1 00:00:22,608 --> 00:00:25,887 In late Victorian London lived many detectives 2 00:00:25,887 --> 00:00:28,407 who were the rivals of Sherlock Holmes. 3 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:54,123 [ Indistinct conversations ] 4 00:00:54,123 --> 00:00:57,229 [ Mid-tempo classical music playing ] 5 00:00:57,229 --> 00:00:58,989 [ Austrian accent ] There we are, madam, 6 00:00:58,989 --> 00:01:02,131 and seven and eightpence, three farthings change. 7 00:01:02,131 --> 00:01:04,547 So happy to serve you. 8 00:01:08,516 --> 00:01:11,312 Elsie, do not be too generous with the cream jug. 9 00:01:11,312 --> 00:01:14,212 Lady Baldwin is supposed to be on a diet. 10 00:01:18,664 --> 00:01:21,357 Sally Anne, how long is that gentleman 11 00:01:21,357 --> 00:01:22,944 going to sit at table 11? 12 00:01:22,944 --> 00:01:24,981 We shall be wanting to make the table in a little while. 13 00:01:24,981 --> 00:01:27,363 - Yes, ma'am. - Ah, madam. 14 00:01:30,780 --> 00:01:31,884 [ Clears throat ] 15 00:01:31,884 --> 00:01:33,955 Another pot of tea, if you please. 16 00:01:36,510 --> 00:01:38,581 Shocking, aren't they, men? 17 00:01:38,581 --> 00:01:42,032 My Walter's just the same. Never can manage to be on time. 18 00:01:42,032 --> 00:01:43,448 Oh, but I'm not waiting for -- 19 00:01:43,448 --> 00:01:44,897 Look at him over there. 20 00:01:44,897 --> 00:01:46,865 Been here since 4:00. 21 00:01:46,865 --> 00:01:49,592 Lady come in with him, ordered him a cup of chocolate, 22 00:01:49,592 --> 00:01:52,940 and goes off to do her shopping while he stays in the warm. 23 00:01:52,940 --> 00:01:56,288 And now would you believe it? He's taking a nap. 24 00:01:56,288 --> 00:01:59,291 Oh, Sally Anne, table 6 requires eclairs. 25 00:01:59,291 --> 00:02:00,327 Yes, Frau Mathis. 26 00:02:00,327 --> 00:02:02,260 And your pot of tea, miss. 27 00:02:04,365 --> 00:02:07,679 Too much business at one time. 28 00:02:07,679 --> 00:02:11,786 And how is your clever Lady Molly today, Miss Grenard? 29 00:02:11,786 --> 00:02:13,823 Well, she's a bit late, actually. 30 00:02:13,823 --> 00:02:15,031 Aw, what a shame. 31 00:02:15,031 --> 00:02:17,447 If the men would only leave it to her, 32 00:02:17,447 --> 00:02:20,140 I'm sure she would solve all their crimes for them, 33 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:23,177 and they could close up Scotland Yard for good. 34 00:02:23,177 --> 00:02:26,111 Oh. That would hardly suit the commissioner, I'm afraid. 35 00:02:26,111 --> 00:02:27,837 [ Chuckling ] No, perhaps not. 36 00:02:27,837 --> 00:02:31,185 Uh, I really shall have to say something to this gentleman. 37 00:02:31,185 --> 00:02:33,014 It is not respectable. 38 00:02:37,295 --> 00:02:39,745 I beg your pardon, sir. 39 00:02:41,609 --> 00:02:45,544 A second cup of chocolate, perhaps, sir? 40 00:02:47,581 --> 00:02:48,616 Ohh! 41 00:02:48,616 --> 00:02:50,515 [ Patrons murmuring ] 42 00:03:03,631 --> 00:03:06,945 No, on the whole, I don't think so. 43 00:03:06,945 --> 00:03:11,260 Oh, but the color is so becoming to madam's complexion. 44 00:03:11,260 --> 00:03:13,572 Very possibly, but I'm not at the moment 45 00:03:13,572 --> 00:03:17,852 impersonating a senior member of the chorus at the Moulin Rouge. 46 00:03:17,852 --> 00:03:22,547 Please show me something less fussy and distinctly smaller. 47 00:03:22,547 --> 00:03:26,102 Of course, headwear is becoming richer this year, madam, 48 00:03:26,102 --> 00:03:28,725 more decorative, more -- 49 00:03:28,725 --> 00:03:31,383 Something smaller, you think. 50 00:03:31,383 --> 00:03:35,215 Well, perhaps the mauve velvet might suit you. 51 00:03:36,043 --> 00:03:37,631 [ Sighs ] 52 00:03:39,115 --> 00:03:41,462 [ Hooves clopping in distance ] 53 00:03:46,985 --> 00:03:50,126 Oh, I don't know, Maud. What do you think? 54 00:03:50,126 --> 00:03:53,474 Twopence is a shocking price to pay for ivorine. 55 00:03:53,474 --> 00:03:56,270 Well, I'd rather have the mother-of-pearl myself. 56 00:03:56,270 --> 00:03:57,961 [ Laughing ] Oh, yes. 57 00:03:57,961 --> 00:04:00,619 Won't they go lovely with my mauve blouse? 58 00:04:00,619 --> 00:04:02,242 Could we have a look at those? 59 00:04:02,242 --> 00:04:06,211 I think they're in the window, miss, near the umbrellas. 60 00:04:14,184 --> 00:04:16,635 Oh, this, madam, is a dear little hat, 61 00:04:16,635 --> 00:04:19,535 and so right for the color of madam's eyes. 62 00:04:19,535 --> 00:04:21,433 I presume you take every precaution 63 00:04:21,433 --> 00:04:23,297 against sneak thieves here? 64 00:04:23,297 --> 00:04:27,197 Madam, we feel certain our customers are above suspicion. 65 00:04:27,197 --> 00:04:30,339 In that case, you must have a very great deal of merchandise 66 00:04:30,339 --> 00:04:32,168 stolen from under your noses. 67 00:04:32,168 --> 00:04:33,721 I hope not, madam. 68 00:04:33,721 --> 00:04:37,069 Now, this one is very much your style. 69 00:04:37,069 --> 00:04:39,279 - Won't you agree? - Yes, but... 70 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,557 [ Hooves clopping in distance ] 71 00:04:41,557 --> 00:04:43,317 [ Laughing ] Oh, dear. 72 00:04:43,317 --> 00:04:45,043 Now I look closer at them, 73 00:04:45,043 --> 00:04:47,908 I really don't think those are what I wanted. 74 00:04:47,908 --> 00:04:51,221 Well, I must say, they haven't got much of a selection. 75 00:04:51,221 --> 00:04:53,638 Most disappointing. Come along, Lucy. 76 00:04:53,638 --> 00:04:56,503 Much wider choice at Green and Edwards. 77 00:04:56,503 --> 00:04:58,436 One moment, please. 78 00:04:58,436 --> 00:05:00,679 Would you mind lifting your skirts, young lady? 79 00:05:00,679 --> 00:05:02,716 Really, madam, what will our customers think? 80 00:05:02,716 --> 00:05:04,821 Those girls are shoplifters. 81 00:05:04,821 --> 00:05:06,582 - Oh -- - Don't argue with me. 82 00:05:06,582 --> 00:05:07,997 Stop them. 83 00:05:09,378 --> 00:05:11,483 Here, you let me go! You can't just go around -- 84 00:05:11,483 --> 00:05:14,521 Young woman, I am a police officer. 85 00:05:14,521 --> 00:05:15,763 Aah! 86 00:05:15,763 --> 00:05:17,420 Ohh! Ohh! 87 00:05:20,250 --> 00:05:21,769 WOMAN: Oh! 88 00:05:22,356 --> 00:05:24,807 Stop those girls. 89 00:05:24,807 --> 00:05:26,567 - Stop! Thief! - [ Bells ringing ] 90 00:05:27,257 --> 00:05:29,259 [ Cries ] 91 00:05:32,021 --> 00:05:33,885 [ Indistinct conversations ] 92 00:05:38,096 --> 00:05:39,925 Uh, now, to, uh, recapitulate. 93 00:05:39,925 --> 00:05:41,582 Um, girls, please. 94 00:05:41,582 --> 00:05:42,480 Thank you. 95 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:43,929 The chocolate is prepared 96 00:05:43,929 --> 00:05:46,380 and poured into this urn at half past 3:00. 97 00:05:46,380 --> 00:05:48,209 And you young ladies simply help yourselves. 98 00:05:48,209 --> 00:05:52,213 Inspector, nobody could have meddled with his drink 99 00:05:52,213 --> 00:05:53,594 before it reached the table! 100 00:05:53,594 --> 00:05:55,251 Except the young lady who served it. 101 00:05:55,251 --> 00:05:56,425 [ Cries ] 102 00:05:56,425 --> 00:05:58,358 Oh, dear, now, come along, my girl. 103 00:05:58,358 --> 00:05:59,704 No need for hysterics. 104 00:05:59,704 --> 00:06:01,913 I simply have to consider all the possibilities. 105 00:06:01,913 --> 00:06:05,882 And this you consider a possibility, Inspector? 106 00:06:05,882 --> 00:06:09,092 That my girls are poisoning the clients' drinks? 107 00:06:09,092 --> 00:06:10,680 Ohh, now, tsch-tsch-tsch-tsch. 108 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,924 The doctor is ready to make his report. 109 00:06:12,924 --> 00:06:14,063 Oh, thank you, Grenard. 110 00:06:14,063 --> 00:06:15,651 Oh, Frau Mathis, 111 00:06:15,651 --> 00:06:17,307 if your customers would kindly leave their names and addresses, 112 00:06:17,307 --> 00:06:18,585 they may go about their business. 113 00:06:18,585 --> 00:06:20,483 - Oh, Sergeant. - [ Bells ringing ] 114 00:06:20,483 --> 00:06:21,519 [ Horse whinnying ] 115 00:06:21,519 --> 00:06:23,762 Good evening, Frau Mathis. 116 00:06:23,762 --> 00:06:25,315 I see a regular mob 117 00:06:25,315 --> 00:06:28,042 is collecting outside your premises. 118 00:06:28,042 --> 00:06:29,354 Ah, Saunders. 119 00:06:29,354 --> 00:06:30,493 Lady Molly. 120 00:06:30,493 --> 00:06:32,461 You had better deal with this 121 00:06:32,461 --> 00:06:34,739 before the traffic of carriages is severely impaired. 122 00:06:34,739 --> 00:06:38,018 - Now, look here -- - Traffic, Saunders. 123 00:06:38,501 --> 00:06:41,228 Sergeant, you better step outside and clear the roadway. 124 00:06:41,228 --> 00:06:42,850 - Very good, sir. - [ Sighs ] 125 00:06:42,850 --> 00:06:44,438 With your permission, Lady Molly. 126 00:06:44,438 --> 00:06:46,923 Of course. Hello, Mary. 127 00:06:46,923 --> 00:06:50,306 Lady Molly, it is a catastrophe! 128 00:06:50,306 --> 00:06:52,619 A man is lying dead over here, 129 00:06:52,619 --> 00:06:55,553 and they say he has been poisoned in my shop. 130 00:06:55,553 --> 00:06:57,796 Excuse me, my lady. 131 00:06:58,487 --> 00:07:03,181 Now, Mary, tell me briefly what has occurred. 132 00:07:03,181 --> 00:07:05,494 This girl was waiting on the table. 133 00:07:05,494 --> 00:07:07,565 She saw a man come in at about 4:00. 134 00:07:07,565 --> 00:07:10,395 There was a lady with him. She ordered tea and, uh -- 135 00:07:10,395 --> 00:07:12,673 And a cup of chocolate for the gentleman. 136 00:07:12,673 --> 00:07:14,710 Soon afterwards, the lady rose and said, 137 00:07:14,710 --> 00:07:17,160 "I must get to the shops. I shall be back in half an hour." 138 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:18,714 - Is that right? - Yes, miss. 139 00:07:18,714 --> 00:07:20,716 He was just sipping his chocolate, 140 00:07:20,716 --> 00:07:24,305 and he said, um, "So long," I think. 141 00:07:24,305 --> 00:07:27,032 And she picked up her gloves, and off she went. 142 00:07:27,032 --> 00:07:29,138 LADY MOLLY: And you never saw the lady again? 143 00:07:29,138 --> 00:07:32,072 No, my lady. She never came back. 144 00:07:32,555 --> 00:07:35,040 I see. Thank you. 145 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,904 Right. Mary. 146 00:07:41,495 --> 00:07:44,602 Now, then, Saunders, what have you managed to find out? 147 00:07:44,602 --> 00:07:47,156 Well, what killed him was a terrific dose of morphia. 148 00:07:47,156 --> 00:07:49,020 The doctor thinks that it was administered 149 00:07:49,020 --> 00:07:51,125 in this cup of chocolate here. 150 00:07:51,125 --> 00:07:52,886 Look, you can see the dregs. 151 00:07:52,886 --> 00:07:54,508 Fingerprints, Saunders. 152 00:07:54,508 --> 00:07:57,235 Oh, Constable, would you turn out his pockets? 153 00:07:57,235 --> 00:07:59,893 Inspector, my business is ruined! 154 00:07:59,893 --> 00:08:03,586 Who is going to stomach my beautiful pastries after this? 155 00:08:03,586 --> 00:08:05,864 My dear ma'am, after tomorrow, you will have more customers 156 00:08:05,864 --> 00:08:07,659 than Madame Tussauds' Chamber of Horrors. 157 00:08:07,659 --> 00:08:10,490 My cuisine, Inspector, is for gentlefolk and not for ghouls! 158 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:12,595 My dear Frau Mathis. 159 00:08:12,595 --> 00:08:13,631 [ Sighs ] 160 00:08:13,631 --> 00:08:14,942 What did the lady look like? 161 00:08:14,942 --> 00:08:18,567 Oh, my lady, so many clients come and go. 162 00:08:18,567 --> 00:08:20,638 She was not one of your regular customers? 163 00:08:20,638 --> 00:08:23,503 No, or I should have recognized her. 164 00:08:23,503 --> 00:08:27,230 She was well-dressed, I should say. 165 00:08:27,230 --> 00:08:29,819 I see. In dark colors or light? 166 00:08:29,819 --> 00:08:31,338 Dark, I'm sure. 167 00:08:31,338 --> 00:08:34,099 Blue like the Prussian army officers wear. 168 00:08:34,099 --> 00:08:36,136 Or perhaps green. 169 00:08:36,136 --> 00:08:39,346 She wore a muff. She had white gloves. 170 00:08:39,346 --> 00:08:41,451 Uh, oh, it is not easy, my lady. 171 00:08:41,451 --> 00:08:42,660 SAUNDERS: And her face? 172 00:08:42,660 --> 00:08:45,041 Heavy-featured? Small mouth? 173 00:08:45,041 --> 00:08:48,010 Wide brows? Color of hair? 174 00:08:48,010 --> 00:08:50,668 She wore a veil, you know. 175 00:08:50,668 --> 00:08:54,810 Besides, she had on one of those enormous mushroom hats. 176 00:08:54,810 --> 00:08:57,467 Nobody could possibly have seen her face. 177 00:08:57,467 --> 00:08:59,021 Well, the chin, perhaps, 178 00:08:59,021 --> 00:09:02,127 unless they had peered right up under the hat. 179 00:09:02,127 --> 00:09:04,060 Which, of course, you could not do. 180 00:09:04,060 --> 00:09:06,442 - FRAU MATHIS: Naturally. - [ Sighs ] 181 00:09:06,442 --> 00:09:08,893 And the hat. Tell me, would you know the hat again? 182 00:09:08,893 --> 00:09:10,515 That I think, yes. 183 00:09:10,515 --> 00:09:13,242 - Yes, it was quite conspicuous. - Mm. 184 00:09:13,242 --> 00:09:17,039 Sally Anne, the lady at table 11? 185 00:09:17,039 --> 00:09:20,249 Now, can you describe the hat she was wearing? 186 00:09:20,249 --> 00:09:21,733 Oh, yes, ma'am. 187 00:09:21,733 --> 00:09:24,425 Simply enormous, wasn't it, Tillie? 188 00:09:24,425 --> 00:09:29,396 Every so shiny, a sort of dark-greeny velvet, 189 00:09:29,396 --> 00:09:32,364 um, and satin, I think, with lots of feathers. 190 00:09:32,364 --> 00:09:34,953 Frau Mathis, I don't think we need disturb you any longer. 191 00:09:34,953 --> 00:09:37,231 We'll be getting in touch with you very shortly. Thank you. 192 00:09:37,231 --> 00:09:39,993 Now, come along, girls. Off. Off you get. 193 00:09:39,993 --> 00:09:42,167 Now, then, Saunders, that man. 194 00:09:42,167 --> 00:09:43,686 Have you any idea who he is? 195 00:09:44,238 --> 00:09:46,862 Initials M.C. in his hat. 196 00:09:46,862 --> 00:09:49,071 Also on his letter case. 197 00:09:49,071 --> 00:09:53,420 Several letters addressed to Mark Culledon, Esquire, 198 00:09:53,420 --> 00:09:57,044 care of Lorbury House, Fitzjohns Avenue, Hampstead. 199 00:09:57,044 --> 00:09:58,805 LADY MOLLY: Mm. 200 00:09:58,805 --> 00:10:00,220 Culledon. 201 00:10:00,220 --> 00:10:02,153 Does that name ring a bell, Mary? 202 00:10:02,153 --> 00:10:04,224 Hemp, rope, paper cartons, my lady. 203 00:10:04,224 --> 00:10:05,881 - Are you quite sure? - Rather. 204 00:10:05,881 --> 00:10:07,537 Largest import firm on Lombard Street. 205 00:10:07,537 --> 00:10:09,885 Going public in the next few months, or so they say. 206 00:10:09,885 --> 00:10:11,438 As it happens, several of the letters 207 00:10:11,438 --> 00:10:13,164 are addressed to Lombard Street. 208 00:10:13,164 --> 00:10:16,754 Ha! Mary's memory is better than any filing system. 209 00:10:16,754 --> 00:10:17,962 Ohh. 210 00:10:17,962 --> 00:10:21,379 Now, then, Fitzjohns Avenue. 211 00:10:21,379 --> 00:10:25,210 That hardly suggests a bachelor's establishment. 212 00:10:25,210 --> 00:10:26,764 I suppose that one of us 213 00:10:26,764 --> 00:10:29,007 is going to have to break the news to his wife. 214 00:10:40,225 --> 00:10:42,227 My card, miss. 215 00:10:44,402 --> 00:10:46,715 MAUD: Would you please wait here, my lady? 216 00:10:46,715 --> 00:10:50,339 I'm not sure if Lady Irene is receiving. 217 00:10:50,339 --> 00:10:52,513 We should not, of course, be troubling her 218 00:10:52,513 --> 00:10:54,239 if the matter were not urgent. 219 00:10:54,239 --> 00:10:56,483 Yes, my lady. 220 00:11:00,073 --> 00:11:03,110 Mary, take a close look at that parlormaid if you can. 221 00:11:03,110 --> 00:11:05,216 I saw her this afternoon at Willoughby's. 222 00:11:05,216 --> 00:11:06,735 - She was shoplifting. - [ Gasps ] 223 00:11:06,735 --> 00:11:08,426 - Are you sure? - Quite sure. 224 00:11:08,426 --> 00:11:10,462 And that reminds me, my dear. 225 00:11:10,462 --> 00:11:13,673 While I was there, I tried on a rather large straw hat. 226 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:15,502 It was quite wrong for me, of course, 227 00:11:15,502 --> 00:11:17,815 but I thought it might look rather well on you, my dear. 228 00:11:17,815 --> 00:11:21,819 You know I've not the inches for anything large, Lady Molly. 229 00:11:21,819 --> 00:11:23,993 Somehow the nicest clothes seem to be designed 230 00:11:23,993 --> 00:11:26,375 for skinny giants of 5'7". 231 00:11:27,376 --> 00:11:31,380 So, she's Lady Irene, is she? 232 00:11:31,380 --> 00:11:32,899 In her own right. 233 00:11:32,899 --> 00:11:35,487 Younger daughter of the Earl of Athyville. 234 00:11:35,487 --> 00:11:38,939 [ Chuckles ] I borrowed Saunders' copy of Debrett. 235 00:11:38,939 --> 00:11:42,218 The family owned large tracts of bog in County Tyrone. 236 00:11:42,218 --> 00:11:44,358 In other words, they're penniless. 237 00:11:44,358 --> 00:11:46,913 Lady Irene will see you in the drawing room. 238 00:11:46,913 --> 00:11:48,604 LADY MOLLY: Thank you. 239 00:11:48,604 --> 00:11:51,641 MARY: Oh, my lady, whatever will you say to her? 240 00:11:51,641 --> 00:11:53,471 Well, I daresay we shall do 241 00:11:53,471 --> 00:11:55,784 rather better than Saunders would have done. 242 00:11:55,784 --> 00:11:57,578 Oh, the poor creature. 243 00:11:57,578 --> 00:11:59,753 And there may be young children. 244 00:11:59,753 --> 00:12:02,273 They would have to be very young indeed, Mary. 245 00:12:02,273 --> 00:12:06,277 Mr. Culledon, I note, had only been married for six months. 246 00:12:06,277 --> 00:12:08,348 [ Bells chiming ] 247 00:12:11,247 --> 00:12:12,697 LADY IRENE: Lady Molly. 248 00:12:12,697 --> 00:12:14,078 How do you do? 249 00:12:14,078 --> 00:12:16,045 A moment, please. 250 00:12:16,908 --> 00:12:19,739 Aunt Miriam, won't you let Maud help you to your room? 251 00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:23,052 Thank you, Irene. I shall do very well where I am. 252 00:12:23,052 --> 00:12:28,023 Lady Irene, it must be said that the news we bring is painful. 253 00:12:28,023 --> 00:12:29,645 Perhaps it would be better if -- 254 00:12:29,645 --> 00:12:32,613 It would be better if this lady were to tell us at once 255 00:12:32,613 --> 00:12:34,961 whatever it is she has to say. 256 00:12:34,961 --> 00:12:36,721 Then we can go in to dinner. 257 00:12:36,721 --> 00:12:37,998 Thank you, Maud. 258 00:12:38,999 --> 00:12:40,898 Aunt Miriam, Lady Molly. 259 00:12:40,898 --> 00:12:42,934 Lady Molly, Mrs. Steinberg. 260 00:12:42,934 --> 00:12:44,867 Mrs. Steinberg is my aunt. 261 00:12:44,867 --> 00:12:46,904 My husband's aunt, I ought to say. 262 00:12:46,904 --> 00:12:49,389 And this is my assistant, Miss Grenard. 263 00:12:49,389 --> 00:12:51,356 Please sit down. 264 00:12:52,047 --> 00:12:54,049 I confess I had not realized 265 00:12:54,049 --> 00:12:56,637 that a woman had any role to play in the police force. 266 00:12:57,362 --> 00:13:01,815 Lady Irene, my news concerns your husband. 267 00:13:01,815 --> 00:13:04,093 What I have to tell you is most grave. 268 00:13:04,093 --> 00:13:06,095 If this is something to do with Mark, 269 00:13:06,095 --> 00:13:08,201 these ladies had better wait. 270 00:13:08,201 --> 00:13:09,789 He would not tolerate 271 00:13:09,789 --> 00:13:12,205 our talking about him behind his back. 272 00:13:12,205 --> 00:13:13,413 Oh, believe me, I would not dream -- 273 00:13:13,413 --> 00:13:16,381 As I'm always pointing out to Irene, 274 00:13:16,381 --> 00:13:19,522 her husband is a most exceptional man. 275 00:13:19,522 --> 00:13:22,353 I'm sure he was, ma'am. 276 00:13:23,078 --> 00:13:24,458 Oh, do forgive my clumsiness. 277 00:13:24,458 --> 00:13:27,599 I-I had mentioned that my news was painful. 278 00:13:27,599 --> 00:13:28,877 Painful? 279 00:13:28,877 --> 00:13:30,671 What are you driving at? 280 00:13:31,603 --> 00:13:34,675 It is the worst news, you see. 281 00:13:34,675 --> 00:13:38,196 Your husband died earlier this evening. 282 00:13:39,059 --> 00:13:41,199 Yes, of course. 283 00:13:41,199 --> 00:13:43,201 That is it. 284 00:13:43,201 --> 00:13:44,651 LADY MOLLY: You knew? 285 00:13:44,651 --> 00:13:46,826 I quite often know about Mark, 286 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:49,311 where he is, whether he's sad or happy. 287 00:13:49,311 --> 00:13:50,381 My boy? 288 00:13:50,381 --> 00:13:52,245 My own Mark? 289 00:13:52,245 --> 00:13:54,557 I shall not believe it! 290 00:13:54,557 --> 00:13:56,905 Well, what has really happened? 291 00:13:56,905 --> 00:13:58,251 Could one of you ring? 292 00:13:58,251 --> 00:14:00,701 Aunt Miriam, you really must rest. 293 00:14:00,701 --> 00:14:02,980 - Could you help? - He is my heir. 294 00:14:02,980 --> 00:14:05,430 He cannot be allowed to die. 295 00:14:05,430 --> 00:14:08,882 Everything I have is his. All my hopes are upon him. 296 00:14:08,882 --> 00:14:10,711 Mrs. Steinberg is to lie down, Maud. 297 00:14:10,711 --> 00:14:12,368 I shall be up to visit her shortly. 298 00:14:12,368 --> 00:14:13,853 - MIRIAM: Mark! - [ Door closes ] 299 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,823 As you see, she's devoted to my husband. 300 00:14:18,823 --> 00:14:21,895 I should like to have spared her such a shock. 301 00:14:21,895 --> 00:14:26,313 Lady Irene, may I say that you are a very brave woman? 302 00:14:27,176 --> 00:14:29,213 [ Bells tolling ] 303 00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:35,805 SAUNDERS: Believe it or not, Grenard, 304 00:14:35,805 --> 00:14:39,602 not one of those silly girls, not one of them, mark you, 305 00:14:39,602 --> 00:14:40,914 could give a proper description 306 00:14:40,914 --> 00:14:42,743 of that girl he was taking his tea with. 307 00:14:42,743 --> 00:14:44,918 It's enough to make you want to shut up shop. 308 00:14:44,918 --> 00:14:46,471 Never mind, Inspector. 309 00:14:46,471 --> 00:14:49,889 I'm sure Lady Molly will be able to help you once more. 310 00:14:50,648 --> 00:14:53,685 I have not come for help, Miss Grenard, 311 00:14:53,685 --> 00:14:56,757 but to inquire what your lady knows about this advertisement. 312 00:14:56,757 --> 00:14:58,967 What advertisement would that be, Inspector? 313 00:14:58,967 --> 00:15:01,245 Well, it's been running in the morning post 314 00:15:01,245 --> 00:15:02,660 for the past three days. 315 00:15:02,660 --> 00:15:05,766 I am surprised Lady Molly has not spotted it. 316 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,012 "For sale, twin-cylinder wagonette, six horsepower." 317 00:15:10,012 --> 00:15:11,496 Miss Grenard. 318 00:15:11,496 --> 00:15:14,223 Look here. �50 reward. 319 00:15:14,223 --> 00:15:17,226 "For information leading to the conviction of the cruel murderer 320 00:15:17,226 --> 00:15:19,470 of my nephew Mark Culledon, Esquire. 321 00:15:19,470 --> 00:15:22,369 - Write to postal box --" - Now, what do you think of that? 322 00:15:22,369 --> 00:15:24,820 A determined old woman, Mrs. Steinberg. 323 00:15:24,820 --> 00:15:26,235 Who loathes publicity. 324 00:15:26,235 --> 00:15:28,789 Now, why should she put such a thing in the newspaper, hmm? 325 00:15:28,789 --> 00:15:31,861 Let's see. The inquest was last Thursday. 326 00:15:31,861 --> 00:15:34,243 So she must have put it in the day after that. 327 00:15:34,243 --> 00:15:36,314 If she put it in. 328 00:15:36,314 --> 00:15:39,559 That inquest proved nothing. An open verdict. 329 00:15:39,559 --> 00:15:41,078 Something had to be done. 330 00:15:41,078 --> 00:15:42,907 Just what I was thinking, Grenard. 331 00:15:42,907 --> 00:15:44,184 Good morning, Saunders. 332 00:15:44,184 --> 00:15:46,600 I must apologize for being late. 333 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,878 At it again, are we, my lady? 334 00:15:48,878 --> 00:15:50,880 Last time it was counterfeit headlines 335 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:52,158 in the Ninescore affair. 336 00:15:52,158 --> 00:15:55,713 Which we managed to clear up for you, as I recall. 337 00:15:55,713 --> 00:15:56,956 [ Clears throat ] 338 00:15:58,647 --> 00:16:00,994 This time it's a bogus advertisement 339 00:16:00,994 --> 00:16:02,375 in the morning post. 340 00:16:02,375 --> 00:16:05,688 Yes, I gather the aunt is a trifle upset. 341 00:16:05,688 --> 00:16:08,208 The question is, will it work? 342 00:16:08,208 --> 00:16:10,728 Well, more replies this morning, 343 00:16:10,728 --> 00:16:13,489 and a rather mercenary-looking young woman downstairs 344 00:16:13,489 --> 00:16:14,904 who is eager to see you. 345 00:16:14,904 --> 00:16:18,978 Ah, yes, that must be, uh, Miss -- Miss Harris, 346 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:20,531 one of our earliest replies. 347 00:16:20,531 --> 00:16:22,464 You better send her up at once. 348 00:16:22,464 --> 00:16:23,672 SAUNDERS: [ Sighs ] 349 00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:27,503 [ Chuckles ] 350 00:16:27,503 --> 00:16:30,506 Lady Molly, there are certain rules of procedure. 351 00:16:30,506 --> 00:16:32,060 Oh, that reminds me. 352 00:16:32,060 --> 00:16:35,097 I've been meaning to return your copy of the police handbook. 353 00:16:35,097 --> 00:16:37,306 My favorite piece is on page 42. 354 00:16:37,306 --> 00:16:38,998 I have marked it. 355 00:16:40,551 --> 00:16:44,106 "Act swiftly by all means to apprehend the criminal. 356 00:16:44,106 --> 00:16:45,797 The longer he remains at large, 357 00:16:45,797 --> 00:16:48,731 the greater the chance of his never being caught at all." 358 00:16:48,731 --> 00:16:50,699 So instructive. 359 00:16:50,699 --> 00:16:52,873 Lady Molly, one of these days you will get this department 360 00:16:52,873 --> 00:16:55,393 - into serious trouble. - Into serious trouble. 361 00:16:56,049 --> 00:17:00,812 Oh, and, Saunders, could you find your way to getting us �50? 362 00:17:00,812 --> 00:17:03,022 I'll see you... 363 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:05,748 Oh, and, Saunders? 364 00:17:05,748 --> 00:17:08,199 Here's a list of some six or seven 365 00:17:08,199 --> 00:17:10,270 of Mrs. Steinberg's nieces and nephews. 366 00:17:10,270 --> 00:17:13,032 It might be worth tracking them down. 367 00:17:15,068 --> 00:17:16,552 Lady Molly? 368 00:17:16,552 --> 00:17:17,760 Yes? 369 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,108 This the young woman who wrote to you. 370 00:17:20,108 --> 00:17:23,042 She claims to have seen the woman in the big hat. 371 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:25,389 Ah, yes, come in, Miss, uh -- 372 00:17:25,389 --> 00:17:27,391 Um, Katie Harris, ma'am. 373 00:17:27,391 --> 00:17:29,669 I thought I ought to come. 374 00:17:30,946 --> 00:17:33,535 Ooh, Katie Harris. 375 00:17:33,535 --> 00:17:35,916 I think we've met before. 376 00:17:41,991 --> 00:17:45,098 Surely, Miss Harris, you were at Willoughby's, the drapers, 377 00:17:45,098 --> 00:17:46,617 the week before last, 378 00:17:46,617 --> 00:17:49,447 the day that I arrested your friend Lucy Smith? 379 00:17:49,447 --> 00:17:54,003 Oh, your ladyship must be mistaken. 380 00:17:54,003 --> 00:17:56,937 Well, no matter for the moment. 381 00:17:56,937 --> 00:18:00,009 I shall be very interested to hear what you have to say. 382 00:18:00,009 --> 00:18:02,011 Well, I can't take long, my lady. 383 00:18:02,011 --> 00:18:03,599 I'm really on an errand, you see, 384 00:18:03,599 --> 00:18:08,225 but I just thought it right to let you know what I know. 385 00:18:08,225 --> 00:18:10,399 And what is that? 386 00:18:10,399 --> 00:18:13,333 Well, it's about this woman they're looking for, 387 00:18:13,333 --> 00:18:15,473 the one that knew Mr. Culledon. 388 00:18:15,473 --> 00:18:17,475 Oh, yes. You claim to have seen her? 389 00:18:17,475 --> 00:18:19,132 Oh, I've seen her, all right. 390 00:18:19,132 --> 00:18:21,410 You mean you were in the tea shop that afternoon? 391 00:18:21,410 --> 00:18:23,999 Tea shop? Oh, no, it was before that. 392 00:18:23,999 --> 00:18:26,622 In Mr. Culledon's own house it was. 393 00:18:26,622 --> 00:18:30,937 See, that's where I was working, till I came to my present place. 394 00:18:31,627 --> 00:18:34,423 Let me be quite clear about this. 395 00:18:34,423 --> 00:18:37,599 You were employed, you say, at Lorbury House? 396 00:18:37,599 --> 00:18:40,671 I was engaged when they come back from their honeymoon. 397 00:18:40,671 --> 00:18:43,812 See, there was only the butler and the housekeeper 398 00:18:43,812 --> 00:18:44,951 and us two maids. 399 00:18:44,951 --> 00:18:47,471 And what with the butler being sent out all hours 400 00:18:47,471 --> 00:18:48,886 to furnish the wine cellar -- 401 00:18:48,886 --> 00:18:50,508 And when was this, Katie? 402 00:18:50,508 --> 00:18:55,617 Oh, um, that would be Thursday afternoon, 403 00:18:55,617 --> 00:18:57,722 nearly a week after they had got back. 404 00:18:57,722 --> 00:18:59,448 Only, of course, 405 00:18:59,448 --> 00:19:02,106 the mistress was out that particular afternoon. 406 00:19:02,106 --> 00:19:03,211 I see. 407 00:19:03,211 --> 00:19:05,627 And as the butler was also out, 408 00:19:05,627 --> 00:19:08,285 you opened the front door to this lady. 409 00:19:08,285 --> 00:19:09,769 Yes, I did. 410 00:19:09,769 --> 00:19:15,361 And the master saw her in his smoking room alone, my lady. 411 00:19:17,121 --> 00:19:19,434 Uh, did the lady give her name? 412 00:19:19,434 --> 00:19:23,231 Oh, I did glance at her card. 413 00:19:23,231 --> 00:19:25,647 I can't say I recollect it, though. 414 00:19:25,647 --> 00:19:28,063 One of them foreign names it was. 415 00:19:28,063 --> 00:19:29,340 Foreign? 416 00:19:29,340 --> 00:19:33,033 Well, she looked sort of foreign herself, really. 417 00:19:33,033 --> 00:19:35,829 Do you mean to say that she spoke like a foreigner? 418 00:19:35,829 --> 00:19:39,730 Well, she didn't say much, just asked for Mr. Culledon. 419 00:19:39,730 --> 00:19:45,253 But all the same, she looked a bit, well, French-like, to me. 420 00:19:45,253 --> 00:19:47,255 Aha! 421 00:19:47,255 --> 00:19:50,741 Could you describe her, do you think? 422 00:19:50,741 --> 00:19:54,986 Well, she was tall, beautifully dressed. 423 00:19:54,986 --> 00:19:57,196 Did she wear a large hat? 424 00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:58,645 Hat. 425 00:19:58,645 --> 00:20:02,856 Oh, don't remember it as being particularly large. 426 00:20:02,856 --> 00:20:06,446 Do you think that you would know her if you saw her again? 427 00:20:06,446 --> 00:20:08,310 Oh, yes, I think so. 428 00:20:08,310 --> 00:20:11,140 All dressed in dark green she was. 429 00:20:11,140 --> 00:20:13,729 She was very handsome, I must say. 430 00:20:13,729 --> 00:20:15,041 Did you say green? 431 00:20:15,041 --> 00:20:17,250 Well, that blue-green, you know? 432 00:20:17,250 --> 00:20:20,253 My lady, Prussian blue or green was how Frau Mathis 433 00:20:20,253 --> 00:20:22,359 described the woman's dress in the tea shop. 434 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:24,464 Thank you, Mary. 435 00:20:24,464 --> 00:20:27,053 Um, how long did the lady stay? 436 00:20:27,053 --> 00:20:30,884 Well, she was with him nearly over an hour, see, 437 00:20:30,884 --> 00:20:32,334 and that was the trouble 438 00:20:32,334 --> 00:20:35,544 because, in the end, the mistress come home. 439 00:20:35,544 --> 00:20:37,891 I see. 440 00:20:37,891 --> 00:20:39,824 And so, of course, you let her in. 441 00:20:39,824 --> 00:20:40,825 Yes. 442 00:20:40,825 --> 00:20:42,482 But you did not mention 443 00:20:42,482 --> 00:20:46,003 that your master was already entertaining a visitor. 444 00:20:46,003 --> 00:20:48,143 She never asked. 445 00:20:48,143 --> 00:20:49,282 [ Clears throat ] 446 00:20:49,282 --> 00:20:51,871 And then what happened? 447 00:20:51,871 --> 00:20:55,702 Well, then, as the mistress was going upstairs, 448 00:20:55,702 --> 00:20:58,567 the foreign lady comes out of the smoking room, 449 00:20:58,567 --> 00:21:01,398 and they meet, you see, on the stairs. 450 00:21:01,398 --> 00:21:03,779 And do you recall what was said? 451 00:21:03,779 --> 00:21:05,609 I couldn't say, my lady. 452 00:21:05,609 --> 00:21:08,474 But after a while, the master come out of his room, 453 00:21:08,474 --> 00:21:11,339 and he went on at me something dreadful. 454 00:21:11,339 --> 00:21:13,893 And I think he must have complained to the mistress 455 00:21:13,893 --> 00:21:16,654 'cause she gave me my notice next morning. 456 00:21:16,654 --> 00:21:19,795 And you never saw the foreign lady again? 457 00:21:19,795 --> 00:21:23,282 No, she never come back while I was there. 458 00:21:24,835 --> 00:21:27,872 Well, thank you, Katie. 459 00:21:27,872 --> 00:21:31,531 We're most grateful to you for all that you've been telling us. 460 00:21:31,531 --> 00:21:33,499 I wonder what decided you to come. 461 00:21:33,499 --> 00:21:36,916 Well, I just thought it was my duty, my lady. 462 00:21:36,916 --> 00:21:39,746 Least I could do for poor Mr. Culledon. 463 00:21:39,746 --> 00:21:43,543 Most commendable, particularly if he was the person 464 00:21:43,543 --> 00:21:45,994 responsible for you losing your place. 465 00:21:45,994 --> 00:21:48,203 Oh, but when he was murdered -- 466 00:21:48,203 --> 00:21:50,792 You forgave him and decided to help. 467 00:21:50,792 --> 00:21:52,000 Yes. 468 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,244 Then why did you not come forward before? 469 00:21:55,244 --> 00:21:57,454 At the inquest, for example? 470 00:21:57,454 --> 00:21:59,663 Why wait until now? 471 00:21:59,663 --> 00:22:02,976 Well, I just thought it was my duty. 472 00:22:04,771 --> 00:22:06,946 Splendid, Katie. 473 00:22:06,946 --> 00:22:10,432 And now I think you'd better hurry on your errand. 474 00:22:11,364 --> 00:22:13,021 Oh, I say. 475 00:22:13,021 --> 00:22:14,678 What is it, Katie? 476 00:22:14,678 --> 00:22:19,821 Well, if the foreign lady gets hung, 477 00:22:19,821 --> 00:22:21,995 will I get the 50 quid? 478 00:22:29,106 --> 00:22:33,697 "Any member of the public who may have noticed this woman 479 00:22:33,697 --> 00:22:38,322 on the afternoon in question is kindly asked to com--" 480 00:22:38,322 --> 00:22:39,358 "Communicate." 481 00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:42,188 Yes, "with Scotland Yard." 482 00:22:42,188 --> 00:22:45,743 Makes you wonder what the police get paid for, innit, eh? 483 00:22:45,743 --> 00:22:48,090 I mean, I don't know how much plainer 484 00:22:48,090 --> 00:22:49,713 I could have made it for them. 485 00:22:49,713 --> 00:22:51,922 Yeah, well, don't go making yourself too plain around here, 486 00:22:51,922 --> 00:22:53,751 or we shall be in a mess. 487 00:22:53,751 --> 00:22:56,098 Your Lady Molly will be here any minute, 488 00:22:56,098 --> 00:22:59,481 and she knows a sight too much about us already. 489 00:22:59,481 --> 00:23:01,414 I don't know why you had to go and talk to her 490 00:23:01,414 --> 00:23:03,174 in the first place. 491 00:23:03,174 --> 00:23:06,177 �50, my girl. That's what for! 492 00:23:06,177 --> 00:23:09,318 Just you think of the ribands you could buy for that, Maud, 493 00:23:09,318 --> 00:23:10,975 and the high boots. 494 00:23:10,975 --> 00:23:13,599 Oh, you are awful, Katie Harris. 495 00:23:13,599 --> 00:23:17,085 Poor Lucy's case coming up next week. 496 00:23:17,085 --> 00:23:18,535 [ Chuckles ] 497 00:23:18,535 --> 00:23:20,433 You can use your share of it to help her, if you like. 498 00:23:20,433 --> 00:23:21,883 [ Bell rings ] 499 00:23:21,883 --> 00:23:23,263 Oh, not her again. 500 00:23:23,263 --> 00:23:25,162 What's she coming around for this time? 501 00:23:25,162 --> 00:23:27,440 She's been sent for by old Mrs. S. 502 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,581 Gonna get a rap 'round her knuckles, if you ask me. 503 00:23:35,828 --> 00:23:37,346 This way, my lady. 504 00:23:37,346 --> 00:23:38,900 I'm to show you straight up. 505 00:23:38,900 --> 00:23:40,453 Thank you. 506 00:23:42,524 --> 00:23:45,044 MAUD: Lady Molly, my lady. 507 00:23:45,596 --> 00:23:49,497 LADY IRENE: Lady Molly, we are grateful to you for coming. 508 00:23:49,497 --> 00:23:53,639 Kindly sit down, Irene, until I have quite finished. 509 00:23:53,639 --> 00:23:55,813 Won't you also sit down, Lady Molly? 510 00:23:55,813 --> 00:23:57,574 Thank you, Lady Irene. 511 00:23:57,574 --> 00:24:00,611 How dare you impersonate me, madam, 512 00:24:00,611 --> 00:24:04,546 and fabricate an entry in a newspaper column on my behalf? 513 00:24:04,546 --> 00:24:07,135 It was unorthodox, I agree, but -- 514 00:24:07,135 --> 00:24:10,483 Have the courtesy not to interrupt me, 515 00:24:10,483 --> 00:24:12,485 madam policewoman, 516 00:24:12,485 --> 00:24:15,523 or you'll quickly find yourself in the dock. 517 00:24:15,523 --> 00:24:18,284 You have forged my name, 518 00:24:18,284 --> 00:24:21,632 placed my bankers in a totally false position. 519 00:24:21,632 --> 00:24:24,393 - But as to that -- - Will you be silent?! 520 00:24:24,393 --> 00:24:27,535 There are a dozen charges I could bring against you. 521 00:24:27,535 --> 00:24:30,710 I have spoken to the commissioner on the telephone. 522 00:24:30,710 --> 00:24:35,681 He will not protect you, madam, if I decide to do away with you. 523 00:24:35,681 --> 00:24:37,130 [ Gasps ] 524 00:24:37,130 --> 00:24:40,099 Aunt Miriam, if you cannot keep calm, 525 00:24:40,099 --> 00:24:41,790 I shall have to call for the doctors. 526 00:24:41,790 --> 00:24:43,896 You know quite well it is dangerous for you 527 00:24:43,896 --> 00:24:45,656 to give way to these rages. 528 00:24:45,656 --> 00:24:49,591 But why should you want to do away with me, Mrs. Steinberg? 529 00:24:49,591 --> 00:24:52,905 When I last saw you, you told me how you loved your nephew. 530 00:24:52,905 --> 00:24:55,321 You praised him and believed in him. 531 00:24:55,321 --> 00:24:57,357 So I do, madam. 532 00:24:57,357 --> 00:25:00,119 And now he cannot defend his name. 533 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,052 You shall not defame him. 534 00:25:02,052 --> 00:25:05,262 He was the only one of my entire family 535 00:25:05,262 --> 00:25:07,402 with any proper moral sense. 536 00:25:07,402 --> 00:25:11,199 Mrs. Steinberg, somebody killed your nephew. 537 00:25:11,199 --> 00:25:13,650 I want to find out who it was. 538 00:25:13,650 --> 00:25:17,723 And I do not, my clever lady. 539 00:25:17,723 --> 00:25:23,487 I want my nephew's honor intact, the honor of the family. 540 00:25:24,868 --> 00:25:26,697 But the inquiry. 541 00:25:26,697 --> 00:25:30,805 Do you not understand me yet? 542 00:25:30,805 --> 00:25:34,463 There will be no further inquiry, 543 00:25:34,463 --> 00:25:40,642 or there will be an end to Lady Molly of the Yard. 544 00:25:40,642 --> 00:25:41,988 [ Bell tolling ] 545 00:25:50,825 --> 00:25:52,343 [ Sighs ] 546 00:25:52,343 --> 00:25:54,932 The commissioner writes he has taken you off the Culledon case 547 00:25:54,932 --> 00:25:57,176 only with the deepest regret. 548 00:25:57,176 --> 00:25:59,247 Thank you, Mary. 549 00:25:59,247 --> 00:26:02,837 And he assures you he rejects the theory 550 00:26:02,837 --> 00:26:05,391 that Mr. Culledon was the victim of an outrage 551 00:26:05,391 --> 00:26:07,738 by the supporters of equal rights for women. 552 00:26:07,738 --> 00:26:09,740 [ Sighs heavily ] 553 00:26:10,776 --> 00:26:14,365 Inspector Saunders is none too happy about losing us, either. 554 00:26:14,365 --> 00:26:16,264 He may not approve of your methods, 555 00:26:16,264 --> 00:26:18,784 but he does respect your feminine intuition. 556 00:26:18,784 --> 00:26:20,613 Fiddle-faddle. 557 00:26:20,613 --> 00:26:23,582 That man only talks about intuition 558 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:26,723 because he cannot bear the idea that a woman can think. 559 00:26:26,723 --> 00:26:29,208 He has, in fact, managed to interview 560 00:26:29,208 --> 00:26:31,003 several of Mrs. Steinberg's relatives, 561 00:26:31,003 --> 00:26:32,694 the ones she cut out of her will. 562 00:26:32,694 --> 00:26:34,593 Mm. And with what result? 563 00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:36,629 They seem to think that if he could put up with her, 564 00:26:36,629 --> 00:26:38,251 he deserved the money. 565 00:26:38,804 --> 00:26:41,841 Well, my lady, I thought that you would like to know 566 00:26:41,841 --> 00:26:43,671 that we have found her. 567 00:26:43,671 --> 00:26:45,051 Who do you mean? 568 00:26:45,051 --> 00:26:46,984 Shall we say a woman whose description tallies closely 569 00:26:46,984 --> 00:26:48,261 with that of our murderess? 570 00:26:48,261 --> 00:26:51,264 What is more, she confesses as much. 571 00:26:51,264 --> 00:26:53,025 Confesses? 572 00:26:53,025 --> 00:26:54,716 LADY MOLLY: You've seen her? 573 00:26:54,716 --> 00:26:56,407 Spoken to her. 574 00:26:56,407 --> 00:26:57,857 - What? - On the telephone. 575 00:26:57,857 --> 00:27:00,411 I've asked her to come up here to make a statement. 576 00:27:00,411 --> 00:27:01,827 To my office? But surely -- 577 00:27:01,827 --> 00:27:03,552 Well, the commissioner thought it only fair 578 00:27:03,552 --> 00:27:06,141 that you should be invited to meet her. 579 00:27:06,141 --> 00:27:09,006 That was very civil of him, Saunders. 580 00:27:09,524 --> 00:27:12,838 Yes, well, as a matter of fact, 581 00:27:12,838 --> 00:27:15,288 she made rather a fuss about coming to my office. 582 00:27:15,288 --> 00:27:16,911 In fact, she refused to come at all 583 00:27:16,911 --> 00:27:18,740 unless she could speak to you, so... 584 00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:21,363 - Oh! - Oh, hurrah, Mary! 585 00:27:21,363 --> 00:27:22,571 We're back on the case! 586 00:27:22,571 --> 00:27:24,021 Now, really, I can't promise that. 587 00:27:24,021 --> 00:27:25,713 Who is she, Saunders? 588 00:27:25,713 --> 00:27:27,956 - Well, here are the details. - Oh, of course. 589 00:27:27,956 --> 00:27:30,269 Oh, yes, and she has a foreign accent, all right. 590 00:27:30,269 --> 00:27:33,721 I wonder if she wears a big hat. 591 00:27:43,282 --> 00:27:45,215 Miss Elizabeth Lowenthal. 592 00:27:45,215 --> 00:27:47,010 - [ Austrian accent ] Lady Molly? - Yes. 593 00:27:47,010 --> 00:27:48,425 How do you do? 594 00:27:52,187 --> 00:27:54,569 I am not too soon, am I, Inspector? 595 00:27:54,569 --> 00:27:56,122 I don't follow, miss. 596 00:27:56,122 --> 00:27:58,573 For the the past 24 hours, 597 00:27:58,573 --> 00:28:01,265 I have been watched by your police. 598 00:28:01,265 --> 00:28:03,267 I thought I should come of my own accord 599 00:28:03,267 --> 00:28:05,476 before you came to arrest me in my flat. 600 00:28:05,476 --> 00:28:07,444 Very sensible, miss, although, of course, 601 00:28:07,444 --> 00:28:10,792 there is no question of a warrant...for the moment. 602 00:28:10,792 --> 00:28:12,207 Yes, for the moment. 603 00:28:12,207 --> 00:28:15,970 But you know my friends, my servants, even my landlady. 604 00:28:15,970 --> 00:28:18,317 They have all read the description of this woman 605 00:28:18,317 --> 00:28:21,216 who is thought to have murdered Mark. 606 00:28:21,216 --> 00:28:22,597 Mr. Culledon. 607 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:24,392 Ah. 608 00:28:24,392 --> 00:28:27,291 Inspector, I do not want detectives 609 00:28:27,291 --> 00:28:30,881 to hang out about outside my flat, questioning my neighbors. 610 00:28:30,881 --> 00:28:32,572 In fact, I will not have it. 611 00:28:32,572 --> 00:28:36,266 But why not, Miss Lowenthal, if you have nothing to conceal? 612 00:28:37,646 --> 00:28:42,272 Shall we say I prefer the scent of Parma violets 613 00:28:42,272 --> 00:28:44,688 to the odor of the law? 614 00:28:46,621 --> 00:28:50,590 Miss Lowenthal, I take it that you do not deny 615 00:28:50,590 --> 00:28:52,627 that you knew Mark Culledon well. 616 00:28:52,627 --> 00:28:54,215 Oh, yes, I knew Mark. 617 00:28:54,215 --> 00:28:57,356 In fact, you are the lady that Katie Harris 618 00:28:57,356 --> 00:28:59,876 showed into the smoking room at Lorbury House. 619 00:28:59,876 --> 00:29:01,532 That is true, is it not? 620 00:29:01,532 --> 00:29:04,363 I did go there once, certainly. 621 00:29:05,122 --> 00:29:09,437 Mark Culledon treated me badly, or so I felt. 622 00:29:09,437 --> 00:29:12,371 I wanted to spite him, to make some scandal or other. 623 00:29:12,371 --> 00:29:13,786 Why shouldn't I? 624 00:29:13,786 --> 00:29:16,271 So straitlaced, so respectable he had become. 625 00:29:16,271 --> 00:29:18,032 It would have served him right. 626 00:29:18,791 --> 00:29:24,797 But then, between scandal and murder, there is a wide gulf. 627 00:29:24,797 --> 00:29:26,799 Don't you agree with me? 628 00:29:26,799 --> 00:29:29,008 Oh, certainly. 629 00:29:29,008 --> 00:29:30,699 Oh, yes, indeed. 630 00:29:30,699 --> 00:29:34,634 You are getting all this, aren't you, Miss Grenard? 631 00:29:34,634 --> 00:29:37,741 "Between scandal and murder, there is a wide gulf." 632 00:29:37,741 --> 00:29:39,294 LADY MOLLY: [ Chuckles ] 633 00:29:39,294 --> 00:29:41,745 Now, Miss Lowenthal, would you mind telling us 634 00:29:41,745 --> 00:29:45,059 in what way Mr. Culledon treated you badly? 635 00:29:45,059 --> 00:29:47,958 I have come here to tell you everything I know. 636 00:29:47,958 --> 00:29:52,307 You see, at one time, Mark was engaged to marry me. 637 00:29:52,307 --> 00:29:54,206 Was he, indeed? 638 00:29:55,276 --> 00:29:57,105 And when would this be? 639 00:29:57,105 --> 00:29:58,969 Little more than a year ago. 640 00:29:58,969 --> 00:30:00,488 Before he met the Lady Irene? 641 00:30:00,488 --> 00:30:02,455 - Oh, yes. - I see. 642 00:30:02,455 --> 00:30:04,699 Then he changed his mind, did he? 643 00:30:04,699 --> 00:30:07,875 Decided that he'd rather marry an earl's daughter than, uh... 644 00:30:07,875 --> 00:30:09,980 - Myself? - Mm-hmm. 645 00:30:11,119 --> 00:30:13,846 Something of the kind, Inspector. 646 00:30:14,743 --> 00:30:18,851 Saunders, I think Miss Lowenthal might be allowed to sit down. 647 00:30:18,851 --> 00:30:20,715 Oh, yes, of course. 648 00:30:20,715 --> 00:30:22,406 [ Bells tolling ] 649 00:30:23,787 --> 00:30:25,547 Thank you. 650 00:30:28,654 --> 00:30:29,862 Poor Mark. 651 00:30:29,862 --> 00:30:32,175 That rich aunt of his must have regarded me 652 00:30:32,175 --> 00:30:35,143 as a most undesirable match. 653 00:30:35,143 --> 00:30:37,663 I was a foreigner, after all. 654 00:30:37,663 --> 00:30:40,321 Then, my profession was not respectable. 655 00:30:41,115 --> 00:30:43,980 What is your profession, ma'am? 656 00:30:44,739 --> 00:30:46,016 I am an actress. 657 00:30:46,016 --> 00:30:47,638 Ah! 658 00:30:47,638 --> 00:30:49,951 An actress! 659 00:30:49,951 --> 00:30:54,266 And where did you meet Mr. Culledon, at the stage door? 660 00:30:55,094 --> 00:30:58,891 As it happened, we met on the Channel steamer. 661 00:30:58,891 --> 00:31:02,688 He was returning from some business on the Continent. 662 00:31:03,171 --> 00:31:04,897 He fell in love with me. 663 00:31:04,897 --> 00:31:07,727 And after a few weeks, he asked me to be his wife. 664 00:31:07,727 --> 00:31:09,557 And you accepted, of course. 665 00:31:09,557 --> 00:31:11,870 After some hesitation, I did. 666 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,355 And then your engagement was announced? 667 00:31:14,355 --> 00:31:18,393 No, Mark told me it must be kept secret for a time. 668 00:31:18,393 --> 00:31:20,464 He explained about his aunt, 669 00:31:20,464 --> 00:31:24,089 who was old and from whom he had great expectations. 670 00:31:24,089 --> 00:31:25,676 And who, as you say, 671 00:31:25,676 --> 00:31:30,509 did not want him to marry a foreign girl who was an actress. 672 00:31:33,063 --> 00:31:37,102 Miss Lowenthal, where do you come from, exactly? 673 00:31:37,102 --> 00:31:38,206 From Vienna. 674 00:31:38,206 --> 00:31:39,449 Thank you. 675 00:31:39,449 --> 00:31:41,589 Vienna, yes. 676 00:31:41,589 --> 00:31:44,419 Well, after that, I mistrusted him. 677 00:31:44,419 --> 00:31:47,112 We saw one another less and less often, 678 00:31:47,112 --> 00:31:50,598 and one evening he informed me he had changed his mind. 679 00:31:50,598 --> 00:31:54,291 He felt sure that if I really loved him, I would understand. 680 00:31:54,291 --> 00:31:56,500 But you felt anything but understanding. 681 00:31:56,500 --> 00:31:57,950 Am I not right, miss? 682 00:31:57,950 --> 00:31:59,469 He had jilted you, had he not? 683 00:31:59,469 --> 00:32:01,505 And you were determined that he should suffer for it. 684 00:32:01,505 --> 00:32:05,095 Really, Saunders, this hectoring is quite unnecessary. 685 00:32:05,095 --> 00:32:06,683 But the inspector is quite right. 686 00:32:06,683 --> 00:32:10,273 To be humiliated, and in a foreign country. 687 00:32:10,273 --> 00:32:12,654 Yes, I certainly did want to punish him. 688 00:32:12,654 --> 00:32:16,520 Would you tell us how you set about it? 689 00:32:17,487 --> 00:32:20,869 I decided to bring an action against him. 690 00:32:21,836 --> 00:32:24,252 An action at law? 691 00:32:24,252 --> 00:32:26,703 For breach of promise. 692 00:32:26,703 --> 00:32:28,291 When his aunt heard about it, 693 00:32:28,291 --> 00:32:31,225 I felt sure she would cut him out of the will, after all. 694 00:32:31,225 --> 00:32:33,813 Is this all that you intended to do? 695 00:32:33,813 --> 00:32:37,024 It would have been punishment enough for him, yes. 696 00:32:37,024 --> 00:32:38,715 Did he know what you intended? 697 00:32:38,715 --> 00:32:40,372 Oh, yes. 698 00:32:40,372 --> 00:32:43,927 That was the reason I went to his house after his honeymoon. 699 00:32:43,927 --> 00:32:45,687 To tell him about it. 700 00:32:46,447 --> 00:32:49,795 Uh, Miss Lowenthal, you have told us 701 00:32:49,795 --> 00:32:54,386 how Mr. Culledon fell in love with you, at least for a time. 702 00:32:54,386 --> 00:32:58,045 Did you, in fact, care anything for him? 703 00:32:58,045 --> 00:33:01,324 Oh, yes, I loved him. 704 00:33:01,324 --> 00:33:04,154 Otherwise, why should I bother to punish him? 705 00:33:04,154 --> 00:33:06,501 There would not have been any point. 706 00:33:06,501 --> 00:33:07,709 Ah. 707 00:33:07,709 --> 00:33:10,298 And the more you loved him, of course, 708 00:33:10,298 --> 00:33:13,612 the heavier would have to be his punishment. 709 00:33:14,302 --> 00:33:18,375 I did not care for him enough to murder him, Lady Molly. 710 00:33:19,307 --> 00:33:20,515 Oh. 711 00:33:20,515 --> 00:33:22,966 Grenard, would you kindly confine yourself 712 00:33:22,966 --> 00:33:24,347 to taking notes? 713 00:33:24,347 --> 00:33:25,520 Yes, Inspector. 714 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:29,007 Nevertheless, ma'am, I'm sure -- 715 00:33:30,594 --> 00:33:33,321 I'm sure that you appreciate our difficulty. 716 00:33:33,321 --> 00:33:35,979 You see, you bear a close resemblance 717 00:33:35,979 --> 00:33:38,637 to the woman seen with him shortly before he died. 718 00:33:38,637 --> 00:33:41,536 And you have given us what this case has so far lacked. 719 00:33:41,536 --> 00:33:42,641 A motive. 720 00:33:42,641 --> 00:33:45,333 I know what is in your mind, Inspector. 721 00:33:45,333 --> 00:33:48,957 A jealous woman, an actress and a foreigner, 722 00:33:48,957 --> 00:33:51,684 rather than see her lover happy with another, 723 00:33:51,684 --> 00:33:54,342 poisons him in a public place. 724 00:33:54,342 --> 00:33:57,345 Oh, it makes a fine story for the melodrama, sir, 725 00:33:57,345 --> 00:33:59,278 but, happily for me, it is not the truth. 726 00:33:59,278 --> 00:34:00,797 In that case, 727 00:34:00,797 --> 00:34:03,420 only one thing remains to established your innocence. 728 00:34:03,420 --> 00:34:06,044 The inspector refers to your whereabouts 729 00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:07,217 at the time of the crime. 730 00:34:07,217 --> 00:34:08,874 - Lady Molly. - What? 731 00:34:08,874 --> 00:34:10,565 With your permission. 732 00:34:11,601 --> 00:34:13,085 I was out. 733 00:34:13,085 --> 00:34:15,087 Shopping, perhaps? 734 00:34:15,087 --> 00:34:16,399 No. 735 00:34:16,399 --> 00:34:17,952 Visiting friends? 736 00:34:17,952 --> 00:34:19,126 No. 737 00:34:19,126 --> 00:34:20,644 Well, someone must have seen you. 738 00:34:20,644 --> 00:34:24,269 I was with no one, Inspector. I met no one. 739 00:34:25,442 --> 00:34:30,033 I went alone onto Primrose Hill for a long walk. 740 00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:33,657 Quite so, Inspector. 741 00:34:33,657 --> 00:34:36,004 I have no alibi. 742 00:34:39,801 --> 00:34:41,286 [ Gunshots ] 743 00:34:49,156 --> 00:34:52,676 So perish all thick-headed policemen 744 00:34:52,676 --> 00:34:55,748 who can see no further than an alibi. 745 00:34:56,611 --> 00:35:00,477 But he let her go, my lady, thanks to you. 746 00:35:00,477 --> 00:35:03,549 He will have her arrested this afternoon, just the same. 747 00:35:03,549 --> 00:35:06,897 As far as he's concerned, the case is open and shut. 748 00:35:06,897 --> 00:35:08,244 The idiot. 749 00:35:08,244 --> 00:35:12,420 Surely that lovely creature is incapable of falsehood. 750 00:35:13,180 --> 00:35:16,010 You're a dear, sweet girl, Mary. 751 00:35:16,010 --> 00:35:19,013 Sometimes I could give you a good bang on the head. 752 00:35:19,013 --> 00:35:20,980 27. Your turn. 753 00:35:20,980 --> 00:35:22,810 Yes, Lady Molly. 754 00:35:23,431 --> 00:35:27,677 Oh, and, Mary, do try not to flinch today. 755 00:35:27,677 --> 00:35:31,612 I do not wish to have to replace another pane in the skylights. 756 00:35:32,199 --> 00:35:35,995 Well, I, for one, shall refuse to believe she's guilty. 757 00:35:35,995 --> 00:35:38,688 Elbow up, wrist parallel. 758 00:35:38,688 --> 00:35:41,035 [ Gunshot ] 759 00:35:42,416 --> 00:35:44,763 Keep your sights low. 760 00:35:44,763 --> 00:35:47,145 That one would only have lifted his wig off. 761 00:35:47,145 --> 00:35:49,354 [ Gunshot ] 762 00:35:50,286 --> 00:35:53,185 That one pulled well to the right. 763 00:35:53,185 --> 00:35:55,739 It's so unfair. 764 00:35:55,739 --> 00:35:57,258 [ Gunshot ] 765 00:35:57,258 --> 00:35:59,191 Saunders has no proper evidence 766 00:35:59,191 --> 00:36:01,228 against the Austrian lady at all. 767 00:36:01,228 --> 00:36:04,196 Maybe enough for the jury, all the same. 768 00:36:04,196 --> 00:36:06,612 Keep your sights low, dear. 769 00:36:07,855 --> 00:36:08,821 [ Gunshot, glass breaks ] 770 00:36:08,821 --> 00:36:10,168 Hang on. 771 00:36:10,685 --> 00:36:13,895 Did you say "the Austrian lady"? 772 00:36:13,895 --> 00:36:16,346 Viennese, she told us. 773 00:36:16,346 --> 00:36:18,141 My hat! 774 00:36:18,141 --> 00:36:20,661 We've been missing the most obvious clue in the world. 775 00:36:20,661 --> 00:36:23,629 Mary, what is Frau Mathis' proudest boast? 776 00:36:24,527 --> 00:36:27,530 I suppose that her pastries are truly Viennese. 777 00:36:27,530 --> 00:36:30,533 Precisely. Viennese. 778 00:36:30,533 --> 00:36:32,569 Quite a coincidence, isn't it? 779 00:36:32,569 --> 00:36:35,020 - Is it? - Yes. 780 00:36:35,641 --> 00:36:39,058 But then there's that hat that we've heard so much about. 781 00:36:39,058 --> 00:36:42,096 Why did they all mention that? 782 00:36:42,096 --> 00:36:45,962 Mary, how many girls can we muster this afternoon 783 00:36:45,962 --> 00:36:47,446 for an urgent errand? 784 00:36:47,446 --> 00:36:50,138 - Four, perhaps five. - Not enough. 785 00:36:50,138 --> 00:36:52,589 Get hold of every girl on the Haymarket 786 00:36:52,589 --> 00:36:54,315 that we've ever done a good turn to. 787 00:36:54,315 --> 00:36:56,835 Make a list of all the little milliners' places 788 00:36:56,835 --> 00:36:58,112 from here to Hampstead. 789 00:36:58,112 --> 00:37:00,218 I've got to find out where that hat was made up. 790 00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:04,843 Oh, and, Mary, meet me at the Remand Prison, Pentonville Road. 791 00:37:04,843 --> 00:37:06,465 But why, particularly? 792 00:37:06,465 --> 00:37:09,365 The hat, Mary, the hat! 793 00:37:10,124 --> 00:37:11,436 [ Door closes ] 794 00:37:11,436 --> 00:37:13,783 [ Indistinct conversations ] 795 00:37:14,508 --> 00:37:17,027 [ Baby crying ] 796 00:37:19,996 --> 00:37:22,550 Of course I understand, Lucy. 797 00:37:22,550 --> 00:37:25,243 Those two girls are your friends, 798 00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:28,487 and so I shall not ask you to give evidence against them. 799 00:37:28,487 --> 00:37:31,007 Your ladyship, they'd kill me if I did. 800 00:37:31,007 --> 00:37:34,804 What puzzles me is that first Katie and then Maud 801 00:37:34,804 --> 00:37:38,014 should be taken on as parlormaids at Lorbury House. 802 00:37:38,014 --> 00:37:39,981 That's odd. Don't you think? 803 00:37:39,981 --> 00:37:41,707 Oh, no, my lady. 804 00:37:41,707 --> 00:37:44,123 Well, they agreed it between them, you see, 805 00:37:44,123 --> 00:37:46,540 while Mr. Culledon used to come 'round our lodgings. 806 00:37:46,540 --> 00:37:49,197 But this was before he was married, of course. 807 00:37:49,197 --> 00:37:52,028 Oh, yes, 'cause then he went off Katie. 808 00:37:52,028 --> 00:37:53,754 - Oh, did he? - Yes. 809 00:37:53,754 --> 00:37:56,412 He wanted to see more of Maud instead. 810 00:37:57,516 --> 00:38:00,381 I understand perfectly. 811 00:38:00,381 --> 00:38:02,590 You mean that Katie made him promise 812 00:38:02,590 --> 00:38:04,834 to give her a post at Lorbury House 813 00:38:04,834 --> 00:38:07,008 if he wanted his afternoons with Maud. 814 00:38:07,008 --> 00:38:08,355 That's right. 815 00:38:08,355 --> 00:38:10,460 But what happened when Katie lost her position? 816 00:38:10,460 --> 00:38:12,980 Well, of course, next time he came 'round our place, 817 00:38:12,980 --> 00:38:14,395 there was a terrible old rumpus. 818 00:38:14,395 --> 00:38:16,397 But this was after he was married. 819 00:38:16,397 --> 00:38:19,020 Surely he was not still a visitor? 820 00:38:19,020 --> 00:38:20,643 You're a caution, my lady. 821 00:38:20,643 --> 00:38:23,128 Of course he used to come visit us, more than ever. 822 00:38:23,611 --> 00:38:25,475 [ Laughs ] I see! 823 00:38:25,475 --> 00:38:28,616 Lucy, my dear, you've helped me wonderfully. 824 00:38:28,616 --> 00:38:30,204 Here! 825 00:38:30,204 --> 00:38:33,414 I haven't blabbed too much, have I? 826 00:38:33,414 --> 00:38:35,209 Well, you won't tell the girls? 827 00:38:35,209 --> 00:38:37,004 I give you my word. 828 00:38:37,004 --> 00:38:38,454 And don't worry, my child. 829 00:38:38,454 --> 00:38:40,525 I'll have you released in my charge 830 00:38:40,525 --> 00:38:42,078 if it's the last thing I do. 831 00:38:42,078 --> 00:38:43,355 Good day, my dear. 832 00:38:43,355 --> 00:38:45,357 [ Conversations, crying continue ] 833 00:38:46,358 --> 00:38:48,326 [ Mid-tempo classical music playing ] 834 00:38:48,326 --> 00:38:49,913 [ Indistinct conversations ] 835 00:38:49,913 --> 00:38:51,777 Girls, girls, what are you doing? 836 00:38:51,777 --> 00:38:53,572 The lady will be here any second. 837 00:38:53,572 --> 00:38:58,025 Inspector, this is a tea shop, not a police station! 838 00:38:58,025 --> 00:39:00,510 Frau Mathis, now, look here. 839 00:39:00,510 --> 00:39:02,892 If I move this affair down to the police station, 840 00:39:02,892 --> 00:39:04,928 I shall have to take all your girls along, too. 841 00:39:04,928 --> 00:39:06,758 - Is that what you want? - Very well. 842 00:39:06,758 --> 00:39:09,899 Stay if you must, but please be discreet. 843 00:39:09,899 --> 00:39:12,764 Lady Pomfret Greene has just arrived. 844 00:39:12,764 --> 00:39:13,972 Now, girls, observe. 845 00:39:13,972 --> 00:39:16,423 I want you to tell me exactly what you see. 846 00:39:16,940 --> 00:39:19,529 Our lady just got out of her cab now, sir. 847 00:39:19,529 --> 00:39:21,013 - Sally Anne, I want you -- - Frau Mathis! 848 00:39:21,013 --> 00:39:22,360 Just a few more moments, please! 849 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,914 Ohh, I'm so tired of these police. 850 00:39:24,914 --> 00:39:28,952 Girls, I want you to look very carefully, indeed. 851 00:39:30,575 --> 00:39:33,094 I received your message, Inspector. 852 00:39:33,094 --> 00:39:35,959 Yes, um, it's purely routine, miss. 853 00:39:35,959 --> 00:39:38,203 Just to clear up any doubts. You understand? 854 00:39:38,203 --> 00:39:41,448 Now, you want me to walk around the shop? 855 00:39:41,448 --> 00:39:44,692 Yes, and sit at one of the tables, if you would, miss. 856 00:39:45,935 --> 00:39:47,730 [ Indistinct conversations ] 857 00:39:49,904 --> 00:39:51,803 I quite understand. 858 00:39:55,013 --> 00:39:57,602 Well, girls, what do you think? 859 00:39:57,602 --> 00:39:59,535 Is it her, or isn't it? 860 00:40:00,052 --> 00:40:01,571 Sally Anne! 861 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,885 I-I don't exactly know, sir. 862 00:40:05,575 --> 00:40:08,544 She does look quite like the lady, but -- 863 00:40:08,544 --> 00:40:09,855 But what? 864 00:40:10,442 --> 00:40:13,894 There's something, you know, different about her. 865 00:40:13,894 --> 00:40:15,343 [ Sighs ] 866 00:40:15,343 --> 00:40:18,346 Well, what is the difference? 867 00:40:21,488 --> 00:40:23,248 I can't really say, sir. 868 00:40:23,248 --> 00:40:28,322 But she does look quite like her. 869 00:40:28,322 --> 00:40:29,910 [ Sighs ] 870 00:40:31,394 --> 00:40:33,603 [ Hooves clopping in distance ] 871 00:40:34,501 --> 00:40:37,780 I'm not sure if the mistress is receiving, my lady, 872 00:40:37,780 --> 00:40:39,195 but I will inquire. 873 00:40:39,195 --> 00:40:40,955 Thank you, Maud. 874 00:40:43,475 --> 00:40:48,894 Oh, and, Maud, pay Katie Harris my respects, will you? 875 00:40:48,894 --> 00:40:51,310 And give her this note. 876 00:40:51,310 --> 00:40:52,691 Katie Harris? 877 00:40:52,691 --> 00:40:54,900 Now, do not pretend that she's not belowstairs 878 00:40:54,900 --> 00:40:56,039 at this very moment. 879 00:40:56,039 --> 00:40:57,834 And be sure that you bring her with you 880 00:40:57,834 --> 00:41:00,319 when you come up to the drawing room when you are sent for. 881 00:41:00,319 --> 00:41:03,081 - I don't know anybody -- - Oh, be off with you. 882 00:41:03,081 --> 00:41:05,014 Yes, my lady. 883 00:41:07,603 --> 00:41:09,984 Are we not running a dreadful risk? 884 00:41:09,984 --> 00:41:11,986 Mrs. Steinberg may take it into her head 885 00:41:11,986 --> 00:41:13,298 to have us both arrested. 886 00:41:13,298 --> 00:41:16,543 I should very much like her to try, Mary. 887 00:41:16,543 --> 00:41:20,029 I'm not convinced that it was solely the family honor 888 00:41:20,029 --> 00:41:23,135 that caused her to try and throw me off the case. 889 00:41:23,135 --> 00:41:27,692 Lady Molly, you don't think that that sick old woman 890 00:41:27,692 --> 00:41:29,107 could have had any hand in -- 891 00:41:29,107 --> 00:41:32,179 You will learn what I think soon enough, Mary. 892 00:41:32,179 --> 00:41:35,147 In the meantime, I shall be well content 893 00:41:35,147 --> 00:41:37,287 to interview Mrs. Steinberg again. 894 00:41:37,287 --> 00:41:40,187 If only that were possible, Lady Molly. 895 00:41:40,187 --> 00:41:44,502 My beloved aunt passed away in the early hours of this morning. 896 00:41:45,054 --> 00:41:46,952 Please come in. 897 00:41:51,578 --> 00:41:54,512 You understand this was not unexpected. 898 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:57,722 Since the inquest, her life has been hanging in the balance. 899 00:41:57,722 --> 00:42:01,760 Lady Irene, we should not have intruded at such a moment. 900 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,073 - Please forgive us. - You could not have known. 901 00:42:04,763 --> 00:42:07,870 Anyway, perhaps you bring me news of the inquiry. 902 00:42:07,870 --> 00:42:13,220 I do have a theory, but to test it out, I need your help. 903 00:42:13,220 --> 00:42:15,153 Unhappily, this is hardly the occasion. 904 00:42:15,153 --> 00:42:18,190 Oh, no, no, you must tell me at once what you wish me to do. 905 00:42:18,674 --> 00:42:23,402 Well, then, I should like to put a few questions to your maid. 906 00:42:23,402 --> 00:42:25,853 I am to give evidence in a shoplifting case 907 00:42:25,853 --> 00:42:28,476 in which I'm sorry to say she is involved. 908 00:42:28,476 --> 00:42:31,307 If you think it will be of value, Lady Molly. 909 00:42:31,307 --> 00:42:33,930 But has Maud really been shoplifting? 910 00:42:33,930 --> 00:42:35,345 I fear so. 911 00:42:35,345 --> 00:42:37,382 - And Katie, too. - Katie? 912 00:42:39,902 --> 00:42:42,007 Oh, Maud, put it down here. 913 00:42:44,078 --> 00:42:46,080 Katie, what are you doing here? 914 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:49,256 Um, my lady, I do sometimes come 915 00:42:49,256 --> 00:42:51,569 and keep Maud company belowstairs. 916 00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:54,502 Knowing she was here, I asked her to come up. 917 00:42:54,502 --> 00:42:57,885 Will you indulge me further and allow her to stay? 918 00:42:57,885 --> 00:42:59,404 If you wish, Lady Molly, 919 00:42:59,404 --> 00:43:01,717 but I shall want words with you, miss, later on. 920 00:43:01,717 --> 00:43:03,270 Yes, my lady. 921 00:43:03,270 --> 00:43:04,927 Now, I'm sure you both know these ladies 922 00:43:04,927 --> 00:43:06,618 - are with the police. - Yes, my lady. 923 00:43:06,618 --> 00:43:09,069 You will do your best to answer their questions. 924 00:43:09,069 --> 00:43:10,898 Yes, my lady. 925 00:43:10,898 --> 00:43:13,798 What I'm after is really quite painless. 926 00:43:13,798 --> 00:43:15,869 No, thank you, no cream. 927 00:43:15,869 --> 00:43:17,664 You see, this afternoon, 928 00:43:17,664 --> 00:43:20,183 one of the waitresses at Mathis' tea shop 929 00:43:20,183 --> 00:43:24,463 is to identify the woman who poisoned your late master. 930 00:43:24,463 --> 00:43:26,673 Now, in order to do this, 931 00:43:26,673 --> 00:43:29,158 the police want a number of young ladies 932 00:43:29,158 --> 00:43:32,782 wearing unusually large hats to parade before them. 933 00:43:32,782 --> 00:43:34,715 Mary, your tea, dear. 934 00:43:34,715 --> 00:43:36,441 Oh, thank you. 935 00:43:36,441 --> 00:43:38,339 To see if the waitress 936 00:43:38,339 --> 00:43:41,066 will continue to pick out the same woman. 937 00:43:41,066 --> 00:43:43,655 I'm afraid I don't quite follow you, Lady Molly. 938 00:43:43,655 --> 00:43:46,071 You mentioned a case of shoplifting. 939 00:43:46,071 --> 00:43:47,659 Yes, I think these young ladies 940 00:43:47,659 --> 00:43:49,937 understand the connection quite well. 941 00:43:49,937 --> 00:43:54,908 In any case, I'm sure they both possess fine, big hats. 942 00:43:56,254 --> 00:43:59,291 I do have quite a pretty one, my lady. 943 00:43:59,291 --> 00:44:02,363 My "cherry ripe," as my young man calls it. 944 00:44:02,363 --> 00:44:04,400 Well, you better run along and fetch it, Maud, 945 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,989 - to humor our guests. - Yes, my lady. 946 00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:11,096 LADY MOLLY: And you, Katie. 947 00:44:11,096 --> 00:44:13,685 Can you also oblige us? 948 00:44:13,685 --> 00:44:15,894 Me, my lady? 949 00:44:17,482 --> 00:44:19,139 Katie does not live in this house. 950 00:44:19,139 --> 00:44:22,004 So how can she suddenly produce a particular hat? 951 00:44:23,937 --> 00:44:26,698 Well, Katie, how can you? 952 00:44:28,804 --> 00:44:30,357 Um... 953 00:44:31,082 --> 00:44:32,911 My lady. 954 00:44:33,429 --> 00:44:36,432 I do have the one that your ladyship wouldn't wear 955 00:44:36,432 --> 00:44:38,365 and threw away. 956 00:44:38,365 --> 00:44:41,161 Maud found the scraps in the dust hole, 957 00:44:41,161 --> 00:44:42,921 and we put it together. 958 00:44:45,475 --> 00:44:47,926 I can't think what you mean, Katie. 959 00:44:47,926 --> 00:44:49,997 I never wear big hats. 960 00:44:50,964 --> 00:44:53,138 No, my lady. 961 00:44:53,138 --> 00:44:58,005 But Katie means the one you ordered at Sanchia's. 962 00:44:58,005 --> 00:45:00,249 Well, you only wore it the once. 963 00:45:00,249 --> 00:45:03,114 The day you went to that concert. 964 00:45:03,114 --> 00:45:05,806 Now, then, which day would that be? 965 00:45:05,806 --> 00:45:08,119 That I could never forget, my lady. 966 00:45:08,119 --> 00:45:11,467 Well, I helped undress your ladyship when you came home. 967 00:45:11,467 --> 00:45:13,745 And you said that you'd never wear that big hat again, 968 00:45:13,745 --> 00:45:15,574 that it was far too heavy for you. 969 00:45:16,472 --> 00:45:20,269 Oh. And that same evening, we learned that -- 970 00:45:20,269 --> 00:45:22,512 Well, you came up to tell us, my lady, 971 00:45:22,512 --> 00:45:25,412 that Mr. Culledon was murdered. 972 00:45:27,759 --> 00:45:29,416 Thank you, Maud. 973 00:45:29,416 --> 00:45:32,350 I'm sure that will answer our purpose very well. 974 00:45:36,181 --> 00:45:40,738 And now I think I would like you to go and put on your hats. 975 00:45:40,738 --> 00:45:42,567 Yes, my lady. 976 00:45:46,191 --> 00:45:50,713 So, your own maid knew all along. 977 00:45:50,713 --> 00:45:54,234 Or did you imagine that she did not guess? 978 00:45:54,234 --> 00:45:56,374 LADY IRENE: You can prove nothing. 979 00:45:57,237 --> 00:45:59,860 Well, let us see what we can prove. 980 00:45:59,860 --> 00:46:00,965 Mary? 981 00:46:02,552 --> 00:46:07,281 Today we found a milliner in the Portland Road called Sanchia. 982 00:46:07,281 --> 00:46:12,079 She tells us she made up a hat to your own minute description 983 00:46:12,079 --> 00:46:14,288 one week before your husband died. 984 00:46:14,288 --> 00:46:15,565 How dare she?! 985 00:46:15,565 --> 00:46:17,913 We believe that that hat 986 00:46:17,913 --> 00:46:21,088 was a copy of the one that Miss Lowenthal was wearing 987 00:46:21,088 --> 00:46:24,264 the day she came here and met you on the stairs. 988 00:46:24,264 --> 00:46:26,473 The courts will laugh at you. 989 00:46:26,473 --> 00:46:29,683 Would you care to test the waitress's memory? 990 00:46:29,683 --> 00:46:32,790 I think I have suffered enough without this monstrous charge. 991 00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:34,792 Is it so monstrous? 992 00:46:35,344 --> 00:46:37,829 We believe that you were well aware 993 00:46:37,829 --> 00:46:41,799 of your husband's entanglement with Miss Lowenthal. 994 00:46:41,799 --> 00:46:45,526 You also knew that at the first breath of scandal, 995 00:46:45,526 --> 00:46:47,149 your aunt would cut your husband, 996 00:46:47,149 --> 00:46:50,393 and therefore yourself, out of her will. 997 00:46:51,636 --> 00:46:55,398 That breach-of-promise action was a blow to your hopes. 998 00:46:55,398 --> 00:46:58,470 How could you keep it from your aunt? 999 00:46:58,470 --> 00:47:01,370 Then you thought of a plan. 1000 00:47:01,957 --> 00:47:05,339 You arranged to meet your husband for tea, 1001 00:47:05,339 --> 00:47:10,448 appearing with him in a hat that was a copy of Miss Lowenthal's. 1002 00:47:10,448 --> 00:47:13,002 And you poisoned him. 1003 00:47:14,107 --> 00:47:17,144 For good measure, you chose a Viennese tea shop 1004 00:47:17,144 --> 00:47:18,766 to put the police on the track 1005 00:47:18,766 --> 00:47:21,769 of somebody who was herself Viennese. 1006 00:47:22,460 --> 00:47:26,360 As a matter of fact, that was rather too clever. 1007 00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:29,812 Miss Lowenthal never visited that tea shop. 1008 00:47:30,675 --> 00:47:32,470 Lady Molly. 1009 00:47:34,921 --> 00:47:37,371 I wonder if you can have the first idea 1010 00:47:37,371 --> 00:47:39,580 of what my marriage was like. 1011 00:47:41,341 --> 00:47:43,964 I knew quite well what kind of man Culledon was 1012 00:47:43,964 --> 00:47:45,552 when I married him. 1013 00:47:45,552 --> 00:47:50,453 A cold enemy in business, greedy for a well-connected wife, 1014 00:47:50,453 --> 00:47:52,766 and obsessed by the power of money. 1015 00:47:52,766 --> 00:47:53,974 [ Chuckles ] 1016 00:47:53,974 --> 00:47:57,633 Well, you met his aunt. 1017 00:47:58,530 --> 00:48:02,189 And as for women, he took a collector's interest. 1018 00:48:02,189 --> 00:48:05,399 Every street girl must be branded his. 1019 00:48:05,399 --> 00:48:06,918 And when he boasted of it to me 1020 00:48:06,918 --> 00:48:09,231 and I said I should not continue with the marriage, 1021 00:48:09,231 --> 00:48:13,304 he pointed out that my father had left me very little choice. 1022 00:48:13,304 --> 00:48:15,962 He would quite certainly have ruined my family 1023 00:48:15,962 --> 00:48:17,722 if I disappointed him. 1024 00:48:18,378 --> 00:48:20,414 So I waited. 1025 00:48:20,414 --> 00:48:24,073 I promised myself that one day we should have his money 1026 00:48:24,073 --> 00:48:26,110 and be rid of him. 1027 00:48:26,110 --> 00:48:29,147 And I almost succeeded, did I not? 1028 00:48:29,147 --> 00:48:32,530 For his aunt died believing in her nephew, 1029 00:48:32,530 --> 00:48:34,808 and I have today become her heir. 1030 00:48:35,464 --> 00:48:37,984 If I had not been for you, Lady Molly -- 1031 00:48:39,261 --> 00:48:41,021 [ Chuckles ] 1032 00:48:41,021 --> 00:48:43,886 But our tea is getting cold. 1033 00:48:44,438 --> 00:48:47,372 Let me give you a little toast. 1034 00:48:47,372 --> 00:48:50,341 To the emancipation of women. 1035 00:48:50,962 --> 00:48:53,654 Oh, yes. 1036 00:48:56,243 --> 00:48:57,451 LADY MOLLY: Lady Irene. 1037 00:48:57,451 --> 00:49:00,627 Quick, Mary, go and get Saunders. 1038 00:49:00,627 --> 00:49:02,077 He must be outside by now. 1039 00:49:02,077 --> 00:49:04,631 We must get a doctor at once! 1040 00:49:06,598 --> 00:49:07,910 [ Breathing heavily ] 1041 00:49:07,910 --> 00:49:10,637 Be sure to tell them 1042 00:49:10,637 --> 00:49:15,573 that the accused took the law into her own hands. 1043 00:49:16,850 --> 00:49:18,886 [ Hooves clopping ] 1044 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:25,928 There's one thing I still don't understand. 1045 00:49:25,928 --> 00:49:27,378 What is that, my dear? 1046 00:49:27,378 --> 00:49:30,243 When everyone else was looking for the woman in the big hat, 1047 00:49:30,243 --> 00:49:32,486 what made you first think of Lady Irene? 1048 00:49:32,486 --> 00:49:34,454 No one else suspected her for a moment. 1049 00:49:34,454 --> 00:49:35,765 Well, funnily enough, my dear, 1050 00:49:35,765 --> 00:49:37,491 it was something you said yourself 1051 00:49:37,491 --> 00:49:39,252 that put me on the track. 1052 00:49:39,252 --> 00:49:40,874 No, thank you. 1053 00:49:40,874 --> 00:49:41,909 Not this one. 1054 00:49:41,909 --> 00:49:43,946 I'll try the peacock straw. 1055 00:49:43,946 --> 00:49:45,879 Something I said? 1056 00:49:45,879 --> 00:49:48,709 Yes, it was while we were standing in the hall 1057 00:49:48,709 --> 00:49:50,332 at Lorbury House. 1058 00:49:50,332 --> 00:49:53,956 You complained that you had not the inches to wear a large hat. 1059 00:49:53,956 --> 00:49:55,475 I believe I did. 1060 00:49:55,475 --> 00:49:59,272 Well, it struck me that if the lady had been tall, 1061 00:49:59,272 --> 00:50:01,067 the girls would not have felt her hat 1062 00:50:01,067 --> 00:50:02,792 to be as large as all that. 1063 00:50:02,792 --> 00:50:06,934 So I immediately began looking for a small woman. 1064 00:50:06,934 --> 00:50:09,765 No, thank you. None of these will do. 1065 00:50:09,765 --> 00:50:12,664 But, my lady, if it was as simple as that, 1066 00:50:12,664 --> 00:50:15,184 how is it that none of our fellows spotted it? 1067 00:50:15,184 --> 00:50:19,188 Well, my dear, for the very simplest reason in the world. 1068 00:50:19,188 --> 00:50:20,914 They're men, that's all. 1069 00:50:20,914 --> 00:50:22,053 [ Laughs ] 1070 00:50:22,053 --> 00:50:23,606 Good morning. 1071 00:50:23,656 --> 00:50:28,206 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0