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So, number one priority

Personal hygiene?

Why is that?

I suppose because we have

Because we have to relate to them

and therefore in need of

Here we are.

There's nobody in.

Morning, madam.

We're here to fulfil

A Mrs Alexandra Compton.

(SCREAMS)

We were never really close.

You'd think sisters

She spoke very fondly of you.

Christmas cards, birthday cards,

Why wasn't I here?

You came as soon as you could.

Well, if you're ready...

Have you chosen the headstone yet?

Would you like me to help you?

Um, that would be nice, Marion.

In the States we have the most

Well, well.

We do our best, sir. But we have

Ten years I've been warden.

The vicar's got no go in him,

Is that an official complaint,

She was so proud you won that medal.

No, I didn't know.

The George Cross! I think

was the happiest of her life.

I'll just get rid of these

There.

Morning, Sergeant.

Any more off sick?

Things are looking up.

Is that all?

We'll have to make do.

Yes, his wife phoned.

He's had a setback.

When you have time, come up and

Morning. It's my daughter.

Where's my wife?

She's all right?

Thank you. Did she phone the police?

Do you know what gets up my nose?

People who go to live in America

and after ten minutes are talking

Now Scotch people... Emigrate

Who's that?

Someone buggering around,

How can I? I've only got three men.

Four. Your new sidekick's here.

If it's just a joke...

It's getting less funny. She's had

Ring her and tell her

Oh, Jack...

Have a word, will you?

What's it all about?

Can't someone else do it?

No. The poor cow's been there

Can't even offer you a cup of tea.

Right. Well, then,

Yesterday morning,

She does it on her bike

Well, I didn't exactly see her.

I'd left for work. People

Colin saw her off.

That's your husband?

Colin and I, we...live together.

Why have you taken so long

We'd had a row the night before.

It started up the next morning,

She said she wasn't coming back

Could she have gone to her father?

Have you spoken to her friends?

She didn't go to school

What was it about, this row?

The usual.

She's never really been very happy

Right, well, um, let me

Um...

Right. Now, then.

She's what? Aged 15?

Now, can you give me a description?

Oh, um...

Dark hair, shoulder length.

Brown eyes.

About 5'3".

A little bit overweight.

Not much, just a little bit.

She was wearing?

Blue anorak, new...

Um, red cardigan...

Grey skirt...

Grey socks...

I can't remember her shoes. I can

Oh, a bracelet, a silver

He sends her a charm

Anything else I should know?

No, not really.

All right?

No! You should've come with me.

Well, shouldn't you?!

Are you gettin' in or not?

DS Gilmore?

Yeah.

Morning.

Who is that?

She's punishing us.

Maybe she's got good reason.

That's plain daft. For God's sake!

It was 'plain daft' before,

I thought you'd bring that up.

My daughter.

Frost!

Yours or mine, guv?

Mine, and make it snappy.

It's all right,

Er, I think the Chief Superintendent

Lucky, sir. You just caught me.

The vicar of St Paul's has called.

I'm not surprised.

Some of the graffiti suggests

I told him a senior officer

We haven't got the men to chase

I want a car in the area tonight.

TYRES SCREECH

You sure you don't mind?

As long as you don't knock ash

Oh, yeah. Right.

How long have you given up?

Three and a bit weeks.

It's not easy, is it?

No.

What the hell time is this?!

You are the police?

My wife called you at nine o'clock.

Oh. Mr Cumpton, is it?

Oh, we wondered, didn't we?

Whether it was Compton or Cumpton.

Detective Inspector Frost.

Shall we go inside or would you

They've finally arrived.

Sorry. We've been up to our eyes.

You know I've been scared to death?

Sit down, will you?

Thank you.

Do you mind if I smoke?

Quite right, madam.

Whenever you're ready.

Well, it started about a month ago.

I was alone in the house.

At one in the morning the phone

It rang every half-hour all night.

In a place as isolated as this

Then these disgusting magazines

We're broad-minded enough

And no, we didn't keep them.

Were they addressed to you both?

Then the phone calls started again.

This time he kept repeating my name.

You didn't recognise the voice?

Of course not. We wouldn't

You've got no idea

I've already said, no.

What line of business you in, sir?

We deal in rare books and prints.

There's over £250,000 worth

A bit risky, isn't it?

There are alarms

The insurance firm insisted.

Though what that has to do

If anything else happens, call

Are you taking no action?

We can see what the undertaker

Unless there's a direct threat

Sorry.

Marvellous. Bloody marvellous (!)

..my what on Wednesday?

Cancel it.

No, Leonard. Just cancel it.

What do you tell them?

You tell them I'm visiting

Why is it that every time I leave

Please pull yourself together

No, I am not being aggressive,

I no longer wish

I shall call you tomorrow.

Leonard sends his love.

Oh. Right.

You didn't mind that I phoned him?

He worries about me. So...

What was your day like?

Day?

Oh. Oh, well...

You know, this and that.

What was your day like?

Oh, right.

To set your mind at rest,

What about Leonard?

BELL RINGS

Who's there? Who is it?!

You must be lonely now.

I was lonely before.

That's very unfair.

Unfair or not, it's true.

Sure you want me to hear this?

Close or not,

Well, we did pick up

You're not eating your broccoli.

Don't like broccoli.

Just so you know,

What vegetables do you like?

I know it's been a shock

I was always like this.

Tell me to mind my own business,

but I can tell from your complexion

For instance,

Marion...

PHONE RINGS

Frost.

Sorry to call you out, guv.

Right...

Mr Turner, the church warden.

I reported it.

There were two of them, I think.

Broke into the crypt you say?

How did they get in?

There are some broken railings

Sooner we take a look,

Turner.

Come on, Constable, let's have

I thought it would have been bigger.

They're not wanting to do a dance.

BELL

What's the bell for?

It was installed 150 years ago,

He was scared of being buried alive.

It was to summon help

He must have died

Everything seems to be in order.

The door is broken.

Wait a minute. What's that there?

Get on the radio to the station.

Tell Sergeant Wells we've found

And when he stops laughing, tell him

There were two of them.

Tall, short, young, old?

I couldn't see. I'm not

And where were you

You were supposed to be on watch.

Thanks for being so patient.

If anything else should

The thing is, you're not saying

What I'm saying is, according

we have reason to believe...

You'll want her identified, then?

Yes.

Whenever you're, um... You know.

I'll do it, love.

If it's my daughter, I want

Been on all night, have you?

No, no. Six o'clock.

Mullett wants to see you.

Canteen open, is it?

Why is it so cold in here?

KNOCK AT DOOR

Morning, sir. You wanted to see me?

I understand the girl's parents

Yes. The mother, sir.

No. Forensic are at it.

Which is when?

Could you, um...

As the Chief Inspector is away

You'll manage the day-to-day

Suits me, sir.

What else have you got on?

So this is your priority.

What do you need to get a result?

You've got luck in spades. As for

Keep me informed.

Yes, sir.

And, um, Jack...

I thought I asked you to keep

Good job we didn't. Otherwise

As I said. In spades.

I've got daughters.

Two, as a matter of fact.

We live 200 yards from the bus stop,

"Oh, Dad!" they say.

"You don't walk home on your own.

No, no. You stay there

Shop!

Not what you were looking for, sir?

Not adult enough, is that it?

I have some more interesting

for the more discerning amongst us.

It's more expensive of course.

But I do take cards.

Most of them.

Just pulling your leg, that's all.

It is Mr Rickman, isn't it?

Paula Bartlett

That poor kid and her poor mother.

I was telling my wife.

You read about... Yes, she did.

The Monday morning, was there

No, came in same as usual.

No, a bit late. Not much.

Got a map of her round?

Thank you. You're a gent.

How long did it usually take her?

Her round? Hour and a quarter.

Why?

You tell me.

Knew what? She didn't deliver

How do you know that?

Mr Bell with his Independent,

Sometimes I think I've put 'em

But now that poor cow...

What was she like?

Was she immature, old for her age?

Immature, definitely.

And moody, very moody.

Did she have any boyfriends?

Not that I know of.

She didn't get on with her

Would I?

All that trouble, wasn't there?

I mean, he's got to be

What sort of a bloke goes with

Don't stay in here, Cheryl. It can't

I think I'll go to Ruth's

What about the police?

They've got something to tell me,

I'll run you over there, then.

Just take me to the station.

Yeah.

I just want to get out

What you mean is,

Hm? Your proper family.

Why don't you say it?

You think I don't know?

I would say she'd been dead

The afternoon she went missing.

You can see signs of pressure on the

The girl would've struggled,

and hit her head on a wall,

And there are marks on the body

Wouldn't she have marked him in some

If you mean telltale bits of flesh

I must disappoint you.

Pity.

There is clear evidence of sexual

Rape? The bruising could suggest

She WAS raped.

The girl was a virgin.

She could've been willing but tense,

But she could have been raped.

There is no way of knowing

If I produce a suspect...

We can incriminate him or eliminate

I'll get a blood sample. Even

Look at her.

She was just a kid.

Anything else?

Just tell me about it,

She hadn't had time to digest

A sad little meal

Any news?

Not yet, I'm afraid, Mr Fletcher.

Can't be easy,

It's this or sitting at home

But I mostly work by myself.

It makes it easier,

not having to talk to people,

By the way, I need

No problem. Cheryl's gone away.

Oh?

She wanted to get away from the

If you want her...

Shall we say about six o'clock?

Good.

Truth is...I wanted to have a word

Oh, yes? What about?

I think there's a bloke involved.

The night before...

after we'd had this bloody row,

Paula must've thought I'd gone too

I didn't hear it all...

She was telling this bloke how

She was leaving home and that

She put the phone down and I asked

We didn't...

We didn't exactly get on...

Me and her.

Did you get a name?

No.

What makes you think it was

No, definitely male.

It was the way she spoke.

Kind of putting it on,

Did you tell her mother?

Why not?

I thought she'd be all right.

Two old ladies,

one of them saw Paula pedalling away

Which way did she turn?

She delivers the papers up to here

Why didn't she finish her round?

Maybe her bloke turned up.

Funny way of running off

Halfway through your paper round.

I wouldn't want one of my kids

Parents ask for it sometimes.

Ask for it or not,

Here you go Farm Cottage.

DOG BARKING

Shut up! For God's sake, shut up!

Who is it?

What do you want?

We're looking for Lord Lucan (!)

Come round the back. I'm busy.

Well?

You couldn't look more like a copper

It's about your papergirl.

Yes.

You know about that?

Bet you haven't got a licence.

Did you see her Monday?

Was anyone?

Is he here now?

What time will he be back?

He works the markets. If he's done

We'll come back, then.

What time would be convenient?

Not between six and eight.

This should have been

Mr and Mrs Michael Bell.

All locked up by the look of it.

Bin bags on the brain.

Do we know where he works?

Mr Bell?

Detective Inspector Frost,

They said you were coming.

It's about Paula, isn't it?

How can I help you?

No, I didn't.

My wife is dead.

I'd gone early to the station

That's why I wasn't at home.

Sorry, sir. She'd been ill for some

Nevertheless, you'll appreciate

Of course. I'm sorry I have to...

Not at all.

What time did you get back home?

The service was over

There was a slight hiatus

The perfect day, you might say.

Afterwards we had

I didn't want to invite people back.

I took the in-laws to the station

Your in-laws can confirm all this?

You saw no sign of her that day?

Well, that's all the questions

Sorry I had to bother you,

but in a case like this...

Thank you.

By the way, you called her 'Paula'.

You mean you don't know?

A lot of people seem to be

I used to drive her to school

It's a long way

How did that come about?

I know Colin Fletcher.

I assumed Colin would have told you.

So you must have chatted to her?

Did she ever mention a boyfriend?

Good Lord, no.

Thank you for your time, sir.

Her round went to the Parkinsons,

That's as far as she got.

So the questions are - who is this

Why didn't she get past

What happened to her bike?

The bloke could've put it

Assuming he had a car,

You think Fletcher could be lying?

Run off with a bloke, yeah. But in

I spoke to some of her friends.

If she was seeing a bloke

unusual for a 15-year-old virgin.

No, there's something wrong

Anyway...

this is an identical bike,

They didn't note the serial number,

We might be lucky cos it's only six

The only other missing thing

What action have you taken?

I've got a couple of teams

and I've given the story to

They're printing it tomorrow.

I was hoping, sir,

Right! I should just make

Do you want me to go on?

Cover your animals' eyes,

Mr Mullett's making a TV appearance.

Nothing missing? No clothes,

Funny, that. If she was going off

Could she have come back later?

Why would she do that?

I suppose she either forgot,

or... Like I said,

Maybe she left it to show us

Did you see the key

No. I didn't come up here.

Maybe she left it

What did she have for breakfast?

What about the night before?

What did she have to eat?

Where were you Monday morning?

On your own, or with anyone?

Most of the day.

Can I look downstairs?

I'll be honest with you.

All that stuff about you not telling

about her going with that bloke...

It sounds a bit iffy to me.

Well, if it'd been my daughter...

She's not my daughter, is she?

She said if I told her mother,

cause trouble.

What do you mean, trouble?

She said she'd say

Quite the little schemer, eh?

You don't know the half of it.

I know she's made allegations

It's on record.

It was when I first moved in

She just hated me.

I know she was upset about her

And not one grain of truth

She wanted nothing more

and her father back in it.

And that's...

..how she chose...

..to go about it.

If I got the 11 o'clock express

I could do the West End

Or we could go out.

Incidentally, what are you

Things?

Oh, things.

I hadn't really thought about it.

Get rid of most of it.

We should do that together.

There are one or two bits she'd like

You take what you want.

I've got to go to work.

What about your food?

The killer didn't come

looking for a hiding place.

He knew the crypt was there.

Unhealthy places, graveyards.

My wife's buried over there.

'Plumber'?

Yes! I knew there was something

I noticed it last night.

And the vicar would know who by.

I'll wait for you in the car.

Right, where is he?

He's guilty. Forget the trial.

Bernard Hicks.

That Monday he should've been

He says he started at eight,

Oh, right. Let's have him.

Sorry to keep you, Mr Hicks.

What am I doing here?

Haven't they told you?

All the same, you lot. Come on.

Right. Monday morning,

your time sheet says

That's a bit of a porkie, isn't it?

Is that what this is about?

It's her I'm interested in.

You read the papers. You know what

I didn't have nothing to do with it.

Monday morning, you weren't

Tell me about it.

I'm putting in a new standpipe.

They're extending the burial ground,

I get the van out

so I call a mate,

By the time he's fixed it,

I worked till dark,

Re-routing the pipes? Did that mean

No, course it didn't.

So what were you doing in there?

What were you doing in there?

About 11:00

I was getting soaked

I was by the crypt and

I forced the screws out

When the rain stopped I put the

and got on with my work.

You live in Blandford Avenue?

That's on the girl's paper round.

Of course you haven't.

What are they like?

A cup of coffee, then we can get on

Have you seen your pond?

The fish, they're dead.

Dead? What do you mean?

Dead. Floating on the top, they are.

PHONE RINGS

Yes?

Take your time, Mrs Compton.

My daily was here.

We were preparing food

Mrs Blakiston went into

and when she came back

I checked. It's full of bleach.

And the phone rang,

He said, "Easy to kill the fish,

The same voice?

You still can't recognise him?

You can't think of anyone

No.

Mrs Compton?

No.

Not a lot to go on.

Well, we know what we think of him.

I wouldn't say no.

Well, typical, I suppose.

That sort of woman. Bit of a bimbo.

You'll get no sense from him.

No, I haven't.

No. Otherwise you wouldn't have

Got one of those nice little

Never leave home without one.

What do you want?

I'm not his wife,

She'd been out all night.

But YOU were in first thing?

Your significant other person says

I've been helping this mate

You said you wouldn't go

That was Saturday.

I'll kill him, I will.

What about her and her dog?

What time did you get home?

The paper hadn't been delivered?

Poor little kid.

Do you mind if we look round?

I can easily get a warrant.

Tell me what you're looking for.

I don't know anything about a bike.

DOG GROWLS

I've got a mate at the council.

He gets this stuff

Yeah, OK, he nicks it.

I sell it down the market.

You gonna book him?

No, I'm gonna give him a medal (!)

Course I'm gonna bloody book him.

What is it this time?

I've had the pathologist's report.

There's evidence of sexual

I shan't be informing the press,

If you could find a way

I suppose we'd already guessed.

Sorry to be hard on you,

Did Paula wear lipstick?

Lipstick?

There was none in her room.

She didn't wear any to go to school

Course she didn't.

Why do you ask?

It's in the report.

Could you ask her mother to check

Yeah.

There was one other thing.

One of the people

used to give her a lift to school.

Mike. Mike Bell.

Friend of yours, is he?

Not a friend exactly.

We belong to the same

He gave it up when his wife was ill.

She died last week.

He's more an acquaintance?

The odd drink, perhaps.

I thought you might have mentioned

It just didn't... It just didn't

I didn't think it was important.

No, sir.

Contents of the girl's stomach.

Chicken, chips and peas,

and, wait for it,

What a way to earn a living!

Chicken had come straight out of

He estimates it was eaten

He took her somewhere before

Not necessarily. He could've met her

She said to him on the phone,

According to Fletcher.

So what was the time of death?

As near as he could say,

The day she went missing.

Any response to Hornrimmed Harry's

Fifteen sightings.

What about the bike?

Anything else?

His mechanic story ties up

and four people

He can go to the back of the queue.

The Hamiltons, sir. Both have form.

He's been done for receiving,

He took a bottle to someone.

Apparently, he's a devil when

What about her?

Two cases of aggravated assault.

That it?

Thank you very much.

Take care of that for me.

Oh, Constable...

..tell me something.

Why would a young girl who never

Probably to look more attractive.

Hmm. Thank you.

I'm off to get something to eat.

Canteen's still closed.

There you are, sir.

Marvellous response

Yes, seems to have gone well.

An anonymous phone call from someone

saying he and his friends rang the

A bunch of hippy travellers.

They had no idea about the girl,

They just apologised

Sounds about right to me.

No-one would stuff a body in a crypt

Anything on the bicycle?

Can't expect it all at once, can we?

Anybody wants me, I'm at home.

You've got a visitor.

There you are.

Does my husband have to know?

He's so jealous,

How did you meet this man?

We were in London

George phoned the hotel to say

I went downstairs and there was

We just started talking.

I said I was waiting for my husband.

We just talked.

The next morning some flowers

My God, you can imagine!

I hadn't told George anything

He got into a fight once before

Then the telephone calls started.

God knows how he got our number,

At first I tried to make light

But when he persisted,

I said that if it carried on

All he said was, "All right,

And all you knew was his name was

I've seen him. That's why

You've seen him? When?

Driving to town, a car behind me

It was him.

You didn't get the number?

What about the car?

It was a medium-sized saloon.

A Ford, I think it was a Ford.

If he phones again,

How can I do that?

Just play him along.

When you've arranged it, tell me.

Or tell my husband?

Damien!

MUSIC ON RADIO

Leonard...

Leonard, listen!

That's about $31.

I could get one for £15 but I don't

What?

Light green or dark green?

They have both.

Dark green? You sure? With your

They have Oxford blue

I'd have thought the Cambridge...

It won't go with anything you have.

I'm sorry. Do you mind?

I have to go.

He needs to use the telephone.

I'm very sorry.

It's just that people try to

You mean I'm using

Yes. I'm sorry, but there you go.

I intend to reimburse you.

It's not the money, is it, Marion?

I've said

I'm sorry. It won't happen again.

Yeah, well, OK.

Let's just forget about it now,

The newspaper's torn.

Yes.

How did that happen?

When I pulled it out

Marion, look. It's not going

Oh. I see.

It's my fault. I thought

but I was wrong. I'm not ready.

It's my fault,

I can't pretend I haven't noticed

However, I would have thought

Maybe that's the trouble.

Maybe it brings back too many things

I didn't realise

Marion, for...!

We only put up with each other

Now she's dead

PHONE RINGS

Frost.

Come on, son, speak up.

(I found it.)

Told me he bought it from a friend.

It's stealing! Sit up straight,

It's all right. Don't worry about

We've got it back now.

Where did you find it?

I saw it when I was on the bus,

Was there a bag with it?

(I threw it away.)

I threw it away.

They're there. The Hamiltons' Sun

Rush these to Forensic.

And I'm still

They've got two blokes

Skiing? I remember when it was five

and bloody grateful for that!

The family Frost with the dripping

Wait a minute! Constable!

Look at this.

I knew there was something.

See this tear?

This paper has been pushed

So the Hamiltons are lying.

Assuming it was their letter box

And assuming it was one of them

I'm quite capable, thank you.

She was right.

Right!

Mr and Mrs George Compton.

Married six years. Lived in London.

Spent a fortune on it, including

Part of the local smart set,

He's not well liked

He has a quick temper

Quite a combination,

They stayed two nights at the White

That ties in with the book fair

On September 23rd 1989 he was done

Fined fourpence ha'penny

Are you a close family?

I don't just mean

I mean your mother and father

Do you keep in touch or is it just

We're very close.

Ann and I are from large families

Sometimes too much,

but you always know where to go

That's what families are all about.

Yes, all right. You made your point.

PHONE RINGS

Hello.

No. Gilmore.

Good morning to you too.

It's Forensic.

I certainly have. Fire away.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Thank you very much.

Nothing on the bag or the bike,

On The Sun there are traces of

Match that and we're in business.

DOG BARKING

Get on with it. The place is empty.

Not with that thing

Yes, all right.

Meow, meow, meow!

Go on, get on with it!

Analysis of the newspaper

Brown, grey undercoat

The analysis of the sample taken

showed three identical layers,

So we have proof that the paper

Yes, but we can't prove that it

If they'd come up

As it stands, anyone could have

Who else would want it to look like

It's the one and only reason

Yes, I'm not that slow,

I want the Hamiltons brought in

I see, sir.

Obviously you have other ideas.

You're the executive in control.

You'll want a search of the house

As they are out, you'll authorise

and a bullet through the dog?

I say this in view of that time

Have the house watched. As soon

Thank you very much, sir.

Sir, Forensic want a word.

Oh, no.

The paint-sample findings might

The tests were fine

I should have done,

was to have tested

This I've now done.

Several letter boxes came up with

How does that come about?!

Some of the houses in that area

Every four years he repaints them.

Standard colours,

So the girl herself could have

in any one of those

and then pulled it out again.

I'm saying it doesn't

GROANS OF DISAPPOINTMENT

If you'd like me to explain it

How kind of you, young man.

Please be my guest.

Did you ever see that film

Bing Crosby,

That was a nice film, that.

Good story, nice songs...

Sorry, guv.

CAR APPROACHES

My money's still on Colin Fletcher.

I interview him about the murder

..and it's like I'm selling

It's all matter-of-fact,

His wife's just died.

If anything happened to my wife,

There's no way of telling.

Some people rant and rave,

Just no way of telling.

Oh, Inspector.

Please come in.

Thank you.

Do you mind coming into the kitchen?

I haven't got the heating on

Please sit down.

Sorry about this. I'm going

You as well, eh?

Not the happiest of pastimes.

Can I offer you some coffee?

We found the girl's bicycle.

Thrown in a ditch

A kid had nicked it.

Between the Little Heysham turn-off

Did you see a car there

No, I don't think so.

I'm asking everyone

PHONE RINGS

92189.

Hello, Peter.

Fine. How are you?

I'm just going through

Yes, but it has to be done,

Sunday? Nothing at all.

Yes, that would be very nice.

One o'clock Sunday.

Bye, Peter.

Sorry about that.

Anything else I can help with?

When you took Paula to school, what

Went in my car. I have an estate.

Of course you do.

Thank you, sir.

You any good at tying parcels?

Hopeless.

My wife used to wrap

My parcels looked like unmade beds.

Blow that smoke in my face,

Naughty, naughty!

Here we go. About bloody time.

I'm not too sure I like this.

I mean us in here.

He won't.

Who ordered the vindaloo?

Me.

If the heating had been on

Right, where was I?

My money's still on Fletcher.

He's at his wife's funeral

He's got a grandstand view of

Later, he needs

Who'd think of looking there?

If it hadn't been for

He didn't meet Paula in the morning.

I know. But don't forget

You saying he went to the funeral,

That's exactly what I'm saying.

Where's your motive?

I don't know where he killed her,

And that completes the case

I don't believe what I'm seeing.

Believe it, otherwise

He'll go apeshit.

Don't just stand there. Pop out

Just had a call from Mrs Compton.

There's an intruder and her hubby's

Inspector! Over here.

They found him inside.

We presume he's the householder.

It's Compton all right.

What's left of him.

Let's get away from here.

Tell me what happened.

We radioed for the fire brigade.

We had a look round

You went in there? No.

Where is she now?

What happened to the sprinklers?

Get in touch with the hospital.

Already in hand, sir. All cars

Well done, son.

Didn't expect to see you here.

Come on. What do you reckon?

We went to bed just after ten.

George had had an early start

I woke up suddenly, I don't

He was by the window.

He said there was someone outside

I was to phone the police.

I asked him not to but he said

I was to stay in and lock the door.

I waited, and then I heard shouting

Then it all went quiet again.

Something made me open the bedroom

I could hardly see,

and all the time I was calling for

I got to the door and into the

I was calling out for George.

I went round the side

And he was...

He was lying there by the table.

I called out to him...

..but he couldn't hear me.

Then I was screaming and screaming.

And then...nothing.

I should have made him

I should have stopped him.

No more. She's had enough.

Although it's only three days

'..my officers have been working

to bring the perpetrator

An arrest will be made shortly.'

Oh, yeah?

Ah... Look, um...

GURGLING

KNOCK AT DOOR

Thought you'd like to know. Hanlon

Whoopee (!) Don't say

Bill, organise me a search warrant.

Good morning, sir. I have a warrant

in connection

Excuse me, sir.

Well?

You never know, Sergeant...

I wonder if you'd be good enough

And the boot, please, sir.

Excuse me, please, sir.

Wait a minute.

What's that?

Come and look at this,

She was proud of her charm bracelet.

Perhaps you could explain how it

Watch someone slowly dying

With the smell of death

There comes a time when

You get frightened.

You get lonely, and you need...

..need reassurance

that the juices are still flowing.

That the old man on the white horse

In my case, it was work. Still is.

Damn all else, to be honest.

In your case, it was a 15-year-old

because, as luck would have it,

she was in need of

That's what happened, isn't it?

And if I'd been in your shoes,

You don't know, do you?

You just don't know.

When I came back after the funeral

She'd let herself in the back door.

We keep a key in the shed.

I asked her what she was doing

and she said

She didn't want to go to school

She was very upset

I suppose...

I suppose I didn't want

She was starving,

so I gave her something out of

She told me about Colin, her

and how she couldn't bear the idea

And how she wanted to punish them,

Then she began to cry.

I put my arms around her,

And she was kissing me.

I wanted to stop her,

But...

It was her first time.

And afterwards...

I was so ashamed.

But she...

She was dancing around, laughing.

She was in a kind of hysteria.

She said she'd stay here

And then...

Then she went to the dressing table

and started

"Look, look," she said.

"I'm just like her, I'm a woman.

And she lay on the bed, naked, with

It was grotesque

that she must never tell anyone.

Suddenly she was screaming

That I'd told her to come here

He'd heard her on the phone.

She'd pretended to make a call,

She was banging on the window

And I pulled her away and

..and all I wanted to do

I put my hands...

..around her neck.

I didn't mean to kill her.

As God is my witness,

And that night,

On your way you noticed a paper

sticking out of

You realised if you could get rid

it would look as though

Yes.

Very clever thinking,

It was an accident

and I'll live with it

So will her parents, sir,

It's all 'ifs', isn't it?

If we hadn't had a row

If Colin hadn't joined

If it hadn't come on to rain

It's all 'ifs'.

What time will Mr Fletcher be back?

I'd like to have a word with him.

He won't be back. He's gone.

It would never have worked out.

I never did trust him.

Maybe if I'd never met him...

There you go, you see.

I just thought I'd double-check.

15 little silver charms.

All present and correct.

Is that a fact?

That is a fact.

Well, well. I wonder

You took one hell of a chance there.

Is Mrs Compton here?

Good. Cos I'm just about

Mrs Compton,

We've had a terrific stroke of luck.

This bloke that's been threatening

Laurence Tidyman.

We've got him. Last night.

He's confessed to everything.

We need you to identify him.

I'm not sure... Don't be afraid.

You're saying this is the man,

Yes.

Sorry?

That's funny, Sergeant. We've got

Er, Zoltan Pimoninski.

He died in a road accident.

Over here from Hungary,

Oh, and he didn't speak

You tell a very good story,

A bit too good for my taste.

You know

Give us a drop of caviar

I went to the bank the other day.

He left your husband's file out

while he went

And him knowing

Your husband was badly in debt.

You've got creditors galore

and the business took a nose dive

My bank manager is a bit of a cynic.

He said the only way to save it

would be to have a nice little

We've had the big fire.

I know nothing about the finances.

Then let me enlighten you.

The house and contents

Your husband had two

You're a lucky woman.

The way I understand it,

him being long on charm,

Very unnerving for you.

Quite frankly, my dear,

I don't think that you give a damn

A providential fire,

business on the rocks,

No insurance company would pay out.

So you invent a weirdo who makes

You even get us involved

It was George's idea.

I wanted nothing to do with it.

I believe you.

Or I would have done if I hadn't

Your husband suffered

According to the pathologist,

he was unconscious before the fire

So apart from

..who else stood to gain the most

and leaving him to die in the fire?

You think about it, Mrs Compton.

Forensic are at Bell's place.

Some hair, fibres from the sweater

It'll stand up, don't worry.

And this woman, this Mrs...

Compton, pronounced Cumpton?

She'll cough, given time.

In both cases you acted

I knew they'd done it

Necessity being the mother of

To operate efficiently

I used more than intuition. At least

That's a joke, sir.

Let me have both reports in writing.

Just a minute.

Can you...

Can you smell something?

Like what, sir?

Curry?

(SNIFFS)

I think it's this fire, sir.

Definitely the fire, sir.

Well?

One, she did it cos George was

Two, she wants a solicitor.

Then she shall have one.

Give her a cup of tea.

All right, Mrs C?

But no sugar.

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