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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,520 Tell Doctor Gulubane at once! 2 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,000 SHE SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE 3 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:30,000 Doctor Gulubane, it's the same, exactly the same. And look at the time! 4 00:00:32,480 --> 00:00:35,400 That's impossible. 5 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:46,240 I think, Doctor Sibenke, it would be best for everyone if you stayed away. 6 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:48,280 We can't let Mma Ramotswe see you like that. 7 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,080 Dumela, mma. Dumela, mma. 8 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,560 Le kae? Re teng, mma. Le kae? 9 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,600 Is this all you've brought me for the charity sale? 10 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,200 Never mind! Tascha? 11 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,680 SHE SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE That's Tabitha, 12 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,720 teaching the boys rugby. 13 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,640 Please ask for a glass of water for Mma Ramotswe. 14 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,640 Does she need any help? No, no, no, no. 15 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:31,120 She likes to do things herself. 16 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:37,120 Both parents passed away and her bones are badly damaged by tuberculosis. It's a very sad story. 17 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,320 Those pieces are too small to sell. 18 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,160 They'll make good cupboards for the toilet. Give it to Mara Tet. 19 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,320 I'm very disappointed in Mr Patel. 20 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,360 He has so many shops and all he sent us are those couple of cuts. 21 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,040 She dropped a glass! 22 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,960 Tell her not to pick it up. I won't be one moment. 23 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,560 Dumela, mma. Dumela, mma. 24 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,160 Mma Potokwane suggested that I talked to you. 25 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,600 She says that you are a lady detective. 26 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,280 I am. That is true. 27 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,320 Are you in need of some detecting? 28 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,240 Maybe I am.SHE SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE 29 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,280 Yes?THEY SPEAK NATIVE LANGUAGE 30 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,120 Tell me, if someone is very frightened and they live in fear of 31 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,800 their life all day and all night, could you find out why? 32 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,360 Who is this frightened person? 33 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,640 It is my father. 34 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,360 His name is Rre Lisindi. 35 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,000 He...he owns the curio shop at African Mall. 36 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,640 I know it, I've bought things from there. 37 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:50,360 He's an honest man, and all his life he has been a happy man too. 38 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:51,920 But now he... 39 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,880 he cannot even sleep, he can hardly talk. 40 00:03:54,880 --> 00:04:00,000 And when I ask him what the problem, he says there are things I must not know, or I'll get into danger. 41 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,520 Danger? 42 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,200 Did he use that word? That very word. 43 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,680 Thank you, Mota Let. SHE SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE 44 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,720 She is very determined, that child. 45 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:31,120 So, you want me to find out what is troubling your father? 46 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,280 But I do not have enough m... 47 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:35,920 Don't worry about money, I will do what I can. 48 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,520 Take this. 49 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:47,000 It has my number on it. The No. 1 50 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:49,280 I like it! 51 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:22,080 Oh! 52 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,960 Oh! 53 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,520 Snake! 54 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:55,360 Snake! 55 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,200 Snake! 56 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,240 CONVERSATION IN NATIVE LANGUAGE 57 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:11,800 I can see it. 58 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:15,480 No. Don't touch it. 59 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,320 HE SHRIEKS 60 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,880 It's a mamba. 61 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,760 If this snake had bitten you, Mma, you would be one dead detective. 62 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:38,280 Stop fooling around! 63 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:41,680 Put it in a bag and throw it away, and then come back and clean the car! 64 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,280 I feel quite sick to think what could have happened. 65 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:48,160 Don't be upset. 66 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:53,680 I was about to deal with it myself when a passer-by appeared and gave me a tow. 67 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:56,800 You are so cool about it. 68 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,800 I've lived 38 years and never come so close to death. 69 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,960 I...I thought you were 37? 70 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,120 Yes, well...but... 71 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,360 Tomorrow is my birthday. Tomorrow? 72 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,200 Yes. Congratulations! 73 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,320 Thank you. Are you celebrating?No, no, no, no. I'm past all that. 74 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,880 Everybody should celebrate the day of their birth. 75 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:19,800 Let me take you out to dinner. 76 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,880 No, that's not necessary. Please. 77 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,960 That would be nice. Thank you, Mma. 78 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,040 That's a beautiful car. 79 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,960 Who taught you to make a car like that? 80 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,600 No-one. 81 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,800 No-one at all? God. 82 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,040 What do you know about God? 83 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,080 He is invisible. 84 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:14,120 Wellington, I have told you before you may sit quietly outside but you must not disturb the clients. 85 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:15,960 He is not disturbing me. 86 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,120 I have a son his age at home. 87 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,840 I'm sorry I'm late. It's been a difficult morning. 88 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,080 A snake got into the van. Doctor Sibenke? 89 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:32,720 That is me. 90 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,000 Please, come into my office, Doctor. 91 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,320 What kind of snake? 92 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,680 A mamba. Don't worry, I killed it. 93 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:50,440 Bush tea, I think. 94 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,560 So your family still lives in Zimbabwe? They do. 95 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:58,880 Of course... 96 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:00,800 I miss them every minute, 97 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,920 but I had to leave 98 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,120 just to earn enough money to support them. 99 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,360 It's very sad what has happened there. 100 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:09,960 It is more than sad. 101 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,200 But let us not dwell on these matters. 102 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:26,080 I was lucky enough to receive a post at the hospital working under Doctor Gulubane. 103 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:31,120 Doctor Gulubane is a very fine man and a good doctor, too. He is. 104 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,280 But then... 105 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,160 something unfortunate happened. 106 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,880 The very week that I started work, 107 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:43,680 a patient of mine died of no apparent cause 108 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:46,600 on a Friday afternoon at two o'clock. 109 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,480 That is not unusual in a hospital. 110 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,360 Ah...well...there's more. 111 00:09:55,360 --> 00:10:02,800 The following Friday, there was another unexplained death at two o'clock. 112 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:09,800 Then, this last Friday, the same thing happened again. 113 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,360 People look at me strangely now. 114 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,120 They don't want to talk to me. They avoid me. 115 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,280 SHE TUTS 116 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:22,880 They feel that somebody should get the blame for these deaths. 117 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,640 I am a foreigner and a refugee. 118 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,560 It's understandable. 119 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:44,560 What are you looking for?I don't want to be recognised by Tabitha's father. 120 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:47,000 I've been to his shop before. 121 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,680 Do these make any difference? 122 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,640 No, Mma. No difference at all. 123 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:06,320 Well, not a big disguise, I just don't want to be identified. 124 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,320 Well, I can't do anything about your distinctive figure. 125 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,240 There is nothing distinctive about my figure. 126 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:17,080 HE SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE 127 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:19,920 What about my hair? 128 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,240 Well, I can make it longer so that it covers your face like a yak. 129 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,320 No, certainly not. 130 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:28,200 Then what am I going to do? He's already seen your face. 131 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:33,680 I know! 132 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:35,280 Have you got any time today? 133 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:39,320 Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. You are not suggesting that I go? 134 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,160 Why not? 135 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:42,760 It's very simple. 136 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,720 Find a birthday present for JLB. And then what? 137 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,640 While you're there, look around. Look on the desk, look on the shelves. 138 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:51,280 Look around for what?! 139 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,360 For whatever he does not want you to see. 140 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,480 That's what's frightening him. 141 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:31,840 Excuse me, sir? Argh! 142 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,920 Can I help you? HE SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGEI'm sorry? 143 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,280 Yes, you can certainly help me. I'm looking... 144 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:44,760 I'm looking for a gift of a very good friend of mine, and that's why I'm in your shop. Take a look around. 145 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,640 Well, this is pretty! 146 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:58,920 You have a very good eye. 147 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,880 There's only one villageGood. 148 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,360 And what is that? PHONE RINGS 149 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,840 Excuse me, I must take this. 150 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:15,080 I...I can't talk to you now. 151 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,080 OK. 152 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:40,040 Sir? Sir? Sir? This is my stockroom. 153 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:41,640 This is private. Now, please, come out. 154 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,160 At once, at once. 155 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,640 Please. Please forgive me. 156 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,760 I thought it was just another way out. 157 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:55,320 We forgot the gift. There is something in that storeroom. 158 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,520 How do you know? It's obvious. 159 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,920 It's like when a bald man tries to hide his baldness by pushing his hair over like wet grass. 160 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,520 And then what do you see when you look at him, huh? 161 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,560 Baldness and a man underneath it. Ke a leboga, mma. 162 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:11,880 I need to get into that store room. 163 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:14,880 I'll do it tonight. 164 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:27,240 Where will you sleep tonight?I don't know. 165 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,080 How would it be if you had a proper place to live? 166 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,760 Like what? It doesn't matter what it's called. 167 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:47,000 You'd have regular food and a bed and school lessons too. 168 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:51,400 If Mma Ramotswe and I knew of a place like that, would you like to live there? 169 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:05,920 Wellington? 170 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:23,760 I'm sorry I'm late. 171 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:25,440 Do we really have to do this? 172 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:29,400 No-one will know, we'll just take a quick look around and then we'll go. 173 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,840 Hold this, give me the keys. 174 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:36,560 When we open the door, we must run as fast as we can to the buttons that turn off the alarm. 175 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,680 BLEEPING STARTS 176 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:48,880 Give me the code! 177 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,440 Shut the door! Shut the door. Shut the door. 178 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,200 BLEEPING CONTINUES 179 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:58,640 Turn on the torch! 180 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,680 Not in my face, here!BLEEPS GET FASTER 181 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:08,920 BLEEPING STOPS 182 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,120 Well, that wasn't too difficult. 183 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,800 Give me that. 184 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,800 SHE SCREAMS Something ran over my foot! 185 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:54,600 Hold this. 186 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,560 These tusks are fresh. 187 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,960 I can almost smell the animal they belong to. 188 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:26,480 I'm afraid your father has got mixed up with ivory smugglers. 189 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,440 That's why he's so frightened. 190 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,400 Quick, put everything back where it was. 191 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,360 No-one must know we were here. 192 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,240 Hurry! Hurry! Let's go, just go!BLEEPING STARTS 193 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,480 Oh! Turn the light off! 194 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,160 Turn the light off! 195 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:56,320 Where are the keys?I thought you had them! 196 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,240 I left them on top of the alarm.BLEEPS GET FASTER 197 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,680 Let's go, let's go!BLEEPING STOPS 198 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:10,320 Thank goodness. Whew!That was getting on my nerves. 199 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,120 Let's go.ALARM SOUNDS LOUDLY 200 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:15,840 What do we do now? Run. What? 201 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,400 RUN! 202 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,160 Take them, take the keys. Lock up. I'll fetch the car. 203 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,640 ENGINE REVS 204 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,360 ALARM BLARES 205 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:41,600 SIRENS WAIL 206 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,320 Charlie? 207 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:07,280 Fanwell? 208 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,800 Those boys will be the death of me. 209 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,440 Oh, my goodness. 210 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,000 "From a disgruntled customer." 211 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:02,840 BOTH: Happy birthday to you 212 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:07,880 Happy birthday to you 213 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:13,760 Happy birthday to yoo-ou 214 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:20,160 Happy birthday to you! THEY WHOOP 215 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,360 Thank you, boys, I'm very touched. 216 00:20:23,360 --> 00:20:25,720 The tie is...colourful. 217 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,120 But you shouldn't have wasted your money on the aftershave. 218 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:31,200 I'm quite happy smelling of Sunlight soap. 219 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,160 But, Boss, women prefer smart-smelling men. 220 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,080 And that is the path to heavenly pleasure! 221 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,960 That isn't a path I think of very often. Boss! 222 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,280 Boss, it's only normal for you to think about girls. 223 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:49,400 In America, a scientist proved that a man thinks about sex every seven seconds. 224 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,720 That can't be true. How did he measure that? 225 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,960 Did he attach radio wires to people's heads? 226 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,840 Maybe he attached themTHEY GIGGLE 227 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,160 HE SCOLDS THEM IN NATIVE LANGUAGE 228 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,960 Seven seconds. 229 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:12,480 That can't be normal. 230 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:22,080 You broke in?! It was a legitimate search for evidence. 231 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,480 What if Rre Lisindi finds out that it was you? 232 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,080 He'll tell the ivory smugglers and they'll come... 233 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,480 There's no way he can find out. 234 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,800 Shouldn't we tell the police? 235 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,960 No! I don't want to do that. 236 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,240 I want to solve this case myself. 237 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,360 In fact, I don't even want to tell them when I've solved it. Why not? 238 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:45,800 The only reason I took this case 239 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:50,760 was because I wanted to give that young girl some peace of mind. 240 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,160 I don't think putting her father behind bars 241 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:54,880 is a very good way of doing that. 242 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,520 But he's broken the law. 243 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,920 Rre Lisindi doesn't feel like a bad man to me. 244 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:04,080 If he's involved in a crime, it's because bad people have forced him into it. But... 245 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,520 There will be no more talking without tea. 246 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:27,000 Doctor Gulubane, I thought... I won't be staying. 247 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,280 Doctor Gulubane insists on showing you the ward himself. 248 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,480 Thank you, Doctor Sibenke. Er...Mma? 249 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,400 So you've been well? 250 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,120 Yes, I have, thank you. 251 00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:41,800 We must talk about these mysterious deaths. 252 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,480 Do you really not know what's causing them? 253 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,640 No. After the first one, we took every precaution possible. 254 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,280 But it happened again, twice? 255 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,760 Unfortunately, yes. This is the ward. 256 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,640 Did all three patients die in the same bed? 257 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,960 Yes, it was this bed right here. 258 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,520 We've changed the beds around, of course. 259 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,600 Maybe there's something wrong with a machine. They've all been checked. 260 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,000 We've even changed them around with ventilators from other wards. 261 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,080 Look, I have nothing to hide, but this is a medical problem. 262 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,280 Why don't you leave it for the hospital authorities? 263 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:18,800 I can't stand by while an innocent man's life is being ruined. 264 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,680 Just let me try something. 265 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:25,520 I'll come back on Friday, I'll sit in this ward at two o'clock, and then... 266 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,360 ..see what happens. 267 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,040 Mma Ramotswe... 268 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,600 may I trouble you for your services? 269 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,840 I'd be happy to help you, but I'm on my way to a meeting. 270 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:46,760 You can make an appointment with my secretary. 271 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,320 I'd prefer not to wait. 272 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,280 It's a family matter. 273 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,200 My card. 274 00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:07,480 So, what kind of family matter might this be? 275 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,200 I'm a businessman here in the city, 276 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:15,720 but my family owns a large farm north of Pilane and 6,000 head of cattle. 277 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,320 My father got married when he was young. 278 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,560 I'm the offspring of that union. 279 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,600 Then some years later, he married again. 280 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,880 So...your mother was late? 281 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,360 No, Mma, she's still alive. 282 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:35,880 My father is one of those old-fashioned men who believes that two wives are better than one. 283 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,360 His second wife had another son... 284 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,120 Jobe, who is, I'm sorry to say, the fool of the family. 285 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:48,080 Those are harsh words. 286 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:52,360 How else can one describe a young man who fails at everything that he put his hand to? 287 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:57,120 Well, Jobe got married this year. Then the trouble began. 288 00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:59,320 What kind of trouble? 289 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:06,240 One evening after dinner, everyone in the family suffered a violent stomach complaint. 290 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:10,000 My mother lost no time in telling me her suspicions. 291 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:14,160 Oh. She believes Jobe's wife poisoned them all? 292 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,880 How did you guess? 293 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,680 Were her suspicions correct? 294 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:24,160 All I know is that now both wives are convinced that Mapala is the poisoner. 295 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:28,560 She phoned me this morning, begging for my help. 296 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,480 She requested the lady detective, and so I'm here. 297 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,800 So you want me to question your family? Not question, no. 298 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,880 My father is a frail old man who has lost his sight. 299 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,840 It would distress him. 300 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:45,960 Just say that you are my private assistant who needs a holiday, 301 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:51,560 and then discreetly see what you can find out. 302 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:59,040 Well, Rra Makgothi, I am pleased to say I can take your case. My fee... 303 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,200 My fee will be... 304 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,000 One... 305 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:08,120 ..thousand pula. 306 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:15,360 Thank you. 307 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,640 So... 308 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,520 are you going to open it? 309 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,960 What is it? 310 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:29,480 It's a surprise. 311 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:51,560 IT RATTLES 312 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,160 It's perfect! How did you know? 313 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:55,720 HE CHUCKLES 314 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,880 I... I... I collect them, 315 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:02,960 I once had a dream that I'd be the greatest drummer in the world, 316 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,760 but now I just collect them. 317 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,240 It's a hoso. Yes. 318 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,960 Where did you find it? 319 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,600 Not Rre Lisindi's shop? 320 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,160 Yes, as a matter of fact. 321 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:18,360 You didn't steal it?No, certainly not! 322 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:22,160 Promise me that you'll never again do such a crazy escapade. 323 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,360 I did get a little carried away. 324 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:28,560 Is that a promise? I suppose so. 325 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,080 Mmm! 326 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,920 Mma Makutsi thinks that I should tell the police. 327 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,640 Well, you know what happens if you do. 328 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:41,600 The little shopkeeper gets punished and the big guys at the top of the heap go scot-free. 329 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,200 You're right! 330 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,920 They are the ones who should be punished. No. 331 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,400 The people who run the ivory trade are more dangerous than any mamba. 332 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,440 If threatened, they will strike to kill. 333 00:27:52,440 --> 00:28:00,760 A woman in their world is like a fragile ship on a stormy sea, or an antelope in a desert full of lions. 334 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:07,120 It's been a very long time since someone compared me to an antelope. 335 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,800 If you'd only allow me to put aOh, JLB... 336 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:19,360 You are a kind and good man, 337 00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:22,600 and a very loyal friend. 338 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:29,240 But I don't need a supportive arm, I really don't. 339 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:39,760 I don't think that girl is poisoning anyone! 340 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,200 There was a young woman in my village who was accused 341 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,840 of being a poisoner, but it was only because her mother-in-law hated her. 342 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,040 That happens in every village. 343 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,240 But I want you to be safe. 344 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:56,440 You must not eat any food at all unless everyone else is eating it too. 345 00:28:56,440 --> 00:29:00,640 I don't want my first case as a detective to be investigating your death. 346 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:04,760 I hope you're not implying I starve myself? 347 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,520 Dumela, Mma. Let me carry your suitcase. 348 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,160 You are expected. La me ke Dora Li. 349 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,840 Hello, Dora Lin. Please, come in. 350 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,120 You must meet the big Mma first. 351 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,720 She's waiting for you on the stoop. 352 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,840 Dumela, mma. Dumela. 353 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:17,240 I'm glad you're here. Come and sit beside me. 354 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,600 Dora Lin, make sure visitor's room is ready. 355 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,080 So...you are my son's personal assistant? 356 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:28,800 Yes, that is so. 357 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:33,440 I expected you to be skinny, a skinny woman. 358 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,000 He does not like traditional shapes, my son. 359 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:40,680 Don't worry, Mma, I'm not one of those girls who wants to marry her boss. 360 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:44,600 Would you like some water?Thank you. 361 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,000 Where's the rest of the family? 362 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:54,080 You will meet them at dinner-time, and I think you'll find that is quite soon enough. 363 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,960 Dora Lin! Where's that lazy girl? 364 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,880 I love this house. 365 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,040 It's a very fine building. 366 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:14,680 When my husband married again, he tried to move me out, but I soon found my way back. 367 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,240 That must have been very upsetting for you? 368 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,240 The other wife?SHE CHUCKLES 369 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:23,360 No, I'm just sorry that he chose such a silly woman. 370 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:27,040 Still, better a silly woman than a dangerous one. 371 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,400 Idiot! Just do what I tell you! 372 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,960 Dumela, Mma. Dumela, Mma. Have youYes. 373 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:43,080 Well, that guest room is bad - no bath and none of the windows open. 374 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,240 Oh, and don't let that stupid girl bother you with her chatter. 375 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,000 This is the very best guest room. 376 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,520 Thank you. 377 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,720 Was that Master Jobe's wife? Mapala. 378 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,320 Do you know why she was so angry? 379 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:13,000 She's just scornful of Master Jobe, because he's not as successful as his bigger brother. 380 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,320 She wants a big apartment in the city. 381 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,160 She does not like this house. 382 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,000 But there is no harm to her. 383 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,880 Tell me something, do they get on? The two wives? 384 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,440 Not at all, it is very hard. 385 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,840 They are always fighting about who is the favourite of the old man, 386 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,840 and then when they're not looking, he chases after me. 387 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,000 He's a dirty old goat, that one. 388 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,120 Would you like tea or coffee in the morning? 389 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:39,920 A cup of bush tea would be perfect. 390 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,720 OK. Thank you. 391 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,480 Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 392 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:52,080 Have you been good children this week? Yes! You sure? 393 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:55,520 Yes! You sure? OK, here are some sweets. There you go. There you go. 394 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:59,000 Don't spoil them, they're my naughtiest children! 395 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,720 THEY LAUGH 396 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,760 Dumela. Dumela, Rra. I think I have the parts you're looking for. 397 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,840 Oh, good, good, good, good. 398 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:09,520 How's Mma Ramotswe? 399 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,360 She's away on an investigation. 400 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,880 Always busy. Yeah. 401 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,280 You're very fond of her, aren't you? 402 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:22,200 Well...I've always believed that she and I are ideally suited. 403 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,120 Then you must speak to her about your feelings. 404 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,920 I've tried to, she won't allow me to. I don't know why. 405 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,880 I can offer her great stability. 406 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,960 Maybe she's looking for something different in a companion. 407 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,080 I'm afraid that's all too true. 408 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:40,280 Last night, I came very close to putting all thoughts of her aside, but then... 409 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,360 Forgive me, Mma, it's... 410 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,200 you're the only person I can talk to. 411 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,720 I had this dream. 412 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:53,360 Mma Ramotswe was in the Kalahari Desert. 413 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,960 She was being attacked by a lion. 414 00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:01,680 I rescued her by killing him with a knife. 415 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:06,960 Is that all? No, erm... 416 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,920 In the dream... 417 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:12,640 Mma Ramotswe was completely naked. 418 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:21,720 Completely naked? I think this dream is a very good sign indeed. 419 00:34:21,720 --> 00:34:23,280 Completely naked! 420 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,600 SHE SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE 421 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:33,880 Welcome. 422 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,800 I am the old man's younger wife. 423 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,920 It was so nice of you to talk to the old lady. 424 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,080 I hope you're not too bored. 425 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,200 That poor woman rambles on and on and on these days. It's very sad. 426 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:48,520 Anyway, I'll see you at dinner. OK. 427 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:52,040 Don't eat anything that is prepared by my daughter-in-law. 428 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:25,320 I hope I'm not disturbing you. What a fine kitchen. 429 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,000 That smells delicious. 430 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,720 Are you happy in your work? 431 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:42,800 I used to be, as a chef in the Imperial Hotel in Gabarone. 432 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,760 There, I was treated with respect. 433 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,120 Why did you leave? 434 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:53,400 Rra Makgothi liked the hotel food so much he asked for one of the chefs to be sent to his family home. 435 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,600 Management picked on me. 436 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:01,000 And now I must work in this mad house where people hate each other 437 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,360 and all they want to eat is chicken and rice. 438 00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:05,080 Look, they bought me a microwave. 439 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:09,560 What self-respecting chef stoops as low as that monstrosity?! 440 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,480 Hmm, life is not easy for a true artist. 441 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,520 I love cumin. Put that back! 442 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,960 Nobody touches anything in this kitchen! 443 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,800 I'm sorry. I... 444 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,960 won't disturb your good work any longer. 445 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,040 And I look forward to supper this evening. 446 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,840 Ah, I'm sorry.You must be the detective. 447 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:55,040 Dumela, Mma. Dumela. I'm Jobe. 448 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:59,200 I'm in disguise, supposedly.It was my wife who asked for you. 449 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,600 It would be a great relief to have her name cleared. 450 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,000 This has been very stressful for both of us. 451 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,120 I understand. 452 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:11,800 I mean, do you really think I would be with my wife if I thought she was poisoning my family? 453 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,920 But those old women, they don't care who they gossip about. 454 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,760 Please, use the phone. 455 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:19,680 Thank you. You're welcome. 456 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,440 PHONE RINGS 457 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:27,840 No. 1 Ladies' Detective... You'll be pleased to know I'm still alive. 458 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,280 Good. And what have you found out? 459 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:34,880 Well, it's the kind of family where almost anyone could be poisoning anyone else. 460 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:38,120 But I'm beginning to think the daughter-in-law is in the clear. 461 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,120 What about the old man? 462 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,200 I meet him at dinner. 463 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:45,280 Dinner?! You must phone me again right after you've had your dinner. 464 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,480 I won't leave the officeCRACKLING ON LINE 465 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,000 Hello? Hello? 466 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:54,400 CRACKLING ON LINE Hello? 467 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:55,920 Mma? 468 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,240 Hello? 469 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,200 Thank you, Mma.SHE SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE 470 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,200 So, Mma, did you manage to make your phone call? 471 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:22,080 I tried, but the line went dead.WOMAN SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE 472 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:23,600 It is always happening out here. 473 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,240 The repairman takes days and days to come. 474 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:28,720 We might as well be living on the moon. 475 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,880 THEY ARGUE IN NATIVE LANGUAGE 476 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,080 THUNDER CRASHES 477 00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,080 Oh! 478 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,560 Oh, are you sick too? 479 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:17,560 Everyone is sick. The old ladies are sick. 480 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:19,640 Sick, sick all the time. 481 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,640 OK? 482 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:44,240 'Operator.' Operator, I know it's late but I've been trying to get through all night. 483 00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:48,000 'I'm sorry, but the line is still out of order. 484 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,720 'Please try again tomorrow.'Thank you. 485 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:01,680 Oh! 486 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:33,720 Oh! 487 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:36,400 HE CHUCKLES 488 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:40,360 I'm sorry, I didn't realise there was someone in here. 489 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:43,720 Then you are not much of a detective. 490 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:45,680 Come here. 491 00:40:48,240 --> 00:40:50,200 Sit down, please. 492 00:40:56,400 --> 00:41:02,480 So...tell me. Why did you not eat your food tonight? 493 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,840 You smelt something in the food. 494 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:10,480 You smelt something that was there once before. 495 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,640 And what was that? 496 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:31,880 It was this. 497 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:40,240 I remember this herb from my childhood. 498 00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:45,240 It does not kill but it makes people very sick. 499 00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:48,920 Perhaps you're a clever detective after all. 500 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:53,080 I do my best. Are you married, Mma? 501 00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:55,880 No, I'm not. Not any more. 502 00:41:55,880 --> 00:42:01,160 Then, I've got plenty of energy for a third wife. 503 00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:02,440 Oh! Oh! 504 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,120 Old man, what are you doing?! It is time you were in bed. 505 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:12,960 Coco? 506 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:16,080 Coc... Whoo, eh, eh. 507 00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:21,160 Coco! 508 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:24,600 What time is it? 509 00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,440 It is morning. What are you doing sleeping on the job? 510 00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,280 Hm? That is not very professional. 511 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:30,800 97%. 512 00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:35,520 Mme Ramotswe promised she would phone and she would never ever break 513 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:39,400 that promise unless something terrible had happened to her. 514 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:40,920 You need a cup of tea. 515 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:44,520 I'd never forgive myself if something happened to her. 516 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:48,640 It's just that there are so many things that you never say to someone 517 00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:50,600 when you are with them every day. 518 00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:54,000 So many things that you should say. 519 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:59,040 Sugar babes, you are tired and worried and paranoid. 520 00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:01,880 Your brain has been under the dryer for too long. 521 00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:07,840 Relax. 522 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,360 After that cup of tea, you'll feel better. 523 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:15,000 I am having a crisis, you silly man! 524 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:19,680 And it will not be solved by a cup of tea! 525 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:39,960 The country house, with its echoing corridors, poisoning plots 526 00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:45,920 and multiple suspects is a mere figment of popular fiction. 527 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:48,440 That is all there is to say about it. 528 00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:52,600 KNOCKING Come in. 529 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,120 KNOCKING 530 00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:26,640 Good morning. There's a big commotion. 531 00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:29,840 The big Mma has accused the cook of poisoning the family. 532 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:31,280 I brought your tea. 533 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:37,720 If you found the poison in the kitchen, then the poisoner must be the cook. 534 00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:38,920 No, I don't think so. 535 00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:42,520 That jar was not on the shelf when I first looked at the spices. 536 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:45,560 ARGUING 537 00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:52,920 Somebody put it there after dinnerSo, who is the real suspect? 538 00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:56,240 I think I know but I don't have a motive. 539 00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:58,680 Is it Jobe? 540 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,520 Do you know the combination? No. 541 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:03,600 Well, do we happen to know his birthday? 542 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:05,160 He was born on New Year's Day. 543 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,280 How old is he now? He's 32. 544 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:13,000 BUTTONS BLEEP 545 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,560 LOCK CLANKS 546 00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:17,520 Oh, you are a very smart detective! 547 00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:22,000 What are you looking for? I don't know. 548 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,680 Wait a moment... 549 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,880 It's not what I expected. 550 00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:38,520 But I think I just found the motive. 551 00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:43,600 Better? No. 552 00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,640 PHONE RINGS Yes, yes. 553 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:50,960 It's me. Oh! she's alive! 554 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:55,080 I tried to reach you all night but I couldn't get through. 555 00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:59,120 'The telephone line had been cut but now it's in working order.' 556 00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,760 And I'm happy to say I'm also in working order. 557 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,080 I may have a task for you.I'm ready. 558 00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:10,840 'I'm going to stay a few more hours.' 559 00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:16,560 But you are due at'I know.' 560 00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,680 A patient will die if no-one is there. 561 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:24,240 If I'm not back in time, I want you to go to the hospital in my place. 562 00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:26,080 I can't. 'Don't worry.' 563 00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:28,400 I'll tell you exactly what to do. 564 00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,160 You must sit in that ward. 565 00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:35,360 "Sit in that ward." 566 00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:38,200 Do not go out of that ward. 567 00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:39,720 "Do not go out..." 568 00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:46,800 Whatever you see, whatever you hear, just stay. 569 00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:49,640 "Stay." 570 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:53,040 I had to cancel six meetings to be here. 571 00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:57,560 For a fee of 1000 pula, this had better be good. Rra Makgothi... 572 00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:02,600 You sent me here to find out if your sister-in-law tried to poison your family last month. 573 00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:05,000 Well, did she? No, she did not. 574 00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:07,000 THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER 575 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:10,880 But...the person who did is in this room. 576 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:13,520 Come on. 577 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:18,520 It was a man who felt his work was not appreciated. 578 00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:25,160 An artist...whose art went unacknowledged. 579 00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:30,080 It's true. 580 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:35,840 I thought Rra Makgothi would fire me if my food was bad. 581 00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:40,320 I wanted to get my old job back at the Imperial Hotel. 582 00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:45,040 That is why I put some herbs in the food last month. 583 00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:51,000 I'm very sorry about that, but I'm not responsible for what happened last night. 584 00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:52,520 No, you aren't. 585 00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:56,400 Let me tell you a story. 586 00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:05,400 There was a first-born son, a clever young man who started a business and then another and another, 587 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:07,360 until he became rich 588 00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:10,640 like his daddy. 589 00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:15,560 He had a young half-brother, not as clever as himself, 590 00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:17,440 but not as bullying either. 591 00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,000 I don't have to listen to this. 592 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:21,120 Sit down! 593 00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:27,360 The half-brother married a young woman 594 00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:31,960 who treated him scornfully because he had no talent for making money. 595 00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:36,360 He was so desperate to prove himself 596 00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:41,760 that he got involved in smuggling illegal ivory out of the country. 597 00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:46,240 Are you accusing me of beingHE SHOUTS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE 598 00:48:46,240 --> 00:48:49,800 What is this? I'm not finished! 599 00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:54,600 One night, a lady detective, 600 00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:56,200 that is me, 601 00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:59,960 stumbled across some evidence of his crime. 602 00:48:59,960 --> 00:49:03,160 Two elephant tusks. 603 00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:04,800 She inadvertently 604 00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:08,000 left a trace of herself behind. 605 00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:14,680 The half-brother and his wife panicked. 606 00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:18,200 They feared that their crime would be discovered. 607 00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:23,480 So they decided to silence the lady detective for good. 608 00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:32,880 So, she persuaded you to bring me here, 609 00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:37,320 to investigate the gossip the cook had so foolishly caused. 610 00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:39,160 And to repeat 611 00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:42,240 the same trick the cook did. 612 00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:45,640 Well, this time, with a more serious intention. 613 00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:52,720 This morning, she left me a second dose of poison in a cup of bush tea. 614 00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:58,920 If I had drunk it, it would have seemed as though I'd have died from the same poison fed to all of you. 615 00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:03,480 There would have been a houseful of witnesses to confirm it. 616 00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:07,560 And this unfortunate man would have taken the blame. 617 00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:16,360 HE SNIFFS Who says that this has been poisoned? 618 00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:18,160 Has it been analysed? 619 00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:21,000 Have you tried it on one of the dogs? 620 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,320 All right... 621 00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:25,760 I'll try it myself. No, wait! 622 00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:46,120 Where is Mma Ramotswe?She will be here by three. 623 00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:48,800 You wait here.SHE PANTS 624 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:51,520 Mma Ramotswe is very sorry she could not be here 625 00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:53,480 but she is on a most difficult case. 626 00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,240 How did you think you could get away with it, huh? 627 00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:00,880 They were never going to get away with it. 628 00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,120 They are not expert criminals. 629 00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:06,840 In their nature, they're are not criminals at all. 630 00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:11,000 They've just been infected by the poison in this whole family. 631 00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:14,920 You, old man. 632 00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:20,640 You are to blame for caring about nobody but yourself. 633 00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:27,200 You two ladies, you are to blame for stirring up slander. 634 00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:29,040 And you, Rra Makgothi, 635 00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:31,560 you are very much to blame. 636 00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:34,800 You despised your brother and called him a fool. 637 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:39,720 She mocked and taunted him because she was following your example. 638 00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:46,480 I must leave it to you and your family to learn some love and respect for one another. 639 00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:53,920 Rra Makgothi...1,000 pula could 640 00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:57,240 never begin to cover the risk I ran at solving this case. 641 00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:01,680 This...is my fee. 642 00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:10,240 Yo... HE SHOUTS ANGRILY 643 00:52:10,240 --> 00:52:12,400 THEY ALL SHOUT ANGRILY 644 00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:36,440 Doctor! 645 00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:32,280 HOOVER STARTS 646 00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:45,720 'What I conclude, as a result of my observation,' 647 00:53:45,720 --> 00:53:51,320 is that the cleaner has been unplugging one of the ventilators every Friday afternoon at 2pm. 648 00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:53,200 As a result, three patients have died. 649 00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:55,600 Thank God you saved the life of that one. 650 00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:57,920 I was only following my instructions. 651 00:53:57,920 --> 00:53:59,600 What will you do now? 652 00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:02,360 Well, the cleaner will lose her job for sure. It's sad. 653 00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:04,360 Her husband has died. 654 00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:07,560 She has three small children to support. 655 00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:10,360 Where is the justice in firing her? 656 00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:14,760 In my opinion, that poor woman should not even know what she did. 657 00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:18,200 But I must write a report and that report must tell the truth. 658 00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:21,800 Will it include the poor training of your low-paid staff? 659 00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:25,760 No, may I remind you that this is a very serious matter. 660 00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:27,440 Three patients have died. 661 00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:39,720 Well, it won't console the families to know they died from a stupid mistake. 662 00:54:39,720 --> 00:54:43,360 Besides, I don't mean to sound heartless, 663 00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:45,720 but I've seen the patients. 664 00:54:45,720 --> 00:54:47,720 They were very old and ill. 665 00:54:47,720 --> 00:54:52,280 If the others were the same, would they not have died anyway? 666 00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:55,040 That's the most outrageous argument I've ever heard! 667 00:55:00,760 --> 00:55:06,640 Look, speaking personally and off the record, of course, you may be right. 668 00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:22,720 That is good. I like this one. 669 00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,440 Oh, no, I think this is better for me. 670 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,040 But here's something for you. For small girls. 671 00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:37,200 Mma, please come and see my father. 672 00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:39,440 I'll be back. 673 00:55:42,720 --> 00:55:45,520 Look at him. He's not afraid any more. 674 00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:49,240 What has happened? What did you do? 675 00:55:49,240 --> 00:55:51,280 It's a very long story. 676 00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:54,000 Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls! 677 00:55:54,000 --> 00:56:05,600 I wish to offer our heartfelt thanks to those of our business community who have donated money and books. 678 00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:08,320 Ray Cyril Mabusa 679 00:56:08,320 --> 00:56:10,640 of Mabusa & Sons. 680 00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:15,920 What a tie. 681 00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:18,760 Oh, you noticed it. Hm. 682 00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:20,960 You don't think it's too bright? 683 00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:25,080 I think it will take some getting used to. 684 00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:28,440 But I like it.Shush, the bishop is talking. 685 00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:34,000 ...whenever my vintage bishop-mobile breaks down. 686 00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:40,720 Rra JLB Matakoni of Speedy Motors. 687 00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,560 And lastly...one favourite 688 00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:49,440 that cannot pass without a special acknowledgement. 689 00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:51,280 Mma Potokwane. 690 00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:53,680 Thank you, Your Reverence. 691 00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:58,280 For a gift of money that will help build a new wing for the orphanage 692 00:56:58,280 --> 00:57:05,240 and buy a new beds for the kids, blankets and pillows too, I wish to thank... 693 00:57:05,240 --> 00:57:08,080 Rra Makgothi... 694 00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:18,760 who has donated a cheque for the magnificent sum of 100,000 pula. 695 00:57:19,960 --> 00:57:22,760 CHEERING AND WHISTLING 696 00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:37,840 I cannot find Wellington. 697 00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:40,120 He's over there under the tree. 698 00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:49,240 You know, when I see those children together I can hardly believe there's anything wrong in the world. 699 00:58:01,080 --> 00:58:05,960 I'm here to find my son, Michael, but I don't think he's alive any more. 700 00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:07,560 Ten years is a long time. 701 00:58:07,560 --> 00:58:10,480 I have found a witness.I will call security. 702 00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:12,200 I can prove you slept with her. 703 00:58:12,200 --> 00:58:16,160 I am familiar with this modus operandi. 704 00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:18,680 He said he'd found his African heart. 705 00:58:18,680 --> 00:58:24,040 There was a wind that spoke of a restless spirit and that only means one thing. 706 00:58:26,760 --> 00:58:29,640 There's something I have to say to you. 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