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First broadcast 8th February 1987.

Miss Marple receives a cryptic letter requesting her to right an unknown injustice, but receives no hint other than a ticket for a guided tour of historic homes.

Joan Hickson as Miss Jane Marple
Peter Tilbury as Lionel Peel
Frank Gatliff as Jason Rafiel
Barbara Franceschi as Miss Kurnowitz
Bruce Payne as Michael Rafiel
Roger Hammond as Mr Broadribb
Patrick Godfrey as Mr Schuster
Ann Queensberry as Miss Wimpole
Joanna Hole as Madge
Helen Cherry as Miss Elizabeth Temple
John Horsley as Professor Wanstead
Jane Booker as Miss Cooke
Alison Skilbeck as Miss Barrow
Valerie Lush as Lavinia Glynne
Margaret Tyzack as Clothilde Bradbury-Scott
Anna Cropper as Anthea Bradbury-Scott
Liz Fraser as Mrs Brent
Peter Copley as Archdeacon Brabazon
Roger Booth as Mr Pelham
Reginald Stewart as Mr Hallowes
Jackie Downey as Florence
Jonathan Adams as Carter
Diane Agnew as Receptionist
Marlene Sidaway as Mrs Trollope
Jonathan Stephens as Policeman
Oliver Parker as London Policeman
David Blake Kelly as Tramp
Liz Adams as Coach Passenger
Mara Purcell (credited as Maraquita Annis) as Coach Passenger
Lesley Burt as Coach Passenger
Jack Crosbie as Coach Passenger
Jeremy Davies as Coach Passenger
Jack Frost as Coach Passenger
Eileen Matthews as Coach Passenger
Mary Maxfield as Coach Passenger
Betty Shawe as Coach Passenger
Cy Town as Coach Passenger

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00:51Everything's tied up now, Mr. Raphael.
00:53Nothing outstanding.
00:55Only one thing.
01:07Only one thing.
01:10I double-checked. I was sure.
01:13Only Michael.
01:15Michael?
01:16My son.
01:20You believe in fate, Miss Cameron.
01:24I...
01:25Of course.
01:27Nemesis.
01:32You ready?
01:34Yes, Mr. Raphael.
01:36We got a web to wave.
01:40Well, Arnold, I don't know what to say.
01:43That might be of any comfort.
01:46Perhaps it's all for the best.
01:49Hmm.
01:51So many marriages end disastrously these days.
01:55Well, I'm sure you've tried very hard, dear.
01:58Well, of course, Aunt Jane. I have.
02:01Well, I just wonder if it wouldn't have been better
02:03to have stayed at her house for a while.
02:06Well, I just wonder if it wouldn't have been better
02:08to have stayed at home and seen it through.
02:11I tried to stay at home.
02:14I'm sorry?
02:16Celia changed all the locks.
02:19She locked me out.
02:21Oh, poor Lionel. Well, you have been in the wars.
02:25Well, I hope the contrast won't be too much for you.
02:29St. Mary Mead is really very...
02:31Yes. Quite.
02:36Hmm.
02:54Put you in that bloody nursery, man.
03:00The angels. They've accepted.
03:03The brochure to the temple?
03:05Yes. The professor has accepted,
03:07and the airplane tickets are on their way to the archdeacon.
03:10Oh, God.
03:13It's up to her now.
03:17Thousands of years ago,
03:20she had a measuring rod,
03:22a sword,
03:24and a whip. Yeah, it's called a scourge.
03:28She rode about in a chariot driven by griffins.
03:33Yes.
03:36Last time I saw her,
03:38she was wearing a pink woolly shoe.
03:44You leave that with me.
03:46Yes, Mr. Raphael.
04:03Let's go.
04:33Store news, gentlemen.
04:35Here you are, sir.
04:40Store news, gentlemen.
04:43Oh.
04:45Oh, poor Mr. Raphael.
04:49Someone I once knew has died.
04:52Oh, I'm sorry.
04:54Well, it's not an uncommon occurrence at my age,
04:56but, oh, Mr. Raphael was so full of life.
05:00Do you mean Raphael the millionaire?
05:02Yes.
05:07I once helped him to prevent a murder.
05:11He called me nemesis.
05:14Jason Raphael, self-made millionaire
05:17in his private paradise on the island of La Rochefort.
05:20Jason Raphael died on Tuesday after a short illness.
05:31Heart, heart.
05:33Oh, come on.
05:35Oh.
05:42She may have been sleeping.
06:00He was a valued client, Schuster.
06:03He was an old rogue broadway,
06:06and he still is a client.
06:09Yes, he keeps us busy.
06:11And beyond the grave, he dies.
06:16Poor Lyle.
06:18I know you have nowhere to go,
06:20but aren't you most briefly bored?
06:22Not at all, no.
06:24No, I like it.
06:26I mean, I'm not...
06:29No, it's just that I'm very conventional.
06:32I like peace and quiet and...
06:35Well, boredom, I suppose.
06:38I mean, it's just that I'm very conventional.
06:41I like peace and quiet and...
06:44Well, boredom.
06:46No, I'm fine.
06:48I'm perfectly all...
06:50Perfectly, um...
06:52Oh, a letter from Mr Raphael's solicitors.
06:55How strange.
06:58How very strange.
07:05Come on, then.
07:08Oh.
07:33Jane?
07:35I'm Jane.
07:38Miss Perplexing.
07:40What is the letter?
07:42Mr Raphael wants me to investigate something.
07:45I can only take as being a...
07:47But he tells me nothing about it.
07:50What kind of crime, if it was a crime,
07:53and when it was committed, where, anything.
07:57I'm most bewildered.
07:59It's like me asking you a crossword puzzle without any clues.
08:03Well, there must be something else.
08:06I mean, there must be something.
08:08Oh, there is, yes.
08:10I'm to go and see her solicitors.
08:15I wonder what she'll be like.
08:17She's elderly, so she'll be punctual.
08:21Ah.
08:27I must say, Schuster, I feel a little embarrassed.
08:31How much are we supposed to reveal?
08:34The basic facts, if asked.
08:37Yes. Yes, indeed.
08:40It makes it very awkward.
08:43Mr Raphael was always such a difficult client.
08:51A coach tower?
08:53I'm afraid so. That is to say, yes.
08:56I'm a little embarrassed, Miss Marple,
08:58in that I have so little to tell you.
09:01I have two tickets for this particular tour to be put at your disposal.
09:05The second is in case you would like to take a companion.
09:09Thank you. Yes, I see, yes.
09:12The financial reward will be yours
09:15when you've completed your investigation to your own satisfaction
09:20or at the end of the year, unconditionally.
09:24Yes, but this is a little awkward.
09:27How shall I know if I've been successful?
09:30Ah.
09:32Well, we're advised that you'll know you've been successful
09:37when you've been successful.
09:41Yes, yes, I see. I see how that could be, yes.
09:45I think, Roderick, the dear lady might like to know
09:49how much the reward amounts to.
09:51Oh, yes, of course. Thank you, Schuster.
09:5420,000 pounds.
09:56That is a very large sum of money.
09:59Not as large as it used to be.
10:02Oh.
10:04Well...
10:07Partridges.
10:09Madam.
10:11Partridges are very difficult to get down, rather expensive.
10:15I think I should enjoy a partridge all to myself
10:18and perhaps some marron glacé.
10:21Oh, tell me, didn't Mr Raphael have a son, Michael?
10:26Yes, a rather delicate matter, that.
10:30I'm afraid there was an estrangement between him and his father.
10:34He was...
10:36a scandal.
10:38A scandal, you say?
10:40Yes, a nasty business.
10:42He was suspected of being involved in a murder.
10:45And when was this?
10:47Oh, a number of years now.
10:50How many?
10:52Um... Broadway?
10:54Seven or eight.
10:57And are you in touch with Michael Raphael now?
11:00No. After the scandal,
11:02we understand he went abroad for some years
11:05and after he returned to this country,
11:08he was living among the homeless.
11:10Oh, dear, dear.
11:12Tramps and down-and-outs and so on.
11:15But for all intents and purposes, he's disappeared.
11:19Well, could he be dead?
11:21He could be, yes.
11:23He's not been declared dead.
11:25Now, may I impose on you both?
11:27Of course, madame.
11:29I should like to know the exact circumstances of this murder.
11:32Perhaps you could follow the itinerary
11:35and write to me at one of these places, could you?
11:37Yes, of course, madame. Yes.
11:39So you will go on the tour?
11:42That is what Mr Raphael intently.
11:45And a companion?
11:47Yes. Yes.
11:49I think I shall take a companion.
12:45Hello, Miss Marfleur.
12:47It is Miss Marfleur, isn't it? Hello, Miss Marfleur.
12:49How do you do?
12:51And you must be Mr, um...
12:53How do you do?
12:55Peel.
12:57Absolutely. Well done, mad.
12:59Good. Now, I've been told to look after you, Miss Marfleur,
13:02like the crown jewels.
13:04Strict instructions. Let me show you to your seats.
13:10Two and three, please.
13:14There you are. Thank you.
13:16It's right between the wheels.
13:23Now, I do hope you'll both be very comfortable.
13:26And, of course, if there's anything...
13:29Well, I'm sure you'll...
13:31Right, well...
13:33Oh!
13:35Your fellow passengers.
13:40We find it helps to break the ice, you know.
13:45Well, I'll be off now.
13:47Thanks.
13:49Right, bye.
13:56Helpful girl.
13:58Yes.
14:04Oh, that woman looks familiar.
14:06What do you think, Clive?
14:08Yeah, she stands out, doesn't she?
14:10Rather academic.
14:12An archaeologist, perhaps. Digging up the Near East.
14:15Oh, of course, Miss Temple, Elizabeth Temple.
14:18She was headmistress of St Agnes.
14:21Ah. Ah-ha.
14:23Yes.
14:25I read an account of her attirement last summer.
14:28Oh.
14:30Well, how lucky we are.
14:32Congratulations on joining Elizabeth Temple, quite right.
14:37And who's that, I wonder?
14:40Well, there's a Professor Wanstead listed.
14:43Really?
14:45I don't say what of.
14:47Professor of.
14:49This is turning into a very distinguished gathering.
15:09Oh, it's so good.
15:31I imagine you knitting headscarves and that sort of thing.
15:36If that's what you prefer to go on doing,
15:39that's your decision.
15:42But if you prefer to serve the cause of justice,
15:46I hope you find it interesting.
15:50Do you remember this?
15:53Let justice roll down like waters
15:57and righteousness like an everlasting stream.
16:06Oh.
16:37Oh, how magnificent.
16:40Hemericalis fulva.
16:42Oh, I can never get mine to look like that.
16:45Oh, I expect you could, you know.
16:47Turned a chair up or be dug up.
16:49Oh, poor Lionel, I'm afraid this is very boring for you.
16:52Oh, not at all, Aunt Jay.
16:54This is the first time I've ever seen anything like it.
16:57Oh.
16:59Oh, dear.
17:01Oh, dear.
17:03Oh, poor you.
17:04Oh, not at all, Aunt Jay.
17:06This is new experience for me.
17:08Life at St. Faith's, you know,
17:10it isn't exactly the Boulevard des Anglais.
17:13Look here, you're not too tired, are you?
17:16Well, you know, I believe I am a little.
17:19I think I saw a seat somewhere over there.
17:21I think I shall sit down and have a little rest.
17:24I'll get you an ice cream cornet.
17:26Oh, yes.
18:04I'm not surprised.
18:06I'm fairly shattered myself.
18:09Have you come to see the houses or the gardens?
18:12Declare yourself.
18:14Horticulturist or historian?
18:16Um...
18:19Have a little cornet, Aunt Jay.
18:22Oh, I'm so sorry.
18:24That's all right.
18:26Excuse me.
18:28Oh, dear.
18:30Oh, dear.
18:32Oh, dear.
18:34Oh, dear.
18:36Oh, dear.
18:38Oh, dear.
18:40Oh, dear.
18:42Oh, dear.
18:44Oh, dear.
18:46Excuse me.
18:50Here we are, Aunt Jay.
19:08It's easy, so it's a possibility.
19:17Just the eggs.
19:29Oh, it's most interesting.
19:32We do all seem to like the same places.
19:34Oh, may I join you both?
19:36Oh, please do.
19:58Well, I think I should feel a little presumptuous.
20:01Oh, please.
20:03Well, Aunt Jane...
20:05Well, no, I mean, we both did, oddly enough,
20:08but Aunt Jane meant...
20:10It was one of her little ideas, you know.
20:13It was whether you might not be on some sort of pilgrimage.
20:16You remind me so much of Mrs Jameson,
20:18who came all the way from Cheshire once to St Mary Mead
20:21to look at the church.
20:23The church? Cheshire?
20:25Well, it's all right, as churches go, but...
20:28Cheshire?
20:30No, well, the point being that Mrs Jameson had been very happy
20:33in St Mary Mead a long time ago.
20:36Are you on a pilgrimage?
20:38Yes.
20:40You're right.
20:42In what way?
20:44I mean, are you visiting an actual shrine, or...?
20:47Abbey Deuces used to be an old stamping ground of mine.
20:51I'm looking for an explanation
20:54of something that's puzzled me for years.
20:57So you chose a tour?
20:59Yes.
21:01A brochure landed on my doormat a week or so ago,
21:04and Abbey Deuces was mentioned on the itinerary.
21:07It seemed like fate was giving me a nudge.
21:10I must say, I didn't expect congenial company as well.
21:41MUSIC PLAYS
22:01Your father's will is a somewhat complex document.
22:05I don't care if it's a three-volume novel, Mr Broadrib.
22:10I want to hear it.
22:12Very well, then.
22:19Ah, Miss Winthrop.
22:22That's not really Mr Raphael's son, is it?
22:25I'm afraid it is.
22:27Would you make a cup of tea, Miss Winthrop?
22:29Oh, this may take some time.
22:31As previously ordained...
22:33That bit.
22:35In English. In the vernacular.
22:38What does it mean?
22:40It means that you inherit two million pounds and various...
22:43If...
22:47Always providing that...
22:49Don't give me the jargon, Broadrib.
22:52If...
22:56If you agree to live in the home
22:59that your father made over to you at the time of your engagement,
23:03Raphael House, Abbey Deuces,
23:05you are to maintain both it and...
23:07That's the only way I get it.
23:09Mr Raphael, it is one of the finest houses in England.
23:13Is it the only way?
23:16Yes, I'm afraid so.
23:20Otherwise, nothing.
23:23You met, I take it, with a negative.
23:26As you saw.
23:29I have the details Miss Marple requested.
23:34We'll put them in this afternoon's post.
23:37To, uh...
23:39To Mr Raphael.
23:41To Mr Raphael.
23:43To Mr Raphael.
23:45To Mr Raphael.
23:47To Mr Raphael.
23:49To Mr Raphael.
23:51To, uh...
23:53Starverton.
24:04I had the tour as a gift.
24:06All expenses paid by a friend.
24:09Have you heard of Jason Raphael?
24:12He was the friend?
24:14Yes.
24:16Yes, it was in his will.
24:18How strange.
24:20Yes, I've heard of him.
24:22He contributed once or twice to educational projects.
24:26He had a son, you know.
24:28Oh, yes. Yes, I know.
24:32One of my pupils,
24:34Verity.
24:38She was a shining girl.
24:42Not academically bright,
24:44nor was she very attractive.
24:46Not surely attractive.
24:48Not clever, not athletic.
24:50She was an orphan.
24:52She had no money, no home.
24:55Yet there was something in her nature.
24:59Perhaps it was goodness.
25:03You believe in such things?
25:05Oh, yes, yes.
25:06I believe in evil, in everlasting life, and...
25:09Oh, yes, goodness. Yes.
25:11Perhaps.
25:13Perhaps it was goodness.
25:16And what happened to her?
25:19She was engaged to Mr Raphael's son,
25:21Michael Raphael.
25:23But she didn't marry him.
25:25No.
25:26Why not?
25:28Whether she would have in the end, I don't know.
25:32She died before she could.
25:34She died?
25:36How?
25:38She was killed.
25:40But why?
25:42Love.
25:45I don't know.
25:47Love, I think.
25:50Love.
25:55Oh, look, I think it's clearing up a little.
26:15Do you know anything about the professor?
26:17No.
26:18But our little girl seems a surprising choice for a man like that.
26:22I agree.
26:23Yes.
26:24Do you happen to know what he is professor of?
26:26Yes.
26:27Criminal psychology.
26:29Oh, yes.
26:32Well, I'm afraid I don't.
26:34I'm afraid I don't.
26:36I'm afraid I don't.
26:38I'm afraid I don't.
26:40I'm afraid I don't.
26:42Really?
26:44Well, well.
26:46Thank you, ma'am.
26:48Hello, Mr. Peele.
26:51I'd like to...
27:09Miss Temple said that Verity Hunt died of love.
27:13Yes.
27:15Broadrib and Schuster say here that she was murdered.
27:20Well, how on earth do they know that?
27:23Because the man arrested for her murder
27:26was Mr. Raphael's son,
27:29Michael.
27:30Where are you from?
27:32Persecution, dirty...
27:33Where are you from?
27:35Leave the poor sod alone, eh?
27:37Can't stay here, obstructing a thoroughfare for rats.
27:41Leave him.
27:42Where are you from?
27:45I come from Tipperary.
27:49Leave him to me.
27:53Make sure you move him.
27:58Verity Hunt's body was found in a ditch ten miles from Abbey Deuces.
28:03Michael, Raphael and the girl were lovers.
28:08Was that the love
28:11Miss Temple was talking about, I wonder?
28:14Ah, I see what you...
28:16Love in death and all that.
28:18Hmm.
28:20Was Michael Raphael found guilty?
28:23No.
28:24He was arrested, as I say,
28:26but was never brought to trial.
28:29That seems to me very significant in the circumstances.
28:33Oh.
28:35I see. You mean you can't be tried
28:38for a crime of which you've been acquitted.
28:40Exactly.
28:42So Michael Raphael could still be tried for the murder of this girl.
28:45Exactly.
28:48Abbey Deuces tomorrow.
29:15Mr. Hunt.
29:37Our book is in and so forth, Mr. Hunt.
29:39Oh, thank you.
29:42This is for Mrs. Butler.
29:49Can I, Mr. Parker?
29:51Sorry to interrupt.
29:53Is this the historic thing?
29:55Tour. Historic homes and gardens. Absolutely.
29:58Excellent.
29:59I'm looking for a Miss Jane Marple.
30:01Ah.
30:02Oh, well, I'm her godson, as a matter of...
30:04Perhaps I could...
30:06Oh, yes, thank you.
30:08I was hoping very much, you see, that she'd come and stay with us.
30:11Hotels are so dreary, aren't they?
30:14Well, she's just in the lounge.
30:17Oh, thank you.
30:20Right. Now, who's next?
30:24I'm Lavinia Glynn, by the way.
30:27My sisters and I have the old manor house over the way.
30:30Ah.
30:31Anyway, we heard Miss Marple was coming, do you see?
30:35Heard she was coming?
30:37Yes.
30:38We have a mutual friend, it seems.
30:40Mr. Raphael.
30:42He wrote to us before he died.
30:44Asked us to cosset her when she came.
30:46Told us the dates and everything.
30:48Well, that's extraordinary, isn't it?
30:50I mean, he seems to have planned it down to the last...
30:55Hmm.
30:56Oh, he was a great planner, Mr. Raphael.
30:59Well, he was a tycoon, wasn't he?
31:02Anyway, we were wondering whether she'd like to come and stay with us for a couple of nights.
31:06Oh, yes. Well, I'm sure she'd love to. Love to.
31:09She's not ultra keen on that.
31:11As a matter of fact, she finds them a bit impersonal.
31:15Mind you, that's what I like about them.
31:18I'm getting your shoes polished, of course.
31:20But she doesn't.
31:22Good. Good. I'm so pleased.
31:26Mr. Raphael didn't tell us a man was coming.
31:29Perhaps...
31:30It was a last-minute decision, really.
31:32Aunt Jane thought it'd be good for me.
31:35Never mind.
31:38Oh, I see what you mean.
31:40No, well, actually, I'm terribly, um...
31:45Would you think me very unsociable if I opted to stay on here at the hotel?
31:51There's an old professor on the tour who rather relies on me.
31:54Of course. Of course. Not at all. No.
31:57No, of course you must.
32:00Let's break the good news to Aunt Jane.
32:02Yes.
32:06Aunt Jane?
32:11What is it?
32:12She's going to stay with friends of Raphael.
32:15Damn.
32:24Aunt Jane?
32:36Aunt Jane?
32:38Oh, love, dear, yes, yes.
32:42Oh, I do wish I were cleverer.
32:44What's the issue, Aunt Jane?
32:46There's something going on, and I don't know what it is.
32:49I know it's there, but I...
32:52I can't work it out.
32:54What do you mean?
32:56Well, I'm being confided in, and I'm also being watched.
33:01Have I envious?
33:03Have I envious?
33:05Or are they friends?
33:07Lionel, dear, the more I think about this problem Mr Raphael has set us,
33:11the more I feel sure it has to do with his son.
33:14Now, I want you to inquire about Michael Raphael everywhere you go.
33:17Everywhere.
33:18The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker.
33:21Yes, of course. I'll have a go. I'll ask.
33:23Well, that'll be a great... Yes.
33:27You know, perhaps you should stay on here at the hotel after all.
33:31Oh, no, no.
33:33Mr Raphael intended me to go to the manor house,
33:36and that's where I'm going.
33:58Come in and meet my sisters.
34:00Only one, I'm afraid. Hello.
34:03Clotilde Bradbury-Scott.
34:05Anthea's barging round in the garden somewhere.
34:07A dreamer. Gardens where she dreams.
34:09How do you do?
34:10Oh, how do you do?
34:12Here she is.
34:14Oh, Miss Marple, hello.
34:17How lovely, how lovely of you to come.
34:21How gorgeous.
34:22Hello.
34:24I'm Anthea.
34:25Oh, how do you do?
34:31Hello.
34:44Well, if you'd like to sign...
34:46There, sir.
34:47That's it.
34:48Now, that Raphael fellow was a rotten egg, whatever they do say.
34:52Law couldn't pin nothing on him,
34:54and that don't give him his innocence.
34:56Well, thank you, sir.
34:57And your driving license number there, sir.
34:59Oh, yes.
35:00Yes, yes, I heard he was a bit of a...
35:03Ha, stale.
35:04I mean, if you're young and you've got money,
35:06it must be a terrific temptation.
35:08I mean, I'm not exactly young, and if I had money...
35:11We reckon he got away with murder.
35:14Ah.
35:17Oh.
35:18Had a dirty reputation before that,
35:20and a manner.
35:22Wasn't liked, wasn't welcomed.
35:24Anyway, he did go.
35:25We saw to that.
35:30Here we are, sir.
35:37There we are, sir.
35:39Well, pleasant driving.
35:41Oh, thank you.
35:42Yeah, we did rid ourselves of that Raphael fellow.
35:46How did you manage that?
35:49Oh, there's some creatures, as you do, smoke out.
35:52Some, as you put salt on their tails.
35:55With your fellow creatures, you just tell them, don't you?
36:13Ah, Mr Peel.
36:14Do you know where I'll find your aunt?
36:16Ah, well, as a matter of fact,
36:17she's been invited to stay at the old manor house.
36:19Oh.
36:21She didn't say she knew the Bradbury Scotts.
36:23No, she didn't, actually.
36:24It was another of the post-mortem arrangements.
36:28Mr Raphael arranged it.
36:30It's amazing.
36:32I'm counting on him to plan next term's timetable for me.
36:36It was Mr Raphael who knew the Bradbury Scotts.
36:39I see.
36:42Aunt Jane's coming to the hotel on Saturday,
36:44if you want to see her.
36:46Oh, yes, thank you.
36:48I see.
36:50I see.
36:56Thank you, Mrs Adams.
36:57Now, I only moved back here a few years ago,
37:00when Alistair died.
37:02It seemed the thing to do, to join the girls.
37:05We're a local institution.
37:07I think we are.
37:08Always have been.
37:09There go the Bradbury Scott girls in full sail.
37:13Do you remember?
37:14We went everywhere together before I was married.
37:17The toast of the county.
37:19Oh, we were so...
37:22Just like the Wyndham sisters.
37:24Now we're just the batty old dears who live in a ruin.
37:27Speak for yourself, Anthea, dear.
37:29I see it somewhat differently.
37:31My library...
37:32Is a ruin.
37:34Bits of it keep falling down.
37:36Look at the bakery, the stables, the old laundry house.
37:39Everything's decaying.
37:41It's horrible.
37:42Rats, damp worms.
37:45There are spiders in every corner.
37:47Anthea?
37:52My library is my life work, really.
37:55I've made a collection of local history,
37:57cultural and social history and so on.
37:59People write to Tilly from all over the world.
38:02It gives me something to do.
38:04What do you dream of in your library, Claudia, dear?
38:09What comes to you when you're sitting by the fire?
38:12Who comes to you?
38:14Just Daddy?
38:16Girls.
38:17Girls, come.
38:18Come.
38:19Our life is very rich.
38:21Very blessed.
38:25What are your plans, Miss Marple?
38:27We'd be delighted to show you round.
38:30Anthea and I.
38:31Clotilde has her work, of course, but we could.
38:34Our church is rather splendid.
38:37And there are lots of nooks and crannies round about.
38:39Oh, thank you very much.
38:40But my godson is to be my chauffeur.
38:43He's hired a car from a garage in Abedouces.
38:46Well, if we can help in any way.
38:49Some of the houses round here are quite superb.
38:52Raphael House used to be lovely.
38:55Raphael House?
38:57Ah, Mr Raphael.
38:58Oh, yes, indeed.
38:59He lived here.
39:00I had no idea.
39:01Oh, absolutely, until that sweet little wife of his died.
39:05Then he went back to London.
39:08The place has got quite a history, hasn't it, Tilly?
39:12Yes, it has.
39:15It was built in the 18th century by a family
39:18who made a vast fortune out of the fern timber trade.
39:22It was quite run down when Mr Raphael bought it,
39:24but he restored it magnificently.
39:26His son lived in it for a while, but does so no longer.
39:32So Mr Raphael lived in Abedouces.
39:36I should have guessed.
39:40Did you know his son?
39:42A bad lot.
39:44Conventional wisdom nowadays seems to be
39:47that young men ought to be a bit wild,
39:50and it's they who turn out right in the end.
39:53Well, Michael Raphael started bad and continued worse.
39:59Will you excuse me?
40:00There's a book I have to get back to the public library
40:03in Kingminster this week.
40:04I must finish it.
40:06Of course.
40:07I'm so glad you were able to come, Miss Marple.
40:16Yes.
40:18Perhaps I shouldn't have.
40:20But Clotilde mentioned him first.
40:24Do you know, I really think I ought to go and see
40:26if Mrs Adams has fed Tenzing.
40:29I think she takes that fish home for her own wretched mug.
40:35It's so lovely to have you here, Miss Marple.
40:43My poor sisters.
40:46What you have to understand, Miss Marple,
40:49is that my sister's relationship with Jason Raphael
40:53wasn't simply that of good friends and neighbours.
40:57They were united by grief.
41:00How?
41:02They both lost children.
41:04But Michael Raphael was his only child.
41:06Jason Raphael lost Michael
41:09just as surely as my sisters lost Verity.
41:13Verity?
41:14Verity Hunter.
41:16The girl Michael was involved with.
41:19The one who was killed.
41:21My sisters were Verity's guardians, Miss Marple.
42:35You've got a flair for evil, that's what.
42:41A nose for it.
42:44Oh, have I indeed.
42:47Well, I wish it would manifest itself.
43:05May I?
43:07Oh, yes, of course.
43:10I believe your aunt and I may share a common interest, Mr Peel.
43:14Really?
43:15Clotilde and Anthea Bradbury-Scott
43:17were Verity Hunt's guardians, you know.
43:19Ah, I see. Were they?
43:22It's so difficult to know what to do for the best.
43:28You have a car, don't you, Mr Peel?
43:31I'm sorry?
43:32I saw you parking a car.
43:33Oh, it is a car, yes. Yes, I have.
43:35I wonder if I may impose upon you.
44:02How would you describe that, Mr Peel?
44:15Apart from being beautiful.
44:17A mansion under English skies.
44:21Beautiful as a wreck of paradise.
44:25Looks as though Prince Charming ought to turn up
44:28and wake it with a kiss, don't you think?
44:30Quite.
44:32Quite so.
44:35Do you believe in the spirit of place?
44:39Oh, the jolly old genius loci, eh?
44:42Well, it's a vexed subject, but...
44:45Yes, I do, personally, as it happens. Yes.
44:49Where are we, by the way?
44:51Raphael House.
44:53Really?
44:56I was about to say that I feel that this
44:58could be a very happy place.
45:00Oh, I agree.
45:02Oh, yes, I fear I agree.
45:10This was the tennis court.
45:12Every Sunday afternoon.
45:15Weather permitting.
45:17We were quite famous for our tennis parties.
45:19Oh, yes.
45:20Tilly was a terrific server.
45:29That briar patch was old Bourbon Roses once.
45:35And over there...
45:40Oh, Lord, the nymphs are departed.
45:44I don't know why I'm doing this.
45:46It makes me so sad.
45:49The greenhouse.
45:51Oh, yes.
45:53Polygonum baldschweinecke.
45:55Very fine example.
45:58Is it?
46:02Tortilla planted.
46:04Certainly taken over.
46:14Would you like a shake before that?
46:18No, thank you very much.
46:21There's a letter I'm afraid I must write.
46:24I've decided to write.
46:27Yes.
46:31Raphael House, eh?
46:33They do say. Is it beyond it?
46:36I won't be a moment, sir.
46:38I left yours till last as I thought you was going out.
46:42No.
46:44They do say the girl do walk abroad at Raphael House.
46:47Girl?
46:49The girl was murdered by that Raphael boy.
46:52Mad as a hatter, of course.
46:54That's what makes them do it.
46:56There were others.
46:58Others?
46:59Oh, yes.
47:01Nora Brent, for one.
47:03She disappeared.
47:05My Aunt Irene said she saw her in Blackpool.
47:08But she's blind as a mole and thick as slurry.
47:12Some of the girls say she's gone off to America.
47:16That's only because she was always going to flicks.
47:19No.
47:21What I say is Raphael done her in.
47:24He should have hanged for the other girl, that Verity Hunt.
47:27But the rich can do anything, can't they?
47:30Still, we didn't like him being round.
47:34He got the message in the end.
47:37And good riddance.
47:40There, sir, that's you done.
47:43You'll be going off tomorrow, will you, sir?
47:46To the castle at Kingminster on your little tour.
47:49Kingminster? No, no.
47:51I've promised my aunt the local churches tomorrow, actually.
47:54She thought the castle might be a bit much for her.
47:57Right you are, then, sir.
48:07Yes.
48:30Yes, Mr Walker, that's fine. Bye-bye.
48:34Can this go by hand, do you think?
48:37Yes, of course, madam.
49:04Yes, sir?
49:06Kingminster.
49:08Return.
49:10And a dough.
49:12£1.76, please, sir.
49:14£1.76.
49:16£1.76.
49:18£1.76.
49:20£1.76.
49:22£1.76.
49:24£1.76.
49:26£1.76.
49:28£1.76.
49:30£1.76.
49:32£1.76, please, sir.
49:34Good morning. Good morning.
49:36Oh, hello, Miss Temple. Well done.
49:38How's the stiffness today, Mr McLaren-Ross?
49:40Oh, much better, thank you.
49:42You look so much better. Well done.
49:44Morning. Oh, Professor.
49:46Terrific. Gosh, you are game.
49:49What sensible shoes.
49:53Anyone... Anyone seen Miss Cook and her chum?
49:56No. Oh, Lord.
50:06Well?
50:08Oh, St Peter's first, I think.
50:10I assume the girl was buried there.
50:33The windows were enlarged in 1340,
50:36and the stained glass tells the story of the family through the ages.
50:41If we could move on now, ladies and gentlemen,
50:43through there and up the stairs, we'll come to the library.
51:02MUSIC STOPS
51:27What are you looking for here, Aunt Jane?
51:30I wish I knew, Lana, dear.
51:33Come along.
51:36Now, the Gallery Library was designed by James Wyatt in 1790,
51:41and the Gallery is graced by statues of the greatest of the English poets.
51:46They're all done life-size, except that of Shakespeare,
51:50who is done bigger, as befits his status as a literary giant.
51:55The glass cases contain manuscript poems,
51:58letters, autographs and incunabula.
52:03Now, if we could move on through the doors over there and down the stairs,
52:06we'll find ourselves in the dining room.
52:13Right, come on, gang.
52:28MUSIC STOPS
52:46And I am re-begot of absence, darkness, death,
52:52things which are not.
52:55Ah! Oh, no!
53:06What the...?
53:10Oh, my God!