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# MENDELSSOHN: The Wedding March
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I've never seen anything like that cake, did you?
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"Bride hath paced into the hall,
red as a rose is she."
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Well, not yet, she hasn't.
But it won't be long now.
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And there we are.
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(Bells peal)
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Mr Henry and his lovely lady
have now been joined in holy wedlock.
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When they arrive, they will stand here
to receive their guests.
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Now, this reception to be a credit...to us all.
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You've had your orders.
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Is there anyone who does not know what to do?
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This is your last chance to ask any questions.
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Do up that button.
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Mary, my dear.
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I know this is your first big occasion.
Don't get flustered.
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Just remember what I told you
and you'll come through with flying colours.
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- Right, Geoff.
- Not Geoff.
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When we are on parade, it is Mr Deacon.
How many times must I tell you?
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Sorry, Mr Deacon.
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That's better.
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Right.
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I shall now proceed to the orangery
and await the arrival of the bridal carriage.
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Three sharp blasts on my whistle and you will all
stand to your stations and await my return.
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That's it, then.
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MAN: Well?
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I know where she keeps them.
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Her maid told my wife, and my wife...
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Well, you know what women are.
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Bless their little hearts.
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Which room is her Ladyship's?
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The window to the end of the west wing. There's
a shrubbery below it, you can hide there.
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- What time?
- One o'clock. But you may have a long wait.
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- Sir Charles is holding a dinner party tonight.
- What, on top of a big do like this?
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It's the usual thing. I'm only thankful
he decided against holding a ball.
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That would have made things very difficult,
all those young couples wandering everywhere.
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As it is, there are 20 guests,
including house guests.
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I doubt if I shall be able to lock up before one.
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And if the gentlemen play billiards,
it could be a good deal later.
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- Then you've got to wait for them to go to sleep.
- They'll sleep quick enough.
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All that food and drink.
Sir Charles isn't exactly stingy.
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So all I've got to do is to sit in the bushes
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and wait for you to chuck them down to me?
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Are you sure
you're gonna be able to manage it?
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If I didn't think so, I wouldn't try it.
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Ah, here they come.
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- Hop it, Cranton.
- Good luck, old chap.
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My niece's wedding was, of course,
a very grand affair.
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Didn't Isobel look lovely in church?
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By Jove, yes. Henry found himself
a winner there, what.
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Lucky girl, if you ask me.
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Why do you suppose
the reception is being held here?
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Caithness is a little bit far north
when most of your friends live in the south.
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Nothing to do with it.
Her parents haven't a penny to their name.
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That's why I say she's a lucky girl.
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But surely as long as they're both happy...
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My dear Susan, happiness
is a poor investment by any standards.
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I know my views
may be somewhat old-fashioned, but money...
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Money should marry into money.
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Or at least buy a resounding title.
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Don't be impertinent, Peter Wimsey.
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In any case, what are you doing here?
You don't know either family.
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I'm standing in for Gerald.
He and Henry were at Eton together.
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Oh, how is your dear brother?
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Laid up with a sprained back
and feeling very sorry for himself.
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Oh, I am sorry.
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It's his own silly fault. I'm sorry, do you mind?
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No.
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There's a meadow
absolutely pitted with rabbit warrens.
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Gerald has to go charging across it
like the Light Brigade. Result? Inevitable.
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Over they both go, perfect somersault.
Luckily Ajax is all right.
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- Who's Ajax?
- Well, he's the horse, of course.
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And you are more concerned for the horse?
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Well, he happens to be mine.
Four-year-old chestnut, 16 hands.
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Out of Fair Helen.
Paid 200 guineas for him only last month.
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Why, good heavens,
he might have broken a leg.
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However, you know, all's well that...
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera...
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So, as old Gerry is paying the price of his folly,
and I have to join my regiment anyway,
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I promised to pop in
and kiss the bride en route, so to speak.
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You can start opening the '08 now.
They won't notice the difference.
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Well done, Mrs Deacon.
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Well done, indeed.
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Hello, young Wimsey.
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- Hello, sir.
- Off to fight for king and country?
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Ooh, that's the style.
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Hello, pretty Susan.
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Oh, Maggie, the setting for those damned
emeralds grows more splendid every year.
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Hector, you're quite impossible.
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That's what their Lordships told me last week.
But I've still got my squadron.
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This absurd talk about a war.
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Absurd, my eye!
Of course there'll be a blasted war.
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- The Germans are just sabre rattling.
- Are they indeed? Let me tell you, madam,
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the Germans have the largest sabre
with the sharpest cutting edge in Europe.
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The finest army bar none.
And the Kaiser means to use it.
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Can't say I blame the fellow.
All I say is, thank God we've got a navy.
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No offence, Peter.
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None taken, sir. My own sentiments entirely.
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Has the drink dried up?
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Deacon. For heaven's sake, man,
come and wet our whistles.
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Ever clapped eyes
on the famous Wilbraham emeralds before?
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- No, I haven't, sir.
- Feast your gaze, my boy.
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I know of them by reputation, of course.
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Reputation rank with royal scandal.
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But beauties fit for a beauty just the same.
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I've never seen anything like them before.
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There are none to match them in the country.
That is quite certain.
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Don't you feel vulnerable
wearing a king's ransom?
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Vulnerable, Hector?
Why in the world should I feel vulnerable?
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Thieves, robbers, bandits?
It never crossed your mind?
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I do not happen to move
in the society of such people.
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When not wearing them, Lady Wilbraham,
I hope you keep them in a safe place.
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Where no burglar
would ever dream of looking for them.
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That is my very own secret.
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Good God! '08.
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Old Charles is getting more
cheese-paring every year.
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Fancy trying to work a switch like that halfway
through your own son's wedding reception
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and think we'd be too soused to notice it.
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- Complaining, Hector?
- Good God. What? No.
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It's just that I have an inborn tendency to brag
at my old friend's expense. Can't resist it.
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Good show on the whole.
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I think congratulations are in order.
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Oh, I take no credit for it.
Henry and I simply gave Deacon the guest list
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and told him one or two things
the occasion required, and let him get on with it.
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Valuable fellow, Deacon.
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What I really came to say was,
bride and groom preparing for departure.
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So if you want to throw rice
or tie old boots to the end of their barouche...
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Off you go, old girl.
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- I was hoping that we might...
- Are you staying the night, Wimsey?
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Well, that's very kind of you, Sir Charles.
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Nothing of the kind. We expected your brother.
His bed's there, you're welcome to use it.
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- Then I shall be delighted.
- Splendid.
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I can't stand an odd number at the dinner table.
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All right, Louise, you may go now.
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Yes, Madame.
Does Madame wish the window open?
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- Certainly not!
- I thought perhaps...
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- Have you never heard of draughts?
- Draughts, Madame?
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The cold, you silly girl.
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La grippe.
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If I listened to you, I'd wake up in the morning
with a nose like an out-of-season strawberry.
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- Pardon, Madame...
- Granted, Louise. Good night.
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Bonsoir, Madame.
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I say, Wimsey,
we'd bag a few birds with these, what.
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I suppose I shouldn't be playing with
my son's wedding presents.
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- But I couldn't resist showing you those.
- By Jove, sir, they're beauties.
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Got them at Naismith's in St James's.
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I bet you didn't pay a penny under 500 guineas.
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750 to be precise.
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(Wimsey whistles)
- They'll last him a lifetime. More.
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- Don't go blowing our heads off, Hector.
- I'm sorry.
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Self-ejecting, of course.
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Number three shot, sir?
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I always use number five, myself.
Does less damage to the birds.
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Henry, he prefers number three. Says they're
better for high flyers. Ladies retired, Deacon?
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Yes, Sir Charles.
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Oh, well, it's been a long day.
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You can start locking up. I'll see to it in here.
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- Very good, sir. Good night, gentlemen.
- Good night.
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Good night, Deacon. Damn good show.
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Yes, Deacon,
your efforts have not gone unappreciated.
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Thank you indeed, gentlemen.
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Ah, another glass of port, Hector?
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No, no, no, no. Not for me, Charles.
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I've had my quota for my liver.
I'm away off to my bunk.
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- What about you, Wimsey?
- No, thank you, sir. Must make an early start.
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Got to face my CO bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
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What's that extraordinary machine
I saw you driving?
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It looked just like an anaemic banana.
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There's nothing anaemic about it, sir,
I assure you.
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It's a four-cylinder overhead-camshaft
16-valve Mercedes. Only five of 'em made.
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- That's a Hun machine, isn't it?
- I'm afraid so, sir, but it goes like gee whizz.
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- Over 100 on the right bit of road.
- Then you're a menace to life and limb, sir.
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And deuced unpatriotic into the bargain.
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I wouldn't let your colonel catch sight of you in it.
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I've been thinking about that, sir.
Bit of a facer, what.
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You young devil. Come on, let's get to our beds.
Our host is dropping on his feet.
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Nothing of the kind. Sure I can't persuade you?
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Then I think I'll persuade myself.
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- Pleasant dreams.
- And the same to you.
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Thank you, old boy.
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Good night, sir.
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- It's been a great day.
- Good night.
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- Good night, Sir Hector.- Good night, my boy.
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(Snores)
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(Stirs)
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What's that?
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Who's there?
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(She screams)
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(Screaming continues)
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- For God's sake!
- No inquests. Get out or we're both done for.
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(Distant screaming)
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(Distant screaming)
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I winged him, Wimsey. I winged the blighter.
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- What the devil's going on?
- Lady Wilbraham's emeralds, sir.
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- They've gone.
- By heaven.
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It isn't true.
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'Fraid so, sir.
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- Where are you going?
- Try to catch him.
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(Groans)
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MAN: What was that?Sounded like a gun to me.
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WOMAN: No need to panic.
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What was that, Mr Deacon?
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WIMSEY: Make way there.
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Excuse me, madam.
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Come on.
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(Engine starts)
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I do wish, Charles,
you wouldn't get so worked up.
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Worked up? Of course I'm worked up!
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Settle down, old lad, let me get you a brandy.
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The place overrun by policemen,
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my house guests
treated as though they were common felons.
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No-one has treated me
as anything but the gentleman I am.
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Then what the devil did he mean by
"an inside job"?
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Who? Oh, that inspector fellow.
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"Had all the appearances of an inside job,"
he said.
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What the devil did he mean by that?
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Am I under suspicion, too?
Is that what he is implying?
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You jolly soon will be, old lad,
if you don't come off the boil.
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- Confound it!
- Where are you off to?
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- I'm not hanging around here waiting for him.
- Yes, you are, you old buzzard!
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You're going to take the Navy's advice for once
and bring your blood pressure down.
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Come on, settle down, there's a good lad.
Go on. Settle down.
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That's it.
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If this inspector Johnny wants to go hunting
baddies under bushes with a spy glass, let him,
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if it makes him happy, damn it.
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He's got to do it anyway,
that's what he's paid for.
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- Brandy?
- How you can be frivolous at a time like this.
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- It's better than being pompous.
- I'm not being pompous!
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Are you sure?
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No, of course you're not. Forgive me.
No more than I'm being helpful.
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We must try, both of us, to be sensible.
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This is no time for old friends to go arguing.
231
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It's a damn bad business.
232
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What we've got to do at a time like this
is pull together.
233
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I mean, if this fellow comes back
and sees us arguing,
234
00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,870
it's going to put the cat among the pigeons,
isn't it, what?
235
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(Door closes)
- Old Sherlock returns.
236
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Gentlemen. Sorry for that little diversion.
237
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One of my men thought he'd found something.
238
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SIR CHARLES:
Yes, yes, I rather gathered that. And had he?
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As it happens, sir, yes.
To get back to what we were talking about...
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- What?
- I beg your pardon, sir.
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May we ask what it is that he found?
242
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,350
Oh, footprints, sir,
under Lady Wilbraham's window.
243
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,039
Unfortunately, they've all been scuffed.
244
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,311
Now, he climbed down the ivy, it seems.
245
00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,351
It's very thick on the wall just there.
246
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,109
And some of the branches are torn,
which would seem to indicate...
247
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,357
Inspector, I have told you before
and I can tell you again
248
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,868
that I can vouch for every member of my staff.
249
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- Can you, Sir Charles?
- Always made it a rule
250
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never to employ anybody
without checking their background.
251
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,876
And I can tell you for a fact
that there is nobody working for me
252
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that has a police record
or has ever been in trouble with the law.
253
00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:52,158
I can believe that, but there's always a first time.
254
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:56,796
But damn it all, man, I saw the thief running off-
winged him with my second barrel.
255
00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:00,310
There's no question of it being
what you call an inside job.
256
00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:02,476
I don't deny the existence of your thief, sir,
257
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:06,638
and if he's got a gunshot wound,
that could be very useful, very useful indeed.
258
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,116
But I still think it likely
that someone in this house tipped him off.
259
00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,752
Why?
260
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,155
He knew exactlywhere Lady Wilbraham was sleeping.
261
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:18,591
He knew exactly where to look for the emeralds.
He went straight to the... to the spot.
262
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,551
Nothing else in the room was disturbed.
263
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:22,591
Good point, Inspector.
264
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,553
Why, only this afternoon Maggie
was boasting about her famous hiding place.
265
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,876
- In front of the staff, Admiral?
- Not in so many words, no.
266
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,037
Young Wimsey said he hoped she kept them
in a safe place.
267
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,152
And she said where no burglar
would think of looking for them.
268
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,397
But that was her secret.
Well, something to that effect.
269
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,637
Now, Sir Charles, to get back
to the matter of your staff.
270
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,956
What about Lady Wilbraham's maid?
French, isn't she?
271
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,912
Don't worry, sir,
I'm bearing her very much in mind.
272
00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,953
But we'll start at the top of the list.
Your butler, sir, Geoffrey Deacon.
273
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,915
He's been with me for three years. Before that,
eight years at the Artemis Club in Pall Mall.
274
00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,076
Came to me with impeccable references.
275
00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:03,192
As a matter of fact,
Lord Cranleigh recommended him to me.
276
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,310
- Married?
- Yes. Earlier this year.
277
00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:08,591
Married the parlour maid, Mary Russell.
278
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,631
A very respectable local family.
279
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,716
That sounded like young Lochinvar.
280
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,751
Young Lochinvar?
281
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,713
"..out of the west. Through all
the wide border, his steed was the best."
282
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:22,230
Only the ruddy steed had to bust a tyre
just as I got up with him.
283
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,989
- This is Inspector Frost. Lord Peter Wimsey.
- How do, Inspector?
284
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:30,511
I'm sorry I've been so long, but you know what
it is like changing a bally tyre in the pitch black.
285
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,120
All wrenches and inner tubes
and fingers and thumbs.
286
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,276
However, all was not lost, Inspector.
287
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,630
The miscreant was driving a maroon Unic.
288
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,753
The last I saw of him, he was heading
hell for leather down the London Road.
289
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:47,271
The registration number of his car
was LH 4875.
290
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,993
Splendid, my lord.
A wounded man in a known car.
291
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:54,431
We can forget your staff for the moment,
Sir Charles. Can I use your telephone?
292
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,471
Yes, yes, it's in the alcove.
293
00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,874
Oh, this is a wretched business.
294
00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:02,912
It happened under my own roof
on my son's wedding day.
295
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,952
Poor old Charles, the worst of bad luck.
296
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,991
Come on, old lad, you look all in.
297
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,031
Settle down, let me get you a brandy.
298
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,469
Oh, no, I'm perfectly all right.
299
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,511
How is she, Susan?
300
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,551
She's asleep in my bed.
301
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,717
Dr Baines gave her a sedative to calm her.
302
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,751
Poor Maggie.
303
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,791
Under my own roof.
304
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,434
I suppose I shouldn't say this,
but I don't give a damn
305
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,155
whether that blighter gets away or not
as long as we get those emeralds back.
306
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,317
- That wretched necklace was her pride and joy.
- I know.
307
00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:37,035
I remember her telling me once.
She said she felt naked without it.
308
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:38,877
Don't worry, Charles.
309
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,117
If the worst comes to the worst,
she'll collect the insurance.
310
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,630
By Jove, yes, �60,000.
Quite a comforting thought, what.
311
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,955
- It isn't.
- What's that, pretty Susan?
312
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,434
I said, it isn't.
313
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,835
What I meant to say was,
314
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,917
well, it would be if it was true.
315
00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,157
My dear old thing,
what on earth are you driving at?
316
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,317
It was when the sedative was beginning to work.
317
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,351
She wasn't hysterical any more.
318
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,391
She was quiet.
319
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,431
And quite lucid.
320
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,277
She said...
321
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,356
She said she'd let the policy lapse.
322
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,391
My God...
323
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,591
Sit down. Do as you're damn well told.
Brandy, Wimsey.
324
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,076
Got straight through to Stevenage.
They're putting up a road barrier.
325
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,829
There's been no car through for the past
two hours. So unless he changes route,
326
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,314
which I very much doubt,
we're bound to catch him.
327
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:29,873
Sir?
328
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,473
Quick, get the doctor. I think he's had a stroke.
329
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,713
- Serves him right, I say.
- That's enough. Bit of respect now, Cranton.
330
00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:45,276
Respect? You tell him about respect.
It's against the law to shoot burglars.
331
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,117
It might have been murder.
332
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,549
Manslaughter, maybe. We won't go into that.
333
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,591
You only got it in the arm.
334
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,359
There's not many gentlemen
uses number three.
335
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,712
There's not many gentlemen with a racing car
that shouldn't be allowed on the public highway.
336
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,797
Lieutenant Wimsey is not on the public highway
no more,
337
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,229
he's on his way back to join his regiment.
338
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,271
But never mind about that.
339
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,709
Very nice statement you've made, Cranton.
340
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,751
Very nice indeed.
341
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,872
- But there's one thing I don't understand.
- What's that?
342
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,390
A respectable jewel thief
with a handsome record like yours,
343
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,079
I didn't expect you
to go grassing on your chum Deacon.
344
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,918
He's no chum of mine.
I'll tell you what Deacon is.
345
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:24,916
He's a dirty, double-crossing...
346
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:28,396
That's enough, Cranton.
I won't tolerate bad language.
347
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,431
My sincere apologies.
348
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,471
My feelings got the better of me.
349
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,795
Sticks out like a sore thumb, doesn't it?
350
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,513
You don't know where those emeralds are.
Neither do I.
351
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,391
- That's what you say.
- Come off it.
352
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,159
All your chaps at Stevenage found
was the empty jewel case.
353
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,156
You could have ditched 'em en route.
354
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,919
Oh, yes? In a ditch, I suppose.
355
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:48,951
Use your loaf, Inspector.
356
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,879
I would never have grassed on Deacon
if he hadn't double-crossed me.
357
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,639
But you know as well as I do,
358
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:59,036
that he pocketed that necklace
and passed me the empty case.
359
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,234
Inspector...
360
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,630
how long do you reckon I'll get?
361
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,031
(Distant artillery)
362
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,155
(Nearby explosion)
363
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,517
(Whimpers)
364
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,639
As an old offender, the judge sentenced Cranton
to ten years on the Moor.
365
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,752
- Deacon's doing eight at Maidstone.
- Eight, sir?
366
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:54,751
It's not enough in my opinion.
367
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,872
I don't know, Sergeant.
It was a first offence for him.
368
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:01,037
He was a servant, in a position of trust.
369
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,514
And he betrayed his master.
370
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,916
Then he broke faith
with his wretched accomplice.
371
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,952
Of the two, I regard Deacon as the more evil.
372
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,870
I must say, I hadn't thought of it like that.
373
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,798
(Whine of shells and explosions)
374
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,194
And the emeralds?
375
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,435
- Were they ever recovered?
- No, I'm afraid not.
376
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,677
If anybody knows where they are,
Deacon does and he ain't saying.
377
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,438
Poor Lady Wilbraham.
378
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,072
Poor Sir Charles, you mean.
379
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,998
The theft took place on his premises,
as I told you.
380
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,316
One of his own servants was involved.
The stones weren't insured.
381
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,555
He felt that the responsibility was his
382
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,388
and he insisted on paying Lady Wilbraham
their full value.
383
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,431
�60,000.
384
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,675
Good gracious. You mean, she accepted?
385
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,711
I'm afraid so.
386
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,230
It left the family
in uncommonly straitened circumstances.
387
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,276
Sir Charles never recovered from the blow.
388
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,311
He died a few months afterwards.
389
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,351
A very distressing story.
390
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,391
Yes, for everyone.
391
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,591
For everyone except the two villains
of the piece.
392
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:09,110
Well, there they are, two rogues
393
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,675
enjoying the relative comforts
of Dartmoor and Maidstone Prison, sir.
394
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,871
- For how long is it?
- Must be nearly four years now.
395
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,911
They'll miss the whole holocaust.
396
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:23,157
While we are not only existing
in conditions of extreme discomfort,
397
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:27,318
but are in constant danger
of instant extermination.
398
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,874
God willing, not for much longer, old friend.
399
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,354
Justice is blind, if you ask me.
400
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,391
(Shells whistle overhead)
401
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,431
In more ways than one.
402
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,994
Sounds like we're in for another plastering.
403
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,474
- Better get the lads.
- Very good, sir.
404
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,951
All right, lads, to your feet.
405
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,991
Major Wimsey!
406
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,991
Major Wimsey, sir!
407
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,311
Major Wimsey!
408
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,471
It's me...
409
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,511
Sergeant Bunter, sir!
410
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,551
Come on, give me a hand, somebody!
411
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,472
Deacon.
412
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:34,913
I've been watching you all day, Deacon.
413
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,514
Lazy, aren't we, Deacon?
414
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,028
Don't like the open air, do we?
415
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,436
Well, we can soon remedy that.
416
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,431
A word in the governor's ear,
417
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:55,189
a nice spot of solitary on number-two diet.
418
00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:57,231
Cos that's what you're gonna get!
419
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,430
You filthy bleeding fancy man!
420
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:10,999
Stop that man!
421
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,351
Cut him off at the road, you two!
422
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,391
You two, over into the woods!
423
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,993
Out of the way.
Come on, hurry up now, all of you!
424
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,831
You'll be all right, sir.
425
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,599
It's all right, you're gonna be all right, sir.
426
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,389
He's gonna be all right, isn't he?
427
00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:59,551
(Dogs barking and distant shouts)
428
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,630
Go through them trees there, Freddy.
429
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,271
Come on!
430
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:20,233
(Pants)
431
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,071
(Man singing approaching)
432
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,551
(Sings drunkenly)
433
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:56,951
# There's a...
434
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:04,315
Argh!
435
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,351
(Repeated blows)
436
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:50,957
(Hums)
437
00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:15,679
# Joshua, Joshua
438
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:19,759
# Why don't you call and see Mama?
439
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:23,873
# She'll be pleased to know...
440
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,272
- What is it, Shorty?
- That fella in the corner, sarge.
441
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:40,232
- What about him?
- I dunno. He looks a bit funny to me.
442
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:44,319
No, not funny, Shorty. His leave's about
due to run out and he's frightened to go back.
443
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,351
I know the symptoms.
444
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,870
- You all right, soldier?
- Yes, I'm fine. Just leave me alone.
445
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,992
Now then, that's no way to talk.
Let's see your papers.
446
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,031
- What papers?
- Let's have a look.
447
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,071
Leave me alone!
448
00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:02,035
# Come, come, drink port wine with me
down at the old Bull and Bush...
449
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,719
Oh, I see, that's the way it is.
450
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:07,354
Drowning your sorrows, eh? I don't blame you.
451
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,995
Still, you can thank your lucky stars
you weren't one with them.
452
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,555
- How do you mean, sarge?
- Cambrai, wasn't it, where your lot got it?
453
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,717
The Boche overran his entire sector
about ten days ago.
454
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,228
His whole unit was wiped out,
every man Jack of 'em.
455
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,077
Except for old lucky legs here
456
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:26,193
who managed to wangle himself a bit
of well-earned leave when it mattered most.
457
00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:28,754
Still, don't you worry, old son.
458
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,075
The counterattack is coming any day now.
459
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,588
And when it does,
you'll remember your mates then.
460
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,949
It'll be a proper bloodbath for the Boche.
461
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,991
Come on, on your feet, lad.
462
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:40,031
Do you hear what I say, Watkins?
463
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:43,031
Do you know what day it is?
464
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:43,990
No.
465
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:47,157
It's the 30th April, 1918, that's what it is.
466
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:51,557
And unit or no unit, your leave
expires at 2359 hours tonight.
467
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,956
- Nip outside, Shorty, pronto and get a cab.
- Right, sarge.
468
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,275
- Now, look...
- I know how you feel, lad.
469
00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:02,030
I know how you feel. None of us wants to go
back to that bloody hell on earth over there.
470
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:05,390
But we're all in the same boat.
There's no way round it.
471
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,989
You go absent without leave and
every MP in London will be out looking for you.
472
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:12,998
When they catch you,you'll be for the high jump.
473
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,110
Believe me, they're not fooling these days.
474
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:19,199
The mood of the top brass is they'd just as soon
have you shot as stick you in a glasshouse.
475
00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:21,276
SHORTY: I've got one, sarge.
476
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,312
The last train for the Dover boat
leaves in 25 minutes
477
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,635
and you're gonna be on it, so on your feet.
478
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:29,871
Good lad.
479
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,514
(Pubgoers sing
# It's A Long Way To Tipperary)
480
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,435
That's it, up with the old kitbag.
481
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,471
Smarten yourself up a bit.
482
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:43,308
There you go.
What about a soldier's best friend?
483
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:44,349
What?
484
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:49,109
- For gawd's sake, see he gets on that train.
- Don't worry, sarge.
485
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,151
See you back here. Come on, son.
486
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:53,191
Come on. At the double!
487
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,515
If that lad doesn't get himself killed right off,
then I'm a Dutchman.
488
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,950
Here's to your laughing eyes, girly.
and an end to it all, eh?
489
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,514
Dowson, did you see your lord and master?
490
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,551
Six steps, no less.
491
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:30,513
Most enterprising, my lord,
though hardly wise, I would have thought.
492
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:32,949
Oh, tommyrot.
Got to exercise the confounded thing.
493
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,991
My lord...
494
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,031
Dowson, I know all the signs.
495
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:41,071
You have a problem on your mind.
496
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,111
Not precisely a problem, my lord,
497
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:47,278
but there is a person here to see your Lordship
without appointment.
498
00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:50,551
- What sort of a person?
- A military person, my lord.
499
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:54,673
- Probably that chappy from the War House.
- Not an officer, my lord.
500
00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:56,870
Are there such people, Dowson?
501
00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:00,037
Well, really, you amaze me.
What is the world coming to?
502
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:04,119
- All right, Dowson, you'd better show him in.
- Your Lordship will see him?
503
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,151
That is the general idea, Dowson.
504
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:08,509
I'm nearly going off my head with boredom.
505
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,551
Any diversion would be welcome.
506
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,391
(Sings to self)
507
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,837
A Sergeant Bunter to see your Lordship.
508
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:32,316
Not "a" Sergeant Bunter, Dowson.
509
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,351
The Sergeant Bunter!
510
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,755
He saved my miserable hide.
511
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,075
- Major Wimsey, sir.
- Sergeant Bunter.
512
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:41,236
- Ooh.
- Steady on there, sir. Whoops.
513
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:43,271
- Are you all right?
- Yes.
514
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,311
Steady the buffs.
515
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,669
Getting a bit too cocky with myself, what.
516
00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:50,473
Thank you. Lucky you were there.
517
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,992
All right, Dowson, that will be all, thank you.
518
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:59,072
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well.
519
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,470
Sorry about your reception earlier.
520
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,512
The poor old boy should have been
turned out to grass years ago.
521
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:07,676
Would have been but for this idiot war.
522
00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:10,234
Come on, Sergeant, take a pew.
How did you get that?
523
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,271
No, look, hang on.
524
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,629
Be a good fellow. The whisky's over there.
525
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:17,558
Pour two very large ones.
The occasion demands it.
526
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,108
A nice way for your host to behave, I must say.
527
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:24,516
And with this gammy leg,
once down, can't get up, you understand?
528
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,233
- Soda, sir?
- Just a splash, please.
529
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:31,951
Oh, perfect.
530
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,991
Thank you.
531
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,235
Well, your very best health, Sergeant.
532
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:40,078
And yours, sir.
A pleasure to see you looking so well.
533
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:42,111
And the same to you.
534
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,151
Mm.
535
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:49,193
My dear fellow, come on, sit down, sit down.
This ain't company office.
536
00:44:49,240 --> 00:44:52,312
A great deal...pleasanter, if I may say so, sir.
537
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,351
Yes, I'm bound to agree.
538
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,597
All right, then, let's hear it.
How'd you get to Blighty?
539
00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,234
Nothing in the least dramatic, sir. Shrapnel.
540
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:04,159
- Beastly stuff. Unpredictable.
- Quite so, sir. I was one of the lucky ones.
541
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:05,997
Yes, so was I.
542
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,749
I've got a feeling in my bones
that our days of fighting are over and done with.
543
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:13,110
You think so, sir?
The doctor said I'd be fit in three weeks.
544
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,833
And the news from the front
is hardly encouraging.
545
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:19,509
Oh, the dark before the dawn.
I think it's all over bar the shouting.
546
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,676
I sincerely hope you're right.
547
00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:24,188
And if I am, what of the future?
548
00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:26,231
Peace.
549
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:28,396
Difficult to imagine, ain't it?
550
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:32,513
Things won't be the same as they were before,
that's for certain.
551
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:35,831
You know, the funny thing is,
552
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:39,156
I loathed every minute
of those stinking trenches.
553
00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,760
The mud, the smell...
554
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:45,634
the unutterable boredom when
you weren't being scared out of your mind.
555
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:51,918
Just give me a heave up, would you, old lad?
556
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:53,951
Sorry. Thank you.
557
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:55,991
Stretch the darn thing.
558
00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:59,349
No, that's... that's not the funny thing.
559
00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:03,075
What I really meant was, do you know,
there are things that I am going to miss?
560
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:06,590
- I know what you mean, sir.
- I shall miss our partnership, Sergeant.
561
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:08,631
It's been a damn good partnership.
562
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:10,796
Nothing to do with your saving my life.
563
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:13,991
That's something quite separate in my mind
and always will be.
564
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:17,237
Believe me, sir,
it's a matter that's been much in my thoughts.
565
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:20,875
During those weeks in hospital,
I gave it very careful consideration.
566
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:22,797
- You, too, Sergeant?
- Yes, sir.
567
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,354
May I enquire, did you reach any conclusions?
568
00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:27,391
Yes, sir.
569
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:32,355
In my view, the success of a relationship
between two people is based on compatibility.
570
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:33,628
Quite right, too.
571
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,478
Our backgrounds and upbringing
are poles apart,
572
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:38,715
but our standards are not.
573
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:42,275
Our characters are at once, sir,
opposite and complementary.
574
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:45,835
In brief, sir, to borrow a phrase
from Signore Marconi,
575
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,075
we appear to be on the same wavelength.
576
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:53,672
By Jove, Sergeant, I never knew such a chappy
for whacking the nail over the crumpet.
577
00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:56,109
That's why it's such a confounded pity.
578
00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:59,311
With... With respect, sir...
579
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:02,591
With or without it, Sergeant, you go on.
580
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:04,631
Well, the fact is, I...
581
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:07,353
I didn't come here to enquire about your health.
582
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:12,359
Or for the very real pleasure of seeing you again.
583
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:16,118
It was to do with the subject
we've just been discussing.
584
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:20,479
Indeed I came here
armed with a very definite proposal.
585
00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:23,592
Now that might sound impertinent
or even presumptuous.
586
00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:25,631
I doubt it, Sergeant.
587
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:27,671
I doubt it very much.
588
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:30,990
What is your definite proposal?
589
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:33,031
Well, I'll rephrase that, sir.
590
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:36,550
- It's a request.
- All right, then, a request.
591
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:42,589
Well, in the event
of Mr Dowson retiring from your service, sir,
592
00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:44,631
I would wish to be considered...
593
00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:47,671
..as his replacement.
594
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:03,560
"Ah, bitter chill it was,
595
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,797
the owl for all his feathers, was a-cold."
596
00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:09,752
"The hare limped trembling
through the frozen grass
597
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:12,155
and silent was the flock in woolly fold."
598
00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:14,191
The Eve Of St Agnes, John Keats.
599
00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:16,959
And very appropriate to this time of year,
my lord.
600
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:20,390
Though not to Piccadilly, Bunter.
No owl, no hare, no flock.
601
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,795
They're all waiting for us at Duke's Denver.
602
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:24,831
Anything in the papers?
603
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:28,668
The Spanish influenza has reached
epidemic proportions, my lord.
604
00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:31,917
And heavy snow is reported
in the north and the midlands.
605
00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:36,158
And the Prime Minister in his wirelessbroadcast to the nation has said...
606
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:40,273
Yes, I know, I heard him.
We must go on, on, on and up, up, up.
607
00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:42,550
To hear that fellow speak, anyone would think
608
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,319
that this country
was a hot-air balloon in a high wind.
609
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:48,079
And the way the government
has been failing to steer us,
610
00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:50,998
that is exactly how it must appear
to our foreign friends.
611
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:55,158
However, as it is our inescapable fate
to spend yet another New Year's Eve
612
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,509
with my brother at Duke's Denver, Bunter,
613
00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,551
I have planned a very cunning route.
614
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:04,310
Now, then, after St Albans,
we shall avoid the main highway,
615
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:07,238
and stick to the side roads round that away.
616
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:11,751
Now, I calculate that that should save us about
20 miles and won't take us very much longer.
617
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:13,870
- Indeed, my lord.
- Indeed, Bunter.
618
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:15,638
And here's a coincidence.
619
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:19,434
Do you remember me once telling you
about the Wilbraham emeralds?
620
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:23,758
I do indeed, my lord.
In circumstances I'm unlikely to forget.
621
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:27,839
Yes. Well, the scene of the crime
was a village in Norfolk -
622
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:31,077
Fenchurch St Paul.
We shall be passing through it.
623
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,714
Will you call on your friend, Sir Henry Thorpe?
624
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:37,036
My brother's friend, Bunter, not mine.
I hardly knew him.
625
00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:39,753
In fact, I've never been in touch with him since.
626
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:43,189
I've often wondered about those emeralds.
627
00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:47,471
But no, Bunter, duty before curiosity.
628
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:50,910
We shall not be stopping at Fenchurch St Paul.
629
00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:58,711
(Tyres squeal)
630
00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:04,351
Are you all right, Bunter?
631
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:06,391
Perfectly, my lord.
632
00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:08,431
Is my lordship unhurt?
633
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:11,153
Yes, quite, thank you. Sorry about that.
634
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:14,391
Where do you think we are?
635
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:16,715
It's very hard to say, my lord.
636
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:18,751
My map reading went with the light.
637
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:21,075
And the torch is insufficient.
638
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:22,997
Damn hump-backed bridge.
639
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:25,031
Didn't see it.
640
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:27,071
(Bells pealing)
641
00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:30,511
Ah, blessed bells.
642
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,031
Can't be far from civilisation.
643
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:46,192
Ah.
644
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:53,191
I was wrong, Bunter.
645
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:56,429
We shall be stopping at Fenchurch St Paul.
54352
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