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-Thank you.

-Désolé de vous avoir
fait attendre, Monsieur.

Nous avons beaucoup
de monde ce soir.

-In English please.

-We are very busy this evening.

I am so sorry to
keep you waiting.

-Hmm.

-Slade.

-It is cold this evening.

Were you warm enough
on your carriage ride?

-No.

-Oh. I am sorry to hear that.

Slade... Slade.

Ah, yes, here we are.

Room eighteen.

Antoine?

-No, I, I'll take it myself,
just give me the key.

- But it is...
- Just... the... key.

-Room eighteen.

Up the stairs.

Les Anglais, uh?

Allez vite...

Uh, uh...

- Good evening.
- Uh!

What on earth are you
doing?! Let me go!

-You're a hard man to
find, Mr. Percival.

-Percival?

My name is Slade,
Jeremiah Slade!

-The room is booked
under the name Slade,

but you are in fact
Charles Percival,

a rather notorious conman.

Or do you prefer con artist?

-What are you talking
about? You're insane!

-You've defrauded
half of London,

including my
client, Lord Morgan,

who's offered an amount of money

I can only describe as vulgar,

to bring you back to England.

Of course, there are
Is to dot Ts to cross,

extradition warrants
and so forth.

I've sent a telegram to the
British Embassy in Paris,

so the wheels are in motion.

So we should try and
make the best of it.

Do you, er, play cards?

I'll have to deal, obviously.

-I have no idea who
you're looking for,

but I'm telling you,
you've got the wrong man.

-Duly noted.

Let me
go this instant

or I will call for help

-The more you co-operate,
the easier this will be.

-Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Please, can you
just- please take this off?

I- I can't see anything.

Uh!

-Yes, I, I promise, I promise.

-Nod your head if you agree.

This goes straight back on if
you so much as raise your voice.

-Okay.

Ah.

May I please have my glasses?

I can barely see a
thing without them.

Hmm.

You have no right to
treat me like this.

-I have every right.

Some of your victims
lost their life savings.

-But I am no
confidence trickster

or, or fraudster or
whatever the damn word is.

I am a lawyer from Camden Town.

-And what business does
a London lawyer have

in the middle of the
French countryside?

- That's confidential.
- That's convenient.

-Not from where I'm sitting.

-We are three hours'
coach ride from Paris

and six miles from
the nearest town.

Not much work here for a lawyer,

but an excellent place
for a wanted man to hide.

Now, I suggest you
stop your complaining

and make yourself comfortable.

Well, as comfortable as you can.

- Can I get you some water?
- No.

You say you are a
private detective,

how do I know you're not
some deranged lunatic?

-You don't.

-Look, I have the
utmost respect for those

on the side of law and order...

-Oh, I'm sure.

The possibility of being wrong.

Truth never comes
to the closed mind.

-You certainly
sound like a lawyer.

I am a lawyer!

-Well, since we have
time on our hands,

allow me to state my case.

Charles Percival
has been wanted

by Scotland Yard
for twelve years.

He's fooled the rich
and the powerful,

the poor and the needy.

The secret of his
success is versatility,

He's never played
the same trick twice.

Each character he adopts

has a different
appearance and demeanour.

Meek and mild,
colourful and bombastic.

His latest role was as
a flamboyant bookmaker

who offered incredible odds on

the biggest horse
race in England.

The Grand National.

Hundreds were fooled,
my client included.

But, as always, the
elusive Mr. Percival

disappeared into thin air,
with no leads to follow.

Well, almost none.

There was a train booked
from London to Dover.

Then a boat to Calais.

And a reservation at a small
but exclusive French hotel.

All booked by the same man.

Jeremiah Slade.

A lawyer from Camden Town.

-You've been duped.

Someone clearly wishes
to blame me for crimes

in which I played no part.

-You don't believe that
any more than I do.

-Help!

Help!

Help!

Help! Uh!

-Monsieur?! Monsieur Slade?

-I'm so sorry, my
husband was having

the most dreadful nightmare.

-Your husband?

The gentleman in this
room checked in alone.

Well, I've only just arrived,

I was visiting some
friends in Compiègne.

-What is that?

-Twenty Francs to walk away
and ask no more questions.

Help me! Help me!

Please, please help!

She's, she's mad!

She's mad!

-This man is a wanted fugitive.

- No, I'm not.
- And I am in the process of

bringing him back to England.

My name is Eliza Scarlet,
I'm a private detective.

-You are a detective?

-I expect that
reaction in England,

I had hoped the French would
be more forward thinking.

-That is not what I meant.

I merely wished to
establish if you are working

with the other detective.

-What other detective?

What did he say, exactly?

-Only that he was from Scotland
Yard and was working a case.

He was most aggressive and
insisted I leave him alone.

Madame, there are other
guests to consider.

I would ask that you
please be discrete.

-You have my word.

Where is he?

-Excuse me.

-Eliza Scarlet!

-Hmm. Mr. Nash.

-Come now, are we not
long past such manners?

Call me Patrick.

-What are you doing here?

-Ordering room service,

they've no tables free
in the dining room.

-I mean what are
you doing in France?

-The same as you, I guess.

-I'm on holiday visiting
friends in the region.

-Oh really?

Now, if I was a betting
man, which I am,

I'd lay money on you being
here to find a fugitive conman.

How's it going?

Have you found him?

-Not as yet, no.

-Well, good luck to you.

Good evening.

-Mr. Nash?

-Patrick, please.

-Why did you tell
the hotel manager

that you were from
Scotland Yard?

-To get rid of him.

He was asking too
many questions.

-About what?

-About him.

Eliza Scarlet, Charles Percival.

Charles Percival...
Eliza Scarlet.

-As I've said several
times already,

I have no idea who this
Charles Percival is.

My name is Baron.

Sebastian Baron of
the Hampshire Barons.

-Now, why wouldn't I believe
the word of a conman?

-I'm sure he's made this
mistake in good faith,

but it is a mistake,
nonetheless.

-I've had a team of thirty men
looking all over northern France

but I found him staggering back
from the hotel bar, blind drunk.

-It is not a crime
to enjoy oneself.

I have tried reasoning with
him but he will not see sense.

Please, go and fetch help.

-He's convincing, isn't he?

I think it's in the eyes, hmm?

Anyway, we're leaving
first thing in the morning.

Should be back in London
by this time tomorrow.

I'd imagine there'll
be a big reception

at Charing Cross station.

Or at least I hope so,
I've paid enough for it.

-Congratulations.

-You make a sound and
I'll break your thumbs.

Wait a minute.

Is that it?

Is that all you've
got to say, hmm?

'Congratulations?'

-Can you only enjoy success
when it comes with praise?

-Come on, he's been on
the run for twelve years.

You don't have any
professional curiosity?

How did I find him?
Where did I find him?

-No.

-Well, is this sour
grapes, are you jealous?

-Oh, I assure you it's not that.

-Oh, it is jealousy.

Well, that's a shame, Now,
I thought you of all people

would be above that.

-Absolument Monsieur,
whatever you require.

-And the lady will be
joining us for dinner.

So, we shall require
a table for four.

-Of course.

I will tell you when your
other guests have arrived.

-Excellent.

I'm in the mood to celebrate.

-Monsieur.

- Shall we?
- Hmm.

-I'm sorry to trouble you
again, but do you have a moment?

-I am very busy, Madame.

-For, er, various legal
reasons that I cannot divulge,

there are complications
with the case I'm working.

-Complications?

-The other detective...

-The one from Scotland Yard.

-He cannot know that I
also have a prisoner.

I understand
how that must sound,

but I assure you
everything is above board.

I've applied for an
extradition warrant

and very soon the local
police will arrive

to take myself and my prisoner
to the port of Calais.

In the meantime, I would
appreciate it if you would

keep
this between us.

-Very well.

And do not bother
the other guests.

-You have my word.

-So you keep saying.

Madame.

Hopefully it won't be
for too much longer.

But, but...

Hello again.

I forgot to mention
I saw you arriving

a couple of hours ago.

But I didn't know
that you had company.

Are you going to introduce me?

-This is Charles Percival.

I don't know who
you have downstairs

but you must release
him immediately

and hope he doesn't
press charges.

-Now it makes sense.

I knew you wouldn't
just give up, walk away.

You think I have the wrong man.

She has the wrong man!

I'm, I'm the wrong man!

-Can he breathe like that?

-He was yelling for help.

I warned him several times
but he wouldn't listen.

-Hmm, get one of these.

It makes people very compliant.

You can threaten to
shoot them, obviously,

but you could just say you're
going to hit them with it

and break their nose.

No-one wants that, do they?

-No.

Ah!

-Who are you?

-My name is Jeremiah Slade.

I am a lawyer from Camden Town.

-No he isn't.

Apparently it's confidential.

I refused to discuss my business

whilst chained up
like a wild animal!

I beg you, release me
from these shackles,

I cannot stay like
this a moment longer.

-I have an idea.

Give me the keys to those cuffs.

We'll let him get
up, stretch his legs.

Maybe he can tell us
what he's doing here.

-Absolutely not.

-Hmm.

-Yes.

Captured and, in fact,
assaulted an innocent man?

-No.

-I have come to France
to see a client,

a Mr. Nelson, formerly of
Belsize Park in London.

He has lived in the region
the past eight years

having married a local woman.

There have recently been
marital difficulties

and they have decided
to end their union.

Mr. Nelson wishes to
return to England,

but French law gives
his wife certain rights

over his property.

-Why didn't he hire
a French lawyer?

-He's a friend as
well as a client.

Our company has an
office in Paris,

I was here on business anyway.

Sir, I am unsure of the
professional relationship

between yourself
and... the lady.

But I assume you are
the senior partner?

-He most certainly is not.

-We're from different agencies.

Well, I say agency,

unlike myself, Miss
Scarlet is a one-man band.

-Oh, that is no doubt why she
has made this terrible mistake.

-Firstly, I have
several associates

who work for me on
a regular basis.

Secondly, I have a mountain
of evidence against you.

from Wandsworth?

The Bow Street division
arrested him last year?

They were certain he
was Charles Percival.

Turned out he was innocent,

and Percival had
laid a false trail

to put the police off his scent.

-I have made no such mistake.

-I'm afraid you have.

And I can prove it.

-Are you sure you put the
handcuffs on properly?

-He's not going anywhere.

But you will have to let
him go at some point,

and when you do, he'll go
straight to the police.

He might even sue you.
I mean, he's a lawyer.

-He's not a lawyer.

The only reason I agreed
to speak to the poor wretch

that you've captured is
in order to set him free,

which I must insist
you do immediately.

-You do know you're
not in charge of me?

Hurry up.

-May I at least
have a cup of tea?

-Just tell her what
you're doing here.

-You insisted my man had
his handcuffs removed,

you should do the
same for yours.

-That's because your
man is innocent.

-There's someone else
being held prisoner?

-Do you remember what I
said about your thumbs?

Go on then, tell her.

-My name is Sebastian Baron
of the Hampshire Barons.

My father was Lord
Lieutenant of the county.

He recently passed away
and as his only son,

I will inherit the estate.

Before I take up
that responsibility

I wish to spend a few months
travelling round the Continent.

-And what brings you to
this particular hotel?

-I'm a student of history.

This hotel was designed
by an Italian architect

in the 17th century.

The stain glass
window in the lobby

is a tribute to his
home city of Venice.

-Exhibit A.

Unnecessary detail
designed to make

the story seem
more... convincing.

-That's a little
tenuous, don't you think?

-Indeed it is, thank you, Madam.

-Exhibit B. His accent.

He's trying to sound
like old money,

but there's something
else hidden in there.

-As a child I lived in
many different places,

my father made his
fortune in trade.

-I fail to see what
any of this proves.

I thought you had
actual evidence?

-Glad you reminded me.

The bogus bookmaking firm

that Charles Percival set
up for the Grand National?

We did some digging
and found a safe house

paid for by that
same bookmakers.

We went to take a look
and no-one was there.

But we found travel
documents and bank details.

All fake.

And all belonging...
to one Sebastian Baron.

Of the Hampshire Barons.

-This is patently absurd.

Someone clearly wishes
to damage my reputation.

-Why didn't you mention
all this before?

-Showmanship.

Always save the best till last.

-We need to talk.

-I can offer an explanation.

-That you are right
and I am wrong?

-I have a team of thirty
full time detectives

and you have, well... you.

It's one of many reasons you
should come and work for me.

Eliza...

Eliza...

I only have your best
interests at heart.

Please.

-Let us imagine for a moment

that you are right
about all this.

-Well, that's very
gracious, thank you.

-I say it only to prove a point.

If you have indeed caught
the real Charles Percival,

and I have... fallen
for some false trail

designed to put
me off the scent,

then the question is this...

who created that false trail?

-He did, Percival.

-But why leave a series of clues

to bring me to the same
hotel he's staying in?

Why not send me off to some
far flung part of the world,

miles from where he actually is?

-That's an interesting point.

-I believe there are
three possible answers.

One of us is right.

Both of us are right.

Or neither of us are right.

And Charles Percival is
somewhere else entirely.

-So, what do you suggest?

We're going to ask
you a few more questions.

You have our word

-Thank you, that
is most reassuring.

-Don't thank them, they
should be arrested for this!

-An aggressive tone
will not help any of us.

-Well, you seek to
ingratiate yourself to them.

There's something about
this man I do not trust.

-Documents with
your name on them

How do you explain that?

-My father was a
ruthless businessman.

He had many enemies.

This could be an act of
revenge on his only son.

-Is that the best you can do?

-No one was talking to you.

-This cock and bull
story may wash with her.

It will not with him.

-A woman who runs a detective
agency is clearly no fool.

-You see, he seeks to avoid the
issue and instead gain favour.

This is the man you seek.

He oozes fraud, just
look at that waistcoat.

-Well, you dress
like an undertaker.

-How dare you talk
to me like that

when you are the reason
I have been dragged

into this whole sorry
business in the first place!

Smoke
screens, damn it...

-You're a liar, a fraud...

One at a time,
gentlemen,

if you please.

-Thank you, Mr. Nash.

Now...

-You have a visitor, Madame.

You
called the police,

what were you thinking?

-I believed I'd caught
a wanted criminal.

How else was I going to
bring him back to London?

-There are ways.

-Such as?

-A private boat, three
armed men and a big sack.

-I do hope you're joking.

-Well, this is not good.

Not good at all.

-Perhaps he's a reasonable man.

-No.

No, no, no, no.

This is unacceptable.

-I apologise for the confusion
but the situation has changed.

There are now... two suspects.

-I was told there was only one.

-Well, both men may be
involved in the same crimes.

-Or perhaps just one of them.

Or, or neither of them.

For now I would suggest
detaining them both

whilst myself and my, er...

-Partner?

-Colleague, make
further enquiries.

-Do not tell me what to do,
you have no jurisdiction here.

- I understand that...
- Wait here.

I'll go see for myself.

- But if I could just...
- I said wait!

-How about a drink?

You been to France before?

-No, never.

-I've been lots of times.

I've met plenty of
little Napoleons

like that Chief of Police.

Which is why I said
this wasn't good.

Do you want to know why?

-I'm sure you're
going to tell me.

-An area like this in the
middle of the countryside,

there's next to no crime.

The odd stolen horse, maybe
a punch-up on Bastille Day.

But now the local police have
two suspects who could be

Scotland Yard's most wanted.

It's a chance for them to
make a name for themselves.

-I have more faith
in human nature.

-No, you don't.

-So, who are you
working for anyway?

Who is your client?

-No-one.

I'm doing this for the, er...

I suppose you might
say the glory.

-The glory?

There are warrants for his
arrest in Belgium and Austria,

not to mention America.

-And you want the
whole world to know

that Patrick Nash was
the man who found him.

-There is nothing wrong
with being ambitious.

You are too, that's why you
should come and work for me.

It's because you don't
trust me, isn't it?

-Do you blame me?

Sometimes I see you leaning
heavily on your walking cane.

Other times there's not
even a trace of a limp.

I'd suggest the only reason
you're using that cane

is to make me feel guilty.

You think that bullet you
took was somehow my fault.

-It was your fault.

-I can't think of a subtle
way to change the subject,

so, I'm just going do so.

What if we're both wrong

and neither of those men
are Charles Percival?

-You think it could
be someone else?

Someone in the hotel?

It's hard to tell...
just by looking.

Unless mind reading is one
of your hidden talents?

-When I was a girl I used to
play a game with my father.

We'd go into a busy street and
try and guess three things about

a perfect stranger.

-Tell me about him.

-Parisian.

Some kind of banker.

He's waiting for his
wife to join him.

She nags him about his drinking
which is why he'll finish that

bottle before she arrives.

-It's, it's true,

I swear it!

-In a moment...

that loud gentleman will try
to impress the young lady

by ordering the most
extravagant item on the menu.

A vintage Claret or
a Château Margaux.

A Château Margaux, definitely,
it's slightly more expensive.

-You're wrong, he's
going to order cigars.

-My good man... We'll
take a box of cigars!

Oh, and a, a bottle of
Château Margaux, please.

- Ah!
- I'd call that a draw.

Shouldn't he have
come down by now,

the Police Chief?

-It has been rather a long time.

As you say, he no doubt
wishes to be involved

in the investigation.

-Yes, probably just that.

-Surely we would
have seen him leave.

-Well, there may
be another way out.

Maybe a, a back door?

Help! Please!

Help!

He collapsed.

-I'll go and get help.

-There's no pulse.

What do you think?

-I think he's dead.

I spoke to the manager.

He's sending word to
the police station.

-And you told him not
to let anyone leave?

-I did but I doubt
they'd want to.

That storm's getting worse.

Any idea what killed him?

No obvious cause
of death that I can see.

No puncture wounds or bruising,
no, no trauma to the head.

You say he just collapsed?

-He'd been questioning
us for a few minutes.

I became thirsty and
asked for some water.

He poured a glass from
that jug over there.

One for me, one for him.

We continued talking
for a short while

then all of a sudden

his breathing became shallow
and he fell to the floor.

-Could he be poisoned?

- Liar.
- What?

-The policeman took
a drink, he did not.

-Of course I did. You saw
me sip from that very glass.

-That is a blatant lie.

The policeman drank the
water, and collapsed.

I called for help, he
told me to be quiet.

-I did not!

-I don't know why he's
saying these things

but you must call a doctor,
my life is in danger.

-He's lying, he's
come here to kill me.

-Why would he want to kill you?

-Because I'm the man
you're looking for.

I am Charles Percival.

Now, please, take
me somewhere safe

and I'll tell you
everything you want to know.

You were right, I am in hiding.

The net is tightening around me

and I've run out
of places to go.

As a younger man, I confess I
enjoyed the thrill of running

from city to city,
country to country.

The exhilaration of escaping
those who wished to jail me

or cut my throat.

But now...

-Who's the man upstairs,

the one you say
wants to kill you?

-I cannot say for sure, but I
have seen him before, in London.

I have a house in Holborn, I
was coming back there one night

when I saw a movement
in the front parlour.

I did not go inside, instead
I peered through the window

and I saw him
waiting... with a gun.

-Is he one of your victims?

-I believe he's a paid assassin.

-Paid by who?

One of the larger bets on
the Grand National was placed

by a Russian gentleman.

I later discovered
he was a gang leader,

a cold blooded murderer.

My life is in danger.
You must let me go.

-Sit down.

Now.

I've been hired to bring
you back to England

and that's exactly what I'll do.

-Oh, please, you must call a
doctor, I feel most unwell.

-That is unwell.

You're
perfectly fine.

-He gulped the water down,
I only took a few sips,

it may take longer
to have an effect.

-Hmm.

-He's lying, and not just
about that, about everything.

-He's not Charles Percival.

- And how do you know that?
- Because I am.

-Alright...

-If you are Charles Percival,
who's the other man?

- Call a doctor, I beg you.
- Who is he?

-I don't know, I think I saw
him on the boat coming over.

If he is following me, I would
guess he'd be a hired killer.

-Hired by who?

Oh please, my heart is racing.

The lady, her life is in danger,
he will kill her if he has to.

There may even be
others in the hotel.

-What do you mean others?

If you want help start talking.

-I can't breathe...

Walk back, three
paces, palms facing me.

When I say,

and only when I say,

you're going to give me
the key to these cuffs.

Alright...

Now.

-Who are you?

-Thomas K. Malone.

Of the New Hampshire
Malones.

I'm a detective, I work
for an agency in Boston.

Been after Percival for years.

Almost caught him in London too.

I was undercover,

I found out about his safe house

and sat for two days waiting
for him to come back.

He didn't.

But your men did.

So I had to make a run for it.

Anyway, long story short,

the man downstairs is Charles
Percival and I'm taking him in.

-And you're going to kill us

like you killed the policeman?

-No, I didn't kill
him, he just collapsed.

Maybe there is something
in that water, I dunno.

The police can look into
that when they get here.

I'll be long gone by then.

-And where will I be?

Stupid.

So damn stupid.

I can't believe I fell for that.

-This is no time for
self-pity, he fooled me too.

I thought it was you
knocking on the door.

I should never have
answered without checking.

There's some tools on the floor.

If I just...

-So your plan is to
sit there and sulk?

You have a tie pin, don't you?
Try using that on the lock.

We can still catch up with them.

Hopefully the police
will be here soon.

-You do know there are
three different ports

where ships leave for America?

Le Havre, Cherbourg
and Marseille.

-You have a team of
men in France, yes?

Send one group to
Cherbourg, one to Marseille

and you and I will
go to Le Havre.

-There's no team,
I'm here on my own.

- What?
- We're overstretched as it is.

We've got twelve
active investigations.

I couldn't spare anyone.

And then I found out
that you had a lead

and were heading to France.

- How did you find that out?
- You had the whole case

pinned up on the
wall of your office.

-You broke into my office?!

Argh!

Are you incapable of
telling the truth?

-My brother used to say that.

'Patrick, you lie so much,

I think it may be a
medical condition.'

We came to London
together a few years back.

It was his idea to
set up the agency.

And he was a good
detective, thorough.

He'd do the hard work and I'd do
the... what would you call it?

The front of house, I suppose.

He had more of a moral
compass than I did.

He'd help anyone, rich or poor.

There was this family from
Cork, fresh off the boat.

They paid my brother up front
to find their missing daughter.

A lot of men would've just

taken their money and spent it.

But not him.

He went looking for her.

He found her with some drunk
lunatic down by the docks.

A fisherman.

Handy with a knife.

Stabbed my brother...

right through the heart.

Was dead before he
even hit the floor.

That's what you get
for being honest.

-So the moral of your story is

lie and cheat and
you'll stay alive?

-There's no moral.

I'm just saying that some
people are survivors.

Like you and I.

That's why we should
work together.

Is this some twisted
attempt to get me

to sympathise with you?

I will never work for
you, do you understand?

I don't know if you made
that story up just now

or if you've told it a
hundred times before,

but I don't believe a word
that comes out of your mouth.

I doubt you even had a brother.

-You were right
about the tie pin.

His name was Michael.

My brother.

- Have the police arrived yet?
- No.

But someone has stolen a horse
and carriage from outside.

Do you know anything about this?

-I think I may
know who that was.

-Of course you do.

-Could I trouble you
for one more thing?

I need to send a telegram
to Scotland Yard.

-I want nothing more
to do with any of this.

The police will help
you when they get here.

-You are English?

-I am.

Good, my French is
appalling.

I hope you don't mind,

I know it's very late but
I do hate to drink alone.

-What about your
companion, the lady?

-Oh, we are not together.

We met on the boat coming over.

I thought we were getting on but

it seems I may have
misread the situation.

-It's not my intention to
be rude, but I'm working.

-Please, don't, er,
don't let me disturb you.

Are you enjoying your stay here?

-Erm...

Not particularly.

-I know what you mean.

I wish I had never set
foot in this damn place.

I'm in the hotel
business, you see.

I own property in
Delhi, Paris, London.

Always on the lookout
for new opportunities.

Someone in London suggested
I come here and take a look.

- A lawyer?
- Hmm.

Er, he works for the owner,

who apparently is
very keen to sell.

Yeah, I, er, I shouldn't
gossip but, er,

he was married to a local girl

and things ended badly.

So, he wishes to move back home.

-You came here to buy the hotel?

-Hmm.

I was due to meet the owner for
dinner, along with his lawyer.

-This lawyer, what's his name?

-Slade.

Jeremiah Slade.

He didn't turn up,

neither did the owner, so
I thought to hell with them

and I decided to leave.

Didn't get very far, though.

-Why not?

I've seen them do
it.

Trampling grapes in bare
feet, covered in bunions.

Even in the finest of vineyards.

It's extremely disconcerting.

- Terribly effective.
- Ah-ha.

-We need to talk.

-Miss Scarlet, Miss Kinsky.

-Charmed.

-Hmm.

It's important.

-I shall leave you to it.

-Thank you for that.

-There's only one
road that leads

from the hotel to
the outside world.

It's a, a small, narrow track
that runs up a steep hill.

-I remember. So?

-I was just speaking to
one of the other guests,

the loud gentleman
with the cigars.

He tried to leave but the snow
has made the road impassable.

There's no way out, and
hasn't been for hours.

The, erm, American detective.

- Malone was it?
- Mm-hmm.

-I think he and Charles
Percival are still here.

-He wouldn't be stupid enough
to hide in the same room?

-Well, we should at least check.

-Alright. Well, who's
going first, me or you?

-You obviously.
He has your gun.

-Bullets work on men as
well as women, you know.

-Just... hurry up!

-There's no one here.

I told you.

Argh!

Oh, god...

-Oh, did someone poison you?

Again? Oh, I'll take that.

Thank you.

-What happened?

Tried to
leave, stole a coach.

Didn't get far, I couldn't see
a damn thing in that storm.

I brought him back here
to work out another plan.

I must've taken my eyes
off him for a second,

I don't know how,

-We need to go. He must
be somewhere in the hotel.

-Wait! Wait!

I know what I did was
a little underhand

but we're all on the
same side, right?

Let's say we team up and
bring him in together?

-Erm... no.

-Come on! You can't
leave me here like this.

Wait, please!

-So what now?

Start knocking on some doors?

-No, we may need the
element of surprise.

-Check upstairs in room 18,
I'll meet you in reception.

-There's no one in room 18...

apart from a dead
French policeman.

Speaking of which,

if the road has been blocked
for the last few hours,

how did he get here?

-He didn't.

-Would you care to explain that?

-Well, it's snowing outside

but when we spoke to him,
his coat was bone dry.

I wasn't sure why at first,

but now it's obvious.

-He was here all along.

He's not the real
Chief of Police.

Exactly.

I think he was
posing as a guest.

Do any of these names
look familiar to you?

-Erm... not as such.

-Monsieur Papillon.

-The winning horse from
this year's Grand National.

-Room 12. Checked
in last night.

It would seem our conman
has a sense of humour.

-We should be careful.

We're not the only
ones looking for him.

-Please, you don't
have to do this.

Please, I beg you.

I have money in my
suitcase, take it.

I'll give you anything
you want. Anything at all.

-Oh.

-So much quieter than a gun.

More painful, too.

Argh!

-I wouldn't do
that, if I were you.

Or that.

Hands where I can see them.

Move back.

Please.

What's he doing here?

-They're working together.

Charles Percival
isn't just one man.

He's several.

-I put our lady
friend in the cellar

and left the so-called
lawyer where he was.

You sure he's in on it?

-He introduced us to
the Chief of Police

when he knew the man was a fake.

He checked him in
last night as a guest.

-Hmm.

The woman who was trying
to kill you, who is she?

-She was paid by a
Russian gang in London.

They lost money on
the Grand National.

She must've followed
me to room 12,

I had hidden Samuel in there.

Samuel is the man
posing as a lawyer?

-I saw them come back,

Samuel and the
American detective.

I hit the American over the head

then Samuel and I
headed up to the room.

-So, who is Charles Percival?

-I was the first
to go by that name.

The others work with me,
even pose as me sometimes

to help protect my identity.

There have been several others.

But recently just Samuel
and Henri, rest his soul.

-And Henri was the
Chief of Police?

-That was not the role he
was supposed to play tonight,

but when you came,
we had to improvise.

-And what role was
he meant to play?

-The hotel owner.

We were going to sell the place
to that businessman from Delhi.

-Where's the real owner?

-At home in the local town,
drinking himself to death.

His wife left him, he
can't even get out of bed

in the morning.

I came here a month ago

and he just... left
me to my own devices.

I still have money.
Dollars, Francs, Pounds.

- If you let me go...
- This isn't about money.

- Unless...
- I have the beginnings

of respect for you,
please don't ruin it.

-It's just an option.

-D'accord, Je comprends.

-Dites moi si vous avez
besoin d'autre chose.

Merci, au revoir.

-Merci.

-I've just given my statement.

Or at least I think I have,
my French is a little rusty.

-Well, I just spoke to
the Chief of Police,

he says he wants to interview
the prisoners himself.

-Did you offer our help?

You should've seen his
face when I told him

there'd been a murder.

I've never seen
someone that happy.

-You're sure he's the
real Chief of Police?

-Well, he had a badge.

I don't think we'll be getting
our money any time soon.

-Hmm. I'm sure you're right.

But he did say the
road's open again.

We could go into town
and have some breakfast?

-Why not?

-You know, in some ways this
all turned out rather well.

I mean, we ended up
working together.

-Patrick... urgh, please
don't start that again.

-Did you just call me Patrick?

-It was a slip of the
tongue, I'm tired.

-Well, that's progress,
it's real progress.

-Yes. In a few years I
might even trust you.