1 00:01:39,250 --> 00:01:40,665 News, please. 2 00:01:56,333 --> 00:01:57,999 Sorry about this, Poirot. 3 00:01:58,750 --> 00:02:00,915 I thought, as she was here visiting with her sister, 4 00:02:01,041 --> 00:02:03,582 it'd be a simple matter for her to meet us at the station. 5 00:02:03,708 --> 00:02:04,832 MAN: Hold tight, please. 6 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:06,249 The trouble with Mrs. Japp is, 7 00:02:06,375 --> 00:02:08,290 once she gets nattering over a cup of tea, 8 00:02:08,416 --> 00:02:09,957 she loses all track of time. 9 00:02:11,791 --> 00:02:13,957 Perhaps you two better run along and we'll see you there. 10 00:02:14,083 --> 00:02:15,540 Oh, no, we wouldn't dream -- 11 00:02:15,666 --> 00:02:18,790 Yes, Chief Inspector, that is a suggestion most sensible. 12 00:02:18,916 --> 00:02:21,582 Come, Hastings. We look for a taxi. 13 00:02:23,416 --> 00:02:24,415 Ah, you know what he's like 14 00:02:24,541 --> 00:02:26,582 when he hasn't had a case for a few weeks. 15 00:02:26,708 --> 00:02:28,832 I thought a nice afternoon at a garden fete 16 00:02:28,958 --> 00:02:29,874 might cheer him up a bit. 17 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,249 Taxi! 18 00:02:31,708 --> 00:02:32,957 Mm. 19 00:02:33,250 --> 00:02:35,290 About the only thing that's gonna cheer him up today 20 00:02:35,416 --> 00:02:37,415 is the discovery of a body in the lucky dip. 21 00:02:37,541 --> 00:02:38,832 - Ha! - [ Chuckles ] 22 00:02:38,958 --> 00:02:40,207 [ Groans ] 23 00:02:40,583 --> 00:02:42,332 Stomach still giving you gyp? 24 00:02:42,458 --> 00:02:45,707 That crab mayonnaise sandwich I had for lunch, like as not. 25 00:02:45,833 --> 00:02:46,582 POIROT: Taxi! 26 00:02:46,708 --> 00:02:48,415 Be a fine way to spend my afternoon off 27 00:02:48,541 --> 00:02:50,290 if I end up contracting food poisoning. 28 00:02:50,416 --> 00:02:51,624 Hastings! 29 00:02:51,750 --> 00:02:54,957 You go on, Captain Hastings, and we'll see you both later. 30 00:02:59,541 --> 00:03:02,082 Marble Hill Park, if you please, driver. 31 00:03:04,875 --> 00:03:06,874 - I say. Isn't that -- - Hastings. 32 00:03:07,125 --> 00:03:09,165 HASTINGS: That fashion model? 33 00:03:09,375 --> 00:03:10,874 The girl driving the car. 34 00:03:11,625 --> 00:03:13,457 I'm sure I've seen her before somewhere. 35 00:03:13,583 --> 00:03:16,040 On a magazine cover. 36 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:26,124 - Anyone at home? - Darling! 37 00:04:27,791 --> 00:04:30,124 Mmm! Careful. You'll mess up my clothes. 38 00:04:30,416 --> 00:04:31,665 [ Laughs ] 39 00:04:31,833 --> 00:04:33,082 What do you think? 40 00:04:33,416 --> 00:04:35,415 I think I'm a very, very lucky chap. 41 00:04:35,625 --> 00:04:36,707 [ Wasps buzzing ] 42 00:04:36,833 --> 00:04:39,624 Come on. Let's get inside before we're stung to death. 43 00:04:39,750 --> 00:04:41,957 You know, there are wasps all over the place. 44 00:04:42,083 --> 00:04:43,332 Oh, who was that man? 45 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:45,290 - Man? - Rather odd-looking. 46 00:04:45,416 --> 00:04:46,874 He was just leaving as I arrived. 47 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,040 Drove off in a rather wonderful black car. 48 00:04:49,166 --> 00:04:51,124 Sorry. No one called 'round that I'm aware of. 49 00:04:51,250 --> 00:04:52,165 Only you. 50 00:04:52,291 --> 00:04:53,749 How's your car, by the way? 51 00:04:53,958 --> 00:04:55,707 Remind me to check those brakes of yours. 52 00:04:55,833 --> 00:04:57,540 You said they were feeling very spongy. 53 00:04:57,666 --> 00:04:59,165 [ Buzzing ] 54 00:05:03,041 --> 00:05:05,040 [ Children laughing, squealing ] 55 00:05:05,166 --> 00:05:06,832 Boys and girls, this cactus 56 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,915 has not had a flower for 200 years. 57 00:05:09,250 --> 00:05:11,582 200 years without a flower. What can I do? 58 00:05:11,791 --> 00:05:13,957 - Keep watering! - Keep watering! 59 00:05:14,208 --> 00:05:15,665 Of course! Keep watering! 60 00:05:15,791 --> 00:05:17,124 - Ooh! - [ Children gasp ] 61 00:05:21,625 --> 00:05:23,082 Ah, Chief Inspector. 62 00:05:23,958 --> 00:05:25,915 Mme. Japp, she's still not with you? 63 00:05:26,041 --> 00:05:27,207 Her sister's got flu, 64 00:05:27,333 --> 00:05:29,249 and she doesn't want to spread the germs. 65 00:05:29,375 --> 00:05:31,790 - [ Camera shutter clicks ] - Ah, the old fortune teller. 66 00:05:31,916 --> 00:05:33,457 You gonna have a tanner's worth? 67 00:05:33,583 --> 00:05:34,832 I think not, mon ami. 68 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,124 Although it is a subject most intriguing for the study. 69 00:05:38,333 --> 00:05:39,999 There she is again. It is her. 70 00:05:40,916 --> 00:05:42,790 Molly, um... What's her name? 71 00:05:43,208 --> 00:05:44,957 Deane! The fashion model. 72 00:05:46,041 --> 00:05:48,165 I wish I'd brought the 150 with me now. 73 00:05:48,541 --> 00:05:49,790 The new toy. 74 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:53,124 I give it two, perhaps three weeks. 75 00:05:55,500 --> 00:05:56,499 Oh. 76 00:05:56,625 --> 00:05:57,874 I missed her. 77 00:05:58,125 --> 00:05:59,582 She's gone. 78 00:06:00,875 --> 00:06:02,290 WOMAN: How much are these? 79 00:06:02,416 --> 00:06:04,374 [ Indistinct talking ] 80 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,749 What? What are you playing at? 81 00:06:12,083 --> 00:06:13,749 Molly. 82 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,665 Claude, will you get away -- 83 00:06:22,291 --> 00:06:26,124 Oh, darling. Why, I thought you'd got lost. 84 00:06:27,875 --> 00:06:29,207 Look who I just ran into. 85 00:06:29,375 --> 00:06:30,624 Is that you under there, Claude? 86 00:06:30,750 --> 00:06:32,957 Didn't tell me you were going into politics. 87 00:06:33,083 --> 00:06:35,040 You know, you're just the man I wanted to see. 88 00:06:35,166 --> 00:06:37,749 You know that nest of wasps you cleared out for me last summer? 89 00:06:37,875 --> 00:06:39,874 They're back again. With a vengeance this time. 90 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,124 Thousands of the blighters. 91 00:06:41,250 --> 00:06:43,124 Driving me absolutely potty in that garden. 92 00:06:43,250 --> 00:06:44,790 Oh, right you are. I'll see what I can do. 93 00:06:44,916 --> 00:06:46,707 All right if I pop 'round Friday morning? 94 00:06:46,833 --> 00:06:47,832 Fine. 95 00:06:47,958 --> 00:06:49,457 Better get back to your next show. 96 00:06:49,583 --> 00:06:51,499 I think the audience is getting restless. 97 00:06:52,750 --> 00:06:54,665 Now, who wants to go to a dentist?! 98 00:06:55,583 --> 00:06:57,707 [ Children cheering ] 99 00:06:58,916 --> 00:07:00,790 [ Camera shutter clicks ] 100 00:07:02,791 --> 00:07:04,582 Let's have some tea. 101 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:08,999 - Thank you. - Yes. Bye. 102 00:07:10,208 --> 00:07:12,332 He hasn't been bothering you, has he? 103 00:07:12,625 --> 00:07:13,874 Claude Langton? 104 00:07:14,583 --> 00:07:15,832 Of course not. 105 00:07:16,291 --> 00:07:19,249 - Two teas, please. - Certainly. 106 00:07:21,875 --> 00:07:24,457 All he wants now is for the two of us to be happy. 107 00:07:26,041 --> 00:07:27,957 Honestly. What's past is past. 108 00:07:29,416 --> 00:07:30,415 Thank you very much. 109 00:07:30,541 --> 00:07:32,499 Enjoy your tea. 110 00:07:33,541 --> 00:07:35,040 Well, I'll be jiggered. 111 00:07:35,666 --> 00:07:36,749 What is it? 112 00:07:36,875 --> 00:07:39,082 HARRISON: I'd know that egghead anywhere. 113 00:07:39,208 --> 00:07:40,457 I see also arising 114 00:07:41,250 --> 00:07:43,832 the problems where the matters of health are concerned. 115 00:07:43,958 --> 00:07:44,999 JAPP: You're right. 116 00:07:45,125 --> 00:07:47,374 I've had these pains in my stomach all day long. 117 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:50,415 - Been absolute murder. - Did someone say "murder"? 118 00:07:51,041 --> 00:07:53,540 M. Poirot, how are you? As well as ever, I hope. 119 00:07:53,666 --> 00:07:55,582 Mon Dieu! C'est M. John Harrison! 120 00:07:56,916 --> 00:07:58,165 [ Laughs ] 121 00:07:59,416 --> 00:08:00,999 What an unexpected pleasure. 122 00:08:01,125 --> 00:08:03,540 It seems an absolute age since we last met. 123 00:08:03,791 --> 00:08:05,749 I suppose it must have been at Father's funeral. 124 00:08:05,875 --> 00:08:06,624 Ah. 125 00:08:06,750 --> 00:08:08,624 Forgive me. This is my fiancée, Molly. 126 00:08:08,750 --> 00:08:11,124 Molly, may I introduce M. Hercule Poirot, 127 00:08:11,250 --> 00:08:12,415 the famous detective? 128 00:08:12,541 --> 00:08:13,624 - Oh! - DEANE: How do you do? 129 00:08:13,750 --> 00:08:15,374 Enchanté, mademoiselle. 130 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:17,749 Ah, Hastings, the father of M. Harrison 131 00:08:18,166 --> 00:08:20,207 was my first and dearest friend in this country. 132 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:21,749 M. Harrison is himself 133 00:08:21,958 --> 00:08:23,665 the writer of some repute, n'est-ce pas? 134 00:08:23,791 --> 00:08:24,749 No, no, no, no, no. 135 00:08:24,875 --> 00:08:27,290 You've had published now, combien, three books? 136 00:08:27,416 --> 00:08:28,499 Oh, really? What were they called? 137 00:08:28,625 --> 00:08:29,540 I might have read one. 138 00:08:29,666 --> 00:08:30,415 Well, let's see. 139 00:08:30,541 --> 00:08:32,540 The first was "Dualism and Determinism -- 140 00:08:32,666 --> 00:08:35,040 an Exploration of Classical Platonic Philosophy." 141 00:08:35,166 --> 00:08:37,082 Then there was "Aristotelian Ethics -- A Short Guide 142 00:08:37,208 --> 00:08:39,082 to the Metaphysical Works of Aristotle." 143 00:08:39,208 --> 00:08:41,207 Oh, M. Poirot, you read tea leaves. 144 00:08:41,458 --> 00:08:42,749 - Oui. - How exciting! 145 00:08:42,875 --> 00:08:45,415 - But you must read mine, please. - Oh, bien sûr! 146 00:08:47,916 --> 00:08:49,165 Allow me. 147 00:08:49,708 --> 00:08:52,082 Merci. Please to sit. 148 00:08:55,291 --> 00:08:56,540 Ah. 149 00:08:57,791 --> 00:08:59,165 Voilà. 150 00:09:03,333 --> 00:09:04,499 Excuse the lipstick. 151 00:09:04,625 --> 00:09:05,874 Ah. 152 00:09:06,208 --> 00:09:07,540 Merci. 153 00:09:10,958 --> 00:09:13,665 Mademoiselle, only you have drunk from this cup? 154 00:09:13,791 --> 00:09:15,040 Yes. 155 00:09:15,250 --> 00:09:17,707 What is it? What do you see? 156 00:09:20,083 --> 00:09:21,832 Of course, I may be quite wrong. 157 00:09:22,250 --> 00:09:23,290 I hope that I am. 158 00:09:26,333 --> 00:09:28,249 But I see looming the dark clouds. 159 00:09:30,833 --> 00:09:33,624 And, ah, The troubled waters. 160 00:09:35,833 --> 00:09:37,915 Mademoiselle, I see the times ahead 161 00:09:38,958 --> 00:09:41,415 most dangerous for you both. 162 00:09:44,916 --> 00:09:47,582 - [ Bang ] - Aaaah! 163 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:50,749 I think... 164 00:09:51,875 --> 00:09:53,249 Better call a doctor. 165 00:09:54,166 --> 00:09:55,290 LANGTON: Shall we do it again?! 166 00:09:55,416 --> 00:09:56,665 CHILDREN: Yeah! 167 00:09:56,916 --> 00:09:59,165 - [ Bang ] - [ Cheering ] 168 00:10:08,416 --> 00:10:10,665 POIROT: You're in the safe hands now, mon ami. 169 00:10:10,791 --> 00:10:12,457 What time is the operation? 170 00:10:13,416 --> 00:10:14,790 They said about 6:00. 171 00:10:15,458 --> 00:10:17,582 [ Groaning ] 172 00:10:18,958 --> 00:10:20,207 About 6:00. 173 00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:23,999 Well, I hope it's not too much of an ordeal, old chap. 174 00:10:24,125 --> 00:10:26,457 When I had mine out, it was absolute hell. 175 00:10:26,666 --> 00:10:27,707 For a week afterwards, 176 00:10:27,833 --> 00:10:30,374 I got this stabbing pain all down my right-hand side. 177 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:31,832 POIROT: Hastings, Hastings. 178 00:10:31,958 --> 00:10:33,749 I think the chief inspector would like now 179 00:10:33,875 --> 00:10:34,957 the little rest, huh? 180 00:10:35,083 --> 00:10:36,124 Oh. 181 00:10:46,375 --> 00:10:47,124 [ Door closes ] 182 00:10:47,250 --> 00:10:50,165 So the prediction of Poirot, it becomes true, n'est-ce pas? 183 00:10:50,291 --> 00:10:51,207 Oh, come on. 184 00:10:51,333 --> 00:10:53,915 All that fortune-telling stuff's baloney, and you know it. 185 00:10:54,041 --> 00:10:55,540 You think so, Hastings? 186 00:10:55,875 --> 00:10:56,832 You did see something 187 00:10:56,958 --> 00:10:58,790 in Molly Deane's cup, though, didn't you? 188 00:10:58,916 --> 00:11:00,415 But it wasn't tea leaves. 189 00:11:01,041 --> 00:11:02,790 Hastings, I wonder if you can recall 190 00:11:02,916 --> 00:11:04,040 what was the color of lipstick 191 00:11:04,166 --> 00:11:06,499 Mlle. Deane was wearing this afternoon. 192 00:11:07,041 --> 00:11:09,790 Rather pale pink, I think. It matched her scarf. 193 00:11:09,916 --> 00:11:11,165 D'accord. 194 00:11:12,208 --> 00:11:13,915 But when I examined closely the teacup, 195 00:11:14,041 --> 00:11:16,624 I see not only the traces of the pink lipstick, 196 00:11:17,208 --> 00:11:18,957 but that also of another color. 197 00:11:19,708 --> 00:11:21,082 The deep, bright red. 198 00:11:21,875 --> 00:11:23,582 [ Bird calling ] 199 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,165 [ Wasps buzzing ] 200 00:12:51,791 --> 00:12:54,249 Have a nice lunch with M. Poirot, won't you? 201 00:12:54,375 --> 00:12:55,957 And do give him my apologies. 202 00:12:57,291 --> 00:12:59,374 No luck with the petrol, I'm afraid. 203 00:12:59,541 --> 00:13:00,749 They're hardy little devils. 204 00:13:00,875 --> 00:13:02,582 I'll have to try them with something stronger. 205 00:13:02,708 --> 00:13:04,374 Maybe I'll pop back and give it another go. 206 00:13:04,500 --> 00:13:05,415 Wednesday evening? 207 00:13:05,541 --> 00:13:07,540 Uh, Wednesday. Yes, fine. 208 00:13:08,541 --> 00:13:10,540 Just off, Molly. You couldn't be an angel and drop -- 209 00:13:10,666 --> 00:13:13,207 Uh, no, Claude. I'm not going that way today. 210 00:13:13,750 --> 00:13:15,165 Sorry. 211 00:13:16,583 --> 00:13:18,540 See you tonight, darling. 212 00:13:22,500 --> 00:13:24,874 For goodness' sake, drive carefully. 213 00:13:31,250 --> 00:13:32,165 LEMON: So it's all right 214 00:13:32,291 --> 00:13:34,540 if I take an early lunch, then, Mr. Poirot? 215 00:13:34,666 --> 00:13:35,624 We're working on toning up 216 00:13:35,750 --> 00:13:37,374 the calf and thigh muscles today. 217 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:38,790 Oh, yes, Miss Lemon! 218 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,874 Under no circumstances must you be late 219 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,540 for your keep-fit lesson! 220 00:13:43,541 --> 00:13:45,207 Sacré! 221 00:13:51,208 --> 00:13:52,874 You know, it wouldn't do you any harm 222 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,040 to try one or two exercises, Mr. Poirot. 223 00:13:59,458 --> 00:14:01,082 Oh, thanks, Poirot. 224 00:14:06,041 --> 00:14:08,165 "Use your vigor to keep your figure"? 225 00:14:09,250 --> 00:14:10,915 Absurd! 226 00:14:11,875 --> 00:14:14,290 There's nothing wrong with the body of Poirot. 227 00:14:14,416 --> 00:14:15,915 It is in the peak of condition. 228 00:14:16,041 --> 00:14:17,707 Now, have I got everything? 229 00:14:17,833 --> 00:14:20,915 Developer, fixer, glazing solution, stopwatch. 230 00:14:23,208 --> 00:14:24,457 Right. 231 00:14:24,666 --> 00:14:26,124 You're not planning to use the bathroom 232 00:14:26,250 --> 00:14:28,832 for the next half-hour or so, are you, Poirot? 233 00:14:29,333 --> 00:14:32,749 Well, just let me check with my diary, Hastings. 234 00:14:33,916 --> 00:14:35,207 No, it would seem not! 235 00:14:35,958 --> 00:14:38,957 Good. If you need me, you know where I am. 236 00:14:49,958 --> 00:14:53,290 - Cup of tea, Margaret? - Oh, that would be lovely. 237 00:14:54,375 --> 00:14:55,874 I'll see you on Wednesday, then. 238 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,457 Right. 239 00:14:59,375 --> 00:15:00,499 [ Blows whistle ] 240 00:15:00,625 --> 00:15:02,040 Taxi! 241 00:15:03,541 --> 00:15:05,124 Whitehaven Mansions, please, driver. 242 00:15:05,250 --> 00:15:07,165 - Oh! - Oh, I'm sorry. Did I just... 243 00:15:07,708 --> 00:15:08,790 No, no. It's all right. 244 00:15:08,916 --> 00:15:10,665 Did I hear you say Whitehaven Mansions? 245 00:15:10,791 --> 00:15:12,040 That's correct. 246 00:15:12,166 --> 00:15:13,915 [ Speaks indistinctly ] 247 00:15:14,500 --> 00:15:17,040 - Well, shall we share? - Yes, yes. By all means. 248 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:18,749 My name's John Harrison. 249 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:25,749 I got some interesting tonal variations there 250 00:15:25,875 --> 00:15:28,374 by using a low-contrast paper. 251 00:15:35,750 --> 00:15:38,124 Oh, this is not good, Hastings. 252 00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:44,165 No, this is not good at all. 253 00:15:45,416 --> 00:15:47,290 Bit overexposed, do you think? 254 00:15:47,750 --> 00:15:50,082 Maybe I should have stopped down to f/16. 255 00:15:51,166 --> 00:15:52,707 No, no, no, no, no. Poirot. 256 00:15:53,833 --> 00:15:55,999 Always you put the interpretations most sinister 257 00:15:56,125 --> 00:15:57,874 on matters which may be quite innocent. 258 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:58,957 Sorry? 259 00:15:59,083 --> 00:16:00,665 - [ Door closes ] - [ Indistinct talking ] 260 00:16:00,791 --> 00:16:02,624 LEMON: Mr. Poirot, what do you think? 261 00:16:02,750 --> 00:16:04,457 We found ourselves running for the same taxi. 262 00:16:04,583 --> 00:16:06,665 - M. Harrison, bonjour. - Bonjour. 263 00:16:06,791 --> 00:16:08,290 Mile. Deane, she is not with you. 264 00:16:08,416 --> 00:16:10,040 I know. She's frightfully sorry. 265 00:16:10,166 --> 00:16:11,999 This job interview came up at the last minute. 266 00:16:12,125 --> 00:16:14,415 Some out-of-the-way hotel up North. 267 00:16:14,791 --> 00:16:16,332 She had to dash straight there. 268 00:16:37,083 --> 00:16:38,582 [ Horn honking ] 269 00:16:42,333 --> 00:16:44,832 Ah, no, no, no, no. 270 00:16:45,625 --> 00:16:47,374 I invite you. This is my treat. 271 00:16:48,916 --> 00:16:50,665 In that case, you must come and have tea. 272 00:16:50,791 --> 00:16:51,832 Both of you. Next week. 273 00:16:51,958 --> 00:16:53,624 This time of year, it's an absolute -- 274 00:16:53,750 --> 00:16:55,707 Mr. Harrison. Telephone call for you. 275 00:16:55,833 --> 00:16:57,124 I think there's been an accident. 276 00:16:59,416 --> 00:17:01,832 DEANE: It's all right, darling. I'm fine. 277 00:17:03,041 --> 00:17:06,665 Well, I'm still a bit shaky, but... 278 00:17:07,625 --> 00:17:08,874 No, I... 279 00:17:10,333 --> 00:17:11,832 I don't know what happened. 280 00:17:11,958 --> 00:17:13,707 The brakes just suddenly -- 281 00:17:15,125 --> 00:17:16,374 I know. 282 00:17:16,625 --> 00:17:19,165 Look, they say it's going to take till Monday 283 00:17:19,791 --> 00:17:22,040 to get the car back on the road, so, uh... 284 00:17:22,833 --> 00:17:25,499 Well, I suppose I'll just have to stay here till then. 285 00:17:25,625 --> 00:17:26,749 Yes. 286 00:17:26,875 --> 00:17:28,124 Yes, of course. 287 00:17:29,541 --> 00:17:31,290 Yes, that's fine, darling. 288 00:17:32,166 --> 00:17:33,582 Bye. 289 00:17:38,333 --> 00:17:39,707 Mlle. Deane, she is all right? 290 00:17:39,833 --> 00:17:41,374 Yes, thank God. 291 00:17:42,916 --> 00:17:45,082 Yes, she's fine. 292 00:17:55,416 --> 00:17:59,124 Bit of a bind, being stuck up there in that hotel all weekend. 293 00:18:00,875 --> 00:18:03,040 Still, you weren't hurt. That's the main thing. 294 00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:05,332 Just a few scratches under my right knee. 295 00:18:05,458 --> 00:18:06,957 Good thing hemlines are low this year. 296 00:18:07,083 --> 00:18:08,665 [ Laughing ] Yes, quite. 297 00:18:09,375 --> 00:18:11,957 Come on. Let's have some tea. 298 00:18:16,458 --> 00:18:18,332 Mind how you go down the bottom there, Poirot. 299 00:18:18,458 --> 00:18:19,915 That's wasp country. 300 00:18:20,541 --> 00:18:23,124 Nasty great nests of them just by that old tree. 301 00:18:23,250 --> 00:18:24,749 I've already been stung three times. 302 00:18:24,875 --> 00:18:26,624 - [ Wasps buzzing ] - What did you say, mon ami? 303 00:18:26,750 --> 00:18:28,249 - I said mind how you -- - Aah! 304 00:18:28,375 --> 00:18:29,624 Oh, no, no, no, no, no! 305 00:18:30,041 --> 00:18:31,290 Oh! Oh, mon Dieu! 306 00:18:31,916 --> 00:18:32,999 Oh! Oh! 307 00:18:33,125 --> 00:18:34,415 I say, Poirot, are you all right? 308 00:18:34,541 --> 00:18:36,040 [ Groaning ] 309 00:18:39,708 --> 00:18:41,249 - Let's have a look. - Aah! 310 00:18:41,958 --> 00:18:44,874 The open air, it should be closed during the summer. 311 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:47,999 Captain Hastings, he wonders why I have a hatred 312 00:18:48,125 --> 00:18:49,915 for these crawling, buzzing things. 313 00:18:50,041 --> 00:18:52,790 And the reason is, they're always trying to kill me. 314 00:18:52,916 --> 00:18:54,874 I had old Claude 'round here last week. 315 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,082 Tried to take it out for me, but no dice. 316 00:18:57,208 --> 00:18:59,957 He's coming back to have another go Wednesday evening. 317 00:19:00,083 --> 00:19:01,665 - Claude? - Langton. 318 00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:03,790 Sorry, I thought you met him at the fete. 319 00:19:03,916 --> 00:19:05,707 - No. - Chap in the clown outfit. 320 00:19:06,166 --> 00:19:07,332 Ah. 321 00:19:07,458 --> 00:19:09,915 Sculptor. He has a studio not far from here. 322 00:19:11,416 --> 00:19:13,665 He and Molly were engaged to be married. 323 00:19:14,541 --> 00:19:15,790 About a year ago now. 324 00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:18,582 But then, well, one of those things. 325 00:19:18,750 --> 00:19:21,540 They drifted apart. We drifted closer together. 326 00:19:22,375 --> 00:19:25,040 Great thing is, there's absolutely no hard feelings. 327 00:19:25,166 --> 00:19:27,832 Makes you realize how lucky you are, I suppose. 328 00:19:28,041 --> 00:19:30,957 Well, then. Teaspoons. 329 00:19:35,666 --> 00:19:37,707 [ Buzzing ] 330 00:19:39,166 --> 00:19:41,166 [ Sniffing ] 331 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,749 [ Buzzing ] 332 00:20:25,541 --> 00:20:27,082 Here we are. 333 00:20:29,791 --> 00:20:30,707 Thank you. 334 00:20:30,833 --> 00:20:31,874 It's tomorrow evening. 335 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,415 7:30 for eight at the Porchester. 336 00:20:33,541 --> 00:20:35,124 Do come along. I'm sure you'll have a ball. 337 00:20:35,250 --> 00:20:36,207 Oh, yes. Rather. 338 00:20:36,333 --> 00:20:37,832 I've never been to a fashion show before. 339 00:20:37,958 --> 00:20:39,832 - Sounds like great fun. - Yes, indeed. 340 00:20:39,958 --> 00:20:41,207 And thank you both 341 00:20:41,416 --> 00:20:43,624 for an afternoon that has been most enjoyable. 342 00:20:43,750 --> 00:20:44,499 [ Groans ] 343 00:20:44,625 --> 00:20:46,415 You know, you really should pop into a chemist's 344 00:20:46,541 --> 00:20:47,457 for that wasp sting. 345 00:20:47,583 --> 00:20:49,499 Yes, you should. Mrs. Henderson. 346 00:20:49,625 --> 00:20:51,207 It just down the towpath near the pub. 347 00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:53,040 She'll have some cream or something. 348 00:20:53,166 --> 00:20:54,332 Ease the soreness a bit. 349 00:20:54,458 --> 00:20:55,874 Ah, oui. The chemist. 350 00:20:56,291 --> 00:20:57,749 Mais certainement. 351 00:20:58,166 --> 00:21:00,249 We will call in on our way. Au revoir. 352 00:21:00,833 --> 00:21:02,624 - Bye-bye. - Bye-bye. 353 00:21:05,083 --> 00:21:07,332 POIROT: You know, I wish that I could stop worrying. 354 00:21:07,458 --> 00:21:09,999 But the questions, they keep buzzing around my head 355 00:21:10,125 --> 00:21:11,749 like the wasps around the nest. 356 00:21:11,875 --> 00:21:14,415 - Questions? - Ask yourself, Hastings. 357 00:21:14,791 --> 00:21:16,457 The brakes of Mlle. Deane -- 358 00:21:16,958 --> 00:21:18,540 Why do they suddenly fail her 359 00:21:18,958 --> 00:21:20,915 only a few hours after they had been examined 360 00:21:21,041 --> 00:21:22,332 by M. John Harrison? 361 00:21:22,916 --> 00:21:24,415 And M. Claude Langton -- 362 00:21:25,208 --> 00:21:27,707 Why was he unable to destroy the nest of the wasps 363 00:21:27,833 --> 00:21:29,415 in the garden of M. Harrison? 364 00:21:29,958 --> 00:21:31,582 And of most significance, Hastings, 365 00:21:31,708 --> 00:21:34,165 who put the petrol in the water butt and why? 366 00:21:34,791 --> 00:21:36,249 Petrol in the water butt? 367 00:21:36,375 --> 00:21:39,082 Sorry, Poirot, I'm afraid I fail to get the drift of all this. 368 00:21:39,208 --> 00:21:40,124 No, Hastings? 369 00:21:40,250 --> 00:21:41,874 Why do you suppose M. Claude Langton, 370 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,040 he forces his attentions upon the Mile. Deane 371 00:21:44,166 --> 00:21:46,207 with so much passion at the garden fete? 372 00:21:46,333 --> 00:21:47,499 How on earth do you work that out? 373 00:21:47,625 --> 00:21:48,957 The kiss, Hastings. 374 00:21:49,625 --> 00:21:51,540 The bright-red makeup of the clown face 375 00:21:51,666 --> 00:21:53,249 that was still upon her lips. 376 00:21:53,875 --> 00:21:55,124 Oh, I see. The cup. 377 00:21:55,666 --> 00:21:57,540 Yes, I'd forgotten about that. 378 00:21:57,958 --> 00:21:59,249 I say! The poor girl. 379 00:22:00,875 --> 00:22:02,665 - So you think -- - Hastings. 380 00:22:02,916 --> 00:22:04,374 The chemist's. 381 00:22:09,625 --> 00:22:10,874 Oh. 382 00:22:22,083 --> 00:22:23,332 Good afternoon. 383 00:22:23,625 --> 00:22:25,832 We were told to ask for Mme. Henderson. 384 00:22:25,958 --> 00:22:27,290 I'm Mrs. Henderson. 385 00:22:27,500 --> 00:22:29,082 Ah. And I am Hercule Poirot. 386 00:22:30,083 --> 00:22:31,332 I know. 387 00:22:32,166 --> 00:22:33,415 What can I do for you? 388 00:22:33,541 --> 00:22:35,999 I have the misfortune to be stung by the wasp 389 00:22:37,833 --> 00:22:39,540 in the garden of M. John Harrison. 390 00:22:39,666 --> 00:22:40,707 It is on my neck, 391 00:22:40,833 --> 00:22:42,624 and I am afraid it is becoming quite sore. 392 00:22:42,750 --> 00:22:45,332 I'll get you some colorless iodine to put on it. 393 00:22:45,458 --> 00:22:46,957 If you wouldn't mind waiting a second. 394 00:22:47,083 --> 00:22:48,332 Pas du tout. 395 00:22:49,791 --> 00:22:51,707 [ Car horn honks ] 396 00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:54,457 Go through and talk to her. 397 00:22:56,125 --> 00:22:57,540 - Hastings. - Hmm? 398 00:22:57,750 --> 00:22:58,999 Talk to her. 399 00:22:59,916 --> 00:23:02,624 - What about? - Anything. 400 00:23:07,208 --> 00:23:09,790 You, uh, run this place all on your own, do you? 401 00:23:11,291 --> 00:23:12,832 Well, since my husband died. 402 00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:14,249 A couple of years ago. 403 00:23:15,625 --> 00:23:17,874 Not much to run, really. 404 00:23:19,666 --> 00:23:21,999 Nice, uh... N-Nice chap, John Harrison. 405 00:23:22,541 --> 00:23:24,207 - Do you know him at all? - Yes. 406 00:23:24,583 --> 00:23:26,582 He gave me a copy of one of his books. 407 00:23:27,708 --> 00:23:29,540 "Aristotelian Ethics." 408 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,665 I found it very perceptive. 409 00:23:32,333 --> 00:23:34,665 - Have you read that one? - Ah, not yet, no. 410 00:23:36,166 --> 00:23:38,707 He's getting married to that fashion model, 411 00:23:39,375 --> 00:23:40,790 Molly Deane, I gather. 412 00:23:41,375 --> 00:23:42,624 Funny match. 413 00:23:42,875 --> 00:23:45,457 It's like Albert Einstein and Ginger Rogers. 414 00:23:46,666 --> 00:23:48,499 - That's love, I suppose. - Yes. 415 00:23:51,041 --> 00:23:52,290 Well, they, um... 416 00:23:53,375 --> 00:23:55,082 Did you want something else? 417 00:23:55,541 --> 00:23:56,790 Uh... 418 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,249 Oh, sorry. No. Forgive me. 419 00:24:04,666 --> 00:24:05,915 Here we are, then. 420 00:24:06,416 --> 00:24:08,290 It's very good, but use it sparingly. 421 00:24:08,416 --> 00:24:09,165 Oui. 422 00:24:09,291 --> 00:24:11,332 That's ninepence, please. 423 00:24:12,916 --> 00:24:14,249 En passant, madame, 424 00:24:14,458 --> 00:24:15,707 you would not know perhaps 425 00:24:15,833 --> 00:24:18,082 where we might find a M. Claude Langton? 426 00:24:18,750 --> 00:24:19,665 Oh, yes. 427 00:24:19,791 --> 00:24:22,707 He's one of the more avant-garde artists who live around here. 428 00:24:22,833 --> 00:24:25,290 You'll find him in the new house 'round the corner. 429 00:24:25,416 --> 00:24:27,540 The one with the zigzags on the front door. 430 00:24:27,666 --> 00:24:28,915 You can't miss it. 431 00:24:29,125 --> 00:24:32,707 Merci beaucoup, madame. You have been most helpful. 432 00:24:34,166 --> 00:24:36,457 Au revoir. Hastings. 433 00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:03,332 Private detectives, you say? 434 00:25:03,625 --> 00:25:04,790 So, what you doing 'round here? 435 00:25:04,916 --> 00:25:06,457 Investigating a crime of some sort? 436 00:25:06,583 --> 00:25:07,832 Well, perhaps. 437 00:25:08,708 --> 00:25:09,957 Serious crime? 438 00:25:10,083 --> 00:25:13,124 A crime of the most serious there is, monsieur. 439 00:25:15,875 --> 00:25:17,457 - You mean... - Murder. 440 00:25:18,541 --> 00:25:20,749 But I haven't heard anything about a murder. 441 00:25:20,875 --> 00:25:22,790 No. You would not have heard of it. 442 00:25:23,125 --> 00:25:25,374 Because, as yet, it has not taken place. 443 00:25:26,250 --> 00:25:29,582 You see, if one can investigate a murder before it happens, 444 00:25:30,666 --> 00:25:32,040 then one might even -- 445 00:25:32,708 --> 00:25:34,082 well, a little idea -- 446 00:25:36,458 --> 00:25:37,374 prevent it? 447 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:40,707 I don't quite see what this has to do with me. 448 00:25:41,875 --> 00:25:43,124 Mm. 449 00:25:44,250 --> 00:25:45,540 Mlle. Molly Deane. 450 00:25:47,708 --> 00:25:50,874 You and she were once engaged to be married, n'est-ce pas? 451 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,665 Look, that was over a year ago. Water under the bridge. 452 00:25:53,791 --> 00:25:55,707 We're nothing more than good friends now. 453 00:25:55,833 --> 00:25:57,290 POIROT: Indeed, M. Langton? 454 00:25:57,416 --> 00:25:59,665 HASTINGS: Absolutely stunning outfit. 455 00:25:59,791 --> 00:26:02,415 So I still keep some of her old photos about the place. 456 00:26:02,541 --> 00:26:04,332 That doesn't mean I still... 457 00:26:07,750 --> 00:26:11,207 All right. What do you want me to say? 458 00:26:12,458 --> 00:26:13,999 I still love her, all right? 459 00:26:14,916 --> 00:26:16,165 Desperately. 460 00:26:16,458 --> 00:26:18,207 But I'm nothing to her anymore. 461 00:26:18,333 --> 00:26:20,124 That's just something I'm going to have to live with. 462 00:26:20,250 --> 00:26:22,457 It won't be easy. It'll be damned hard. 463 00:26:24,208 --> 00:26:25,457 But murder? 464 00:26:26,041 --> 00:26:27,290 Oh, no, Mr. Poirot. 465 00:26:27,458 --> 00:26:30,624 I'm afraid you've got it all wrong this time. 466 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,832 You see, Johnny's the best friend I've got in the world. 467 00:26:33,958 --> 00:26:35,249 I couldn't harm him. 468 00:26:36,791 --> 00:26:39,665 I just couldn't. 469 00:26:48,541 --> 00:26:50,499 If you ask me, all this fortune-telling 470 00:26:50,625 --> 00:26:51,874 is going to his head. 471 00:26:52,041 --> 00:26:53,999 He's talking about investigating a murder now 472 00:26:54,125 --> 00:26:55,999 that hasn't even happened yet. 473 00:26:57,916 --> 00:27:00,999 Making a mountain out of a molehill, if you ask me. 474 00:27:02,958 --> 00:27:05,165 Ah! Sapristi! 475 00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:07,415 [ Sighs ] 476 00:27:07,541 --> 00:27:09,082 I cannot enter even my own bathroom 477 00:27:09,208 --> 00:27:11,415 without walking into the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 478 00:27:11,541 --> 00:27:13,790 Oh, sorry. They're probably dry by now. 479 00:27:13,958 --> 00:27:16,832 And I am not making the hills out of the mole mounts. 480 00:27:17,333 --> 00:27:18,582 No, no, Hastings. 481 00:27:19,750 --> 00:27:22,207 No, this time, the evidence, it is too strong. 482 00:27:22,333 --> 00:27:23,582 What evidence? 483 00:27:25,125 --> 00:27:27,707 On the top shelf in the studio of M. Claude Langton -- 484 00:27:27,833 --> 00:27:30,415 You did not see it, but I knew it would be there. 485 00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:32,707 I knew it would be there 486 00:27:32,833 --> 00:27:35,082 because I saw the record of its purchase at the chemist's shop. 487 00:27:35,208 --> 00:27:37,665 - Excuse me. - Knew what would be there? 488 00:27:39,125 --> 00:27:40,624 The poison, Hastings. 489 00:27:40,958 --> 00:27:42,749 The cyanide of the potassium. 490 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,582 A little stronger than the petrol 491 00:27:44,708 --> 00:27:46,999 for the killing of the wasps, huh? 492 00:27:49,625 --> 00:27:51,749 All in a single stroke, 1,000 deaths. 493 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,082 And then perhaps, so easily, 1,001. 494 00:27:56,916 --> 00:27:58,790 [ Slow popular music playing ] 495 00:27:59,375 --> 00:28:02,290 WOMAN: Combining enormous charm and distinction, 496 00:28:03,333 --> 00:28:05,790 in fabric as well in line -- The Merry Widow, 497 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,332 a delightful design 498 00:28:09,541 --> 00:28:11,665 beautifully molded in black crepe 499 00:28:12,083 --> 00:28:14,499 with clever white beading on the sleeves. 500 00:28:14,875 --> 00:28:17,124 The cape of self-frilled black chiffon 501 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,124 simply floats around you as you walk. 502 00:28:21,791 --> 00:28:24,207 Softly feminine with a touch of elegance. 503 00:28:25,958 --> 00:28:27,957 [ Applause ] 504 00:28:33,208 --> 00:28:36,540 An irresistible choice for those late-summer evenings -- 505 00:28:37,125 --> 00:28:40,249 La Bohème, an outfit in shot-pink-and-gold sari silk. 506 00:28:42,375 --> 00:28:45,707 And Prelude -- skillfully contoured in gold sequined lace 507 00:28:47,583 --> 00:28:49,207 over ivory silk. 508 00:28:52,666 --> 00:28:54,415 A revelation this season -- 509 00:28:55,291 --> 00:28:57,790 Mermaid, a breathtaking bias-cut dress 510 00:28:59,625 --> 00:29:02,749 divinely sculpted from green-and-silver velvet lamé 511 00:29:03,250 --> 00:29:06,374 with a deep-back décolletage that is utterly sublime. 512 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,040 The pale-aquamarine satin cowl 513 00:29:10,791 --> 00:29:13,540 is attached at the shoulders in floating panels 514 00:29:14,208 --> 00:29:16,624 and the shoulders held by diamonte clips. 515 00:29:17,708 --> 00:29:20,915 A creation that is already conquering the United States 516 00:29:22,458 --> 00:29:25,207 from New York to Hollywood. 517 00:29:27,958 --> 00:29:30,082 So discreet yet so grand is Gloriana, 518 00:29:34,625 --> 00:29:37,957 fusing the classical grace of a gold satin sheath dress... 519 00:29:38,958 --> 00:29:40,874 Hastings, we must go backstage. 520 00:29:42,166 --> 00:29:44,165 - Sorry? - lmmediatement. 521 00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:47,374 WOMAN: Notice the sheer perfection of line 522 00:29:48,583 --> 00:29:51,374 and the rhythm of movement. 523 00:29:53,166 --> 00:29:59,249 Weekend teams a radiant gown of pearl-white crepe... 524 00:30:08,958 --> 00:30:11,249 Excuse me. Pardon. 525 00:30:25,041 --> 00:30:26,290 S'il vous plaît. 526 00:30:26,750 --> 00:30:28,415 We look for Mlle. Molly Deane. 527 00:30:29,041 --> 00:30:30,374 Oh, she's finished. 528 00:30:31,291 --> 00:30:33,624 I think she went off with some gentleman. 529 00:30:33,875 --> 00:30:35,124 Merci beau-- 530 00:30:35,833 --> 00:30:37,665 Mademoiselle, that dress. 531 00:30:39,166 --> 00:30:40,832 Sorry. Can't stop. 532 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:45,082 Come, Hastings. 533 00:30:55,833 --> 00:30:58,040 Quick, Hastings! Your camera! 534 00:31:01,416 --> 00:31:02,790 Oh! 535 00:31:11,541 --> 00:31:12,999 [ Crying ] 536 00:31:26,666 --> 00:31:28,415 [ Door opens ] 537 00:31:30,416 --> 00:31:31,665 How is it now? 538 00:31:32,333 --> 00:31:34,790 Head still pounding? 539 00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:39,707 Delayed effect from that crash maybe. 540 00:31:40,958 --> 00:31:44,624 Well, I'll -- I'll be downstairs if you need me. 541 00:32:39,875 --> 00:32:40,915 [ Ticking ] 542 00:32:53,541 --> 00:32:54,790 Nope. 543 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,457 Can't say he means a thing to me. 544 00:32:56,583 --> 00:33:00,415 No one from our rogues' gallery, or I'd recognize him. 545 00:33:01,416 --> 00:33:03,207 What's this all about anyway? 546 00:33:03,333 --> 00:33:05,665 Something going on I ought to know about? 547 00:33:05,791 --> 00:33:06,540 No. 548 00:33:06,666 --> 00:33:07,624 Nothing that you should be 549 00:33:07,750 --> 00:33:09,665 concerning yourself with, Chief Inspector. 550 00:33:09,791 --> 00:33:12,207 Especially in your present condition. 551 00:33:13,041 --> 00:33:14,832 You are feeling better now, yes? 552 00:33:15,125 --> 00:33:16,374 No. I feel worse. 553 00:33:18,125 --> 00:33:21,082 Talk about going to hell and back. 554 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:25,040 I don't reckon they put me to sleep properly. 555 00:33:25,208 --> 00:33:27,874 I swear I felt every incision that surgeon made 556 00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:29,540 when he was cutting into my -- 557 00:33:29,666 --> 00:33:32,457 Hastings, I really think we ought to be going now. 558 00:33:33,125 --> 00:33:35,082 Mme. Japp, she's coming to collect you 559 00:33:35,208 --> 00:33:36,457 later on this morning, yes? 560 00:33:36,583 --> 00:33:37,874 - Half past 11:00. - Bon. 561 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,124 Well, we look forward 562 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:41,665 to seeing you up and about again very soon. 563 00:33:43,333 --> 00:33:44,832 Au revoir. 564 00:33:49,583 --> 00:33:51,749 Thanks for the chocolates! 565 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:00,832 It is no use, Hastings. 566 00:34:02,375 --> 00:34:04,582 It will not go away. 567 00:34:05,625 --> 00:34:09,540 Everything has happened, and yet nothing has happened. 568 00:34:11,250 --> 00:34:14,665 Certainement, this is the most difficult moment of my career. 569 00:34:14,791 --> 00:34:16,999 To solve the crime that does not exist. 570 00:34:19,083 --> 00:34:20,957 Right. I'm just off again, then. 571 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:24,707 Sure you won't come along, Mr. Poirot? 572 00:34:25,125 --> 00:34:26,999 Might ease a bit of that tension. 573 00:34:27,250 --> 00:34:28,124 No. 574 00:34:28,250 --> 00:34:31,499 Well, if you change your mind, it's 35 Devonshire Street. 575 00:34:33,375 --> 00:34:35,249 They have three classes daily. 576 00:34:35,375 --> 00:34:38,332 Fully comprehensive physical-fitness program 577 00:34:38,458 --> 00:34:40,957 exercising the whole body. 578 00:34:44,166 --> 00:34:46,082 Not just the thumbs. 579 00:35:03,333 --> 00:35:04,665 I'm terribly sorry. 580 00:35:05,333 --> 00:35:06,957 Are you all right? 581 00:35:19,708 --> 00:35:21,082 POIROT: And you are quite certain 582 00:35:21,208 --> 00:35:23,665 that this is the same man, Chief Inspector? 583 00:35:24,166 --> 00:35:25,082 Yes. 584 00:35:25,208 --> 00:35:27,665 Well, thank you very much for telephoning. 585 00:35:27,916 --> 00:35:29,999 Right. Au revoir. 586 00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:34,582 At the hospital. 587 00:35:37,416 --> 00:35:40,016 Devonshire Street. 588 00:35:47,041 --> 00:35:48,290 32 -- 15A. 589 00:35:49,375 --> 00:35:51,582 32... 590 00:36:00,250 --> 00:36:01,624 Ah! 591 00:36:03,250 --> 00:36:06,957 The pieces, they begin to connect. 592 00:36:09,791 --> 00:36:12,207 Enfin! 593 00:36:16,458 --> 00:36:17,790 Where are you off to now? 594 00:36:18,125 --> 00:36:20,582 To find out if I am right or wrong, Hastings. 595 00:36:22,958 --> 00:36:25,332 Oh, I suppose that leaves me with nothing to do, then. 596 00:36:25,458 --> 00:36:27,040 Unfortunately, oui. 597 00:36:28,416 --> 00:36:29,790 Oh, no, no, Hastings. 598 00:36:30,625 --> 00:36:33,124 You can buy for me some washing soda. 599 00:36:34,583 --> 00:36:36,624 Washing soda? 600 00:36:38,375 --> 00:36:39,999 [ Buzzing ] 601 00:37:05,875 --> 00:37:07,124 Poirot. 602 00:37:07,875 --> 00:37:09,540 What a pleasant surprise. 603 00:37:10,416 --> 00:37:11,915 Bonjour, M. Harrison. 604 00:37:12,541 --> 00:37:14,915 Mile. Molly Deane, she is not with you this afternoon? 605 00:37:15,041 --> 00:37:16,499 Molly? She's inside. 606 00:37:16,875 --> 00:37:18,749 - Got a migraine or something. - Ah. 607 00:37:18,875 --> 00:37:20,999 Seems to have come on after the show last night. 608 00:37:21,125 --> 00:37:22,540 I expect she'll be fine. 609 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,415 And M. Claude Langton? 610 00:37:27,875 --> 00:37:31,290 At what time is he due to arrive to destroy your nest of wasps? 611 00:37:31,958 --> 00:37:33,207 7:30, he said. 612 00:37:34,916 --> 00:37:36,374 I imagine he'll be on time. 613 00:37:36,583 --> 00:37:37,832 On time? 614 00:37:38,416 --> 00:37:41,082 The man whose dearest love you stole away with? 615 00:37:42,208 --> 00:37:44,749 He comes here tonight to the home of his rival 616 00:37:45,416 --> 00:37:47,082 armed with a deadly poison. 617 00:37:47,291 --> 00:37:49,707 [ Chuckles ] Just what are you suggesting? 618 00:37:50,791 --> 00:37:54,124 That Claude Langton might try -- Good God, this is England. 619 00:37:54,958 --> 00:37:57,874 Jealous suitors don't go around murdering people. 620 00:37:58,541 --> 00:38:01,124 Besides, Claude Langton wouldn't hurt a fly. 621 00:38:02,041 --> 00:38:03,290 No? 622 00:38:03,708 --> 00:38:05,457 Yet even now he prepares to take the lives 623 00:38:05,583 --> 00:38:07,415 of several thousand wasps. 624 00:38:09,375 --> 00:38:11,207 There by the root of the tree. 625 00:38:12,625 --> 00:38:15,707 The wasps returning home, placid at the end of the day. 626 00:38:17,291 --> 00:38:18,290 In one hour and a half 627 00:38:18,416 --> 00:38:19,749 there will be the total destruction, 628 00:38:19,875 --> 00:38:20,957 and they know it not. 629 00:38:21,083 --> 00:38:26,665 For the wasps, there is no Hercule Poirot to warn them. 630 00:38:31,416 --> 00:38:33,332 Eh bien. The sun, it is still warm. 631 00:38:34,208 --> 00:38:35,290 The evening, it is most pleasant 632 00:38:35,416 --> 00:38:36,957 for taking a stroll by the river. 633 00:38:37,083 --> 00:38:39,207 You would not object if I come back later 634 00:38:39,333 --> 00:38:41,332 to watch this destruction of the wasps? 635 00:38:41,458 --> 00:38:43,332 Well, no. Of course. Be my guest. 636 00:38:43,833 --> 00:38:46,415 I return at 7:30. 637 00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:32,082 [ Footsteps ] 638 00:40:02,708 --> 00:40:04,499 [ Meows ] 639 00:40:08,791 --> 00:40:11,332 [ Bell tolls ] 640 00:41:27,125 --> 00:41:29,040 Mlle. Deane and M. Claude Langton, 641 00:41:29,166 --> 00:41:30,415 they are both gone, yes? 642 00:41:32,541 --> 00:41:33,790 Yes. 643 00:41:34,625 --> 00:41:36,665 Yes, they've both gone. 644 00:41:37,916 --> 00:41:40,124 And how are you feeling now, monsieur? 645 00:41:40,250 --> 00:41:41,499 Me? 646 00:41:42,708 --> 00:41:43,957 Fine. 647 00:41:44,958 --> 00:41:46,915 Why shouldn't I be? What are you driving at? 648 00:41:47,041 --> 00:41:49,082 No, no, no. Non. 649 00:41:51,541 --> 00:41:54,374 I see you have had some tea, n'est-ce pas? 650 00:41:55,958 --> 00:42:00,915 You remember the garden fete when I look into the future? 651 00:42:01,791 --> 00:42:03,665 You will permit if we do the same? 652 00:42:03,958 --> 00:42:04,999 Please? 653 00:42:10,541 --> 00:42:12,540 Turn it around. 654 00:42:15,166 --> 00:42:16,415 No, no, no, no! No. 655 00:42:17,750 --> 00:42:21,124 Because this time, it is different, eh? 656 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:23,915 This time we look backwards, yes? 657 00:42:26,416 --> 00:42:28,540 Into the past. 658 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,915 Because the past, it is clear as crystal, n'est-ce pas? 659 00:42:36,708 --> 00:42:39,124 As clear as the crystals of cyanide poison 660 00:42:39,541 --> 00:42:40,915 that are in this cup. 661 00:42:42,083 --> 00:42:44,624 Oh, no, no, no, no, monsieur. This does not shock you. 662 00:42:44,750 --> 00:42:47,207 For it is you who put them there. 663 00:42:49,166 --> 00:42:52,124 It is no use, mon ami. I know everything. 664 00:42:53,125 --> 00:42:55,415 I know, just as you knew, that a love affair 665 00:42:55,541 --> 00:42:57,374 between Mlle. Deane and M. Claude Langton 666 00:42:57,500 --> 00:43:00,290 is far from being over, as they claimed. 667 00:43:01,750 --> 00:43:03,415 And during the past few weeks, 668 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,624 your fiancée, she has been drifting back to her old love. 669 00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:07,999 Is that not so? 670 00:43:08,333 --> 00:43:10,332 In public, she pretends to reject him. 671 00:43:10,458 --> 00:43:11,707 Molly. 672 00:43:12,083 --> 00:43:16,165 But in private, the old flames are being rekindled. 673 00:43:18,416 --> 00:43:19,665 Of course, there is nothing wrong 674 00:43:19,791 --> 00:43:21,249 with the brakes of her car. 675 00:43:22,166 --> 00:43:23,999 You have already checked them. 676 00:43:24,125 --> 00:43:25,374 No. 677 00:43:26,041 --> 00:43:29,790 Quite deliberately, Mlle. Deane, she drives the car into the tree 678 00:43:30,208 --> 00:43:32,415 in order to spend two days away from you. 679 00:43:32,541 --> 00:43:34,415 Two days which she will spend in the company 680 00:43:34,541 --> 00:43:35,915 of M. Claude Langton. 681 00:43:37,583 --> 00:43:40,040 Because she knows it will break your heart, 682 00:43:40,416 --> 00:43:43,832 she cannot bring herself to reveal to you her secret affair. 683 00:43:44,333 --> 00:43:47,499 But the signs are there for those who will see. 684 00:43:49,916 --> 00:43:51,832 In the house of M. Claude Langton, 685 00:43:52,833 --> 00:43:54,999 there is a photograph of his former sweetheart. 686 00:43:55,125 --> 00:43:57,665 He tells to me that this photograph, it is an old one, 687 00:43:57,791 --> 00:44:00,040 and that she now no longer cares for him. 688 00:44:00,208 --> 00:44:01,457 But he lies. 689 00:44:02,500 --> 00:44:04,040 It has to be recently taken. 690 00:44:05,500 --> 00:44:09,040 Because in the photograph she is wearing the fashion moderne, 691 00:44:09,416 --> 00:44:13,124 which a few months ago would not even have been designed. 692 00:44:15,833 --> 00:44:17,582 The camera, it never lies, yes? 693 00:44:19,375 --> 00:44:21,915 And when I see your face in a moment unguarded, 694 00:44:22,041 --> 00:44:23,707 I see in it a deep, deep hatred. 695 00:44:24,375 --> 00:44:26,290 I have seen that look before, my friend. 696 00:44:26,416 --> 00:44:28,665 I know to what lengths it can drive a man. 697 00:44:29,916 --> 00:44:32,499 This evening, you tell me that M. Claude Langton, 698 00:44:32,625 --> 00:44:34,082 he is due to arrive at 7:30. 699 00:44:34,500 --> 00:44:36,874 But that is not true. 700 00:44:37,916 --> 00:44:39,165 No. 701 00:44:40,625 --> 00:44:42,415 He was coming earlier than that. 702 00:44:43,708 --> 00:44:44,874 At 7:00. 703 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,499 Right, let's have another go at this, shall we? 704 00:44:48,416 --> 00:44:50,874 If this doesn't do the trick, nothing will. 705 00:44:51,666 --> 00:44:53,707 HARRISON: He arrived on time. 706 00:44:54,833 --> 00:44:57,582 Set about his work straightaway. 707 00:44:59,666 --> 00:45:04,374 While he wasn't looking, it was... as you said. 708 00:45:05,458 --> 00:45:08,707 I slipped some cyanide into the cup. 709 00:45:12,625 --> 00:45:15,540 Oh, God, what have I done? 710 00:45:22,250 --> 00:45:27,207 Mon ami, I have told you that I know everything. 711 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,290 I also know that you are a sick man... 712 00:45:32,833 --> 00:45:34,457 ...and that you have been visiting a doctor 713 00:45:34,583 --> 00:45:36,082 in Devonshire Street. 714 00:45:36,416 --> 00:45:39,457 The surgeon Mr. Belvedere. 715 00:45:47,125 --> 00:45:49,457 You have just come from his surgery on Friday morning 716 00:45:49,583 --> 00:45:52,915 when you meet my secretary, Miss Lemon, just down the road. 717 00:45:55,000 --> 00:46:00,082 This afternoon I also made a visit to the same doctor. 718 00:46:02,291 --> 00:46:05,874 Well, he is not difficult to find. 719 00:46:08,083 --> 00:46:10,082 I have in my pocket his photograph. 720 00:46:13,458 --> 00:46:16,249 He tells to me that you have the two months to live. 721 00:46:18,708 --> 00:46:20,499 Is that not so? 722 00:46:24,166 --> 00:46:28,374 He said by October it could all... 723 00:46:29,583 --> 00:46:33,040 Of course, he's breaking the confidentiality of his client. 724 00:46:33,166 --> 00:46:34,874 But he thought it would be in your own interests 725 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:36,999 if he was to meet with Mlle. Deane at the fashion show 726 00:46:37,125 --> 00:46:39,582 and break to her the tragic news. 727 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:42,249 [ Sighs ] 728 00:46:43,166 --> 00:46:44,749 That's... 729 00:46:45,791 --> 00:46:48,540 ...why she was in such a state when she came here. 730 00:46:50,041 --> 00:46:52,040 But it was only when Claude arrived 731 00:46:52,333 --> 00:46:54,249 that she told me and that she knew. 732 00:46:57,416 --> 00:46:58,665 DEANE: Claude! 733 00:46:59,666 --> 00:47:01,124 [ Crying ] Oh, God! 734 00:47:02,583 --> 00:47:05,290 - Molly, what is it? - [ Crying ] 735 00:47:07,291 --> 00:47:08,540 I'm sorry, John. 736 00:47:10,291 --> 00:47:12,082 You see, I know. Dr. Belvedere. 737 00:47:13,291 --> 00:47:14,999 Last night he told me everything. 738 00:47:15,125 --> 00:47:16,207 I see. 739 00:47:19,375 --> 00:47:20,707 John, I'm so, so sorry. 740 00:47:22,416 --> 00:47:23,665 You're not sorry. 741 00:47:24,291 --> 00:47:26,499 You're not sorry at all. Either of you. 742 00:47:27,416 --> 00:47:28,665 Get out. 743 00:47:29,125 --> 00:47:33,165 Out of here and out of my life. What's left of it. 744 00:47:34,791 --> 00:47:36,290 Go on, Langton, take her. 745 00:47:36,458 --> 00:47:38,124 It's what you've always wanted. 746 00:47:38,250 --> 00:47:39,832 What you always planned. 747 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:44,582 Well, take her and get out! 748 00:47:53,500 --> 00:47:55,874 I watched them leave the garden... 749 00:47:57,916 --> 00:48:00,957 ...and waited till I was sure that they were gone. 750 00:48:03,041 --> 00:48:04,290 And then... 751 00:48:05,041 --> 00:48:06,915 POIROT: You swallowed the poison. 752 00:48:20,625 --> 00:48:22,874 When did you first suspect that I was... 753 00:48:25,166 --> 00:48:27,374 When I saw the petrol in the water butt. 754 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:31,207 Because that was the first stage in your plan, was it not? 755 00:48:32,500 --> 00:48:34,249 When M. Claude Langton, he comes around 756 00:48:34,375 --> 00:48:36,999 to destroy the nest of wasps with a syringe of petrol, 757 00:48:37,125 --> 00:48:38,374 he fails. 758 00:48:39,041 --> 00:48:40,582 Why? 759 00:48:41,875 --> 00:48:43,124 That is simple. 760 00:48:43,833 --> 00:48:45,040 Because you have emptied 761 00:48:45,166 --> 00:48:47,082 most of the contents of the can into the water butt 762 00:48:47,208 --> 00:48:49,957 and then filled the can with the plain tap water. 763 00:48:50,625 --> 00:48:52,665 You know that when M. Langton comes back, 764 00:48:52,791 --> 00:48:54,374 it will be with the cyanide -- 765 00:48:54,666 --> 00:48:56,999 the cyanide that you will use for murder. 766 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:01,249 Not murder. 767 00:49:01,666 --> 00:49:02,915 Suicide. 768 00:49:03,125 --> 00:49:04,582 Murder! 769 00:49:06,416 --> 00:49:08,624 The death that you planned for yourself 770 00:49:08,750 --> 00:49:09,874 was to be quick and easy. 771 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:12,082 But the death that you planned for M. Claude Langton 772 00:49:12,208 --> 00:49:14,457 was the worst death that any man can die. 773 00:49:15,875 --> 00:49:18,415 He bought the poison. His name is there in the book. 774 00:49:18,541 --> 00:49:19,874 After he has left your house, 775 00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:21,749 you are found dead, the cyanide in your cup, 776 00:49:21,875 --> 00:49:23,665 and M. Claude Langton, he hangs. 777 00:49:25,416 --> 00:49:27,749 That was your plan, was it not, monsieur? 778 00:49:29,916 --> 00:49:34,124 A few minutes from now, it'll all be over. 779 00:49:37,166 --> 00:49:38,707 I do not think so, my friend. 780 00:49:39,625 --> 00:49:41,499 It is most unusual for a man to die 781 00:49:41,875 --> 00:49:43,415 from swallowing the washing soda. 782 00:49:46,416 --> 00:49:47,665 What? 783 00:49:47,958 --> 00:49:50,415 Well, the substitution was not difficult. 784 00:49:51,416 --> 00:49:53,457 M. Claude Langton, he really ought to purchase 785 00:49:53,583 --> 00:49:55,499 a stronger lock for his back door. 786 00:49:56,708 --> 00:50:00,165 [ Laughs ] 787 00:50:03,083 --> 00:50:04,790 Poirot, I... 788 00:50:07,375 --> 00:50:09,082 I don't know what to say. 789 00:50:13,958 --> 00:50:15,874 Mon ami, you are a man who is dying. 790 00:50:16,416 --> 00:50:18,165 You have lost the girl you love. 791 00:50:18,750 --> 00:50:21,457 But there is one thing that you are not. 792 00:50:22,500 --> 00:50:26,915 You are not a murderer deep down within your heart. 793 00:50:30,958 --> 00:50:33,874 I don't even want to kill the wasps anymore. 794 00:50:35,041 --> 00:50:39,582 Fact is, I've become quite used to them. 795 00:50:40,833 --> 00:50:44,124 [ Buzzing ] 796 00:50:57,833 --> 00:50:59,915 Stop by again, won't you, before... 797 00:51:00,916 --> 00:51:03,290 Before very long, mon ami. 798 00:51:08,625 --> 00:51:10,540 And Poirot, I... 799 00:51:13,583 --> 00:51:15,624 Thank God you came. 800 00:51:32,875 --> 00:51:35,999 Ripped by HighCode