1 00:01:57,125 --> 00:01:58,707 [ Whispering ] 2 00:02:02,125 --> 00:02:04,415 Spasibo. 3 00:02:32,666 --> 00:02:34,165 [ Conversing in Russian ] 4 00:03:27,458 --> 00:03:30,249 Thank you, Mr. Poirot. A most discerning choice. 5 00:03:31,041 --> 00:03:32,624 You are most kind, M. Trumper. 6 00:03:32,750 --> 00:03:34,957 You will send the account to my address, if you please. 7 00:03:35,083 --> 00:03:36,374 Why, yes, of course. 8 00:03:37,208 --> 00:03:40,207 Mr. Poirot, if I may ask, is there a special occasion? 9 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,999 Oh, yes. A very special occasion indeed, M. Trumper. 10 00:03:44,333 --> 00:03:47,790 I am about to become a pink rose. 11 00:03:58,166 --> 00:04:00,124 DR. SIMS: Yes, you'll be all right. 12 00:04:00,250 --> 00:04:02,374 [ Laughs ] I thought it might have been 13 00:04:02,666 --> 00:04:04,207 a touch of food poisoning. 14 00:04:05,083 --> 00:04:06,332 Heavens no. 15 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:09,499 Just normal digestive trouble for someone your age. 16 00:04:09,875 --> 00:04:12,540 I'll prescribe a powder to settle the stomach. 17 00:04:12,791 --> 00:04:15,540 And remember, keep off chocolates, shellfish, 18 00:04:16,916 --> 00:04:18,165 and fried foods. 19 00:04:19,416 --> 00:04:21,665 - All your old favorites. - [ Laughs ] 20 00:04:22,125 --> 00:04:25,957 I'll have the powders for Katrina to collect this evening. 21 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:27,832 MARY: Morning, Fred. 22 00:04:27,958 --> 00:04:30,665 - Morning, Mrs. Delafontaine. - Lovely day. 23 00:04:31,708 --> 00:04:33,665 What have you got for me, then? 24 00:04:34,666 --> 00:04:35,790 - Thank you. - [ Bell ringing ] 25 00:04:35,916 --> 00:04:38,082 - Bye, Fred. - Bye. 26 00:04:44,208 --> 00:04:45,457 What's the trouble? 27 00:04:46,500 --> 00:04:47,749 Not you. 28 00:04:48,208 --> 00:04:50,290 Where's Katrina? 29 00:04:51,458 --> 00:04:53,415 - Madame? - Katrina, the post. 30 00:04:54,250 --> 00:04:57,582 Oh. Yes, madame. 31 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,499 Oh. It's you. 32 00:05:12,333 --> 00:05:15,457 Only two for Auntie today. Nothing much to bother her with. 33 00:05:15,583 --> 00:05:17,040 She wants to have them now. 34 00:05:18,958 --> 00:05:20,207 As you wish. 35 00:05:20,833 --> 00:05:23,457 And, mind you, keep your eyes to yourself. 36 00:05:34,458 --> 00:05:36,665 - [ Knock at door ] - HASTINGS: Poirot? 37 00:05:36,791 --> 00:05:38,707 Time's getting on, you know? They're waiting for you. 38 00:05:38,833 --> 00:05:41,415 One moment longer, Hastings! 39 00:05:43,916 --> 00:05:46,999 He went straight inside as soon as he came back from the shops. 40 00:05:47,125 --> 00:05:48,582 Didn't even read his letters. 41 00:05:48,708 --> 00:05:49,957 Strange. 42 00:05:50,791 --> 00:05:52,582 Perhaps he's dyeing his hair. 43 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:54,749 But he's a man. 44 00:05:55,791 --> 00:05:58,332 - What was that, Hastings? - Oh, uh, nothing. 45 00:05:59,583 --> 00:06:00,832 Eh bien. 46 00:06:01,625 --> 00:06:05,165 Let us put our best feet forward. 47 00:06:08,791 --> 00:06:10,707 [ March playing ] 48 00:06:20,666 --> 00:06:23,457 I can't imagine why you're so keen on coming here. 49 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,124 You know Mary takes care of the garden. 50 00:06:26,250 --> 00:06:28,249 Nonetheless, it does belong to me. 51 00:06:28,583 --> 00:06:30,540 That was unnecessary, Auntie. 52 00:06:30,875 --> 00:06:33,415 As was a certain bill I received this morning 53 00:06:34,625 --> 00:06:36,124 from the wine merchants. 54 00:06:36,250 --> 00:06:37,207 For spirits. 55 00:06:37,333 --> 00:06:40,790 I've already spoken with Henry on that subject, Aunt Amelia. 56 00:06:41,125 --> 00:06:42,790 Now, where are we going first? 57 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,540 I don't know where you're going, 58 00:06:45,666 --> 00:06:47,999 but I have a sudden fancy to see the roses. 59 00:06:50,208 --> 00:06:51,499 Katrina? 60 00:06:54,541 --> 00:06:56,082 And so it is with a deep honor 61 00:06:56,958 --> 00:06:59,540 that I salute this most beautiful of flowers, 62 00:07:00,250 --> 00:07:02,040 which shares my own humble name. 63 00:07:04,583 --> 00:07:06,332 - Thank you. - [ Applause ] 64 00:07:08,291 --> 00:07:09,249 [ Gasps ] Pour moi? 65 00:07:09,375 --> 00:07:11,415 [ Laughing ] Oh, merci beaucoup. 66 00:07:11,625 --> 00:07:13,457 Mr. Poirot? Thank you, Mr. Poirot. 67 00:07:13,583 --> 00:07:14,832 M. Poirot? 68 00:07:15,166 --> 00:07:16,915 - This way, Mr. Poirot. - Thank you. 69 00:07:17,041 --> 00:07:19,124 - Over here, Mr. Poirot. - M. Poirot. 70 00:07:19,375 --> 00:07:20,999 Thank you, Mr. Poirot. 71 00:07:24,875 --> 00:07:27,999 Of course, I would have expected you to be a polyantha rose 72 00:07:28,125 --> 00:07:29,624 rather than a hybrid tea. 73 00:07:29,833 --> 00:07:31,790 [ Sniffs ] The scent is much stronger, you know? 74 00:07:31,916 --> 00:07:34,915 Ah, perhaps, but mine are magnificent, are they not? 75 00:07:35,583 --> 00:07:37,457 Sunny day. Amiable company. 76 00:07:38,083 --> 00:07:41,082 A rose that bears his name. What more could a man have? 77 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:42,749 [ Sneezes ] 78 00:07:43,791 --> 00:07:45,499 - Hay fever. - The hay fever? 79 00:07:45,916 --> 00:07:48,040 Le rhume des foins? Pauvre Hastings. 80 00:07:49,416 --> 00:07:51,499 Haven't got a handkerchief I could borrow, have you, Poirot? 81 00:07:51,625 --> 00:07:53,707 This one's getting a bit damp. 82 00:07:56,875 --> 00:07:58,999 Unfortunately not. 83 00:08:03,625 --> 00:08:05,624 I still don't think we should leave them. 84 00:08:05,750 --> 00:08:08,499 Do forget it, Henry. What are you worried about? 85 00:08:08,875 --> 00:08:10,874 It's just, well, that girl. She... 86 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:18,582 I -- I-l wonder if -- if they have a bar in this place, mm? 87 00:08:24,625 --> 00:08:26,207 Uh, stop, stop! Stop, please. 88 00:08:26,333 --> 00:08:27,290 What is it, madame? 89 00:08:27,416 --> 00:08:29,624 I feel quite giddy. It must be the heat. 90 00:08:31,458 --> 00:08:32,915 Would you get me a glass of water? 91 00:08:33,041 --> 00:08:33,999 Of course. 92 00:08:34,125 --> 00:08:36,249 Leave me here. I can look at the seeds. 93 00:08:37,541 --> 00:08:39,999 Uh, don't worry. I shall be quite all right. 94 00:08:40,416 --> 00:08:43,082 Uh, no dawdling, mind. 95 00:08:52,958 --> 00:08:54,415 Oh! Pardon, madame. 96 00:08:55,041 --> 00:08:56,707 - Please, allow me. - No. It was my fault. 97 00:08:56,833 --> 00:08:59,499 My -- My attendant has left me for a few moments. 98 00:09:00,458 --> 00:09:01,374 Thank you. 99 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:03,624 Oh, it's... It's Mr. Poirot, surely. 100 00:09:05,625 --> 00:09:06,707 - That is correct. - [ Laughs ] 101 00:09:06,833 --> 00:09:08,249 I was quite bedazzled. 102 00:09:08,541 --> 00:09:10,124 It all looks so beautiful, doesn't it? 103 00:09:10,250 --> 00:09:11,582 Ah. An inspiration. 104 00:09:12,333 --> 00:09:13,915 You have a garden of your own? 105 00:09:15,416 --> 00:09:18,207 One day I hope to retire to grow the vegetable marrows, 106 00:09:18,333 --> 00:09:20,124 but until then I have only the window box. 107 00:09:20,250 --> 00:09:21,499 Ah. 108 00:09:28,333 --> 00:09:31,124 T-Then you must take these. With my compliments. 109 00:09:32,875 --> 00:09:34,207 Oh, no, really, madame. 110 00:09:34,333 --> 00:09:35,999 Miss -- Uh, Miss Barrowby. 111 00:09:37,750 --> 00:09:40,749 Amelia Barrowby? 112 00:09:42,958 --> 00:09:44,374 Please. Uh, I insist. 113 00:09:46,416 --> 00:09:49,207 I'm sure you'll find them... quite a revelation. 114 00:09:50,250 --> 00:09:51,499 Oh. 115 00:09:51,708 --> 00:09:54,165 Mademoiselle, you are -- you are most kind. 116 00:09:55,541 --> 00:09:56,415 Thank you. 117 00:10:12,666 --> 00:10:14,832 Spasibo. 118 00:10:17,125 --> 00:10:19,374 Well, where have you been hiding, girl? 119 00:10:19,625 --> 00:10:21,957 - You've been ages. - It was very crowded. 120 00:10:22,750 --> 00:10:24,749 Well, what's happening? You all right? 121 00:10:24,875 --> 00:10:26,499 Yes, yes. I'm perfectly all right. 122 00:10:26,625 --> 00:10:28,665 There's nothing the matter. I'm quite well now. 123 00:10:28,791 --> 00:10:30,332 Well, get rid of that water. 124 00:10:30,666 --> 00:10:32,957 And find my husband. 125 00:10:35,625 --> 00:10:36,874 Now, Auntie... 126 00:10:37,166 --> 00:10:40,957 Let's see what ideas I can find for my borders, shall we? 127 00:10:44,208 --> 00:10:46,624 "Fuchsia triphylla flore coccinea. 128 00:10:47,541 --> 00:10:50,082 Discovered by a French missionary in 1703." 129 00:10:51,125 --> 00:10:52,874 It is most interesting, Chief Inspector. 130 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,332 How is your hay fever, Hastings? 131 00:10:54,458 --> 00:10:55,499 Oh, much better, thanks. 132 00:10:55,625 --> 00:10:57,124 [ Sneezes ] 133 00:10:59,458 --> 00:11:00,707 Here you are. 134 00:11:01,083 --> 00:11:02,790 Thank you. Oh, what's this? 135 00:11:03,125 --> 00:11:05,665 Oh. That is a gift from an admirer, Hastings. 136 00:11:06,916 --> 00:11:08,499 Mlle. Amelia Barrowby. 137 00:11:08,791 --> 00:11:10,249 JAPP: Really? 138 00:11:11,625 --> 00:11:12,790 I don't think you'll be getting 139 00:11:12,916 --> 00:11:15,374 many blooms from this lot, though, Poirot. 140 00:11:15,708 --> 00:11:17,082 It is not of a good variety? 141 00:11:17,208 --> 00:11:18,624 Oh, yes. One of the best. 142 00:11:19,041 --> 00:11:21,457 Thing is, there's no seeds in it. 143 00:11:31,250 --> 00:11:32,832 Oh, you're home, madame. 144 00:11:33,375 --> 00:11:35,124 I was worried about the supper. 145 00:11:36,041 --> 00:11:37,332 Don't worry, Lucy. 146 00:11:37,916 --> 00:11:39,832 We haven't forgotten your night off. 147 00:11:39,958 --> 00:11:42,165 - Who is it this week? - Ronald Coleman. 148 00:11:43,125 --> 00:11:44,832 Will Miss Katrina be dining? 149 00:11:45,833 --> 00:11:47,082 Yes. 150 00:11:47,291 --> 00:11:50,665 Yes. She just had a little errand to do. 151 00:12:00,958 --> 00:12:04,457 There we are. Should do the business. 152 00:12:06,583 --> 00:12:08,165 Thank you. 153 00:12:22,333 --> 00:12:24,665 - Good evening, Miss Lemon. - Mr. Poirot. 154 00:12:25,458 --> 00:12:27,540 This morning's post still on your desk. 155 00:12:27,666 --> 00:12:30,082 Oh! Thank you very much, Miss Lemon. 156 00:12:33,041 --> 00:12:34,624 [ Sneezes ] 157 00:12:37,125 --> 00:12:40,540 I just can't understand it. I never had this trouble before. 158 00:12:40,750 --> 00:12:43,624 I cannot say with certainty that I have noticed it. 159 00:12:43,833 --> 00:12:45,790 I did have a bit of stick with an allergy once, 160 00:12:45,916 --> 00:12:47,332 but that was [Sneezes] 161 00:12:47,958 --> 00:12:50,249 The nappy rash perhaps? 162 00:12:54,041 --> 00:12:55,457 Is is most intriguing. 163 00:12:57,291 --> 00:12:59,749 You know, what I don't understand, Poirot, 164 00:12:59,875 --> 00:13:01,374 is why someone would want to give you 165 00:13:01,500 --> 00:13:03,832 an empty packet of seeds. 166 00:13:06,083 --> 00:13:09,124 Perhaps this will be the answer to your question, Hastings. 167 00:13:09,250 --> 00:13:11,374 A letter from Mlle. Amelia Barrowby. 168 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:13,707 What, the same woman? 169 00:13:14,416 --> 00:13:17,082 Seems strange she didn't mention writing it to you. 170 00:13:17,208 --> 00:13:18,957 Yes, indeed. 171 00:13:20,458 --> 00:13:21,874 Thank you. 172 00:13:25,541 --> 00:13:27,374 Listen to this. 173 00:13:28,958 --> 00:13:32,540 "Dear M. Poirot, I hope you will forgive the form of this letter, 174 00:13:33,166 --> 00:13:34,832 but I have to be very careful. 175 00:13:35,875 --> 00:13:38,082 For some time now I have been concerned 176 00:13:38,416 --> 00:13:40,999 that something is very wrong in my household. 177 00:13:42,083 --> 00:13:43,999 When age began to catch up with me, 178 00:13:44,708 --> 00:13:47,707 my niece Mary and her husband agreed to take care of me 179 00:13:48,291 --> 00:13:50,499 in return for a roof over their heads." 180 00:13:51,041 --> 00:13:52,040 It's all there, madame. 181 00:13:52,166 --> 00:13:54,457 Oh, and the soup and fish pie are on a low light. 182 00:13:54,583 --> 00:13:55,832 Thank you, Lucy. 183 00:13:56,208 --> 00:13:59,082 POIROT: "Mary runs the house efficiently enough, 184 00:13:59,875 --> 00:14:03,207 although her husband, Henry, has one particular weakness 185 00:14:04,625 --> 00:14:07,874 of which I thoroughly disapprove. 186 00:14:09,375 --> 00:14:10,707 Then, about a year ago, 187 00:14:12,041 --> 00:14:15,374 I had cause to engage a young Russian girl as my companion." 188 00:14:15,833 --> 00:14:16,749 MARY: Oh, there you are. 189 00:14:16,875 --> 00:14:19,040 Tell my aunt we'll have supper directly. 190 00:14:21,541 --> 00:14:23,665 POIROT: "I am assured from your description 191 00:14:23,791 --> 00:14:25,707 that you are discretion itself. 192 00:14:26,916 --> 00:14:30,457 Even so, I hardly dare set down the matter that is troubling me. 193 00:14:31,916 --> 00:14:34,165 My worry is that if word of my suspicions 194 00:14:35,208 --> 00:14:38,624 reach the wrong person, I very much fear what might happen." 195 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:41,874 Henry! 196 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,290 Coming, darling. 197 00:14:46,666 --> 00:14:48,124 POIROT: "For this reason, 198 00:14:48,250 --> 00:14:50,999 I must continue to behave as normally as I can... 199 00:14:51,333 --> 00:14:52,832 [ Bell ringing ] 200 00:14:55,625 --> 00:14:58,999 ...in case this person should take fright." 201 00:15:01,375 --> 00:15:03,874 - Madame. - Oh. 202 00:15:07,833 --> 00:15:09,832 What does he put into these things? 203 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:12,207 Oh! 204 00:15:12,333 --> 00:15:13,540 MARY: For what we are about to receive, 205 00:15:13,666 --> 00:15:15,749 may the Lord make us truly thankful. 206 00:15:19,375 --> 00:15:20,707 POIROT: "If you will help me, 207 00:15:20,833 --> 00:15:24,040 perhaps you would call and speak with me at the above address 208 00:15:24,166 --> 00:15:25,457 as soon as possible. 209 00:15:26,041 --> 00:15:30,624 Yours very truly, Amelia Barrowby." 210 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:35,249 Curious. 211 00:15:36,791 --> 00:15:38,790 All sounds a bit dotty if you ask me. 212 00:15:39,125 --> 00:15:42,207 Why didn't she just tell you about it when she met you? 213 00:15:44,416 --> 00:15:46,999 The old lady is unaccompanied for the moment. 214 00:15:47,708 --> 00:15:50,790 She's frightened she may be discovered. 215 00:15:53,833 --> 00:15:56,957 She passes to me a harmless packet. 216 00:15:58,750 --> 00:15:59,999 What does it mean? 217 00:16:01,750 --> 00:16:03,999 Probably has an active imagination. 218 00:16:04,125 --> 00:16:06,124 Lot of old dears do. 219 00:16:07,208 --> 00:16:09,165 "Rosebank, Charman's Green." 220 00:16:09,291 --> 00:16:10,457 Where is that? 221 00:16:10,583 --> 00:16:12,332 South. Borders of Surrey. 222 00:16:13,041 --> 00:16:14,415 Green fields, certainly. 223 00:16:14,541 --> 00:16:15,957 [ Sneezes ] 224 00:16:17,208 --> 00:16:19,082 Not sure I like the sound of that. 225 00:16:19,541 --> 00:16:20,457 Eh bien. 226 00:16:20,583 --> 00:16:22,207 At the first thing tomorrow, Miss Lemon, 227 00:16:22,333 --> 00:16:23,665 I would like you to accompany me 228 00:16:23,791 --> 00:16:25,874 on a visit to Mlle. Amelia Barrowby. 229 00:16:26,041 --> 00:16:27,915 If you wish, Mr. Poirot. 230 00:16:36,458 --> 00:16:38,457 [ Slow music plays ] 231 00:17:29,458 --> 00:17:30,665 [ Groans ] 232 00:17:37,750 --> 00:17:38,915 Oh! 233 00:17:40,125 --> 00:17:41,790 [ Groaning ] 234 00:17:53,291 --> 00:17:55,040 [ Clattering ] 235 00:18:00,083 --> 00:18:02,707 KATRINA: Aah! Madame! Please! 236 00:18:05,791 --> 00:18:07,040 Please, what is it? 237 00:18:07,333 --> 00:18:08,582 Get away from her! 238 00:18:09,583 --> 00:18:11,374 - Leave her alone! - Get away! 239 00:18:12,625 --> 00:18:13,874 [ Screaming ] 240 00:18:14,208 --> 00:18:16,207 [ Indistinct shouting ] 241 00:18:18,583 --> 00:18:20,165 - She's so sick. - Oh, my God. 242 00:18:22,041 --> 00:18:23,624 - Get the doctor. - What? 243 00:18:24,125 --> 00:18:26,957 The doctor, you idiot. Quickly! 244 00:18:35,250 --> 00:18:37,582 HASTINGS: No, I'm afraid she's not here. 245 00:18:37,833 --> 00:18:40,499 - MAN: Is Mr. Poirot? - No, he's not here either. 246 00:18:40,958 --> 00:18:43,165 They've gone down to Charman's Green. 247 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:46,624 I'm sort of holding the fort, as I can't risk the pollen. 248 00:18:47,291 --> 00:18:48,957 When's she going to settle the account? 249 00:18:49,083 --> 00:18:51,415 - Pardon? - She has to settle the account! 250 00:18:51,583 --> 00:18:52,832 Oh. 251 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:55,415 Well, I'm sure she meant to pay it. 252 00:18:55,791 --> 00:18:59,707 Hang on. I'll dig out the bill and have a look. 253 00:19:16,750 --> 00:19:19,457 I'll just be a moment, Mr. Trumper. 254 00:19:30,041 --> 00:19:31,207 [ Sighs ] 255 00:19:33,083 --> 00:19:33,915 [ Sneezes ] 256 00:19:55,791 --> 00:19:58,457 Perhaps you would have the goodness to wait. 257 00:19:59,333 --> 00:20:01,207 We'll be requiring a receipt upon paying. 258 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:03,082 A receipt? 259 00:20:05,750 --> 00:20:07,415 [ Engine shuts off ] 260 00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:11,624 I wonder... 261 00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:13,832 What is it, Mr. Poirot? 262 00:20:14,166 --> 00:20:16,624 I'm not certain, Miss Lemon. 263 00:20:21,291 --> 00:20:22,832 Come. 264 00:20:26,875 --> 00:20:28,749 A most orderly garden, is it not? 265 00:20:29,958 --> 00:20:31,790 Very neat. 266 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,749 They should have finished that edging, though. 267 00:20:36,916 --> 00:20:37,957 POIROT: Hmm. 268 00:20:53,541 --> 00:20:54,790 - [ Rings ] - Ah! 269 00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:58,499 This is like your English nursery rhyme, Miss Lemon. 270 00:20:58,625 --> 00:20:59,874 [ Rings ] 271 00:21:00,541 --> 00:21:03,749 "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? 272 00:21:05,375 --> 00:21:06,707 With silver bells --" 273 00:21:06,833 --> 00:21:08,415 - [ Rings ] - Oh. Pardon. 274 00:21:09,125 --> 00:21:11,707 I fear that this has been dropped in your garden. 275 00:21:11,833 --> 00:21:13,165 That's where it got to. 276 00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:15,957 Must have been dropped, what with... 277 00:21:16,458 --> 00:21:19,332 - Thank you, sir. - Je vous en prie. 278 00:21:20,375 --> 00:21:21,915 Is Mlle. Barrowby at home? 279 00:21:22,625 --> 00:21:23,874 Oh, sir! 280 00:21:24,666 --> 00:21:25,915 Didn't you know? 281 00:21:27,125 --> 00:21:29,540 It was last night she... 282 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,915 I'm afraid she died, sir. 283 00:21:39,625 --> 00:21:43,165 - If you just wait here, sir. - POIROT: Thank you so much. 284 00:21:52,666 --> 00:21:54,915 KATRINA: You are a lawyer? 285 00:21:56,625 --> 00:21:58,874 Why should I be a lawyer, mademoiselle? 286 00:21:59,083 --> 00:22:01,207 I thought perhaps you have come to say 287 00:22:02,958 --> 00:22:04,957 she did not know what she was doing. 288 00:22:05,708 --> 00:22:06,957 That is not right. 289 00:22:07,583 --> 00:22:10,582 She wrote it down, and so shall it be. 290 00:22:16,625 --> 00:22:18,124 Mr. Poirot, I'm so sorry. 291 00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:22,707 May I introduce myself? Mary Delafontaine. 292 00:22:23,750 --> 00:22:24,790 Madame. 293 00:22:24,916 --> 00:22:26,165 This is my husband. 294 00:22:26,541 --> 00:22:28,207 - How do you do? - Monsieur. 295 00:22:28,750 --> 00:22:32,249 Miss Barrowby was my aunt. 296 00:22:37,250 --> 00:22:38,499 Thank you. 297 00:22:39,333 --> 00:22:42,707 I very much regret, madame, that I intrude on your bereavement. 298 00:22:42,833 --> 00:22:44,415 Oh, please be reassured. 299 00:22:45,041 --> 00:22:47,040 It, uh -- It was rather unexpected. 300 00:22:47,916 --> 00:22:49,165 Hercule Poirot. 301 00:22:49,958 --> 00:22:52,165 - You're that detective chap. - Monsieur. 302 00:22:52,291 --> 00:22:53,790 Of course. The new rose. 303 00:22:54,833 --> 00:22:56,374 I saw you at the flower show. 304 00:22:58,166 --> 00:22:59,749 What brings you to our house? 305 00:23:00,125 --> 00:23:01,499 Oh, forgive me, madame. 306 00:23:01,625 --> 00:23:03,499 Mile. Barrowby had written to me a letter, 307 00:23:03,625 --> 00:23:06,040 and she wished to consult me on a certain matter. 308 00:23:06,166 --> 00:23:07,957 What matter? 309 00:23:09,791 --> 00:23:11,915 That was of a private nature, madame. 310 00:23:12,541 --> 00:23:14,624 Didn't mention Russkies, did she? 311 00:23:14,750 --> 00:23:16,165 Pardon? Russkies? 312 00:23:16,416 --> 00:23:18,040 Bolshies. The red menace. 313 00:23:18,166 --> 00:23:19,624 MARY: Henry, please. 314 00:23:19,750 --> 00:23:22,874 Sorry. I -- I just thought... 315 00:23:25,750 --> 00:23:28,374 Mr. Poirot, couldn't you tell us a little more? 316 00:23:29,833 --> 00:23:31,082 Uh... 317 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,249 Well, Mr. Poirot? 318 00:23:33,916 --> 00:23:36,874 At the present moment, madame, I regret that I must say nothing. 319 00:23:38,291 --> 00:23:40,290 Forgive me. I will show myself out. 320 00:23:41,166 --> 00:23:43,999 Au revoir. Madame. Monsieur. 321 00:23:57,375 --> 00:23:58,624 [ Sighs ] 322 00:23:59,333 --> 00:24:01,665 There is a mouse in this hole, Miss Lemon. 323 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,207 What must a cat do now? 324 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:08,832 I'm sure I don't know what that means, Mr. Poirot. 325 00:24:15,250 --> 00:24:16,499 Where to now, sir? 326 00:24:17,083 --> 00:24:18,915 You tell me... 327 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:21,957 ...Chief Inspector. 328 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:25,040 I noticed at once that your men, 329 00:24:25,166 --> 00:24:27,415 they were making the surveillance. 330 00:24:28,083 --> 00:24:30,124 JAPP: Family doctor put us up to the whole thing. 331 00:24:30,250 --> 00:24:32,165 When I phoned Captain Hastings, 332 00:24:32,583 --> 00:24:34,582 he told me you were on your way here. 333 00:24:35,041 --> 00:24:38,165 I trust you didn't blow the gaffe to the Delafontaines. 334 00:24:38,291 --> 00:24:39,415 As far as they're concerned, 335 00:24:39,541 --> 00:24:41,165 we're just waiting for the postmortem. 336 00:24:41,291 --> 00:24:42,540 So you suspect as I do? 337 00:24:43,083 --> 00:24:44,832 We're doing our own little test right now. 338 00:24:45,708 --> 00:24:48,707 - [ Engine turns over ] - Down at the mortuary. 339 00:24:49,708 --> 00:24:51,999 Perhaps you'd rather wait in the taxi, Miss Lemon. 340 00:24:52,125 --> 00:24:53,124 LEMON: No, thank you. 341 00:24:53,250 --> 00:24:55,999 I did help in the hospital morgue during the war. 342 00:24:56,583 --> 00:24:58,332 POIROT: More filing, Miss Lemon? 343 00:24:58,458 --> 00:24:59,790 LEMON: Mr. Poirot! 344 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:03,249 There's no doubt whatsoever. 345 00:25:06,291 --> 00:25:08,332 - Strychnine. - A very large dose. 346 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,499 Which would have to be administered 347 00:25:11,625 --> 00:25:12,790 very shortly before death. 348 00:25:12,916 --> 00:25:14,457 Precisely. 349 00:25:17,583 --> 00:25:20,499 Right. We'd better find out what they all had for dinner. 350 00:25:20,625 --> 00:25:22,665 Ah. Miss Lemon. 351 00:25:24,041 --> 00:25:26,374 Artichoke soup -- served from a tureen -- 352 00:25:27,166 --> 00:25:28,665 fish pie, and apple tart. 353 00:25:29,375 --> 00:25:30,790 I was chatting to the maid. 354 00:25:30,916 --> 00:25:32,832 She had some time off to see a film. 355 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,832 All four of them ate the same thing. 356 00:25:34,958 --> 00:25:36,540 Excellent, Miss Lemon. 357 00:25:37,125 --> 00:25:39,082 JAPP: Can't have been in the food, then, if they all had it. 358 00:25:39,208 --> 00:25:41,874 Must have slipped it to the old girl separately. 359 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,332 No, no, Chief Inspector. That cannot be. 360 00:25:44,875 --> 00:25:45,665 Eh? 361 00:25:45,791 --> 00:25:48,332 He's right. Strychnine's as bitter as gall. 362 00:25:49,500 --> 00:25:53,499 You can taste it in a solution of one in a thousand. 363 00:25:54,750 --> 00:25:56,624 - Coffee. - She never drank it. 364 00:25:57,125 --> 00:25:59,415 Well, I'm hanged if I can see how anyone did it. 365 00:25:59,541 --> 00:26:01,790 Nevertheless, Chief Inspector, 366 00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:05,707 someone in that household is a cold-blooded poisoner. 367 00:26:35,125 --> 00:26:36,832 [ Knocks ] 368 00:26:40,166 --> 00:26:41,582 I feared it might be this. 369 00:26:43,250 --> 00:26:45,874 I've seen something like it once before in my old practice. 370 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:46,915 POIROT: Oh? 371 00:26:47,041 --> 00:26:49,832 Rich old biddy takes in her penniless relatives. 372 00:26:49,958 --> 00:26:51,457 Holds the purse strings. 373 00:26:51,583 --> 00:26:54,707 The temptation is to speed up the natural process and collect. 374 00:26:54,833 --> 00:26:56,082 So the Delafontaines, 375 00:26:56,208 --> 00:26:58,374 they were dependent on the money of Mlle. Barrowby? 376 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:00,582 Totally. Hadn't a bean of their own. 377 00:27:01,708 --> 00:27:04,124 Dabbled in stocks and shares, I'm afraid. 378 00:27:05,208 --> 00:27:07,207 Crash hit them as badly as any of us. 379 00:27:07,708 --> 00:27:11,582 And they're her only living relatives. 380 00:27:12,875 --> 00:27:14,124 Yes. 381 00:27:15,416 --> 00:27:16,790 Certain to inherit. 382 00:27:18,833 --> 00:27:22,082 Substantial private income, by all accounts. 383 00:27:24,208 --> 00:27:25,707 Excuse me, M. Ie Docteur. 384 00:27:27,250 --> 00:27:30,165 Was Mile. Barrowby taking the medicine of any kind? 385 00:27:30,291 --> 00:27:32,374 Not much we can do for her at that age. 386 00:27:32,750 --> 00:27:35,499 Just a cachet before meals to aid the digestion. 387 00:27:35,916 --> 00:27:37,165 Ah. 388 00:27:37,291 --> 00:27:39,540 Oh, no. It couldn't have been her powders. 389 00:27:39,666 --> 00:27:41,749 Katrina guarded those like a demon. 390 00:27:42,250 --> 00:27:44,040 Well, perhaps she slipped in the poison. 391 00:27:44,166 --> 00:27:45,415 Why? 392 00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:48,707 Katrina wouldn't poison her mistress. 393 00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:51,582 Much better keep her alive and remain employed. 394 00:27:51,875 --> 00:27:54,082 "She wrote it down, and so shall it be." 395 00:27:55,666 --> 00:27:56,707 JAPP: She what? 396 00:27:58,208 --> 00:27:59,624 Possibly nothing. 397 00:28:00,166 --> 00:28:01,749 Well, one thing's for sure -- 398 00:28:01,875 --> 00:28:03,624 The Delafontaines have got to be told 399 00:28:03,750 --> 00:28:06,040 that this is now a murder investigation. 400 00:28:07,041 --> 00:28:08,290 Coming, Poirot? 401 00:28:08,541 --> 00:28:11,082 No, no. Not for the present, Chief inspector. 402 00:28:11,208 --> 00:28:12,457 JAPP: Doctor. 403 00:28:12,666 --> 00:28:13,749 [ Door opens ] 404 00:28:13,875 --> 00:28:18,290 Tell me, Dr. Sims, did Mlle. Barrowby have a solicitor? 405 00:28:34,875 --> 00:28:36,415 HARRISON: I understand the problem, 406 00:28:36,541 --> 00:28:40,540 but I'm not due to read the will until next Saturday. 407 00:28:43,583 --> 00:28:46,832 The girl said to me, "She wrote it down, and so shall it be." 408 00:28:48,833 --> 00:28:50,999 Have you any idea what she meant by that? 409 00:28:51,125 --> 00:28:53,332 I'm afraid I'm bound to remain silent. 410 00:28:54,958 --> 00:28:56,499 M. Harrison, please forgive me. 411 00:28:56,625 --> 00:28:59,290 I am not asking you to break the confidentiality of a client. 412 00:28:59,416 --> 00:29:01,124 However, it is unfortunate 413 00:29:01,250 --> 00:29:03,665 that it suits the purposes of a murderer. 414 00:29:15,416 --> 00:29:16,999 Numbers 3, 9, and 14, please. 415 00:29:19,583 --> 00:29:21,540 [ Applause ] 416 00:29:25,208 --> 00:29:28,207 It's rather a difficult decision, this one. 417 00:29:35,291 --> 00:29:37,415 These two are well known to everyone. 418 00:29:38,166 --> 00:29:39,665 The mare and the gelding. 419 00:29:40,708 --> 00:29:42,499 Solid, reliable. 420 00:29:43,750 --> 00:29:45,165 And then there's this. 421 00:29:45,791 --> 00:29:47,874 A young filly. Foreign blood stock. 422 00:29:48,291 --> 00:29:49,790 Unconventional. 423 00:29:49,958 --> 00:29:52,082 A new arrival in a close-knit stable. 424 00:29:53,833 --> 00:29:56,415 And which will win the prize? 425 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,415 The new arrival wins it. 426 00:30:16,833 --> 00:30:18,332 [ Applause ] 427 00:30:24,208 --> 00:30:25,707 M. Harrison, I thank you. 428 00:30:27,250 --> 00:30:30,082 Justice has been seen to be done. 429 00:30:33,375 --> 00:30:34,874 Miss Lemon. 430 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,582 I'll have you pounding the beat again for two pennies. 431 00:30:38,708 --> 00:30:41,290 I've never known a more dozy pair of layabouts. 432 00:30:41,416 --> 00:30:42,790 POIROT: Chief Inspector? 433 00:30:42,916 --> 00:30:44,332 Poirot. 434 00:30:46,583 --> 00:30:47,707 I bring the bad news. 435 00:30:47,833 --> 00:30:49,832 Well, I've had my fair share of that for today. 436 00:30:49,958 --> 00:30:51,582 It is not the Delafontaines 437 00:30:51,708 --> 00:30:53,957 who inherit the money of Mile. Barrowby. 438 00:30:54,083 --> 00:30:55,957 It is the Russian girl, Katrina Reiger, 439 00:30:56,083 --> 00:30:58,915 and she was aware of the fact for all of the time. 440 00:31:01,500 --> 00:31:02,749 You hear that? 441 00:31:03,708 --> 00:31:05,249 If there wasn't a lady present, 442 00:31:05,375 --> 00:31:07,249 your ears would be burning so much 443 00:31:07,375 --> 00:31:09,415 they'd boil what's left of your brains. 444 00:31:09,541 --> 00:31:10,540 Why? What has happened? 445 00:31:10,666 --> 00:31:13,165 They've only gone and let her slip out of the place! 446 00:31:13,291 --> 00:31:15,290 Katrina Reiger has gone missing. 447 00:31:17,166 --> 00:31:18,665 Murder? 448 00:31:20,291 --> 00:31:22,040 Well, it's so unthinkable. 449 00:31:23,791 --> 00:31:25,040 I just didn't... 450 00:31:26,333 --> 00:31:28,165 Henry, I should have listened to you. 451 00:31:28,291 --> 00:31:29,207 I'm sorry. 452 00:31:29,333 --> 00:31:30,874 I never did trust that girl. 453 00:31:32,416 --> 00:31:33,665 Oh. 454 00:31:34,750 --> 00:31:35,999 I think I feel faint. 455 00:31:36,541 --> 00:31:37,790 Easy, old thing. 456 00:31:38,208 --> 00:31:39,415 Thank you, Doctor. 457 00:31:39,541 --> 00:31:41,457 A lie-down would be the best idea. 458 00:31:42,666 --> 00:31:44,040 [ Sighs ] 459 00:31:46,625 --> 00:31:49,457 It's been a shock for us all. 460 00:31:52,791 --> 00:31:55,999 A little bit of Russia in our green and pleasant land, eh? 461 00:31:56,375 --> 00:31:57,707 Most interesting. 462 00:31:57,833 --> 00:31:59,290 Tell me, Chief Inspector, 463 00:31:59,416 --> 00:32:01,874 do you know which is this particular saint? 464 00:32:02,208 --> 00:32:05,165 All these foreign, bearded types look the same to me. 465 00:32:06,833 --> 00:32:08,082 Does it matter? 466 00:32:08,958 --> 00:32:10,207 Possibly not. 467 00:32:11,500 --> 00:32:13,540 Let us rejoin the others. 468 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,749 I've given her a mild sedative. 469 00:32:31,916 --> 00:32:34,915 - Thank you, Doctor. - It's been quite an experience. 470 00:32:35,125 --> 00:32:37,165 Ah. Mr. Poirot. Chief Inspector. 471 00:32:38,083 --> 00:32:39,332 M. le Docteur. 472 00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:41,665 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 473 00:32:42,916 --> 00:32:45,040 Never liked that girl. Secretive. 474 00:32:45,375 --> 00:32:47,124 You suspected that Mlle. Barrowby 475 00:32:47,250 --> 00:32:48,499 had left her everything? 476 00:32:48,625 --> 00:32:51,624 Oh, no, not for sure. But there was always the threat. 477 00:32:51,916 --> 00:32:54,124 MAN: Sir? 478 00:32:55,666 --> 00:32:56,915 In the Russian box. 479 00:32:57,625 --> 00:32:58,874 Hmm. 480 00:32:59,291 --> 00:33:01,249 Looks like strychnine to me, all right. 481 00:33:01,375 --> 00:33:02,540 If I'm any judge, 482 00:33:02,666 --> 00:33:03,832 all Miss Reiger will be collecting 483 00:33:03,958 --> 00:33:05,207 is a trip to the Old Bailey. 484 00:33:05,333 --> 00:33:06,874 HENRY: If that is her name. 485 00:33:08,083 --> 00:33:08,999 What do you mean? 486 00:33:09,125 --> 00:33:10,540 Communist agitator. 487 00:33:10,666 --> 00:33:11,999 Spreads trouble, raises money, 488 00:33:12,125 --> 00:33:14,374 working for the revolution in England. 489 00:33:14,541 --> 00:33:17,415 Oh, come off it, sir. That's Boy's Own Paper stuff. 490 00:33:17,583 --> 00:33:19,624 No, no, no, no, no, Chief Inspector Japp. 491 00:33:19,750 --> 00:33:23,499 I fear that M. Delafontaine is quite right. 492 00:33:26,708 --> 00:33:28,249 JAPP: Well, check again. 493 00:33:28,375 --> 00:33:32,040 There is no possibility of error in the state information files. 494 00:33:32,750 --> 00:33:33,999 She must be registered. 495 00:33:34,125 --> 00:33:36,124 She's been living here three years. 496 00:33:36,250 --> 00:33:38,999 Comrade Stalin makes no provision for mistakes. 497 00:33:39,958 --> 00:33:43,290 We know no one called Katrina Reiger. 498 00:33:45,166 --> 00:33:48,790 Thank you. You've been a great help. 499 00:33:54,875 --> 00:33:56,540 One more thing, monsieur. 500 00:33:58,083 --> 00:34:01,832 What was it that Marx called "the opiate of the masses"? 501 00:34:03,791 --> 00:34:05,332 Popular fiction, comrade. 502 00:34:05,458 --> 00:34:06,707 Ah, yes, of course. 503 00:34:09,375 --> 00:34:10,415 Thank you. 504 00:34:21,041 --> 00:34:22,915 JAPP: Looks like you could be right, Poirot. 505 00:34:23,041 --> 00:34:25,040 She must be one of those agitators. 506 00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:27,832 Why else would they deny all knowledge of her? 507 00:34:27,958 --> 00:34:29,707 Probably back in Russia by now. 508 00:34:29,875 --> 00:34:32,040 I do not think that she would enjoy that. 509 00:34:32,166 --> 00:34:33,374 She's a red, isn't she? 510 00:34:33,500 --> 00:34:35,374 I hardly think so, Chief Inspector. 511 00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:38,290 Not with an image of the late czar on her dressing table. 512 00:34:38,416 --> 00:34:40,457 - But you said -- - That Mr. Delafontaine is right? 513 00:34:40,583 --> 00:34:41,832 Oh, yes. 514 00:34:42,041 --> 00:34:43,582 Reiger is not her real name. 515 00:34:44,958 --> 00:34:46,082 Well, what do we do now? 516 00:34:46,208 --> 00:34:47,374 If I were you, Chief Inspector, 517 00:34:47,500 --> 00:34:50,082 I would look for the Russian church in London. 518 00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:52,624 The opiate of the masses is religion, 519 00:34:53,250 --> 00:34:54,832 as the young man fully knows. 520 00:34:55,791 --> 00:34:57,040 And now... 521 00:34:58,250 --> 00:35:00,374 It is time for my tea time, Miss Lemon. 522 00:35:01,791 --> 00:35:03,457 Chief Inspector. 523 00:35:16,041 --> 00:35:18,124 Mr. Trumper's phoned three or four times. 524 00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:19,749 He's really very upset. 525 00:35:20,541 --> 00:35:22,749 Perhaps I should send the cash around by messenger. 526 00:35:22,875 --> 00:35:24,874 Five guineas will settle the account. 527 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,874 Certainly not, Captain Hastings. Just ignore it. 528 00:35:28,375 --> 00:35:30,582 I'll have words with him when I return. 529 00:35:30,833 --> 00:35:31,832 Well, yes, but -- 530 00:35:31,958 --> 00:35:34,040 And on no account disturb the files. 531 00:35:35,458 --> 00:35:36,707 Bye for the moment. 532 00:35:37,708 --> 00:35:39,332 [ Sighs ] 533 00:36:07,916 --> 00:36:11,374 Miss Lemon, I want you to figure to yourself a little history. 534 00:36:12,666 --> 00:36:13,957 Mr. Poirot? 535 00:36:15,333 --> 00:36:16,665 You are a Russian girl. 536 00:36:17,250 --> 00:36:18,374 Yes. 537 00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:20,165 You are employed as a nurse companion 538 00:36:20,291 --> 00:36:22,207 to an old lady who is very demanding. 539 00:36:22,333 --> 00:36:23,249 Yes. 540 00:36:23,375 --> 00:36:25,457 And she takes a liking to you, this old lady, 541 00:36:25,583 --> 00:36:28,124 and she decides to leave to you all her money. 542 00:36:28,250 --> 00:36:29,499 She tells you so. 543 00:36:30,666 --> 00:36:31,999 But there is one worry. 544 00:36:32,666 --> 00:36:35,665 You have not been entirely honest about your background. 545 00:36:35,791 --> 00:36:37,040 Then disaster. 546 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:40,582 You suspect that she has called upon the services 547 00:36:40,708 --> 00:36:42,124 of a famous detective. 548 00:36:42,875 --> 00:36:44,124 You act swiftly. 549 00:36:44,458 --> 00:36:46,707 And before he arrives, this detective, 550 00:36:47,125 --> 00:36:49,540 the old lady is dead and the money is yours. 551 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,874 Does this sound to you reasonable? 552 00:36:54,958 --> 00:36:57,790 I'm rather afraid it does. 553 00:36:58,916 --> 00:37:00,582 I agree. 554 00:37:03,166 --> 00:37:04,290 If only we could be sure 555 00:37:04,416 --> 00:37:06,499 of what Mlle. Barrowby was suspicious of. 556 00:37:06,625 --> 00:37:09,874 If only she could have left us more of a clue. 557 00:37:10,958 --> 00:37:14,790 Are you sure she didn't slip something into the seed packet? 558 00:37:25,916 --> 00:37:27,249 No. 559 00:37:28,458 --> 00:37:29,999 [ Sighs ] 560 00:37:31,125 --> 00:37:32,540 Of course. 561 00:37:34,791 --> 00:37:36,540 What a simpleton I have become. 562 00:37:37,541 --> 00:37:38,957 Ah, Poirot. Here it is. 563 00:37:39,541 --> 00:37:41,790 Russian church. Not a sparrow's hop from here. 564 00:37:41,916 --> 00:37:43,582 Excellent. But first... 565 00:37:43,708 --> 00:37:46,374 If you please, Miss Lemon -- Do you have two pennies? 566 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:47,790 For a tip, Mr. Poirot? 567 00:37:48,291 --> 00:37:50,374 For the telephone, Miss Lemon. 568 00:38:18,958 --> 00:38:20,540 Bonjour, Mlle. Reiger. 569 00:38:21,250 --> 00:38:22,665 No, mademoiselle! 570 00:38:23,750 --> 00:38:25,415 Be not alarmed. 571 00:38:26,375 --> 00:38:27,665 This is sanctuary. 572 00:38:28,916 --> 00:38:30,999 You are safe here. 573 00:38:32,041 --> 00:38:34,790 I want only to know the truth. 574 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,124 Why did you run away? 575 00:38:40,750 --> 00:38:43,665 I know what you all think -- It was I who poisoned her. 576 00:38:45,666 --> 00:38:48,332 Oh, yes, I know the signs. I have seen it in Russia. 577 00:38:48,458 --> 00:38:49,957 When Stalin's men came. 578 00:38:51,416 --> 00:38:54,415 Your family was persecuted because of their position, 579 00:38:54,541 --> 00:38:56,332 so you fled secretly to England. 580 00:38:58,416 --> 00:38:59,665 What do you care? 581 00:39:00,333 --> 00:39:02,374 Like them, you wish me to be penniless. 582 00:39:04,750 --> 00:39:06,665 This I must know, mademoiselle. 583 00:39:07,083 --> 00:39:09,249 Did no one touch the medication but you? 584 00:39:09,375 --> 00:39:10,874 I would rather have died. 585 00:39:11,791 --> 00:39:14,582 And Mlle. Barrowby had for her dinner only what we know? 586 00:39:14,708 --> 00:39:17,332 Of course. Or somebody would have noticed. 587 00:39:18,458 --> 00:39:21,207 It must have been a great trial for a girl like you 588 00:39:21,375 --> 00:39:22,749 to work for another -- 589 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:25,082 fetch this, carry that -- 590 00:39:27,041 --> 00:39:29,790 when once you had servants of your own. 591 00:39:32,083 --> 00:39:33,332 I am a Regimirov. 592 00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:40,040 I am not afraid of work. 593 00:39:42,083 --> 00:39:44,665 And are you afraid of the noose? 594 00:39:49,541 --> 00:39:51,665 It was on the seed packet all the time. 595 00:39:51,958 --> 00:39:54,832 "Catherine the Great." Or in Russian, "Katrina." 596 00:39:56,625 --> 00:39:58,082 I realized on the way over. 597 00:39:59,125 --> 00:40:00,999 Here he comes. 598 00:40:15,833 --> 00:40:17,499 Ah. 599 00:40:29,166 --> 00:40:30,415 I will go with you now. 600 00:40:31,208 --> 00:40:33,082 Take her and charge her. 601 00:40:39,958 --> 00:40:41,749 Well, at least she came quietly. 602 00:40:42,250 --> 00:40:44,790 There's a nice, tidy end to the whole business. 603 00:40:44,916 --> 00:40:47,665 I do not think so, Chief inspector. 604 00:40:49,166 --> 00:40:50,790 Come, Miss Lemon. 605 00:40:53,708 --> 00:40:55,540 Oh, no. 606 00:41:11,083 --> 00:41:13,207 Hello, Poirot. Mr. Japp, Miss Lemon. 607 00:41:13,916 --> 00:41:14,749 [ Gasps ] 608 00:41:16,958 --> 00:41:18,374 How goes the sneezing, Hastings? 609 00:41:18,500 --> 00:41:20,457 - [ Sneezes ] - Oh, dear. 610 00:41:23,291 --> 00:41:25,124 Well, this package arrived for you. 611 00:41:25,250 --> 00:41:26,915 Seems to be full of old letters. 612 00:41:27,041 --> 00:41:28,499 Ah. Thank you. 613 00:41:30,291 --> 00:41:31,540 Thank you. 614 00:41:32,625 --> 00:41:34,124 Now, look here, Poirot. 615 00:41:34,250 --> 00:41:36,915 I can't for the life of me see what's bothering you. 616 00:41:37,041 --> 00:41:39,207 The girl saw you talking to the old biddy. 617 00:41:39,333 --> 00:41:40,457 She knew something was up. 618 00:41:40,583 --> 00:41:43,082 She had the motive, and she had the only opportunity. 619 00:41:43,208 --> 00:41:45,124 We know without a doubt who did it. 620 00:41:45,458 --> 00:41:47,207 Oh, yes. We know that, I think. 621 00:41:48,916 --> 00:41:50,249 What are these, Poirot? 622 00:41:50,375 --> 00:41:52,290 Well, these, Hastings, are the routine letters 623 00:41:52,416 --> 00:41:54,499 that Mlle. Barrowby wrote to her accountant. 624 00:41:54,625 --> 00:41:57,040 And this is the letter that she wrote to me. 625 00:41:59,083 --> 00:42:00,040 Aha. 626 00:42:00,166 --> 00:42:02,624 Now, if you look very carefully, Hastings, 627 00:42:03,166 --> 00:42:04,582 you will note in the handwriting 628 00:42:04,708 --> 00:42:06,665 the important but subtle difference. 629 00:42:07,791 --> 00:42:09,040 I see. 630 00:42:09,750 --> 00:42:12,082 So Katrina swapped her mistress' letter 631 00:42:12,291 --> 00:42:13,915 with the one she wrote herself. 632 00:42:14,958 --> 00:42:16,207 Oh, Hastings. 633 00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:18,957 How I have missed your powers of deduction. 634 00:42:20,333 --> 00:42:21,249 No. 635 00:42:21,375 --> 00:42:24,707 The one thing that bothers me is the proof of how it was done. 636 00:42:25,375 --> 00:42:26,624 We have that. 637 00:42:27,083 --> 00:42:28,332 Don't we? 638 00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:29,915 Captain Hastings! 639 00:42:31,041 --> 00:42:32,874 What... is... this?! 640 00:42:35,375 --> 00:42:36,707 HASTINGS: Ah. Yes. 641 00:42:37,291 --> 00:42:39,207 I was going to explain about that. 642 00:42:39,333 --> 00:42:41,249 I told you not to pay this account! 643 00:42:43,083 --> 00:42:45,332 Well, Mr. Trumper was very persistent. 644 00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:47,624 LEMON: But you don't know tradesmen. 645 00:42:48,416 --> 00:42:50,957 If you pay in cash, they'll never forget you. 646 00:42:52,041 --> 00:42:54,290 They'll think your checks aren't good. 647 00:42:54,958 --> 00:42:56,207 Of course! 648 00:42:57,958 --> 00:43:00,082 We will make another visit to Charman's Green. 649 00:43:00,208 --> 00:43:01,374 You also, Miss Lemon. 650 00:43:01,500 --> 00:43:02,957 - I, Mr. Poirot? - Oh, yes. 651 00:43:03,083 --> 00:43:07,374 I want you to pay a visit to a fishmonger. 652 00:43:21,666 --> 00:43:23,374 You have recovered from the shock now? 653 00:43:23,500 --> 00:43:24,749 Thank you, yes. 654 00:43:25,291 --> 00:43:27,040 It's all been rather an ordeal. 655 00:43:27,458 --> 00:43:28,832 - DR. SIMS: Ah. - Good afternoon. 656 00:43:28,958 --> 00:43:30,082 DR. SIMS: Good afternoon. 657 00:43:30,208 --> 00:43:32,249 M. Ie Docteur. Madame. Monsieur. 658 00:43:33,708 --> 00:43:36,249 MARY: Mr. Poirot. What a pleasant surprise. 659 00:43:37,250 --> 00:43:39,915 Now I can thank you for all you've done behind the scenes. 660 00:43:40,041 --> 00:43:41,457 Je vous en prie, madame. 661 00:43:41,666 --> 00:43:43,290 Merci, mademoiselle. 662 00:43:43,500 --> 00:43:45,374 - Please, do sit down. - Thank you, monsieur. 663 00:43:45,500 --> 00:43:46,790 - Pleasure. - Ah. 664 00:43:47,708 --> 00:43:49,499 An unpleasant business, eh? 665 00:43:50,708 --> 00:43:51,957 And not a simple one. 666 00:43:53,708 --> 00:43:55,040 Now that it's all over, 667 00:43:55,166 --> 00:43:57,040 perhaps you'll take us into your confidence. 668 00:43:57,166 --> 00:43:59,040 Yes. What was it? A Bolshie plot? 669 00:44:00,791 --> 00:44:05,040 They played their part, but no. 670 00:44:06,500 --> 00:44:09,082 As you know, Mlle. Barrowby had written to me. 671 00:44:09,833 --> 00:44:12,540 But she dared not to confide to me her exact worries 672 00:44:12,666 --> 00:44:14,832 in case that letter, it had been intercepted. 673 00:44:14,958 --> 00:44:16,915 But then, you know, wonder upon wonders, 674 00:44:17,041 --> 00:44:18,707 she catches sight of me at the flower show, 675 00:44:18,833 --> 00:44:21,040 so she contrives the brief meeting... 676 00:44:21,166 --> 00:44:22,915 - Oh! - Oh! Pardon, madame. 677 00:44:23,125 --> 00:44:24,207 Please, allow me. No, no, no. 678 00:44:24,333 --> 00:44:25,582 No, it was my fault. 679 00:44:25,958 --> 00:44:28,540 ...thinking that I had already read her letter. 680 00:44:29,541 --> 00:44:30,790 She spoke to you? 681 00:44:31,125 --> 00:44:33,624 Oh, yes. But you see, madame, here was her problem. 682 00:44:33,750 --> 00:44:36,332 She might be watched. She might be overheard. 683 00:44:37,083 --> 00:44:39,207 So she passes to me an innocent packet 684 00:44:40,708 --> 00:44:43,124 which is a clue to that which she suspects. 685 00:44:43,583 --> 00:44:45,082 - DR. SIMS: A clue? - Yes. 686 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,790 In fact, M. Ie Docteur, it was something that you said 687 00:44:48,916 --> 00:44:53,707 that finally made it clear to me the significance of the packet. 688 00:44:54,916 --> 00:44:56,499 Stocks! 689 00:44:59,916 --> 00:45:02,999 I telephoned to the accountant of Mile. Barrowby in the city, 690 00:45:03,125 --> 00:45:05,249 who confirmed that during the recent months, 691 00:45:05,375 --> 00:45:07,415 Mlle. Barrowby had been moving into the ventures 692 00:45:07,541 --> 00:45:08,790 of most high risk, 693 00:45:09,041 --> 00:45:12,040 as these letters of instruction to her broker prove. 694 00:45:12,875 --> 00:45:16,457 Except these letters, they were not written by Mile. Barrowby. 695 00:45:17,166 --> 00:45:18,249 Oh, no. 696 00:45:18,375 --> 00:45:20,915 They are the forgeries of the most skillful. 697 00:45:22,041 --> 00:45:23,457 Damnable Bolshie. 698 00:45:24,333 --> 00:45:25,999 Right under our very noses. 699 00:45:27,250 --> 00:45:28,499 Ah, yes. 700 00:45:29,291 --> 00:45:30,582 M. Delafontaine. 701 00:45:31,833 --> 00:45:33,332 You attempt to confuse me 702 00:45:33,541 --> 00:45:35,999 with your ridiculous stories about spies. 703 00:45:37,250 --> 00:45:40,374 Mile. Reiger is a Russian aristocrat, not a Communist. 704 00:45:41,416 --> 00:45:42,915 In truth, M. Delafontaine, 705 00:45:43,041 --> 00:45:46,124 you have been trying to conceal a most devious murder! 706 00:45:46,250 --> 00:45:48,707 - [ Dishes breaking ] - Sorry. 707 00:45:50,666 --> 00:45:54,874 Mr. Poirot, is this melodrama essential? 708 00:45:56,458 --> 00:45:58,415 When I first came here, M. le Docteur, 709 00:45:58,541 --> 00:45:59,665 this beautiful garden, 710 00:45:59,791 --> 00:46:02,790 it reminded me of your famous English nursery rhyme. 711 00:46:03,583 --> 00:46:06,790 "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? 712 00:46:08,833 --> 00:46:11,290 With the silver bells and the cockleshells 713 00:46:12,791 --> 00:46:14,707 and the pretty maids all in a row." 714 00:46:15,625 --> 00:46:17,749 Except they were not cockleshells 715 00:46:18,833 --> 00:46:21,207 that were used in the border of the garden. 716 00:46:21,333 --> 00:46:23,040 They were oyster shells. 717 00:46:24,083 --> 00:46:27,540 The favorite but forbidden treat of your aunt, were they not? 718 00:46:29,083 --> 00:46:30,582 Mme. Delafontaine. 719 00:46:31,625 --> 00:46:33,249 You also saw me at the flower show, 720 00:46:33,375 --> 00:46:35,832 but you could not risk the discovery that for some time 721 00:46:35,958 --> 00:46:38,165 you had once again been speculating with the stocks -- 722 00:46:38,291 --> 00:46:41,624 only on this occasion, madame, with the money of your aunt. 723 00:46:42,333 --> 00:46:45,082 I believe you are also speculating, Mr. Poirot. 724 00:46:46,708 --> 00:46:47,999 Where is your proof? 725 00:46:49,208 --> 00:46:50,915 Ah, yes, madame. The proof. 726 00:46:53,083 --> 00:46:54,874 I'm afraid the fishmonger remembers you 727 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:56,332 buying the oysters on that day. 728 00:46:58,250 --> 00:47:02,874 You see, madame, you were foolish enough to pay cash. 729 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:05,540 HENRY: He's got us, Mary. 730 00:47:05,750 --> 00:47:07,249 You idiot! 731 00:47:14,958 --> 00:47:18,249 HENRY: Mary! Mary! 732 00:47:26,416 --> 00:47:28,790 Darling, now, please. 733 00:47:30,791 --> 00:47:33,249 POIROT: There is no escape, madame. 734 00:47:34,416 --> 00:47:36,207 That miserable Russian rat! 735 00:47:38,250 --> 00:47:40,040 She was going to get everything! 736 00:47:40,625 --> 00:47:42,624 Including my garden! My garden! 737 00:47:44,750 --> 00:47:46,540 POIROT: So you would plant the poison in her room 738 00:47:46,666 --> 00:47:47,707 and send her to her death? 739 00:47:47,833 --> 00:47:50,582 MARY: What did it matter? She's a little fool! 740 00:47:52,708 --> 00:47:53,957 Keep back! 741 00:47:54,916 --> 00:47:56,165 Oh, yes. 742 00:47:56,666 --> 00:47:59,790 That jelly of a husband of mine tried to talk me out of it. 743 00:47:59,958 --> 00:48:03,457 But it was so deliciously easy. 744 00:48:04,583 --> 00:48:06,999 Auntie always had a weakness for oysters, 745 00:48:07,416 --> 00:48:09,207 but the doctor disapproved. 746 00:48:09,416 --> 00:48:12,082 It was simple to produce them as a secret treat. 747 00:48:12,916 --> 00:48:14,790 She swallowed them so quickly, 748 00:48:15,125 --> 00:48:17,790 she never noticed the taste of the strychnine. 749 00:48:17,958 --> 00:48:19,665 The only problem was to dispose of the shells 750 00:48:19,791 --> 00:48:21,374 so Lucy wouldn't notice. 751 00:48:21,666 --> 00:48:23,999 And edging on the flower bed was perfect. 752 00:48:25,166 --> 00:48:27,749 It also provided a resting place for the bell, 753 00:48:28,333 --> 00:48:30,124 always ringing over and over. 754 00:48:31,375 --> 00:48:32,790 And so it is over, madame! 755 00:48:33,125 --> 00:48:35,290 Not quite! 756 00:48:36,708 --> 00:48:38,290 POIROT: No, madame! No! 757 00:48:39,125 --> 00:48:41,165 [ Coughs ] 758 00:48:44,541 --> 00:48:46,249 Whiskey? 759 00:48:49,583 --> 00:48:52,124 Sorry, darling. 760 00:48:53,708 --> 00:48:54,957 You fool! 761 00:48:55,583 --> 00:48:56,332 [ Glass shatters ] 762 00:48:56,458 --> 00:48:58,540 You've condemned me to the gallows! 763 00:48:59,083 --> 00:49:00,332 [ Screaming ] 764 00:49:01,708 --> 00:49:03,665 Mr. Delafontaine. 765 00:49:14,125 --> 00:49:15,665 Bravo, mademoiselle. 766 00:49:15,791 --> 00:49:17,874 You are indeed as brave as you claim. 767 00:49:18,333 --> 00:49:19,582 And now you are free. 768 00:49:20,333 --> 00:49:21,582 Free? 769 00:49:21,791 --> 00:49:24,582 Your young friend. He is waiting. 770 00:49:36,208 --> 00:49:38,665 Thank you, M. Poirot, for not betraying us. 771 00:49:40,083 --> 00:49:43,165 One day we shall be truly free. 772 00:49:48,125 --> 00:49:49,374 Where to, miss? 773 00:49:49,625 --> 00:49:51,665 KATRINA: Take us to... 774 00:49:53,125 --> 00:49:54,957 ...the Ritz. 775 00:49:55,791 --> 00:49:58,749 Swipe me. She's the Queen of Sheba. 776 00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:10,290 [ Inhales deeply ] 777 00:50:12,041 --> 00:50:13,290 [ Exhales ] 778 00:50:14,708 --> 00:50:15,999 [ Inhales deeply ] 779 00:50:18,125 --> 00:50:19,374 [ Exhales ] 780 00:50:20,375 --> 00:50:21,499 Good evening, Hastings. 781 00:50:21,625 --> 00:50:22,874 Hello there, all. 782 00:50:23,208 --> 00:50:25,415 Captain Hastings, what are you doing? 783 00:50:26,916 --> 00:50:28,165 All that pollen. 784 00:50:28,500 --> 00:50:30,665 No, no. It's all right. I'm as right as ninepence. 785 00:50:30,791 --> 00:50:33,457 - It wasn't hay fever after all. - Certainly sounded like it. 786 00:50:33,583 --> 00:50:35,999 No, you remember I said I had an allergy once before? 787 00:50:36,125 --> 00:50:37,749 Well, I remembered what it was. 788 00:50:37,875 --> 00:50:39,207 An aunt of mine was fond of 789 00:50:39,333 --> 00:50:40,957 a particular French lady's perfume. 790 00:50:41,083 --> 00:50:41,832 Eh? 791 00:50:41,958 --> 00:50:44,415 Every time I went near her or in a room where she'd been, 792 00:50:44,541 --> 00:50:45,624 I couldn't stop sneezing. 793 00:50:45,750 --> 00:50:48,749 I'm afraid, Miss Lemon, you must use a different perfume. 794 00:50:48,875 --> 00:50:51,207 I never wear perfume to work, Mr. Poirot. 795 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:54,915 - HASTINGS: You don't? - It would be most inappropriate. 796 00:50:55,041 --> 00:50:56,707 JAPP: Well, somebody's wearing perfume. 797 00:50:56,833 --> 00:50:58,082 I can smell it. 798 00:50:59,083 --> 00:51:00,332 [ Sniffing ] 799 00:51:00,541 --> 00:51:02,374 POIROT: Perhaps it is the flowers, my friend. 800 00:51:02,500 --> 00:51:04,582 [ Sniffing continues ] 801 00:51:08,916 --> 00:51:10,499 No. No, it's different. 802 00:51:11,250 --> 00:51:12,915 It's over here somewhere. 803 00:51:13,916 --> 00:51:15,165 [ Sneezes ] 804 00:51:15,375 --> 00:51:17,582 Poirot! What on earth are you wearing? 805 00:51:17,833 --> 00:51:19,624 Well, I do not know what you mean, Hastings. 806 00:51:19,750 --> 00:51:20,874 [ Sneezes ] 807 00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:22,415 You're wearing scent. 808 00:51:22,541 --> 00:51:24,124 Nonsense, Hastings. 809 00:51:24,500 --> 00:51:26,707 I am wearing a discreet, manly cologne 810 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:28,915 that I purchased from M. Trumper. 811 00:51:29,208 --> 00:51:30,457 For five guineas. 812 00:51:30,833 --> 00:51:32,082 Five guineas? 813 00:51:32,250 --> 00:51:34,499 I thought it was all his haircuts for a year. 814 00:51:34,625 --> 00:51:35,874 That is enough! 815 00:51:36,500 --> 00:51:39,040 The office of Poirot is closed for business! 816 00:51:39,750 --> 00:51:41,374 Miss Lemon, cover up your typewriter. 817 00:51:41,500 --> 00:51:42,915 Good day to you, Chief Inspector Japp. 818 00:51:43,041 --> 00:51:43,790 [ Sneezes ] 819 00:51:43,916 --> 00:51:45,207 And, Hastings, will you please go home 820 00:51:45,333 --> 00:51:47,457 and nurse your unfortunate affliction? 821 00:51:54,083 --> 00:51:55,457 [ Door opens ] 822 00:51:56,666 --> 00:51:57,915 [ Door closes ] 823 00:51:58,833 --> 00:52:01,957 Ripped by HighCode