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(Dog barks)
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Don't be silly!
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How very extraordinary. The
ffrench-Uffingtons are together again.
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Walter Wilkinson, known as The Wally,
wants to confess to a triple murder!
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At the Tower Bridge magistrates.
Walked into the nick uninvited...
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"His much publicised romance
is apparently over."
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Made a confession statement.
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"And here's Harry ffrench-Uffington
with his lovely wife Myrtle
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"at the Save the Starving Ball."
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60-year-old man, no fixed address.
They thanked him very much,
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washed him down, locked him up.
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Lord Luxter's put on weight.
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Remember how slim and handsome
he was on the polo field?
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- Oh, please. Do you know these people?
- You can read it in Debbie's Diary.
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You can read all about them.
I can't.
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Well, perhaps you should.
You might learn about gracious living.
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And not to blow on your tea to cool it.
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I'm in a hurry.
Should I fan it with my hat?
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Ah! Here it is.
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- What?
- What I've been looking for.
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- Sackbut Castle.
- What are you going to do with it?
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"Home of the Sackbuts
since the 14th century,
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"romantic setting in the north of England.
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"Extensive rebuilding in 1815.
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"The 17th Baron, Richard Sackbut,
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"occupies a private wing of the castle
with his young second wife, Rosemary,
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- "n�e Wystan."
- Wystan?
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Yes. It's not all people
you've never heard of.
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- You mean this Rosemary Sackbut?
- But born Wystan!
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- Wystan, yes. Your lot.
- Exactly.
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Uncle Freddie's son was the Wystan
who went into Assorted Chemicals.
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Rosemary's his youngest.
She's my first cousin, once removed.
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- Once removed to a castle.
- I bet they don't eat with their hat on.
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Bye-bye, Hilda.
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No wonder they didn't invite us!
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I came over as soon as I heard.
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Oh, Matthew, you're here. Excellent.
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Anything about the time of death?
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Well, she's been in the water.
Rigor not fully established.
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I'd say, well, less than nine hours.
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You'll get the post mortem results
as soon as possible.
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I'm sure I will. Sergeant, send all personal
effects over to the coroner's office.
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- Right, sir.
- Anyone made an identification?
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Early days as yet, Dr Swabey.
(Wants everything done yesterday!)
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All right, Simon. Carry on.
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This must be distressing for you,
My Lord.
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I thought it right that as Welldyke Coroner
I should inquire as soon as possible.
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Swabey.
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- I must ask you. You've seen the body.
- Of course I have. My boy found it.
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Can you help us?
Anyone you can recognise?
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No, of course not.
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No one I've ever set eyes on before.
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Ms Liz Probert! What are you doing
in these marbled halls?
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Prosecution Junior. Ballard's leading me.
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Oh, that seems to provide
the slender hope of acquittal.
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Please don't try to be funny.
I'm not in the mood today, OK?
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Yes, OK. See you in court.
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Do you have a Walter "The Wally"
Wilkinson on the premises?
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Come to see our triple, have you?
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We're feeling a bit chuffed having him.
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Not every day you get a triple murderer
walk in with his hands up.
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- You know your way down, sir?
- Oh, yes. Thank you.
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Your brief's arrived, Walter.
Got all you want?
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This tea - pour it back in the horse.
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We're just putting on a new brew up.
Would you like a couple of biscuits?
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- I wouldn't say no.
- Smokes?
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- Mr Bernard obliged.
- All part of the service.
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Anything in the papers about my case?
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Just the general background -
the house, victims.
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Today's will be in the Standard.
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- Save us one, would you?
- No probs.
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Thanks, Percy.
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You're getting the four-star treatment.
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Well, I'm on a triple, ain't I?
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Something out of the ordinary.
Naturally, they respect you for it.
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We're going for a hack, Jonathon.
Coming?
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- No, thanks.
- Come on, old man.
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No, thanks awfully.
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I don't know what's the matter with him.
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Probably hasn't recovered
from finding that... thing.
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Must have been terrible for him.
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Terrible for all of us.
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Sergeant sent them round to us, sir.
Accidental death the police decided.
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- They're taking no further interest.
- Are they not?
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All her worldly goods, apparently.
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Not too poor to afford gin
and cigarettes, Thomas.
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No doubt needed cheering up, sir.
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Oh, yes. And called them "cups of tea"
when she begged for them in the street.
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Who? That's the first question
we ask ourselves here. Who?
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- What have you got there?
- Never the old lady's make-up, is it?
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I'll take charge of that, thank you.
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There's a picture postcard.
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And a coach ticket.
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London Victoria to Leeds.
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I knew she came from the south.
Old folk up here have got more pride.
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Hmm.
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It's not a picture postcard, Thomas.
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It's a photograph.
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A very old photograph, indeed.
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- So it's up to the Old Bailey.
- Yes, thank you. We'll work on it.
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Well, you won the day. Walter the Wally
up for trial before his peers.
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If we can find 12 sleepers
in cardboard boxes.
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You fought over every scrap
of evidence!
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Client's instructions.
You think I tried too hard?
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Perhaps I was over-impressed
with a triple murder. Everyone else is.
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By the way,
have you seen young Inchcape lately?
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No, I haven't seen "young Inchcape".
You'd better find him for yourself.
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Oh, dear, Ms Probert.
Liz, what on earth's the matter?
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Nothing's the matter. Absolutely nothing.
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- You don't burst into tears when you win.
- I'm not bursting into tears at all.
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Why assume I'm bursting into tears
just because I'm a woman?
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- Must be my contact lenses.
- Somebody in chambers upset them?
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- Anything wrong with young Inchcape?
- Oh, God! That's just you all over.
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Just stereotypical male vanity.
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I'm a woman, so if I'm upset,
it must be about a man.
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Men are all women get upset about(!)
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Can I offer a stereotypical
male handkerchief?
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No, thank you.
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Oh, right,
it IS about bloody Dave Inchcape!
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- I'm sorry. What's he done?
- It's what he is.
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What he's been, in secret, and
he never bothered to tell me about it.
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- Secretly married, is he?
- I could cope with that.
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This is...
This is really unmentionable.
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It's awful. I...
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Oh, he's not worth bothering about!
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Mr Rumpole, your wife is
on the telephone in the Police Room.
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Oh, how very appropriate. Thank you.
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Excuse me, please.
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Rumpole! Rumpole, it's come at last!
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On paper with the Sackbut crest.
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What?
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It's a letter from Rosemary, of course.
They want to see us.
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"The splendour falls on castle walls
and snowy summits old in story.
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"The long light shakes across the lakes
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"and the wild cataract leaps in glory."
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Rumpole, luggage.
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Anyone would think
we're besieging this place for a year.
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We don't want to wear the wrong things.
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Such an imposing entrance. It's a pity
we don't have an imposing entrance.
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Good afternoon. We are the Rumpoles.
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- You'll have to leave that stuff here.
- Very gladly.
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The rest of you is over there.
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Over here, my party. Come along now.
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Why on earth did she call us her party,
Rumpole? Excuse me!
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No one you know?
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The portrait on the right,
thought to be by Van Dyck,
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is of Elizabeth, wife of the 7th Baron,
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who was kept locked in her boudoir after
becoming overly familiar with a steward.
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If you would all like to follow me,
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we will now go up to the long gallery
and to the state bedrooms.
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- Is the family about?
- Lord and Lady Sackbut are in residence.
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They occupy the west wing,
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which was built as a family mansion
in the year 1825. Come along, my party.
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- Come along, Rumpole.
- Madam, that is closed to the public.
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We are not the public.
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In the first state bedroom...
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We are the Rumpoles.
We've been invited for the weekend.
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Is your mother...
I mean, is Rosemary?
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They're not back yet. There's only me.
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I am Hilda Rumpole
and this is my husband.
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Good afternoon, sir.
I'm Jonathon Sackbut.
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- Horace Rumpole.
- Rosemary is my cousin.
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- Once removed.
- Rumpole.
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- Auntie Hilda!
- Oh, Rosemary! There you are.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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Richard's driving the horse box.
I took the car.
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I was terrified of keeping you waiting.
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- You must be Uncle Horace.
- I have no alternative.
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Jonathon, I hope
you've been entertaining the Rumpoles.
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Not really.
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- Richard's son?
- Yes, Richard's son by his...
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Anyway, Richard's son.
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Let's see if we can rustle up some tea.
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You would like a cup of tea,
Uncle Horace?
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Ah, well, if you have anything
in the way of a bottle of red.
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- Peasant claret is perfectly acceptable.
- Rumpole...
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No, Auntie Hilda. Let Uncle Horace have
what he wants. We're going to spoil him.
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Oh, do come and sit down.
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You must be exhausted after all those
absolutely splendid court cases you do.
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Splendid cases -
Walter "The Wally" Wilkinson(!)
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Rosemary says they've invited over
Lord "Plunger" Plumpton.
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Why Plunger? Was he a high diver?
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He used to gamble terribly.
You should keep up with Debbie's Diary.
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Hugo Swabey, our local coroner.
He's enjoying every minute of it.
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Bouncing round like a terrier on heat.
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- You've seen him out hunting, Plunger.
- Absolutely everything wrong with him.
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- He comes out like a dog's dinner.
- Gives him an understanding of foxes.
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Don't suppose he got near a fox.
He has a string on his top hat.
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- Has no one ever told him?
- And the red coat
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- when no one's asked him to wear it.
- That's not the point.
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A red coat with FLAT buttons.
Imagine that, Mrs Rumpole.
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Yes, of course, flat buttons.
Very extraordinary.
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Flat, shiny buttons with no hunt crest.
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He's got the whole thing
off the peg from Moss Bros.
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- Oh, is... is that a serious offence?
- Depends on what you think is serious.
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Ah, well, I only deal in murder
and robbery and such like.
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Trivial pursuits. It's the first time
I've heard of the crime of flat buttons.
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We had a rather nasty accident here,
Rumpole.
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Some old tramp woman
drowned herself in the lake.
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Is Swabey going to be
a pain in the neck about it?
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You know what he's like.
Wants to get his name in the papers.
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Thinks he'll discover things that aren't
there to be discovered. It's just a bore.
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- And nothing to do with you.
- That doesn't make you responsible.
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Most people have a lake of some sort.
Eh, Rumboy?
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Not too many around Gloucester Road,
I'm afraid.
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Talking of state trials,
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darling Uncle Horace was telling me
about a sensational one yonks ago.
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In a bungalow, wasn't it?
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The Penge Bungalow Murders.
Extraordinary case. I was quite young.
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A white wig, in fact.
I won it, alone and without a leader.
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Where is Penge, actually?
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I don't know. Isn't it near Bognor?
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- Rosemary, shall we?
- Shall we leave the men to their?
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Murder cases, apparently(!)
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- Hilda?
- See you later.
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By the way, Rumboyd, can you get
your gamekeepers to eat rook?
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Rook. Now that you mention it,
I don't believe I've ever really tried.
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When I was a boy, gamekeepers lived
on rook. Their wives made pies.
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You won't find a woman
who will do that today.
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No. As a matter of fact, I don't have
any gamekeepers, or rooks either.
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I thought you had a place in Gloucester.
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Horace...
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Rosemary tells me you've had
a great deal of success in your cases.
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I have acquired a certain reputation
around the Brixton cells.
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This is the first time
I've been famous in a castle.
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And a good many of these cases
have dealt with, well, dead people?
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00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:42,079
Dead people, yes.
Contrary to popular opinion,
229
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I've always found
they can tell you quite a lot.
230
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Would you be free for a chat tomorrow?
231
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If you're still available for business.
232
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Oh, always. Always available.
233
00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:00,551
Good. That's very good.
Well, shall we join the ladies?
234
00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,556
Yes, let's join them.
235
00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,632
And make one huge, enormous lady!
236
00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,512
Ha ha ha.
237
00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,919
I need never have suffered
this blunt execution.
238
00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,435
We wore the wrong things,
239
00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,160
but they never said a word.
240
00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,357
Did you notice that, Rumpole?
Not once.
241
00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,433
- It was sweet of them to invite us.
- Why do you think they did?
242
00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,512
Well, we're family, aren't we?
243
00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,240
No, Hilda, not because we're family.
244
00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,359
Not even to make up for not inviting us
to the wedding.
245
00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:54,275
Richard Sackbut is in trouble. He has
that in common with Walter the Wally.
246
00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,113
His Lordship needs a good brief.
247
00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:06,715
That's Richard's father.
Did amazingly brave things in the war.
248
00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,633
Looks exactly like Richard, doesn't he?
249
00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:15,834
- No portrait of Richard's mother?
- Have you any wedding photographs?
250
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,560
Oh, yes. Absolutely loads of them.
251
00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,916
Take a pew.
252
00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:42,515
The collection of arms covers
several centuries in Europe
253
00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:47,390
as well as specimens
from India, Persia and Africa.
254
00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:51,155
The suits of armour hanging on the walls
255
00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:56,314
- date from about 1580.
- Rumpole!
256
00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,436
Mr Rumpole?
257
00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,752
Dr Hugo Swabey.
I'm the Welldyke coroner.
258
00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,673
- Oh.
- We met briefly
259
00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,992
when you came up to Leeds on
that stabbing in the old people's home.
260
00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:15,075
You gave some rather interesting
evidence on the direction of stab wounds.
261
00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:20,394
Well, thank you very much. One
sometimes throws light in dark corners.
262
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:27,312
Well, seeing the sights
of the North Country, are you?
263
00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:31,439
No, as a matter of fact,
we are guests of the Sackbuts.
264
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,556
Oh, you're privileged.
265
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:37,679
I have never been invited
into the private apartments,
266
00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,799
strange as it may seem,
into the holy of holies.
267
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:46,715
Though I go out with the hunt and I'm
pretty well known in the neighbourhood.
268
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,440
His Lordship invited you, did he?
269
00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,750
I imagine it was his wife.
270
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:56,277
Women don't take decisions
in the Sackbut clan.
271
00:22:56,440 --> 00:23:02,197
Come to think of it, it may have been an
intelligent move with the inquest coming.
272
00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:07,115
Oh, yes, I heard about that.
Some old bag lady tumbled into the lake.
273
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:11,637
- One of the homeless, I believe.
- Is that what she was?
274
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,360
Or was she looking for a home?
275
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,115
All these suits of armour.
276
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:22,637
Maximum protection
and nothing much inside them.
277
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,870
Typical Sackbut.
278
00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:30,273
- Have you come here to see my client?
- Oh? Is His Lordship that already?
279
00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,149
He has asked me to represent the family
at the inquest.
280
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,675
Really? That will be fun.
281
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:42,515
There's just one thing you might
be asking your client to explain.
282
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,636
Oh, yes? What's that?
283
00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,156
An old photograph found
on the dead lady.
284
00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:52,871
It shows a woman holding a baby,
out there on the castle terrace.
285
00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:58,398
And a man in uniform. There's no doubt
who the man is - your client's father.
286
00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:03,111
- No mistaking the Sackbut features.
- How very interesting.
287
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:07,637
- Yes, isn't it?
- Have you any other little treats in store?
288
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:12,157
Wait and see, Mr Rumpole.
Just you wait and see.
289
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,116
Is that her what you saw, Mr Saggers?
290
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,840
Yes. Yes, I think so.
291
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:23,956
You think so?
292
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,509
No, correction. I'm sure.
293
00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,116
Thank you.
294
00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,200
This is the place?
295
00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:45,318
- Just here.
- Thank you.
296
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:54,915
Yes. I've been talking to the coroner.
He doesn't seem to like you very much.
297
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,232
No. I have to say
the feeling's entirely mutual.
298
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:05,829
- Tell me what's really worrying you.
- What do you mean?
299
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,959
Why ask for the expert advice
of Rumpole of the Bailey
300
00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,873
because some old bag woman drowns?
301
00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:18,398
It's very sad, of course, but that's
hardly a threat to your peace of mind.
302
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:22,951
Well, we're open to the public.
People may say we're not safe.
303
00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:27,671
Nonsense! You're not responsible
for tramps in the night.
304
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:32,595
What's the real problem? And what's
making the Grand Inquisitor of Welldyke
305
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,320
so self-importantly excited?
306
00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:39,678
Perhaps...
Well, it's entirely a family matter.
307
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:44,755
Well, tell me.
I'm used to hearing about family matters.
308
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:50,313
- Murder's often a family matter.
- Murder? Who said anything about that?
309
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,436
No one yet.
310
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:56,832
But dear old Dr Swabey is bursting
to come out with it.
311
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:14,039
Anything suitable for wearing
in a cardboard box?
312
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,555
You taking up residence in one?
313
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,679
No, I've got a client
who may have to go back to one.
314
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:25,755
- They're about to start the dog show.
- Bring and buy sale AND a dog show?
315
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,480
Can Rumpole survive this excitement?
316
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,032
(Applause)
317
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:43,109
- Well done, Plungy-poo.
- Thank you very much.
318
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,191
- Well, congratulations.
- Thank you.
319
00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:56,514
Bosun and I win it every year.
God knows what I'll do when he snuffs it.
320
00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:01,356
A bottle of cherry bounce presented
by Dr Swabey. It's rubbish.
321
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:07,072
- We might get something more bearable.
- That's a bright idea of yours, Rumpus.
322
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:12,030
You have this sort of do, do you,
at your place in Gloucester?
323
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:24,118
I hear my old friend Horace Rumpole
is representing you at the inquest.
324
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,238
- Yes.
- I do think that's wise of you.
325
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,356
Extremely wise.
326
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:34,071
I hardly think it's worth his trouble.
I imagine it's a formality.
327
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,595
Oh, you imagine that, do you?
328
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,433
We haven't heard all the evidence yet.
329
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:56,311
Interesting, isn't it?
People looking like their dogs.
330
00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,234
Or their fathers, of course.
Richard, for instance.
331
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:05,758
Like his father? Oh, spitting image.
He was a damn fine fellow, Robert.
332
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,480
Had a bloody good war, too.
333
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,200
Peace didn't treat him quite so kindly.
334
00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:16,309
Came back home to find all sorts of
things wrong, pheasant covers cut,
335
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,233
- rooks out of control.
- Rooks.
336
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:23,951
Labour government,
something seriously dicky with the roof.
337
00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:28,477
Things not so marvellous
on the domestic front, either.
338
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:33,191
- Did you know his mother?
- It depends what you mean by know.
339
00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:38,070
Not in the biblical sense, old boy.
I was probably in the minority.
340
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,789
She seemed a very nice woman to me.
A bit affected.
341
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:46,715
Used to call Richard "Ricardo",
with a sort of Italian accent.
342
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,429
Or was it Riccardino?
He hated it.
343
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:54,957
- What was her name?
- Margaret. Maggie we used to call her.
344
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,874
- Ran off and married an Italian.
- What happened to her?
345
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,793
In the end? In the end, she died.
346
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,315
Are you sure of that?
347
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:09,918
There were lots of rumours of her coming
back to England, but I never believed it.
348
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,634
I suppose I was about nine.
349
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,240
Yes, I was just nine, at my prep school.
350
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:25,155
Message came through. "Headmaster
wants to see you after prayers."
351
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,760
Well, you knew what that meant.
352
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:33,072
You got that awful feeling
in the pit of your stomach
353
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,595
and sweaty palms.
354
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:40,117
Anyway, I knocked on his door
and there he was -
355
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:45,400
Snowy. Snowy Slocombe.
Big, tall fella with a shock of white hair.
356
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,915
He told me to close the door.
357
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,640
I walked up to his desk and he said,
358
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:54,634
"Sackbut,
I know you will take this like a man."
359
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:59,476
It was then I knew exactly
what I was in for. And then he said,
360
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:03,599
"I've just had your father
on the telephone.
361
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,070
"He asked me to let you know
your mother's dead."
362
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:12,189
Do you know what I felt, Rumpole?
I felt an enormous kind of relief
363
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,920
that he wasn't going to beat me.
364
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,428
Did your father tell you how she died?
365
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:20,556
Not really.
366
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,075
When I got back for the holidays,
367
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:27,791
my father said, "I suppose
Slocombe gave you that message?"
368
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:33,114
I told him yes. I don't think
we really discussed it much after that.
369
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,676
But didn't you make any sort of inquiry?
370
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,400
- No.
- Why not?
371
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,994
I don't think he wanted me to.
372
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:48,314
Have you any idea how old your mother
would be if she were alive now?
373
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:52,758
- Not really. Sixty... something.
- In her sixties.
374
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:58,874
Has it never occurred to you that...
she might try to get in touch with you?
375
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,508
You mean come back from the dead?
376
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,194
Something like that, I suppose.
377
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,435
No.
378
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,753
What a wonderful evening - opera!
379
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:15,516
That fellow was dreadfully overweight
for the Egyptian army.
380
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,639
Rumpole, I think I've got
a young relative in your chambers.
381
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:23,759
- Oh, really?
- David Luxter, son of my cousin Bertie.
382
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:28,869
- Grandson of the old Lord Chancellor.
- He's not in Rumpole's chambers.
383
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,591
He doesn't use the family name.
He didn't want to trade on it.
384
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:38,709
He picked a name from a poem he learnt
at school. Something about a rock...
385
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,839
Inchcape! "Till the vessel strikes
with a shivering shock
386
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:47,949
- "Oh, Christ! It is the Inchcape Rock!"
- David Inchcape. Son of a lord?
387
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,669
- He must be an Honourable.
- I suppose he is.
388
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:55,071
An Hon. Will Ms Liz ever forgive him?
389
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:04,714
The trouble with the opera is you keep
tripping over all these people.
390
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:09,829
- Terribly inconsiderate of them.
- I suppose they really must enjoy it.
391
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,753
Oh, yes, it's their annual holiday.
392
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,878
They save up for a nice warm spot.
393
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:20,192
- What a heavenly evening, Richard!
- Mr Rumpole?
394
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:24,194
- Er, excuse me.
- Mr Rumpole!
395
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:31,389
Mr Rumpole, I recognise you, sir.
I seed your picture in the paper
396
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,836
when you defended Walter the Wally.
397
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:39,551
What's happened to your husband?
Do you think he needs some help?
398
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:44,271
I'm afraid he's met a friend.
Let's walk on, shall we?
399
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:53,435
Wally was with me that night. We was
all down under Hungerford Bridge.
400
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,957
But Wally got into an argument
with Bronco Billington.
401
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:02,875
Now I know he don't look it,
but Wally is strong when he's roused up.
402
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,600
He left poor old Bronco flattened.
403
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:10,072
So we went off sharpish,
round Centrepoint.
404
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:14,870
Next day I read in the paper
about this triple murder.
405
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,999
Wally was with me all that night.
Straight up, he was.
406
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,630
He thought he'd done
for poor old Bronco,
407
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,360
who never had good health.
408
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,478
- And had he?
- No, bless him, no!
409
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:34,795
Bronco was out Thursday midnight,
singing his head off on a bottle of meths!
410
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,636
Many thanks.
411
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,511
Here.
412
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,433
Don't waste it all on cups of tea.
413
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:56,069
You must have been sure of her death
or she'd have a claim on the estate.
414
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,196
Not really, Mr Rumpole.
415
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:02,717
Richard's father started divorce
proceedings before she left England.
416
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,155
The case went through undefended.
417
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:09,279
As she was no longer married
to Lord Sackbut, she had no claim.
418
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:13,991
- Did Richard know that?
- I don't think we ever discussed it.
419
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:19,109
- Who did she go off with?
- An Italian prisoner of war.
420
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:23,353
I suppose she misconducted herself
and joined him in Italy.
421
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:30,075
- Oh, did you do as I asked?
- We always obey counsel's instructions.
422
00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:32,595
I must say, in all humility,
423
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:37,515
I can't understand why Richard didn't
allow us to conduct the inquest.
424
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:42,834
Perhaps you're too much of a gentleman
to deal with an obnoxious coroner.
425
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,959
And may I remind everyone
this is a solemn proceedings,
426
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,190
the Coroner's Court.
427
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:55,515
We have the duty, you and I,
to inquire into the mysteries of death.
428
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:59,229
And I hope we may do so
without interruption.
429
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,960
Dr Malkin, please continue.
430
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:06,557
She was a woman in her late sixties,
poor general health.
431
00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:11,669
I came to the conclusion that death was
probably caused by a blow to the head
432
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,071
before the body entered the water.
433
00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:20,792
I didn't think it was death by drowning.
There was no water in the lungs.
434
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:26,034
It might be caused by a deliberate attack?
A blow to the head by some assailant?
435
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,556
I thought it might.
436
00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:32,678
- Before the body was put into the lake?
- Yes.
437
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:36,594
Which would make this
an unlawful killing,
438
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:40,673
or, to use a word with which the jury
might be more familiar, murder.
439
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:44,799
- I can't rule that possibility out.
- Dr Malkin...
440
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:50,114
Mr Rumpole! Do you wish to apply
to ask the pathologist a question?
441
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:54,353
- A good many questions.
- Then I shall grant your application.
442
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:56,476
Very generous, sir.
443
00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:02,476
Dr Malkin, in a case of this sort,
is it not possible for death to occur
444
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,757
due to a sudden cardiac arrest?
445
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:10,710
- It has happened with drunken sailors.
- It has happened, yes.
446
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:14,077
With no water in the lungs?
447
00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:16,515
Perhaps not.
448
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:20,639
We know this woman had
an almost empty gin bottle,
449
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,995
and a high level of alcohol in the blood.
450
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,994
- Fairly high.
- So it remains a possibility
451
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:33,190
that this unfortunate woman
may have died due to heart failure?
452
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,113
It's... It's possible, yes.
453
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,033
Now, dealing with the blow to the head,
454
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:44,832
there were a number of branches
and a tree stump with traces of blood?
455
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,560
- Yes.
- Would you rule out the possibility
456
00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:53,477
that this unfortunate woman, having
drunk too much, slipped and fell
457
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,916
striking her head on the tree stump?
458
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,548
I can't rule that out altogether.
459
00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:01,870
Thank you, Dr Malkin.
460
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:07,592
It seems that we may have reached
a sensible interpretation of the facts.
461
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:13,714
Dr Malkin, we gather from your evidence
that this blow might have been accidental
462
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,952
or it might have been deliberate. Right?
463
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,476
- Quite right, sir.
- Thank you, Dr Malkin.
464
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,792
We'd now like to ask Mr Saggers
a few questions.
465
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,592
Oh.
466
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:44,515
Yes, as soon as possible, Mr Cursitor.
As quick as greased lightning.
467
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:48,832
(Dr Swabey) Mr Tonks,
the photograph, if you please.
468
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:54,391
Mr Saggers, when did you first see
the lady in that photograph?
469
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:58,917
- The lady in the lake.
- The day before they found her, sir.
470
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:03,039
She came to the castle entrance
and wanted to go in.
471
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:07,557
As she wasn't in a group that had paid,
I asked her for the �2.
472
00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:12,271
She said she hadn't got it, but...
she wanted to see His Lordship.
473
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:17,195
I told her that wouldn't be possible.
I didn't think he'd want to see her.
474
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,591
Then she just sort of wandered off.
475
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,274
And what time was that about?
476
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:27,353
Just before four o'clock, sir.
I was going off on my tea break.
477
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,476
Continue, Mr Saggers.
478
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,599
Then, as I was passing
the formal garden,
479
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:37,719
where the white border
runs down to the statue,
480
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,394
well, I saw them then.
481
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,710
You saw who, Mr Saggers?
482
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,111
The old lady... and His Lordship.
483
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,829
- What were they doing?
- Just talking, sir.
484
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:55,028
- I saw them, then went for my tea.
- Have you any questions, Mr Rumpole?
485
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:59,398
Mr Saggers, how long did you
see these two together?
486
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,393
Perhaps half a minute. I didn't stop.
487
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:07,634
- How far away were they? 50 yards?
- Yes, about that, sir.
488
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:12,510
- Was the sun behind them?
- I think it was.
489
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:16,912
Then you couldn't see
Lord Sackbut's face clearly.
490
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,833
I know what I saw, Mr Rumpole.
491
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,993
To be quite honest with you,
I've got no doubts about it.
492
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:29,272
- He's going to tell a lie.
- What?
493
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:34,389
Richard Sackbut did speak to that
old lady, but he's going to lie about it.
494
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,915
Richard would never do that.
495
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:41,437
Why not? Because he's a lord?
Because he lives in a castle?
496
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:46,151
People have been lying in this place
since the Wars of the Roses.
497
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,993
Lying and locking up their wives.
498
00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:53,280
Because their fathers did it.
499
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:04,116
The first time I saw the old lady was
when her body was found in our lake.
500
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:08,432
My Lord, you told me that at the time.
No doubt others heard you.
501
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:13,958
But you'll have heard Mr Saggers'
evidence. Is Mr Saggers lying?
502
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:19,478
I'm not saying that. Saggers is mistaken.
I didn't speak to the old lady.
503
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:24,998
Very well. The jury will make up
their minds who is telling the truth.
504
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:30,871
Lord Sackbut, when you were a boy,
your mother left your father.
505
00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:33,838
I fail to see what that has to do with this.
506
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,834
Bear with me.
It may have a great deal to do with it.
507
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:42,710
At that time, did your father tell you
that your mother was dead?
508
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:46,031
- She was dead, yes.
- How did you know?
509
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:50,159
- Because my father said so.
- Did it ever occur to you
510
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:55,075
that your father was so angry with your
mother that he pretended she had died
511
00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:57,435
so you wouldn't see her again?
512
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:00,876
It never occurred to me that he would lie.
513
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:05,670
Do you not know that there have been
many rumours in your family
514
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:10,231
and in the town
that your mother didn't die,
515
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:15,554
- but was still alive many years later?
- This is intolerable!
516
00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:20,919
Lord Sackbut is here to give evidence,
not to deal with tittle-tattle!
517
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:26,712
Mr Rumpole, don't get excited. At your
age it may be injurious to your health.
518
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,838
Mr Tonks, the photograph, please.
519
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:37,520
We've had evidence that this photograph
was in the old lady's possession.
520
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,035
Let's look at it, shall we?
521
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,590
- Is that the terrace of Sackbut Castle?
- Yes.
522
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:48,117
And is the man in it your father
as he was in the late 1940s?
523
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:52,239
- It is my father, yes.
- I'm so very much obliged.
524
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,914
There is also a woman with a baby.
525
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:58,868
- Is that woman your mother?
- I really can't say.
526
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:02,794
You can't remember
what your own mother looked like?
527
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,758
Not altogether clearly, no.
528
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,480
I suggest to you that it is a family group -
529
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:13,395
your father, your mother and yourself
as a very young child.
530
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:17,712
- I suppose that is a possibility.
- Or a probability.
531
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:23,910
Now can you tell the jury
why this old lady had that photograph
532
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:27,868
when she came visiting
Sackbut Castle?
533
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,793
How can my client possibly answer that?
534
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:34,236
Let me suggest an answer to assist him.
535
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:40,157
Could it be because she was the lady
your father, in a fit of wounded pride,
536
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:42,550
had given out as dead?
537
00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:48,078
I object to that! Is this an inquest
or are we telling each other fairy tales?
538
00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:52,597
- There is not a scrap of evidence...
- Oh, yes, there is, Mr Rumpole.
539
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,115
There is a photograph.
540
00:42:55,280 --> 00:43:00,832
Now if this old lady was the Dowager
Lady Sackbut, fallen on evil days...
541
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:04,549
- lf...
...she'd hardly be a welcome visitor.
542
00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:09,271
After all that time? Come, no doubt,
with a claim for money?
543
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:13,592
Didn't it occur to you
that she might be better dead
544
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:18,788
as your father had wished
so many, many years ago?
545
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:33,675
This way, please.
546
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:43,148
Mr Rumpole, you have asked me to take
the evidence of this witness, Mrs...
547
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:46,710
- Petronelli, sir.
- Mrs Petronelli.
548
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:51,317
I have no idea what light she can throw
on this dark subject.
549
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:57,271
Oh, then let me help you out. What was
your name before you married, madam?
550
00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:00,079
Lady Margaret Sackbut.
551
00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:05,473
Lady Margaret Sackbut, sir.
And your son is?
552
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:09,872
- Richard.
- It's many years since you saw him.
553
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:13,032
I'm afraid it is. A great many years.
554
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:18,035
While you were married
to Signor Petronelli, you lived in Como.
555
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,760
Yes. My husband had a hotel there.
556
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:24,833
When he died, I sold it
and came back to England.
557
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:29,915
- To where in England?
- To London. I live in Southwark.
558
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:35,029
Mr Tonks... Would you look
at this photograph, please?
559
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:38,548
Since you have lived there,
560
00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:43,077
have you become interested
in a charity for homeless people?
561
00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:48,519
There seem to be so many in that part
of London. We give them meals, beds,
562
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:51,911
even invite them home sometimes.
563
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:57,392
- That's Bertha.
- Bertha?
564
00:44:57,560 --> 00:45:02,509
When I first met her, she was sleeping
at the back of Waterloo Station.
565
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:07,435
I let her stay with me one night
when we couldn't find her a bed
566
00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:12,549
and we began to talk. She told me about
her husband, who had been a builder,
567
00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:16,679
and gone bankrupt,
sent to prison for some reason.
568
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:18,796
I don't know why.
569
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:23,272
I told her about Sackbut Castle.
And my son.
570
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:27,149
I never really talked about it
to anyone else,
571
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:30,278
but it seemed it wouldn't matter.
572
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:34,718
She stayed the night in your house.
Did she leave the next morning?
573
00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:36,996
Yes. I never saw her again.
574
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:41,199
Was there anything missing
after she had gone?
575
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:45,717
Well, yes. A photograph
I'd shown her when we were talking.
576
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:50,237
I kept it in a desk,
not on display or anything.
577
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:55,394
- When Bertha went, that went with her.
- Mr Tonks?
578
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:03,995
Is that the photograph?
579
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:07,230
Yes, it is.
580
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:09,834
One final question.
581
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:14,551
Did your son ever hit you
and push you into a lake?
582
00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:16,472
No.
583
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:19,200
No, he never did that to me.
584
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:21,920
Even if he thought I deserved it.
585
00:46:29,720 --> 00:46:31,676
Accidental death!
586
00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:37,198
Hilda. "The jury in the Sackbut Castle
case has said accidental death."
587
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:40,909
- Blah, blah, blah.
- You said Richard was lying.
588
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:44,629
Oh, yes.
Bertha waylaid him in the garden.
589
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:49,555
She told him she had news for him,
probably asked him for money.
590
00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:54,271
He didn't believe her and sent her away,
so she wandered around Welldyke
591
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:59,992
and then returned in the evening,
full of gin, and unsteady on her pins.
592
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:03,793
Splash! It really was an accident.
593
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:08,317
- But why did he lie?
- Oh, I don't know, Hilda.
594
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:13,759
Perhaps he had a secret fear that Bertha
was his mother. It had been 30 years.
595
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:18,869
But recognising her
would make his father a liar.
596
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:21,600
The father who could do no wrong.
597
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:25,719
So he just pretended
he hadn't the faintest idea.
598
00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:28,235
That wasn't very nice of him.
599
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:31,870
But, luckily,
his mother reads the Daily Telegraph.
600
00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:35,191
- Why luckily?
- Didn't I tell you?
601
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:38,716
Bernard placed an advertisement.
602
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:42,555
"Riccardino wants to see Mother.
Ring this number."
603
00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:45,837
- Poor woman.
- (Telephone rings)
604
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:51,469
- Poor, poor woman.
- Which one?
605
00:47:54,720 --> 00:47:57,632
Yes? Rumpole... Ah, Ms Liz!
606
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:04,758
Ah? You're offering no evidence against
Walter the Wally? Why not, pray?
607
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:07,354
Oh, they found who did it.
608
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:12,275
You'll have to buy me a celebratory
plonk at Pommeroy's, won't you?
609
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:14,192
Bye.
610
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:22,671
Do you know why the Wally confessed
to a triple murder, Hilda?
611
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:25,035
Snobbery. Pure snobbery.
612
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:29,955
He thought he'd done in an old dosser,
but he didn't want to be done
613
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:34,875
for something so downmarket,
so he put his hand up to a triple murder.
614
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:39,397
That way he could join the upper crust
at Pentonville Prison.
615
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:43,519
And be treated like a lord
by all the screws.
616
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:50,198
- Rumpole?
- Yes?
617
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:55,279
I don't think we'll go
to Sackbut Castle again.
618
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:58,000
Oh, I don't think we'll be asked.
619
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:05,876
There we go.
620
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:09,191
Liz... I wanted to tell you.
621
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:13,911
I know all about the Honourable
David Luxter, or Dave Inchcape.
622
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:16,958
Honourable(?) It makes me feel sick.
623
00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:21,079
He comes from
a pretty dodgy background.
624
00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:24,789
He's got old Lord Chancellor Luxter
as a granddad.
625
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:30,318
Instead of having a decent upbringing in a
one-parent family, he's the son of a lord.
626
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:33,677
In other words, he was a deprived child.
627
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:35,671
A what?!
628
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:39,879
They all are, Liz,
all the lords and ladies and what-not
629
00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:43,999
that figure in Debbie's Diary
and Coronet magazine.
630
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:47,118
They turn their sons out of home
631
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:51,239
and put them in some young offenders'
institution like Eton,
632
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:55,154
they tell them lies,
that their mother's dead.
633
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:59,359
The dice are loaded against
the young Inchcapes of this world.
634
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:03,115
I suppose he has been
discriminated against.
635
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:07,512
- One of the outcasts of society.
- I shouldn't have withdrawn my support.
636
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:11,992
Replace it, Liz.
Prop the poor bloke up.
637
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,628
It's a bloody unjust world, Rumpole!
638
00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:19,749
All your years in the law,
you've only just discovered that?
639
00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:23,065
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