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Coast Guard's picking up
distress signals from some
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damn fools out there on a yacht.
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I mean maybe... murder peculiar.
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On your wrist is the imprint where a
watch used to be. I didn't steal it.
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We need action fast. I'm not holding
any inquest till we find that body.
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That just leaves Grace to get
rid of. What are you saying?
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And nothing you or anybody else
can do is going to change that.
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Your father's body washed up on shore
early this morning. He can't be dead!
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To tell you the truth, I don't think there's
a one of us that's sorry to see him dead.
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Oh, please, three more
paragraphs and I can go to bed.
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Thank you.
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Jessica!
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Jessica, you in there?
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Oh, Ethan, you shouldn't be
out on a night like this.
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I know that, woman.
You think I'm a nitwit?
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Don't ask questions that
beg obvious answers.
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I guess you're okay. Leastways, there's
nothin' wrong with your tongue.
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Don't often see a hurricane this bad this
far north. A real deadly lady, this one.
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I appreciate your concern, but I've
got plenty of candles and firewood,
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and as soon as you get outta here,
I'm going to bed.
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As long as you're in one piece,
I believe I'll go do the same thing.
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Oh, Coast Guard's picking
up distress signals
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from some damn fools
out there in a yacht.
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In this storm? You think
they'll be all right?
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Well, if they are, they are. I
can't get to 'em till it clears.
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Wouldn't you think people would
have more sense? Mm-hmm.
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Good night.
Night.
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Morning, Nils.
Morning, Jessica.
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Good morning.
Good morning for the fish?
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Oh, they'll be bitin',
sure enough. Yeah.
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Always do after a storm.
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I didn't see Ethan's boat.
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Oh, he went out maybe an hour ago.
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Helpin' some folks got stuck
last night out in the storm.
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Are they all right?
Well, I couldn't say.
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I lost radio contact.
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Well, have him call me when
he gets back, will you?
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Uh, excuse me.
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This is private property.
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You the lady of the house?
Yeah, I live here.
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Shame to let these weeds
get a toehold like this.
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Too good a garden to go to ruin.
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Well, my marigolds are hardly
going to seed, Mr., uh--
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Name's, uh, Ralph, ma'am.
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I'm mighty hungry, but I don't
believe in takin' handouts.
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Now, if you could spare me a good
breakfast, I'd be willing to work for it.
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Admirable. But I'm not sure what
there is to do around here.
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Window casements need paint.
Whole house, for that matter.
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No offense intended, but I
believe in bein' direct.
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Well, so do I. Well, come on in the
house and I'll fix you some eggs.
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Eggs will be fine, soon as I
finish with this. Work first.
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Yes, ma'am, I've been, uh, hoboin' for
about as long as I can remember.
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But, uh, you must understand,
I am not a bum.
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I work for what I get.
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Hey, I read this story.
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Good book.
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You wrote this!
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I did. Mrs. Fletcher, you astound me.
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Oh, Ralph.
You're not astounded at all.
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As a matter of fact, you're full of
clam dip. Now sit down and eat.
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Ma'am, you, uh, misjudge me.
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No, sir, you misjudge me.
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That book is a prepublication copy.
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It hasn't even been released yet.
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Secondly, your clothes may be faded,
but they are exquisitely tailored.
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And third, the term is
'boin', not hoboin'.
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And finally, on your wrist is the
imprint where a watch used to be.
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Where have you got it stashed,
Ralph?
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I didn't steal it.
I didn't think you did.
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How do you take your coffee?
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Just black.
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Truth is, Mrs. Fletcher,
I have been bumming around.
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But like you just guessed,
it hasn't been for long.
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My, uh, company just retired
me after 42 years,
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gave me a small pension and the,
uh, proverbial gold watch.
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And all of a sudden
I realized...
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there was a whole lot of this
world that I hadn't seen.
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Now, I was faced with, uh, two choices--
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I could hop on a tour bus
with the rest of the fogies,
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or I could see America
from the ground up.
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Mad?
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Well, why should I be mad?
Like you said, Ralph,
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there is a lot needing doing in this
old place, if you're interested.
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Well, where do we start?
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Hello. Ms. Fletcher.
Amos Tupper.
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Oh, good morning, Sheriff. I hate
to be a bother to you, ma'am,
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but, uh, Ethan Cragg just
towed in that yacht.
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Were those people all right? Well,
they're fine. Yacht's got some damage.
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Right now it's anchored
out past the point.
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Ms. Fletcher, somethin' mighty
peculiar has happened down here--
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What do you mean by peculiar, Sheriff?
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I mean maybe... murder peculiar.
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Murder?
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Oh, dear.
I'll be right down.
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Murder in this town? Ralph, I'm sorry,
but I'm gonna have to leave you.
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Oh, I'll try to keep busy
outside, if you like.
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I think that would be best.
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Jessica, I told this old fool you
shouldn't be comin' down here.
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Oh, Ethan, will you zip it up?
I'm conductin' official business.
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And I'm tellin' you there wasn't any
murder. Those nice little girls
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couldn't murder anyone.
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Especially their own daddy.
Ethan--
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Will one of you adolescents
please tell me what's happened?
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Well-- Some-- Some rich
fella named Stephen Earl.
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Sells some kind of makeup.
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Yes, cosmetics.
Mark of Earl. I know it.
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Yeah. Well, it seems he was out
sailin' with his four daughters.
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That's them right over there.
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And last night, during the storm---
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Sheriff, why don't you let the
little ladies tell it themselves
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instead of you interruptin'?
Good idea.
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Ladies? Ladies, this is Ms. Fletcher,
a good friend of mine,
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who from time to time
I like to look to for advice.
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Now, suppose you tell her just what
happened out there on the boat last night.
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Oh, Sheriff, mind your manners.
I have to meet everyone first.
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Oh, sorry.
This is Nancy Earl.
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Nan. Hello.
[Jessica] Hello, Nan.
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Oh, that's lovely.
Did you knit that yourself?
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No. But I designed it.
Oh, it's delightful.
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Thank you.
Maggie Earl.
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I read your latest book.
It was a hoot.
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Well, thanks. It was a hoot to write.
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And this is, uh, Lisa Earl.
Shelby.
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Shelby.
Lisa Earl Shelby.
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My husband has been notified.
He is on his way.
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Oh, how nice.
And I'm Grace Earl Lamont.
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My husband hasn't been notified.
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As a matter of fact, he left four years
ago, and no one's heard from him since.
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I wonder if we wouldn't be
more comfortable inside.
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We left Bridgeport four days ago.
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Just the four of you?
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And Daddy. We'd been at sea for
three nights, Mrs. Fletcher.
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And we knew there was a storm
approaching, but we thought surely
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that it would go back out to sea
before it came up this far north.
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Well, they usually do.
Well, by the time we realized
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our mistake, it was too late.
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The four of us were huddled below deck,
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and I think it was a
little past midnight.
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We were about three miles due
east of Monhegan Island.
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The boat was yawing very badly,
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and we all suddenly realized at the same
time that Father was still topside.
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It was Lisa who got up there
first. The wind was raging.
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The rain was coming down in
sheets. I could barely see.
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Just then-- Just then was
when I got up there,
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and I saw Lisa going towards Father,
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and all of a sudden a huge wave
hit the side of the boat,
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and he was washed overboard instantly.
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It was horrible.
I did my best.
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I struggled to try to get to the rail
to him, but he was already gone.
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It was already too late. And
by this time Maggie and Nan
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had also gotten up on deck, and we all
realized at once that it was hopeless.
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Seems pretty straightforward to me.
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Yes. Apparently not to your sheriff.
What about you, Mrs. Fletcher?
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Uh, me? You see,
I made the mistake of asking the sheriff
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how soon we could expect
a coroner's inquest.
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But he thought that was unseemly.
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Well, considering you four ladies
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are going to share an estate worth,
what, several million dollars?
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Try a hundred million.
Oh.
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Well, my feeling is that there
are special circumstances here,
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and before we go holding an inquest,
I want to see that body.
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The way the tide is, the body should
wash ashore tonight. Tomorrow for sure.
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[Maggie] Come on, girls.
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We've been as cooperative as
possible under the circumstances.
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We'll take our things from the boat.
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Okay, Ms. Fletcher, what
do you think now, huh?
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Well, I doubt any of them will
be wearing black very long.
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I'm talkin' about foul play.
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A hundred million dollars
is a whale of a motive.
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Amos, you've been readin' too
many of Jessica's books.
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Well, that's how much you know,
Ethan. I haven't read any of 'em.
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Ladies, forgive me. I'm forgetting
my Yankee hospitality.
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I've got a big house,
and there's just me.
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I'd be delighted to have
you all as my guests.
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We've already made reservations
at the local inn.
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Ah.
Thank you anyway.
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Yes, it was very nice of you.
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Oh, Captain Cragg, can you make a call, see
if you can get us a cab to the hotel?
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I'll ring 'em up, Ms. Earl. I really must
apologize for my sister, Mrs. Fletcher.
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I'm afraid that tact was never
really one of Lisa's virtues.
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I'm sure you're all upset.
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Actually, it's quite to the contrary.
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There really was very little love lost
between Stephen Earl and his daughters.
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Why should there be?
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He was the one who broke up my marriage.
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And he was always meddling in
Nan's private life.
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And he turned poor Maggie into
nothing but a dull hausfrau.
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To tell you the truth, I don't think there's
a one of us that's sorry to see him dead.
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Excuse me.
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Ralph?
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Hello?
Oh, hello, Letitia.
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What?
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Paris? Are you su--
Well, how much?
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Mozart?
Mm-hmm.
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Food for the soul.
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An empty head is almost as
bad as an empty belly.
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I finished the weeding.
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Not much else I could do without
supplies-- paint, lumber.
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You didn't by any chance call
France for an estimate?
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What?
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The phone company just called with
the charges for your Paris call.
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Nine dollars and 97 cents. Must've
been a very short conversation.
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No. That's Paris, Kentucky. I've got a
friend who's a horse breeder down there.
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Don't worry.
I'll take care of the charges.
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Is that before or after
the horse comes in?
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Now, Mrs. Fletcher, it's
nothing like that.
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How's your latest murder?
What?
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Downtown. The sheriff.
Your phone call.
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Oh, that wasn't a murder at all. A man
was swept overboard by the storm.
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It was just an unfortunate accident.
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An accident? Really?
Someone local?
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Ralph, supposing you stifle
your morbid curiosity.
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You know, we've got some
work on the agenda.
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Sure enough. Come on. There's
something I want you to see.
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Right over here.
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You see, uh-- You see where
the wood's started to rot?
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It needs new paint and putty,
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or come winter, you'll
be having bad drafts.
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Oh, we've already got 'em.
Can you fix it?
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Mm-hmm. Yeah.
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Gonna need about 10 or $15 for supplies.
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Oh, it's a bargain.
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Hmm. I guess besides a good meal,
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the thing I enjoy most is a good pipe.
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Your husband's?
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Yes.
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He had good taste.
Fine looking meerschaum.
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Please, take it.
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Oh, no.
I-- I couldn't do that.
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Ralph, I want you to have it.
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Better you should smoke it than it
should sit there gathering dust.
232
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Naturally, I'm as upset as anyone
over the death of Mr. Earl.
233
00:15:13,955 --> 00:15:16,791
Yep. But even in our grief
we have to face reality.
234
00:15:16,791 --> 00:15:19,419
The Mark of Earl could be thrown
into a financial tailspin
235
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if this whole thing is mishandled.
236
00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:23,423
We need action fast, Sheriff.
What do you suggest?
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An immediate coroner's inquest
so that the reins of leadership
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can pass quickly on to his successor.
239
00:15:27,844 --> 00:15:30,930
Well, I can appreciate you've got
some kind of a problem, Mr. Earl--
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[Lisa] Shelby.
241
00:15:32,056 --> 00:15:36,477
Shelby-- but I'm not holdin' any
inquest till we find that body.
242
00:15:36,477 --> 00:15:39,647
What, are you out of your mind?
That body may never show up.
243
00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:42,233
Maybe not.
244
00:15:43,985 --> 00:15:46,487
[Ralph] I, uh, lost my wife years ago.
245
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Many years ago. Hit me hard.
246
00:15:49,490 --> 00:15:52,118
Well, for a long time I
couldn't even talk about her.
247
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Then it came to me.
248
00:15:54,745 --> 00:16:00,084
By recognizing what she had been, what--
249
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How much she had meant to me,
250
00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:07,425
well, it was a way of keeping
her alive in my heart.
251
00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:10,553
That's a sweet thought, Ralph.
I'll remember it.
252
00:16:10,553 --> 00:16:12,263
You have children?
253
00:16:13,014 --> 00:16:14,599
Oh, no, no.
254
00:16:14,599 --> 00:16:16,809
Frank and I were never blessed that way.
255
00:16:17,143 --> 00:16:20,438
Blessed.
256
00:16:21,564 --> 00:16:25,693
Well, with, uh, your permission,
I'd like to excuse myself.
257
00:16:25,693 --> 00:16:29,906
You're not leaving? Well, I've, uh,
got a few things that need doing.
258
00:16:29,906 --> 00:16:33,826
Maybe I'll be back later this
evening. It all depends.
259
00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:36,913
Well, in case I'm asleep,
I'll leave the door unlatched.
260
00:16:36,913 --> 00:16:38,164
No, ma'am.
261
00:16:39,457 --> 00:16:42,210
Folks have a way of talking
in a little town like this.
262
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Well, good night.
263
00:17:05,650 --> 00:17:07,401
Ethan, where are you?
264
00:17:08,486 --> 00:17:10,238
Ethan?
265
00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:14,367
Well, I'm where I'm supposed to be.
What are you doin' down here?
266
00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:16,244
I came to get your help and advice.
267
00:17:16,702 --> 00:17:19,163
You came to get my help and advice?
268
00:17:19,955 --> 00:17:22,959
Well, there's a first
time for everything.
269
00:17:27,171 --> 00:17:30,840
Well, I'll be a skinned lizard.
But how did you know?
270
00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,719
Ethan, didn't it seem strange
to you that those girls
271
00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:38,683
just happened to know their exact
location right in the middle of a storm?
272
00:17:38,683 --> 00:17:40,726
I guess we'd better call the sheriff.
273
00:17:45,982 --> 00:17:48,818
Mrs. Fletcher, the story
that we told you is true.
274
00:17:48,818 --> 00:17:50,778
No, Grace. I'm afraid not.
275
00:17:50,778 --> 00:17:55,741
You see, you said that shortly after
midnight your father was swept overboard.
276
00:17:55,741 --> 00:18:00,871
Yes, that's right. And that you were three
miles due east of Monhegan Island?
277
00:18:00,871 --> 00:18:04,333
Yes. Well, at that time
and at that place,
278
00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:07,086
your yacht would have been in
the eye of the hurricane.
279
00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:08,921
The sea would have been dead calm.
280
00:18:10,131 --> 00:18:13,718
Well, they obviously had their position
wrong. That's it. We were lost.
281
00:18:13,718 --> 00:18:15,428
Yes, we were just lost.
No!
282
00:18:15,428 --> 00:18:17,930
Maggie, please don't.
We were not lost.
283
00:18:18,638 --> 00:18:20,891
And he was not swept overboard.
284
00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:24,020
Mrs. Fletcher's right.
285
00:18:25,730 --> 00:18:28,357
My father's death was no accident.
286
00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:35,031
I killed him.
287
00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:49,462
Suppose you, uh, tell us exactly
how it happened, Miss Earl.
288
00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:53,215
Dad didn't die last night.
289
00:18:53,215 --> 00:18:55,509
It happened the night before.
290
00:18:57,386 --> 00:18:59,555
We were alone on deck.
291
00:18:59,555 --> 00:19:03,768
He was drunk, and we fought as usual.
292
00:19:05,269 --> 00:19:08,230
I don't remember what it was about--
293
00:19:08,230 --> 00:19:11,192
My sisters, money.
294
00:19:11,192 --> 00:19:13,109
It doesn't really matter.
295
00:19:13,861 --> 00:19:15,780
He could pick a fight over anything.
296
00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:21,535
I had a gun in my purse.
I keep it for protection.
297
00:19:24,288 --> 00:19:26,374
He came towards me.
298
00:19:27,333 --> 00:19:29,335
I vaguely remember...
299
00:19:30,503 --> 00:19:32,713
taking it out...
300
00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:35,590
and firing twice.
301
00:19:37,968 --> 00:19:40,304
Then--
We were down below
302
00:19:40,304 --> 00:19:42,723
when we heard the shots.
303
00:19:42,723 --> 00:19:45,685
By the time we got up on deck,
Father's body was gone.
304
00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:47,269
There were splotches
of blood everywhere,
305
00:19:47,269 --> 00:19:49,271
and his pipe was still
lying there, still warm.
306
00:19:49,271 --> 00:19:53,109
Well, for God's sake,
you can't blame her.
307
00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:55,403
After everything she'd put up with.
308
00:19:55,403 --> 00:19:58,406
All those years of taking his orders...
309
00:19:58,406 --> 00:20:02,201
and sacrificing whatever kind of life she
might have been able to make for herself.
310
00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:04,203
And for what?
311
00:20:05,162 --> 00:20:08,165
I'm sorry, Miss Earl, but I'm
gonna have to take you in.
312
00:20:10,917 --> 00:20:13,170
Don't worry, Maggie.
I'm calling New York.
313
00:20:13,170 --> 00:20:15,214
We're gonna get you the best
lawyer in the country.
314
00:20:21,178 --> 00:20:23,763
Something's eatin' you,
Jessie. I can tell the look.
315
00:20:23,763 --> 00:20:27,143
It's-- Oh, I don't know.
Maybe I'm crazy.
316
00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:36,484
Evening, Ethan.
Ms. Fletcher.
317
00:20:36,484 --> 00:20:38,821
What do ya got there, tomorrow's
paper? Right off the press.
318
00:20:38,821 --> 00:20:40,906
Daughters staying here
at the inn and all,
319
00:20:40,906 --> 00:20:43,659
figured there'd be a good demand,
so I wanted to get 'em here early.
320
00:20:43,659 --> 00:20:45,828
Well, let's take a look.
Be a quarter, Ethan.
321
00:20:45,828 --> 00:20:48,705
For this? You got the
wrong story, Bailey.
322
00:20:48,705 --> 00:20:49,999
Take a look, Jess.
323
00:20:49,999 --> 00:20:52,835
Wrong? My facts are never
wrong. I'm a professional.
324
00:20:52,835 --> 00:20:55,212
Well, tonight you are a
professional nincompoop.
325
00:20:55,212 --> 00:20:57,256
The man was shot to death.
He wasn't drowned.
326
00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:58,924
What?
Jonathan,
327
00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:02,970
this photograph, are you sure
that that is Stephen Earl?
328
00:21:02,970 --> 00:21:06,098
Yeah, yeah. I took that
photo off the jacket
329
00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:08,100
on a book they had down at the library.
330
00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,810
An old book?
331
00:21:09,810 --> 00:21:12,188
Yeah, maybe 20 years out of print.
332
00:21:12,730 --> 00:21:15,065
Greasepaint Millionaire.
That's the title.
333
00:21:15,065 --> 00:21:17,859
Fella's biography-- all about how
he started out as an actor,
334
00:21:17,859 --> 00:21:21,071
and then he got himself into the
makeup business almost by mistake.
335
00:21:21,655 --> 00:21:23,866
Ethan, let's go.
Where are we goin'?
336
00:21:23,866 --> 00:21:25,910
My place.
337
00:21:25,910 --> 00:21:29,371
Be careful what you print about
that, Mr. Professional.
338
00:21:35,169 --> 00:21:37,588
Ralph, hello?
339
00:21:37,588 --> 00:21:39,590
Ralph? Who the hell is Ralph?
340
00:21:39,590 --> 00:21:41,008
Ralph?
341
00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:44,678
Are you here?
342
00:21:44,678 --> 00:21:49,099
Jessica?
What is going on here?
343
00:21:49,099 --> 00:21:50,935
Ralph?
Jessica!
344
00:21:50,935 --> 00:21:53,270
He was here, Ethan.
I know he was here.
345
00:21:53,270 --> 00:21:55,689
Who was here? Ralph?
No, Stephen Earl.
346
00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:58,275
Stephen Earl? The dead
fella? He's not dead.
347
00:21:58,275 --> 00:22:00,277
Of course he is!
He's not dead.
348
00:22:00,277 --> 00:22:02,571
He was right here, Ethan.
Stephen Earl?
349
00:22:02,571 --> 00:22:06,450
No, Ralph. Except that Stephen
Earl and Ralph are the same person.
350
00:22:07,284 --> 00:22:12,164
I talked to him. He polished off two
plates of boiled scrod right there.
351
00:22:12,832 --> 00:22:14,917
At least I-- I think he was.
352
00:22:14,917 --> 00:22:19,839
That's more like it. That photograph
really does not do him justice.
353
00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:21,715
Still, he was an actor.
354
00:22:23,968 --> 00:22:27,096
Ethan, I am convinced
that he was right here.
355
00:22:27,096 --> 00:22:28,763
He was just as alive as you or I.
356
00:22:28,763 --> 00:22:30,933
Now, I don't know why
those girls are lying,
357
00:22:30,933 --> 00:22:33,686
but tomorrow I am going
to find that man,
358
00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:36,522
and I'm going to prove to
you that I'm not dotty.
359
00:22:36,522 --> 00:22:39,483
You are dotty! Sometimes you
spin around more in a circle...
360
00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:42,027
than a Roman candle on the
Fourth of July, like now!
361
00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:51,328
But if you feel that strong, the
least I can do is help you look.
362
00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:54,957
Fetch, boy, fetch!
363
00:22:55,791 --> 00:22:58,752
Go get it! Go get it!
364
00:22:58,752 --> 00:23:01,297
Where is it, Mack?
Where is it?
365
00:23:11,473 --> 00:23:15,978
Sorry to put you through this, ladies, but
I do need a positive identification.
366
00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:23,068
Ladies, forgive my presumption,
367
00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:27,364
but if you've not yet firmed up your
plans for final determination,
368
00:23:27,364 --> 00:23:31,410
I stand ready to assist you
in your hour of grief.
369
00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:34,830
Save the sales pitch, Elias. The
county coroner will be by shortly...
370
00:23:34,830 --> 00:23:37,875
to pick up the body for autopsy.
371
00:23:37,875 --> 00:23:40,127
I'm sorry, ladies, but that's the law.
372
00:23:42,171 --> 00:23:44,882
Sheriff, the body, was it--
Yes, ma'am.
373
00:23:46,090 --> 00:23:50,179
Lisa, Nan, I am very sorry.
Truly.
374
00:23:50,179 --> 00:23:52,222
I can't believe it.
375
00:23:52,222 --> 00:23:54,934
Just a little while ago
he was so full of life.
376
00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:56,435
He certainly was.
377
00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:58,729
Well, come on, ladies.
We got paperwork to do.
378
00:23:58,729 --> 00:24:03,192
Excuse me. Would you mind if I
went inside and paid my respects?
379
00:24:03,192 --> 00:24:06,946
But you didn't even know him.
Well, somehow I feel that I did.
380
00:24:12,284 --> 00:24:13,661
Terry?
381
00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:15,371
Nan?
382
00:24:17,915 --> 00:24:20,334
Oh, my, God.
I don't believe it.
383
00:24:20,334 --> 00:24:23,420
A relative? No, but he
sure would like to be.
384
00:24:23,420 --> 00:24:25,839
I heard the news this morning
in Kentucky and flew right in.
385
00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:28,300
Nan, I'm so sorry.
I know.
386
00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:31,971
About a year ago he and Nan were engaged,
and he just walked out of her life.
387
00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:34,013
Nan.
388
00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:37,518
He sure picked the right
time to show up again.
389
00:24:43,232 --> 00:24:45,526
Looks peaceful, don't he?
390
00:24:45,526 --> 00:24:47,695
No, Mr. Cobb.
He looks dead.
391
00:24:47,695 --> 00:24:50,071
And I am very angry about it.
392
00:24:51,657 --> 00:24:54,201
Tell me, how long would you say
that he was in the water?
393
00:24:54,201 --> 00:24:57,621
In the, uh--
Really couldn't say.
394
00:24:57,621 --> 00:25:01,625
But the coroner will be able to tell,
I'm sure.
395
00:25:01,625 --> 00:25:02,960
He better.
396
00:25:05,462 --> 00:25:08,090
[Lisa] Maybe if you lost someone
you'd be a little upset too.
397
00:25:08,090 --> 00:25:12,302
Upset? Of course you're upset.
So am I.
398
00:25:12,302 --> 00:25:15,513
But please, don't try and convince me
that you loved that old barracuda.
399
00:25:15,513 --> 00:25:18,392
He was my father.
I know, I know.
400
00:25:18,392 --> 00:25:22,271
And suddenly you are overwhelmed
by these pangs of filial remorse?
401
00:25:22,271 --> 00:25:24,857
Very, very touching, sweetheart.
You are disgusting!
402
00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:26,859
And you're stupid!
403
00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:29,361
What was this business about
some storm accident,
404
00:25:29,361 --> 00:25:31,780
lying for Maggie that way?
Shh!
405
00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:35,826
She's my sister. She's also entitled
to one-quarter of the estate.
406
00:25:35,826 --> 00:25:38,119
Unless, of course, she is guilty.
And then she's out of the will,
407
00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,705
and your share increases by
about eight or nine million.
408
00:25:40,705 --> 00:25:43,000
Did that ever occur to
you, dear, sweet wife?
409
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,585
No.
410
00:25:44,585 --> 00:25:47,796
No. No.
411
00:25:47,796 --> 00:25:49,173
Doesn't matter.
412
00:25:50,632 --> 00:25:52,760
Maggie's eliminated.
413
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,220
Nan won't be a problem.
414
00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:57,388
She's gonna be pursuing her
designing career in New York.
415
00:25:57,388 --> 00:26:00,684
That just leaves Grace to get rid of.
416
00:26:01,769 --> 00:26:03,686
What are you saying?
417
00:26:06,857 --> 00:26:10,027
Lisa, you don't think that I meant--
418
00:26:13,530 --> 00:26:15,907
Why, that's a morbid
imagination that burns
419
00:26:15,907 --> 00:26:18,786
in that fevered little
mind of yours, isn't it?
420
00:26:21,038 --> 00:26:24,541
I'm talking business, not murder.
421
00:26:33,008 --> 00:26:35,761
Will you sit right here,
Miss Earl, please?
422
00:26:35,761 --> 00:26:37,763
Thank you, Emma.
423
00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:42,184
What is it,
Sheriff? Is there any news? Yes, ma'am.
424
00:26:42,184 --> 00:26:45,479
Oh, uh, Ms. Fletcher asked to be
here. I hope you have no objection.
425
00:26:45,479 --> 00:26:47,481
Of course not.
What's happening?
426
00:26:47,481 --> 00:26:50,984
Well, I didn't wanna say anything
till we had positive identification,
427
00:26:50,984 --> 00:26:54,946
but, uh, your father's body washed
up on shore early this morning.
428
00:26:54,946 --> 00:26:57,116
What?
Shot twice in the chest,
429
00:26:57,116 --> 00:26:58,367
just like you described.
430
00:26:58,367 --> 00:27:02,371
No! That's impossible!
He can't be dead!
431
00:27:04,540 --> 00:27:07,501
Well, now that's a mighty
strange thing to say,
432
00:27:07,501 --> 00:27:10,462
considering that only yesterday
you confessed to killing him.
433
00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:13,715
I might have confessed to killing him,
Sheriff, but I didn't kill him!
434
00:27:13,715 --> 00:27:16,093
What?
I didn't kill him!
435
00:27:16,093 --> 00:27:18,220
My story was a lie.
436
00:27:18,220 --> 00:27:21,306
He left the yacht voluntarily, alive,
437
00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:24,351
on an inflatable raft that he had
hidden away before we set sail.
438
00:27:24,351 --> 00:27:26,478
Oh, now, now, now, hold on, ma'am.
439
00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:28,981
You better just slow down and
start from the beginning.
440
00:27:28,981 --> 00:27:30,858
It was all a scheme.
441
00:27:31,942 --> 00:27:34,111
We had planned the whole thing
out-- the sailing trip--
442
00:27:34,111 --> 00:27:38,532
Everything was organized to unmask a
fortune hunter named Terry Jones.
443
00:27:38,532 --> 00:27:40,409
Ah, yes.
444
00:27:42,369 --> 00:27:46,373
Your sister's former fiancé. The
fella we met about an hour ago?
445
00:27:46,373 --> 00:27:49,877
When Terry showed up over a year ago,
Father had him checked out.
446
00:27:49,877 --> 00:27:52,921
He was obviously only
interested in Nan's money.
447
00:27:52,921 --> 00:27:54,923
So Father paid him off.
A bribe?
448
00:27:54,923 --> 00:27:57,467
Over a half a million dollars.
449
00:27:57,467 --> 00:28:00,095
Dad set one condition.
450
00:28:00,095 --> 00:28:03,015
Nan was not to know about the payment.
451
00:28:04,433 --> 00:28:08,561
Then six months ago,
Dad suffered a heart attack...
452
00:28:10,772 --> 00:28:13,192
and became obsessed with the idea
453
00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:16,361
that Terry would come back into
Nan's life the minute he died.
454
00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:20,449
I think I understand. You two
cooked up this fake killing...
455
00:28:20,449 --> 00:28:22,951
to draw your fortune-hunting
friend out of the rock pile.
456
00:28:22,951 --> 00:28:25,287
Exactly.
Now, just hold it!
457
00:28:25,787 --> 00:28:28,290
I don't see any fake killing here.
458
00:28:28,290 --> 00:28:30,500
Amos, be quiet.
Let her talk.
459
00:28:32,544 --> 00:28:35,923
I fired those shots long after
Father left the yacht.
460
00:28:35,923 --> 00:28:39,134
Father was supposed to
be hiding out on shore,
461
00:28:39,134 --> 00:28:41,094
waiting for
Terry's appearance.
462
00:28:41,094 --> 00:28:45,641
Then Dad would show up and prove to
Nan just how lousy a guy he was.
463
00:28:45,641 --> 00:28:50,103
Ladies, I've still got a dead body
with two bullets in his chest.
464
00:28:50,103 --> 00:28:53,815
Yes, and I'm also sure you have a
dead body with a pipe in his pocket.
465
00:28:53,815 --> 00:28:56,777
Well, as a matter of fact, I do,
but how did you know that?
466
00:28:56,777 --> 00:28:58,862
I gave it to Mr. Earl
the night before last
467
00:28:58,862 --> 00:29:00,280
when he was having dinner at my house.
468
00:29:01,073 --> 00:29:04,201
What? He was at your--
I also believe, Sheriff,
469
00:29:04,201 --> 00:29:07,746
that when the coroner examines the
body he will discover two things--
470
00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:11,375
One, that those two bullets were
not fired from Maggie's gun,
471
00:29:11,375 --> 00:29:13,835
and second, that the body
has not been in the water
472
00:29:13,835 --> 00:29:15,712
for anywhere close to three days.
473
00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:19,007
If you don't mind,
Ms. Fletcher,
474
00:29:19,007 --> 00:29:21,843
I'll wait for the coroner
to tell me all that.
475
00:29:21,843 --> 00:29:23,178
Not at all.
476
00:29:31,979 --> 00:29:34,273
Well, hello, Jessica.
You looking for the sisters?
477
00:29:34,273 --> 00:29:38,277
Well, no. Actually I'm looking for
Mr. Terry Jones. Is he staying here?
478
00:29:38,277 --> 00:29:42,197
Yes, He's in Room 212.
But he's not here right now.
479
00:29:42,197 --> 00:29:45,534
About 20 minutes ago he and Miss
Nan started heading out for the church.
480
00:29:45,909 --> 00:29:47,452
Thank you, Madge.
481
00:29:50,497 --> 00:29:52,249
Oh, Mrs. Fletcher.
482
00:29:53,083 --> 00:29:56,378
You've been released! I tried
to call you to thank you.
483
00:29:56,378 --> 00:30:00,382
Just as you predicted, the
shots that killed Dad,
484
00:30:00,382 --> 00:30:03,969
the coroner says came from a
.32 caliber, not my gun.
485
00:30:04,344 --> 00:30:06,972
Did he also tell you how long the
body had been in the water?
486
00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:10,142
He wasn't sure.
But no longer than 12 hours.
487
00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:12,686
And naturally we're all very relieved
that Maggie has been cleared.
488
00:30:12,686 --> 00:30:16,732
And so am I. Leaving us one
small question to be resolved.
489
00:30:17,107 --> 00:30:19,818
Who really killed Stephen
Earl? Mrs. Fletcher?
490
00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:23,613
You know, you seem like
a very sweet old gal,
491
00:30:23,613 --> 00:30:25,115
but this is a family affair.
492
00:30:25,490 --> 00:30:28,827
We don't need strangers poking their
noses where they don't belong.
493
00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:32,789
I beg your pardon, Mr. Shelby,
but Mr. Earl was no stranger.
494
00:30:32,789 --> 00:30:36,251
Not to me. And as for my nose,
it's right where it belongs.
495
00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:38,462
Excuse me.
496
00:30:41,298 --> 00:30:43,842
Nan, I've always loved you.
You know that.
497
00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:46,762
Is that why you walked out on me?
498
00:30:46,762 --> 00:30:49,890
I told you. Your father threatened to
ruin me if I didn't stay away from you.
499
00:30:51,058 --> 00:30:55,103
I'm sorry, Terry. I just find
it very hard to believe.
500
00:30:55,103 --> 00:30:59,649
Nan, right now we should be
talkin' about one thing--
501
00:30:59,649 --> 00:31:01,026
Marriage.
502
00:31:01,026 --> 00:31:04,780
Because, believe me, I wanna spend
the rest of my life with you.
503
00:31:04,780 --> 00:31:07,199
You sure about that?
I'm positive.
504
00:31:09,076 --> 00:31:11,286
Well, I'm happy for you.
505
00:31:11,286 --> 00:31:14,873
But right now, Terry, I'm not sure
about anything, least of all myself.
506
00:31:16,291 --> 00:31:19,211
And if you'll excuse me,
I need to be alone.
507
00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:26,385
Hello.
508
00:31:28,804 --> 00:31:32,641
Mrs. Fletcher, isn't it?
And you're Mr. Jones.
509
00:31:32,641 --> 00:31:35,894
Yes. Now that the amenities are over,
510
00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:38,647
let's talk about who
killed Stephen Earl.
511
00:31:38,647 --> 00:31:40,399
Sorry, I don't know the answer to that.
512
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:45,028
Outside the mortuary, you said you
heard of the death of Stephen Earl
513
00:31:45,028 --> 00:31:48,490
this morning on the early news broadcast
in Kentucky and flew right in?
514
00:31:48,490 --> 00:31:52,327
In reality, you learned of his
death yesterday, around noon,
515
00:31:52,327 --> 00:31:55,622
from Stephen Earl himself.
That's crazy.
516
00:31:55,622 --> 00:31:58,166
Well, the telephone
company says otherwise.
517
00:31:58,166 --> 00:32:00,419
Well, suppose we let
Sheriff Tupper decide.
518
00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:03,547
Good day, Mr. Jones.
Wait.
519
00:32:03,547 --> 00:32:06,633
I did get a call yesterday,
from a newspaper reporter.
520
00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:09,177
At least he said he was a reporter.
Could have been the old man.
521
00:32:09,177 --> 00:32:11,346
He was quite an actor,
you know. I know that.
522
00:32:11,346 --> 00:32:13,348
He told me about the
shooting aboard the yacht,
523
00:32:13,348 --> 00:32:15,308
claimed he knew about my previous
relationship with Nan Earl.
524
00:32:15,308 --> 00:32:17,060
Wanted a comment.
So I gave him one.
525
00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:18,562
You're a lady, so I won't repeat it.
526
00:32:19,312 --> 00:32:22,691
I am familiar with most
Anglo-Saxon words, Mr. Jones.
527
00:32:22,691 --> 00:32:25,193
Then what?
I flew here.
528
00:32:25,193 --> 00:32:28,363
Yesterday. Not this morning.
That's right.
529
00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:32,033
Look, before you get the
wrong idea, let me tell you
530
00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:33,118
what really happened, okay?
531
00:32:33,118 --> 00:32:36,663
That would be helpful. I flew
into Portland last night.
532
00:32:36,663 --> 00:32:39,249
To my total surprise,
I found Nan waiting for me.
533
00:32:39,249 --> 00:32:43,128
Maggie had told Nan about the old
man's bizarre plot to trap me.
534
00:32:43,128 --> 00:32:45,755
You see, Mrs. Fletcher, there
are some people like Maggie
535
00:32:45,755 --> 00:32:47,340
who secretly believe in me.
536
00:32:48,925 --> 00:32:51,803
Anyway, Nan and I spent the night
together in a motel near the airport.
537
00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:53,638
We wondered where she was.
538
00:32:53,638 --> 00:32:56,266
Just before dawn this morning,
Nan came back here to Cabot Cove.
539
00:32:56,266 --> 00:32:59,895
I slept in. Around 11:00, I was getting
ready to fly back to Kentucky
540
00:32:59,895 --> 00:33:02,647
when I heard the news of Stephen
Earl's real death on the television.
541
00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:05,150
Naturally, I drove here
immediately to be at Nan's side.
542
00:33:05,150 --> 00:33:06,443
Naturally.
543
00:33:07,527 --> 00:33:10,530
Mrs. Fletcher, I know what you
think, but you're wrong.
544
00:33:10,530 --> 00:33:12,616
I love Nan deeply, and she loves me,
545
00:33:12,616 --> 00:33:16,286
and very frankly, nothing you or anybody
else can do is going to change that.
546
00:33:22,417 --> 00:33:25,086
Emma, is the sheriff in?
Nope.
547
00:33:25,086 --> 00:33:26,421
Could you tell me where
I could find him?
548
00:33:26,421 --> 00:33:27,506
Could.
549
00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:30,008
Not sure I should.
550
00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:32,511
I know things are pretty casual
in this town, Ms. Fletcher,
551
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:38,058
but there's times when I got to
maintain strict confidentiality.
552
00:33:38,058 --> 00:33:41,645
Sheriff's office.
Elroy, where you been?
553
00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:43,897
Sheriff's been looking for
you for the past hour.
554
00:33:43,897 --> 00:33:46,650
He's down to Cotter's Beach
conductin' a search party.
555
00:33:48,068 --> 00:33:53,406
Yeah, couple of hours ago he got this
anonymous note shoved in the mailbox.
556
00:33:53,406 --> 00:33:55,951
Whoever wrote it said there
were some funny goings-on
557
00:33:55,951 --> 00:33:57,953
down there last night
about 10:00.
558
00:33:57,953 --> 00:34:00,163
Ms. Fletcher, hold on now!
559
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:04,125
Amos, don't you think it's about time
you called in the state police?
560
00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:06,336
No need, Ethan.
I'm on top of this.
561
00:34:06,336 --> 00:34:07,504
I found the raft, didn't I?
562
00:34:07,504 --> 00:34:11,007
And what else? Bunch of dead
crabs, some rusty beer cans?
563
00:34:11,007 --> 00:34:14,469
Way I figure it, that murder weapon's
gotta be around here somewhere.
564
00:34:14,469 --> 00:34:16,888
[Jessica] Sheriff!
565
00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:19,599
Oh, Lordy, help is on the
way. Cheer up, Amos.
566
00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:20,976
You wanted volunteers.
567
00:34:20,976 --> 00:34:23,520
Sheriff, what's all this
I hear about a note?
568
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,106
Evenin', Ethan.
Afternoon, Jessica.
569
00:34:26,106 --> 00:34:28,483
You come to join the search? No,
I've come to read the note.
570
00:34:28,483 --> 00:34:31,402
Well, since you come all this
way, you might as well read it.
571
00:34:33,947 --> 00:34:35,864
I don't suppose you dusted
this for fingerprints.
572
00:34:36,950 --> 00:34:38,535
Not after Emma got through with it.
573
00:34:38,535 --> 00:34:41,580
Look, that's peanut butter, that's
jelly. Lord knows what that is.
574
00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:42,998
Sheriff.
575
00:34:42,998 --> 00:34:45,208
What ya got there, Fred?
576
00:34:45,208 --> 00:34:48,670
Found these kind of half-buried,
up in the rocks by the hotel.
577
00:34:48,670 --> 00:34:50,589
Seem pretty new to me.
Half-buried?
578
00:34:50,589 --> 00:34:53,675
Yes, ma'am. Well, the heel's
missing on this one.
579
00:34:53,675 --> 00:34:55,885
You think it means
somethin'? Couldn't say.
580
00:34:55,885 --> 00:34:58,680
What do you think--
Ms. Fletcher!
581
00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:06,062
Jessica, what is it? Half-buried is the
same as partially exposed, right?
582
00:35:06,062 --> 00:35:08,106
Well, sure, but you
onto somethin', Jess?
583
00:35:08,106 --> 00:35:09,733
Shh.
584
00:35:09,733 --> 00:35:12,360
I thought so.
585
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,447
Well, I'll be.
Smart work, ma'am.
586
00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:18,950
No, nothing smart about it.
It figures.
587
00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:22,370
If you find a heelless shoe, the
heel was bound to be somewhere.
588
00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:25,957
Well, now all we have to do is to
find out who these belong to.
589
00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:28,668
There's no magic in that, Sheriff.
I'm quite positive that those shoes
590
00:35:28,668 --> 00:35:30,962
belong to Miss Nan Earl.
591
00:35:37,052 --> 00:35:39,763
I don't understand this.
592
00:35:39,763 --> 00:35:42,223
I'm sure they were here last night.
593
00:35:43,516 --> 00:35:47,395
I never unpacked them actually. I was
going to wear them in New York.
594
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,607
Maybe I put them in the closet.
595
00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:55,152
Would, uh, these be them,
Miss Earl?
596
00:35:55,779 --> 00:35:58,073
Yes, those are my shoes.
You're sure?
597
00:35:58,073 --> 00:36:01,826
Yes, I'm positive. I designed them
myself, and I had them custom made.
598
00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:06,164
Where did you get them? Looks like
you were right, Ms. Fletcher.
599
00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:09,334
I'm sorry, ma'am. We found
'em down on the beach
600
00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:11,585
near where your father
was killed last night.
601
00:36:11,585 --> 00:36:15,632
I didn't kill my father,
Sheriff. But those are your shoes.
602
00:36:15,632 --> 00:36:18,885
Yes. I told you, but-- Nan,
do me a favor. Try them on.
603
00:36:18,885 --> 00:36:21,304
But I told you-- they are mine.
604
00:36:21,304 --> 00:36:24,431
Well, perhaps so, but humor me.
605
00:36:24,431 --> 00:36:26,184
Sure.
606
00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:42,701
Perfect fit. I'm sorry, ma'am, but
I'm going to have to arrest you
607
00:36:42,701 --> 00:36:45,161
for the murder of Stephen Earl. Oh,
Sheriff.
608
00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:47,497
For pity's sake,
Nan's not guilty.
609
00:36:47,497 --> 00:36:52,085
Oh, now, maybe not in one of your books,
but this is evidence enough for me.
610
00:36:52,085 --> 00:36:54,254
Anyway, you're the one who
told me right from the start
611
00:36:54,254 --> 00:36:55,797
that they were her shoes.
612
00:36:55,797 --> 00:36:59,300
Her shoes, yes. But I never
said she was guilty of murder.
613
00:37:02,804 --> 00:37:07,517
Then again-- Sheriff, maybe it would be a
good idea if you took Nan into custody.
614
00:37:07,517 --> 00:37:09,936
Oh, well, now that's more like it.
615
00:37:09,936 --> 00:37:11,604
[Jessica] One thing, however.
616
00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:18,111
Will you both keep this evidence
absolutely confidential?
617
00:37:23,783 --> 00:37:28,580
Sheriff, what's goin' on? I understand
you got Nan locked up back there.
618
00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:31,833
That's right. And come the morning,
she'll be locked up in Portland.
619
00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:34,460
The charge is murder, Mr.--
Jones.
620
00:37:34,460 --> 00:37:37,422
Jones. Plain and simple. Well, plain and
simple sounds more like you, Sheriff.
621
00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:40,717
There is no way Nan could have killed her
father last night because she was with me
622
00:37:40,717 --> 00:37:42,969
from 7:30 until 4:00 in
the morning in Portland.
623
00:37:42,969 --> 00:37:44,429
Yes, that's what
Ms. Fletcher tells me.
624
00:37:44,429 --> 00:37:45,972
Yeah, and the murder
occurred at 10:00.
625
00:37:45,972 --> 00:37:47,891
Well, now I'm not so sure about that.
626
00:37:48,683 --> 00:37:51,352
You see, we got this note says
it might have happened at 10:00,
627
00:37:51,352 --> 00:37:55,106
but the coroner says it could've
happened as early as 7:00, 7:30.
628
00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:57,108
Then she could have done it.
That's ridiculous.
629
00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:59,486
Course, maybe the two of
you were in it together.
630
00:38:00,361 --> 00:38:04,073
Uh, now wait a minute. Portland desk
clerk says you checked in around 9:00,
631
00:38:04,073 --> 00:38:06,493
but no one saw either
one of you after that.
632
00:38:06,493 --> 00:38:08,328
Both of you could've
come back, killed him,
633
00:38:08,328 --> 00:38:10,205
and then gone back to the motel.
634
00:38:10,205 --> 00:38:13,208
That's crazy,
Sheriff. I never left Portland. I swear.
635
00:38:13,208 --> 00:38:16,669
Look, uh,
I can't believe Nan's guilty.
636
00:38:16,669 --> 00:38:19,881
But if she is-- I mean, if she did kill
him earlier and then came to meet me--
637
00:38:19,881 --> 00:38:21,883
Well, I wouldn't know
anything about that.
638
00:38:21,883 --> 00:38:24,302
Well, I hope not, because in this state,
639
00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:27,514
being an accessory is about
the same as being a killer.
640
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,810
Well, as long as you're here, I see
no reason why you shouldn't see her.
641
00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:34,604
Thanks, Sheriff, but I got
business to take care of.
642
00:38:40,902 --> 00:38:42,195
Well,
643
00:38:43,238 --> 00:38:44,989
did you hear that?
644
00:38:47,242 --> 00:38:49,744
Yeah. I heard it.
645
00:38:55,208 --> 00:38:57,168
What a night! What a night!
646
00:38:57,168 --> 00:38:59,921
Nathan Hale, we have arrived!
647
00:38:59,921 --> 00:39:02,632
Brian, keep your voice down.
They could've heard ya.
648
00:39:02,632 --> 00:39:05,927
I hope so. Come on. This a celebration.
649
00:39:05,927 --> 00:39:07,971
Innkeeper, bring out
your best champagne!
650
00:39:07,971 --> 00:39:12,684
We just sent the lawyer packing back
to New York, and we are gonna party!
651
00:39:12,684 --> 00:39:18,147
Oh! Well, Mrs. Fletcher, have you
come along to join the merriment,
652
00:39:18,147 --> 00:39:20,108
or is this your regular
Saturday night hangout?
653
00:39:20,108 --> 00:39:21,442
[Maggie] Grace!
654
00:39:21,442 --> 00:39:24,946
Forgive us, Mrs. Fletcher. We've
been celebrating my exoneration.
655
00:39:24,946 --> 00:39:29,617
Maggie, I'm sorry. You may be
needing that lawyer after all.
656
00:39:29,617 --> 00:39:31,703
They've arrested Nan.
What?
657
00:39:31,703 --> 00:39:34,539
Arrested Nan?
What? That's crazy.
658
00:39:34,539 --> 00:39:37,709
What are you talking about?
Well, the sheriff discovered
659
00:39:37,709 --> 00:39:41,796
a heel of a shoe wedged into
the rocks down by the beach.
660
00:39:41,796 --> 00:39:45,216
Nan has already admitted that it was
hers, but the shoes are missing.
661
00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:47,844
You mean she broke off her heel while
she was out on the beach last night?
662
00:39:47,844 --> 00:39:50,138
Very close to the spot where
her father was murdered.
663
00:39:50,138 --> 00:39:53,141
Wait a minute. You found
a heel but no shoes?
664
00:39:53,141 --> 00:39:57,604
That's right. Look, this is very
presumptuous, and probably quite insulting,
665
00:39:57,604 --> 00:39:59,606
but I do know how sisters are.
666
00:39:59,606 --> 00:40:02,859
I know how they trade
off clothes and, well,
667
00:40:02,859 --> 00:40:07,614
is it possible that one of you
could have worn those shoes?
668
00:40:07,614 --> 00:40:10,825
Yes, you are right,
Mrs. Fletcher. That is very insulting.
669
00:40:10,825 --> 00:40:13,745
Is it also possible that she
could have made a mistake?
670
00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:16,289
That the heel was not off her shoes?
671
00:40:16,289 --> 00:40:18,708
What are you saying?
You wanna search our rooms?
672
00:40:18,708 --> 00:40:20,877
Something like that. Well, you're
not gonna search mine, lady.
673
00:40:20,877 --> 00:40:23,421
Not without a search warrant
and certainly not by you.
674
00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:24,881
Come on, Brian.
Let's go to bed.
675
00:40:26,466 --> 00:40:30,219
Well, unlike my sister, Mrs. Fletcher,
I haven't got anything to hide.
676
00:40:30,219 --> 00:40:32,972
My room is just outside.
Search away.
677
00:40:33,723 --> 00:40:36,142
You're welcome to search
my room afterwards.
678
00:40:36,142 --> 00:40:39,687
But I'm afraid Nan and I wear different
sizes, and I don't wear pink.
679
00:40:40,980 --> 00:40:45,401
Maggie, I am so tired. I'm
gonna sleep late tomorrow.
680
00:40:45,401 --> 00:40:48,196
The sheriff will be over first thing.
Would you give this to him for me?
681
00:40:48,196 --> 00:40:50,573
Sure.
Thanks. Good night.
682
00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:43,084
That wasn't very thoughtful.
683
00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:50,925
Now I'll have to have that
glass pane repaired.
684
00:41:57,681 --> 00:42:00,601
You were expecting me, weren't
you? You know I was.
685
00:42:01,643 --> 00:42:03,563
I wasn't sure.
686
00:42:04,897 --> 00:42:08,109
But after I opened the
paper bag and found this,
687
00:42:09,110 --> 00:42:11,571
I knew it was a message.
688
00:42:13,739 --> 00:42:15,742
I slipped, didn't I?
689
00:42:16,743 --> 00:42:19,911
Just before we entered Grace's room
you said you didn't wear pink.
690
00:42:20,705 --> 00:42:24,167
And you never mentioned that
the shoes were pink, did you?
691
00:42:24,167 --> 00:42:25,835
No, I didn't.
692
00:42:27,003 --> 00:42:31,549
If it makes you feel any better,
I knew you were guilty before that.
693
00:42:32,300 --> 00:42:35,803
But how?
Because everything pointed
694
00:42:35,803 --> 00:42:38,848
to an obvious frame to implicate Nan.
695
00:42:38,848 --> 00:42:41,350
Not obvious.
She could have done it.
696
00:42:41,350 --> 00:42:42,893
She and Terry.
No.
697
00:42:42,893 --> 00:42:47,023
You see, those shoes also proved that
Nan couldn't have killed her father.
698
00:42:47,023 --> 00:42:50,359
It's rocky out there, Maggie.
No place for bare feet.
699
00:42:51,194 --> 00:42:54,072
If Nan had lost her shoes,
she would have had to walk
700
00:42:54,072 --> 00:42:57,408
a couple of hundred yards along a
rocky path to leave the beach.
701
00:42:57,408 --> 00:43:00,119
Now, back in her room, when I asked Nan
702
00:43:00,119 --> 00:43:02,830
to try on her shoe,
I knew it was hers,
703
00:43:02,830 --> 00:43:06,000
but I wanted to see the
bottom of her feet.
704
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,543
They were unblemished.
705
00:43:11,130 --> 00:43:13,508
Now, once the frame was obvious,
706
00:43:13,508 --> 00:43:16,594
it was also obvious who'd engineered it.
707
00:43:16,594 --> 00:43:21,099
The one person who with sisterly
affection had told Nan
708
00:43:21,099 --> 00:43:24,727
of Terry Jones's imminent
arrival at Portland Airport,
709
00:43:24,727 --> 00:43:26,979
to be sure that she had no alibi.
710
00:43:27,355 --> 00:43:30,190
Under the guise of Cupid,
711
00:43:30,190 --> 00:43:33,152
you were setting your sister
up for a murder charge.
712
00:43:35,196 --> 00:43:37,573
You're very clever,
Mrs. Fletcher.
713
00:43:37,573 --> 00:43:41,619
Merely logical.
You're the clever one, Maggie.
714
00:43:41,619 --> 00:43:44,455
Taking advantage of your father's plan,
715
00:43:44,455 --> 00:43:47,250
actually confessing to shooting him,
716
00:43:47,250 --> 00:43:50,503
knowing full well that the police
investigation would exonerate you.
717
00:43:52,004 --> 00:43:55,716
I hated him for what he did to me.
718
00:43:58,636 --> 00:44:01,806
My whole life was spent
719
00:44:01,806 --> 00:44:04,433
catering to that man,
Mrs. Fletcher.
720
00:44:05,852 --> 00:44:07,937
Keeping the peace,
721
00:44:10,773 --> 00:44:12,775
running his home,
722
00:44:13,901 --> 00:44:16,988
and for what, love?
723
00:44:18,156 --> 00:44:19,574
Appreciation?
724
00:44:21,951 --> 00:44:24,203
The only one
725
00:44:24,203 --> 00:44:28,040
that got any real love was Nan.
726
00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:32,879
And, yes, I hate her too.
727
00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:36,382
He should have loved me.
728
00:44:37,758 --> 00:44:40,594
I'm the one who gave him everything.
729
00:44:48,643 --> 00:44:50,229
I'm sorry.
730
00:44:54,942 --> 00:44:56,944
I like you.
731
00:44:56,944 --> 00:44:58,571
I really do.
732
00:44:59,739 --> 00:45:03,242
But I have to protect myself.
733
00:45:03,951 --> 00:45:07,914
Oh, my goodness. You're not
threatening me, are you?
734
00:45:07,914 --> 00:45:10,291
It will all look very natural.
735
00:45:11,751 --> 00:45:14,003
You were home alone.
736
00:45:14,003 --> 00:45:16,005
A defenseless widow.
737
00:45:17,131 --> 00:45:19,133
A burglar came in.
738
00:45:20,301 --> 00:45:21,886
You surprised him.
739
00:45:23,846 --> 00:45:25,348
There was a struggle.
740
00:45:25,348 --> 00:45:27,892
Maggie, really, for a clever woman,
741
00:45:27,892 --> 00:45:31,062
you've devised a terrible scenario.
742
00:45:31,062 --> 00:45:33,606
First of all, we have no
burglars in Cabot Cove.
743
00:45:33,606 --> 00:45:36,192
Secondly, and I suppose
more to the point,
744
00:45:36,192 --> 00:45:38,444
the minute I heard that
back window shatter,
745
00:45:38,444 --> 00:45:40,321
I called Sheriff Tupper.
746
00:45:42,657 --> 00:45:45,868
He has been listening in to
this entire conversation.
747
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:57,296
Sheriff, you better get over here.
748
00:45:58,714 --> 00:46:03,052
I have a young woman here who wants to
surrender herself into your custody.
749
00:46:13,145 --> 00:46:15,606
I know how my sisters felt,
750
00:46:15,606 --> 00:46:18,734
but my father really was a
decent man, Mrs. Fletcher.
751
00:46:18,734 --> 00:46:23,406
Oh, yes. But don't forget,
I knew him, only briefly.
752
00:46:23,406 --> 00:46:26,742
But I think if you give love,
that's what you get back.
753
00:46:26,742 --> 00:46:29,120
Not always.
754
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:30,871
I feel so stupid.
755
00:46:30,871 --> 00:46:34,000
Dad was right about Terry, and
I should have realized it.
756
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:37,169
Why? I mean, Terry is a
very clever young man.
757
00:46:37,169 --> 00:46:39,922
Just pity the next one who gets him.
758
00:46:40,965 --> 00:46:42,967
Thank you.
759
00:46:43,718 --> 00:46:46,554
And I'll write. I promise.
Now you be sure to do that.
760
00:46:46,554 --> 00:46:49,890
Okay. Bye.
Bye-bye.
761
00:46:53,018 --> 00:46:55,021
Take care.
762
00:47:05,614 --> 00:47:08,409
We just took those other
three out to their yacht.
763
00:47:08,409 --> 00:47:11,704
That was nice of you to ferry them out,
Ethan. Nothin' nice about it.
764
00:47:11,704 --> 00:47:15,291
I was glad to get rid of 'em.
People like that deserve one another.
765
00:47:16,125 --> 00:47:19,253
Uh, tide's up.
Current's right.
766
00:47:19,253 --> 00:47:23,132
Nils Andersen says the bass are
probably runnin' out by the point.
767
00:47:23,132 --> 00:47:25,343
Is that an invitation?
If you say so.
768
00:47:25,343 --> 00:47:28,846
Oh-ho! What are you waiting
for, you old grouch?
769
00:47:28,846 --> 00:47:31,931
I'm gonna show you some of the
finer points of deep-sea angling.
770
00:47:31,931 --> 00:47:33,601
Is that so?
Yep.
771
00:47:34,768 --> 00:47:37,772
I suppose that means you're gonna
want me to bait your hook too.
772
00:47:37,772 --> 00:47:40,024
[Jessica] Of course. You
always do, don't you?