1 00:00:20,129 --> 00:00:22,913 So, can you use a gun? 2 00:00:23,801 --> 00:00:26,560 Well, I prefer fists. Who will I be fighting? 3 00:00:26,787 --> 00:00:28,483 Our enemies. 4 00:00:29,453 --> 00:00:30,920 Have you ever been to prison? 5 00:00:32,221 --> 00:00:33,440 Why'd you ask? 6 00:00:33,703 --> 00:00:37,065 - The terms you're willing to take. - What did you do? 7 00:00:39,495 --> 00:00:42,024 Our pals saw something in a shop window they wanted. 8 00:00:43,073 --> 00:00:45,224 So, I drove into it. It's called a smash... 9 00:00:45,349 --> 00:00:47,742 Smash and grab. Yes, I know. I do read the papers. 10 00:00:48,024 --> 00:00:51,797 It says here you've recently worked for a film actor. 11 00:00:51,923 --> 00:00:53,022 Yes. 12 00:00:53,148 --> 00:00:54,800 As his bodyguard? 13 00:00:55,300 --> 00:00:59,005 - Amongst other things. - But before that, in this... 14 00:01:00,333 --> 00:01:01,567 bookshop. 15 00:01:05,912 --> 00:01:07,903 Why did you leave there? 16 00:01:09,577 --> 00:01:10,778 I didn't care for it. 17 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:13,755 And you're happy with this arrangement? 18 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,075 Book has his life. I have mine. It works. 19 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,600 I'm amazed more people don't do it. 20 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:22,643 I knew him. 21 00:01:23,107 --> 00:01:25,800 Your father. I knew him before the war. 22 00:01:26,229 --> 00:01:27,600 You knew him? 23 00:01:32,147 --> 00:01:33,355 Jack. 24 00:01:34,157 --> 00:01:35,484 Ah, this is... 25 00:01:36,100 --> 00:01:38,176 I can't... I can't... 26 00:01:38,302 --> 00:01:39,968 Jack, where are you going? 27 00:01:43,395 --> 00:01:45,927 But your previous employer trusted you? 28 00:01:46,053 --> 00:01:47,080 Yes. 29 00:01:47,526 --> 00:01:49,356 Despite your history? 30 00:01:49,482 --> 00:01:52,080 Because of it. Perhaps. 31 00:01:53,746 --> 00:01:56,284 And should we trust you? 32 00:01:59,861 --> 00:02:01,593 Well, I suppose you'll find out 33 00:02:02,525 --> 00:02:04,321 when the next assassin comes. 34 00:02:20,352 --> 00:02:21,658 Nora. 35 00:02:21,932 --> 00:02:24,753 - I never did it. - Never did what? 36 00:02:25,430 --> 00:02:29,176 Made shillings out of ice and put them in the meter. 37 00:02:29,346 --> 00:02:31,098 What's all this corrosion then? 38 00:02:32,890 --> 00:02:35,415 - That's rust. - Yes, it is. 39 00:02:37,049 --> 00:02:38,710 Cold, isn't it? 40 00:02:44,060 --> 00:02:46,915 - We could burn a few. - No, we couldn't. 41 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,542 - Not even the Georgette Heyers? - No. 42 00:02:49,668 --> 00:02:51,920 Really, Nora. For someone so new to the pleasures of reading, 43 00:02:52,045 --> 00:02:53,855 you're fast becoming a terrible snob. 44 00:03:00,510 --> 00:03:01,817 What is it? 45 00:03:04,793 --> 00:03:06,848 Feels quiet without him. 46 00:03:20,955 --> 00:03:24,717 God bless the Walsingham. And all who sail in her. 47 00:03:26,235 --> 00:03:27,865 - Oh, God. - Jesus. 48 00:03:27,990 --> 00:03:29,410 Oh, bloody hell. 49 00:03:30,635 --> 00:03:32,415 Do forgive me, my dear. 50 00:03:32,541 --> 00:03:35,025 I seem to be in a state of advanced repression. 51 00:03:35,150 --> 00:03:37,748 Oh, I had noticed, Victor. Just stay there. 52 00:03:37,874 --> 00:03:39,469 I'll fetch a cloth. 53 00:03:43,583 --> 00:03:47,094 Cigarette, sir. Dunhill or Capstan? 54 00:03:52,351 --> 00:03:53,644 Can we talk? 55 00:03:53,770 --> 00:03:55,201 - Thank you. - Thank you, sir. 56 00:04:05,650 --> 00:04:08,063 Here. It's for him. 57 00:04:09,443 --> 00:04:11,112 Thank you. 58 00:04:21,141 --> 00:04:22,436 Please enjoy. 59 00:04:23,935 --> 00:04:27,031 - Not enough lemon juice. - Too much ice. 60 00:04:27,156 --> 00:04:30,855 And I did not like the way you shook it. 61 00:04:30,980 --> 00:04:32,645 Too violent. 62 00:04:33,540 --> 00:04:36,124 Of course. Excuse me. 63 00:04:38,740 --> 00:04:40,665 They think I'm too violent. 64 00:04:41,747 --> 00:04:43,474 It's a violent art. 65 00:04:45,909 --> 00:04:48,125 Good thing I didn't waste any gin on them then. 66 00:04:49,684 --> 00:04:51,120 You're a quick learner. 67 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:03,975 I'm glad you've fallen on your feet. 68 00:05:04,101 --> 00:05:05,941 I had no idea you'd be here. 69 00:05:06,067 --> 00:05:07,617 We haven't seen you in weeks. 70 00:05:07,742 --> 00:05:09,325 - How are you? - Look... 71 00:05:09,450 --> 00:05:11,335 I haven't got long. What... 72 00:05:11,460 --> 00:05:12,720 What do you want? 73 00:05:13,465 --> 00:05:14,975 Oh, Jack. 74 00:05:15,293 --> 00:05:17,068 This is silly. 75 00:05:17,194 --> 00:05:18,640 We miss you. 76 00:05:18,766 --> 00:05:21,899 We both hoped you'd found a safe birth in Archangel Lane. 77 00:05:22,025 --> 00:05:24,720 A home. Book and me. 78 00:05:25,275 --> 00:05:29,015 Well, our arrangement is unusual, I know. But as I said to you, when we first met... 79 00:05:29,140 --> 00:05:30,920 Love is where it falls. 80 00:05:32,638 --> 00:05:34,905 And how does my father fit into all of that? 81 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,555 One of Mr Book's little dalliances, was he? 82 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,595 Well, Book needs to talk to you about your father properly. 83 00:05:43,399 --> 00:05:45,434 Look, our marriage protects us both. 84 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,189 - Don't we have the right to be happy? - Happy? 85 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:50,606 Well, gallivanting off into the night. 86 00:05:50,732 --> 00:05:52,749 In with God knows who and you. 87 00:05:53,794 --> 00:05:56,480 Is that the latest? It is the fellow with a moustache? 88 00:05:56,980 --> 00:05:58,955 He's Captain Orr. I knew him before the war. 89 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:00,871 Oh, dreamboat of the officer's mess, was he? 90 00:06:00,997 --> 00:06:03,249 Hmm. Something like that. 91 00:06:03,375 --> 00:06:05,120 Listing slightly now, though, eh? 92 00:06:05,345 --> 00:06:06,635 Trottie. 93 00:06:07,661 --> 00:06:09,323 You don't half pick'em. 94 00:06:10,353 --> 00:06:11,743 Mrs Book. 95 00:06:12,339 --> 00:06:14,321 Well, we'd better not keep him waiting. 96 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:16,592 Excuse me. 97 00:06:26,214 --> 00:06:29,998 Oh, come to my room and help me dry off. I'm wet, woman. 98 00:06:30,211 --> 00:06:32,154 Give me the damn cloth. Come on. 99 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:34,333 Get your ruddy hands off me. 100 00:06:34,718 --> 00:06:36,726 I won't have it. For shame. 101 00:06:36,852 --> 00:06:38,068 Oh, dear, sir. 102 00:06:38,194 --> 00:06:39,606 Oh, you've had a right mishap. 103 00:06:39,732 --> 00:06:40,673 Who's this? 104 00:06:40,798 --> 00:06:43,194 Wet trousers are against the dress code, you know? 105 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,304 This is the Walsingham. So... why don't you go back to your room, 106 00:06:46,437 --> 00:06:49,017 take the wet pants off and have a little lay down. 107 00:06:49,143 --> 00:06:50,849 I've never been so insulted. 108 00:06:50,974 --> 00:06:53,079 I'm sure you have been. A fella like you. 109 00:06:53,205 --> 00:06:55,619 Ah, Victor Orr. My old friend. 110 00:06:55,750 --> 00:06:58,538 I can't leave you alone for five minutes, can I? 111 00:06:58,664 --> 00:07:01,106 - Bloody girl can't take a joke. - Sit down. 112 00:07:01,232 --> 00:07:03,194 Uh, can we have a couple of those? 113 00:07:03,319 --> 00:07:04,695 What do you call them? 114 00:07:04,820 --> 00:07:06,270 Four cinnamon sours. 115 00:07:06,395 --> 00:07:09,915 - For the two ladies. - For their royal highnesses, you mean. 116 00:07:10,934 --> 00:07:12,366 These are on me, ladies. 117 00:07:12,492 --> 00:07:16,080 And may I say, you are looking superbly Balkan tonight. 118 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,709 I salute the house of Scutari. 119 00:07:20,126 --> 00:07:22,359 Whichever commissar lives in it now. 120 00:07:22,485 --> 00:07:23,920 Take a good look, Trottie. 121 00:07:24,300 --> 00:07:27,732 That's what happens to you when you get dethroned by the Reds. 122 00:07:27,857 --> 00:07:29,312 Oh dear. 123 00:07:30,610 --> 00:07:32,093 Allow me. 124 00:07:32,218 --> 00:07:34,398 So embarrassing. I do apologise. 125 00:07:34,524 --> 00:07:36,186 Not at all, not at all. 126 00:07:36,312 --> 00:07:37,907 Look after the pennies 127 00:07:38,032 --> 00:07:40,493 and the pounds will look after themselves, what? 128 00:07:47,999 --> 00:07:51,040 I, uh, had a bit of luck on the horses. 129 00:07:51,780 --> 00:07:54,000 You, uh, you know Ascot? 130 00:07:54,369 --> 00:07:55,898 Very well, sir. 131 00:07:56,882 --> 00:07:58,098 How is the going? 132 00:07:58,223 --> 00:07:59,460 Oh, well. 133 00:08:00,282 --> 00:08:01,906 Good to firm. 134 00:08:02,645 --> 00:08:04,360 After this, shall we, uh... 135 00:08:06,620 --> 00:08:08,720 Normally my favourite ellipsis, 136 00:08:08,845 --> 00:08:11,300 but I just think we should call it a night now, Victor. 137 00:08:11,426 --> 00:08:14,631 Oh, Trottie. You're no fun anymore. 138 00:08:15,402 --> 00:08:18,920 It's amazing how different things can look without the benefit of the blackout. 139 00:08:21,060 --> 00:08:23,487 Here's to Joe Stalin's next stroke. 140 00:08:24,183 --> 00:08:25,460 Tinkerty-tonk. 141 00:08:35,052 --> 00:08:36,320 Oh, Victor. 142 00:08:37,273 --> 00:08:38,514 Oh, my God. 143 00:09:39,906 --> 00:09:44,506 Sync and corrections: minouhse www.addic7ed.com 144 00:09:56,285 --> 00:09:58,561 This is a Deutschmark. 145 00:09:58,814 --> 00:10:00,122 Yes. 146 00:10:00,248 --> 00:10:03,282 This is Chinese. 147 00:10:03,407 --> 00:10:04,764 Oh. 148 00:10:05,034 --> 00:10:07,955 And this is a button. 149 00:10:09,733 --> 00:10:11,900 It's a very nice button. 150 00:10:12,026 --> 00:10:14,801 Nora, have you been taking shillings from this tin? 151 00:10:14,927 --> 00:10:16,139 No. 152 00:10:16,466 --> 00:10:17,717 Remind me, 153 00:10:17,842 --> 00:10:20,913 what's the price of a green Penguin crime novel? 154 00:10:22,701 --> 00:10:24,251 A shilling. 155 00:10:25,530 --> 00:10:26,810 Ah. 156 00:10:27,424 --> 00:10:29,063 That's better. 157 00:10:37,328 --> 00:10:39,504 Ah. Success. 158 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:05,666 Oh, it's you. 159 00:11:06,020 --> 00:11:07,634 You ready to commit affray, Miss? 160 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,662 No, Sergeant. She was just... browsing. 161 00:11:10,788 --> 00:11:13,015 I hate to seem inquisitive, but why are you here? 162 00:11:13,141 --> 00:11:15,140 There's a chap being killed at the Walsingham. 163 00:11:15,266 --> 00:11:16,514 Poisoned. 164 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:19,040 Dead in a pile of pound notes on the floor of the River Bar. 165 00:11:19,166 --> 00:11:21,035 Oh, that's just our sort of thing. 166 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,735 Don't get too excited. The inspector wants a Book. 167 00:11:23,860 --> 00:11:25,795 G. Book, esquire. 168 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,425 There's some foreign royalty involved, it seems. 169 00:11:29,550 --> 00:11:34,055 He says, uh, do you have anything on the Balkan Rules of Revenge? 170 00:11:34,180 --> 00:11:38,221 Specifically, the Canon of Scutari. 171 00:11:38,347 --> 00:11:40,795 How too, too ridiculously obscure. 172 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,175 - Do you have it? - Almost certainly. 173 00:11:43,580 --> 00:11:47,555 - And, uh, 504, he says. - 504. 174 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:50,610 - Room with a view? - Well, it's all right for some, I suppose. 175 00:11:50,736 --> 00:11:52,464 Mrs. Book's already checked in. 176 00:11:52,589 --> 00:11:53,514 Why? 177 00:11:53,639 --> 00:11:56,385 Oh, uh, she's one of the suspects. 178 00:11:58,933 --> 00:12:01,604 Trouble in paradise. Is there, sir? 179 00:12:28,893 --> 00:12:31,751 Ho ho, what a beauty. 180 00:12:31,877 --> 00:12:34,483 Yes. Might be one of those clues. 181 00:12:34,609 --> 00:12:36,198 We like those. 182 00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:38,072 - Do you mind? - Yes. 183 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,415 Do people really say, what's your poison when we're at the bar? 184 00:12:44,540 --> 00:12:46,635 No idea. I don't get out much. 185 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,013 What do you mean? Oh, we're at the Walsingham. 186 00:12:49,467 --> 00:12:50,901 So's he. 187 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,140 Oh, yeah. Let's, uh, let's get him somewhere more private. 188 00:12:54,265 --> 00:12:55,691 Yep. 189 00:13:09,170 --> 00:13:11,385 Not the main entrance, please, Inspector. 190 00:13:11,510 --> 00:13:13,225 I'm sorry we can't be more discreet. 191 00:13:13,350 --> 00:13:15,305 May I suggest the service corridor? 192 00:13:15,430 --> 00:13:18,327 Oh, yes. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Kind. 193 00:13:18,453 --> 00:13:21,268 Nothing to stop you reopening the bar tomorrow, I think. 194 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:50,634 - Good evening, sir. - Evening. 195 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,600 - You have a reservation? - Uh, no. My wife does. 196 00:13:54,572 --> 00:13:55,794 Your wife? 197 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,155 Mrs. Book. Have you seen her? I'm afraid she may be distressed. 198 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,800 - Oh, Book. - 504, Freddie. 199 00:14:02,333 --> 00:14:04,588 Ah, no, I'll keep this one. Thank you. 200 00:14:04,731 --> 00:14:07,132 What's happened, darling? What's this about a corpse? 201 00:14:07,258 --> 00:14:10,727 Why have I been scouring my stacks in Balkan blood feuds? 202 00:14:10,852 --> 00:14:13,644 Oh, I'm not proud of myself. 203 00:14:13,975 --> 00:14:15,455 There was champagne. 204 00:14:15,587 --> 00:14:18,216 A day at the races, Riddle Me in the 2.30. 205 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:21,760 Cocktails, more cocktails, and then... 206 00:14:21,991 --> 00:14:26,066 Trottie, we live our own lives. That was always the deal. 207 00:14:26,192 --> 00:14:28,418 Self flagellation is never helpful. 208 00:14:28,544 --> 00:14:31,000 Not nearly as much fun as someone doing it to you. 209 00:14:31,692 --> 00:14:34,682 - Who was he? - Victor. Orr. 210 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,158 - Or? - With two R's. 211 00:14:37,284 --> 00:14:39,339 Naval captain, married, had met him before. 212 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:41,470 In an air raid. 41. 213 00:14:42,113 --> 00:14:44,799 He, uh, made a pass at me in... 214 00:14:45,118 --> 00:14:46,320 - In... - Where? 215 00:14:46,493 --> 00:14:48,320 Please don't make me say the F word. 216 00:14:49,442 --> 00:14:51,234 - Foyle’s. - Yes. 217 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:52,647 Oh, Trottie. 218 00:14:52,772 --> 00:14:56,295 - I just fancied a good time. - Well, there's nothing wrong with that. 219 00:14:56,420 --> 00:14:58,707 He turned out to be the most awful bore. 220 00:14:58,833 --> 00:15:00,688 - When is he now? - In the morgue. 221 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:03,855 One last night on the tiles. 222 00:15:03,980 --> 00:15:05,665 And there's something else. 223 00:15:05,791 --> 00:15:08,233 Book. Thank God you're here. 224 00:15:08,359 --> 00:15:09,643 - You ready? - For what? 225 00:15:09,768 --> 00:15:10,979 To interview royalty. 226 00:15:11,105 --> 00:15:13,724 - It's a little irregular, isn't it? - I don't care. 227 00:15:13,849 --> 00:15:15,975 They terrify me. I'm not going in there alone. 228 00:15:16,101 --> 00:15:17,800 Haven't you taken their fingerprints? 229 00:15:17,926 --> 00:15:21,544 I've not got Morris to do that. I may be a coward, but I'm not a fool. 230 00:15:21,724 --> 00:15:23,942 I have our primary text. 231 00:15:24,067 --> 00:15:25,395 The Canon of Scutari. 232 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,375 Oh, yeah. Looks expensive. 233 00:15:27,501 --> 00:15:29,383 Will it pay for our suite, inspector? 234 00:15:29,568 --> 00:15:32,720 Oh, the late captain had taken care of that, Mrs. Book. 235 00:15:32,985 --> 00:15:35,000 You're in the room next to the princesses. 236 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,812 - Oh, what are they like? - Oh, they're glamorous in a sort of 237 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:40,675 disappointed and stateless kind of way. 238 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,886 Perhaps it's time I kept a closer eye on them. 239 00:15:43,011 --> 00:15:44,584 And an ear, too. 240 00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:47,888 I shall use one of those little glasses they keep by the sink. 241 00:15:57,199 --> 00:16:00,055 So will this help us find who done it? 242 00:16:00,181 --> 00:16:03,058 It's a book of customary laws for remote mountain communities 243 00:16:03,183 --> 00:16:05,201 without a magistrate or justice. 244 00:16:05,326 --> 00:16:07,669 The village elders consult the text and then 245 00:16:07,794 --> 00:16:10,673 tell you how much Raki to provide for your daughter's wedding, 246 00:16:10,798 --> 00:16:14,017 what to do if your bees escape and build a nest on your labor's land, 247 00:16:14,142 --> 00:16:15,455 that sort of thing. 248 00:16:15,586 --> 00:16:20,183 And who you're allowed to kill if somebody kills your cousin. 249 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,560 Well, what language did you think it was going to be in? 250 00:16:27,783 --> 00:16:31,364 Well, we have three native speakers on the premises, but they're all suspect. 251 00:16:31,556 --> 00:16:32,463 Who's the third? 252 00:16:32,588 --> 00:16:34,685 Oh, he's a rather good-looking cocktail waiter. 253 00:16:34,810 --> 00:16:36,680 Well, don't fret too much. 254 00:16:36,806 --> 00:16:40,664 The dutiful Teutonic scholar did publish a translation of it in the German. 255 00:16:40,790 --> 00:16:43,962 - Oh, well, you certainly speak the German. - In his sleep sometimes. 256 00:16:44,087 --> 00:16:45,640 So where is this translation? 257 00:16:45,766 --> 00:16:47,227 Norah is looking for it now. 258 00:16:47,353 --> 00:16:51,525 It must be somewhere in the law section, or social science or etiquette, 259 00:16:51,650 --> 00:16:53,385 or propping open the door. 260 00:16:53,510 --> 00:16:55,565 - You said there was something else? - Yes. 261 00:16:55,690 --> 00:16:57,918 These princesses have been given gainful employment 262 00:16:58,043 --> 00:17:00,398 to one of the capital's dispossessed. 263 00:17:01,295 --> 00:17:02,604 Oh, yes. 264 00:17:03,402 --> 00:17:04,667 I know. 265 00:17:10,811 --> 00:17:12,320 And there he is. 266 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,474 I'll, uh, turn down the bedsprings. 267 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,155 Sergeant Morris will be along soon to take a statement. 268 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,173 - Yes, of course. - I'd be grateful, Mrs. Book, 269 00:17:21,299 --> 00:17:23,020 if you didn't leave the hotel. 270 00:17:23,146 --> 00:17:26,686 It's perfectly all right, Inspector. You have to do your duty. 271 00:17:35,022 --> 00:17:36,921 Here to see their royal highnesses. 272 00:17:44,449 --> 00:17:45,711 Enter. 273 00:17:46,954 --> 00:17:48,824 Oh, dog. 274 00:17:48,950 --> 00:17:50,379 Where is it? 275 00:17:50,859 --> 00:17:53,425 Green. Straight-grained. 276 00:17:53,550 --> 00:17:58,571 Morocco bound folio, with a lot of academic monographs bound inside. 277 00:17:58,697 --> 00:18:01,678 Slightly foxed, according to the catalogue. 278 00:18:04,756 --> 00:18:06,159 You're no help. 279 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,353 Der Kanun des Scutari. 280 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,524 What would I do without you? 281 00:18:55,774 --> 00:18:58,461 Time for a little chat, Mrs. Book. 282 00:19:12,073 --> 00:19:13,280 Poof. 283 00:19:14,550 --> 00:19:16,341 I beg your pardon? 284 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,662 I apologize for it. 285 00:19:19,862 --> 00:19:22,160 That we have sunk so low. 286 00:19:22,860 --> 00:19:25,514 Remember the great banqueting table, through here? 287 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,760 Chairs made with birch. 288 00:19:27,886 --> 00:19:30,880 As silvery as the snow on the mountain tops. 289 00:19:31,006 --> 00:19:33,474 Upholstered with damasks or so. 290 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,875 We've been in more awkward situations than this, haven't we, Inspector? 291 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,914 - That we have, Book. - So, which is the policeman? 292 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,257 You? Or this Book? 293 00:19:42,382 --> 00:19:43,907 Well, he's taking notes for me. 294 00:19:44,033 --> 00:19:47,663 - Helping with the... - Uh, Pittman's shorthand. So useful. 295 00:19:47,789 --> 00:19:49,914 Tall and redheaded. 296 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,440 Like the poppies of our homeland. 297 00:19:53,789 --> 00:19:56,099 I realize that this will be very difficult for you, 298 00:19:56,224 --> 00:19:58,864 Your R... R... Royal Highnesses. 299 00:19:58,989 --> 00:20:01,028 Uh, but if there's any detail you can recall, 300 00:20:01,153 --> 00:20:04,915 however small, it may help us discover who killed Captain Orr. 301 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,384 That is easy. I killed him. 302 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,853 So it's... You did what? 303 00:20:10,675 --> 00:20:13,042 It is true. I switched the glasses. 304 00:20:13,168 --> 00:20:15,555 He drank the poison meant for one of us. 305 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:19,669 We have a routine, my sister and I, to cause a distraction. 306 00:20:19,795 --> 00:20:21,608 I salute the house of Scutari. 307 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,895 Whichever commissar lives in it now, take a good look, Trottie. 308 00:20:26,020 --> 00:20:28,765 That's what happens to you if you get dethroned by the Reds. 309 00:20:29,900 --> 00:20:31,115 No. Oh, dear. 310 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,635 It's so embarrassing. I do apologize. 311 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:35,235 Not at all. Not at all. 312 00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:39,280 Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. What? 313 00:20:40,179 --> 00:20:43,021 It is a habit. A necessary precaution. 314 00:20:43,147 --> 00:20:44,400 Like this. 315 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:47,255 This... 316 00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:50,385 was the third attempt on our life since we left New York. 317 00:20:50,510 --> 00:20:52,535 There was a steward on the Berengaria. 318 00:20:52,660 --> 00:20:54,871 Can I turn over your room, Madame? 319 00:20:55,399 --> 00:20:56,462 So transparent. 320 00:20:56,588 --> 00:20:59,160 And that Salvation Army woman outside the Opera. 321 00:20:59,311 --> 00:21:00,959 Shaking her tin box. 322 00:21:01,085 --> 00:21:03,689 She denied everything, of course. 323 00:21:03,815 --> 00:21:06,653 - Who do you think is trying to kill you? - The Communists, of course. 324 00:21:06,778 --> 00:21:08,079 Of course. 325 00:21:08,394 --> 00:21:11,015 But they already have your palaces, your estates. 326 00:21:11,140 --> 00:21:13,594 Our summer house on the Adriatic. 327 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,360 There is a lake there. 328 00:21:15,486 --> 00:21:19,594 When the rising sun touches it, it is like the blush. 329 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,735 In the spring, our country was proclaimed a people's republic. 330 00:21:22,860 --> 00:21:24,800 They want... What's the expression? 331 00:21:25,663 --> 00:21:27,580 A big finish. 332 00:21:29,026 --> 00:21:30,621 Hence the bodyguard. 333 00:21:30,841 --> 00:21:32,573 And how are you finding him? 334 00:21:32,698 --> 00:21:35,338 As he failed to prevent an attempt on our lives, 335 00:21:35,463 --> 00:21:38,520 I would say he has not covered himself in glory. 336 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,360 Don't the Communists also have your other sister? 337 00:21:42,485 --> 00:21:43,514 We do not speak of her. 338 00:21:43,639 --> 00:21:45,266 Seliyeh. Yes? The youngest. 339 00:21:45,391 --> 00:21:47,855 - She renounced her title. - We do not speak of her. 340 00:21:47,981 --> 00:21:50,890 - Red scum. - She betrayed her birthright. 341 00:21:51,016 --> 00:21:53,148 Her country, her family. 342 00:21:55,951 --> 00:21:57,720 - Take it. - Thank you. 343 00:21:59,698 --> 00:22:02,046 Of course, if this does turn out to be the case, 344 00:22:02,172 --> 00:22:05,425 then your switching of the drinks will not be without consequence. 345 00:22:05,551 --> 00:22:07,257 We are used to being pilloried. 346 00:22:07,382 --> 00:22:09,120 We will take whatever comes to us. 347 00:22:09,246 --> 00:22:10,588 Right. 348 00:22:11,531 --> 00:22:13,990 Now then, in your statement, you said something about 349 00:22:14,116 --> 00:22:17,316 this murder being written about in the Kanun of Scutari. 350 00:22:17,694 --> 00:22:20,271 - What does that mean? - It means that a killing like this 351 00:22:20,396 --> 00:22:23,129 follows certain customary principles. 352 00:22:23,254 --> 00:22:26,848 It means the first thing you must do is arrest that cocktail waiter. 353 00:22:27,161 --> 00:22:29,247 - Ismael Guzili. - Guzili. 354 00:22:29,373 --> 00:22:30,994 - G... Guz... - Guzili. 355 00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:32,041 Guz... Guzili. 356 00:22:32,167 --> 00:22:33,914 - Why? - He's from the mountains. 357 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:35,790 These people know the rules of revenge. 358 00:22:35,915 --> 00:22:37,255 They are obsessed with them. 359 00:22:37,380 --> 00:22:38,612 You must arrest him. 360 00:22:38,737 --> 00:22:41,712 And you must bring in any others on the staff. 361 00:22:41,837 --> 00:22:43,118 Other... 362 00:22:43,243 --> 00:22:44,310 mountain men? 363 00:22:44,436 --> 00:22:45,916 Yes. 364 00:22:48,553 --> 00:22:50,214 Well, thank you so much. 365 00:22:50,530 --> 00:22:51,905 This has been most helpful. 366 00:22:52,031 --> 00:22:53,385 So you will do as we say? 367 00:22:53,510 --> 00:22:54,920 No, I will not. 368 00:22:55,384 --> 00:22:58,205 - Why? - Because, Princess, I am not your subject. 369 00:22:58,330 --> 00:23:01,379 And in this country a man is innocent until proven guilty. 370 00:23:02,030 --> 00:23:03,800 Whatever altitude he was born at. 371 00:23:11,410 --> 00:23:14,305 Sometimes, Inspector, you make me proud to be from the gutter. 372 00:23:17,538 --> 00:23:19,807 I never really thought of myself as a Republican. 373 00:23:19,932 --> 00:23:21,405 Well, it's the war, Book. 374 00:23:21,530 --> 00:23:22,748 Changed us all. 375 00:23:23,174 --> 00:23:25,337 I never really thought of myself as a Jew. 376 00:23:26,020 --> 00:23:27,859 You ever come here during the Blitz? 377 00:23:29,339 --> 00:23:32,895 I had to let you in if there was a raid on, even without a tie. 378 00:23:33,020 --> 00:23:35,627 We used to come down to the lower bar. 379 00:23:35,836 --> 00:23:37,992 It's known as the Fruit Cellar. 380 00:23:38,860 --> 00:23:40,800 That was quite the mixed grill. 381 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:13,563 You did nothing. 382 00:24:13,688 --> 00:24:16,445 You're supposed to be my boyfriend. And you did nothing. 383 00:24:16,570 --> 00:24:18,442 Eadie, what do you expect me to do? 384 00:24:18,889 --> 00:24:20,160 Nothing. 385 00:24:23,288 --> 00:24:25,605 - Was he the one from this morning? - Yeah. 386 00:24:26,150 --> 00:24:29,479 Came at me in a silk dressing gown with everything pointed north. 387 00:24:30,786 --> 00:24:33,803 - His name is Captain Victor Orr. - Not anymore. 388 00:24:34,424 --> 00:24:37,000 - They already gave me a warning. - What? 389 00:24:37,126 --> 00:24:41,361 Yeah, apparently shouting at lecherous customers isn't the Walsingham way. 390 00:24:42,990 --> 00:24:44,425 I'll speak to Mr. Kind. 391 00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:46,605 It was Mr. Kind who gave me the warning. 392 00:24:46,730 --> 00:24:48,760 One more black mark on about my arse. 393 00:24:49,243 --> 00:24:50,782 I hate this place. 394 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,429 You know, 395 00:24:53,122 --> 00:24:54,760 I was doing okay here. 396 00:24:55,527 --> 00:24:57,334 At least I thought I was. 397 00:24:58,295 --> 00:25:00,221 What's the bloody point? 398 00:25:00,346 --> 00:25:01,585 Eadie, 399 00:25:01,710 --> 00:25:03,106 I'm sorry. 400 00:25:03,231 --> 00:25:05,680 You know, my dad was right about you, Ismael. 401 00:25:06,537 --> 00:25:08,204 And I should have listened to him. 402 00:25:08,330 --> 00:25:09,600 Leave me alone. 403 00:25:09,924 --> 00:25:11,146 What? 404 00:25:38,414 --> 00:25:39,634 Careful, officer. 405 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,323 My friend borrows his jazz mags from the maitre d'. 406 00:25:42,448 --> 00:25:43,715 You can't shock me, sir. 407 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,848 I've been to the Windmill theatre and seen those gents 408 00:25:45,973 --> 00:25:47,776 with the newspapers on their laps. 409 00:25:48,296 --> 00:25:50,178 And brought a few into the station. 410 00:26:02,780 --> 00:26:04,495 Been jazzing with this one, sir? 411 00:26:04,620 --> 00:26:07,546 - Oh no, that lot put me right off. - Oh, you hate your royal family, do you? 412 00:26:07,672 --> 00:26:08,735 They're not my royal family. 413 00:26:08,860 --> 00:26:10,975 They've been nobody royal family since 1940. 414 00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:13,014 Ever since they left us with that chap. 415 00:26:13,140 --> 00:26:14,757 Hey, Marco, what was his name? 416 00:26:14,989 --> 00:26:16,591 Mussolini, mate. 417 00:26:16,915 --> 00:26:18,400 I knew you'd know, mate. 418 00:26:18,923 --> 00:26:20,229 Right-o, sir. 419 00:26:20,830 --> 00:26:22,315 Confiscating this as evidence. 420 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:23,991 You enjoy this, don't you? 421 00:26:24,813 --> 00:26:26,562 It's just work, sir. 422 00:26:26,780 --> 00:26:28,517 Keep your temper, eh? 423 00:26:30,306 --> 00:26:33,409 I suppose you usually take all that aggression out on the ice cubes. 424 00:26:56,786 --> 00:26:59,181 - Book for Mr. Book. - Who? 425 00:26:59,894 --> 00:27:02,195 It's the Canon of Scutari. 426 00:27:03,445 --> 00:27:05,101 It's Albania. 427 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,669 Mrs. Book's out of the picture. 428 00:27:14,842 --> 00:27:16,375 You can't be certain of that, sir. 429 00:27:16,501 --> 00:27:19,189 I've read a statement and I'm satisfied it's nothing to do with her. 430 00:27:19,315 --> 00:27:21,477 - But, sir... - I'm satisfied, Morris. 431 00:27:22,490 --> 00:27:23,860 Clear? 432 00:27:28,799 --> 00:27:30,005 So... 433 00:27:30,130 --> 00:27:31,560 You think it was one of us? 434 00:27:31,723 --> 00:27:33,492 I don't think anything yet. 435 00:27:34,530 --> 00:27:35,907 Signor Barbarini? 436 00:27:37,111 --> 00:27:39,047 Okay, well, I've narrowed it down to two. 437 00:27:39,173 --> 00:27:41,085 A royal member of the House of Scutari. 438 00:27:41,210 --> 00:27:42,485 Nafije or Ruhije? 439 00:27:42,670 --> 00:27:44,243 Right-o. Method? 440 00:27:44,542 --> 00:27:45,680 Poison. 441 00:27:45,868 --> 00:27:48,595 Something slipped into the cocktail glass after... 442 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,465 he tried it on with Eadie Rattle. 443 00:27:50,590 --> 00:27:51,869 That's the chambermaid, yes? 444 00:27:51,995 --> 00:27:54,334 So where was she when Captain Orr coughed his last? 445 00:27:54,460 --> 00:27:56,339 - Gone already. - Motive? 446 00:27:56,464 --> 00:27:59,720 You think of any reason why anyone would want to kill Captain Victor Orr? 447 00:28:00,346 --> 00:28:03,493 Are you kidding? That Captain was always here with different women. 448 00:28:03,618 --> 00:28:06,240 Usually in the same room. 504. 449 00:28:07,310 --> 00:28:09,424 - Really? - City view. 450 00:28:09,811 --> 00:28:11,671 Noiseless bed springs. 451 00:28:11,797 --> 00:28:13,563 Duchess rate for favourite patrons. 452 00:28:13,689 --> 00:28:15,844 And that captain has been coming here for years. 453 00:28:16,010 --> 00:28:18,445 - Usually once a week. - Without a squeak? 454 00:28:18,571 --> 00:28:19,805 You're very well informed. 455 00:28:19,930 --> 00:28:23,501 No secrets at the Walsingham, sir. We see all the dirty land. 456 00:28:23,854 --> 00:28:25,120 Because we have to clean it. 457 00:28:25,690 --> 00:28:28,505 Some might say, Mr. Guz Guzili, 458 00:28:28,630 --> 00:28:30,005 that it's the duty of a grand hotel 459 00:28:30,130 --> 00:28:32,865 to make sure that the private life of a guest remains private. 460 00:28:32,990 --> 00:28:34,781 And some might say, Inspector, 461 00:28:34,907 --> 00:28:38,320 that in a grand hotel people are usually at it like cod in a bucket. 462 00:28:38,863 --> 00:28:41,617 - So it's a crime of passion then? - No. 463 00:28:42,358 --> 00:28:45,644 I reckon the captain was something in intelligence. 464 00:28:45,770 --> 00:28:47,172 During the war. 465 00:28:47,303 --> 00:28:49,939 - How do you know that? - They're a type. 466 00:28:50,065 --> 00:28:52,936 Friendly, but... Tell you nothing. 467 00:28:53,717 --> 00:28:54,935 With a drink, 468 00:28:55,061 --> 00:28:57,400 they'll always have what the other person's having. 469 00:28:58,012 --> 00:29:01,445 So, er, why would the princesses want to kill a British spy? 470 00:29:01,570 --> 00:29:05,717 Because British intelligence handed over Scutari to the communist partisans. 471 00:29:06,111 --> 00:29:08,259 And the captain recognised the princesses. 472 00:29:12,890 --> 00:29:14,625 Who are they? 473 00:29:14,814 --> 00:29:16,160 Should I know them? 474 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:18,937 Balkans. 475 00:29:19,062 --> 00:29:20,635 Same to you. 476 00:29:22,073 --> 00:29:25,004 Nafije and Ruhije. 477 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,628 Princesses of the Royal House of Scutari. 478 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:31,785 Proposed by the communists and now... 479 00:29:32,710 --> 00:29:35,359 drifting around the world like flotsam. 480 00:29:35,540 --> 00:29:37,315 Very glamorous flotsam. 481 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,215 - Wasn't there a scandal? - They did a flit, 482 00:29:40,849 --> 00:29:44,974 and the bullion from the National Bank somehow found its way into their hatboxes. 483 00:29:46,211 --> 00:29:47,758 Something of the sort. 484 00:29:49,639 --> 00:29:50,888 And? 485 00:29:51,894 --> 00:29:53,834 They're drifting our way. 486 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,246 - Or your way, be precise. - Oh, I see. 487 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,678 In the market for a set of dictionaries, are they? 488 00:29:59,803 --> 00:30:02,800 They're staying at the Walsingham, just down the road from you. 489 00:30:03,291 --> 00:30:06,838 And, er... there have been letters. 490 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,215 Threats. Vicious ones. 491 00:30:11,618 --> 00:30:13,820 You should speak to the post office, then. 492 00:30:14,734 --> 00:30:16,982 We'd be ever so grateful 493 00:30:17,143 --> 00:30:18,430 if you just... 494 00:30:19,370 --> 00:30:20,777 kept an eye on them. 495 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:24,485 I told you. 496 00:30:25,844 --> 00:30:27,074 I'm just a bookseller. 497 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:28,532 And I told... 498 00:30:30,632 --> 00:30:32,530 I reminded you... 499 00:30:33,519 --> 00:30:35,915 that we helped find young Jack. 500 00:30:37,313 --> 00:30:39,057 It wasn't easy, you know. 501 00:30:59,834 --> 00:31:01,080 It's you. 502 00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:02,920 It's me. 503 00:31:03,130 --> 00:31:06,022 - Ta for... you know. - Ah, don't mention it. 504 00:31:10,919 --> 00:31:12,833 So does that happen a lot then, does it? 505 00:31:14,947 --> 00:31:16,695 It comes with a job, doesn't it? 506 00:31:17,054 --> 00:31:18,792 Can I do you now, sir? 507 00:31:21,672 --> 00:31:23,824 I wouldn't have killed him for it though. 508 00:31:24,150 --> 00:31:26,240 - Somebody did. - Yeah. 509 00:31:27,549 --> 00:31:28,779 So... 510 00:31:29,377 --> 00:31:30,947 Which side are you on? 511 00:31:31,614 --> 00:31:34,034 - Sorry? - Which side are you on? 512 00:31:35,255 --> 00:31:36,600 Well, what are the options? 513 00:31:36,837 --> 00:31:38,051 Well... 514 00:31:38,177 --> 00:31:40,957 There's the management in this hotel who... 515 00:31:41,082 --> 00:31:43,064 treat their staff like muck and... 516 00:31:43,189 --> 00:31:46,271 give a girl a mouthful just for standing up for herself. 517 00:31:47,010 --> 00:31:48,240 Right. 518 00:31:48,750 --> 00:31:50,866 - Then there's the workers. - OK, well... 519 00:31:51,060 --> 00:31:52,145 the workers then. 520 00:31:52,270 --> 00:31:55,034 Nice to hear your expression of solidarity, brother. 521 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,824 But it's... deeds, not words that count. 522 00:31:58,115 --> 00:31:59,368 Don't you think? 523 00:32:00,354 --> 00:32:01,354 Right. 524 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,126 So why don't you go down there to that taxi stand. 525 00:32:04,456 --> 00:32:06,412 Get me a nice cup of Bovril. 526 00:32:07,911 --> 00:32:09,160 I can't. 527 00:32:09,611 --> 00:32:12,786 Maybe later. I just gotta get back. 528 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,240 To their royal bloody highnesses. 529 00:32:15,709 --> 00:32:16,983 Afraid so. 530 00:32:18,445 --> 00:32:19,963 How does it feel? 531 00:32:20,264 --> 00:32:22,480 Working for those parasites? 532 00:32:24,187 --> 00:32:25,480 Is that what they are? 533 00:32:26,518 --> 00:32:28,320 Well, what would you call them? 534 00:32:30,161 --> 00:32:31,532 Sad. 535 00:32:32,044 --> 00:32:33,406 I suppose. 536 00:32:33,630 --> 00:32:35,986 Yeah... A bit sad. 537 00:32:37,074 --> 00:32:38,325 Well... 538 00:32:38,832 --> 00:32:40,614 Speaking for myself... 539 00:32:41,232 --> 00:32:42,724 I'd line them up. 540 00:32:43,316 --> 00:32:44,891 Shoot the buggers. 541 00:33:16,544 --> 00:33:19,585 I can say a proper hello to you now, Edmund Kind. 542 00:33:20,341 --> 00:33:23,255 - Good evening. - More than Kind, 543 00:33:23,380 --> 00:33:25,817 - I used to say. - Oh, well, that's too kind. 544 00:33:27,090 --> 00:33:29,235 They closed it, you know, the lower bar. 545 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,502 The Fruit Cellar? Oh, what a shame. 546 00:33:32,627 --> 00:33:34,213 Yes, for redecoration. 547 00:33:34,338 --> 00:33:36,810 Though when the work will actually start, I don't know. 548 00:33:36,936 --> 00:33:39,510 Seems they prefer it mothballed, the management. 549 00:33:39,635 --> 00:33:41,919 You mean it's all still there, the mural and everything? 550 00:33:42,045 --> 00:33:43,400 Oh, yes. 551 00:33:43,526 --> 00:33:46,397 Well, we could take a look, if you'd like. 552 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,280 Well, I should really be getting back upstairs. 553 00:33:50,663 --> 00:33:51,970 Of course. 554 00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:55,729 I suppose a... 555 00:33:56,583 --> 00:33:58,800 a little peep wouldn't hurt. 556 00:34:05,424 --> 00:34:07,790 Well, the question is... 557 00:34:08,595 --> 00:34:11,355 - how the lights work. - I don't remember there being any. 558 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,080 - You never turn them on. - Blackout, I suppose. 559 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,873 No, no, they were just terribly unflattering. 560 00:34:17,588 --> 00:34:18,960 Yes, you're right. 561 00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:20,585 Let's turn them off. 562 00:34:20,965 --> 00:34:22,498 Just a soupçon. 563 00:34:26,713 --> 00:34:28,725 These walls could talk. 564 00:34:42,232 --> 00:34:44,021 Kim Strang is dead. 565 00:34:44,146 --> 00:34:46,413 - Did you hear? - Kim Strang? 566 00:34:46,915 --> 00:34:50,574 He used to keep his Max Factor in a gas mask box. 567 00:34:50,699 --> 00:34:53,228 Well, he'd been in Egypt, hadn't he? 568 00:34:53,443 --> 00:34:55,302 Had to keep that tan up. 569 00:34:55,845 --> 00:34:58,951 - What happened to him? - He walked into the sea at Shoreham. 570 00:34:59,076 --> 00:35:00,365 I'm sorry to say. 571 00:35:00,490 --> 00:35:02,107 Somebody had his letters. 572 00:35:02,785 --> 00:35:04,395 Dreadful, really. 573 00:35:04,924 --> 00:35:06,328 Dreadful. 574 00:35:07,093 --> 00:35:09,145 And you're very married, I see. 575 00:35:09,270 --> 00:35:10,364 Very, very married. 576 00:35:10,489 --> 00:35:12,222 - Congratulations. - Thank you. 577 00:35:12,348 --> 00:35:14,699 And thanks for your help with the, um, other matter. 578 00:35:14,824 --> 00:35:16,985 Not at all. What does Jack know? 579 00:35:17,981 --> 00:35:21,820 That my wife and I have an arrangement, that I knew his late father. 580 00:35:21,945 --> 00:35:24,151 - Nothing more? - He found that difficult enough 581 00:35:24,276 --> 00:35:26,240 to take, ran out on us that very night. 582 00:35:26,984 --> 00:35:28,184 Floated here? 583 00:35:28,309 --> 00:35:30,600 Where he is gainfully employed, thanks to you. 584 00:35:30,726 --> 00:35:33,932 And able to keep an eye on the other bodies floating around the 585 00:35:34,057 --> 00:35:36,339 regal Scutari ones. 586 00:35:36,464 --> 00:35:38,390 Why do you need to keep an eye on those? 587 00:35:38,516 --> 00:35:40,739 Well, it's possible they were the intended victims. 588 00:35:40,865 --> 00:35:42,040 Not the captain. 589 00:35:42,166 --> 00:35:43,893 It's a working hypothesis. 590 00:35:44,019 --> 00:35:46,194 Are you with the police now, Gabriel? 591 00:35:46,583 --> 00:35:48,711 You always were a dark horse. 592 00:35:49,117 --> 00:35:51,245 It makes up a substantial part of my charm. 593 00:35:51,370 --> 00:35:54,905 Christ, isn't that dangerous? I mean, one false step. 594 00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:57,120 I am all too well aware of that, Edmund. 595 00:35:58,076 --> 00:36:02,100 Although I do have a special letter from Churchill. 596 00:36:02,550 --> 00:36:06,298 Still, he probably shouldn't be found in a dimly lit basement bar with... 597 00:36:06,424 --> 00:36:08,593 With a terribly handsome old friend? 598 00:36:08,718 --> 00:36:10,267 No, perhaps not. 599 00:36:12,330 --> 00:36:13,646 Trouble with the grid? 600 00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:15,805 The Walsingham isn't connected to the grid. 601 00:36:15,930 --> 00:36:18,434 It has its own oil powered generators, 602 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:19,813 dripping it in by the barrel. 603 00:36:19,939 --> 00:36:21,812 Everything depends on it, even the plumbing. 604 00:36:21,937 --> 00:36:24,840 And what's a grand hotel without power and hot running water? 605 00:36:26,050 --> 00:36:29,305 Well, I suppose it's just a big building full of people 606 00:36:29,430 --> 00:36:31,585 who are rather cold and rather hungry. 607 00:36:31,769 --> 00:36:33,385 And very, very rich. 608 00:36:35,809 --> 00:36:37,323 I should get back. 609 00:36:40,544 --> 00:36:41,760 Me too. 610 00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:11,225 No big surprises on the poison front, Inspector. 611 00:37:11,350 --> 00:37:14,345 The deadly glass contained boring old hydrochloric acid. 612 00:37:14,470 --> 00:37:16,725 Oh, we can't all be virtuosos. 613 00:37:17,143 --> 00:37:18,628 Virtuosi. 614 00:37:19,046 --> 00:37:21,853 Th... Th... The thumbprint. Enough for an arrest? 615 00:37:22,316 --> 00:37:24,455 Enough for a hanging, maybe. 616 00:37:33,413 --> 00:37:35,624 Okay, thank you. Bye. 617 00:37:36,260 --> 00:37:37,967 Where's Eadie Rattle? 618 00:37:38,186 --> 00:37:40,515 Oh, um... I'll check. 619 00:37:42,246 --> 00:37:43,841 Very good, eh? 620 00:37:55,556 --> 00:37:58,971 Did the blessed sergeant get everything he required from you, dear? 621 00:37:59,097 --> 00:38:02,339 Well, I took him through it in exhausting detail. 622 00:38:02,465 --> 00:38:03,725 Where did you get to? 623 00:38:03,910 --> 00:38:06,873 - I've been talking to the staff. - Oh, yes. Very nice of you. 624 00:38:07,017 --> 00:38:09,254 The ones who served you cocktails tonight. 625 00:38:09,380 --> 00:38:11,120 Well, it was really only the younger one. 626 00:38:11,246 --> 00:38:13,584 - Guzili. - If you say so. 627 00:38:13,710 --> 00:38:16,525 Apparently, he poured a whole round down the sink. 628 00:38:16,650 --> 00:38:18,227 Ice and fruit and all. 629 00:38:18,550 --> 00:38:20,562 Could he have tampered with the second round? 630 00:38:20,688 --> 00:38:23,686 Yes. Nobody was looking because of the brouhaha. 631 00:38:24,288 --> 00:38:25,609 Brouhaha? 632 00:38:25,874 --> 00:38:28,426 Yes, one of the princesses dropped her reticule. 633 00:38:28,552 --> 00:38:30,166 There was loose change all over the floor. 634 00:38:30,292 --> 00:38:32,752 Yes, I've heard about that. And after the brouhaha? 635 00:38:32,878 --> 00:38:34,765 Well, I dragged Victor back to the bar. 636 00:38:34,890 --> 00:38:36,389 He made a toast. 637 00:38:36,602 --> 00:38:38,410 And then there was the furore. 638 00:38:38,536 --> 00:38:40,644 A brouhaha and then a furore. 639 00:38:40,770 --> 00:38:42,554 It was very confusing. 640 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,720 Oh, and there was a woman. 641 00:38:46,824 --> 00:38:47,745 A woman? 642 00:38:47,870 --> 00:38:50,905 I've just remembered. She handed me a cloth. 643 00:38:51,221 --> 00:38:53,465 Like St. Veronica on the road to Calvary. 644 00:38:53,590 --> 00:38:55,505 To mop up Victor Orr's trousers. 645 00:38:55,630 --> 00:38:58,480 There was something about the look she gave me. 646 00:39:01,386 --> 00:39:02,827 Poor Victor. 647 00:39:03,122 --> 00:39:05,365 People were recoiling in pure horror. 648 00:39:05,490 --> 00:39:08,628 It was burning his neck out, but you could hear it crackle. 649 00:39:12,780 --> 00:39:15,044 I'm sorry you had a beastly time. 650 00:39:22,270 --> 00:39:24,849 I just wanted to get stinko and wake up somewhere 651 00:39:24,974 --> 00:39:26,835 with clean sheets and three egg omelets. 652 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,567 I wanted something. 653 00:39:29,891 --> 00:39:31,574 So I wanted him. 654 00:39:34,550 --> 00:39:36,717 I do love you, Mrs. Book. 655 00:39:38,223 --> 00:39:39,743 Ditto. 656 00:39:41,717 --> 00:39:43,818 - Book. - Yes? 657 00:39:46,179 --> 00:39:48,655 - We never really talk. - Talk? 658 00:39:48,956 --> 00:39:51,255 About the arrangement. 659 00:39:51,778 --> 00:39:53,351 What's to talk about? 660 00:39:53,635 --> 00:39:57,365 Well, to see that... all is well, that we're both okay. 661 00:39:57,490 --> 00:40:01,541 All is well. Look, you left a light on for me. 662 00:40:05,293 --> 00:40:07,587 I could be making love in this. 663 00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:11,357 In the dark. 664 00:40:12,126 --> 00:40:14,522 Has anyone told Victor Orr's wife? 665 00:40:15,140 --> 00:40:18,103 It's not like she was expecting him to come home. 666 00:40:18,229 --> 00:40:19,544 Do you know who she is? 667 00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:21,853 I don't really know who he was. 668 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,210 Still. 669 00:40:25,305 --> 00:40:27,626 I suppose he did get us a night here. 670 00:40:28,188 --> 00:40:30,091 Isn't it marvelous? 671 00:40:31,540 --> 00:40:33,223 No clouds tonight. 672 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:35,705 No way for the stars to hide. 673 00:40:36,868 --> 00:40:38,995 We never really had a proper honeymoon, did we? 674 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:40,575 Bit of a diary clash. 675 00:40:40,700 --> 00:40:43,515 The Luftwaffe had their hearts set on Eastbourne too. 676 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,777 - The beach was very pebbly anyway. - And covered in barbed wire. 677 00:40:48,110 --> 00:40:50,814 Doesn't worry you though? Disappoint you. 678 00:40:51,725 --> 00:40:54,602 - What? - The absence of landmarks. 679 00:40:54,812 --> 00:40:57,775 Declarations. Grand gestures. 680 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:00,273 Oh, no Book. 681 00:41:01,657 --> 00:41:04,701 - In fact, I'm going to make one now. - Who is? 682 00:41:06,099 --> 00:41:11,470 Let's order a bloody huge bottle of champagne. 683 00:41:29,836 --> 00:41:31,072 Got our papers, 684 00:41:31,198 --> 00:41:33,212 stamped and signed. Tickets too. 685 00:41:33,337 --> 00:41:35,680 Can't you do anything discreetly, my love. 686 00:41:38,695 --> 00:41:41,741 We have five minutes till it leaves. Platform six. 687 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,039 We're going to be in Paris for breakfast. 688 00:41:44,345 --> 00:41:46,902 There are no Nazis in Paris, but there are croissants, 689 00:41:47,028 --> 00:41:48,614 so it's all going to be fine. 690 00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:53,847 I can't come with you, Book. 691 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:57,618 For the same reason that you must leave. 692 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,215 It's so crowded here. May I sit down with you? 693 00:42:02,380 --> 00:42:03,915 Of course. 694 00:42:04,041 --> 00:42:09,425 The train to Paris is ready to leave on platform six. 695 00:42:20,053 --> 00:42:23,518 Oh, and I must return this to you, my... 696 00:42:25,915 --> 00:42:28,156 My... My dear fellow. 697 00:42:32,353 --> 00:42:34,180 I love a good book. 698 00:42:35,826 --> 00:42:37,519 A beautiful book. 699 00:42:40,017 --> 00:42:41,845 And how easy it is to... 700 00:42:42,122 --> 00:42:43,742 To picture myself... 701 00:42:44,305 --> 00:42:46,332 On some winter evening... 702 00:42:46,884 --> 00:42:48,338 In the country... 703 00:42:48,917 --> 00:42:51,454 lying with this particular book. 704 00:42:53,526 --> 00:42:55,376 It moves me so much. 705 00:43:00,707 --> 00:43:02,480 But I'm afraid I cannot keep it. 706 00:43:04,826 --> 00:43:06,729 I know it's frailties. 707 00:43:08,826 --> 00:43:10,951 And some books get burned, you know. 708 00:43:15,057 --> 00:43:18,361 And I should not like to be responsible for the loss of this one. 709 00:43:20,260 --> 00:43:22,503 Because it is so dear to me. 710 00:43:23,873 --> 00:43:25,229 That I know it by heart. 711 00:43:42,844 --> 00:43:44,283 Henceforth, 712 00:43:45,042 --> 00:43:46,869 wherever thou mayst roam, 713 00:43:48,407 --> 00:43:49,913 my blessing, 714 00:43:50,677 --> 00:43:52,410 like a line of light... 715 00:43:54,024 --> 00:43:56,560 Is on the waters of day and night, 716 00:43:59,042 --> 00:44:01,645 and like a beacon guards the home. 717 00:45:13,622 --> 00:45:14,638 Tennyson? 718 00:45:17,696 --> 00:45:18,712 Yes. 719 00:45:18,865 --> 00:45:20,865 You should read German poets. 720 00:46:06,111 --> 00:46:07,032 Mr. Kind. 721 00:46:07,157 --> 00:46:10,185 I'm doing the rounds, explaining about the situation. 722 00:46:12,500 --> 00:46:13,866 Be so good as to move around 723 00:46:13,991 --> 00:46:16,583 a little less silently, it arouses suspicion. 724 00:46:16,709 --> 00:46:19,020 Forgive me, Your Royal Highness. It's my training, you see. 725 00:46:19,146 --> 00:46:20,500 It's mine too. 726 00:46:22,623 --> 00:46:26,634 An engineer is investigating. I do apologize for any inconvenience. 727 00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:28,571 We are accustomed to hardship. 728 00:46:29,979 --> 00:46:31,560 What are you carrying? Show me. 729 00:46:33,401 --> 00:46:35,874 This is the Kanun. The Kanun of Scutari. 730 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:37,241 Why do you have this? 731 00:46:37,367 --> 00:46:39,775 I'm taking it to Mr. Book, in the next room. 732 00:46:39,900 --> 00:46:43,241 - He's helping the police. - This is most interesting. 733 00:46:43,367 --> 00:46:44,692 Continue. 734 00:46:44,818 --> 00:46:48,410 Well, he's a sort of expert witness, and he's staying here with his wife. 735 00:46:48,536 --> 00:46:49,960 - Who I believe... - I meant... 736 00:46:50,381 --> 00:46:51,960 continue on your way. 737 00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:55,235 Good night. 738 00:47:09,669 --> 00:47:12,655 I thought you were a bottle of... How dispiriting. 739 00:47:12,780 --> 00:47:14,518 A book for Mr. Book. 740 00:47:15,443 --> 00:47:17,839 - What is it, dear? - It was that book you wanted. 741 00:47:17,965 --> 00:47:19,473 Oh, very good. 742 00:47:20,054 --> 00:47:21,554 The lights were on the blink up here. 743 00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:25,403 An engineer is investigating. I do apologize for any inconvenience. 744 00:47:26,766 --> 00:47:28,580 Is there anything more I can do for you? 745 00:47:28,706 --> 00:47:30,947 Well, tracking down our champagne would be nice. 746 00:47:31,073 --> 00:47:32,526 Of course. 747 00:47:36,695 --> 00:47:38,243 Extraordinary man. 748 00:47:38,368 --> 00:47:40,880 - Smells nice, though. - Gardenia. 749 00:47:41,697 --> 00:47:43,978 Capital. Just what we need. 750 00:47:44,103 --> 00:47:47,090 They're taking their time with that champagne, aren't they? 751 00:47:47,232 --> 00:47:49,447 I think they're having trouble below. 752 00:47:49,740 --> 00:47:51,468 With the generators. 753 00:47:51,594 --> 00:47:53,960 You don't need champagne, do you, Book? 754 00:47:54,389 --> 00:47:56,475 Just anything with footnotes. 755 00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:58,408 Then the bibliography. 756 00:47:58,534 --> 00:48:01,367 Maybe an erratum slip. 757 00:48:06,872 --> 00:48:08,775 I used to love this place, you know. 758 00:48:08,900 --> 00:48:12,094 In the war, the rooms were cheap. 35 shillings a night. 759 00:48:12,580 --> 00:48:15,325 Well, the ones nearest the V2s, anyway. 760 00:48:15,780 --> 00:48:18,277 Always plenty of life down in the bar. 761 00:48:19,255 --> 00:48:21,318 A bit too much, sometimes. 762 00:48:22,009 --> 00:48:23,983 And now the Walsingham is listing. 763 00:48:24,783 --> 00:48:26,768 Like an old ship. 764 00:48:28,549 --> 00:48:30,898 Well, I'd like to smash a bottle against it. 765 00:49:46,024 --> 00:49:49,466 Let me tell the story of an old lady fair, 766 00:49:50,018 --> 00:49:52,374 Standing sentinel across the years 767 00:49:52,753 --> 00:49:55,002 in the city's Bonny Square. 768 00:49:56,246 --> 00:50:00,047 Let me tell the story of the journey down to hell, 769 00:50:00,493 --> 00:50:05,235 for the dear, dilapidated Walsingham Hotel. 770 00:50:17,394 --> 00:50:18,953 Some came to stay. 771 00:50:19,078 --> 00:50:21,000 To rest. To play. 772 00:50:21,747 --> 00:50:24,377 Some came to labour every day. 773 00:50:24,950 --> 00:50:28,119 Some came to sound the passing bell 774 00:50:28,493 --> 00:50:31,712 for the dear old Walsingham Hotel. 775 00:50:45,128 --> 00:50:47,776 But who killed Captain Victor Orr? 776 00:50:48,008 --> 00:50:51,575 Princess, waiter, maid, or more? 777 00:50:51,909 --> 00:50:54,729 Who came to sound the final knell 778 00:50:55,394 --> 00:50:59,176 for the dear old Walsingham Hotel? 779 00:51:07,830 --> 00:51:09,331 Well, then. 780 00:51:11,653 --> 00:51:13,224 That's that. 781 00:51:17,152 --> 00:51:19,228 - What was that? - Ah. 782 00:51:19,353 --> 00:51:21,481 Eadie. Eadie, are you okay? 783 00:51:27,971 --> 00:51:30,889 There's another one, a man. They want to kill us. 784 00:51:31,043 --> 00:51:32,477 One more step and I'll... 785 00:51:38,758 --> 00:51:43,358 Sync and corrections: minouhse www.addic7ed.com