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so

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yes sir

it's been another sir

they just found her

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hmm

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so

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same

sir yes

what do you make of that

uh i don't know i don't know it but

cloves

that break looks new

charlotte

yes mama

you know what your father says about

that but there's been another murder

mama it's chloe abernathy we knew her

for goodness sake

just like the poor servant girl a week

ago

she was strangled a closed door stop it

i will not have it

i will not

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find me pitch

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there'll be a lot more fuss about this

one

see they call it those clothes they're

installing for back at the sex

mr pitzer

we're calling chloe aberneth this killer

the hangman

i suppose i know it's strangulation

a right presumably and thinking it's the

same killer it's the same man though

yes then i would be mightily obliged

pitt if you would find this fella and

stop him

i want you to drop everything else scar

london

with the men i have i could scare a

couple of streets here and if i had more

men out of the question

now look

mrs avila there's another half of wood

some such he's into bread

she's a cousin by marriage of the bishop

of lincoln

sir in other words she's not the

isolated murderer of a servant girl

we're dealing with it never was sir it

was the murder of mary lisa daughter of

a fred and angelico lister of stephanie

damn it

they could be married to a covenant with

the mother of god it's still a

servant girl this girl's family is top

drawer don't be obtuse

makes a difference not to me it doesn't

and i won't let it either don't be pious

if you wanted to preach you should have

joined the church

it makes a difference you'll be dealing

with a different class

understood

yes

better experience has taught me that

it's impossible but i wish to god you'd

smarten your appearance

anyway this hangman business pit

find him

i'll just scar my couple of streets

charles sir

it's said she was found in the

churchyard laid out on a box tomb like a

sacrifice

very avanthy you have read the newspaper

yes sarah i have but chloe was

when the hilton's maid was killed i

didn't feel much you know

i thought the poor girl must have done

something foolish but chloe

well chloe's only vice was to giggle too

much not the only vice that i have heard

of

what

what does that mean

chloe was paying a charitable visit to

the slums in cater lane

she helps that charming vicar you so

like and so did mary lister so what do

you mean i admire the vicar it's his

wife i like

well i can't say i like martha prebble

do you feel sorry for her the vicar i

admire

i've never expressed my liking for him

although i do not dislike him

imagine living with the man

imagine wifely duties

emily

that will be all lily oh yes ma'am

you must not talk in front of servants

like that

and all i have martha prebble talked

about in that disparaging manner she is

a brave kind woman

brave how

she lost her only child and afterwards

nearly died of fever well i'm sorry for

it but it doesn't make her brave

she has been an invalid ever since yet

she devotes her life to the good of

other people

the good of her dreary soul

ah

there is dominic

home for luncheon

oh

the devoted wife

aren't you going to

why should i you adore dominic

oh for goodness sake emily

that was years ago

nobody knew how i felt and

i'm sorry i told you

absolutely frustrated dr hope a fearful

headache and she can't look at the light

hemi crania perhaps migraine

can it be brought on by

strong emotion it's thought so but

chloe abernathy was one of our most

conscientious helpers

her death has had a terrible effect on

us all

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the doctor

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you fuss over me andrew

you're too good to me

i don't deserve it

when did you see the carriage

we saw the last come by the one what was

killed

she had some clothes on her i can tell

ya

well i was gonna say something to her

about jenny it made me button it up as

the last look such a little innocent

all right soft-hearted lump big gin

the carriage

well little miss innocent disappears

into the fog

then half a minute later the carriage

comes by these black geldings

proper job be sure they were geldings

you're asking for a professional opinion

that's my professional opinion

and she'd known

did you hear it stop

might have stopped

don't know do you know as it was no

but we've seen it before you know

thought it might be local

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lily

i'll see you later

i'll see you

later

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dominic

for this our daily bread we thank the

lord

may we enjoy it in gratitude for thy

bounty

and in confidence that it will sustain

us to do thy work

for christian

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amen

um

i have been made aware

that certain members of the family have

been discussing the tragic death of miss

abernathy

i would have thought the death of our

prime minister was enough to occupy

one's attention

how or why

this unfortunate woman placed herself in

circumstances where such a thing could

have happened is something i will not

have discussed under my roof

at best it will lead to idle gossip at

worst to morbidity of spirit

i will not have it

so

presumably we may discuss the decker's

ball

charlotte

i'm sure your father will raise no

objection to that

poor mrs decker the mourning for mr

disraeli will shoot holes in her guest

list

charlotte is that a very elegant

expression my dear well that and

murder what

i'm merely commenting on the fact that

chloe avenatti was to have been at the

decker's ball

unfortunately she foolishly placed

herself in circumstances where

and at such short notice

it was hardly polite

are you defying me charlotte

surely it was hardly chloe's fault that

she was killed you are defying me

i do not expect to see you at this ball

charlotte

perhaps i don't expect to see you there

you may now go to your room

i remember balls when there were 40

carriages waiting outside

40.

we thought the french had invaded

all right

cheer up

tidy up won't you

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uh

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our community

has now been twice visited by the angel

of death

how we might ask can this have happened

how can god have visited us with this

instrument of terrible punishment how

can god deal with us in this way

well i say to you that god's laws are

not the laws of man in the courts of

heaven other laws prevail look into your

hearts with a searching torch of

judgment what do you see

you

and you

what do you see there scurrying from the

light

sin

we carry the original sin of adam with

us into this world we burden ourselves

with our own wretched sins during our

brief and unworthy lives

without the cleansing redemption of

christ's blood

we carry this crushing weight for all

eternity so when we ask how can this

have happened i say we should have asked

how can this not have happened

from the

from the

polluted heart we should cry out lord we

thank thee for thy mercy

it's not an idea are you unwell i'm sick

i'm sorry i'm sick with disgust

did you hear what that man was saying

that we should be glad for the deaths of

these poor women i dare say he

exaggerates little

no mama it's much more than that don't

you see how pernicious it is

lily you've exhausted her and she's

quite right you don't need the thing can

you breathe

just

you'll pass out after the first waltz

perhaps you want that

wouldn't have thought at your style

though one week

oh loosen the wretched thing lily

my apologies to you dear

you're right

i am a lovely shape

i wish you were coming

don't mind

really i don't

charlotte my dear good news i have

persuaded your father

that i may come with you after all of

course what else

be quick and dress no

mama i will not

i'm sorry you've wasted your time but

i would rather grow old alone and

increasingly eccentric as my father puts

it charlotte he doesn't mean yes he does

anyway i will not be lined up in a

ballroom and judge like livestock by

oafish young men

whether in possession of good fortunes

or not

charlotte

oh she is a caution to be vulgar

what do you make of the reverend preble

on sunday sir well i'll tell you

something if that's his view of

respectable humanity i wouldn't care to

be present when he starts to sound off

about the more questionable members of

our society

my dear you look dazzling

quite dazzling thank you my dear

did you not tell charlotte that i gave

permission for her to join us after all

charlotte is unwell

she sends her thanks and apologies

thank you

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so

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dora's late

i told her not to walk home by herself

she's with her father he's not a fool

after a few parents he wouldn't need to

be would he

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oh

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my name was

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what good do you think money will do i

beg your pardon

expect to pit me something

you may remember me from church last

sunday i certainly do not why should i

remember

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may i ask if you've come out

unaccompanied

i don't see it's any business of yours

what is my business

i'm investigating double murder of women

who are out in cater street alone at

night

i'd be glad of it not turning into a

triple murder i'm busy enough as it is

so it's you who are in charge of

inquiries

surely you don't expect to find your

murderer here why not

because he's obviously from the

underworld

really and where do you imagine the

underworld is miss ellison

down here perhaps in the sewer

please don't take me for a fool

inspector

it may interest you to know i am widely

read in the miseries of those less

fortunate than myself are you

widely read really

and what have you read about miss

ellison

believe me you won't have read much

because society deems the conditions of

most of the poor unprintable

have you ever seen children abandoned

and they're six or seven years old

having to beg and steal to keep alive

sleeping in gutters and doorways soak to

the skin by rain

owning nothing but the rags they stand

in what do you think happens to them

how long do you think it takes for an

undernourished six-year-old alone in the

streets to die of cold starvation

when he's been taught nothing but to

survive when he cannot read or write

when he's been passed from one person to

the other nobody wants

what do you think happens to him

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isn't it a bad time you went homeless

allow me to accompany you

i'm perfectly all right thank you

now please go away and leave me alone

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you want to tell us anything girl

one thing mr maddock we've got a face on

you like low tide what is it

all right rest of my luck

we all have our troubles if she has

trouble she should tell us

you should tell us

see how we can help

oh sorry to be late it was my dad he

wouldn't let me come on my own i hope

not

martian luca tu nada

so

where are we

well sir we have no witnesses and this

is our only clue a chip of glass this

man at the scene of the crime possibly

is the result of a struggle where did it

come from

general opinion in the trade is from a

cheap pair of spectacles or a smartest

lens lamp

is that all

it's not much i agree

except we have the connection between

the two murders their geography cater

street and the murder itself

and judging by the wounds of both

victims the group must be noir it's

evidently the same man

anything else

well

socially the victims were very different

but they were both respectable if

anything the servant more than the rs

they were both conscientious church guys

we'll take a look at the picture sir

well

i think there's something about them

they're over time

i suppose

we're trying to imagine each in the

other's clothing

yes i get your point

well either that's a coincidence which i

don't believe or else they were somehow

selected if they were selected it wasn't

on the night they were murdered in both

cases there was a thick fog and it was

dark

do you see what i'm driving at

no i'm afraid i did

well they were selected beforehand the

murderer knew them he had the mark down

he knew they were what he wanted

it is too provoking emily who is he

he's a lord

he has a townhouse he has an estate in

berkshire he's a member of whites and he

has the wickedest mouth imaginable

he should hide it from public view but

what's his name

george amery

lord ashworth

and he doesn't even tread on your toes

when dancing

no he didn't

i wish you'd been there

how have you been was it very dull alone

you know me

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right

have a master rental yes gentlemen

police inspector to death division

professional website

what do you want

we're looking for a pair of match pure

black killings thought

good day

mr rancho

look your answer clear off i'm not

satisfied with it

i'm investigating murder in trespassing

i need to know

i intend to now you've got no warrant

clear off if i do clear off mr renshaw

i shall be back with two companies of

our meant to search

by the time they finished with your

little kingdom you wish it had been

stump eating buffaloes

you'll be asked why you gave me the

excuse

dr william hopes

his room

where's his coat

look at this

the glass is new it's been replaced

yes

yes

i was out and about

that evening as you said

quaintly put it

normally i wouldn't remember but that

was the night

the poor abernathy girl was done to

death so naturally i don't forget it

what we're doing sir i was visiting

a patient

that is short confidential do you have a

large practice sir

i have a few private clients

clients dr hope

i call them that because they are

anything but patient

very impatient

but i charge them so much money that

they have every right to be

so on that evening you arrived home in

your carriage after dark

but presumably you have witnesses to

that effect

did you stop on the way

well deliberately there was a congestion

of traffic in great russell street but

cater street was clear and how well do

you know mrs abernathy

have you been spying on me

inspector

no doctor

we've been keeping a discreet eye on mrs

abernathy

whoever murdered a daughter may wish to

harm her too

this is a spice in that cooking smoke no

idea sir

i think it was closed

my

what is it

dora's had a fright her friend violet's

been attacked and dora witnessed it

attacked in daylight yes she's all right

she fought him off he let it go in the

end i saw remiss

black hairy had a wild it was

and staring eyes to freeze your soul

i ain't ever going to open my window for

fresh air again i tell you we could all

be murdered stop it

did his breath smell too dark oh it did

visit something vile satanic

on his eyes were they wild and bloodshot

last fitness

mad they were crazy

with drink i suspect i'm sorry you've

been frightened or it can't have been

pleasant but i do however think it was

an encounter with the drunkard not the

hangman charlotte

surely you can just tell him no mr pitt

will want to speak to you but i don't

want to speak to him i just brought dora

and her friend

mrs this is an unexpected pleasure how

my help

hey pickle john yes violet hit him with

a pickle jar

good for her

dora i suspect would have just screamed

and dizzed

and then he ran off yes

well thank you miss ellison for your

account it's a welcome change to come

across such a clear-headed woman

a woman who thinks

quite a number of us do you know

well perhaps i'd better speak to miss

violet williams if you think it

necessary i have already told you

of course i must an offence has been

committed against him

well i'm sure violet will give you a

sensible enough account of it

sensible enough for a servant you mean

quite a number of us are sensible you

know

you a servant you're an inspector of

police an inspector of police is a

public servant oh very neat so is a

member of parliament however and your

voice is not exactly that of a servant

well i was brought up

yes how were you brought up my parents

were in service

my mother cooked my father a game keeper

their employer was a man of considerable

means he had a son about my own age

we played together

i was allowed to sit in the school room

until

until

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until my father was accused of something

he did not do

we were thrown out he was sent to

australia for ten years i was convinced

he was innocent i spent a long time

trying to prove it

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i never succeeded

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now i think i'll speak to mrs williams

thank you miss ellis

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so

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you know sergeant quigley's wife i think

so she's got the job what job made at

the abernethy woman's the victim's

mother the last maid left in protest

protest of a war what she called

carryings on

and no mates could afford to be some

moral

carrying's on with him lord

george amory lord ashworth

please mrs dunphy one of your dundee

cakes please

please

well i don't know

perhaps i can

what's this good day miss

miss emily

has persuaded me to make a cake

lord ashworth is coming to tea you see

ah then i'd better say to the best

silver

thank you maddox

thank you mrs dunphy

maddox

not all the best silver

nothing we have could possibly impress

him and i would not wish to be seen to

be trying too hard

just the george the second milk jug for

the silver i think all the rest china

the rockingham service would be best

if i didn't need a reputation worse than

dirt i'd feel sorry for george lord

ashford

it was like thunder

the method of the killings

i think there's something about them

they seem to be some sort of ritual yes

sir

why do you reckon i've said touch about

his work no idea

what's not miss ellison

with dark singing whatever word

well it's a choice isn't it

between her being rotted

and you having our heads bitten off

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hey

jack what you done to the weather

see it's six o'clock yeah

i'm busy now

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what's up

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so

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she back

no

i'm gonna look for her

please

lord

please

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grace

grant grace

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take this cup for me lord

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don't wait very good sir

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yes

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is anything wrong

what on earth are you doing i

i it's lily miss alison

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she hasn't come in

she shouldn't be back at night it's

after half past 10.

with your permission i should like to

inform the police for goodness sake

just because one of our majors

lily's a good girl miss ellison i wasn't

suggesting otherwise but really magic my

father will be mortified i think there's

something wrong

i do think i should go

very well

i think it should go too very well

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it's all right

it's me

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come on

get up

get up

did i hurt you

no

i don't know

i don't think so

hadn't you heard the horses no i hadn't

i suppose i should be grateful gratitude

is not required believe me

who's the manchester united

oh butler he's gone off to your police

station

another one of your maids tangled with a

drunk how many maids do you think we

have i'd be obliged if you take this

seriously magic clearly doesn't that's

enough for me the spirit of democracy

isn't dead in katy street

the lady listens to a butler

i don't care how rude you are to me you

stupid man as long as you send one of

your wretched subordinates to look for

lily whom i not only listen to but also

care about and you should have been home

an hour ago or more lily is one of your

mates yes

what was she doing that ms ellison

she was taken out by her young man he's

the boots at the guest house next to the

vicarage he should have brought her home

over an hour ago his name jack brody

guest has sir

are you all right yes of course i'm

right

what sort of elasticity this lily

unfortunately

she's easily level straight

yeah i was going to say unfortunately

she isn't

she's a good girl as maddock would say

i'm

i'd be very relieved to think that she

was misbehaving somewhere with her young

man unfortunately

no

i'm all right really i am

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so

wow

thank you

for what

well you may have saved my life

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now i stole them as such

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it's lily she hasn't come back

maddox out searching for her he's gone

to tell the police i've already spoken

to them the police

can't call the police charles this is

not a thing one does dominic will deal

with it where is he charlotte what is

going on

who is that i saw you speaking with

inspector pitt

apart charlotte has called the police in

just because lily has gone off with some

unsuitable young man is this true it

will be the talk of the street tomorrow

well

she was afraid lily may have been

attacked better speak for herself i want

an explanation

if the whole street is going to talk

about us i would prefer it to be because

we worried unnecessarily over lily but

because we didn't care enough to see

that she was all right go to your room

gladly

so that's what brody says

what do you think i think the last turn

the truth

they confirmed the time who's back at

the guest house

doesn't make sense i know

suppose she was mad keen on the boy

she'd stand in the doorway waiting

she's safe she's at home

he disappears she sees someone else

someone she knows well

maybe a member of the household

she's not frightened

we may still find her sir

maybe she's no bet and she should be

let's hope eh

that's what miss ellison said

only sensible thing i've heard

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anything

no news yet

charlotte

whatever you're here for inspector i

will not have chattering on my doorstep

go inside your maid lily mitchell is

missing

and what is that to do with us i'm

concerned for her

and i need to know as much as possible

about her movement so we can direct our

search yes yes i do understand you are a

detective

there is a tradesman's entrance

well

it would be helpful to talk to your

family don't be absurd

i hope nothing has happened to the girl

naturally but this is no concern of ours

oh be quiet

you would oblige me inspector by

carrying out your investigation in the

relevant place

where did you get you sir

i looked everywhere you searched the

club i am low where on earth did you go

hey charlotte where did you go to sir

mind your own business

mr pitt

sir you need it straight away

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um

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what the devil does this mean

this is an intolerable invasion of

privacy

i'm trying to discover lily mitchell's

movements just before she was murdered

and i need to know where people were

we have already told you

i was at my club as was my son-in-law

my wife and daughters were organizing a

charity bazaar we have nothing else to

tell you

i am of course very sorry about the girl

mitchell we all are but in the end this

has nothing to do with us

i shall of course be writing to the

girl's family

of course

nevertheless i need to know precisely

where people were

you will oblige me by leaving now

after you left your club sir

get out

i believe you left your club at nine

then where did you go

i went to visit a personal acquaintance

on private business

now will you go

would you rather discuss this somewhere

else

are you suggesting i have something to

hide from my family of course not sir

then if you would oblige me with your

acquaintance's name and address

young man

do you know to whom you are speaking

mr allison has told you he was visiting

a friend now that is surely enough the

address sir

how dare you

do not presume upon our tolerance mr

pitt thank you my dear

i will not give you the address mr pitt

you cannot require further information

do you not realize how serious this is

i cannot exclude you from our inquiry

until i am certain that how dare you

are you suggesting you have the upfront

to include me amongst your list of

suspects

until i know more

yes

i have the effort get out

papa

why would you not tell him

if the business was private we can leave

mrs barker is the widow of captain

barker who taught me at harrow

she is extremely unwell

she lives with a companion at the near

end of orford street

that is where i was i insist you do not

impose yourself upon her

as for you mr pitt

i have had quite enough

your superior superintendent drummond is

a friend of mine and he will hear of

your behavior towards me your

impertinence your bullying tactics

your extraordinary arrogance

good day ladies

i had to wear torrential this morning

hopes carriage left the news at nine and

returned at

well midnight

tape bit cost me a tanner by the way

all right

what about the driver our rental reckons

won't get nothing out of him sir he

reckons some kind of aldo

they're all indian

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so

and what do you have to say for yourself

then

i don't know what you're talking about

of course you do oh do i of course

and it is your conscience that disturbs

you and huh

why were you so nervous in front of that

policeman

do you honestly think that my son

would follow his maidservant hunt

through the pagans triangle

does edward know you credit him with

this no

and nor will you tell him

yes of course those

yes bring them up now immediately

bring them up

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are you sure you

damn it yes bring them up now

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inspector i could have you arrested for

trespass

yes

i dare say you could

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how may i help you this time

i understand you occasionally attend mrs

prebble i do i was there yesterday what

of it

did you see lily mitchell there

she was leaving as i was arriving she

was upset

do you know why

preble told me it was something to do

with her circumstances at the ellison's

she would not tell him what

you know she's dead

all london knows it i'm surprised the

prebles could afford you

they couldn't possibly

i am not a christian

and this is my way of reconciling myself

with the local established church

if i am charitable my atheism will only

be whispered about and not used as a

stick to beat me with

what's the statue

ah

kali

goddess of destruction

i must say if i inclined to any religion

hinduism offers a most realistic vision

of the world

and of human behavior

you know of course

that kali was worshipped by the thunks

they were ritual stranglers his

speciality was the karate

mama

don't worry about grandmama

if she says anything to papa he'll be

very angry with her and she'll come off

the worst for it

why

because i think papa's invalid was

somewhere where

he may have been drunk or

gambling

associating with people that we wouldn't

like

they'll be very angry with anyone who

mentions it again and well grandma won't

risk that

do you think that's what it was

well i'm afraid mr pitt will find out

whatever it was

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good night my dear

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another patrol

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george ashworth will never come here

again

not after this

we'll be social lepers

nonsense

you'll see

people hate to be connected with this

sort of horror

i suppose it will please you that i'll

never see george again

if you don't sing it'll be because he's

not worthy of you

don't care whether he's worthy of me or

not

i'm not very nice myself

well

it'll be fate and you'll have to put up

with it

and remember

whatever happens remember how lucky we

are

poor lily

when i think about her i wonder if i'll

ever sleep again

george may come back in

no luck with the replacement for lily

not yet

girls i've seen have been quite

unsuitable

the better sort do not want to work

anywhere near cater street it would seem

oh that will change

think it will

i wonder if it will

what's troubling you

it's not that silly idea of yours far

being dropped socially i hope no it's

not that

then what

i'm sure it's not important

what is it

caroline i want to know

you have been quite unlike yourself

what is it

caroline i demand to know

why have you not told me before about

mrs barkham idea

it slipped my mind why'd you ask

because you have never in all these

years mentioned mr barker to me either

who must have meant something to you

that is why i ask

and because you seem so reluctant to

tell mr pitt about either of them

i am not prepared to discuss the matter

do you understand

yes i understand

but i have to tell you i don't entirely

believe what you told mr pitt

god damn it

do you think i have something to hide

is that what you think

well

what do you think

well

we will not discuss this again

i've been told i can't question allison

again oh that's capital that he says

he's one of five for the moment we can

work on the others then you knew chloe

abernathy yes and we're out of their

homes unaccounted for in the night with

the killings well there's ellison

obviously a son-in-law dominic called dr

oak and possibly the servant of the

butler what's his name

who's the fifth

the vicar

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all right

yes

all right my dear

yes

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what is

it wretched man

the bar told him to stay away

your policeman

what do you mean my policeman

i've seen him looking at you

you're blushing

emily

we have plenty in common with him you

never do what papa wants either

i'm going to get rid of him

he should be a party

but there are three public houses

between here and gate elaine is caesar

does mr mad that drink much nah just

every so often

but this is hurt indeed

he loved lily like a daughter

like a daughter

he loved it

she was a pretty girl

i could talk to my foot

he was jealous he hated her even going

out with me he was mad with jealousy

that's what i say oh you should have

heard what he had to say about jack

brody dora that's enough of that i don't

want no more of that

answer that

it had nothing to do with jack

oh yes yes my lord

please come inside i'll fetch miss emily

and mr ellison's mother i'd rather not

return her and talk to mr maddock

perhaps i might be able to meet one

sunday afternoon

i dare say that would suit

it

it wasn't like dora said you know sir

it wasn't

there was something

but i think mr maddock cared for lily

different from what dora said

i'm sure

liliada travels in that direction

for love

lily had troubles in a love life human

yes

yes she had

but i can't say no more about that

yes i see

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my country

not my place

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she was being compromised by an employer

is that what you mean

that wouldn't have been the head of the

household naturally

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of course not

dominic

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i'm sorry to disturb you mum

yes man

you remember you told us to keep an eye

out for a golden enamel cufflink

oh yes one of mr cords

yes i remember

have you found something

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it was found when we were tidying lily's

room

perhaps lily found it never got around

to handing it in and miss ladies herself

we found it under the bed

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yes

i'm sure that must be it

thank you maddock

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i was

extremely sorry to hear about lily

mitchell

thank you

i knew her you know

i frequently attend mrs prebble and

lilly was often there

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one of preble's handmaidens of the lord

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she helped that charming vicky you so

like and so did mary lester

then he was often there

one of preble's handmaidens of the lord

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this is

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i can assure you mrs ellison i would not

dream of taking miss ellis anywhere i

would not be happy to see my own sister

well that is comforting

i think you should tell her yourself no

i will let you do that

what was it

what should be said

charlotte

what is it

it concerns lord ashworth

mrs avenatti begs you to be careful she

says

she says he is a seducer a user of women

well i expect that delighted you know

when you know how pleased i'd be if you

didn't have a reputation

emily my dear

ashworth tells me you are having tea

with him in mayfair this afternoon yes i

am well all i can say is that you're

confoundedly lucky one of the most

amusing fellows i've bumped into for

years oh you are such a fool sometimes

you are no judge of anything

oh wow

nursing his injured innocence he turned

to more congenial company sister

charlotte you give me the honor

very well

dominic wait

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so

you are determined to go visiting with

lord ashworth

as your elder and somewhat more

experienced sister i really you realize

i suppose that charlotte is in love with

dominic

i would have thought you realize being

more experienced than i am

she's been very brave about it don't you

think

how could you you know it's not the

truth i think it was shameful of you

you thought my learning the so-called

truth about lord ashworth would make me

think twice well it hasn't it's made me

more determined to do what

try to marry him of course

you'd marry for money

not entirely that would make one a

courtesan no not entirely

have you actually looked at george

have you been able to forget your

disapproval of him and look at him

you see i've noticed that really moral

people think about what they do

that makes them difficult like you

george does just as he pleases

he doesn't think about it

that will make him quite predictable in

time

i think i'll be able to manage him

surely you realize that emily is talking

nonsense

charlotte has always behaved with

perfect propriety

great heaven i didn't know myself of her

feelings until you told me of them i

doubt that it's even true

darling

i haven't seen what is wrong with you

how well did you know chloe abernathy

her mother asked me to explain to her

the details of her trust fund and the

reinvestments being undertaken on her

behalf i told you

are you suggesting that i was interested

in chloe

her poor little head was full of french

fashion she was a child

and what about lily

what was her head full of

she was pretty wasn't she

you compared her once to me

i know you

you think me a fool

and every night you came home late from

your club

you walked the length of cater street in

the dark and in the fog each night that

these young women were strangled

you were there

in every case you were there

you are out of your mind

this is utter nonsense mr pitt suspects

something he is not stupid stop it

be quiet are you here

oh no don't

oh don't

sarah

for god's sake

it's you that i love i have always loved

you but

but you won't let me love you tell me

why you weren't there

dominique

where's the masses sarah is driving me

mad dominic

dominic what has she said

she is good as accused me of being the

murderer

how would she expect me to live with

that sort of distrust

well

you expect her to live with the

knowledge that you used to visit lily

am i interrupting something

oh please forgive me

sex leave me alone

please sir hello

this is so stupid

heaven's sake

charla dear please go with her she looks

dreadfully upset

she's probably going to work off her bad

feelings on the poor it's what she

usually does i would prefer it if you

went mustang mama i'm really not in the

mood for tea and moral smugness at the

vicarage charlotte

if your mother makes a civil request i

expect you to comply

now kindly look to your sister

but you have forbidden me to leave the

house papa

yes

and now i'm asking you to leave it

very well papa

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no miss we haven't seen mrs cord yet

today and mrs prebble's not at home

thank you i'm sorry we've troubled you

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my mom

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hey

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was there anything between you and lily

mitchell of course there wasn't

she was a member of my staff

you rushed out looking for her almost as

soon as she was laid back

that suggests to me there was some sort

of relations between her

good housemaids are very hard to find

and pregnant housemates

what

the police surgeon has told us

lily was pregnant

yes mr pitt

there were relations between lily and me

she was my daughter

she didn't know

i never married see

i didn't even know she lived and

breathed until a couple of years ago

i managed to get her a position at the

allison's

anyone had known would have both been

out on the streets

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so i kept it from here

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so

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miss ellis mr pitt what can i do for you

i've been thinking about these murders

yes

they well they share a common factor

which is

unexpected

miss ellison please

i know you're trying to help

but i must ask you to leave the conduct

of these inquiries to us

mr pitt i wouldn't dream of interfering

if these murders had taken place within

the great wide world of which you think

we so

inexperienced but they did not

they happened within the circle of my

own family

all the young women were devout

christians which is more unusual than

you might think

and they all helped the vicar

they all did mary lister chloe abernathy

and lily mitchell

in fact i know that chloe and lily both

visited the vicarage on the day that

they were killed

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what you told me is most interesting it

is

i'm glad you insisted please forgive me

i don't think i'll find that excessively

difficult

there is one thing however

why would the vicar wish to dispose of

these helpful young men

i don't know

but after listening to his pernicious

sermons i know i don't trust him

what do you think

i don't like what i've heard

but our dislike of him is not enough

there's another common factor to these

murders

two men knew all three victims and

either could inherit through marriage

hundreds of thousands of pounds who are

they

well if i were to tell you not to look

up at the moment i might guess one of

them

we're passing his house

passing his house

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and who is the other it's not necessary

for you to know

it is

very well

your brother-in-law

dominic

marrying mrs avanathi's fortune why he

is married to sarah he doesn't behave as

if he is

i can't believe it is dominic

no feelings do you credit myself

what has happened here

this used to be a quiet

good place to live there was nothing

worse than a few broken romance there's

a little gossip

now suddenly people are dead

we're all looking at each other and

wondering

i am i'm looking at men i've trusted for

years and wondering if it could be them

thinking thoughts about them that make

me blush with shame

i can see in their faces that they know

i'm suspicious

it's almost the worst part of it

they know that i wonder that i'm not

sure

how much it feels to look at your wife

or your daughter

and see in their faces that they're not

absolutely sure that it's not you

i realize i

i hardly even know people i thought i

loved

do you think he'll kill again

don't you

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what do you intend to do

i can do nothing

my sole evidence against hope is a

typical class

it's not enough

so both our theories stand because

neither can be proved

you are a remarkable person i think

therefore i'm remarkable

so few people do think men always

i believe i'm about to apologize to you

for the other night

i've thought so badly of you since i

don't deserve it

what do you think of me now

that you are remarkable as i said

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he's out looking sir mr cord's not back

yet miss ellison charlotte in the house

it's your sister miss emily mrs cord

she hasn't come home

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uh

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she'll say nothing to you tonight

or possibly ever the larynx is cut

through

she'll live there she'll be able to ride

i don't know the vital signs are not

encouraging

i affect your nurse to hurt as soon as

possible

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i'll fetch mr pitt immediately

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oh so say mom mrs barker

alice

what on earth are you doing here

i'm so sorry

mrs barker

i'm charlotte ellison

yes i see

please don't be embarrassed

this has all gone far beyond all the

proprieties

yes i feel that and that is why i came

you are my father's friend

yes

inspector hitman i understand you want

to talk to me yes

mrs cord came to my house

i should like to hear anything mrs buck

has to say

i had unfortunately dropped too many

clues before i realized who your sister

must be

poor child had come to my house

expecting to find an invalid widow on

whom to practice good works instead

she finds her father's mistress

i feel profoundly to blame

she was upset before she left

yes

yes i felt she was

nevertheless once she realized who i was

well

i don't think she knew what she was

doing

she muttered something about having to

go back to the vicarage and eventually

ran away

the vicarage

yes

yes she said mrs prebble was unwell i

think at least that's what i understood

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so

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ah

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inspector pip metropolitan police i want

to speak to mr preble the reverend has

not arisen hey hello mrs

mister oh jack

uh mary jews they just delivered us by

mistake merry jews

thank you jack

what is it cake

policeman he says

i'll say to it take mrs preppels and

beef tea

do you know the time

do you know what's happened

mrs cord is dead

this is frightful

just frightful

i believe i valued sarah cord more than

anyone

except my wife in that respect

in what respect

she was tireless

a tireless worker for the weak and poor

a shining emblem

this will cut martha to the quick

how was mrs cord when she came here

not herself she was weeping

at least she began weeping when she

entered the house

i wish my wife had not been indisposed

so you were obliged to comfort her

yes

how did you do that

as one would a child

a shoulder to cry on

once she was a little calmer i gave her

some cordial

how long was mrs court here

an hour

it was nearly dark when i left

i didn't want to leave

but i had even song to attend to

i told her she must wait until tate

returned at six

and that tate should order the boots

young jack at the guesthouse next door

to fetch a cab

but when

tate returned

mrs cord had gone

i believe i heard something at about ten

to six but it may have been tate

arriving back somewhat early i was half

asleep

sarah is a quiet young woman and would

have just slipped out i'm sure

is it your tooth again yes the dentist

said it may need to settle

sarah

losing sarah i think inspector more than

i can bear

sarah

who would have thought it

that she should have been chosen

chosen

by whom

by him from whom nothing is hidden

not your thoughts not mine

you believe these young women were

divinely chosen to die

it's self-evident

nothing is but what has been ordained

what we can only get at is the purpose

our only solid clue is a chipper glass

shortly after the abernathy murder the

nearside lens lamp of hope's courage was

repaired

however you cannot hang a man on a chip

of glass no

well

it's my belief he had only one intended

victim chloe but nothing and the others

were a smoke screen except sarah corder

would possibly was killed because he

overheard something

and the motive for all his horror

chloe had that his fortune which now

reverts to a mother and we have

information that hope intends to marry

mrs abernathy was a huge amount of money

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hmm

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i am i want to influence you but perhaps

i shall tell you that dr hope has passed

he was rightly or wrongly drummed out of

india

perhaps it has left its mark on him

i think he should have told me that

before sir

it has struck me from the fact that

there was something ritualistic about

the killings

and hope is a expert in the cult of

ritual strangulation thuggy

i'm sorry i'm late

i was in the middle of things when that

message came

i didn't expect you to come promptly if

at all

i needed to be out of our house anyway

you speak to the vic of course

he would appear he has an alibi

even so

i've been thinking about sarah

i realize how

unkind i was to her

quite often i was

and she was only trying to do good in

her own way

it was clumsy that's all

our lives have changed

we all now know how fear can make us

despicable

it's got to be stopped mr bit

i've been thinking as so little progress

has been made yes

i thought a trap should be laid a baited

trap

baited

yes with the sort of woman that this man

seems interested in

i propose myself no

no it's too much of a risk now

his continuing freedom is too much of a

risk he killed my sister

could not forgive myself for the way

that sarah and i parted for her sake no

i couldn't glad not you why not not you

for god's sake

what is your objection mr pitt

you know it

you must know it

do you want me to spell it out

i have the common sense to know that it

may be unwelcome

unfortunately i don't have the means to

stop feeling what i do

all right

she's not unwelcome

charlotte

please let me do this for sarah

no

with this sort of distribution no part

of the street should be more than a

dozen seconds from one or other of you

and to make this plan work it depends on

each man knowing his part of the street

thoroughly

that's what we'll be practicing this

evening

now it's up to you make yourself

familiar with every doorway yard and

cobblestone of your section

yes

mr dominic cord sir he's very anxious to

have a word with you

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she left a note no one saw her go

god save man let me help you

let me do something i'd beg you mr cord

the allison family need you more than i

please leave it to us

i have come to ask your advice vicar

my sister as you know died the night she

was attacked

i know i know it grieves me more than i

can say

are you still thanking god for the

leniency of his wrath how do you think

my sister will do in the courts of

heaven where according to you other laws

prevail

you're angry let's understand yes mr

prebble i am angry

what is so extraordinary about these

cruel

cruel deaths

is that all these women were pious women

they had seen their christian duty and

they were carrying it out

they will be judged accordingly in as

much as they are handmaidens of the lord

they are dead mr prebble their throats

cut

the lord my god is a jealous god

the lord your god is a cruel tyrannical

monster who has no reality outside your

own imagination

perhaps you might clear a space for me

to put this down my dear

yes

yes of course my dear

i

um to take even song this evening i'm

sure you have time for team idea

it's not often we have the privilege of

miss allison's company

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there's a couple of men watching the

vicarage and another between them and

here

why don't we just go in and haul her

away no

whoever it is attacks outside on the

street

i'll show there's charlottesville

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i told things quickly again by the way

she reckons hope is an abortionist to

call me

yes

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so

either way are dr oak's a killer of

source isn't he

if mrsquid is right

what are you doing

toothache i told you

cloves yes

doctor hope's favorite spice

isn't the vicarage sir probably aim for

the church

even song yes well

don't let them lose them

miss ellison may be right

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uh

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it's you

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all of clothes when did i last about

that what

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merry jews

cheap spectacles

small super glass

of clothes

while the triple we got it wrong

move in move in it's the woman

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said better you would not have been born

and they've been tempted and brought to

destruction one of these my little ones

and brought them to sin

you should have a millstone around your

neck

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a touch of

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i

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shall never win

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save my life

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could have got yourself

did i just hear you say you love me

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yes

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you