1 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:17,624 Subtitling made possible by Acorn Media 2 00:01:40,625 --> 00:01:42,290 Silly old morning, Uncle Harry. 3 00:01:42,416 --> 00:01:45,540 They'll sort you out a loader. 4 00:01:49,208 --> 00:01:50,457 Stoddard. 5 00:01:51,916 --> 00:01:53,707 - Hastings. - Ah, thank you. 6 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:55,749 Hastings? 7 00:01:56,291 --> 00:01:57,665 Now, I shall need at least six. 8 00:01:57,791 --> 00:01:59,082 No, no, no, no, eight, 9 00:02:00,208 --> 00:02:01,874 for the Tetras à I'Hongroise. 10 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,082 I shall ask the hotel to cook us some tomorrow. 11 00:02:04,208 --> 00:02:06,457 It's not like ordering them in a shop, Poirot -- 12 00:02:06,583 --> 00:02:08,249 I've got to shoot the damn things. 13 00:02:08,375 --> 00:02:11,124 I have every faith in your marksmanship, Hastings. 14 00:02:11,250 --> 00:02:12,915 ROGER: You ready, old man? 15 00:02:13,041 --> 00:02:14,290 Ah, Roger. 16 00:02:15,083 --> 00:02:17,207 Mr. Poirot, it's taken me 10 years to get him up onto 17 00:02:17,333 --> 00:02:19,624 Uncle Harry's moor -- I don't want you missing the drive. 18 00:02:19,750 --> 00:02:21,249 HASTINGS: I'm ready. 19 00:02:21,875 --> 00:02:23,999 For God's sake, Harry, it's not much. 20 00:02:24,875 --> 00:02:26,457 It'll mean I can marry again. 21 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,332 £300 is nothing to you. 22 00:02:30,375 --> 00:02:32,082 Look bloody odd, wouldn't it, Jack? 23 00:02:32,208 --> 00:02:33,790 Me putting that sort of money 24 00:02:34,625 --> 00:02:36,665 the way of my maid and my gamekeeper? 25 00:02:36,791 --> 00:02:38,040 Damn you! 26 00:02:38,750 --> 00:02:41,540 I sometimes wonder which of us was born a bastard. 27 00:02:44,250 --> 00:02:45,874 Jack? 28 00:02:48,666 --> 00:02:49,915 Stoddard. 29 00:02:50,041 --> 00:02:51,290 Yes, Mr. Roger. 30 00:02:52,416 --> 00:02:54,207 Look after Mr. Archie, will you? 31 00:02:55,041 --> 00:02:56,082 Aye-aye, sir. 32 00:02:56,208 --> 00:02:58,624 Right, Mr. Archie, let's have a look here. 33 00:02:59,541 --> 00:03:00,790 Now, what do you think? 34 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:05,832 Good luck, darling. 35 00:03:06,166 --> 00:03:07,832 Mm. 36 00:03:10,125 --> 00:03:12,457 - Bonne chance, mon ami. - Thanks, old man. 37 00:03:18,333 --> 00:03:20,207 ZOE: Good shooting, Archie. 38 00:03:22,708 --> 00:03:24,124 ARCHIE: Thanks, eh. 39 00:03:33,250 --> 00:03:34,499 Poor old Archie. 40 00:03:35,666 --> 00:03:37,207 Hasn't a clue, I'm afraid. 41 00:03:38,291 --> 00:03:39,749 He's your cousin, isn't he? 42 00:03:39,875 --> 00:03:41,707 Yes. You've seen the guns he turned up with? 43 00:03:41,833 --> 00:03:43,082 [ Laughter ] 44 00:03:43,458 --> 00:03:45,582 Still, he's only a schoolteacher, 45 00:03:45,875 --> 00:03:48,124 so on his salary, what could you expect? 46 00:03:48,625 --> 00:03:50,040 Now, this is you, old man. 47 00:03:51,583 --> 00:03:53,707 - Good shooting. - Thanks. 48 00:04:10,541 --> 00:04:12,624 [ Whistling and calling ] 49 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:31,249 Into your shoulder, tight. 50 00:04:31,583 --> 00:04:34,040 Stroke the cheek, stroke the cheek, tight, 51 00:04:34,250 --> 00:04:35,499 right, 90° angle. 52 00:04:36,375 --> 00:04:37,624 Now, break! 53 00:04:38,125 --> 00:04:39,874 Well, let's hope for a good bag. 54 00:04:40,708 --> 00:04:42,374 MAN: They're breaking, Mr. Pace. 55 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:44,999 Here they come. 56 00:04:47,583 --> 00:04:48,749 [ Gunshot ] 57 00:04:48,875 --> 00:04:52,415 [ Gunshots ] 58 00:04:58,250 --> 00:04:59,790 Damn it. 59 00:05:07,333 --> 00:05:09,207 [ Gunshots continue in distance ] 60 00:05:14,541 --> 00:05:15,790 M. Poirot? 61 00:05:17,208 --> 00:05:18,457 - M. Poirot? - Oh! 62 00:05:19,291 --> 00:05:20,540 Pardon, madame. 63 00:05:21,875 --> 00:05:23,290 The popping, you know. 64 00:05:23,458 --> 00:05:24,999 Why did you come, M. Poirot? 65 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,207 The red grouse, it must be eaten fresh, 66 00:05:29,833 --> 00:05:32,165 while the gun is still smoking, as we say. 67 00:05:33,041 --> 00:05:34,290 Ah, a gourmet? 68 00:05:36,375 --> 00:05:38,207 POIROT: You are too kind, Mme. Havering, 69 00:05:38,333 --> 00:05:40,665 but it is most rare in my country, the tetras. 70 00:05:40,791 --> 00:05:43,165 We make do with la gelinotte, the wood grouse, 71 00:05:43,291 --> 00:05:44,832 with a flavor -- it is piney. 72 00:05:45,541 --> 00:05:46,790 Piney? 73 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:49,374 Yes, this is not a word, "piney"? 74 00:05:49,708 --> 00:05:51,124 Like -- Like a pine tree? 75 00:05:51,291 --> 00:05:52,540 Oh, "piney." 76 00:05:53,416 --> 00:05:54,665 Yes! 77 00:05:56,375 --> 00:05:57,999 It's a very good word. 78 00:06:03,916 --> 00:06:05,165 Here we are, sir. 79 00:06:07,208 --> 00:06:09,499 Let's load, quick. 80 00:06:13,458 --> 00:06:15,249 Watch him, Stoddard! 81 00:06:18,416 --> 00:06:19,582 Ah! 82 00:06:19,708 --> 00:06:21,457 STODDARD: You've hit Mr. Pace! 83 00:06:21,583 --> 00:06:22,832 Mr. Pace! 84 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,124 You bloody fool! 85 00:06:30,041 --> 00:06:31,624 You bloody, bloody fool! 86 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:34,915 You damn near killed me! 87 00:06:36,125 --> 00:06:38,332 And what the hell were you doing, Stoddard! 88 00:06:38,458 --> 00:06:40,874 You were supposed to be looking after him! 89 00:06:41,458 --> 00:06:43,207 Call yourself a gamekeeper? 90 00:06:43,333 --> 00:06:45,790 You can't even pass muster as a nursery maid! 91 00:06:47,750 --> 00:06:51,749 Argh! Will you give me a handkerchief? 92 00:06:58,666 --> 00:07:01,790 Mr. Archie is a complete idiot. 93 00:07:03,875 --> 00:07:06,332 ZOE: It looks like Uncle Harry is all right. 94 00:07:06,541 --> 00:07:09,124 Well, I'd better get back to Hunter's Lodge -- 95 00:07:09,416 --> 00:07:10,832 make sure Mrs. Middleton 96 00:07:10,958 --> 00:07:13,290 has everything under control for lunch. 97 00:07:13,458 --> 00:07:14,915 She's only with us pro tem. 98 00:07:15,166 --> 00:07:16,749 [ Gunshots continue ] 99 00:07:17,666 --> 00:07:18,915 M. Poirot, 100 00:07:19,250 --> 00:07:20,832 may I entrust you with a task? 101 00:07:22,458 --> 00:07:23,415 Madame? 102 00:07:23,541 --> 00:07:25,290 ZOE: Look after cousin Archie for me, will you? 103 00:07:25,416 --> 00:07:26,665 I couldn't bear it 104 00:07:26,791 --> 00:07:28,124 if he went back to his little cottage and brooded. 105 00:07:28,250 --> 00:07:29,707 He will not be able to brood 106 00:07:29,875 --> 00:07:32,207 in the company of Hercule Poirot, madame. 107 00:07:32,333 --> 00:07:36,707 You are a treasure. 108 00:07:46,875 --> 00:07:48,124 Oh. 109 00:07:48,416 --> 00:07:51,290 [ Shivers ] 110 00:08:07,291 --> 00:08:09,582 ZOE: Ellie, where's Mrs. Middleton? 111 00:08:09,958 --> 00:08:11,207 Up in her room, mum. 112 00:08:12,041 --> 00:08:13,249 She done most of it. 113 00:08:13,375 --> 00:08:15,124 She left us a note to get on setting it out. 114 00:08:15,250 --> 00:08:16,749 She's impossible. 115 00:08:18,625 --> 00:08:20,290 Still, it all looks very nice. 116 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,832 - Thank you, mum. - Thank you, mum. 117 00:08:22,958 --> 00:08:24,790 I'm going to lie down for a moment. 118 00:08:24,916 --> 00:08:26,290 I've got a wretched earache. 119 00:08:26,416 --> 00:08:28,082 The wind up there is like a knife. 120 00:08:28,208 --> 00:08:30,624 It's been snowing up on the moor, you know. 121 00:08:31,541 --> 00:08:34,457 Others will be here in about half an hour. 122 00:08:37,666 --> 00:08:39,665 Mrs. Middleton? 123 00:08:57,333 --> 00:08:59,665 [ Speaking indistinctly ] 124 00:09:01,416 --> 00:09:04,457 POIROT: For two hours, I am waiting in the snow, Hastings! 125 00:09:04,583 --> 00:09:06,707 The ice, it is forming on my bones! 126 00:09:11,583 --> 00:09:12,832 Ah, a log fire -- 127 00:09:13,291 --> 00:09:15,832 one of the better provisions of the English. 128 00:09:16,791 --> 00:09:18,040 HASTINGS: Roger was saying 129 00:09:18,166 --> 00:09:20,374 you keep an eye on the place for the family. 130 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:23,582 Yes, I'm local -- the poor relation that's available. 131 00:09:24,416 --> 00:09:25,832 [ Hastings laughs ] 132 00:09:26,083 --> 00:09:27,207 Damned invidious it is, too. 133 00:09:27,333 --> 00:09:28,582 What is? 134 00:09:28,791 --> 00:09:31,374 Some of my pupils' families live six to a room. 135 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:33,790 This place lies empty 40 weeks of the year. 136 00:09:33,916 --> 00:09:35,874 They only come up here for the shooting. 137 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,165 Mrs. Middleton, where's my wife, do you know? 138 00:09:38,291 --> 00:09:40,415 - She's up in her room, sir. - Her room? 139 00:09:41,166 --> 00:09:43,082 She has an earache, sir, I'm told. 140 00:09:43,708 --> 00:09:45,790 Well, she damn well ought to be here. 141 00:09:46,791 --> 00:09:49,124 That sort of thing won't get him very far, 142 00:09:49,583 --> 00:09:50,707 not with Zoe. 143 00:09:50,833 --> 00:09:52,957 Will you have some more punch, girls? 144 00:09:53,083 --> 00:09:54,457 Thank you, Mr. Payne. 145 00:09:55,458 --> 00:09:58,999 Ah -- excuse me. 146 00:10:03,083 --> 00:10:05,749 Uncle Harry, I'm really sorry about your hand. 147 00:10:06,625 --> 00:10:09,415 Don't think I'll take up grouse shooting as a career. 148 00:10:09,541 --> 00:10:10,915 Delighted to hear it. 149 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,874 A fellow asked me the other day -- 150 00:10:14,500 --> 00:10:16,290 a Bolshie, you know -- asked me, 151 00:10:16,916 --> 00:10:19,999 had I actually made anything during my workless life. 152 00:10:20,500 --> 00:10:21,957 "Certainly," I said. 153 00:10:22,541 --> 00:10:25,207 "I made a lot of friends, I made a lot of enemies, 154 00:10:25,875 --> 00:10:28,082 and I've made a lot of money." 155 00:10:32,125 --> 00:10:33,540 You all right, Poirot? 156 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:35,124 My feet, Hastings, 157 00:10:35,250 --> 00:10:36,665 are still blocks of ice, 158 00:10:36,833 --> 00:10:38,999 my lungs, they are full of the gunpowder on the fresh air, 159 00:10:39,125 --> 00:10:40,790 and my ears are full of the popping, 160 00:10:40,916 --> 00:10:41,999 and I am ill. 161 00:10:42,125 --> 00:10:43,207 No, I am not all right, Hastings. 162 00:10:43,333 --> 00:10:44,582 Not at all. 163 00:10:44,833 --> 00:10:46,332 Um, au revoir, M. Poirot. 164 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:48,290 Au revoir. 165 00:10:48,416 --> 00:10:49,915 - Good to have met you. - Thank you. 166 00:10:50,041 --> 00:10:51,040 I have to be off. 167 00:10:51,166 --> 00:10:53,540 It's a six-mile bike ride for me, I'm afraid. 168 00:10:53,666 --> 00:10:54,915 You are leaving? 169 00:10:56,583 --> 00:10:57,832 One can leave? 170 00:10:58,291 --> 00:10:59,749 Mr. Poirot, goodbye. 171 00:11:01,458 --> 00:11:02,665 Ah, M. Havering, 172 00:11:02,791 --> 00:11:04,124 goodbye, thank you. 173 00:11:05,875 --> 00:11:07,457 Next year, we'll put you up at the house. 174 00:11:07,583 --> 00:11:09,624 No, the hotel's fine. It's very comfortable. 175 00:11:09,750 --> 00:11:11,457 - Bye, Roger. - Goodbye. 176 00:11:12,333 --> 00:11:13,624 Cheerio, thanks. 177 00:11:14,583 --> 00:11:16,124 Hope his hand gets better. 178 00:11:16,708 --> 00:11:17,957 I'm sure it will. 179 00:11:18,458 --> 00:11:20,249 ZOE: Bye, Archie. Take care. 180 00:11:20,833 --> 00:11:21,957 Oh! 181 00:11:22,083 --> 00:11:23,332 Oh, I'm sorry! 182 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,749 It's all right. I'm all right. 183 00:11:27,916 --> 00:11:29,249 Are you all right, Zoe? 184 00:11:29,500 --> 00:11:32,040 Oh, yes, I had a filthy earache. I'm fine now. 185 00:11:32,541 --> 00:11:34,415 Take care of yourself, Archie. 186 00:11:35,041 --> 00:11:36,499 Yes... yes, indeed. 187 00:11:37,875 --> 00:11:39,124 Well, uh... 188 00:11:39,416 --> 00:11:42,999 Bye, then. 189 00:12:09,416 --> 00:12:12,207 I'll get myself ready, then I'll be off to London. 190 00:12:12,416 --> 00:12:13,749 I should make the 5:00. 191 00:12:14,333 --> 00:12:16,415 Darling, couldn't you catch the 6:15? 192 00:12:16,541 --> 00:12:17,915 - Why? - Mrs. Middleton wants to go 193 00:12:18,041 --> 00:12:20,124 down to Stoddard's place to pick up some game. 194 00:12:20,250 --> 00:12:21,499 Oh, darling. 195 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,290 She makes such a fuss. 196 00:12:25,208 --> 00:12:27,332 HARRY: Bloody temporary staff. 197 00:12:27,666 --> 00:12:29,832 Don't know what that agency's playing at. 198 00:12:29,958 --> 00:12:31,540 Ellie has to walk four miles, 199 00:12:31,958 --> 00:12:34,040 and you never hear her complaining. 200 00:12:34,500 --> 00:12:36,874 It would be so much easier if you gave her a lift. 201 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,457 She'd only have to walk back. 202 00:12:38,583 --> 00:12:40,457 All right, all right, I'll do it. 203 00:12:41,541 --> 00:12:42,790 Mrs. Middleton? 204 00:12:44,416 --> 00:12:46,290 Joan, would you like a lift, too? 205 00:12:47,041 --> 00:12:48,749 Mr. Havering could drop you off on the way to Mr. Stoddard's. 206 00:12:48,875 --> 00:12:49,957 Oh, thank you, mum. 207 00:12:50,083 --> 00:12:52,624 ZOE: Come along, then. 208 00:13:09,291 --> 00:13:12,082 HASTINGS: I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it, Poirot. 209 00:13:12,541 --> 00:13:14,749 My enjoyment is yet to come, Hastings. 210 00:13:16,791 --> 00:13:19,207 I have given to the chef his instructions. 211 00:13:19,333 --> 00:13:20,582 What's that? 212 00:13:21,041 --> 00:13:23,165 Mon Dieu. Look at this, Hastings! 213 00:13:25,458 --> 00:13:26,999 I am a corpse waiting to die. 214 00:13:27,625 --> 00:13:30,624 I shall not survive to enjoy my Tetras à I'Hongroise. 215 00:13:31,708 --> 00:13:32,957 [ Whimpers ] 216 00:13:34,625 --> 00:13:37,332 [ Train whistle blows ] 217 00:13:52,666 --> 00:13:53,915 MAN: All aboard! 218 00:13:54,833 --> 00:13:58,374 It's the 6:15 going to all stations to London King's Cross. 219 00:14:13,666 --> 00:14:16,540 [ Train whistle blows ] 220 00:14:46,875 --> 00:14:48,124 [ Dog whimpers ] 221 00:14:48,375 --> 00:14:49,665 Now, you stay there. 222 00:14:52,041 --> 00:14:54,624 You stay. 223 00:14:59,625 --> 00:15:01,915 [ Train whistle blows ] 224 00:15:54,833 --> 00:15:57,457 Hey, that's my bike! 225 00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:28,415 [ Rattling ] 226 00:16:33,750 --> 00:16:36,332 [ Gunshot, door closes ] 227 00:16:51,250 --> 00:16:53,124 Mr. Stoddard! Mr. Stoddard! 228 00:16:56,291 --> 00:16:58,749 Fetch the police. There's been a shooting. 229 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,957 Go! 230 00:17:30,958 --> 00:17:32,040 [ Knocking on door ] 231 00:17:32,166 --> 00:17:35,499 FORGAN: And you can confirm that this is Mr. Harrington Pace? 232 00:17:35,625 --> 00:17:36,707 MRS. MIDDLETON: Yes, sir. 233 00:17:36,833 --> 00:17:38,374 Mrs. Havering's in a terrible state. 234 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:40,957 I've given her something to help her sleep. 235 00:17:42,041 --> 00:17:44,832 I let the killer in -- that's what I can't get over. 236 00:17:46,916 --> 00:17:48,665 FORGAN: Describe this man. 237 00:17:48,791 --> 00:17:50,290 He was wearing a big overcoat, 238 00:17:50,416 --> 00:17:52,749 and he had a beard -- a great, bushy thing. 239 00:17:54,458 --> 00:17:56,082 He said he wanted to see Mr. Pace, 240 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:57,790 so I showed him into the gun room 241 00:17:57,916 --> 00:17:59,415 like I always do with visitors. 242 00:17:59,541 --> 00:18:00,790 FORGAN: Yes? 243 00:18:00,916 --> 00:18:03,374 MRS. MIDDLETON: I went back into the living room 244 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:06,040 and started clearing up, and then heard the sound. 245 00:18:06,166 --> 00:18:07,415 The shot. 246 00:18:08,791 --> 00:18:13,082 Like someone knocking on the door of hell, it was. 247 00:18:20,250 --> 00:18:22,624 POIROT: [ Coughing ] 248 00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:26,957 [ Footsteps approach ] 249 00:18:27,208 --> 00:18:28,457 [ Knock on door ] 250 00:18:30,416 --> 00:18:31,665 Who is it? 251 00:18:32,541 --> 00:18:33,874 HASTINGS: It's me. 252 00:18:34,208 --> 00:18:35,499 Come in, Hastings. 253 00:18:37,041 --> 00:18:38,457 There's been a murder. 254 00:18:39,375 --> 00:18:40,790 Who has been murdered? 255 00:18:41,250 --> 00:18:43,332 Harrington Pace, up at Hunter's Lodge, 256 00:18:43,458 --> 00:18:45,457 shot with one of his own revolvers. 257 00:18:45,708 --> 00:18:46,874 Mon Dieu! 258 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,249 [ Scoffs ] 259 00:18:48,958 --> 00:18:50,207 Oh! 260 00:18:50,875 --> 00:18:52,207 You're still not well, Poirot. 261 00:18:52,333 --> 00:18:54,582 Oh, I must confess, I feel a little weak. 262 00:18:56,666 --> 00:18:59,040 You get back into bed now. 263 00:19:01,416 --> 00:19:02,749 You can leave this to me. 264 00:19:03,166 --> 00:19:04,749 - Comment? - This investigation. 265 00:19:04,875 --> 00:19:06,124 You can leave it to me. 266 00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:08,082 I'll report back to you, of course. 267 00:19:08,208 --> 00:19:09,582 I know these people, Poirot, 268 00:19:09,708 --> 00:19:10,957 and I've got one or two ideas already. 269 00:19:11,083 --> 00:19:12,999 What are these ideas, Hastings? 270 00:19:13,166 --> 00:19:14,415 You just relax. 271 00:19:16,291 --> 00:19:19,082 Hastings, will you please stop tapping your nose 272 00:19:20,208 --> 00:19:21,624 in that theatrical manner, 273 00:19:21,750 --> 00:19:24,124 and tell me all that you know? 274 00:19:27,958 --> 00:19:31,082 I don't seem to be able to find that Mrs. Middleton, Sarge. 275 00:19:31,208 --> 00:19:33,207 What do you mean, "can't find her"? 276 00:19:34,291 --> 00:19:35,832 Oh, this is the Scotland Yard fellow. 277 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:39,749 Find her! 278 00:19:40,833 --> 00:19:42,624 Right ho, Sarge. 279 00:19:53,083 --> 00:19:54,540 Japp, Scotland Yard. 280 00:19:55,250 --> 00:19:57,374 Sergeant Forgan, Ashby Pickard. 281 00:19:57,708 --> 00:19:59,165 Pleasant drive, sir? 282 00:19:59,375 --> 00:20:00,749 Are you trying to be funny? 283 00:20:00,875 --> 00:20:02,124 No, sir. 284 00:20:02,541 --> 00:20:04,040 Rich, was he, the victim? 285 00:20:04,666 --> 00:20:06,665 Oh, yes, sir, Harrington Pace -- 286 00:20:07,291 --> 00:20:09,290 owned a stud outside Newmarket, 287 00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:12,040 a house in Belgravia, and mooring in Monte Carlo. 288 00:20:12,166 --> 00:20:13,665 And who stands to benefit? 289 00:20:13,791 --> 00:20:15,540 Practically all of it goes to his nephew, Roger Havering. 290 00:20:15,666 --> 00:20:16,915 And where is he? 291 00:20:17,208 --> 00:20:19,332 Spent the night at his club in London. 292 00:20:19,666 --> 00:20:21,207 Yeah, we phoned him there. 293 00:20:21,333 --> 00:20:23,999 He's coming back on the first train, sir. 294 00:20:28,166 --> 00:20:30,707 He was shot by a man who just turned up at the door 295 00:20:30,833 --> 00:20:31,915 asking to see him. 296 00:20:32,041 --> 00:20:34,290 Must have got away through that window. 297 00:20:34,583 --> 00:20:35,499 Hmm. 298 00:20:35,625 --> 00:20:37,915 FORGAN: It was the gamekeeper who came and got us. 299 00:20:38,041 --> 00:20:39,707 Oh, he stood to gain, too, sir. 300 00:20:39,916 --> 00:20:41,082 He's the only other real beneficiary. 301 00:20:41,208 --> 00:20:43,540 - Oh, yes? - FORGAN: Pace left him £4,000. 302 00:20:44,625 --> 00:20:45,874 Did he, by God? 303 00:20:46,208 --> 00:20:49,040 Excuse me, Sergeant, but she's not on the premises. 304 00:20:49,166 --> 00:20:50,665 She's definitely gone. 305 00:20:50,791 --> 00:20:52,040 Who's that? 306 00:20:52,666 --> 00:20:54,082 The housekeeper, Mrs. Middleton. 307 00:20:54,208 --> 00:20:55,665 She showed the killer into the house. 308 00:20:55,791 --> 00:20:57,374 She's our chief witness. 309 00:20:57,958 --> 00:20:59,874 Better initiate a search. How many men have you got? 310 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,249 Men, sir? 311 00:21:03,666 --> 00:21:05,082 Just the one, sir -- him. 312 00:21:05,250 --> 00:21:07,540 Well, you'll have to make optimum use of your resources, 313 00:21:07,666 --> 00:21:08,915 won't you? 314 00:21:10,083 --> 00:21:11,832 Sir. 315 00:21:31,166 --> 00:21:33,957 Roger, what a terrible thing. I'm awfully sorry. 316 00:21:34,625 --> 00:21:37,165 Thank you. I must go straight to the lodge. Zoe needs me. 317 00:21:37,291 --> 00:21:39,915 I think we ought to pop in and see Poirot on the way. 318 00:21:40,041 --> 00:21:42,665 He's feeling a bit poorly, so I'm handling the case, 319 00:21:42,791 --> 00:21:44,499 but we must keep him informed. 320 00:21:47,208 --> 00:21:49,624 I am profoundly ill, as you can see, but... 321 00:21:51,708 --> 00:21:53,249 - I will do my best to assist. - Thank you. 322 00:21:53,375 --> 00:21:55,040 Uh, one thing, M. Havering, 323 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,415 - if you please. - Yes? 324 00:22:00,291 --> 00:22:03,624 Pardon, but what were you doing when your uncle was killed? 325 00:22:03,750 --> 00:22:05,707 Oh, it's all right. Roger was on his way to London. 326 00:22:05,833 --> 00:22:07,374 I spent the night at my club. 327 00:22:08,083 --> 00:22:09,457 Police rang me there. 328 00:22:10,083 --> 00:22:11,374 It's a horrible business. 329 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:13,040 You went to London by train? 330 00:22:13,541 --> 00:22:15,124 ROGER: Yes, I caught the 6:15. 331 00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:16,790 You talk to anyone on that train? 332 00:22:16,916 --> 00:22:18,165 No. 333 00:22:18,583 --> 00:22:20,665 POIROT: You arrived at your club at what time? 334 00:22:20,791 --> 00:22:23,457 Oh, about 10:00 -- Actually, it was a bit later, 335 00:22:23,791 --> 00:22:25,582 I walked down from King's Cross. 336 00:22:25,875 --> 00:22:28,582 Ah, that's fine. Thank you. 337 00:22:30,125 --> 00:22:32,124 Hastings? 338 00:22:35,875 --> 00:22:37,582 We'll get on up to the lodge, Poirot. 339 00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:39,874 POIROT: Very well, Hastings. 340 00:22:58,791 --> 00:23:00,499 WOMAN: Hello, reception desk. 341 00:23:00,625 --> 00:23:02,207 Hello, yes, this is Hercule Poirot, 342 00:23:02,333 --> 00:23:03,582 room number 5, 343 00:23:03,833 --> 00:23:07,165 I require, if you please, a railway timetable. 344 00:23:10,583 --> 00:23:12,332 ZOE: I was in here with Mr. Pace 345 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,915 when there was a knock at the door. 346 00:23:15,541 --> 00:23:17,665 I heard Mrs. Middleton go to answer it, 347 00:23:17,791 --> 00:23:19,249 so I got up to see who it was. 348 00:23:19,416 --> 00:23:20,665 Yes. 349 00:23:21,208 --> 00:23:24,665 It was a man I didn't recognize, so I waited for Mrs. Middleton 350 00:23:25,291 --> 00:23:28,374 to show him into the gun room and come and announce him. 351 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,290 What did he look like? 352 00:23:31,041 --> 00:23:32,790 Average-ish height, hat, 353 00:23:34,416 --> 00:23:35,665 specs, I think. 354 00:23:36,791 --> 00:23:38,040 I couldn't be sure. 355 00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:40,374 Beard. 356 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:41,749 What sort of beard? 357 00:23:42,166 --> 00:23:43,415 Bushy. 358 00:23:44,625 --> 00:23:46,832 He looked like one of those anarchists 359 00:23:47,458 --> 00:23:48,874 in a cartoon in "Punch." 360 00:23:49,208 --> 00:23:51,540 Do you remember what time this man arrived? 361 00:23:51,666 --> 00:23:53,082 About a quarter to 7:00. 362 00:23:56,083 --> 00:23:57,374 JAPP: Please go on. 363 00:23:57,833 --> 00:24:00,415 Well, Mrs. Middleton knocked a minute later, 364 00:24:04,166 --> 00:24:06,249 said the man wouldn't give his name, 365 00:24:06,833 --> 00:24:08,290 but wanted to see Mr. Pace. 366 00:24:08,458 --> 00:24:09,707 Harry said 367 00:24:10,041 --> 00:24:11,457 he'd see what he wanted. 368 00:24:12,250 --> 00:24:15,165 He got up, and a few minutes later, we heard the shot. 369 00:24:16,666 --> 00:24:18,665 HASTINGS: The housekeeper, 370 00:24:18,916 --> 00:24:21,374 Mrs. Middleton, she was in the room with you, was she? 371 00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:23,915 Yes, she was clearing the drinks glasses. 372 00:24:24,208 --> 00:24:25,665 Did this man arrive by car? 373 00:24:26,208 --> 00:24:28,332 I don't know. I didn't hear anything. 374 00:24:30,833 --> 00:24:32,874 Would you normally hear a car arriving? 375 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,249 ZOE: Oh, yes. 376 00:24:34,583 --> 00:24:38,374 Yes, if he came by car, he didn't bring it up to the house. 377 00:24:49,333 --> 00:24:50,582 You carry on here. 378 00:24:50,958 --> 00:24:52,207 Yes, sir. 379 00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:54,249 This hotel of yours presentable, is it? 380 00:24:54,375 --> 00:24:55,624 Not too bad. 381 00:24:55,833 --> 00:24:58,249 I'll book myself in. What are their sandwiches like? 382 00:24:58,375 --> 00:24:59,874 Sandwiches? No idea. 383 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:03,332 Tell you what, I put my money on this Middleton woman 384 00:25:03,458 --> 00:25:04,957 being in league with the killer. 385 00:25:05,083 --> 00:25:07,165 On her own admission, she shows the fellow in. 386 00:25:07,291 --> 00:25:08,665 The next morning, she's gone. 387 00:25:08,791 --> 00:25:10,124 Yeah, but she's the only person 388 00:25:10,250 --> 00:25:11,957 who's had a proper look at the killer. 389 00:25:12,083 --> 00:25:13,790 What if she saw through his disguise? 390 00:25:13,916 --> 00:25:14,999 Disguise? 391 00:25:15,125 --> 00:25:16,374 What disguise? 392 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:18,165 Bushy beard and glasses? 393 00:25:22,541 --> 00:25:25,332 And suppose she saw who it was under the disguise. 394 00:25:25,958 --> 00:25:29,832 Perhaps we better start looking for another body, not a witness. 395 00:25:38,125 --> 00:25:41,124 ANSTRUTHER: Well, Mr. Poirot, you get that down you, 396 00:25:42,416 --> 00:25:44,999 and I reckon you'll live to fight another day. 397 00:25:45,416 --> 00:25:46,665 Oh. 398 00:25:48,291 --> 00:25:50,124 Thank you very much, Mr. Anstruther. 399 00:25:50,250 --> 00:25:51,915 - [ Knock on door ] - Come in. 400 00:25:53,458 --> 00:25:55,124 Ah, Chief Inspector Japp. 401 00:25:56,708 --> 00:25:58,040 Hastings, this is Mr. Anstruther 402 00:25:58,166 --> 00:25:59,915 of the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway. 403 00:26:00,041 --> 00:26:01,457 Afternoon, gents. 404 00:26:01,625 --> 00:26:04,165 Well, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back. 405 00:26:05,583 --> 00:26:07,415 A railway don't run itself, you know. 406 00:26:07,541 --> 00:26:08,915 I'll drop in tomorrow 407 00:26:09,083 --> 00:26:10,499 with some more blackberry tea. 408 00:26:10,625 --> 00:26:11,915 Thank you very much. 409 00:26:12,458 --> 00:26:14,290 ANSTRUTHER: Oh, and don't forget my bike, will you? 410 00:26:14,416 --> 00:26:15,540 Certainly not. 411 00:26:15,666 --> 00:26:18,082 That bike means a lot to me, that bike does. 412 00:26:18,208 --> 00:26:19,957 Man and boy, I've had that bike. 413 00:26:21,541 --> 00:26:22,790 Au revoir. 414 00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:25,499 Pauvre Mr. Anstruther. 415 00:26:26,750 --> 00:26:27,999 He is a man obsessed. 416 00:26:28,458 --> 00:26:29,790 Obsessed with what? 417 00:26:30,250 --> 00:26:31,499 His bike? 418 00:26:31,625 --> 00:26:33,332 Yes, indeed, Chief Inspector. 419 00:26:33,458 --> 00:26:34,707 It has been stolen. 420 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,207 He is also obsessed with other things. 421 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,499 He knows every final detail 422 00:26:39,625 --> 00:26:41,540 about the movements of the trains 423 00:26:41,750 --> 00:26:43,624 in and out of his little station. 424 00:26:43,916 --> 00:26:46,707 Oh, yes? Been doing some investigation, have we? 425 00:26:47,125 --> 00:26:50,040 POIROT: How can I, Chief Inspector? I am prostrated. 426 00:26:50,166 --> 00:26:53,040 I toy with the little lines of inquiry, that is all. 427 00:26:54,625 --> 00:26:56,874 You, of course, will be well ahead of me. 428 00:26:57,541 --> 00:26:59,249 Well, we've got a description of the murderer. 429 00:27:00,916 --> 00:27:04,124 Yes, a man of medium height wearing a broad-brimmed hat, 430 00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:06,165 sporting a beard that is large and fluffy. 431 00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:07,582 How did you know that? 432 00:27:07,875 --> 00:27:09,165 That is a description of the man 433 00:27:09,291 --> 00:27:11,082 who stole the bicycle of M. Anstruther. 434 00:27:11,208 --> 00:27:13,624 It is essential that we find it, Hastings. 435 00:27:14,416 --> 00:27:15,665 Oh, right. 436 00:27:16,875 --> 00:27:18,124 Find what? 437 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,249 The bicycle! 438 00:27:21,583 --> 00:27:22,915 Also, I am most anxious 439 00:27:23,458 --> 00:27:25,124 to establish whether or not 440 00:27:25,291 --> 00:27:27,040 M. Archie Havering had an alibi 441 00:27:27,583 --> 00:27:29,499 for the time that M. Pace was shot. 442 00:27:30,041 --> 00:27:31,499 [ Children talking ] 443 00:27:33,041 --> 00:27:35,290 You didn't really like your uncle, did you? 444 00:27:35,416 --> 00:27:36,832 What are you implying? 445 00:27:37,958 --> 00:27:39,624 Look, I'm sorry about this. 446 00:27:40,125 --> 00:27:41,665 I'm afraid I have to ask you. 447 00:27:41,916 --> 00:27:43,999 Poirot wants to know what you were doing yesterday evening 448 00:27:44,125 --> 00:27:45,540 at the time of your uncle's death. 449 00:27:45,666 --> 00:27:47,249 How dare you? 450 00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:50,457 What on earth makes you think 451 00:27:50,583 --> 00:27:52,915 I'd want to kill a man like my Uncle Harry? 452 00:27:53,166 --> 00:27:55,249 I tell you, he was beneath contempt. 453 00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:57,957 Mean and selfish. 454 00:28:00,083 --> 00:28:02,499 You know Stoddard the gamekeeper is his half-brother, 455 00:28:02,625 --> 00:28:04,374 one of his father's bastards. 456 00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:05,499 Good lord! 457 00:28:05,625 --> 00:28:08,165 His own blood, and he used him like a servant. 458 00:28:10,416 --> 00:28:12,832 How did he get his money in the first place? 459 00:28:13,708 --> 00:28:14,957 I'll tell you. 460 00:28:15,666 --> 00:28:17,874 He cheated his partner in County Mayo, 461 00:28:18,625 --> 00:28:21,374 then used the money for profiteering on the war. 462 00:28:21,583 --> 00:28:22,957 And people liked him! 463 00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:26,207 He boasted about it, and people applauded! 464 00:28:26,833 --> 00:28:27,915 [ Door opens ] 465 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:31,624 Clear off! 466 00:28:45,875 --> 00:28:47,332 [ Bed springs squeak ] 467 00:28:49,416 --> 00:28:51,915 [ Telephone rings ] 468 00:28:57,375 --> 00:28:58,540 Hello? 469 00:28:58,666 --> 00:29:00,332 POIROT: Chief Inspector? 470 00:29:00,458 --> 00:29:02,124 Ah, how's the cold, Poirot? 471 00:29:02,291 --> 00:29:04,832 POIROT: It is not a cold. It is a deadly fever! 472 00:29:05,250 --> 00:29:06,499 Hmm, nasty. 473 00:29:07,333 --> 00:29:10,207 POIROT: However, I have asked M. and Mme. Havering 474 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:11,749 to come to the hotel. 475 00:29:12,125 --> 00:29:14,457 I am now convinced that M. Roger Havering 476 00:29:14,958 --> 00:29:16,707 has not been telling the truth. 477 00:29:17,166 --> 00:29:18,540 You say, M. Havering, 478 00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:21,499 that you arrived at London at 9:00. 479 00:29:21,875 --> 00:29:23,999 The only witness that you can produce 480 00:29:24,166 --> 00:29:27,207 is the doorman at your club where you arrived at 10:00. 481 00:29:27,333 --> 00:29:29,082 You say that you spent this hour 482 00:29:29,708 --> 00:29:32,707 walking between King's Cross at St. James', and yet, 483 00:29:33,208 --> 00:29:35,457 you can describe none of your movements, 484 00:29:35,583 --> 00:29:38,124 no events, no street names, rien -- nothing. 485 00:29:38,250 --> 00:29:41,249 This isn't the line I've been following at all, Poirot. 486 00:29:41,375 --> 00:29:42,624 What are you driving at? 487 00:29:42,750 --> 00:29:43,999 POIROT: I am driving at 488 00:29:44,125 --> 00:29:46,374 a curve in the line of the local railway. 489 00:29:46,541 --> 00:29:48,874 A loop of iron which connects Ashby Pickard 490 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,374 with the little station of Ashby le Walken. 491 00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:52,749 What? 492 00:29:52,875 --> 00:29:54,624 POIROT: It is quite possible, M. Havering, 493 00:29:54,750 --> 00:29:56,790 for a man to catch the 6:15 train at one station 494 00:29:56,916 --> 00:29:58,165 and get off at the next. 495 00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:01,582 With the aid of a bicycle, he returns to Hunter's Lodge 496 00:30:01,708 --> 00:30:02,707 disguised with a beard 497 00:30:02,833 --> 00:30:04,499 and wearing a broad-brimmed hat. 498 00:30:04,625 --> 00:30:06,707 He shoots the man he wishes to shoot. 499 00:30:06,916 --> 00:30:08,874 Then he catches the 7:20 from Ashby Pickard, 500 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,749 a train that is faster than the 6:15, 501 00:30:10,875 --> 00:30:13,707 which will get him to London in time to be at his club by 10:00. 502 00:30:13,833 --> 00:30:15,915 My God. You're serious, aren't you? 503 00:30:17,333 --> 00:30:18,665 It is a serious affair! 504 00:30:19,708 --> 00:30:20,749 A man has been killed 505 00:30:20,875 --> 00:30:23,207 and you are about to be accused of his murder. 506 00:30:23,333 --> 00:30:24,499 Me? 507 00:30:24,625 --> 00:30:25,874 JAPP: You, sir. 508 00:30:26,125 --> 00:30:27,665 Do you not see it, monsieur? 509 00:30:28,583 --> 00:30:31,165 You must tell us of your movements that night. 510 00:30:32,125 --> 00:30:33,374 Absolutely not. 511 00:30:34,791 --> 00:30:36,040 I can't. 512 00:30:36,250 --> 00:30:37,999 For God's sake, Roger, why not? 513 00:30:38,916 --> 00:30:40,165 I just can't. 514 00:30:41,666 --> 00:30:42,915 Well, Poirot? 515 00:30:44,583 --> 00:30:46,332 Carry on, Chief Inspector. 516 00:30:47,375 --> 00:30:48,832 I would like you to accompany me 517 00:30:48,958 --> 00:30:50,457 to the local police station, sir. 518 00:30:50,583 --> 00:30:51,832 What? 519 00:30:52,125 --> 00:30:55,040 I wish to question you in connection with the murder 520 00:30:55,166 --> 00:30:57,207 of your uncle, Mr. Harrington Pace, 521 00:30:57,333 --> 00:31:00,999 and with the disappearance of the housekeeper, Mrs. Middleton. 522 00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:05,249 [ Telephone rings ] 523 00:31:07,208 --> 00:31:10,165 Yes? It's for you, Chief inspector. 524 00:31:13,791 --> 00:31:16,290 Japp. 525 00:31:17,875 --> 00:31:19,124 Right. 526 00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:21,749 What is it? 527 00:31:22,125 --> 00:31:23,999 They found Mrs. Middleton. 528 00:31:51,916 --> 00:31:53,249 We're not late, are we? 529 00:31:53,458 --> 00:31:55,124 JAPP: No, she hasn't arrived yet. 530 00:31:57,625 --> 00:31:59,040 Shouldn't you be in bed? 531 00:31:59,375 --> 00:32:01,457 Possibly, but, please, do not fuss. 532 00:32:01,625 --> 00:32:03,540 You looked like you were at death's door last night. 533 00:32:03,666 --> 00:32:05,124 POIROT: Unfortunately, Chief Inspector, 534 00:32:05,250 --> 00:32:07,124 it was my appetite that was dead. 535 00:32:07,708 --> 00:32:12,874 My Tetras à I'Hongroise, it was fed to the cat. 536 00:32:25,916 --> 00:32:27,165 Mrs. Middleton? 537 00:32:27,875 --> 00:32:29,457 Yes, I'm Mrs. Middleton. 538 00:32:30,291 --> 00:32:33,374 Well, what have you brought me here for? 539 00:32:39,125 --> 00:32:41,124 The instructions from the agency 540 00:32:41,583 --> 00:32:44,707 were to go to Ashby Pickard by train and I'd be met there, 541 00:32:45,666 --> 00:32:48,040 and the engagement would be for one month. 542 00:32:48,166 --> 00:32:49,415 So, I did. 543 00:32:50,166 --> 00:32:52,582 And I was met by a very nice Irish lady who -- 544 00:32:53,625 --> 00:32:54,874 Irish? You sure? 545 00:32:55,458 --> 00:32:57,457 Oh, yes! She said she was Mrs. Pace. 546 00:32:58,583 --> 00:33:01,457 And she said there'd been an embarrassing mix-up. 547 00:33:02,666 --> 00:33:03,665 What sort of mix-up? 548 00:33:03,791 --> 00:33:06,415 She said they were canceling the shooting this year 549 00:33:06,541 --> 00:33:08,790 and there was no household for me to keep. 550 00:33:08,916 --> 00:33:11,124 So, anyway, she said she'd be grateful 551 00:33:11,708 --> 00:33:13,832 if I didn't say anything to the agency 552 00:33:14,458 --> 00:33:16,165 because she didn't want them 553 00:33:16,458 --> 00:33:18,665 to think she was unreliable, you know? 554 00:33:19,208 --> 00:33:20,749 And she was very generous. 555 00:33:21,416 --> 00:33:24,082 She said she'd give me two months' wages in lieu 556 00:33:25,291 --> 00:33:28,290 if I'd agree not to put myself back on the agency books 557 00:33:28,416 --> 00:33:29,665 for a full month. 558 00:33:29,916 --> 00:33:31,165 JAPP: And you agreed? 559 00:33:31,291 --> 00:33:33,874 Yes! She seemed very nice. 560 00:33:40,875 --> 00:33:42,999 You kept very quiet through all that. 561 00:33:43,791 --> 00:33:45,957 I am unwell -- and it changes everything, 562 00:33:46,083 --> 00:33:47,999 this testimony of Mme. Middleton. 563 00:33:48,125 --> 00:33:50,207 JAPP: Well, it all seems pretty straightforward to me. 564 00:33:50,333 --> 00:33:51,999 We still have to find this other woman 565 00:33:52,125 --> 00:33:53,582 who pretended to be a housekeeper. 566 00:33:53,708 --> 00:33:54,957 Agreed? 567 00:33:55,416 --> 00:33:57,249 I think it would be more fruitful 568 00:33:57,375 --> 00:33:59,499 to find the bicycle of M. Anstruther. 569 00:33:59,833 --> 00:34:01,082 What on earth for? 570 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:03,082 Because, Hastings, it was stolen 571 00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:05,290 to transport a murderer to Hunter's Lodge. 572 00:34:05,416 --> 00:34:06,915 Why has it disappeared? 573 00:34:07,375 --> 00:34:08,499 Sir, sir? 574 00:34:08,625 --> 00:34:09,874 What is it, Forgan? 575 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,457 It's Mr. Havering, sir. 576 00:34:11,583 --> 00:34:13,415 He's asking to see you. 577 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:18,832 I'll tell you what I was doing if you promise not to tell Zoe. 578 00:34:19,541 --> 00:34:21,790 Well, let's hope it won't be necessary. 579 00:34:21,958 --> 00:34:23,374 I'll make no promises. 580 00:34:24,666 --> 00:34:25,915 Very well, then. 581 00:34:26,916 --> 00:34:28,249 I was with Lord Quamby. 582 00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:30,707 Lord Quamby? The racing earl? 583 00:34:31,625 --> 00:34:34,874 Yes, he's chairman of the board in charge of on course betting. 584 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,915 I wanted him to get me off the hook. 585 00:34:37,125 --> 00:34:39,665 Well, buy me some time on a couple of my debts. 586 00:34:40,041 --> 00:34:42,082 Why were you so reluctant to tell us this? 587 00:34:42,208 --> 00:34:44,457 A few months ago, you see, I promised Zoe 588 00:34:45,875 --> 00:34:48,707 that I'd never back another horse as long as I lived. 589 00:34:48,833 --> 00:34:51,707 And will Lord Quamby verify that you were with him? 590 00:34:51,833 --> 00:34:54,290 Of course he will. 591 00:34:59,541 --> 00:35:02,207 Tell me, Mlle. Joan, on the night of the murder, 592 00:35:03,958 --> 00:35:06,832 when was the last time that you saw Mme. Middleton? 593 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,915 She was in the car with Mr. Havering 594 00:35:09,041 --> 00:35:10,832 when they dropped me off at home. 595 00:35:10,958 --> 00:35:12,749 He was on his way to the station, 596 00:35:13,791 --> 00:35:16,624 and he gave her a lift over to Mr. Stoddard's house. 597 00:35:16,750 --> 00:35:18,124 Mr. Stoddard the gamekeeper? 598 00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:19,499 Yes, sir. 599 00:35:19,708 --> 00:35:21,582 Ah, yes, of course, M. Stoddard. 600 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,332 You hope to be his wife one day, do you not? 601 00:35:26,375 --> 00:35:28,457 No one's supposed to know that, sir. 602 00:35:28,750 --> 00:35:29,999 I comprehend. 603 00:35:30,833 --> 00:35:32,832 Tell me more about Mme. Middleton. 604 00:35:33,541 --> 00:35:35,165 JOAN: Oh, she was that strict. 605 00:35:35,291 --> 00:35:38,707 Always leaving little notes about the place, criticizing. 606 00:35:39,666 --> 00:35:41,457 Mr. Stoddard didn't like her. 607 00:35:42,916 --> 00:35:45,374 They used to be quite sharp with each other. 608 00:35:46,083 --> 00:35:48,957 Did Mme. Middleton ever talk to you about herself? 609 00:35:49,208 --> 00:35:50,624 JOAN: No, not really. 610 00:35:51,291 --> 00:35:53,040 She said she were from Ireland. 611 00:35:53,375 --> 00:35:54,624 Mayo, I think. 612 00:35:56,416 --> 00:36:00,332 She always kept herself to herself, like. 613 00:36:03,250 --> 00:36:04,749 Mlle. Joan, this apron? 614 00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:08,624 Oh, that's Mrs. Middleton's, sir. 615 00:36:08,958 --> 00:36:11,540 Oh. Thank you. That will be all. 616 00:36:14,208 --> 00:36:16,957 So, when Harrington Pace was living in Ireland, 617 00:36:17,333 --> 00:36:19,540 he cheated his partner and ruined him. 618 00:36:19,833 --> 00:36:23,165 Then this mysterious woman, who was also from County Mayo, 619 00:36:23,916 --> 00:36:26,124 turns up and replaces Mrs. Middleton. 620 00:36:26,666 --> 00:36:29,082 She was probably a relation of the ruined man. 621 00:36:29,208 --> 00:36:31,332 She opens the door to her accomplice, 622 00:36:31,791 --> 00:36:33,207 the fellow with the bushy beard, 623 00:36:33,333 --> 00:36:35,790 they kill Pace, and both of them disappear. 624 00:36:36,833 --> 00:36:38,290 Absolument, mon ami. 625 00:36:42,375 --> 00:36:43,874 You have the story exact. 626 00:36:44,791 --> 00:36:46,249 Oh. 627 00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:52,290 STODDARD: In your hunt countries, of course, 628 00:36:52,541 --> 00:36:54,124 they use your gazehound, 629 00:36:54,458 --> 00:36:55,707 hunts by sight. 630 00:36:56,083 --> 00:36:57,665 For the moistness in our air, 631 00:36:58,916 --> 00:37:00,832 we favor a dog that hunts by scent. 632 00:37:02,291 --> 00:37:03,540 And I tell you, 633 00:37:05,333 --> 00:37:07,999 she's a prime example of that, aren't you, huh? 634 00:37:08,666 --> 00:37:10,582 She's the best of her kind, she is. 635 00:37:11,666 --> 00:37:13,332 That is most interesting. 636 00:37:13,750 --> 00:37:15,832 Tell me, M. Stoddard, if you please, 637 00:37:16,916 --> 00:37:18,999 on the night that M. Pace was killed, 638 00:37:19,166 --> 00:37:20,915 Mme. Middleton came to your house 639 00:37:21,041 --> 00:37:23,040 to collect some game birds, did she not? 640 00:37:23,166 --> 00:37:24,415 No. 641 00:37:26,125 --> 00:37:28,332 Oh, you're right. I was expecting her, 642 00:37:30,083 --> 00:37:31,499 but she never arrived. 643 00:37:33,125 --> 00:37:34,415 I didn't see her till much later, 644 00:37:34,541 --> 00:37:36,790 when she came running down lane to tell me about the shooting. 645 00:37:36,916 --> 00:37:39,457 Chief inspector, there is at Hunter's Lodge 646 00:37:41,458 --> 00:37:42,874 a telephone, is there not? 647 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:44,249 Yes, there is. 648 00:37:44,541 --> 00:37:46,790 Then why did not Mme. Middleton herself 649 00:37:47,041 --> 00:37:48,624 telephone to the police? 650 00:37:49,416 --> 00:37:50,999 Aye, it crossed my mind then. 651 00:37:51,291 --> 00:37:52,540 What she said was 652 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,332 that Mrs. Havering was near hysterical at the horror of it. 653 00:37:57,958 --> 00:38:01,207 She wanted to get her to sleep before the police got there, 654 00:38:01,541 --> 00:38:03,082 so she sent me to fetch them. 655 00:38:04,083 --> 00:38:06,749 Ah, yes, she needed the time alone in the house. 656 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,540 Yes, of course, of course. 657 00:38:12,416 --> 00:38:13,665 M. Stoddard, 658 00:38:15,291 --> 00:38:17,999 would you consider to involve your excellent dog 659 00:38:18,125 --> 00:38:19,582 in a little experiment? 660 00:38:19,708 --> 00:38:21,790 She is clever with her nose, you say? 661 00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:23,790 She's got a nose that would 662 00:38:24,458 --> 00:38:26,707 scent a poppy in a bit of slurry, she has. 663 00:38:27,541 --> 00:38:32,832 Eh bien, M. Stoddard, our poppy, it is in here. 664 00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:39,665 It is essential that we determine 665 00:38:39,958 --> 00:38:41,582 the whereabouts of the person 666 00:38:41,708 --> 00:38:43,832 who calls herself Mme. Middleton. 667 00:38:44,041 --> 00:38:46,165 Easier said than done. Not a glimmer. 668 00:38:47,125 --> 00:38:49,374 Road, rail, local gossip, nothing. 669 00:38:49,875 --> 00:38:51,999 - That's why I think -- - Eh-up, eh-up! 670 00:38:52,125 --> 00:38:54,082 - [ Dog whimpering ] - What's it, girl? 671 00:38:54,208 --> 00:38:55,749 What's the matter, girl, huh? 672 00:38:55,875 --> 00:38:57,249 What's it, girl, huh? 673 00:38:57,833 --> 00:38:59,082 Hey, hey, hey, hey. 674 00:39:00,458 --> 00:39:01,749 So it's been buried? 675 00:39:02,916 --> 00:39:05,915 Some thing. 676 00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:14,207 It's a coat. 677 00:39:16,166 --> 00:39:17,957 JAPP: And a hat. 678 00:39:24,458 --> 00:39:27,374 [ Dog whimpers ] 679 00:39:32,041 --> 00:39:33,290 Hey, look at this. 680 00:39:33,583 --> 00:39:34,832 Swipe me. 681 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:38,665 Bon! M. Anstruther, he will be most pleased. 682 00:39:42,333 --> 00:39:43,582 [ Whimpers ] 683 00:39:44,208 --> 00:39:46,707 What a clever dog. 684 00:40:27,208 --> 00:40:28,457 Everyone here? 685 00:40:28,750 --> 00:40:30,415 In the gun room, sir. 686 00:40:41,375 --> 00:40:43,790 M. Harrington Pace was not a likeable man. 687 00:40:46,166 --> 00:40:49,374 He used his wealth to control his friends and his family. 688 00:40:52,041 --> 00:40:55,249 For example, M. Stoddard, his unacknowledged brother, 689 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,707 he employed as a gamekeeper, 690 00:40:57,916 --> 00:41:00,332 but refused to lend him the £300 necessary 691 00:41:01,375 --> 00:41:03,707 to purchase his house and to get married. 692 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,915 His nephew, M. Archie Havering, 693 00:41:08,750 --> 00:41:10,332 he used as an estate manager, 694 00:41:11,166 --> 00:41:14,332 paying him not with money, but with promises of a legacy. 695 00:41:14,458 --> 00:41:16,457 His other nephew, M. Roger Havering, 696 00:41:16,583 --> 00:41:18,707 was also made to dance the attendance 697 00:41:19,291 --> 00:41:21,082 by assurances of wealth to come. 698 00:41:21,458 --> 00:41:23,999 There are, I think, here motives for murder. 699 00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:27,332 N'est-ce pas? 700 00:41:27,750 --> 00:41:29,332 Now, look here, Poirot -- 701 00:41:29,708 --> 00:41:31,165 POIROT: No, no, no, please, M. Roger, 702 00:41:31,291 --> 00:41:34,040 I make not the accusations. I merely speculate. 703 00:41:34,458 --> 00:41:35,832 For instance, we know that 704 00:41:35,958 --> 00:41:38,665 you could not have possibly committed the murder, 705 00:41:38,791 --> 00:41:40,457 because at 6:15 on that night, 706 00:41:43,541 --> 00:41:46,290 you were boarding a train for London. 707 00:41:56,166 --> 00:41:57,415 But what we did not know 708 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,124 was that there was another passenger 709 00:42:01,416 --> 00:42:03,582 who also boarded that train. 710 00:42:08,625 --> 00:42:09,874 This person 711 00:42:10,250 --> 00:42:12,790 alighted from the train at the very next stop 712 00:42:13,166 --> 00:42:14,957 and stole the bicycle of my friend, 713 00:42:15,083 --> 00:42:18,540 M. Anstruther -- a curious thing to do, huh? 714 00:42:20,583 --> 00:42:21,874 Hey, that's my bike! 715 00:42:23,166 --> 00:42:25,832 POIROT: But the next thing that this person did 716 00:42:26,500 --> 00:42:28,249 was even more curious. 717 00:42:31,250 --> 00:42:32,665 He buried the bicycle. 718 00:42:34,583 --> 00:42:37,332 Then he buried all the necessary accoutrements 719 00:42:37,541 --> 00:42:39,790 of the bearded man... 720 00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:45,290 ...and turned himself back into Mme. Middleton. 721 00:42:47,958 --> 00:42:50,040 Mrs. Middleton was the bearded man? 722 00:42:51,083 --> 00:42:52,332 But, yes, Hastings. 723 00:42:52,458 --> 00:42:55,540 You see, we only had the word of Mme. Middleton herself 724 00:42:55,875 --> 00:42:57,707 that a bearded man came to the house that night, 725 00:42:57,833 --> 00:42:59,749 but, of course, that was not true. 726 00:42:59,875 --> 00:43:00,999 No, I saw him. 727 00:43:01,125 --> 00:43:02,082 Mme. Havering, if you please, 728 00:43:02,208 --> 00:43:03,332 we will come to that in a minute. 729 00:43:03,458 --> 00:43:04,874 HASTINGS: It's as I've said all along, 730 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,207 we've got to find this Mrs. Middleton. 731 00:43:07,541 --> 00:43:08,999 ROGER: Well, may I suggest 732 00:43:09,125 --> 00:43:10,915 that you get on and do just that. 733 00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:14,499 So far, all you've done is ask impertinent questions 734 00:43:14,625 --> 00:43:17,207 and treat respectable people like a lot of criminals! 735 00:43:17,333 --> 00:43:19,665 Please, M. Roger, do not be in such haste. 736 00:43:20,041 --> 00:43:21,999 We may know that you did not commit a murder, 737 00:43:22,125 --> 00:43:24,665 but there are other things which are not yet so clear. 738 00:43:24,791 --> 00:43:27,457 This crime was of a daring most extraordinary. 739 00:43:30,791 --> 00:43:32,332 It had to be like clockwork. 740 00:43:33,875 --> 00:43:35,790 And the spurious Mme. Middleton 741 00:43:36,041 --> 00:43:38,582 had to have an accomplice to wind the spring. 742 00:43:39,666 --> 00:43:41,624 JOAN: Sorry, Mrs. Middleton. 743 00:43:41,750 --> 00:43:44,249 POIROT: At a quarter to 6:00 on the night of the murder, 744 00:43:44,375 --> 00:43:46,457 this spring, it was ready for release. 745 00:43:46,583 --> 00:43:48,165 The guests had departed, 746 00:43:49,250 --> 00:43:51,249 Mlle. Ellie had already gone home, 747 00:43:52,250 --> 00:43:54,374 and Mile. Joan had been offered a lift 748 00:43:54,791 --> 00:43:56,290 in your car, M. Havering. 749 00:43:58,250 --> 00:44:00,707 Mlle. Joan was duly dropped at her cottage. 750 00:44:01,375 --> 00:44:03,374 Mme. Middleton was then to be driven to 751 00:44:03,500 --> 00:44:06,165 the home of M. Stoddard to collect some game birds, 752 00:44:06,291 --> 00:44:08,290 but, of course, she never arrived. 753 00:44:08,541 --> 00:44:10,915 She was undergoing a transformation. 754 00:44:13,666 --> 00:44:15,082 It was essential, you see, 755 00:44:15,208 --> 00:44:17,207 that a suspect should be seen to alight from the train 756 00:44:17,333 --> 00:44:18,624 at the very next stop, 757 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:20,499 a suspect that could well be 758 00:44:20,625 --> 00:44:22,707 M. Roger Havering in disguise. 759 00:44:24,583 --> 00:44:26,832 Why should I try to incriminate myself? 760 00:44:27,750 --> 00:44:30,624 Because, M. Havering, you had planned most carefully 761 00:44:30,750 --> 00:44:32,999 your alibi -- your meeting with Lord Quamby, 762 00:44:33,125 --> 00:44:36,207 which you would seem to have every reason for keeping secret, 763 00:44:36,333 --> 00:44:38,874 but once you were forced to reveal it and were released, 764 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,082 it was most unlikely that the police 765 00:44:41,291 --> 00:44:43,374 would suspect you for a second time. 766 00:44:43,583 --> 00:44:45,582 You're talking complete rubbish. 767 00:44:45,708 --> 00:44:47,832 POIROT: No, no, no, I think not, M. Havering. 768 00:44:47,958 --> 00:44:50,957 You see, while you continued your journey to London, 769 00:44:54,458 --> 00:44:56,999 Mme. Middleton returned to Hunter's Lodge. 770 00:44:59,708 --> 00:45:00,957 [ Door closing ] 771 00:45:02,333 --> 00:45:04,249 Your uncle was a very wealthy man. 772 00:45:05,166 --> 00:45:07,415 In time, you would inherit his fortune, 773 00:45:07,750 --> 00:45:09,957 but your gambling debts grew heavier, 774 00:45:10,208 --> 00:45:12,207 and M. Pace refused to bail you out. 775 00:45:12,958 --> 00:45:15,165 You desperately needed the money now, 776 00:45:15,958 --> 00:45:17,540 and so on that fateful night, 777 00:45:18,208 --> 00:45:19,457 M. Pace was shot 778 00:45:20,583 --> 00:45:23,165 in cold blood. 779 00:45:25,666 --> 00:45:26,915 Prove it! 780 00:45:27,666 --> 00:45:28,915 You just prove it. 781 00:45:30,958 --> 00:45:32,374 That is a lying slander. 782 00:45:32,875 --> 00:45:35,707 You're going to find yourself in court, Mr. bloody Poirot! 783 00:45:35,833 --> 00:45:37,207 And who is this Mrs. Middleton 784 00:45:37,333 --> 00:45:39,165 I'm meant to have been an accomplice of? 785 00:45:39,291 --> 00:45:40,540 You can't even find her. 786 00:45:40,666 --> 00:45:42,874 So you busy yourself accusing everybody else! 787 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,665 You think that Hercule Poirot is unable to find 788 00:45:45,875 --> 00:45:47,999 this mysterious Mme. Middleton? 789 00:45:49,333 --> 00:45:50,874 Hercule Poirot knows a way 790 00:45:53,791 --> 00:45:55,207 to make Mme. Middleton 791 00:45:55,375 --> 00:45:58,582 appear in our midst as if by magic. 792 00:46:00,416 --> 00:46:01,957 You do not believe in magic? 793 00:46:03,875 --> 00:46:05,124 Very well. 794 00:46:05,583 --> 00:46:07,165 I have only to tap with my cane 795 00:46:10,333 --> 00:46:11,832 on the floor three times, 796 00:46:12,625 --> 00:46:13,874 thus. 797 00:46:15,125 --> 00:46:16,374 - Un... - [ Tap ] 798 00:46:17,125 --> 00:46:18,707 - ...deux... - [ Tap ] 799 00:46:19,833 --> 00:46:21,082 ...trois. 800 00:46:22,541 --> 00:46:23,790 [ Tap ] 801 00:46:24,375 --> 00:46:25,707 [ Dog sniffs ] 802 00:46:29,583 --> 00:46:30,832 [ Door opens ] 803 00:46:31,250 --> 00:46:34,790 [ Dog sniffing ] 804 00:46:48,416 --> 00:46:51,082 Can we not stop this charade, Chief Inspector? 805 00:46:54,291 --> 00:46:58,582 I don't know, sir. I've always enjoyed party games. 806 00:47:04,125 --> 00:47:05,540 Silly dog, what's it doing? 807 00:47:05,666 --> 00:47:07,082 [ Dog whimpers ] 808 00:47:11,041 --> 00:47:12,707 Will somebody take it away? 809 00:47:13,541 --> 00:47:14,874 [ Dog snarls, barks ] 810 00:47:17,458 --> 00:47:19,540 Stop it! 811 00:47:21,541 --> 00:47:23,999 - Stop it! - It's all right, Zoe. 812 00:47:27,166 --> 00:47:28,832 Come on, girl. Come on, heel! 813 00:47:29,750 --> 00:47:31,457 That's it. Good girl. Come. 814 00:47:32,333 --> 00:47:34,415 ARCHIE: I don't know what your silly game is, 815 00:47:34,541 --> 00:47:36,374 but it seems to have gone horribly wrong. 816 00:47:36,500 --> 00:47:37,874 Now, leave her alone! 817 00:47:38,416 --> 00:47:41,207 Zoe had nothing whatever to do with this Mrs. Middleton! 818 00:47:41,333 --> 00:47:42,999 On the contrary, M. Archie, 819 00:47:43,708 --> 00:47:45,957 Mme. Havering had a very close relationship 820 00:47:46,083 --> 00:47:48,124 with the housekeeper, Mme. Middleton. 821 00:47:48,250 --> 00:47:49,790 The odd thing about it being 822 00:47:50,666 --> 00:47:53,207 was that they were never once seen together. 823 00:47:55,458 --> 00:47:58,915 This temporary housekeeper had only recently been employed 824 00:48:00,375 --> 00:48:02,707 for the family's stay at Hunter's Lodge. 825 00:48:03,916 --> 00:48:06,124 She left little notes for the servants 826 00:48:06,916 --> 00:48:08,624 and kept herself to herself. 827 00:48:10,333 --> 00:48:13,540 If the mistress was at home, the housekeeper was absent. 828 00:48:14,500 --> 00:48:16,874 When the housekeeper was downstairs, 829 00:48:17,333 --> 00:48:18,915 the mistress was in her room. 830 00:48:19,458 --> 00:48:21,999 And that is where, on the night of the murder, 831 00:48:23,583 --> 00:48:26,165 after she had been interviewed by the police, 832 00:48:27,291 --> 00:48:29,707 Mme. Middleton disappeared forever 833 00:48:30,666 --> 00:48:32,540 from the face of the Earth. 834 00:48:41,375 --> 00:48:43,582 Because it was you, Mme. Zoe Havering, 835 00:48:46,166 --> 00:48:49,207 together with your husband, you planned and carried out 836 00:48:49,333 --> 00:48:50,915 this murder ingenious. 837 00:48:52,291 --> 00:48:54,499 Together, you plotted to rid yourselves 838 00:48:54,625 --> 00:48:56,165 of your uncle that was hated 839 00:48:56,291 --> 00:48:58,749 and to lay your hands, at last, on his money. 840 00:48:59,208 --> 00:49:02,332 I must ask you both to come with me to the police station. 841 00:49:02,958 --> 00:49:05,165 How dare you? This has gone far enough. 842 00:49:07,125 --> 00:49:08,999 I do not intend to stand idly by -- 843 00:49:09,250 --> 00:49:13,415 Oh, shut up, Roger! 844 00:49:34,541 --> 00:49:36,790 But why did she have to bury the bicycle? 845 00:49:37,125 --> 00:49:39,499 How could she leave it lying around, Hastings? 846 00:49:39,625 --> 00:49:42,290 If it was found and identified by M. Anstruther 847 00:49:42,458 --> 00:49:45,499 as the bicycle that was stolen outside the railway station, 848 00:49:45,625 --> 00:49:47,624 then it would show that the murderer 849 00:49:47,750 --> 00:49:49,749 was still close to Hunter's Lodge. 850 00:49:51,083 --> 00:49:52,499 Oh, hello, Mr. Poirot. 851 00:49:53,333 --> 00:49:54,540 M. Anstruther. 852 00:49:54,666 --> 00:49:56,124 The blackberry tea did the trick, then? 853 00:49:56,250 --> 00:49:57,457 It did, indeed, monsieur. 854 00:49:57,583 --> 00:50:00,832 It also stimulated the little gray cells to such an extent 855 00:50:02,166 --> 00:50:04,707 that it enabled me to track down your bicycle. 856 00:50:04,833 --> 00:50:07,749 ANSTRUTHER: It's a bit of a blooming mess, isn't it? 857 00:50:08,416 --> 00:50:10,290 - Yes, it got buried. - Buried? 858 00:50:10,666 --> 00:50:11,915 Buried. 859 00:50:12,666 --> 00:50:14,540 It's all covered in mud and mold. 860 00:50:15,333 --> 00:50:16,999 And I regret that I did not have the time 861 00:50:17,125 --> 00:50:18,790 to clean it for you, monsieur. 862 00:50:19,458 --> 00:50:20,540 ANSTRUTHER: I don't know as I could be seen 863 00:50:20,666 --> 00:50:21,915 riding about on a thing like that. 864 00:50:22,041 --> 00:50:23,749 That mud guard's all bent, too. 865 00:50:23,875 --> 00:50:25,124 M. Anstruther, 866 00:50:27,125 --> 00:50:29,249 do you or do you not want your bicycle? 867 00:50:30,541 --> 00:50:32,332 Oh... Oh, just leave it there. 868 00:50:33,666 --> 00:50:36,249 I'll see if the boy can do anything with it. 869 00:50:39,916 --> 00:50:41,790 Is this gratitude, Hastings? 870 00:50:42,541 --> 00:50:44,415 Is it for this that Hercule Poirot 871 00:50:44,541 --> 00:50:46,790 exerts his talents on behalf of the world? 872 00:50:46,916 --> 00:50:49,499 Do you expect gratitude? Don't make me laugh. 873 00:50:49,625 --> 00:50:52,207 Now you know what a real detective feels like. 874 00:50:52,958 --> 00:50:54,832 POIROT: "A real detective"? 875 00:50:57,333 --> 00:50:59,082 The Chief Inspector Japp is truly most amusing, 876 00:50:59,208 --> 00:51:00,707 - do you not think, Hastings? - Oh, yes. 877 00:51:00,833 --> 00:51:02,082 Most amusing. 878 00:51:02,750 --> 00:51:04,790 For a policeman. 879 00:51:21,750 --> 00:51:24,874 Subtitling made possible by Acorn Media