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After his invalid brother drowns in his remote garden pond, Tom Carter hires Hetty to investigate his housekeeper, whom he suspects of larceny. Starring: Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan, Derek Benfield.
After his invalid brother drowns in his remote garden pond, Tom Carter hires Hetty to investigate his housekeeper, whom he suspects of larceny. Starring: Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan, Derek Benfield.
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00:00The End
00:30Whenever you're ready, Mr. Carter.
00:33Thank you, Ella.
02:12Wayne Thropp Detective Agency.
02:17Geoffrey, I'm on the phone!
02:20I'm so sorry about that.
02:25My assistant's practising.
02:28How can I help you?
02:30James Carter.
02:31You remember.
02:32He was found dead in his garden pond last month.
02:35Oh, yes.
02:36In fact...
02:37I'm off to Janet's.
02:39Oh, planning to give her a bit of a tune, are we?
02:41Thought I might.
02:42Sure enjoy that.
02:43There we are.
02:45The inquest was yesterday.
02:48Accidental death.
02:49Sue, was that on the phone?
02:50His brother, Harry.
02:51What did he want?
02:53That, Robert, is what I'm about to find out.
02:56So, Geoffrey.
02:57Oh, only I've arranged to see Janet, you see.
03:00Oh, well, I'll have to manage on my own then.
03:02But you can drop me off on your way.
03:04Come on.
03:04Presumably, you've heard of my brother's death.
03:16He fell into a pond in his garden, I understand.
03:19Did he?
03:23Look, I was just about to pour myself a glass of wine.
03:27May I offer you one?
03:28Something stronger, perhaps?
03:30It's a bit early for me, Mr Carter.
03:32But I wouldn't say no to a cup of tea.
03:37So what exactly are you telling me, Mr Carter?
03:41That you don't think this was an accident?
03:47My brother was in very poor health, Mrs Wainthrop.
03:51He was due to go into hospital at any time for a bypass.
03:56What he was doing, standing by a pool at least 100 yards from his house,
04:00I can't imagine.
04:01Did you tell the police this?
04:03Yes.
04:05They said there was no indication of foul play of any kind.
04:09You're not suggesting suicide, I take it?
04:13Of course not.
04:15Because if it's murder we're on about,
04:17I have to tell you here and now that that's definitely police business.
04:22But it isn't my brother's death I want you to investigate, Mrs Wainthrop.
04:27It's her.
04:29Her?
04:31Ella Parsons.
04:33His so-called housekeeper.
04:34Really knocked you out, didn't I?
04:52Sorry, Geoff.
04:53I've just got a lot on me mind.
04:56Like what, for instance?
04:57Well, the fact that I could be homeless this time next week.
05:00I thought, what with this new job, all that was sorted.
05:03Well, I won't see any money for weeks yet, will I?
05:06Most of me redundancy's already been spent.
05:09And besides, even with a regular job again,
05:11it's more than I can manage on my own.
05:13Have you thought of advertising for somebody?
05:17Yeah.
05:18But you never really know who you're going to end up with, do you?
05:20What you really want if you're sharing is somebody you already know, isn't it?
05:28You mean like a mate?
05:31Ideally.
05:31Somebody you've shared with before.
05:35Right.
05:37I don't suppose you can think of anybody, can you?
05:42Not offhand, Janet.
05:44But I'll certainly give it some thought.
05:47Right.
05:48Underneath that serene exterior,
05:53she's devious, unscrupulous, and manipulative.
05:56And I have reason to believe that for the past two years,
05:59Ella Parsons has been systematically robbing my brother.
06:02Robbing him?
06:04Well, my brother is an inveterate collector, Mrs. Wainthrop.
06:07I mean, coins, stamps, jade.
06:11And since his death, certain items have gone missing.
06:15You have mentioned this to the police.
06:17Oh, no.
06:18Oh, no, no, no, no.
06:20Oh, no, quite apart from anything else,
06:22I felt I should check it out myself first.
06:26So, will you take the case?
06:31Oh, we'll certainly check out Mrs. Parsons for you.
06:35If I could have a few details.
06:37Is she from this area?
06:41Yorkshire.
06:42Apart from that, Harry Carter doesn't seem to know much else about her.
06:45Hmm.
06:46Better get our skates on, then.
06:47She won't be around much longer with her former boss dead and buried.
06:51Dead, Robert, but not necessarily buried.
06:54You what?
06:54If the inquest was yesterday, they'd probably only just release the body.
06:58Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery.
07:07He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower.
07:11He fleeth, as it were, a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
07:16In the midst of life, we are in death.
07:19Of whom may we seek for succour but of thee, O Lord,
07:23who for our sins art justly displeased.
07:34Oh, thanks very much, Geoffrey.
07:37She's not back, then?
07:39Not yet, no.
07:40Something on your mind, is there, Geoffrey?
07:49No.
07:57I have this mate, mind you, with a bit of a problem.
08:02Oh.
08:02He has this girlfriend with this flat, you see.
08:11Oh, he has?
08:13Only, she can't afford to keep it on.
08:17Not on her own, like.
08:20And now she's on at him.
08:22That is, this mate of mine.
08:24To move in with her.
08:30I mean, she's not exactly asked him straight out, like,
08:33but he can see that's what she's hinting at.
08:38I see.
08:40I mean, purely to split the cost, like.
08:43To being able to live as cheaply as one is it worth.
08:46That's right.
08:47Only, he has this, well, aunt and uncle
08:56who he lives with at present
08:59and he doesn't think they'd approve.
09:03Hmm.
09:03Difficult.
09:05I'll say.
09:08I suppose at the end of the day,
09:10it is up to him, Geoffrey.
09:13Well, I'd have said so, yeah.
09:15I presume he is over 21.
09:18Well, no, he isn't.
09:19You see, that's the other thing.
09:21But he's old enough.
09:23I mean, to make up his own mind about these things.
09:26Right.
09:28And I would have thought,
09:30without knowing any of the parties concerned, of course.
09:33Of course.
09:34That this uncle would understand that,
09:37being a man of the world
09:39and seeing the sheer practicalities of the situation.
09:43Right.
09:45But that still does leave the aunt, I suppose.
09:53Right.
09:53Mrs. Parsons, isn't it?
10:09That's right.
10:10I'm Hattie Wainthrop, a friend of Harry Carter's.
10:13Oh, yes.
10:13I gather you're from Yorkshire.
10:15Harrogate.
10:16Very nice.
10:17I wouldn't say it was all that nice, Mrs. Wainthrop.
10:20Not where we lived, anyway.
10:21The accident must have been a terrible shock for you.
10:26Yes, it was.
10:27Whatever happened, do you think?
10:29I can only assume he tripped and fell in and couldn't get out again.
10:36It is quite deep, that pool, and overgrown.
10:39Where does this leave you now?
10:42Well, Mr. Carter has asked me to stay on for a few weeks,
10:46just until everything's sorted out.
10:48But, um, after that, I, uh...
10:51Quite a feast, Ella.
10:54You've done him proud.
10:55And now, if you'll excuse me, I'd better organise some coffee.
11:03It's mutual, then.
11:06Your feelings for one another.
11:11Would you like to see where my brother was found?
11:14I thought it was a robbery.
11:15I was investigating Mr. Carter.
11:17Not a death.
11:18It never does any harm, though, Mrs. Wainthrop,
11:21having a complete picture.
11:30It's a bit, uh, smelly.
11:34He'd let things go somewhat, I'm afraid.
11:38How deep is it?
11:39Six feet, I suppose.
11:43Certainly deep enough to drown in.
11:46He couldn't swim, I take it.
11:48He always hated water.
11:53Where was Mrs. Parsons that afternoon?
11:57Well, gone to the shops, she says.
12:01When did she last see him alive?
12:04A couple of hours earlier.
12:06She said she served him his lunch
12:08and left him there eating it.
12:12What did she think he was doing this far from the house?
12:16She said he often came down here
12:19when he wanted to think.
12:21Did he?
12:23Possibly.
12:32Cape Town?
12:33You can say Johannesburg if you'd rather.
12:36Well, considering I've never been within 2,000 miles of either,
12:39I can't see that it matters.
12:41Can you?
12:41There you are, then.
12:43Whose crackpot idea was this?
12:45And what's crackpot about it?
12:47How's my posing as James Carter's South African cousin
12:51going to help us?
12:52It gains you legitimate access to the house, Robert.
12:57And then you can have a good route round
12:58when she's out of the way.
13:00Access to the house?
13:02Your story is that you've already made an offer on the place
13:05and Harry Carter has accepted it.
13:09And because your family got it,
13:12he's agreed to let you stay on
13:14until the estate's been properly sorted out.
13:18Oh, and your name's Tate, by the way.
13:20Robert Tate.
13:22How's your South African accent, Mr. Wainthrow?
13:25Non-existent.
13:26Oh, that's no problem.
13:29You originally came from round here
13:30and you're one of those people who never lost his local twat.
13:33And when's all this supposed to happen?
13:35The sooner the better.
13:36So you'd best both go and get packed.
13:39Both, Mrs. Wainthrow?
13:41Somebody's got to push the wheelchair.
13:44Wheelchair?
13:45You've been confined to one
13:47ever since your riding accident on the veldt, right?
13:52There was a stair left at that house.
13:54That's what gave me the idea.
13:55But what advantage is there
13:59in me being confined to a wheelchair?
14:02For a start,
14:03it's a perfect excuse to have Jeffrey with you.
14:07Oh, and Mr. Carter's agreed to provide a car.
14:10And what are you going to be doing all this time?
14:12I'm checking out one or two things with DCI Adams.
14:29Not bad, is it, Mr. Wainthrow?
14:31Having your own chauffeur-driven roller for a couple of days?
14:35I can't think of places I'd rather be at this moment.
14:42Oh, Jeffrey, you don't have to go raving, man.
15:04Ah, Mrs. Parsons, I presume?
15:07That's right.
15:08Robert Tate.
15:10Harry did warn you.
15:11Oh, yes.
15:15Accidental death, according to the coroner.
15:17And there's no doubt in anybody's mind
15:19that it was an accident.
15:21None at all.
15:22Why?
15:23What's your interest in Carter's death?
15:25His brother Harry's asked me to look into it.
15:28Really?
15:29Do you think he's being paranoid?
15:32I certainly don't believe the housekeeper
15:33pushed him in and held him under.
15:35That's what he more or less tried to suggest to us.
15:37But did you check her out?
15:40Not even a parking ticket.
15:42I take it Cousin Harry told you I'll be buying the house?
15:45Of course.
15:46Did he also tell you I'll be looking for a housekeeper
15:49once things have been finalised, that is?
15:51He didn't, no.
15:53Well, what are your own plans now?
15:56I don't know that I've made any as yet, Mr. Tate.
15:59It's all been such a shock.
16:01I'm sure.
16:02I was wondering if he'd be interested in staying.
16:05If we finally get on, that is.
16:07That's very nice of you, Mr. Tate,
16:09but you hardly know me.
16:12Oh, but I do, Mrs. Parsons.
16:14Oh?
16:14James often spoke of you in his letters
16:16and always very warmly.
16:19Oh, well, that's nice.
16:22He never mentioned you to me, I'm afraid.
16:25I'd always understood his brother was his only surviving family.
16:28Oh, well, I suppose we're not cousins as such.
16:33More half-cousins, really.
16:35I see.
16:37Well, why don't we both think about it, eh?
16:40Yes.
16:42And now, if you'd like to come up,
16:44I'll show you your rooms, shall I?
16:46So far, so good.
16:48As the man said as he jumped off Blackpool Tower.
16:52As you can see, there is a lift.
16:58Not that Mr. Carter used it much.
17:02He seemed to regard it as an admission of defeat.
17:05Oh, not a great follower of doctor's orders, are you, James?
17:09Not really, no.
17:10Oh.
17:10Oh.
17:11Oh.
17:13Oh.
17:14Oh.
17:14That probably explains why you went into the garden that day.
17:21More than likely.
17:23Thanks.
17:25Right, then.
17:26Whenever you're ready, boss.
17:34Whenever you're ready, Geoffrey.
17:36Pardon?
17:37The chair.
17:38The chair.
17:39Sorry.
17:44All right for you?
17:55Oh, yes.
17:55Lovely.
17:56In that case, if you'll excuse me, I'll organise some lunch.
18:00All right.
18:04Well, now, just stand there, Geoffrey.
18:05Go and fetch the bags.
18:06Yes, sir.
18:13Ah.
18:13All right for you?
18:14My favourite, Mrs. Parsons.
18:17And mine.
18:18You'll find yours in the kitchen, Geoffrey.
18:21Oh, right.
18:32Yummy.
18:32Oh, thanks.
18:41About your offer, Mr. Tate.
18:43Oh, yes.
18:44Would it be on the same terms as Mr. Carter's?
18:47Well, of course.
18:49In that case, I might well be interested.
18:51Good.
18:52And, er, thanks very much.
18:57Oh, and, er, if you could lay your hands on any references,
19:02the ones you provided for James would do.
19:04But, of course.
19:05Robert, how's it going?
19:32Well, she's agreed to stay on.
19:34Good.
19:35Well, isn't it?
19:39Just as long as I never have to explain that there isn't really a jog at all.
19:44We'll worry about that when we come to it.
19:46Did she find you any references?
19:50Oh, that was quick.
19:51She's a very organised lady.
19:54Both from addresses in Harrogate.
19:56Yes, she said she came from there.
19:58What else did you manage to find out?
20:01Not a lot, except that she's a terrific cook.
20:05Lovely roast beef for lunch.
20:07Oh, that's nice for you.
20:10How's Geoffrey doing?
20:11Also eating royally, I trust?
20:15Not quite as royally.
20:17Where is he, anyway?
20:18Gone to see Janet.
20:20Incidentally, has he mentioned this mate of his to you yet?
20:25Mate of his?
20:26Not a bad old banger, I suppose, if you're into flash.
20:40So, have you found anyone to share your flat with yet?
20:46Afraid not.
20:47Have you thought of anyone?
20:50Afraid not.
20:51So, you think these may be forgeries?
20:56No family called Houghton or Fraudsham
20:59are living at either of these addresses at the moment.
21:02And it is a bit of a coincidence
21:04if both of them have moved within the last two years.
21:07But not impossible?
21:09Of course not.
21:11Well, why can't you simply ring the people who live there now
21:14and ask them?
21:15If I had their names, I could.
21:17You can't get a number out of directory inquiries
21:20without giving them a name.
21:23Ah.
21:24So?
21:25So, I'll have to go over to Harrogate and check.
21:28Well, the sooner the better.
21:33I could get used to this, Mrs. Winfrog.
21:36What, at ten miles to the gallon?
21:43Incidentally, I didn't tell you about this mate of mine, did I?
21:47Oh, what mate might this be?
21:50Geoffrey.
21:54Geoffrey's out, is he?
21:56Er, day off.
21:58Oh.
21:59Will he be all right on your own if I pop down to the shops for an hour?
22:02Oh, yes.
22:04In that case, I'll see you later.
22:06Right.
22:06What would you advise him to do, Mrs. Winfrog?
22:11Oh, I'm sure I'd be the last person this mate of yours would turn to for advice, Geoffrey.
22:16But if it was you who was asking, hmm?
22:21Yeah.
22:21I'd say the one person he'd be most likely to have trouble with would be his uncle.
22:30They can become very staid, men of that age.
22:35But you think his auntie would be more broad-minded about it?
22:39Oh, in my experience, women are much more realistic about these things than men are.
22:44Right.
22:47As long as he makes it quite clear, of course, that it's just the rent they're sharing.
22:54Right.
22:55It's just the rent.
23:25It's just the rent.
23:55It's just the rent.
24:55Only me, Mr. Tate. I forgot my purse.
25:04Oh, dear.
25:06Are you all right, Mr. Tate?
25:09Huh?
25:10You seem a bit breathless.
25:13Oh, it's the, um...
25:15It's the Lancashire climate.
25:17After Africa. It gets to me chest a bit.
25:25Hello?
25:29Oh, come on.
25:48Oh, come on.
26:18Oh, come on.
26:25Oh.
26:25Oh, come on.
26:32Oh, come on.
26:39Oh, come on.
26:40Oh, come on.
26:42Nobody called Howton lives here.
26:44Has anybody called Howton never lived here?
26:47No, I don't think so.
26:48Well, not for the last ten years.
26:50That's how long we've been here.
26:51Well, I'm sorry I've bothered you.
26:54So?
26:55They've never heard of anyone called Frodsham at Trenchyard Crescent, Mrs. Wainthrop.
27:13Well, there's a surprise.
27:14Well, there's a surprise.
27:15Still not back then, young Geoffrey?
27:30Uh, not yet, no.
27:33He's a lucky boy.
27:35To be given the use of a car like that on his day off.
27:38Well, not much use to me, really.
27:41Without Geoffrey to drive me.
27:43And he's a good lad, you know.
27:45Totally trustworthy.
27:46And local, too, from his accent.
27:50Uh, well, I booked him through an agency before I left South Africa.
27:54He was here waiting for me when I arrived.
27:57You don't sound all that South African yourself, Mr. Tate.
28:01No, well, it was something I prided myself in when I was over there, my northern accent.
28:06Never could stand it when people arrived from the old country and in no time at all were talking as though they were born there.
28:13Which part of South Africa were you living in?
28:17Johannesburg.
28:18Or rather, Joburg, as we used to call it.
28:21I have a friend there.
28:25Really?
28:26She lives in a place called, what was it again, Hillbrow.
28:31No.
28:32That's where I lived, Hillbrow.
28:34Good Lord.
28:36Small world, eh?
28:37Isn't it, though?
28:40Well, you must be bored out of your mind, stuck inside all day.
28:44Would a breath of fresh air help?
28:46Why not?
28:58That's where they found it.
29:00Yes.
29:05Are you warm enough?
29:07I think so.
29:11Will you be all right for a few minutes while I put the kettle on?
29:13Yes, that sounds like a wonderful idea.
29:17I'll leave you to it, then.
29:19It's the night.
29:19Then what was the Started Boxel?
29:23Maybe.
29:24Okay, so they did notebooks of water Frassier's talk.
29:24Snapdragon Dev�олн.
29:26Whenever we started, then we went for wildlife.
29:28Whatever.
29:33Bye-bye.
29:36Bye.
29:38Bye-bye.
29:39Bye-bye.
29:40Bye-bye.
29:40Peace Rabbi.
29:42Bye-bye.
29:42Bye-bye.
29:43Bye-bye.
29:43Thank-bye.
29:43Bye-bye.
29:44Bye-bye.
29:45Bye-bye.
29:45Bye-bye.
29:46Right, Geoffrey, I want you to give Robert a ring
29:54and warn him we'll need to have a meeting to bring him up to date.
30:01That is, if he can bear to be dragged away
30:03from Mrs. Parsons' cordon bleu cooking for an evening.
30:16PHONE RINGS
30:23Stapleton Hall?
30:24Hi, Mrs. Parsons, it's Geoff. Is Mr. Tate there, please?
30:27I'm afraid he's out in the garden at the moment. Can I take a message?
30:32Just tell him I'll be back soon, will you?
30:34Are you sure I can't get him to call you?
30:36No, no, I'm in the payphone. Bye.
30:46PHONE RINGS
30:54Oh!
30:55PHONE RINGS
30:58Wayne from Detective Agency.
31:00PHONE RINGS
31:13Who was that?
31:14Dunno, they put the phone down.
31:16Wrong number, obviously.
31:17Well, you know what to do, don't you?
31:19Dial 1471 and they'll tell you who it was who rang.
31:23PHONE RINGS
31:29Hello.
31:30It's me.
31:31Hi, Janet.
31:32Erm, I just wondered if you'd had any thoughts yet?
31:35Thoughts?
31:36About this flat business.
31:38Oh, er, look, it's a bit awkward at the moment. Can I ring you back?
31:42OK.
31:43OK.
31:44See you then.
31:45PHONE RINGS
31:46Will you tell DCI Adams the references are forgeries?
32:00Well, I think before we do, we need to find out a bit more about Ella Parsons.
32:12And how do you intend to do that, Mrs. Wainthrop?
32:15Oh, it isn't how I intend to do it, Geoffrey. It's how you intend to do it.
32:19That's Mr. Tate's cocoa, is it, Mrs. Parsons?
32:30That's right.
32:31I'll take it up for him if you like.
32:34Very well.
32:35Thanks.
32:36Ah.
32:37Nothing like a nice cup of hot cocoa to help you sleep.
32:40Only not this one, I'm afraid, Mr. Wainthrop.
32:41Geoffrey.
32:42Geoffrey!
32:43Geoffrey!
32:44Geoffrey!
32:45Shush!
32:46Shush!
32:47Dabs, Mr. Wainthrop.
32:50A perfect set, I'd say.
32:51You've found something out, haven't you, Mrs. Wainthrop?
32:53Ah, well, I've got to go on so far are suspicions.
32:57The minute they become something else, they get to the heart of me, I'm not.
32:58It's a good point.
32:59Not that it gets to the heart of me.
33:00And there's nothing like a nice cup of hot cocoa to help you sleep.
33:03Only not this one, I'm afraid, Mr. Wainthrop.
33:05Geoffrey!
33:06Geoffrey!
33:07Geoffrey!
33:08Geoffrey!
33:09Shush!
33:10Dabs, Mr. Wainthrop.
33:11A perfect set, I'd say.
33:12You've found something out, haven't you, Mrs. Wainthrop?
33:14All I've got to go on so far are suspicions.
33:17The minute they become something else, believe me, you'll be the first to know.
33:23You better have very good grounds for asking me to do this.
33:27I've been accused of lots of things in the past few years, Chief Inspector.
33:31But wasting police time has never been one of them.
33:38Her name isn't Ella Parsons. It's Anna Lisko.
33:41She got nine months for robbery a few years back.
33:44And GBH on the policeman who arrested her.
33:48Oh, and she isn't married either, by the way.
33:51Perhaps it's just as well.
33:53All right, Geoffrey, you can drop me a Chez Renoir.
33:57Chez Renoir?
33:58That's right. I'm lunching with Mr Carter.
34:02I know.
34:06So she's not only a fraud, she's a pretty dangerous one too.
34:11It seems like it.
34:12And what did the police say about that?
34:16Oh, DCI Adams was all for pulling her in at once, of course.
34:21Until I talked him out of it.
34:23How did you manage that?
34:26By pointing out that they'd blow our cover
34:28and miss their chance of nailing her
34:31for something far more serious than falsifying references.
34:37We've got 24 hours to come up with something.
34:41After that, it's out of our hands.
34:47Thank you, George.
34:48If she has been helping herself to items from the house,
34:56isn't it likely she's still at it?
34:58It's a possibility.
35:00And if she is,
35:01how has she been disposing of the stuff?
35:04Bit risky, I would have thought.
35:06Touting for a fence in an area you're not familiar with.
35:09Much better to stash the stuff
35:13and then get rid of it on home turf, so to speak.
35:17She made regular trips to Yorkshire,
35:20allegedly to visit relatives.
35:22If she is hiding it around the house,
35:26it certainly isn't in her room.
35:28There must have been lots of other places,
35:31outhouses and such.
35:34Places my brother wouldn't dream of going into.
35:37Worth checking, I would have thought.
35:47Right, Mr Tate, I'm off.
35:49Back about tea time.
35:51Going somewhere nice?
35:52Just to the cinema.
35:54See you later, then.
35:58Right, Robert, you make a start on the garages.
36:07Geoffrey, have a sniff round the attic.
36:09I'll check the back.
36:28I'll see you later.
36:39I don't know.
37:09I've found something interesting, have you, Mrs. Wainthrop?
37:35These yours, by any chance?
37:39They certainly look familiar.
37:47And they're damp as well.
37:50No prizes for guessing how they got like that.
37:54And if there's smells anything to go by.
37:56Oh?
37:57The pond, Mrs. Parsons?
37:59The one James Carter drowned in?
38:03Or should I call you Miss Lithgow?
38:08Oh, you're obviously very good, Mrs. Wainthrop.
38:13I must remember to consult the Wainthrop Detective Agency myself next time I need somebody.
38:18Okay.
38:19Presumably you're working for Harry Carter.
38:22Yes, I am.
38:24And the only person you'll be consulting in the near future, I dare say, will be a solicitor.
38:28When the police have seen this little lot, are these the clothes you were wearing on the day he drowned?
38:34I'm sorry?
38:35What happened, Miss Lithgow?
38:36Did he prove to be more of a handful than you thought he would?
38:42Which is why you both ended up in the water.
38:45You think I drowned him?
38:46Did you?
38:47You're mad.
38:48Let's see if the police think I am sure.
38:52No.
38:53At least not until you've heard what I have to say.
38:55Why on earth should I want to drown him, Mrs. Wainthrop?
38:57Good grief woman.
38:58I only just agreed to marry him.
39:03Married?
39:04To my brother?
39:06The original confirmed bachelor?
39:10That's ridiculous.
39:11Even confirmed bachelors have been known to get married, Mr. Carter.
39:15Not my brother, Mrs. Wainthrop.
39:17He was terrified of women.
39:19Always had been.
39:20Anyway, where is La Parsons or Lithgow or whatever she's calling herself nowadays?
39:24Safely locked away, I hope.
39:26Upstairs in her room.
39:29But the police are on their way.
39:47These are for you, Mrs. Wainthrop.
39:55If you're half as good a detective as I suspect you are, I think you might just find them interesting.
40:00Oh, and by the way, Mr. Wainthrop, next time you pretend you're from Johannesburg, don't tell people you're from Hillbrow, will you?
40:16My black friend who lives there says you'd look most out of place.
40:19Thanks.
40:20Thanks.
40:21You're welcome.
40:21Thanks.
40:21Thanks.
40:22You're welcome.
40:39I think that just about covers it, don't you?
41:06Thanks very much.
41:07Thank you very much, Mrs. Weintraub, for a job well done.
41:14Oh, were we just lucky, Mr. Carter?
41:18You must admit, it was pretty lucky.
41:21Finding that damp clothing, I couldn't understand it, really.
41:25How do you mean?
41:27Well, Anna Lithgow, leaving it lying around like that.
41:32Little bit careless for such a careful woman.
41:37Well, presumably, she never in a million years thought that anybody would come looking for it.
41:44She claims that the clothes had gone missing from her room within the last few days.
41:49She was proposing to wear that skirt for the funeral and took it to be dry cleaned.
41:56When she came to put it on on the morning of the funeral, it had gone.
42:01That and the blouse I found.
42:04That's what she said, isn't it?
42:07Oh, and she can prove it.
42:10You see, that skirt was dropped off at the cleaners, oh, less than a week ago.
42:15With some curtains.
42:18Being a meticulous housekeeper, she kept the receipt for the household accounts.
42:25This is the receipt.
42:28As you see, the list of items includes a skirt.
42:32Well, there's nothing here that says it was the skirt that you found.
42:40They do remember it, though, at the cleaners.
42:45Oh, you, Carter, isn't anybody associated with you.
42:49With the talk of the town at the time.
42:54So what does all this prove?
42:57It's not so much what it proves, Mr. Carter, as what it suggests.
43:03Suggests?
43:05That that clothing was deliberately planted for me to find
43:11by the same person who put the idea into my head
43:14of searching the outbuildings.
43:17Now you're being ridiculous, Mrs. Waintrop.
43:21Am I?
43:23You and your brother had a big row the night before he drowned, didn't you?
43:26You could be heard all over the house.
43:29That's what she told you, is it?
43:30What was the row about, Mr. Carter?
43:34Had he just told you he was going to get married to her, of all people?
43:39And you could see your entire inheritance being lost to her?
43:43That's preposterous.
43:46Do you know what I think happened?
43:49I think you came back the following day to take it up with him again.
43:55When he found her out shopping.
43:59And him all alone by that pond.
44:03This time the row got out of hand.
44:05He ended up in the water and you'd just left him there.
44:09That's an outrageous thing to say.
44:12You'd have got away with it too, if you'd simply taken the money and run.
44:17But it wasn't enough for you, was it?
44:19You had to get even with her as well.
44:22It was all her fault.
44:24If she hadn't come into your lives, he'd no need to have died, had he?
44:32Poetic justice.
44:35Fitting her up for his murder.
44:38You can't prove a word of this, Mrs. Wainthrop.
44:40Not one word.
44:43Perhaps I can't.
44:46But then, I don't need to, do I?
44:51As I told you, we don't do murder, Mr. Carter.
44:55We leave that to the police.
44:58But I don't think they'll have much trouble over this one.
45:03Uh-uh.
45:06Whoever planted that clothing must have left fingerprints all over that greenhouse door.
45:15Had a bit of a job getting it open.
45:19If they turn out to be your fingerprints, whatever were you doing in that particular greenhouse of all places?
45:30Have you outlined your theory to the police yet, Mrs. Wainthrop?
45:34I was just about to, as a matter of fact.
45:38Were you really?
45:49A bit late for that, I think, sir.
45:57Already what you might call done and dusted, that door.
46:00So what happened to your roller?
46:14Oh, he's back with the real owner, I'm afraid.
46:17Not that he'll be doing much driving, mind you.
46:20So, have you sorted out this little problem?
46:23Problem solved, Geoffrey.
46:25Oh.
46:27What niggles me is the way he tried to use us to frame that poor woman.
46:34His fatal mistake, Robert.
46:36Never underestimate a Wainthrop.
46:39Right, love?
46:40And we got paid.
46:42Well, I suppose, if nothing else, I had a taste of the high life.
46:47As for that roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.
46:49I had the duck at the Chez Renoir and a very nice shabbley.
46:56Not that it was a laughing matter, mind.
47:00You could have been in real danger facing a murderer like that.
47:03In future, when we say no murders, we mean it, OK?
47:07And before you tell me again that it wasn't a murder we were investigating,
47:11don't even start.
47:13All right?
47:14All right, Robert.
47:15You're early.
47:16I fancied an early night.
47:17I thought you were supposed to be seeing Janet.
47:18I've seen Janet.
47:19You two haven't had a row, have you?
47:21Of course not.
47:22And how's this mate of yours getting on with that little problem he was having?
47:48All sorted.
47:49All?
47:50Well, it seems his girlfriend found somebody else to share the flat with.
47:57Some other fella.
48:01So, like Janet said, problem solved.
48:07Oh dear.
48:15Oh dear.