1 00:00:06,995 --> 00:00:10,520 - Here's to Joe Stalin's next stroke. - Tinkerty-tonk. 2 00:00:13,979 --> 00:00:14,944 Who was he? 3 00:00:15,070 --> 00:00:18,765 Victor Orr, met him before an air raid. 41. 4 00:00:18,891 --> 00:00:23,335 It is true. I switched the glasses. He drank the poison meant for one of us. 5 00:00:23,461 --> 00:00:25,394 Nafije and Ruhije. 6 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:27,182 We'd be ever so grateful 7 00:00:27,308 --> 00:00:29,011 if you'd just keep an eye on them. 8 00:00:29,137 --> 00:00:32,526 This was the third attempt on our life since we left New York. 9 00:00:32,652 --> 00:00:35,349 The first thing you must do is arrest that cocktail waiter 10 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:38,200 and you must bring in any others on the staff. 11 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:42,311 - You have a reservation? - Uh, no. My wife does. 12 00:00:42,437 --> 00:00:43,759 Your wife. 13 00:00:45,740 --> 00:00:47,099 Time for a little chat. 14 00:00:47,277 --> 00:00:48,680 What does Jack know? 15 00:00:49,135 --> 00:00:52,817 My wife and I have an arrangement and that I knew his late father. 16 00:00:52,943 --> 00:00:54,225 Nothing more. 17 00:00:54,351 --> 00:00:56,598 And should we trust you? 18 00:00:56,724 --> 00:00:58,200 Well, I suppose you'll find out. 19 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:00,992 When the next assassin comes. 20 00:01:07,656 --> 00:01:10,988 A FEW MINUTES EARLIER 21 00:01:23,685 --> 00:01:25,840 - Hello again. - Hello. 22 00:01:26,161 --> 00:01:28,660 Fizz. For them I presume. 23 00:01:31,820 --> 00:01:33,493 - Who is it? - It's me. 24 00:01:50,869 --> 00:01:52,333 Champagne. 25 00:01:53,022 --> 00:01:55,418 - Did you order something? - No. 26 00:01:58,349 --> 00:01:59,669 Ruhije... 27 00:02:02,071 --> 00:02:03,880 We did not order champagne. 28 00:02:07,517 --> 00:02:09,213 Ruhija... 29 00:02:20,119 --> 00:02:21,741 I was shot. 30 00:02:22,353 --> 00:02:23,640 Ruhija, I'm hit. 31 00:02:24,213 --> 00:02:25,413 Eadie. 32 00:02:32,112 --> 00:02:35,116 There's another one, a man. They want to kill us. 33 00:02:35,242 --> 00:02:36,537 One more step and I'll... 34 00:02:46,762 --> 00:02:49,360 Well, let's all calm down, should we? 35 00:03:42,871 --> 00:03:47,471 Sync and corrections: minouhse www.addic7ed.com 36 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:57,661 Bloody hell, that hurts. 37 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,484 - You okay? - You shut up. 38 00:03:59,609 --> 00:04:01,994 You bloody bloody cop-out, you lunatic. 39 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:03,347 I thought you had the gun. 40 00:04:03,473 --> 00:04:04,943 It was a champagne bottle. 41 00:04:06,169 --> 00:04:07,609 Oh, God. 42 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,684 - Am I gonna die? - It's just a graze. 43 00:04:10,809 --> 00:04:12,584 Luckily for you, Your Royal Highness. 44 00:04:12,709 --> 00:04:15,722 This is a very, very regrettable incident, Miss... 45 00:04:15,848 --> 00:04:16,840 Eadie Rattle. 46 00:04:16,965 --> 00:04:20,624 Miss Eadie, we live under the constant threat of assassination. 47 00:04:20,749 --> 00:04:23,825 The black mantle of death hovers over us like the London fog. 48 00:04:23,951 --> 00:04:26,366 Sometimes we make mistakes out of fear. 49 00:04:26,492 --> 00:04:28,864 - You must forgive us. - Oh, you shouldn't forgive them. 50 00:04:28,989 --> 00:04:32,124 - You should press charges. - Don't tell me what to do, okay? 51 00:04:32,249 --> 00:04:34,914 I've had enough of it. I've simply had enough of it. 52 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:36,994 - We understand, dear. - Do you? 53 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,514 Because I've just ended a shift that started with a pass 54 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,664 - and ended with me getting fired. - Fired? 55 00:04:41,789 --> 00:04:43,544 You haven't handed my cards, haven't I? 56 00:04:43,669 --> 00:04:45,243 What? Why? What for? 57 00:04:45,369 --> 00:04:48,696 Because someone sabotaged the boilers, 58 00:04:48,822 --> 00:04:50,182 tipped linseed oil into them. 59 00:04:50,307 --> 00:04:51,842 Yeah, but why would they think that that's you? 60 00:04:51,968 --> 00:04:52,978 Because I have a motive. 61 00:04:53,103 --> 00:04:56,234 Mr. Klein gave me a mouthful for standing up to that bastard. 62 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,642 And now I've been shot, really shot. 63 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,998 - What's that? - Morphine Tartrate. 64 00:05:01,124 --> 00:05:03,584 I'm not going to have you jabbing me like a bloody pincushion. 65 00:05:03,709 --> 00:05:05,424 - It will ease your pain. - I'll live. 66 00:05:05,549 --> 00:05:08,144 And if you do think that I'm just going to hop on the night bus 67 00:05:08,269 --> 00:05:11,024 and say, oh, it must be beastly that your country hates your guts 68 00:05:11,150 --> 00:05:13,060 and you're forced to slum it out here in the Walsingham. 69 00:05:13,185 --> 00:05:14,747 Well think again, ladies. 70 00:05:15,248 --> 00:05:17,803 No wonder you're so nervous around the working classes. 71 00:05:17,929 --> 00:05:19,442 You damn well ought to be. 72 00:05:20,694 --> 00:05:22,160 I'll have that morphine now. 73 00:05:27,759 --> 00:05:30,709 Sorry, dear Rattle. What do you suggest? 74 00:05:31,599 --> 00:05:35,191 - I'll stay here tonight in the royal suite. - There are only two beds. 75 00:05:35,317 --> 00:05:37,880 Then I'll have the biggest. And I'll have breakfast in it. 76 00:05:38,006 --> 00:05:41,494 I think that's a very modest demand, considering the bullets in the wall. 77 00:05:41,619 --> 00:05:44,614 I know the importance of the rules of hospitality in your country. 78 00:05:44,739 --> 00:05:47,491 - I've been reading up on them. - That's right, Mr. Book. 79 00:05:47,838 --> 00:05:51,274 At home, we are obliged to take in those who need shelter. 80 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,886 During the war, many British officers were parachuted into our territory. 81 00:05:55,012 --> 00:05:56,520 None were betrayed. 82 00:05:58,240 --> 00:05:59,560 I'll sleep on the sofa. 83 00:06:00,698 --> 00:06:01,920 Right. 84 00:06:02,246 --> 00:06:04,855 Now, which one of you is lending me your toothbrush? 85 00:06:14,993 --> 00:06:17,317 I'll get someone to come and have a look at this. 86 00:06:17,908 --> 00:06:19,455 It's good to see you, Jack. 87 00:06:30,265 --> 00:06:31,826 We lost him. 88 00:06:32,409 --> 00:06:34,328 We never really knew him. 89 00:06:34,453 --> 00:06:36,614 Of course, it was impossible to predict how he'd react, 90 00:06:36,739 --> 00:06:38,347 - but I was hoping for... - Sympathy. 91 00:06:38,473 --> 00:06:39,870 Understanding. 92 00:06:41,099 --> 00:06:43,680 That's just the way it is with some people. 93 00:06:43,959 --> 00:06:47,350 They get down on a thing when they don't know nothing about it. 94 00:06:47,475 --> 00:06:49,595 - Huckleberry Finn? - Top marks. 95 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,590 You can sleep on the left. 96 00:06:51,979 --> 00:06:54,494 I like that, Eadie. She's sharp. 97 00:06:54,619 --> 00:06:56,465 - Sharp as her nibs. - The princess. 98 00:06:58,707 --> 00:07:00,143 Busy day tomorrow. 99 00:07:00,278 --> 00:07:02,519 Bliss has arrested Guzili. 100 00:07:03,291 --> 00:07:04,504 It's a mistake. 101 00:07:04,630 --> 00:07:07,474 So I suspect I'll spend the morning showing him why. 102 00:07:07,599 --> 00:07:10,249 - Clever clogs. - If the shoe fits. 103 00:07:10,374 --> 00:07:13,154 Oh, it's the Dinaric Alps, by the way. 104 00:07:13,279 --> 00:07:15,474 It's the Dinaric Alps, my love. 105 00:07:15,599 --> 00:07:17,923 - Not the Carpathians. - As I said. 106 00:07:18,159 --> 00:07:19,522 Clever clogs. 107 00:07:48,529 --> 00:07:49,751 Book. 108 00:08:14,222 --> 00:08:15,880 Finish with that mag, Sergeant? 109 00:08:16,611 --> 00:08:19,747 Bagged and labelled, sir. We'll return it in due course. 110 00:08:19,919 --> 00:08:21,141 Take a seat. 111 00:08:25,605 --> 00:08:27,000 Are you gonna charge me? 112 00:08:27,126 --> 00:08:29,050 Oh, there's plenty of time for that. 113 00:08:29,639 --> 00:08:31,958 I've said it all already. It's in my statement. 114 00:08:32,084 --> 00:08:35,154 Oh, just one thing before we start. 115 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,480 Uh, Mr. Book here will be joining us. 116 00:08:37,651 --> 00:08:39,178 He's a specialist. 117 00:08:39,639 --> 00:08:43,356 Mr. Guzili, it's very important that you use this interview to tell us the truth. 118 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,823 Because if you don't, I can't be held accountable for the consequences. 119 00:08:48,013 --> 00:08:50,573 We know about your affair with Eadie Rattle. 120 00:08:50,699 --> 00:08:52,253 She's given us a statement. 121 00:08:52,379 --> 00:08:55,340 And in doing so, has given us a possible motive. 122 00:08:55,465 --> 00:08:57,912 A reason for you to kill Captain Orr. 123 00:08:58,038 --> 00:09:00,019 Because he made a pass at Eadie. 124 00:09:01,367 --> 00:09:04,048 It must happen like three times a day. 125 00:09:05,581 --> 00:09:07,320 What business are you in exactly? 126 00:09:08,399 --> 00:09:10,520 The antiquarian book business. 127 00:09:11,197 --> 00:09:13,814 I've read the Kanun of Scutari, have you? 128 00:09:14,184 --> 00:09:16,654 - I know it. - Live by it? 129 00:09:17,079 --> 00:09:19,142 It's very important in my village. 130 00:09:20,658 --> 00:09:22,270 Let's start then. 131 00:09:23,335 --> 00:09:26,722 If I said we were going to give you the third degree, what would you expect? 132 00:09:27,188 --> 00:09:28,434 A kicking out by the bins? 133 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:30,351 - Snake in the grass. - What did you say? 134 00:09:30,477 --> 00:09:32,392 Forget the third degree, snake in the grass. 135 00:09:32,518 --> 00:09:33,837 Come on, I'm waiting. 136 00:09:36,927 --> 00:09:38,706 - Vodka. - At last. 137 00:09:39,993 --> 00:09:43,424 Creme de Menthe, lime juice, lemonade. 138 00:09:43,549 --> 00:09:45,724 - Where's my ice? - It went in first. 139 00:09:45,849 --> 00:09:47,080 Are you shaking this drink? 140 00:09:48,464 --> 00:09:50,080 Come on, come on, Mr. Guzili. 141 00:09:50,205 --> 00:09:52,064 This is the Walsingham. Are you shaking this drink? 142 00:09:52,190 --> 00:09:53,604 I'm stirring it. I'm stirring it. 143 00:09:53,729 --> 00:09:56,480 - Attaboy. - Attaboy. I know that. 144 00:09:57,349 --> 00:09:59,120 French vermouth. Dry gin. 145 00:09:59,394 --> 00:10:02,198 Grenadine. Four dashes. Shaken. 146 00:10:02,324 --> 00:10:04,872 And what would you put in a Pansy? 147 00:10:09,397 --> 00:10:11,990 - Anisette? - No, no, no, Mr. Guzili. 148 00:10:12,569 --> 00:10:14,865 Look, I'm still on probation. I'm not an expert. 149 00:10:14,991 --> 00:10:18,406 I'd say you're not, but nor are you a murderer. 150 00:10:19,069 --> 00:10:21,166 Well, what makes you say that? 151 00:10:21,292 --> 00:10:23,528 Because he left a dirty great fingerprint 152 00:10:23,654 --> 00:10:26,321 on the upper part of one of those glasses. 153 00:10:26,534 --> 00:10:28,318 And a good cocktail waiter, 154 00:10:28,443 --> 00:10:30,801 as well as knowing how to mix a third degree, 155 00:10:30,926 --> 00:10:35,622 always handles a rock glass lower down. 156 00:10:36,401 --> 00:10:40,343 You made the drink for the captain, which is when you left your fingerprint on his glass. 157 00:10:40,469 --> 00:10:42,769 But the drink was not deadly. 158 00:10:42,895 --> 00:10:45,120 I'm sorry if this sounds insulting, Mr. Guzili, 159 00:10:45,347 --> 00:10:48,317 but you have yet to acquire the skill to poison anyone 160 00:10:48,443 --> 00:10:50,570 in a crowded bar in plain sight. 161 00:10:50,696 --> 00:10:55,170 Particularly with just a few seconds between the inciting incident and the crime. 162 00:10:55,296 --> 00:10:56,943 But I'm sure you'll get there. 163 00:10:57,069 --> 00:11:00,969 In fact, I'd go so far as to say you were already a model employee. 164 00:11:01,823 --> 00:11:03,680 You're going to write me a reference now, are you? 165 00:11:03,806 --> 00:11:05,028 Why not? 166 00:11:05,329 --> 00:11:07,632 How long have the princesses been in the hotel? 167 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:08,781 Four days. 168 00:11:08,907 --> 00:11:11,720 And you'd already noticed they always reject the first drink. 169 00:11:12,198 --> 00:11:14,720 So you made it out of tap water. 170 00:11:15,850 --> 00:11:16,859 Yes. 171 00:11:16,984 --> 00:11:18,556 Some employers would promote 172 00:11:18,681 --> 00:11:22,764 a member of staff so concerned about wastage. 173 00:11:26,089 --> 00:11:27,866 Well, Mr. Guzili, 174 00:11:28,962 --> 00:11:32,244 seems like you can go and collect your things. 175 00:11:32,369 --> 00:11:35,804 Our friend here is checking out, Sergeant Morris. 176 00:11:35,929 --> 00:11:37,635 Very good, sir. 177 00:11:46,448 --> 00:11:47,800 Well, now what? 178 00:11:48,529 --> 00:11:52,124 Anyone could have got that hydrochloric acid into the drink. 179 00:11:52,249 --> 00:11:54,601 And Guzili was too clumsy to have done it. 180 00:11:55,863 --> 00:11:57,864 As I discovered late last night, 181 00:11:57,990 --> 00:12:02,021 the Kanun of Scutari has very strict rules about hospitality. 182 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,178 It's taboo to harm anyone you consider your guest. 183 00:12:05,304 --> 00:12:09,706 Captain Orr was Guzili's guest, strictly speaking, and the Kanun is very strict. 184 00:12:09,831 --> 00:12:13,184 Did it tell you anything else useful? 185 00:12:13,309 --> 00:12:14,604 Oh, yes. 186 00:12:15,109 --> 00:12:19,376 Insult my wife in front of the headman of the village and you owe me a sheep. 187 00:12:19,502 --> 00:12:23,896 If my wife insults you, I owe you five. 188 00:12:26,809 --> 00:12:31,225 Well, I find it's usually best if people are just nice to each other. 189 00:13:11,891 --> 00:13:14,840 - You were not in the army, were you? - You know where I was. 190 00:13:14,979 --> 00:13:18,134 Well, no matter. Straighten your spine, perhaps? 191 00:13:18,260 --> 00:13:23,246 Eh, at the palace a line of soldiers would salute us just on our way to breakfast. 192 00:13:23,372 --> 00:13:24,607 Oh, lucky you. 193 00:13:24,733 --> 00:13:26,394 How the mighty have fallen. 194 00:13:26,519 --> 00:13:29,754 And back then we weren't always looking over our shoulders. 195 00:13:29,879 --> 00:13:32,114 We were at home with our own people. 196 00:13:32,239 --> 00:13:34,693 You, boy. You must fetch the inspector. 197 00:13:34,819 --> 00:13:37,801 - Why? What's happened? - Another threatening letter. 198 00:13:42,461 --> 00:13:44,305 - They got you. - No. No. 199 00:13:47,963 --> 00:13:49,402 Well, you've done all right. 200 00:13:49,962 --> 00:13:52,582 They ordered in. No less than I deserve. 201 00:13:52,802 --> 00:13:54,160 Sure enough. 202 00:13:54,389 --> 00:13:55,800 Balkan mix, apparently. 203 00:13:55,926 --> 00:13:57,034 Nice. 204 00:13:57,159 --> 00:13:59,115 See those little gold rings at the end there? 205 00:13:59,241 --> 00:14:01,186 I'm a Capstan man myself. 206 00:14:01,535 --> 00:14:03,794 Weren't you supposed to bring me for that, Bavril? 207 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,341 Well, I thought you had everything you needed here. 208 00:14:08,941 --> 00:14:11,106 It's a bit rich from my blood. 209 00:14:16,729 --> 00:14:19,671 So where was Miss Eadie Rattle when the murder took place? 210 00:14:19,797 --> 00:14:22,444 Uh, having a Woodbine outside, according to her statement. 211 00:14:22,569 --> 00:14:24,484 Having already administered the poison? 212 00:14:24,609 --> 00:14:26,231 Meant for the princesses. 213 00:14:27,009 --> 00:14:30,945 According to my intelligence sources, she's a fully paid up party member. 214 00:14:31,070 --> 00:14:33,697 - Communist. - Red as Lenin's combinations. 215 00:14:33,823 --> 00:14:35,856 What? So she might have wanted them dead? 216 00:14:35,982 --> 00:14:38,928 On behalf of the new ruling class of Scutari. 217 00:14:39,988 --> 00:14:42,670 Then there's the other sister, of course. 218 00:14:43,089 --> 00:14:44,374 Other sister? 219 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,296 Oh, yes. There are three of them, Inspector. 220 00:14:48,048 --> 00:14:49,928 Three sisters. 221 00:14:52,072 --> 00:14:53,743 The kingdom divided. 222 00:14:54,268 --> 00:14:56,894 Exiled monarchs, I wonder. 223 00:14:58,469 --> 00:15:01,663 Anyway, Princess Senije went over to the other side. 224 00:15:01,789 --> 00:15:04,084 So it could be her striking the blow for the work. 225 00:15:04,209 --> 00:15:05,864 It's by assassinating her siblings. 226 00:15:05,989 --> 00:15:08,066 This is where we should be looking. 227 00:15:08,192 --> 00:15:11,186 In my opinion, sir. 228 00:15:15,115 --> 00:15:16,830 Oh, yes. 229 00:15:17,129 --> 00:15:19,844 Like the ladies, didn't he, Captain Orr? 230 00:15:19,970 --> 00:15:22,126 That's not how I would have put it. 231 00:15:22,611 --> 00:15:24,382 Still... 232 00:15:24,978 --> 00:15:26,784 At least we have his home number now. 233 00:15:26,909 --> 00:15:28,020 Eh? No. 234 00:15:28,146 --> 00:15:30,451 Yes, this must be his wife, Sylvia. 235 00:15:30,576 --> 00:15:33,688 - What do you know? - She's the only one without a star rating. 236 00:15:35,709 --> 00:15:38,489 Yeah, well, there's another familiar name in there, too. 237 00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:42,606 - Oh. - As you say, sir. 238 00:15:43,689 --> 00:15:47,429 And Barberini, 2nd of May 1940. That's got race course. 239 00:15:47,555 --> 00:15:49,456 Four stars, passionate Italian. 240 00:15:49,582 --> 00:15:51,681 So it's crossed out. It's still legible. 241 00:15:52,953 --> 00:15:54,868 - What do you mean? - Obvious, isn't it? 242 00:15:54,994 --> 00:15:57,925 Captain Orr didn't just like the ladies. You know, he was a bit... 243 00:15:58,214 --> 00:15:59,702 queer. 244 00:16:00,229 --> 00:16:02,015 What? You mean? 245 00:16:02,140 --> 00:16:06,228 He travelled, as it were, on the 38 bus and the 43. 246 00:16:06,354 --> 00:16:10,372 He met that Italian barman at the races and had relations. 247 00:16:10,498 --> 00:16:12,034 It's all there in black and white. 248 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:13,392 Met at the races, eh? 249 00:16:13,518 --> 00:16:16,164 Ascot race course. There is entry after entry. 250 00:16:16,289 --> 00:16:18,898 - What motive? - Blackmail, obviously. 251 00:16:19,155 --> 00:16:21,270 Captain Orr threatened to expose Barberini. 252 00:16:21,650 --> 00:16:24,456 Captain Orr's a married man. It's all a bit... 253 00:16:25,069 --> 00:16:26,629 It's all a bit farfetched. 254 00:16:26,755 --> 00:16:29,016 You never know with married men, sir. 255 00:16:30,696 --> 00:16:32,527 What's your great theory, then? 256 00:16:34,008 --> 00:16:35,940 That will be telling, Sergeant. 257 00:16:36,229 --> 00:16:38,970 But speaking of Mrs Orr, I do think 258 00:16:39,096 --> 00:16:42,948 someone should talk to her soon. I'll ask Trottie, if I may. 259 00:16:43,548 --> 00:16:45,463 Wives always know. 260 00:16:45,589 --> 00:16:47,504 Whatever husbands think. 261 00:16:47,732 --> 00:16:50,194 Message from that lad, Jack, sir. 262 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,097 Princesses are requesting another audience. 263 00:16:59,392 --> 00:17:01,844 - A Winston Churchill mask. - No. 264 00:17:01,969 --> 00:17:03,965 An Ora flying helmet. 265 00:17:04,091 --> 00:17:07,926 A piccalilly jar filled entirely with toenail clippings. 266 00:17:08,989 --> 00:17:13,723 Yeah. It's not for the faint of heart, the life of a chambermaid. 267 00:17:14,277 --> 00:17:17,254 But my dad ran a pub in Bala, so... 268 00:17:17,889 --> 00:17:19,391 I've seen it all. 269 00:17:21,005 --> 00:17:23,281 And what about the murder? 270 00:17:23,588 --> 00:17:25,800 I know. I was outside, you see. 271 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,057 You can't pin Victor Orr on me. 272 00:17:28,183 --> 00:17:30,449 I wasn't trying to. Honest. 273 00:17:31,255 --> 00:17:32,956 Pity I wasn't there, though. 274 00:17:33,595 --> 00:17:35,683 I would have liked to see that one go down. 275 00:17:37,114 --> 00:17:38,562 As you were saying, 276 00:17:38,715 --> 00:17:40,458 you got out of the clink, 277 00:17:40,664 --> 00:17:43,151 and then you went to work in a bookshop. 278 00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:45,554 - Yeah. - For Mr Book. 279 00:17:46,302 --> 00:17:47,204 Yeah. 280 00:17:47,330 --> 00:17:49,923 And now you're working for the Scutari royal family. 281 00:17:51,422 --> 00:17:53,276 Not for much longer, I don't reckon. 282 00:17:54,062 --> 00:17:56,014 I ain't much cop as a bodyguard. 283 00:17:57,935 --> 00:17:59,710 Got anything by Marx? 284 00:18:00,593 --> 00:18:02,893 - Hey? - In your bookshop. 285 00:18:03,575 --> 00:18:05,664 Das Kapital. 286 00:18:06,827 --> 00:18:08,040 Volume four. 287 00:18:08,247 --> 00:18:09,956 Now you're talking. 288 00:18:10,842 --> 00:18:12,461 So why'd you leave? 289 00:18:12,673 --> 00:18:14,746 I just don't think they're my sort of people. 290 00:18:14,884 --> 00:18:18,118 No? Takes all sorts, you know. 291 00:18:19,068 --> 00:18:20,475 As I say. 292 00:18:20,601 --> 00:18:22,700 The things I've seen in the Walsingham. 293 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,937 Maybe it's time you expanded your horizons a bit, sunshine. 294 00:18:28,378 --> 00:18:31,040 Let me know if you fancy that Bovril sometime, yeah? 295 00:18:53,314 --> 00:18:55,997 So-called princesses, 296 00:18:56,408 --> 00:19:00,534 my gorge rises as I see you in the newspaper. 297 00:19:00,660 --> 00:19:05,428 Your decadent bones draped in Madame Debavier, 298 00:19:06,344 --> 00:19:09,444 which will soon drip with your filthy blood. 299 00:19:09,569 --> 00:19:12,405 Yes, I can see why you might feel discomforted. 300 00:19:13,094 --> 00:19:15,269 So, what will you do about it? 301 00:19:15,395 --> 00:19:18,567 - My dear lady, why... - You will address me by my proper title. 302 00:19:18,693 --> 00:19:20,684 Do forgive the inspector, your royal highness. 303 00:19:20,809 --> 00:19:23,884 The policeman is often a blunt tool rather than a diplomat. 304 00:19:24,009 --> 00:19:25,819 - Perhaps I might... - As I have said, 305 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,559 this is the latest of many. 306 00:19:29,024 --> 00:19:30,783 Dripping with venom. 307 00:19:30,909 --> 00:19:32,724 Our enemy's, their legion. 308 00:19:32,849 --> 00:19:34,634 Can they not let us rest? 309 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,371 Is it not enough that we are forced to drag our weary bones 310 00:19:38,497 --> 00:19:40,820 around the world like phantoms? 311 00:19:40,946 --> 00:19:44,073 You speak of the Kanun, of hospitality. 312 00:19:44,199 --> 00:19:46,604 But what are we to make of yours? 313 00:19:46,729 --> 00:19:51,114 What welcome do we receive in your famous London? 314 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,324 Wretched food, wretched cold, a bodyguard who fails to guard. 315 00:19:55,449 --> 00:19:57,259 And now, this. 316 00:19:57,385 --> 00:20:01,225 I'll do what I can, given my limited resources. 317 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,394 Yes, of course, and we're terribly sorry. 318 00:21:06,519 --> 00:21:08,607 Well, if that's the best you can do. 319 00:21:11,612 --> 00:21:12,867 Oh, Miss Rattle. 320 00:21:13,599 --> 00:21:15,254 Yes, Mr. Kind. 321 00:21:15,379 --> 00:21:18,520 I heard about the unfortunate incident. 322 00:21:18,739 --> 00:21:20,848 That's one way of describing it. 323 00:21:21,123 --> 00:21:22,931 I'm okay, but 324 00:21:23,056 --> 00:21:26,687 I think I might indulge myself a bit more in the 325 00:21:26,812 --> 00:21:28,360 cream of society. 326 00:21:28,487 --> 00:21:31,714 As I've been fired, I can use the hotel as a guest instead. 327 00:21:31,839 --> 00:21:34,372 - Meaning? - Their Royal Highnesses. 328 00:21:34,733 --> 00:21:36,594 I'm to put everything in their account. 329 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:38,774 - Well, don't spend too much. - What? 330 00:21:38,899 --> 00:21:41,354 - Nothing. Um, Miss Rattle. - Yes? 331 00:21:41,479 --> 00:21:43,880 Would you kindly come and see me after you've 332 00:21:44,008 --> 00:21:47,216 - indulged yourself? - Okay, Mr. Kind. 333 00:21:55,499 --> 00:21:57,583 Eadie. Can we talk? 334 00:22:00,013 --> 00:22:02,652 I do want to apologize for the quality of the service today. 335 00:22:03,226 --> 00:22:05,513 The heating is off, the menu is cold. 336 00:22:05,959 --> 00:22:07,416 I'm deeply sorry. 337 00:22:07,542 --> 00:22:10,655 Ismael, none of that is your fault. 338 00:22:11,173 --> 00:22:12,708 Yeah, I'm afraid it is. 339 00:22:12,875 --> 00:22:15,787 It was caused by the three bottles of linseed oil that 340 00:22:16,507 --> 00:22:17,880 I stole from your cupboard. 341 00:22:18,721 --> 00:22:21,113 But linseed oil is for polishing. 342 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,200 I use it for my newel posts and my dados. 343 00:22:24,326 --> 00:22:25,540 Yes, I know. 344 00:22:25,666 --> 00:22:27,695 But I poured it into the generator. 345 00:22:28,291 --> 00:22:30,816 I didn't poison Victor or Eadie, 346 00:22:30,942 --> 00:22:32,822 but I did poison the hotel. 347 00:22:33,754 --> 00:22:35,068 I was so angry. 348 00:22:35,579 --> 00:22:37,760 With myself, with that man. 349 00:22:38,062 --> 00:22:40,874 With this place. So I just thought... 350 00:22:41,498 --> 00:22:42,880 I'd kill it. 351 00:22:43,646 --> 00:22:45,080 I'm deeply sorry. 352 00:22:45,293 --> 00:22:49,332 I shall confess everything to Mr. Kind, and you will not lose your job, Eadie. 353 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:10,664 You. 354 00:24:11,501 --> 00:24:12,770 Me. 355 00:24:15,753 --> 00:24:18,370 This isn't easy for me, as I'm sure you can imagine. 356 00:24:18,550 --> 00:24:20,186 Of course. 357 00:24:20,312 --> 00:24:21,714 You've just lost your husband. 358 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,907 That boat sailed a long time ago, Mrs. Book. 359 00:24:25,033 --> 00:24:28,685 And you're not the first of Victor's conquests to telephone. 360 00:24:31,309 --> 00:24:34,920 If it makes it any easier, he didn't. 361 00:24:35,647 --> 00:24:36,991 Did what? 362 00:24:37,806 --> 00:24:39,297 Conquer. 363 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,480 I used to come here all the time, you know. 364 00:24:49,604 --> 00:24:53,548 To watch him. With the latest model. 365 00:24:53,979 --> 00:24:55,201 Madam? 366 00:25:05,256 --> 00:25:06,590 You've read it. 367 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:12,152 To see oneself here assessed like... livestock. 368 00:25:13,469 --> 00:25:15,724 You think he got what he deserved? 369 00:25:15,964 --> 00:25:18,921 Well, not quite, but... 370 00:25:19,446 --> 00:25:21,187 What a pig he was. 371 00:25:23,882 --> 00:25:27,968 Do you know, I'd think better of him if it was a real diary. 372 00:25:28,093 --> 00:25:30,960 Something with a bit of proper, adulterous passion. 373 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,080 Don't worry, my dear, I don't really blame you. 374 00:25:37,319 --> 00:25:41,134 I mean, Victor had charm to spare in his day. 375 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,147 And I grew used to his adventures. 376 00:25:45,979 --> 00:25:47,564 Numb to them. 377 00:25:47,985 --> 00:25:51,411 So used to them, it became a sort of hobby. 378 00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:54,240 That sounds strange? 379 00:25:56,797 --> 00:25:58,446 My marriage grew cold. 380 00:25:58,571 --> 00:26:00,172 Well, my life grew cold. 381 00:26:00,959 --> 00:26:03,493 I don't really think I've felt anything 382 00:26:03,984 --> 00:26:05,483 since Dunkirk. 383 00:26:07,685 --> 00:26:09,131 So I'd come here. 384 00:26:10,671 --> 00:26:12,699 Where there was light and laughter. 385 00:26:13,739 --> 00:26:14,961 Usually. 386 00:26:16,146 --> 00:26:20,025 Did you not worry that he, uh, might see you? 387 00:26:22,621 --> 00:26:24,802 Victor hadn't noticed me in years. 388 00:26:24,928 --> 00:26:27,126 There was no reason to think he'd start now. 389 00:26:29,612 --> 00:26:31,653 Is that how you were able to...? 390 00:26:34,668 --> 00:26:35,890 What? 391 00:26:37,462 --> 00:26:39,029 The poison. 392 00:26:40,407 --> 00:26:43,343 I mean, you were there. You-you handed me that cloth. 393 00:26:43,469 --> 00:26:46,090 It would have been easy for you to administer it. 394 00:26:46,762 --> 00:26:49,537 I didn't kill my husband, Mrs. Book. 395 00:26:50,641 --> 00:26:53,370 I pitied Victor. Didn't despise him. 396 00:26:54,569 --> 00:26:56,009 Then who did? 397 00:27:01,535 --> 00:27:03,403 How was this war? 398 00:27:04,287 --> 00:27:08,180 He did his service in Cairo. And a stint in the Balkans. 399 00:27:09,083 --> 00:27:10,624 The Balkans? 400 00:27:12,221 --> 00:27:13,888 And before that, he was here. 401 00:27:15,059 --> 00:27:17,280 - The home front. - Whereabouts? 402 00:27:18,928 --> 00:27:20,150 Ascot. 403 00:27:36,239 --> 00:27:38,878 Ah, it is you. Would it be...? 404 00:27:40,772 --> 00:27:42,129 What does that say? 405 00:27:43,165 --> 00:27:44,656 Death to parasites. 406 00:27:53,990 --> 00:27:55,483 Thank you for coming. 407 00:27:56,159 --> 00:27:57,379 Everything's off. 408 00:27:57,605 --> 00:27:59,895 Kippers, kidneys, kedgeree. 409 00:28:00,021 --> 00:28:02,756 And the radiators. They're definitely off. 410 00:28:04,425 --> 00:28:06,643 There's a selection of cold meat. 411 00:28:06,859 --> 00:28:09,434 Splendid. Well, two of those then please, waiter. 412 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,254 Do make sure they're properly cold. 413 00:28:11,379 --> 00:28:13,497 - I have abhor inconsistency. - Sir? 414 00:28:13,623 --> 00:28:15,599 The service, it is appalling. 415 00:28:15,725 --> 00:28:19,693 Well, call me Marie Antoinette, but I was expecting the lavatories to flush. 416 00:28:19,819 --> 00:28:22,616 Still, the heating did come on for half an hour. That was nice. 417 00:28:22,742 --> 00:28:25,681 - You said it was urgent, Mr. Book. - In a way, yes. 418 00:28:25,807 --> 00:28:27,836 - Are you any closer? - Closer? 419 00:28:27,962 --> 00:28:31,311 - To finding out who tried to murder us? - No one tried to murder you. 420 00:28:33,444 --> 00:28:35,967 But the letters. The threads. 421 00:28:36,093 --> 00:28:37,702 You sent those. 422 00:28:40,929 --> 00:28:43,562 What? You're mad. 423 00:28:43,775 --> 00:28:45,771 - How dare you? - Do sit down, princess. 424 00:28:45,897 --> 00:28:48,589 - The very idea that I... - I said sit down. 425 00:28:50,355 --> 00:28:52,807 I may be more of a diplomat than the inspector. 426 00:28:53,138 --> 00:28:56,614 There's only so much of this exhausting auteur I can stand. 427 00:28:58,145 --> 00:29:01,327 When did you start? Sending the letters. 428 00:29:01,799 --> 00:29:03,602 Not right away, I imagine. 429 00:29:04,239 --> 00:29:05,640 For a while it was real. 430 00:29:09,319 --> 00:29:12,456 When we fled our country, there were eyes everywhere. 431 00:29:12,582 --> 00:29:14,674 We feared to eat or drink. 432 00:29:14,799 --> 00:29:16,244 We lived day by day, 433 00:29:16,369 --> 00:29:18,555 shoved into stinking cellars. 434 00:29:18,948 --> 00:29:20,680 The holds of filthy ships. 435 00:29:22,097 --> 00:29:24,524 But the threat was real, Mr. Book. 436 00:29:25,186 --> 00:29:27,400 In New York, we feted. 437 00:29:27,526 --> 00:29:30,079 They love royalty there, as you know, precisely. 438 00:29:30,205 --> 00:29:31,905 Because they have none of their own. 439 00:29:32,031 --> 00:29:35,480 We were invited to all the right parties. Met all the right people. 440 00:29:36,450 --> 00:29:40,353 But there is nothing more tragic than exile, Mr. Book. 441 00:29:41,659 --> 00:29:43,898 And nothing more pathetic. 442 00:29:44,683 --> 00:29:47,551 After a time, the invitations dried up. 443 00:29:47,677 --> 00:29:49,160 The parade moved on. 444 00:29:49,318 --> 00:29:52,633 And I realized that we had gone from being in danger 445 00:29:52,758 --> 00:29:54,873 to something far, far worse. 446 00:29:56,272 --> 00:29:59,640 We had become irrelevant. 447 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,951 What did the newly risen Scutari have to fear from us? 448 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:09,821 Why would they send assassins halfway across the globe to make away with us? 449 00:30:10,114 --> 00:30:13,137 Why would anyone bother? 450 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,049 But there is glamour in death. 451 00:30:16,506 --> 00:30:17,890 In danger. 452 00:30:19,501 --> 00:30:21,797 And so I began to write all those letters. 453 00:30:22,087 --> 00:30:24,214 Both to us and to the authorities 454 00:30:24,340 --> 00:30:27,547 of whichever poor nation we were imposing ourselves upon. 455 00:30:28,125 --> 00:30:31,103 I pay a woman here a modest fee to skulk around the hotel, 456 00:30:31,229 --> 00:30:33,104 dropping them off now and then. 457 00:30:33,230 --> 00:30:36,718 Some suspected your other sister might be behind those. 458 00:30:37,835 --> 00:30:39,480 She is dead, Mr. Book. 459 00:30:41,621 --> 00:30:43,494 I saw her shot in the face. 460 00:30:45,796 --> 00:30:49,293 The communists never really trusted her. 461 00:30:53,253 --> 00:30:55,792 And I will not lose another sister. 462 00:30:58,262 --> 00:31:02,024 - But then there was an actual poisoning. - I didn't know what to think. 463 00:31:02,150 --> 00:31:04,888 The figure swapped the glasses as always and then... 464 00:31:05,081 --> 00:31:09,815 That man, that captain lying dead at our feet. 465 00:31:10,436 --> 00:31:11,804 My mind, it raced. 466 00:31:12,576 --> 00:31:14,657 Had it all become real? 467 00:31:15,973 --> 00:31:19,000 But what else could I do but continue as planned? 468 00:31:19,862 --> 00:31:21,641 It was very well done. 469 00:31:22,469 --> 00:31:23,604 Thank you. 470 00:31:23,729 --> 00:31:27,455 And last though, the impression of your sister's pen nibs is very distinctive. 471 00:31:27,581 --> 00:31:28,920 Indeed? 472 00:31:29,189 --> 00:31:30,614 Music nib. 473 00:31:30,969 --> 00:31:35,101 Narrow down strokes, broad cross strokes for writing musical notation. 474 00:31:35,790 --> 00:31:39,160 And she's composing those rather sad and lovely little tunes of hers. 475 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,853 And the references to your wardrobe too, 476 00:31:41,978 --> 00:31:45,714 rather specific for a desperate communist assassin. 477 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,712 I couldn't help myself. 478 00:31:48,911 --> 00:31:51,524 So, does this mean then that... 479 00:31:51,649 --> 00:31:54,680 Captain Orr was the intended victim. 480 00:31:57,114 --> 00:32:01,711 So, I have to ask Mr. Book, in the spirit of your British stories... 481 00:32:03,215 --> 00:32:04,754 Who done it? 482 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,258 Well, that is the question, dear lady. 483 00:32:36,388 --> 00:32:38,577 I'm not normally a fan of this sort of thing. 484 00:32:38,939 --> 00:32:42,236 Redolent of the kind of thriller one finds in W.H. Smith. 485 00:32:42,799 --> 00:32:46,880 However, sometimes it really is best to gather everyone together. 486 00:32:47,291 --> 00:32:49,226 Unity of place and all that. 487 00:32:49,352 --> 00:32:51,292 So, on the night of the murder, 488 00:32:51,418 --> 00:32:54,217 Mr. Guzili here set up a first round of two drinks. 489 00:32:54,412 --> 00:32:55,326 Yes. 490 00:32:55,451 --> 00:32:58,994 Which is rejected by the princesses and goes down the sink. 491 00:32:59,334 --> 00:33:01,394 Now we come to the brouhaha. 492 00:33:01,822 --> 00:33:03,819 And a new character enters our drama. 493 00:33:03,945 --> 00:33:08,396 Captain Victor Orr. Kindly represented here by Mr. Kind. 494 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,851 In you come, Miss Rattle. Tell us what happened next. 495 00:33:11,976 --> 00:33:15,764 Well, there's Captain Watsit soaked in Tattinger. 496 00:33:15,889 --> 00:33:18,946 And he's telling me he has some extra duties for me. 497 00:33:19,072 --> 00:33:22,854 Which seem to involve me going to his room and leaving with some money. 498 00:33:22,980 --> 00:33:25,338 So, I decline, of course. 499 00:33:25,464 --> 00:33:28,000 And I'm looking over at Ismael. 500 00:33:28,425 --> 00:33:31,769 I'm looking at him because, well, I think he might help me out. 501 00:33:31,895 --> 00:33:34,763 - Do the decent. - And he doesn't. 502 00:33:35,685 --> 00:33:36,939 What happens next, Eadie? 503 00:33:37,065 --> 00:33:39,394 Well, I'm thinking, is the captain going to hit me? 504 00:33:39,519 --> 00:33:41,454 So, I tell him where to get off. 505 00:33:41,579 --> 00:33:44,107 And then he says something. 506 00:33:44,233 --> 00:33:46,680 I don't know, some threat or other. I wasn't listening. 507 00:33:47,073 --> 00:33:49,618 And that's when Jack here came to my rescue. 508 00:33:50,701 --> 00:33:53,802 - And then I went outside for a smoke. - Thank you, Miss Rattle. 509 00:33:53,927 --> 00:33:59,014 So, Mr. Guzili then sets up two more glasses for a new round. 510 00:33:59,147 --> 00:34:01,780 Four Walsingham Sours. 511 00:34:03,516 --> 00:34:05,055 In total. 512 00:34:10,405 --> 00:34:14,460 Three good ones and one, as we shall see, about to have an extra ingredient. 513 00:34:14,585 --> 00:34:19,352 But when precisely did one of these drinks get a dash of hydrochloric acid? 514 00:34:19,616 --> 00:34:21,009 Princess Nefije, 515 00:34:21,225 --> 00:34:24,674 you tell us that you switched two of these glasses around. Which two? 516 00:34:25,165 --> 00:34:26,862 Like this, Mr. Book. 517 00:34:26,987 --> 00:34:30,087 One of ours. For one of theirs. 518 00:34:30,576 --> 00:34:32,753 Very good. But you're not drinking yet, are you? 519 00:34:32,879 --> 00:34:35,280 Because you want to see someone else drink first. 520 00:34:35,859 --> 00:34:39,474 Which is only prudent, only sensible when there are so many assassins about. 521 00:34:39,599 --> 00:34:42,033 So, you have to wait a little while longer 522 00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:44,094 until the distraction is over. 523 00:34:44,219 --> 00:34:46,895 And this is the Russian roulette moment now, is it? 524 00:34:47,873 --> 00:34:49,962 This was not a casual murder. 525 00:34:50,087 --> 00:34:52,544 It was very carefully thought through. 526 00:34:52,670 --> 00:34:55,245 Now, we know the poison was not in Mr. Guzili's shaker. 527 00:34:55,371 --> 00:34:58,354 We know that Princess Nefije deserves no reproaches. 528 00:34:58,479 --> 00:35:01,787 All your Royal Highness did was switch one perfectly safe 529 00:35:01,912 --> 00:35:04,178 and effective Walsingham Sour for another. 530 00:35:04,565 --> 00:35:06,890 In fact, I would suggest that none of these drinks 531 00:35:07,015 --> 00:35:09,279 would have produced anything worse than a hangover. 532 00:35:09,405 --> 00:35:11,589 Until the incident were the coins. 533 00:35:11,714 --> 00:35:13,773 That was the moment of opportunity for someone here 534 00:35:13,898 --> 00:35:15,916 to poison one of these cocktails. 535 00:35:16,041 --> 00:35:17,954 The one that he was clearly about to pick up. 536 00:35:18,079 --> 00:35:21,839 Yes, there was no mistake. Captain Orr had to die. 537 00:35:22,928 --> 00:35:24,273 Why though? 538 00:35:27,835 --> 00:35:30,975 Do you remember the Arundora star? 539 00:35:31,700 --> 00:35:33,844 Not our finest hour, I fear. 540 00:35:33,969 --> 00:35:35,544 She was torpedoed by the Jerry. 541 00:35:35,669 --> 00:35:36,820 Ar the start of the war. 542 00:35:36,946 --> 00:35:38,754 July 2nd, 1940. 543 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:42,894 There was a set to on board, wasn't there? A lot of internees being sent to Australia. 544 00:35:43,020 --> 00:35:44,226 - Canada. - Canada. 545 00:35:44,352 --> 00:35:45,875 Fighting amongst themselves. 546 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,784 Well, that's what it said in the Daily Express. 547 00:35:47,909 --> 00:35:50,719 In Parliament too, Mr. Book. Doesn't mean it's true. 548 00:35:50,845 --> 00:35:52,080 Indeed. 549 00:35:54,210 --> 00:35:55,320 And... 550 00:35:56,369 --> 00:35:58,220 Amongst the passengers... 551 00:36:00,409 --> 00:36:02,879 Your sister, Maria. 552 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:12,024 Barberini, M. 553 00:36:12,149 --> 00:36:13,799 12th January, 1940. 554 00:36:13,925 --> 00:36:15,607 Ascot Racecourse. 555 00:36:16,258 --> 00:36:17,964 16th of January. 556 00:36:18,089 --> 00:36:20,005 Ascot Racecourse. Nineteen... 557 00:36:20,131 --> 00:36:23,224 So it was her Captain Orr met at the races. 558 00:36:23,349 --> 00:36:26,080 - Well, there was no racing during the war. - Quite. 559 00:36:26,206 --> 00:36:29,495 Of course, Ascot's where they put the Regulation 18B lot, wasn't it? 560 00:36:30,536 --> 00:36:33,483 English Nazis. German anti-Nazis. 561 00:36:33,609 --> 00:36:36,737 Ice cream men. Spaghetti house vendors. 562 00:36:36,863 --> 00:36:39,310 Waiters who'd once said something 563 00:36:39,436 --> 00:36:42,844 vaguely complimentary about the cut of Il Duce's jib. 564 00:36:42,969 --> 00:36:46,103 - All put under barbed wire. - In a internment camp. 565 00:36:46,228 --> 00:36:48,857 What was the case against the Barberinis, though? 566 00:36:48,983 --> 00:36:50,960 My parents were born in Italy. 567 00:36:51,566 --> 00:36:53,680 So someone here claimed I was a fascist. 568 00:36:54,189 --> 00:36:57,435 Marched me out during service. Sent up north. 569 00:36:58,023 --> 00:36:59,571 Nobody protested. 570 00:37:00,269 --> 00:37:03,205 Particularly the man who ran the bar here in the Blitz. 571 00:37:03,872 --> 00:37:05,269 And your sister? 572 00:37:08,216 --> 00:37:09,896 In 1938, my father said, 573 00:37:10,022 --> 00:37:12,536 why not spend the summer with your Italian aunt? 574 00:37:12,956 --> 00:37:16,165 Go to beach with them. To the Campo Solare. 575 00:37:16,967 --> 00:37:19,520 Build fires. Get some fresh air. 576 00:37:21,478 --> 00:37:23,861 They give you a nice little uniform. 577 00:37:23,987 --> 00:37:25,839 Like the girl guides, but... 578 00:37:26,238 --> 00:37:27,760 Mussolini's girl guides. 579 00:37:29,743 --> 00:37:32,600 So she brought the uniform home as a souvenir. 580 00:37:33,652 --> 00:37:35,917 It was enough for the men from 18B. 581 00:37:36,884 --> 00:37:39,044 There it was in a wardrobe, so... 582 00:37:39,285 --> 00:37:40,706 Off she went to Ascot. 583 00:37:41,751 --> 00:37:44,354 She was interned because of the uniform. 584 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,514 People do take them terribly seriously. 585 00:37:46,639 --> 00:37:48,420 Well, it worked for Victor. 586 00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:52,125 When he was in his sailor suit, people did what he said. 587 00:37:52,693 --> 00:37:54,918 I mean, it was charm, as well as rank. 588 00:37:55,044 --> 00:37:56,109 Rank. Charm. 589 00:37:56,235 --> 00:37:58,732 That's how he got Maria's name on the list for Canada. 590 00:37:59,419 --> 00:38:01,434 Perhaps it should be generous. 591 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:05,115 Imagine he was getting her out of the camp to a new life away from the war. 592 00:38:05,241 --> 00:38:06,476 No. 593 00:38:06,602 --> 00:38:10,212 He just wanted the troublesome lover out of the way before his wife found her. 594 00:38:11,476 --> 00:38:14,397 And that ship was a death trap. 595 00:38:15,547 --> 00:38:17,160 I dream about that. 596 00:38:18,292 --> 00:38:21,190 Those people pushing at the barricades. 597 00:38:22,419 --> 00:38:25,243 The great wooden exits wrapped in barbed wire. 598 00:38:27,066 --> 00:38:29,576 And then the sea coming in and drowning them both. 599 00:38:29,868 --> 00:38:31,078 Both. 600 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,181 Maria and the baby. 601 00:38:35,016 --> 00:38:36,560 His baby. 602 00:38:38,385 --> 00:38:41,699 I knew his name, that was all. But I couldn't find him. 603 00:38:42,545 --> 00:38:45,634 Mess of the war. Turned everything upside down. 604 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,480 No one was in a great hurry to help out an insignificant WAP waiter. 605 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,074 Turned out I'd been serving him Walsingham Sours for months. 606 00:38:54,199 --> 00:38:56,194 Victor Orr, my old friend. 607 00:38:56,319 --> 00:38:59,834 I can't leave you alone for five minutes, can I? 608 00:38:59,959 --> 00:39:02,000 The bloody girl can't take a joke. 609 00:39:02,659 --> 00:39:05,174 Let's have a couple of those. What do you call them? 610 00:39:05,299 --> 00:39:08,341 Walsingham Sours. With the two ladies. 611 00:39:09,272 --> 00:39:11,600 For their royal highnesses, you mean? 612 00:39:12,479 --> 00:39:13,814 These are on me, ladies. 613 00:39:13,939 --> 00:39:16,484 The man who took away my precious Maria. 614 00:39:17,654 --> 00:39:19,120 My beloved sister. 615 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,040 So I did what had to be done. 616 00:39:25,039 --> 00:39:26,520 I prepared ice. 617 00:39:27,007 --> 00:39:28,404 Special ice. 618 00:39:29,321 --> 00:39:30,938 No. Oh, dear. 619 00:39:32,596 --> 00:39:34,861 So embarrassing. I do apologize. 620 00:39:34,987 --> 00:39:36,354 Not at all. 621 00:39:36,863 --> 00:39:38,150 Look after the pennies. 622 00:39:38,737 --> 00:39:41,278 - And the pounds will look after themselves. - What? 623 00:40:03,129 --> 00:40:04,981 It was her birthday, you see. 624 00:40:05,809 --> 00:40:08,081 Maria's birthday. Would have been. 625 00:40:09,445 --> 00:40:11,160 It seemed, uh... 626 00:40:11,286 --> 00:40:14,057 - It seemed fitting. - Yes. 627 00:40:14,308 --> 00:40:15,929 Yes, it must have done. 628 00:40:18,501 --> 00:40:21,745 And I took the precaution of keeping some of the poisoned ice. 629 00:40:23,441 --> 00:40:25,061 Tinkety-tonk. 630 00:40:25,470 --> 00:40:26,840 - Wait. - No. 631 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:29,092 Just ordinary ice, alas. 632 00:40:31,122 --> 00:40:32,867 I'm afraid I swapped it. 633 00:40:34,635 --> 00:40:38,120 I'm so very, very sorry about your sister, Signor Barberini. 634 00:40:40,279 --> 00:40:42,603 But murder is murder. 635 00:40:44,252 --> 00:40:47,891 Marco Barberini. I'm arresting you on a charge of murder. 636 00:40:48,017 --> 00:40:50,469 You do not have to say anything but, anything you do say 637 00:40:50,594 --> 00:40:54,263 may be taken down and used against you in a court of law. 638 00:40:54,500 --> 00:40:56,295 Do you have anything to say? 639 00:41:03,894 --> 00:41:06,114 Oh, by the way, Mr. Kind. 640 00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:08,593 The linseed oil in the generators. 641 00:41:09,125 --> 00:41:10,855 That was me too. 642 00:41:11,032 --> 00:41:12,254 Sorry. 643 00:41:39,249 --> 00:41:40,724 Mr. Kind. 644 00:41:40,945 --> 00:41:43,006 - You wanted a word? - Ah, yes. Miss Rattle. 645 00:41:43,132 --> 00:41:45,941 I was thinking about your position here. 646 00:41:46,309 --> 00:41:49,653 Now I know that you were not responsible for the incident with the generators. 647 00:41:49,779 --> 00:41:50,759 Yes. 648 00:41:50,952 --> 00:41:54,208 Well, your dismissal was unnecessarily expeditious. 649 00:41:54,489 --> 00:41:56,425 - Yes. - Yes. 650 00:41:56,551 --> 00:42:00,298 And I wanted to say I would very much like to offer that position back to you. 651 00:42:01,078 --> 00:42:03,515 Well. I accept. 652 00:42:03,985 --> 00:42:05,618 Well, that's all very satisfactory. 653 00:42:05,744 --> 00:42:07,948 - There's a ledger here, isn't there? - A ledger? 654 00:42:08,074 --> 00:42:10,981 One with all the comings and goings of the staff. 655 00:42:11,595 --> 00:42:13,000 Might I see my entry? 656 00:42:13,525 --> 00:42:14,867 It's over there. 657 00:42:15,329 --> 00:42:16,600 Yes, of course. 658 00:42:19,315 --> 00:42:20,586 Thank you. 659 00:42:25,958 --> 00:42:27,760 There I am. 660 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,661 Edith Rattle. Reason for leaving, sabotage. 661 00:42:31,859 --> 00:42:35,244 Well, let us strike that from the record. 662 00:42:38,827 --> 00:42:40,582 Thank you, Mr. Kind. 663 00:42:40,968 --> 00:42:42,354 Now, Mr. Kind. 664 00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:44,123 I resign. 665 00:42:44,552 --> 00:42:46,514 - You resign? - Yes, I resign. 666 00:42:46,639 --> 00:42:48,660 Would you mind putting that in there for me? 667 00:42:49,105 --> 00:42:50,613 You can't resign. 668 00:42:51,153 --> 00:42:52,757 I believe I just did. 669 00:42:54,639 --> 00:42:56,345 Up the workers. 670 00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:00,491 Up the workers. 671 00:43:11,006 --> 00:43:12,909 All this is quite correct. 672 00:43:13,593 --> 00:43:15,125 Two more, please. 673 00:43:15,579 --> 00:43:17,017 For those people. 674 00:43:21,042 --> 00:43:22,517 Missing the war, are you? 675 00:43:22,749 --> 00:43:25,181 I don't know what the etiquette is. 676 00:43:25,509 --> 00:43:28,185 Oh, I think that's the royal summons. 677 00:43:29,950 --> 00:43:31,317 Your Highness. 678 00:43:31,792 --> 00:43:33,719 For you, Mr. Book. 679 00:43:33,937 --> 00:43:36,875 - For the book. - Oh, thank you. 680 00:43:40,579 --> 00:43:41,874 What's that for? 681 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:43,244 A hundred guineas. 682 00:43:43,369 --> 00:43:44,880 No, I mean, what's it for? 683 00:43:45,006 --> 00:43:47,508 Oh, our copy of the Kanun of Scutari. 684 00:43:47,633 --> 00:43:51,510 - In our trade, it pays to specialize. - It'll bounce. 685 00:43:51,635 --> 00:43:55,612 Well, if it doesn't, I shall give it to the Arandora Star Memorial Fund. 686 00:43:57,584 --> 00:43:59,284 Please enjoy. Thank you. 687 00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:01,200 What should we drink to? 688 00:44:01,354 --> 00:44:02,558 To us. 689 00:44:03,092 --> 00:44:04,440 To the Barberinis? 690 00:44:04,566 --> 00:44:05,650 Yes. 691 00:44:05,776 --> 00:44:08,593 - To Marco and Maria and... - All the Barberinis. 692 00:44:09,269 --> 00:44:11,287 The lost and the defeated. 693 00:44:12,496 --> 00:44:14,242 All the Barberinis. 694 00:44:15,012 --> 00:44:17,696 Those who bear the name, and those who do not. 695 00:44:18,511 --> 00:44:21,125 And let there be no more drownings. 696 00:44:35,155 --> 00:44:36,839 He got me the job. 697 00:44:38,595 --> 00:44:39,907 Mr. Book. 698 00:44:41,081 --> 00:44:43,346 He arranged for you to take me on. 699 00:44:44,089 --> 00:44:46,447 The princesses were looking for a bodyguard. 700 00:44:46,572 --> 00:44:48,146 Gabriel asked if I could help. 701 00:44:48,827 --> 00:44:50,693 So you see, he was looking out for you, 702 00:44:50,958 --> 00:44:52,682 despite your falling out. 703 00:44:53,569 --> 00:44:55,065 You know him well. 704 00:44:55,291 --> 00:44:56,853 We go a long way back. 705 00:45:00,854 --> 00:45:02,387 Looking out for me... 706 00:45:04,547 --> 00:45:05,869 or manipulating me. 707 00:45:05,995 --> 00:45:08,832 - Why would you think of it like that? - He sought me out. 708 00:45:09,391 --> 00:45:11,367 Found me when I come out of prison. 709 00:45:12,065 --> 00:45:13,347 Set me up. 710 00:45:13,715 --> 00:45:15,434 Nice job. Nice home. 711 00:45:15,559 --> 00:45:17,197 - Yes? - Why? 712 00:45:17,444 --> 00:45:19,210 You'd have to ask him that. 713 00:45:19,783 --> 00:45:21,064 I ain’t a monster. 714 00:45:21,496 --> 00:45:23,813 Mr. Kind, I'm grateful. Of course I am. 715 00:45:23,938 --> 00:45:25,195 It's just... 716 00:45:25,762 --> 00:45:27,489 it's a lot, you know? 717 00:45:28,146 --> 00:45:29,412 They're set up. 718 00:45:30,380 --> 00:45:33,169 The way they are, Mr. and Mrs. Book. The way he is. 719 00:45:33,866 --> 00:45:37,662 It's hard for me to just... accept it. 720 00:45:37,788 --> 00:45:40,014 - You have a moral objection? - Me? 721 00:45:41,279 --> 00:45:42,834 What right do I have to moralize? 722 00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:45,056 I think you've answered your own question. 723 00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:46,877 Book is kind. 724 00:45:47,538 --> 00:45:49,448 I mean, I know. I'm kind. 725 00:45:49,574 --> 00:45:50,893 Edmund Kind. 726 00:45:51,477 --> 00:45:54,821 But I once knew a girl called Joy, and she was anything but. 727 00:45:55,945 --> 00:45:58,085 There's no sinister motive, Jack. 728 00:45:58,480 --> 00:45:59,880 They want to help. 729 00:46:00,354 --> 00:46:01,780 Why don't you let them? 730 00:46:31,409 --> 00:46:33,400 With you in just one moment. 731 00:46:35,304 --> 00:46:36,520 Hello again. 732 00:46:37,823 --> 00:46:39,384 Oh, Mrs. Goodwin. 733 00:46:39,509 --> 00:46:40,954 - Jean. - Jean. 734 00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:43,824 After more of the same? The Pimpernel? 735 00:46:43,949 --> 00:46:45,351 I'm not really sure. 736 00:46:45,476 --> 00:46:48,080 I think I fancy something a little different. 737 00:46:48,206 --> 00:46:50,403 - My husband not with you? - No. 738 00:46:50,529 --> 00:46:51,782 - The golf course? - No. 739 00:46:51,908 --> 00:46:53,040 The Garrick? 740 00:46:53,166 --> 00:46:54,520 The divorce courts. 741 00:46:58,416 --> 00:46:59,960 That play you gave me. 742 00:47:00,086 --> 00:47:02,641 A Doll's House. Most illuminating. 743 00:47:02,767 --> 00:47:04,233 Like you suggested, 744 00:47:04,530 --> 00:47:07,013 - it rather made me think. - Yes, I thought it might do. 745 00:47:07,139 --> 00:47:10,763 Made me realize how narrow my horizons had become. Or other... 746 00:47:11,497 --> 00:47:14,440 how narrow Gerald had made my horizons. 747 00:47:14,655 --> 00:47:17,425 Love doesn't always last forever alas. 748 00:47:17,551 --> 00:47:18,980 Never loved him. 749 00:47:19,106 --> 00:47:20,520 Awful man. 750 00:47:21,261 --> 00:47:23,126 But that's all in the past now. 751 00:47:23,251 --> 00:47:25,877 Or in the hands of my solicitor anyway. 752 00:47:26,003 --> 00:47:28,320 So, what can I do for you then, Jean? 753 00:47:29,337 --> 00:47:31,290 What have you got on travel? 754 00:47:31,416 --> 00:47:33,192 - Travel? - Lots of it. 755 00:47:33,318 --> 00:47:36,321 Heaps of it. Exotic travel. 756 00:47:36,914 --> 00:47:39,266 I think it's time I saw a bit of the world. 757 00:47:39,635 --> 00:47:41,304 I've got just the thing. 758 00:47:47,029 --> 00:47:49,327 With you in just one moment, sir. 759 00:48:00,971 --> 00:48:02,258 Thanks. 760 00:48:06,409 --> 00:48:07,744 I'll let you run on it. 761 00:48:07,869 --> 00:48:09,205 Without tea I am merely... 762 00:48:09,331 --> 00:48:11,100 Unreconstituted dust. 763 00:48:16,988 --> 00:48:19,544 It's hard to let go of the past, Mr. Book, 764 00:48:19,670 --> 00:48:21,520 when you have so many questions about it. 765 00:48:22,274 --> 00:48:23,484 Such as? 766 00:48:25,206 --> 00:48:28,149 If it wasn't for you and Trottie, I'd be... 767 00:48:28,369 --> 00:48:29,591 Well... 768 00:48:30,379 --> 00:48:32,386 I'd be sleeping on the Embankment. 769 00:48:34,883 --> 00:48:36,600 But now I have a position. 770 00:48:38,294 --> 00:48:39,680 If it's still available. 771 00:48:40,430 --> 00:48:42,478 The royal highnesses have let you go. 772 00:48:42,604 --> 00:48:44,851 - I'll quit. - Good for you. 773 00:48:45,538 --> 00:48:47,330 Yes, the job's still yours. 774 00:48:48,075 --> 00:48:49,284 So... 775 00:48:49,410 --> 00:48:50,640 I've got a position. 776 00:48:52,105 --> 00:48:53,866 A cosy little room... 777 00:48:54,606 --> 00:48:56,839 above a bookshop on Archangel Lane. 778 00:48:58,618 --> 00:49:00,200 I'm thinking... 779 00:49:02,317 --> 00:49:03,640 Why me? 780 00:49:20,722 --> 00:49:22,811 Your father gave me this. 781 00:49:24,345 --> 00:49:26,130 The last time I saw him. 782 00:49:26,256 --> 00:49:27,865 1935. 783 00:49:28,916 --> 00:49:30,331 The last time? 784 00:49:31,623 --> 00:49:32,960 He died. 785 00:49:34,647 --> 00:49:36,000 Soon after. 786 00:49:38,462 --> 00:49:40,240 I couldn't face looking at this book. 787 00:49:40,898 --> 00:49:42,370 Not for years. 788 00:49:44,156 --> 00:49:47,009 And then the war came and I was busy. 789 00:49:48,461 --> 00:49:49,820 Rather busy. 790 00:49:51,272 --> 00:49:53,709 It was only a few months ago that I picked it up again. 791 00:49:53,835 --> 00:49:55,280 Dared to pick it up. 792 00:49:56,287 --> 00:49:59,389 And I found there was a little more to it than I thought. 793 00:50:00,510 --> 00:50:01,712 What do you mean? 794 00:50:12,209 --> 00:50:16,133 Oh, somewhere meek, unconscious dove. 795 00:50:17,015 --> 00:50:19,776 That sitteth ranging golden hair 796 00:50:21,077 --> 00:50:23,894 and glad to find thyself so fair. 797 00:50:25,118 --> 00:50:26,451 Poor child... 798 00:50:27,049 --> 00:50:29,048 that waitest for thy love. 799 00:50:30,711 --> 00:50:32,674 He's trying to tell me, you see. 800 00:50:33,017 --> 00:50:34,306 About you. 801 00:50:36,252 --> 00:50:38,148 About the son I never knew he had. 802 00:51:03,950 --> 00:51:06,720 Must have been taken around when you were conceived. 803 00:51:13,049 --> 00:51:14,320 Felix. 804 00:51:19,491 --> 00:51:20,761 Felix? 805 00:51:23,809 --> 00:51:25,514 I never had his name. 806 00:51:27,088 --> 00:51:28,579 Just that... 807 00:51:30,351 --> 00:51:31,747 Just that one picture. 808 00:51:34,411 --> 00:51:36,156 Your father was a German. 809 00:51:38,294 --> 00:51:39,516 German? 810 00:51:40,923 --> 00:51:42,204 Prussian. 811 00:51:42,656 --> 00:51:44,324 In point of fact. 812 00:51:48,426 --> 00:51:51,407 And what was he to you, Mr. Book? 813 00:51:52,772 --> 00:51:54,842 What was Felix to me? 814 00:52:01,735 --> 00:52:03,702 He was everything, Jack. 815 00:52:07,180 --> 00:52:09,338 He was what the war took away. 816 00:52:14,369 --> 00:52:16,315 He was the whole damn world. 817 00:52:24,552 --> 00:52:25,931 How did he die? 818 00:52:28,934 --> 00:52:30,539 I don't know. 819 00:52:39,152 --> 00:52:40,874 Shall we find out? 820 00:52:52,525 --> 00:52:57,125 Sync and corrections: minouhse www.addic7ed.com