Spider's Web. (1960 film)

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When an intruder is killed in her house, the comfortable life of Clarissa Hailsham-Browne is turned upside-down.  Glynis Johns as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown John Justin as Henry Hailsham-Brown Jack Hulbert as Sir Rowland Delahaye Cicely Courtneidge as Miss Peake Ronald Howard as Jeremy David Nixon as Elgin Wendy Turner as Pippa Basil Dignam as Hugo Joan Sterndale-Bennett as Mrs Elgin Ferdy Mayne as Oliver Peter Butterworth as Inspector Lord Anton Rodgers as Sergeant Jones

Transcript

00:00:00I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

00:01:00I could murder Sir John.

00:01:05Calling you back to London right in the middle of your holiday.

00:01:08My darling, you know perfectly well that in the diplomatic service,

00:01:11neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night

00:01:13shall stay us in the proper execution of our duty.

00:01:17I'm sorry to say.

00:01:18I suppose it's another crisis.

00:01:20Who's walking out on whom this time?

00:01:23I really don't know.

00:01:24But they sounded very hush-hush and mysterious on the telephone.

00:01:27Henry?

00:01:30Mm-hmm.

00:01:31Supposing Sir John were to send you to a strange country on a secret mission?

00:01:37Yes, go on.

00:01:38And supposing you were arrested as a spy

00:01:41and shot by a firing squad, what then?

00:01:45In that case, my sweet,

00:01:48you'd be the most attractive widow in England.

00:01:52Daddy, Clarissa!

00:01:53Oh, that's Pippa.

00:01:59Are you leaving now, Pippa?

00:02:01Yes, I've got to hurry. I'll be late for the school bus.

00:02:04Goodbye, Pippa. Enjoy your lunch.

00:02:05Bye.

00:02:15Darling, I can't thank you enough

00:02:16for what you've done for Pippa.

00:02:18Oh, darling.

00:02:19She's been through such misery.

00:02:21And now she's well

00:02:22and she's happy.

00:02:27She and I get along very well.

00:02:30But do you know what I've often wondered?

00:02:32What?

00:02:33What she really thinks of me as a stepmother.

00:02:36You see,

00:02:40in fairy tales,

00:02:42stepmothers are always so beastly.

00:02:44Oh, now, really, Clarissa,

00:02:45that's nonsense.

00:02:46No, I mean it.

00:02:49Supposing

00:02:49that deep down inside,

00:02:53Pippa really resented me

00:02:54and supposing she found

00:02:56some deadly herb

00:02:58and put it in my salad one day.

00:03:03I'm sorry, darling.

00:03:05But she's been taking

00:03:06a morbid interest

00:03:08in grisly subjects

00:03:09and actually collecting books

00:03:11on voodoo and witchcraft.

00:03:13Darling, those subjects

00:03:13are more or less compulsory

00:03:14for a 12-year-old.

00:03:15Do you know what would really bother me?

00:03:17What?

00:03:18If she stopped reading

00:03:19and started supposing.

00:03:25Good morning, madam.

00:03:26Good morning, sir.

00:03:26Morning, Elgin.

00:03:27Good morning, Elgin.

00:03:28Breakfast is on the terrace.

00:03:29Have Sir Rowland

00:03:30and Mr. Warren

00:03:31a head there?

00:03:31Oh, yes, madam.

00:03:32I think they're going out.

00:03:33By the way,

00:03:34it's our night off.

00:03:35Mrs. Elgin and I

00:03:36thinking of going into Maidstone.

00:03:37Is there anything

00:03:38we can do for you?

00:03:39No, thank you.

00:03:40Very thoughtful of you.

00:03:41Have a good time.

00:03:42Thank you, madam.

00:03:44Good man, Elgin.

00:03:45His wife's

00:03:46a first-rate cook.

00:03:48Miss Peake

00:03:48doesn't think so.

00:03:50She loathes the Elgins.

00:03:51What's she got against them?

00:03:53Well, her hatred

00:03:55is founded on the fact

00:03:56that Mrs. Elgin

00:03:57does not care

00:03:58for her vegetables.

00:04:00And as Miss Peake

00:04:01was the gardener

00:04:02for the former owner

00:04:03of Copleston Court,

00:04:04she rather resents

00:04:05being criticised

00:04:06by the Elgins.

00:04:08Actually,

00:04:09she has implied

00:04:10that Elgin

00:04:11is an ex-jailbird

00:04:12masquerading

00:04:13as a butler.

00:04:15Darling,

00:04:15Miss Peake's imagination

00:04:16is almost as vivid

00:04:17as yours.

00:04:19You think

00:04:19it's imagination?

00:04:20what do you think

00:04:22she's doing now?

00:04:29What the devil

00:04:30is the woman doing?

00:04:31I'd say she's

00:04:32digging a grave

00:04:32for Mr. and Mrs. Elgin.

00:04:37You mean she's...

00:04:38Darling, I love you.

00:04:42Miss Peake

00:04:43is digging a trench

00:04:44for the potatoes

00:04:45or something.

00:04:46Oh, is that all?

00:04:48I hope your victims

00:04:49don't discover

00:04:49what you suppose

00:04:50about them.

00:04:51They'll never be

00:04:51the same again.

00:04:52Rolly.

00:04:52Hello.

00:04:53Morning, Jeremy.

00:04:54Hello, darling.

00:04:55Good morning, darling.

00:04:56Lovely day for gold.

00:04:57That's what we thought.

00:04:58Are you two playing together?

00:04:59No, no.

00:04:59Rolly's playing

00:05:00with a local JP,

00:05:01Hugo Birch.

00:05:02Oh, have a good game.

00:05:03Thank you very much indeed.

00:05:05Well, see you later.

00:05:07Bye, Jeremy.

00:05:08Bye.

00:05:10Now, what about Rolly?

00:05:11Now, he's a good subject

00:05:12to suppose about.

00:05:14He was your guardian

00:05:15for years.

00:05:15Wouldn't know her to fly.

00:05:17Ah!

00:05:17Generous.

00:05:19But supposing

00:05:20he isn't my guardian.

00:05:22Supposing he's

00:05:24an imposter

00:05:24who killed

00:05:26the real Rolly

00:05:27in my childhood.

00:05:28Oh, ho!

00:05:30You win, darling.

00:05:31Don't you want to know

00:05:32what I suppose

00:05:32about Jeremy?

00:05:33Um, yes.

00:05:34It's just time

00:05:35for one more.

00:05:36Well, supposing

00:05:36we went away together,

00:05:37what would happen then?

00:05:39Um, I don't know.

00:05:40What would?

00:05:40Well, the first time

00:05:41I supposed it,

00:05:42we were in the south

00:05:43of France,

00:05:44and you arrived,

00:05:45and you had a revolver.

00:05:46Ah, did I?

00:05:48And you said,

00:05:49if you don't come back

00:05:50to England with me,

00:05:51Clarissa...

00:05:51If you don't come back

00:05:52to England with me, Clarissa...

00:05:53I'll shoot myself.

00:05:54I'll shoot...

00:05:55I'll shoot myself?

00:05:58That was jolly decent of me.

00:05:59What did you say?

00:06:00Well, I couldn't quite

00:06:00make up my mind.

00:06:08I really must go now, darling.

00:06:11I won't be back late.

00:06:15Unless he's...

00:06:16arrested as a spy

00:06:18and shot by a firing squad.

00:06:24That, you say,

00:06:25is the Dow 42,

00:06:26the kitchen staff,

00:06:27the Coburn 27.

00:06:28Right?

00:06:29Slicely.

00:06:32Well, don't swallow the lard.

00:06:34Lufia, what are you two...

00:06:35Shhh, don't interrupt.

00:06:36The great experts on the job.

00:06:38We've got a big bet on this.

00:06:39Coburn 27,

00:06:49Dow 42,

00:06:51kitchen 55.

00:06:51You've lost,

00:06:52old boy!

00:06:53Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

00:06:54Well, darling,

00:06:55have you settled it yet?

00:06:56Yes,

00:06:57I've won and he's lost.

00:06:58You owe me five pounds.

00:06:58Oh, good.

00:06:59Well, now,

00:07:00you can take the tray

00:07:01into the dining room

00:07:02and you'll find the decanter

00:07:03on the sideboard.

00:07:05The decanter?

00:07:06Oh, yes,

00:07:06only one.

00:07:07It's all the same porch,

00:07:09you know.

00:07:10You unprincipled little...

00:07:12Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

00:07:13Stop laughing.

00:07:14Oh, I'm disgusted

00:07:16with your behaviour.

00:07:17But you look so bored.

00:07:18I thought I'd give you

00:07:19a little entertainment.

00:07:20Entertainment.

00:07:21I'll never forgive you for this.

00:07:23I've never talked to you again

00:07:24as long as I live.

00:07:25Hello, Clarissa.

00:07:32Hi, Jeremy.

00:07:33Hello, darling.

00:07:34Oh, I'm starving.

00:07:35Haven't you had your tea?

00:07:37Oh, yes,

00:07:37but that was half an hour ago.

00:07:39Can't I have something

00:07:40to last me till supper?

00:07:41All right,

00:07:41we'll see what we can find.

00:07:43Be back in a minute, Jeremy.

00:07:44Fine.

00:07:51Oh, Lord, save us.

00:07:52Here comes that peak woman.

00:07:54Now, listen.

00:07:55Try and keep your temper.

00:07:57Oh, look who's talking.

00:07:58You don't have to put up with her.

00:07:59For the last six weeks,

00:08:00I've been cooking

00:08:01that woman's puny vegetables

00:08:02for the Hanson Browns.

00:08:04Every day she comes

00:08:05barging into my kitchen

00:08:06causing trouble.

00:08:08I know, but we're stuck with her

00:08:09and we're miles from London.

00:08:11This is a stinking job.

00:08:12Let's try and make the best of it.

00:08:14Lucky to find any kind of job

00:08:15with your references.

00:08:17Here, I don't think I like that.

00:08:19Oh, try her.

00:08:23Vegetables for tomorrow's dinner.

00:08:24More like the cat's dinner,

00:08:27if you ask me.

00:08:28You have a keen sense of humour,

00:08:30Mrs Elkin.

00:08:31You need it to be married to that.

00:08:33Look at these tomatoes.

00:08:34Not fit for cooking,

00:08:35let alone eating.

00:08:36What you know about cooking

00:08:37could be stuck in a flea's navel.

00:08:40Listen to her.

00:08:41Get out of my kitchen.

00:08:42Go on out.

00:08:42It's not your kitchen.

00:08:43It's the Hilsham Browns

00:08:44and they should be more careful

00:08:46about the agency

00:08:46they get their help from.

00:08:48What?

00:08:49Oh, so you've suddenly

00:08:52come to life, Elgin.

00:08:53I can't say it's a great improvement.

00:08:56Look, don't think I don't know

00:08:57about that peculiar agency

00:08:59in London.

00:09:01Who are you to talk?

00:09:03Who knows where you came from?

00:09:05I came with the house

00:09:06and I'm staying with the house

00:09:07and that is more than I can say

00:09:08about either of you.

00:09:09Oh, so put that in your saucepan

00:09:12and burn it.

00:09:15Stomach poisoner.

00:09:17Oh!

00:09:19Do you like living in the country?

00:09:20Rather.

00:09:21Much better than London.

00:09:23This is a wizard house, Jeremy.

00:09:25It's got everything.

00:09:26It's even got a priest's home.

00:09:28A priest's home in this house?

00:09:29Yes.

00:09:30I can't believe that.

00:09:31It's the wrong sort of place altogether.

00:09:33Look, I'll show you then.

00:09:37You watch this.

00:09:39Good heavens.

00:09:45That's fantastic.

00:09:47Of course,

00:09:47it doesn't really a priest's home.

00:09:49It goes through to the library.

00:09:51Come, I'll show you.

00:09:52Yes, right.

00:09:53This is the library.

00:09:57Fantastic.

00:09:58I'll then go through this door

00:10:00and back into Troy Hill again.

00:10:04Ah, that fooled you, isn't it?

00:10:06Here, how do I close this?

00:10:07There's a switch on the side.

00:10:08Oh, yes.

00:10:13We just made it.

00:10:15You'd never guess the recess was there

00:10:16unless you knew.

00:10:17You certainly wouldn't.

00:10:18I use it all the time.

00:10:20It's the sort of place

00:10:21that would be very convenient

00:10:23for putting a dead body.

00:10:24Don't you think?

00:10:25Oh, yes.

00:10:26Yes, absolutely made for it.

00:10:32Well, I suppose we may as well

00:10:34go over to the golf house.

00:10:35Good Lord, yes.

00:10:36Yes, I've got a change.

00:10:37I'll be five minutes.

00:10:38I hope you don't mind

00:10:39dining at the club, darling.

00:10:41No, as the servants are going out,

00:10:42it seems a very sensible arrangement.

00:10:44Um, Miss Pippa,

00:10:45your supper's ready

00:10:46in the schoolroom.

00:10:47Good, I'm ready.

00:10:48Yeah, yeah, what about the cards?

00:10:49Oh, bother.

00:10:50Yes, oh, bother.

00:10:51You're a very untidy little girl.

00:10:53Uh, excuse me, madam.

00:10:55What is it, Elgin?

00:10:56Mrs. Elgin is rather upset

00:10:58about that, um, matter.

00:11:00I do hope you'll speak

00:11:01to Miss Peake about it.

00:11:03Oh, yes, of course I will.

00:11:04Thank you, madam.

00:11:05Elgin tells me

00:11:09that he isn't having

00:11:10a very friendly relationship

00:11:11with our garden.

00:11:13What?

00:11:13Curious, isn't it?

00:11:15It sounds improper

00:11:16in a pagan sort of way.

00:11:17Yes, it certainly does.

00:11:19You're very lucky,

00:11:20that couple, though.

00:11:20Where did you get them?

00:11:21From an employment agency

00:11:23in London.

00:11:24Mrs. Herschel-Brown.

00:11:25Do forgive me

00:11:26coming in like this.

00:11:27My feet are filthy.

00:11:30I mean the boots, naturally.

00:11:32I just wanted to ask you

00:11:33about the vegetables

00:11:34for tomorrow's dinner.

00:11:36By the way,

00:11:36you did speak to Mrs. Elgin

00:11:38about her rudeness.

00:11:39Not yet, Miss Peake,

00:11:40but I will.

00:11:42And if you could possibly

00:11:43persuade her to put her

00:11:44head in the gas oven,

00:11:45I should be delighted.

00:11:47That woman drives me

00:11:49start...

00:11:49Sit down, I'll answer it.

00:11:53Hello?

00:11:54Compostent Court.

00:11:55Yes?

00:11:56Is Mrs. Brown there, please?

00:11:57Yes, for you.

00:12:00Oh, I'm so sorry.

00:12:02Hello?

00:12:03Who's that speaking?

00:12:05Yes, this is Mrs...

00:12:06Hello?

00:12:08Hello?

00:12:11Very odd.

00:12:12They must have rung off.

00:12:14Mrs. Herschel-Brown,

00:12:16you will be careful

00:12:18about marks on this table,

00:12:19won't you?

00:12:20Mr. Sellon was very particular.

00:12:22Really?

00:12:23And that ornament,

00:12:25that's always kept up there.

00:12:27It's old Herschel-Brown,

00:12:28Mrs. Spode.

00:12:29Herschel-Spode.

00:12:30I don't know what's come over me today.

00:12:31I had a bit of good night, too.

00:12:34Oh, well.

00:12:35Oh, well.

00:12:36Brown-Herschel-Brown's all the same,

00:12:38really, isn't it?

00:12:38No, it is not.

00:12:39A horse-chestnut is not the same

00:12:41as a chestnut horse.

00:12:43I'm getting a ticking off.

00:12:45Well, I'll be getting along.

00:12:47Bye-bye.

00:12:48Goodbye.

00:12:49Hello, Hugo.

00:12:50How does Henry get on with Miss Peake?

00:12:53He rather likes her.

00:12:54She's not a bad sort, really.

00:12:55And a very good gardener.

00:12:57She came with the house,

00:12:58and the house was terribly cheap.

00:13:00Cheap, is it, really?

00:13:01You surprise me.

00:13:02Marvellously cheap.

00:13:03It was advertised,

00:13:04and we came to see it,

00:13:05and we took it for six months furnished.

00:13:07Who does it belong to?

00:13:08A Mr. Sellin.

00:13:09He died.

00:13:10He was an antique dealer at Maidston.

00:13:12Yes, that's right.

00:13:13Sellin and Brown.

00:13:15They sold excellent antiques.

00:13:17Mind you,

00:13:18there are one or two disadvantages

00:13:19to this house.

00:13:20Only yesterday,

00:13:21a couple of men arrived,

00:13:22and they wanted to buy that desk.

00:13:24I told them we didn't own it,

00:13:25but they wouldn't listen to me.

00:13:27And they kept raising the price

00:13:28until it went up to 500 pounds.

00:13:30500 pounds?

00:13:31For that desk?

00:13:32Oh, Lord.

00:13:35Hello, darling.

00:13:37You're looking very depressed.

00:13:38What's the matter?

00:13:38I'm still hungry.

00:13:40She can't be.

00:13:41I am, though.

00:13:42Milk and chocolate biscuits

00:13:43and banana aren't really filling.

00:13:45Well, of course not.

00:13:47Give the poor child

00:13:47something to eat at once,

00:13:48good gracious.

00:13:51Yes.

00:13:52It's quite a nice desk.

00:13:55Genuine, I should think.

00:13:57Hardly what I call

00:13:58a collector's piece.

00:14:00Perhaps it's got a secret drawer,

00:14:01the diamond necklace in it.

00:14:02Hey, Pippa?

00:14:03It has got a secret drawer.

00:14:04What?

00:14:06I found a book in the market.

00:14:07All about secret drawers

00:14:09and all furniture.

00:14:10I looked all over the house,

00:14:11but this is the only one I could find.

00:14:13Look, I'll show you.

00:14:15Slide out this,

00:14:16and there's sort of a little

00:14:17catch thing underneath.

00:14:19The drawer flies out.

00:14:20See?

00:14:22I say, that's very good, isn't it?

00:14:23Hello, what's inside?

00:14:26April Fool.

00:14:27I put it there.

00:14:28Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

00:14:29You little villain.

00:14:31Actually, there was an envelope

00:14:32with Queen Victoria in it.

00:14:34Look, I'll show you.

00:14:35Do you collect autographs, Pippa?

00:14:36Not really, only as a sideline.

00:14:38How much is Queen Victoria's autograph worth?

00:14:40Oh, five to ten shillings,

00:14:41I should think.

00:14:42Hmm.

00:14:44There's Ruskin's here

00:14:45and Robert Browning's.

00:14:46I don't think they're worth

00:14:47very much either.

00:14:48Wish I had Cary Grant's

00:14:50or Frank Sinatra's.

00:14:51Ah, yes.

00:14:52These historical ones

00:14:54are rather mouldy, I think.

00:14:55Well, I wouldn't mind

00:14:57having Bo to see us.

00:14:58That's if she could write.

00:15:01Oh, I'm sorry to keep

00:15:02you chaps waiting.

00:15:03Are you sure you won't

00:15:04come with us, Clarissa?

00:15:05No.

00:15:06Henry will be here soon,

00:15:07but I'll walk to the gate

00:15:08with you.

00:15:09Oh, fine.

00:15:09I'll be back in a minute, darling.

00:15:11Pippa, it's time

00:15:12little girls were in bed

00:15:13and it's time little boys

00:15:14went over to the club

00:15:15to get some dinner.

00:15:15Good night, darling.

00:15:17Thank, Uncle Rowley.

00:15:20Good evening, sir.

00:15:42I'm Mr. Oliver Costello.

00:15:43I want to see Mrs. Brown.

00:15:45Brown?

00:15:46Oh, yes, of course.

00:15:48This way.

00:15:50If you wait here, sir,

00:15:59I'll find Mrs. Hailsham Brown.

00:16:01Good evening.

00:16:29Who is her?

00:16:33What are you doing here?

00:16:37That's rather a silly question

00:16:39as I live here.

00:16:40Is this your house?

00:16:42Don't pretend you didn't know.

00:16:46It's charming.

00:16:47Used to belong to old, what's-his-name,

00:16:49the antique dealer, didn't it?

00:16:52Cigarette.

00:16:52No, thank you.

00:16:54No, thank you.

00:16:54And I think you should go.

00:16:56My husband is due back quite soon

00:16:58and I don't think he'd be very pleased to see you.

00:17:00But I particularly want to see him.

00:17:02That's why I've come here, really.

00:17:05To discuss suitable arrangements.

00:17:08Arrangements?

00:17:08Mm-hmm.

00:17:11For Pippa.

00:17:14You see, Mirandra is quite agreeable to Pippa

00:17:16spending part of her summer holidays with Henry.

00:17:18And perhaps a week at Christmas.

00:17:20But otherwise...

00:17:21This is Pippa's home.

00:17:23But, my dear Clarissa,

00:17:24surely you're aware that the court gave Miranda the custody of the child.

00:17:28May I?

00:17:29The case was undefended.

00:17:34Remember?

00:17:34It was agreed that Pippa would live with her father.

00:17:38If Miranda had not agreed that,

00:17:40Henry would have divorced her.

00:17:42You don't know Miranda very well, do you?

00:17:44She so often changes her mind.

00:17:47I don't think she cares toughens about the child.

00:17:50But you're not a mother, my dear Clarissa.

00:17:54You don't mind my calling you Clarissa, do you?

00:17:56After all, now that I'm married to Miranda,

00:17:58we're practically relations-in-law.

00:18:02Yes, I can assure you,

00:18:04Miranda's feeling violent and maternal.

00:18:06I don't believe it.

00:18:07Well, please yourself.

00:18:10But after all,

00:18:12there was no arrangement in writing, you know.

00:18:14You're not going to have Pippa.

00:18:16The child was a nervous wreck.

00:18:18And now she's better.

00:18:20And that's the way she's going to remain.

00:18:22Oh.

00:18:23And how will you manage that?

00:18:25The law's on our side.

00:18:26What a fool I've been.

00:18:28It's blackmail.

00:18:30I was looking for you, madam.

00:18:32Will it be quite all right for us to leave now?

00:18:34Yes, Elgin.

00:18:36Supper's laid already in the dining room.

00:18:38Would you like me to close the windows before we go?

00:18:40No, I'll see to them, thank you.

00:18:42Yes, thank you, madam.

00:18:43Good night.

00:18:44Good night.

00:18:51Blackmail.

00:18:52It's a very ugly word, Clarissa.

00:18:55Have I ever mentioned any money?

00:18:57No.

00:18:58But that's what you meant, isn't it?

00:18:59Well, I think Miranda thinks that Henry might give her a larger allowance.

00:19:06After all, he's quite comfortably off, isn't he?

00:19:10If you try and take Pippa away from here, I shall fight you tooth and nail.

00:19:15I don't care what weapons I use.

00:19:17What weapons have you?

00:19:18There's nothing to stop me going to the medical board

00:19:21and getting evidence proving that Miranda is a drug addict.

00:19:25And I might even go to Scotland Yard

00:19:28to the narcotic squad

00:19:30and suggest they keep an eye on you.

00:19:33Henry will hardly care for your methods.

00:19:35Then Henry can lump it.

00:19:40Clarissa?

00:19:41Hello, Pippa.

00:19:43How you've grown.

00:19:45I've just come to make some arrangements about you.

00:19:48Your mummy's looking forward to having you with her again.

00:19:51Well, come, I won't.

00:19:53Don't worry, darling.

00:19:54You're staying here with us.

00:19:55I assure you, she won't.

00:19:56Get out of here at once, will you?

00:19:58How rude.

00:19:59At once, do you hear?

00:20:01Excuse me, Mr. Hirsham-Gardener.

00:20:03I come in.

00:20:04Miss Peake, will you please show Mr. Costello out?

00:20:06Miss Peake?

00:20:07Yes, I'm the gardener here.

00:20:09Indeed.

00:20:10I came here once before to look at some antique furniture.

00:20:13In Mr. Sellensdine.

00:20:15Well, you can't see him today.

00:20:16He's dead.

00:20:17I didn't come to see Mr. Sellens.

00:20:19I came to see Mrs. Brown.

00:20:21Well, now you've seen her.

00:20:26Goodbye, Clarissa.

00:20:28Mr. Costello, will you go by bus or have you bought your own?

00:20:32I left my car around by the stove.

00:20:34This way.

00:20:39Oh.

00:20:39You'll hear from me again.

00:20:47He'll take me away from him.

00:20:48No, he won't.

00:20:49I hate him.

00:20:50I've always hated him.

00:20:51Now then, Peppa.

00:20:52I don't want to go back to Mother.

00:20:54I'd rather die.

00:20:55I'll kill him.

00:20:56Now then, that's enough of that.

00:20:58Where's your handkerchief?

00:20:59Blow your nose.

00:21:00You go and have your bath and give yourself a good wash because your neck's filthy.

00:21:08It always is.

00:21:10You won't let him take me away, will you?

00:21:12Over my dead body, I swear.

00:21:14Or rather, over his dead body.

00:21:16Satisfied?

00:21:16Oh, yes.

00:21:18Up you go.

00:21:19I'll be there in a minute.

00:21:20Up you go.

00:21:50Up you go.

00:22:20In the driveway.

00:22:20Not as so.

00:22:22Why?

00:22:23Oh, nothing.

00:22:24I'll have a drink.

00:22:25Not just now, thank you.

00:22:29Who's in the house?

00:22:31Only, Peppa.

00:22:31It's the Eldon's Night Out.

00:22:33That means we'll have really good coffee because I shall make it.

00:22:36Darling, is there anything the matter?

00:22:41The matter?

00:22:41No, nothing's the matter.

00:22:43But there is something.

00:22:44Do I perceive behind that Foreign Office facade a certain human excitement?

00:22:50Well, it is rather exciting in a way.

00:22:52The news was only given out officially tonight.

00:22:55Tarendorf's Pen is due at London Airport at 8.40.

00:22:58But...

00:23:00Look, Clarissa, I must beg you to be discreet.

00:23:03But I'm much more discreet than the Sunday papers.

00:23:06Well...

00:23:11The conference is tomorrow.

00:23:13But it would be a great advantage if a conversation could take place between Sir John himself and Callendorf before then.

00:23:19Naturally, the reporters will all be around London Airport.

00:23:21And the moment the plane arrives, Callendorf's movements will become public property.

00:23:25That's where the fog comes in.

00:23:26Go on, darling. I'm thrilled.

00:23:28At the last moment, his plane will find that it is inadvisable to land at London Airport.

00:23:32It will be diverted, as is usual on these occasions.

00:23:35To Bindley Heath, which is only 15 miles away.

00:23:37I shall go down there now in the car, meet Callendorf and Sir John, and bring them back here.

00:23:42Here?

00:23:43You know, Clarissa, this could be very important to me in my career.

00:23:47I mean, they're putting a lot of trust in me, having the meeting here in my house.

00:23:51So they should, darling. I think it's wonderful.

00:23:53Oh, by the way, Callendorf is to be referred to as, uh, Mr. Jones.

00:23:57Mr. Jones.

00:23:59Jones?

00:24:00Yes, one can't be too careful about using real names.

00:24:02Oh, I know, but Mr. Jones, couldn't they have thought of something better than that?

00:24:06Well, what's the matter with it? I thought it was rather a good idea.

00:24:09If we have anything more complicated, we might forget it ourselves.

00:24:12Oh, but darling, what do you think I should do when these important men arrive?

00:24:19I mean, Sir John and Mr. Jones.

00:24:21Do you think that I should, uh, retire to the harem, as it were?

00:24:28Or should I bring in the drinks, utter greetings, and discreetly fade away?

00:24:33Now, Clarissa, please be serious.

00:24:35I am serious. Really, darling, nothing will go wrong. I won't let it.

00:24:38I say, what about Jeremy and Rowley?

00:24:40They're having dinner at the club with Hugo, and they're going to play bridge afterwards,

00:24:44so they won't be back until midnight.

00:24:46And the Uggins are out?

00:24:47They won't be back until after 11.

00:24:49Good, that's fine. That means that Sir John and Callendorf, and, uh, Mr...

00:24:52Jones.

00:24:57Oh.

00:25:01Anyway, they'll be through long before then.

00:25:02I'll just go up and change, and say goodnight to Peppa.

00:25:05All right, darling.

00:25:07Oh, uh, my briefcase, darling.

00:25:09I'll get it.

00:25:12Then I'll go and make the sandwiches.

00:25:15Well, throw it.

00:25:17How to cure warts.

00:25:20How to get your heart's desire.

00:25:23How to destroy your enemy.

00:25:27Hello, Daddy.

00:25:28Hello, darling.

00:25:29Just came to say goodnight.

00:25:31I'm so glad you're home.

00:25:32Ah, she's got to go out again, but I'll be back soon.

00:25:34Daddy, would you let anyone take me away from you and Clarissa?

00:25:38Oh, of course not, you silly old thing.

00:25:41Would you kill anyone who tried?

00:25:44Oh, never mind.

00:25:46Ah, Peppa.

00:25:48Where on earth do you get these morbid thoughts?

00:25:51Well, supposing I was...

00:25:54Never mind, I think I know.

00:25:57Good night, darling.

00:25:58Good night, darling.

00:25:59Good night, darling.

00:26:14Ad anyone.

00:26:15My son.

00:26:16Oh, dear, простraisl...

00:26:17Oh, dear.

00:26:18I'm so glad I got back.

00:26:19I'm so glad

00:26:25Oh, dear, you wanted my shield.

00:26:28You hope you had to wacky years of how you tried,

00:26:31Oh, dear, you're really caring for me,

00:26:33My future.

00:26:35Oh, my God.

00:27:05Oh, my God.

00:27:35Oh, my God.

00:28:05It only takes 20 minutes to get there.

00:28:07I don't think I could eat anything now, anyway.

00:28:10And you never can tell.

00:28:12The fog might get...

00:28:13Oh, now, darling, there you are.

00:28:16I don't think the car might have a puncture, you know.

00:28:18Anything could happen, the car might break down.

00:28:20Darling, don't fuss.

00:28:21You go and see your Mr. Jones.

00:28:23I still think it's a ridiculous name.

00:28:25And wear your overcoat.

00:28:26It's chilly outside.

00:28:27Yes, dear.

00:28:28And your scarf.

00:28:30Yes, dear.

00:28:32And drive carefully.

00:28:34Yes, dear.

00:28:37Goodbye.

00:28:38Goodbye.

00:28:43Goodbye.

00:28:44Goodbye.

00:28:45Goodbye.

00:28:51Goodbye.

00:28:52When the body meets your body,

00:29:14Bebe! Bebe! Bebe!

00:29:29Clarissa!

00:29:30Bebe!

00:29:31Don't look. Come with me.

00:29:33Oh, I didn't mean to.

00:29:35What do you mean?

00:29:36Oh, Clarissa, I didn't mean to.

00:29:38Bebe, it wasn't you.

00:29:40He's dead, isn't he?

00:29:42He's quite dead.

00:29:43Oh, I didn't mean to kill him.

00:29:45Oh, really, I didn't mean to.

00:29:46Of course you didn't.

00:29:49Now, listen to me.

00:29:52I want you to forget all about this.

00:29:55Everything is going to be all right.

00:29:57Now, first of all, you ought to go upstairs and get straight into bed.

00:30:02You come with me.

00:30:04As soon as possible. I promise.

00:30:13Thank heaven you got here.

00:30:30What's happened?

00:30:31Darling, you've got to help me.

00:30:32It looks like a bridge party.

00:30:34Oh, please, this is terribly serious.

00:30:35What are you up to?

00:30:36Will you help me?

00:30:37Of course. What's it all about?

00:30:38You are up to something, aren't you, Clarissa?

00:30:40What is it?

00:30:41Have you found a body?

00:30:42Yes, I have found a body.

00:30:44What?

00:30:45What do you mean, you found a body?

00:30:46It's what Jeremy said.

00:30:47I came down here and I found a body.

00:30:49Oh, really?

00:30:50I'm serious.

00:30:51Look behind the sofa.

00:30:52It's Costello.

00:30:53My sainted aunt, she's right.

00:30:55We must hurry.

00:30:56There's so little time.

00:30:57Wait.

00:30:58We must get the facts clear.

00:30:59What happened?

00:31:00As I said, I came into this room and he was lying there like that.

00:31:05He's dead, all right.

00:31:07He's been hit over the head with something heavy and sharp.

00:31:12There's only one thing to be done.

00:31:13You must call the police at once.

00:31:14No, Rowley, stop.

00:31:15You should do it at the first time.

00:31:16No, Rowley, stop.

00:31:17You should do it at the first time.

00:31:18You told me that you would help if ever I was in trouble.

00:31:21Yes, but how, Clarissa?

00:31:22What do you want us to do?

00:31:23Get rid of the body.

00:31:24Don't talk nonsense.

00:31:25This is murder.

00:31:26That's the whole point.

00:31:27I realized that we mustn't have the body in this house.

00:31:29So I started to drag it towards the recess.

00:31:31But, my dear Clarissa, you mustn't go moving dead bodies about.

00:31:34Oh, I was fully aware that I needed help.

00:31:36That's why I rang you.

00:31:37And, and, and, you know.

00:31:38You know what?

00:31:39You know what?

00:31:40You know what?

00:31:41You know what?

00:31:42You know what?

00:31:43You know what?

00:31:44You know what?

00:31:45You know what?

00:31:46That's why I rang you.

00:31:47And, and while I was waiting, I made a plan.

00:31:50Including the bridge table?

00:31:52This is going to be our alibi.

00:31:55What on earth do you mean?

00:31:57Two and a half rubbers.

00:31:58I've imagined all the hands and I've written down the scores.

00:32:01Now you three must fill out these in your own handwriting.

00:32:04You're mad.

00:32:05Raving mad.

00:32:06I've worked it out beautifully.

00:32:08It's going to take two of you to carry the body.

00:32:11A dead body is most unmanageable.

00:32:13I've found that out already.

00:32:15Just where do you expect us to take it?

00:32:17I think the best place would be Marsden Wood.

00:32:19You can park the car by the side of the road and walk back here.

00:32:23But this is monstrous.

00:32:25I'm a justice of the peace.

00:32:27You'll need some gloves.

00:32:29We mustn't risk you getting your fingerprints over anything.

00:32:32Darling, your natural talent for crime leaves me speechless.

00:32:36Why, Jo, she's got it beautifully worked out, hasn't she?

00:32:39Yes, she has, but it's nonsense all the same.

00:32:41We must hurry.

00:32:42Because Henry's due back here at nine o'clock with Mr. Jones.

00:32:45Mr. Jones? Who's he?

00:32:46I'd never realised how much explaining there was to be done in a murder.

00:32:50Jeremy.

00:32:51Well, I'm game, Clarissa.

00:32:52I mean, what's a dead body or two?

00:32:53Stop.

00:32:54I'm not going to allow this.

00:32:55Clarissa, you must be guided by me.

00:32:56There's Henry to consider, too.

00:32:57But Henry is the one I'm thinking of.

00:33:00He's gone to collect a very, very important person and bring them back here.

00:33:05And there's to be absolutely no publicity whatsoever.

00:33:09Mr. Jones.

00:33:10Silly name, I agree, but that's what they're calling him.

00:33:13Now, can you imagine the effect on Henry's career

00:33:16if he were to arrive and discover the police in charge of a murder,

00:33:20and the murder that of a man who has just married his former wife?

00:33:24Wait a minute.

00:33:26You're not making this up, are you?

00:33:28You'll never believe me when I tell the truth.

00:33:30I'm sorry.

00:33:32This is going to be a more difficult problem than I thought.

00:33:34Now do you see why we have to get the body out of here?

00:33:37Right.

00:33:38Do we take the car to the body or the body to the car?

00:33:40No, wait.

00:33:41We mustn't rush it like this.

00:33:43Clarissa, I'm not sure your plan is the best one.

00:33:45If we could delay finding the body until tomorrow morning

00:33:47by moving it to another room, for instance, then it might be excusable.

00:33:50Roley, this is urgent.

00:33:52Come in here.

00:33:58Now.

00:34:00Darling, I love you very much and always will, but in this case the answer is no.

00:34:07That man's body cannot be discovered in this house.

00:34:10If it is, we'll all be questioned and Pippa cannot stand up to it.

00:34:14Pippa?

00:34:15She'll break down and confess.

00:34:17Pippa?

00:34:19She didn't mean to do it.

00:34:21She got in a panic and struck out blindly with that stick.

00:34:24What stick?

00:34:25The one in the hall stand.

00:34:27It's in the recess now.

00:34:28I left it there.

00:34:29Where is she now?

00:34:30In bed.

00:34:31I'm going to take her to London tomorrow.

00:34:32I must get her away from here.

00:34:34All right, darling.

00:34:36You win.

00:34:37I apologize.

00:34:38That child must be protected at all costs.

00:34:41Come on.

00:34:42We're rolling.

00:34:44I'm converted.

00:34:45There's not a moment to lose.

00:34:46Get hold of those.

00:34:47How does this open?

00:34:48I'll do it.

00:34:49Pippa showed me.

00:34:50Oh.

00:34:51This is it.

00:34:52Heavy enough.

00:34:53Come on.

00:34:54Let's get the body.

00:34:55Right.

00:34:56Better cover him with this.

00:34:57Right.

00:34:58Good luck.

00:35:28The police.

00:35:29What?

00:35:30What the devil are they doing here?

00:35:31Good in between.

00:35:32We can't get him to the car now.

00:35:33Well, they'll be in the house.

00:35:34They'll be just up under a bush somewhere.

00:35:35No, no.

00:35:36Back into the house.

00:35:37The police.

00:35:38Yeah, don't we know it.

00:35:39Answer it.

00:35:40Keep talking.

00:35:41Delaying tactics.

00:35:42Give us time.

00:35:43Round the other way.

00:35:44Round the other way.

00:35:45Round the other way.

00:35:46That's it.

00:35:47Put him down.

00:35:48Feet down.

00:35:49Feet down.

00:35:50Feet down his legs.

00:35:51Come close the thing up.

00:35:52Come on.

00:35:53That's it.

00:35:54Come on.

00:35:55That's it.

00:35:56Hi.

00:35:57Come and sit down.

00:35:58Quick, quick.

00:35:59No call, Hugo.

00:36:00Quick.

00:36:01You could have spared me that.

00:36:02What do I do with these?

00:36:03Come here.

00:36:04Come here.

00:36:05Come here.

00:36:06Come and sit down.

00:36:07What are you playing at, Hugo?

00:36:08Guess what, darlings?

00:36:11The police.

00:36:12The police.

00:36:13The police.

00:36:14The police.

00:36:15Even gentlemen.

00:36:16Sorry to intrude, but we've had information that a murder's been committed here.

00:36:18What?

00:36:19Murder?

00:36:20Impossible.

00:36:21Isn't it extraordinary?

00:36:22Yes.

00:36:23We had a telephone call at the police station.

00:36:24Good evening, Mr. Birch.

00:36:25Good evening, Inspector Lord.

00:36:26How are you?

00:36:27Very well, thank you, sir.

00:36:28Inspector.

00:36:29Inspector, I think somebody's been killed.

00:36:30What are you playing at, Hugo?

00:36:31What are you playing at, Hugo?

00:36:32What are you playing at, Hugo?

00:36:33Guess what, darlings?

00:36:34The police.

00:36:35The police.

00:36:36The police.

00:36:37The police.

00:36:38Evening, gentlemen.

00:36:39Impossible.

00:36:40Isn't it extraordinary?

00:36:41Yes.

00:36:42We had a telephone call at the police station.

00:36:44Good evening, Mr. Birch.

00:36:45Good evening, Inspector Lord.

00:36:47How are you?

00:36:48Very well, thank you, sir.

00:36:49Inspector, I think somebody's been pulling your leg.

00:36:51Yes.

00:36:52We've been playing bridge all evening, haven't we?

00:36:54Yes.

00:36:55Who did you say was murdered?

00:36:57No names were mentioned, madam.

00:36:58The caller just said a man had been murdered at Copleston Court.

00:37:01What a wicked thing to do.

00:37:03Thank you, madam.

00:37:04You'd be surprised at some of the crazy things people do.

00:37:08You're Miss Alesham Brown, sir.

00:37:09Me?

00:37:10No.

00:37:11Oh, no.

00:37:12This is Mr. Warrender.

00:37:13And this is Sir Roland Delahaye.

00:37:15How do you do, sir?

00:37:16I do go.

00:37:17And your husband, madam?

00:37:18Oh, he's not here.

00:37:19He's going to be back very late.

00:37:21I see.

00:37:22Anyone else in the house?

00:37:23Just my 12-year-old stepdaughter.

00:37:25She's upstairs fast asleep.

00:37:26Servants?

00:37:27It's their night out.

00:37:28They're in Maidstone.

00:37:29I see.

00:37:30Well, there's obviously been a misunderstanding.

00:37:33I'm sorry for troubling you, madam, but I'm sure you'll understand that when we get a telephone

00:37:37call of this nature, we have to investigate the matter.

00:37:40Isn't that right, Mr. Birch?

00:37:42Quite right, Inspector.

00:37:43Very commendable.

00:37:45Well, now, do come again.

00:37:46Just drop in any time you feel like it.

00:37:48Thank you, madam.

00:37:50Elgin.

00:37:51Our butler.

00:37:53Thought you were in Maidstone.

00:37:56We came home almost immediately, sir.

00:37:58Mrs. Elgin wasn't feeling very well.

00:38:00Is there anything the matter?

00:38:01Someone phoned the police station and said a murder had been committed here.

00:38:05A murder?

00:38:06Yes.

00:38:07Do you know anything about it?

00:38:08No, nothing at all, sir.

00:38:09Nothing.

00:38:10Wasn't you that made the call, was it?

00:38:11Certainly not, sir.

00:38:12You came in the back door, I suppose.

00:38:14Naturally, sir.

00:38:15Do you notice anything unusual?

00:38:17When I think of it, there's a strange car parked near the stable.

00:38:20I wondered who it belonged to.

00:38:21It seemed a funny place to leave it.

00:38:23Go and have a look at it, Jones.

00:38:24Jones?

00:38:25I beg your pardon?

00:38:27Oh, nothing.

00:38:28An unusual name.

00:38:33Well, go on.

00:38:34And you too, but don't leave the house.

00:38:36It seems there's been a visitor here tonight who's unaccounted for.

00:38:50You weren't expecting anyone?

00:38:52Oh, no.

00:38:53Just the four of us for bridge.

00:38:55You haven't lived here very long, have you, Mrs. Elginbrown?

00:38:57About six weeks.

00:38:59And during that time there's been no funny business of any sort?

00:39:02What do you mean by funny business, Inspector?

00:39:04Well, it's a curious story, sir.

00:39:06But this house used to belong to Mr. Sellon, the antique dealer.

00:39:09He died six months ago.

00:39:11Didn't he have an accident or something?

00:39:13That's right, madam.

00:39:14Fell downstairs.

00:39:15Landed on his head.

00:39:16Accidental death they brought in.

00:39:17There was no evidence, of course, but rather a dark horse, this Mr. Sellon.

00:39:22What do you mean by that, Inspector?

00:39:24Well, once or twice he'd had a couple of things to explain, as you might say.

00:39:28And the narcotics squad came down and had a chat with him once.

00:39:31It was all only suspicion.

00:39:33Officially, that is to say.

00:39:35Oh, yes, sir. Officially.

00:39:36Whereas unofficially...

00:39:38Oh, I'm afraid we can't mention that, sir.

00:39:41But there was one rather curious circumstance.

00:39:43On Mr. Sellon's desk was an unfinished letter

00:39:46in which he mentioned that he'd come into possession of something which he described as an unparalleled rarity

00:39:52and which he would guarantee wasn't a forgery.

00:39:54He was asking 25,000 pounds for it.

00:39:5625,000 pounds? A lot of money.

00:39:58I wonder what he was.

00:40:00Jewelry, I suppose.

00:40:01But the word forgery...

00:40:03Oh, a picture, perhaps.

00:40:05Possibly, sir.

00:40:07But there was nothing in the shop worth that much money.

00:40:09The insurance inventory made that clear.

00:40:11Oh, Mr. Sellon had a partner.

00:40:13A woman.

00:40:14You know, she had her own business in London.

00:40:15She wrote to us, but she couldn't give us any help.

00:40:18Inspector, why have you told us all of this?

00:40:22Well, because, Mrs. Hailsham-Brown,

00:40:24it occurred to me that whatever it was that had been hidden by Mr. Sellon

00:40:28may have been hidden here and not in the shop at Maidstone.

00:40:31That's why I asked if anything peculiar had come to your notice.

00:40:35Well, somebody rang me today,

00:40:38and when I answered the phone, they hung up.

00:40:40I thought that was a bit odd.

00:40:42And then, yesterday, a couple of men arrived,

00:40:45and they wanted to buy that desk.

00:40:47That one?

00:40:48Yes, I told them it wasn't ours, and we couldn't sell it,

00:40:51but they wouldn't listen.

00:40:52They offered the most terrific amount,

00:40:54much more than it's worth,

00:40:56probably because of the secret drawer.

00:40:58Secret drawer?

00:40:59There's nothing very exciting in it,

00:41:01only just some old autographs.

00:41:03Yes, Jones?

00:41:04I'll examine the car, sir.

00:41:06Found these.

00:41:07Excuse me.

00:41:12May we use that room?

00:41:13Of course.

00:41:14Thank you, ma'am.

00:41:22Registration book in the name of Oliver Costello,

00:41:24Cromwell Mansions, London, South West 3.

00:41:27Ever heard of him?

00:41:28No, sir.

00:41:29Better check up on the files.

00:41:31Anything else?

00:41:32These are on the seats, sir.

00:41:33No other papers.

00:41:37Something weird going on in there.

00:41:38That bridge game.

00:41:39I don't like it.

00:41:42Come on.

00:41:43We'll tackle it again.

00:41:44No, it's no earthly good.

00:41:45He's bound to search the hut and look out.

00:41:55Has a man named Oliver Costello been here today?

00:41:58Yes, he came here about half past six, I think.

00:42:03Friend of yours?

00:42:04No, I wouldn't say that.

00:42:06I met him once or twice.

00:42:08As a matter of fact...

00:42:10Let me explain, Inspector.

00:42:12It concerns the first Mrs. Halsham Brown.

00:42:14There was a divorce just over a year ago,

00:42:16and recently she married Mr. Oliver Costello.

00:42:18He came here this evening, why?

00:42:20By appointment?

00:42:21No.

00:42:22When my husband's first wife left him,

00:42:26she took one or two things from the house

00:42:29that didn't belong to her.

00:42:31And so, when Mr. Costello was in this part of the world,

00:42:34he decided to return them.

00:42:36What kind of things?

00:42:38Oh, nothing very important.

00:42:41Now, this was one, for instance.

00:42:43It belonged to my husband's mother,

00:42:45just a sentimental value.

00:42:47Did he mention where he was going when he left here?

00:42:49Er, no.

00:42:51He went out through the French windows.

00:42:53As a matter of fact, my gardener, Miss Peake,

00:42:55offered to show him out through the garden.

00:42:57Your gardener calls himself Miss Peake?

00:43:00It's a lady gardener.

00:43:02Oh, yes, of course.

00:43:04I'd like to see Miss Peake, if I may.

00:43:06Of course.

00:43:07She lives in the cottage.

00:43:08Would you like me to ring her?

00:43:09Mm-hmm.

00:43:10All day, Carissa.

00:43:11Hello.

00:43:12Is that you, Miss Peake?

00:43:13Look, something odd's happened.

00:43:14Really?

00:43:15Would you come over?

00:43:16Well, yes, of course.

00:43:17I...

00:43:18I'll come over at once.

00:43:19I'll just... something odd.

00:43:20Well, Miss Peake will come bounding along any moment now, Inspector.

00:43:22Thank you, Mr. Wallander.

00:43:23I'll come over at once.

00:43:24Well, Miss Peake will come bounding along any moment now, Inspector.

00:43:26Thank you, Mr. Wallander.

00:43:27Now, I'd like to search the house, if I may.

00:43:28Yes.

00:43:29Well, you've seen this room.

00:43:30Nothing could possibly be hidden in here.

00:43:31Would you like to start with the library?

00:43:32Thank you, madam.

00:43:33You're all right.

00:43:34Sir?

00:43:35Sir?

00:43:36Sir?

00:43:37Sir?

00:43:38Sir?

00:43:39Sir?

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00:43:42Sir?

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00:43:48Sir?

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00:43:56Sir?

00:43:57Sir?

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00:44:01Sir?

00:44:02Sir?

00:44:03Here we are.

00:44:04Hi.

00:44:05Nice room.

00:44:06See where that door leads to.

00:44:07Yes, sir.

00:44:08Through to the hall, sir.

00:44:10Oh.

00:44:11Like to go upstairs now, if I may?

00:44:12Certainly.

00:44:13Hi.

00:44:18They've all gone upstairs.

00:44:21What are we gonna do now?

00:44:23I don't like it.

00:44:24we're getting in deep look here we've got to own up before it's too late no no no we can't do that

00:44:28that would mean letting clarissa down very badly well i don't like it what do you say roly personally

00:44:34i'm committed to the enterprise i don't understand i'm afraid you must take it on trust when the

00:44:39police don't find costello's body in the house they'll look somewhere else here wait a minute

00:44:45i've just had a brilliant idea brilliant why don't we whip the body outside while they're still

00:44:49upstairs no no no no they'll be back in a minute it's safer where it is all the other rooms are

00:44:55empty sir all right may we go in here is it necessary it's the child's room i'm afraid it is be very quiet

00:45:04she looks like an angel yeah very sweet very sweet

00:45:20who do witchcraft and plagues magic spells of primitive tribes

00:45:50i say what's happened has there been a burglary or something no no not that as a matter of fact

00:46:06detective inspector lord a detective how exciting i'm mad about crime

00:46:12thank you good evening we speak delighted to meet you

00:46:16won't you sit down thank you or stay standing just as you like

00:46:19all right i think i'll remain upstanding so will i miss peak a peculiar telephone call brought us

00:46:26out here this evening and i think you may be able to help us well at your service oh very

00:46:30mysterious now what can i do for you well it concerns a mr oliver costello of cromwell mansions

00:46:36chelsea never heard of him but he was out here this evening visiting mrs aylesham brown

00:46:40i understood you showed him out oh that man oh why didn't you say so before now what do you want

00:46:46to know i want to know exactly what happened when you last saw him oh yes now i've got to think now

00:46:50let me see we were uh we were in here yes yes and then we walked over here then uh then we went out

00:46:58of the window and then after that i beg your pardon i didn't see you there and then then he he went over

00:47:03to the stable to collect his car and then then then then he drove away i suppose but he couldn't

00:47:09have done this car's still there miss peak we had a telephone call at the police station at 7 49

00:47:16this evening saying that a man had been murdered at copleston court a man murdered here have you

00:47:20look for the body inspector the inspectors already searched the house look i'm sure the elgens

00:47:25are at the bottom of this i saw light in that bedroom on my way here tonight make a note of that

00:47:29sergeant miss peak don't talk listen now suppose i only say suppose mr costella found out that elgin

00:47:35was a man with a criminal record he might have come back to warn mrs hailsham brown and elgin killed

00:47:41him and of course he'd have to hide the body now where could he have hidden the body miss peak

00:47:46nobody has hidden anybody anywhere oh you can't be sure about that now where could a man like elgin

00:47:51have hidden the body now let me think let me think of course you've looked in that cupboard

00:47:55place between here and the library naturally the inspector has looked both in here and the

00:47:59library what do you mean by that cupboard place miss peak oh it's a wonderful place to hide when

00:48:06you're in the house but you want to pretend to be out i showed you there's nothing in there now

00:48:14i know because i've just been through there into the library oh in that case we don't have to worry

00:48:19no i'd like to see it just the same would you certainly excuse me now this this used to be a

00:48:25little door originally and over here is a gadget which you just press and the door flies open

00:48:50you make the table what oh god just a minute it'll stop pushing me oh it's heavier than she looks

00:48:57it's all very well for you to talk you've got the lighter end all right send the medical officer

00:49:04over as soon as you can what yes send them as well we want photographs everything the lot bye

00:49:10well madam inspector mrs hilton brown's had a nasty shock she's in no condition to answer questions

00:49:23no i'm perfectly all right if i could just have an aspirin she won't run away you know all right

00:49:30it's a comfort sir very well madam but please come right back

00:49:33i'd like another word with you sir please all right well we'd better get the body back and

00:49:42recess and close the panel all right sir

00:49:53you quite all right yes she's still out but i i think she'll live that is i'm afraid she will

00:50:00um i thought you were almost out well i was but i recuperate very quickly yes i see um what exactly

00:50:06is happening now but i'm worried to death henry may be back at any moment with sir john and that

00:50:11important person we've got to get the police out of the house well it's a good idea but i don't see

00:50:15how we're going to do that now they've found the body well supposing you nip down to miss peak's

00:50:21cottage and you'll phone the inspector and tell him that he's got to get home immediately that's a very

00:50:26good idea wait a minute why say his house is burning down but he may live in a flat no no i don't

00:50:33think it's a good idea at all well say his wife's just been taken off to hospital hospital yes now

00:50:39who knows hey where have you gone now well i mean his wife may uh may be a nurse in the hospital

00:50:44no i think the best thing for us to do to get together on a good story before we question well

00:50:48you don't think the inspector's going to allow that for a moment do you oh hello inspector lord

00:50:57is waiting for you madam oh i was just inquiring about miss peak

00:51:01here's not you sir come in mrs edisham brown hello darling sir roland would you join mr warrander in

00:51:12the library i'd rather stay if you don't mind i'll send for you if it should be necessary as you wish

00:51:20please sit down madam

00:51:21oh throw you out yes poor clarissa she's in there with the police well heaven help them

00:51:35now just a few simple questions very well but i'm afraid i i don't know anything at all did you know

00:51:41there was a body in that recess of course not it's horrible don't you think so quite now when we searched

00:51:47this room why didn't you draw my attention to the recess well the idea never struck me i mean we never

00:51:51use it the thought didn't come into my mind but you said you've just been through there into the

00:51:55library you misunderstood me i meant that door i certainly did misunderstand you now then you'd no

00:52:03idea when mr costello got to the house or what he came for i can't imagine is there anybody here he

00:52:08might have wanted to see i don't know who i mean who is there mrs helsham brown mr costello came here

00:52:16he was killed his body was hidden in that recess and nobody heard anything it's quite extraordinary

00:52:20extraordinary fantastic

00:52:24that's all for the moment mr tessian brown not that way please but i'd really rather prefer to

00:52:29join the others later later jones

00:52:38and then we all came back from the club afterwards and decided to play bridge

00:52:42well and then after that we of course we decided that's no good clarissa's already talking to the

00:52:47inspector we can never hope to get together on a credible story now all right all right now listen

00:52:53now then you went into maidstone this evening and came back why my stomach was acting up that's why

00:53:00you let mr costello into the house when he came this evening didn't you yes sir ever seen mr

00:53:03costello before never wasn't because of mr costello that you came back i've told you sir my wife wasn't

00:53:10when your stomach's acting up you don't go to the pictures kindly allow your husband to answer my

00:53:14questions mrs elgin now then how long you worked for mrs elgin brown six weeks before that i've been

00:53:22having a little rest a little rest of course you're realizing cases like this that references will be

00:53:28gone into very carefully well look i wouldn't want to deceive you there was nothing really wrong it's

00:53:33just a case that the original references having got torn and i couldn't remember the exact wording

00:53:40so you wrote your own i didn't mean any harm why don't you ask that peak woman about her references

00:53:45i'm not interested in fake references at the moment i want to know what happened here tonight

00:53:49and what you know about mr costello i've never set eyes on him before but i've got a good idea why he came

00:53:54here oh why blackmail he'd got something on her oh mrs ocean brown go on alfred tell him what you

00:54:00heard all right i will give us a chance i'd come into the room to ask them if it was all right for me

00:54:06to go and i heard them well what did you hear well she said uh what a fool i've been of course it's

00:54:14blackmail anything more no they stopped when i came in all right stay here both of you i may need you later

00:54:24very unpleasant business mr birch but with you being a justice of the peace and all that sir

00:54:34i'd like to know what you have to say about it nothing nothing sir well what do you expect me to

00:54:41say the woman opened the cupboard and there was the corpse yes and you know nothing about it sir

00:54:46i've told you i didn't kill him i didn't even know him you'd heard of him well yes and i'd heard

00:54:53he was a pretty nasty piece of work in what way sir oh i don't know the sort of man that women like

00:54:59and men of no use for that sort of thing anything uh sir anything between him and the present mrs

00:55:07aylsham brown clarissa good heavens no she wouldn't look twice at a man like that so you can't help us

00:55:13at all sir sorry there it is you've no idea why you should come back this house a second time this

00:55:18evening not a clue or why the body was found in that recess well of course not oh well thank you

00:55:25mr birch what thank you sir that's all you've been a great help mr birch oh johns mr birch uh not that

00:55:35way sir if you please uh through it please

00:55:53nasty bit of business sir jp being mixed up in a murder

00:55:56it is delahaye sir roland edward mark kcb mvo educated eton trinity college

00:56:11attached foreign office second secretary of madrid plenty but plenty potentiary sir

00:56:18constantinople foreign office special commission rendered clubs boodles whites shall i get him now

00:56:29sir him delahaye sir i will see sir roland delahaye later fetch young warren yes

00:56:38looking for somebody yes sir mr warren please

00:56:54that's the lot

00:56:59oh mr warren get to sit down thank you very much

00:57:02well inspector everything going according to plan oh reasonably well thank you constable now so

00:57:11perhaps you'll be kind enough to give us your full name and address yes of course jeremy warren

00:57:14there 344 broad street and 34 grosvenor square country estate heppleston wiltshire gentleman of

00:57:25independent means well hardly i'm private secretary to sir lazarus stein at least those were his addresses

00:57:31oh did you know oliver costello sir well i'd heard of him of course inspector but uh never met him

00:57:37until tonight you didn't see him when he came here earlier this evening no no not until after he was

00:57:42you know now i'd gone to the club with the others we were dining there it was a certain

00:57:45night out and mr birch asked us we'd be his guests at the club

00:57:50was uh was mrs elsham brown asked as well no no well i mean she could have come of course if

00:57:58she wanted to oh i see so she was asked but she refused no no she didn't refuse i don't think you've

00:58:04got the idea the thing is you see her husband is rather late getting down here at nights and

00:58:09well in that case they generally have a scratch meal at home i see so mrs elsham brown was expecting

00:58:14her husband to dine here tonight do you know if she was expecting him to go out again as soon as he

00:58:19came in now look here inspector i really don't know what she expects seems very odd to me that

00:58:24mrs elsham brown should should not go down to the club instead of remaining here and dining all by

00:58:30herself well you know you are forgetting that there's the child pippa i mean she wouldn't want

00:58:34to leave her in the house by herself unless of course she was preparing to receive a visitor of her own

00:58:40it's a very unpleasant thing to say inspector and i'm quite sure it isn't true now look sir

00:58:45costello came here to meet someone servants are all out miss peakers are on cottage there really

00:58:51was no one else he could have met except mrs elsham brown what's there hmm what oh well i really

00:58:57don't know look inspector all i can say is why not ask mrs elsham brown i have done sir

00:59:04now perhaps you'll tell me how you happened to come back here from the club was that the original

00:59:08plan yes i mean no which do you mean well look inspector it went like this we all went to the club

00:59:13together roley and hugo went into dinner and i went out and had a bit of practice on the putting

00:59:17green later when i rejoined them somebody suggested bridge i said that's a splendid idea let's go back

00:59:22to the house and play so we did so it was your idea i don't know whose idea it was that hugo purchase

00:59:27i think and you're right back here when sir i can't say exactly i suppose we left the club shorter

00:59:33before eight it's a five minutes walk then you played bridge yes it's about uh about 20 minutes

00:59:41for my arrival

00:59:47surely you didn't have time to play two rubbers and begin a third oh no no that first rubber must

00:59:53have been yesterday's score yeah but only one person seems to have scored surely four people score

00:59:58on a bridge game yes yes i i realize that but i'm afraid we were a bit lazy about it and left it to

01:00:03clarissa did you know about the passageway between this room and the library oh you mean the place

01:00:12where they found the body yes that's what i mean oh i had no idea absolutely fantastic bit of camouflage

01:00:16i mean you'd never guess would you know oh no not in a thousand years i mean you couldn't know there was

01:00:21a body in there could you no you could have knocked me over with a feather as the saying goes i mean

01:00:24absolute blood and thunder melodrama i couldn't really believe my eyes are these your gloves mr

01:00:30wonder no no wait a minute yeah oh yes yes yes they're mine inspector in fact you wore them when

01:00:36you came back from the golf club that's right yes a bit of a nippy in the air you know i think you're

01:00:41mistaken these have got mr hayesham brown's initials in them well you know i mean i've got a pair just like

01:00:45that these perhaps oh no you don't catch me a second time not with that one no i mean you keep on

01:00:51showing me pairs of gloves i don't know one from the other now do i three pairs of gloves and yes

01:00:56all with mr hayesham brown's initials in them curious very curious indeed thank you mr wonder

01:01:02that's all for now but you hope you're not suggesting that uh suggestion what no no nothing nothing

01:01:06inspector oh excuse me sir what do you make of that then elementary my dear watson

01:01:22pass me the wazoo johnson yes sir ah let's see stein stein lmlp no peak you are

01:01:35stein sir lazarus chairman saxon arabian oil company golf petroleum company clubs

01:01:41recreations philately stamp collection golf fishing address 340 broad street 34 grosvenor square that's it

01:01:49what's that it's cancer i can see it's a card way to get it down there sir let's have a look

01:01:57it's a space blue

01:02:07set same pack come on john see if you can find it

01:02:11no ace of spades there remarkable johns quite remarkable yes remarkable all right get delahaye

01:02:23sir roland delahaye sir yes the inspector caught me on the bridge alley by all right

01:02:29and he found the gloves too i'm afraid i made an awful mess of things i knew it was all wrong damn it

01:02:35we're sinking lower and lower into the blinking quicksand now i'd i'd like to discuss the case

01:02:42with you if i may sir how very agreeable of you inspector thank you sir roland now you gentlemen

01:02:49were at the club eating a cold supper that's right and while we're at the table mrs hailsham brown rang up

01:02:54to say that as our husband was going out unexpectedly it might be a good idea if the three of us came over

01:02:59here to make a four for bridge which we did and we've been playing about 20 minutes or so when you

01:03:06turned up the rest you know well that's not quite mr warrenler's account of the matter sir oh isn't it

01:03:13what does he say well he said that the suggestion to come back here and play bridge came from one of

01:03:17you three mr birch he thought well inspector you know as well as anybody that two people's account of

01:03:22the same thing seldom agrees in fact if three people were to agree exactly i should regard it as

01:03:30suspicious very suspicious yes yes that's true sir now sir i think that mr costello came here

01:03:42to visit a particular person that could have been anyone except mr birch who doesn't live here

01:03:47uh you had uh you had no reason for wishing to murder him had you sir is that an accusation

01:03:59inspector oh no no sir no it's more uh more an elimination oh i see how well did you know mr warrener

01:04:06sir oh i met him here a couple of days ago he's a friend of the hailsham browns seems a decent love

01:04:12fellow well so much for mr warrener which brings me to my next question how well do i know the

01:04:17helsham browns mrs helsham brown clarissa is my ward for whom i have the deepest affection and

01:04:23admiration i see well that answer makes certain things very clear oh does it yes sir why did you

01:04:30come back here and pretend to play bridge pretend yes sir this card was found under the sofa

01:04:37now you couldn't have played bridge without the ace of spades could you sir no not very well and i

01:04:46also think that three pairs of mr hailsham brown's gloves need some explanation there i'm afraid i can't

01:04:52help you now mrs hailsham brown knew the body was in that recess you may have hoped to put it there i

01:05:00don't know but i think costello came here to see her to obtain money by threats threats of what i don't know

01:05:07so that'll come out later no doubt but mrs ailsham brown is a gay young and attractive lady

01:05:12costello was attractive to the ladies so they say inspector don't you think you're entirely on the

01:05:18wrong track why are you so certain costello came here to see a person why could it have been a place

01:05:24what do you mean sir when you mentioned the late mr selen you said the narcotic squad took a great

01:05:29interest in him isn't there a possible link there drugs selen selen's house costello has been here once

01:05:36before i understand ostensibly to look at selen's antiques supposing costello wanted something in

01:05:43this house this desk for instance

01:05:51the desk somebody offered a ridiculous price for it supposing it was the desk costello wanted to

01:05:55examine or search if you like and supposing someone followed him here and that someone struck him

01:06:00down your supposition being that this somebody put the body in the recess exactly it'd have to be

01:06:07someone that knew the secret place someone who knew the house in selen's time yes no no sir nope

01:06:14that doesn't explain why mrs ailsham brown tried to prevent us looking in there she knew the body was in

01:06:19there will you allow me to speak to my ward yes sir but uh only in my presence that'll do get mrs

01:06:30elsham brown yes sir well how's pippa she's fast asleep where is everybody well miss peak's in there

01:06:39she's fast asleep too and rollers in there still in there will this sales from brown come in please a lord

01:06:45oh what's he been up to

01:06:51darling will you please tell the inspector the truth

01:06:56the truth it's the only thing to do

01:07:00thank you now madam i'd like the true facts

01:07:04well it was all very simple first of all oliver costello left then henry returned and left then i

01:07:16came in here with the sandwiches sandwiches yes you see henry is collecting a very important diplomat

01:07:23from abroad of mr jones go on then i returned in here and practically fell over the body recognized it

01:07:29as oliver costello and didn't know what to do didn't occur to you to found the place

01:07:33yes but i didn't think it would be very nice for henry i see well i'm glad you understand because

01:07:40the body was absolutely dead there was nothing i could do about it and i thought it might as well

01:07:45be lying dead in marsden warders in my drawing room how does marsden wood come into this well

01:07:50that was there where i was thinking of dumping it only there wasn't time i see so you persuaded the

01:07:55three men to hide it in recess yes it was very helpful of them don't you think i don't believe a

01:07:59word of it there's only one reason why those three men would agree to tell a lie and what could

01:08:04that be if they believed or knew that you'd killed him oh very well i shall tell you the truth

01:08:14i think that would be wiser madam i went into the kitchen to make the sandwiches for henry and mr

01:08:23jones's return and i thought i heard very strange noises i was petrified i walked back through the

01:08:31hall with my sandwiches and i really did hear something where in here go on so i went to the

01:08:37hall stand and i got that heavy stick and i took it with me into the library and got into the recess

01:08:44that side so that you could see what was going on in here exactly then i pressed the button and there

01:08:50was a man standing holding something bright and shining i thought it was a revolver i thought he was

01:08:56going to shoot me so i hit him with all my might is it all right yeah fine come on he fell it was oliver

01:09:08costello he was dead i was so frightened i rang the golf club they came over and i begged them to take

01:09:16the body somewhere but why publicity my husband his career i would have gone through with it if it

01:09:23hadn't been someone we actually knew and on top of that costello had been trying to blackmail you

01:09:28blackmail yes well that's silly but elgin the butter over heard some talk about blackmail elgin yes

01:09:35oh of course yes that was it that was what well you see oliver costello heard that we were only paying

01:09:4210 guineas a week for this house furnished and he said to me well you must have some pull or is it

01:09:48blackmail and i said that's it blackmail and that's what elgin overheard oh mrs elgin brown i hope

01:09:57you won't mind my saying this but i find it very difficult to believe that you're only paying 10

01:10:01guineas a week for cobblestone court but then you don't believe anything i say now i can't prove the

01:10:07other things but i can prove this one here we are 10 guineas a week furnished tenancy

01:10:15you're absolutely right but this is extraordinary because i knew the estate was asking 50 guineas a

01:10:22week before you took it over well now perhaps you'll believe some of the other things i've said

01:10:27oh i'm not doubting your final story madam we generally recognize the truth when we hear it

01:10:35well inspector everything all right roly i've told the inspector everything how i hit the man on

01:10:41the top of the head and when i realized it was costello i thought it'd be much cozier in marsden

01:10:47wood clarissa what on earth have you been saying oh it's all right sir mrs oceanbrown made a very

01:10:52full statement so it seems it was the only thing to do now mrs oceanbrown perhaps you'll show me

01:10:58exactly where the man was standing when you came through that way of course

01:11:02of course jones

01:11:09yes i i think you were standing about here i see all right jones then the panel went back

01:11:17you came through it's gone

01:11:21body body body's gone

01:11:26april fool

01:11:27jones

01:11:34what's happened to the body i don't know anyhow it proves one thing costello opened this secret

01:11:38drawer why didn't you tell the inspector the truth i did tell him the truth all except the bit about

01:11:44pepper he didn't believe me then why did you stuff him up with all that nonsense because he believed

01:11:47that you know you're in a dickens of a jam this could be manslaughter self-defense

01:11:52this is the end of your pranks i've had all i can take i'm going to search house and grounds and

01:11:58tear the place apart and when i find the body i'm going to charge a whole lot of you with impeding

01:12:02the investigation of a murder

01:12:12well oh dr berry sorry i'm late well where's the body

01:12:20oh there was a body but uh seems to have vanished do you mean to say you brought me out here in a wild

01:12:26goose chase really inspector there was a body wasn't there yes sir you didn't get jumpy you know

01:12:34i've been telling you you needed a rest i do not need a rest now look there was a body and i saw it

01:12:39well it doesn't seem to be here now best thing we can do is to go back to headquarters

01:12:43there i suppose so good night inspector good night

01:12:51go and search the kitchen quarters and take this go on get a move on yes

01:12:57thank you gentlemen don't worry i'll find it

01:13:12excuse me i'm going to lie down is it true what about the body yes it's disappeared

01:13:17who took it don't ask me where's that peak woman in the gun room right

01:13:27what are you doing up here i'm just going to have a lie down well i suggest you use this room we

01:13:34still have more searching to do i can't that's sir roland's room madam if you don't mind

01:13:57so

01:14:04and

01:14:06and

01:14:08and

01:14:10and

01:14:12and

01:14:16and

01:14:18and

01:14:20the body I found the body what where in your bed in my bed yes I thought it was

01:14:45such a good hiding place you mean you put it there yes is the inspector livid no no he's

01:14:53just having hysterics oh good let's speak why did you take it because you've got to have a body

01:15:01before they can charge you with murder but she didn't kill him well if she didn't kill him who

01:15:05did and the meantime the body remains in my bed only for 24 hours oh thank you very much now you

01:15:11know I've been doing a bit of thinking I dug a deep trench for the sweet peas this morning look we

01:15:19could bury the body in it and then plant the sweet peas on top they should do very well yes I think so

01:15:26now the point is who killed Costello

01:15:30Clarissa

01:15:34Pippa why are you out of bed when I heard men talking so I thought I'd come down

01:15:41besides I thought it might be true what might be true the horrible dream about Oliver

01:15:47Oliver what dream about Oliver tell me well I made this tonight I melted down a wax candle

01:15:56I stuck a red hot pin through it I said the right words and everything but I couldn't do it quite as

01:16:01the book said the book she showed it to me earlier Clarissa something she'd bought at the secondhand

01:16:06bookstore called it a recipe book I believe that's right it gives a hundred well tried and trusty spells

01:16:13tells you how to destroy your enemy is that which you did yes wasn't very like Oliver I couldn't get

01:16:22any cuttings of his hair but it was as like him as I could make it I dreamed thought I came downstairs

01:16:29he was there is it true did I kill him no darling no but I came down I came downstairs and I saw him

01:16:38dead yes dear but you didn't kill him somebody hit him over the head with a big stick you mean

01:16:43a gold club like Jeremy had oh no no not a golf club he means the big stick that's kept in the

01:16:48hall stand oh no I didn't do that I couldn't I wouldn't have killed him really of course not

01:16:54darling what a fool I've been I should have realized it was impossible but Pippa told me she'd killed

01:17:02Oliver and I thought it was true you mean you thought it was Pippa yes darling yes I see that

01:17:08explains a lot doesn't it yes now I understand why you agreed to help her really but hadn't we

01:17:14better tell the police about this latest development I don't know she's told the police three stories

01:17:18already well I feel like a cuppa so do I join me thanks I do it well if I do I'm parched after

01:17:27you no after you oh well just as you like well darling it's time you went back to bed I'll take

01:17:35you up there come on well Clarissa I'm so relieved I can hardly speak but who was the real murderer oh

01:17:49heaven knows I should leave that one to the police but who phoned the police probably one of Costello's

01:17:55cronies why did Costello search the desk and what about Miss Peake why did she really move the body

01:18:02she probably wanted the exercise do you think she was trying to help me and what is a woman like that

01:18:09doing as a gardener here the way she fusses about this house anybody would think she owned it

01:18:15I've got an idea what what was the name of Mr. Sellin's antique shop wait a minute no I can't remember

01:18:25Broly might know come on yes Broly what was the name of Sellin's antique shop oh it had a double

01:18:34name Sellin Sellin uh Sellin Brown that's it Sellin and Brown and our name is Hailsham Brown and we got

01:18:40this place dirt cheap follow me no no I'm lost well Sellin's partner is a woman and she lives in London

01:18:47today we had a telephone call somebody asking to speak to a Mrs. Brown not a Mrs. Hailsham Brown just a

01:18:53Mrs. Brown today somebody murdered Oliver now it wasn't Henry and it wasn't Hugo and it wasn't any of us and

01:19:00it wasn't Pippa thank heaven who was it it's as I told the inspector it's an outside job

01:19:06somebody followed Oliver here why should they he didn't expect to see me here he thought this

01:19:13house belonged to somebody else he was expecting to meet Mrs. Brown Sellin's partner but wouldn't he

01:19:19know that you and Henry had the house wouldn't Miranda know Miranda communicates through her lawyers

01:19:24no Oliver was surprised to see me that's why he made the excuse about Pippa then he pretended

01:19:30to go away but he came back Peake's cottage Peake's cottage

01:19:50and what precisely are you doing I'm looking for something oh no no you could be arrested for that

01:19:55you know it's not half as bad as being a murderer a murderer look let's get out of here quickly

01:19:59shall we it's all right I found it found what I'm sorry Miss Peake but I had to know

01:20:07had to know your real name and now I know it correspondence in the name of Brown you're Mrs. Brown

01:20:14you yes I'm Mrs. Brown Sellin's partner and you own Copplestone Court you inherited it with the business

01:20:25you tried to find a tenant with the name of Brown but you settled for Hailsham Brown true

01:20:31yes quite true look Charles Sellin was murdered he discovered something very valuable I don't know

01:20:43how I don't even know what whoever killed him found nothing probably because it wasn't in the shop it was

01:20:50here at Cobblestone Court I felt sure the murderer would return sooner or later so I wanted to keep watch

01:21:01but to do that I had to have a dummy Mrs. Brown it didn't worry you that a perfectly innocent woman

01:21:07Mrs. Hailsham Brown would be in danger I'm sorry I never thought of that but yesterday when those men

01:21:13came and offered that ridiculous price for that desk I knew I was on the right track but I swear

01:21:20there's nothing of value in that desk did you examine the secret drawer secret drawer no why is

01:21:26there one Pippa found one but there was nothing in it just a few old autographs Clarissa I'd rather

01:21:32like to see those autographs again I suggest we go back to the house at once go on yes

01:21:37what do you mean the woman's real name is brown I'll tell you later Clarissa where are those

01:21:45autographs in that box the shell one oh yes ah thank you thanks now then let's have a look

01:21:55Victoria Regina god bless her faded brown ink John Ruskin seems authentic Robert Browning the paper's

01:22:04not as old as it ought to be what do you mean during the war I was in the foreign office and

01:22:08I had some experience with invisible ink but what could Charles Selen have written in invisible ink

01:22:13that's worth 25 000 pounds nothing at all dear lady but it occurred to me it might be a question of

01:22:19safety safety Costello was suspected of supplying drugs Selen so the inspector tells us was questioned

01:22:26several times by the narcotic squad there's a connection there don't you think of course it may be

01:22:31just a foolish fancy of mine but it occurs to me that Selen may have written something on this paper

01:22:36in invisible ink shall we try a little experiment how just a little gentle heat let's go into the kitchen

01:22:48I can't bear it if nothing happens oh you mustn't expect too much hello hello here we are yes it's writing we've got it

01:23:01what is it a list of one two three four five six names and addresses distributors in the drug racket I

01:23:08should say and one of the names is Oliver Costello that's why he came here to get this and somebody

01:23:15must have followed him and killed him extraordinary what do you think about it Jeremy well

01:23:22don't really know what to say Rowley it seems the inspector lord would like to see you all again

01:23:25in the drawing room please with pleasure excuse me thank you

01:23:36if you'd like to wait here a moment the inspector won't keep you long

01:23:52what's there

01:24:03Jeremy

01:24:08why hello Clarissa oh I wouldn't advise you to call out it might be dangerous

01:24:15Do you know that never in all my supposings did I dream that you were the murderer?

01:24:25Didn't you, Clarissa?

01:24:26You came back from the club and killed Oliver Costello.

01:24:30Pippa was right. She actually saw you carrying the stick.

01:24:34Only it wasn't your golf stick.

01:24:35Be quiet. Come away from the door.

01:24:38No, you're quite right. It wasn't my golf club.

01:24:43Why did you do it, Jeremy?

01:24:45Because of this.

01:24:47An envelope?

01:24:48Yes, yes.

01:24:49But the stamp on it is worth £25,000.

01:24:53Here, where's Jeremy? And Clarissa?

01:24:56Here.

01:24:58Do you think you'll get away with it?

01:25:00Yes, of course.

01:25:01I will.

01:25:15The murderer!

01:25:16Get the inspector!

01:25:17What?

01:25:18Jeremy!

01:25:18Yes, sir.

01:25:19Wait a minute. Let's go.

01:25:20What's going on?

01:25:25Take your friend to the end of it.

01:25:26Yes, sir.

01:25:27Yes, sir.

01:25:27Darlings, you've all been a wonderful help today, but don't you think we should go to bed now?

01:25:57Bed?

01:25:58I'm all set for the night.

01:26:00Whoopee!

01:26:01Yes, of course.

01:26:02Come on, Hugo.

01:26:03Give us a song.

01:26:05That's enough.

01:26:07Theresa!

01:26:08It's Henry and the PIVs.

01:26:09You mean the VIPs.

01:26:10Click.

01:26:12Who?

01:26:13What the devil are you all doing here?

01:26:15We are pulling ourselves together.

01:26:19Darling, Miss Peake just popped in to discuss her vegetables.

01:26:23Oh, she did, did she?

01:26:24Where are they?

01:26:25They're in the garden.

01:26:26I came ahead.

01:26:27They're following with an escort of motorcycle police.

01:26:37Oh!

01:26:38We're surrounded.

01:26:39I know.

01:26:40Quick, everyone, into one of the bedrooms.

01:26:42Come on, Hugo.

01:26:43In the bedroom.

01:26:44And, Clarice, get those bottles cleared.

01:26:46And get the ashtrays cleaned.

01:26:47May I take your coat, sir?

01:26:49It's no good.

01:26:50Oh, it's no good.

01:26:51What a pity.

01:26:52Elgin's letting them in.

01:26:55I'm done for.

01:26:58Clarice.

01:26:59Henry.

01:27:00Henry.

01:27:01I'm terribly sorry.

01:27:02Really.

01:27:03It's not my fault.

01:27:04There was a murder.

01:27:05And the police were here.

01:27:06Clarice, listen to me.

01:27:07Supposing you were in a room with four people who had no business to be there.

01:27:10What do you suppose you do?

01:27:14Well, I'd, um...

01:27:15I'd open up the hidden panel and then I'd hide them all in the recess.

01:27:18Oh, for heaven's sake, Clarice, can't you think of anything better than that?

01:27:21There you are, really.

01:27:22I...

01:27:27What's happened?

01:27:28Where is everyone?

01:27:29Now, do you see, darling?

01:27:30There is a secret panel and it was quite true about the murder.

01:27:33Although, you don't believe me, do you?

01:27:35Where's the monster?

01:27:36Good luck.

01:27:37Good gracious.

01:27:38I mean, good luck.

01:27:39No, I don't.

01:27:40I mean, thank you, darling.

01:27:41I wonder why it is that nobody ever believes me.

01:27:50Oh!

01:27:51I have never known.

01:27:52How are you.

01:27:54You know what?

01:27:55My God.

01:27:56Oh no.

01:27:58Are you bye-bye?

01:27:59I wonder if you can find anyone else.

01:28:00I'm going to say hello to venial.

01:28:01Yeah, yeah, yes, honey.

01:28:02I like it.

01:28:03Thank you, Ray.

01:28:04Okay, awesome.

01:28:05Yes, hi, bye.

01:28:07Anything else?

01:28:08They don't rely if you can.

01:28:10They ain't going on.

01:28:11No, no, I'm definitely gonna end.

01:28:13There's nothing, Congratulations.

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