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Morning, ladies! What have you got
for me today?
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Oh, dear! Oh, that's not good.
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Hello? Anyone at home?
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Shambu, darling, could you...?
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I am busy!
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Fine!
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Father Brown! What brings you to my
home sweet home?
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Mrs McCarthy's busy
baking for the church fete,
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but she's run out of sugar.
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May I possibly cadge some honey?
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Of course! Will you
come into my parlour? Ooh!
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Miss May!
I have a bone to pick with you.
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Morning, Father.
Morning, Miss Slither!
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Yet again, your wretched bees have
been in my garden.
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Darling, bees are attracted to
fragrant, colourful places.
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I don't think they'd
go in your garden.
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Well, they've made a nest under my
eaves! A nest? You jest.
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I've seen it! I have extremely good eyesight.
Indeed - you can even see things that aren't there.
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We could have a quick inspection.
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Fair enough.
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Shambu! Could we borrow the ladder?
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Oh, uh, Hannah, dear, could you help
hold the ladder for Miss May?
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Best not. I might be tempted to
shake it.
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Hannah!
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Ah! Well, Miss Slither, you do have
visitors.
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A family of house martins.
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Still, you did always struggle with
the birds and the bees.
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It was an easy mistake to make.
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Is she here yet?!
Not yet, any minute.
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She's been discharged.
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Well, I've managed to make
the house spick and span,
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though I'm not at all sure what
Penelope has done in the garden.
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I am fagged.
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Why do we have to go to all
this effort?
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Because Miss May is a much-loved
member of the parish.
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And a generous donor to St Mary's.
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Oh, I see.
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So she writes a cheque,
so we all have to tug our forelocks.
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No! Well... yes.
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But she is a very kind lady.
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Look at the way
she rescued that poor boy, Shambu.
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Dragged him from the gutter in
Calcutta.
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Shambu! Have you
got everything you need?
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I think so.
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But there is one thing that's
worrying me. Yes?
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Well, my mother's bed is on the top floor,
but she won't be able to manage stairs.
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I wonder...
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I'll help. Always happy to muck in.
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Thank you!
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For your information,
Shambu is not from Calcutta,
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he's from the province of Malpur.
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Oh, I do beg your pardon.
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I'm sure they have a much better
class of gutter there.
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Oh, darlings!
It's so good to be home!
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Do you ever go back to India?
I have never been.
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Not since I was a baby.
That's a shame.
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My Aunt Fliss says it's a
magical country.
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You know, we're sort of in the same
boat, you and I, far from home.
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I'm stuck in Kembleford
until I'm ready to spread my wings.
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I don't think my mother will ever
allow me to spread my wings. Oh...
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I suppose I have to go
and be nice to the wretched woman.
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Only because it fulfils your
petit-bourgeois sense of obligation.
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I don't know why your mother sent
you to that university.
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All you've learned is how to
sneer at people.
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Oh, sorry, Auntie Eileen. Hmmm.
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I was going to take her a cake,
but I had a bit of difficulty
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with the ingredients,
and it just doesn't look right.
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I'm sure Miss May will understand.
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Hmm... You put your heart into it.
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Yes. It was made with love,
so I'm sure it'll taste delicious.
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Now, there's sandwiches
and soup in the kitchen,
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and should you need to get
anyone's attention...
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Thank you! I shall ring it
constantly. Mother!
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Oh, my sweet knight!
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Shall I answer the door?
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Well, we could all just lie here
and pretend to be dead, but go on.
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Oh, Miss May.
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It's awful to see
you in such a state.
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So, I've made you a Battenberg.
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Oh, you really shouldn't have.
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Unfortunately, I didn't have any
pink food colouring,
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so it's all a bit monochrome,
I'm afraid.
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You didn't have any yellow food
colouring either.
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I mean, this is a beige Battenberg.
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Would you put it in the kitchen
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next to that delicious chocolate
gateau from the WI?
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It's a very nice plate.
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Oh, thank you...
And you've brought Hannah.
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How is my favourite little
palindrome?
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Very well, thank you, but I hope
you're not in too much pain.
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It's sad to see you looking so...
helpless.
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Oh, no, darling. Even when I'm in a
wheelchair,
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I'm still in complete
control of everything about me.
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My cup runneth over.
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Sorry, she's just a bit
overwrought with university.
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But if you need any errands
running...
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Actually, I think
I may be able to help.
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Bunty has promised to give me
driving lessons,
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so I can be your chauffeur.
Absolutely not.
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I've told you, you are not allowed
to drive till you are 21.
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But that's ridiculous! I'm 20...
Enough!
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You are far too precious,
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which is why I've invited my
solicitor around,
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to talk about your future.
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Falling off a ladder makes you
think about these things.
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If you're expecting a visitor,
perhaps we'd better leave.
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Thank you, yes,
it has been a long day.
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Don't forget, we're
just on the end of a telephone.
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Yes. Ah, but not you, Bunty.
I have a job for you.
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Oh, really?
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How would you like to
commit a murder?
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I want you to kill the queen bee.
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Whatever for?
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Well, there comes a time
when the queen grows tired and old
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and as she starts to fade,
the whole hive falls apart -
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they know the end is near.
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Now, in nature,
the bees do the deed themselves,
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but it's an agonising end
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and I prefer to do it humanely,
with my finger and thumb.
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Oh, gosh.
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Beekeeping does seem to be
a brutal sort of hobby.
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Oh, no, darling! Death is just
nature's way of spring cleaning.
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Now then, you and I are both queens.
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Fabulous, flamboyant creatures
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and those around us
are only too happy to serve us.
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So, will you do it, darling?
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I'll try my best.
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Good.
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Because Shambu wouldn't dare -
he's terrified of them.
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Now then, you'll need the smoker.
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Nothing subdues those
bees like spearmint-scented smoke.
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OK, bees. I mean you no harm.
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Well... most of you.
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Right...
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Agh!
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Ow!
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So, the queen gets to live
another day, does she?
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I couldn't even get close to her.
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I thought you were wearing
protective clothing. I was!
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But it think there must have
been a hole in it.
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"The queen bee can lay up
to 2,000 eggs a day...
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"...attended, as she is, by an
entourage of chefs,
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"nursemaids and
other workers."
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Well, Miss May certainly has
her entourage.
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I don't know why she's
so hard on Shambu -
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it's almost as if he's her prisoner.
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Well, she worries about his future.
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I suppose that's why
she invited the solicitor round.
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Ah...
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Oh, it's you.
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Still carrying on with
your criminal practice?
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Still getting away with it.
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You two deserve each other.
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Darling, you look dreadful!
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Oh, darling! Well, so do you, but at
least with me, it's only temporary.
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So, what's all this about you
wanting a new will?
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Oh, no, not a will, a codicil.
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An addendum, an amendum,
a grumbling appendix.
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Are you on very strong medication?
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Oh, no, darling. It's this business
of Shambu's legacy.
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I've heard too many stories about
precious jewels going walkabouts
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from bank vaults, so I have hidden
it somewhere in the house.
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That's really not a good idea.
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I could store it in my safe.
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No, darling, I've heard too many
stories about you.
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No, it's safely stashed away, but
just in case
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the angels come calling,
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I've written a message to Shambu
that leads to it
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and I want you to add this
to my bundle.
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But this is gibberish.
What, is it? Dutch? Double Dutch?
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Shambu should be able to
work it out.
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Well, this is all very, um...
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Where do I put my cigarette? Oh...
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My neighbour's Battenberg.
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Now, it may not be tasty,
but hopefully it's flame retardant.
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Ooh!
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Naughty boy!
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How is your book?
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Fascinating.
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"On a given day, the female bees all
rise up against their useless
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"male drones and slaughter them,
without mercy."
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We could learn a lot from bees.
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Now, I've made a casserole for
Miss May.
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She won't be fit to do any
cooking for a while and Shambu...
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Well, Shambu's a man.
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Hello?
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Oh! Bunty darling! No, you
mustn't bring that thing in here...
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Oh, it's you!
What on earth are you...?
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Bunty. Hello! I have bought you some
sustenance, courtesy of Mrs M.
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It's a lamb casserole,
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so fresh it was frolicking in the
fields only yesterday! Thank you.
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Do you smell smoke?
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Mother?
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Mother?
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Mother?!
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Mother!
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Mother! No!
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I gather the deceased was
released from hospital today.
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Yes, she was.
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Was she very ill?
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Could she, perhaps, have died
peacefully in her sleep?
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Doubtful.
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There was a beekeeper's smoker
left on the bedside table...
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...possibly by an intruder.
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And, if you look into her eyes,
there are burst blood vessels,
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normally associated with
asphyxiation.
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My thoughts exactly.
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Now, perhaps you can...
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Are you all right, sir?
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Is there a bee in here?
Well, quite possibly.
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My old granny used to keep bees.
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She said, "Be nice to the bee,
stay happy and gay.
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"And it will fly merrily
on its way."
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Did she? Good old Granny Goodfellow.
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Well, if this wasn't a crime scene,
I'd grab a newspap... Ahh!
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Inspector?
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I've just been stung on the neck.
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Can I make you a cup of tea?
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Or something stronger?
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No, I don't drink.
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I just keep thinking this is a
dream and...
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Just seen the ambulance. Has
something happened to Miss May?
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Miss May has... has gone to meet her
maker.
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Oh, no! Oh, you poor, poor thing!
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Hello. My car broke down,
and then I saw an ambulance.
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Is everything...?
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Beattie?!
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So, who would want to kill Miss May?
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She was so funny and friendly
and fabulous.
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Well, I'm never one to speak
ill of the dead,
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but she had quite a tongue on her.
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And poor Miss Slither was
always on the receiving end of it.
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But they were neighbours all their
lives.
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Why wait 60 years to silence her?
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There's something odd about Shambu.
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When I arrived at the house,
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he was rooting through
the cocktail cabinet.
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But then later, he
said he didn't drink.
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And he was going
on about wanting his freedom.
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Freedom is a possible motivation...
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...but would it not be easier to
simply pack a suitcase?
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And then there's Miss
Slither's niece?
243
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Well, she always struck me
as a very strange fish indeed.
244
00:15:35,374 --> 00:15:38,214
And there was that
conversation she had?
245
00:15:38,214 --> 00:15:42,374
Miss May said, "My cup runneth
over" and then she ran away.
246
00:15:43,294 --> 00:15:46,134
There is another possible motive.
247
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Money.
248
00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:50,334
Miss May was a very wealthy woman.
249
00:15:50,334 --> 00:15:53,054
She inherited her house
and a considerable sum of money
250
00:15:53,054 --> 00:15:58,094
from her father and she spent
ten years working for that man.
251
00:16:01,054 --> 00:16:03,054
The Maharajah of Malpur.
252
00:16:06,254 --> 00:16:09,774
And she was in the process
of changing her will.
253
00:16:09,774 --> 00:16:12,174
She'd invited her solicitor round.
254
00:16:12,174 --> 00:16:14,814
Oh, solicitor? Is that what you
call him? Well, I would call him...
255
00:16:15,814 --> 00:16:17,614
Mr Grunion?
256
00:16:17,614 --> 00:16:20,894
Father Brown! Miss Windermere!
257
00:16:20,894 --> 00:16:22,574
Mrs McCarthy.
258
00:16:22,574 --> 00:16:24,534
My condolences.
259
00:16:24,534 --> 00:16:26,774
I understand you were very
close to Miss May.
260
00:16:27,974 --> 00:16:30,814
She was a truly magical presence.
261
00:16:30,814 --> 00:16:34,694
I can't believe she's now
an absence.
262
00:16:34,694 --> 00:16:38,334
If you don't mind my asking,
what were you discussing with her?
263
00:16:38,334 --> 00:16:43,094
She wanted to add something to her
will. A message, in code,
264
00:16:43,094 --> 00:16:46,854
that would lead Shambu to
a valuable item of jewellery.
265
00:16:46,854 --> 00:16:50,334
Do you have this coded message?
I refused to take it.
266
00:16:50,334 --> 00:16:52,174
It was incomprehensible.
267
00:16:52,174 --> 00:16:55,254
Ah, Mr Grunion.
We're ready for you, sir.
268
00:16:59,654 --> 00:17:02,534
Well, I didn't see any
secret message.
269
00:17:02,534 --> 00:17:05,894
No, though there was a
still-smouldering smoker.
270
00:17:13,574 --> 00:17:15,774
An hour ago,
the killer came in here,
271
00:17:15,774 --> 00:17:18,374
wondering how to get away with
murder.
272
00:17:18,374 --> 00:17:20,014
That's odd. What?
273
00:17:20,014 --> 00:17:21,774
The bee suit's gone.
274
00:17:21,774 --> 00:17:25,094
Well, presumably, whoever it was,
put on the suit,
275
00:17:25,094 --> 00:17:28,894
picked up the smoker, so that if
they were caught in the act,
276
00:17:28,894 --> 00:17:32,974
they would be invisible.
Something else.
277
00:17:32,974 --> 00:17:38,014
What? The ladder. Shambu removed it
before I could examine it.
278
00:17:38,014 --> 00:17:42,294
And? Well, I thought Miss May fell
off the rung because it was rotten.
279
00:17:44,774 --> 00:17:47,534
But it's been cut through - cleanly
and deliberately.
280
00:17:48,574 --> 00:17:52,334
Heavens! So you think that
wasn't an accident? Indeed.
281
00:17:53,774 --> 00:17:56,814
Who would benefit from Miss May's
departure?
282
00:17:58,814 --> 00:17:59,894
Mr Grunion.
283
00:18:01,774 --> 00:18:05,614
Hello. Oh, Father Brown.
You, as well?
284
00:18:05,614 --> 00:18:08,094
I was most surprised to be
summonsed.
285
00:18:08,094 --> 00:18:09,534
I can't imagine why...
286
00:18:09,534 --> 00:18:12,494
So... Shall we begin?
287
00:18:13,814 --> 00:18:18,214
As you know, Beattie had a
theatrical streak
288
00:18:18,214 --> 00:18:25,414
and so, she has recorded her last
will and testament on tape.
289
00:18:27,014 --> 00:18:31,494
Hello, there, my darlings!
Sorry, I'm dead. Ha!
290
00:18:31,494 --> 00:18:35,294
But I have some
mementos from the other side.
291
00:18:36,294 --> 00:18:39,654
To Father Brown, I bequeath
all my books,
292
00:18:39,654 --> 00:18:42,854
as you're the one person
I know who could understand them.
293
00:18:43,894 --> 00:18:45,294
Thank you, Miss May.
294
00:18:45,294 --> 00:18:50,374
To Mrs McCarthy, my supply of honey,
so you'll never run short again.
295
00:18:50,374 --> 00:18:54,014
Oh! That'll be... useful.
296
00:18:54,014 --> 00:18:57,294
And to Bunty, my
collection of fur coats.
297
00:18:58,294 --> 00:19:02,654
Every girl should be able to
slip into some sable. Gosh!
298
00:19:02,654 --> 00:19:09,094
Now, to my neighbour, Miss Slither,
and her niece - �100.
299
00:19:09,094 --> 00:19:14,534
For a new wardrobe or possibly
cosmetic surgery.
300
00:19:15,574 --> 00:19:19,414
Typical! She gives with one hand
and strangles me with the other.
301
00:19:19,414 --> 00:19:23,134
To Shambu, I leave
the rest of my estate.
302
00:19:23,134 --> 00:19:25,534
And I have an announcement.
303
00:19:25,534 --> 00:19:31,214
You are not, as I have always
told you, the son of a beggar man.
304
00:19:31,214 --> 00:19:36,054
Your father was,
the Maharajah of Malpur.
305
00:19:36,054 --> 00:19:38,534
But your mother died in childbirth
306
00:19:38,534 --> 00:19:42,054
and your father died of grief
shortly afterwards.
307
00:19:42,054 --> 00:19:47,854
He wanted you to grow up,
not knowing the trappings of wealth,
308
00:19:47,854 --> 00:19:52,494
or the pressures of royal blood,
so I was sworn to secrecy.
309
00:19:52,494 --> 00:19:56,534
But he does have a gift for you.
310
00:19:56,534 --> 00:20:00,054
A diamond, as bright as
the morning star.
311
00:20:00,054 --> 00:20:04,174
And I wish you all
the love in the world.
312
00:20:04,174 --> 00:20:09,374
Goodnight, my dear darling,
goodnight.
313
00:20:16,894 --> 00:20:20,974
There is a slight... complication.
314
00:20:20,974 --> 00:20:25,454
Miss May wanted to give me
a message, in code,
315
00:20:25,454 --> 00:20:28,494
that would lead to this diamond.
316
00:20:28,494 --> 00:20:35,214
But I felt unable to accept it
and I believe it is now lost.
317
00:20:36,854 --> 00:20:40,894
It doesn't matter -
you've got the house and the money,
318
00:20:40,894 --> 00:20:42,934
but more than that,
you've got your freedom!
319
00:20:42,934 --> 00:20:46,254
Finally, your life can begin.
320
00:20:46,254 --> 00:20:49,774
Inspector! I'm in the middle
of confidential legal proceedings.
321
00:20:49,774 --> 00:20:53,254
We, too, have a legal matters
to attend to. Sergeant.
322
00:20:53,254 --> 00:20:55,014
Shambu Maier? Yes?
323
00:20:55,014 --> 00:20:57,654
I am arresting you on suspicion
of the murder of Miss Beattie May.
324
00:20:57,654 --> 00:21:00,294
You do not have to say anything...
No! ..unless you wish to do so.
325
00:21:00,294 --> 00:21:02,934
Anything you say may be put
into writing and given in evidence.
326
00:21:02,934 --> 00:21:04,934
This way, sir. No! Get off me! I am
innocent!
327
00:21:07,814 --> 00:21:10,134
Padre. Before you go in,
328
00:21:10,134 --> 00:21:13,894
I must warn you to restrict your
conversation to spiritual matters.
329
00:21:13,894 --> 00:21:18,134
Yes. Although, of course, I consider
all things to be spiritual.
330
00:21:19,134 --> 00:21:22,934
Do you? Well, I see this young
man as a cold-blooded killer.
331
00:21:22,934 --> 00:21:24,974
Having examined the house,
332
00:21:24,974 --> 00:21:27,534
it seems he made multiple
attempts on his mother's life.
333
00:21:27,534 --> 00:21:31,614
The ladder she used had been
vandalised, causing her accident.
334
00:21:31,614 --> 00:21:34,894
Her whiskey had been laced
with laxatives.
335
00:21:34,894 --> 00:21:37,374
You know, Inspector, I can't help
but notice,
336
00:21:37,374 --> 00:21:40,174
you always seem to
arrest the brown-skinned people.
337
00:21:40,174 --> 00:21:41,534
That is irrelevant!
338
00:21:41,534 --> 00:21:44,254
We don't care if someone is black or
white, rich or poor.
339
00:21:44,254 --> 00:21:46,894
Innocent or guilty. Uh, Penelope...
340
00:21:46,894 --> 00:21:49,334
I'll wait in the car. Father Brown.
341
00:21:53,974 --> 00:21:56,134
How's the pain in your neck, sir?
342
00:21:57,094 --> 00:21:58,694
Which one, Sergeant?
343
00:22:12,774 --> 00:22:15,534
Would you like me
to hear confession, Mr Maier?
344
00:22:15,534 --> 00:22:18,374
I just want someone to hear me!
I'm listening.
345
00:22:18,374 --> 00:22:21,254
The inspector believes that
I murdered my mother.
346
00:22:21,254 --> 00:22:25,094
That I cut the ladder and put pills
in her whiskey. Did you?
347
00:22:25,094 --> 00:22:27,534
I did both of those things, but...
348
00:22:27,534 --> 00:22:29,974
...not to murder her.
They were practical jokes!
349
00:22:29,974 --> 00:22:31,854
Dangerous jokes, Shambu.
350
00:22:31,854 --> 00:22:34,454
The thing is, she was holding
the ladder upside down.
351
00:22:34,454 --> 00:22:37,654
She was supposed to step
on the bottom rung and fall over.
352
00:22:37,654 --> 00:22:41,374
And the whiskey, I did that weeks
ago and I was just about
353
00:22:41,374 --> 00:22:43,454
to throw it away, when Bunty
interrupted me.
354
00:22:43,454 --> 00:22:46,094
Why did you do these things?
355
00:22:46,094 --> 00:22:47,694
Because I was angry.
356
00:22:49,054 --> 00:22:51,694
Because she would not give me
any freedom.
357
00:22:51,694 --> 00:22:56,134
And now... I know she was just
keeping a promise to my father.
358
00:22:56,134 --> 00:22:59,094
I believe your mother had a dispute
with her solicitor?
359
00:22:59,094 --> 00:23:00,654
Not that I know of.
360
00:23:02,374 --> 00:23:04,614
But she did have an argument
with Miss Slither.
361
00:23:04,614 --> 00:23:08,734
How could you be so cruel?!
How could you?!
362
00:23:08,734 --> 00:23:12,214
Oh, please, it was a long time ago!
363
00:23:12,214 --> 00:23:13,854
Have some of this...
364
00:23:13,854 --> 00:23:15,974
What do you call it? Cake.
365
00:23:15,974 --> 00:23:18,134
I don't want anything from you!
366
00:23:18,134 --> 00:23:22,214
And mark my words, your sins will
find you out!
367
00:23:24,974 --> 00:23:26,494
What did she mean?
368
00:23:26,494 --> 00:23:27,694
I don't know.
369
00:23:27,694 --> 00:23:31,094
My mother argued with
a lot of people.
370
00:23:31,094 --> 00:23:33,694
Father, am I going to hang for this?
371
00:23:33,694 --> 00:23:38,214
Shambu, I will do everything
in my power to prevent it.
372
00:23:50,174 --> 00:23:53,214
Father Brown! Do come in.
373
00:24:00,654 --> 00:24:04,374
It can be a shock to lose
someone close to us,
374
00:24:04,374 --> 00:24:07,534
especially if we part
on unhappy terms.
375
00:24:07,534 --> 00:24:12,094
I wouldn't say that! We did
occasionally have words.
376
00:24:12,094 --> 00:24:14,174
But we'd always forget and move on.
377
00:24:14,174 --> 00:24:16,374
Some things cannot be forgotten.
378
00:24:16,374 --> 00:24:19,094
Sometimes,
our sins will find us out.
379
00:24:20,454 --> 00:24:24,934
Oh, dear. Our little ding-dong must
have been louder than I thought.
380
00:24:24,934 --> 00:24:30,134
"Ding-dong"? Well, I'd gone round to
see if Miss May needed anything
381
00:24:30,134 --> 00:24:35,894
and we got talking, about the old
days, the Great War.
382
00:24:35,894 --> 00:24:40,574
And I said, how awful it was, all
those young men, forced to sign up.
383
00:24:40,574 --> 00:24:43,214
And she mentioned that they used
to have a gardener who was
384
00:24:43,214 --> 00:24:47,534
a conscientious objector - a very
brave thing to be in those days.
385
00:24:47,534 --> 00:24:49,934
Only she thought that was wrong,
386
00:24:49,934 --> 00:24:53,014
so she told her father, who had him
sacked.
387
00:24:53,014 --> 00:24:57,134
And so, the poor man had no choice
but to enlist. And he did.
388
00:24:57,134 --> 00:24:58,494
And he died...
389
00:25:00,094 --> 00:25:01,894
...on a field in Flanders.
390
00:25:03,134 --> 00:25:04,574
I, too, was in Flanders.
391
00:25:06,374 --> 00:25:09,134
Many hopes and dreams were
buried in the mud.
392
00:25:10,854 --> 00:25:16,414
And the thought that she had sent
someone there... I was furious.
393
00:25:16,414 --> 00:25:18,774
Furious?
394
00:25:18,774 --> 00:25:20,654
Not so much that
I wanted to kill her,
395
00:25:20,654 --> 00:25:23,134
though I can see why someone
might be tempted.
396
00:25:23,134 --> 00:25:25,694
But we have to forgive, don't we?
397
00:25:26,894 --> 00:25:30,134
And say... nice things... at the
funeral.
398
00:25:30,134 --> 00:25:31,774
Yes.
399
00:25:32,974 --> 00:25:38,054
And on that note, she has made
a rather unusual request.
400
00:25:40,014 --> 00:25:43,294
Per misericordiam Dei,
requiescat in pace.
401
00:25:43,294 --> 00:25:44,614
Amen.
402
00:25:46,414 --> 00:25:50,694
What can she have been thinking of?
Wear pink. Not black.
403
00:25:50,694 --> 00:25:55,734
How can anyone express grief
looking like a... a chrysanthemum?
404
00:25:55,734 --> 00:25:57,574
I think that's the idea.
405
00:25:57,574 --> 00:25:59,374
She didn't want us in widow's weeds,
406
00:25:59,374 --> 00:26:02,694
shedding dreary tears as we sung
some dirge.
407
00:26:02,694 --> 00:26:05,494
She wanted an ad hoc cocktail party.
408
00:26:06,494 --> 00:26:09,334
I had to dig this out, from right
at the back of my wardrobe.
409
00:26:09,334 --> 00:26:11,374
But I'm glad that I did.
410
00:26:11,374 --> 00:26:15,254
I'd forgotten that bright colours
can make you feel brighter.
411
00:26:15,254 --> 00:26:16,854
Oh, well that's true.
412
00:26:16,854 --> 00:26:19,694
Two minutes. And don't try any funny
business.
413
00:26:19,694 --> 00:26:24,014
Oh, Shambu, it's so good to see you.
Albeit in unfortunate circumstances.
414
00:26:24,014 --> 00:26:26,414
But I've just been on the phone to
my father,
415
00:26:26,414 --> 00:26:29,214
and he knows a solicitor,
who... They're coming!
416
00:26:29,214 --> 00:26:31,894
He means the bees! They're swarming.
417
00:26:31,894 --> 00:26:36,374
Nobody move. There's nothing to
worry about, folks, I promise you
418
00:26:36,374 --> 00:26:39,494
if we all stay absolutely still,
I promise you they will move on.
419
00:26:54,614 --> 00:26:56,294
Thank you, Sergeant!
420
00:26:56,294 --> 00:26:57,494
You're welcome, Father.
421
00:26:57,494 --> 00:27:00,374
My granny used to say that bees
liked bright colours,
422
00:27:00,374 --> 00:27:01,974
they found them soothing.
423
00:27:01,974 --> 00:27:05,214
Thanks to Miss May's dress code
today, nobody has got stung.
424
00:27:07,454 --> 00:27:11,894
Well, I for one, feel as if I've
been to the opera, not a funeral.
425
00:27:13,334 --> 00:27:16,574
Hmm, in the beehive, there is
no time for grief.
426
00:27:16,574 --> 00:27:21,854
When a queen dies, the nurse bees
make royal jelly for the next queen.
427
00:27:21,854 --> 00:27:24,174
And the workers guard
the precious substance.
428
00:27:24,174 --> 00:27:27,174
So, was Miss May killed for her
precious substance? The diamond.
429
00:27:27,174 --> 00:27:29,214
Quite possibly.
430
00:27:29,214 --> 00:27:32,134
If I had to put money on who
stole that code,
431
00:27:32,134 --> 00:27:35,134
I'd lay bets it was Ronnie Grunion.
432
00:27:36,294 --> 00:27:39,374
By all accounts, he's more of a
swindler than he is a solicitor.
433
00:27:39,374 --> 00:27:43,814
Well, we don't have the code, but
we can still look for the diamond.
434
00:27:43,814 --> 00:27:46,374
If the killer is looking for it,
too,
435
00:27:46,374 --> 00:27:48,774
find one and we may find the
other.
436
00:27:59,894 --> 00:28:04,494
So the killer came in here,
with the smoker.
437
00:28:04,494 --> 00:28:05,974
Just a minute.
438
00:28:05,974 --> 00:28:09,334
If the killer was carrying
the smoking device as cover,
439
00:28:09,334 --> 00:28:10,934
why leave it behind?
440
00:28:10,934 --> 00:28:12,854
Good point, Mrs McCarthy.
441
00:28:15,294 --> 00:28:16,814
I know that cough.
442
00:28:19,734 --> 00:28:22,934
Hello! What exactly are you doing?
443
00:28:22,934 --> 00:28:26,694
I heard voices and didn't know
if you were friend or foe.
444
00:28:26,694 --> 00:28:29,294
And what were you doing
in the house in the first place?
445
00:28:30,894 --> 00:28:34,814
I am, uh, I am responsible for Miss
May's estate,
446
00:28:34,814 --> 00:28:40,294
and so, naturally, I was carrying
out a full... inventory...? Hmm.
447
00:28:41,814 --> 00:28:44,134
And what were you really
doing in the house?
448
00:28:45,334 --> 00:28:47,174
Oh, all right.
449
00:28:47,174 --> 00:28:49,814
It's this business
of the missing legacy.
450
00:28:50,814 --> 00:28:52,974
Beattie can't tell us where it is.
451
00:28:52,974 --> 00:28:54,854
Shambu may never get to inherit.
452
00:28:54,854 --> 00:28:57,494
What if it's stashed in some
a mattress and ends up on the dump?
453
00:28:57,494 --> 00:28:59,534
So you did steal the message!
454
00:28:59,534 --> 00:29:04,454
No, I did not! But I know it was
written on that writing pad,
455
00:29:04,454 --> 00:29:08,494
so perhaps she left a first draft,
or some kind of clue.
456
00:29:08,494 --> 00:29:10,494
You mean she left an imprint.
457
00:29:12,614 --> 00:29:15,894
How do we know we can
trust him? We don't.
458
00:29:15,894 --> 00:29:17,854
So we keep him close to us.
459
00:29:22,334 --> 00:29:24,134
"My cup runneth over"?
460
00:29:26,374 --> 00:29:29,734
Father? Erm, I won't be a moment...
461
00:29:39,814 --> 00:29:42,014
I'm so sorry, my aunt is having a
lie down.
462
00:29:42,014 --> 00:29:43,854
No need to apologise. May I come in?
463
00:29:43,854 --> 00:29:46,534
Well, the place is a bit of a mess,
but... Not to worry.
464
00:29:51,614 --> 00:29:54,654
It must have been a shock for your
aunt, losing a lifelong friend.
465
00:29:54,654 --> 00:29:58,854
I suppose it must. And what did you
think about Miss May?
466
00:29:58,854 --> 00:30:00,734
I hardly knew her.
467
00:30:00,734 --> 00:30:03,294
I mean, I sometimes saw her around.
468
00:30:03,294 --> 00:30:07,214
And yet, you implied you would be
happy to knock her off her ladder.
469
00:30:07,214 --> 00:30:08,414
Only in jest!
470
00:30:10,294 --> 00:30:13,094
You met her on the 6th of June,
471
00:30:13,094 --> 00:30:17,174
at a tearoom near Tawny Lake,
My Cup Runneth Over.
472
00:30:18,574 --> 00:30:21,174
Was that to discuss
your relationship with Shambu?
473
00:30:21,174 --> 00:30:23,334
I haven't got a relationship
with Shambu.
474
00:30:25,014 --> 00:30:26,934
But I despised the way
she treated him.
475
00:30:28,374 --> 00:30:31,014
And at Easter, I heard Indira Gandhi
give a talk
476
00:30:31,014 --> 00:30:33,214
on colonialism at my university.
477
00:30:33,214 --> 00:30:35,454
And it made me think of the way
Shambu was subjugated.
478
00:30:35,454 --> 00:30:39,494
So, I decided to be brave
and I wrote him a letter.
479
00:30:39,494 --> 00:30:42,534
I had a reply, suggesting
we meet at My Cup Runneth Over.
480
00:30:42,534 --> 00:30:45,214
And I was so excited.
481
00:30:45,214 --> 00:30:47,414
Only it wasn't Shambu.
482
00:30:47,414 --> 00:30:48,414
Darling!
483
00:30:50,654 --> 00:30:54,214
Oh, that dress is beautiful.
But it doesn't suit you.
484
00:30:54,214 --> 00:30:59,614
What do you want? To discuss this,
um, character assassination.
485
00:30:59,614 --> 00:31:04,854
So I am a "quasi-imperialist
pedagogue"? Goodness!
486
00:31:04,854 --> 00:31:07,574
I mean every word.
I know you do.
487
00:31:07,574 --> 00:31:10,174
You're so adorable and so deluded.
488
00:31:10,174 --> 00:31:13,374
Shambu is not for you.
489
00:31:13,374 --> 00:31:16,254
I'm sure you'll find someone,
a dull librarian.
490
00:31:16,254 --> 00:31:20,094
But stay away from my son.
491
00:31:20,094 --> 00:31:22,494
Did you consider revenge?
492
00:31:22,494 --> 00:31:23,894
I did.
493
00:31:23,894 --> 00:31:25,574
But I'm nowhere near brave enough
494
00:31:25,574 --> 00:31:28,054
and I hope they find
the killer soon
495
00:31:28,054 --> 00:31:31,694
because... Shambu could end up with
a rope round his neck.
496
00:31:31,694 --> 00:31:33,694
So we've got all the letters now.
497
00:31:35,814 --> 00:31:42,854
Which spells, "A fiu arrt fo souh
ryygt"...
498
00:31:42,854 --> 00:31:44,094
Blah-di-blah-di-blah...
499
00:31:44,094 --> 00:31:46,294
Well, it could be an anagram?
500
00:31:46,294 --> 00:31:50,414
What? With 64 letters?
We could be here till doomsday.
501
00:31:50,414 --> 00:31:54,254
If there are 64 letters, then why
not arrange them in 8 rows of 8.
502
00:31:54,254 --> 00:31:58,814
Oh, any other little jobs you want
doing? What are you thinking?
503
00:31:58,814 --> 00:32:01,934
Uh, well, a bee does a
complex dance to lead
504
00:32:01,934 --> 00:32:04,214
its fellow foragers to nectar.
505
00:32:04,214 --> 00:32:06,494
Well, she's certainly leading us a
dance!
506
00:32:06,494 --> 00:32:08,694
Yes, but this was intended
for Shambu.
507
00:32:08,694 --> 00:32:10,694
How did Miss May address him?
508
00:32:10,694 --> 00:32:14,214
She called him, her knight!
Her sweet, precious knight.
509
00:32:14,214 --> 00:32:17,014
I believe she was teaching him
chess.
510
00:32:17,014 --> 00:32:20,894
The knight moves two squares
and then one square at right angles.
511
00:32:20,894 --> 00:32:24,094
I believe we have to negotiate
these letters as a knight
512
00:32:24,094 --> 00:32:26,134
moves on a chessboard.
513
00:32:26,134 --> 00:32:29,014
That's preposterous! There must be
millions of combinations.
514
00:32:29,014 --> 00:32:33,654
I'll have you know, I set the
crossword for the parish magazine,
515
00:32:33,654 --> 00:32:37,294
so if anyone can unscramble an
anagram, it...
516
00:32:38,814 --> 00:32:40,574
Oh, wait a minute.
517
00:32:40,574 --> 00:32:42,774
I think I'm seeing something.
518
00:32:47,334 --> 00:32:52,374
"For you to find your fortune,
you must face your late father."
519
00:32:52,374 --> 00:32:55,974
Well, we are facing him.
Handsome devil.
520
00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:58,254
Luckily,
no-one else has been digging.
521
00:32:58,254 --> 00:33:00,854
So, we are one step
ahead of whoever stole the code.
522
00:33:00,854 --> 00:33:03,094
So what do we do now? Dig.
523
00:33:04,734 --> 00:33:09,054
Penelope! Will you please bend your
knees?
524
00:33:09,054 --> 00:33:12,294
You're just storing up
trouble for yourself in later life!
525
00:33:12,294 --> 00:33:14,614
Thank you, Mrs M.
526
00:33:14,614 --> 00:33:18,334
Could I have a look at the code?
I've been counting.
527
00:33:18,334 --> 00:33:23,454
"For you to find your fortune,
you must face your late father."
528
00:33:23,454 --> 00:33:28,094
That's 48 letters.
Shouldn't it be 64?
529
00:33:28,094 --> 00:33:32,454
Um, what if we start the knight
from the other side of the board?
530
00:33:33,454 --> 00:33:39,094
Ooh! Uh... "Your late... father...
531
00:33:40,494 --> 00:33:43,334
"..has a gift... for you."
532
00:33:44,374 --> 00:33:48,214
"To find your fortune,
you must face your...
533
00:33:50,334 --> 00:33:52,054
"..your fear."
534
00:33:52,054 --> 00:33:55,454
Bees! Shambu is terrified of bees.
535
00:34:03,294 --> 00:34:06,734
Oh, no! This was her pride and joy!
536
00:34:07,694 --> 00:34:10,054
Who would...?
537
00:34:10,054 --> 00:34:13,134
The same person who took her life
has taken her treasure.
538
00:34:14,334 --> 00:34:17,254
What kind of barbarian could...?
539
00:34:17,254 --> 00:34:20,374
Someone who was deeply
hurt by Miss May.
540
00:34:20,374 --> 00:34:23,854
After all,
she did have a sting in her tail.
541
00:34:23,854 --> 00:34:25,694
Not with me, she didn't!
542
00:34:25,694 --> 00:34:30,654
At our last meeting,
we just sat and joked and...
543
00:34:30,654 --> 00:34:34,814
...and stubbed our cigarettes
out on her neighbour's Battenberg.
544
00:34:34,814 --> 00:34:36,774
Miss Slither's cake!?
545
00:34:36,774 --> 00:34:39,974
It was mean, I know, but it's not as
if Miss Slither was going to see us!
546
00:34:41,374 --> 00:34:42,694
Auntie Eileen?
547
00:34:44,054 --> 00:34:46,534
That's strange, she must have
slipped out. Yes.
548
00:34:46,534 --> 00:34:48,734
But we've just had the most
marvellous news.
549
00:34:48,734 --> 00:34:50,894
Shambu is being released! Ah?
550
00:34:50,894 --> 00:34:52,774
My father knows a solicitor
551
00:34:52,774 --> 00:34:54,814
and it turns out
he knows the Chief Constable.
552
00:34:54,814 --> 00:34:57,054
He gave Inspector Mallory
quite a talking-to.
553
00:34:57,054 --> 00:34:58,694
Is your aunt aware of this?
554
00:34:58,694 --> 00:35:02,134
Oh, yes. Sergeant Goodfellow just
came round to tell us.
555
00:35:02,134 --> 00:35:05,374
Cup of tea? Yes, please.
556
00:35:38,294 --> 00:35:41,134
Hello, there, my darling!
557
00:35:41,134 --> 00:35:43,694
A first-class single
to Marrakech, please.
558
00:35:47,294 --> 00:35:49,734
Hello, there, my darling!
559
00:35:49,734 --> 00:35:53,854
A first-class single to Marrakech,
please...
560
00:35:53,854 --> 00:35:55,854
Excellent impersonation.
561
00:35:55,854 --> 00:35:58,934
Although, I think Miss May may have
something to say about her clothes
562
00:35:58,934 --> 00:36:01,454
being strewn around.
563
00:36:01,454 --> 00:36:04,294
You are confusing me
with someone who cares.
564
00:36:04,294 --> 00:36:07,254
That woman had a black hole
instead of a heart.
565
00:36:07,254 --> 00:36:09,574
She had a very cruel streak.
566
00:36:11,854 --> 00:36:16,694
And she caused terrible harm to
someone who you cared about.
567
00:36:18,294 --> 00:36:22,174
Someone whose picture you kept
hidden for many years.
568
00:36:34,054 --> 00:36:36,534
His name was Billy.
569
00:36:36,534 --> 00:36:39,134
And yes, he was their family
gardener.
570
00:36:41,454 --> 00:36:43,694
But he was also my lover.
571
00:36:47,134 --> 00:36:50,014
We used to spend hours together,
when no-one was looking.
572
00:36:51,374 --> 00:36:53,894
Only someone was looking.
573
00:36:53,894 --> 00:36:55,894
Miss May. Of course.
574
00:36:58,294 --> 00:37:02,894
I never knew why Billy changed
his mind and decided to go to war.
575
00:37:04,214 --> 00:37:07,254
Back then, he told me
he had to see the world.
576
00:37:09,214 --> 00:37:12,174
But last week,
I came to see Miss May
577
00:37:12,174 --> 00:37:16,894
because she was being vile to my
niece who has feelings for Shambu.
578
00:37:16,894 --> 00:37:20,174
And I told her how precious
young love is
579
00:37:20,174 --> 00:37:23,334
and how heartbroken I had been.
580
00:37:23,334 --> 00:37:26,774
And she finally told me
the whole story.
581
00:37:30,694 --> 00:37:34,574
She knew that Billy was in love
with me... you're a coward!
582
00:37:34,574 --> 00:37:36,734
...and she didn't just have him
sacked...
583
00:37:36,734 --> 00:37:38,334
You're never going to get
away with this!
584
00:37:38,334 --> 00:37:40,374
...she had him humiliated.
585
00:37:41,854 --> 00:37:44,614
And with no job, he had no choice...
586
00:37:45,774 --> 00:37:47,694
...but to sign up and die.
587
00:37:51,694 --> 00:37:54,934
And an hour after she revealed
this to you,
588
00:37:54,934 --> 00:37:56,894
she herself... was dead.
589
00:38:00,814 --> 00:38:06,374
An intruder went into Miss May's
room... with a smoker.
590
00:38:08,214 --> 00:38:10,334
Oh, it's you!
591
00:38:15,054 --> 00:38:19,974
They then placed a pillow over her
face and pressed down... hard...
592
00:38:21,414 --> 00:38:23,694
...until they didn't need to
press down any more.
593
00:38:25,454 --> 00:38:27,934
And then, they took the secret
code...
594
00:38:29,894 --> 00:38:32,174
...knowing that that would lead to
untold wealth.
595
00:38:34,414 --> 00:38:39,094
And anyone could have done that!
You have no proof. Indeed.
596
00:38:40,694 --> 00:38:44,494
Except a small detail gave you away.
597
00:38:46,014 --> 00:38:51,014
There was a Battenberg cake,
with cigarettes stubbed out in it...
598
00:38:51,934 --> 00:38:53,934
...on the bedside table.
599
00:38:53,934 --> 00:38:56,654
Only, it wasn't there
when they found her body.
600
00:38:59,774 --> 00:39:06,534
You couldn't bear other people
seeing her desecration of your cake.
601
00:39:06,534 --> 00:39:09,334
So, you put down the smoker..
602
00:39:10,374 --> 00:39:11,694
...and took the cake.
603
00:39:13,014 --> 00:39:16,334
One... last... indignity.
604
00:39:19,014 --> 00:39:21,534
Well, she can't hurt me now.
605
00:39:23,974 --> 00:39:27,014
I solved her code in three days,
you know.
606
00:39:27,014 --> 00:39:28,974
I knew it was something to
do with chess.
607
00:39:28,974 --> 00:39:31,614
Her sweet, precious knight.
608
00:39:31,614 --> 00:39:36,174
And when a queen dies,
another takes her place.
609
00:39:36,174 --> 00:39:39,254
So now it's my turn to
spread my wings.
610
00:39:39,254 --> 00:39:42,454
A long way from Kembleford.
611
00:39:42,454 --> 00:39:44,694
And will you pay for your passage?
612
00:39:44,694 --> 00:39:46,854
Oh, I think you can guess.
613
00:39:46,854 --> 00:39:48,574
It must be a remarkable jewel.
614
00:39:48,574 --> 00:39:51,414
Malpur is famed for its mineral
wealth.
615
00:39:58,094 --> 00:40:03,974
One thousand carats and utterly
without flaw.
616
00:40:03,974 --> 00:40:05,014
Not quite.
617
00:40:06,774 --> 00:40:08,974
If you look closely there's a
stain.
618
00:40:10,614 --> 00:40:11,934
Beattie's blood.
619
00:40:13,734 --> 00:40:16,174
And unless you repent,
620
00:40:16,174 --> 00:40:19,574
that stain will remain with
you for all eternity.
621
00:40:20,894 --> 00:40:23,494
Oh, you always know just what to
say.
622
00:40:27,374 --> 00:40:28,454
Father...
623
00:40:31,774 --> 00:40:33,414
...would you hear my confession?
624
00:40:34,534 --> 00:40:35,854
Please?
625
00:40:46,734 --> 00:40:49,894
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.
626
00:41:00,454 --> 00:41:03,094
Oh, Miss Slither? No, darling.
627
00:41:03,094 --> 00:41:04,734
Not any more. Stop her!
628
00:41:13,454 --> 00:41:17,334
You mind your head as you're getting
in the car, madam.
629
00:41:17,334 --> 00:41:18,934
Seems like blasphemy, doesn't it?
630
00:41:18,934 --> 00:41:22,014
To see that creature wearing
Beattie's clothes.
631
00:41:23,414 --> 00:41:26,894
You were on the point of stealing
her diamond!
632
00:41:26,894 --> 00:41:30,214
And that wouldn't be the first thing
you've pilfered, by all accounts.
633
00:41:30,214 --> 00:41:33,374
Never too late to repent,
Mr Grunion.
634
00:41:33,374 --> 00:41:36,894
Shambu will need guidance over
the next few years.
635
00:41:36,894 --> 00:41:39,654
I hope you can be a
good friend to him.
636
00:41:44,054 --> 00:41:47,774
Padre. I believe a small thank you
is in order.
637
00:41:48,814 --> 00:41:50,254
You're welcome.
638
00:41:50,254 --> 00:41:53,774
Oh, we have an item for you
to look after.
639
00:41:53,774 --> 00:41:55,414
It may be needed as evidence.
640
00:41:56,534 --> 00:41:58,774
Bunty! Oh!
641
00:42:08,494 --> 00:42:10,734
I could retire to the
south of France with this!
642
00:42:10,734 --> 00:42:13,494
Oh, but, Inspector, who would solve
all the crimes around here?
643
00:42:28,214 --> 00:42:30,854
I do hope they both like honey,
644
00:42:30,854 --> 00:42:33,934
because I have two
hundred jars of it.
645
00:42:33,934 --> 00:42:38,254
Honey scones? I think
I see another award coming, Mrs M!
646
00:42:38,254 --> 00:42:39,974
Shambu! Please, take a seat.
647
00:42:44,654 --> 00:42:46,894
Thank you so much for all of your
support.
648
00:42:46,894 --> 00:42:49,534
And... thank you... for
believing in me.
649
00:42:50,774 --> 00:42:55,614
You're welcome. Now, we were keen
to invite you here to...
650
00:42:55,614 --> 00:42:57,654
Hello! I'm sorry I'm a bit early,
651
00:42:57,654 --> 00:43:01,134
but I have a huge horror of being
late. Come and sit down.
652
00:43:03,014 --> 00:43:05,294
Me, too! It brings me
out in palpitations.
653
00:43:05,294 --> 00:43:06,494
Oh, really?
654
00:43:09,454 --> 00:43:14,814
As I was saying, we were keen to
invite you both here today
655
00:43:14,814 --> 00:43:19,014
because you've both suffered such
terrible losses.
656
00:43:20,854 --> 00:43:23,974
So, um, help yourself to cakes
and scones.
657
00:43:23,974 --> 00:43:27,534
Oh, and to some of my home-made
lemonade.
658
00:43:28,934 --> 00:43:31,374
Oh, that's very good...
659
00:43:31,374 --> 00:43:34,054
Hmm, have you given any thought
to your future?
660
00:43:34,054 --> 00:43:38,094
Not really, but I do know that
I want to keep bees.
661
00:43:38,094 --> 00:43:39,534
Yes, I am scared of them,
662
00:43:39,534 --> 00:43:43,734
but... they feel like my mother's
spirit watching over me.
663
00:43:43,734 --> 00:43:47,454
Oh, that's a marvellous idea.
Bees are what keep the world going.
664
00:43:47,454 --> 00:43:52,094
Pollinating all the crops in the
field. And if you need any help...
665
00:43:57,774 --> 00:43:58,814
Oh!
666
00:44:01,774 --> 00:44:04,654
Apis mellifera. The bees.
667
00:44:08,374 --> 00:44:10,054
The bees!
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