1 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,159 Out. What do you mean, out? 2 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:36,279 - I signed the release paper last night. - Mm. 3 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:41,079 - Ape. - But this is wonderful. - Wonderful. 4 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,680 Well, we know Luther. 5 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,760 And his... surprises. 6 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:57,719 I think we've met, in Munich in the summer. 7 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,720 REPLIES IN JAPANESE 8 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,679 My husband was with the Japanese delegation, Duchess Alberta. 9 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,399 - Ah. - Sadly, I was unable to attend. 10 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,479 Oh, my dear, what a sight you missed. 11 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:18,919 All those glistening athletic bodies. These beautiful Aryan boys. 12 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:23,039 Indeed. Olympic ideal at its purest. 13 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,200 Yes. That too. 14 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,000 - Woo. - Woo.- Yeah. Come on. 15 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,919 - Oh, for goodness sake. - Oh, well, I'msorry. 16 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,479 I think you may be drunk, Herr Windjammer. 17 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,200 I'm smashed permanently, isn't everyone? 18 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,840 Oh, my wife doesn't look in the mood for goodwill to all men. 19 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,079 Heil Hitler. 20 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:51,399 RATTLE OF CUTLERY ON GLASS 21 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,079 Meine Damen und Herren, 22 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:59,199 I bid you welcome to my, erm, little home. 23 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,200 THEY LAUGH 24 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,319 On this night, the von Bodes have gathered 25 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,719 to celebrate the Feast of Saint Nicholas. 26 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,839 for the benefit of our guests from overseas, 27 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:17,279 this is a particularly German tradition. 28 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,680 Saint Nicholas brings presents to the good children, 29 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,759 and the wicked children are visited by... 30 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,680 Well, we have all that to look forward. 31 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:36,079 But this year is a particularly special occasion. 32 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,639 If you know your Bible, you will be aware 33 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:42,560 of the parable of the Prodigal Son. 34 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,080 Meine Damen und Herren, it is time. 35 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,240 Entschuldigen Sie, bitte. Danke. 36 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,520 Entsch... Oh, excuse me, boys. Thank you. 37 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,080 Es tut mir leid. 38 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,759 One pretzel. Possibly pre-war. 39 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,559 - Eh? - All the buffet had to offer. 40 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,799 Though buffet is being charitable, 41 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,199 and the promise of coffee was more like a threat. 42 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,239 One of the more insignificant effects 43 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,279 of losing a World War, I suppose. 44 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,759 A decline in the quality of on-board vittles. 45 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,799 How about a bacon sarnie? 46 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,839 Oh, if only. 47 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,840 Trottie thought ahead. 48 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:00,200 Mrs Book, Mrs Book, what would we do without you? 49 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,639 You know, I never thought I'd leave England. 50 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,559 Never mind all this. 51 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,359 - Thank you. - Don't mention it. 52 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,399 But we're not on holiday, my boy. Remember? 53 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,439 No, no, of course not. 54 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,479 - Ready? - Again? 55 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,320 Need to get our story straight, or they won't give us the time of day. 56 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,639 Renowned antiquarian bookseller, Sebastian Melmoth... 57 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:29,799 Hello. 58 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,759 ...is heading to Germany with his blindingly handsome, 59 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,439 trusted assistant Mr Jack Blunt. 60 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,079 Here, how comes I don't get a secret identity? 61 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,119 Well, you don't need one, do you? 62 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,359 Luther von Bode knows my name. He doesn't know yours. 63 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,039 Nor that you happen to be his grandson. Go on. 64 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,679 Luther is wanting to sell a second folio of Shakespeare, 65 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,439 which is our way to gain his confidence. 66 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,599 But he mustn't know who you are. 67 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,639 Exactly. I will blend in, wear a funny hat, 68 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,959 hide behind the Arras, that sort of thing. 69 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,159 Giving us time to find out... Discreetly. 70 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,959 ...discreetly, what happened to my father on December 5th, 1936. 71 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,480 We need to speak to a Doctor Kaufmann, 72 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:17,359 because he was the one who returned your letters to Felix. 73 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,399 He's also the one that told you that my father 74 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,839 had died in a sanatorium of a brain tumour. 75 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:24,079 Yes. 76 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,159 On the same day that Felix was photographed at the Christmas party. 77 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,999 Someone is lying. Maybe a lot of people are lying. 78 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,279 And in addition... In addition, the Duchess Alberta... 79 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:38,559 Our noblesse obligation. 80 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,879 ...the Shakespeare folio incriminates her, 81 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:42,919 opens up all sorts of questions as to 82 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:47,359 what else she might have... liberated from the royal vaults. 83 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,439 But we take it slowly and carefully. 84 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,239 When and if Luther trusts us, 85 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,359 only then, do we reveal who you really are, understood? 86 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,959 Understood. What about this place itself? 87 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:01,999 What's it called again? Whirl? 88 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,879 Wurl. 89 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,279 Did my old man ever say much about that? 90 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:09,919 Oh, yes, and the way Felix described it, 91 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,480 it's like something out of a fairy tale. 92 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:23,840 GIGGLING 93 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:31,760 Well, he weren't wrong. 94 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,719 - What is it? - Oh, nothing. 95 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,239 I was expecting us to be met at the bottom of the hill, that's all. 96 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,240 Oh, well. 97 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,680 SHOUTING 98 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,080 CHANTING 99 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,439 What the hell's going on? 100 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:36,519 More than a whiff of Nuremberg. 101 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,480 I suppose Christmas is Christmas. Even if there has been a war on. 102 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,240 SHE GASPS 103 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,839 Er, Melmoth? Duttweiler. I'm sorry for my lateness. 104 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,240 Don't give it another thought. 105 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:41,839 Please. 106 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,840 Danke schon. 107 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,399 Nervous? 108 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,720 - Nah. - Me too. 109 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,239 Just like the old times, huh? 110 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,360 Oh, God. How depressing. 111 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:45,999 Maybe Hitler had the right idea. 112 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,279 I wouldn't say that too loud if I was you. 113 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,479 I mean, blowing his brains out. 114 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,079 About all we're fit for now. 115 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:59,760 Oh, I mean, look at us. What a sad spectacle. What do you think, Guy? 116 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,639 What say we put down the whole pack of us? Humanely, of course. 117 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:10,079 Just say the word, honey. I promise it won't hurt. Much. 118 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,039 You say the sweetest things. 119 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,399 Nonsense. 120 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,759 You're talking nonsense, my dear Alberta. 121 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,839 It is the feast of Saint Nicholas, 122 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:21,879 and we celebrate just as we used to. 123 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:26,480 We are still here. We have survived. 124 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,839 Most of us. 125 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,760 And I have gathered those dearest to me back to my tender bosom. 126 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:42,559 But where is Irma? And the Herr Doctor? 127 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:44,560 Yes. Where is Kaufmann? 128 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,199 I must apologise for not meeting you in person. 129 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:06,239 But I am a very busy man. Luther von Bode. 130 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:10,600 Sebastian Melmoth. Pleasure. My assistant Mr Blunt. 131 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:20,359 I trust our business can be swiftly concluded, Herr Melmoth. 132 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,559 Wouldn't that be nice? 133 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:24,560 Come. 134 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,639 Gently does it, Jack. Remember? Gently. 135 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:33,400 Yeah. Yeah, you don't have to worry about me. 136 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,360 Exquisite. Exquisite. 137 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,919 Second Folio in dark calf. 138 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,159 Printed 1632. Exceptionally rare. 139 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:04,239 And yet you want to sell. The war, I suppose. 140 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,559 This place can't exactly be cheap to maintain. 141 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:09,759 It's true. 142 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:13,559 Many aristocratic families have lost much. 143 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:16,600 Fortunately, the von Bodes are not among them. 144 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:21,600 You will find me a wily old negotiator, Herr Melmoth. 145 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,200 Now I am the last of my line. 146 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:29,479 Well, this all seems very promising, 147 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:31,519 but you are asking a great deal of money. 148 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:33,119 Might I have some time? 149 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,800 Of course, of course. You are my honoured guests. 150 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,639 My honoured British guests. 151 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,000 After all, we are all friends now. 152 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:48,919 You must be tired. 153 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,920 Please, let us discuss this matter further in the morning. 154 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,679 You have a favourite? 155 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:03,279 Favourite, sir? 156 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,119 Of the plays? Of Shakespeare's plays? 157 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,679 As Herr Melmoth's assistant, you must surely be very familiar. 158 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,999 Jack has too many to mention, don't you, Jack? 159 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,399 Yeah. 160 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:19,079 I mean, all the obvious ones. The Dame, the Fame, the Moor. 161 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,159 Though, Love's Labour's Lost should never be performed again. 162 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,199 And as for Dogberry in Much Ado... 163 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,399 - Merchant of Venice. - Oh. 164 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,760 "The quality of mercy is not strained. 165 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,039 It droppeth like gentle rain 166 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,320 from heaven, upon the place beneath." 167 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,560 You have a favourite Shakespeare, Herr von Bode? 168 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:45,640 Titus Andronicus. 169 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,039 Well, as you say, it's been a very long day. 170 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,879 - You're not the last in line. - What? - The von Bodes. 171 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:58,199 You're not the last one. There's me. 172 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:00,239 What? 173 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,240 - I'm your grandson. - Jack... 174 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,800 - What did you say? - I'm your grandson. - I'm Felix's son. 175 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,640 - I do not understand. - It's true, Herrvon Bode. 176 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,879 Who are you? 177 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:26,759 Um, I'm Jack Blunt. Um... I'm, uh, I was... I was in an orphanage. 178 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:30,799 That's my first memory, and I had a photograph of my father. 179 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:35,560 It was this one. I had this, and a name and that was it. 180 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:42,999 This is incredible. 181 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,799 Look, look, look, it's all here. All the documents. 182 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,799 We were going to take you through it... in the fullness of time. 183 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:54,679 It's the truth. It's all there. I'm telling the truth, honestly. 184 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,680 I'm your grandson. I'm Felix's son. 185 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,759 And who then, sir, are you? 186 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,439 Just a bookseller. As I say. 187 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,839 I came across your name, Herr von Bode, 188 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,839 and that you were in the market to sell a Shakespeare Folio. 189 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,399 It seemed too good a chance for Jack here to miss. 190 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,839 We had no intention to deceive. Truly. 191 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:18,880 Jack is only here to find some answers. 192 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,679 You will understand that this has come as something of a shock. 193 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:28,680 Yeah. No, of course. 194 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:44,400 There is a resemblance. Certainly a resemblance. 195 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,199 I will study these. 196 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,600 My people will study these in great detail. 197 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:54,760 If this is true... It is. 198 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,760 I swear. 199 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,799 I'm so sorry, Mr Book. 200 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,119 It was just when... when he said that he was the last one, I... 201 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:14,200 I couldn't keep it in. 202 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,599 He's my grandfather, my blood relative. 203 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,159 He's the only one that I've ever... 204 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,199 It's not the end of the world. 205 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,200 We were going to tell him eventually. 206 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:32,879 The quality of mercy is not strained. You're full of surprises. 207 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,560 Yeah, I've been boning up, ain't I? 208 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,640 So, what do you make of the old family pile? 209 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:44,519 It's cosy, innit. 210 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:48,360 Still. As they are wont to say on the Yellow Brick Road, 211 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,440 there's no place like home. 212 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:12,719 - Good evening. - Oh.- This is beautiful. 213 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:16,599 - You're early. - Do you want me towait?- No, no, no. 214 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:21,639 It's, uh... Well, I just have to be careful, that's all, Reggie. 215 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,679 Respectable married woman. 216 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,519 Well, that's exactly what I am. Or what I have to appear to be. 217 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,559 I have such a passion for seducing respectable married women. 218 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:35,119 Is that all this is? A seduction? 219 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:37,719 You know me better than that by now, Trottie. 220 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,440 And so, it's a whole week to ourselves. 221 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:48,319 Nora is looking after the bookshop. That should occupy her completely. 222 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:52,360 Which only leaves Dog, and he's very discreet. 223 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:12,840 Oh, come on, you've sniffed every bloomin' thing we've passed. 224 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,280 DOG WHIMPERS 225 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,240 Bloody hell. 226 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:46,079 Jesus, Luther. You're just going to take this kid at face value? 227 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,479 Of course not. I'm not a complete fool, Guy. 228 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,959 But if he is who he says he is, 229 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,559 my lawyers will look over the papers, we will see. 230 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,599 Oh, this is delicious. 231 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,679 It's nuts, it's nuts. Luther, you can't just accept... 232 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:02,999 Ten years ago, I lost my only son. And now... 233 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,359 Your grandson has come to take his place. 234 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,679 He obviously just wants money. 235 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,199 No. Listen, I don't want anything like that. 236 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,239 I just want answers about my father. 237 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,039 DOOR BELL 238 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,040 - See who that is. - Sir. 239 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,079 My son was not well. 240 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,520 He behaved so strangely that we had to put him away for a while. 241 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,719 - Sanatorium. - And then? 242 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:32,679 And there he died. The tumour on the brain. 243 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,639 That was what was causing it. 244 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:40,160 Causing it all. God rest his soul. 245 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:53,279 What's your role in all of this, Mr... Melmoth? 246 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,239 Chaperone to the little bastard? 247 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,479 Just an interested party. 248 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,919 I'm a bookseller, actually. A specialist. 249 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,399 Oh, I'm a collector too. 250 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,400 So I gather, Your Grace. 251 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,439 I'm aware that circumstances have changed here, von Bode. 252 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:13,599 But the Shakespeare Folio... 253 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,239 Oh, it's still for sale. Yes, very much so. 254 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:21,280 Excellent. And your library? 255 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:25,159 Full of treasures. 256 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,559 Very tempting. May I? 257 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:29,999 If you wish. 258 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,839 It's rather thrillingly like Anastasia all of this, isn't it? 259 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,519 - Who? - Romanoff Princess. 260 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,679 She was meant to have escaped the Bolsheviks' firing squad in 1918. 261 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,519 Tipped up in Berlin in the '20s. 262 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,679 Of course, almost certainly a horrible imposter. 263 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:49,959 I was related to her. I mean, the real Anastasia. 264 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:51,999 Distantly. 265 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,359 Yes. My husband is very keen on reminding me 266 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:57,679 just how distant a relation to the king I am. 267 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,959 Aren't you, darling? 268 00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:04,439 Well, it'll be nice to have some more erudite company this weekend, 269 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,879 as I'm not sure that half of them here can actually read. 270 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,880 MAN CLEARS THROAT 271 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,959 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 272 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:19,999 SHE TRANSLATES 273 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,520 My name is Inspector Ernest Bliss. 274 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,080 And I'm afraid there's been a murder. 275 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,999 Didn't expect we'd be seeing you for a while yet. 276 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,799 Can't keep you away from trouble, can you, Inspector? 277 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,839 Well, this was hardly part of the plan. 278 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,599 Good to see you anyway. 279 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:05,439 Yeah, and you. Not everything's... worked out. 280 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,759 This has rather complicated matters though, hasn't it? 281 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,999 A little, plus, the dead man was the one 282 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,759 who sent me official confirmation that Felix was dead. 283 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,679 You think... You think there's a connection? 284 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,719 I'm not sure yet. 285 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,439 It was horrible. Horrible. His face! 286 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,559 There, there. 287 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,719 You must get some rest. Let's get you to bed. 288 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,160 Help yourself to anything you find in my cabinet, darling. 289 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,959 - I have everything. - But keep off thehard stuff. 290 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,159 She hasn't developed your tolerance, honey. 291 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,840 No, no. I have my own. 292 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,239 Poor old Kaufmann, eh? 293 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,279 Indeed. 294 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,880 Although I don't suppose you'll be shedding many tears, will you? 295 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,679 What is that supposed to mean? 296 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:59,680 SHE HUMS 297 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,119 So, what now? 298 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:06,399 I want you to stay here, Jack. 299 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,679 Find out everything you can about the night that Felix died. 300 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,919 Discreetly this time. 301 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,120 Yeah. Don't worry. 302 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,199 Scene of the crime? 303 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,880 Scene of the crime. 304 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,839 We haven't been properly introduced. Gabriel Book. 305 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,879 - Liesl Pohl. - Delighted. 306 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,679 - I have heard so much about you. - Allbad I hope? 307 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,719 Pohl used to work with the police here. 308 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,319 Been cleared by all the security checks, 309 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,479 so she's a good one, a good German. 310 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,439 - Sorry. - No, it is worth saying. Ihated the Nazis. 311 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,479 Which is more than can be said for most of 312 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,839 the people staying in Schloss von Bode currently. 313 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,919 Speaking of which, we'd best hurry. 314 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,559 There's only so long I can nip outside for a quick smoke. 315 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,279 We can get you back in the same way we left. 316 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,559 - The servants' entrance? - Yeah. It isnever locked. 317 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,319 Excellent. 318 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,639 So, what do we know about the late Doctor Kaufmann? 319 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,359 Widower. No children. 320 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,559 And he has been personal physician to Luther von Bode for 30 years. 321 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:41,999 Has he now? 322 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,359 Pathology report of a sort. No Doctor Calder, alas. 323 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:46,399 Alas. 324 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,959 No sign of forced entry, and no prints anywhere. 325 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,199 What else do we know about him? Associates? 326 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,239 Enemies? Drink? Debt? Women? 327 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,279 He was not well liked. 328 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,519 Clearly, someone really didn't like him. 329 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:05,600 Choked with coal, and covered with soot. It's a new one on me. 330 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,280 SHOUTING OUTSIDE 331 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,040 SHRIEKING 332 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,599 Book, what is it? 333 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,919 It's just a notion. 334 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:34,759 Go on. 335 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,679 Have you ever heard of Knecht Ruprecht? 336 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,159 Of course. Perhaps it is not well known in England. 337 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:46,599 - No? - It's all different here. Verydifferent. Wha... 338 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,999 Knecht Ruprecht is a legendary creature. 339 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,039 There's even a tune by Schumann. 340 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,839 Ruprecht accompanies Saint Nicholas on his rounds, 341 00:27:54,840 --> 00:28:00,119 and doles out things to naughty children, including lumps of coal. 342 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:03,359 Oh, I see. You think someone's trying to make a point? 343 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:05,839 Kaufmann was being punished? 344 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:07,879 It is possible. 345 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,799 Knecht Ruprecht hits wicked children with a bag of ashes. 346 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,999 Drowns them or stuffs them in a sack, and carries them to Hell. 347 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,360 Oh, lovely. Merry Christmas. 348 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,520 WHISPERING AND MUTTERING 349 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,840 VOICE ECHOES 350 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,159 No, no! 351 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,879 You are not real, you are not real. 352 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,600 No! No. Get away from me. Get away from me! 353 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,159 Get away from me. No! 354 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,079 No! 355 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,080 HE HYPERVENTILATES 356 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,360 No... 357 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,080 That's the official story. The one Luther told you? 358 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,479 After all the day guests had left, he admitted that 359 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,919 Felix was here the night of the party. 360 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,479 He said he was behaving strange. 361 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,839 Erratic, you know, because of the tumour. 362 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,120 What do the others say? 363 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,759 That Felix seemed perfectly fine when they talked to him. 364 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,440 And that he did go back to the sanatorium, 365 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,960 and died there. 366 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,559 A disparity, then, between Luther's account, 367 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,679 and that of the other guests. 368 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,039 If only we could have spoken to Kaufmann. 369 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,040 Yeah, but he's dead. 370 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,759 "White and snowy lies the land. 371 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,719 Here comes Saint Nicholas, staff in hand. 372 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,999 Who's that with him? Face like a fright. 373 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:18,759 Knecht Ruprecht, Ruprecht, tuck up tight." 374 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,120 What's that? 375 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,679 Local ditty about Santa's not-so-little helper. 376 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:30,039 "Knecht Ruprecht comes to poke and peer at all the little children 377 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,239 who've been bad this year. 378 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:35,599 Too late now to go to church, with coal, 379 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,920 then sack, then switch of birch, 380 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,239 Ruprecht will be the one to tell, 381 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,680 who goes to Heaven, and who to Hell." 382 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,600 The question is, who would want to kill Kaufmann? 383 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,199 They were all pretty tight-lipped. 384 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,239 There... 385 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,919 - There was one thing that I did pick up on. - Yes? 386 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:02,399 Doctor Kaufmann and the big fella, Duttweiler, 387 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,839 they didn't get on, feud goes way back. 388 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,679 Ah, now, that's very revealing. 389 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,719 Is it? 390 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,119 I found a photograph in Kaufmann's office. 391 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,719 He and Duttweiler were in the same regiment during the Great War. 392 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:19,479 Duttweiler of a higher rank, judging by his uniform. 393 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:23,360 Kaufmann a mere private. 394 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:29,159 I see. I mean, that can't have been easy, 395 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:33,679 going back to bowing and scraping to a bloke you used to give orders to. 396 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:37,319 Festering resentment. My favourite motive. 397 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,359 So, Duttweiler has got to be in the frame for it? 398 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,239 He was in the village. He was late picking us up. 399 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,080 He could have done in Doctor Kaufmann. 400 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,719 If so... 401 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,159 What? 402 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,160 Don't you see? 403 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,600 The butler did it. 404 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,199 Herr von Bode! 405 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,719 SPEAKS GERMAN 406 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,720 What is it? What's happened? 407 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,999 Jesus. 408 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,000 Coal then sack. 409 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,080 So much for the butler. 410 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,440 DOG WHIMPERS 411 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,600 Dog? 412 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:55,920 Nora? 413 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,759 Have you been here all night? 414 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:04,799 What time is it? 415 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,919 It's 8.30. Your uncle will be frantic. 416 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,439 He won't mind. He knows I'm here all day. 417 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:14,039 Yes, but not all night. It doesn't even open on a Sunday. 418 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,960 Yes, I know that. 419 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,120 Is everything all right, Nora? 420 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:28,279 Nora? Oh, damn. 421 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,280 KETTLE WHISTLES 422 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,399 Thought you weren't expecting me to sleep here. 423 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,799 Huh? 424 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:57,720 You've got two cups out. You must be psychic, Mrs B. 425 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:04,639 Force of habit, I suppose, for me and Book. 426 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:09,240 Right. Yeah. Of course. 427 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:18,920 Um... Two sugars in mine, if you can spare that from your ration. 428 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,400 Mm. 429 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,959 Barbiturate overdose. Injected in the neck. 430 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,679 And something else. Cologne. Lots of it. 431 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,159 Which he hadn't been wearing earlier in the evening. 432 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,719 Must have taken a bit of strength to get a big bugger like him 433 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:48,239 into the sack and hoisted up into the eaves. 434 00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:50,599 Maybe. 435 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:54,399 Well, anyway, I've asked everyone staying in the castle to stay put. 436 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,199 It's got to be one of them, hasn't it? 437 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,200 Right. Plan of action. 438 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,519 Well, it can't exactly be business as usual, can it? 439 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,559 As far as they're all concerned, you're just a bookseller. 440 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:10,999 So you'll... you'll be discreet. Keep out the way. 441 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,680 Yes, absolutely. You won't know I'm here. 442 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:20,439 Do you believe me? Do you believe I am who I say I am? 443 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,119 Luther is hardly sentimental. 444 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,399 If you are a fraud, he will discover it. 445 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:30,720 And then, hah, I would not like to be in your shoes. 446 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,679 Look, I asked everyone last night 447 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:39,839 what happened to Felix all those years ago at the party? 448 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,879 I mean, Luther said he collapsed, but... 449 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,559 Luther is a liar. 450 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:51,800 The story they told about Felix's end is not... It cannot be true. 451 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:55,719 Will you tell me what really happened? 452 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:59,039 I think I can trust you, perhaps. 453 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:03,800 We just... Ijust want to know the truth. 454 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:09,759 The truth? The truth is a stranger to these walls. 455 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,480 You said you grew up here. 456 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:19,919 So, are you... Are we, like cousins, or...? 457 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:24,560 I am not a von Bode. Luther took me in after... 458 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,000 ...after my father died. 459 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:33,280 And were you close? You and Felix. 460 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:39,279 I adored him. Oh, not in that way. 461 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,919 He was like an older brother to me. 462 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:45,599 We'd confide in each other. We told each other everything. 463 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:50,280 And so, I know who it was he truly loved. 464 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:58,839 I read everyone's statements, their movements 465 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:02,519 on the day Kaufmann was killed, and last night when Duttweiler died. 466 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,559 Well, we're each other's alibis, Inspector. 467 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,679 I'm sorry if that doesn't help. 468 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,719 You were in Bermuda, weren't you? 469 00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:12,879 For the duration of the war? Sorry. Don't mind me. 470 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,559 We were. Keeping the British end up. 471 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,119 We could hardly pop over here to Germany, could we? 472 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:22,319 That wouldn't have done at all. But now that's all over. 473 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,519 Back to the good old days? 474 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,119 Hardly. This bloody country's a wreck. 475 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,679 But Luther asked, and so here we are again. 476 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:34,239 Luther's always been a very generous host. 477 00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:36,519 Doctor Kauffmann, an old friend? 478 00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,559 We had been through much together. 479 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:39,879 And Duttweiler? 480 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:42,240 His family have been servants here for generations. 481 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,720 The von Bode blood is in these stones. 482 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,879 We are aristocrats, an unbroken chain of authority, 483 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,119 of dignity, of power. 484 00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:57,639 Not looking too powerful now, though, are you? 485 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:01,519 Flogging the family silver, or the Shakespeare Folio just to survive. 486 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:05,799 Sorry. Not here. Ignore me. Fascinating stuff. 487 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:10,799 Not sure Irma was very keen on either of them, actually. 488 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:12,839 Kaufmann and Duttweiler I mean. 489 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,399 She rather thought they looked down on her. 490 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:16,839 Looked down on her? 491 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:19,519 Well, Luther took her in after her father's suicide. 492 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,999 He made her his ward. She grew up in the castle. 493 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,799 Everyone knew that she was reliant on Luther's charity. 494 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,679 Irma's father killed himself? Sorry. Me again. 495 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,399 It's no secret that my father lost everything in the Crash. 496 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:36,599 The stock market. I had nothing. Luther took me in. 497 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,879 Eventually I got away to Berlin. But then the war... 498 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,159 And what about your relationship with the dead men? 499 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,199 Purely professional. 500 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,519 Doctor Kaufmann provided me with the drugs I take. 501 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:48,559 - For sleeping, yes? - Yes. 502 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,239 Secobarbital, I believe, according to the doctor's notes. 503 00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:53,839 A barbiturate. 504 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,839 It's the Japanese woman you really should be grilling, though. 505 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,479 - Oh? - Oh, yes. 506 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,799 Because of what Kaufmann did to Mr Yamauchi. 507 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,199 What became of your husband? The war, I suppose. 508 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:08,959 No, not the war. He died of peritonitis. 509 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:10,679 In Japan? 510 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:12,679 No. Here. 511 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,159 - What, here? - His symptoms wereignored. 512 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,439 By the time he realised, it was too late. 513 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,280 These symptoms were ignored by Doctor Kaufmann? 514 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,319 Well, Luther's rattled. You see his face? 515 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,519 Well, his butler and his friend the doctor 516 00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:31,719 have both just been killed by a grotesque and rather baroque means. 517 00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:35,479 Would you describe yourself as Luther's friend, Your Grace? 518 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:37,519 Luther doesn't have friends. 519 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:40,559 Just people who can be useful to him for a while. 520 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,879 I mean, we're more than acquaintances, of course. 521 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:47,799 I've helped him buy and sell a few things. Keep the coffers full. 522 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,119 You've become something of a fixture here, I understand, 523 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,159 since the end of the war. 524 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:53,879 Luther has been very kind to me. 525 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,399 You must have got to know the servants rather well. 526 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,559 - Poor Duttweiler. - It is shocking. 527 00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,799 Was Duttweiler by any chance an habitual wearer of heavy scent? 528 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:04,839 Scent? 529 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,279 Eau de Cologne de Coq? 530 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:07,999 Not to my knowledge. 531 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,159 You say you were in the castle the whole time 532 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,559 on the day Kaufmann was killed. What about last night? 533 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:17,039 I have no alibi. I sleep alone, of course. 534 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:21,999 Ah, yes. So many have been widowed. It must be very lonely for you. 535 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,239 One learns to be stoical. 536 00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:27,280 Herr von Bode has provided you with much comfort, I'm sure. 537 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,239 How well did you both know the deceased men? 538 00:41:31,240 --> 00:41:34,399 Well, we met them both, obviously, over the years. 539 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,879 Ghastly, both of them. Kaufmann was so quiet. 540 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,079 Rather gave one the creeps. Duttweiler... 541 00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,559 Frankenstein I used to call him. 542 00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,159 Great lumbering brute. 543 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,239 His monster. 544 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:49,399 Sorry? 545 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,199 Frankenstein's monster. He was the great lumbering brute. 546 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:56,559 His monster, not Frankenstein. Sorry. Ignore me. 547 00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:58,599 So, not a fan of either, then? 548 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,079 No, but finding people tedious at parties 549 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:05,159 is a tenuous motive for murder, don't you think, Inspector? 550 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,039 Half of Belgravia would be in the dock. 551 00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,919 I've been thinking, Mr Melmoth... 552 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:12,999 Melmoth. 553 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,519 It's a book, isn't it? Melmoth the Wanderer. 554 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,799 A gothic classic. 555 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,920 Like me. Funny. 556 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:26,639 Wasn't that the name that Oscar Wilde used in exile? 557 00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:29,199 Sebastian Melmoth. 558 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,239 Was it really? 559 00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:33,079 Can you think of a stronger motive 560 00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,119 why anyone would want to kill these men? 561 00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,879 - Got to be a nut, I guess. - Or... 562 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:39,319 Or? 563 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:43,719 Well, we've all heard the rumours about this nasty Santa Claus thing. 564 00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:46,879 What is it? Knicky-Knacky? 565 00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:48,919 Knecht Ruprecht. 566 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:50,839 Yes. That's the chap. 567 00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:52,479 Whose theory is this? 568 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:54,519 - Mine, I'm afraid. - Oh, indeed. 569 00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:56,999 And so the deaths of respectable German citizens are now 570 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,839 to be investigated by English amateurs 571 00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,759 and Jews?! 572 00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:07,119 Mr... Mr Book... Mr Mel... Mel... 573 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,359 ...Mr Melmoth is an acquaintance from London. 574 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,399 He's very welcome to help in any way he can. 575 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:15,039 As if it were not bad enough that they were slaughtered. 576 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:19,079 But this humiliation, punished like naughty children! 577 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,399 It is obscene. 578 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,680 Find out who did this, and do so quickly. 579 00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,559 I'll do my best. 580 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:34,200 But you might do well to remember, Mr von Bode, who won the bloody war. 581 00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:48,719 - Well, you have quite a nerve. - I begyour pardon? 582 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:52,640 Coming here into my home, Mr Book! 583 00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:08,159 I wrote to Felix, waited for a reply. Waited and waited. 584 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:11,999 Felix never saw your damned letters. He was in the sanatorium by then. 585 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,999 - With this so-called tumour. - Describeit how you will. 586 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,199 It was a kind of sickness, a disease. 587 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:19,239 Disease? 588 00:44:19,240 --> 00:44:21,279 He was afflicted with a perversion 589 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,319 that made me ashamed to call him my own blood. 590 00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,359 Oh, of course. 591 00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:29,600 My only heir. The heir to the von Bode line. 592 00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:33,520 Decadent. Corrupted. 593 00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:36,600 Corrupted by you. 594 00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:44,360 So, you locked him away? 595 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:48,679 Kaufmann thought he might respond to treatment, 596 00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:54,199 but I should simply have put Felix down, like a sick animal. 597 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:59,359 Is that what you did? Because there was no tumour, was there, Luther? 598 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,719 No matter what lie you've been telling yourself. 599 00:45:01,720 --> 00:45:04,919 You turn up here with that boy, 600 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:08,919 under false pretences, using a false name, 601 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:11,719 and then he claims to be my own flesh and blood. 602 00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:13,720 Quite the coincidence. 603 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:19,839 Or something more. A conspiracy. 604 00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:25,239 A conspiracy that ends with the deaths of Kaufmann and Duttweiler. 605 00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:28,280 What really happened that night, Luther? 606 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,479 What the hell did you do to Felix? 607 00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:35,039 You came here to buy the Second Folio. 608 00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:38,920 I regret to inform you that it is no longer for sale. 609 00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:42,760 I believe our business here is concluded. 610 00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,719 Well... 611 00:45:58,720 --> 00:46:00,720 Buggered that up, ain't we? 612 00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:13,039 Oh, no, no, no, no, no. 613 00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:14,279 No? 614 00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,959 No, I...I don't drink any more. 615 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,080 You don't drink any more? 616 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:22,360 I don't drink any less. 617 00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:26,319 Oh, my goodness. Are you all right? 618 00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:28,359 It got rather heated, I'm afraid. 619 00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,399 I thought he was going to strike me. 620 00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:35,399 And how's Jack taking it all? Must be a little overwhelming. 621 00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:40,959 He's quite the stoic, in fact. Impressive boy. His father's boy. 622 00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:43,480 You will be careful, won't you? 623 00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:47,599 I'm always careful, Trottie. 624 00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:49,839 Not always. 625 00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:51,919 Everything all right back there? 626 00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:54,679 Yes. Yes, of course. 627 00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:56,719 Bedroom ceiling? 628 00:46:56,720 --> 00:46:58,279 - Good as new. - Trottie? 629 00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:00,280 SHE GASPS 630 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:07,319 You be careful too, my love. I'd better go. 631 00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:11,239 Walls have ears in this place. I'll speak to you when I can. 632 00:47:11,240 --> 00:47:13,240 - Bye, Book. - Bye. 633 00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:28,119 There you go. I think you deserve this. 634 00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:29,599 Thanks. 635 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:35,079 I know how... how tough this must all be for you, Book, so... 636 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,400 I'm fine. We'll be fine. 637 00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:40,639 Time to regroup. What are we looking at? 638 00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:42,879 Well, motives aplenty. 639 00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:46,639 Madame Yamauchi blames Dr Kaufmann for the death of her husband. 640 00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:50,999 And we know there was bad blood between Kaufmann and Duttweiler. 641 00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,279 And then he got topped himself. 642 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,759 Killed by an overdose of the same barbiturates 643 00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,559 that Irma Queisser uses to get to sleep. 644 00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:01,439 And who can say what her Royal Highness and the yank 645 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:05,599 might be hiding, apart from what we already know. 646 00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,600 Then there's this. 647 00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:10,479 Oh, what is it? 648 00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:13,039 Finally found something in the doctor's accounts. 649 00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:16,559 Luther was paying for two patients at the sanatorium. 650 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:18,439 Two? 651 00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:20,959 Jacks father and another one, an earlier patient 652 00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:25,519 whose residency began in 1912, and which ended just two months ago. 653 00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:28,039 Any idea who? 654 00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:32,599 No name given. Odd, though. Luther is the key to all this. 655 00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:35,879 The spider at the centre of the web. 656 00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:41,039 I can feel it in my bones. We've got to get him to talk. 657 00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:44,920 Well, that'd be a job for you two. We've been chucked out on our ears. 658 00:48:47,720 --> 00:48:54,359 Well, gentlemen, here's to a new and better future. Prost. 659 00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:56,360 ALL: Prost. 660 00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:04,799 "White and snowy lies the land. 661 00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:08,120 Here comes Saint Nicholas, staff in hand. 662 00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:12,400 Who's that with him? Face like a fright. 663 00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,240 Knecht Ruprecht, Ruprecht, tuck up tight. 664 00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:23,160 Knecht Ruprecht comes to poke and peer 665 00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:28,720 at all the little children who have been bad this year. 666 00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:34,079 Too late now to go to church, 667 00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:38,559 with coal, then sack, then switch of birch, 668 00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:41,999 Ruprecht will be the one to tell 669 00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:46,120 who goes to heaven and who to hell." 670 00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:54,720 HE SIGHS 671 00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,039 KNOCKING 672 00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:20,040 Luther? 673 00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:23,880 Luther, why did you not come to bed? 674 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:28,440 Luther? 675 00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:44,120 Subtitles by Red Bee Media