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The Late Edwina Black

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Mr Black

Mr Black

Mr Black

Where is Mr Black?

I'll get doctor

Can I do anything?

Yes

You can get a hot water bottle

My bag

Just collapsed suddenly?

-Yes -How was she yesterday?

She said she felt much better but I wasn't sure

I wanted to send you then,but she wouldn't hear of it,you know?

Yes.I know what she was,right, strong willed,stubborn

You've been very patient

-Nothing upset her? -Not as far as I know

She hasn't been worrying about anything

What should she worry about except her health?

You never know,Mr Black,you never know

Sick people sometimes find some funny things to worry about

Get notions,you know

We'll soon see

Come on

She won't need that now

Miss Edwina is dead

I draw the curtains in the drawing room

There is nothing else I can do,is there?

No

There is nothing else you can do for her

There is nothing more you can do to her now either

Good Bye Mr Gilchrist

Good Day Miss Grahame

Very kind of you to come,Mrs Forley

We did know her so well

Yes,rather

-Glad to come to her funeral -Thanks

Dreadful thing to say

Your are always allowed a few more free days of the school,Gregory

That's very kind of you to say so,Sir

I know you have been wasted at a little village school

as a matter of fact

there is some talk of offering you the headmastership of the next year when I go

I,suppose you are thinking of opening a school of your own

I know you always wanted to,eh?

To tell you truth that I haven't really had time to think about it

No,of course not

-We'll have a word about it sometimes -Right

-Good Bye -Good Bye,Sir

-Good Bye -Good Bye

Please quote us another sermon

in the manual you say sticking in to it all the time

I've never heard such twaddle in my life

Edwina Black an example to us all, what next I like to know

Dear,Lady Southdale,one must speak well of the dead

Nonsense,sit down man

If you can't speak the truth when they are dead,when can we I like to know?

But the dead are not longer here to defend themselves

Neither are they living when they say thing behind their backs

But poor Mrs Black she was so

Don't tell me what Edwina Black was

Bless my soul,I knew her all her life

And of all the dumb and hearing..

No,no,come,come

People sticks,oh,I shouldn't told of the man who invented stains

Mind you I used to warn her parents against spoiling her the way they did

Excuse me

Let me get you some more tea,Lady Southdale

No thank you,my dear

Just a moment my girl, I want to a word with you

Shut the door

Charity

You should know just how charitable Edwina Black was

What can I do for you,Lady Southdale?

Let me have a good look at you,my dear

It's a pity I didn't have a good look at you three years ago

Before I recommended you for this job

I wouldn't have done it

Oh,why?

Because you are far too good looking to be a companion

What are you going to do?

You can't stay here,of course

I never thought of doing so

All right,all right

Don't ride your high horse with me

There is no need,what I mean is

there is no point in getting the village anything to talk about

You'd better come to me

Come to you,Lady Southdale?

Why not?

I am not as bad as I look

And I certainly wouldn't treat you like Edwina did

It's a wonder to me that you didn't walk out long ago

Why didn't you?

-Really I.. -So you don't want to come to me?

I didn't say that

You don't have to

Perhaps you're right,I will be probably be as bad as Edwina

Think it over

You may change your mind

And I feel a bit responsible for you

It is not much of a world for a penniless young girls like you

Or for lonely awkards like me either

Good Bye my dear Mr Black

Good Bye,Vicar

-Your deepest sympathy -Thank you

Here is the last of us,me as usual

I want to have a talk with you sometime my boy

I want to find out how it was

Edwina managed to bully you

with your degrees and all that and to being a village school teacher

May I see you to your carriage,Lady Southdale

The Vicar will do that,I haven't finished with them yet either

Come along,Vicar

He's gone

My dear

What is it?

It seems wrong

Wrong?

All we done is to fall in love

There is nothing wrong in that

You should be glad

Oh Gregory

I didn't mean about her being dead but our being free

Don't tell me you are afraid of Edwina's window

It sounds like she is laughing at us

Gregory I still watch she is sitting in that chair first looking at me

Do you remember?

Do I not

And I remember too,while she was lying up there

how she'd knock on the floor with her stick

To call either of us

But that's all over now

So is that

Gregory

Oh no,don't

What are you afraid of?

I don't know

Suddenly in this room

In this house

Something evil,she is still here

Nonsense,darling

Don't you believe

that people leave something behind them when the die,some people

No,no,of course not

Let's go out into the garden

Oh,yes

There is nothing of her there

There is nothing of her anywhere

Our old coach house

I don't suppose I will ever see it again

What do you mean?

Well,I can't stay on now

What else could you do?

I could go to Lady Southdale

Never mind about Lady Southdale

Besides I need a secretary

And you promised to help me answer those letters tonight

I've got a stone in my shoe

You know I believed you wanted to live here

I want to come to you to any place but that house

I know it too much

Too much what?

Unhappiness

Fear

No happiness at all?

Of course the greatest I've ever known

But

Poor darling,I understand

I'll tell you what I will do

I'll take you up to London myself tomorrow

And we will get the engagement ring together

And as soon as I settle things down here

I'll join you and we will get married right away,shall we?

How long will it take?

Just a few weeks,not a moment longer that I can help

You know I always wondered

what a good feel to have someone on his knees to me

You'd be surprised if you knew how often on my knees to you in my thoughts

Do you remember the first day you came?

Every minute of it

I'm inside the drawing room

I saw you through the window

I thought you were the gardener

And I thought you were the loveliest thing I'd ever seen

It isn't true.Go on

Isn't it any more?

Never move

that's exactly as you were the first I found you,asleep,remeber?

It's all been my fault

There is no question of fault

She was your wife

I should have gone away

What difference would it have made?

We'd still would have been in love with each other

I don't know what to believe

I couldn't gone on without you

So if you gone away I must have followed you wherever you went

Let's stop worrying and be grateful for our freedom

If you don't want to stay here we can go away wherever you like

Wherever I like?

You know,Edwina once said something very strange to me

By marrying rich

I will be ending up being able to go wherever I liked to with whom I liked

Well,it's true say you can

Where do you wish to go?

-Italy -Italy?

Yes,Venice

There is a city of the heart rising like water columns from the sea

I've longed to go there

Then you shall!

I've got a little book about it

Come on I'll show it to you

Isn't it lovely?

Terrific,looks ideal for a honeymoon

Where did you get it?

I sent for it a few weeks ago

Then Venice to be

And you forget your sniffles

And I am going to stop being dishonest with myself

No more pretending,no more mourning

And we can leave tomorrow

Tomorrow

Steady,steady

Good Morning,Mum

And who are you?

I've called to see Mr Black,Mum

Didn't you see the coach?

Oh yes,Mum

What is it,Ellen?

Are you Mr Black,Sir?

Ye,but I've no time just now

I'm from Scotland Yard,Sir,Inspector Martin

Could I have the favour with a few words with you,Sir?

You'd be better come in here

Thank you,Sir

You can speak quite freely in front of Miss Grahame,she is my secretary

It's like this,Dr Prendergast is worried about your late wife's death certificate

It seems that he regrets signing it

Regret signing it?

Yes,he is dissatisfied with the apparent cause of death

What?

He communicated his doubts to the Home Office

and they as usually in such cases pass it over to Scotland Yard

What do you mean such cases?

What cases?

In this case certain symptoms now striking him as strange

Are you suggesting that my wife died from other than natural courses?

Let's put it in this way,Sir

The suggestion will always be there unless the matters is cleared up

And how do you do that?

A pathologist report will ease everybody's mind

But doesn't that sound rather horrible?

You mean you want to exhume the body and hold a post-mortem?

That is the only way,Sir

I object most strongly

A question has been raised

concerning Mrs Black's death,Sir, and the Law must know the answer

Don't you think you owe this post-mortem to your wife in the circumstances?

I've already given the necessary instructions

you may depend upon it that everything will be done as discreetly as possible

Where are you going far,Sir?

To London

I was taken Miss Grahame to London

I see

The cab man says if you don't come now you miss the train

I shan't need it know

I'll take that cab,Sir

Can I offer my escort on the train to London,Miss

No

I don't think I want to go either

A very wise decision,if I may say so,Miss

I'll be down to the result of the post-mortem in a day or two

Good Day Sir,Good Day Miss

After you,Mum

I knew it

I knew it

Knew what?

I knew Edwina would stop us

How could she stop us,Elizabeth?

Elizabeth,why are you frightened?

I don't know

That's the awful part about it

I don't know

You are frightened too

Of course I'm not

There is nothing to be frightened of

She died of a natural death

Yes,but she stopped us from going away

She might almost be here

Laughing at us and telling us we can't escape her

She is dead,Elizabeth,can't you get that in your head,she is dead

Is she?

Mr Black is going down to the School House,Sir

He always comes back that way

Of course,Miss Grahame is with him unless they are in the coach house

That's there usual meeting place

The coach house?

Yes,I see

You acted as nurse to Mrs Black didn't you?

She was always Miss Edwina to me,Sir

I did my best

A very good nurse I expect you were too,Mum

for instance you had to see that she had her medicines regularly

Of course,it's no use having doctors if you don't do what they tell you

That's right,Mum,and by the same token

you might say no good having a policeman unless you tell him the truth

Naturally,Sir

Mr Black thinks they cost a lot as it is

Does he now?

Now we must see he gets his money's worth

You want to go in there,Sir, it's a greenhouse

Yes,Mum

My Scotland Yard training enables me to deduce that

And now ,Mum,going back to Mrs Black

You're sure she had her medicines night and morning?

Quite sure,Sir

And you never had forgot once

Never

There we have a little mystery,Mum

because the post-mortem reviews no trace of medicines at all

She had it,Sir

You're not telling me the truth,Mum

You know you ought to know better than to lie to the police

Now,Mum

-Well,I.. -Yes?

She just wouldn't take it,Sir

She said it tasted horrible, she poured it away

Once she ruined a bottle of toilet water I had to pour into the drain

She told me not to tell the doctor or anyone

Here is Mr Black

With Miss Grahame

Good Afternoon,Sir

Nice bit of glass you have here

I am a bit of gardener myself

Yes,yes,you got the result?

Yes,I'm afraid it is my unpleasant duty to tell you

that we discovered arsenic in your wife's body

You mentioned a cup of tea just now,Mum

I'm very partial to cup of tea I could drink one almost any hour of the day

Arsenic?

That's right,Miss,arsenic

You mean my wife died of poisoning?

That would be the inference,Sir

But if arsenic was found in her body,how did it get there?

That's what I here to find out,Miss

I understand that the house keeper had been with Mrs Black quite a time

Yes,ever since my wife was a child

Ellen was devoted to her

Utterly devoted,any idea that she,that would be ridiculous

What do say,Sir

would their be any motive,for instance would she derive any benefit?

Do you mean money?

I always understood that Mrs Black would leave her an annuity

but it is absurd to say

I know it wouldn't be strong enough

But mine would since I inherit a fortune is that what you mean?

Is that what you mean,Inspector?

I don't mean anything,Miss

I'm just looking for facts

This is the weed killer you ordered from the village

They tell me at the general store that it was delivered last November

Possibly I don't remember exactly

I see that quite a lot has been used

My wife was very particular about the gravelled paths

Are you suggesting,Inspector,that the weed killer was responsible for her death?

I can't say yet,Miss

But this particular brand contains a high proportion of arsenic

You think Mrs Black was accidentally poisoned by the weed killer?

We hope accidentally,Miss

Have you considered the possibility of

well,I was thinking of the strain of the illness and...

Suicide,Sir?

How could she possibly have walked to the greenhouse?

The doctor said she could not stand on her feet

-No,that's true -She was far too ill

Unless there were some arsenic substance in her room

Perhaps we might go and have a look,Sir

By all means

Hear,very refreshing

Could there be anything like that in her medicines?

Not according to prescription,Miss

Besides she asked people that she wouldn't take her medicine

And I don't think you will find anything like that in her room

But someone must have given it to her,Sir

-Someone in this house? -Points to that ,Miss

Just who?

Where there any other servants?

No,she dismissed them all when she took to her bed

-Ellen and I had the work -And I looked after the garden

Did you see your wife on the morning of her death,Sir?

I looked in as usual on my way down

What time would that be?

About 8 o'clock I suppose

At the scene?

It's locked

Do you always keep this door locked?

No,must be Ellen I'll go and find her

Whose are those rooms?

That's one is mine,that's Mr Black's

-Perhaps you like to see them too -Thank you,Miss

Very pleasant room,Miss

I keep everything in this room just as it was

A very nice sentiment,Mum

That is Miss Edwina's

There is a stick,Mum

She used it to bang on the floor

To call me

Indeed,Miss

I take it that you were on very good terms with the deceased lady,Miss

She often said what a comfort I was to her

Did you wife take any stimulant,Sir?

-Well -Never

Yes,Sir?

Well,hardly anything

Not even a little wine?

Sometimes,perhaps,she might had been a little indiscreet

-She drank? -Oh

No,no,I wouldn't say that

Not since she took to her bed

No,certainly not during her illness

You are quite sure of that,Sir?

I've already said so,I didn't expect to have to answer questions twice

I must confess I'm finding this endless interrogation

I don't think quite appreciate my position,Sir

Perhaps I better put my point of view

Your wife dies suddenly, a post-mortem is carried out

which shows the body to contain a fatal dose of arsenic

I'm put in charge of the investigation

Now,Sir,if you were in my place, how would you set about the inquiry?

What is it you want to know,Inpector?

I want my questions answered truthfully

Did Mrs Black take to anything to drink apart from tea and so on?

A glass of warm milk every morning at eleven

Who took that up to her?

Ellen

Not on that morning

You always took it up

Not on that morning

Who did take it up to her that morning?

She did

I mean Miss Grahame

I did not

Are you quite sure,Miss?

If she says so,of course she is

I am sorry

-I'm afraid I was a little.. -Yes,Miss

I was a little hasty,I remember now, I did take up Mrs Black's that morning

That's all right,Miss,we are all liable to overlook things

You say you leave everything in here just as it was

Everything

It all looks nice and clean

I cleaned everything in it every day

Yes,I was afraid of that

After you,Miss

Do you remember who was in the greenhouse the last day before your wife died?

I don't know I was in and out every day

How about you,Miss?

Where you in that day?

Probably,yes I'm sure I was there

I used to ward of the plants in the evening

In the evening?

Now,I want you think hard

did you notice if the weed killer was on its usual place on the shelf?

No I didn't,why should I?

It's important can't you make an effort?

No doubt that if Miss Grahame had known it was so important

she would have examined the entire greenhouse

Don't darling

Our report says

that your wife died the following morning about 12 o'clock wasn't it?

Yes,I suppose it was I didn't notice particularly

I don't think I need bothering you anymore today

Pertinent things these little travel brochures

my good lady got us one of Switzerland

that's the year we went to Southend, do you think of going abroad,Sir?

Yes

Were you going alone?

What do you mean,was I going alone?

According to the rubber stamped date on this

it was sent here five weeks before the lady's death

I don't mind telling you that puzzle me a bit,Sir

Were you going alone?

Why?

Five weeks in advance of the lady's death,seems a little pessimistic

I ordered it quite often for going abroad

But you didn't order it,Sir, you sent for it,didn't you,Miss?

Yes,I did

Then why ask me,Inspector

Why hide the fact you knew Miss Grahame sent for it?

I made the assumption that she sent for it on your instructions,Sir

Secretary of duty

Inspector,Mr Black didn't ask me to send for it,I did it on my own initiative

Then you were wise because it so far in advance

Very wise indeed as it happened

-Look here Inspector -Gregory

I've no doubt it could be explained,Sir

Like a lot of other things in this case

Such as you would have wanted to kill your wife

I shall be staying the night in the village

I shall be back early in the morning

Give it time to think it over

That you discover something that I've have overlooked

Good Night Sir,Good Night,Miss

Miss Grahame

-Yes -Supper is ready if you are

I'll wait for Mr Black

Is he going to be long?

No,he is only going to the village to get some tobacco

I wanted to ask what you and Mr Black are going to do about this house?

If you are thinking about your own plans wouldn't be better to consult Mr Black

I would have thought you knew all about it

Really? Why should you think

Did you put that back there?

I did

I was told to put it back

Who told you?

Miss Edwina

What do you mean?

She told me to put it back two years ago

And her wish is still law in this house as long as I live

Well if you take my advice

I do not take advice from people like you

How dare you talk to me like that

It's a pity somebody didn't talk to you like that long ago

before you made Edwina suffer as you did

Do you think she didn't know what was going on down here

You are a wicked woman

Do you think it wasn't plain

for everybody to see what was between you and Mr Black

Truth will out as you would know before you are much older

You couldn't see me I wasn't a poor helpless invalid tied to one go

No,you could go and tell your lies to anyone who listened to you

I only said

I knew what you said,I just seen the doctor

I know who he had to thank for this,you scandalmonger

And what about yourselves,she fed and clothed and housed you and took it all

Hold your tongue

You can't summons me,I'm not afraid of topper of porters

Living on her charity,carrying on down there while she..

Get out,get out you hear

I am going

I don't want to stay in house where murder has been committed

No,no darling please

It's all right

I am not going to cry

It's

-It's just -Yes,I know

Let's forget the whole wretched business,shall we?

After all what does it matter what Ellen says

We'll get rid of this place

As soon as this is over

And then everything would always blend

We'll go to London,get married

Then Venice

Murder indeed

Darling don't take notice what she said,how can it have been murder

If it were,either you or I did it,since neither of us did it,couldn't have been

I light the lamp

No,don't let's have the candles

Good idea

And the silver and the glass and the lace and all the things we never saw used

Happy

You know I've never seen it like this before

I can't understand people have lovely things not using them

Doesn't that petunia look nice in the candle light?

Yes,I'm rather proud of that

When did you bring it in?

The morning Edwina died

I thought of taking it up to her room

You know I think we ought to complete the picture and dress

Well I have got one evening dress

That's all you need

I don't know what it is like I haven't looked at it since I came here

I'll buy you dozen in Paris

One of the things we will have in our new house

will be plenty of light not a dismal old barn like this

I wonder if Ellen is going yet

I'll go and see

Ellen

No she must have gone

I expect she's gone to visit that old crony of hers at the vicarage

That's fine we'll got the house for ourselves,what will be better?

You look beautiful

What are you hiding?

Come to that what are you hiding?

Little job for you,darling, that's as far as I could get

Oh,I will not bite you

You like them

They look wonderful

But they aren't?

No,no,they were my mother's

Now then

Now let's look at you

Why did stop the doctor for coming to see Edwina the day before she died?

I didn't

She said she didn't want him

Darling what is it?

What's the matter?

I was just,you know I don't care what anyone in the world thinks about us

But I do care terribly what we think

It's Edwina

Darling we mustn't let her come between us

You'll be in Italy soon,miles away

What are we got to worry about,we are lucky

To each other

I wonder

Are you regretting?

No,I regret nothing

Whatever happens I'm glad we met

What made you send for that travel booklet?

Five weeks ago

Because Edwina was always telling me about Italy

And how you taken her on honeymoon and how

happy she had been

Gregory I couldn't bear it, I wanted to be in Italy with you

So I sent for the booklet and every night I had a look at it and go there with you

In my dreams

What are you thinking about?

Are you sure there were no other reasons?

What do you mean?

I mean what I say

You are speaking to me as you were the inspector

I've been silly

You even looked at me as he did,as if I were lying

-Nonsense -Yes,lying

I only meant it must have seen odd by the inspector

Are you sure you don't mean it that you found it odd

Even if I did I still love you

I love you as much as you must have loved me to make you

Make me what?

I see

I didn't kill Edwina if that's what you mean

I've must have been crazy

If you love me any less because I didn't

No,please darling forgive me I don't know what made me

Edwina you said that you brought them the morning she died,didn't you?

And you were last in the greenhouse and not I

But darling what does it matter, why do you keep on about these things

I wish I've never seen you or brought you into the house I'm going out

Is this what we put our evening dress for

You see my love,we mustn't keep on about these things

You can take anyone of them turn it around and make it look suspicious

Yes,yes,and that's just what she wants us to do

It is

We mustn't let her

She is dead ,Elizabeth

Let her stay dead

That was the door of Edwina's room

No,it couldn't have been

It was,I'm sure of it

How could it have been?

I'll go up and see,shall I?

Don't.Don't go up

No,I think Ellen must have left the box room door open

Why are you trembling?

My nerves have been on edge ever since the inspector came

It is silly to let him upset you

He is just an ordinary man

He has probably got an ordinary wife too

I think it is because he is so ordinary that he frightens me

I can feel the full weight of the Law behind him

That's ridiculous is not as you had anything to conceal

Let's go and light the candles

Matches?

There are some in the drawing room

I'll get them

Gregory

Gregory

Gregory

What is it?

-She is here -Where is she

Where are the matches?

I dropped them

Here,silly

You know how it is

I can smell her perfume

She is alive

Elizabeth,keep control over yourself

Perfume

Why? It is this altar cloth she has been working on

That's were it came from

Heavens How

I know, for a moment I really thought

Yes,so did I,just shows you how easy it is to

Darling don't ever lose control over yourself again

like that I had enough of that from Edwina and at last

-At last what? -Oh,nothing,let's forget it

First the doctor,then the booklet then the petunias

I wish to heaven that I hadn't forgotten to take them up with me

Then you did go up

What does it matter?

After I took up the milk up at eleven

Suppose I did

Why didn't you tell the inspector?

Because he didn't ask me

Anyway I didn't think it important

But he did ask you and you said that you saw her eight o'clock on your way down

So I did look in at eight o'clock

What happened the second time when you saw her

Nothing

Nothing

Do you expect me to believe that?

Yes,I do

For the very good reason she was already dead

Dead?

I thought so,she seemed to be

What time was this?

I don't know about half past eleven something like that

But I saw you out in the garden just before twelve

What's that got to do with it

You've just come from her room and she was dead you just go into the garden

What did you expect me to do?

I had a shock and I wanted time to think

You were the last with Edwina, last in the greenhouse

I see

What do you mean with see?

You are trying not to tell me that you killed Edwina

For both our sakes I know

What?

I understand so well why you did it

Oh Gregory I wish you hadn't

Elizabeth

Whatever can I say or do to make you believe me

Here is Edwina's bible

If I swear on this bible that I didn't kill my wife,will you believe me?

I swear to you on this bible I did not kill my wife

I thought you'd gone

How could I go at this time of the night

I came down to fetch my lamp

What were you doing in my wife's room?

I was sitting there,thinking

Taking my leave of her

All that time

I didn't know the time

The clock there hasn't gone

since I stopped it the morning Miss Edwina died at 12 o'clock

Why did you lie to me?

Why did I what?

Gregory,I must know the truth

What are you talking about

You said she was dead at half past eleven

Ellen says she died at twelve

Don't you see,Gregory,I've got to know

Why have you got to know

Anymore than I got to know

Do I keep on at you about what happened when you took up milk that morning

Or what you did in the greenhouse in the night before

what exactly was in your mind when you sent for that booklet

I told you all about that

And I told you

But you lied to me

How do I know you were not lying to me?

Gregory,if you won't tell me what happened,will you tell the inspector

Elizabeth my darling what are we doing to each other

We are destroying each other

We've noon else in the world to turn to

Look what we're doing

It isn't us

It's this house

it's full of,everything that comes between us,if only we could stop that

We could if we really loved each other

We need each other now,Elizabeth

Not in some next time but now

For you,darling

What a lovely thought

So it should be,happy?

Never been happier in my life

The bible

-This isn't the bible at all -What?

This book

It isn't the bible

It's a dictionary

What about it,darling?

You swore on it

It isn't the bible

I thought it was,looked like it, it's about same size

Just a mistake

Don't you believe me?

Elizabeth,don't you believe me

I can't,you've Ben lying to me all the time

You liar

Elizabeth,what are you saying

You liar

It was an accident,Good Heavens

Another lie,nothing but accidents and lies

Like that inscription on your wreath

In memory of my beloved and devoted wife was that an accident too?

Elizabeth,was has come over you?

I had enough of your accidents, there are too many of them

Are you mad talking to me like this?

Do you want to ruin everything between us,you can't do that,not now

Not now

Was that why you made love to me last night?

To stop me from saying what I think?

Was that the idea?

To make me shut up?

No it wasn't,but shut up,you hear, shut up,you are mad

I can't bear your suspicion of me longer

You're making everything cheap

How dare you say that to me

While only a few hours ago I looked at you as you were a God

and all time you were nothing but a liar and a cheat

Elizabeth,I beg you,listen to me

I've listened to you enough as it is

Edwina was right and she warned me to be on my guard against you

When I think what you have done to her

and now you are trying to put the blame on me

you coward,why don't you admit that you killed her

Very clever,most impressive

but I see now what you are up to

Another twist?

Why didn't I see it before? Think you could fool me like that

Smile at me and all of our scheme and plan to make me pay for your crime

There are worse crimes than murder

I've been poisoned too

poisoned by your lies and your lovemaking that meant nothing at all

You saw that I was starved for little affection

so you came into my arms that was your chance to escape from poverty

I should have known that a man who lived on his wife's money was capable of anything

I did not live on my wife's money

I had my salary

Schoolmaster salary 125 £ year with that favour all this and your fine clothes

You throw that in my face just like she used to

You are another Edwina,you even look like her,sitting there in her chair

You poisoned her because you wanted luxury

If you are so sure I killed Edwina why don't you go and tell the Inspector

I'll tell him too,what happened in that room at eleven thirty

You daredevil,you coward

You didn't think that when you made love to me the way you did

I never made love to you, you made love to me

You didn't exactly make it difficult for me did you?

So Edwina has won after all

Very well then,I'll tell you what happened up there

When I went into her room she appeared to be delirious

But when I could make sense out of what she was saying

She said you slipped something into her milk that morning

and she knew she was poisoned

But Gregory you didn't believe her

I told her I didn't believe it but she said I would be next on your list

Then after raving for a bit she fell back lifeless

You know I never really believed that poison look story

Gregory,I didn't believe the things I said either

You are right I was mad

-I will be dead -Don't say that

I am doomed,I've lost you

No my darling we wouldn't..

How could you

What's to become of you without you

How can you after the things I have said

I said things too

Why you are shivering

Let me get you some wine

I'm afraid you are going to faint

I am all right

You have one too

All right a good idea

Let's drink a toast

No more suspicions,no more doubts

To the future

To the future

What are we drinking

Ellen,Ellen

I've been poisoned

-Good Morning,Mum -Good Morning Inspector

I'm very glad to see you

Indeed,Mum,I'm glad to hear it,doesn't often happen in my line of business

I expect you come to see Mr Black

-That's right,Mum -He is gone

Gone away?

He went to fetch the doctor

Indeed

Obviously not to see you with that happy smile on your face you are off

Miss Grahame

She is been poisoned

-She is dead -No,no she is not dead

I heard screams and there she was calling out at he had poisoned her

Who had?

Mr Black

Where was he?

He was there too

Together we carried her up to her room

I see

-Then he went to the doctor -Yes

And he hasn't come back

He came back but the doctor wasn't there

He went to Gaten over an hour ago

Did she tell how she got this poison?

In that wine

I didn't clear that away

I shall be able to go now

It's a mercy for her that I was here

If he had his way I'd left last night

Yes I would like to have a few words with Miss Grahame

She's been very ill,Sir

I think she will be able to see me

I will come and tell you when she is ready

I've been trying to get a doctor

he is still not in I suppose you heard about Miss Grahame

Yes I hear that you tried to poison her

That was she says

-You mean the port was all right -Yes I had a glass of myself

-Did you have two glasses? -No

Is this your glass?

No

Yes

Look inspector I'll try to explain this

Excuse me Sir,perhaps you'd better explain in front of Miss Grahame

Miss Grahame is ready to see you now,Inspector

After you,Sir

Good Morning Miss I am sorry to hear you've been ill

-Now Sir -He tried to poison me

Why would he want to do that Miss?

To stop you from finding out that he killed his wife

He wanted you to think I've done it

and then committed suicide because I was afraid of being charged with the murder

And she was afraid,becuse she did poison my wife

And then she poisoned herself as well?

No,I think she must have slipped something in her glass to make it look like it

When my back was turned

Why do you think she poisoned your wife?

Marry me,of course,and get away from all the poverty she's always lived in

And I suppose you say,Miss,that Mr Black killed his wife to inherit the money

Isn't it obvious

No,Miss I'm afraid it isn't

you see I visited the late Mrs Black solicitor this morning

and he told me some very interesting facts

for instance that you, Miss, inherit half the money

I

-Yes,did she never tell you? -Never

That's not true

She told me herself Edwina said she would be rich one day

-I never dreamed -Did she say that,Miss?

I thought that it was one of her cruel jokes

I thought Miss Edwina said it very nicely

I was there at the time

Did Mrs Black tell you,Mum

that your expectation would be considerable and not small as you originally understood

Didn't bother to me whether it was big or small,I loved Miss Edwina

Is that why you gave her port?

Gave her port?

It was against the doctor's order

Pouring away her medicine was also against the doctor's order but you let her do that

Now if the late Mrs Black didn't drink port who did

-You Miss? -I drank a glass this morning

For the first time since I came to this house

How about you,Sir?

Hardly ever

-I am a teetotaller -Very admirable thing too,Mum

But I see half a dozen empty bottles on the refuse side in the garden

And the wine merchant in the village

Tells a very considerable quantities were delivered

to your orders during the last six months

Now if the late Mrs Black didn't drink who does drink all port in this house

You can go to prison for telling lies to the police,Mum

I wouldn't have given it to her,Sir

But she used to crave for it,it brought the colour back to her cheeks

But he knew all about it

You told me your wife didn't take any stimulants during her illness here

I said hardly any

Besides I didn't want anyone to know

What that she was a heavy drinker or that you allowed her to drink

She kept on me day after day

Now,Mum,that bottle downstairs

that came from Mrs Black's room didn't it? I want the truth

Yes

I got it down the morning she died

-What is all this got to do -All in good time,Miss

Now I find myself at a loss

All three of you stand to inherit money

All three of you had access to arsenic and to the dead lady's room

I'm afraid I must ask all of you to accompany me to London

You mean you are arresting us?

Or rather say that you've been invited to answer further questioning

How can I go?

I've been poisoned

I don't think you were poisoned,Miss

What you had was an overdose of that rather unpleasant medicine that was poured away

This time into an half emptied port bottle

Now,there is a plenty of time before the next train to London

But if you wouldn't mind preparing yourselves for the journey

and meanwhile,Sir, with your permission I'll take a stroll in the garden

How Edwina must be enjoying all this

What next I should like to know

In hope you pardon me a bit,Mum

I thought a cup of tea would sustain us on our journey

In the kitchen?

I think Mr Black will wave conventions for once,we can all have it together

You got the wrong cups

Have I? Never mind,Mum I don't hold with those little cups they have nowadays

Sit down,Mum,make yourself at home

Miss Grahame

Come in? We are just going to have a cup of tea

The kettle is nearly boiling won't be a minute

Take a seat

If you don't mind my saying so,Miss

You have very pretty hands, things I notice,hands

You remember last April,Miss?

You bought a preparation for your hands from the chemist in the village

Something to whiten the skin

Perhaps you can describe it?

Was it last April?

It was a powder,white powder to be dissolved in water

That was the second lot of that powder you bought wasn't it?

Yes,first one turned colour I had to get some more

Seems to be enjoying yourself,Inspector

Just making a cup of tea for the journey

I thought it was hardly the moment

There are few moments in life when a cup of tea is not welcomed,Sir

Now,Sir,I believed it was you

who fetched that second lot of hand powder for Miss Grahame

Hand powder?

I don't know,don't remember

Sir,you have a habit of not remembering

I remember,Ellen was in bed with a cold

and Mr Black,said he would bring it on his way home from school

I fetch it,what about it?

We are coming to that,Sir

One,two,three,four and one for the pot

Always pot to kettle,never kettle to pot

Miss Grahame,did you use all that powder on your hands?

Not all of it

What became of the remainder?

I had it in my room in a

In a what,Miss?

In a bowl,a silver bowl

Mr Black told me that the chemist said

it must be kept from the air or it would discolour like the first lot

Where is that bowl now,Miss?

I don't know it was in my room

but I couldn't find it some days ago, I suppose I must have mislaid it

Mislaid,Miss,that is a pity,a great pity

I suppose we all take milk and sugar

It was the remainder of that powder that killed Mrs Black

Your tea,Miss

-Mum -So it wasn't the weed killer?

No,we analysed the weed killer nearly half of it was sand

Wouldn't dissolve in anything

And there was not a trace of sand find at the post-mortem,only pure arsenic

And that powder you used for your hands,Miss,was pure arsenic

Didn't you knew that?

How should I know it?

Because it is matter of pretty common knowledge

arsenic discolours when it is exposed to the air

If I had known that I would have kept it locked away

I'd thought that you would have known that,Sir,a man with your education

I suppose I did vaguely I hadn't thought about it

Is it the only chemical that reacts to air like that?

You sure the chemist never mentioned the nature of that powder?

Not that I remember

He never mentioned it to me

They have to be a bit careless in this country districts

the poison law needs tightening up

You must not let your tea get cold Miss

Mine is not quite sweet enough

How about yours,Miss?

Yours Mum?

I take two spoonfuls

I only put one

-That's it -The sugar bowl

That's not the sugar bowl

-Where did you find it? -In the kitchen

You didn't find it in the kitchen

Where else should I find it Mum?

Did you put some into my tea?

Put some more in your tea?Sugar?

That's not sugar

What is it,Mum?

The arsenic?

I was hers

How did you know I didn't find this in the kitchen?

-They told me -Where to hide it?

Yes,that's right

They told you hide this in the coach house

-Preposterous -One moment,Sir

You have poisoned me you have given me this stuff

I want it out

I haven't poisoned you,Mum, I took good care of that

This is the arsenic that was in the bowl

What's in there now is sugar

They did it,they wanted to get rid of Miss Edwina

When did they tell you to hide this?

The day after Miss Edwina died

You mean to say that you hid this for them in the coach house?

Knowing it was arsenic in it?

Do you expect me to believe that?

He killed her,he wanted to kill her, he knew her heart was weak

He came up that morning and shouted at her,frigtening her

That's a lie

If you please ,Sir

And so your mistress died of a heart attack

Yes,that was what she died of

And that is exactly what the doctor said

Until you went and him and mention poison

Now,Mum,I suggest that you stole this from Miss Grahame's room

and gave your Mistress arsenic

a few seconds before you knew she was going to die.Why? I want the truth

It was Miss Edwina she made me do it

Oh what I said?

Go on,Mum,tell us the rest of it

She knew she was going to die

Again and again she made me promise that I wouldn't let her die

Before she had the poison

I don't understand this

I thought she was dead

when I left the room at eleven thirty before Ellen went in

No,Sir,so you were mistaken, she couldn't have been

She was dying

She pleaded with her eyes

And you helped her to take the poison

And the plan was to incriminate Mr Black and Miss Grahame

Miss Grahame was made to take the milk cup that morning

and Mr Black was made to keep the doctor away the day before

And this bowl was to be hidden in a place you knew they usually met

She made me promise

And you deliberately accused them of murder only a minute ago

Justice.No more than they deserved

They hurt her cruelly,and I was going to see they suffered in their turn

they ought to suffer,a sheep, up in that room alone

unable to move,knowing that they were down there waiting for her to die

I picked me to tell you and everybody will know about her

I don't care what you do to me, you can send me to prison

But nobody must know that Miss Edwina committed such a sin

Her memory must always be respected

-You mustn't tell,you mustn't tell -Now,Mum,calm yourself

You and I are going to have a little talk,shall we?

Come along

But nobody must know,you must not tell

We'll talk it over,shall we ,Mum,you leave it all to me

If I may say so,Miss,Sir, we human beings are very open to suggestions

In the dark,coat hanging on a door,becomes a monster,a tree becomes a devil himself

This house has been a dark place for the last few days

So a travel-booklet grows into a menace, a medicine becomes a deadly poison

That's exactly what Edwina wanted

You would think she would have succeeded as far as she did unless

Unless what?

The ground has to be fertile before you can plant a seed

You'll be hearing from me very shortly,Sir

Good Day to your both

Going Elizabeth?

Have we nothing to say to each other?

What is there left to say

Bitterness will last a lifetime

Isn't our hope that all the bitterness has already been said between us?

Is that all or love amounted to but we failed the first test

That was happened,isn't it?

Only if we say so

You are right Edwina

Now you can rest in peace

Elizabeth

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