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Sorry... They just
told me you wanted someone else.

Message didn't reach me in time.

Nothing personal.

So you think this is connected
to Dr. Lorrimer's death?

I know it is.

Oh, no. Miss Foley's friend.

Off the record, what would
your first impressions be?

Oh, they'll be the
same as yours, I expect.

Dead for several hours.

No sign of manual throttling,
but it could be there under the cord.

The stool is where I expect it to be.

If it were murder, someone
would have come up behind her

and throttled her into
unconsciousness and strung her up.

I've never seen it before,

but if you ask me now, I'd say suicide.

There's someone coming from Ipswich.

- Won't be long.
- Thank you.

Sir.

I thought it was going to be Brenda.

They said she was missing.

She fainted after she had
discovered the body last night.

Poor Miss Foley.

Is someone with her?

Yes. You didn't tell
me about this place.

Well, why would I have done?

It was pointed out to me on
my first tour of the grounds,

but no one's used it in
decades, as far as I know.

But they have, haven't
they, Miss Howarth?

Yes.

This is where we used to meet...

the Scientist and I.

Marginally more comfortable
than the back seat of a car.

And used the hymn board to
arrange your assignations.

"Assignations."

Yes.

17th of February at 6:40.

I suppose that was our last meeting.

It was his idea.

I thought it was a touch
over-the-top at first,

but actually it worked rather well.

I had set the times
and he'd always be here,

waiting in the candlelight.

All intense, like a biblical prophet.

- Did anyone else know you came here?
- No.

Did you ever get the sense
of being seen or watched?

Well, I rather wish I had.

They've picked up DI Doyle, sir.

Asleep in his car, side
of the road heading north.

He's at the station.

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Why was a car registered to
your wife parked under trees

outside Hoggatt's
Laboratory on Tuesday night?

The night Edmund Lorrimer died.

Who says it was Tuesday night?

Could have been any time
on Tuesday or Monday.

It didn't rain on Monday night.

- We have a witness.
- What witness?

Were you behind the
wheel, or was your wife?

Or shall I ask her?

I was.

I've been driving the Cortina all day

because the clutch has gone in mine.

I was with someone.

A woman.

It's not something I do very often.

The wife and I have been
going through a rough patch.

She's taken herself off to
her mother's in Yorkshire.

On Tuesday night, I couldn't bear
going home to an empty house, so...

Jane Ashton. WPC Jane Ashton.

She works here in the office.

We drove to the trees outside the Lab.

It was the nearest sheltered spot.

Go easy on her, okay?

What time did you park outside the Lab?

Around 9:00.

We were there for 20, 25 minutes.

I'm not as young as I used to be.

Were there any lights on inside?

No. I wouldn't have
stayed if there had been.

I actually remember thinking.

"Even that pedantic old
bastard Lorrimer's gone home."

Did you see anyone
enter or exit the Lab?

No one.

But I was busy.

Okay, look, I know I
should have told you this.

I'm sorry, but look at
it from my point of view.

Some big shot gets
sent over from the Yard,

and I have to tell him
that I was at a murder scene

getting my oats.

You know I didn't kill Lorrimer.

- I don't know that yet.
- If I had killed him,

I wouldn't have left a
bloody mallet at the scene.

Which is what you
would want me to think.

You have no evidence.
You have no motive.

You're one of the few people
Lorrimer would have admitted.

One of the few people with
the opportunity to replace

the keys in his pocket
on Wednesday morning.

- What?
- Or you could have used the set

which is kept here at the station.

- No, no, no.
- Where were you

last night between the
hours of 6:00 and 9:00?

Last night?

I was in the pub until
8:00... "The Carpenters."

We charged the husband
with the Clunch Pit murder,

so we went for a few beers to celebrate.

- You can ask any of the lads.
- What time did you arrive and leave?

I arrived around 5:30.

I left 8:00-ish. I went straight home.

And at what time did you decide
to drive off on the road north

with a packed suitcase
in the boot of your car?

I was going to see my wife.

Okay?

Surprise her.

I got myself into a lather, all right?

What can I tell you? When
I drink, I get sentimental.

I went home, I packed a bag,

I got in the car, I left... 8:30.

And I quickly realized I
was too pissed to drive,

so I pulled off the road.

Next thing I know, Traffic
are banging on the window.

Do you know someone
called Stella Mawson?

No. Why?

Your clothes and car are
under forensic investigation.

I hope for your sake
you've told me the truth.

I'm two years away from my pension.

Don't make any more of
this than you have to, yeah?

Mrs. Pridmore.

Doctor's just left.

He says she's okay, but
don't stay long, please.

We won't.

Are you all right?

No, I'm not.

It's a mess, isn't it?

Two dead bodies she's found now.

People round here, they don't forget.

And they're apt to be superstitious.

She'll be labeled bad luck.

- And then there's that money.
- The money Dr. Lorrimer left for her.

How do we explain that to
folk when they find out?

It's for the purposes of her education.

There's no reason for people
to read something into that.

But they will.

I was sure there was someone
behind me coming for me,

and I kept thinking
about Dr. Lorrimer's face

on the floor of the Lab and
how that was gonna be me.

But you didn't actually see anyone,

and no one called out to you?

No. No. I could have been imagining it,

but then I thought about my bike tires

and how... how weird it was
that they were both punctured.

And I thought someone must
have done it on purpose

- to make me take the shortcut.
- We looked into that.

A lorry full of grit shed
its load near the gates

to the Lab early yesterday morning,

and both your tires have
shards of grit in them.

Oh, right. Sorry.

It was a clever thought.

Earlier, you told me that
you'd gone towards the chapel

because you saw some lights.

Yes. And the door was open.

Did you see anyone at all

near the chapel or in the chapel?

No, There was no one. Sorry.

Did you recognize the
woman who was hanging?

Yes.

I'd seen her before.

A couple of months ago.

There was a concert in the village.

She was there.

She was called Sarah, I think.

Did she kill herself?

We don't know yet.

Brenda, we need to ask you once again

about your relationship
with Dr. Lorrimer.

- Is this because of the money?
- Yes.

Mum and Dad are furious about it.

They want me not to take it.

But he never did anything.

He didn't fancy me. He wasn't like that.

He just liked me
because I was interested.

Other people didn't really get that.

I know he could be rude
to people, sometimes angry,

but it was only because
he was so busy and...

and he cared so much about his work.

Are you thinking of anyone in particular

when you say he could be rude to people?

No,

no, I just... I just mean, generally.

Mum and Dad don't want
me to go back to the Lab.

- They want me to leave.
- Well, that's your choice.

You're 18. You can do whatever you want.

No, I can't.

I want to go to college,
get some A-levels,

maybe study forensics.

You're gonna catch him, are you?

Whoever's doing this.

'Cause she won't get
any peace until you do.

I think Brenda will
be fine, Mrs. Pridmore.

She's intelligent and brave.

In my experience,
people react differently

to the sort of thing she's been through.

Some people become excessively fearful

and their world becomes small, limited.

Some people face up
to their experiences,

find strengths they
didn't know they had.

Move forwards.

And embrace life.

I think that's what Brenda will
do if she's given the chance.

Is that right?

Well, she's my daughter,
and you don't know her.

We tried, sir.

I don't like potential going to waste.

I grew up in this part of the world.

Did you?

I know how insular some
of the people can be.

Inevitable.

My father used to say it
was all down to geography.

It was easy for me.

My parents wanted to
make everything possible.

But I know how lucky I was. Privileged.

What you said yesterday
about Angela Foley,

about no one giving her a break,

I hope you know that I'll always
give you a break, Sergeant.

- You already did.
- But moving onwards,

in your career.

If there's anything you want to achieve,

if you want extra skills training

or to be fast tracked
into a particular unit...

Are you trying to get rid of me, sir?

You're not going in there.

I need to look in there. Stand aside.

- Why? Why?
- Part of the investigation.

But she wouldn't want you in there!

She never let anyone
in there apart from me.

They're trampling all over her.

It's all right, Angela.

It's not.

DS Miskin will make
you a cup of tea, Miss Foley.

I'm going to have a brief look in there.

I won't touch anything unless I have to.

What was the last thing she said to you

before she left the house last night?

She said she was gonna
make everything all right.

And what did you take that to mean?

So she was gonna find
a way to get the money

to help us buy this place.

- How?
- I don't know.

Is it possible that Stella
was planning to blackmail someone?

No. She would never.

You don't understand what she was like,

how... how good she
was, how moral she was.

She hated injustice.

She hated what my family did
to me just because I was...

Because I didn't have a dad.

And she wanted to make
it right and make me happy

and...

she wanted me to have a home.

So what did she intend to do?

I don't think Stella took her own life.

I can't prove it yet,
but that's my instinct.

This is her life insurance policy.

It was in the desk.

You're the beneficiary.
But like most policies,

it has an exemption
in the case of suicide.

I don't care.

But Stella would have cared.

She would have known,
and she would have cared.

She would also have
known that she was the key

to your happiness,
not bricks and mortar.

Nor do I believe that any novelist

in their right mind
would kill themselves

when they're just a... a chapter
or two from finishing a novel.

What is it that you're not telling us?

Nothing.

Is it possible that Stella knew

or thought she knew
who killed Dr. Lorrimer?

Any way that she could have found out?

Did she, in fact, go
out on Tuesday night,

- even for a short time?
- No.

I told you, she was here with me.

Angela, when you arrived
to look after old Mr. Lorrimer

on Wednesday, did Stella
go into Lorrimer's bedroom?

- No.
- Might she have seen

something there that could
have suggested who'd killed him?

No. She never went upstairs.

Is it possible that
she was involved in Lorrimer's death?

- A momentary fit of anger, perhaps.
- No. She would never.

She would never harm anyone.

Why are you saying all this?

I need to be on my own.

Please.

Let's say Stella
did know who killed Lorrimer.

She contacts the killer
and asks to meet them.

- Would she be that foolish?
- She was a confident woman.

She could have thought
she had things covered.

Proof stashed away somewhere.

Or...

she killed Lorrimer.

She saw him with Domenica in the chapel,

and it was her that made the whispered
phone call to Lorrimer's house.

And then Lorrimer agrees to meet her.

Go on.

So she comes to the Lab
and tries to blackmail him.

And things get out of
hand, and she kills him.

Like you say, a fit of rage.

And then she can't live
with what she's done.

We have no forensics to place
her at Lorrimer's murder.

Would she really think to wear gloves?

And wipe the mallet for prints?

And why would she leave
the weapon at the scene?

Because she heard Bradley
coming out of the toilets.

Panicked.

She hears Bradley and she hides here.

And Bradley comes out of the toilets,

sees the body, and runs
straight downstairs.

Sees Doyle's car arriving
and takes his chance,

sneaks out the front door and away.

And Stella,

she's also seen the car headlights

and thinks that someone's
gonna come into the Lab,

and she searches the
first floor for a way out,

finds the window in the toilet.

How does she reach it?

And how would she get down
the wall on the other side

without injuring herself?

It's a 20-foot drop.

Okay. She doesn't use the window,

but she stays in the toilets, cowering.

And it gives her time to think.

And things grow quiet,

and she hears the car drive off.

And then she comes back in
here, wipes the mallet...

But doesn't take it?

And then she finds the
keys in Lorrimer's pocket.

She sets the alarm,

locks the door behind her.

And then she confesses to Angela,

gets her to get the keys back
into Lorrimer's pocket somehow,

make it look like an inside job.

I know it's all conjecture.

They're all useful thoughts.

Okay, let's get back to the facts.

Why would she go to the
chapel to end her life?

Someone with an existing connection

to that chapel must be involved.

Someone who knew where
to find a tie or a rope.

Hello?

Miss Foley?

It's DI Doyle. You wanted to see me?

Strange kind of welcome.

Why don't you put that down?

Do you want to tell
me what this is about?

You killed Stella.

And now... now I'm gonna kill you.

I haven't killed anyone, Angela.

Dalgliesh questioned me
first thing this morning.

He's released me because
he's got nothing on me.

I have alibis for both
nights. He's checked.

Here. You call him if you want.

There's a note on that table.

Pick it up and read it out.

I've got a copy.

"You'd better check
the cannabis exhibits

when DI Doyle is around.

How do you think he managed
to afford his house?"

- Where did you get this?
- Stella had it.

It was sent to Edmund
Lorrimer at the Lab.

She must have found it in his house.

You killed her because she knew.

She knew your secret.

And she tried to blackmail you.

She arranged to meet you at that
chapel, and you strangled her.

- Admit it!
- I can tell you who wrote this.

It was my wife.

She wants me to resign from the force.

She's sick to the back teeth with it.

The hours, what it does to my head.

She thought what better than
a bit of official harassment

to push me into leaving?

No one would have taken
this seriously, Angela.

She knows that. And even if they did,

they wouldn't have found any evidence.

But you were doing it.

You were taking the
cannabis and swapping it

- instead of destroying it.
- I never said that.

And they... they might
have started watching you,

- gathering evidence.
- Over a bit of cannabis going astray?

It's not a bit!

I've seen seizures
that come into the Lab.

You are way off.

Please put that down.

No.

Do you think this is what
your friend would have wanted?

Rough justice?

I was really sorry
to hear that she died,

but I had nothing to do with it.

I swear to you.

- Brenda.
- Hello, Mr. Howarth.

I wasn't expecting you to come in today.

How are you feeling?

Is Inspector Dalgliesh here?

Do you think she might
have found something else

when she found this?

Some other info about someone?

I don't know.

She went out the night Lorrimer died.

She went for a walk.

She often does at night when
she does her best thinking.

But she must have seen something.

Something she shouldn't have seen.

Did you tell Dalgliesh?

I think you should tell him.

Thanks for trying with my mum.

I heard what you said,
and I hate it when she's like that.

It's mortifying.

She loves you and she's
trying to protect you.

But it's not her life.

I don't want to be told what to do.

There's something I haven't told you.

It's not a big thing, but I don't
feel right that I haven't said.

I saw Dr. Lorrimer having
an argument with someone.

It was last week,

and I'm pretty sure it was Thursday.

You know Dr. Rollinson, don't you?

- Yes.
- Well, he has two children.

- Nell and William.
- Yes.

Well, they came into the Lab
last week looking for their dad,

and he was in a meeting,

but they said they wanted to wait,
so they stayed in the reception,

and Dr. Lorrimer came down
the stairs, and he was...

he was in a bad mood, I suppose.

He was busy.

And the little boy was
playing with his ball,

and it was going everywhere.

And Dr. Lorrimer was
shouting and he was saying,

"Children aren't allowed in the Lab."

And he told them to wait outside,

but Nell said that they wouldn't.

And she was getting very angry.

And... And he didn't... he
didn't touch her, exactly,

but he sort of drove them outside.

And then he slammed
the door behind them.

And Nell was really, really upset.

And so was the little boy.

Did Dr. Rollinson see any of this?

No. No one else, except for me.

This morning, you mentioned
that you saw Stella Mawson

at a concert in the village.

Can you tell me more about that evening?

Yes. It was a fundraising concert,

and Mr. Howarth was playing his violin.

Classical stuff.

I remember it was the
day after Valentine's Day.

And she was sitting with Miss Foley

and who else?

And Mr. Howarth's sister
who's the beautiful one.

I don't know if you've met her.

And Dr. Rollinson.

Have the exhibits from the
chapel left for the Yard yet?

They're being picked up
in about five minutes, sir.

Where are they?

Mr. Bradley.

I need you to run a test for me.

Really?

Could we speak to you
inside, please, Miss Howarth?

Christ, please stop
with the Miss Howarth.

Do I look like your maiden aunt?

I wrote your statement
for you. Max has got it.

- It's not about last night.
- Surely not about Lorrimer.

I've told you everything
there is to know...

Not your relationship with Lorrimer.

It's about what happened next.

God.

You okay?

William?!

- He's okay. Don't worry.
- William! Get away from him!

Get away! You could have killed him.

- Calm down.
- Why are you here?

Go away and leave us alone.

Nell, stop that at once.

- What are you thinking?
- Where were you?

You were supposed to be watching him,

you useless, drunken old hag.

You're sacked. Pack
up your stinking things

and get out of our house
and never come back.

You don't tell me what to
do. You don't employ me.

- Yes, I do.
- Your father does.

We'll see what he has to say.

He'll sack you. He hates you too.

- We all hate you.
- You nasty, horrible little girl.

I'll tell you who your father hates.

It's you. You're the
bane of his existence.

This custody battle he's fighting...

Do you think he's fighting it for you?

He isn't. It's William he
wants, and only William.

- Be quiet, Miss Willard.
- You're lying.

- My dad loves me.
- Oh, really?

He wants you to go to your mother.

I've heard him say it.

- He hates you, like everyone else.
- That's enough.

Nell.

You shouldn't take any
notice of what she said.

She was very angry and
she wanted to hurt you.

I'm sure your dad loves you very much.

I like your bedroom.

David Cassidy.

He's very good-looking, isn't he?

I don't like him any more.

He's embarrassing.

I had someone really embarrassing
on my wall when I was about 8 or 9.

Shall I tell you who it
was or do you want to guess?

Bay City Rollers?

Probably worse than that.

Cliff Richard.

I knew you were gonna say that.

Who do you like now?

10cc.

Oh, they're good.

Do you consider that an appropriate way

to speak to a child,
a child in your care?

She's not a child.

- Not really.
- She's a child, Miss Willard.

She knows how to rile me.
Knows exactly what to say.

I meant it when I said
she was a nasty girl.

Because she is.

Has this sort of
confrontation happened before?

What you said about Dr. Rollinson

only fighting for custody of William...

- Is that true?
- It should be.

If he wasn't so kindhearted,

he'd have sent that girl to her mother,

- and good riddance.
- Where is their mother?

London, I believe. Best place for her.

When did she leave?

January before last.
She's living over the broom

with that doctor she
met at the hospital.

She's not a nice woman, and
Nell is exactly the same.

Dr. Rollinson is a
lovely man. A gentleman.

But he's too easily
manipulated, especially by women.

He needs protecting from himself.

Has he been seeing any other
women since his wife left?

I'm giving you a chance
to speak honestly to me.

If you don't, we can go to the station

and I can do this more formally.

It's been seeing that hussy.

Domenica Howarth.

We heard about how mean
Dr. Lorrimer was to you

at the Lab when you were
looking for your dad.

I was really sorry to hear about that.

I hate him.

I'm glad he's dead.

I'm glad I made him die.

What do you mean, Nell?

How did you make him die?

He'd started going out in the evenings,

even when he wasn't called
by the police or the hospital.

And I could smell something
on his clothes... perfume.

So I looked in his room
one day while he was out,

for his own good,

and I found a letter
from her. It was disgusting.

Some people have no shame.

I worked out where they were
meeting... that old chapel

in the grounds of Hoggatt's Laboratory.

Can you imagine? A place of God.

Did you speak to Dr. Rollinson
about what you'd learned?

No. How could I have done?

Did you speak to anyone about it?

I told Dr. Lorrimer on one
of our journeys to church.

I knew he'd share my opinion.

Dr. Rollinson is...
is still a married man.

I thought Dr. Lorrimer could
speak to him, make him see sense.

I smashed his head in.

Then the witches made him die.

Does your father know about these?

No one knows.

Did you mention to your dad about...

Dr. Lorrimer being
mean to you at the Lab?

He said I should forget it.

He said I should be a bigger person.

You didn't go back to
the Lab, did you, Nell?

You didn't try...

I mean actually try
to hurt Dr. Lorrimer?

No. I didn't need to.

Dr. Lorrimer was very shocked.

So shocked he pulled off the road.

He was reluctant to believe me.

So the next morning,
I got the bus into town

and I walked to that chapel.
Well, I could tell they'd been in there.

There were candles and matches and...

and the... and the hymn board.

She'd made a sort of a joke
about it in that letter.

And I looked at it,

and I worked out what they'd been doing.

They'd been using it to set
the times of their meetings.

Can you imagine?

And you told Dr. Lorrimer this?

Yes, I telephoned him that evening.

Then, of course, I realized that
little madam was eavesdropping,

so I had to ring off.

You told me that Dr. Rollinson
was at home on Tuesday night

all evening from when
he arrived home at 7:15.

- Was that true?
- Yes.

Sergeant, would you
please go and fetch a Bible

- from Miss Willard's room?
- Yes, sir.

Don't.

He did go out briefly.

He had a meeting at the hospital.

What time was that?

After dinner, about 8:30, 8:45.

Do you know where Dr. Rollinson is now?

The police called for
him about an hour ago.

I don't know where he's gone.

Go and sit in the kitchen,
please. Stay there.

He wouldn't have done anything untoward.

Go and sit in the kitchen.

He knew about Lorrimer's
argument with Nell.

Nell hates Lorrimer with a vengeance.

Lorrimer knew that Rollinson
was seeing Domenica.

Telephone the station, please,
and let's find out where he is.

And get them to send a uniform here.

I want this place searched. And a WPC.

Sir.

He's at the Clunch Pit.

The girl who died there...
looks like her boyfriend killed himself.

Sad case. Just goes to show, doesn't it?

We've been calling him her fancy man.

Her bit on the side. Turns
out he really loved her.

Loved her so much, he's done this.

"Boys throw stones at frogs in sport.

Frogs don't die in sport.
They die in earnest."

Shakespeare?

Plutarch.

Do you love her?

Who?

Domenica.

I met her at a concert in the village.

So bloody beautiful.

There's this energy that comes off her.

She said she had a thing with Lorrimer.

I couldn't believe it,

but she said it was over, so...

And then he started to give
me looks a couple of weeks ago,

glaring at me like he wanted to...

And then he was vile
to Nell and to William,

and I realized that he must know,

but I thought it would pass.

That he'd just get over it.

And then Monday night, when I came here,

he said he wanted to
talk, to sort it out.

Told me to go to the
Lab Tuesday night, 9:00.

I should never have gone,

but I thought it might help.

You can't go any further.

Stupid man. Don't talk.

Don't talk.

I never intended to harm him.

The things he said about my
children, my work, Domenica.

He got hold of my wife's address,

traced it through the doctor
that she's living with.

Said he would write to her
and tell her about the affair

so she could use it to win the
divorce and get the kids off me.

He'd written the letter already.

Said he'd post it the next day

if I didn't promise to
stop seeing Dominica.

And then he turned his back on me,

dismissed me like I was done with.

Lost control.

The mallet was there.

I didn't mean to kill him.

Do you have kids?

No.

Well, then you can't understand...

the love you feel,
the things that you'll do.

And Stella Mawson?

A completely calculated killing.

You even had the presence of mind
to adjust the month on the board.

I never set foot inside that
chapel until this morning.

I didn't even know it existed.

Unfortunately,

I have forensic evidence
which proves otherwise.

Hairs... two short, one long.

On a velvet cushion.

Preliminary tests show
that the short hairs

come from two different heads.

Lorrimer's, presumably, and yours.

I expect further tests to confirm.

That doesn't prove anything.

I think a jury will find it interesting.

Proof that you knew about the chapel,

that you would think of it
as a place to lure Stella.

I didn't lure her anywhere.

She was blackmailing you, wasn't she?

I take it she saw you leaving the Lab,

scaling down the wall from
the window by the toilets?

Not that difficult for
an experienced climber.

Why did you do that?

So that you could lock the door
from the inside, set the alarm,

make it look like an insider job.

A confession will count.

Help me to help you.

It wasn't blackmail.

Not really.

She only wanted to borrow money.

She said that she was sorry,
but she really needed it.

Said that she would pay
it back with interest.

She knew.

She knew that I... killed him.

One word from her to anyone,
and I would have lost...

my children.

Would have lost everything.

I didn't know her.

I didn't know if I could trust her.

I couldn't just let her walk away.

I couldn't. I...

I couldn't take that risk.

We're gonna need a
further statement from you,

so go back to your house
and stay there until we call.

You know, you should be
careful how you look at him.

Your Chief Inspector.

It's written all over your face.

Unless you want him to know.

What do you mean?

10 minutes.

Thank you.

Why are you leaving us?

I'm so sorry.

Daddy has to go away.

You all right, sir?

Yeah.

Forgive me.

Please.

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