't say no to a cup of tea. 49 00:03:35,714 --> 00:03:38,916 Hetty: So what exactly are you telling me, Mr. Carter, 50 00:03:38,917 --> 00:03:41,418 that you don't think this was an accident? 51 00:03:44,757 --> 00:03:48,826 My brother was in very poor health, Mrs. Wainthropp. 52 00:03:48,827 --> 00:03:52,964 He was due to go into hospital at any time for a bypass. 53 00:03:52,965 --> 00:03:56,934 What he was doing standing by a pool at least 100 yards 54 00:03:56,935 --> 00:03:59,070 from his house, I can't imagine. 55 00:03:59,071 --> 00:04:01,539 Did you tell the police this? 56 00:04:01,540 --> 00:04:04,341 Yes. They said there was no indication 57 00:04:04,342 --> 00:04:06,878 of foul play of any kind. 58 00:04:06,879 --> 00:04:09,881 You're not suggesting suicide, I take it. 59 00:04:09,882 --> 00:04:12,150 Of course not. 60 00:04:12,151 --> 00:04:15,286 Because if it's murder we're on about, 61 00:04:15,287 --> 00:04:17,055 I have to tell you here and now 62 00:04:17,056 --> 00:04:19,857 that that's definitely police business. 63 00:04:19,858 --> 00:04:21,592 But it isn't my brother's death 64 00:04:21,593 --> 00:04:25,362 I want you to investigate, Mrs. Wainthropp. 65 00:04:25,363 --> 00:04:27,364 It's her. 66 00:04:27,365 --> 00:04:28,800 Her? 67 00:04:28,801 --> 00:04:30,902 Ella Parsons, 68 00:04:30,903 --> 00:04:32,904 his so-called housekeeper. 69 00:04:47,319 --> 00:04:49,954 Really knocked you out, didn't it? 70 00:04:49,955 --> 00:04:52,824 Sorry, Geoff. I've just got a lot on me mind. 71 00:04:52,825 --> 00:04:55,326 Like what, for instance? 72 00:04:55,327 --> 00:04:56,594 Well, the fact that I could be homeless 73 00:04:56,595 --> 00:04:58,196 this time next week. 74 00:04:58,197 --> 00:05:00,131 I thought, what with this new job, 75 00:05:00,132 --> 00:05:01,565 all that was sorted. 76 00:05:01,566 --> 00:05:04,102 Well, I won't see any money for weeks yet, will I? 77 00:05:04,103 --> 00:05:06,604 Most of me redundancy has already been spent, 78 00:05:06,605 --> 00:05:09,040 and besides, even with a regular job again, 79 00:05:09,041 --> 00:05:11,475 it's more than I could manage on me own. 80 00:05:11,476 --> 00:05:14,178 Have you thought of advertising for somebody? 81 00:05:14,179 --> 00:05:16,814 Yeah, but you never really know 82 00:05:16,815 --> 00:05:18,983 who you're gonna end up with, do you? 83 00:05:18,984 --> 00:05:20,752 What you really want if you're sharing 84 00:05:20,753 --> 00:05:22,686 is somebody you already know, isn't it? 85 00:05:24,857 --> 00:05:26,190 [Gulp] 86 00:05:26,191 --> 00:05:28,525 You mean, like a mate. 87 00:05:28,526 --> 00:05:31,362 Ideally. Somebody you've shared with before. 88 00:05:31,363 --> 00:05:34,398 Right. 89 00:05:34,399 --> 00:05:39,403 I don't suppose you can think of anybody, can you? 90 00:05:39,404 --> 00:05:41,806 Not offhand, Janet, 91 00:05:41,807 --> 00:05:45,243 but I'll certainly give it some thought. 92 00:05:45,244 --> 00:05:47,812 Right. 93 00:05:47,813 --> 00:05:50,481 Harry: Underneath that serene exterior, 94 00:05:50,482 --> 00:05:52,416 she's devious, unscrupulous, 95 00:05:52,417 --> 00:05:53,885 and manipulative, 96 00:05:53,886 --> 00:05:55,519 and I have reason to believe 97 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,255 that for the past two years, Ella Parsons 98 00:05:57,256 --> 00:06:00,057 has been systematically robbing my brother. 99 00:06:00,058 --> 00:06:01,859 Robbing him? 100 00:06:01,860 --> 00:06:03,961 Well, my brother is an inveterate collector, 101 00:06:03,962 --> 00:06:05,362 Mrs. Wainthropp-- 102 00:06:05,363 --> 00:06:08,266 I mean, coins, stamps, jade-- 103 00:06:08,267 --> 00:06:10,835 and since his death, certain items 104 00:06:10,836 --> 00:06:13,237 have gone missing. 105 00:06:13,238 --> 00:06:15,572 You have mentioned this to the police. 106 00:06:15,573 --> 00:06:18,309 Oh, no. No, no, no. Oh, no. 107 00:06:18,310 --> 00:06:19,977 Quite apart from anything else, 108 00:06:19,978 --> 00:06:22,113 I felt I should check it out myself first. 109 00:06:23,949 --> 00:06:28,953 So...Will you take the case? 110 00:06:28,954 --> 00:06:33,090 Oh, we'll certainly check out Mrs. Parsons for you. 111 00:06:33,091 --> 00:06:36,727 If I could have a few details... 112 00:06:36,728 --> 00:06:38,429 Robert: Is she from this area? 113 00:06:38,430 --> 00:06:40,731 Yorkshire. Apart from that, 114 00:06:40,732 --> 00:06:43,400 Harry Carter doesn't seem to know much else about her. 115 00:06:43,401 --> 00:06:45,369 Hmm, better get our skates on, then. 116 00:06:45,370 --> 00:06:46,503 She won't be around much longer 117 00:06:46,504 --> 00:06:48,806 with her former boss dead and buried. 118 00:06:48,807 --> 00:06:51,508 Dead, Robert, but not necessarily buried. 119 00:06:51,509 --> 00:06:52,844 You what? 120 00:06:52,845 --> 00:06:54,178 If the inquest was yesterday, 121 00:06:54,179 --> 00:06:56,881 they probably only just released the body. 122 00:06:58,650 --> 00:07:01,018 Man: "Man that is born of woman 123 00:07:01,019 --> 00:07:05,522 "hath but a short time to live and is full of misery. 124 00:07:05,523 --> 00:07:09,360 "He cometh up and is cut down like a flower. 125 00:07:09,361 --> 00:07:11,528 "He fleeth as if were a shadow 126 00:07:11,529 --> 00:07:14,365 "and never continueth in one stay. 127 00:07:14,366 --> 00:07:17,701 "In the midst of life, we are in death. 128 00:07:17,702 --> 00:07:21,205 "Of whom may we seek for succor but of thee, o lord, 129 00:07:21,206 --> 00:07:25,809 who, for our sins, art justly displeased?" 130 00:07:25,810 --> 00:07:28,379 [Sandpaper scraping] 131 00:07:32,484 --> 00:07:35,653 Oh. Thanks very much, Geoffrey. 132 00:07:35,654 --> 00:07:36,921 She not back, then? 133 00:07:36,922 --> 00:07:38,189 Not yet, no. 134 00:07:38,190 --> 00:07:40,124 Ah. 135 00:07:44,362 --> 00:07:46,864 Something on your mind, is there, Geoffrey? 136 00:07:46,865 --> 00:07:49,366 No. 137 00:07:54,439 --> 00:07:57,175 I have this mate, mind you, 138 00:07:57,176 --> 00:07:59,577 with a bit of a problem. 139 00:07:59,578 --> 00:08:02,246 Oh. 140 00:08:05,250 --> 00:08:08,853 He has this girlfriend with this flat, you see. 141 00:08:08,854 --> 00:08:10,822 Oh, yes? 142 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:15,226 Only she can't afford to keep it on, 143 00:08:15,227 --> 00:08:17,695 not on her own, like, 144 00:08:17,696 --> 00:08:19,831 and now she's on at him-- 145 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:22,767 that is, this mate of mine-- 146 00:08:22,768 --> 00:08:27,371 to move in with her. 147 00:08:27,372 --> 00:08:29,340 I mean, she's not exactly 148 00:08:29,341 --> 00:08:31,175 asked him straight out, like, 149 00:08:31,176 --> 00:08:35,346 but he can see that's what she's hinting at. 150 00:08:35,347 --> 00:08:38,049 I see. 151 00:08:38,050 --> 00:08:40,918 I mean, purely to split the cost, like. 152 00:08:40,919 --> 00:08:43,955 Two being able to live as cheaply as one, as it were. 153 00:08:43,956 --> 00:08:46,490 That's right, 154 00:08:46,491 --> 00:08:50,527 only he has this... 155 00:08:50,528 --> 00:08:55,299 Well, aunt and Uncle 156 00:08:55,300 --> 00:08:57,468 who he lives with at present, 157 00:08:57,469 --> 00:09:00,537 and he doesn't think they'd approve. 158 00:09:00,538 --> 00:09:02,940 Hmm, difficult. 159 00:09:02,941 --> 00:09:05,442 I'll say. 160 00:09:05,443 --> 00:09:09,013 I suppose at the end of the day, 161 00:09:09,014 --> 00:09:10,915 it is up to him, Geoffrey. 162 00:09:10,916 --> 00:09:13,751 Well, I'd have said so, yeah. 163 00:09:13,752 --> 00:09:15,753 I presume he is over 21. 164 00:09:15,754 --> 00:09:17,321 Well, no. He isn't. 165 00:09:17,322 --> 00:09:18,956 You see, that's the other thing, 166 00:09:18,957 --> 00:09:21,192 but he's old enough, I mean, 167 00:09:21,193 --> 00:09:24,328 to make up his own mind about these things. 168 00:09:24,329 --> 00:09:27,899 Right, and I would have thought-- 169 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:29,133 without knowing any 170 00:09:29,134 --> 00:09:30,802 of the parties concerned, of course-- 171 00:09:30,803 --> 00:09:32,003 of course. 172 00:09:32,004 --> 00:09:35,372 That this Uncle would understand that, 173 00:09:35,373 --> 00:09:37,108 being a man of the world 174 00:09:37,109 --> 00:09:40,244 and seeing the sheer practicalities of the situation. 175 00:09:40,245 --> 00:09:43,014 Right. 176 00:09:43,015 --> 00:09:46,583 But that still does leave the aunt, I suppose. 177 00:09:50,388 --> 00:09:51,856 Right. 178 00:10:04,303 --> 00:10:06,971 Mrs. Parsons, isn't it? 179 00:10:06,972 --> 00:10:08,239 That's right. 180 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,406 I'm Hetty Wainthropp, 181 00:10:09,407 --> 00:10:10,808 a friend of Harry Carter's. 182 00:10:10,809 --> 00:10:11,809 Oh, yes? 183 00:10:11,810 --> 00:10:13,311 I gather you're from Yorkshire. 184 00:10:13,312 --> 00:10:15,713 Harrogate. Very nice. 185 00:10:15,714 --> 00:10:17,949 I wouldn't say it was all that nice, Mrs. Wainthropp, 186 00:10:17,950 --> 00:10:20,617 not where we lived, anyway. 187 00:10:20,618 --> 00:10:24,222 The accident must have been a terrible shock for you. 188 00:10:24,223 --> 00:10:25,656 Yes. It was. 189 00:10:25,657 --> 00:10:27,791 Whatever happened, do you think? 190 00:10:27,792 --> 00:10:30,794 I can only assume he tripped 191 00:10:30,795 --> 00:10:33,530 and fell in and couldn't get out again. 192 00:10:33,531 --> 00:10:37,601 It is quite deep, that pool, and overgrown. 193 00:10:37,602 --> 00:10:40,204 Where does this leave you now? 194 00:10:40,205 --> 00:10:44,475 Well, Mr. Carter has asked me to stay on for a few weeks, 195 00:10:44,476 --> 00:10:46,744 just until everything is sorted out, 196 00:10:46,745 --> 00:10:49,046 but after that, I-- 197 00:10:49,047 --> 00:10:51,315 quite a feast, Ella. 198 00:10:51,316 --> 00:10:52,416 Thank you. 199 00:10:52,417 --> 00:10:54,451 You've done him proud. 200 00:10:54,452 --> 00:10:56,553 And now, if you'll excuse me, 201 00:10:56,554 --> 00:10:59,790 I better organize some coffee. 202 00:11:00,926 --> 00:11:03,294 It's mutual, then... 203 00:11:03,295 --> 00:11:06,430 Your feelings for one another. 204 00:11:08,633 --> 00:11:12,303 Would you like to see where my brother was found? 205 00:11:12,304 --> 00:11:13,670 I thought it was a robbery 206 00:11:13,671 --> 00:11:15,539 I was investigating, Mr. Carter, 207 00:11:15,540 --> 00:11:17,208 not a death. 208 00:11:17,209 --> 00:11:19,610 It never does any harm, though, Mrs. Wainthropp, 209 00:11:19,611 --> 00:11:22,380 having a complete picture. 210 00:11:28,387 --> 00:11:32,023 It's a bit smelly. 211 00:11:32,024 --> 00:11:35,993 He had let things go somewhat, I'm afraid. 212 00:11:35,994 --> 00:11:38,296 How deep is it? 213 00:11:38,297 --> 00:11:41,032 6 feet, I suppose, 214 00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:44,668 certainly deep enough to drown him. 215 00:11:44,669 --> 00:11:46,337 He couldn't swim, I take it. 216 00:11:46,338 --> 00:11:48,973 He always hated water. 217 00:11:51,743 --> 00:11:54,979 Where was Mrs. Parsons that afternoon? 218 00:11:54,980 --> 00:11:58,149 Oh, gone to the shops, she says. 219 00:11:58,150 --> 00:12:01,285 When did she last see him alive? 220 00:12:01,286 --> 00:12:04,655 Couple of hours earlier. 221 00:12:04,656 --> 00:12:06,490 She said she served him his lunch 222 00:12:06,491 --> 00:12:08,359 and left him there eating it. 223 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:13,530 What did she think he was doing this far from the house? 224 00:12:13,531 --> 00:12:16,400 Oh, she said he often came down here 225 00:12:16,401 --> 00:12:18,135 when he wanted to think. 226 00:12:18,136 --> 00:12:21,172 Did he? 227 00:12:21,173 --> 00:12:23,007 Possibly. 228 00:12:24,742 --> 00:12:27,111 [Birds cawing] 229 00:12:30,648 --> 00:12:31,949 Robert: Cape town? 230 00:12:31,950 --> 00:12:34,251 You can say Johannesburg, if you'd rather. 231 00:12:34,252 --> 00:12:35,486 Well, considering I've never been 232 00:12:35,487 --> 00:12:37,388 within 2,000 Miles of either, 233 00:12:37,389 --> 00:12:39,423 I can't see that it matters. Can you? 234 00:12:39,424 --> 00:12:40,858 There you are, then. 235 00:12:40,859 --> 00:12:42,926 Whose crackpot idea was this? 236 00:12:42,927 --> 00:12:45,363 And what's crackpot about it? 237 00:12:45,364 --> 00:12:47,798 How is my posing as James Carter's 238 00:12:47,799 --> 00:12:50,001 South African cousin gonna help us? 239 00:12:50,002 --> 00:12:54,338 It gains you legitimate access to the house, Robert, 240 00:12:54,339 --> 00:12:56,474 and then you can have a good root round 241 00:12:56,475 --> 00:12:58,175 when she's out of the way. 242 00:12:58,176 --> 00:13:00,044 Access to the house? 243 00:13:00,045 --> 00:13:02,113 Your story is that you've already 244 00:13:02,114 --> 00:13:03,747 made an offer on the place 245 00:13:03,748 --> 00:13:06,650 and Harry Carter has accepted it 246 00:13:06,651 --> 00:13:10,121 and because you're family-- got it?-- 247 00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:12,256 he's agreed to let you stay on 248 00:13:12,257 --> 00:13:15,959 until the estate has been properly sorted out. 249 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,162 Oh, and your name is Tate, by the way-- 250 00:13:18,163 --> 00:13:20,464 Robert Tate. 251 00:13:20,465 --> 00:13:21,965 Geoffrey: How's your South African accent, 252 00:13:21,966 --> 00:13:23,367 Mr. Wainthropp? 253 00:13:23,368 --> 00:13:24,935 Nonexistent. 254 00:13:24,936 --> 00:13:26,470 Hetty: Oh, that's no problem. 255 00:13:26,471 --> 00:13:28,406 You originally came from around here, 256 00:13:28,407 --> 00:13:31,275 and you're one of those people who never lost his local twang. 257 00:13:31,276 --> 00:13:32,809 And when's all this supposed to happen? 258 00:13:32,810 --> 00:13:34,811 The sooner, the better. 259 00:13:34,812 --> 00:13:36,847 So you'd best both go and get packed. 260 00:13:36,848 --> 00:13:38,482 Both, Mrs. Wainthropp? 261 00:13:38,483 --> 00:13:41,718 Somebody has got to push the wheelchair. 262 00:13:41,719 --> 00:13:43,554 Wheelchair? Wheelchair? 263 00:13:43,555 --> 00:13:45,189 You've been confined to one 264 00:13:45,190 --> 00:13:49,460 every since your riding accident on the veldt, right? 265 00:13:49,461 --> 00:13:51,762 There was a stair lift at that house. 266 00:13:51,763 --> 00:13:54,098 That's what gave me the idea. 267 00:13:54,099 --> 00:13:57,134 But what advantage is there 268 00:13:57,135 --> 00:13:59,970 in me being confined to a wheelchair? 269 00:13:59,971 --> 00:14:02,239 For a start, it's a perfect excuse 270 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,908 to have Geoffrey with you. 271 00:14:04,909 --> 00:14:07,911 Oh, and Mr. Carter has agreed to provide a car. 272 00:14:07,912 --> 00:14:09,947 And what are you gonna be doing all this time? 273 00:14:09,948 --> 00:14:12,583 Checking out one or two things with dci Adams. 274 00:14:26,364 --> 00:14:28,632 Not bad, is it, Mr. Wainthropp, 275 00:14:28,633 --> 00:14:30,434 having your own chauffeur-driven roller 276 00:14:30,435 --> 00:14:32,969 for a couple of days? 277 00:14:32,970 --> 00:14:36,206 I can think of places I'd rather be at this moment. 278 00:14:45,116 --> 00:14:47,785 Geoffrey. Ohh... 279 00:14:54,693 --> 00:14:55,793 Oh, now, Geoffrey, 280 00:14:55,794 --> 00:14:58,895 you don't have to go raving mad. 281 00:15:01,766 --> 00:15:04,868 Ah, Mrs. Parsons, I presume. 282 00:15:04,869 --> 00:15:06,136 That's right. 283 00:15:06,137 --> 00:15:09,039 Robert Tate. Harry did warn you. 284 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,241 Oh, yes. 285 00:15:12,910 --> 00:15:14,945 Adams: Accidental death, according to the coroner. 286 00:15:14,946 --> 00:15:16,680 And there's no doubt in anybody's mind 287 00:15:16,681 --> 00:15:18,148 that is was an accident. 288 00:15:18,149 --> 00:15:20,818 None at all. Why? 289 00:15:20,819 --> 00:15:22,419 What's your interest in Carter's death? 290 00:15:22,420 --> 00:15:25,288 His brother Harry has asked me to look into it. 291 00:15:25,289 --> 00:15:26,724 Really? 292 00:15:26,725 --> 00:15:29,460 Do you think he's being paranoid? 293 00:15:29,461 --> 00:15:31,261 Well, I certainly don't believe the housekeeper 294 00:15:31,262 --> 00:15:33,096 pushed him in and held him under. 295 00:15:33,097 --> 00:15:35,165 That's what he more or less tried to suggest to us. 296 00:15:35,166 --> 00:15:37,200 But did you check her out? 297 00:15:37,201 --> 00:15:40,237 Not even a parking ticket. 298 00:15:40,238 --> 00:15:41,839 Robert: I take it, cousin Harry told you 299 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,340 I'll be buying the house. 300 00:15:43,341 --> 00:15:44,675 Of course. 301 00:15:44,676 --> 00:15:46,810 Did he also tell you I'll be looking for a housekeeper, 302 00:15:46,811 --> 00:15:48,879 once things have been finalized, that is. 303 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:50,848 He didn't. No. 304 00:15:50,849 --> 00:15:53,584 Well, what are your own plans now? 305 00:15:53,585 --> 00:15:56,387 I don't know that I've made any as yet, Mr. Tate. 306 00:15:56,388 --> 00:15:58,622 It's all been such a shock. 307 00:15:58,623 --> 00:16:00,123 I'm sure. 308 00:16:00,124 --> 00:16:03,126 I was wondering if you'd be interested in staying, 309 00:16:03,127 --> 00:16:05,562 if we find we get on, that is. 310 00:16:05,563 --> 00:16:07,297 That's very nice of you, Mr. Tate, 311 00:16:07,298 --> 00:16:09,666 but you hardly know me. 312 00:16:09,667 --> 00:16:11,568 Oh, but I do, Mrs. Parsons. 313 00:16:11,569 --> 00:16:12,803 Oh? 314 00:16:12,804 --> 00:16:14,938 James often spoke of you in his letters 315 00:16:14,939 --> 00:16:16,640 and always very warmly. 316 00:16:16,641 --> 00:16:19,510 Oh, well, that's nice. 317 00:16:19,511 --> 00:16:22,979 He never mentioned you to me, I'm afraid. 318 00:16:22,980 --> 00:16:24,415 I'd always understood his brother 319 00:16:24,416 --> 00:16:26,383 was his only surviving family. 320 00:16:26,384 --> 00:16:31,254 Well, I suppose we're not cousins as such, 321 00:16:31,255 --> 00:16:33,089 more half-cousins, really. 322 00:16:33,090 --> 00:16:35,125 I see. 323 00:16:35,126 --> 00:16:37,628 Well, why don't we both think about it, eh? 324 00:16:37,629 --> 00:16:40,464 Yes. Thank you. 325 00:16:40,465 --> 00:16:41,899 And now, if you'd like to come up, 326 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:44,034 I'll show you your room, shall I? 327 00:16:44,035 --> 00:16:45,702 So far, so good. 328 00:16:45,703 --> 00:16:50,574 As the man said as he jumped off blackpool tower. 329 00:16:50,575 --> 00:16:53,009 As you can see, there is a lift... 330 00:16:53,010 --> 00:16:55,078 Oh. Ah, yeah. 331 00:16:55,079 --> 00:16:59,450 Not that Mr. Carter used it much. 332 00:16:59,451 --> 00:17:01,051 He seemed to regard it 333 00:17:01,052 --> 00:17:02,653 as an admission of defeat. 334 00:17:02,654 --> 00:17:05,322 Oh, not a great follower of doctor's orders, 335 00:17:05,323 --> 00:17:06,657 our James. 336 00:17:06,658 --> 00:17:08,926 Not really, no. 337 00:17:08,927 --> 00:17:11,194 Ok. Thank you. 338 00:17:14,833 --> 00:17:16,934 That probably explains why he went 339 00:17:16,935 --> 00:17:19,670 into the garden that day. 340 00:17:19,671 --> 00:17:21,071 More than likely. 341 00:17:21,072 --> 00:17:22,840 Thanks. 342 00:17:22,841 --> 00:17:26,577 Right, then. Whenever you're ready, boss. 343 00:17:29,547 --> 00:17:31,715 Huh. 344 00:17:31,716 --> 00:17:34,017 Whenever you're ready, Geoffrey. 345 00:17:34,018 --> 00:17:35,251 Pardon? 346 00:17:35,252 --> 00:17:36,954 The chair. The chair. 347 00:17:36,955 --> 00:17:39,523 Oh. Sorry. 348 00:17:50,835 --> 00:17:52,703 All right for you? 349 00:17:52,704 --> 00:17:54,571 Oh, yes. Lovely. 350 00:17:54,572 --> 00:17:56,439 In that case, if you'll excuse me, 351 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:57,875 I'll organize some lunch. 352 00:17:57,876 --> 00:17:59,476 Ah. 353 00:18:01,746 --> 00:18:03,179 Well, don't just stand there, Geoffrey. 354 00:18:03,180 --> 00:18:05,616 Go and fetch the bags. 355 00:18:05,617 --> 00:18:08,084 Yes, sir. 356 00:18:10,454 --> 00:18:11,622 Ahh. 357 00:18:11,623 --> 00:18:12,890 All right for you? 358 00:18:12,891 --> 00:18:14,658 My favorite, Mrs. Parsons. 359 00:18:14,659 --> 00:18:15,826 And mine. 360 00:18:15,827 --> 00:18:18,629 You'll find yours in the kitchen, Geoffrey. 361 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:21,665 Oh, right. 362 00:18:22,901 --> 00:18:24,334 Ahh. 363 00:18:24,335 --> 00:18:26,302 Ahh. 364 00:18:30,107 --> 00:18:32,009 Yummy. 365 00:18:37,148 --> 00:18:39,149 Oh, thanks. 366 00:18:39,150 --> 00:18:41,351 About your offer, Mr. Tate... 367 00:18:41,352 --> 00:18:42,719 Oh, yes? 368 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,155 Would it be on the same terms as Mr. Carter's? 369 00:18:45,156 --> 00:18:46,757 Well, of course. 370 00:18:46,758 --> 00:18:49,526 In that case, I might well be interested... 371 00:18:49,527 --> 00:18:50,894 Good. 372 00:18:50,895 --> 00:18:53,363 And thanks very much. 373 00:18:53,364 --> 00:18:55,599 Thank you. 374 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:57,400 Oh, and if you could lay your hands 375 00:18:57,401 --> 00:18:59,937 on any references, 376 00:18:59,938 --> 00:19:02,272 the ones you provided for James would do. 377 00:19:02,273 --> 00:19:04,675 But of course. 378 00:19:22,594 --> 00:19:24,928 [Door opens and closes] 379 00:19:26,831 --> 00:19:30,166 Robert, how's it going? 380 00:19:30,167 --> 00:19:32,235 Well, she's agreed to stay on. 381 00:19:32,236 --> 00:19:33,737 Good. 382 00:19:35,673 --> 00:19:37,340 Well, isn't it? 383 00:19:37,341 --> 00:19:39,142 Just as long as I never have to explain 384 00:19:39,143 --> 00:19:41,945 that there isn't really a job at all. 385 00:19:41,946 --> 00:19:44,180 We'll worry about that when we come to it. 386 00:19:44,181 --> 00:19:47,718 Did she find you any references? 387 00:19:47,719 --> 00:19:49,185 Oh, that was quick. 388 00:19:49,186 --> 00:19:51,287 She's a very organized lady. 389 00:19:51,288 --> 00:19:54,024 Both from addresses in harrogate. 390 00:19:54,025 --> 00:19:57,494 Yes. She said she came from there. 391 00:19:57,495 --> 00:19:59,395 What else did you manage to find out? 392 00:19:59,396 --> 00:20:00,797 Not a lot, 393 00:20:00,798 --> 00:20:03,100 except that she's a terrific cook. 394 00:20:03,101 --> 00:20:04,968 I've had roast beef for lunch. 395 00:20:04,969 --> 00:20:07,738 Oh, that's nice for you. 396 00:20:07,739 --> 00:20:10,040 How's Geoffrey doing? 397 00:20:10,041 --> 00:20:12,943 Also eating royally, I trust. 398 00:20:12,944 --> 00:20:14,811 Not quite as royally. 399 00:20:14,812 --> 00:20:15,946 Where is he, anyway? 400 00:20:15,947 --> 00:20:17,580 Gone to see Janet. 401 00:20:17,581 --> 00:20:19,916 Incidentally, 402 00:20:19,917 --> 00:20:23,253 has he mentioned this mate of his to you yet? 403 00:20:23,254 --> 00:20:24,655 Mate of his? 404 00:20:24,656 --> 00:20:27,423 And the little problem he's having? 405 00:20:33,564 --> 00:20:35,699 Janet: Ha ha! Eh? 406 00:20:35,700 --> 00:20:37,433 Not a bad old banger, I suppose, 407 00:20:37,434 --> 00:20:40,336 if you're into flash. 408 00:20:40,337 --> 00:20:41,805 So have you found anyone 409 00:20:41,806 --> 00:20:43,540 to share your flat with yet? 410 00:20:43,541 --> 00:20:45,208 Afraid not. 411 00:20:45,209 --> 00:20:47,744 Have you thought of anyone? 412 00:20:47,745 --> 00:20:49,846 Afraid not. 413 00:20:51,949 --> 00:20:54,350 So you think these may be forgeries. 414 00:20:54,351 --> 00:20:57,220 No family called houghton or frodsham 415 00:20:57,221 --> 00:20:58,855 are living at either of these addresses 416 00:20:58,856 --> 00:21:00,356 at the moment, 417 00:21:00,357 --> 00:21:01,892 and it is a bit of a coincidence 418 00:21:01,893 --> 00:21:03,359 if both of them have moved 419 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:05,095 within the last two years. 420 00:21:05,096 --> 00:21:07,130 But not impossible. 421 00:21:07,131 --> 00:21:09,532 Of course not. 422 00:21:09,533 --> 00:21:11,001 Well, why can't you simply ring the people 423 00:21:11,002 --> 00:21:12,869 who live there now and ask them? 424 00:21:12,870 --> 00:21:15,338 If I had their names, I could. 425 00:21:15,339 --> 00:21:17,974 You can't get a number out of directory inquiries 426 00:21:17,975 --> 00:21:20,177 without giving them a name. 427 00:21:20,178 --> 00:21:23,146 Oh. So... 428 00:21:23,147 --> 00:21:26,049 So I'll have to go over to harrogate and check. 429 00:21:26,050 --> 00:21:28,118 Well, the sooner, the better. 430 00:21:31,222 --> 00:21:32,555 Geoffrey: I could get used to this, 431 00:21:32,556 --> 00:21:34,390 Mrs. Wainthropp. 432 00:21:34,391 --> 00:21:36,226 What, at 10 Miles to the gallon? 433 00:21:36,227 --> 00:21:37,694 Ha ha ha! 434 00:21:37,695 --> 00:21:40,097 Ha ha! 435 00:21:40,098 --> 00:21:42,232 Incidentally, I didn't tell you 436 00:21:42,233 --> 00:21:45,368 about this mate of mine, did I? 437 00:21:45,369 --> 00:21:49,039 Oh, what mate might this be, Geoffrey? 438 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,608 [Knocks on door] 439 00:21:51,609 --> 00:21:53,744 Geoffrey is out, is he? 440 00:21:53,745 --> 00:21:55,511 Uh, day off. 441 00:21:55,512 --> 00:21:56,813 Oh. 442 00:21:56,814 --> 00:21:58,081 Will you be all right on your own 443 00:21:58,082 --> 00:22:00,150 if I popped down to the shops for an hour? 444 00:22:00,151 --> 00:22:01,852 Oh, yes. 445 00:22:01,853 --> 00:22:04,154 Oh. In that case, I'll see you later. 446 00:22:04,155 --> 00:22:05,956 Right. 447 00:22:05,957 --> 00:22:07,157 Geoffrey: What would you advise him to do, 448 00:22:07,158 --> 00:22:08,792 Mrs. Wainthropp? 449 00:22:08,793 --> 00:22:11,294 Oh, I'm sure I'd be the last person 450 00:22:11,295 --> 00:22:13,063 this mate of yours would turn to 451 00:22:13,064 --> 00:22:15,665 for advice, Geoffrey, 452 00:22:15,666 --> 00:22:18,668 but if it was you who was asking... 453 00:22:18,669 --> 00:22:20,303 Yeah? 454 00:22:20,304 --> 00:22:23,473 I'd say the one person 455 00:22:23,474 --> 00:22:26,877 he'd be most likely to have trouble with 456 00:22:26,878 --> 00:22:28,745 would be his Uncle. 457 00:22:28,746 --> 00:22:33,416 They can become very staid, men of that age. 458 00:22:33,417 --> 00:22:35,018 But you think his auntie would be 459 00:22:35,019 --> 00:22:36,719 more broad-minded about it? 460 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,455 Oh, in my experience, women are much more 461 00:22:39,456 --> 00:22:42,625 realistic about these things than men are. 462 00:22:42,626 --> 00:22:44,961 Right. 463 00:22:44,962 --> 00:22:46,696 As long as he makes it quite clear, 464 00:22:46,697 --> 00:22:49,132 of course, that it's just 465 00:22:49,133 --> 00:22:51,868 the rent they're sharing. 466 00:22:51,869 --> 00:22:54,838 Right. 467 00:24:58,896 --> 00:25:02,332 Only me, Mr. Tate. I forgot my purse. 468 00:25:02,333 --> 00:25:04,767 Oh. Oh, dear. 469 00:25:04,768 --> 00:25:06,602 Are you all right, Mr. Tate? 470 00:25:06,603 --> 00:25:07,904 Huh? 471 00:25:07,905 --> 00:25:10,173 You seem a bit breathless. 472 00:25:10,174 --> 00:25:12,976 Oh, it's the-- 473 00:25:12,977 --> 00:25:15,979 it's the lancashire climate after Africa. 474 00:25:15,980 --> 00:25:18,949 It gets to me chest a bit. 475 00:25:21,953 --> 00:25:23,353 [Door closes] 476 00:25:23,354 --> 00:25:24,921 Ohh... 477 00:25:26,857 --> 00:25:29,192 Oh, no. 478 00:25:44,508 --> 00:25:46,542 Come on. Come on. 479 00:26:14,938 --> 00:26:16,539 [Door closes] 480 00:26:22,846 --> 00:26:24,714 Ohh... 481 00:26:39,830 --> 00:26:41,964 Nobody called houghton lives here. 482 00:26:41,965 --> 00:26:44,600 Has anybody called houghton ever lived here? 483 00:26:44,601 --> 00:26:46,136 No. I don't think so, 484 00:26:46,137 --> 00:26:47,703 well, not for the last 10 years. 485 00:26:47,704 --> 00:26:49,139 That's how long we've been here. 486 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:51,207 Well, I'm sorry I've bothered you. 487 00:26:51,208 --> 00:26:53,976 Thank you. 488 00:27:05,789 --> 00:27:07,524 So? 489 00:27:07,525 --> 00:27:09,192 They've never heard of anyone called frodsham 490 00:27:09,193 --> 00:27:11,428 at trenchard Crescent, Mrs. Wainthropp. 491 00:27:11,429 --> 00:27:14,964 Well, there's a surprise. 492 00:27:21,939 --> 00:27:23,807 [Door opens] 493 00:27:23,808 --> 00:27:27,644 Still not back, then, young Geoffrey? 494 00:27:27,645 --> 00:27:30,413 Uh, not yet, no. 495 00:27:30,414 --> 00:27:33,650 He's a lucky boy to be given the use 496 00:27:33,651 --> 00:27:36,086 of a car like that on his day off. 497 00:27:36,087 --> 00:27:38,822 Well, it's not much use to me, really, 498 00:27:38,823 --> 00:27:41,391 without Geoffrey to drive me. 499 00:27:41,392 --> 00:27:42,859 He's a good lad, you know, 500 00:27:42,860 --> 00:27:44,494 totally trustworthy. 501 00:27:44,495 --> 00:27:48,098 And local, too, from his accent. 502 00:27:48,099 --> 00:27:50,566 Well, I booked him through an agency 503 00:27:50,567 --> 00:27:52,468 before I left South Africa, 504 00:27:52,469 --> 00:27:53,770 and he was here waiting for me 505 00:27:53,771 --> 00:27:55,405 when I arrived. 506 00:27:55,406 --> 00:27:57,440 You don't sound all that South African yourself, 507 00:27:57,441 --> 00:27:59,642 Mr. Tate. 508 00:27:59,643 --> 00:28:00,944 No. Well, it was something 509 00:28:00,945 --> 00:28:02,679 I prided myself in when I was over there, 510 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,281 my northern accent. 511 00:28:04,282 --> 00:28:05,715 Never could stand it when people arrived 512 00:28:05,716 --> 00:28:07,617 from the old country and in no time at all, 513 00:28:07,618 --> 00:28:10,086 were talking as though they were born there. 514 00:28:10,087 --> 00:28:13,290 Which part of South Africa were you living in? 515 00:28:13,291 --> 00:28:16,359 Johannesburg, 516 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:19,196 or rather, joburg, as we used to call it. 517 00:28:19,197 --> 00:28:21,031 I have a friend there. 518 00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:24,034 Oh, r-r-really? 519 00:28:24,035 --> 00:28:27,070 She lives in a place called-- oh, what was it again?-- 520 00:28:27,071 --> 00:28:29,039 hillbrow. 521 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,508 No. That's where I lived--hillbrow. 522 00:28:32,509 --> 00:28:33,944 Good lord. 523 00:28:33,945 --> 00:28:35,312 Small world, eh? 524 00:28:35,313 --> 00:28:37,981 Isn't it, though? 525 00:28:37,982 --> 00:28:39,782 Well, you must be bored out of your mind, 526 00:28:39,783 --> 00:28:41,918 stuck inside all day. 527 00:28:41,919 --> 00:28:43,887 Would a breath of fresh air help? 528 00:28:43,888 --> 00:28:46,289 Why not? 529 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,534 That's where they found him? 530 00:28:58,535 --> 00:29:00,136 Yes. 531 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,841 Are you warm enough? 532 00:29:04,842 --> 00:29:07,577 I think so. 533 00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:10,280 Will you be all right for a few minutes 534 00:29:10,281 --> 00:29:12,916 while I put the kettle on? 535 00:29:12,917 --> 00:29:15,085 Yes. That sounds like a wonderful idea. 536 00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:18,521 I'll leave you to it, then. 537 00:29:48,786 --> 00:29:50,887 Right, Geoffrey. 538 00:29:50,888 --> 00:29:52,855 I want you to give Robert a ring 539 00:29:52,856 --> 00:29:54,757 and warn him we'll need to have a meeting 540 00:29:54,758 --> 00:29:56,526 to bring him up to date. 541 00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:00,897 That is, if he can bear to be dragged away 542 00:30:00,898 --> 00:30:03,266 from Mrs. Parsons' cordon bleu cooking 543 00:30:03,267 --> 00:30:06,469 for an evening. 544 00:30:13,077 --> 00:30:15,045 [Telephone rings] 545 00:30:16,113 --> 00:30:17,613 [Ring] 546 00:30:18,749 --> 00:30:20,183 [Ring] 547 00:30:20,184 --> 00:30:21,751 Stapleton hall. 548 00:30:21,752 --> 00:30:23,753 Hi, Mrs. Parsons. It's Geoff. 549 00:30:23,754 --> 00:30:25,455 Is Mr. Tate there, please? 550 00:30:25,456 --> 00:30:27,324 I'm afraid he's out in the garden at the moment. 551 00:30:27,325 --> 00:30:29,159 Can I take a message? 552 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,928 Just tell him I'll be back soon, will you? 553 00:30:31,929 --> 00:30:33,796 Are you sure I can't get him to call you? 554 00:30:33,797 --> 00:30:35,465 No. No. 555 00:30:35,466 --> 00:30:38,034 I'm in a pay phone. Bye. 556 00:30:50,381 --> 00:30:51,781 [Telephone rings] 557 00:30:51,782 --> 00:30:53,383 Oh! 558 00:30:53,384 --> 00:30:55,352 [Ring] 559 00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:58,388 Wainthropp detective agency. 560 00:30:58,389 --> 00:31:00,357 [Click] 561 00:31:10,634 --> 00:31:12,202 Who was that? 562 00:31:12,203 --> 00:31:13,903 Don't know. They put the phone down. 563 00:31:13,904 --> 00:31:15,438 Wrong number, obviously. 564 00:31:15,439 --> 00:31:17,374 Well, you know what to do, don't you? 565 00:31:17,375 --> 00:31:22,312 Dial 1471, and they'll tell you who it was who rang. 566 00:31:24,982 --> 00:31:27,183 [Ring] 567 00:31:27,184 --> 00:31:28,418 Hello. 568 00:31:28,419 --> 00:31:29,452 It's me. 569 00:31:29,453 --> 00:31:30,786 Hi, Janet. 570 00:31:30,787 --> 00:31:33,289 I just wondered if you'd had any thoughts yet? 571 00:31:33,290 --> 00:31:34,824 Thoughts? 572 00:31:34,825 --> 00:31:36,659 About this flat business. 573 00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:38,828 Oh, look. It's a bit awkward at the moment. 574 00:31:38,829 --> 00:31:40,030 Can I ring you back? 575 00:31:40,031 --> 00:31:41,697 Ok. 576 00:31:41,698 --> 00:31:44,501 See you, then. 577 00:31:49,306 --> 00:31:51,174 Oh... 578 00:32:03,254 --> 00:32:06,289 Will you tell dci Adams the references are forgeries? 579 00:32:06,290 --> 00:32:07,590 Well, I think before we do, 580 00:32:07,591 --> 00:32:10,226 we need to find out a bit more about Ella Parsons. 581 00:32:10,227 --> 00:32:11,528 And how do you intend to do that, 582 00:32:11,529 --> 00:32:13,096 Mrs. Wainthropp? 583 00:32:13,097 --> 00:32:15,932 Oh, it isn't how I intend to do it, Geoffrey. 584 00:32:15,933 --> 00:32:19,502 It's how you intend to do it. 585 00:32:19,503 --> 00:32:21,804 [Pouring and stirring] 586 00:32:25,876 --> 00:32:28,678 That's Mr. Tate's cocoa, is it, Mrs. Parsons? 587 00:32:28,679 --> 00:32:30,980 That's right. 588 00:32:30,981 --> 00:32:34,350 I'll take it up for him if you like. 589 00:32:36,820 --> 00:32:39,189 Very well. 590 00:32:39,190 --> 00:32:40,756 Thanks. 591 00:32:46,863 --> 00:32:49,832 Ah, nothing like a nice cup of hot cocoa 592 00:32:49,833 --> 00:32:51,601 to help you sleep. 593 00:32:51,602 --> 00:32:54,070 Only not this one, I'm afraid, Mr. Wainthropp. 594 00:32:54,071 --> 00:32:57,006 Geoffrey. Geoffrey! 595 00:32:57,007 --> 00:32:59,209 Shh. Shh. 596 00:33:00,777 --> 00:33:04,247 Dabs, Mr. Wainthropp, 597 00:33:04,248 --> 00:33:07,550 a perfect set, I'd say. 598 00:33:09,186 --> 00:33:10,186 Harry: You found something out, 599 00:33:10,187 --> 00:33:11,687 haven't you, Mrs. Wainthropp? 600 00:33:11,688 --> 00:33:15,091 All I've got to go on so far are suspicions. 601 00:33:15,092 --> 00:33:17,427 The minute they become something else, 602 00:33:17,428 --> 00:33:20,863 believe me, you'll be the first to know. 603 00:33:20,864 --> 00:33:22,165 You better have very good grounds 604 00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:24,300 for asking me to do this. 605 00:33:24,301 --> 00:33:26,469 I've been accused of lots of things 606 00:33:26,470 --> 00:33:29,005 in the past few years, chief inspector, 607 00:33:29,006 --> 00:33:32,408 but wasting police time has never been one of them. 608 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:37,614 Her name isn't Ella Parsons. 609 00:33:37,615 --> 00:33:39,382 It's Anna lithgow. 610 00:33:39,383 --> 00:33:40,850 She got 9 months for robbery 611 00:33:40,851 --> 00:33:43,286 a few years back, and gbh 612 00:33:43,287 --> 00:33:45,622 on the policeman who arrested her. 613 00:33:45,623 --> 00:33:47,723 Oh, and she isn't married, either, 614 00:33:47,724 --> 00:33:49,058 by the way. 615 00:33:49,059 --> 00:33:51,127 Perhaps it's just as well. 616 00:33:51,128 --> 00:33:52,328 All right, Geoffrey. 617 00:33:52,329 --> 00:33:54,797 You can drop me at Chez renoir. 618 00:33:54,798 --> 00:33:55,931 Robert: Chez renoir? 619 00:33:55,932 --> 00:33:57,367 That's right. 620 00:33:57,368 --> 00:33:59,802 I'm lunching with Mr. Carter. 621 00:33:59,803 --> 00:34:02,138 Are you now? 622 00:34:04,941 --> 00:34:06,242 So she's not only a fraud. 623 00:34:06,243 --> 00:34:08,911 She's a pretty dangerous one, too. 624 00:34:08,912 --> 00:34:11,147 It seems like it. 625 00:34:11,148 --> 00:34:13,115 And what did the police say about that? 626 00:34:13,116 --> 00:34:15,985 Oh, dci Adams was all for 627 00:34:15,986 --> 00:34:18,388 pulling her in at once, of course, 628 00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:20,856 until I talked him out of it. 629 00:34:20,857 --> 00:34:23,193 How did you manage that? 630 00:34:23,194 --> 00:34:26,262 By pointing out that they'd blow our cover 631 00:34:26,263 --> 00:34:29,165 and miss their chance of nailing her 632 00:34:29,166 --> 00:34:31,033 for something far more serious 633 00:34:31,034 --> 00:34:33,236 than falsifying references. 634 00:34:33,237 --> 00:34:35,205 Hmm. 635 00:34:35,206 --> 00:34:38,107 We've got 24 hours to come up with something. 636 00:34:38,108 --> 00:34:41,244 After that, it's out of our hands. 637 00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:46,849 Thank you, George. 638 00:34:50,487 --> 00:34:53,656 If she has been helping herself to items from the house, 639 00:34:53,657 --> 00:34:56,092 isn't it likely she's still at it? 640 00:34:56,093 --> 00:34:57,960 It's a possibility. 641 00:34:57,961 --> 00:34:59,562 And if she is, 642 00:34:59,563 --> 00:35:02,465 how has she been disposing of the stuff? 643 00:35:02,466 --> 00:35:04,367 Bit risky, I would have thought, 644 00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:08,404 touting for a fence in an area you're not familiar with. 645 00:35:08,405 --> 00:35:11,241 Much better to have stashed the stuff 646 00:35:11,242 --> 00:35:15,578 and then get rid of it on home turf, so to speak. 647 00:35:15,579 --> 00:35:17,714 She made regular trips to Yorkshire, 648 00:35:17,715 --> 00:35:20,383 allegedly to visit relatives. 649 00:35:20,384 --> 00:35:24,086 If she is hiding it around the house, 650 00:35:24,087 --> 00:35:26,756 it certainly isn't in her room. 651 00:35:26,757 --> 00:35:29,091 There must be lots of other places, 652 00:35:29,092 --> 00:35:31,827 outhouses and such, 653 00:35:31,828 --> 00:35:35,865 places my brother wouldn't dream of going into, hmm? 654 00:35:35,866 --> 00:35:38,100 Worth checking, I would have thought. 655 00:35:38,101 --> 00:35:39,135 Hmm. 656 00:35:42,806 --> 00:35:45,141 [Knocks on door] 657 00:35:45,142 --> 00:35:47,209 Right, Mr. Tate. I'm off. 658 00:35:47,210 --> 00:35:48,811 Back about teatime. 659 00:35:48,812 --> 00:35:50,246 Going somewhere nice? 660 00:35:50,247 --> 00:35:51,714 Just to the cinema. 661 00:35:51,715 --> 00:35:55,451 See you later, then. 662 00:35:57,288 --> 00:35:58,821 [Door closes] 663 00:36:01,759 --> 00:36:02,792 Right. 664 00:36:02,793 --> 00:36:04,827 Robert, you make a start on the garages. 665 00:36:04,828 --> 00:36:07,029 Geoffrey, have a sniff around the attic. 666 00:36:07,030 --> 00:36:09,031 I'll check the back. 667 00:36:11,535 --> 00:36:13,770 [Wings flutter] 668 00:37:07,891 --> 00:37:09,859 [Sniff] 669 00:37:09,860 --> 00:37:12,127 [Sniff] 670 00:37:14,798 --> 00:37:16,799 [Sniff sniff] 671 00:37:27,811 --> 00:37:29,144 Found something interesting, 672 00:37:29,145 --> 00:37:33,148 have you, Mrs. Wainthropp? 673 00:37:33,149 --> 00:37:35,651 These yours, by any chance? 674 00:37:42,426 --> 00:37:44,994 They certainly look familiar. 675 00:37:44,995 --> 00:37:48,130 And they're damp, as well. 676 00:37:48,131 --> 00:37:51,801 No prizes for guessing how they got like that, 677 00:37:51,802 --> 00:37:54,036 and if the smell is anything to go by... 678 00:37:54,037 --> 00:37:55,070 Oh? 679 00:37:55,071 --> 00:37:57,473 The pond, Mrs. Parsons, 680 00:37:57,474 --> 00:38:00,510 the one James Carter drowned in... 681 00:38:00,511 --> 00:38:06,549 Or should I call you miss lithgow? 682 00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:09,619 You're obviously very good, Mrs. Wainthropp. 683 00:38:09,620 --> 00:38:11,821 I must remember to consult 684 00:38:11,822 --> 00:38:14,490 the Wainthropp detective agency myself 685 00:38:14,491 --> 00:38:17,126 next time I need somebody. 686 00:38:17,127 --> 00:38:19,562 Presumably, you're working for Harry Carter. 687 00:38:19,563 --> 00:38:22,364 Yes. I am, and the only person 688 00:38:22,365 --> 00:38:24,434 you'll be consulting in the near future, 689 00:38:24,435 --> 00:38:27,036 I dare say, will be a solicitor 690 00:38:27,037 --> 00:38:29,572 when the police see this little lot. 691 00:38:29,573 --> 00:38:30,940 Are these the clothes you were wearing 692 00:38:30,941 --> 00:38:32,341 on the day he drowned? 693 00:38:32,342 --> 00:38:33,576 I'm sorry? 694 00:38:33,577 --> 00:38:36,211 What happened, miss lithgow? 695 00:38:36,212 --> 00:38:37,947 Did he prove to be more of a handful 696 00:38:37,948 --> 00:38:39,615 than you thought he would, 697 00:38:39,616 --> 00:38:42,752 which is why you both ended up in the water? 698 00:38:42,753 --> 00:38:44,454 You think I drowned him. 699 00:38:44,455 --> 00:38:46,856 Did you? You're mad. 700 00:38:46,857 --> 00:38:49,892 Let's see if the police think I am, shall we? 701 00:38:49,893 --> 00:38:51,661 No, at least not until you've heard 702 00:38:51,662 --> 00:38:53,295 what I have to say. 703 00:38:53,296 --> 00:38:54,497 Why one earth should I want 704 00:38:54,498 --> 00:38:55,698 to drown him, Mrs. Wainthropp? 705 00:38:55,699 --> 00:38:56,866 Good grief, woman, I only just agreed 706 00:38:56,867 --> 00:39:00,002 to marry him. 707 00:39:01,472 --> 00:39:03,573 Married... To my brother... 708 00:39:03,574 --> 00:39:05,908 The original confirmed bachelor? 709 00:39:05,909 --> 00:39:08,911 Ha! Ha ha! That's ridiculous. 710 00:39:08,912 --> 00:39:11,447 Even confirmed bachelors have been known 711 00:39:11,448 --> 00:39:13,616 to get married, Mr. Carter. 712 00:39:13,617 --> 00:39:15,618 Not my brother, Mrs. Wainthropp. 713 00:39:15,619 --> 00:39:17,587 He was terrified of women, always had been. 714 00:39:17,588 --> 00:39:18,988 Anyway, where is LA Parsons 715 00:39:18,989 --> 00:39:22,391 or lithgow or whatever she's calling herself nowadays? 716 00:39:22,392 --> 00:39:24,259 Safely locked away, I hope. 717 00:39:24,260 --> 00:39:26,428 Upstairs in her room, 718 00:39:26,429 --> 00:39:30,199 but the police are on their way. 719 00:39:33,937 --> 00:39:36,105 [Car approaching] 720 00:39:50,153 --> 00:39:52,522 These are for you, Mrs. Wainthropp. 721 00:39:52,523 --> 00:39:54,289 If you're half as good a detective 722 00:39:54,290 --> 00:39:56,125 as I suspect you are, 723 00:39:56,126 --> 00:39:59,495 I think you might just find them interesting. 724 00:40:05,468 --> 00:40:08,370 Oh, and by the way, Mr. Wainthropp, 725 00:40:08,371 --> 00:40:10,907 next time you pretend you're from Johannesburg, 726 00:40:10,908 --> 00:40:13,609 don't tell people you're from hillbrow, will you? 727 00:40:13,610 --> 00:40:15,210 My black friend who lives there 728 00:40:15,211 --> 00:40:17,980 says you would look most out of place. 729 00:40:17,981 --> 00:40:21,951 [Door closes] 730 00:40:38,234 --> 00:40:41,336 [Car departs] 731 00:40:58,889 --> 00:41:03,258 Harry: I think that just about covers it, don't you? 732 00:41:03,259 --> 00:41:05,061 Thanks very much. 733 00:41:05,062 --> 00:41:07,563 Thank you very much, Mrs. Wainthropp, 734 00:41:07,564 --> 00:41:11,033 for a job well done. 735 00:41:12,535 --> 00:41:15,905 Or were we just lucky, Mr. Carter? 736 00:41:15,906 --> 00:41:18,774 You must admit, it was pretty lucky, 737 00:41:18,775 --> 00:41:20,643 finding that damp clothing. 738 00:41:20,644 --> 00:41:23,145 I couldn't understand it, really. 739 00:41:23,146 --> 00:41:25,214 How do you mean? 740 00:41:25,215 --> 00:41:27,449 Well, Anna lithgow leaving it 741 00:41:27,450 --> 00:41:30,252 lying around like that. 742 00:41:30,253 --> 00:41:33,990 Little bit careless for such a careful woman. 743 00:41:33,991 --> 00:41:37,192 Well, presumably, she never in a million years 744 00:41:37,193 --> 00:41:39,695 thought that anybody would come looking for it. 745 00:41:41,798 --> 00:41:43,265 She claims that the clothes 746 00:41:43,266 --> 00:41:45,067 had gone missing from her room 747 00:41:45,068 --> 00:41:47,670 within the last few days. 748 00:41:47,671 --> 00:41:49,404 She was proposing to wear that skirt 749 00:41:49,405 --> 00:41:51,306 for the funeral 750 00:41:51,307 --> 00:41:54,010 and took it to be dry-cleaned. 751 00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:55,711 When she came to put it on 752 00:41:55,712 --> 00:41:57,146 on the morning of the funeral, 753 00:41:57,147 --> 00:41:58,948 it had gone, 754 00:41:58,949 --> 00:42:01,283 that and the blouse I found. 755 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,721 That's what she said, is it? 756 00:42:05,722 --> 00:42:08,190 Oh, and she can prove it. 757 00:42:08,191 --> 00:42:10,259 You see, that skirt was dropped off 758 00:42:10,260 --> 00:42:13,362 at the cleaners, oh, less than a week ago 759 00:42:13,363 --> 00:42:16,365 with some curtains. 760 00:42:16,366 --> 00:42:18,934 Being a meticulous housekeeper, 761 00:42:18,935 --> 00:42:23,139 she kept the receipt for the household accounts. 762 00:42:23,140 --> 00:42:25,675 This is the receipt. 763 00:42:25,676 --> 00:42:28,811 As you see, the list of items 764 00:42:28,812 --> 00:42:31,681 includes a skirt. 765 00:42:33,984 --> 00:42:35,617 Well, there's nothing here 766 00:42:35,618 --> 00:42:38,353 says it was the skirt that you found. 767 00:42:38,354 --> 00:42:43,893 They do remember it, though, at the cleaners. 768 00:42:43,894 --> 00:42:47,196 Oh, you Carters and anybody associated with you 769 00:42:47,197 --> 00:42:50,032 were the talk of the town at the time. 770 00:42:50,033 --> 00:42:54,136 So what does all this prove? 771 00:42:54,137 --> 00:42:58,640 It's not so much what it proves, Mr. Carter, 772 00:42:58,641 --> 00:43:00,810 as what it suggests. 773 00:43:00,811 --> 00:43:03,045 Suggests? 774 00:43:03,046 --> 00:43:05,848 That that clothing was deliberately planted 775 00:43:05,849 --> 00:43:09,752 for me to find by the same person 776 00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:12,088 who put the idea into my head 777 00:43:12,089 --> 00:43:15,157 of searching the outbuildings. 778 00:43:15,158 --> 00:43:18,460 Now you're being ridiculous, Mrs. Wainthropp. 779 00:43:18,461 --> 00:43:20,963 Am I? 780 00:43:20,964 --> 00:43:22,664 You and your brother had a big row 781 00:43:22,665 --> 00:43:24,433 the night before he drowned, didn't you? 782 00:43:24,434 --> 00:43:26,335 You could be heard all over the house. 783 00:43:26,336 --> 00:43:28,337 That's what she told you, is it? 784 00:43:28,338 --> 00:43:31,340 What was the row about, Mr. Carter? 785 00:43:31,341 --> 00:43:34,009 Had he just told you he was gonna get married-- 786 00:43:34,010 --> 00:43:36,545 to her, of all people-- 787 00:43:36,546 --> 00:43:38,848 and you could see your entire inheritance 788 00:43:38,849 --> 00:43:41,150 being lost to her? 789 00:43:41,151 --> 00:43:43,585 That's preposterous. 790 00:43:43,586 --> 00:43:46,122 Do you know what I think happened? 791 00:43:46,123 --> 00:43:49,625 I think you came back the following day 792 00:43:49,626 --> 00:43:52,194 to take it up with him again, 793 00:43:52,195 --> 00:43:56,065 only you found her out shopping 794 00:43:56,066 --> 00:44:00,702 and him all alone by that pond. 795 00:44:00,703 --> 00:44:03,105 This time, the row got out of hand. 796 00:44:03,106 --> 00:44:04,573 He ended up in the water, 797 00:44:04,574 --> 00:44:06,742 and you just left him there. 798 00:44:06,743 --> 00:44:10,246 That's an outrageous thing to say. 799 00:44:10,247 --> 00:44:12,281 You'd have got away with it, too, 800 00:44:12,282 --> 00:44:15,284 if you'd simply taken the money and run, 801 00:44:15,285 --> 00:44:17,253 but it wasn't enough for you, was it? 802 00:44:17,254 --> 00:44:19,354 You had to get even with her, as well. 803 00:44:19,355 --> 00:44:21,690 It was all her fault. 804 00:44:21,691 --> 00:44:24,593 If she hadn't come into your lives, 805 00:44:24,594 --> 00:44:30,365 he'd no need to have died, had he? 806 00:44:30,366 --> 00:44:33,602 Poetic justice, fitting her up 807 00:44:33,603 --> 00:44:35,805 for his murder. 808 00:44:35,806 --> 00:44:38,473 You can't prove a word of this, Mrs. Wainthropp, 809 00:44:38,474 --> 00:44:41,010 not one word. 810 00:44:41,011 --> 00:44:44,079 Perhaps I can't, 811 00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:48,583 but then I don't need to, do I? 812 00:44:48,584 --> 00:44:53,088 As I told you, we don't do murder, Mr. Carter. 813 00:44:53,089 --> 00:44:55,825 We leave that to the police, 814 00:44:55,826 --> 00:44:57,459 but I don't think they'll have 815 00:44:57,460 --> 00:45:00,462 much trouble over this one. 816 00:45:00,463 --> 00:45:02,698 Oh? 817 00:45:02,699 --> 00:45:06,768 Whoever planted that clothing 818 00:45:06,769 --> 00:45:09,438 must have left fingerprints 819 00:45:09,439 --> 00:45:12,875 all over that greenhouse door. 820 00:45:12,876 --> 00:45:16,678 Had a bit of a job getting it open. 821 00:45:16,679 --> 00:45:20,682 If they turn out to be your fingerprints, 822 00:45:20,683 --> 00:45:22,651 whatever were you doing 823 00:45:22,652 --> 00:45:24,653 in that particular greenhouse, 824 00:45:24,654 --> 00:45:27,857 of all places? 825 00:45:27,858 --> 00:45:29,291 Have you outlined your theory 826 00:45:29,292 --> 00:45:32,427 to the police yet, Mrs. Wainthropp? 827 00:45:32,428 --> 00:45:36,332 I was just about to, as a matter of fact. 828 00:45:36,333 --> 00:45:39,268 Were you really? 829 00:45:39,269 --> 00:45:40,236 [Door opens] 830 00:45:52,849 --> 00:45:55,184 Little late for that, I think, sir. 831 00:45:55,185 --> 00:45:59,755 Already what you might call done and dusted, that door. 832 00:45:59,756 --> 00:46:01,257 Uh! 833 00:46:01,258 --> 00:46:02,591 Aah! 834 00:46:02,592 --> 00:46:04,493 But I didn't-- 835 00:46:04,494 --> 00:46:06,528 uh! Uhh! 836 00:46:06,529 --> 00:46:07,963 But I didn't-- 837 00:46:10,433 --> 00:46:11,867 Janet: So what happened to your roller? 838 00:46:11,868 --> 00:46:14,469 Aw, spat with the real owner, I'm afraid, 839 00:46:14,470 --> 00:46:17,639 not that he'll be doing much driving, mind you. 840 00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:20,842 So...You sorted out this little problem? 841 00:46:20,843 --> 00:46:22,778 Problem solved, Geoffrey. 842 00:46:22,779 --> 00:46:25,047 Oh. 843 00:46:25,048 --> 00:46:27,416 Robert: What niggles me is the way he tried to use us 844 00:46:27,417 --> 00:46:29,484 to frame that poor woman. 845 00:46:31,754 --> 00:46:34,589 His fatal mistake, Robert. 846 00:46:34,590 --> 00:46:36,591 Never underestimate a Wainthropp, 847 00:46:36,592 --> 00:46:38,160 right, love? 848 00:46:38,161 --> 00:46:40,129 And we got paid. 849 00:46:40,130 --> 00:46:41,730 Well, I suppose, if nothing else, 850 00:46:41,731 --> 00:46:45,200 I had a taste of the high life. 851 00:46:45,201 --> 00:46:47,769 As for that roast beef and Yorkshire pudding-- 852 00:46:47,770 --> 00:46:51,273 I had the duck at the Chez renoir 853 00:46:51,274 --> 00:46:54,576 and a very nice chablis. 854 00:46:54,577 --> 00:46:56,312 Ha ha ha! 855 00:46:56,313 --> 00:46:57,980 Not that it was a laughing matter, mind. 856 00:46:57,981 --> 00:46:59,381 You could've been in real danger 857 00:46:59,382 --> 00:47:01,116 facing a murderer like that. 858 00:47:01,117 --> 00:47:04,920 In future, when we say, "no murders," we mean it, ok? 859 00:47:04,921 --> 00:47:06,388 And before you tell me again 860 00:47:06,389 --> 00:47:08,924 that it wasn't a murder we were investigating, 861 00:47:08,925 --> 00:47:12,527 don't even start, all right? 862 00:47:15,631 --> 00:47:17,766 All right, Robert. 863 00:47:19,970 --> 00:47:22,037 [Door closes] 864 00:47:25,508 --> 00:47:27,476 You're early. 865 00:47:28,611 --> 00:47:30,846 Geoffrey: Fancied an early night. 866 00:47:30,847 --> 00:47:32,714 I thought you were supposed to be seeing Janet. 867 00:47:32,715 --> 00:47:35,817 I've seen Janet. 868 00:47:35,818 --> 00:47:38,053 You two haven't had a row, have you? 869 00:47:38,054 --> 00:47:40,522 Of course not. 870 00:47:40,523 --> 00:47:42,691 How's this mate of yours getting on 871 00:47:42,692 --> 00:47:45,260 with that little problem he was having? 872 00:47:45,261 --> 00:47:47,463 All sorted. 873 00:47:47,464 --> 00:47:50,199 Oh? 874 00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:53,268 Seems his girlfriend found somebody else 875 00:47:53,269 --> 00:47:56,271 to share the flat with, 876 00:47:56,272 --> 00:47:59,141 some other fella. 877 00:47:59,142 --> 00:48:05,147 So, like Janet said, problem solved. 878 00:48:07,283 --> 00:48:09,618 [Door closes] 879 00:48:12,055 --> 00:48:14,490 Oh, dear. 880 00:48:16,259 --> 00:48:19,261 Captioning made possible by acorn media 881 00:48:19,262 --> 00:48:22,197 captioned by the national captioning institute --www.Ncicap.Org--