1 00:00:02,519 --> 00:00:05,557 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:10,458 --> 00:00:13,392 [fire crackling] 3 00:00:24,265 --> 00:00:25,715 Who's there? 4 00:00:25,749 --> 00:00:27,682 It's your niece, Sir Hector. 5 00:00:27,717 --> 00:00:28,752 Ha! 6 00:00:29,408 --> 00:00:31,031 Mm. 7 00:00:31,065 --> 00:00:34,413 When's dinner, Sterling? I'm getting peckish. 8 00:00:34,448 --> 00:00:36,105 Would 15 minutes do, sir? 9 00:00:36,139 --> 00:00:38,831 Well, I suppose it'll have to, won't it? 10 00:00:38,866 --> 00:00:40,247 Very good, sir. 11 00:00:41,144 --> 00:00:44,699 Sterling by name, sterling by nature. 12 00:00:44,734 --> 00:00:47,668 His wife can't cook for toffee. 13 00:00:47,702 --> 00:00:50,291 So let's have a look at you. 14 00:00:52,121 --> 00:00:53,398 Uh, well. 15 00:00:54,985 --> 00:00:58,575 I suppose as women go, you're not bad-looking. 16 00:00:59,990 --> 00:01:02,338 Seen 'round the estate, have you? 17 00:01:02,372 --> 00:01:03,753 Yes. 18 00:01:03,787 --> 00:01:07,446 Oh, I will say, you don't chatter on like some. 19 00:01:08,965 --> 00:01:11,692 What do you think of your ancestors? 20 00:01:11,726 --> 00:01:14,729 Bloodthirsty- looking lot of ruffians. 21 00:01:14,764 --> 00:01:17,387 Mad as March hares, most of them. 22 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:22,323 Some say I am. [sniffs] 23 00:01:22,358 --> 00:01:23,462 What do you think? 24 00:01:25,154 --> 00:01:27,052 Ah. Wise girl. 25 00:01:28,157 --> 00:01:30,159 Who's to know who's sane? 26 00:01:31,056 --> 00:01:34,163 Mind you, the family have known hard times. 27 00:01:34,197 --> 00:01:37,476 Not all beer and skittles, estates and titles. 28 00:01:37,511 --> 00:01:39,375 Now you see 'em, now you don't. 29 00:01:40,341 --> 00:01:42,999 Take him. The first baronet's father. 30 00:01:43,033 --> 00:01:47,348 Queen Elizabeth's favorite. Didn't return the compliment. 31 00:01:47,383 --> 00:01:50,351 Worse, fell for one of her chambermaids. 32 00:01:51,387 --> 00:01:53,423 That put paid to him. 33 00:01:54,804 --> 00:01:57,772 Yes, we seem to have a habit of backing the wrong side. 34 00:01:58,601 --> 00:02:01,155 Held out for Charles I. 35 00:02:01,190 --> 00:02:03,053 Drawn and quartered. 36 00:02:03,088 --> 00:02:05,159 Son switched to Cromwell. 37 00:02:05,194 --> 00:02:08,162 Precipitated the Restoration, if you ask me. 38 00:02:08,197 --> 00:02:11,338 The baronetcy wasn't restored till Blenheim. 39 00:02:11,372 --> 00:02:14,375 And all the credit went to Marlborough! 40 00:02:14,410 --> 00:02:15,963 Ah, but we know better. 41 00:02:16,757 --> 00:02:20,657 Never mind the history books. It's all here. 42 00:02:21,106 --> 00:02:24,005 Malplaquet was won by Drummond! 43 00:02:24,730 --> 00:02:28,148 The nation didn't build him a palace. Typical. 44 00:02:28,182 --> 00:02:30,495 Soldiers, sailors, statesmen. 45 00:02:30,529 --> 00:02:33,636 Man and boy, we've served for centuries. 46 00:02:33,670 --> 00:02:35,638 No money in it. 47 00:02:35,672 --> 00:02:38,399 Estates steadily going to wrack and ruin. 48 00:02:39,573 --> 00:02:43,370 Father, he fought a duel to save them. 49 00:02:44,233 --> 00:02:45,372 Won it too. 50 00:02:46,407 --> 00:02:48,685 The shock killed him. 51 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:53,932 And there's a moral in that. Look after number one. [sniffs] 52 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:58,833 Have you, have you ever handled one of these? 53 00:03:00,214 --> 00:03:02,216 Oh, there's nothing to it. See? 54 00:03:02,251 --> 00:03:05,426 - [gun firing] - [body thudding] 55 00:03:10,362 --> 00:03:12,571 Bit of an accident, Sterling. 56 00:03:12,606 --> 00:03:14,746 Have you killed her? 57 00:03:14,780 --> 00:03:16,817 I don't know. Looks like it. 58 00:03:21,649 --> 00:03:23,824 Ah. Must have been loaded. 59 00:03:23,858 --> 00:03:26,689 Still, it'll teach them to come sniffing 'round 60 00:03:26,723 --> 00:03:28,484 before I'm underground. 61 00:03:29,623 --> 00:03:34,835 - [bright jazzy music] - [match whooshing] 62 00:03:40,737 --> 00:03:42,498 [smooth jazzy music] 63 00:03:42,532 --> 00:03:43,775 [Narrator] In late Victorian times 64 00:03:43,809 --> 00:03:45,708 there lived many detectives, 65 00:03:45,742 --> 00:03:48,400 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. 66 00:03:51,438 --> 00:03:54,061 [bright music] 67 00:04:02,483 --> 00:04:06,038 [smooth mysterious music] 68 00:04:13,943 --> 00:04:16,980 [suspenseful music] 69 00:04:20,570 --> 00:04:22,158 The forefinger. 70 00:04:22,192 --> 00:04:25,161 I should like it amputated at the second joint, please. 71 00:04:25,195 --> 00:04:28,302 Amputate. Amputated? 72 00:04:28,337 --> 00:04:30,373 I'm told you are a skillful surgeon. 73 00:04:30,408 --> 00:04:31,857 Perhaps the best in London. 74 00:04:31,892 --> 00:04:34,688 And the cost of the operation is immaterial. 75 00:04:34,722 --> 00:04:36,310 What's the matter with it? 76 00:04:36,345 --> 00:04:38,864 Nothing. I merely want it removed from the second joint. 77 00:04:38,899 --> 00:04:39,693 [Tobias] Why? 78 00:04:39,727 --> 00:04:41,315 Oh, that I can't tell you. 79 00:04:41,350 --> 00:04:43,490 And there's no reason that I should. 80 00:04:43,524 --> 00:04:46,458 You are a surgeon. I want an operation performed. 81 00:04:46,493 --> 00:04:48,736 You must understand, Miss. Miss? 82 00:04:48,771 --> 00:04:51,014 I could give you a name, but it wouldn't be my own. 83 00:04:51,049 --> 00:04:52,464 So, what's the point? 84 00:04:52,499 --> 00:04:54,086 I'm a surgeon, not a tradesman. 85 00:04:54,121 --> 00:04:56,675 And the point is that surgery is a profession 86 00:04:56,710 --> 00:05:00,300 for the relief of suffering, not for willful mutilation. 87 00:05:00,334 --> 00:05:02,716 Aren't you being rather pompous? 88 00:05:02,750 --> 00:05:05,926 If I wish to submit to, to willful mutilation, 89 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,893 as you put it, surely that is my affair. 90 00:05:07,928 --> 00:05:10,275 There is no necessity to remove that finger. 91 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:13,554 To do so would be quite unethical, not to say criminal. 92 00:05:13,589 --> 00:05:15,660 Shall we say 200 guineas? 93 00:05:15,694 --> 00:05:16,833 [Tobias] I wouldn't do it for 500 guineas. 94 00:05:16,868 --> 00:05:17,869 1,000 then. 95 00:05:17,903 --> 00:05:19,905 I don't think you quite understood. 96 00:05:19,940 --> 00:05:22,667 I will not perform an unnecessary operation. 97 00:05:22,701 --> 00:05:23,702 Money does not come into it. 98 00:05:23,737 --> 00:05:25,083 - It is necessary. - Why? 99 00:05:25,117 --> 00:05:26,774 [Patient] Won't you take my word for it? 100 00:05:26,809 --> 00:05:30,364 No. Not without some supporting medical evidence. 101 00:05:30,399 --> 00:05:31,814 [Patient] Such as? 102 00:05:31,848 --> 00:05:35,783 Well, if it were, if it were diseased or... 103 00:05:35,818 --> 00:05:38,890 But it's not. You say so yourself. 104 00:05:38,924 --> 00:05:39,649 Very well. 105 00:05:40,926 --> 00:05:43,826 Suppose I were to come to you with it irreparably damaged. 106 00:05:43,860 --> 00:05:46,276 You would be bound to dress the wound, then, wouldn't you? 107 00:05:46,311 --> 00:05:47,588 [Tobias] Oh, yes, of course. 108 00:05:47,623 --> 00:05:50,004 And make any necessary amputation. 109 00:05:50,039 --> 00:05:51,627 That is purely academic. 110 00:05:51,661 --> 00:05:52,973 [Patient] You haven't answered my question. 111 00:05:53,007 --> 00:05:55,769 There are people waiting who need my services. 112 00:05:55,803 --> 00:05:57,149 I have neither the time 113 00:05:57,184 --> 00:05:58,668 nor the inclination to discuss hypotheses. 114 00:05:58,703 --> 00:06:00,256 [Patient] I need to know. 115 00:06:00,290 --> 00:06:02,741 I wish to have nothing further to do with the matter. 116 00:06:02,776 --> 00:06:04,191 Miss Jones? 117 00:06:04,225 --> 00:06:05,986 [Patient] But you would dress the wound, wouldn't you? 118 00:06:07,090 --> 00:06:08,402 You will excuse me. 119 00:06:08,437 --> 00:06:09,921 Miss Jones, will you kindly see this lady out? 120 00:06:09,955 --> 00:06:12,337 And send the next patient in, please. 121 00:06:12,372 --> 00:06:15,202 - This way. - Well, we shall see. 122 00:06:15,236 --> 00:06:17,100 - Good day to you. - Sir Tobias. 123 00:06:20,863 --> 00:06:26,075 - [door thuds] - [Tobias sighs] 124 00:06:28,595 --> 00:06:31,391 [bell chiming] 125 00:06:35,118 --> 00:06:37,914 [woman screaming] 126 00:06:37,949 --> 00:06:40,641 [people chattering] 127 00:06:40,676 --> 00:06:42,229 [Jones] Thank you. 128 00:06:42,263 --> 00:06:44,162 - Oh! - I showed her out. 129 00:06:44,196 --> 00:06:45,612 As I closed the door, 130 00:06:45,646 --> 00:06:47,027 she turned and quite deliberately put her finger- 131 00:06:47,061 --> 00:06:49,063 Yes, all right. All right. 132 00:06:49,098 --> 00:06:50,375 Will you help me to get her 133 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:52,929 into the consulting room, please? 134 00:06:52,964 --> 00:06:53,861 Thank you. 135 00:06:57,037 --> 00:06:58,452 Can you manage? 136 00:06:58,487 --> 00:07:03,423 Uh, Miss Jones, would you call Professor Van Dusen? 137 00:07:03,768 --> 00:07:05,045 Ask him if he'd be kind enough 138 00:07:05,079 --> 00:07:06,253 to come over here as soon as he can. 139 00:07:06,287 --> 00:07:07,565 [Miss Jones] Yes, sir. 140 00:07:14,848 --> 00:07:17,540 [clock ticking] 141 00:07:24,996 --> 00:07:27,688 [door clicking] 142 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:31,658 Good. 143 00:07:38,147 --> 00:07:41,115 [sighs] Would you have operated 144 00:07:41,150 --> 00:07:43,152 if she hadn't injured herself on the premises? 145 00:07:43,186 --> 00:07:44,498 No. 146 00:07:44,533 --> 00:07:46,949 Uh, she's, um, sane, presumably? 147 00:07:48,122 --> 00:07:49,710 Well, she would appear to be so. 148 00:07:49,745 --> 00:07:50,642 Mm. 149 00:07:51,678 --> 00:07:53,093 What do you make of it? 150 00:07:54,957 --> 00:07:56,061 - Hers? - Yes. 151 00:07:56,096 --> 00:07:58,857 Did you happen to see her remove it? 152 00:07:58,892 --> 00:07:59,824 Yes, I did. 153 00:08:02,689 --> 00:08:04,656 [Van Dusen] Well, she was certainly determined 154 00:08:04,691 --> 00:08:06,762 to have that finger off. 155 00:08:06,796 --> 00:08:08,315 [Tobias] The question is, why? 156 00:08:08,349 --> 00:08:09,696 Uh, one can only conjecture, 157 00:08:09,730 --> 00:08:11,387 if it's a matter of any importance to you. 158 00:08:11,421 --> 00:08:12,733 I have been trapped 159 00:08:12,768 --> 00:08:14,321 into performing an unnecessary operation. 160 00:08:14,355 --> 00:08:15,633 Now, ethically, that's bad enough. 161 00:08:15,667 --> 00:08:17,082 But suppose her motives are criminal. 162 00:08:17,117 --> 00:08:18,636 They will emerge in time. 163 00:08:18,670 --> 00:08:20,016 Yes, during which time- 164 00:08:20,051 --> 00:08:21,673 You will have to curb your imagination. 165 00:08:21,708 --> 00:08:24,642 While you give yours rein and do precisely nothing. 166 00:08:25,297 --> 00:08:27,058 You sent for me. 167 00:08:27,092 --> 00:08:29,785 I'd forgotten how infuriating you can be. 168 00:08:29,819 --> 00:08:30,993 You malign me. 169 00:08:31,027 --> 00:08:34,548 Rather than waste my time in idle speculation, 170 00:08:34,583 --> 00:08:36,688 I apply myself to the facts. 171 00:08:36,723 --> 00:08:41,382 Now, firstly, the lady has recently returned from America. 172 00:08:41,417 --> 00:08:42,798 - From America? - Yes. 173 00:08:43,523 --> 00:08:45,766 Her gloves, hat, handbag, and boots 174 00:08:45,801 --> 00:08:48,079 were all recently purchased there. 175 00:08:48,113 --> 00:08:50,633 All right. All right, I'll give you that. 176 00:08:51,392 --> 00:08:53,187 And what's your second fact? 177 00:08:53,222 --> 00:08:56,328 It's of no consequence, uh, for the moment. 178 00:08:56,363 --> 00:08:57,882 If I didn't know you- 179 00:08:57,916 --> 00:09:00,022 [Van Dusen] Ah, but you do. May I use your telephone? 180 00:09:00,056 --> 00:09:00,954 Please do. 181 00:09:02,058 --> 00:09:03,059 You are too kind. 182 00:09:04,026 --> 00:09:05,786 Be so good as to put me through 183 00:09:05,821 --> 00:09:08,340 to the offices of the "Daily Recorder," would you? 184 00:09:09,238 --> 00:09:11,792 Yes. Mr. Roderick Varley. 185 00:09:11,827 --> 00:09:13,691 [groans] Your reporter friend. 186 00:09:13,725 --> 00:09:18,247 My occasional acquaintance and longtime associate. 187 00:09:18,281 --> 00:09:20,007 I have very few friends. 188 00:09:20,042 --> 00:09:22,044 That I can well understand. 189 00:09:23,632 --> 00:09:26,600 It's a curious irony that those who call upon my services 190 00:09:26,635 --> 00:09:28,188 so frequently resent them, 191 00:09:28,222 --> 00:09:31,156 hardly less than those upon whom they are exercised. 192 00:09:31,191 --> 00:09:33,055 Professor Van Dusen. 193 00:09:33,089 --> 00:09:34,574 [Tobias] If you would take people a little more 194 00:09:34,608 --> 00:09:36,230 into your confidence- 195 00:09:36,265 --> 00:09:38,750 I should only delay myself and not greatly enlighten them. 196 00:09:38,785 --> 00:09:40,545 Ah. Varley. 197 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:42,720 Now, I'm with Sir Tobias Prescott. 198 00:09:43,893 --> 00:09:45,861 Yes. The surgeon. 199 00:09:45,895 --> 00:09:49,589 At his Harley Square consulting room. 200 00:09:49,623 --> 00:09:51,314 Yes, now, he has a little problem. 201 00:09:51,349 --> 00:09:52,661 It might be to our mutual advantage 202 00:09:52,695 --> 00:09:54,594 to cooperate in solving it. 203 00:09:55,422 --> 00:09:57,044 Can you come 'round? 204 00:09:57,079 --> 00:09:57,976 What? 205 00:09:58,770 --> 00:10:00,565 Well, yours and mine, of course. 206 00:10:01,670 --> 00:10:03,119 Good. 207 00:10:03,154 --> 00:10:05,052 Number 5. 208 00:10:05,087 --> 00:10:06,606 Then I'll see you shortly. 209 00:10:08,573 --> 00:10:11,334 And what form will this cooperation take? 210 00:10:11,369 --> 00:10:13,578 Oh, the usual. His legs and my brain. 211 00:10:13,613 --> 00:10:15,235 May one inquire to what end? 212 00:10:15,269 --> 00:10:16,581 By all means. 213 00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:18,894 But, uh, first I should like to learn 214 00:10:18,928 --> 00:10:20,654 a little more about your patient. 215 00:10:20,689 --> 00:10:21,690 Why don't you ask her? 216 00:10:21,724 --> 00:10:22,760 What did she tell you? 217 00:10:22,794 --> 00:10:24,796 - Nothing. - Precisely. 218 00:10:24,831 --> 00:10:26,833 So if she refused to say anything before the operation, 219 00:10:26,867 --> 00:10:29,180 she's hardly like to do so now it's done. 220 00:10:29,214 --> 00:10:30,560 Upon my soul, Van Dusen, 221 00:10:30,595 --> 00:10:32,908 you can be the most exasperating of men. 222 00:10:32,942 --> 00:10:34,392 Now, do you want me to withdraw from the case? 223 00:10:34,426 --> 00:10:35,980 No. 224 00:10:36,014 --> 00:10:38,120 Then you will kindly allow me to handle it as I see fit. 225 00:10:38,154 --> 00:10:39,121 Oh, very well. 226 00:10:40,260 --> 00:10:41,606 All the same, I do think you might take me a little 227 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:42,987 into your confidence. 228 00:10:43,021 --> 00:10:44,678 Now don't let me distract you from your duties. 229 00:10:44,713 --> 00:10:47,301 - What? - Your patient. 230 00:10:47,336 --> 00:10:49,062 I think she's coming 'round again. 231 00:10:50,442 --> 00:10:53,031 [Tobias sighs] 232 00:10:55,862 --> 00:10:56,897 Who's this? 233 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,108 Professor Van Dusen. I was about to say a friend. 234 00:11:01,143 --> 00:11:04,871 An acquaintance. A sometime colleague of mine. 235 00:11:04,905 --> 00:11:07,080 - Oh. - How are you feeling? 236 00:11:07,908 --> 00:11:08,944 Better, thank you. 237 00:11:09,910 --> 00:11:12,430 I'm sorry to have been such a nuisance, 238 00:11:12,464 --> 00:11:14,121 fainting and everything. 239 00:11:14,156 --> 00:11:15,675 It was the shock, I think. 240 00:11:15,709 --> 00:11:18,332 Yes. What on earth possessed you? 241 00:11:19,748 --> 00:11:21,025 I'm sorry? 242 00:11:21,059 --> 00:11:24,856 Oh, come, come, Miss, Missus, whoever you are. 243 00:11:25,546 --> 00:11:26,616 I refuse to operate. 244 00:11:26,651 --> 00:11:28,239 You promptly mangle yourself 245 00:11:28,273 --> 00:11:30,379 so that I have no alternative but to repair the damage, 246 00:11:30,413 --> 00:11:32,553 thereby doing exactly what you wanted. 247 00:11:32,588 --> 00:11:34,728 Now, the very least you owe me is an explanation. 248 00:11:34,763 --> 00:11:36,730 How can you say such things? 249 00:11:37,731 --> 00:11:39,699 [Tobias] And what is your account? 250 00:11:40,941 --> 00:11:42,287 Well, I consulted you 251 00:11:42,322 --> 00:11:44,876 about the numbness I had experienced in this finger. 252 00:11:44,911 --> 00:11:47,741 You were kind enough to reassure me. 253 00:11:47,776 --> 00:11:51,918 As I left, I was clumsy, and I shut it in your door. 254 00:11:51,952 --> 00:11:52,953 The next thing I knew, I- 255 00:11:52,988 --> 00:11:55,576 [throat clearing] 256 00:11:55,611 --> 00:11:59,097 I do see it must be most inconvenient for you. 257 00:11:59,132 --> 00:12:01,548 But to accuse me of having done it on purpose, 258 00:12:01,582 --> 00:12:03,446 it's, it's too cruel. 259 00:12:03,481 --> 00:12:06,726 I see. So you're calling me a liar. 260 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,106 [sighs] One of us must be at fault 261 00:12:08,141 --> 00:12:09,936 for such a horrid misunderstanding to have arisen. 262 00:12:09,970 --> 00:12:11,385 That's a fact. 263 00:12:11,420 --> 00:12:13,663 Why would anyone in their right mind, 264 00:12:13,698 --> 00:12:18,116 least of all, a woman, deliberately 265 00:12:19,014 --> 00:12:20,187 I ask you. 266 00:12:20,222 --> 00:12:22,431 Forgive me. One moment. 267 00:12:25,883 --> 00:12:26,918 Uh, uh. 268 00:12:31,785 --> 00:12:33,200 Now, let me remind you, young lady- 269 00:12:33,235 --> 00:12:36,652 No. Let me remind you. 270 00:12:36,686 --> 00:12:38,550 I have common sense on my side, 271 00:12:38,585 --> 00:12:40,794 and it is your word against mine. 272 00:12:40,829 --> 00:12:43,659 Now, how much do I owe you? 273 00:12:45,350 --> 00:12:46,489 [Tobias] Nothing. 274 00:12:47,387 --> 00:12:48,319 As you wish. 275 00:12:49,527 --> 00:12:51,667 Then perhaps you will be kind enough to call me a cab. 276 00:12:51,701 --> 00:12:53,842 [Tobias] You are in no fit state to travel. 277 00:12:53,876 --> 00:12:56,361 I'm certainly in no fit state to stay here 278 00:12:56,396 --> 00:12:58,018 and be abused by you. 279 00:12:59,709 --> 00:13:00,607 Oh. 280 00:13:02,851 --> 00:13:03,886 Very well. 281 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:07,856 Here. Drink this. 282 00:13:08,891 --> 00:13:09,789 Drink it. 283 00:13:12,895 --> 00:13:14,966 I wish I knew what you were up to. 284 00:13:16,347 --> 00:13:18,867 Now, stay there. I'll get you a cab. 285 00:13:22,871 --> 00:13:25,632 [cab rumbling] 286 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:32,984 Is that her? 287 00:13:33,951 --> 00:13:36,988 [people chattering] 288 00:13:51,692 --> 00:13:54,178 Right. Off you go, Varley. 289 00:13:54,212 --> 00:13:57,767 [horse hooves clopping] 290 00:14:12,921 --> 00:14:14,474 Well. 291 00:14:14,508 --> 00:14:17,304 Well, a little cup of coffee wouldn't come amiss. 292 00:14:24,587 --> 00:14:27,797 [carriage rumbling] 293 00:14:30,041 --> 00:14:33,803 At first I thought she was traveling towards Bayswater. 294 00:14:36,668 --> 00:14:38,981 But after a while her cab stopped 295 00:14:39,016 --> 00:14:41,915 and then started off in another direction- 296 00:14:42,812 --> 00:14:44,435 I think possibly because she suspected 297 00:14:44,469 --> 00:14:45,850 that she might be followed. 298 00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:48,888 Finally, she seemed to be making towards Chelsea. 299 00:14:50,130 --> 00:14:52,650 It had grown darker and begun to rain 300 00:14:52,684 --> 00:14:53,823 when we went along the King's Road, 301 00:14:53,858 --> 00:14:56,309 turned off towards the river. 302 00:14:56,343 --> 00:14:57,517 She obviously hadn't realized 303 00:14:57,551 --> 00:14:59,381 that I had followed so closely. 304 00:14:59,415 --> 00:15:02,556 And when she stopped at a block of mansion flats, 305 00:15:02,591 --> 00:15:04,800 we were able to drive past and halt on the corner 306 00:15:04,834 --> 00:15:06,836 without attracting any attention. 307 00:15:10,633 --> 00:15:13,326 From the way in which the lady was greeted by the porter, 308 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:15,707 I thought she could only be a frequent visitor 309 00:15:15,742 --> 00:15:17,330 or, more likely, a resident. 310 00:15:24,544 --> 00:15:25,821 [horse hooves clopping] 311 00:15:25,855 --> 00:15:27,788 And when the porter paid off her cab 312 00:15:28,513 --> 00:15:30,308 and followed her into the flats, 313 00:15:30,343 --> 00:15:32,448 I thought I might investigate further. 314 00:15:33,829 --> 00:15:36,418 I paid my driver, I have the amount noted down, 315 00:15:36,452 --> 00:15:38,385 and approached the flats. 316 00:15:40,525 --> 00:15:42,734 [cab rumbling] 317 00:15:42,769 --> 00:15:46,290 Fortunately, the, uh, porter was a friendly soul 318 00:15:46,324 --> 00:15:48,533 and offered me the shelter of his umbrella. 319 00:15:49,258 --> 00:15:51,709 We exchanged pleasantries. 320 00:15:51,743 --> 00:15:53,435 I told him I was a journalist 321 00:15:53,469 --> 00:15:56,886 and, uh [throat clearing] gave him a large tip. 322 00:15:56,921 --> 00:15:57,957 He was very forthcoming. 323 00:15:59,682 --> 00:16:01,029 A few shrewd questions 324 00:16:01,063 --> 00:16:03,963 elicited that the suspect was a Mrs. John Smith. 325 00:16:03,997 --> 00:16:07,483 [Tobias] Ah. Now there's a rare and unusual name. 326 00:16:07,518 --> 00:16:10,107 She arrived here last Tuesday, today being Friday, 327 00:16:10,141 --> 00:16:11,487 with her husband. 328 00:16:11,522 --> 00:16:13,041 - Her husband? - Oh, yes. She was married. 329 00:16:13,075 --> 00:16:14,939 They rented a furnished apartment for three months. 330 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:17,493 - At what rent? - 100 pounds a month. 331 00:16:17,528 --> 00:16:18,908 That's not cheap. 332 00:16:18,943 --> 00:16:21,049 No more was the fee she was offering you. 333 00:16:21,083 --> 00:16:26,019 The John Smiths are evidently playing for high stakes. 334 00:16:26,054 --> 00:16:27,469 [Varley] I was about to leave 335 00:16:27,503 --> 00:16:29,747 when the suspect came down again in the lift. 336 00:16:29,781 --> 00:16:32,025 Now, she'd changed her hat and clothing. 337 00:16:32,060 --> 00:16:33,716 [Van Dusen] Extraordinary. 338 00:16:33,751 --> 00:16:36,478 How long after she'd entered the block? 339 00:16:36,512 --> 00:16:38,998 [Varley] Uh, 15 minutes. Certainly no more. 340 00:16:39,032 --> 00:16:42,173 [Van Dusen] Amazing fortitude under the circumstances. 341 00:16:42,208 --> 00:16:44,003 But do go on. 342 00:16:44,037 --> 00:16:45,521 She went out. 343 00:16:45,556 --> 00:16:47,730 I debated whether to follow but decided against it 344 00:16:47,765 --> 00:16:50,768 because I knew now where to find her if I wanted her. 345 00:16:51,424 --> 00:16:52,770 I further questioned the porter 346 00:16:52,804 --> 00:16:54,151 and discovered, to my surprise, 347 00:16:54,185 --> 00:16:56,877 that Mr. and Mrs. Smith had arrived from America. 348 00:16:58,396 --> 00:17:00,398 However, none of the steamers 349 00:17:00,433 --> 00:17:02,573 that arrived from America last Tuesday 350 00:17:02,607 --> 00:17:05,610 had a Mr. and Mrs. John Smith as passengers. 351 00:17:05,645 --> 00:17:07,750 [Van Dusen] You amaze me. 352 00:17:07,785 --> 00:17:10,512 After sundry disbursements, of which I have note- 353 00:17:10,546 --> 00:17:11,996 - No doubt. - And, I might add, 354 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:15,344 a great deal of tenacity and hard work, 355 00:17:15,379 --> 00:17:16,759 I managed to discover 356 00:17:16,794 --> 00:17:18,968 that one of the steamers that arrived last Tuesday 357 00:17:19,003 --> 00:17:22,800 had a certain Mr. and Mrs. Chevedon Morey aboard. 358 00:17:22,834 --> 00:17:25,423 And Mrs. Morey bore a striking resemblance 359 00:17:25,458 --> 00:17:28,357 to the lady posing as Mrs. John Smith. 360 00:17:28,392 --> 00:17:29,703 Right down to the dress 361 00:17:29,738 --> 00:17:31,050 she was wearing when she left here. 362 00:17:31,084 --> 00:17:33,017 And where, exactly, does that get us? 363 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:35,157 To the fact that we are dealing with a woman 364 00:17:35,192 --> 00:17:37,815 of extraordinary determination. 365 00:17:37,849 --> 00:17:39,230 Mrs. Morey? 366 00:17:39,265 --> 00:17:40,473 Oh, I think we can safely assume 367 00:17:40,507 --> 00:17:41,957 that their name's not Smith. 368 00:17:44,235 --> 00:17:45,754 You say she changed her dress 369 00:17:45,788 --> 00:17:49,137 and came out again shortly after returning home? 370 00:17:49,171 --> 00:17:50,759 [Varley] Yes. 371 00:17:50,793 --> 00:17:52,588 When she left here, she was so ill and weak from shock 372 00:17:52,623 --> 00:17:53,900 she could hardly stand. 373 00:17:53,934 --> 00:17:55,039 [Van Dusen] Quite so. 374 00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:57,110 So I think we can also safely assume 375 00:17:57,145 --> 00:18:00,665 that the matter is one of a certain importance to her. 376 00:18:00,700 --> 00:18:02,322 In what way important? 377 00:18:03,634 --> 00:18:05,084 It seems that we're likely to find out 378 00:18:05,118 --> 00:18:06,706 sooner than I anticipated. 379 00:18:06,740 --> 00:18:08,259 In the nature of the case, 380 00:18:08,294 --> 00:18:10,468 I wouldn't have expected any particular developments, 381 00:18:10,503 --> 00:18:12,988 oh, not for some months. 382 00:18:13,022 --> 00:18:14,369 And the final development 383 00:18:14,403 --> 00:18:18,959 should have arisen in America, not here. 384 00:18:20,133 --> 00:18:21,065 Strange. 385 00:18:23,792 --> 00:18:25,932 [Tobias] Does he always talk in riddles? 386 00:18:25,966 --> 00:18:26,864 More or less. 387 00:18:26,898 --> 00:18:28,348 Only to the obtuse. 388 00:18:28,383 --> 00:18:32,111 Now, what is the problem from which we start? 389 00:18:32,801 --> 00:18:34,975 Why was it necessary for her 390 00:18:35,010 --> 00:18:37,150 to go to such lengths to lose that finger? 391 00:18:37,185 --> 00:18:38,738 Good. 392 00:18:38,772 --> 00:18:41,189 And if we admit her sanity, the answer cannot be far to see, 393 00:18:41,223 --> 00:18:42,776 provided we use our brains. 394 00:18:42,811 --> 00:18:44,157 - Well, you've lost me. - And me. 395 00:18:44,192 --> 00:18:45,538 Oh, well, never mind. 396 00:18:46,366 --> 00:18:48,368 Was Mrs. Morey's hand bound up 397 00:18:48,403 --> 00:18:50,957 in precisely the same way when you saw her come out again? 398 00:18:50,991 --> 00:18:52,614 She hardly had time to change the dressing. 399 00:18:52,648 --> 00:18:54,926 Ah, ah, ah, ah. Just the facts. 400 00:18:54,961 --> 00:18:55,858 Yes. 401 00:18:56,894 --> 00:18:59,103 No, come to think of it. 402 00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,587 She was wearing a muff. 403 00:19:00,622 --> 00:19:01,485 Oh. 404 00:19:02,658 --> 00:19:07,249 I begin to think that this is a case for Scotland Yard. 405 00:19:07,284 --> 00:19:09,527 [Tobias] Then why don't we call them? 406 00:19:09,562 --> 00:19:10,597 What, and lose an exclusive story? 407 00:19:10,632 --> 00:19:12,185 Now, don't let's be selfish. 408 00:19:12,220 --> 00:19:14,601 [laughs] Coming from you, that's a trifle excessive. 409 00:19:14,636 --> 00:19:16,914 What it is to inspire affection. 410 00:19:16,948 --> 00:19:20,020 Still, it might be best to learn a little more first. 411 00:19:20,055 --> 00:19:21,953 Hmm. Nine o'clock. 412 00:19:22,644 --> 00:19:24,680 Now, Varley, why don't you call 413 00:19:24,715 --> 00:19:26,061 upon the Moreys in the morning 414 00:19:26,095 --> 00:19:27,407 and see what you can find out about them? 415 00:19:27,442 --> 00:19:28,546 On what pretext? 416 00:19:28,581 --> 00:19:30,203 Oh, I leave it to you. 417 00:19:30,238 --> 00:19:31,998 You can be quite ingenious when you set your mind to it. 418 00:19:32,654 --> 00:19:33,758 Good night to you. 419 00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:36,934 Thank you very much. 420 00:19:39,281 --> 00:19:40,351 And good night. 421 00:19:50,534 --> 00:19:53,675 [doorbell ringing] 422 00:19:59,853 --> 00:20:02,994 [knuckles rapping] 423 00:20:09,138 --> 00:20:10,657 Is anybody home? 424 00:20:14,074 --> 00:20:17,492 [door clicking] 425 00:20:17,526 --> 00:20:19,252 [door thuds] 426 00:20:19,287 --> 00:20:20,357 Hello? 427 00:20:51,422 --> 00:20:53,148 What did I tell you? 428 00:20:53,182 --> 00:20:54,839 They can't keep away from the scene of the crime. 429 00:20:54,874 --> 00:20:55,978 [Varley] What? 430 00:20:56,013 --> 00:20:57,566 You are not obliged to say anything, 431 00:20:57,601 --> 00:20:59,292 but anything you do say will be taken down 432 00:20:59,327 --> 00:21:00,983 and may be used in evidence. 433 00:21:01,018 --> 00:21:02,330 [Varley] Ah, you see- 434 00:21:02,364 --> 00:21:03,779 I'd shut up if I were you and come along quietly. 435 00:21:03,814 --> 00:21:05,471 Get hold of him, though, just in case. 436 00:21:05,505 --> 00:21:07,335 [Varley] The door was open, and I- 437 00:21:07,369 --> 00:21:10,130 Now, come on. There's a sensible chap. 438 00:21:10,165 --> 00:21:12,167 Now, let's go and have a nice little chat 439 00:21:12,201 --> 00:21:15,653 about the willful murder of Mrs. John Smith, shall we? 440 00:21:15,688 --> 00:21:18,622 Get him down to the station now. 441 00:21:18,656 --> 00:21:21,728 You're making a terrible mistake, you know? 442 00:21:21,763 --> 00:21:24,559 [dramatic music] 443 00:21:31,186 --> 00:21:33,982 [dramatic music] 444 00:21:36,329 --> 00:21:39,608 [smooth jazzy music] 445 00:21:49,135 --> 00:21:50,826 Professor Van Dusen. 446 00:21:50,861 --> 00:21:52,241 - Doctor- - Mason. 447 00:21:52,276 --> 00:21:53,691 Oh, Dr. Mason. 448 00:21:53,726 --> 00:21:54,899 I wondered what the police were doing outside. 449 00:21:54,934 --> 00:21:56,660 Uh, I was looking for my associate. 450 00:21:56,694 --> 00:21:58,109 Oh, dear, that wouldn't be- 451 00:21:58,144 --> 00:22:00,491 Not unless you employ a lady. 452 00:22:06,290 --> 00:22:07,947 That surprises me. 453 00:22:08,913 --> 00:22:09,811 So soon. 454 00:22:09,845 --> 00:22:12,676 - What? - Oh, nothing. Poor woman. 455 00:22:12,710 --> 00:22:14,643 And of course Varley was coming here earlier. 456 00:22:14,678 --> 00:22:16,887 - Varley, sir? - Mm. 457 00:22:16,921 --> 00:22:20,304 About 30. Tall, with a dark mustache. 458 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:21,547 Calls himself a journalist. 459 00:22:21,581 --> 00:22:23,825 Most graphic, officer. Well done. 460 00:22:23,859 --> 00:22:24,929 Oh, thank you, sir. 461 00:22:24,964 --> 00:22:26,414 Uh, Sergeant Mallory picked him up 462 00:22:26,448 --> 00:22:27,898 a couple of hours ago, sir. 463 00:22:27,932 --> 00:22:30,383 He picked him up? 464 00:22:30,418 --> 00:22:32,040 Suspicion of murder, sir. 465 00:22:32,074 --> 00:22:33,938 He was found in here with the body. 466 00:22:33,973 --> 00:22:37,390 Varley must have hidden depths I never suspected. 467 00:22:37,425 --> 00:22:39,047 You're taking it devilishly calmly. 468 00:22:39,081 --> 00:22:40,324 Oh, well, you know, I've always felt 469 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,637 that death was fairly final. 470 00:22:42,671 --> 00:22:43,810 I mean, if I were to have hysterics, 471 00:22:43,845 --> 00:22:45,640 it wouldn't help Varley, would it, 472 00:22:45,674 --> 00:22:47,400 much less revive the wretched woman? 473 00:22:47,435 --> 00:22:48,815 I think a certain respect 474 00:22:48,850 --> 00:22:51,404 under the present circumstances would be in order. 475 00:22:51,439 --> 00:22:52,957 Yes. 476 00:22:52,992 --> 00:22:56,064 But, of course, you're more involved than I am, aren't you? 477 00:22:56,098 --> 00:22:59,757 What would you estimate the time of death to have been? 478 00:22:59,792 --> 00:23:02,415 I'm not sure I should tell you. 479 00:23:02,450 --> 00:23:04,106 Oh, come, come. It can't be kept a secret forever. 480 00:23:04,141 --> 00:23:06,454 Where's the harm in divulging it to a fellow professional? 481 00:23:06,488 --> 00:23:07,558 Oh, very well. 482 00:23:08,317 --> 00:23:09,629 I'd put the time of death 483 00:23:09,664 --> 00:23:12,563 at somewhere between 6:00 and 7:00 last evening. 484 00:23:12,598 --> 00:23:14,841 But before 9:00, at all events? 485 00:23:14,876 --> 00:23:16,429 Without question. 486 00:23:16,464 --> 00:23:19,881 And the, um, cause of death? 487 00:23:21,089 --> 00:23:24,851 Well, I will, if I must, go down on bended knee. 488 00:23:24,886 --> 00:23:26,405 Strangulation. 489 00:23:26,439 --> 00:23:28,165 [Officer] What can I do for you, sir? 490 00:23:28,199 --> 00:23:30,167 Accept my deepest sympathies, sir. 491 00:23:30,201 --> 00:23:31,582 What? 492 00:23:31,617 --> 00:23:33,273 Only the keepers of the nation's conscience 493 00:23:33,308 --> 00:23:36,449 could possibly work in such insalubrious surroundings. 494 00:23:36,484 --> 00:23:37,864 Now, can you tell me 495 00:23:37,899 --> 00:23:40,280 where I can find Detective Sergeant Mallory? 496 00:23:40,315 --> 00:23:42,075 He's interviewing a suspect. 497 00:23:43,145 --> 00:23:44,457 I asked you where he was. 498 00:23:44,492 --> 00:23:46,390 I'm well aware of what he's doing. Ah. 499 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:49,324 Hey, just a minute! You can't just walk in! 500 00:23:49,358 --> 00:23:51,257 Perfectly all right, Sergeant. 501 00:23:51,291 --> 00:23:52,672 Good morning, Varley. How are you? 502 00:23:52,707 --> 00:23:54,156 He just marched past! 503 00:23:54,191 --> 00:23:55,364 Now, back to your desk. There's a good fellow. 504 00:23:55,399 --> 00:23:56,918 Wait a minute. 505 00:23:56,952 --> 00:23:58,920 Now, you'll be Detective Sergeant Mallory, I take it. 506 00:23:58,954 --> 00:24:00,024 Never mind who I am. 507 00:24:00,059 --> 00:24:01,750 Who the hell do you think you are? 508 00:24:03,062 --> 00:24:07,238 Professor Van Dusen. Augustus Van Dusen. 509 00:24:07,273 --> 00:24:08,308 And what the devil do you mean 510 00:24:08,343 --> 00:24:09,689 by barging in here like this? 511 00:24:09,724 --> 00:24:11,588 Uh, we, uh, we work together. 512 00:24:11,622 --> 00:24:14,142 Oh! So you're in this together, are you? 513 00:24:14,176 --> 00:24:17,490 Uh, yes and no. 514 00:24:17,525 --> 00:24:18,905 Don't you fence with me. 515 00:24:18,940 --> 00:24:20,528 That, my dear sergeant, 516 00:24:20,562 --> 00:24:22,737 would argue a degree of expertise 517 00:24:22,771 --> 00:24:25,429 not compatible with the present circumstances. 518 00:24:25,464 --> 00:24:26,741 Sit down, Varley. 519 00:24:30,814 --> 00:24:32,919 You don't appear to understand the gravity 520 00:24:32,954 --> 00:24:33,955 of the situation. 521 00:24:33,989 --> 00:24:34,990 Oh, indeed? 522 00:24:35,025 --> 00:24:36,509 I repaired to certain premises 523 00:24:36,544 --> 00:24:38,960 on receiving reports of foul play. 524 00:24:38,994 --> 00:24:42,446 And there you found that the victim had passed on. 525 00:24:43,309 --> 00:24:45,414 This is no joking matter. 526 00:24:45,449 --> 00:24:47,451 Murder seldom is, Sergeant. 527 00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:50,868 But your present absurd position could be. 528 00:24:50,903 --> 00:24:52,387 Absurd, is it? 529 00:24:52,421 --> 00:24:54,527 How did your accomplice come to be there? 530 00:24:54,562 --> 00:24:56,598 The door was open. 531 00:24:56,633 --> 00:24:57,910 Give him rope, Varley. Give him rope. 532 00:24:57,944 --> 00:24:59,498 He's near enough to hanging himself. 533 00:24:59,532 --> 00:25:00,809 And how do you account for the fact 534 00:25:00,844 --> 00:25:03,363 that his fingerprints were all over the place? 535 00:25:03,398 --> 00:25:04,641 Fingerprints? 536 00:25:04,675 --> 00:25:07,264 I say. They do move with the times. 537 00:25:07,298 --> 00:25:11,682 I found him bending over a brutally murdered woman. 538 00:25:11,717 --> 00:25:14,305 Sergeant, you must indeed be hard-pressed 539 00:25:14,340 --> 00:25:17,205 to grasp at straws quite so improbably thin. 540 00:25:17,239 --> 00:25:18,206 I'll deal with you later. 541 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:19,966 You'll deal with me now. 542 00:25:20,001 --> 00:25:20,829 What? 543 00:25:20,864 --> 00:25:22,072 Unless, of course, 544 00:25:22,106 --> 00:25:23,832 you want to face a charge of false arrest. 545 00:25:23,867 --> 00:25:24,902 What's that? 546 00:25:26,179 --> 00:25:27,387 Were you detained, Varley? 547 00:25:27,422 --> 00:25:29,182 In a manner of speaking, yes. 548 00:25:29,217 --> 00:25:30,667 You didn't ask to stay. 549 00:25:30,701 --> 00:25:32,151 - Not exactly, no. - No. 550 00:25:33,152 --> 00:25:34,740 Well, even the police haven't the right 551 00:25:34,774 --> 00:25:36,880 to deprive a man of his liberty 552 00:25:36,914 --> 00:25:38,744 unless they can reasonably suspect him 553 00:25:38,778 --> 00:25:42,023 of having committed a crime or of being about to commit one. 554 00:25:42,057 --> 00:25:46,234 I have already told you the reasons of my suspicion. 555 00:25:46,268 --> 00:25:48,719 And I have just returned from the scene of the crime. 556 00:25:48,754 --> 00:25:50,928 The police doctor sets the time of death 557 00:25:50,963 --> 00:25:53,621 at between 6:00 and 7:00 o'clock last evening. 558 00:25:53,655 --> 00:25:54,829 Well? 559 00:25:54,863 --> 00:25:56,416 Mr. Varley was with me until 9:00. 560 00:25:56,451 --> 00:25:57,970 Oh, you'll need to do better than that. 561 00:25:58,004 --> 00:25:59,696 And, uh, a third party, 562 00:25:59,730 --> 00:26:02,319 to whom even you will find difficulty 563 00:26:02,353 --> 00:26:05,874 in attributing means and motive, much less opportunity. 564 00:26:05,909 --> 00:26:07,117 Name? 565 00:26:07,151 --> 00:26:11,915 Sir Tobias Prescott. The, um, celebrated surgeon. 566 00:26:11,949 --> 00:26:13,641 Oh. Address? 567 00:26:13,675 --> 00:26:17,921 His consulting rooms are at 5 Harley Square. 568 00:26:17,955 --> 00:26:19,060 We'll check that. 569 00:26:19,094 --> 00:26:20,751 Do it now. He's on the telephone. 570 00:26:22,235 --> 00:26:24,203 Keep an eye on him, Sergeant. 571 00:26:24,237 --> 00:26:25,549 Poor fellow. 572 00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:27,620 We're about to witness the unedifying spectacle 573 00:26:27,655 --> 00:26:30,002 of authority compelled to eat its own words. 574 00:26:30,036 --> 00:26:33,005 - Well, I hope you're right. - Oh, of course I am. 575 00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:34,869 Uh, take a seat, my good man. 576 00:26:37,699 --> 00:26:40,978 He says his name is Van Dusen. Van Dusen. 577 00:26:42,911 --> 00:26:43,809 Oh? 578 00:26:46,052 --> 00:26:46,950 Oh. 579 00:26:49,918 --> 00:26:50,816 Oh. 580 00:26:51,851 --> 00:26:53,819 And you are quite sure that he and Mr. Varley 581 00:26:53,853 --> 00:26:56,062 were with you until after nine o'clock? 582 00:27:00,101 --> 00:27:01,550 Thank you very much, sir. 583 00:27:09,351 --> 00:27:11,526 Yeah, all right, Sergeant. Thank you. 584 00:27:14,046 --> 00:27:17,428 Well, it seems I, uh, owe you an apology, sir. 585 00:27:17,463 --> 00:27:18,775 If you insist. 586 00:27:18,809 --> 00:27:20,604 Aye, well, uh, if you would care 587 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:22,744 to collect your belongings, sir. 588 00:27:22,779 --> 00:27:23,745 I'd be delighted. 589 00:27:23,780 --> 00:27:25,195 I do have one or two little jobs 590 00:27:25,229 --> 00:27:26,852 I have to be getting on with. 591 00:27:28,819 --> 00:27:30,096 And now, Sergeant, 592 00:27:30,131 --> 00:27:32,064 perhaps you and I could have a quiet word. 593 00:27:33,721 --> 00:27:37,656 I'm not quite clear, sir, how you are concerned. 594 00:27:37,690 --> 00:27:39,658 I was called in by Prescott. 595 00:27:39,692 --> 00:27:41,729 Well, to cut a long story short, 596 00:27:41,763 --> 00:27:46,043 a lady visited him yesterday who declined to give her name, 597 00:27:46,078 --> 00:27:50,220 and she wanted him to amputate a perfectly healthy finger. 598 00:27:50,254 --> 00:27:51,980 - What? - Yes. 599 00:27:52,015 --> 00:27:53,706 Well, when he refused, 600 00:27:53,741 --> 00:27:57,089 she trapped him into doing so by shutting it in the door, 601 00:27:57,123 --> 00:27:58,953 damaging it to such an extent 602 00:27:58,987 --> 00:28:01,541 that he was obliged to amputate it. 603 00:28:01,576 --> 00:28:03,958 A finger off? What on earth for? 604 00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:07,824 That was what Prescott wanted to know. 605 00:28:07,858 --> 00:28:10,102 Now, I sent Varley here to find out who she was, 606 00:28:10,136 --> 00:28:13,830 and he established that she was a Mrs. Chevedon Morey. 607 00:28:13,864 --> 00:28:15,590 - Mrs. Chevedon Morey? - Yes. 608 00:28:15,624 --> 00:28:20,664 I think you will know her better as Mrs. John Smith. 609 00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:22,873 You mean the murdered woman? 610 00:28:22,908 --> 00:28:24,150 Apparently. 611 00:28:24,185 --> 00:28:25,565 My first thought was 612 00:28:26,670 --> 00:28:29,984 that the amputation might be the opening shot 613 00:28:30,018 --> 00:28:31,882 in a fraudulent insurance claim. 614 00:28:31,917 --> 00:28:33,263 But oh, no, no, no. 615 00:28:33,297 --> 00:28:35,472 They were playing for higher stakes than that. 616 00:28:35,506 --> 00:28:36,887 They take an expensive flat. 617 00:28:36,922 --> 00:28:38,268 Money was no object 618 00:28:38,302 --> 00:28:40,615 when she was trying to persuade Prescott to mutilate her. 619 00:28:40,649 --> 00:28:42,721 In fact, so much so that, frankly, 620 00:28:42,755 --> 00:28:45,758 I didn't expect any developments for some time. 621 00:28:45,793 --> 00:28:48,312 But the fact that she promptly got herself murdered 622 00:28:48,347 --> 00:28:50,073 made nonsense of my assumptions. 623 00:28:50,763 --> 00:28:55,561 You arrested the wrong man, but I, too, was at fault. 624 00:28:56,562 --> 00:28:57,977 Well, that's a handsome admission, sir. 625 00:28:58,012 --> 00:28:59,461 No, no, no, no. 626 00:28:59,496 --> 00:29:03,017 I don't like it any better than you do, Sergeant. 627 00:29:03,051 --> 00:29:06,020 But perhaps if we pool our resources, 628 00:29:06,054 --> 00:29:09,575 we can salvage our reputations and solve the crime. 629 00:29:09,609 --> 00:29:11,853 Right. What did you have in mind? 630 00:29:12,820 --> 00:29:16,202 [laughs] You know, you must have been on pretty thin ice 631 00:29:16,237 --> 00:29:20,759 to haul Varley in on purely circumstantial evidence. 632 00:29:20,793 --> 00:29:22,243 Well, uh, between ourselves, 633 00:29:22,277 --> 00:29:24,590 there were a few, uh, loose ends. 634 00:29:24,624 --> 00:29:25,660 [Van Dusen] I'm sure. 635 00:29:25,694 --> 00:29:27,144 The night porter swore 636 00:29:27,179 --> 00:29:28,801 that he saw them leave the block late last night. 637 00:29:28,836 --> 00:29:31,252 In fact, he called a cab for them at 11:00 p.m. 638 00:29:31,286 --> 00:29:33,495 After the woman was dead. 639 00:29:33,530 --> 00:29:34,876 More than that, they told him 640 00:29:34,911 --> 00:29:37,499 that they'd been called away on business. 641 00:29:37,534 --> 00:29:39,639 The manager found the body this morning. 642 00:29:39,674 --> 00:29:43,851 By which time a dead woman had returned to a locked flat. 643 00:29:43,885 --> 00:29:46,992 Without anybody seeing her or her husband. 644 00:29:47,026 --> 00:29:49,063 Unlikely, I think. 645 00:29:49,097 --> 00:29:52,514 The porter and the manager, did you believe them? 646 00:29:53,032 --> 00:29:54,551 No reason not to. 647 00:29:54,585 --> 00:29:56,484 They were as shocked as you'd expect them to be 648 00:29:56,518 --> 00:29:58,486 under the circumstances. 649 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,315 But somebody must be lying. 650 00:30:00,350 --> 00:30:01,765 Either that or a number of people 651 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,595 have been very skillfully misled. 652 00:30:04,630 --> 00:30:06,977 - I don't follow you. - No? 653 00:30:07,944 --> 00:30:11,637 Well, two and two make four, Sergeant. 654 00:30:11,671 --> 00:30:14,951 Not sometimes, but always. 655 00:30:16,297 --> 00:30:17,954 But the facts don't tally. 656 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:23,028 Then the facts, my dear Sergeant, must be wrong. 657 00:30:30,483 --> 00:30:32,658 There's, uh, there's this. 658 00:30:32,692 --> 00:30:34,694 - Hmm? - Here. 659 00:30:34,729 --> 00:30:35,937 Oh. 660 00:30:35,972 --> 00:30:38,008 "The wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Chevedon Morey. 661 00:30:38,043 --> 00:30:41,011 The bride wore." Hmm, charming. 662 00:30:41,736 --> 00:30:46,637 "She was given away by her uncle, Sir Hector Drummond Bt. 663 00:30:46,672 --> 00:30:48,122 Among the guests were"- 664 00:30:48,156 --> 00:30:49,019 Wait a minute. 665 00:30:49,917 --> 00:30:51,850 I seem to remember something about him. 666 00:30:51,884 --> 00:30:52,885 Hmm? 667 00:30:54,128 --> 00:30:55,025 Yes. 668 00:30:56,924 --> 00:30:59,167 Let's see, now. Drummond, Drummond. 669 00:30:59,202 --> 00:31:00,513 Oh, here we are. 670 00:31:00,548 --> 00:31:02,170 Ah, 14th baronet. 671 00:31:02,964 --> 00:31:05,864 Well, unmarried. "Clubs, The Eccentrics. 672 00:31:07,348 --> 00:31:10,799 Address, Drummond Hall, near Fordingbridge, Hampshire. 673 00:31:10,834 --> 00:31:11,904 No telephone." 674 00:31:12,801 --> 00:31:14,803 That's right. It's all coming back to me now. 675 00:31:14,838 --> 00:31:17,496 Yes, he's reckoned to be not quite all there. 676 00:31:19,463 --> 00:31:23,847 He ran for Parliament on some crackpot platform, I remember. 677 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:25,159 What was it, now? 678 00:31:25,193 --> 00:31:28,162 Oh, yes, Home Rule for the Men of the New Forest. 679 00:31:28,196 --> 00:31:29,749 Oh, how splendid. 680 00:31:29,784 --> 00:31:32,649 Uh, oh, it should be in here. 681 00:31:34,030 --> 00:31:35,065 Have a look. 682 00:31:39,898 --> 00:31:41,485 Ah, here it is. 683 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:42,762 That's right, yes. 684 00:31:42,797 --> 00:31:44,212 He had to withdraw his candidature 685 00:31:44,247 --> 00:31:45,765 for breaking up his opponents' election meeting. 686 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,423 Ha, he drove a pack of foxhounds 687 00:31:48,458 --> 00:31:50,667 through the assembly hall at Salisbury. 688 00:31:52,048 --> 00:31:53,912 Oh, yes, and that just about died down 689 00:31:53,946 --> 00:31:56,673 when he had to retire from the bench 690 00:31:56,707 --> 00:31:58,502 for dispensing summary justice. 691 00:31:58,537 --> 00:32:00,608 Apparently he produced a shotgun in court 692 00:32:00,642 --> 00:32:02,196 and peppered some wretched poacher 693 00:32:02,230 --> 00:32:03,404 that had been brought before him. 694 00:32:03,438 --> 00:32:04,923 A trifle eccentric. 695 00:32:04,957 --> 00:32:06,821 He was a rotten shot, luckily for all concerned. 696 00:32:06,855 --> 00:32:08,029 Hmm. 697 00:32:08,064 --> 00:32:10,929 Well, perhaps I'd better take a change of armor. 698 00:32:11,999 --> 00:32:14,967 You're not going down there. What for? 699 00:32:15,002 --> 00:32:17,349 I go where the scent leads me, Varley. 700 00:32:17,383 --> 00:32:19,006 Yes, but he doesn't sound the sort of chap 701 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,077 that would exactly welcome strangers. 702 00:32:21,111 --> 00:32:23,493 Well, someone's got to tell him his niece is dead. 703 00:32:24,770 --> 00:32:29,948 - [owl hooting] - [bell tolling] 704 00:32:32,881 --> 00:32:35,746 [door thudding] 705 00:32:42,098 --> 00:32:44,893 [locks clicking] 706 00:32:49,933 --> 00:32:51,866 [Sterling] Yes? 707 00:32:51,900 --> 00:32:53,040 [Van Dusen] My card. 708 00:32:53,074 --> 00:32:55,318 I am acquainted with Sir Hector's niece. 709 00:32:56,215 --> 00:32:57,251 Oh, dear. 710 00:32:57,285 --> 00:32:58,873 [Van Dusen] I would be grateful 711 00:32:58,907 --> 00:33:02,014 if Sir Hector could spare me a few moments of his time. 712 00:33:02,049 --> 00:33:03,602 One moment, sir. 713 00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:09,021 [locks clicking] 714 00:33:13,025 --> 00:33:15,717 [owl hooting] 715 00:33:17,305 --> 00:33:20,274 [door whooshing] 716 00:33:23,380 --> 00:33:27,660 [Van Dusen] [groans] Oh, dear. 717 00:33:36,842 --> 00:33:39,707 [match whooshing] 718 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,860 I'm sorry about this, sir. 719 00:33:55,861 --> 00:33:56,965 Have you dined? 720 00:33:57,759 --> 00:33:59,382 [Van Dusen] Yes, thank you. 721 00:34:00,762 --> 00:34:02,730 I thought a little reading matter 722 00:34:02,764 --> 00:34:05,629 might help you to while away the time, sir. 723 00:34:06,354 --> 00:34:08,184 All this won't get you very far, you know? 724 00:34:08,218 --> 00:34:09,806 [Sterling] Oh? 725 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,015 A gentleman of the press is aware that I called here. 726 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:14,983 When I don't return, he'll, he'll institute inquiries. 727 00:34:15,018 --> 00:34:18,504 Unfortunately, the matter is out of my hands, sir. 728 00:34:19,367 --> 00:34:20,506 But I'll see what I can do. 729 00:34:20,541 --> 00:34:22,370 [Van Dusen] Yes. I'd be obliged. 730 00:34:23,751 --> 00:34:27,272 Morning tea at eight o'clock, sir. Will that do? 731 00:34:27,927 --> 00:34:29,101 Admirably. 732 00:34:29,136 --> 00:34:31,897 With milk and sugar, sir? 733 00:34:31,931 --> 00:34:33,347 [Van Dusen] Please. 734 00:34:33,381 --> 00:34:35,245 I regret the newspapers do not appear 735 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:36,936 before midmorning, sir. 736 00:34:38,283 --> 00:34:40,940 I suppose you realize that you're working for a madman? 737 00:34:40,975 --> 00:34:44,806 All too well, sir. But it comes and goes. 738 00:34:44,841 --> 00:34:48,845 The wife and I have been with the family for many years. 739 00:34:48,879 --> 00:34:51,468 It would be a great wrench to seek a new position, 740 00:34:51,503 --> 00:34:53,574 and they are hard to find. 741 00:34:53,608 --> 00:34:56,922 Besides, Sir Hector can be very charming. 742 00:34:57,716 --> 00:34:59,959 Yes, I'll take your word for that. 743 00:34:59,994 --> 00:35:01,099 Thank you, sir. 744 00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:02,755 May I bid you good night. 745 00:35:06,897 --> 00:35:09,935 [tongue clicking] 746 00:35:11,868 --> 00:35:13,835 [Van Dusen sighs] 747 00:35:13,870 --> 00:35:16,838 [Van Dusen groans] 748 00:35:19,393 --> 00:35:22,327 [dramatic music] 749 00:35:23,500 --> 00:35:24,846 [birds chirping] 750 00:35:24,881 --> 00:35:27,470 [bell tolling] 751 00:35:40,207 --> 00:35:43,037 Ah! Listen to this, Sterling. 752 00:35:43,071 --> 00:35:45,522 "And the 10th baronet replied, 753 00:35:45,557 --> 00:35:49,319 'If you think I'm gaga, you should see the monarch.'" 754 00:35:50,078 --> 00:35:53,806 [laughs] George III, you see! 755 00:35:54,531 --> 00:35:56,637 [groans] No respecter of persons. 756 00:35:56,671 --> 00:35:58,673 The Drummonds never have been. 757 00:35:58,708 --> 00:36:01,711 There's another gentleman to see you, sir. 758 00:36:02,884 --> 00:36:04,300 Varley? Varley? 759 00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:06,164 Who's he? 760 00:36:06,198 --> 00:36:08,166 A gentleman of the press, sir. 761 00:36:08,856 --> 00:36:10,789 Gentleman? That's no occupation for gentlemen. 762 00:36:10,823 --> 00:36:14,275 Journalists. Muckrakers, the lot of them. 763 00:36:14,310 --> 00:36:17,796 He's asking for Professor Van Dusen, sir. 764 00:36:17,830 --> 00:36:20,488 Never heard of him. Get rid of the fellow. 765 00:36:20,523 --> 00:36:22,766 Would that be wise, sir? 766 00:36:23,836 --> 00:36:25,010 When snoopers come, 767 00:36:25,044 --> 00:36:28,116 they come not single spies, but in battalions, 768 00:36:28,151 --> 00:36:30,740 to misquote the Bard, you mean? 769 00:36:30,774 --> 00:36:32,914 Oh, very well. 770 00:36:32,949 --> 00:36:34,640 Stick him in the dungeon. 771 00:36:34,675 --> 00:36:36,470 I hardly think we want 772 00:36:36,504 --> 00:36:40,577 the Commissioners in Lunacy calling again, sir. 773 00:36:40,612 --> 00:36:42,441 [chuckles] I should think not. 774 00:36:42,476 --> 00:36:44,685 As daft a lot as ever I saw. 775 00:36:45,617 --> 00:36:48,102 Perhaps we might stick them in the dungeon, too, what? 776 00:36:48,136 --> 00:36:51,416 Might become a trifle overcrowded, sir. 777 00:36:51,450 --> 00:36:53,728 Oh, very well. 778 00:36:53,763 --> 00:36:55,903 Set a couple more places. Send him in. 779 00:36:55,937 --> 00:36:58,043 And fetch that other fellow up too. 780 00:36:58,077 --> 00:37:00,045 Might as well get quit of the pair of them. 781 00:37:00,079 --> 00:37:02,530 - Very good, sir. - Ah. 782 00:37:02,565 --> 00:37:06,154 I don't know about an Englishman's castle 783 00:37:06,189 --> 00:37:09,434 Can't even read in peace without hordes of strangers 784 00:37:09,468 --> 00:37:11,712 trooping in and out during mealtime. 785 00:37:20,893 --> 00:37:24,725 Good morning, sir. I trust you slept well. 786 00:37:25,933 --> 00:37:27,106 [Van Dusen] Tolerably. 787 00:37:27,141 --> 00:37:29,454 If you would care to step this way, sir. 788 00:37:29,488 --> 00:37:32,526 [ladder rattling] 789 00:37:33,216 --> 00:37:34,735 I'm happy to report, 790 00:37:34,769 --> 00:37:38,566 Sir Hector is more his usual self this morning, sir. 791 00:37:38,601 --> 00:37:40,085 I'm relieved to hear it. 792 00:37:40,119 --> 00:37:42,708 He's expecting you to breakfast with him in the library. 793 00:37:42,743 --> 00:37:44,814 You and your reporter friend, sir. 794 00:37:44,848 --> 00:37:47,368 [Van Dusen] Sir Hector is too hospitable. 795 00:37:50,854 --> 00:37:52,925 Ah. You all right? 796 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:54,548 Why shouldn't he be? 797 00:37:55,307 --> 00:37:56,757 I'll have you know that a lot of care 798 00:37:56,791 --> 00:37:58,759 when into building that place. 799 00:37:59,794 --> 00:38:04,696 Ah. We haven't met before, have we? 800 00:38:04,730 --> 00:38:05,593 No. 801 00:38:05,628 --> 00:38:07,595 - Drummond. - Van Dusen. 802 00:38:08,665 --> 00:38:10,978 I understand you two know each other. 803 00:38:12,738 --> 00:38:14,533 Well, that's all right, then. 804 00:38:14,568 --> 00:38:15,638 Will that be all, sir? 805 00:38:15,672 --> 00:38:16,949 [Hector] Yes, yes, yes, yes. 806 00:38:16,984 --> 00:38:18,399 Now, in the first place, Sir Hector- 807 00:38:18,434 --> 00:38:20,781 Breakfast? I've had mine. 808 00:38:21,506 --> 00:38:23,715 Eggs underdone. Bacon overdone. 809 00:38:23,749 --> 00:38:25,613 Toast burnt. Tea like nothing on earth. 810 00:38:25,648 --> 00:38:27,615 Still, the woman does her best. 811 00:38:27,650 --> 00:38:29,445 We shall make the most of it. 812 00:38:30,342 --> 00:38:32,827 Here about my niece, aren't you? 813 00:38:34,346 --> 00:38:36,728 Well, it was bound to come up, I suppose. 814 00:38:36,762 --> 00:38:40,456 Well, in a nutshell, this is what happened. 815 00:38:40,490 --> 00:38:42,630 She asked herself to stay. 816 00:38:42,665 --> 00:38:44,977 Now, when was it? Let me see. 817 00:38:45,012 --> 00:38:47,497 Must be two or three years ago now. 818 00:38:47,532 --> 00:38:49,672 Didn't welcome the idea. 819 00:38:49,706 --> 00:38:50,983 I couldn't very well refuse, 820 00:38:51,018 --> 00:38:52,606 seeing as how she's going to inherit. 821 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:53,607 - Sir Hector- - You eat. 822 00:38:53,641 --> 00:38:54,849 I'll do the talking. 823 00:38:54,884 --> 00:38:56,092 Lose my train of thought. 824 00:38:56,126 --> 00:38:58,646 It's apt to wander at the best of times. 825 00:38:58,681 --> 00:39:00,855 Now, where was I? Ah! 826 00:39:00,890 --> 00:39:04,894 Anyway, she came down here to have a look around. 827 00:39:04,928 --> 00:39:06,516 Damn cheek. 828 00:39:06,551 --> 00:39:08,138 She might at least have waited till I was dead 829 00:39:08,173 --> 00:39:10,140 or, at any rate, dying. 830 00:39:10,175 --> 00:39:11,556 Well, there you are. [sniffs] 831 00:39:11,590 --> 00:39:13,937 Well, I showed her the family portraits. 832 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,527 Told her a little bit about the family history. 833 00:39:19,149 --> 00:39:20,668 You know, she didn't utter. 834 00:39:22,118 --> 00:39:23,430 Best thing about her, I thought. 835 00:39:23,464 --> 00:39:24,845 Most women screech like peahens. 836 00:39:24,879 --> 00:39:28,642 As a matter of fact, I quite warmed to her. 837 00:39:29,746 --> 00:39:33,232 So I showed her some of the family weapons, 838 00:39:33,267 --> 00:39:37,409 the idea being that she should learn to look after herself. 839 00:39:37,444 --> 00:39:39,342 Nobody else does, do they? 840 00:39:39,377 --> 00:39:40,585 I asked her if she'd ever handled 841 00:39:40,619 --> 00:39:42,587 one of these, and damn- 842 00:39:42,621 --> 00:39:47,833 - [gun firing] - [vase shattering] 843 00:39:52,459 --> 00:39:56,255 Huh. Must have loaded the damn thing again. 844 00:39:56,911 --> 00:39:59,604 Well, no harm done. 845 00:40:00,570 --> 00:40:01,675 Makes a change. 846 00:40:02,641 --> 00:40:05,989 Oh, last time, stupid girl got her finger in the way. 847 00:40:06,024 --> 00:40:08,578 Blew the top of it clean off. Blood all over the place. 848 00:40:08,613 --> 00:40:10,235 You thought I'd killed her, didn't you, Sterling? 849 00:40:10,269 --> 00:40:12,340 - Yes, sir. - Not a bit of it. 850 00:40:12,375 --> 00:40:13,687 Ruined the carpet, though. 851 00:40:13,721 --> 00:40:16,103 And you say that this was three years ago? 852 00:40:16,137 --> 00:40:18,416 Oh, thereabouts. 853 00:40:19,278 --> 00:40:22,937 I persuaded the family doctor to hush the matter up, sir. 854 00:40:23,835 --> 00:40:25,940 It was a nasty accident. Most distressing. 855 00:40:25,975 --> 00:40:29,461 But Sir Hector's niece was not seriously harmed. 856 00:40:29,496 --> 00:40:31,670 Are you sure this was three years ago? 857 00:40:32,568 --> 00:40:35,122 Are you calling me a liar? [groans] 858 00:40:35,156 --> 00:40:37,711 Journalist gentleman, indeed. 859 00:40:37,745 --> 00:40:39,540 I at least must be sure about this. 860 00:40:39,575 --> 00:40:42,025 It was three years ago, sir. 861 00:40:42,060 --> 00:40:43,648 Thank you. Varley? 862 00:40:43,682 --> 00:40:46,098 We will no longer trespass on your hospitality. 863 00:40:46,133 --> 00:40:47,617 - Good day. - Good morning. 864 00:40:49,826 --> 00:40:52,967 Extraordinary couple of fellows. What was it all about? 865 00:40:53,002 --> 00:40:54,900 I really couldn't say, sir. 866 00:40:55,591 --> 00:40:57,489 Oh, well, good riddance to the pair of them. 867 00:40:57,524 --> 00:40:59,871 Had I better take charge of that, sir? 868 00:40:59,905 --> 00:41:01,148 Hmm? 869 00:41:01,182 --> 00:41:02,736 We might not be so fortunate 870 00:41:02,770 --> 00:41:06,222 should you happen to forget you loaded it a third time, sir. 871 00:41:06,256 --> 00:41:09,881 [chuckles] Just as you like. [sniffs] 872 00:41:12,642 --> 00:41:14,782 The likeness is uncanny. 873 00:41:14,817 --> 00:41:17,820 Sergeant, you not only got hold of the wrong suspect. 874 00:41:17,854 --> 00:41:20,305 You also got hold of the wrong victim. 875 00:41:20,339 --> 00:41:22,410 But her left forefinger's been amputated. 876 00:41:22,445 --> 00:41:24,861 [Tobias] Yes. And by a skillful surgeon. 877 00:41:24,896 --> 00:41:26,173 Well, then. 878 00:41:26,207 --> 00:41:28,486 But the wound is perfectly healed. 879 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:31,558 That operation was performed some years ago. 880 00:41:31,592 --> 00:41:32,869 And she's not my patient. 881 00:41:32,904 --> 00:41:34,837 And she's not Mrs. Morey. 882 00:41:36,770 --> 00:41:39,566 The resemblance between the murdered woman and Mrs. Morey 883 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:42,258 was sufficiently remarkable to deceive a lot of people. 884 00:41:42,292 --> 00:41:43,604 - Including me. - Yes. 885 00:41:43,639 --> 00:41:45,503 Which is what, of course, the Moreys counted on. 886 00:41:45,537 --> 00:41:47,608 - Why? - Oh, dear. 887 00:41:48,713 --> 00:41:50,922 Collaboration is uphill work. 888 00:41:51,716 --> 00:41:54,477 We were discussing why a perfectly sane woman 889 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:57,169 should deliberately want to mutilate herself. 890 00:41:57,204 --> 00:41:58,585 An insurance claim? 891 00:41:58,619 --> 00:42:00,276 - An impersonation! - Good. 892 00:42:00,310 --> 00:42:03,935 With the object of defrauding someone similarly mutilated. 893 00:42:03,969 --> 00:42:05,764 [laughs] You see? 894 00:42:05,799 --> 00:42:08,733 Our time together has not been entirely wasted. 895 00:42:08,767 --> 00:42:12,081 Now, supposing Mrs. Morey and her husband 896 00:42:12,115 --> 00:42:14,497 did conspire in such a fraud. 897 00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:16,016 But sacrificing a finger 898 00:42:16,050 --> 00:42:20,158 to match her identity with the rightful claimant 899 00:42:20,192 --> 00:42:21,642 would be a steep price to pay. 900 00:42:21,677 --> 00:42:24,680 Not if the stakes were high enough. 901 00:42:25,612 --> 00:42:28,684 My trouble was that I could hardly prevent a crime 902 00:42:28,718 --> 00:42:30,858 which was still merely in contemplation. 903 00:42:30,893 --> 00:42:32,170 [Varley] Well, no, you couldn't, could you? 904 00:42:32,204 --> 00:42:33,585 Or if you could have done, 905 00:42:33,620 --> 00:42:35,138 I wouldn't have a case of murder on my hands. 906 00:42:35,173 --> 00:42:37,244 One step at a time, Sergeant. One step at a time. 907 00:42:37,278 --> 00:42:40,696 Remember, we all thought the murdered woman was Mrs. Morey. 908 00:42:41,559 --> 00:42:45,010 Now, I got Varley here to investigate her background, 909 00:42:45,045 --> 00:42:47,599 and it transpired that she was the niece 910 00:42:47,634 --> 00:42:50,015 of Sir Hector Drummond, Baronet. 911 00:42:50,050 --> 00:42:53,640 [Varley] A wealthy bachelor. Old and without issue. 912 00:42:53,674 --> 00:42:54,986 And mad as a hatter, moreover. 913 00:42:55,020 --> 00:42:56,815 [laughs] He was capable of anything. 914 00:42:56,850 --> 00:42:58,610 Do you know he damn near killed us? 915 00:42:58,645 --> 00:43:00,681 Yes, we won't weary you with an account of our adventures. 916 00:43:00,716 --> 00:43:03,442 The fact is he once shot his niece. 917 00:43:03,477 --> 00:43:05,375 Three years ago, to be exact. 918 00:43:05,410 --> 00:43:06,825 He didn't kill her. 919 00:43:06,860 --> 00:43:08,620 More by luck than good judgment, I imagine. 920 00:43:08,655 --> 00:43:12,348 But the shot removed the lady's left forefinger. 921 00:43:12,382 --> 00:43:13,901 More to the point, 922 00:43:13,936 --> 00:43:17,560 the victim of this bizarre incident was not Mrs. Morey, 923 00:43:18,319 --> 00:43:19,976 but the real heiress. 924 00:43:20,770 --> 00:43:22,185 Another niece. 925 00:43:22,220 --> 00:43:23,946 Her first cousin, in fact, 926 00:43:23,980 --> 00:43:27,501 which, of course, accounts for the extraordinary resemblance 927 00:43:27,535 --> 00:43:30,297 and the comings and goings that so baffled us. 928 00:43:30,331 --> 00:43:32,230 This cousin, what was her name? 929 00:43:32,264 --> 00:43:34,542 Miss Evelyn Rossmore, 930 00:43:35,371 --> 00:43:37,925 who, I discover, has been missing from her rooms 931 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:40,548 for the last two days. 932 00:43:40,583 --> 00:43:43,448 But how did she come to be murdered here? 933 00:43:43,482 --> 00:43:46,658 She was invited here by the Moreys, 934 00:43:46,693 --> 00:43:48,971 who made their proposition to her, 935 00:43:49,005 --> 00:43:52,630 demonstrating that Mrs. Morey could be mistaken for her. 936 00:43:52,664 --> 00:43:54,493 But why on earth did Miss Rossmore 937 00:43:54,528 --> 00:43:55,633 come back here again? 938 00:43:55,667 --> 00:43:57,427 To refuse their demands. 939 00:43:57,462 --> 00:44:00,845 A refusal which precipitated their original plan. 940 00:44:00,879 --> 00:44:02,536 What original plan? 941 00:44:02,570 --> 00:44:05,366 The eventual murder of Miss Rossmore. 942 00:44:05,401 --> 00:44:08,300 I believe they never intended the murder to take place here, 943 00:44:08,335 --> 00:44:10,268 nor anything like so soon. 944 00:44:10,302 --> 00:44:11,856 I still don't follow. 945 00:44:13,133 --> 00:44:14,997 I'm doing my best to explain. 946 00:44:15,998 --> 00:44:17,275 Mr. Morey must have thought 947 00:44:17,309 --> 00:44:18,656 he was doing pretty well for himself 948 00:44:18,690 --> 00:44:19,898 marrying into the Drummond family. 949 00:44:19,933 --> 00:44:21,348 Agreed? 950 00:44:21,382 --> 00:44:22,383 [Varley] But Mrs. Morey wasn't going to get 951 00:44:22,418 --> 00:44:23,799 any of the money. 952 00:44:23,833 --> 00:44:25,007 [Van Dusen] Imagine what a disappointment 953 00:44:25,041 --> 00:44:26,940 that must have been to him. 954 00:44:26,974 --> 00:44:28,700 [Varley] Especially when he found out 955 00:44:28,735 --> 00:44:30,598 that his wife's cousin was going to inherit the lot. 956 00:44:30,633 --> 00:44:32,670 [Van Dusen] Exactly. 957 00:44:33,463 --> 00:44:34,982 Well, this is a surprise. 958 00:44:35,017 --> 00:44:36,087 Yes, isn't it? 959 00:44:36,121 --> 00:44:38,330 It must be, what, nearly 20 years 960 00:44:38,365 --> 00:44:39,607 since we saw each other last. 961 00:44:39,642 --> 00:44:41,782 - Surely not. - Perhaps not quite 20. 962 00:44:41,817 --> 00:44:43,301 Not far off, then. 963 00:44:43,335 --> 00:44:45,648 You had your hair in pigtails, I remember. 964 00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:47,685 Yes. We were children. 965 00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:50,239 And a fearful little tomboy you were too. 966 00:44:50,273 --> 00:44:52,690 - Oh, never. - Yes, I was. 967 00:44:53,414 --> 00:44:56,417 And yet here you are, married and everything. 968 00:44:56,452 --> 00:44:57,936 [Mr. Morey] And here you are. 969 00:44:57,971 --> 00:44:58,868 Yes. 970 00:44:59,938 --> 00:45:03,701 You know, when you opened the door just now, 971 00:45:03,735 --> 00:45:07,083 I really thought I was looking at my reflection in the mirror. 972 00:45:07,118 --> 00:45:09,051 I'm glad you think so. 973 00:45:09,085 --> 00:45:10,604 - Glad? - Yes. 974 00:45:10,638 --> 00:45:13,641 What an odd thing to say. Why glad? 975 00:45:13,676 --> 00:45:16,230 [Mr. Morey] It makes our task so much easier. 976 00:45:17,128 --> 00:45:18,543 Well, I don't understand. 977 00:45:18,577 --> 00:45:20,372 We have a proposition to put to you. 978 00:45:20,407 --> 00:45:22,029 Proposition? 979 00:45:22,064 --> 00:45:23,893 Uncle Hector. 980 00:45:23,928 --> 00:45:25,032 That old madman? 981 00:45:25,067 --> 00:45:26,344 [Mr. Morey] Mad or not, 982 00:45:26,378 --> 00:45:28,691 I understand he's left you all he has. 983 00:45:28,726 --> 00:45:29,830 Well. 984 00:45:29,865 --> 00:45:30,831 Is it fair? 985 00:45:30,866 --> 00:45:32,039 That's not for me to say. 986 00:45:32,074 --> 00:45:34,904 [Mr. Morey] There, I'm afraid, we must disagree. 987 00:45:34,939 --> 00:45:37,769 Then don't talk to me about it. Talk to Uncle Hector. 988 00:45:37,804 --> 00:45:40,013 And risk getting our heads blown off? 989 00:45:40,047 --> 00:45:40,979 No, thank you. 990 00:45:42,809 --> 00:45:45,570 Do you mean you want to dispossess me? 991 00:45:45,604 --> 00:45:48,780 [Mr. Morey] Oh, if, I say "if," we wanted to do that, 992 00:45:48,815 --> 00:45:51,610 believe me, there are easier ways. 993 00:45:51,645 --> 00:45:53,371 - Oh? - Oh, indeed. 994 00:45:53,405 --> 00:45:55,614 Just be thankful that I'm not greedy. 995 00:45:55,649 --> 00:45:58,514 On my lady wife's account, that is. 996 00:45:58,548 --> 00:46:01,275 - What do you want? - A fair share. 997 00:46:01,310 --> 00:46:03,312 [Evelyn] And if I refuse? 998 00:46:03,346 --> 00:46:04,969 You yourself have remarked 999 00:46:05,003 --> 00:46:06,487 on the extraordinary resemblance 1000 00:46:06,522 --> 00:46:07,937 between you and your cousin. 1001 00:46:07,972 --> 00:46:10,008 [Evelyn] You would use it to contest the will? 1002 00:46:10,043 --> 00:46:12,390 - Yes. - Reluctantly. 1003 00:46:12,424 --> 00:46:13,909 Oh, you'd never succeed. 1004 00:46:14,737 --> 00:46:15,462 Perhaps not. 1005 00:46:16,704 --> 00:46:18,706 But think of the expense, the tedium, the law's delays, 1006 00:46:18,741 --> 00:46:22,849 and the ever-present chance that justice might not be done. 1007 00:46:22,883 --> 00:46:24,091 Why put it to the test? 1008 00:46:24,126 --> 00:46:25,575 You might lose everything. 1009 00:46:25,610 --> 00:46:28,578 Why risk it when you could settle out of court? 1010 00:46:28,613 --> 00:46:30,477 [Evelyn] For what? 1011 00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:35,516 1/3 of the estate, shall we say? 1012 00:46:35,551 --> 00:46:38,899 [Van Dusen] Miss Rossmore refused to be intimidated. 1013 00:46:38,934 --> 00:46:41,453 [Mallory] All this is still guesswork. 1014 00:46:41,488 --> 00:46:44,698 [Van Dusen] But well substantiated by the facts. 1015 00:46:44,732 --> 00:46:48,081 Mrs. Morey, a young and beautiful woman, 1016 00:46:48,115 --> 00:46:52,533 had volunteered a disfiguring and acutely painful operation. 1017 00:46:52,568 --> 00:46:55,364 Now, was it just to convince Miss Rossmore 1018 00:46:55,398 --> 00:46:58,229 that they could endanger her inheritance? 1019 00:46:58,263 --> 00:47:01,197 Oh, no. It had to be more than that. 1020 00:47:01,232 --> 00:47:04,269 And they staked their all upon it. 1021 00:47:04,891 --> 00:47:06,478 I have only returned 1022 00:47:06,513 --> 00:47:08,101 to say that I have thought more about your proposition, 1023 00:47:08,135 --> 00:47:09,723 and I reject it utterly. 1024 00:47:09,757 --> 00:47:11,863 [Mr. Morey] You thought we were bluffing, didn't you? 1025 00:47:11,898 --> 00:47:12,830 Well. 1026 00:47:14,832 --> 00:47:17,179 What do you say to that, then? 1027 00:47:17,213 --> 00:47:18,283 Say? 1028 00:47:19,422 --> 00:47:21,045 I'll tell you what I'll say. 1029 00:47:21,079 --> 00:47:23,426 I'm going straight from here to tell it to the police. 1030 00:47:23,461 --> 00:47:25,118 Why should you have everything, 1031 00:47:25,152 --> 00:47:26,498 when our mothers were sisters? 1032 00:47:26,533 --> 00:47:28,017 It's not as if we were asking for all that much. 1033 00:47:28,052 --> 00:47:29,363 There's enough for everyone. 1034 00:47:29,398 --> 00:47:31,158 Just give us what is rightfully ours! 1035 00:47:31,193 --> 00:47:35,335 I'll give you nothing, except a good, long term in jail. 1036 00:47:37,716 --> 00:47:39,684 You come here. You threaten me. 1037 00:47:39,718 --> 00:47:42,273 You, why, by the time I finish with you- 1038 00:47:42,307 --> 00:47:45,897 [gasps] No! Let me go! [screaming] 1039 00:47:45,932 --> 00:47:50,557 - [Mr. Morey groaning] - [Evelyn gasping] 1040 00:47:50,591 --> 00:47:51,489 Stop it! 1041 00:47:56,149 --> 00:47:57,322 You fool. 1042 00:47:58,289 --> 00:47:59,807 Why did you do it here? 1043 00:47:59,842 --> 00:48:02,880 [Mr. Morey gasping] 1044 00:48:03,742 --> 00:48:06,469 [Van Dusen] And I'll stake my reputation. 1045 00:48:06,504 --> 00:48:07,885 That's what happened. 1046 00:48:07,919 --> 00:48:09,921 [Varley] Well, it seems pretty plausible. 1047 00:48:09,956 --> 00:48:11,543 And they panicked. 1048 00:48:11,578 --> 00:48:13,925 And I suppose by now they're on their way back to America. 1049 00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:15,340 We shall see. 1050 00:48:15,375 --> 00:48:18,067 And perhaps a little sooner than you think. 1051 00:48:18,102 --> 00:48:18,930 [door clicking] 1052 00:48:18,965 --> 00:48:19,897 Ah. 1053 00:48:24,108 --> 00:48:26,041 [Mr. Morey] What the... 1054 00:48:27,766 --> 00:48:31,253 [Mr. and Mrs. Morey grunting] 1055 00:48:31,287 --> 00:48:32,944 You fool! 1056 00:48:32,979 --> 00:48:36,223 [Van Dusen] Gently, gently. You're both in this together. 1057 00:48:36,258 --> 00:48:37,673 There's no possible point 1058 00:48:37,707 --> 00:48:39,330 in trying to shift the blame on one another. 1059 00:48:39,364 --> 00:48:41,849 Mr. and Mrs. Chevedon Morey, 1060 00:48:41,884 --> 00:48:43,368 you are not obliged to say anything, 1061 00:48:43,403 --> 00:48:45,163 but anything you do say will be taken down 1062 00:48:45,198 --> 00:48:47,062 and may be used in evidence. 1063 00:48:47,096 --> 00:48:48,339 A daunting rigmarole. 1064 00:48:48,373 --> 00:48:49,927 But all the same, 1065 00:48:49,961 --> 00:48:51,894 I strongly advise you to cooperate with the sergeant. 1066 00:48:51,929 --> 00:48:54,207 After all, it might help your wife. 1067 00:48:54,241 --> 00:48:57,900 You see, Mr. Morey, you were not a logical man. 1068 00:48:57,935 --> 00:48:59,488 You panicked twice. 1069 00:48:59,522 --> 00:49:02,387 Once when you ran away, once when you came back again. 1070 00:49:02,422 --> 00:49:03,975 You knew the woman was dead. 1071 00:49:04,010 --> 00:49:07,254 How could she possibly send you a telegram, I ask you? 1072 00:49:07,289 --> 00:49:08,911 All right. Take them away. 1073 00:49:13,088 --> 00:49:15,159 One thing still beats me. 1074 00:49:15,193 --> 00:49:17,126 [chortles] Only one? 1075 00:49:17,161 --> 00:49:20,612 [laughs] What on earth possessed them to come back here? 1076 00:49:20,647 --> 00:49:21,820 Oh, that. 1077 00:49:21,855 --> 00:49:23,201 Well, as soon as I saw how the land lay, 1078 00:49:23,236 --> 00:49:24,720 I got Varley here to telegraph 1079 00:49:24,754 --> 00:49:26,239 the steamships leaving for America. 1080 00:49:26,273 --> 00:49:27,654 There were only two. 1081 00:49:27,688 --> 00:49:29,242 Signed in the name of Miss Rossmore. 1082 00:49:29,276 --> 00:49:34,040 You see, gentlemen, two and two can only make four. 1083 00:49:34,074 --> 00:49:35,420 And now I'm sure you could both do 1084 00:49:35,455 --> 00:49:37,077 with a little liquid refreshment. 1085 00:49:37,112 --> 00:49:40,425 Let us share a hansom to my club, shall we? 1086 00:49:40,460 --> 00:49:42,980 [Varley] Splendid idea. 1087 00:49:43,083 --> 00:49:46,293 [bright jazzy music] 1088 00:49:53,611 --> 00:49:56,821 [suspenseful music] 1089 00:50:29,785 --> 00:50:31,994 [bright music] 1090 00:50:32,044 --> 00:50:36,594 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0