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<i>In late Victorian London </i>
lived many detectives

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<i>who were the rivals </i>
of Sherlock Holmes.

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Thank you!

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"March 6th, 2:30 p.m.

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Unknown vessel
came alongside..."

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[ Doorbell rings ]

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All right, all right,
I only got one pair of hands.

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I'm a-coming.

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Good afternoon.

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I believe Miss Hester Chapman
lives at this address.

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That's right.
Second floor up.

12
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Well, perhaps you'd ask if she'd
be good enough to receive me.

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You just wait here, sir.

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Thank you.

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I'll ask her if she's at home.

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Thank you very much.

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[ French accent ]
Cleo? Cleo?

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Ou �tes-vous, Cleo?

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Oh! [ Chuckles ]
A thousands pardons, monsieur.

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I was looking for Cleo.

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She has disappeared,
the naughty girl.

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Well, if you mean the housemaid,
she's just gone upstairs.

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Oh, no, no, no.
The housemaid is Millie.

24
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Cleo est ma tortue --
my tortoise --

25
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and I cannot find her.

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Um...well, let me assist you.

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My profession has given me
a certain facility

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in locating missing persons
and objects.

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So, a tortoise should be
a novelty.

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Ask Mr. Hewitt to come up,
Millie.

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Where did you see her last?

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In the basement downstairs,
where we live.

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Now, we can assume
she didn't come upstairs

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of her own volition

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since tortoises are not noted
for their agility.

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Miss Chapman says will you
please come up, sir.

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Oh, thank you.

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I'm afraid I must leave you
to search for Cleo unaided.

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Oh, lost your tortoise again,
Mr. Gowjin?

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- Goujon.
- I know where she is.

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I found her wandering
amongst the coal,

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and I thought she might end up
on the fire.

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So I put her in your bed.

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Oh, you're a dear, kind,
thoughtful child, Millie.

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Thank you.
Thank you, monsieur.

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Pleasure.

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Dotes on that nasty,
horrible beast, he does.

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It takes all kinds, don't it?
Will you come this way, sir?

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Thank you.

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[ Knock on door ]

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Come in.

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Mr. Hewitt, mum.

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Thank you, Millie.

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It's good of you to receive me

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without prior notice,
Miss Chapman.

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I intended to write, but finding
myself in the district,

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I thought to save time
and trouble.

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Don't apologize, Mr. Hewitt.
I'm not inconvenienced.

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- Won't you sit down?
- Thank you.

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I confess I'm somewhat intrigued

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to learn the purpose
of your visit.

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I see by your card
you're a private investigator.

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Yes, and I've been instructed
to contact you

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by Stubbins and Parsifal,
solicitors, Chancery Lane.

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As to the nature
of our business,

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I think we might come to that
very quickly

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if you'd be good enough
to afford me certain answers.

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[ Indistinct shouting, singing ]

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[ Wild laughter ]

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What are the questions,
Mr. Hewitt?

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- May I use this?
- Yes, of course.

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Thank you.

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You're
Miss Hester Caroline Chapman.

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Yes.

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Only child to the late
Reverend Horace Chapman

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of the vicarage in Nether Upton
and incumbent of that parish?

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Yes.

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My father passed away five years
ago, my mother soon after.

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HEWITT:
So, it follows, then,

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that you're also related in some
degree to Mr. Phineas Chapman?

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- [ Whooping ]
- My granduncle.

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[ Indistinct singing ]

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Uh...

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Yes, yes, that's right,
your -- your granduncle.

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I never actually met him.

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His name was never allowed
in the house.

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My father regarded him
as something of a libertine.

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He now lives in Australia,
I believe.

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No, I'm afraid not.

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In fact, his present whereabouts

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rather depend on the accuracy
of your father's assessment,

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as your granduncle died
six months ago.

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Oh, I see.

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I'm afraid I cannot pretend
sorrow for someone I never knew.

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Well, then your feelings
will be unmixed

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when I tell you
that he died a rich man

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and that you appear to be
his sole surviving heir.

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Ici, Cleo.

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Ici.

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[ Chuckles ]

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Bon app�tit, ma petite tortue.

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Ah.
Vous-avez faim, n'est-ce pas?

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Ooh, ho ho ho!

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Vous-avez tr�s faim, hein?

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[ Chuckles ]

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[ Wild laughter ]

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[ Sighs ]

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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[ Wild laughter ]

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Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!

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[ Thudding ]

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I think, if you'll excuse me,
I ought to see what's happening.

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CHAPMAN: That is hardly
necessary, Mr. Hewitt.

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It is a tenant
from the floor above

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descending to the floor below.

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He frequently does so
by sliding down the banisters.

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How very disturbing for you.

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Yes, and alarming.

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Mr. Rameau is a gentleman
of intemperate habits.

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He screams and howls
in unknown tongues.

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He falls asleep
on the staircase.

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Sometimes I'm afraid to pass.

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Once --

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[ Scoffs ]
It is quite intolerable.

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HEWITT: Has no one complained
to the landlord?

126
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We all have, several times.

127
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Mr. Styles is only interested
in his rents.

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And so long as Mr. Rameau
continues to pay his regularly,

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he cannot be prevailed upon
to give him notice.

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Well, then, Mr. Styles
is extremely inconsiderate.

131
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Um...well, I might be
of some assistance.

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As a private investigator,

133
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I have many friends
in the constabulary.

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Perhaps if I mentioned
the matter...

135
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You're very kind, Mr. Hewitt.

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What upsets me most
is the way he treats Mr. Goujon.

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The Frenchman downstairs.
Yes, we've already met.

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The landlord employs him
to do odd jobs.

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He's a quiet, gentle man,

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but I've seen him
almost driven to madness

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by Mr. Rameau
and his practical jokes.

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[ Laughing ]

143
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May I offer you tea?

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Oh, I think
I must take my leave now

145
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and report back
to Stubbins and Parsifal.

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It has been most pleasant
meeting you, Mr. Hewitt.

147
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Pleasant and I hope successful,

148
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since I shall be able to tell
lawyers

149
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that I've traced
their late client's grandniece.

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Do you know --

151
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That is, did the lawyers say
how much my granduncle left?

152
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Oh, I think Stubbins
and Parsifal

153
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would rather tell you that
themselves.

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But I've no doubt it'll provide
you with a decent annuity.

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I won't pretend
that I don't need it.

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A governess-companion has little
chance to put any savings aside.

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Mr. Hewitt,
do you do much business

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with the legal profession?

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Forgive my curiosity,

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but I've never before met
a private investigator.

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My field of inquiry
tends to be wide-ranging,

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but I must confess
my real interest

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lies with the darker side
of human activity.

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Not criminals, Mr. Hewitt?

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In particular, with murder.

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[ Clattering,
indistinct shouting ]

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[ Laughs wildly ]

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Cochon! Canaille!
You could have killed me!

169
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Look at the mess of me here!

170
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Cleo, you --

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[ French accent ] Here.
Buy yourself some soap!

172
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No, you take your money back
from where you got this!

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Voleur!

174
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What did you call me,
mon petit homme?!

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Voleur?!

176
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You would call Cesar Rameau
a thief, huh?!

177
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B�te d�goutant!

178
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I am the best man
of this place!

179
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No!

180
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Brother to the prime minister,

181
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g�n�ral en chef
to the pr�sident!

182
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Vive Son Excellence!
Domingue!

183
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Cleo?

184
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Aah!

185
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Elle -- Elle est morte!

186
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You -- You have killed my Cleo!

187
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You -- You assassin!

188
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What?

189
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You assassin!

190
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I will kill you!

191
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- Assassin!
- Help me, somebody!

192
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- I will kill you!
- Il est fou!

193
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Goujon! Steady, steady!

194
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You meurtrier!

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[ Crying ]

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Cleo. Cleo.

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

198
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Yes, thank you very much,
Mr. Hewitt.

199
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A drink is always acceptable
on a parky day.

200
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Yes, it is parky.
I quite agree.

201
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What will you have?

202
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I'll have a small port
and lemon, if I may.

203
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A port and lemon
for Inspector Nettings, Vera,

204
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and I'll have my usual.

205
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So, what do you think?

206
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Well, I don't see

207
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as how there's much to be said
about it, really.

208
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I can hardly charge the fellow
with murder,

209
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not when the victim is a turtle,
if you take my point.

210
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Oh, I do, indeed, but I'm afraid
you've missed mine.

211
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I reported the situation
to alert you to something

212
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which might eventually lead
to extreme violence.

213
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Oh, well, maybe.

214
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Maybe it would.
Maybe it wouldn't.

215
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The position is that Rameau is
terrorizing the whole building.

216
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Ah. Well, now, I thought,
according to your telling of it,

217
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it was your little
French chappie

218
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who was terrorizing Rameau.

219
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How much is that, Vera?

220
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That'll be fourpence
three-farthings.

221
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Thank you very much.

222
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Chasing him around
with a wood chopper.

223
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I suppose I could arrest him
for that.

224
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Goujon was provoked by the
callous slaughter of his pet.

225
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Mm, yes, the tortoise.

226
00:10:07,814 --> 00:10:10,264
Well,
I did look into the matter.

227
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Oh, I'm obliged to you,
Inspector.

228
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Item -- Mr. Cesar Rameau
has been fined several times

229
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for breaches of the peace.

230
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I believe I told you that.

231
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Possibly, possibly,

232
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but the Detective Department

233
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does not rely on hearsay,
Mr. Hewitt.

234
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Item -- Mr. Cesar Rameau
is not short of a bob or two.

235
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My inquiries
have not established

236
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the exact source of his income,

237
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but I have reason to believe
he sells things.

238
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What things?

239
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Articles of value -- jewelry.

240
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He's had dealings
with Trussgroves, you know,

241
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the West End jewelers.

242
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Oh, yes, he sold them
a quantity of trinkets

243
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for several hundred pound.

244
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Well, isn't that in itself
suspicious?

245
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I thought it might be,

246
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but none of the articles
was on the stolen list.

247
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So, the fellow can well afford

248
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to indulge his taste
for persecuting others.

249
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NETTINGS:
Well, he won't be persecuting

250
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your little French chap
much longer.

251
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The beat constable

252
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is on friendly terms
with the housemaid,

253
00:11:02,144 --> 00:11:04,387
and she says
that your Mr. Goujon

254
00:11:04,387 --> 00:11:05,561
is leaving next Saturday.

255
00:11:05,561 --> 00:11:07,528
He got a job with some relative
in France.

256
00:11:07,528 --> 00:11:08,529
Goujon's leaving?

257
00:11:08,529 --> 00:11:09,841
NETTINGS:
Mm.

258
00:11:09,841 --> 00:11:12,154
So you've no further need
to concern yourself.

259
00:11:12,154 --> 00:11:15,571
No. I'd feel happier if it was
Rameau who was leaving.

260
00:11:15,571 --> 00:11:19,817
Mm-hmm, but perhaps your real
concern is for some other party,

261
00:11:19,817 --> 00:11:21,473
if I may make so bold?

262
00:11:21,473 --> 00:11:25,581
I'm reliably informed
that you presented your card

263
00:11:25,581 --> 00:11:28,032
to a certain Miss Chapman --

264
00:11:28,032 --> 00:11:31,552
thank you --
who resides at the same address.

265
00:11:31,552 --> 00:11:35,142
I'm also informed that she is a
most pleasant and handsome lady.

266
00:11:37,213 --> 00:11:39,975
She is both.

267
00:11:39,975 --> 00:11:42,909
And our meeting
was by way of business.

268
00:11:42,909 --> 00:11:45,877
Mum's the word, Mr. Hewitt.

269
00:11:53,574 --> 00:11:55,749
CUTLER:
He's back again.

270
00:11:55,749 --> 00:11:57,130
Who's back, sir?

271
00:11:57,130 --> 00:12:00,685
That chap across the street --
colored fellow.

272
00:12:00,685 --> 00:12:04,965
He's been standing there
three or four times this week.

273
00:12:04,965 --> 00:12:09,073
Here, you have a look, Millie,
see if you know him.

274
00:12:09,073 --> 00:12:11,592
Know him?
I can't even see him.

275
00:12:11,592 --> 00:12:13,767
Oh, the other end, Millie.

276
00:12:13,767 --> 00:12:15,044
[ Chuckles ]

277
00:12:15,044 --> 00:12:16,943
I can't see anybody.

278
00:12:16,943 --> 00:12:20,532
Just across the street.
Here, let me.

279
00:12:21,568 --> 00:12:23,881
Well, that's funny.

280
00:12:23,881 --> 00:12:25,365
Hey. He's gone.

281
00:12:25,365 --> 00:12:26,642
Hmm!

282
00:12:26,642 --> 00:12:28,609
Black man, was he?

283
00:12:28,609 --> 00:12:31,198
Might be looking for old Rameau.

284
00:12:31,198 --> 00:12:32,337
[ Chuckles ]

285
00:12:32,337 --> 00:12:34,167
[ Knock on door ]

286
00:12:34,167 --> 00:12:37,653
Come to change your towels,
Mr. Rameau.

287
00:12:37,653 --> 00:12:39,310
[ Sighs ]

288
00:12:39,310 --> 00:12:42,002
[ Snoring ]

289
00:12:53,462 --> 00:12:54,532
Morning, Millie.

290
00:12:54,532 --> 00:12:55,705
Morning, Mr. Gowjin.

291
00:12:55,705 --> 00:12:57,017
Goujon, eh?

292
00:12:57,017 --> 00:12:58,812
How many more times
do I have to tell you?

293
00:12:58,812 --> 00:13:00,365
Goujon.

294
00:13:00,365 --> 00:13:02,712
Not many more, I'm sorry to say.
You're off tomorrow, anyhow.

295
00:13:02,712 --> 00:13:04,300
And I shall miss you, Millie,

296
00:13:04,300 --> 00:13:06,993
and the charming Miss Chapman
and the Captain Cutler, huh?

297
00:13:06,993 --> 00:13:08,477
But not that pig in there, huh?

298
00:13:08,477 --> 00:13:09,823
I am glad to be carrying

299
00:13:09,823 --> 00:13:11,756
the last scuttle of coals
for that one.

300
00:13:11,756 --> 00:13:13,516
Old Rameau --
just took his towels in.

301
00:13:13,516 --> 00:13:15,829
Very particular he is
about having clean towels.

302
00:13:15,829 --> 00:13:18,521
Wish he was this particular
about the state of his room.

303
00:13:18,521 --> 00:13:21,110
[ Groans lightly ]

304
00:13:23,319 --> 00:13:26,564
[ Sighs ]

305
00:13:26,564 --> 00:13:29,256
[ Tribal music plays ]

306
00:13:31,086 --> 00:13:33,053
[ Gasps ]

307
00:13:34,710 --> 00:13:36,160
Oh, well,
can't stand here talking.

308
00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:37,886
Old Styles will be around
for the rent,

309
00:13:37,886 --> 00:13:39,508
and I expect he'll do
a tour of inspection

310
00:13:39,508 --> 00:13:41,027
to see if I've done my work.

311
00:13:41,027 --> 00:13:42,856
Who put that in my room?!
Who pay you, huh?!

312
00:13:42,856 --> 00:13:44,754
M�chancet�! Wicked!

313
00:13:44,754 --> 00:13:46,066
What's he on about?!

314
00:13:46,066 --> 00:13:47,896
La poup�e, the doll,
la poup�e diabolique!

315
00:13:47,896 --> 00:13:50,622
Leave her alone, will you?!

316
00:13:50,622 --> 00:13:52,555
Clear, you!

317
00:13:52,555 --> 00:13:53,798
Ohh!

318
00:13:53,798 --> 00:13:56,525
Ohh. I will kill him.
I will.

319
00:13:56,525 --> 00:13:58,423
[ Tribal music plays ]

320
00:14:22,309 --> 00:14:24,035
Hello.

321
00:14:24,035 --> 00:14:27,487
Foreign vessel
returning to port,

322
00:14:27,487 --> 00:14:29,420
and with a cargo.

323
00:14:32,941 --> 00:14:35,805
Now, I wonder where he's been.

324
00:14:35,805 --> 00:14:38,325
[ Tribal music plays ]

325
00:15:06,250 --> 00:15:08,735
Yeah, but you can't take her
with you,

326
00:15:08,735 --> 00:15:10,495
not all the way to France.

327
00:15:10,495 --> 00:15:11,876
I mean, it's not decent.

328
00:15:11,876 --> 00:15:13,326
Where can I bury her?

329
00:15:13,326 --> 00:15:14,983
Well, they're digging up
the roads along at the corner.

330
00:15:14,983 --> 00:15:17,675
Maybe if you ask them.
God knows the hole's big enough.

331
00:15:17,675 --> 00:15:18,952
Eh? What's this, Millie,

332
00:15:18,952 --> 00:15:20,609
gossiping when you
should be working, eh?

333
00:15:20,609 --> 00:15:22,887
No, Mr. Styles, just popped in
to say cheerio to Mr. Gowjin.

334
00:15:22,887 --> 00:15:24,061
Goujon.

335
00:15:24,061 --> 00:15:25,614
That's right.
He's leaving today.

336
00:15:25,614 --> 00:15:27,443
Yeah, well aware of it.
Most inconvenient.

337
00:15:27,443 --> 00:15:28,548
Well, get about your business,
girl.

338
00:15:28,548 --> 00:15:29,859
I've been trying to.

339
00:15:29,859 --> 00:15:31,482
I've been up at Mr. Rameau's
three times

340
00:15:31,482 --> 00:15:32,932
to change the sheets,

341
00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:34,830
but I can't when he's laying
in bed, snoring his head off.

342
00:15:34,830 --> 00:15:36,521
STYLES: Then find something else
meantime.

343
00:15:36,521 --> 00:15:37,522
Change them later.

344
00:15:37,522 --> 00:15:39,110
Yes, Mr. Styles.

345
00:15:39,110 --> 00:15:40,594
Oh, goodbye, Mr. Gowjin and...

346
00:15:40,594 --> 00:15:41,595
- Goujon.
- ...good luck.

347
00:15:41,595 --> 00:15:43,977
Au revoir, Millie.

348
00:15:43,977 --> 00:15:47,705
Now, Goujon,
I won't give you a reference.

349
00:15:47,705 --> 00:15:50,018
Work not at all satisfactory.

350
00:15:50,018 --> 00:15:54,539
I'll give you your wages.
You give me a receipt, eh?

351
00:15:54,539 --> 00:15:56,334
Eh?

352
00:15:59,855 --> 00:16:02,133
[ Tribal music plays ]

353
00:16:11,384 --> 00:16:13,489
You up yet, Mr. Rameau?

354
00:16:13,489 --> 00:16:15,871
[ Sighs ]

355
00:16:15,871 --> 00:16:18,046
Oh, God, drunk again.

356
00:16:19,254 --> 00:16:20,980
[ Sighs ]

357
00:16:22,291 --> 00:16:24,155
[ Gasps ]

358
00:16:25,743 --> 00:16:26,986
[ Gasps ]

359
00:16:34,441 --> 00:16:35,856
[ Pounding on door ]

360
00:16:35,856 --> 00:16:37,858
It's Millie!
It's Millie!

361
00:16:42,242 --> 00:16:43,347
Millie!

362
00:16:43,347 --> 00:16:45,245
He's been done for!
God, he's been done for!

363
00:16:45,245 --> 00:16:47,213
Murder! Aah!

364
00:16:47,213 --> 00:16:49,525
[ Tribal music continues ]

365
00:16:56,981 --> 00:16:58,948
Oh, God, I won't go
into that room again.

366
00:16:58,948 --> 00:17:01,020
I don't want to see
his horrible, dead face.

367
00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:03,332
Compose yourself, Millie.
No one's asking you to go in.

368
00:17:03,332 --> 00:17:07,164
Well, it certainly looks
as if murder's been done.

369
00:17:07,164 --> 00:17:09,925
There's blood on the carpet
with a chopper beside it.

370
00:17:09,925 --> 00:17:11,685
There's just one thing missing.

371
00:17:11,685 --> 00:17:12,859
And what's that?

372
00:17:20,901 --> 00:17:23,421
Well, where's the body?

373
00:17:36,607 --> 00:17:37,953
And how long would you say

374
00:17:37,953 --> 00:17:39,506
the maidservant was unconscious,
Miss Chapman?

375
00:17:39,506 --> 00:17:40,818
[ Sighs ]

376
00:17:40,818 --> 00:17:42,095
Well, about 10 minutes,
I should think.

377
00:17:42,095 --> 00:17:43,855
But then she had hysterics
for another 5.

378
00:17:43,855 --> 00:17:45,305
I suppose it was 15 minutes

379
00:17:45,305 --> 00:17:47,273
before we managed to get
out of her what had happened.

380
00:17:47,273 --> 00:17:49,344
Your constable
just happened to be passing by.

381
00:17:49,344 --> 00:17:50,621
Yes, yes.

382
00:17:50,621 --> 00:17:53,589
You teach languages, I'm told.

383
00:17:53,589 --> 00:17:55,660
Amongst other things, yes.

384
00:17:55,660 --> 00:17:57,490
I found this lying on the floor.

385
00:17:57,490 --> 00:17:58,870
My French is a bit rusty.

386
00:17:58,870 --> 00:18:01,218
I wonder if you'd mind
translating it for me.

387
00:18:02,046 --> 00:18:04,152
Yes, of course.

388
00:18:07,362 --> 00:18:10,365
"Punished by an avenger
of the tortoise."

389
00:18:10,365 --> 00:18:11,676
Yes. Thank you.

390
00:18:11,676 --> 00:18:12,919
[ Chuckles ]

391
00:18:12,919 --> 00:18:14,852
Must have been very fond
of that pet.

392
00:18:16,302 --> 00:18:18,338
Pet.

393
00:18:18,338 --> 00:18:20,202
Oh, no!

394
00:18:20,202 --> 00:18:21,928
It can't mean that, not Goujon.

395
00:18:21,928 --> 00:18:24,068
Who else, miss?
Obvious, isn't it?

396
00:18:34,699 --> 00:18:36,080
[ Knock on door ]

397
00:18:41,603 --> 00:18:43,536
It was good of you to come
so quickly, Mr. Hewitt.

398
00:18:43,536 --> 00:18:45,538
Well, your note did contain
a sense of urgency,

399
00:18:45,538 --> 00:18:47,022
and from what Millie's told me,

400
00:18:47,022 --> 00:18:48,437
I gather it's something to do
with today's events.

401
00:18:48,437 --> 00:18:49,818
Yes.

402
00:18:49,818 --> 00:18:53,097
I believe the man to be charged
with the murder innocent,

403
00:18:53,097 --> 00:18:55,237
no matter what
Inspector Nettings says.

404
00:18:55,237 --> 00:18:58,344
Nettings? He's in charge
of the investigation?

405
00:18:58,344 --> 00:19:00,173
- Do you know him?
- We're acquainted.

406
00:19:00,173 --> 00:19:01,933
I'm sure
he's a very worthy officer.

407
00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:03,728
It's just he strikes me
as being ra--

408
00:19:03,728 --> 00:19:06,248
I've heard the opinion expressed
that Inspector Nettings

409
00:19:06,248 --> 00:19:08,216
couldn't find an omnibus
in Oxford Street,

410
00:19:08,216 --> 00:19:10,390
but I don't share that opinion.

411
00:19:10,390 --> 00:19:11,874
On the other hand,

412
00:19:11,874 --> 00:19:14,118
I'm not convinced he could find
the one he was looking for,

413
00:19:14,118 --> 00:19:16,741
as he tends to look little
beyond the obvious.

414
00:19:16,741 --> 00:19:18,605
CHAPMAN:
Mr. Hewitt,

415
00:19:18,605 --> 00:19:20,055
you said last time we met

416
00:19:20,055 --> 00:19:22,506
that you sometimes undertook
criminal investigations.

417
00:19:22,506 --> 00:19:25,094
When the circumstances
interest me, yes.

418
00:19:25,094 --> 00:19:26,475
I should like to engage
your professional services

419
00:19:26,475 --> 00:19:27,683
in this matter.

420
00:19:27,683 --> 00:19:29,754
Well, you may uncover
some piece of evidence

421
00:19:29,754 --> 00:19:31,825
which could prove
Goujon innocent.

422
00:19:31,825 --> 00:19:33,344
May I ask the reason
for your concern?

423
00:19:36,002 --> 00:19:38,487
As you know,
my expectations from the will

424
00:19:38,487 --> 00:19:40,144
have been fully realized.

425
00:19:40,144 --> 00:19:41,870
I feel I should like to share
my good fortune

426
00:19:41,870 --> 00:19:43,561
with someone in need,

427
00:19:43,561 --> 00:19:45,563
and I did like Mr. Goujon.

428
00:19:45,563 --> 00:19:47,358
Your feelings do you
great credit, Miss Chapman.

429
00:19:47,358 --> 00:19:48,842
Will you undertake
the commission?

430
00:19:59,232 --> 00:20:00,268
Well...

431
00:20:00,268 --> 00:20:02,787
[ Chuckles ]
Well, it's Mr. Hewitt.

432
00:20:02,787 --> 00:20:04,686
It would seem
you've got your murder.

433
00:20:04,686 --> 00:20:07,378
So I've been told, Inspector.

434
00:20:08,621 --> 00:20:09,829
Do you mind if I look around?

435
00:20:09,829 --> 00:20:11,175
By all means.

436
00:20:11,175 --> 00:20:13,212
Perhaps you can spot something
I've overlooked,

437
00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:16,145
though it's not a case
there can be much doubt about.

438
00:20:16,145 --> 00:20:18,596
You think it's Goujon,
don't you?

439
00:20:18,596 --> 00:20:21,289
Think?
Well, rather.

440
00:20:21,289 --> 00:20:24,188
Look at this.

441
00:20:24,188 --> 00:20:26,017
Settles the matter, doesn't it?

442
00:20:26,017 --> 00:20:28,019
"Puni par un vengeur
de la tortue" --

443
00:20:28,019 --> 00:20:30,194
"Punished by an avenger
of the tortoise."

444
00:20:30,194 --> 00:20:31,506
Well, that sounds odd.

445
00:20:31,506 --> 00:20:33,024
There's a pinhole here.

446
00:20:33,024 --> 00:20:35,268
Yes, I did notice it.
Pinned to the body, most like.

447
00:20:35,268 --> 00:20:36,407
[ Sniffs ]

448
00:20:36,407 --> 00:20:37,857
The murder weapon?

449
00:20:37,857 --> 00:20:41,895
A wood chopper -- Goujon's --
killed him on impulse with this.

450
00:20:41,895 --> 00:20:43,000
Well, hardly on impulse.

451
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,795
As you'll have noticed,

452
00:20:44,795 --> 00:20:47,798
the ink and notepaper
don't match those in this room.

453
00:20:47,798 --> 00:20:49,351
So it follows, therefore,

454
00:20:49,351 --> 00:20:51,180
that the murderer must have
prepared the note elsewhere,

455
00:20:51,180 --> 00:20:52,354
before committing the murder.

456
00:20:52,354 --> 00:20:53,597
Or after.

457
00:20:53,597 --> 00:20:54,770
Yes, possibly.

458
00:20:54,770 --> 00:20:57,014
Why do you think
Goujon removed the body?

459
00:20:57,014 --> 00:20:59,430
Oh, well, he just had
second thoughts, that's all,

460
00:20:59,430 --> 00:21:01,984
and the noted dropped off
while he was doing it.

461
00:21:01,984 --> 00:21:03,296
Have you compared this

462
00:21:03,296 --> 00:21:04,918
with other specimens
of Goujon's handwriting?

463
00:21:04,918 --> 00:21:06,748
Yes, I did think of it, but
there isn't a specimen to hand.

464
00:21:06,748 --> 00:21:08,232
Anyway,
it's not all that important.

465
00:21:08,232 --> 00:21:10,717
There it is --
"avenger of the tortoise,"

466
00:21:10,717 --> 00:21:11,960
and in the man's own language.

467
00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:13,306
That tells everything.

468
00:21:13,306 --> 00:21:15,791
And besides, handwritings
are easily disguised.

469
00:21:15,791 --> 00:21:18,000
It may not be Goujon, you know.

470
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,899
Come, come, Mr. Hewitt.

471
00:21:19,899 --> 00:21:22,004
The facts are as plain
as the nose on your face.

472
00:21:22,004 --> 00:21:23,351
Who else could it be?

473
00:21:23,351 --> 00:21:25,456
Oh, that's a question
I'd have to...think about

474
00:21:25,456 --> 00:21:27,009
before answering.

475
00:21:27,009 --> 00:21:28,459
But to begin with,

476
00:21:28,459 --> 00:21:30,150
how do you suppose the murderer
got the body away?

477
00:21:30,150 --> 00:21:35,259
Step this way, Mr. Hewitt,
and I'll enlighten you.

478
00:21:41,783 --> 00:21:44,441
That's how.
Easy as winking.

479
00:21:44,441 --> 00:21:47,409
There's a lift door
on each floor,

480
00:21:47,409 --> 00:21:49,825
and all these basements
communicate, one with another.

481
00:21:49,825 --> 00:21:51,344
No one saw him leave?

482
00:21:51,344 --> 00:21:54,243
No. No, I've made
particular inquiries.

483
00:21:54,243 --> 00:21:57,764
No news, Inspector, eh?
Found out nothing else, eh?

484
00:21:57,764 --> 00:21:59,041
We are pursuing our inquiries,
sir.

485
00:21:59,041 --> 00:22:01,354
Terrible thing for my property,
terrible.

486
00:22:01,354 --> 00:22:04,357
It comes of having to do with
these bloodthirsty foreigners.

487
00:22:04,357 --> 00:22:06,428
Mustn't waste time, Inspector.
Mustn't hang about here.

488
00:22:06,428 --> 00:22:09,362
Should be out and about, hunting
high and low for the malefactor.

489
00:22:09,362 --> 00:22:10,674
With respect, sir,

490
00:22:10,674 --> 00:22:12,952
I am conducting an investigation
as to his whereabouts.

491
00:22:12,952 --> 00:22:15,437
Well, it doesn't take
two of you, surely.

492
00:22:15,437 --> 00:22:16,714
This gentleman

493
00:22:16,714 --> 00:22:18,371
is not attached to the
Detective Department, sir,

494
00:22:18,371 --> 00:22:20,684
nor, for that matter,
to the constabulary.

495
00:22:20,684 --> 00:22:21,926
Allow me to introduce myself.

496
00:22:21,926 --> 00:22:23,376
Martin Hewitt,
private investigator.

497
00:22:23,376 --> 00:22:24,481
Ah, private, eh?

498
00:22:24,481 --> 00:22:26,517
Usual story, I suppose --
police baffled.

499
00:22:26,517 --> 00:22:28,899
[ Clicks tongue ]
Sorry state of affairs, eh?

500
00:22:28,899 --> 00:22:31,902
I am far from being baffled,
Mr. Styles!

501
00:22:31,902 --> 00:22:35,492
STYLES:
Well, it must be Goujon.

502
00:22:35,492 --> 00:22:37,045
But look around if you like,

503
00:22:37,045 --> 00:22:39,392
and if you see anything
likely to serve my interests,

504
00:22:39,392 --> 00:22:40,807
well, tell me.

505
00:22:40,807 --> 00:22:43,603
Did you manage to get a specimen
of Goujon's handwriting, sir?

506
00:22:43,603 --> 00:22:46,019
- Oh, yes, yes, I have it here.
- Oh, good.

507
00:22:46,019 --> 00:22:47,711
Receipt for his wages.

508
00:22:47,711 --> 00:22:48,712
Let me see.

509
00:22:48,712 --> 00:22:50,230
There's his signature.

510
00:22:50,230 --> 00:22:51,404
Mm-hmm.

511
00:22:51,404 --> 00:22:53,233
The handwriting appears to be
quite different.

512
00:22:53,233 --> 00:22:54,303
[ Chuckles ]

513
00:22:54,303 --> 00:22:56,133
Disguised, Mr. Hewitt,
as I said.

514
00:22:56,133 --> 00:22:59,136
Tell me, Mr. Styles,
what was your opinion of Rameau?

515
00:22:59,136 --> 00:23:01,241
Rameau? Well,
he paid his rent regularly,

516
00:23:01,241 --> 00:23:03,105
came here
on a banker's reference --

517
00:23:03,105 --> 00:23:04,866
St. Martin's, Chandos Street --

518
00:23:04,866 --> 00:23:06,177
man of substance.

519
00:23:06,177 --> 00:23:09,249
Well, let me know
what you find out, Hewitt.

520
00:23:09,249 --> 00:23:13,288
Then I'll think about
hiring you. Good day.

521
00:23:13,288 --> 00:23:15,566
NETTINGS: Likes to see what
he's getting, does Mr. Styles.

522
00:23:15,566 --> 00:23:16,774
[ Chuckles ]

523
00:23:16,774 --> 00:23:18,604
Let him know what you find out.

524
00:23:18,604 --> 00:23:20,433
Nothing else to find out,
is there?

525
00:23:20,433 --> 00:23:22,539
Perhaps not.

526
00:23:22,539 --> 00:23:24,920
But we must make the effort.

527
00:23:25,783 --> 00:23:27,267
A splendid vessel, Captain.

528
00:23:27,267 --> 00:23:29,546
You must have been very proud
of her.

529
00:23:29,546 --> 00:23:30,616
[ Laughing ]
Yes!

530
00:23:30,616 --> 00:23:31,962
The <i>Oriana.</i>

531
00:23:31,962 --> 00:23:33,584
I suppose I've been
around the Horn in her

532
00:23:33,584 --> 00:23:35,414
more times than you've walked
down the Mall.

533
00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:36,449
[ Both laugh ]

534
00:23:36,449 --> 00:23:38,278
Well,
the sun's over the yardarm.

535
00:23:38,278 --> 00:23:40,453
Will you care for a tot,
Mr. Hewitt?

536
00:23:40,453 --> 00:23:41,627
Oh, no, thank you.

537
00:23:41,627 --> 00:23:43,456
I shall need all my wits
about me on this case.

538
00:23:43,456 --> 00:23:44,595
Mm.

539
00:23:44,595 --> 00:23:47,253
It wasn't Goujon, you know.

540
00:23:47,253 --> 00:23:50,290
He's a decent little fellow.
Wouldn't hear him hurt a fly.

541
00:23:50,290 --> 00:23:51,844
Yes, that seems to be
the general impression

542
00:23:51,844 --> 00:23:53,397
of his character.

543
00:23:53,397 --> 00:23:55,123
Perhaps you have some thoughts
on who did kill Rameau.

544
00:23:55,123 --> 00:23:56,400
I told the inspector,
but he wouldn't listen.

545
00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:57,643
[ Chuckles ]

546
00:23:57,643 --> 00:23:59,472
No, it was that chap
who has been hanging around

547
00:23:59,472 --> 00:24:00,784
for the past week,

548
00:24:00,784 --> 00:24:03,718
about the same size and build
as Rameau.

549
00:24:03,718 --> 00:24:05,098
I thought it was Rameau
at first.

550
00:24:05,098 --> 00:24:08,136
You thought --
Then the stranger was a Negro?

551
00:24:08,136 --> 00:24:09,206
Hmm?

552
00:24:09,206 --> 00:24:12,002
Oh, didn't I say?
Yes, he was.

553
00:24:12,002 --> 00:24:17,317
Yes, he was there Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

554
00:24:17,317 --> 00:24:19,250
I put all the times down
in the log, too.

555
00:24:19,250 --> 00:24:20,976
- You keep a log?
- [ Laughs ]

556
00:24:20,976 --> 00:24:23,496
Habit, Mr. Hewitt, habit.
Been doing it for years.

557
00:24:23,496 --> 00:24:25,533
Yes, it's all down there,
the times I saw him.

558
00:24:25,533 --> 00:24:29,433
Yes, he'd stand staring up
at Rameau's room for hours.

559
00:24:29,433 --> 00:24:31,504
It's possible
he was some compatriot?

560
00:24:31,504 --> 00:24:32,643
No doubt of it.

561
00:24:32,643 --> 00:24:33,851
Yes, the first time I saw him,

562
00:24:33,851 --> 00:24:35,577
I thought he was looking
for Rameau.

563
00:24:35,577 --> 00:24:37,683
So, I asked Rameau later on if
he was expecting any visitors.

564
00:24:37,683 --> 00:24:38,684
And what did he say?

565
00:24:38,684 --> 00:24:40,133
Not a word.

566
00:24:40,133 --> 00:24:42,929
Just stood staring at me
with his mouth gaping open.

567
00:24:42,929 --> 00:24:46,174
Then he bolted upstairs, and I
heard the key turn in his lock.

568
00:24:46,174 --> 00:24:49,488
Now, that was before
the business with the doll,

569
00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:51,041
of course, the voodoo doll.

570
00:24:51,041 --> 00:24:52,767
He accused young Millie

571
00:24:52,767 --> 00:24:55,252
of planting it in his room,
you know.

572
00:24:55,252 --> 00:24:57,772
So, Rameau was
from the West Indies?

573
00:24:57,772 --> 00:24:59,325
Yes, you know the --

574
00:24:59,325 --> 00:25:00,464
Here, now.

575
00:25:00,464 --> 00:25:02,017
I have a chart here.

576
00:25:02,017 --> 00:25:03,502
[ Clears throat ]

577
00:25:05,780 --> 00:25:10,060
Now, this is the Caribbean here,
the West Indies.

578
00:25:10,060 --> 00:25:13,339
And just down here, past
the Caicos bank is Hispaniola.

579
00:25:13,339 --> 00:25:15,997
That's the biggest island
of the lot, barring Cuba.

580
00:25:15,997 --> 00:25:18,620
- And this bit here is Haiti.
- The Black republic.

581
00:25:18,620 --> 00:25:19,621
CUTLER:
You've been there?

582
00:25:19,621 --> 00:25:20,933
No, but I've heard the country

583
00:25:20,933 --> 00:25:22,797
is in a degenerate state
of extreme savagery.

584
00:25:22,797 --> 00:25:24,074
CUTLER:
And you've heard right.

585
00:25:24,074 --> 00:25:25,385
Never put into Port-au-Prince

586
00:25:25,385 --> 00:25:26,628
when they've got a rebellion
on the way.

587
00:25:26,628 --> 00:25:27,974
You'd be lucky to get out alive.

588
00:25:27,974 --> 00:25:29,493
Well, I shall certainly remember
your advice,

589
00:25:29,493 --> 00:25:31,564
though Haiti is not
on my immediate itinerary.

590
00:25:31,564 --> 00:25:32,738
Very wise, Mr. Hewitt.

591
00:25:32,738 --> 00:25:34,705
Tell me about the voodoo doll,
Captain.

592
00:25:34,705 --> 00:25:37,328
Well, it's...
[ Chuckles ]

593
00:25:37,328 --> 00:25:39,434
I'll tell you this,

594
00:25:39,434 --> 00:25:42,161
anybody that gets one
hasn't got long to live.

595
00:25:47,476 --> 00:25:49,409
You wanted to see me, sir?

596
00:25:49,409 --> 00:25:50,721
Yes, my lady.

597
00:25:50,721 --> 00:25:53,586
I understand it was you
who found Mr. Rameau's body.

598
00:25:53,586 --> 00:25:54,829
Why did you come to his room?

599
00:25:54,829 --> 00:25:55,830
I come to change the bedding,
didn't I?

600
00:25:55,830 --> 00:25:57,038
Not his towels?

601
00:25:57,038 --> 00:25:58,522
No, I changed them
the day before.

602
00:25:58,522 --> 00:26:00,489
Because there aren't any
in the bedroom. Are you sure?

603
00:26:00,489 --> 00:26:02,526
I remember particular
'cause one had a hole in it,

604
00:26:02,526 --> 00:26:04,079
and I thought,

605
00:26:04,079 --> 00:26:06,219
"Hello, old Styles is gonna have
to dip his hands in his pocket."

606
00:26:06,219 --> 00:26:07,945
And did you change
the bed linen?

607
00:26:07,945 --> 00:26:09,602
How could I when he was laying
in the bed?

608
00:26:09,602 --> 00:26:10,810
Three times I come up,

609
00:26:10,810 --> 00:26:12,329
and he was always laying there,
snoring.

610
00:26:12,329 --> 00:26:13,951
When was the last time
you saw him alive?

611
00:26:13,951 --> 00:26:16,678
MILLIE: Be about half past 1:00,
I'd say, sir.

612
00:26:16,678 --> 00:26:18,853
I guessed from the appearance
of Mr. Rameau's bedroom

613
00:26:18,853 --> 00:26:20,302
that he wasn't a creature
of tidy habits.

614
00:26:20,302 --> 00:26:21,821
MILLIE: Him?
He gave me more work

615
00:26:21,821 --> 00:26:23,271
than all the other tenants
put together.

616
00:26:23,271 --> 00:26:24,893
I was never done putting
his clothes away.

617
00:26:24,893 --> 00:26:26,550
Yes, I can well imagine.

618
00:26:26,550 --> 00:26:28,966
Yet his wardrobe appears to be
rather extensive.

619
00:26:28,966 --> 00:26:30,899
MILLIE: Oh, always buying
new clothes, he was.

620
00:26:30,899 --> 00:26:32,660
Some of them he hardly wore
more than once,

621
00:26:32,660 --> 00:26:34,593
except for that funny jacket
of his, the one with the medals.

622
00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:36,180
HEWITT:
Yes.

623
00:26:36,180 --> 00:26:39,252
It seems odd, in view of the
rigors of the English climate,

624
00:26:39,252 --> 00:26:40,806
that he never saw fit to buy
an overcoat.

625
00:26:40,806 --> 00:26:42,601
MILLIE: Oh, he had one, all
right, one of them ulsters,

626
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:44,050
and he used to go about

627
00:26:44,050 --> 00:26:46,087
with the collar turned up
when the weather got parky.

628
00:26:46,087 --> 00:26:49,469
There's nothing of that
description in the wardrobe.

629
00:26:49,469 --> 00:26:52,058
Will that be all, sir?

630
00:26:52,058 --> 00:26:54,509
Not quite, no, no, no.
Tell me about this doll.

631
00:26:54,509 --> 00:26:57,685
[ Tribal music plays ]

632
00:26:57,685 --> 00:26:59,410
Not your taste, Mr. Hewitt.

633
00:26:59,410 --> 00:27:01,654
Well, I admire
the craftsmanship,

634
00:27:01,654 --> 00:27:04,208
but, no, I don't think
I'd like to have it

635
00:27:04,208 --> 00:27:06,797
staring back at me
from above the mantelpiece.

636
00:27:06,797 --> 00:27:07,798
[ Chuckles ]

637
00:27:07,798 --> 00:27:09,351
I have no such qualms.

638
00:27:09,351 --> 00:27:11,630
I am protected.

639
00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:14,253
There is little of the occult
or supernatural

640
00:27:14,253 --> 00:27:16,807
which is not contained
within my collection.

641
00:27:16,807 --> 00:27:18,257
I am protected by knowledge.

642
00:27:18,257 --> 00:27:20,604
By the knowledge
that it is all superstition?

643
00:27:20,604 --> 00:27:23,158
The truth is what we believe
to be true,

644
00:27:23,158 --> 00:27:25,195
but I will forgive
the skepticism

645
00:27:25,195 --> 00:27:27,024
of an old and valued customer.

646
00:27:27,024 --> 00:27:28,854
What brings you here today,
Mr. Hewitt?

647
00:27:28,854 --> 00:27:30,441
This.

648
00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:37,517
This was sent to you?

649
00:27:37,517 --> 00:27:40,555
HEWITT: No, to someone else.
I found it in his room.

650
00:27:40,555 --> 00:27:41,970
I'm relieved to hear it.

651
00:27:41,970 --> 00:27:43,662
Be rid of it, Mr. Hewitt.

652
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:46,112
Well, I think I'd like to know
a little more about it first.

653
00:27:46,112 --> 00:27:47,942
PERROQUET: It belongs
to the cult of voodoo,

654
00:27:47,942 --> 00:27:49,840
and the voodoo doll
carries evil and death.

655
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:51,566
Would you care to examine it?

656
00:27:51,566 --> 00:27:52,774
Oh, come, come.

657
00:27:52,774 --> 00:27:55,052
You said your knowledge
was your shield.

658
00:27:55,052 --> 00:27:59,263
My knowledge of Obeah
or candomble or macumba,

659
00:27:59,263 --> 00:28:02,819
but voodoo -- with that,
I am less familiar.

660
00:28:04,959 --> 00:28:06,961
I have seen the like before,
of course.

661
00:28:06,961 --> 00:28:08,410
Oh? Where?

662
00:28:08,410 --> 00:28:10,447
In Haiti. That is where the cult
is at its strongest.

663
00:28:10,447 --> 00:28:11,828
You've been there.

664
00:28:11,828 --> 00:28:14,347
I have traveled extensively
in pursuit of my knowledge.

665
00:28:14,347 --> 00:28:17,350
Yes, men have been known
to die of fear

666
00:28:17,350 --> 00:28:20,871
after receiving one of
these accursed things.

667
00:28:20,871 --> 00:28:22,597
HEWITT:
Can the curse be removed?

668
00:28:22,597 --> 00:28:23,943
By the priest who placed it

669
00:28:23,943 --> 00:28:25,911
or by someone who understands
the mysteries.

670
00:28:25,911 --> 00:28:27,913
How did you come by
this abomination?

671
00:28:27,913 --> 00:28:30,294
It was sent to a man
called Rameau, Cesar Rameau.

672
00:28:30,294 --> 00:28:31,502
Rameau?

673
00:28:31,502 --> 00:28:32,434
You know the name?

674
00:28:32,434 --> 00:28:35,023
Perhaps.

675
00:28:35,023 --> 00:28:36,922
I believe
that I've heard it before.

676
00:28:36,922 --> 00:28:40,891
If you can recollect when,
I'd be grateful.

677
00:28:40,891 --> 00:28:43,169
It was just a bad dream, Millie.

678
00:28:43,169 --> 00:28:45,862
There are no such things
as ghosts.

679
00:28:45,862 --> 00:28:47,346
Cross my heart and hope to die,
mum.

680
00:28:47,346 --> 00:28:48,381
God, I nearly did.

681
00:28:48,381 --> 00:28:50,521
Old Rameau's come back
to haunt us.

682
00:28:50,521 --> 00:28:52,006
I heard him moving about.

683
00:28:52,006 --> 00:28:53,283
What did you hear?

684
00:28:53,283 --> 00:28:54,871
Well, I was lying in my bed,

685
00:28:54,871 --> 00:28:57,287
and I heard this noise from the
room below -- old Rameau's room.

686
00:28:57,287 --> 00:29:00,014
So, I gets up and puts my ear
to the floorboards,

687
00:29:00,014 --> 00:29:01,774
and there he is,
banging about and thumping.

688
00:29:01,774 --> 00:29:03,224
Sheer imagination, Millie.

689
00:29:03,224 --> 00:29:05,640
That room is above this one,
and I heard nothing.

690
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,262
But you was asleep.

691
00:29:07,262 --> 00:29:10,231
Millie, please go back to bed
and forget all this nonsense.

692
00:29:10,231 --> 00:29:12,026
[ Clattering ]

693
00:29:13,234 --> 00:29:16,685
Ah, Inspector, my housekeeper
said you were here.

694
00:29:16,685 --> 00:29:18,066
I've been making several calls.

695
00:29:18,066 --> 00:29:19,930
I hope I haven't
kept you waiting.

696
00:29:19,930 --> 00:29:21,863
Not long, Mr. Hewitt, no.

697
00:29:21,863 --> 00:29:23,934
And to what do I owe
the pleasure?

698
00:29:23,934 --> 00:29:26,109
I just thought you'd like
to know we've got Goujon.

699
00:29:26,109 --> 00:29:28,076
Picked him up at Newhaven
on his way to Dieppe.

700
00:29:28,076 --> 00:29:31,321
Oh. You are to be congratulated
on your efficiency.

701
00:29:31,321 --> 00:29:34,289
Am I?
He's got an alibi.

702
00:29:34,289 --> 00:29:37,603
Rameau was last seen alive by
the housemaid at half past 1:00.

703
00:29:37,603 --> 00:29:39,501
Then she found him dead at 3:00.

704
00:29:39,501 --> 00:29:40,744
Goujon's got two friends.

705
00:29:40,744 --> 00:29:41,918
All swear he was with them

706
00:29:41,918 --> 00:29:44,713
from 12:00 till 4:00
in the afternoon.

707
00:29:44,713 --> 00:29:46,750
And you're satisfied
they're telling you the truth?

708
00:29:46,750 --> 00:29:48,096
I suppose so.

709
00:29:48,096 --> 00:29:50,202
Men of good character,
both local costermongers.

710
00:29:50,202 --> 00:29:52,169
It seems one of them offered
to wheel Goujon's trunk

711
00:29:52,169 --> 00:29:53,688
down to the station
on his barrow.

712
00:29:53,688 --> 00:29:54,827
Then they had a few drinks
together

713
00:29:54,827 --> 00:29:55,828
by way of seeing him off.

714
00:29:55,828 --> 00:29:57,002
Which I take it they did.

715
00:29:57,002 --> 00:29:59,314
Right on to the blessed train,

716
00:29:59,314 --> 00:30:01,247
after which they stood there
on the platform,

717
00:30:01,247 --> 00:30:03,802
a-waving of their handkerchiefs
till it was out of sight.

718
00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:07,115
How very fortunate
for Mr. Goujon.

719
00:30:15,468 --> 00:30:18,471
Oh, let's leave
his poor, demented soul.

720
00:30:18,471 --> 00:30:20,853
[ Tribal music playing ]

721
00:30:49,917 --> 00:30:53,127
Cor!
Somebody's been here!

722
00:30:53,127 --> 00:30:54,266
- Aah!
- Shh!

723
00:30:58,339 --> 00:30:59,443
[ Rumbling ]

724
00:31:01,273 --> 00:31:03,482
To be plain, Mr. Hewitt,
I've come here to get a hint

725
00:31:03,482 --> 00:31:05,656
of where I might look
for the murderer.

726
00:31:05,656 --> 00:31:07,003
Can't say I've thought much

727
00:31:07,003 --> 00:31:08,556
about the Negro
who was seen hanging around.

728
00:31:08,556 --> 00:31:10,351
Well, I think the presence
of the Negro

729
00:31:10,351 --> 00:31:12,146
might be the key
to the whole mystery.

730
00:31:13,699 --> 00:31:15,252
The West Indies, Inspector.

731
00:31:15,252 --> 00:31:17,047
Now, look at them carefully.

732
00:31:17,047 --> 00:31:19,360
Ah, very interesting,
Mr. Hewitt,

733
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,258
but I haven't got time
for a geography lesson.

734
00:31:21,258 --> 00:31:23,295
Well, I think you might profit
from this one.

735
00:31:23,295 --> 00:31:27,368
Haiti, which is there, is in
a perpetual state of turmoil.

736
00:31:27,368 --> 00:31:29,163
There are revolutions
all the time.

737
00:31:29,163 --> 00:31:31,475
President after president
of the vilest sort

738
00:31:31,475 --> 00:31:32,891
forces his way into power

739
00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:34,789
and commits the most horrible

740
00:31:34,789 --> 00:31:37,171
and bloodthirsty excesses
to retain it.

741
00:31:38,655 --> 00:31:41,002
Whole families --
men, women, and children --

742
00:31:41,002 --> 00:31:43,177
are murdered at the instance
of these ruffians.

743
00:31:43,177 --> 00:31:44,488
Mm. Shocking, I'm sure,

744
00:31:44,488 --> 00:31:46,697
but no more than I'd expect
from foreigners.

745
00:31:46,697 --> 00:31:48,044
It's the murder I've got
that worries me.

746
00:31:48,044 --> 00:31:50,080
Well, I think there may be
a connection,

747
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,013
as I have today made
certain inquiries

748
00:31:52,013 --> 00:31:54,326
of an acquaintance
who knows the Caribbean.

749
00:31:54,326 --> 00:31:56,845
And he tells me that the
very worst of these presidents

750
00:31:56,845 --> 00:31:59,193
in recent times was Domingue.

751
00:32:00,953 --> 00:32:02,610
You may have heard of him.
He was quite notorious.

752
00:32:02,610 --> 00:32:06,752
No, I can't say I find
the name familiar.

753
00:32:06,752 --> 00:32:08,823
Oh, he committed
the cruelest bloodshed.

754
00:32:08,823 --> 00:32:10,480
Many of his opponents
sought refuge

755
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,000
on a small island lying
just to the north of Haiti.

756
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:17,142
But they were sought out
and almost exterminated.

757
00:32:17,142 --> 00:32:20,076
No, no, no, no, no,
this island here.

758
00:32:20,076 --> 00:32:23,182
Now, Inspector,
what is its name?

759
00:32:24,666 --> 00:32:25,667
NETTINGS:
"Torchiga."

760
00:32:25,667 --> 00:32:27,048
HEWITT:
Tortuga.

761
00:32:27,048 --> 00:32:30,983
However, that's only
its old Spanish name.

762
00:32:30,983 --> 00:32:33,641
The Haitians speak French,
Creole French.

763
00:32:33,641 --> 00:32:35,436
They don't call it Tortuga.

764
00:32:35,436 --> 00:32:37,886
- What do they call it?
- La Tortue.

765
00:32:37,886 --> 00:32:39,819
Oh, La Tortue.

766
00:32:39,819 --> 00:32:42,132
Blimey!
The tortoise!

767
00:32:42,132 --> 00:32:45,032
Precisely. "La tortue"
is French for "the tortoise."

768
00:32:45,032 --> 00:32:47,931
Now do you see the drift
of that paper you found?

769
00:32:47,931 --> 00:32:50,969
Punished by an avenger of,
or from,

770
00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:53,178
La Tortue, or The Tortoise!

771
00:32:53,178 --> 00:32:56,008
The dead man had something to do
with these massacres,

772
00:32:56,008 --> 00:32:58,183
and somebody from that island
is avenging it!

773
00:32:58,183 --> 00:33:00,633
I declare, Mr. Hewitt, this is
a most extraordinary thing!

774
00:33:00,633 --> 00:33:03,636
Now, listen -- the name
of Domingue's nephew,

775
00:33:03,636 --> 00:33:05,362
who was chief minister, was...

776
00:33:07,019 --> 00:33:09,263
- Rameau?
- Septimus Rameau.

777
00:33:09,263 --> 00:33:13,060
Cesar Rameau was, in all
probability, his brother.

778
00:33:13,888 --> 00:33:15,855
So, Inspector,
what do you say now?

779
00:33:15,855 --> 00:33:18,444
Well, there's not much
I can say.

780
00:33:18,444 --> 00:33:20,688
I just took it for granted
the note referred

781
00:33:20,688 --> 00:33:22,517
to that wretched tortoise
in the basement.

782
00:33:22,517 --> 00:33:24,657
HEWITT:
Yes.

783
00:33:24,657 --> 00:33:27,143
I also called at Rameau's bank.

784
00:33:27,143 --> 00:33:28,903
It seems that Rameau
called there

785
00:33:28,903 --> 00:33:30,318
the day before he was attacked

786
00:33:30,318 --> 00:33:34,253
and removed some valuables
from a deposit box.

787
00:33:34,253 --> 00:33:36,842
Now, from this, I'd infer
he was preparing to leave.

788
00:33:36,842 --> 00:33:39,155
Valuables? You mean those
trinkets he was selling?

789
00:33:39,155 --> 00:33:41,364
Presumably, since they're
nowhere to be found in his room,

790
00:33:41,364 --> 00:33:43,090
it seems likely
his assailant took them.

791
00:33:43,090 --> 00:33:46,748
Well, Mr. Hewitt, I've made
a right fool of a start,

792
00:33:46,748 --> 00:33:48,647
but I'll be after the right man
now.

793
00:33:48,647 --> 00:33:51,167
Yes, I'll be after that Negro.

794
00:33:51,167 --> 00:33:55,171
And I shall be after the man
who removed Rameau's body.

795
00:33:55,792 --> 00:33:58,070
You mean there was two of them?

796
00:33:58,070 --> 00:33:59,658
Oh, I think I should keep
that little secret to myself

797
00:33:59,658 --> 00:34:00,969
for the time being.

798
00:34:00,969 --> 00:34:03,834
You shall know soon.

799
00:34:04,456 --> 00:34:07,079
[ Hooves clopping ]

800
00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:10,393
[ Indistinct shouting ]

801
00:34:15,605 --> 00:34:17,848
- Wotcher.
- Oh, hello.

802
00:34:17,848 --> 00:34:19,816
Trade's slack
for this time of day.

803
00:34:19,816 --> 00:34:21,266
Slack?
[ Chuckles ]

804
00:34:21,266 --> 00:34:23,337
Why, it's so bad I had to
keep on kicking the old nag

805
00:34:23,337 --> 00:34:25,339
every 10 minutes
just to keep him awake.

806
00:34:25,339 --> 00:34:26,443
Yeah, same with me.

807
00:34:26,443 --> 00:34:28,031
I got a growler
up in the Holborn rank.

808
00:34:28,031 --> 00:34:29,791
Ah, I thought you was a cabby.
[ Chuckles ]

809
00:34:29,791 --> 00:34:31,586
- Having holiday?
- Not exactly, no.

810
00:34:31,586 --> 00:34:34,175
I'm looking for a bilker
what done me out of a fare.

811
00:34:34,175 --> 00:34:35,659
Oh, yeah,
there's a lot of them about.

812
00:34:35,659 --> 00:34:38,455
As if it wasn't hard enough
earning an honest trust.

813
00:34:38,455 --> 00:34:40,043
What'd he do?

814
00:34:40,043 --> 00:34:42,252
Well, I picked him up
in Piccadilly,

815
00:34:42,252 --> 00:34:44,806
and he said as how he wanted to
come here.

816
00:34:44,806 --> 00:34:47,015
So he gave me an address
just up the road.

817
00:34:47,015 --> 00:34:48,500
But when we got here,

818
00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:51,123
he runs off and disappears
behind one of those doors,

819
00:34:51,123 --> 00:34:52,676
leaving me whistling
for my fare.

820
00:34:52,676 --> 00:34:54,954
Shocking.

821
00:34:54,954 --> 00:34:57,509
Here, what'd he look like?
I'll keep an eye open.

822
00:34:57,509 --> 00:34:59,131
Yes, you better, 'cause I'm told

823
00:34:59,131 --> 00:35:00,339
that one of the blokes off
this rank carried him recently.

824
00:35:00,339 --> 00:35:01,513
Saturday, I think.

825
00:35:01,513 --> 00:35:03,618
It's likely he'd try
the same dodge again.

826
00:35:03,618 --> 00:35:06,483
You see, he was a tallish chap,
muffled up a lot,

827
00:35:06,483 --> 00:35:07,864
with a long, black overcoat.

828
00:35:07,864 --> 00:35:11,247
Here, now, wait a moment.

829
00:35:11,247 --> 00:35:13,835
Muffled up in a black overcoat.

830
00:35:13,835 --> 00:35:15,699
Yeah, and he had
a soft wide-awake hat

831
00:35:15,699 --> 00:35:16,804
pulled down over his eyes.

832
00:35:16,804 --> 00:35:18,426
You carried him, did you?

833
00:35:18,426 --> 00:35:21,153
MAN: No. No, but I can tell you
who did.

834
00:35:21,153 --> 00:35:22,741
Now, Millie, you're quite sure

835
00:35:22,741 --> 00:35:24,432
you understand
what I want you to do?

836
00:35:24,432 --> 00:35:27,055
- Oh, yeah, I got it now, sir.
- Good girl.

837
00:35:27,055 --> 00:35:29,817
Well, here's...

838
00:35:31,819 --> 00:35:33,096
here's a sovereign
for your trouble.

839
00:35:33,096 --> 00:35:35,133
Cor.
Thank you very much, sir.

840
00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:37,756
I'll do it right.
Believe me, I will.

841
00:35:40,517 --> 00:35:42,795
Well, she might understand,
but I'm blowed if I do.

842
00:35:42,795 --> 00:35:44,625
Oh, you shall presently,
Inspector.

843
00:35:44,625 --> 00:35:46,074
Have you got your murderer yet?

844
00:35:46,074 --> 00:35:48,007
No, unless -- Well, Goujon
is still under remand.

845
00:35:48,007 --> 00:35:49,181
He might know something.

846
00:35:49,181 --> 00:35:50,907
Oh, nonsense.
You must let him go.

847
00:35:50,907 --> 00:35:53,496
Now, now, Mr. Hewitt,
I won't be bullied.

848
00:35:53,496 --> 00:35:56,947
Besides, he's all I've got
to show for my trouble.

849
00:35:57,638 --> 00:36:00,227
Then perhaps I can give you
something else.

850
00:36:00,227 --> 00:36:01,366
What?

851
00:36:01,366 --> 00:36:04,231
The man who carried
Rameau's body away.

852
00:36:13,481 --> 00:36:14,965
Rum sort of place.

853
00:36:14,965 --> 00:36:17,761
I thought you said your friend
was in the spirit trade.

854
00:36:17,761 --> 00:36:19,729
Ah, you may have
misunderstood me.

855
00:36:19,729 --> 00:36:22,525
Ah, Mr. Hewitt.

856
00:36:22,525 --> 00:36:24,561
HEWITT: Inspector Nettings,
this is Mr. Perroquet.

857
00:36:24,561 --> 00:36:26,114
NETTINGS:
Good day, sir.

858
00:36:26,114 --> 00:36:27,495
I'm informed that you can help
me with some inquiries.

859
00:36:27,495 --> 00:36:29,394
I have already rendered
such assistance as I can.

860
00:36:31,327 --> 00:36:32,190
Successfully?

861
00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:33,398
Yes.

862
00:36:33,398 --> 00:36:38,334
But had this been
the genuine article, who knows?

863
00:36:39,956 --> 00:36:42,855
Mr. Hewitt, might I ask
what all that was about?

864
00:36:42,855 --> 00:36:43,925
Hmm?

865
00:36:43,925 --> 00:36:44,961
Oh, the doll?

866
00:36:44,961 --> 00:36:46,238
Oh, I thought it was genuine

867
00:36:46,238 --> 00:36:48,516
until an expert assured me
it was a fake.

868
00:36:48,516 --> 00:36:49,724
Very interesting, I'm sure,

869
00:36:49,724 --> 00:36:51,174
but I thought
you brought me here

870
00:36:51,174 --> 00:36:52,555
to find the man
who carried Rameau's body away.

871
00:36:52,555 --> 00:36:54,453
Yes, indeed, I did.

872
00:36:54,453 --> 00:36:59,527
Inspector Nettings, allow me
to introduce Cesar Rameau.

873
00:37:04,429 --> 00:37:06,431
NETTINGS:
You're supposed to be dead!

874
00:37:06,431 --> 00:37:10,020
Hardly, Inspector.

875
00:37:10,745 --> 00:37:12,540
My observations led me
to the conclusion

876
00:37:12,540 --> 00:37:14,611
that no murder had, in fact,
been committed.

877
00:37:14,611 --> 00:37:16,303
What observations?

878
00:37:16,303 --> 00:37:18,201
There was a considerable
quantity of blood

879
00:37:18,201 --> 00:37:20,583
lying just below where Millie
found Rameau's body lying,

880
00:37:20,583 --> 00:37:23,137
but no traces between that point
and the door.

881
00:37:23,137 --> 00:37:26,036
And no body could have been
dragged or even carried

882
00:37:26,036 --> 00:37:27,831
without leaving a trail
of bloodstains.

883
00:37:27,831 --> 00:37:29,143
You might have said something.

884
00:37:29,143 --> 00:37:30,558
Well, I wasn't certain

885
00:37:30,558 --> 00:37:32,284
until I discovered
that the towels were missing.

886
00:37:32,284 --> 00:37:34,873
And when I found that his
overcoat, too, was gone,

887
00:37:34,873 --> 00:37:37,151
the conclusion was inescapable.

888
00:37:37,151 --> 00:37:41,707
Mr. Rameau had recovered,
his first thought was flight,

889
00:37:41,707 --> 00:37:44,123
and he walked out of that room
on his own two legs.

890
00:37:44,123 --> 00:37:45,987
Is that not so, Mr. Rameau?

891
00:37:45,987 --> 00:37:48,921
Yes. When I waked,
there's blood all over me.

892
00:37:48,921 --> 00:37:51,407
So I get the towels,
and I wrap my head.

893
00:37:51,407 --> 00:37:52,787
There you are.

894
00:37:52,787 --> 00:37:54,582
But my enemy -- he may return
to make sure I am dead.

895
00:37:54,582 --> 00:37:55,928
Nonsense.

896
00:37:55,928 --> 00:37:58,034
My enemies, my great enemies
politiques --

897
00:37:58,034 --> 00:38:00,726
[ Gasps ]
They put the voodoo curse on me.

898
00:38:00,726 --> 00:38:02,694
I am a great man in my country.

899
00:38:02,694 --> 00:38:05,904
You exaggerate your danger
and your own importance,

900
00:38:05,904 --> 00:38:07,906
not to mention
your enemies' abilities,

901
00:38:07,906 --> 00:38:09,701
though I daresay
you've quite a few.

902
00:38:10,218 --> 00:38:11,875
However,
you're safe enough here.

903
00:38:11,875 --> 00:38:14,671
So, you let yourself down into
the basement by the coal lift.

904
00:38:14,671 --> 00:38:17,502
Yes, they might have seen me
leave by the stairs.

905
00:38:17,502 --> 00:38:20,228
So I hide in the basement
until after dark,

906
00:38:20,228 --> 00:38:22,610
and then I run to the cab rank
at the end of the street.

907
00:38:22,610 --> 00:38:23,887
Yes, I know.

908
00:38:23,887 --> 00:38:25,441
He had some idea of hiding
in the East End,

909
00:38:25,441 --> 00:38:27,753
which was where I found him
after several hours' search.

910
00:38:27,753 --> 00:38:31,205
I have passage booked to America
on a ship which sails today.

911
00:38:31,205 --> 00:38:33,276
I want to be near the docks,
huh?

912
00:38:33,276 --> 00:38:34,588
What's he doing here, then?

913
00:38:34,588 --> 00:38:36,072
I was able to persuade him

914
00:38:36,072 --> 00:38:38,592
that while it's possible
to run away from an enemy,

915
00:38:38,592 --> 00:38:40,145
a curse has to be lifted.

916
00:38:40,145 --> 00:38:42,389
My good friend Perroquet
obliged.

917
00:38:42,389 --> 00:38:44,356
And I don't quite follow,
Mr. Hewitt.

918
00:38:44,356 --> 00:38:46,462
[ Sighs ]
Well, no matter, Inspector.

919
00:38:46,462 --> 00:38:47,704
You have your murder victim.

920
00:38:47,704 --> 00:38:49,223
Well, I won't deny

921
00:38:49,223 --> 00:38:51,467
you've been of some assistance
on this case, Mr. Hewitt,

922
00:38:51,467 --> 00:38:53,538
but I think I can take over
from here.

923
00:38:53,538 --> 00:38:56,161
Now, my good man,
this enemy who attacked you --

924
00:38:56,161 --> 00:38:57,887
I want a complete description.

925
00:38:57,887 --> 00:38:59,475
RAMEAU:
I not see him.

926
00:38:59,475 --> 00:39:03,099
I lie in bed asleep, and I hear
a noise in the other room.

927
00:39:03,099 --> 00:39:05,688
When I go through,
he attacks me from behind,

928
00:39:05,688 --> 00:39:08,449
and I faint, unconscious.

929
00:39:08,449 --> 00:39:09,933
Unconscious, yes.

930
00:39:09,933 --> 00:39:12,488
Well, I intend to lay hands on
the man who tried to kill you.

931
00:39:12,488 --> 00:39:14,904
It's just possible, Inspector,

932
00:39:14,904 --> 00:39:17,734
that you may do that very thing
tonight.

933
00:39:17,734 --> 00:39:21,289
That should see you warm enough,
Captain.

934
00:39:21,289 --> 00:39:24,465
CUTLER:
Oh, much obliged to you, Millie.

935
00:39:24,465 --> 00:39:25,777
Off to your bed now.

936
00:39:25,777 --> 00:39:27,399
Gord, not before time.

937
00:39:27,399 --> 00:39:30,160
- Captain.
- Hmm?

938
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,404
Something's been bothering me.

939
00:39:32,404 --> 00:39:33,543
What's that, Millie?

940
00:39:33,543 --> 00:39:35,683
Well, the day before
old Rameau got murdered,

941
00:39:35,683 --> 00:39:37,823
I went to his room to tidy up.

942
00:39:37,823 --> 00:39:39,100
And there he was
with the carpet out.

943
00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:40,930
He'd rolled it back
to the window,

944
00:39:40,930 --> 00:39:42,414
where the loose floorboard is.

945
00:39:42,414 --> 00:39:44,451
Now, that was a funny thing,
wasn't it?

946
00:39:44,451 --> 00:39:45,590
Hmm. Very odd.

947
00:39:45,590 --> 00:39:48,627
[ Chuckles ]
Have you told the inspector?

948
00:39:48,627 --> 00:39:50,836
No. Think I should?

949
00:39:50,836 --> 00:39:52,424
CUTLER:
I think you should.

950
00:39:52,424 --> 00:39:54,564
It'll wait till the morning.
[ Chuckles ]

951
00:39:54,564 --> 00:39:57,567
- Good night, dear Millie.
- Good night, Captain.

952
00:39:57,567 --> 00:39:59,949
[ Tribal music playing ]

953
00:40:35,916 --> 00:40:38,332
Good evening, Mr. Styles.

954
00:40:39,782 --> 00:40:42,957
Hewitt.
What you doing here?

955
00:40:42,957 --> 00:40:45,097
Waiting for someone to come in,
as you did.

956
00:40:45,097 --> 00:40:47,375
No law against a landlord
visiting his own property.

957
00:40:47,375 --> 00:40:49,377
True.

958
00:40:49,377 --> 00:40:51,034
But it's not done for him

959
00:40:51,034 --> 00:40:54,348
to strike a tenant over the head
with a wood chopper.

960
00:40:54,348 --> 00:40:56,212
You are, I assume,
making another attempt

961
00:40:56,212 --> 00:40:57,938
at finding
Mr. Rameau's valuables.

962
00:40:57,938 --> 00:40:59,353
That damn girl
said she saw Rameau

963
00:40:59,353 --> 00:41:01,424
hiding something here
under the floorboards.

964
00:41:01,424 --> 00:41:02,632
Yes, on my instructions.

965
00:41:02,632 --> 00:41:05,048
She told the same story
to everyone in the house.

966
00:41:05,048 --> 00:41:07,119
But you were the only one

967
00:41:07,119 --> 00:41:08,466
who knew what he
might have been hiding.

968
00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:10,813
[ Chuckles ]

969
00:41:10,813 --> 00:41:13,436
So, it's a trap, eh?

970
00:41:13,436 --> 00:41:15,024
Ah, well.

971
00:41:15,024 --> 00:41:20,374
Nothing for it but to own up
and come quietly, eh?

972
00:41:20,374 --> 00:41:23,135
[ Tribal music plays ]

973
00:41:27,519 --> 00:41:29,970
Evening, Mr. Styles.

974
00:41:32,110 --> 00:41:35,389
I'm informed that you can
help me with some inquiries.

975
00:41:37,218 --> 00:41:39,911
Yes, yes, I admit it.
I was tempted.

976
00:41:39,911 --> 00:41:41,395
We all get tempted, eh?

977
00:41:41,395 --> 00:41:43,501
Went into the room
to collect the rent,

978
00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:45,295
saw him sitting at the table,
drinking,

979
00:41:45,295 --> 00:41:47,159
masses of jewelry
spread out before him.

980
00:41:47,159 --> 00:41:48,851
I knew he'd be blind drunk
before long,

981
00:41:48,851 --> 00:41:50,473
drunk and sleeping it off
in the bedroom.

982
00:41:50,473 --> 00:41:51,474
Which you took to be

983
00:41:51,474 --> 00:41:52,993
an excellent opportunity
to rob him.

984
00:41:52,993 --> 00:41:54,581
Well, pretty far gone as he was,

985
00:41:54,581 --> 00:41:56,962
he kept babbling about some
enemy who was gonna kill him.

986
00:41:56,962 --> 00:41:58,308
Guessed it might be
something to do

987
00:41:58,308 --> 00:41:59,482
with the Negro
that Cutler said he'd seen.

988
00:41:59,482 --> 00:42:00,725
You nearly killed him.

989
00:42:00,725 --> 00:42:02,727
Well, I didn't mean to,
Inspector.

990
00:42:02,727 --> 00:42:04,314
You see,
I was searching the place

991
00:42:04,314 --> 00:42:07,317
when Rameau suddenly appeared at
the bedroom door, didn't see me.

992
00:42:07,317 --> 00:42:09,009
I picked up the nearest thing
to hand, hit him,

993
00:42:09,009 --> 00:42:11,080
then heard that damn girl
at the door,

994
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,013
hid in the bedroom
until she'd gone,

995
00:42:13,013 --> 00:42:14,842
then got out as fast as I could.

996
00:42:14,842 --> 00:42:16,706
Without finding
what you'd come for.

997
00:42:16,706 --> 00:42:19,571
You must have been in
considerable panic, Mr. Styles.

998
00:42:19,571 --> 00:42:21,400
Panic.
Yeah, I'd say I was.

999
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:22,470
Panic, eh?

1000
00:42:22,470 --> 00:42:24,403
You were sufficiently
self-possessed

1001
00:42:24,403 --> 00:42:25,577
to write that note, sir.

1002
00:42:25,577 --> 00:42:28,269
Eh?
I didn't write that note.

1003
00:42:28,269 --> 00:42:30,030
NETTINGS:
And I say you did.

1004
00:42:30,030 --> 00:42:31,928
Pinned it to the body
in an attempt to mislead us.

1005
00:42:31,928 --> 00:42:33,205
STYLES:
Nothing of the sort, not me.

1006
00:42:33,205 --> 00:42:34,552
NETTINGS:
Then who did write it?

1007
00:42:34,552 --> 00:42:35,898
Inspector, might I suggest

1008
00:42:35,898 --> 00:42:37,555
that the note
would be best forgotten?

1009
00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:39,004
It isn't really essential
to your case.

1010
00:42:39,004 --> 00:42:40,523
Oh, I don't know about that,
Mr. Hewitt,

1011
00:42:40,523 --> 00:42:42,352
seeing as all the trouble
it's caused.

1012
00:42:42,352 --> 00:42:43,871
Well, then I must leave you to
pursue that matter on your own.

1013
00:42:43,871 --> 00:42:45,010
Yes,
I'll get to the bottom of it.

1014
00:42:45,010 --> 00:42:46,184
Oh, doubtless.

1015
00:42:46,184 --> 00:42:47,737
In the meantime,
if you'll excuse me,

1016
00:42:47,737 --> 00:42:49,290
I'll report back to my client.

1017
00:42:49,290 --> 00:42:50,257
Righto.

1018
00:42:50,257 --> 00:42:52,500
Client?

1019
00:42:52,500 --> 00:42:53,847
You don't imagine

1020
00:42:53,847 --> 00:42:56,815
I've been pursuing this case
out of curiosity.

1021
00:42:59,024 --> 00:43:00,405
Now, about this note you left...

1022
00:43:02,545 --> 00:43:05,272
A most satisfactory conclusion,
Mr. Hewitt.

1023
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:10,001
I should be happy to settle
your account in due course.

1024
00:43:10,001 --> 00:43:11,623
Oh, there's no hurry.

1025
00:43:11,623 --> 00:43:14,419
But I do wonder
about that note myself.

1026
00:43:14,419 --> 00:43:17,008
Styles denies its authorship.

1027
00:43:17,008 --> 00:43:18,665
Presumably it has
some connection

1028
00:43:18,665 --> 00:43:20,874
with the Haitian
who was pursuing Mr. Rameau,

1029
00:43:20,874 --> 00:43:21,978
the one Captain Cutler saw.

1030
00:43:21,978 --> 00:43:23,014
Oh, I doubt it.

1031
00:43:23,014 --> 00:43:25,326
You see,
I don't think he exists.

1032
00:43:26,811 --> 00:43:29,158
Captain Cutler imagined him?

1033
00:43:29,158 --> 00:43:30,987
It occurred to me
that since Rameau was making

1034
00:43:30,987 --> 00:43:32,782
such an infernal nuisance
of himself

1035
00:43:32,782 --> 00:43:34,784
and since Styles
refused to evict him

1036
00:43:34,784 --> 00:43:38,581
that one of the other tenants
might take some action.

1037
00:43:38,581 --> 00:43:40,583
The voodoo doll
prompted that thought.

1038
00:43:40,583 --> 00:43:43,517
How so, Mr. Hewitt?

1039
00:43:43,517 --> 00:43:46,037
HEWITT: Captain Cutler has
some knowledge of the Caribbean

1040
00:43:46,037 --> 00:43:47,555
and its customs.

1041
00:43:47,555 --> 00:43:51,559
He would well know how to
frighten Rameau into leaving,

1042
00:43:51,559 --> 00:43:53,320
especially if he concocted
some story

1043
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,563
about a Black stranger
lurking in the vicinity.

1044
00:43:55,563 --> 00:43:59,602
A very ingenious theory,
Mr. Hewitt.

1045
00:43:59,602 --> 00:44:02,398
But I, too, saw the Negro
watching the building.

1046
00:44:02,398 --> 00:44:05,539
Then my theory crumbles
in ruins.

1047
00:44:07,368 --> 00:44:09,957
There remains the question
of the note.

1048
00:44:09,957 --> 00:44:12,201
The handwriting told me little.

1049
00:44:12,201 --> 00:44:15,549
The ink and notepaper, however,
were quite distinctive.

1050
00:44:15,549 --> 00:44:16,930
The ink was violet,

1051
00:44:16,930 --> 00:44:20,071
and the paper was of a fine
parchment, slightly scented.

1052
00:44:21,866 --> 00:44:23,695
I imagine both
must be quite common.

1053
00:44:23,695 --> 00:44:26,111
Oh, indeed, yes.

1054
00:44:26,111 --> 00:44:28,631
The note you sent
summoning me the other day

1055
00:44:28,631 --> 00:44:30,184
matches the combination exactly.

1056
00:44:34,533 --> 00:44:36,052
What will you do now,
Mr. Hewitt?

1057
00:44:36,052 --> 00:44:39,918
With your permission,
take my leave.

1058
00:44:45,924 --> 00:44:48,340
Mr. Hewitt.

1059
00:44:48,340 --> 00:44:50,722
- About the note --
- Ah, yes.

1060
00:44:50,722 --> 00:44:52,897
Its author can take comfort
from the thought

1061
00:44:52,897 --> 00:44:54,243
that Inspector Nettings

1062
00:44:54,243 --> 00:44:56,348
is actively investigating
its source of origin

1063
00:44:56,348 --> 00:44:57,971
and will, in all probability,

1064
00:44:57,971 --> 00:45:00,352
be doing so
until the day he retires.

1065
00:45:00,352 --> 00:45:01,181
Thank you.

1066
00:45:01,181 --> 00:45:02,976
Oh, there's one other thing.

1067
00:45:02,976 --> 00:45:05,116
I thought you
might like to keep this

1068
00:45:05,116 --> 00:45:09,948
as a souvenir
of the affair of the tortoise.

1069
00:45:12,744 --> 00:45:14,677
Good night, Mr. Hewitt.

1070
00:45:14,677 --> 00:45:16,955
Good night, Miss Chapman.

1071
00:45:24,652 --> 00:45:26,724
Well, Styles still denied
he wrote it.

1072
00:45:26,724 --> 00:45:28,173
I don't know.

1073
00:45:28,173 --> 00:45:30,141
I seem to have made a lot of
mistakes on this case.

1074
00:45:30,141 --> 00:45:31,418
Your mind can't be expected

1075
00:45:31,418 --> 00:45:33,696
to work at concert pitch
all the time, Inspector.

1076
00:45:33,696 --> 00:45:35,353
That's a fact.

1077
00:45:35,353 --> 00:45:37,976
I've got it!

1078
00:45:37,976 --> 00:45:39,495
That note was written

1079
00:45:39,495 --> 00:45:41,635
by the chap who's been seen
watching Rameau's rooms

1080
00:45:41,635 --> 00:45:43,016
for the past week!

1081
00:45:43,016 --> 00:45:45,777
Why, once I've got him,
I've solved the case!

1082
00:45:45,777 --> 00:45:47,848
Congratulations, Inspector.

1083
00:45:47,848 --> 00:45:50,575
You finally struck form.

1084
00:45:50,625 --> 00:45:55,175
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