1 00:01:01,690 --> 00:01:04,663 This is a sacred charge you understand that. 2 00:01:04,788 --> 00:01:08,257 I wouldn't ask this of you if I didn't think you were ready more than that 3 00:01:08,382 --> 00:01:12,172 but you were the one creature on this earth to whom I could entrust this. 4 00:01:12,476 --> 00:01:17,234 This message must go to Trotty and to no one else. Is that clear? 5 00:01:18,626 --> 00:01:20,600 Is that clear? 6 00:01:25,048 --> 00:01:27,705 Good boy. Off you go. 7 00:01:34,963 --> 00:01:36,583 - Morning. - Morning. 8 00:01:36,708 --> 00:01:38,514 Doc, stay. 9 00:01:39,202 --> 00:01:40,761 Can I help you? 10 00:01:41,107 --> 00:01:43,210 Oh, yes. 11 00:01:44,304 --> 00:01:47,240 With wallpaper that is it's a little early for that. 12 00:01:47,378 --> 00:01:49,680 - For what? - Never mind. 13 00:01:50,653 --> 00:01:54,059 - I'm looking for a Mrs. Book. - You found her. 14 00:01:54,583 --> 00:01:56,921 - Well, that's a crying shame. - What is? 15 00:01:57,119 --> 00:01:59,119 You're married that is. 16 00:02:01,169 --> 00:02:04,318 - Can I help you? - Yeah, yeah, you're 17 00:02:04,444 --> 00:02:05,880 got message from your husband. 18 00:02:06,005 --> 00:02:07,760 Said you were having problems with your alternator. 19 00:02:07,886 --> 00:02:09,966 - My...? - In the car. 20 00:02:10,150 --> 00:02:11,920 It's what I do see, cars. 21 00:02:12,625 --> 00:02:14,383 I see. I missed a book sent for you, did he? 22 00:02:14,509 --> 00:02:18,720 Yeah, yeah. I mean no idea why he didn't go with someone more local, but... 23 00:02:18,846 --> 00:02:21,733 I'll not say no. I'll go where the work is, right? 24 00:02:21,988 --> 00:02:23,449 Right. 25 00:02:25,872 --> 00:02:27,272 Got a light? 26 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,564 Yeah, yeah. 27 00:02:30,024 --> 00:02:32,285 - Somewhere here... - In one minute. 28 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:44,643 - 29 00:02:48,341 --> 00:02:49,748 Here we are. 30 00:02:57,936 --> 00:03:01,761 So you are a mechanic mister... 31 00:03:01,925 --> 00:03:04,162 Mickey. Mickey Hall. 32 00:03:04,656 --> 00:03:07,644 And yeah, yeah. I've got a garage, my land. 33 00:03:08,268 --> 00:03:12,000 - All yours? - Why not me and the um 34 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,320 Oh yeah, yeah, all mine. 35 00:03:15,017 --> 00:03:16,462 I see. 36 00:03:18,867 --> 00:03:20,767 If you excuse me a moment. 37 00:03:20,892 --> 00:03:25,320 I need to lay my hands on her. Well find my car. 38 00:03:25,673 --> 00:03:27,136 Right, oh, yeah. 39 00:03:27,262 --> 00:03:29,426 Well, I ain't going anywhere, so... 40 00:03:43,090 --> 00:03:45,617 - The very man. - Oh, good morning Mrs. Book. 41 00:03:45,742 --> 00:03:47,480 Ah, morning Eric. 42 00:03:47,605 --> 00:03:49,785 I wonder if you'd be an absolute darling before me, Eric? 43 00:03:49,910 --> 00:03:51,543 - Anything for a lady. - As I recall 44 00:03:51,668 --> 00:03:54,434 Sheila's a proud owner of a rather splendid daimler. 45 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,134 - Yes, she's got a car. - Yeah, is she in? 46 00:03:56,259 --> 00:03:57,871 Can I just pop in to ask to borrow the car? 47 00:03:57,996 --> 00:04:00,116 No need by that. I'm sure she wouldn't mind. 48 00:04:00,241 --> 00:04:02,516 It's just parked around the back. I'll get the keys for you. 49 00:04:02,641 --> 00:04:03,980 Thank you. 50 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,173 - Hello. Hello. - What's up? 51 00:04:19,314 --> 00:04:22,207 Puncture I think, as bald as daddy. 52 00:04:22,395 --> 00:04:25,440 I told him these wheels won't get me to Cambridge. 53 00:04:26,649 --> 00:04:28,780 - I don't suppose you could help me out 54 00:04:28,906 --> 00:04:32,105 It's not really my department. I'm just looking after the place. 55 00:04:32,230 --> 00:04:35,080 I'd be most awfully grateful 56 00:04:35,690 --> 00:04:39,076 Oh yeah, all right. I'll see what Mickey's got. 57 00:04:39,865 --> 00:04:41,865 Thanks ever so. 58 00:04:42,046 --> 00:04:44,477 There must be a repair kit back here somewhere. 59 00:04:44,602 --> 00:04:46,037 I really appreciate this. 60 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,417 Like he puts things in those random places. 61 00:07:09,764 --> 00:07:14,364 Sync and corrections: minouhse www.addic7ed.com 62 00:07:30,632 --> 00:07:31,862 Slow down. 63 00:07:34,515 --> 00:07:36,643 There is nothing wrong with that. 64 00:07:36,769 --> 00:07:39,747 The alternator, I mean you have enough trouble starting it. 65 00:07:39,872 --> 00:07:41,440 He didn't mention it. 66 00:07:43,836 --> 00:07:46,359 - Maybe I should put me specs on. - Maybe. 67 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,051 Well, thank you very much, Mr. Hall. 68 00:07:56,176 --> 00:07:59,414 That was uh that was... was quite a ride. 69 00:07:59,539 --> 00:08:01,338 Yeah, not at all, love. 70 00:08:01,846 --> 00:08:04,608 And uh... anytime you 71 00:08:05,213 --> 00:08:07,740 want to go a bit further... 72 00:08:08,254 --> 00:08:10,273 Sunday maybe? 73 00:08:10,841 --> 00:08:13,497 Hmm, desperately tempting though 74 00:08:13,623 --> 00:08:16,132 that is I find I'm washing my hair that evening. 75 00:08:16,258 --> 00:08:18,704 - Besides... - Besides? 76 00:08:18,829 --> 00:08:22,614 I think perhaps your dance card may soon be a little full. 77 00:08:25,834 --> 00:08:27,684 Quick word Mr. Hall 78 00:08:36,510 --> 00:08:39,310 Well, isn't this nice? 79 00:08:40,173 --> 00:08:41,274 Who are you? 80 00:08:41,399 --> 00:08:44,232 We thought Mr. Hall that it was high time we had a little chat. 81 00:08:44,358 --> 00:08:46,089 Listen, I know my rights. 82 00:08:46,254 --> 00:08:48,504 Straight out of the blocks. Disappointing. 83 00:08:48,629 --> 00:08:51,379 Dear me, Mr. Hall. One point deducted already. 84 00:08:51,504 --> 00:08:53,504 Point? What are you talking about? 85 00:08:53,630 --> 00:08:56,904 - Listen, you can't stick anything on me. - There you go again. 86 00:08:57,645 --> 00:08:59,783 - Ai? - Textbook quotidian. 87 00:08:59,965 --> 00:09:01,790 - Banal. - What? 88 00:09:01,916 --> 00:09:05,221 You see the inspector and I have been through this routine a hundred times. 89 00:09:05,346 --> 00:09:06,563 Thousand. 90 00:09:06,688 --> 00:09:10,004 You have no idea how tedious it is having to listen to the same old stock 91 00:09:10,129 --> 00:09:13,730 responses from gnarly old lags like something from the musical. 92 00:09:13,855 --> 00:09:16,916 Hold your hand out you naughty boy. 93 00:09:17,042 --> 00:09:19,181 Oh, that's probably enough of that. 94 00:09:19,716 --> 00:09:23,365 So here's the question that you would ask were it not for your fear of me, 95 00:09:23,637 --> 00:09:27,760 dinging you why would I want to kill poor Mr. Harkup. 96 00:09:28,352 --> 00:09:30,580 Oh, why would I? I wouldn't hurt a fly. 97 00:09:30,705 --> 00:09:34,055 - I never did it. - But you admit to going to the shop. 98 00:09:42,853 --> 00:09:46,922 Yeah. Yes. All right. I... I went there to talk things through, to reason with him. 99 00:09:47,097 --> 00:09:48,898 Now me and Marula got a little one on the way. 100 00:09:49,023 --> 00:09:52,147 Oh, did you go with the express intention of filching the jade elephant 101 00:09:52,272 --> 00:09:54,186 - and replacing it? - That's a dirty lie. 102 00:09:54,311 --> 00:09:56,919 Oh, bravo. Haven't heard that one in a while. 103 00:09:57,044 --> 00:09:58,813 - Should put copper at the end, though. - What? 104 00:09:58,938 --> 00:10:01,200 That's a dirty lie. Copper is much more effective. 105 00:10:01,325 --> 00:10:03,317 But you ain't a copper, is you? 106 00:10:03,442 --> 00:10:05,387 No. Fair point. No, I ain't, 107 00:10:05,543 --> 00:10:07,883 isn't, aren’t. 108 00:10:08,079 --> 00:10:10,698 But I do have a special letter from Churchill. 109 00:10:10,824 --> 00:10:13,404 So? Anyway, you can't prove that I did that. 110 00:10:13,530 --> 00:10:16,658 No, but it's very probable you'll admit what happened then. 111 00:10:17,661 --> 00:10:19,716 I waited outside the shop. 112 00:10:20,092 --> 00:10:23,164 I knew he'd be in he never goes anywhere except Mondays and Thursdays. 113 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:24,863 Played dominoes down the ball. 114 00:10:24,989 --> 00:10:27,616 I waited too well after seven but there was no sign of him. 115 00:10:27,742 --> 00:10:30,760 - So he went into the flat. - No sign of him. 116 00:10:31,263 --> 00:10:33,086 - But first she come out. - Who? 117 00:10:33,579 --> 00:10:36,040 The char. Mrs. Dredge. 118 00:10:36,950 --> 00:10:38,547 Coming out of chemist acting all... 119 00:10:38,672 --> 00:10:40,569 - shifty. - Yeah, well, you know all about that. 120 00:10:40,694 --> 00:10:42,560 Yeah, she had something in her coat 121 00:10:42,686 --> 00:10:44,748 trying her best to keep it hidden. 122 00:10:46,079 --> 00:10:48,206 Didn't let her see me, obviously. 123 00:10:48,519 --> 00:10:49,931 When was this? 124 00:10:50,057 --> 00:10:51,393 About six. 125 00:10:51,519 --> 00:10:52,946 Now go on. 126 00:10:54,024 --> 00:10:55,384 Then someone else come. 127 00:10:55,627 --> 00:10:57,542 It's like Piccadilly Circus on your lane, Book. 128 00:10:57,667 --> 00:10:59,682 Couldn't see him properly, what are my eyes and that? 129 00:10:59,807 --> 00:11:02,485 - Oh yes, we've heard all about it. - But it was a him. 130 00:11:04,049 --> 00:11:06,437 I do know the difference, mister. 131 00:11:06,629 --> 00:11:08,867 Your reputation precedes you. 132 00:11:10,649 --> 00:11:12,252 It was all bundled up. 133 00:11:12,823 --> 00:11:15,352 Scarf, overcoat. 134 00:11:17,049 --> 00:11:18,400 After he left, 135 00:11:18,952 --> 00:11:20,725 I went to the flat. 136 00:11:20,969 --> 00:11:23,959 The door was shut, but I know my way around a lock, so... 137 00:11:24,416 --> 00:11:26,006 In I went, and... 138 00:11:26,609 --> 00:11:27,899 that's when I found him. 139 00:11:30,912 --> 00:11:32,844 Marulu's dad, that is. Stone dead. 140 00:11:32,969 --> 00:11:35,719 So naturally you thought you should call the police? 141 00:11:36,049 --> 00:11:38,849 Well, that wouldn't have been a very wise thing to do, would it? 142 00:11:39,469 --> 00:11:40,920 I almost just licked it. 143 00:11:41,616 --> 00:11:43,526 And then I remembered about the ornaments. 144 00:11:44,995 --> 00:11:46,265 The jade figures. 145 00:11:47,129 --> 00:11:49,560 Months ago he told me about how precious they was. 146 00:11:51,230 --> 00:11:53,548 I thought no one was going to miss one of them, aren't they? 147 00:11:53,673 --> 00:11:56,059 Alas for you, that wasn't quite the case. 148 00:11:56,938 --> 00:11:58,688 I had my little chess set with me. 149 00:12:03,952 --> 00:12:05,282 So I swapped one. 150 00:12:06,299 --> 00:12:09,169 Then I took off straight home, I swear. 151 00:12:09,499 --> 00:12:13,074 I never killed Harker, but I never even touched him. He was dead when I got there. 152 00:12:13,199 --> 00:12:16,055 Alright son, maybe you're telling the truth, maybe you're not. 153 00:12:16,181 --> 00:12:18,276 But let me assure you, if you are lying, 154 00:12:18,402 --> 00:12:20,473 if you think you can take Scotland Yard for a ride, 155 00:12:20,599 --> 00:12:25,289 I'll come down on you so hard, you won't be able to see straight till Christmas. 156 00:12:26,139 --> 00:12:28,109 I'll throw the bloody bock at you. 157 00:12:30,159 --> 00:12:31,359 Inspector. 158 00:12:36,889 --> 00:12:38,479 Do we believe him? 159 00:12:38,789 --> 00:12:40,524 Bent as dog's hind leg. 160 00:12:40,649 --> 00:12:43,039 Yeah, but is he a murderer though? 161 00:12:45,035 --> 00:12:46,585 I need to think. 162 00:12:47,682 --> 00:12:49,392 Do you have time to queue? 163 00:12:50,582 --> 00:12:52,552 I'm planning a casserole. 164 00:13:06,409 --> 00:13:08,384 Vicious stopping moaning, love? 165 00:13:08,615 --> 00:13:10,585 Chance would be a fine thing. 166 00:13:15,626 --> 00:13:19,499 Come on Enid, it's sharp now, it's not going to wrap itself. 167 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:21,160 Here we are. 168 00:13:21,950 --> 00:13:23,240 She's new. 169 00:13:29,159 --> 00:13:31,800 Out away you, we're beer all bleeding day. 170 00:13:33,139 --> 00:13:35,152 Right. You're watching. 171 00:13:36,079 --> 00:13:39,529 Over, over, under, under. 172 00:13:39,872 --> 00:13:41,312 - Here we go lovely. - Thank you. 173 00:13:41,438 --> 00:13:42,638 Bye. 174 00:13:44,059 --> 00:13:45,949 Oi, come in, let's be having ya. 175 00:13:48,512 --> 00:13:50,502 Don't have to turn you vegetarian. 176 00:13:51,390 --> 00:13:54,080 Our cat brought home a pigeon the other night. 177 00:13:55,452 --> 00:13:56,652 And? 178 00:13:56,919 --> 00:13:59,109 Well, Mrs Bliss was sorely tempted. 179 00:13:59,579 --> 00:14:01,429 We had plenty of pigeons in the war. 180 00:14:01,555 --> 00:14:04,031 - Nothing wrong with your bit of pigeon. - Yeah. 181 00:14:04,157 --> 00:14:06,673 Yeah, I know, but now it's all over. 182 00:14:06,799 --> 00:14:08,889 We want to weigh him a bit higher, don't we? 183 00:14:09,159 --> 00:14:10,819 We are all of us in the gutter, 184 00:14:10,945 --> 00:14:13,574 but some of us are looking at the Starlings. 185 00:14:15,659 --> 00:14:18,094 Right, bugger this. All right. 186 00:14:18,219 --> 00:14:21,054 Excuse me. Police business, coming through, coming through. 187 00:14:21,179 --> 00:14:22,774 Police business. Police business, thank you. 188 00:14:22,899 --> 00:14:24,414 Thank you. Sorry, sorry, madam. 189 00:14:24,539 --> 00:14:26,063 - Police business, thank you very much. - Oi. 190 00:14:26,188 --> 00:14:28,074 But you'll bloody turn like the rest of us. 191 00:14:28,199 --> 00:14:29,894 Oh, I'm so sorry, madam. It's an urgent police business. 192 00:14:30,019 --> 00:14:31,454 - One minute. - Oh, madam. 193 00:14:31,579 --> 00:14:34,749 Sorry, I just ask you to take a few steps outside. 194 00:14:35,379 --> 00:14:36,829 Urgent police business. 195 00:14:39,599 --> 00:14:41,569 - Afternoon, Alex. - Afternoon, sir. 196 00:14:43,019 --> 00:14:45,694 - Now, stewing steak. - I've kept it aside, sir. 197 00:14:45,819 --> 00:14:47,925 You are a prince amongst men. 198 00:14:50,026 --> 00:14:52,036 You've got something just there, eh? 199 00:14:52,819 --> 00:14:54,799 Oh, excuse me. 200 00:14:54,925 --> 00:14:57,135 Powdered egg. Bit of a rush breakfast. 201 00:14:58,279 --> 00:15:00,754 - How's Sheila? - Well, sir. Well. 202 00:15:00,879 --> 00:15:03,734 - She's driven up to Sheffield. - A nice family. 203 00:15:03,859 --> 00:15:05,059 Yes. 204 00:15:06,099 --> 00:15:08,040 Terrible about George, Arkup. 205 00:15:08,955 --> 00:15:11,602 - He certainly is. - Mind you, I... 206 00:15:11,727 --> 00:15:14,400 I wager old Basart won't shed any tears. 207 00:15:15,839 --> 00:15:17,240 I never got on. 208 00:15:17,426 --> 00:15:19,776 Many are running during the Blitz. 209 00:15:20,239 --> 00:15:22,334 Arkup was a stickler for the rules. 210 00:15:22,459 --> 00:15:25,298 Always on at Mr. Basart for being too slack. 211 00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:28,014 Blackout curtain, showing light, that sort of thing. 212 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:30,920 Rub your tick. 213 00:15:32,210 --> 00:15:35,329 Right then. Where are we up to with the murders? 214 00:15:35,455 --> 00:15:38,142 Murders? There's only one, as far as I know. 215 00:15:38,299 --> 00:15:39,640 Oh, yes. 216 00:15:40,579 --> 00:15:44,657 Well, Mrs. Dredge says she saw the chemist at approximately 6pm. 217 00:15:44,783 --> 00:15:47,679 - We have only her word for that. - Yes. 218 00:15:48,259 --> 00:15:51,794 But Mickey Hall did say he saw her leaving the shop around that time 219 00:15:51,919 --> 00:15:54,400 with something in her coat she wanted to keep hidden. 220 00:15:54,599 --> 00:15:58,251 And she has a strong motive now we know she inherits the heart. 221 00:15:58,839 --> 00:16:02,018 So, Arkup appears to have died somewhere between 6 and 10. 222 00:16:02,144 --> 00:16:03,480 According to Dr. Calder. 223 00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:06,181 An awful lot could have happened in those four hours. 224 00:16:06,306 --> 00:16:07,222 Indeed. 225 00:16:07,347 --> 00:16:10,094 Now, we're presuming the killer called around. 226 00:16:10,219 --> 00:16:12,040 No sign of forced entry. 227 00:16:12,853 --> 00:16:14,794 - So, Arkup knew them? - Probably. 228 00:16:14,919 --> 00:16:16,574 I've told you this before. 229 00:16:16,699 --> 00:16:18,174 Hear me out, Mr. Arkup, please. 230 00:16:18,299 --> 00:16:19,771 It's about Marona. 231 00:16:20,659 --> 00:16:23,289 I suppose you'd better come through. 232 00:16:24,003 --> 00:16:26,255 So, he let them in. 233 00:16:27,032 --> 00:16:29,542 There was some sort of chat. 234 00:16:31,868 --> 00:16:35,240 The killer proceeds to pour prussic acid down his throat. 235 00:16:39,139 --> 00:16:40,629 Arkup croaks. 236 00:16:40,799 --> 00:16:42,699 Literally, I should imagine. 237 00:16:44,053 --> 00:16:48,248 But why did he take just the one piece? Why would I grab the lot? 238 00:16:49,139 --> 00:16:50,954 Then it would look like burglary. 239 00:16:51,079 --> 00:16:53,569 Whereas he wanted to make it look like suicide. 240 00:16:54,078 --> 00:16:55,414 There we are, sir. 241 00:16:55,539 --> 00:16:58,554 Oh, bless you, Eric. Oh, anything for dogs? 242 00:16:58,679 --> 00:17:00,754 - I'll spoil you. - You do. 243 00:17:00,879 --> 00:17:03,374 - Would you like it, rats? - No, no, no. He won't mind. 244 00:17:03,499 --> 00:17:05,074 Thank you. Toodle-pip. 245 00:17:05,199 --> 00:17:07,880 - Enjoy your day, gentlemen. - Cheerio. 246 00:17:12,858 --> 00:17:14,960 - Ho-ho, Beryl. - Hello. 247 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:17,934 Mrs. Dredge has motive and opportunity. 248 00:17:18,059 --> 00:17:20,374 Mickey Hall, motive and opportunity. 249 00:17:20,499 --> 00:17:22,029 What about Marula? 250 00:17:22,179 --> 00:17:24,414 Mickey says the bundled-up stranger is a man. 251 00:17:24,539 --> 00:17:27,329 - Yeah, then he would. - If they were in it together. 252 00:17:29,439 --> 00:17:32,549 Did they know that Arkup was going to disinherit them? 253 00:17:34,830 --> 00:17:36,080 Hello, Jack. 254 00:17:36,206 --> 00:17:37,406 Sir? 255 00:17:38,579 --> 00:17:39,949 Not for you. 256 00:17:47,496 --> 00:17:48,826 What have you done? 257 00:17:49,442 --> 00:17:50,642 Oh, tidied up. 258 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:52,960 Tidied up? 259 00:17:53,469 --> 00:17:54,699 Oh, dear. 260 00:17:55,481 --> 00:17:57,284 Well, you said you wanted things cataloging. 261 00:17:57,409 --> 00:18:00,742 So, I need to put it in a proper order. 262 00:18:00,868 --> 00:18:02,826 You've only done these shelves so far. 263 00:18:02,952 --> 00:18:05,524 Yeah. Sorry. Takes time, you know. 264 00:18:05,649 --> 00:18:07,929 Thank God. Put it all back. 265 00:18:08,428 --> 00:18:10,270 Put it all back just as it was. 266 00:18:10,396 --> 00:18:11,664 Because I told you I have a system. 267 00:18:11,789 --> 00:18:13,608 - But you said that... - Catalog it, I said. 268 00:18:13,733 --> 00:18:15,003 Not desecrate it. 269 00:18:15,673 --> 00:18:16,873 Christ. 270 00:18:17,167 --> 00:18:18,408 Book. 271 00:18:21,689 --> 00:18:22,889 I'm sorry. 272 00:18:24,049 --> 00:18:26,079 We said soon as men did it, eh? 273 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,210 Well, I think I might have done something right. 274 00:18:35,562 --> 00:18:38,309 - You found something? - Yeah. I have. 275 00:18:39,810 --> 00:18:42,000 It's been cleaned recently. 276 00:18:43,125 --> 00:18:44,935 The residue you can see. 277 00:18:45,399 --> 00:18:47,920 - This remains a silver polish. - Meaning? 278 00:18:48,287 --> 00:18:50,600 Meaning that it got into the ground recently. 279 00:18:51,287 --> 00:18:52,610 Probably dropped. 280 00:18:54,265 --> 00:18:56,680 Or... Something far more sinister. 281 00:18:57,679 --> 00:18:59,189 What are you getting at? 282 00:18:59,409 --> 00:19:01,800 - 1665. Year of the plague. - Yeah. 283 00:19:01,926 --> 00:19:03,906 Very specifically, the year of the plague. 284 00:19:04,032 --> 00:19:05,602 Not a year or two before. 285 00:19:05,759 --> 00:19:06,959 Capital. 286 00:19:08,063 --> 00:19:09,593 Too convenient. 287 00:19:09,719 --> 00:19:10,945 Horribly. 288 00:19:11,071 --> 00:19:14,247 Where better to hide a tree than in a forest. 289 00:19:14,373 --> 00:19:17,594 Eleven skeletons in the plague pit from the 17th century. 290 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,200 And the 12th from 1946. 291 00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:22,445 Oh, bloody hell. 292 00:19:22,903 --> 00:19:25,752 You said earlier. Murders. Plural. 293 00:19:25,878 --> 00:19:27,078 Yes. 294 00:19:27,699 --> 00:19:28,714 Linked? 295 00:19:28,839 --> 00:19:31,255 Oh, I should think so. Top of the class, Jack. 296 00:19:31,380 --> 00:19:34,069 Really, I should give you the afternoon off to go to the pub. 297 00:19:34,299 --> 00:19:37,094 So I will. More specifically, The Bull. 298 00:19:37,219 --> 00:19:39,374 Where the late Mr. Harcup used to play dominos. 299 00:19:39,499 --> 00:19:41,374 - Take Nora. - Nora? 300 00:19:41,499 --> 00:19:44,749 I believe you've met. She's good at this sort of thing. 301 00:19:45,232 --> 00:19:46,720 You could learn a lot. 302 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:56,480 Something. 303 00:19:56,719 --> 00:19:58,229 Very much something. 304 00:20:01,171 --> 00:20:02,429 What's this? 305 00:20:02,555 --> 00:20:05,164 A list of addresses and a very particular question. 306 00:20:05,289 --> 00:20:08,255 I'd be ever so grateful if you'd go on a little field trip for me. 307 00:20:08,633 --> 00:20:11,044 All right. If you cook tonight. 308 00:20:11,169 --> 00:20:14,206 - I am. Casserole. - Oh, casserole. 309 00:21:20,545 --> 00:21:22,040 Very irregular, this. 310 00:21:22,166 --> 00:21:23,696 Kiddies on the premises. 311 00:21:24,189 --> 00:21:27,005 - I'm not a kid. - You look like one. 312 00:21:27,131 --> 00:21:29,689 Appearances can be very deceptive. 313 00:21:30,149 --> 00:21:32,564 I'll have a drink if that's what you're worried about. 314 00:21:32,690 --> 00:21:35,624 - That would make it worse. - She'll have a lemonade. 315 00:21:35,749 --> 00:21:38,041 Oh, what? And... 316 00:21:38,614 --> 00:21:41,262 - I'll have a bottle of mild, please. - All right? 317 00:21:42,022 --> 00:21:43,222 Thanks. 318 00:21:44,989 --> 00:21:46,944 - You'll have to get these. - What? 319 00:21:47,069 --> 00:21:49,200 I haven't got any money. No. 320 00:21:49,995 --> 00:21:53,233 Ask Mr. Book will advance you with your wages. 321 00:21:58,469 --> 00:22:01,779 - There you are. - Thanks. Take the change. 322 00:22:05,409 --> 00:22:07,839 You were saying, Mr Harkup. 323 00:22:08,436 --> 00:22:12,760 That's right, son. Every Monday and Thursday. Sit just over there. 324 00:22:13,909 --> 00:22:18,084 Mr. Well-beloved, the butcher. Mr. Base Hart, the RP warden. 325 00:22:18,209 --> 00:22:21,840 Mrs. Akers from the junk shop. Mr. Quillen, the tailor. 326 00:22:21,966 --> 00:22:23,800 Just like happy family's. 327 00:22:25,109 --> 00:22:27,599 - Mr. Toovey from the cobblers. - Mr. Harcup. 328 00:22:27,725 --> 00:22:29,375 Oh, God rest his soul. 329 00:22:29,901 --> 00:22:31,320 Yeah. 330 00:22:33,130 --> 00:22:35,499 Are you with the coppers then? 331 00:22:40,133 --> 00:22:41,923 In a manner of speaking. 332 00:22:42,049 --> 00:22:46,319 I mean, I don't mind. I was in the force myself back in the day. 333 00:22:47,229 --> 00:22:49,319 Ah, poor old Harcup. 334 00:22:49,693 --> 00:22:51,263 Didn't seem the type. 335 00:22:51,389 --> 00:22:53,074 You know, to do himself in. 336 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,280 - But then, do they ever. - I know. 337 00:22:56,406 --> 00:22:58,904 We had a teacher. Life and soul. 338 00:22:59,030 --> 00:23:02,819 - Drowned herself in a weary of a man. - How was he? When you last saw him? 339 00:23:03,562 --> 00:23:05,270 Well, that's the thing you see. 340 00:23:05,396 --> 00:23:07,959 I saw Mr. Harcup just the day before. 341 00:23:09,378 --> 00:23:11,399 Very out of character it was. 342 00:23:11,525 --> 00:23:14,283 Yeah, he marched in here in the middle of the day. 343 00:23:14,409 --> 00:23:17,344 He was a man of very regular habits. 344 00:23:17,649 --> 00:23:19,939 So, it did seem a bit queer. 345 00:23:20,608 --> 00:23:22,799 Yeah, seemed like he had a lot on his mind. 346 00:23:23,469 --> 00:23:25,539 Said he was sitting on a secret. 347 00:23:26,169 --> 00:23:27,852 Obviously eating him up a bit. 348 00:23:27,978 --> 00:23:30,729 Did you get it out of him? The secret? 349 00:23:30,969 --> 00:23:34,565 Ah, not at first. No. More than my life's worth, he said. 350 00:23:34,691 --> 00:23:37,520 - He said that? - His very words, son. 351 00:23:38,089 --> 00:23:39,760 And the next day... 352 00:23:40,696 --> 00:23:41,896 Dead. 353 00:23:44,216 --> 00:23:45,766 Did he, erm... 354 00:23:46,274 --> 00:23:48,674 - Elaborate? - Yes, son. 355 00:23:48,799 --> 00:23:50,720 Eventually, he did. 356 00:23:52,165 --> 00:23:55,779 Now, Mr. Harcup was a very upright citizen. 357 00:23:56,390 --> 00:24:00,584 You see, he suspected one of his pals... 358 00:24:01,101 --> 00:24:03,120 was cheating at Spotties. 359 00:24:04,169 --> 00:24:05,680 Spotties? 360 00:24:06,090 --> 00:24:07,440 Spotties. 361 00:24:09,576 --> 00:24:10,895 Domino's. 362 00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:26,333 That was smashing. 363 00:24:27,259 --> 00:24:28,640 Well, Kez's uses. 364 00:24:29,865 --> 00:24:31,633 Better than what you're used to. 365 00:24:31,926 --> 00:24:33,156 Oh, yeah. 366 00:24:33,568 --> 00:24:35,393 So, er, you were saying... 367 00:24:36,165 --> 00:24:37,415 Scarlet Fever? 368 00:24:38,250 --> 00:24:40,827 Well, that's what brought us together. Yes. 369 00:24:42,158 --> 00:24:46,275 We met on the Scarlet Fever Ward when we were, what, both... 12? 370 00:24:47,259 --> 00:24:48,729 And so, what? 371 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,727 You fell for each other right from the off? 372 00:24:52,239 --> 00:24:55,609 Er, it wasn't quite like that, no. 373 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:00,160 Profitable day? 374 00:25:01,519 --> 00:25:02,749 I'm not sure. 375 00:25:03,309 --> 00:25:04,840 I put my foot right in it. 376 00:25:06,518 --> 00:25:09,064 I tried to tidy Mr. Book's bookshelves. 377 00:25:10,099 --> 00:25:12,329 I mean, I don't think I did too much damage, but... 378 00:25:13,339 --> 00:25:15,489 And then I was out and about with Nora... 379 00:25:15,866 --> 00:25:17,249 detecting. 380 00:25:17,375 --> 00:25:19,644 Well, it certainly put some colour in your cheeks. 381 00:25:21,191 --> 00:25:22,391 So, go on then. 382 00:25:23,659 --> 00:25:26,329 Well, if you didn't fall for each other straight away... 383 00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:27,958 when did you know? 384 00:25:30,620 --> 00:25:34,368 You'll forgive me, my dear, but we'll have to know each other rather better before... 385 00:25:34,494 --> 00:25:36,179 such confidences are exchanged. 386 00:25:36,305 --> 00:25:37,521 Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. 387 00:25:37,646 --> 00:25:39,127 - I didn't mean to overstep, but... - No, not... 388 00:25:39,252 --> 00:25:41,061 Not at all. You haven't. 389 00:25:42,250 --> 00:25:44,763 I do hope we'll become fast friends, Jack. 390 00:25:45,964 --> 00:25:47,649 It's complicated. 391 00:25:48,639 --> 00:25:49,954 That's all. 392 00:25:52,389 --> 00:25:54,719 Book and I weren't separable for years. 393 00:25:55,849 --> 00:25:57,139 And then... 394 00:25:58,729 --> 00:26:00,319 Life got in the way. 395 00:26:05,585 --> 00:26:07,855 Love is where it falls, isn't that what they say? 396 00:26:15,349 --> 00:26:17,284 Couldn't trouble you for a lite, could I? 397 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:18,739 Sorry, I... 398 00:26:20,515 --> 00:26:21,905 I don't smoke. 399 00:26:24,188 --> 00:26:25,512 Sure? 400 00:27:00,749 --> 00:27:04,784 And were things more than formal between you and your employer? 401 00:27:04,909 --> 00:27:06,744 I resent that question, Inspector. 402 00:27:06,869 --> 00:27:09,082 - Nevertheless. - Well, I... 403 00:27:09,222 --> 00:27:11,908 I won't deny there was a degree of... 404 00:27:12,729 --> 00:27:13,984 affection between George... 405 00:27:14,109 --> 00:27:16,199 between Mr Harcup and myself. 406 00:27:16,910 --> 00:27:19,303 If you've been doing for someone all those years... 407 00:27:19,428 --> 00:27:21,728 Well, that's my point, Mrs Trench. Is that all you were doing? 408 00:27:21,853 --> 00:27:23,360 What my friend is trying to suggest, dearly... 409 00:27:23,485 --> 00:27:25,704 I know full well what he's trying to suggest. 410 00:27:25,829 --> 00:27:27,574 What he's trying to elucidate, then, 411 00:27:27,699 --> 00:27:31,484 is whether this affection took any more tangible form. 412 00:27:31,949 --> 00:27:33,684 Well, what's it got to do with you? 413 00:27:33,809 --> 00:27:36,624 Well, the fact is, Mrs Trench, certain new facts have come to light. 414 00:27:36,749 --> 00:27:39,035 Mr Harcup gave the lot to you, love. 415 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,930 Mr Harcup and Goodwill's whole estate. It's all yours. 416 00:27:45,282 --> 00:27:46,482 Never. 417 00:27:47,762 --> 00:27:51,179 I didn't see that coming. Everything? 418 00:27:51,309 --> 00:27:52,509 Everything. 419 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:55,643 Is your son at home, Mrs Trench? 420 00:27:55,769 --> 00:27:58,467 Oh, he's upstairs, in bed. 421 00:27:59,413 --> 00:28:02,346 - A late riser? - A war hero. 422 00:28:02,995 --> 00:28:05,344 His Wellington came down over Holland, 44. 423 00:28:05,469 --> 00:28:07,424 Oh, I know. I'm sorry. 424 00:28:07,549 --> 00:28:10,139 Nothing to be sorry for. He survived, didn't he? 425 00:28:10,769 --> 00:28:13,164 Given that we don't believe Mr Harcup took his own life, 426 00:28:13,289 --> 00:28:16,494 you can see why that leaves you in a rather difficult position. 427 00:28:18,229 --> 00:28:20,044 Do you never think I topped him? 428 00:28:20,169 --> 00:28:23,598 The fact remains, you're in a rather sticky position, Mrs Dredge. 429 00:28:23,724 --> 00:28:25,960 The new will was properly signed and witnessed. 430 00:28:26,086 --> 00:28:29,079 - Well, I don't know anything about that. - But you could have done. 431 00:28:29,229 --> 00:28:31,964 You could have found a draft when you were cleaning 432 00:28:32,089 --> 00:28:34,364 and decided to, you know, speed things up a bit. 433 00:28:34,489 --> 00:28:37,050 - What, by knocking off Mr H? - Yes. 434 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,884 Balmy. No, it's her you should be talking to. 435 00:28:41,009 --> 00:28:43,524 Marula. And him. Mickey Hall. Have you now, Tim? 436 00:28:43,649 --> 00:28:45,844 He is assisting us with our enquiries. 437 00:28:45,969 --> 00:28:48,320 Oh, well, good. That's something then. 438 00:28:48,446 --> 00:28:50,675 In fact, Mr Hall's been most helpful. 439 00:28:51,469 --> 00:28:53,459 - He has? - Yes. 440 00:28:53,968 --> 00:28:55,787 Yeah, most helpful. In fact, he told us 441 00:28:55,913 --> 00:28:58,799 that he saw you leaving the chemist shop the night of the murder. 442 00:28:58,949 --> 00:29:01,384 There's no mystery there. I told you, I saw him. 443 00:29:01,509 --> 00:29:04,419 Leaving and trying your very best to conceal something. 444 00:29:05,146 --> 00:29:09,884 Bandages. I told you, for elf. I wasn't trying to hide. 445 00:29:10,009 --> 00:29:12,059 He lost a leg, didn't he, your son? 446 00:29:14,141 --> 00:29:15,520 H... H... How... 447 00:29:15,741 --> 00:29:19,545 One of them worn and creased. The other almost completely smooth. 448 00:29:19,671 --> 00:29:22,667 His prosthesis must need constant attention. 449 00:29:22,792 --> 00:29:26,558 And painful, I should imagine. Very, very painful. 450 00:29:28,223 --> 00:29:31,319 - Of course. - Painful enough for morphine. 451 00:29:35,145 --> 00:29:38,635 Why didn't you just ask Mr Harkup to help? 452 00:29:40,407 --> 00:29:42,014 I couldn't. 453 00:29:44,232 --> 00:29:47,222 Alf needs more than he's ever given by the doctor. 454 00:29:48,497 --> 00:29:50,880 So I need some extra. 455 00:29:51,019 --> 00:29:53,834 I didn't think Mr Harkup would notice, but he did. 456 00:29:53,959 --> 00:29:56,014 And he assumed Mickey Hall must have done it. 457 00:29:56,139 --> 00:29:58,305 I couldn't tell him it was me. 458 00:29:58,431 --> 00:30:01,298 He was such a stickler, you see, for the rules. 459 00:30:01,424 --> 00:30:04,581 Well, how could I tell him I'd had away 460 00:30:04,706 --> 00:30:06,921 with drugs from his own shop? 461 00:30:07,745 --> 00:30:10,515 You've no idea what it's like, the pain. 462 00:30:11,764 --> 00:30:13,294 My poor Elf. 463 00:30:13,699 --> 00:30:18,269 So you dropped in on the pretext of getting bandages and instead stole more morphine? 464 00:30:20,124 --> 00:30:22,894 And Mr Harkup was alive when you left him? 465 00:30:23,019 --> 00:30:25,789 I swear on my son's life. 466 00:30:31,039 --> 00:30:32,749 If you'll excuse me. 467 00:30:32,879 --> 00:30:34,169 Yes, of course. 468 00:30:35,490 --> 00:30:37,000 Oh, and, er... 469 00:30:38,770 --> 00:30:40,320 When do I get it then? 470 00:30:40,819 --> 00:30:42,019 Beg pardon? 471 00:30:42,965 --> 00:30:44,165 The money. 472 00:30:49,739 --> 00:30:50,864 Not her then. 473 00:30:50,989 --> 00:30:53,904 No, life has hardened Mrs Dredge, but not to a killer. 474 00:30:54,030 --> 00:30:55,539 - No. - Then who did it? 475 00:30:55,757 --> 00:30:58,814 - Them. Two murders, remember? - Them then. 476 00:30:58,940 --> 00:31:02,364 Oh, look, I suppose it'd be too straightforward for you to just, you know, just tell me. 477 00:31:02,489 --> 00:31:05,239 It would be my... Well, no. 478 00:31:05,889 --> 00:31:07,219 Not my pleasure. 479 00:31:07,989 --> 00:31:10,239 You're going to need backup, Inspector. 480 00:31:12,009 --> 00:31:13,519 What, what, I... 481 00:31:23,829 --> 00:31:26,459 Oh, no, no, sorry, er, we're just... 482 00:31:27,909 --> 00:31:29,869 - Good evening, sir. - Eric. 483 00:31:30,463 --> 00:31:34,029 - Oh, we're just closing, I'm afraid. - That's all right. 484 00:31:34,155 --> 00:31:35,480 How's Sheila? 485 00:31:36,429 --> 00:31:39,600 - Well, you asked me that, Mr Book. - Oh, yes. 486 00:31:40,041 --> 00:31:41,751 She's in Sheffield. 487 00:31:42,501 --> 00:31:44,640 What day did she drive up there? 488 00:31:44,849 --> 00:31:48,720 Oh, it was, um... Thursday. Yes, Thursday. 489 00:31:50,129 --> 00:31:51,522 I see. 490 00:31:51,648 --> 00:31:54,098 Well, if there's anything special I can help you with, sir, you know, 491 00:31:54,223 --> 00:31:55,930 - I've got a lot on and... - But she... 492 00:31:56,055 --> 00:31:58,955 Couldn't have done that. Could she, Eric? 493 00:31:59,772 --> 00:32:01,851 When Trotty borrowed her car... 494 00:32:03,044 --> 00:32:04,577 On Friday. 495 00:32:16,677 --> 00:32:18,151 Come on. 496 00:33:00,689 --> 00:33:04,000 No, then, Mr. Well-Beloved. I didn't mean to do her in. 497 00:33:05,509 --> 00:33:08,720 - Go on. - Things hadn't been right for some time. 498 00:33:08,846 --> 00:33:11,696 Always rowing we were. And then... 499 00:33:14,450 --> 00:33:15,800 I met her. 500 00:33:17,799 --> 00:33:18,752 He... 501 00:33:18,878 --> 00:33:23,094 Ah, an old fool and a old beauty. It's a very old tale. 502 00:33:23,219 --> 00:33:26,370 When did you know, Mr. Book, if you don't mind me asking? 503 00:33:27,384 --> 00:33:30,154 I suspected right away that something was off. 504 00:33:30,338 --> 00:33:32,133 And that was confirmed when I discovered 505 00:33:32,259 --> 00:33:34,674 that some of the bones in the plague pit were newer, 506 00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:37,009 though you'd made an effort to age them. 507 00:33:37,290 --> 00:33:38,920 Gravy browning. 508 00:33:39,645 --> 00:33:41,595 Sheila uses it on her legs. 509 00:33:43,019 --> 00:33:44,654 Couldn't afford to get annoying, aren't you? 510 00:33:44,779 --> 00:33:47,114 Plus, the knife marks on them are very distinctive. 511 00:33:47,239 --> 00:33:48,672 I checked your handiwork. 512 00:33:48,798 --> 00:33:50,920 That bone you gave me for dog. 513 00:33:52,224 --> 00:33:55,915 So, for the sake of a future with Miss Enid Clegg, 514 00:33:56,272 --> 00:33:58,622 you sent your wife to meet her later. 515 00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:06,689 Then found yourself confronting the murderer's oldest dilemma. 516 00:34:07,585 --> 00:34:09,200 Getting rid of the corpse. 517 00:34:11,426 --> 00:34:14,143 Should have been simple for you, not being a stranger 518 00:34:14,299 --> 00:34:16,389 to the notion of chopping things up. 519 00:34:17,059 --> 00:34:19,954 Unfortunately, Inspector, people can tell the difference 520 00:34:20,079 --> 00:34:22,669 between the bones of hogs and homo sapiens. 521 00:34:22,795 --> 00:34:27,894 So, I think that after removing the flesh from your unfortunate wife, 522 00:34:28,825 --> 00:34:33,418 flensing her, you still needed to dispose of her skeleton. 523 00:34:33,825 --> 00:34:36,114 Which is where the caustic soda comes in. 524 00:34:36,291 --> 00:34:38,920 Precisely. Freely available to any chemist. 525 00:34:39,619 --> 00:34:41,629 Getting rid of her body, are you? 526 00:34:46,863 --> 00:34:49,673 Oh, yeah. Yeah. Drains. 527 00:34:50,305 --> 00:34:51,910 It's for the drains, George. 528 00:34:52,035 --> 00:34:53,235 Terrible pulp. 529 00:34:57,488 --> 00:34:59,273 Alkaline hydrolysis. 530 00:35:00,009 --> 00:35:01,861 Was that what you were going for? 531 00:35:04,614 --> 00:35:06,289 I'd read about it, see. 532 00:35:08,159 --> 00:35:10,469 For any of the things you pick up in this trade. 533 00:35:12,776 --> 00:35:14,239 Caustic soda. 534 00:35:15,175 --> 00:35:16,494 Dissolves flesh. 535 00:35:16,619 --> 00:35:19,829 I'd used it before to get rid of carcasses, you know. 536 00:35:20,572 --> 00:35:23,228 It didn't work properly. You know, lots of... 537 00:35:26,527 --> 00:35:28,454 Lots of bones left. 538 00:35:29,652 --> 00:35:31,915 I didn't know what to do. And then... 539 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,400 And then... 540 00:35:33,526 --> 00:35:36,474 Baseheart mentioned the skeletons that he'd found. 541 00:35:36,599 --> 00:35:38,974 Strange to think that if it wasn't for the Luftwaffe, 542 00:35:39,099 --> 00:35:42,840 we'd never have known those poor devils were under our feet all these years. 543 00:35:43,082 --> 00:35:44,449 You told the coppers? 544 00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:47,240 Not just yet. 545 00:35:47,459 --> 00:35:50,231 Well, no rush, I suppose, after 300 years. 546 00:35:50,357 --> 00:35:53,052 I've put a tarp over the crater. 547 00:35:53,177 --> 00:35:56,729 - Yes? - Well, you know what kids are like. 548 00:35:56,854 --> 00:35:59,969 They probably run off with the bones and give them to a dog. 549 00:36:00,959 --> 00:36:02,960 - Anyway, cheerio. - Oh, no. 550 00:36:36,442 --> 00:36:40,912 As I said, where better to hide a tree than in a forest? 551 00:36:41,797 --> 00:36:43,207 Who would notice? 552 00:36:43,955 --> 00:36:45,334 Oh, you. 553 00:36:46,751 --> 00:36:50,342 Then there was this, of course. 554 00:36:51,010 --> 00:36:54,960 Eric here, though exhibiting a lively skill at improvisation, 555 00:36:55,369 --> 00:36:58,760 is not an imaginative man. No offence. 556 00:36:58,990 --> 00:37:00,879 I call for it. My game. 557 00:37:01,406 --> 00:37:02,709 Mate is mate. 558 00:37:03,229 --> 00:37:06,543 You rather overdid it by planting the coin in the plague pit. 559 00:37:06,669 --> 00:37:09,494 That rang an alarm bell straight away. 560 00:37:09,967 --> 00:37:12,264 And so armed with a description of our suspect, 561 00:37:12,389 --> 00:37:16,144 my wife made a short but instructive tour of the local curio shops. 562 00:37:16,269 --> 00:37:19,577 Oh, how do you know he hadn't gone further afield to get the coin? 563 00:37:19,702 --> 00:37:21,399 Unimaginative, remember? 564 00:37:22,149 --> 00:37:24,275 Anyone conceiving so clumsy a clue 565 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,067 would never stray far from their own neighbourhood. 566 00:37:27,193 --> 00:37:31,099 Eric was very much in the frame when I noticed the clincher. 567 00:37:31,842 --> 00:37:33,160 In the queue. 568 00:37:33,930 --> 00:37:35,600 At the butcher's. 569 00:37:35,909 --> 00:37:37,109 Notice what? 570 00:37:39,228 --> 00:37:40,588 Powdered egg. 571 00:37:41,301 --> 00:37:43,640 Oh, you've got something. Just there. 572 00:37:46,038 --> 00:37:49,720 Excuse me. Powdered egg. Bit of a rushed breakfast. 573 00:37:49,990 --> 00:37:51,504 Such an intimate thing to do. 574 00:37:51,629 --> 00:37:55,040 With absolutely no acknowledgement from Mr. Well-beloved. 575 00:37:56,268 --> 00:37:57,478 I thought. 576 00:37:59,673 --> 00:38:01,059 How's Sheila? 577 00:38:01,189 --> 00:38:02,904 Well, sir. Well. 578 00:38:03,029 --> 00:38:05,801 - She's driven up the Sheffield. - A nice family. 579 00:38:05,989 --> 00:38:08,524 I inquired with Sheila's family in Yorkshire. 580 00:38:08,649 --> 00:38:11,272 I know they've seen neither hide nor hair of her, of course. 581 00:38:12,389 --> 00:38:14,507 So, it all looked rosy. 582 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:16,800 And then? 583 00:38:17,288 --> 00:38:18,778 I've got the note. 584 00:38:19,601 --> 00:38:21,764 I suspected something of a kind. 585 00:38:21,889 --> 00:38:23,859 Some sort of vague threat. 586 00:38:23,989 --> 00:38:25,659 Urgent that we talk. 587 00:38:27,929 --> 00:38:31,059 I don't want to have to take this to the authorities. 588 00:38:35,148 --> 00:38:38,798 I hope we can sort this matter between ourselves. 589 00:38:44,108 --> 00:38:46,658 And you assumed it was about the murder. 590 00:38:47,030 --> 00:38:48,334 Of course. 591 00:38:49,403 --> 00:38:52,093 - What? And it wasn't? - No. 592 00:38:53,109 --> 00:38:55,968 What? Then what was it about? 593 00:38:57,507 --> 00:38:58,742 Domino's. 594 00:38:59,910 --> 00:39:01,110 What? 595 00:39:01,466 --> 00:39:04,424 Mr. Harcup was a stickler for the rules, as we know. 596 00:39:04,549 --> 00:39:07,579 He suspected you of cheating at his favourite pastime. 597 00:39:08,469 --> 00:39:10,857 - That's all it was. - No, no, no, no, no. 598 00:39:10,983 --> 00:39:12,836 No, it had to be a threat. 599 00:39:13,601 --> 00:39:15,000 About Sheila. 600 00:39:15,569 --> 00:39:17,319 What else could it be? 601 00:39:18,382 --> 00:39:19,582 So? 602 00:39:20,983 --> 00:39:22,400 What happened next? 603 00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:28,120 I had no idea I could buy him off. 604 00:39:28,956 --> 00:39:31,469 - With cash? - With beef? 605 00:39:39,930 --> 00:39:41,640 So you went round? 606 00:39:42,465 --> 00:39:43,760 I was scared. 607 00:39:45,462 --> 00:39:47,852 You know, scared of what he might say. 608 00:39:49,109 --> 00:39:51,559 What if he wouldn't listen to reason? 609 00:39:52,482 --> 00:39:54,784 You know, there was poison everywhere, all round. 610 00:39:54,909 --> 00:39:57,874 And... So I kept him talking. 611 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,050 I just need you to tell the truth. 612 00:40:00,175 --> 00:40:03,084 - George, just tell... - Tell the truth, Eric. 613 00:40:03,209 --> 00:40:05,139 And then I took my chance. 614 00:40:05,265 --> 00:40:06,584 I got hold of him. 615 00:40:06,709 --> 00:40:09,280 And then I poured the poison down his throat. 616 00:40:09,503 --> 00:40:10,730 Right. 617 00:40:10,855 --> 00:40:13,934 - You poisoned him, did you? - Oh, yes. Oh, it's horrible. 618 00:40:14,117 --> 00:40:15,484 Nothing else? 619 00:40:16,860 --> 00:40:18,150 Aye? 620 00:40:18,276 --> 00:40:20,559 You see, that's very interesting, Eric. 621 00:40:20,769 --> 00:40:24,777 Because before he was poisoned, George Harcup was struck over the head. 622 00:40:25,190 --> 00:40:27,904 And the weapon left a bloody residue in his hair. 623 00:40:28,029 --> 00:40:30,324 You remember there was blood, but no wound, Inspector? 624 00:40:30,449 --> 00:40:33,783 - Yes. - Dr. Calder analysed it for me. 625 00:40:34,761 --> 00:40:36,103 Cow's blood. 626 00:40:37,329 --> 00:40:38,969 And you would have known that, Eric. 627 00:40:39,095 --> 00:40:41,778 If you'd been the one who'd hit himwith a joint of beef. 628 00:40:41,904 --> 00:40:43,544 No. Yes. 629 00:40:43,669 --> 00:40:45,124 No, no, no, no. I remember now. 630 00:40:45,249 --> 00:40:47,339 - I did hit him. - I don't think so. 631 00:40:48,251 --> 00:40:49,501 So who did? 632 00:41:02,083 --> 00:41:03,283 Enid. 633 00:41:03,409 --> 00:41:07,144 Obviously neglected to mention the part where she clobbered Mr. Harcup. 634 00:41:07,373 --> 00:41:08,903 Was it her idea? 635 00:41:09,335 --> 00:41:11,655 - From the start? - No. 636 00:41:12,262 --> 00:41:13,813 She was... 637 00:41:24,024 --> 00:41:25,664 Enid found me. 638 00:41:26,048 --> 00:41:27,894 After I'd strangled. 639 00:41:29,529 --> 00:41:31,920 After Sheila died, 640 00:41:35,087 --> 00:41:37,078 she just took charge. 641 00:41:38,715 --> 00:41:40,685 Didn't know what to do. 642 00:41:41,707 --> 00:41:43,339 Enid was so... 643 00:41:44,081 --> 00:41:45,816 calm. 644 00:41:45,942 --> 00:41:47,411 Methodical. 645 00:41:47,648 --> 00:41:48,849 And... 646 00:41:49,102 --> 00:41:52,169 We... We reckoned we was gonna be okay until... 647 00:41:54,714 --> 00:41:56,724 What the hell can we do now? 648 00:41:58,912 --> 00:42:00,482 Leave this to me. 649 00:42:38,318 --> 00:42:40,088 Plan to finish the job. 650 00:42:40,658 --> 00:42:42,728 Make it look like suicide. 651 00:42:45,948 --> 00:42:50,489 She poured plastic acid down poor Mr. Harcup's gallant. 652 00:42:56,129 --> 00:42:58,339 Can't we just say that I did it? 653 00:42:59,869 --> 00:43:01,069 Please. 654 00:43:01,369 --> 00:43:04,869 I mean I'll swing, won't I? But Enid? 655 00:43:06,402 --> 00:43:08,872 The law must take its course. 656 00:43:10,481 --> 00:43:12,691 I'm sorry Eric, I truly am. 657 00:43:13,668 --> 00:43:16,278 But I'm even more sorry for George Harcup. 658 00:43:17,471 --> 00:43:19,079 And poor Sheila. 659 00:43:25,260 --> 00:43:28,379 Right, formal charge done. Sign out. 660 00:43:28,569 --> 00:43:30,519 Have you taken to a home of yourself? 661 00:43:30,695 --> 00:43:32,065 Very good of you. 662 00:43:33,049 --> 00:43:34,383 Thank Mrs. Bug. 663 00:43:34,976 --> 00:43:36,586 She said you might be a while. 664 00:43:37,648 --> 00:43:40,582 Quite a tale. Wish I could have sat in on it. 665 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:43,044 I'm pushing my luck as it is. 666 00:43:46,382 --> 00:43:48,392 What exactly did you do in the war? 667 00:43:50,648 --> 00:43:53,760 It must have been pretty big for you to get that letter from Churchill. 668 00:43:54,169 --> 00:43:56,424 With the inspector to let you have run of the shop like this. 669 00:43:56,549 --> 00:43:58,899 Now, now, Jack, don't be nosy. 670 00:43:59,503 --> 00:44:03,693 Where would the fun be if everyone knew everything, eh? 671 00:44:04,267 --> 00:44:06,186 Besides, I hardly had the run of the place 672 00:44:06,312 --> 00:44:08,635 not with laughing boy there hovering the whole time. 673 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,350 He was just waiting for his chance to collar me. 674 00:44:11,476 --> 00:44:13,779 Slightest malfeasance. 675 00:44:18,042 --> 00:44:20,732 Surely you're a model of respectability, Mr. Book. 676 00:44:21,673 --> 00:44:23,263 You'd be surprised. 677 00:44:23,389 --> 00:44:26,929 They got Ivan a velo for his petrol coupons. 678 00:44:39,999 --> 00:44:41,329 All right, we're out. 679 00:44:42,410 --> 00:44:43,799 All right, you go. 680 00:44:46,729 --> 00:44:47,929 Eric? 681 00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:50,514 Eric. 682 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:54,596 - Hey. - Hi. No, no, no contact. 683 00:44:54,722 --> 00:44:56,032 Enough of that. 684 00:44:57,370 --> 00:45:00,484 - That's enough, Eric. - Run for Eric. 685 00:45:00,609 --> 00:45:01,816 - I love you. - Run. 686 00:45:01,942 --> 00:45:04,360 - Eric, give me a fool, man. - After him. 687 00:45:04,782 --> 00:45:07,492 Oh, hell's bells. 688 00:45:09,649 --> 00:45:10,849 Eric. 689 00:45:20,949 --> 00:45:22,149 Eric. 690 00:45:22,389 --> 00:45:23,819 Come out, man. 691 00:45:24,349 --> 00:45:25,759 Don't be a fool. 692 00:45:28,989 --> 00:45:31,106 - I think I see him. - Eric. 693 00:45:47,968 --> 00:45:49,518 You two. That way. 694 00:45:49,644 --> 00:45:51,540 - Come on. - Come on. 695 00:46:25,735 --> 00:46:27,414 Where did he go? 696 00:46:29,788 --> 00:46:30,988 There. 697 00:46:44,627 --> 00:46:45,997 The crater. 698 00:46:46,293 --> 00:46:48,534 - This is... - Was Inkerman Street. 699 00:46:48,659 --> 00:46:49,920 Which means... 700 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:53,779 Mr. Baseheart's fastidiousness has come good at last. 701 00:46:53,905 --> 00:46:55,915 If the ruddy thing's still working. 702 00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:16,260 All right, well beloved. 703 00:47:17,125 --> 00:47:18,680 Come quietly. 704 00:47:22,399 --> 00:47:23,599 See him? 705 00:47:27,119 --> 00:47:28,319 There. 706 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,438 - Eric, stop. - Don't lose him. 707 00:47:33,564 --> 00:47:34,780 I'm trying. 708 00:47:34,905 --> 00:47:36,125 I'm going in. 709 00:47:36,251 --> 00:47:37,994 Let me talk to him. 710 00:47:59,449 --> 00:48:01,212 Where are you going to run to, Eric? 711 00:48:03,528 --> 00:48:05,058 There's nothing to be done. 712 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:08,530 Where will you go? 713 00:48:11,125 --> 00:48:12,325 Eric. 714 00:48:44,945 --> 00:48:47,714 You can give up today or tomorrow, Eric. 715 00:48:47,919 --> 00:48:49,154 It's inevitable. 716 00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:51,394 The law must take its course. 717 00:48:51,519 --> 00:48:53,452 That's what you said. 718 00:48:53,879 --> 00:48:56,129 You're not stringing me up. 719 00:49:00,018 --> 00:49:01,218 Eric, no. 720 00:49:02,383 --> 00:49:03,633 No. 721 00:49:03,759 --> 00:49:05,657 You shall do that to me. 722 00:49:06,239 --> 00:49:07,994 I've seen beasts go. 723 00:49:08,119 --> 00:49:10,154 It's not always... kind. 724 00:49:10,279 --> 00:49:11,479 Eric, stop. 725 00:49:12,293 --> 00:49:14,063 What about Enid, hmm? 726 00:49:14,499 --> 00:49:16,609 You gotta leave her to face the rope alone. 727 00:49:18,959 --> 00:49:20,159 You're right. 728 00:49:22,019 --> 00:49:24,299 - She did all this for me. - Yes. 729 00:49:25,372 --> 00:49:26,802 All for me. 730 00:49:32,409 --> 00:49:35,379 I can't leave her to face the music, can I? 731 00:49:38,322 --> 00:49:39,932 If we're gonna go... 732 00:49:41,695 --> 00:49:43,285 We go together. 733 00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:50,884 No. No. 734 00:50:02,575 --> 00:50:05,263 For him the hemlock shall distill. 735 00:50:06,769 --> 00:50:09,179 For him the axe be bared. 736 00:50:10,141 --> 00:50:13,071 For him the gibbet shall be built. 737 00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:17,013 For him the stake prepared. 738 00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:22,542 I see him up there with Mr. Book. 739 00:50:23,070 --> 00:50:24,640 And then... 740 00:50:26,134 --> 00:50:28,069 Wallop. He just fell. 741 00:50:28,201 --> 00:50:30,941 Dropped like stone. I mean, he must have broke his neck. 742 00:50:31,454 --> 00:50:32,904 What's that business? 743 00:50:34,595 --> 00:50:35,925 Very sad. 744 00:50:37,313 --> 00:50:41,024 Well, this is a treat. Pineapple chunks. 745 00:50:41,149 --> 00:50:43,080 Haven't had these since before the war. 746 00:50:46,559 --> 00:50:48,859 - So what now? - What do you mean? 747 00:50:49,459 --> 00:50:51,872 We just go back to selling books. 748 00:50:52,359 --> 00:50:54,466 Well, that's the job, Jack. Just Jack. 749 00:50:54,592 --> 00:50:56,629 - Yeah, but that was... - Yeah. 750 00:50:58,572 --> 00:51:00,520 But it was so bloody exciting. 751 00:51:00,659 --> 00:51:02,634 Can't be like this all the time, young man. 752 00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:04,030 And anyway... 753 00:51:04,919 --> 00:51:07,875 Who are you? You haven't really said. 754 00:51:14,050 --> 00:51:15,280 Jack Blunt. 755 00:51:17,351 --> 00:51:20,592 I was brought up in an orphanage. Like I told you. 756 00:51:21,799 --> 00:51:24,757 Made acquaintances with the wrong sort. 757 00:51:24,883 --> 00:51:26,493 - I did time for it. - Oh. 758 00:51:26,619 --> 00:51:27,933 Yeah. Oh. 759 00:51:31,380 --> 00:51:34,639 I was the driver for a smash and grab up Mayfair Way. 760 00:51:35,135 --> 00:51:37,625 They got away with a load of mint coats. 761 00:51:39,192 --> 00:51:40,720 I got away with two years. 762 00:51:42,132 --> 00:51:43,562 I missed the war. 763 00:51:43,688 --> 00:51:45,198 Some of it, anyway. 764 00:51:45,669 --> 00:51:47,039 And then... 765 00:51:47,839 --> 00:51:49,283 I'll get a letter. 766 00:51:49,557 --> 00:51:51,679 From the Prison Reform Society. 767 00:51:51,805 --> 00:51:54,256 An address. For a job. 768 00:51:54,382 --> 00:51:56,062 - This address. - Well, there we are then. 769 00:51:56,187 --> 00:51:58,740 - No need to mention it again. - Yeah, but why me? 770 00:51:59,870 --> 00:52:01,400 Why'd you pick me? 771 00:52:01,526 --> 00:52:02,983 Altruism. 772 00:52:03,109 --> 00:52:04,086 What? 773 00:52:04,212 --> 00:52:07,074 Giving a second chance to someone felt like the right thing to do. 774 00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:10,400 - Yeah, but you don't know me from Adam. - Oh, he was hopeless, wasn't he, Trotty? 775 00:52:10,526 --> 00:52:12,644 Always wandering around the shop in the altogether. 776 00:52:12,769 --> 00:52:14,684 Getting his fig leaf trapped in the till. 777 00:52:14,809 --> 00:52:16,074 I'm serious. 778 00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:18,920 I mean, bloody hell, I am grateful and all that, but... 779 00:52:21,268 --> 00:52:22,958 It's nice here. 780 00:52:24,369 --> 00:52:26,082 It's really nice, but... 781 00:52:26,208 --> 00:52:29,178 Books is a raft on the great turbulent sea of life. 782 00:52:29,808 --> 00:52:31,443 And you mean books are a raft? 783 00:52:31,569 --> 00:52:33,959 No, no. Books. This place. My shop. 784 00:52:36,289 --> 00:52:39,979 Don't dwell on it, Jack. Just accept it. It's a second chance. 785 00:52:40,149 --> 00:52:42,427 But why me? 786 00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:44,007 Why not? 787 00:52:44,509 --> 00:52:48,760 You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. 788 00:52:50,519 --> 00:52:51,760 Shakespeare. 789 00:52:52,522 --> 00:52:53,972 Mae West. 790 00:53:30,332 --> 00:53:34,932 Sync and corrections: minouhse www.addic7ed.com